The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BO W-STREET.

James Sinclair, a young fellow who is well known to
the police for his priggish propensities, was yesterday placed
at the bar, before Mr. Hau.s, charged by Mr. Neil
M'Cabe, a native of Scotland, and a surgeon by profession,
with stealing a carpet bag, containing wearing apparel and
other articles, of the value of 10/., his property.
The case presents the Scottish character in rather a new
light, and illustrates the old proverb, " It is good to be
cautious when we have a knave to deal with."
It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor that he
employed the prisoner to c irry his carpet bag, containing
the property in question, from the Bull Inn, Holborn, to
Mile end, on or about the 20th of January last. They
went together to a public house in Shoe.lane, where the
prosecutor left the bag and its contents in care of the land-
lady. He then went, accompanied by the prisoner, to a
shoemaker's shop to bargain for a pair of shoes, and while
engaged in fitting them on, the prisoner complained of
being very hungry, and requested a penny to buy a loaf,
which the prosecutor gave him. The prisoner then left
the shop, saying he would return immediately, but, after
waiting for him in vain for some time, the prosecutor be-
came alarmed for the safety of his bag, and on returning ,
to the public house his fears were confirmed, by the land-
lady telling him " his friend" had called and taken away
the hag, saying be had been sent for it. A few days after
this the prisoner was taken into custody for picking pock-
ets at the Olympic Theatre, and committed to the House
of Correction for two months. On searching him several
pawnbrokers' duplicates were found, relating to tbe pro-
perty of the prosecutor, and the term of his imprisonment
having expired yesterday, he was taken into custody, as
he was leaving the House of Correction, on the present
charge.
The prisoner, in his defence, declared that he returned
to the shoemaker's shop almost immediately, but finding
the prosecutor gone, and knowing he was a stranger in
London, he thought it would be advisable to remove his
property to a more se,.ure place, and he accordingly con-

veyed the big to a public-house in Gate•street,
Inn.fields, where I e I,ft it, and if any thing had been
abstracted from it, surely it was no fault of his, who had
done all lie could to secure the gentleman's property. Tne
prisoner added, that he first became acquain'ed with the
prosecutor in the House of Correction, where they were
confined together.

Mr. H.sins, with some surprise, asked the prosecutor
if there was any truth in the latter part of the prisoner's
story ? The prosecutor replied it certainly was true that
he met the prisoner in the House of Correction. The
truth was that he met with a friend, a Lieutenant in the
navy, and having drank rather freely, they neat together
after dinner to the Victoria bazaar, in Holhorn,where they
became rather noisy, and the result was that the police
were assaulted, and he (prosecutor), having been lodged
in the station-house, was brought next morning before
the Magistrate, and sentenced to pay a fine, or be
committed for seven days to the House of Correction. He
had no means of paying the fine, and not wishing to trou-
ble his friends in the North, he preferred serving out the
seven days in prison ; and it so happened that the prisoner
and himself obtained their liberation at the same time.
The prisoner had previously told him he was in great
distress, and knew not where to turn when he procured
his discharge. Feeling compassion for his situation, be
thought he would put a shilling in his way by getting him
to carry his trivelling-bag from the inn to Mile-end; but
be had reason to regret his misplaced confidence.
Mr. HALLS remarked that, for a gentleman born north
of the Tweed, be had certainly displayed very little saga-
city in placing confidence in a " gaol bird,"
The prisoner was remanded.
HATT ON_ GARDEN.

A young man, named Smallwooi, and Margaret Rich •
mond, a very handsome female, about 25, who was very
fashionably attired, were brought before Mr. LAING under
the foliowing awkward circumstances:—
Both the prisoners were in the service of Mr. Neal,
oil merchant, King's-cross, the first-named as his shop-
man, and Miss Richmond, to speak politely, as his house-
keeper—maid of allwork. On Ft iday afternoon Mr.
Neal left home, and, returning suddenly, between 11 and
12 o'clock, he found the defendants together a,leep. Being
anxious to have a disinterested witness of the situation of
the parties, he crept softly down stairs, but on opening
the street door he made so much noise as to hasten Miss
R. into his presence, exclaiming, " Are you come home,
my dear—are you coming to bed ?" at the same time
taking him by the arm. He pushed her from him, and
at once accused her of what he had just sten, telling her
she was a base woman, and her paramour a scoundrel.
She denied the charge, and commenced bellowing out,
" Murder," when Smallwood made his appearance, and
pitched into Mr. Neal, who, with considerahle difficulty,
escaped, and locked himself in his parlour. The confusion
attracted two policemen to the house, and they, at the
instance of Mr. Neal, took charge of the prisoners.

