The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-24 00:00:00

BOTV-STREET.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ROBBERY BY A CON-
FIDENTIAL CLERK.—Yesterday Henry Chapman,
a mere youth, of very respectable appearance, was
brought up in the custody of Gardiner, charged
with stealing a 501. Bank of England note, and
71. lOs., the property of John Henry Cancellor, Esq.,
one of the Secondaries of the Temple, in whose
office he was employed. The case excited a great
deal of interest, in consequence of the high respec•
tability of the prisoner's connections, and the singu-
lar circumstances attending his capture by the officer.
Mr. John Goody, of No. 10, Ashby-street, Nor-
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lampton:square, is managing clerk to Mr. Cancel

lor, and the prisoner was a clerk in the same office.
At half-past one o'clock on Friday, the 4th instant,
he gave the prisoner a Bank of England vote for
501., No. 14,739, and directed him to go to Smith,
Payne, and Smith, the bankers, and take up a draft
lying due there, drawn upon Mr. Cancellor. He
also informed him that on the following day an
order would be presented for 71. 10s., and that he
would find the means of payment in a certain desk
which he pointed oqr, at the same time stating that
he would most likely be absent the next day, as he
felt unwell. He did, however, go to the office, and
found the 71. 10s. gone, and he also discovered that
the draft at Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith's had
not been tak,n up.
Mr. Kenston, a cashier of the Bank of England,
produced the bank-note in question for 501., with
the name " P. Griffith, 19, Cambridge-street, Rig-
Nate-road," writteo upon it, and said he cashed it
with 50 sovereigns on the 4,h instant.

Mr. Ray, from the office of Mr. Cancellor, swore
that the signature and address " P. Griffith," &c.,
were in the handwriting, of the prisoner.
This was the evidence for the proeeution as it
regarded the bank-note, and the following letter was
put in and read. It was addressed to Mr. Caned-
Jur, and signed by the prisoner :
" Honoured Sir,—On Friday last I went to take up a
dratt drawn upon you, and I met a person of my acquaint-
ance, and we entered a house for the purpose of drinking
On coming ou! I tound I had been robbed not only of the
501. note, but the 71. 10s. which I took out of Mr.
Goody's desk for safety, as there were workmen there.
fhe loss maddened me, Sir, and I went home and hasti,y
collected a few things to go abroad, or rather to work my
way to some foreign port, but I could not do it. I was
distracted to think what my loss had been, or I should
have dared to have supplicated for your forgiveness. I
shallno w becomefn)m a suicide; but oh ! in mercy to my
father and my poor mother, oh, pray, do not let them ire
discharged
tooworthy for their yourson's er
s slrveiteue' return you hthaarirlis for
your kindness, your unparalleled kindness, to me. By the
time you receive this I shall b no more.

" HENRY CHAPMAN."
Mr. Thomas Tucker, a livery-stable keeper, de-
posed that on the 4th instant the prisoner came to
his stables and hired a horse and gig to g,. to Brigh-
ton for seven days, and paid 51. 19s. He said he
was Mr. Charles Wilde, the son of Mr. Sergeant
Wilde, and lived at No. 21, Great Guildford-Street,
which is the residence of the Learned Sergeant. He
had never seen the horse and gig since until it was
restored to him by Gardiner, the officer.
This evidence having been gone through, the
prisoner was remanded till the evening, when lie was
again brought up.
Gardiner having received information of the rob-
bery went to Brighton, arid learned that the prisoner
had been there, dashing about in a horse arid gig,
and had purchased a gold watch and other articles.
He traced him from thence to Maidstone, where he
was too late by about an hour, but found some lug-

gage at an inn there, and in one of the boxes were
one pound of gunpowder, fifty bullets, and some
wadding. He went on to Dover, and saw the pri-
soner driving at the rate of at least ten miles an hour
down the main street, leading to the passport office.
Gardiner ran to the passport office and took the pri-
soner into custody. He found 3/. 7s. in his pocket,
and a number of percussion caps. He had also a
pistol in his outside coat pocket. Witness subse-
quently traces the prisoner's wife to Hythe, and
found upon her 12/. 10s., and some powder and per-
cussion caps, and a pistol.
The prisoner had nothing to say, and was fully
committed to Newgate for trial.
Q UEEN-S QU ARE.
THE ASSESSED TAXES.—Yesterday afternoon,
Mr. Farren, the Secretary of the Westminster As-
sociation for the Repeal of the House and Window
Duties, and a deputation from that body, waited on
Messrs. WnITE and BURRELL, the sitting ma-
gistrates, to know if they would countenance, by
their patronage, the association now formed in West.
minster.

