The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-12 00:00:00

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

Mr. Cooper, a master butcher, residing in Newport-mar-
ket, appeared on a summons before Mr.CHAMBERS, charged
with having infringed the Lord's-day Act.
Sergeant Walsh, of the C division, stated that having re-
ceived orders from the Superintendent of the division, he
proceeded on last Sunday morning to Newport-market, and
gave the different tradesmen orders to close their shops at
ten minutes past eleven o'clock. Ho went round again and
saw the defendant selling. He again cautioned the- de-

fondant. At half-past eleven o',3--t
nucd sellin,- '

tne -defendant conti-
said," He would sell as long as he had a
pound of beef remaining,"
Stmratit liartl O }.ii'fdli9iatt;d.tlle Statelil6rit Waigli:
r. Cooper, in reply, said all his neighbours kept their
shops open as well as himself.
Mr. CHAMBERS said an end must be put to the nuisance
of Sunday trading, and fined the defendant .ss. and costs.
William Webb, another butcher, was summoned for tIA
same offentti

Sergeants Walsh and Harrison gave similar evidence as
in the last case. _ _

Mr. AMBERS—From whom have you received your
orders ? Walsh—They have issued from the churchwar-
dens of St. Anne.
Mr. CHAMBERS—If the churchwardens are sincere, and
as they have the management of the market, they should
make the defendants close their shops by the proper time;
or else forfeit their leases. _ _

Mr. Webb proved that the police had made a mistake in
the name, and the summons was accordingly dismissed.

LAMBETH- STREET.

Yesterday Joseph Storsea, a Swedish sailor, who has
been in custody for a week on a charge of passing three
Swedish notes of ten rix dollars, or ten shillings, each, which
are alleged to be forged, was brought before Messrs. WAL-
KER and TUBBS for further examination.

From the evidence it appeared that, on the morning of
Monday week, the prisoner called at the shop of Mr. John
Frederick Ullitz, a Norwegian, who keeps a haberdasher's
shop in Broad-street, Ratcliff, and purchased some articles
to the amount of 4s. 6d., inquirinc, at the same time if he
(Mr. Ullitz) were in the habit of taking Swedish money, and
was answered in the affirmative. On the same morning he
again called. Having represented himself as the mate of a
Swedish brig, he purchased two silk and two worsted shawls,
for which he gave in payment the three notes before men-
tioned, which are alleged to be forged, and one genuine one
for one rix dollar. It was subsequently discovered that
though three of the notes were dated January, 1829, the
water-mark on the paper upon which they were printed,
and which bore a kind of fac-simile stamp to the genuine
note, was 1833, and this at once led to the conclusion that
the notes were forgeries. An officer was at once sent in
pursuit of the prisoner, and on his (the officer) entering a
house in Ropemakers'-fields, where the prisoner lodged, he
found him concealed in a cupboard.
The prisoner denied passing the notes as described,
though he was positively identified by Mr. Ullitz and a
friend of his.

Mr. Gray, an ironmonger residing on Tower-hill, had
notes offered to him by the prisoner similar to those pro-
duced ; but he could not take it upon him to say that they
were so.

Mr. Walker said he had no doubt that the prisoner was
the person who had obtained the goods from Mr. Unita ;
but in order to prove and establish a case of fraud (as a
case of forgery committed on the Swedish Government
could not be entertained in this country), it would be neces-
sary to prove by legal evidence that the notes in question
were abutely forged. There was a prima facie evidence
on the face of the notes, from the water-mark on the paper
being 1833, while their date was 1829. Still this was not,
in his opinion, sufficient, as it might be pleaded that the
plate, which was dated in 1829, might by probability be
used subsequent to 1833, and that the discrepancy might
be reconciled.

