The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-20 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-IIOUSE•---ExTiutoantsArtv CAse.—A
respectable young man, who keeps a tobacconist's sl.:op, was
charged by an old apple-woman, named Elizabeth Fitz-
g,rild, and her daughter, with having beaten and kicked

them most unmercifully.
Mts. Fitzgerald stated, that she went into the defendant's
shop for a, little tobacco, but she did nut get half measure,
and she put it back, after having been dreadfully abused by
the tongue of the woman in the shop. When she and her
daughter, who was with her, walked out, the defendant ran
out after them and struck and kicked them to pieces.—(A
laugh.)
Mr. llobler.—Pray, Mrs. Fitzgerald, how often have
you been here?
Brady (the street-keeper).—She has been one hundred
times here.

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Mr. Hobler.—And what is your daughter now ?
Officers.—She is a common proqitute, and her mother
knows it ; and a common thief, too, and her mother en-
courages it.
Several respectable Ivitnesses deposed, that Mrs. Fitz-
gerald's conduct was very different from what it had been
described to be. She went into the shop, in which a little
girl ieiNetl behind the counter, and watching an oppor-
tunity, flung some tobacco dust into her eyes, no doubt
with the view of robbing the shop, upon confusing the
child who was alone in it. A holy who was in the par-
lour, however, observing the mameuvre, ran out, and
the old woman, finding that she had no chalice of success,
uttered sonic horrible expressions, and left the shop with
her daughter, who was all the time behind her. The de-
fendant sever struck a blow. _

The ALDERMAN committed the old woman for the assault
upon the little girl in default of

A NEW SrEctes or Fie .% un.—Yest enlay a young man of
decent appearance was brought before Alderman ANSLEY,
who sat for the Lord Mayor, charged under the following
singular circumstances
The prisoner went to the house of Messrs. Peake, the
tea-dealers, in Coleman-street, a few days ago, and or-
dered about 40/. worth of t' a, and other articles, to be
made up fir him. He stated that he would call in duo
time for them, but he forgot to call. The articles, how--
ever, were not made up. Three days, afterwards he called,
a:ad made sonic excuse for not having kept his word; and
he ordered 71. worth of tea to he packed for him. He
had two large bundles at the time, very neatly packed up,
and apparently containing valuable property ; and he re-
quested that the person who was serving customers would
put them on one side for him, until he should return,
when he should pay fsr the order. The shopman t:id so,
but the prisoner, upon returning, offered to pay but part
of the amount, and told him that he would discharge the
whole. if the articles and the two bundles were sent home.
A a some trick was suspected, and Messrs. Peake would
not do business except for ready money, the shopman re-
fused to have anything to do with the prisoner, and de-
sired him to walk off with his bundles. An-officer, how-

ever, who had heard of the transaction, and who believed
that the bundle's contained smuggled goods, thought proper
to apprehend the owner, and take him to the Mansion-
house, where an examination took place.
Mr. Alderman ANst.rv—And pray what is in the
bundles? Prisoner—What is in them ! Why there's
fan tic in them—powder of faustic.
Mr. Alderman ANSLEV-Faustic! What do you call

faukie; do you rill it by that name ih your bill of parcels
Pri,oner—Yts ; no doubt of it. I ant in the habit of buy.

ing quantities of it.
.111 r. Alderman ANSLEY—From whom ? Prisoner—l
don't exactly know his name, nor do I know where lie lives.
Mr. Alderman ANSLEr-And it is fautic ? Prisoner--
Ace, excellent.
Mr. Hobler—You mean fustic, my friend ; but I sus-
pect that it is something else.—(A laugh.)
Prisoner—l assure you it is the right sort; I gave 3d. a
pound for it.
Mr. Holder desired that both bundles should be opened.

