The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-25 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

On Thursday Sir Robert Shaw, Bart., and banker, of
the city of Dublin, came before Mr. MiNsHuLL, for the
purpose of making a statement which he hoped would have
the effect of guarding the public against the repetition of a
series of frauds that had been practised under the colour
of his name and sanction.

Sir Robert stated that his general residence was in Dub-
lin, but that he sojourned here two or three months every
year. During his last stay here he occupied apartments
with his son, the M.P., at the house of Mr. Corderoy, a
cheesemonger, in Sloane-street, Chelsea. Since his return
he had learned from Mr. Corderoy that about five weeks
ago a man in the garb of a coachman came to his shop, and
asked if Sir Robert Shaw lived there ? Mr. Corderoy an-
swered in the affirmative, and the man then said,
" Sir Robert is now in town, and he has desired me
to order two of your best hams, a Stilton cheese, a
kitchen cheese, and one for toasting ; and if you will
pack them in a bag, I will call for them in three-quarters
of an hour." The goods were packed, and at the appointed
time the pretended coachman called, and they were deli-
vered to him with a bill. ,He (Sir Robert Shaw) was in-
duced to believe that this was a solitary instance, and con-
tented himself with cautioning Mr. Corderoy not to be
duped again. On Tuesday evening, however, he received
a letter from Coombes and Addison, the wholesale drapers
on Ludgate-hill, stating that they had received his " obliging
order," for four pieces of linen for the Freemasons' School,
but not .recollecting what quality of article he had pur-
chased on the former occasion to which his order alluded,
they had sent to the matron of that institution for a pattern,
but had received for answer that she knew nothing about it.
The letter concluded by respectfully requesting him to
cause a pattern to be sent that the order might be at once
executed. He directly made further inquiries, and ascer-
tnined that in the two instances already mentioned, and in
others, the impostor was dressed as a coachman, and repre-
sented himself as being in his (Sir R. Shaw's) service in
that capacity. He very much feared that the fellow bad
succeeded to a considerable extent in .his fraudulent prac-
tices.
Mr. MirrsHum, asked Sir Robert Shaw, if, when he last
left London, he had discharged a coachman ?—Sir Robert
—No, for I never have one 6f my own here. I always
have a job carriage. The fellow must, however, be well ac-
quainted with my family and my movements, for I find be
has, in several instances, described very accurately at what
time I last arrived in England, how long I had been ab-
sent, and how long I was likely to remain. He has also got
hold of my present residence, for the letter from Mr.
Coombes was addressed to me at Gothic Cottage, Twick-
enham, which I now occupy.
Mr. MINSHULL suggested the employment of an active
officer, to endeavour to bring the fellow to justice.
Sir R. Shaw would spare no expense to accomplish that
object for the sake of the public, and Ellis the officer was
directed to go about it.
Ellis yesterday morning brought a man dressed like a
coachman, who gave his name George Bailey, and he was
identified as having driven Sir Robert Shaw, who, however,
was not now present, when he was last in London. The
attempt to defraud Coombs and Co. having taken place in
the city, Ellis was directed to convey the prisoner to Guild-
hall, but the Alderman having quitted the bench, he brought
him back, and Mr. Corderoy having been sent for, he iden-
tified him as the man who had obtained the hams and
cheese from him in Sir Robert Shaw's name.

Upon this evidence he was remanded till Tuesday next.

HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday a fine little girl, who stated her name to be
Caroline White, and that she was in the 12th year of her
age, was brought before Mr. ROGERS under the following
most extraordinary and mysterious circumstances ;
Mr. Dixon, superintendent of the G division of police,
being sworn, said, that about 9 o'clock on Thursday night,
the girl was brought to him by Mr. Banks, a respectable
inhabitant of Clerkenwell, who represented that he had
found her sitting on a step in Aylebury-street, and that in
answer to his question she said she had no home, and was
without the means of obtaining food or lodging. He
(Dixon) interrogated the child, and her statement being of
so peculiar a nature, he thought it best to have her charged
as a vagrant, and bring her before a magistrate, in order
that her history might be inquired into, and shelter afforded
her, should her distressing tale prove true. She told him
that during the last five years she had subsisted by begging
—that her father and mother, who were both dead, ob-
tained their living by burglaries and picking-pockets ; that
three weeks ago she was found destitute in Ilford, and con-
veyed to the parish workhouse where she was clothed, and
after being there a fortnight was sent to Birmingham, the
authorities of which town sent her to London a few days
ago, desiring her to make her way back to Ilford.
Mr. ROGERS observed that Mr. Dixon had done per-
fectly right, as it was a case that required sifting for many
reasons. He then asked the defendant where her father
resided at the time of his death ? Girl—ln Thomas-street,
in the Borough.
Mr. RoGEßs—How long has he been dead ? Girl—Five
years.
Mr. ROGERS--What trade was he ? Girl—A brick-
layer and plasterer.
Mr. ROGERS—Did he do anything else ? Girl—He was
a housebreaker.