Mr. Hobler, who attended on behalf of the consuls for
Sweden and Russia, said it was the wish of both gentlemen
that the most scrupulous investigation into the circumstances
should take place, as the present was the first instance in
which a prisoner had been apprehended for the circulation
of forged Swedish notes in this country.
After some consultation between the Magistrates, Mr.
Hobler, and two gentlemen from the offices of the Russian
and Swedish consuls, the prisoner was remanded until the
6th of October, to give time to forward the notes to the
Bank of Stockholm, and the production of legal evidence
that they are forgeries.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Mrs. Charlotte Webb, one of the most desperate women
in Westminster, and so a constant visitor at this office for the
last nine years, that she might be almost said to be attached
to it, was brought from the station-house, before Messrs.
BURRELL and WHITE, charged by a police constable with
being very disorderly in the public street, and with certain
acts of indelicacy.
Mr. BURRELL being a new Magistrate, and the first
time she had ever been before him, Charlotte commenced a
long account of the respectability of her father and mother,
and her family in general ; she then lightly touched upon
her own respectability, and which, she said, she had greatly
improved, as she was quite sick of being in prison, and had
thoroughly reformed, She concluded by lamenting the
establishment of the new police, who, she said, would swear
anything, and her deep regret at the extinction of the old
Charlics, which had completely ruined the country.
Mr. BURRELL.—But what have you got to say about
exposing your person ? Charlotte—Me expose my per-
son 1. the villain to say so. Nobody ever heard of sich a
thing. There now ; there sits Mr. White, the Magistrate,
alongside of you, and I'll call him as a withess to prove I
never did sich a thing in my life.—(Loud laughter.) You
knows my kracter, Mr. White, pretty well, and you knows
as how I've been afore you more than one or two hundred
times ; and many is the time you have sent me down to
".Cottle Downs for weeks and months, and I axes you as a
a genpan, was I ever charged with sich a thing afore? Do
be my witness, Mr. White.
This appeal quite disturbed the gravity of the Bench.
Mr. BURRELL said that he must commit her for 14 days
tothe House of Correction.

Charlotte—Very well. (Turning to the constable.)—
Now, you lousy vagabond, you said that you would get me
three months of it this time, but you see I've only got 14
days. So help me G—, I only wish I was a little stronger,
and I would lick you and all your division, you sneaking
scoundrels.

Charlotte Webb was then locked up, venting curses on
the police.

THAMES POLICE.

Yesterday, Mr. William Youngson, the chief officer of
the Flora West Indiaman, was brought before Mr. BRO-
DERip, charged with wilfully and maliciously shooting at
Daniel Ferguson, a seaman belonging to the ship Ludlow,
with intent to murder or do him some grievous bodily harm.
The investigation created must interest, and lasted several
hours. The office was crowded to excess.

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Daniel Ferguson, the prosecutor, deposed that on the
13th of May both ships were in Annatto Bay, in the island
of Jamaica. A boat race took place that day, in which the
Ludlow's people were the victors, and they had a dance and
merrymaking on :board, and their Captain gave them leave
to invite the seamen of the other ships in the bay ; and he
was sent by the second mate of the Ludlow with his com-
pliments to invite the second mate of the Flora. Another
man accompanied him in the boat to the Flora, and, on
his arrival alongside, he saw Mr. Youngson standing at the
gangway, and told him his errand. The prisoner said that
he did not allow any of his men to go out of his ship after
eight o'clock, but, as they were going to have a bit of fun,
he might speak to the second mate, and he could go if he
thought proper. He went forward and spoke to the second
mate, who, after going aft and speaking to his chief officer,
declined the invitation. He then got into the boat
with the intention of returning to the Ludlow, when
the prisoner said " Stop a bit ; who is that in the
boat ?" While he was on board one of the Flora's
men had got into the boat, but he was not aware of it
until that moment. The prisoner then told him to stop on
the gangway. He remained there five minutes, when he got
tired, and said he was not going to stop there all night, for
he intended to go back to his own ship. He got down the
side of the Flora, and put his foot on the fender, on which
William Taylor, his shipmate, caught hold of his leg,
hauled the boat alongside, and they shoved off for the
Ludlow. The prisoner then sang out, " Who's that in
that boat ?" John Oliver, belonging to the Flora, made
answer, "It is me? The prisoner called out, " Bring
that boat alongside directly, or, d--n me, I will fire into
you." Oliver replied, " Fire at us ! I suppose we are not
on board a man-otrar yet ?" The prisoner instantly
went aft, and returned with a gun, which he presented at
them, but it flashed in the pan. He presented it a second
time, and it again flashed in the pan. The third time it
went off. He did not know for a minute that he was shot,
but he felt something like a wound, and felt the blood is-
suing from several wounds. He told his shipmate and
Oliver to give way, for he was shot, and they pulled as
hard as they were able for the Ludlow. He had just
strength enough to get up the ship's side, when he fell back
into his shipmate's arms. He was quite insensible all
night, and remained under the doctor for eleven days. Eight
shots entered his body, and only one, which was taken out
of his shoulder, had been extracted. The other seven
were still in his body.—(The witness, who appears to be
still suffering from the effects of the wounds, produced a shirt
saturated with gore and perforated with eight shot-holes.
It seemed that three had entered his side, and four his thigh.)
Mr. BRoDE air asked the witness if he now felt any ill-
effects from his wounds ? Ferguson—Yes, Sir, I feel great
difficulty in climbing the rigging, and when I get aloft I am
obliged to wait two or three minutes to recover my breath.
I shall never get over it.