All eyes were fixed upon them while the officer cut
them, and out poured a quantity of sawdust, to the astonish-
ment and amusement of every one.
Several of the officers stated, that this was a new mode
of deception which had been practised with great success.
A fellow went into a shop, appeared to be laden with
valuable goods, put them into the custody of the shopman,
for the purpose of blinding suspicion, and often got pos-
eession of property, the premise to pay for which was never
performed.
The prisoner was observed to smile several times during
the examination, and was remanded till Monday.
GUILDHALL..---James Abbott, the leather-dresser, in
Fetter-lane, who stands charged with maliciously cutting
or ;tabbing his wife, underwent another examination yes-
terday before Sir PETER LAURIE.
Carlisle, the officer, put in the certificate from St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital, stating, that Anna Abbott was not
sufficiently recovered to attend and give evidence, but she
was in a fair way for recovery.
Robert Fitzgerald, of No. 1, Fetter-lane, occupied the
lower part of the premises, where he carried on the busi-
ness of a shoe-maker, and the front room on the third

floor opposite to that in which the prisoner lodged.—
Early in the morning of the day when the offence was
committed, he overheard the husband and wife quarrel-

,
ling ; hut all that he remembered to have heard dis-
tinctly was, that she said, " James, what do you want
me to do ?" to which he replied, " To take care of y our
family and your home ;" and her answer was, " I
must go next door." Between eleven and twelve
o'clock in the day the prisoner called him into his room,
and said be wanted_ him to advise fur his gotal. He told
hint he would do it with pleasure if he was able, and the
prisoner proceeded to tell him that he and his wife lived
very uncomfortable together, and ehe was untrue to him ;
did nut attend to the children, and neglected her apart-
ment, which witness saw was really in a very dirty plight.
Ho wished her to stop at home.
Sir P. LAURIE asked the age of the wife, and her cha-
racter in the house—whether there were any whisper-
ings respecting her that her husband's suspicions were not
unfounded.
NVitness said she was about 28. She was sober and
at home at nights, and he heard no whispers against her
or observed any thing particular, though he was up and
down stairs thirty times in a day. The prisoner had not
lodged in the house many weeks. They both seemed very
miserable. Reverting to his conversation with the prisoner,
he said, the prisoner told him she had once left him,
and that he was not the father of either of the three
children. The eldest was the issue of an adulterous in-
tercourse with a young man whom he engaged to teach
his trade to ; another was by one of his employers ;
and another by a surgeon, at whose house she would go
chasing, instead of stopping at home and making gloves as
he desired. He was eating bread and cheese while lie
stated this, in a very agitated manner, and he added,
" Sooner than live this life, I will give her this," motion-
ing with a knife he was using. Witness, who had been an
unwilling listener, and was thinking more about his work
than attending to what he was hearing, exclaimed, as
soon as this rash expression was uttered, " In the name
of God have snore value for your soul than to do such a
thing. If I thought so of my wife, I would leave her and
make her an allowance suitable to my means; and if I
could net get rid of her so, I would go as far as a ship
could carry me."
Sir Prrea—You gave hint very good advice.
Witness continued—He advised them to part, the hus-
band allowing 10s. a-week, as he said he could afford that,
but he said he would much rather give her 255. a-week
to stay at home and take care of the place. He did not like
to part.
Sir P. Lallans—Did you observe any fit of fondness
between them ?
Witness said he had; their quarrels were not like those
of other pereone. There was a gust of high words one mo-
ment, and the next the husband would be calling her his
dear Anna. He seemed to like to be always close to her.
Continuing his statement, the witness said, that as he was
going to bed about eleven o'clock that night, he heard Mrs. ,
Abbot give a shriek, and then cry " Murder." He un-
locked his room door, and ran across to the prisoner's, 1.
against which he knocked till it flew open. The room wax
in darkness, and hearing by the voice that the woman was
approaching, he retreated to his own room-door, and when
she had half crossed the passage with her husband three or
four steps behind her, witness, in the terror and confusion
of the moment, shut himself in, and the woman ran down
I stairs. Itninediately after he went into the prisoner's room
with a candle, and fimnd him standing with only his shirt
and stockings On. tie asked him what he had been about.
Prisoner said he had been asleep. He seemed perfectly
cool and unruffled, and was going to get into his bed, as if
nothing had happened. Witness told him it was of no
use to do that : he would have to go to tles watch-house.
" Do you think so ?" be.said, as if surprised : " then I
bad better dress myself, I suppose." Witness answered,
" Certainly;"
and the watchman arrived almost directly
after.
Sir Peres asked whether witness was intimate with the
prisoner ? Witness answered, " Not at all Co.', They had
occasionally met on the stairs; but the prisoner was remark-
ably shy, always hung down his head, and avoided notice.
Edward Gilbert, a lad employed to carry out beer front
the Three Tuns (adjoining the house where the prisoner
lodged), said, the servant-girl going away six or seven days
before the shocking affair took place, Mrs. Abbott came in

