The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-02 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Priceofiro;n or Aiusccvado Sugar, for the
week ending Oct. 29,• 1844, is 31s. lid. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties.of Customs paid or payable' thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

Francis Patrick llPDermot, one of the City police-
men, was brought before Sir John Pirie upon the
charge of having been the confederate of a thief in
robbing a gentleman.
Mr. Timothy Jones, of No. 8, Racquet-court,
Fleet-street, stated that on Monday last, at about
half-past eleven o'clock at night, he went into the
Burton Coffee-house, in Cheapside. He was cer-
tainly excited at the time, and a man, who appeared
to be a Jew, asked him to drink. As witness was
leaving the place, the person who tasked him to drink
was waiting for him, and struck him. The blow was
repeated, and the assailant followed witness and con-
tinued his violent conduct. Witness missed his
watch, and his stick was also lost in the
scuffle which took place. Witness went to the
defendant, and pointing to the person who had
acted so outrageously, requested him to take
the offender into custody. The defendant refused to
take the man into custody, and witness then said he
was determined to go to the station-house and report
the case. He accordingly reported the case at the
station-house, and the defendant was sent for, but
there was some difficulty in finding him, and indeed
he was not found at all ; but when witness was going
to the station-house he saw the person who had as-
saulted and robbed him and the defendant speaking
together, and a woman was following them.
Sir JOHN PIRIE —Had you been drinking? Wit-
ness replied that he had been drinking, but he knew
what he had been about. The stick produced, and the
knob to it was his property.
Inspector Waller stated, that at six o'clock in the
morning of the night of the robbery he was on duty
at the Bow-lane station, and, in consequence of
information which he had received, he called the de-
fendant into his room, and asked him if he had heard
about the robbery. The defendant said he did know
of it. Witness said to him, "Do you know anything
about the stick the gentleman had ?" He replied that
he did, and that it must be there. Witness said it
could not be there, as the thief had not been there;
and then the stick dropped from his clothes, and he
went into another room to be searched, and the knob
of the stick was found upon him.
Henry John Teague, policeman No. 402, stated
that he requested the defendant to produce the pro-
perty, and the defendant went into another room with
him, and pretended to feel about; he lifted up his
trousers, and pulled it out of his boot.
David Smith, policeman No. 482, stated that about
half-past one o'clock he saw the defendant talking to
a prostitute, and he afterwards saw her give him the
stick, and the defendant gave him (witness) the stick.
Witness sent the female away because the defendant
said she was a prostitute. As soon as she went away
witness saw defendant screw off the knob and put it
in his pocket, and the defendant offered him the stick
to take home to his children without the knob, and
witness refused it.

Sir JOHN PIRIE asked the prosecutor whether he
had any doubt upon his mind that he pointed out the
person who had robbed him to the defendant, and that
the defendant had refused to take that party into cus-
tody ?—Mr. Jones said there was not the least doubt
of the correctness of both statements. He distinctly saw
the man who had robbed him and the defendant
walking together, and in conversation, towards the
Post- office.

Sir JOHN PIRIE—WeII, defendant, what have
you to say in answer to this charge ? Defendant
—Well, Sir, I allow I acted wrong. I know
it was all wrong, but I had been out and drink-
ing a great deal, and I didn't know what I was about.
The fact is, I thought it was a mere row the gentle-
man got into, and I thought it would be better for
him to go home and drop it. I know I have acted
against the regulations of the force, but I was tipsy,
and I am willing to give my own watch to the com-
plainant in the place of the one he lost.
Sir J. PIRIE—Your conduct has been most atro-
cious, but I regret to say there is not evidence enough
to justify me in sending yeu to the Old Bailey. That
you have been a confederate to the robbery I have not
the slightest doubt.
The defendant—l know it was all bad—all wrong,
my Lord ; but I was tipsy, I assure you.
Sir J. PIRIE—You must go to Bridewell, as a
rogue and vagabond, for a month, and of course you
will have nothing more to do with the police.
The defendant was then committed to Bridewell.
WORSHIP- STREET.

William Bear, a schoolmaster, in Brick-lane, Spi-
talfields, was charged with having most cruelly treated
one of his pupils, a little boy, nine years of age, named
Crowe.

The substance of the little fellow's evidence (which,
from his extreme youth, was naturally rather imper-
fect) was, that while cleaning his slate with his hand
in the school-room, on Thursday week, the master,
without uttering a word of remonstrance, came be-
hind him and cut him a great number of times across
the head and ears with a thick cane. On the next
day, in consequence of his having soiled his own
brother's book, the defendant kept him in until all
the rest of the scholars had left the school but three
of them, whom the defendant ordered to stop for the
purpose, and then almost stripped the child, and whilst
the three boys held him to prevent his making any
resistance, beat him very severely all over his back
with four canes tied together so as to resemble a rod.
He complained of suffering great pain from the in-
fliction of the punishment, and his person still exhi-
bited traces of the extreme violence that had been
exercised towards him.

