The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-06 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
MANSION-IM USE.

A young man, named William Payne, was brought
before the Lord Mayor, charged with having made
desperate assaults upon the police. He had been fre-
quently, upon previous occasions, summarily convicted at
the Mansion House, and at some of the Metropolitan
Police-offices, upon accusations of a similar kind.
John M'Dougal city policeman, 659, stated, that at
twelve o'clock on Saturday night, he saw, while on duty
in Bishopsgate, the prisoner strike a young gentleman
in the mouth, and knock him down. Witness inter-
ferred, and tried to prevail upon the prisoner to go on,
but the prisoner began to knock down the bystanders
right and left, and struck the witness, and kicked him
most violently, and in the most dangerous manner.
Several policeraen then Came up, and the prisoner
severely 'assaulted them, and tried to do them the most
serious injuries with his feet arid his fists. The
prisoner had a mob of vagabonds cheering him on and
assisting him.
Mr. O'Donoghue, a watchmaker, witnessed the violent
condi-tot ca. iho priscuaer, and observed, when the police-
man took him to the station-house, that he was served
right, No smiler had he said the words than a fury of
a woman struck him with her fist on the face. That
was a signal for a severe attack van him. A crowd of
fellows pressed upon him; kicked him, and knocked him
over head and heels. The behaviour of M'Dougal, the
policeman, was deserving of the highest commendation,
for even when desperately struck and kicked, he showed
no disposition to retaliate, but merely secured the pri-
soner with a firm and resolute hand. The crowd fol-
lowed the witness as far as Sun-street, and kicked and
wounded him upon the head and body. The prisoner
made several attempts to use his teeth, as well as his
hands and feet. _ _

The LORD MAYOR said the complainant had evidently
met with the greatest kindness, and that as summary
convictions had no effect upon the prisoner, the City so-
licitor should prosecute him at the Old Bailey.
Committed to Newgate for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DRIVEN FROM PILLAR TO POST.—Lacy, one of the
officers of St. George's parish, brought Harriet Arundel,
a widow who had evidently seen better days, before Mr.
Hardwick, for the purpose of stating her melanc holy
case. The woman had resided in the lifetime of her
husband in the parish of St. George's for several years.
Her husband died, leaving her with five young children,
in such reduced circumstances, that she was obliged to
apply to the parish for assistance. As her settlement
was with the parish of Marylebone, her husband having
been apprenticed in that parish, the officers of St.
George's caused her to be regularly passed to Maryle-
bone. No objection was made by the officers of Maryle-
bone to the settlement, and her case being taken into
consideration, an allowance of ss. per week was given
her towards the support of herself and family. As soon
as the New Settlement Act came into operation, in
which it is provided that a residence of five years shall
confer a settlement, the authorities of Marylebone
stopped the weekly allowance. The widow fell into ar-
rears with her landlord in consequence of this proceed-
ing, and finding her children in a state of starvation, she
applied to the officers of the parish of St. George's for
relief. She was told that the parish of St. George was
exonerated from the burden of her support, as she had
been regularly passed to Marylebone. She went to
Marylebone parish, when she was told that she must
apply to St. George's. The woman, acting on advice, went
to Mr. Rawlinson, the magistrate of Mar 3 lebone Police-
court, and was then told to make an application tq the
Marylebone board the following board-day. She went,
but was told to go away, as no attention would be paid
to her case. Lacy said he had investigated the poor
woman's case, and had found that she was a very de-
serving object. He knew that her family, all very
young, were in a state of starvation—indeed he did not
know what would have occurred had he not relieved the
poor woman with a trifle out of his own pocket, and had
not the magistrate (Mr. Ilardwick) kindly ordered her
last week a trifle from the poor-box.
Mr. Hammier( looked to the new Act, and said lie
did not find any power in it for a magistrate to interfere
in such a case. He was of opinion, that the efficers of
Marylebone took an erroneous view of the new Act. It
appeared to him that the Woman was still legally en-
titled to relief from Marylebone, and he should advise
the woman to go into that parish and make a regular
claim for relief.

Lacy said, if Marylebone disputed the settlement,
and would pass the woman back to St. George's, he was
sure the authorities of St. George's would be willing to
try the question. In the meantime, however, the poor
creature and her children could not be allowed to starve.

The woman then left the Court, after receiving five
shillings from the poor-box, with the intention of getting
a lodging in Maryleboue, and making another applica-
tion for relief.