Mr. ROGERS—What became of you after his death ?
Girl—l lived with my mother.
Mr. ROGERS—How did she get her living ? Girl—By
picking pockets.
Mr. ROGERS—Now, child, are you telling me the truth?
Girl—l am, Sir.
Mr. ROGERS—When did your mother die ? Girl—Soon
after my father. About four years since.
Mr. ROGERS—What became of you, then ? Girl—l
had no home, and I begged.
Mr. ROGERS—Where did you sleep ? Girl—Some-
times in a bed, at other times in a barn or in the open air.
Mr. ROGERS—You do not look like a girl accustomed
to begginc, : you look fresh and well, and have good clothes
on your back : where did you obtain them ? Girl—They
were given to me at Ilford Workhouse.

Mr. ROGERS--What brought you there ? Girl—Three
weeks ago I was put there for begging, and they sent me
from there to Birmingham.
Mr. ROGERS—Why did they forward you there ?
Girl—l don't know ; but I think it was because I told
them that my mother used to say I was born in Brum-
magem.
Mr. ROGERS—Did they send any papers with you
(meaning orders of removal) ? Girl—No ; they placed
me on the Greyhound coach, and gave the guard '2s. 6d. to
take care of me until I arrived in Brummagem.
Mr. ROGERS—What was done with you then ? Girl—
I was found in the streets and taken to the workhouse,
and last Tuesday I was put in the waggon and brought to
London.

Mr. RoGEns—Who put you in the waggon ? Girl—
Some one from the workhouse.

Mr. ROGERS—Did they give you any money ? Girl—
No ; they said I must come to London and return to Ilford.
Mr. ROGERS said it was a case he could not unravel, and
inquiries must be made about it without delay.
Mr. Dixon was of opinion the girl was not so old as she
had stated.

Mr. ROGERS—I should say she is not more than nine or
ten, at the outside.

Mr. Dixon--Even supposing her to be twelve years old,
it is not very likely she could know so much of her father
and mother as she has related when of the tender age of
seven.

Mr. ROGERS concurred with the superintendent. The
worthy Magistrate then ordered that the girl should be

