The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.
Yesterday Mr. Butterworth, one of the Common Coun-
cilmen of the ward of Farringdon Within, applied to Sir
JOHN KEY for a summons against Richard Carlile, the book-
seller in Fleet-street, for having on the 21st instant, by
placing effigies of a Bishop and a broker hanging at the
windows of his house, caused a crowd to assemble, and so
obstructed the public.
Mr. Carlile, it appeared, had been visited with an exe-
cution for refusing to pay the church rates of St. Dun-
stan's, and immediately hoisted the above effigies, but at
the desire of the Lord Mayor and Mr. Butterworth, he
withdrew the figures, upon condition that before Wednes-
day evening he should be summoned before the sitting
Magistrate at Guildhall, with a view to ascertain the lega-
lity of the exhibition, with a clear understanding that if
he were not summoned by that time he should re-hoist the
effigies.
Some conversation arose as to whether the complaint was
within the Magistrate's jurisdiction, as in the case of Tre-
gear, the caricature-vender in Cheapside, who was indicted
for occasioning an obstruction of the footway by exhibitinc,
his pictures, the Recorder had so strong a conviction of the
illegality of the proceeding, that although the Jury convicted
him he was not called up for judgment. It was remarked
upon this occasion, that upon the same principle on which
this conviction was founded, the beautiful daughter of the
pastrycook at the west end of the town, who attracted a
mob about her father's window, might have been indicted
as a nuisance. Air. Carlile's effigies, it was stated, did not
project beyond the front of his house.
The Lord MAYOR ELECT, who was present, had no mis-
givings of the authority of a Magistrate to remove all nui-
sances and obstructions.
Sir JOHN KEY wished to see what part of the statute about
street nuisances applied to the case.
The clerk thought there was nothing in the Act that
would apply save the general words at the end of the clause
that every person " occasioning any obstruction" should be
fined no less than 51.
But it has been held that if the Legislature had intended
these concluding general words to be operative, they would
have sufficed to meet all cases of obstruction, and about
100 sorts of obstruction would not have been laboriously
enumerated.
Mr. Butterworth explained that he did not seek to have
Mr. Carlile punished ; but to set at rest all doubts of his
liability to be fined, and Sir JOHN KEY agreed to grant the
summons.

BO W-ST REE T.
Yesterday Catherine Hillier, the woman charged with
forging the signature of Lord Stradbroke to a check upon
Messrs. Drummonds, the bankers, for 4631. 145., was
brought up for another examination.
Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the Society of Bankers for
Protection against Forgery, was in attendance for the pro-
secution, and Mr. Wontner (son of the late Governor of
Newgate) for the prisoner.
The only additional evidence now adduced in the case,
which was fully detailed in The Sun of last Tuesday
week, was that of Mr. Thomas, a stationer at Wey-
mouth, who stated that on the 20th of September she pur-
chased at his shop a draft stamp for 500/., and some writ-
ing and blotting paper. The forged check or draft now pro-
duced was exactly like that which she bought as to the
amount (500/.) of the stamp, and the sheet of paper and
blotting paper also prodUced were of the same size and
quality as that which he sold to her ; but he could not, of
course, swear that they were the same.
The blotting paper was examined by the Magistrates,
and the figures 4 and 3, with a faint outline of 6, were dis-
coverable. _ There was also a faint outline of the name

Stradbroke."
Mr. Bush said Lord Stradbroke was still out of town,
and as his Lordship's evidence was necessary to prove the
forgery of his signature, he requested that she might be
again remanded.—Remanded till Tuesday.

LAMBETH-STREET.
Yesterday John illetcW, a youthful-looking muffin-baker,
was charged before Mr. Hardwick with committing an act
of bigamy.
The first wife of the prisoner, a very diminutive female,
said that she had given her husband into the custody of a
policeman on the night before, on a charge of bigamy, and
handed in the certificates of her own marriage with the
prisoner and his marriage with another female, who was
then present.
The person alluded to, a fine young woman, was then
desired to stand forward, and, on being sworn, she stated
that she had no charge whatever to make against the man,
but she had one for a violent assault to make against the
last witness. She then proceeded to state that on the pre-
ceding evening, while out she met two children belonging to
her and gave them a half-penny each. In a short time
afterwards Mrs. Metcalf came to her house, and not only
abused her in the most scurrilous manner, but tore her
dress to pieces, scratched her face, and gave her ablack eye.
Mrs. Metcalf did not deny the charge of striking her, and
she was ordered to find bail, and her husband discharged.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
DISTURBANCE AT THE ADMIRALTY.--YeStCrday an
elderly man, evidently suffering under a severe attack of
paralysis, named Thomas Smith, was brought before Mr.
WHITE, charged with creating a violent disturbance at the
Admiralty, and refusing to leave the place when told to do so.
Richard Leggett, a porter at the Admiralty, stated that
the defendant came there about two o'clock in the after-
noon, and was very vociferous in his conduct ; he declared
that he would not leave the place without a pension, and
that they might hang him or cut his throat if they thought
proper ; but stir from the place he would not. His conduct
was so violent that the police were called in, and he was
given into custody. It had since been ascertained that he
was an out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital, and in the receipt
of Is. 3d. per day.
The defendant, whose speech was evidently affected from
paralysis, in reply stated that in early life he had entered
the navy ; where he served several years. At the battle
of Trafalgar he was severely hurt by a fall from the main
deck into the fore-hold, which incapacitated him from ser-
vice, and a pension was granted to him from Greenwich
Hospital of 141. per annum. A few years after that, when
he had got perfectly cured, he entered the army as a private,
and served sixteen years and four months in India. In
Bengal he was afflicted with a paralytic stroke, by which he
lost the use of his limbs, and he was sent home an invalid
and allowed a pension of Is. 30. per day from Chelsea Col-
lege. During the time he was in India he had received his
Greenwich pension, but now they had taken it away from
him. He had frequently applied for his Greenwich pension,
and had sent in petition after petition, but could get no an-
swer, until March last, when he received a letter informing
him that his sea service had been added to his military ser-
vice, and Is. 3d. per day was all he was entitled to.
Mr. WHITE said that he was sure there was plenty of
gentlemen in this country who, if he had applied to them,
would have assisted him, and seen that he was not deprived
of his just rights.. He could give no opinion on that point,
but it was never. the way to go to the Admiralty and create
a disturbance. •
The porter said that the defendant had arrived in town
this day from Manchester to make application for the
pension.
The defendant said that owing to the Greenwich pension
being withheld from him he was plunged into the deepest
distress.
He here handed a paper to the Magistrate.
see by this paper that you are
Mr. WHITE—Why, I
indebted to your landlord upwards of two years' rent,
amounting to 301. 10s.,
Defendant—It is very true, and I have come to town to
obtain my just rights and pay him.
Mr. WRIGHT' said that he must find sureties to be an-
swerable for his future conduct.
The defendant was then locked up.