The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-19 00:00:00

Mr. Tabor—l object altogether upon principle.
A mau named Pope wai charged by Mr. Pelham, upon
lie part of the Board of Trude, for having taken money
from a seaman named Fox, as recompense fur procuring
a ship for him.

The Act was made for the protection of seamen, but
the evideNce adduced in support of the accusation VI4S
not sutfiziently strong, and the defendant was dis-
missed.

GREENWICH.
TV, H. Bungard, a police-constable, 247 I?, was placed at
the bar of the Greenwich Police-court, before Mr. Jeremy,
charged with being accessory to the concealment of the birth
of a child, of which Caroline Bailey wa.s the mother, in the
parish of Eltham.
The inquiry was instituted at the instance of the Commis-
missioners of Police, and Mr. Superintendent Mallalieu at-
tended to watch the proceedings.
Amelia Baxter, a dressmaker, deposed that Caroline Bailey
resided with her some time previous to and after Christmas
last. She had made three dresses for her during that period,
and observing an increase in her size. told her of it, upon
whist' she laughed, and said, " No, you are joking." In
January she observed that she was much stouter. After
leaving her house some tins.: she appeared as usual. A few
days since she saw her again, when she cried and confessed
her condition. Saw her the last time on Monday, when she
was very ill in bed and could not move.
Rebecca Evans deposed that Caroline Bailey came to lodge
at her house on the 10th of January. She remained six weeks
and five des, and left on the sth inst. She appeared to be in
the family way. Said that she came to be confined, and had
engaged a surgeon to attend her. Two medical men attended
and examined her. She said she would be confined abort
the 14th of February. Thought she was not enciente, al-
though appearances and fulness of dress indicated it. Dr.
Davenport advised her to examine Miss Bailey, but she re-
fused to permit her. Her mother washed her clothes. On
the Ist and 10th of January the young woman walked out
with the accused. It was on Saturday and Monday. In the
evening they returned together. She appeared ill, took
some tea and went to bed in an hour afterwards. . The ac-
cused remained with her half an hour. She continued un-
well for a few days.
William Carr, surgeon, Lee, near Blackheath, deposed,
that he was sent for on Friday night last, and found her
suffering gre'it pain. She told witness that she had been
recently confined, and bad been very much ill-used. She s id
that she had been intimate with a police-constable, by whom
she became pregnant. The ac .used had taken apartments for
her to be confined in, at Eltham, and while lodging there she
went at the accused's request to take a walk. He took her into
a field where he used groat violence to her person twice. On
his repeating this treatment after a fainting fit, she cried
and said, " Oh, dear," and told him he had taken the child
from her, that she was in a dreadful state, and the ac
cused partly managed to carry her home. Witness is satis-
fied that she had been delivered of a child; could not say
whether full grown or not. The injured parts were lacerated
and ulcerated. Doubts that it was a full grown child. The
inflammation supervened from violence. Perhaps within six
weeks of her full time. Miss Bailey is about 21 years of age.
Mrs. Evans was here recalled, and said that the accused
took the lodging, and said it was fur a young woman near
her confinement.
Amelia Baxter was recalled, and in answer to the accused,
said that she went with Miss Bailey to Sidcup, for the pur-
pose of telling him her hard situation, when he gave them
half-a-crown to pay her carriage home. Is certain she was
in the family way and could not walk. Had examined her
person as to that fact, and had also made her baby linen
Witness told the accused that she was in the family way,
and he replied that as witness was a respectable person be
would believe her.

The accused, addressing the magistrate, said that it was
all false. There had been great deceit all through the
business, and that Baxter was a partial witness. 1-I.:r
statement was at valiance with what she told the superin-
tendent.
Jane Evans, cousin to Rebecca Evans, residing at Eltham,
deposed that Caroline Bailey stopped at her house eight
weeks ago, before going to Mr. Evans's. came home late
on a Thursday night. Witne4s was in bed. Bailey ap-
peared very ill and grand,. exhausted. Said she had been
very ill-used and pulled about by Buogard, who had broken
and torn her stays. Said that she was with child. Ap-
peared so. She had half a sovereign in her hand, and said
that Bungard had given it her, and w tilted to Like it away
again.
_ _ _ _ _

-Mr. Jr.semr asked when the young woman would be able
:o attend ?

Sergeant Lovell, 15 11', said he had seen her, and that she
was so ill that she could nut be left alone, and could not rise
from her bed.

Mr. Jauntr said, under such circumstances, he should re-
mand the case for a fortnight. There was direct and positive
evidence, at present, of felony. It was, at least, assuming
that character. and was a most serious affair. If the medical
testimony should be corroborated, there would then be no
doubt that a felony had been committed, and would involve
more than the concealment of birth.
The accused here said that he wished Drs. Viillimore and
Davenport to he examined. Those gentlemen and other
persons would prove the charge to be Ain. He then handed
a long statement in writing to the magistrate.
Mr. JEREMY, after reading it carefully over, said he must
remand the accused until such times as the injured girl
could attend and give her own statement. As to the state
ment he had just read, it went a great way strongly to con-
firm the other evidence; the rest appeared utterly irrecon-
cilestble.
The accused said he believed that she had never borne a
child, at least not by him.
Mr. JEREMY said, under all circumstances he would re-
mand him for one day, in order to have the evidence of those
persons required by the accused. He would therefore be
brought up again to-morrow (this day).
Sergeant Lovell said he would warn the parties to attend.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Wm. Murray, James Smith, Thomas Mutoror, Win. Keefe,
Edward Barker, and Henry .Dwyer, were charged with the.
following outrage:—
Between the hours of three and four o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon the prisoners, with a mob of about forty or fifty
othors—the greater part of them armed with formidable
bludgeons—were parading St. Giles's, stopping every person
they met, and demanding that money should be given them,
on account of its being " St. Patrick's-day." They also en-
tered several shops and demanded money, and On meeting with
a refusal they attempted to extort it by intimidation, brandish-
ing their bludgeons in a menacing manner, and threatening, if
money was nut given to them, to break and destroy the
shop and the goods in it. In Dudley-:.trees the prisoner
Barker struck a poor man who refused to give him a half-
penny. Ultimately the prisoners were secured by the police.
Mr. MAtTRY asked if they were known? The police SAW
they were all bad characters; some of than were convicted
thieves.

