The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 24.

MANSION-HOUSE.—ALLEGED FORGERY.--At
the conclusion of the business the Rev. George
Radcliffe was brought from Salisbury, in the cus-
tody of an officer, upon the charge of having forged
a transfer of stack to the amount of 1,0281. 6s. 3d.
on the Bank of England, standing in the name of
George Radcliffe and Robert Raxwottliy.
Mr. Freshfield said he fel:. great pain in stating
that the prisoner was a clergyman of the Church of
England, anti rector of St. Edward's, Salisbury,
and that he had forged a certificate, staling that
Mr. R-txwottby was dead, and thus got 'IL° his
bands the stock. Mc•. Fresh&ld said be should be
obliged to require a remand, and would only pro-
duce evidence to justify it.

GUILDHALL. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A
Dm—Charles Pullin'', a lad about 14 years of age,
was placed at the bar, before Alderman Hale, charged
with stealing 60 pieces of challits, value 501., the
property of his employers.
George Russell, a City detective officer, said, yes-
terday afternoon, in consequence of information I
received, I wont to the warehouse of Messrs. Jor-
dan and Co., 26, Noble-street, where the prisoner,
is employed. I there saw the prisoner, and told
him I was a detective, and that he was the party
who had been stealing the goods which had ben
missed from the wareriouSe, and giving them to a
man to pledge. I had this man, whose name is Willis,
called in, and told the prisoner he was the man to
W OM he had given the goods to pledge, and I
asked Willis if such was the case, and he replied it
was. I then told the prisoner I must take him
into custody on the charge of stealing 60 pieces of
challres, 10 pieces before Christmas, and 50 pieces
since. I then-took him to the station, and lie said
one of the dupl:caies relating to the property was
in his coat pocket in the warehouse. When the
charge was read over. to him he said he wa4 guilty.
Alder matt Hale—What is the value of the 60
pieces I

Itussell—About 501., sir.
Alderman dale—This is a very wholesale-rob-
bery for a lad like the prisoner to be engaged iu.
Russell—l found a duplicate in the. prisoner's
coat for a watch, and another for three pieces of
chillies pledged on the 17th of April at Messrs.
Pickford and Roberts's, in the Old IC-at-road. I
also found in -the same coat-pocket a sea.ed piper
parcel• containing six new neck-ties. There was
an uher neck-tie loose in the pocket. I showed hem
all to the prisoner, and aske.l him how he became
possessed of them, and he said, "They are the
governor's ; I took them this afternoon." I wish
for a remand, sir ; but as the man Willis is here, I
hope, sir, you will elution him to be careful iu
letting me know where he has pledged the g. ods.
Edwa,d Willis was then called to the front of
the utagntrate's table, and ordered to en' er into
his own recognisances in 401. to appear at the next
hearing..
The prisoner was then remanded.

WESTMINSTER. —SINGULAR CHARGE AGAINST
THE WIPE OF A TRADESMAN. —Dnily Hodge?, a
young, well-dresed, ' and childlike woman, was
placed at the b ch4rged with obtaining money
under falle pretences.

From :he evidence of Mr. Sowerby, pawnbroker,
of Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, it appeared that the
prisoner, who is the wife of a jeweller, residing in
St. John's, Clerkenwell, pledged a gold locket at
the house of the prosecu'or, on the 9th March,
stating that it" was good gold, and obtained 4s. on
it. On :.\-1 arch 22, April 9, and April 23; she again
appeared, on each occasion stating that she had
bi ought the same locket, which she said had been
redeemed. Ou the fourth visit the pawnbroker bad
considefable suspicions, on account of her having
been there so many times, and on looking over h s
things he found that he had four lockets in his pos-
session. They were all exactly like each other, and
hitherto he had net doubted the truth of her repre-
sentation. On each occasion she gave a different
name, 'and it could not be remembered she had done
so. It might also follow that different assis-
tants in the shop might have returned the
locket, so that pro-ecutor uld not be able to
:ay whether ho had three lockets in his po
' ses-
sion or whether she had tendere I the same one
each time. On her deceit being discovered she re-
fused to give an account of herself and rushed out
of the shop. Witness caught her, when she scratched
his face. Presuming the lockets to -be gold they
would each be worth 10s. Witness assayed the
lockets and found them to be spurious. Prisoner
was given into custody.
Mr. Archibald Douglass, 11, Sloaue-street, Chel-
sea, working jeweller, had assayed the lockets, and
said there not above three graii,s of pure gold in
each ; al•oe.ether they were not worth woe than
ls. 6d. The value of the articles if pure gold would
be about half-a-guinea in the trade.
Mr. Neate, solicitor, who cond,icted the prosecu-
tion, said there was a regular system of fraud of this
kind being carried on in London, and if the were
remanded he could bring forward several other
pawnbrokers who bad been similarly duped. The
husbind of prisoner was in the habit of making
these things at Clerkenwell.
Mr. Arnold said it was quite evident that, from
the extreme youthful appearance of the prisoner,
she was the dope of some person, whom it was to
be hoped would be placed by hor side. At present
there was sufficient evidence to remand her upon.
The case was, therefore, remanded till Friday next.