A memorial was here handed to the Bench, of
which the following is a copy :
‘• The Westminster Association, having been established
upon the broadest principle of a general admission of
housekeepers of the city and liberty of Westminster, and
the metropolis generally, for the attainment of a defensihl
obj-ct by legal means, viz., the entire and instant repeal
of those unjust, oppressive, and illegal imposts, the house
arid window taxes, and for the protection of its members
against unjust assessments and oppressive distraints, feel it
their bounden duty to afford their fellow-citizens an oppor-
tunity of manifesting their opinion on the injustice of con-
tinuing these war taxes in time of peace, and in direct
violation of a pledge morally and virtually given by a
former Minister, that they should not he collected beyond
two years after the termination of that war. Since that
pledge was given, eighteen years have elipsed, and these
taxes are still in a state of collection amongst an oppressed
and overburdened population.
" The Westminster Association, actuated by these
principles, and deploring most acutely the ill-timed policy
which has consigned so many hundreds of intelligent and
virtuous men to the political degradation of disfranchise-
ment, from an inability to pay any longer these grievous
burdens, have appointed a deputation of their body (the
bearers of this memorial), on their behalf, to solicit the
co-operation and assistance of their fellow-citizens, by en-
rolling themselves as members, or contributing to the
funds in the shape of a donation.
" Signed by order of the Association,
" WILLIAM FARREN, Hon. Secretary.
" Committee-room, Prince's Head, Princes-street,
Storey's-Gate, Oct. 23, 1833."
Mr. Farren then briefly addressed the Bench, in
order to explain the views of the association, and
requested to know if they would sanction it.
Mr. WHITE (turning his back to the deputation)
said that it was illegal, and he would have nothing
to do with it, desiring the deputation at the same
time to leave the office.
Mr. Farren hoped they had not given any of-
fence ; they were merely deputed by the association,
and trusted that they would be treated with
courtesy, and whatever answer was returned by the
magistrates would be faithfully reported to the
meeting. He, however, denied that they were
acting illegally ; their object was to obey the law.
Mr. BURRELL—You have had your answer; we
have told you that we shall have nothing to do
with it.
The deputation then retired.
MAR YLEB ONE.

William Hughes, a young man of very respectable
appearance, was yesterday placed at the bar, charged
before Mr. RAWLINSON with having violated Cathe-
rine Brown, an interesting looking girl, ten years
of age.

The child, having been questioned by the magis-
trate respecting the nature and obligation of an oath,
deposed that she lived with her father and mother,
who kept a clothes-shop in Stingo-lane, Paddington.
The prisoner also lived in the same street, and dealt
iu " sweet stuff" and other things. She had fre-
quently gone on errands for him, and one day last
week, on her return from delivering a message, he
took her into the back parlour.—(Here such parti-
culars were entered into, apparently with the
greatest reluctance, by the child, as tended to esta-
blish, beyond the shadow of a doubt, the prisoner's
guilt.) After keeping her in the room about a
quarter of an hour, he suffered her to depart, and
she then went home. While in the prisoner's apart-
ment she did not attempt to call out, for fear that
the people who were walking in the street should
run in and make a disturbance about it.
Maria Brown (the mother) said that on the pre-
vious day ( Tuesday) she observed something strange
in the child's manner, and on questioning her re-
specting the cause, was informed that the prisoner
had assaulted her in the way she had described.
Site (witness) had examined her, and was of opinion
that she had sustained considerable injury.
Sergeant Horsford, 6, D, here stepped forward
and stated that on receiving information from Mrs.
Brown of what had happened, he accompanied the
little girl to the residence of the prisoner, and on
entering the room in which lie was, she pointed
him out immediately as the person who had ill-used
her. The prisoner denied that he had committed
any violence, but did not attempt to disguise the
fact of his having been familiar With her. He then
went to a drawer, from which he took a piece of
paper, whereon the child had written to him in
pencil several lines inviting► hint to that description
of conduct with which he was charged. He further
staled that she had mentioned to him the circum-
stance of her hav,nkr, twice by her own free will arid
consent indulged in similar vicious courses with
others.

