The Sun.
London, England, 1833-03-29 00:00:00

LONDIO, FRIDAY EV,' \ LW!. RCH *29, 18:33.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION HOUSE.

ROBBERY AT MR. VALrv's PRINTING -OFFICE --An
old grey .headed m,m, named John B. wick, was bought
before the LORD MA YOR, by Daniel Forrester, charged with
having received a cuanti,y of sheets of work, which) were
in a state of preparation for the public. Mr. Valpy has,
it appears, been robbed of property of the kind to the
value, according to the running estimate made on the
tak;ng of stock, of from 7001. to 8001.
Mr. Robert Folihorp cond,cted Mr. Valpy's business
at his warehouse in Water-lane. A greit quantity of
printed sheets of various works, of great value to the pro-
prietor, had been stolen. The Delphin Classics was the
work in which the most serious loss had been sustained.
The prisoner was remand d.

A young min, named Talbot, the snn of a respectable
trod arnan in the City, was brought before the LORD
MAYOR on Tuesday, chnrged with having robbed hip father
of bank-notes a, d gi,ld to the amount of 250/.

The officer who apprehended the prisoner gave an -awful
account of him. The prisoner, it appeared, upon being
apprehended, tried to pull a brace of loaded pistols out of
his pocket, and would, witness had no doubt, have fired
at Lim (witness) if a vigorous effot t had not been made to
prevent it. The fficer also found upon the person of the
prisoner a quantity af poison, which the prisoner ex-
pres‘el a wish to swallow.
The Loan MAYOR asked the complainant whether he
supposed the b.lv was out of his senses ? Mr. Talbot
had no reas .n to ►hink so upon any occasion except upon
the pteserr, when he went about Hertfordshire driving a
pair of horses.
The prisoner frequently laughed during the examina-
tion- His father wept bitterly, and was evidently dis-
posed to give his son another trial.

The LORD MAYOR—No, no. Even the interpo'itinn
of a parent sh 11 avail nothing in a case like this. I must
protect you.

•
The prisoner lauehed.
The LORD MAYOR asked him why he robbed his fa-
ther 2 The prisoner—Why, because I had no money of
my own, to he sure.
Another else of a similar kind immediately followed.

A boy, about 13 years of age, nami•d John Alder, was
charged with having robbed his father under peculiar cir-
cumstances.

The hoy had been sent to Britt ewell for previous effences,
and his par.•nts had done ad in their power to reclaim
him. but without effect, for the moment any opportunity
occurred he htgan to pilfer. The other morning, ris his
father and mother liy asleep in bed, he slipped on his
clothes softly, and taking the only coat his father had in
the world, and which cov. red the shou dens of the poor
old couple, stole do,,ri stiirs, and running off to Petticoat.
lane, 8..1d it to a Jew. He also took away the only book
in the family, a be:tory of his luau's native place, and
soLt it at a bookstall, a:ter which he went to play at pitch
and toss in MoortieDs.

Tl:e LORD MAYOR said, that in all his experience, he
never yet knew an matinee in which a boy did not come
out Bridewell toot fatally c-rrupted.
A Scorch gentleman named Be ge was brought up.
A policeman, as he was walking along Austinfiiars on
the IP eceding night at nine o'clock, was surprised at seeing
a min of very rewectable appearanc- stsegering upon the
pavement in a state of what wiiness con.idered to be the
most melancholy intoxication. Upon going up to the
gentleman, he found that Mr. Burge was the person ; and
with the assistance of another policeman, carried him
to the station-house. The belief in the station-house was,
that the gentleman was blind drunk.
The Loan MAYOR—I'd have you become a member of
the Temperance S,iciety, Mr. Burge. I see that your
hand shakes, and would advise you to turn from whisky to
water.