to All her place till another servant waa hired and a young
man, perhaps 30 years of age, late a waiter at the Cock in
Fleet-street, was officiating for the regular waiter at the
Tune, who was ill. On Monday night he and the waiter
and the young woman were sitting together in the kitchen,
when the prisoner came to the window and tapped. Mrs.
Abbott exclaimed, " When I go home I shall catch it
finely," and scent out to her husband. They had some
words, and then she returned. Next morning she showed
witness some bruises, and said, " I told you how it would
be for sitting with you two." She was crying at times in
the evening, but he thought she went home reconciled with
her husband, to put the children to bed about ten o'clock.
About an hour after she value running into the house bleed-
ing. [The rest of the witness's statement agreed with what
we have before stated.]
The prisoner did not utter a syllable during the whole
time, and there being no further evidence, the Alderman
remanded him fur further examination on the 27th inst.

BOW-STREET —Richard Ryan :aid John James,
two notorious housebreakers, were yesterday charged before
Mr. Mrxsuu Lt., with the following daring burglary :
Edward Poole, of No. 2, Boswell-court, is private watch-
man to Alessi's. Findlater and Pew, coal merchants, of
Salisbury-wharf, Strand. At four o'clock on the morning
of Thursday, he was going his rounds, when he perceived
an iron gateway, which led to the rear of some houses in
Cecil-street, open ; the lock of the gate, having been forced
off, was lying on the ground. The gate led to the premises
of Mr. Clint, and four other inhabitants of Cecil-street.
Witness, on looking round, saw a writing desk, a tea-caddy,
a cash box, and other articles strewed on the ground. lie
took charge of the property, and believing that a robbery
had been attempted, he called for the assistance of the other
watchmen, and proceeded to the back premises of Mr.
Clint. Hearing a noise in the water-closet, witmess pro-
cetded there, and discovered the two prisoners in a crouching
position. Witness cried " Maio ! what are you doing
here ?" The prisoners replie,l, that they had found the
gate open, and merely came in to have a sleep. Witness
found in the water-closet a phosphorus box, house-break-
ing implements, &c.

Henry Butcher, a watchman, helped to secure the two
prisoners in the water-closet ; searched them, and found
upon the prisoner Ryan a window-curtain which was con-
cealed in his hat.

Mr. Edward Clint, lived at No. 7, Cecil-street, Strand,
and was an engraver. The last witness produced a window-
curtain, taken from the prisoner Ryan, which witness

identified as his property.
This was the substance of the evidence against the
prisoners and the Magistrate was about to commit them,
«•hen Bond, stn. said, that he had reason to believe the
prisoners were concerned in another robbery which took
place on the mourning of Tuesday last, when the house,
No. 9, New Boswell-court, had been entered, and plundered
of money and other property,. , Two blue coats had been
stolen from the house in question ; and the coat which the
prisoner James had on appeared very like one of them.
The prisoner was directed by the Magistrate to take off
the coat, which was immediately identified by Mr. Ross,
whose house in Boswell•court had been entered on the
morning in questham. A waistcoat which the prisoner had
on was identified its a similar manner.—The prisoners were
remanded.

NIGHT Row.—A man of fashionable exterior, with a

huge pair of mustachios adorning his upper lip, was brought
from St. Clement Daum' watch-house, charged before Mr.
MINSHULL with creating a riot in Drury-lane, and with
rapping violently at the shutters of the inhabitants, and
disturbing their slumbers.
Mr. Mtssra:LL—Who and what are you, Sir?—De-
fendant : I am an officer in his Majesty's service.
Mr. MixstruLL—Then, Sir, I feel it to he my duty to
order you to find bail to keep the King's peace in future, to
teach you and your companions not to disturb the repose of
our peaceable citizens again.
A LA ag-A dashing fellow, a complete blood, as far as
exterior went, who gave tine name of Attputtus Phair,
was charged with " flooring" a watchman near TeMple-
bar. The watchman (O'Brien) said that the attack was
unprovoked, axid he was knocked down as clean as possible
in the kennel.

