The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-01 00:00:00

POLICE.

PUBLIC-OFFICE, SHADwELL.—Soon after the in-
terment of Williams, Humphreys, one of the
Bow-sheet Officers, brought two men in custody to
this office, named George Bignell and Ro&ert Bar-
ney, charged on suspicion of picking pockets.
Humphreys stated, that after Williams had been
put into the ground, he was returning home, when
he saw the two prisoners hustling a Gentleman in
the crowd. He believed they had either succeeded
in robbing him, or were near succeeding, when he
interposed and took them into custody. He had
no doubt at all events of their being common thieves.
Bignell had been taken up along with Scott, the
notorious pickpocket, and held to bail for his ap-
pearance at the next Sessions, a very short time
since ; and .he had frequently seen Barney in the
gang of Bill `names.
They were both committed for want of bail until
the Sessions.

Sylvester Driscoll, who wls taken up last week
on suspicion of being crnctrned in the late murders,
was again brought to:ward, and after a Severe
.ad-
monition from Mr. MARKLAND, for his imprudent
conduet, wag; discharged.
During the latter Isla of his confinement, the
cells of the House of Coriedion were so full, that
the Clerk of the prison told him he must put him
to sleep in the cell next to where Williams was ly-
ing dead; upon which the poor fellow exclaimed,
in a paroxysm of alarm, " Don't put me there, (or
I'm sure I'll die in half an hour." As his terrors
were invincible, he was humanely • removed to ano-
ther apartment.
John Munroe was brotight up, just after Wil-
liams was buried, charged by one of the Turnkeys
of Newoe, with saying.in the W.heatsheaf pUblic
house, New Gravel-lane, " That it be•cOuld see
the carpenter (Towler) who .worked in Mr. Mares
shop, he had no doubt of bringing the real mur-:
deters forward."

rhe prisoner, being then in a state of intoxica-
tion, was remanded fur further examination, in the
evening.

-Two other persons; who had been taken up in
consequence.ot suspicions expressions used by then)
while in a state or inebriety, were also brought up
and discharged.

John Cahill; alias Jahn Butler, ~alias John
ftederick, examinations bctore the 5/igis:
traces of this .ot6i!e, have been marked with such
repeated inconsistencies and palpable falsehoods,
appears determined to confound some of his visitors
to prove his identity, and to trace out the various
recruiting parties he has taken in, and• deserted
from. However, on Monday night, Captain -L. of
the Sligo Militia, had an interview with the prisoner.
At the Captain's' entrance, the prisoner satirically
said, " How are you, Captain e" Examining him
very minutely, tht Captain replied, " I do not
know yon." The following parley took place i—
" Pray did you belong to our regiment ? " Yes ; I
did, seven years ago ; was enlisted by .a Serjeant
Clark, at Sligo : I never joined the regiment, but
know you very w 4.; and I consider myself a de-
serter, mid no other regiment tins a rght to claim

Did you know the Seriont Major of the
regiment at that time ?" " I don't know his lqime,
out he wal a lusty man." The Captain again'
looked at the prisoner, and at length recognized his
person ; and after putting a mutiplicity of clues-
tions, found out that the man had now told the
truth, and it is supposed that the prisoner will he
deliveted up to the regiment.
GUILIMALL...", Yesterday, two eminent ad-
coucheurs came before the Magistrate, on the sub-
jea of a battle which took place between them on
Saturday, in consequence of a professional dispute
the right of patientship in' a lady whom both had
attended in her accorteltements. The senior profes-
sor, Dr. F. charged the junior, Dr. T. with an
assault upon his person. He stated, that he had
been the family attendant on a lady, the wife of a
Mr. G. and had administered to her on three succes-
sive occasions : but that, for some reason for which
he was at a foss to account, he was not sent for on
the lady's last lying-in; but Dr. I'. was employed in
his place. The Dottor, on making some inquiry
respeating this supposed attempt to poach in his
warren, Was informed, that it arose frOm some
illiberal aspersions cast on his professional Character
by Dr. T. and he, in consequence, went to the
residence of his rival operator, to call him to ac-
count for such aspersions; when, in the course of
some altercation which followed, Dr. T. struck him
with his fist in the face. •

Dr. T. in his • defence, stated, that Dr. F. came
to his house in a very haughty manner, to call bin
to account for attending a lady in her lying-in, to
whore professional confidence he conceived himself
to have established a prior right ; and to charge him
with having supplanted him .(Dr. F ) in the family,
by aspersions on his protes•ional Charamei, which
assertion was unfounded. That Dr. F. on this oc-
casion, thought fit to raise his cane against him in a
threatening manner ; and that in his delence, he
had performed a manual operation on the Doctor's
countenance, and several blows took place on both
sides.

The husband of the lady now came forward in
vindication of Dr. T. whom he exculpated from the
charge of any sinister observations On Dr. F. whose
attendance was declined by the Imply of their own
accord, and for reasons they thought sufficient.