They were ordered each to find two sureties in 15/. for their
appearance at the sessions, to answer any indictment that
might be preferred against them.

ALLEGED INCENDIARISM IN
GRACECHURCH-STREET.
The inquiry into the circumstances attending the fire
which occurred at No. 6, Gracechurch-street, on Sunday
last was resumed yesterday afternoon, at 5 o'clock, at the
London Tavern, Bishoissgate-street.
The house, which is occupied by Mr. Plant, stands at the
corner of an arched gateway, known as Corbet-court. A
private door opens into this court, arid upon the left hand
on entering there is a glass partition which separates the
shop from the passage leading to the staircase. Smoke was
first observed issuing from the above private door in question,
by a policeman who was passing through Corbet-court from
Gracechurch-street. The officer immediately aroused the in-
mates, several of whom appear to have escaped with great di-
fficulty. The family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Plant, with
an infant child, a young man named William Jordan, who
was a nephew of Mrs. Plant, and acted as shopnian, two other
youths also employed in the shop, and It woman servant.
William Jordan was the first person who answered the po-
liceman when he gave the alarm, who, when bad that the
shop was " all on . fire," replied, to use the officer's words,
" Very well, very' well."
Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of tke London fire-
engine estsblishment, gave it as his opinion, arising from an
examination of the premises after the flames were got under,
that there had been two or three distinct fires in the shop.
He also stated that he found several parcels -of hosiery and
other goods drawn partly out of the partitions in which they
were ordinarily kept, some of which had the ends Of the
paper in which they were enclosed tont open, as it to facili-
tate their ignition. The fire bud raged fiercest behind the
counter, but a partition on the opposite side of the shop was
much burnt, and marks of pitch or tar, or some such com-
position, were clearly discoverable on the panels in two
places. Altogether the appearances were such that he (Mr.
Braidwood) die net consider it at all.prolsahle the fire had
been the result of accident.
William 'Janson, jun., a shepman in Mr. Plant's em
who
ploy,was called—fie said it was customary for the last person
left the shop to lock the glass door in the partitik iooen,e
whichd
and
separated the shop from the passage. It
butted on Saturday night. Jordan told wet to lock
He said " Lock the door, for I shall not go
._`
'wieoluslt to-night.
Witness was alarmed about four o'clock on Sunda,yfir, and
morning
by a loud knocking at the door, and cries of e
escaped over the root, in consequence of the dense enaoko
which was coining up_ the staircase.
Mr. Robert Plant said he 1.4.4-d to rest about eleven
o'clock on Saturday tAight, 4hd. was awake by an alarm of
fideoniat ►mw ocric tut the fc.ilsolving morning. When

cessary to satisfy that it had been honestly got posses-
sion of.

The Lo :D MAYOR asked the defendant whether he
and his partners had a warehouse at Mancht,ster?
feL,(l nt—We have a cellar there in which we keep our
goo:1,, consisting of twtialii, velvets' &c.
Mr. Hitchcock—l am willing to leave the money in
the hands of your Lordship, or any other respectable
mar, until a satisfactory account of the transactien shall
be rendered to me.

The de!endant said his partner qated that there was
no ground for the deteritiuir of his 1,1. ,pert-,r. Tht goo,Ls
had been regularly sent up through Pickfird's house to
Mr. Hitchcock, whose clerk or warehouseman had been
previously spoken with upon the subject of making the
sale, to which u prompt assent had been given.
The LORD MAYOR—It the defendant and his partn,-r
have any chum upon Mr. Hitchcock, they must odolit
different course. It is quite inipossiule to permit a per-
son to make a claim in such a manner as that adored.
All th,..t Mr. Hitchcock wants is to know wk rimer lee
would be justified in paying the amount of the sale.tp
the !lorries applying.
The defendant was then bound over, to the amount, of
201.. to give no further annoyance to Mr. Hitchcock,
Mr. Tabor, of No. 21, (heat Trinity-bane, was sum-
moned for having refitted to pay tithes for the main-
tenance of the rector of the parish of Holy Trinity the
Less.'

The coil, etor of tithes for the parish stet( d that he
had previously sent a summons to Mr. Tabor, who made
it a rule not to take notice of such authority, and the
second summons contained a threat of the issue of a
warrant for 'the apprehension of the recusant if he
should persevere in rtyecting the claim.
The LORD MAYOR—What is your oljection to the
payment of the tithe, Mr. Tabor ? Dent.enclant—l re-
fuse upon principle altogetoer. lam sure we cannot
find any authority for the charge in the doctrine of
Christ. It is contrary to Christianity.
The Loup MAYoa—lt is not contrary to law, I know;
and as you are able to pay it you must pay is. Mr.
Tabor—l dare say I shall pay the demand. He then
drew out his purse and paid the amount of the tithe
The LORD MAYOR—Now, why do you give us and
yourself so much trouble for nothing? Mr. Tabor—lf I
happened to be robbed in the street I would take the trou-
ble of prosecuting the thief, although I should gain
nothing by my trouble, and I think it necessary to pro
test against this demand while I pay it.
The L'nto MAYOR—You have ti pay the costs, as
well as the demand, for your obstinacy. You may just
as well protest when the collector calls upon you in the
first instance.