Prisoner—Your Worship, it was only a lark !
Watchman—l don't know what you call a lark ; but
after you had knocked me into the mud, yon crowed like a

cock. (Laughter.)
Sir 11. Bittxra—l know not how the foolish term
" lark" originated. I think (looking at the defendant)
that scarecrow would have been a more appropriate name
for an amusement carried an by jackdaws, !wimples, and
boobies. (Excessive laughter.)
Mr. Phair did not appear to relish the fowl comparisons
of the worthy Magistrate, and still lets the order of his
being caged, till he found bail for his " lark."

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—THE SHAM MONEY..
LENDF.RS.—Two gentlemen, residing in the sew-road,
applied to Mr. CONANT for his assistance, to enable them
to apprehend an individual connected with a gang of sham
money-lenders, who were daily committing the grossest
frauds on the public, by representing themselves to he able
to advance any sum of money, to the amount of 100,000/ ,
on valid security. About two months ago, one of the ap-
plicants advertised for the loan of SOW., at 5 per cent.,
and the advertisement was answered by a person signing
himself W. Mullins, No. 30, Dartmouth-street, West-
minster,'' who stated his ability to raise the required sum.
Mullins, who represented himself as a professional man,
waited upon the applicant at his house in the New-road,
in the company of a man whom he termed a surveyor, who
inspected the premises, and pronounced the security to be
perfectly unexceptionable. Mullins intimated on that
occasion, that a gentleman named Fox, the guardians of
some minors, possessing a large property, was the bona
fide party who was to advance the 300/., which would he
forthcoming in the course of a fortnight at furthest. Mr.
Mullins was urged to disclose the place of Mr. Fox's resi-
dence, but to this he appeared extremely averse, and it
was with some difficulty that the parties elicited front
lies that Mr. Fox resided in the neighbourhood of Ken-
sington. Mr. Mullins demanded a guinea for the sur-
veyor, which was accordingly paid ; and Mr. Mullins also
received a six and eight-penny fee for his advice as a soli-
citor. Three or four days after this transaction, the com-
plainant received another letter from Mr. Mullins, request-
ing the suns of 51., which was indispensible, to pay the
stamp duty, and enable him to prepare the deeds. The
complainant then called at Mr. Mullins's office, in Dart-
mouth-street, and paid !tins 21. 10s., and he expressed
himself satisfied with that sum, on the understandang that
he should receive the remainder in a few days. At length,
finding that Mr. Mullins had not acted up to his profes-
sions, the parties called upon hits, and insisted on seeing
the drafts of the deeds, but he declined to produce the
writings, and nothing more was heard of him until the
complainant read an account in the newspapers, on Sa-
turday week, of some proceedings at Hatton-garden Office,
where a man named Match was charged with obtaining
money in a similar manner.
Mr. CONANT was afraid he could not assist the appli-
cants, as they were not in a condition to negative Mullins's
assertion as to his ability to advance the money.
In consequence of the immense number of persons who
daily assemble in Regent-street, to catch a glimpse of a
young lady, Monsieur Verrey (not Very, the celebrated
restaurateur of the Palace Royale) has been compelled, for
the last few days, to apply at this office. In consequence
the Magistrate directed three officers to he stationed before
the shop in the evening, who, upon taking their post, found
all their exertions of no avail. Hundreds of persons as-
to afford access
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to the adjoining houses.
A young dandy, whose n one we omit giving publicity
to, from consideration for his fatnily, was brought to the
office, charged with being the most obstinate of the group
of admirers who obstruct the highway in front of M.
Verrev's shop, and refusing to pass on when desired so to
do. 'The defendant, it appeared, was nearly drunk, and
said he would (lie rather than net have a sight. Ilis
curiosity was excited by songs( singing in every street, in
praise of this lady, and he recited the billowing shuns, as
his inducement to resist the orders of the officers :
To see her sparkling eyes so bright,
And hair in ringlets flowing;
You'd scarcely know whirls way to turn,
Or what you was a doing.
Her smiles are sweet and so complete,
Good humour in her look ;
The Gentry say, my gracious, what
A handsome pastry-cook !
This beauty now of Regent-street,
Beats all the female race ;
You never seed, in all your life,
Such a handsome looking face;
Tho' she's seldom in the shop,
It's true, but should you get a look,
You'll ne'er forget the time you saw
The handsome pastry cook !
After the repetition of these verses, the Magistrate di-
rected that the young gentleman's friends should he sent
for, ins order that they might be acquainted with the na-
tive of the young gentleman's faults.
UNION-HALL.—Yesterday one of the beadles of Peek-
hatn brought a young man,
,dressed in military clothes, to
this office, who had surrendered himself as a deserter from
a regi:nent doing duty in that pestilential region Sierra
Leone. The young man's appearance indicated the un-