Mr. Burge—las.ure you, my Lord, that I hid taken
no more than half a pint of ale during the evening.
The policeman declared that the gentleman was tin.
Mr. Burge—l vow to God, my Lord, that it was all
owing to a Dutch pipe which I smoked. I was as well
as anybody until I give about a dozen whiff., and on a
sudden toy head began to whir, and I thought the &or
rose up gradually till at last it struck me right in the
forehead.—(Laughter.) I then found myself lying on the
ground, and I managed to get up and go into the air, but
I found the street rising up against me just as I did the
fioor.—(Great laughter.)
The LORD MA YOR —Don't you think you deserve to be
fined for getting drunk with tobacco as well as if you gut
drunk with liquor, which is the greatest luxury ? Mr.
Burge—l contend, my Lord, that I was not drunk within
the meaning of the Act, and I shall appeal to the Court
of Aldermen, who ought to know the difference.—
(Laughter.)
A policeman often saw the gentleman on his way home
at night, but never saw him " lushy" before.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, my countryman, in my opi-
nion the Temperance Society is your only chance of relor.
'nation. I never can believe but that intoxication by tu-
b iceo is brought on by slow degrees, and, depend upon it,
it I find that tlse ground hits you in the face again I'll fine
you ss.—(Great Ilughter )
Mr. Wooler was afraid that the temperance societies
would'nt cute any malady of the kind. It struck him,
from what be had seen, that temperance was i:erived from
intemperance, like inc. a non lucendo. A friend of his,
who was president of one, often carried off six bottles to
his own cheek.—(Loud laughter.)
Mr. Burge then &pat red.
130 117- S TREE T.

EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION IN A POLICE OFFICE.
—On Wedn, sday Thomas 111• Aeon, a respectably•attned
man, having a Strong Scottish accent, was brought before
Mr. HALLS, charged with assaulting his landlord, a Mr.
Rua, in Compton-street, Soho.
Mr. Rue stated that the defendant was a lodger in his
how,e, and came home on Tuesday night tipsy, and in-
sulted him grossly, and threatened to break his head,
and, moreover, to kill him it be did not conduct himself
properly.
Mr. MiKean apologized for his misconduct, and said he
would make amends in any way that might be suggested.
Mr. Rue sa:d he only wanted Mr. M•Keart to be quiet,
and the charge was dismissed.
Mr. Burnaby, the clerk, intimated to Mr. HALLS
that the defendant was the father of the extraordinary
Scotch boy. who was said to be gifted with second sigiit,
and also with tie power of describing objects in a room
which le could not by arty possibility see in direct way.
Mr. HALLS said he should much like to see the young
Gordon Nt'Kean, of whom he had head and read so much.

Mr. M'Kean cAlled his son, a fine-looking lad about
eleven years of age, forward, and, placing him with his
hack to the bench, put a handkerchief over his face, and
requested the Worthy Magistrate to consent to an exhibi-
tion of his powers for a few minutes, to which Mr. Halls
consented.

Mr. Burnaby, the boy being placed as before described,
took his watch from his pocket, and said, " What ha, e I
got in my hand ?"—.." A watch," was the reply. " What
is it made of?"—" Gold." What chain is attached to it ?"
—None at all," said the boy, " there is a rihand to it."
Mr. ilau.s—Can you tell at what hour the hand stands?
Bry—Yes, at twelve.
Mr. Burnaby-51ore or less ? Boy—Neither more nor
less, but precisely twelve.
Mr. Burnaby showed his watch, awl the hands were at
twelve precisely.
Mr. Burnaby then produced his purse from his peeket,
and asked the boy the colour of it, arid what it contained ;
arid his answers were, without having the lent opportunity
of turning round towards the Bench, :hat one end of the
purse was brown and the other ytliow, awl that the brow'
end cont lined sovereigns and the yellow end silver. Mr.
Burnaby admitted the correctness of the description, and,
taking some silver from his pocket, asked the boy to de-
scribe the different pieces. " What is this?" stid Mr.
Burnaby, taking a sixpence. " Sixpence," said the boy,
" and of the date of 1819." " What is the next ?" said
Mr. Burnaby, " A shi lino', and dated 1816," was the
reply; and when the Chrk' brought forth another coin,
and asked a similar question, tb i boy said, " That is a
sixpence, and of the date e; 1817;" and all of these
guesses proved to be correct.
Mr. HALLS expressed his astonishment at the extranr..
dinary faculty possessed by the boy, and tie parties
retired.