taken care of, Mr. Dixon undertaking
to ascertain whether
she had been telling truth, and, if possible, to find out her
settlement.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
General Sir Hilgrove Turner yesterday appeared beta!
Mr. CONANT and Mr. DYER to show cause why he objected
to pay Mr. Mayhew, the district-surveyor of St. Jauless'
the sum of 305., the amount claimed by him as his fee
superintending, certain alterations recently made by Sir 11
Turner in his stabling.
Mr. Mayhew attended professionally during the progress
fFir
of the alterations made by Sir H. Turner in the stables at
the back of his dwelling-house in Argyll-street, to see that
the Act of Parliament was properly complied with, for
which duty he claimed the sum of 1/. 10s., being the fee ap-
pointed by the Legislature to be paid for superintending
such alterations in second-rate buildings. •
Sir Hilgrove Turner in reply by means objected to pa):
any sum which the surveyor might fairly be entitled to, hub
in the present instance he did object to pay a sum of 1/.100.
as a fee for the trifling nature of the duty which he eon'
ceived had been required from the surveyor. All the ult.;
ration which he made in his stables was adding a sraa
chimney to one of the rooms over them, and he certaiTY
did think that he ought not to be called upon to pay
same amount to a surveyor for merely building a 5111 _
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chimney as would be demanded for considerable alterations
in a second-rate house.
Mr. Mayhew said it was quite as much trouble to sue_
intend the building of a stable chimney as it would be th
alterations of a house. He had attended on Sir Bilge"
premises about half-a-dozen times while the stables were
being altered.
Sir H. Turner replied that surveyors might attend
needless number of times in order to make a case for their
fees, and in this instance he thought there could have bee
no real necessity for so many visits.
Mr. Mayhew handed the Magistrates the Act of ParlidP
ment under which he laid his claim. „,
On perusing the clause relative to the fees, the lu,egi
ten
trates found that the words." not exceeding one pound
shillings should be paid to the surveyor." • "
Mr. CONANT considered the words " not exceeding,
gave the Magistrates a discretionary power with respect t°
the amount of the fee.
Mr. DYER remarked that the view taken by sir. ./4.
Turner appeared to him a very fair one, but as it wac It;
possible for Magistrates to know the amount of troo;a.
sustained by surveyors in such cases it would be more
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visable in his judgment for the parties to come to sc"
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S reement
Turner betwixt themselves. ,ver
ir was ready to pay a sovereign to '-
the surveyor's trouble.
Mr. Mayhew declined taking it, conceiving himself 01"
titled o the whle . of
CONANT saidamount the question was quite novel, and r,
some importance ; he should therefore adjourn it, to asee
tain what the usual practice was in other parishes. co-
Joseph Moseley was yesterday brought before lq.s.r•ido
NANT and Mr. DYER charged by a milkman named 110
with having assaulted him without provocation. no.:
The charge originated in the following ludicrous roan
—At the corner of Farm-street Mews an industrldif,
cobbler, by name Edward Wills, carried on his wc7:ogli
calling in a moveable wooden tenement, just large ellw„,ir
to hold himself and his stock of tools. Having tile:Je
fortune to possess but one sound leg, the other being 1"-be.
of timber, he found in his egress and ingress that the,rt
rizontal segment of a circle described by his wooden kulri'6o
so much embarrassed his movements, that he was fone6
such occasions to unbuckle the unaccommodating meta.
and to wear it only when a necessity for locomotion ex; y
The cobbler was busily employed in this defenceless hand
tion on Thursday afternoon when the defendant the
another person, happening to come by and spY
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situation of matters, determined to have what eoch
called a " lark with old Waxend." AccordinglY,, s
seizing a corner of the stall, they lifted it uP ob,
jilt which capsized the cobbler under his l'e uci.•
and his ideas being somewhat obfuscated by the 5 eat
denness of the shock he began to bellow with Li. to
emphasis. Two or three other shakes giving him catily
fear for the solidity of his wooden edifice, like s
Bottom," he " roared" for assistance, but as nul. he
" sucking dove" as possible. The strange outcry wule tbe
made having attracted several persons, among the tion'
complainant, he was released from his perilous situals, of
burning with indignation at the invasion of the sanctity os
his castle. The complainant remonstrated with thqlepa
their conduct, upon which oae told him that his 1110.8
should fight him for 51. Complainant was about to de7,o
the challenge, when he received a violent blow on the sad
from the defendant. As the assault was quite unfair hi
unprovoked, he determined upon punishing the offender
means of a warrant. •
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The matter was arranged by the defendant paying
satisfaction of the assault.

THAMES POLIC.
Yesterday, John Jo n and hnso Joseph Pornzaso, seatri.;
belonging to the Hythe East Indiaman, from China' 'ells•
charged before Mr. BRODERIP and Mr. ComBE, on 0/15
tom-house informations, with smuggling three crape sh: ty,
and three India silk handkerchiefs, which had not paid
The treble value of the goods, 8/. Bs., was the Pei'
sued for.
Blyth, a surveyor of the Thames Police,
stant, on the arrival of the Hythe, saw the defer at,
leaving the ship at Blackwall, and his attention 151,01
tracted to a patch on the trowsers of Johnson, which "tot
out, and he searched him, when he found a crape ti:
of
between the patch and the cloth of the garmant. "Lev
terwards overhauled Pormaso's chest, in which he,.;,-glr
vered a jacket with two thousand 'patches on it.--(njir
ter)—and under some of them he found a Piece c°ll
ing three silk handkerchiefs and a crape shawl. ihjg-''
on the 8thl:
Mr. BRODERIP—This is a new system of smugg- $Oll
where was the other shawl found ? Blyth—Under 3 Ptime•
in the trowsers which Pormaso was wearing at 68401
He said he thought the devil could not find a
there.—(A
M laugh.) ire
r. B RODERIP—Why, it must have taken him',is ire
at least to patch the waistcoat. Blyth—Yes it
deed, Sir. 13°
The Magistrates then told the sailors the Custmr. tbef
might have proceeded for the 1001. penalty. l'to 21'
had a power of mitigation they reduced the fines
each and costs, which they paid.

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