The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANsiox.HousE.—A poor sick Irishman, named Denis
Sweeny, who had been a sailor, hobbled into the office yestel,.
day, and requested, for God's sake, that a letter for the hospital
might be given to him.
The Chief Clerk, who observed from the poor man's appear.
ante that it was necessary to interrogate him upon the nature of
his complaint, desired .that an order for Uattilololll6W Hospital
should be filled up.
" For Bartholomew Hospital !" said the Irishman in a
fright, " Oh, for she love ot God, don't acrid me them, your
Honour, for if I die, they'll send me amongst my friends as
black as a coal."

Mr. HOBLEa, astonished at so txtraordinary a charge, asked
the meaning of the transformation from white, oe rather from
yellow, to black, convinced that the medicines in use at the
hospital would not have such an effect upon the human body.
The Irishman said " I'll tell you, my dear. .I had a Wife, poor
soul ! and she got bad, and I put her in Bartholomew Hospital,
but she did'nt get over it, for she died. Well, torrid 'em I'd
have her home to bury her ; so they were very civil to me, and
they sent her home to me, sure enough, tight strewed up.iti a
shell, which I thought very kind. Well, -I got my friends
about the coffin, and Mary 111urphy says, says she, ‘-Aesnit
then, Dennis, won't you let us have .t look At the drug womatt
before she goes ?' Yes. (says I,) to be sure.' So Mary begins
to unscrew the wood, anti we were ail near fatting with the
Smell. At last she rises up the cover, and there she lay as
black as soot, and with a lone beard."
H onLE4, who, notwithstanding the real sufferings of
the unfortunate applicant, could 9c:steely costal:land his muscles,
told the Mullen there must have been some deception Frac.
tted, or mistake made.

The Irishman.—.' Oh, it was all a mistake ; but they weight
make the same mistake with my body, and wial to. go tato
the other world the same colour I came here with,'lmlnotlo4
like the devil, God help us!"
slr. Bunt:II hoped the error had beta corrected. ~.
The Itishman.—" Oh, yes ; they said they. scot use black
Jamaica man in place of my wife; 4401 ginner back at list,
but I had a great deal of trouble tiro," •
• Mr. I-I.oltLEn then gave a letter for St. Thouttoi'lllospital
to the pour 4pplictatt, who seemed
.quite satisfied at the prospect
of having neither his cohair nor his sex changed by the, treat.
menthe is to meet with, . . .

,
littloN-IL.4.l..—lnformation was received At this ogee
that a dual 'Vas about to take, place between Colonel TuDoh, or
the Royal Artillery, and M
Captain agrath, ia eoriseiltiCaeo,of a
toistinderstanding respecting a lady. The duel ,wasn oltitatt to
Fi
be fought yeaterday. hi a *hint ailiaaita frilin iaWay.iiti , county.
Roth the portico ate in the rules of the King's Ilene . 'on the
Magistrates being informed of the circumstance, Rice, the Mil-
-1 eel., was dispatched to .Nlr. Jones, the ,Marshal, to apprise hint
of the intended breach of theyenee. '('hat genti,anan, who is
also a Afagistrate, immediately instituted tin Inquiry into the
facts, the result of which was, that the Colonel, israi his not..
gonist, both of whom happened to be within the. .walls ,of the
prison at the time, were,bound to enter into their recognimees
to keep the peace for two years, in the sum of 2001. eitch, , ~
A fellow named Pat Rothe, a bricklayer's labOurer, was
charged with having bitten the finge.r of a brothet„inkourst,
named Lacey, in such a manner as to requireimmetinsip ant-
potation from the hand. .
A surgeon's cutificate was produced, which stated that the
complainant's fore.fingor on tho right hand luta been bitten,
anti it was found necessary, .in consequence of ntortiiication
taking place, witich was rapidly; extending up the am, rto re-
naive it trout the hani.l. •
The complainant, who had just tonne~ out ut the 'hospital,
stated that on the 10th of(ittober, be iv:4 lit woik optlio same
ptemiscs with, the plisoner. A eritarreli tANse Vetween thaw,
anti Roehe lowing gothic (complainant's) linger elite:Lis Ipouth,
bit it nearly off.
Roche being called on to shut why he had recourse to this
unmanly and ferocious way of defending himself, replied,
Please your Worship, I only hit him a little bit to make him
let go Wilma, or cite he would have pulled all the teeth oat
of my head," .
Roche was held to bail, to answer the chaise at the Sessions.

YCSterday READ, the Head Officer of ffeiton-
Garden Establishment, reported to Mr. Sergeant f,"'Et.t,ox, that
he had then returned from litirebolomewiteapitay to ste
STA N who Waa mutilatt lby his wife, in order to learn 'when
it was expected he would be sutheiently recovered to appear
against her. Ile stated that *tat non to. ter recovered
found 1112 t up, dressed, rind walking about the Is'istd, aft was
enabled to attend prayers on Sunday last, and: that it wai,-the
Surigeon's opinion that he would be able to attend at the office
some day next week, to give eviticnce, when ht wife Will be
brought up for final examination.