The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-14 00:00:00

GREENWICH PETTY SESSIONS.

This Court was densely crowded yesterday morning, in
consequence of the Magistrates having signified their de-
termination of going into a charge of perjury against a
young man deaf and dumb, of the name of Thompson.
The charge had been gone into on the previous Tuesday,
and the prisoner remanded until yesterday. From the evi-
dence adduced on the Tuesday alluded to, it appeared that
the prisoner had, some months since, charged a girl named
Ann Richardson with having robbed him of his watch, at
a few minutes before twelve o'clock on a Sunday night—
that the girl was sent to the Central Criminal Court upon
the charge, where she underwent her trial, and was acquitted.
Evidence was gone into to prove the falsity of the charge.
After some discussion between the Magistrates, as to
whether the prisoner was labouring under delusion, the
mother of the prisoner, a very respectable person, entered
the Court, and was put in possession of the case against
her son, and directed by the Magistrate to ask him whe-
ther he persisted in charging the girl Richardson with the
robbery. She communicated with him, and stated to the
Bench that he still maintained that the girl had robbed him
of his watch.
Mr. You NO then determined that the prisoner should go
for trial, but stated that he was willing to accept of bail.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

Mrs. Lydia Jennings, a buxom young female, was yes-
terday called upon to show cause, before Mr. CHAMBERS,
why she, in breach of the peace of our Sovereign Lord the
King, had " shoved one Mrs. Price, her next door neigh-
bour, against the rails" on Saturday night last.
Mrs. Price, who evidently possessed a considerable spice
of that particular accomplishment indispensable to the mak-
ing of good mustard, began her story of grievances with
great warmth of temper and power of lungs :—Your Wor-
ship, that creature, Mrs. Jennings, won't let neither me
nor my husband have any peace all day. She threatened
to spit in my face, knock my husband's ugly head off his
shoulders, and block up the passage with her pail.
Mr. CHAMBERS—And when did she threaten to do all
this. Mrs. Price—Not more than sixteen months ago,
your Worship.
Mr. CHAMBERS—Don't talk of what happened so long
back ; tell us what happened on Saturday night.
Mrs. Price—As I was standing on the steps with my
husband, just before I went to market to get a bit of the
best end of a neck of mutton, Mrs. Jennings flounced
against me in this manner (giving a vigorous bump with
that particular part which always points due north when
the face is to the south) and sent me bang against the area
rails. She hollers out, " There, take that, you thundering

Mr. CnAmßEns—Pray don't be quite so violent. lam
afraid you are going to give us a little of your thunder here.
Mrs. Price (in a passion)—Me thunder. Ask my hus-
band and all my neighbours if ever they heard me thunder.
I'd have you know I'm a respectable married woman and
not a thundering (Crying.) Ask my husband to
show you what he's got in his hand.
Mr. CHAMBERS—Rain generally follows thunder. Well,
but what am Ito call your husband in for? Mrs. Price—
To show you my marriage license.
Mr. CHAMBERS—There's no law for thunder, and as for
the other word we don't take notice of it, as that is the bu-
siness of the Ecclesiastical Court. Now, Mrs. Jennings,
what do you say ? Mrs. Jennings—Say ; why, that its
well known that I'm one of the quietest, peaceablest, good-
naturedest creatures in all our street. Oh ! Mrs. Price,
arter what I've done for you, how could you tell sitch
vickcd falsehoods ? Haven't I gone through every sort of
destruction to oblige you, and only last week didn't I lend
you my gridiron and new scrubbing-brush ?
Mr. CHAMBERS—It's an impossibility to stop ladies'
tongues, but I must have hands kept off. Now this war-
rant shall remain open, and the first that commits a breach
a the peace shall put in bail.

The superintendency of the B. division of police has
become vacant by the death of Mr. Hickman, who held
the post since the formation of the police in May, 1830.
Deceased had held 4 captaincy in a cavalry regiment,