The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-14 00:00:00

POLICE INT ELLIG ENCE,

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AvArrr..or.
• mAsobN-HousE.—Jvin Pagaran, who had been once a
corporal in the service of His Majesty George the Third, and
served in the Peninsular war, was brought before the Lono
M Y 0 it, charged with having assaulted his landlord, Mr. Lob-
ley, of Thompson'scourt, in breach of the peace, and in deli-
IMO of the articles of war. The corporal upon being put to the
bar presented a most weful appearance, the flesh round both his
eyes being completely black, and one of them closed up in a
frightful manner.
Mr. Lobley said that'the corporal not having been regular
in his payments of rent, it was found necessary to expostu-
late with him, particularly as he managed to give expensive
eiitertainments. The military mode of disposing of .the debt
was adopted 'by the corporal. H e thought it insolent in hiS
landlord to make this demand, and encouraged his com-
pany, to indulge themselves with as much noise as possible,
and finally struck and kicked the man in whose house he was
sheltered. _ _ _

----iarieMl of the landlord said the corporal-had on the occasion
resorted to a very singular mode of lighting, ni't known.ip the
modern art of war. He threw himself on his back, and used his
feet as well as hands very much to the injury of the landlord;
and it was really wonderful to see what use he made .of bis,four
limbs at the same time.
The corporal said that he had never in the whole course of hii
military life been so badly treated ',He had been-at Saragossa,
Badajos, and other •dangerous places. He had, won many
honours, , and survived 'cm ; but .never did 'lie see such ter.
rible blades in his life as the villains that attacked him, lie
was never so much mutilated, cut, and hacked, and carved, as
he tvs by the vagrants that his landlord had for friends. He
then pointed to his face Had said, " book at that tny -Notrla
Lord ; there's a face for you; there's what you can't, call 'a
face. Why 'tis worse than all my wounds." He continued
to address the Lord Mayor in the most extraordinary strain of
misapplied words, and was content to submit it to his Ma;
jesty, or any other Nobleman or subject of the realm, whether
he would have fought on his back if he had not first been knock.
ed tint.
A female who visited hiM stated that the landlord had act.
cd
ungenteel" in walking into Mr. Pattison'a apartments un.
invited, accompanied by several sweeps and other persons,
whose dress was not fit to be seen by the company. ltut Mr.
Paulson thought not so much of this intrusion ai he'did of
the conduct of the landlord in talking of u shabby' debt be.
forethe fatuous. After some words Air. l'attison, instead of
striking
Wow, was actually tossed out of the window, which
he did not like by no means, and therefore he began to fight on
his back.

The I'malord said the last witness's word was not to be
taken, as stir happened to be a little drunk at the time of
the row.

The witness shook tkee,heatt, and looked severely 5t the com.,
pluimmt. • She sata•ttratimrscorned the imputation. No more
than one-glass of gin had-gone round ; and she and Mr. Patti-
son had just finished a country dance when • the gentlemen of
the other tarty disturbed them.
A.utonbcr of persons were ready to swear that both storks
were•true hitt
Thu Loup AlAyon confessed his inability to deciile noon
the merits of the case, supported, as it was, by respectable:
swearing upon both sides. It - appeared to him, however that'
the corporal had, atoll events,- suffered most, whoever begun
the fight 4 and under such circumstances, and considering the,
intrusion he bad been subjected.to, and the escape of the com-
plainant from all damage, it would be too hard to call upon
!aim to find bail. • • •• • • •
The landlord said he would forgive the assault and the debt,
if the corporal would go away from him for ever.;
Ilagatat or WIIE PEACE.--A merchant ol,.espeatbility,.
who is a Magiatiate of an adjoining county, arged another
gentleman, who, we'believe, is also O merchant in the City,
with an • assault. The Alngistrate said that the defendant had
made it a practice for some time past to follow him through the
streets, and apply the moStopprobrkms epithets to him. The had been compelled to bring the matter before 'a
Magistrate upon a former occasion, and the defendant -.waist
oblired to enter into sureties to keep the peace; but this obliga-:
tion Was disregarded, and he was guilty of a repetition of the
offensive conduct, which would have occasioned a forfeiture of.
the bail, if it had been thought necessary to proceed to ax.•
tremities.

The Defendant—lf I have committed breaches•of the peace
subsequently, which I deny, why did you not proceed agaitist
the bail ?