HATTON-GARDEN.
Considerable interest was excited at this face on Wednes-
day in consequence of a report that Dr. A—,a physician,
residing at Cheltenham, was to be brought before the Ala-
giatrat .a upon an older of affiliation by the overseers of
Clerkenwell parish, to compel him to support a child of
which he was alleged to be the reputed father.
The young woman appeared to be about 20 years of

age, and the child two years ; while the physician seemed
to be a young man about 21 or 25 years of, age ; and he
w,s accompanied by two other sprightly young "doctors."
About four years ago the def ntlant resided at Chelten-
ham, and was walking the hospitals, when he first met
with the plaintiff, who was very ill in the Gloucester
Hospital, where he was practising as aph sician He
paid attention to her, and importuned until she ultimately
consented to his wishes, and prornisad to protect her in the
event of the birth of a child. She became enceinte, and,
within tour months of the time of her delivery, he brought
her to London, where her accouchement took pl ice, anti
he continued to assist her for twelve months after the
birth of the child. He left off his visits and assistance,
and she was involved in necessity, in consequence of which
she applied to the pirish officers for relief, and they pur-
sued the usual remedies to compel the reputed father to
supp rt his illegitimate offspring.
The young woman and the child, who are extremely
prep ssessing in appearance, had been living at No. IS,
Easton•street, Clef kenwell, and the (1, Pendant, we under-
stand, has just returned from France.
The case occupied hut a very little portion of the Ma-
gistrate's private time and duty, and we are informed by
those who were present, that, although the matter was dis-
puted, it was only on a ground that the chili was born in
a different place, and he was ordered to allow four
shillings per week for the maintenance of the child, and
the necessary expenses.
MARYLEIIOI67.

Much merriment was excited in tie office on Tuesday
mot wog by the hearing i.f the following case:-
- Plush. the toll•collector at Park-street gate, Cam-
den-town, appeared to answer to a summons for exacting
more than was allowed by the Act from one William
Lewis, who on the 21st instant pa•sed through the above
gate with wo donkies and a cart belonging to the
gical Society.
Oft the shove-named dry complainant was charged 91.
instead of lid. for the animals and vehicle, as previously
described, and the gate• keep..r made the ovi-rcharge in
consequ nee of the donkies being of different appearance
front the u.uil breed, inasmuch as they were ornamented
with sundry stripes of great beauty, and therefore, in his
opinion, did not come within the meaning of the Act,
which applied to asses of the common stamp and quality.
A gentleman from the Commissioners under the Lowther
Act, contended that Plush was justified in making the
charge of 91. ; he then questioned Mr. Murray. who was
present when the piyment was made to the gate-keeper,
respecting the bre d of the animals, and received for answer
that as the f,ther was an ass, and the mother an ass, the
young Ones must of n.cesoty he asses also !
In answer to Mr. Hosiaqs it was stated by the genle-
man from the Commissioners, that, in his opinion, the
animals were beasts, in fact he did nor know how to clas-
sify them, but was positive a dinky was a different thing
from the striped beasts in the Zoological Soch ty's cart.
After much evithnce, which was of so droll nature as
to excite the risibility w every one present, it was decided
by the Magistrate that. the asses were acturlly asses, and
nothing else (notwithstanding their zebra-like appear•
ance), and defendant must be convicted in the usual penalty
for the offence.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

In the course of Tue,day morning a young man applied
to Mr. CoNANT for a summons against the Lady of Mr.
Juqriee Litvedale.

The applicant had been living in the service of the
Learned Judge as footman. About 12 o'clock on Sunday
night her Ladyship came borne from a p,rty, and imme-
diately ordeted him out of the house. He objected to go
at 'hat umfrasonable hour, when her Ladyship said he was
drunk, and had the police calved in. They, however,
declared be was sober, and refused to take him. He was,
however, ejected into the street, without a farthing to
procure him a lodging, and was obliged to walk the streets
during the remains• r of the night

Mr. CONANT—You must have given the Lady of the
Learned Judge some cause for ordering you out of the
hurler.

Applicant—Her Ladyship had been nut to a party, and
I wa, ordered to go with the carriage and attend her home.
Upon going to the house the carriage had started ; the in.
,tant I reached home, her Ladyship came down stairs and
sent me nut.

