The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-14 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday Celia Bingham, a middle-aged woman,
of respectable appearance, was charged under the
folio wingcircumstances

Miss Mary Amsdall, an interesting girl, about
fourteen, who resides with her parents in Huston-
square, went in consequence of what she was told
by one of the servants respecting the prisoner's
powers of telling fortunes, to the residence of the
prisoner in Queen-street, Hatton garden, where she
found her seated amidst maps, books, cards, and pa-
pers, with strange figures marked on them. The
prisoner told her to sit down, and she kept her in
the room for two hours, during which time she
looked at various papers, and mysteriously pocked
the fire. The prisoner at length referred to Buona-
patte's Book of Fate, and astonished her by saying
that she had an aunt Graham (the fact), who was
her enemy. The witness gave the prisoner two
shillings. and went home with the servant who at-
tended her, and who bad sat in another room, by
the prisoner's orders. She was so uneasy at what
she had been told, that she disclosed the circum-
stances, and her friends got a warrant against the
prisoner.

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The prisoner, who denied that she was a fortune-
teller, was committed for three months.

Charles James, a vagrant, was charged with hav-
ing stolen 9s. 6d., the property of Ann Dixon, a
fish-woman.

Mr. ROGERS (to the prosecutrix)—Where was
the robbery committed ? Dixon—At a fourpenny
lodging-house in Charles-street, Druty-lane, while I
was in bed with that man, pointing to a low•looking

Mr. ROGERS—IS he your husband ? Dixon—
No, Sir, we sleep three in a bed.—(Laughter.)
Mr. ROGERS—HOW did he steal it ? The pro-
secutrix's bedfellow (hoarsely)—l vos in bed with
her, your Vorship, vhen be took her pockets from
under her head, vich sarved as her pillar.
Mr. Roca:Rs—Surely you don't sleep thus thickly
and indiscriminately in one bed ? Witness—Oh
yes, ve does, your Vurship, the partment full every
night.
_ _ _

Mr. ROGERS (to the prisoner)—What have you
to say ? Prisoner—l deny it your Worship; there
are twenty-four beds in the room, and three in a
bed, men, women, and children, as long as they
pay 4d.

The officer, however, said that it was true.
The prisoner was remanded.
THAMES. POLICE.
Yesterday, Henry Kirkman, a man of strange ap-
pearance, whose head and face strongly resembled
the Rev. E. Irving's, particularly in the disposal
of his long black hair, was re-examined on a charge
of having in his possession several hundred weight
of old and new serviceable metal, suspected to have
been stolen or unlawfully procured.
I. F. BURDEN, a respectable solicitor, of Pratt-
street, Camden-town, attended to prosecute the
case, and one of Mr. Harmer's clerks for the pri-
soner.
It appeared that the prisoner, who has been three
times convicted at this office, twice at Marylebone,
and once at Queen-square, for having stolen and
suspicious property in his possession, for which he
could give no satisfactory account, resides at No. 42,
College-street, Camden-town, and is a collector of
metals. A few days since, Mitchell, Fogg, and
.Joshua Judge, surveyors of Thames Police, searched
his house, and seized a waggon load of suspicious
property, including fifty-six pounds of copper ;
amongst which were several valuable engraved cop-
per-plates, and 5001bs. of brass, which the defendant
said was old, but the greater part of which had never
been used. A part of it consisted of new hinges.
The remainder of the articles consisted of "ilbs, of

serviceable type, but very little worn, 21 bells wit
tongues out, 301bs. of new coach-beading cut int
small pieces, 14Ibs. of zinc and metal cocks, fot
pair of copper scales, a quantity of weights, a mil
tary officer's epaulet (quite new), 3lbs. of ne
pewter, two cudgaree pots (used by Lascars
board ship), a copper, 701bs. of plated and bra
buttons, and various other articles. The prisone
on being called upon to account for his possessit
of such suspicious property, said they were a seri,
of collections he had bought of many persons at
at sales.

Mr. Burden sa;d that the prisoner was a cot
plete nuisance in the neighbourhood of Camdel
town, and the noxious effluvia which proceeds
from his house, while engaged in melting doss
metals, was most intolerable; and the houses c
each side of Kirkman's residence were unoccupie,
and no person could live near him. A true bill ha
be'n found by the Middlesex Grand Jury again!
Kirkman, as a nuisance, and for ringing of bell
firing off guns and pistols at unseasonable hours, it
decently exposing his person to females, for bein
drank and disorderly, singing blasphemous and of
scene songs, and other outrageous acts. The office►
said that Kirkman was one of the most extraordi
nary characters they had ever met with. His how
was in a filthy state, and did not appear to hav
been washed for years ; he was a single man, an
seldom rose from his bed until three or four o'cloc
in the afternoon : his bed was never made, and
was surrounded with many thousand old newspaper,
Kirkman laid in bed all the morning, reading then
newspapers, and as he finished their perusal, h
threw them aside indiscriminately. He was in ti
habit of driving his horse and cart most furious)
along the street, to prevent any officer stopping hit
with the stolen metal, while conveying it away t
the wholesale dealers ; he once ran over a
officer, and injured him severely,—and had ridde
ever two children, for which offence he wa
tried at tl►e Old Bailey,--once for mw
der, and on the other occasion for manslaughter, bu
escaped conviction ; he was in the habit of fioggin
his horse with a piece of copper wire, placed at th
end of his whip before he went out, and the anima
which was a very fine one, was so frightened at thi
instrument of torture, that it galloped furiousl;
along the streets to escape punishment, which wa
inflicted with merciless severity if the horse abate
his pace. Kirkman had been once fined for cruelt:
to his horse. In fact, there was not a police-offic
in London at which he had not appeared, and he wa
frequently locked up in the station-houses for outra
geous conduct.