healthiness of the country fiont whence he had recently
arrived.
Mr. HONE—Do you acknowledge yourself to be a de'
serter ? Soldier-I.d°, Sir.
Mr. HONE—What was the reason of your having de"
sorted from your regiment ?—The soldier having been in'
formed a new settlement was about to be established en an
island to the southward of Sierra Leone, and hearing-Di '
its unhealthiness, and that it was likely ho would be ge"
lected to proceed there, had taken the advantage, with
three other Men belonging to the same regiment, of the
offer of the master of a transport to return to Europe.
Mr. HONE asked the soldier how he had escaped from
the garrison ?
The soldier replied, that being heartily sick of Sierra
Leone, at seeing all his comrades dropping into the grave,
he met with the Captain of a transport, called the Diadem,
on shore in the town, and he represented that most of hie
crew having died on the station, he was desirous of ob..
taining hands to man his vessel home. He (the soldier)
considering this a very favourable opportunity of escaping
from a place likely to be his grave, if he remained them
touch longer, immediately expressed a wish to be taken on
board to work his passage. The Captain consented to en"
gage him under all the circumstances, and premised, on
the arrival of the vessel in England, to give him and the
other three deserters the sum of 41. each for their services
doting the passage. The vessel did arrive in England,
and when he (the soldier) and his comrades asked the
Captain for the money he had engaged to present then
with, he refused to give them a shilling, and put then',
ashore, declaring, if they made any foss about the matter,
he should have them apprehended as deserters, 'and gent
back to Sierra Leone to their regiment. This threat, the
soldier said, having the effect the Captain wished, he (the
soldier) and his comrades started from Liverpool, and
walked into the interior, where they expected to obtain
work ; but in this they were disappointed, and all three
separated. With respect to himself, he had made the beet
of hie way to London, in the hope of getting to his friends
in the county of Limerick in a short tune. He, however,
had not been many days in town when- the circumstance
of his having deserted became known, and on the read'
ing afternoon he was pursued by two men, whom he eluded
by jumping into the canal, and afterwards surrendering
himself to the beadle.
Mr. HONE—How came you to enlist in a regiment
doing duty in a country that you describe so unhealthy,
and which I believe from the accounts I have read to be
true?
Soldier—l have no hesitation in telling the truth.
formerly deserted from the 69th regiment at Reading, 1"'"
Iva% tried by a general court-martial, and sentenced to re-,
re 300 lashes. The sentence, however, was not carried
into effect, Owing to my having consented to enter into
the Royal African Colonial Corps, and I was shortly after
wards sent out with other reernits for that regiment t°
Sierra Leone.

Mr. HON E-T hen what punishment do you expect no'rt
having deserted previously ?
Soldier—The men who pursued me, but who did 101
succeed in apprehending me, have lost the reward, and
therefore it will be a saving of 4/. to me, which Inn'
would have been deducted from my pay had I not ear-
rendered myself. lam fearful, your Worship, although I
have saved the reward, that I shall get 300 lashes, and be
sent back again to Sierra Leone, or that island thick is
as had, that lies to the southward of the colony.
The soldier, whose name is Barrett, was sent to Horse-
monger-lane gaol, and Mr. Hone gave directions that the
Secretary at War should be informed of the circumstaaeg
under which he had surrendered himself.