The note spoken of waa handed up to Mr. Raw-
linson, who read it with evident feelings of the
greatest horror and disgust ; its contents were of

the most filthy and abominable descrip!ion, such as
Ise had never before heard of, as emanating from a
child of so tender an age.
The mother here examined the writing, and said
she was sorry to -be compelled to own that it was
her daughter's, to the best of her knowledge and

Mr. RAwuNsoN (to the child)—ls this note
your hand .vrii ?
Child (crying bitterly)—Yes, it is,
Mr. RAWLINSoN said, that in the whole course of
his experience, he had never met with a more dread-

ful ca-e of juvenile profligacy, and in order to af-
ford time for a proper examination of the child, and
for the production of other evidence, he should re-
mand the prisoner till Monday next.

HATTON.GARDEN.
Yesterday John Ruf, an athletic Life Guards-
man, belonging to the Ist Regiment, stationed at
the Regent's Park Barracks, was charged with hav-
ing committed a violent assault upon Charles May-
hew, a policeman of E division, by which his life is
placed in Imminent danger, and with several other
assaults and misconduct.

James Gay, a police officer, on Tuesday night
last, about a quarter to nine o'clock, was on duty
in Holborn, when he saw the prisoner behaving
himself in a very outrageoui manner, as if he was
intoxicated. Witness and Wilding, another officer,
both spoke kindly to him, and wished to avoid tak-
ing him into custody, ►n consequence of his being a
m►litary man, but he would not desist; and at
length he flourished about his cane and intentionally
struck a young man, who insisted on witness taking
him in charge for the assault. Witness and Wild-
ing seized him, on which he resisted them in a vie-

lent manner, arid they found it impossible to take
him along. Charles Mayhew, the injured man,

_ assistance, and' even then they were-
le to get him along, and the crowd became so
immense, that they were necessitated to send to St.
Giles's station-honse for an extra number of men,
to assist them. While they were taking the pri-
soner along he fell on the ground and vowed that he
would not go with them, and he made a violent
kick at Mayhew, which caught him in the groin,
and he was obliged to leave his hold in consequence
of his excessive pain, and was carried to a surgeon's
in the neighbourhood, where he was found to be
dreadfully injured, and rendered incapable of attend-
ing further to his duty. They were compelled
eventually to carry the prisoner to the station-house
on their should.
Charles Wilting corroborated the evidence of the
hist witness.
Mr. ROGERS (to the prisoner)—What have you
to say for such infamous conduct ? Prisoner—
That I was drunk, your Worship.
Mr. LAING suggested that the prisoner should be
!timed over to the military authorities, as there was
nobody present to prove that the prisoner had kicked
Mayhew.
Mr. ROGERS—As to turning him over to the mi-
litary power for punishment I shall not think of it;
hut I shall certainly deal with him as I would with
any other person.
Mr. LAltiG—Then we can order him to find bail
to appear here on Friday next, when Mayhew may
be able to attend.
Mr. ROGERS—Certainly, and to be locked up
until it is procured.
After having been confined about an hour and a
half two persons became the prisoner's bail, and he
was liberated.
On inquiring after Mayhew we found him in a
leplorable condition lying in bed, in the most ex-
cruciating agony, and unable to move.
THAMES POLICE.

SMUGGLING.—Yeste,day Thomas Stockton, the
engineer, avid John Wafrond Hml Robert Yeats,
stokers of the steam-packet Belfast, from Calais,
~ere charged, under the Custom-house Laws, with
smuggling brandy and tobacco, by which they had
rendered themselves liable as seamen to five years'
servitude in the Navy. The prisoners were stopped
on Saturday last, on the Tower-wharf, by Jordan
and Gray, Custom-house officers, and about a gallon
of foreign brandy and a pound of tobacco were
found on their persons. They have been since de-
rained in prison, but yesterday the Commissioners
of Customs consented to forego the informations on
their paying 20s. each.
On the prisoners being placed at the bar, Mr.
Bullock, the clerk to the Solicitor of Customs, said
he was instructed not to offer any evidence against
them. The prisoners were then liberated.
John Wynrnastrer, a Dutch seaman, was next
charged on a Custom-house information, that he,
not being a subject of his Majesty, did unlawfully
smuggle eleven ounces of segars and one ounce of
tobacco, by which he had incurred a penalty of 1001.
This case was pressed.
James Cragie, a Surveyor of Thames Police, said,
that on Saturday last he slaw the prisoner coming
ashore from a wherry at Bermondsey, and in a
handkerchief in the boat he found the segars, which
the prisoner said were his, and he was going to give
them away. On searching his pockets he found one
ounce of tobacco.
The prisoner, in defence, knew be had done
wrong. He was going to take the segars and to-
bacco to a friend for a smoke.
Mr. BRODERIP convicted the prisoner in the pe-
nalty of 100/., and, in default of payment, to be
imprisoned in Kingston gaol during his Majesty's
pleasure.