The Magistrate—Because I would not take such an advan-
tage, or do any thing to hurt your bail, whom I knew to be
worthy men, and who became bail from honourable metives.,....
The complainant added, that the defendant had followed him
in the street and called him a scoundrel, and behaved, in other
resicts, in such a manner as directly tended to provoke a
serious breach of the peace. Apprehending further provocation
of this nature, as well as personal attack, he now thought it
necessary to call 'upon the Lord Mayor to bind the defendant
now in additional securities to keep the peace.
The defendant admitted that he had followed and called the
complainant a econndrel, which epithet was not an assault or
breach of the peace.
The LOUD Maxon said that such an act had the strongest
tendency to provoke to breach of the peace, and would warrant
hint in calling upon the defendant to find sureties.
The defendant doubted whether the word' scoundrel, when
properly applied, as in this instance, had any
,tendency to cause
a breach of the peace.
The LORD MAYOR' laid he believed
.the general impulse,
when a man was called a scoluidrel, was 41 tesent it at the mOO
meat in a summary way a blow was. he thought the tiratil
and the natural reply. •
The defendant said he would .not strike if he the:l<m he de-
served the nanie he had api)lied to the Alagistra;,.. , •
tho'ruhgehtilTendres4ivikeitQa be c
n— iallcd never yet nits. rah a man who
a acnuolliel.
The defendant then said that tio. assault was provoked .by
the complaining Magistrate, 'oho sneered and looked at him
in the most provoking mimics. This, with his former con.
duct, was more than arty man could bear. It was.true that
he, the defendant, la invited him to. his table, hut although
the complaintmt vas a married mut and had a family, he took
advantage ar the introduction to Intrude Moat improperly after-
wards,.pral disturb the peace of his friend.
~Tie LuttD MAYOR here interrupted the, defendant, who
liras becoming eloquent in the description of hie weuligs, and
asked him why, when the facts were admitted, he could think
of entering into a history of exltrapeous circumstances ? Why
expose publicly matters which had nothing to do with the case?
The derenthuit maid he' wished to !thew that he bad properly
used the word " scoundrel."
The Loan Mayon said he could hot enter into such a ques-
tion. It' was a transaction with which he had nothing to do as
a Magistrate.
The defendant said the tase must come before fhe public, as
he had brought an action against the complainant, whom he
should then prove by abundant evidence to have acted as
scoundrel,
a

The Magistrate treated this.assertion with contempt, and said
he would defend the action. In the mean time the defendant
must he held to hail. He then swore that he apprehended per-
sonal violence from the defendant, and thar ft; did not sweat
this from malice' bat for self-preservation.
The defendant was then ordered, to trod sureties to keep the
peace, and his friends beinsjlt attendance, he was soon bile-.
rated. -

llow-STREET.--.Vesterday a respectably dressed. young
man, who stated his name to to Phelps, was brought up by
Taunton, jun., charged with being concerned in stealing a gold

snub-hots, tlie•proplrty of Manuel Rodrigueg an Ex-Captain
in the Spanish Constitutional Army, and a friend of General
Quiroge.
,The prosecutor stated, through the medium ora'yaleag gen.
Abelian acquainted with the Spanish language, who happaced to
he hi the Office, that he came to this country about seven
'months ago from Cadiz; and having money at that time,- he
. employed- an interpreters who *tn..the • oourat of their walki
about London took him to !a public-house called Lilo. Cock, in
Milk-street, Haymarket, where he was introduced o. the pri.
'saner, who had resided in Spain for severed years, and spoke
the language of that and other countries fluently, and they be-
came acquainted. A sheet tithe 'ago the prosecutor had occa.
sion to dispose of his gold mita-hos, imd lie communicated
his intention to the prisoner, observing that he would sell it
for 151. The prisoner said inimediately that he could procure
a 'customer for the box, and took it away with him; hut after
keeping it iv day or two he said he had not been • able to
dispose of it in thu quarter he expected, but he had an in-
timate, acquaintance who wits valet to a gentleman residing •
Molloy's ,Hotel, liond.street, and that gentleman he kuew
. would. purchase the .box. On Monday morning last the pri.
.sonermet the csecutor by appointment, and the latter brought
vettft—hirti a_s ..r _
walking' to oy's Hotels they met a very smartly dressed
young mart, who accosted the prisoner, and- the latter Mini-.
duecal hint as his particular friend, the gentleman's valet..
The valet seemed tounderstand their Witness, and Observed
that his master was then at breakfast, and]if they would step
into a neighbouring public-house he would come to diem
speedily. They did so, and he came in a few minutes and re-
quested to have the box to sliew his master. The unsuspect-
ing Spaniard readily gave the box, and the Intim:fled valet went-
away.. with it. In six .or • seven . minutes the shoemaker also
walked out, leaving the prisoner and the prosecutor in earnest
conversation, and in less than ten minutes more 'the prisoner
himself departed. The prosecutor conceiving that they would
All return sat very patiently for about half an hour, when he
began to feel uncomfortable, and would have made known his
anxiety to the people of the public-house, but untOrtunately he
was unable to utter a word in English.—Hour after hour passed
away, and he remained there, occasionally ,endeavouring to
make his loss understood, but an vain. He at length left the
'house, and gave information to the Police at this Office, with a
description of the persons of the off'enders.; in consequence of
which, Taunton apprehended the prisoner at a public-house
near the Haymarket, on Tuesday mght. When he saw the
prosecutor, and was questioned by him, he said that the box
was bold, and had been broken up.
The prisoner in answer to the charge made so lame a defence
that the Magistrate said there could be no doubt whatever, even
taking his own spewing, that he was in collusion with theothers
to rob. this unfortunate gentleman of his property. It was a
base and cruel transaction to deprive it foreigner, a stranger in
the-land and ignorant of the language, of that which perhaps
to him was of great consequence. No pains should be spared
to bring the whole of, the parties to justice. The prisoner was
rerriamied until Tuesday next.

