The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-28 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Three young men named William Edwards, John Ed-
wards, and Henry Heathcote, who were evidently of the
Marquis of Waterford school, were charged before Alder.
man Gibbs with having cut a looking glass which decorated
the coffee-room of the King's Head Tavern in Pudding.
lane, with a diamond.

It appeared that the three defendants had visited the
et flee-room on Saturday afternoon, and called for brandy-
arid.water, and after having played off some wit paid for
what they ordered, and went away. One of them cat one
of the tumblers with his diamond ring, and it was found
that the looking glass was also disfigured.
The ALDERMAN, after having inquired into the particu-
lars thought that the best way to dispose of the accusation
was to direct the defendants to pay for the damage. which,
we believe, they recompensed by giving the sum of between
61. and 71.

WORSHIP- STREET.
EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION OF MuRDER-----Yestereay,
a very good-looking young woman, fresh coloured, and
rather pretty, who gave her name Anne Reed, was placed
at the bar before Mr. Broughton, and charged on her own
confession with being a party after the fact in the crime of
murder.

Inspector Harris, of the H division, informed the Ma-
gistrate that the prisoner was brought to the Station-house
in Spitalfields, on Saturday evening, by a constable, who bad
found her sittin,g on the grass, surrounded by a number of
persons, near Nova Scotia-gardens, the place where Bi-
shop end Williams, the Barkers, resided some years ago.
She would give no satisfactory account of herself, but
threw out intimations of her having been present at a mur-
der recently committed, and subsequently she made a Far-
ticular statement of the facts, which was taken in writ-
ing, and signed by her.

The Injector 'here handed in the written statement,
whieli::was as follows :

' The child was murdered en Wednesday last, the 22d
inst. It was before diueer. I was present and saw it
done. It vas done with a knife by a yowler, woman, and a
young mail was present. He secured it, arid after it was
killed put it down in a hole under the boards in the beiiip.
room where they sleep. They took the dirt up, and then
put it in the place again. It was the woman's child.
Before it was done they said they thought it was best to
get rid of it. The man said Give it poison,' but the girl
said No,' and she then cut it with a large carving
knife, and cut the head right off. I assisted in fold-
ing it up in the cloth, and thee man assisted
also. I can't say how old it was. She camp
out next day. I will not give you any name or
address, for [ shall have my head cut off if I tell. The
man said he would do so if I tgid. After it was put under
the boards the man said it was a good job it was over. The
girl cried, and they said if it was found: out it would be
through me. I should not have told you. this, but now that
I hive done so I feel my mind relieved. The blood on my
breast is some that came from the child that was murdered.
I have not been at the house since, but I saw the young
woman last night. I have been at the house different
times. It is a month since I first visited there. I will
take my solemn oath that what is written down on this
paper is correct, but I shall not tell any more as she will
get her neck stretched, and so will he, and I shallget trans.
port ed. " _ _

Policeman 131 If, who had charge of the prisoner, pro-
duced her bonnet, which had marks of blood upon the
front and the ribands, and it was apparent that other
stains had been rubbed out. _ _

After some further statements bad been made by the
sergeant, Mr. 13Rouonr0x bad the prisoner conducted to
the private room ; and upon his return to the bench, after
a long conversation with the prisoner, he stated that the
lacer was unwilling to disclose at present anything more
than the circumstances already written and now read Over,
and the correctness of which she affirmed. lie then
directed the police to make every inquiry they could re-
specting the prisoner, whom he remanded until Saturday.

A ROMANCE OF THE OPERA.--The new
novel, entitled The Young Prima Donna," will be read with
avidity by thousands. Its disclosures connected with the lofty
patrons and patronesses of the Italian Theatre in London, and
its development of the schemes and artibces of foreigners con-
nected with celebrated cant atrice, cannot fail at once to stimu-
late and:Oratify curiosity. The stery is fall of the most singu-
lar adventure, not only behind 'the scenes, but in the salons of
the great.

A: correspondent of the Alsace at Baden states
that a few days since a young man, a visitor of the baths, shot
himself, in despair.at having lost AQ,OOQi. at, the.gamiog-tablC
A gentleman froin Marseilles had lost 60,000 f. there at the same
time. _