The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-14 00:00:00

try, the result of which was such that he
had thought proper to lay the information.
Mr. Oxley, who arrived in town on the preceding
night to meet the charge, was attended by Mr.
BODKIN. As he required a postponement in order
to supply himself with a full defence, which he
stated he could produce in a few days, we shall
merely give an outline of what occurred, without
using any of the strong language which was resorted
to on the occasion ; we do this in justice to Mr.
Oxley, who stated that he looked upon it to be of
the highest importance to have the transaction com-
pletely cleared up.
M'Lean, the inspector of police in the City, went,
accompanied by two men in Mr. Burgon's employ-
ment, to the premises of Messrs. Oxley and Co. with
a search-warrant. The men identified two empty
firkins, and some observations were made about
flints, which were in another part of the warehouse.
The officer encountered not the slightest difficulty
in executing the warrant, and nothing but the firkins
were given into his custody.
Edward Snare, counter of flints to Mr. Burgon,
said that a great quantity of flints had been stolen
out of his master's warehouse. A spar in the roof
had been cut through, and the casks were pulled
out through the hole. The discovery was made in
July. The flints were old and good. He saw at
Oxley and Taylor's a large cask, and asked what was
in it, and the warehouseman said, "common musket
flints ;" and he required the head to be opened,
which was done. His companion said, " Oh, here
they are !" meaning that they were Mr. Burgon's
fine flints. They corresponded exactly with what
had been stolen from Mr. Burgon's premises, and
witness believed them to be his master's, but could
not swear that they were. Another cask was
opened, and another, and many, and although the
warehouseman declared that all the casks contained
nothing but common gun and musket and second
horse-pistol flints, they all proved to be fine, and
had the appearance of age upon them; in fact they
were the reverse of what they were said to be. He
admitted that men who worked for different masters
sometimes worked in the same room, for it was the
practice for the men to work at home, and to take
it when complete to the warehouse of their em-
ployers; and he admitted too that it he had beer,
compelled by law to give up some deeds to which
he had considered himself entitled. He never sold
to other masters, but he believed that men who
could not sell to their masters sold to others where
they could.
The LORD MAYOR expressed much surprise that
not any of the flints which were so firmly believed
to be his master's had been brought away to be
exhibited and examined at the Justice-room.
Sheen, the companion of Snare, described the
state of Messrs. Oxley and Taylor's warehouse. He
believed the flints in the casks to be his master's,
from the quantity he saw, as well as the quality.
His evidence was confirmatory of that of the pre-
ceding witness. Jacobs had never been agent to
Mr. Burgon.
Mr. Burgon said he had proof to show that at the
time the thieves must have been engaged in robbing
his warehouse, Mr. Oxley's premises received into
them immensely more than had been received
within the same space of time at any other period.
Mr. Oxley could produce the invoices to show
that his dealings had been most honourable. As
for the fact of the empty casks of another house
being found in his warehouse, that was a thing of
too common occurrence to deserve notice.
Mr. Adolphus—Produce your invoices, and sa-
tisfy us that this transaction was an honourable one,
and we'll walk out of Court at once.
The LORD MAYOR said the investigation was one
of very great importance to both parties, and if Mr.
Oxley was not able to produce the necessary evi-
dence he must give bail. Mr. Oxley requested
time, and the case was adjourned.
The case was exceedingly long and complicated.
GUILDHALL.
A young man, who gave the name of John Wood-
hall, was brought before Mr. Alderman KELLY,
yesterday, charged with being engaged in an ex-
tensive burglary, committed on the preceding even-
ing, at the warehouse of Mr. Earl, cloth-factor,
Basinghall-street.
Mr. Alderman KELLY remanded the prisoner for
further examination.
MARLB OR 0 UGB= STREET.
A middle-aged woman, named Eleanor Deere,
was brought before Mr. DYER yesterday, from the
Vine-street station-house, where she had been con-
fined the previous night, on the following charge:—
A policeman, C division, said the members of
the Junior United Service Club-house in Regent-
street had complained of being waylaid at night by
some of the numerous prostitutes which infest that
quarter, and therefore the pol semen on that beat
had received orders to put a stop to the annoyance.
Observing a number of loose females standing near
the Club-house yesterday evening, the policemen
desired them to move on, which they all did with
the exception of the prisoner. On returning in
about ten minutes, the policeman found her still at
the door; and when he attempted to compel her
to go on, she, as he alleged, " discharged a volley
of vile abuse" at him, and conducted herself in so
disorderly a manner that he was obliged to take
her to the station-house. This policeman swore
that he knew the prisoner to be a common prostitute.
Another policeman, of the same division, also
had seen the prisoner pick up men in the streets,
and had known her for some time as a common pro
stitute.

Mr. DYER was about to commit her on this testi-
mony for fourteen days to the House of Correction,
when the prisoner declared most solemnly that the
assertion of the policemen was totally untrue, as to
her being a prostitute. She was the widow of an
officer, and being in much distress with her family,
she had certainly on more than one occasion gone to
the Club-house, in the hope of seeing some officer
who knew her late husband, from whom site could
solicit the help of a trifle. She was Well known to
persons of respectability, and if the Magistrate
would send and ascertain he would find that her
story was correct. She then handed Mr. Dyer
some documents which showed that, on the death
of her husband, being unable to obtain the usual
pension, through the kindness of the Duke of Wel-
lington, she had been presented with 100/. from the
Royal Bounty Fund.

Mr. DYER requested her to name some person to
whom she was known, in order that the truth of
her story might be inquired into.
Mrs. Deere named a respectable tradesman in the
Strand, and the Magistrate immediately sent Scho-
field to make the requisite inquiries. In a short
time the officer returned, and stated to the Magis-
trate that he had seen this individual, and he had
told him that Mrs. Deere was the widow of an
officer, and though he was aware that she was in
embarrassed circumstances, yet he never had any
reason to believe that her conduct was otherwise

than correct.
Mr. DYER immediately directed Mrs. Deere to be
discharged, remarking that he felt quite sure the
policemen must have made a mistake in supposing
they had seen her accost individuals with improper
motives.

POOR LAWS.—The overseers of St. Giles's,
brought a young Irish girl, in the last state of preg.
Nancy, before Mr. CHAMBERS, for the purpose of
having her passed to Ireland. The overseer said
this was one of the frequent cases which added so
severely to the burdens borne by the parish. The
young woman had scarcely been in London a
month, having come over from Ireland with the
view apparently of lying-in in some parish in Lon-
don, well knowing that her offspring would thus ac-
quire a right to be maintained at the expense of
those who paid poor rates. She was a single wo-
man, and her story was, that she had come to seek
after the father of her child.

The woman belonged to Kerry, and did not want
to go back until after her confinement.
Mr. CHAMBERS said she must return to Ireland,
for the parish could not encourage immorality, by
allowing single women to come from Ireland, and
make a convenience of an English workhouse.
The girl would not go back to Kerry.