William Claridge, the driver of a Kew Bridge and Ilrentford
coach, was brought up; charged with assaulting and behaving
insolently to Mr. Nicolas Harries Nicolas, a gentleman residing
in the neighbourhood of the above places!.
' • Mr. Nicolas stated that he and his wife were going home
-the otherAay, and seeing a roach standing in Piccadilly with
Brentford and Rew. Bridge" written upon it, they:got up ;
man who was attending upon the coach telling them that the
fare was is 6d. each. Atter being detained au hour and 24
minutes ia.Piceadilly, they started, and a short distance down
the road they were stopped by a lady who had some luggage with
her, and who asked if the coach went to Brentfiird, to which the
defendant, who was the driver, ratified in the affirmative. When
the coach arrived at Kew Bridge, however, the defendant said
he was going no further, and that the lady and the luggage must
quit the coach together. The complainant seeing. the lady alone
ventured to remonstrate, upon which the defendant insolently
said, " you mind your own business—take care of that 'ere wo-
.man, what's with you." The complaimurr asked how the lady
was to get her luggage hotne, and the reply was, " how she can
—mind your own voman, I tell you." The complainant at
length offered 3s. for'the fare of himself and Mre. Nicolas, but
the defendant refused to take it, and said he must hare another
shilling. The complainant urged the agreement with the cad,
but the defendant refused, to take less than 4a., placed himself
breast to breast against Mr. Nicolas, abused !nut most grossly,
and at length seized. him by the collar. Mr. N. pushed him
away,
.and he then attempted to pull off his coat and said, " I
Will have an up and a down with you any how, my covey."
Complainant ut the importunity of his wife, who was alarmed.
paid the other shilling and departed.—The defendant denied
the charge.
Mr. HALLS, with some remarks upon thi'defendant's con-
duct, fined him 40.;. end costs.
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DUMB FORTUNE TELLING.
Wortsittn-yritEp..-L-Yesterday William Daly, an inte-
resting looking young man, about 21 years of age, a native of
" the..Ernentld Isle," and thomb was brought before Mr. OS.
ISMIN I, by Vann, the officer, for final examination, upon the
following charge :
It appeared that about the 4th inst. the prisoner, who followed
the occupution of a " fortune teller," called at the residence of
a Mrs. iteeves, No. 13,Monegar-street, floxton. New.tewn,'
where, after by milking signs, and producing other testimonials,
such as slates, papers, certificates, &c. &c. he convinced her,
as well as anotherlady who lodges in the sante henget that lie
undotibtedly possessed the power of " taking a peep into fixture
events." They accordingly requested of him to pot into prac-:
tice those extraordinary gips,
which he answered by signs, tak
ing at the same time for his guidance the example of other
-
professors, certainly of a more exalted rank, namely: " No
fee, tio opinion,"—or, " No money,
no paternoster." They then
made up 2s. 6d., When he smilingly act his charms to work,
and so pleased were the ladies of his anticipations) anti their fu-
ture prospects in life, thal they gave him an invitation to call
upon another day. In the mean
nu-
merous circle of female acquaintances as to the expected result
of their brightening prospeek,time the ladies apprised a
antiappointed a day for them to
partake of the entertainment. In a few days atter the wiener
called,*but unfortunately it was not the day appointed by the
ladies and their filen& The prisoner, after-entering the room,
made signs of his vaxiety as to the time. Ikirs. Reeves retched
bim her watch, When he, after examining its internal works,
signed to her that it wax not worth a farthing,, anti he then put
it in his pocket, and, after remaining three hours in the room,
took it away and pawned it for one pound.
111rio'lleeves, a decent looking woman, deposal to the fore-
goiog facts, and further stated, that after he got the watch, she
beenme so ashamed of herself as induced her to let him take it
.with him, as she was unwilling at the time to raise " an itera-
tion" in tie house; but as she understood the prisoner was in
the habit of resorting ton public-house in the neighbourhood,
site the more readily assented to his departure. In a day or
two after she and her friend (the lady) called at the public-
house, when the landlord said he knew the prisoner well, and
would be accountable for him to the amount of 51. This an-
swer of the landlord had the effect'of quieting her mind.
The landlord stated, that the ladies certainly paid him a visit
on the subject, when they, hail some ale, but denied the respon-
sibility ; at the same time he admitted, from the: young, man's
general good conduct, he should feel happy, in obliging him. ,
But (said the landlord, turning round to Mrs. Reeves) I had
seen your ring upon his finger some days before I saw the
watch in his possession.
A awnbroker proved the pawning of the watch for 1 poand,
and that it was worth 2 poontiet.
The following eta copy of one of the papers found by Vann
p
niacin the prisoner :—" The bearer hereof is aloting man de-
prived of the faculty of haling or speaking ; ra eta respecta-
ble, family r. his father having been an officer of high rank in the
63d Regiment, but who was unfortunately killed by a fallfrom
his horse. which accident wag shortly after the cause of his mo.
ther's death; that he Was quite destitute; and that the Rev. W.
Agar of Cork could attest to the truth of his 4taterntat.'..'
Mr. OsponNE thought, under the singular circumstances of
the case, he could not look on it in no other point of view ex-
cept under the. Pawning Act. He therefore committed the Pri-
soner for one month to the /louse of .Correetion, or pay double
the value (viz. 41.) Ile wits titan removed from the bar.