GREENWIOS.--THE LATE MANSLAUGHTER
BY A BOY.—COMMITTAL OF THE YOUTH AND AN
INSPECTOR OF THE THAMES POLICE.—Win. st,lli,,
a lad 12 years of age, of respectable parents, raid-
ing at No. 10, Wynford-terrace, Rotherhithe, was
brought up on remand before Mr. Trail, charged
with causing the death of another lad named John
Thomas Bolton, about the same age, while fighting
in Wellington-street ; and Henry John Hambrook,
an inspector of the Thames police, was placdd in the
dock charged with being an accessory,
Mr. Superintendent Evans attended to watch the
case on the part of the Thames police, and Mr.
Soloinon appeared for .Hambrook ; the father of
Stubs was present for his son.

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I A melical ceriificatt+ of the cause of death was
read, and several wimnesses, the particulars of whose
'evidence have already appear() 1, were examined.
Jarnes Francis andJamea Bowle swore that Ham-
brook was the person who offered the fataltion to "hit him under the ear." •
Mr. Solomon, on the part of Hambrook, begged
the magistrate to take a merciful consideration of
the case ; and after stating his unfortunate position
to the effect that he- had been many years in the
Thames polic force, and was now upon sick leave
and in daily cxp,cta- ion of a pension, entreated
!aim to hear setae witnesses in his behalf.
' Mr. Traill said there was no necessity for if. He
intended to bind -him over to appear at the sessions

and there to let the Court decide. It was a most
ahomin ,ble act, and if the law would have per-
mitted it he should have sent him for trial as an
accessory before the fact. There was, however, the
absence of intention. It was the duty of every per-
son to prevent-a breach of the peace ; and when
an officer of the peace, who had been connected
with the police for the last 15 or 16 years, took no
steps to prevent such an act, but assisted, he
thought it a most shamdul proceeding.
Mr. Solomon said, from the instructions he bad
received, he really believed, if his worship would
hear the witnesses he should produce, an entirely
different impression would be entertained.

Mr. Traill would not recommend such a course,
but Hambrook sill pressing, he was ordered into
the dock, the magistrate intimating that if the evi-
dence produced were unfavourable to him he
should commit him for trial.

The former witnesses were then cross-examined,-
but their testimony remained unshaken. Witnesses
for the defence were also heard, but nothing of
importance was elicited.
Mr. Boustrel, the chief clerk, then announced,
after the usual caution, the committal of both pri-
soners.to Newgate for trial.
Applications for bail were put in, but in the,
else of Sellis a refusal was given. On the part of
Hambrook two sureties in 251. each would be re-
ceived.

Mr. Superintendent Evans, as also the father of
Sellis, said the coroner had no objection if his wor-
ship thought proper to admit the boy to bail.
Mr. Traill said, for himself, he would so agree ;
but he held the coroner's warrant of committal un-
endorsed, his -consent would therefore be of no
avail.

Hambrook's sureties were then taken, and Sellis
removed to a cell.

THAMES.—CAPTURE OF TWO NOTORIOUS SHOP".
LIFTERS. —T wo vulgar-looking women, Charlotte
Coleman, a masculine-looking creature, and Ann
Reynolds, were brought before Mr. Yardley,
charged with stealing 104 vards of printed cotton,
the property of some linen-draper unknown.
Copping, a de, ective officer, No. 379 K, said that
on Friday night he was in Raven-row, Mile-end,
in company with two other officers, and saw the
prisoners approaching him. He knew them to be
notorious thieves, who had been repeatedly con-
victed for robiiing linendra.ters' shops, and he said
to them, " What have you got under yoursha-vls:
let me see ?" They appeared thunderstruck, and
said they had nothing, and did not know what he
meant. H 3 put his hand under Reynolds's shawl,
and took from her a piece of cotton print, measur-
ing 52 yards. The other prisoner, Coleman, shifted
about, and then dropped on the ground from under
her shawl another piece of cotton print of a dif-
ferent pattern, also measuring 52 yards. He asked
the prisoners where they obtained the property,
and the reply-was, " what is that to' you?" He
then took them into custody.
The prisoner Coleman said a woman asked her to
carry the print from Mile-Eud-gate to Whi•echapel
Church.

Mr. Yardley.—Who is the woman, and where
does she live ?

The Prisoner.—l am sure I don't know.

Mr. Yardley.—l suppose you want a remand,
Copping, to find out the owners of the property.
Copping.—l do, sir.
Mr. Yardley rentanded the prisoners until Tues-
day.

Country Markets.

ROCHESTER-APRIL 24.

At this corn exchange, with only a very limited supply,
of wheat on offer, trade was exceedingly flat, and a decline
of 2e to'39 per quarter on all kinds of wheat had to be sub-
mitted to, holders of home-grown parcels finding it difficult
to effect a ales even at that reduction. The dull reports
from the other markets operated against millers speculat-
ing to any extent, and buyers merely purchased to satisfj
immediate wants. Foreign moved off very slowly, the
value of the article receding about 3s per qr. There was
scarcely any inquiry for flour, which was almost eatirelf
neglected. The demand for barley was less active, bit
prime samples were fully as dear as at last week's market.
Oats held firm at former quotations, and in other kinds
of spring corn there was no quotable alteration. The fol-
lowing were the prices quoted at the of the market
White what, 42s to 468 ; fine, 48s ; red, 40s to 41s fine,
40 ; foreign, 40s to 48 ; malting barley, 34s to 40s; grind-
ing barley, 28s to 32s ; oats, 23s to 27s ; beans, 40a to 445 ;
peas, 42s to 44s ; The several local markets held during the
week have been but moderately supplied with grain, in
which a dull trade was effected at a decline of 2s to 3e per
quarter.