Mr. LAING said he did not think, from what Mr. Neal
had said. he could punish the prisoner••.
Mr. Neal—He (pointing to Smallwood) said he would
beat out my brains, and, in endeavouring to get at me
when I was in the parlour, he broke the panne]s of the
door.

Smallwood—Yes, and will again.
Mr. LAING.--Mill you indeed ? What is the amount
of damage? Mr. Neal—Twenty shillings.
Mr. LAING then asked Smallwood if be could pay 205.,
and on replying he could not, he was ordered to he im-
prisoned in the House of Correction for 14 days. Miss
Richmond was discharged.

SCOTLAND.-JURY CAUSE.

1. JACKSON, AND THOMAS WEIR, ESQ., W.S., HIS MAN-

DATORY, V. LORD CASSILLIS'S REPRESENTATIVFS.
Jackson, an English jockey, the pursuer, raised an action
against Lord Cassillis, formerly Lord Kennedy, for paying
1501., being his wages from the 10th August 1826 to 10th
August 1827. Lord Kennedy admitted that Jackson was
employed by his manager and training groom, Mr. Thomas
Peirse, of Belleirle, to ride occasionally for his lordship in
1825, and that Mr. Peirce hired Jackson for a year, from
August,lB2s to August 1326, at the wages of 150/, a year.
The noble lord denied that Mr. Peirse had authority to
hire Jackson for another year, but did not state that he
gave Jackson notice to leave his service, and bit lordship
admitted taking advantage of Jackson's services during the
year in question.
A jury trial having been found necessary to extricate the
matter, the following issues were approved of;—
Whether at York, on or about the 10th day of August, 1826,
the late Earl of Cassillis, by himself, or another authorised
by him, engaged the pursuer as a jockey or riding groom
for a year, from the said 10th day of August, at the rate of
1501. a year?
And, Whether the defenders, as representing the said Earl,
are indebted and resting owing to the pursuer in the said
sum of 1501. sterling, or any part thereof, as wages or re-
muneration for his services during the said period ?
Therm issues having come on for trial on Wednesday
before the Lord President, the pursuer adduced Mr. Peirse
as a witness, who was objected to as incompetent, on the
ground that he himself was liable to Jackson, if he ad-
mitted that he engaged him; but that objectionbeing
obviated by the pursuer producing a letter freeing witness
of all liability, and Mr. Peirse hiving proved the engage-
ment with Jackson, and Thomas Shepherd, of Richmond,
jockey, having corroborated the evidence of Mr. Peirse, the
,;efenders consented to a verdict for the pursuer, which was
accordingly given.

Lieutenant J. S. Foreman, of his Majesty's
ship Vernon, has been promoted by Vice-Admiral Sir
George Cockburn to the rank of Commander, and ap-
pointed to the Artieline, vice Commander Aber, deceased.
FEMALE REVOLT AT THE WORKHOUSE.
—On Wednesday the juvenile female paupers of St.
Margaret's workhouse, Dean-street, Westminster, revolted.
It appears that a young man, named Speed, who had been
appointed as a kind of superintendent, had given offence
for alleged tyrannical behaviour, and
the girls mustered
strongly on the above.nained day, and most unmercifully
thrashed Master Speed. They got him down, tore his
clothes nearly off his back, and belaboured him until his
cries caused the whole house to be in a state of alarm.
The presence of the master had no effect upon the party,
and several of the police were sent for to put an end to
the disturbanc., but it was not until several skirmishes
bad taken place that six of the party were placed in safe
custody in another part of the building. During the
night, however, several of the juvenile male paupers
stormed the prison and liberated the girls, and en the
following morning a council of war was held, when it was
decided that the best way to put down the revolt would
be to convey the six girls, who were considered as the
ringleaders, into the country. They were accordingly
taken away by the beadle amid the hisses and groans of
the majority of the juveniles left behind. The girls also
made nome resistance, anti were only tamed by the beadle
threatening to use force if they did not go quietly. The
prisoners were left in pairs at different farmhouses in
Camberwell and Peckham, but on the following day two
of them made their escape, and wended their w.y to
in
to
the when they had the audacity to send
the workhouse for their male companions, who s;.ortly
joined them, and they have nut since been heard of,