SIIQCKING ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning
as John 'Maynard, an old and experienced waterrnan, 'seas pro-
ceeding in his wherry through' London bridge to the Custom-
house, ft coil barge at the moment shot the same lock, which,
coming in contact with the boat, instantly sunk it, and the un-
fortunate man was drowned.. The deceased has left a Wilily of
ten children to deplore his loss, and only three weeks since
buried his wife, who died suddenly.

Great phepa rations are. making' at. St. Denis fat
the interment of the late King., It is 'said that
after the funeral ceremony the churchi; with alt
its-decorations and it great intanbiq alights-, wilt
be open to the public fur eight ‘l4 y 4- Many de.
rs.t.‘4;uirt. lar—t/UUlte DUUMI UI rat IS anti the eu.i,
"'trots go daily to St. Denis, to .sprinkle holy
water upon the royal coffin.
The Duke de Brancas Latiragdais, Mertibei of
the Academy of the Sciences, died a few days
ago, in the gid year of his age. To this Noble-
man the Arts and :Sciences are indebted for the
discovery! of the deccitnposition of the diamond,
and for carrying the MatiUfacture of percelaiu to
a high degree of perfection.
M. Douglas, Secretary of the British gmba ist
iri the Netherlands,' arrived at lliussels on the
Stli :inst.
On the 24th ultimo, Madame de St.liitiei
aged 70 years,'''n idow of the translator of
cc Ovid's Metamorphoses" into French, was Edur-
tiered at Essonne (Seine et Oise), at the house of
her sou-in-law, where she had collie to pass the
flue season. The Police are inactive pursuit of
a butcher; who is suspected to be the murderer.
His Excellency Jean DaVOro, Captain-General
of the Sicilian navy,completed his one-hundredth
year on; the 22d ult. This venerable son of Nep-
tune received the congratulations of a great tiutn'•
her of personages of the highest distinction.
In Consequence of a Royal Urdonnance of the
20th of August, by which the post of FrenchGU-
vernor of Barcelona was suppressed, Major-Ge-
nem! de Pernig will return to France, and Major.
General d'Arbund Misson will remain in com-
mand of the gallium troops.