The child's father (Police-constable 70 II) stated,
that on coming off duty, at ten o'clock on the night
of Thursday week, he heard the child, who was in
bed, breathing very hard and groaning loudly, in
consequence of which he examined him, and was ac-
quainted with the treatment he had received from his
master. Pulling down the bedclothes, he found the
whole of the child's back, from the shoulders to the
feet, so shockingly scarified that it resembled a piece
of raw meat, the canes having completely cut into
the flesh. His wife urged him to take summary re-
taliation upon the master, but he resolved, instead,
upon bringing him to this Court ; and it being at that
time very late, and having to go on duty again early
the next morning, he saw nothing more of the child
until he returned home the next (Friday) night, at
nine o'clock. On entering the room he found the
child's face and neck completely covered with blood,
owing, as he said, to the violent usage he had again
sustained
.from his master; and on examining his
person he found that one of his ears had been nearly
cut through, and that there were several other ter-
rible cuts about his head and face. The injuries were
so severe, that witness was obliged to seek the assist-
ance of a medical person, who prescribed lotions ;
but although these were applied, the child continued
very restless, and could not sleep for three continu-
ous nights.
The defendant gave the child a very bad character,
said he had smeared his own and another boy's books
(as defendant thought) intentionally; and he con-
sidered that he was only doing his parents a service
by correcting him. He was not aware that he had
cut the boy in thelback in the manner, described, and
declared that it must have been accidental, while the
child was trying to screen himself from the other
blows. On . the second occasion he made the other
boys hold him to prevent the child's kicking them,
and that punishment was inflicted with a rod, is the
usual way, and not with the four canes, as the child
stated. He concluded with an appeal to the magis-
trate, saying that he was a married man himself, and
had children of his own. _ _

To contradict the defendant's statement, Mr. Bryer,
an officer of the Court, and Fitzgerald, one of the
warrant officers, were examined ; the former said the
boy was cut all over his hack, from the shoulders to
the loins, and that a great deal more violence had
been used than vk as at all proper for so young a child.
The latter stated that the father of the child had
stripped him for his inspection in one of the cells
attached to the Court, and that he found the child
" scored, from the bladebone all down the thighs."
The injuries had certainly been inflicted with canes,
and not with a rod; and Mr. Broughton, who sat
when the summons against the defendant was applied

for, and who witnessed the state of the child, had
ordered• him to attend before ➢lr. Bingham an& give
evidence.

Mr. BINGHAM said, that considerable latitude must
necessarily be allowed to schoolmasters in the in-
fliction of chastisement on obdurate or contrary
pupils, but in this instance he was clearly of opinion
that the defendant had gone much beyond the mark.
He was very strongly inclined to' send the defendant
to the sessions to answer the charge ; but as the
father of the child was in somewhat needy circum-
stances, the justice of the case would perhaps best be
met by pe-rmitting a compromise, and preventing the
expense of further proceedings elsewhere. He should
therefore -allow him to step out of Court with the
father but in the event of the parties not coming to
a satisfactory adjustment he should send the case to
the sessions.

The parties retired, and in a short time returned,
the father of the child intimating to the magistrate
that he had received a satisfactory compensation. .
A fine young fellow named William Magness,
dressed in the full regimentals of the 49th Regiment
of Foot, was charged with being a deserter.
As 56 N was on duty on the preceding night in
Brunswick-street, Hackney-road, the prisoner's
father, a highly respectable man, called to him and
told him that his son, who was then out, would shortly
return luirne, and that, as he was a deserter from his
regiment; he required that he should be taken into
custody. Witness waited about till eleVen. o'clock,
when the prisoner returned, and then he took him to
the station-house.'

The prisoner said he had obtained leave of absence
from his commanding-officer to 'see his mother, who
was in a dangerous state of illness, and on the expira-
tion of his parol he called at the War-office to
obtain the necessary papers to procure his trans-
mission to his regiment at Weedon barracks, but
that, unfortunately he met several acquaintances,
who induced him to "take a farewell glass with them,
and he got intoxicated. On recovering himself, his
leave having expired, he was a'shamed to face his
officers, and went home again, where he had since
been staying until given into custody by his father,
whose object in so doing he could not account for.
He was very fond of the service, and intended to give
himself up the next day, had not this taken place.
Had he intended to desert he should not have walked
about in his regimentals, as the magistrate then saw
him ; and he trusted, under the circumstances, the
magistrate would consent to let an officer accompany
him to the recruiting officer who would be convinced
of his intentions and pass him to his regiment, with-
out the disgrace of his being sent to prison.
Mr. BINGIIAM intimated to the prisoner that he
should communicate with the War-office, and endea-
vour to make matters straight for him, but he was
compelled to detain him until he received an answer
from the military authorities.—He was then removed.
THAMES POLICE.