After the disposal of the above cages, Mr.
BRODERIP anxiously inquired if anything had been
done on behalf of the two seamen, nattier' Walters'
and Grist, who were sentenced by him and Mr.
COMBE on Saturday last to five yews' servitude in
the navy for smuggling five pounds of tobacco ? He
hoped the Commissioners of Customs had favour-
ably considered the case.
Mr. BULLOCK said the Commissioners had made
a representation to the Lords of the Treasury on
behalf of the men, and the pardon was expected to
be sent down every hour.
Mr. BRODERIP said he was heartily glad to
hear it.

TYRANNY AND CRUELTY AT SEA —EXTRAOR-
DINARY CASE.—Yesterday very great curiosity and
interest were excited by the appearance of a Lascar
crew of an East Indiaman, lately arrived from Cal-
cutta, who attended for the purpose of lodging
complaints against the Captain and officers of the
ship, for cruelty and various assaults commuted
upon them during their voyage to England. They
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them to procure one, and to bring their serang
(boatswain) on the following day. Yesterday forty
of them came down to the Office in a body, and
they remained in the street, where their presence
attracted a large multitude of persons until the close
of the usual business of the office, when five of their
number, with their " head man" as interpreter, and
the tindal (boatswain's mate), were brought into
the office. One of them said that an officer ordered
him to lash a rope, but the gunner at the same time
ordered him to do something else, when the officer
knocked him down. This assault was committed
on the day the vessel arrived at St. Helena, and 15
days afterwards the same officer beat him with a
rope while he was at the wheel. A second, a Ml-
hometan, who was sworn on the Koran, complained
that the second officer beat him with his clenched fists
and knocked out two of his teeth. The tindal, who had
preserved the teeth, produced them. A third stated
that " one of his eyes had been knocked out" by a
violent blow from the second officer, and that when
he found his eye was closed he beat him with a rope.
The man could not see nut of his eye, and Mr.
BRODERIP, observing that the eye was injured, par-
ticularly questioned the man, through the medium
of the interpreter, as to whether it was caused by
blows from the officer, and he said it was. A fourth

had nearly lost the sight of both eyes from the se-

vere blows he received from one of the officer, A
fifth said the Captain heat him ,everely about the
head with a piece of wood, and produced his shirt,
which was covered with blood.

The interpreter said the whole of the crew. sixty.
two in number, had been ill-used by the Captain
and officers, and repeatedly beaten and flagged with
a piece of bamboo as thick and as long as a man's
arm, and av. ry hard and long hand-rope, which
were produced for the Mav,istrate's inspection. He
saw the Captain one day drag a man up to the yard-
arm, and on another occasion he threw seven buckets
of water on a man. Many of the crew had been
severely injured, and he had heard the Captain td
the officers to break their - beads, and he would
stand the consequences.

Mr, BRODERIP, after examining several of the
men, grunted warrants against the Captain and three
officers of the ship, and directed the interpreter
acquaint the men that their alleged grievances should
be inquired into.

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it consists of a complve collection of the instruments of
punishment in use at Algiers. There are ropes used by
the police to punish leurale slaves guilty of slight trans-
gressions. Adultery is punished with death to both
parties; the finale is tied in a sack and cast into the
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with batons, with which they indict frrquently but/Wary
punishtn.•nt : they also bore them, like the Boni" ,nines
in procrissi,,ns before the Dey. Ti_iTiehrrese
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hands cut off by a surgeon,
in order to increase the pain or to stop the bleeding, for
him to plunge the culprit's maimed band into boiling peas
immediately tiler the mutilation'
punishment were adopted fur the sauce
to decapitate criminals ordered to beonsot punishedis by the
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