Dr. F. drew forth a written dc;.•ninetit, and was
about to proceed upon a series oi interrogatories,
but the Lou! Mayor interfered, •and advised the
parties to ooniult calmly, whether it was advisable
to proceed farther in this dispute, or ‘vliether it
would not be more prudent to settle the matter
privately.
The parties seemed to think with his Lordship,
and retired to hold a pacific consultation with
their friends.

UN toN-HALL.—Maria Tooke! was charged on
suspicion of stealing two rolls of silk, value I 31.-the
property of Mr. Mathews, silk-mercer, in the
Boron?, h.

It appeared that the prisoner went into Mr. M-'s
shop ye3terday, about two o'clock, a time, when the
shop vv,s full of customers, and after purchasing
some trifling articles,,she took an opportunity,whilsc
Mr. Mit hews's attention was engaged by some other
customers, to conceal the two rolls in question, one
of which contained 63 yards, under her clothes, and
left the shop undiscovered. At a short distance from
the shop, however,. she dropped one of the rolls,
which A'aN picked up by a person following her;
and her condita exciting his suspicion, he declined
her. Mr. Mathews coming up at the time, imme-
diately knew the silk to be his property; she was
therefore detained till an officer was sent for ; who,
on his arrival, took her into custody, and conveyed
her to Union Hall, when she was fully committed
for trial.
MAR LISOROUGEI-STE sT.—Tvvo known charac-
ters, named Fitzgerald, one of whom is deal and
dumb, were charged with highway-robbery, in
stealing from the person of a Mr. Aldtide his
watch and seals, near the Lord Nelson public-noose,
Pulteney-street. The landlord, who had lately
taken the house, was using his endeavours to cleanse
it, as it had been a noted resort of thieves. The
prosecutor was leaving it about eleven o'clock, when
ha was followed by the two prisoners: the deal one
knocked him down with his fi,t, and assisted tile
other prisoner, and two other men, in robbing him.
Mr. A. could only identify the two Fitzgeralds,
who were committed for trial.

Monday, at ahe above,office, James Boution and
William Marsh were charged with having. stolen
the body of an elderly female, front. the neighbour-
hood of Brompton, on Sunday evening. ft 'appeared
by the testimony of a hackney 'coachman, that the
two prisoners, in company With another man who
escaped, hired his coach at the end of: Sloane-street,
and ordered him to drive down the Brompton-road.
On his arrival near "to, the Horns public house, the
three pet sons alighted, and soon after brought some-
thing in a sack, which the witness at first refused to
take, lest it might have been stolen goods. • On the
assurance, however, of the three persons' to the con=
trary, the sack 'was- admitted, and. the cmth was
driven to the house of a surgeon in Windmill-street;
but the door was not opened,' and'the coachman
was ordered to drive:to Smithfield. A mob follow-
ed, and the coach was stopped in Great Queen-.
street. On:the sack being eNamined, it proved to
contain the body of a . woman. The two prisoners
were committed for trial at the Sessions. The
corpse remains unowned.
The Watch Committee for that part of Pancras,
west of Tottenham-court Road, hare offered a re-
ward for •the apprehension of every• housebreaker
-arid street-robber, and have resolved to prosecute
such depredators at the pariah expenc'e.

CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. 1.--,This day we hoe'
not many fresh arrivals of W heal, but the remain.
ingsupplies again somewhat considerable, fine sarn•
Pres. hafdly at lost prices, and second with inferior
either lower ; Rye is cheaper; Barley likewise, and
'in good supply; Malt, with Peas and Beans of each
description, seatcely support the last quotatiA ;
'bete are also considerable remaining quantities 'of
Oats, and this tra,le heavy sale at the late reduc-
tion ; Flour in full stocks at late prices.

1 Wheat his aUs a ioSs Tick'Beans . -46 s a s2s
Fine ditto - . a iss a a z(4 Ditto (film old) -54 s a 55s
Rye - - - sos a sjs Oats - - a7s a 3os a 33s
Marley - - - 4,4 a 53s Polami ditto -34 s a 37s
i Malt . . - 76S'a 845 Potatne ditto -38 s a 395
WilitePeastboilers7Bs a 84s Rapti Seed . ;61. a bzl.
Grey ditto - - Os a 6as Fine I tour - gis a au-a
Bears'- . - iøs a 57$ SC‘OllaS - gGS a oss

trom.the. LONDON O,4ZEtTE, Dec. 31, 19 1 I',

Il hitehall, D.,c. 34, 181.1..

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent ha's beer:
pleased, in the name and on the behalf of is Ma.
F,..sty,to constitute and appoint the'RT,lrt Honour_.
able Spencer Perceval, the Ritzht
Wellesley Pcle, (Chancellor of his -IVlajesty's
chequer of Ireland, or the Chancellor of his l',.,lajY!s-
Ws Exchequer of Irelarid for the lime hciugy, the
Honourable William Broderick, Snowdoo
Esq the Honourable Berkeley Priget, and.
Wellesley, Esq. to be Commissioners for exe,
ing the ()dice of Treasurer of his Majesty's 144
chequer.