Mr F►.owEß (the Magistrate)—Her Ladyship did very
right in turning you away for neglecting to see her home.
Applicant—On Monday week her Ladyship turned the
house-maid away in the ,atne manner.
Mr. FLOWER—No doubt the Learned Judge has had a
bad set of •ervants.

Mr. CONA NT-What do you want a summons for ?
Applicant—For my wages.
Mr. CONANT-We cannot grant you one for your
wages, but no doubt his Lordship will pay you when he
ielurns from the circuit; if not, you must apply to the
Court of Conscience.

Applicant—My wages are about 2./., and therefore it
would he useless to obtain a summons.

Mr. CONANT—A Magistrate cannot assist you.
The applicant then withdrew.
WORSHIP STREET.

EARLY DEPRAVITY.-A pretty-lo,king girl, named
Maria Rcather. was yesterday charged before Mr. BEN-
NET with having robbed her master, Mr. S. Smith, a
caltinet• maker, in Charles-street, St. Luke's.

The prosecutor said the prisoner had been for some
time past in the h bit of robbing him, and also a lodger
of his. From the latter she had stolen a silver watch and
some wearing apparel, and from himself also a quantity
of clothes, all of which she had pledged. On asking her
what could induce her to be continually robbing him,
she said that three years ago she met a woman about 65
years of age, in Pentonville, who told her to do it, and
that if she did not, she would turn her into a cat or a
;log and send her to hell.

The MAGISTRATE remanded her for further examina-
tion.

The girl, on hearing she was to go to prison, burst
into te:irs, as also did the father.

A BRUTE.—A decently dressed woman, assisted by an-
other lemale, entered the office in a deplorable state,
'ivito; her rieht eye protruding from the socket, and
bleeding profusely, owing to a kick she had just received
trout her husband. The wife stated, that the prisoner on
cumin:; to his breakfast that morning, inflicted two heavy
blows on her head, from tl e effects of w hich she fell on
the ground and before she could get up, be kicked her
with all his mielit in her tight eye.
Mr. BENETT-But why did he kick you ?—Because I
went to his shop the day before, to ask him for 4s. to pay
the rent, to prevent our goods being seized. He had
plenty of money in his pocket.
Mr. BENETT (to the prisoner)—What have you tc say
to this ?—Why 1 am sort), I should lave thrown myself
away on such a woman. It was a parish marriage.
Mr. BENETT—WeII, but you ought to have b, en obliged
to her fur trying to save your goods from being seized.
Prisoner (to his wife)—What have you done with your
wedding-ring; pawned that I suppose ?
Complainant—Yes, for fad. to pay the surgeon.
She is such a violent woman that she has
takeni n
3risp°oiekorTn twice.

Mr. BENET/ —Such a brute as you are is enough to
make her po,•on. You must find good biil, with
24 hour,' notice. Prisoner-00, I can get bail; but she
may expect something when I come out.
Committed for want of bail.

THE LAND OF LIBERTY.—WC copy the
following advei tisrment flout a New Orleans paper :
Cook for sale.—An excellent American woman cook,
and her two children, one a girl, about 14 years, the other
a boy, abunt 12 months old, both burn in the city, fully
guar:mitred."

MUNDEN used to say that an audience did
not know what it lost by not tnuouraging actors. "When-
ever I go on the stage," said he, "and am rec.-ived cold)y
by the houst., I feel as if a wet blanket were thrown over
my shoulders, and I cannot possibly enter with spirit into
the part."

FARRINGDON MARKET.—An attempt is
being made by the city to render this allowedly untortu.
nate speculation a little more comfortable to the dealers
and attractive to the public, so tar as the fish and veee-
table markets, which are carried on in the open area of
the market, are concerned. A shed has been erected,
along the cen,re of the open space, of about 260 feet in
length, by 30 in width. It is open at the sides, and the
"of, which is Plated, is supported by light cast iron
pillars. The finish was given to it on Saturday, and rt
has altogether a very neat and commodious appearanee.
A similar range of covered building is in the course •f
erection along the western wall of the market,