Mr. Burden believed the prisoner was labouring
under insanity. He was the terror of the district
and the inhabitants of the Camden estate were de
termined, if possible, to get rid of him. He rr
sooner made his appearance with his horse and cart
than men, women, and children fled within doors ti
save themselves from being run over.
The officers said that Kirkman, with all his ex
travagance, was a very clever chemist, and by scum
process was enabled to remove the gold from ail
buttons, and drove very hard bargains in purchasing
metal. He had netted large sums by his dealing
with thieves.

Captain RICIIDELL, the Magistrate, convictet
him in the penalty of 5/. for unlawful possession o
the metal, which was declared forfeited to the Crown

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 13.

INSURANCE.-LEVEBRE AND OTHERS, TRUSTEES 01
THE PROMOTER LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE V. BAYLE.
This action was brought by the plaintiffs to re.
cover all the sum of 850/., paid to the defendant
under a misrepresentation. The cause was tries
before Lord Tenterden at Guidhall last year, and s
verdict found for the plaintiffs.
In January last, the Attorney-General obtained ft
rule nisi, for setting aside the verdict and entering e
nonsuit. This was moved on the ground that the
plaintiffs were not the proper parties to bring the
action. The Attorney-General contended that the
proprietor of the Promoter Company only could bring
the action. He also relied upon a presumed misdi•
rection on the part of the Learned Judge.
This day Counsel appeared to show cause against
the rule.

Lord TENTERDEN read his notes of the trial,
from which it appeared that in 1828, Miss Jane
Lydia Simpson effected an insurance on her life for
8501. She stated to the office on the occasion, that
she was preparing to open a school at Kennington,
and that the insurance was intended to be security
for the payment of money lent to her. She also
represented that she was in good health and had no
complaint tending to shorten life. She referred to
two persons, named Edwards, who confirmed her
statement. The necessary inquiries appearing ate
tisfactory, the policy was made out, signed and de-
livered to Miss Jane Lydia Simpson. In January'
1829, she applied to the Company for permission to
transfer the policy to the defendant, for money ad-
vanced to her. The Company consented, and
transfer took place. Shortly after the defendant
communicated to the Promoter-office the death of
Miss Simpson by brain fever. He produced the
documents relating to her death, and obtained
a check for the amount insured. In conse-
quence of a discovery subsequently made by
the Company, they wrote to the defendant stet-
ing that policies on the life of Miss Simpson had
been effected at the Globe, and four other offices,
precisely under the same circumstances. The whole
having been a misrepresentation, they declared their
intention to resist payment, and requested the de-
fendant to return the money erroneously paid to
him by the company. The defendant did not com-
ply, and the plaintiffs brought their action. It WO'
proved that Miss Simpson, in 1825, was in a state
of pregnancy, and at the time she effected the in-
surance ‘s as in bad health. Her condition was the!)
most melancholy.
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs.
Mr. CAMPBELL and Mr. HILL, in this instance,
showed cause against the rule obtained by the At-
torney-General, and Mr. White was heard in sup-
port of it.
The Judges were of opinion that the action Was
warranted, and that the verdict of the Jury ought
not to be disturbed.—Rule discharged.

A great many of the pitmen still remain
employed, and miners are daily arriving from various part°
of the kingdom to fill the situations of the refractory'
&niers. The work of ejectment still continues, a°"
twenty families were turned out of their cottages 00
Monday, by the owners of the Sheriff-hill colliery, Gate
4;
head Fell, in this county. The trade of the Tyne, ovulr,
to the long continuance of the differences between the cos
owners asd their workmen, is in a most deplorable st4tej
and many of the colliers have to proceed to Seahaw sa,.e
Stockton for cargoes, owing to the scarcity of coals on W
Tyne.--Sunderland Herald.

On the 12th inst. at Upper Clitton-street, Finsbury, .'"°
Black, of a son.
On the 11th inst. Mrs. J. Allen Adamthwaite, of Woodherrl.
lake, Stoke Newington, of a son.
On the 9th inst. at Stone, Kent, the lady of the Rev. Th°l°
Deacon, of a son, still-born.

MRIE.
On the 12th inst. at PelhaARm
Chapel, D
Hastings, the Rev. Ca> l
Molyneux, eldest son of the late John Molyneux, of Grave."' 1
Ludlow, Esq. and grandson of the late Right Hon. Sir Cafe
Molyneux, al
olyneux, Bart., to Maria, second daughter of Vice.MMl
James Carpenter.
On the 13th inst. at Fulham, John Bruce, F.sq., of Stimburg,
strOeent, the
Strand,l3th inst.
osCl Catherine to Mary, second surviving daughter of the late John WilliaP
Nelson, Esq.
eFriunle Anna
haPamrkarNia,elosonnly,
daughterEs oof fs
tet
late Robert John Nelson, Esq.

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on the passage home from Bengal, Elizabeth, the wife of '
I'ersse, of the 16th Lancers, eldest daughter of the Hon.
Justice Moore.
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On the 13th inst. Helen Frances, the youngest datigO` ,re.
George James Squibb, Esq., of Orchard-street Portman-slu-clict
On the 12th inst. at Nori-place, Kingsland.road, Anne,
of H. Perkin, Esq.
°On the 12th inst. in the 12th year of his age, Heydon, sec
son of William Batley, Esq., of Blackheath. prer°ll'
On the 13th inst. Susan, the wife of the Rev. Philip Le
of Lwer Seymour-street Prtman-square.
On the Bth inst. in the, Waondsworth-road, Mrs. Ann Bulln3n'
aged 71, late of Upper Clapton.

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