The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-18 00:00:00

DENMARK.

On the 12th Lieutenant-Colonel von Vett, just
appointed to the Holstein corps of Chasseurs, took the
command of that body at Kiel. In his address to the
troops he said :
"He had been appointed their commander by the
command of the King. He was fully aware of the diffi-
culty of his duty, as they were strangers to one another,
but he felt sure that the officers, under-officers, and me❑
would assist him. He required discipline and obedi-
ence, but was ready to listen to any well-grounded com-
plaint, if they relied to him with confidence, and he
trusted they would find him a good comrade. It was
not long since they had stood in the field against each
other as enemies, and though many a brave man had lost
his life and limbs in the conflict, yet they had in these
battles acquired a mutual respect for each other's bra-
very. From henceforth a bond of peace must unite
not only the soldiers, but all the subjects of one and the
same Sovereign, and they, as soldiers, were especially
bound to be faithful to him."

THURSDAY EVENING-, DECEMBER 18, 185 t.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Dec. 17.

(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge.)
Henry Pepper was indicred for keepng a common
brothel in the parish of Saint Luke.
Mr. Parry prosecuted ; Mr. Metcalf defended.
On the part of the prosecution evidence was given
to show that the house, or rather the houses in ques-
tion, Nos. 21 and 22, Baltic-street, St. Luke's, were
frequented at night by prostitutes and men, and In-
spactor Brennan, of the G division, and tNO police-
officers gave evidence of their having seen prostitutes
enter the houses at all hours of the night, and of their
having repeatedly been to the houses in search of
prostitutes who had committed robberies, and other
parties who were charged with felony. One prosti-
tute who lived in the house was tried in this court in
the name of Ward, and convicted of robbing a man
about twelve months ago.
The defence was that the houses were not brothels,
and a number of witnesses were examined to contra-
dict the case for the prosecution. They asserted that
the houses were let out to lodgers, mostly respectable
married persons, and that they were never known to
be the resort of prostitutes. One of the witnesses,
who looked a mere boy, and who said his name was
Hubbard, stated that he was married and lived with
his wife in one of the houses in question. He had
been married twelve months, and was by trade a
pocket-book maker. The house was not a brothel.
Mr. PARRY—Are you a pocket-book maker or a
pocket-book taker ?—(A laugh.) Witness—A pocket-
book maker.

➢lr. PARRY—You say you are married ; now, be
careful ; where were you married ? Witness—Yes,
I am married, and have beeu twelve months.

Mr. PARRY—Upon your oath, sir, where were you
married ? Witness (hesitatingly)—Where, did you
ask, sir ; what does that matter ?

The JUDGE—Answer the question, or I will corn,
mit vciu.

"Witness—lt was at Cripplegate Church.
Mr. PARRY—Now' I caution you. Will you swear
that you are married at all ? Come, we happen to
know something of you, Mr. Hubbard. Witness—
Well, then, I aint married at all, I live with a young
woman.

Mr. PARRY—Then you told a lie when you said
you were married ? Witne3s—That's it, sir.
Mr. PARRY—Have you ever been in trouble, Mr.
Hubbard ? Witness—l don't understand you.
Mr. PARity—Hava you ever been in prison ?
Witness— %%rtit'zi that to do with this ?

Mr. PARRY—Have you eYer been in prison ? If I
asked you if you now steal pocket-books you might
decline to answer, but you aro not protected from
answering my question. Were you not sentenced to
six months' hard labour for picking a man's pocket of
a watch ? The witness refused to answer. He was
threatened with committal if he did not, and he then
said—" Yes, that's right, sir.
The JUDGE—Were you tried in this court ?
ness—Yes.
The JUDGE—Bt.fore me ? Witness—l don't know.

Mr. PARRY replied, and contended that the evidence
for the prosecution was not at all shaken by that for
the defence.

The jury found the defendant Guilty.
The COURT sentenced him to six mouths' hard labour,
and to find sureties, himself i❑ 1001. and two sureties
of 251. each, to keep the peace and to be of good be-
haviour for six months further.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Mrs. Dawson, alias Phoebe Blakeney, a lady rather
a3vanced in years, residing near Maida-hill, was
brought before Alderman Challis on a warrant charged
with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury in
1833, by making affidavit in Doctors' Commons that
she was the daughter and only next of kin to Mrs.
Eliza Elam, the late widow of Lieut. Joseph Eiam, of
the Bth Garrison Battalion.
Mr. Huddlestone, instructed by Mr. Cotterell, ap-
peared for the prosecution; and Mr. Lewis for the
prisoner.