In answer to further -- questions by the MAGISTRATES,
Ferguson said that the steward touched his chief officer on
the shoulders, when he
presented the gun, and told him he
was doing wrong.

Mr. 13 -.,
li."‘IRODERIp •
d you hear him say that ? Fer-
guson—No, Sir ; brit the steward told me so.
Mr. BRODERIP- —Did you actually see the gun fired?
Ferguson—No, Fir ; but the flashes came from the spot
where Mr. You, igson stood in his white jacket.
William Ta:ilor, the prosecutor's shipmate, confirmed the

evid@nee of the last iidtries§ in eVory respect. They were
trying to get pot of the way itfeeti tlid sat Ito fifed 11 the
His shipmate fainted three times after he was
shut ffdrh eihatiStien and Ipss of blood.
Joseph Knight, stevi;ifa Of +loi Flom said the chief-
officer hailed the boat three several times to come lUa'cl tifid
put the man out. They did not return, and the prisoner
threatened to fire. Some one in the boat said, " Fire and
be d='-= d 3" and the pritoner went below for his fowling-piece,
which he had loaded the day. before for the iiiirpno of
shooting birds, and after snapping the gun twice it went off.
He afterwards told the prisoner he bad done very wrong ;
but lie did not say so before he shot the man.
The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, entered
into a very long history. of the whole transaction. He said
that Ferguson and his shipmate took several men out of the
ship New Phoenix, lying alongside the Flofd, but they were
compelled to put back by Mr. Fisher, the chief mate, who
was on board the Flora. They then returned to the Flora,
and in defiance of his orders, took three men out of the
ship. He ordered them to return, and two obeyed his di-
rections, but the other went away. He did not intend to
fire into the boat, but over it. The night was, however,
dark, and he could not see clear.

The steward, on re-examination by Mr. BRODERIP, said
the gun was loaded with small swan shot. The man Oli-
ver returned to the Flora on the same night.
Mr. BRODERIP said this case was one of a very peculiar
nature, and he did not recollect one like it to have occurred
before, nor could he find such a one in the law-books he had
referred to. The question was, whether the crime would
have amounted to murder or manslaughter, if death had
ensued. Taking all the circumstances into consideration,
he wasoof opinion, that if the man had died it would have
been manslaughter, not murder ; and that if he was to
commit the prisoner for the capit4 offence under the 9th
Geo. IV., he would be acquitted. He thought the ends of
jnst.i,ce would be answered by holding him to bail, himself in
2001. and two sureties of 1001. each, to take his trial for this
very atrocious and aggravated assault, for less it could not
be called, at the next Admiralty Sessions.
The prisoner put in the required bail, and was liberated,
Mr. BRODERIP observing that the prosecutor could indict
for the capital offence if he pleased.