Mr. Huddlestone said he was unable to produce
witnesses from Doctors' Commons at that moment,
and would therefore only show sufficient to justify the
Alderman in remanding the prisoner.
Mr. Lewis submitted that in the absence of evidence
to substantiate the charge of perjury, his client would
be entitled to ask for her discharge ; but as a full and
searching inquiry was courted by her, he would only
ask that her own recogniaances might be taken for her
appearance on a future day. His client was the owner
of two houses at the west enc.' of the town, and highly
respectable.
Mr. Huddlestone said he should certainly oppose
such an application, and, in the event of bail being
taken, require that it should be substantial.
Mr. Lewis said under these circumstances he should
ak for the immediate discharge of his client, as the
course adopted by his friend Mr. Huddlestone was
altogether unnecessarily severe. Mrs. Dawson had
been brought up on a warrant when a summons would
have answered the purpose, and now they were about
to detain her in custody without producing any evi-
dence as to the crime alleged against her, and which
he was confident of being able to rebut.
Alderman CHALLI3 said in this case he could not
get over the fact that he held in his hand the state-
ment upon oath on which the warrant was granted,
and he could -hot think of allowing the prisoner to go
at large, but upon very substantial security.
Mr. Lewis said he must then press for the discharge
of Mrs. Dawson, for the Act of Parliament required
that when a prisoner was taken into custody he should
be brought before a magistrate and viva vice evidence
should be produced, that the witnesses might be sub-
jected to a cross-examination, and that if such evi-
dence was not produced the prisoner must be dis-
charged._

Mr. Huddlestone thought Mr. Lewis could not be
fully acquainted with the nature of the charge, or he
would not imagine the alderman would be justified
in discharging her without receiving good bail for her
appearance. Mr. Huddlestone then briefly narrated
the facts of the case, stating that in 1827 a Miss Elite
Good married a Mr. Joseph Elam, whose regiment,
the Bth Garrison Battalion,was at that time quartered
in Athlone. In 1828 Miss Georgina Elam was born,
and in 1829 Lieutenant Elam died. In 1833 Mrs.
Elam died, leaving a daughter, who was taken charge
of by Mrs. Dawson, the prisoner, who was at the
time under the protection of Lord Portarlington, and
had been in the habit of visiting Miss Elam's mother.
The daughter was then put to school with the
prisoner's daughters, at a Mrs. Robinson's, at Ealing.
Prisoner represented herself as the friend of the
"dear child's" mother, and that she would take care
of her. Accordingly Miss Elam's education was
conducted under Mrs. Dawson's observation, until
she went to Rouen, in France, about two years ago,
for the purpose of t. inishing her studies. In June,
1851, an advertisement appeared_ in the Times that if

the next of kin of the late Mrs. Elam would apply a

a certain place, they would bear of somethinr, to their
advantage. Miss Elam saw nothing of this advertise-
ment until her attention was called to it by her friends
in October last, and, on application to the place, was
referred to Doctor's-commons, where she round that
Pb be Dawson had taken out letters of administra-
tion to Mrs. Elam's property as the daughter of that
lady, and only next of kin. She took the necessary
oaths, and became the possessor of the property, then
sworn at under 5,0001, but afterwards at under
4,0001.; and subsequently, having obtained possession
of, she sold out the stock. It was under these cir-
cumstances that he asked for the bail to be fixed at
a heavy amount, and he did not consider he was un-
reasonable in so doing.
Miss Georgina Elam having been sworn, said she
was 24 years► of age, and lived at 3, Torrington-street
Torrington• square. She did not remember her
mother's features ; butlecollected living with her in
Curzon-street, May Fair, and afterwards in Clarges-
street, Piccadilly. She r.--membered her mother's death;
but could not call to mind having ever seen Mrs. Daw-
son before then. She was at Brighton when her mother
died, and Mrs. Dawson went down, removed her from

there, and ultimately placed her at Mrs. Robinson's
with her own daughters. She remained there till
1834, and was brought up :as Georgina Dawson, and
used to call prisoner her mother. Mrs. Dawson
brought her up as one of her own children, and was
very kind to her, and she had no fault to find with
her for the manner in which she did so. She had
ceased to live with Mrs. Dawson for the last two
years, and had passed that time with her friends at
Rouen. She was at Mrs. Robinson's at intervals as
far back as 1841. Mrs. Dawson took her away from
there, and always speaking of her (witness's) mother
as Mrs. Elam, frequently asked if. she recollected her.
In 1848, previous to going to France, witness ob•
tained her baptismal certificate. She was not baptised
until she was three years old, and therefore reniem-
bered being called Miss Elam. Her friends applied
with her to Mrs. Dawson to know under what name
she should be married in France, and prisoner then
said " in her own name, Elam," arid offered to pro-
cure the baptismal certificate, but on ascertaining it
had been already obtained she became very much
annoyed. Witness's reasons for obtaining it arose in
the first instance from a feeling of pride that she
might know who and what she really was; and, in
the second, because in France young ladies cannot be
married without the production of their certificate of
baptism.—(Laughter.) Mrs. Dawson never said any-
thing to her about her mother having property. She
had made inquiries at Doctors'•commons, and found
that

Mr. Lewis here objected to verbal evidence being
given as to the contents of any written document
which might be produced.
Mr. Huddlestone asked the witness if from what
she saw at Doctor's-commons she had reason to be-
lieve she could establish the charge against Mrs.
Dawson, in the event of a remand being granted.
Mr. Lewis objected, on the ground that it was for
the magistrate to be sistisfitd, and not the witness.
Mr. Huddlestone then tendered in evidence a veri-
fied copy of the warrant of administration, wherein