Yesterday Coulson Douglas, master of the Thomas
Baker collier, appeared to answer informations laid
by Mr.:Barber, the registrar, under the Coalwhippers'
Act, for a violation of the statute, which requires that
before discharging the cargo of any collier application
be made at the coalwhippers'-office for a gang of
registered men, and if the price offered be deemed
sufficient the bargain is closed. Should it be refused
the master is at liberty, after the performance of cer-
tain formalities, to employ any gang, whether re-
gistered or not, provided he pay no higher sum than
what had been previously refused by the registered
men at the office, and this was the offence which the
defendant appeared to answer. A clerk from the
coalwlaippers'-office proved that the defendant had of-
fered 4d. per ton, which was refused. A coalwhipper
named Aveling stated that he assisted in whipping the
Thomas Baker on the 25th of August, and received
7d. per ton, not from the defendant, but from Bowd-
ley, the basket man, by whom he was engaged. Mr.
Pelham, who conducted the defence, whilst Mr.
Holder appeared for the prosecution, called William
Bowling, who swore that he engaged to clear the
vessel, which was of 368 tons burden, for the sum of
51. 17s. Bd. He engaged with the men for 4d. per
ton, but afterwards gave them a gratuity of 225.,
which would make it amount to 7d.
Mr. BALLANTIN E, after commenting on the evidence
of the last witness, who evidently edged very closely
on perjury, fined the defendant 51., which was in-
stantly paid.
A pawnbroker named Cranbery, of Shadwell, ap-
peared to answer informations laid by Birch, the no-
torious informer, for having demanded and taken
more than the legal rate of interest. The article was
pawned by the informer's wife, and the defendant
pleaded guilty, urging that the offence was owing to
the mistake of a lad, who was not sufficiently initiated
into the routine of the business, having been only
three months behind the counter.
The defendant was fined lOs. and costs.

In the course of the afternoon Birch applied to the
magistrate for a moiety of the fine, not so much, he

saki, for the amount, as to try a question.
Mr. BALLANTINE said he would have no objection,

if the application were made by a poor person who
had suffered from an overcharge, but he had doubts
about doing so at all in what appeared to have arisen
from a concerted plan. The allowance would be made
in cases where the poor were benefited, but it was an•
other matter when a trap was laid. He should, how-
ever, consider of it.
Birch—Am I to understand, then, Mr. Ballantine,
that lam refused ? Mr. BALLANTINE—Yes, for the
present.
Birch—When am I to apply again ? Mr. BAL.,
LANTINE-I don't know ; you must take your chance.
CLERKEIV WELL.

Yesterday John Clemenson, son of a gentleman of
fortune, was charged with deserting his child,
whereby it had become chargeable to Islington parish.
Mrs. Lane, the wife of a labourer residing at
Islington, deposed that on the Bth of September, 1843,
the prisoner placed his son, a boy about eight years,
under her care, and agreed to pay her at the rate of
4s. weekly for his maintenance. He paid, the money
for a few months, and thon left off altogether. He
never came to inquire after his child, nor took the
least interest in him. She sought for him every-
where, and being informed he had a situation on the
Southampton Railway, went there, but he had left a

few days before. She then went to Mr. Carr's, at
Kensall-green, by whom the prisoner had been en-
gaged during the summer, but he had left that place
too. She had a large family herself, and was so re-
duced in circumstances that she was hardly able to
procure the necessaries of life for her own children.
At length she was obliged to place the boy in the
workhouse.
Mr. COMBE inquired how much he owed her ?
The poor woman replied 121. 10s.
Mr. COMBE asked what means the prisoner pos-
sessed ? The woman replied 1001. a year by his
father's will.
Mr. COMBE inquired if the prisoner had any other
children ? The woman answered that he had three,
and that he had suffered his wife to die in a hospital.

Mr. COMBE—Where are the other two children ?
Prisoner—One of them is with some man at Deptford.
Mr. COMBE—Have you paid anything for the
maintenance of this child ? The prisoner owned that
he had not seen the child for five months, nor contri-
buted a farthing towards its maintenance ; in fact, he
did not know what had become of it.
Mr. COMBE—Where is the other child ? Prisoner
—Dead.

Mr Hicks, the overseer, said he considered the case

so bad a one that he should certainly press for punish-
ment unless the prisoner would at once satisfy the

parish.
The prisoner, when asked if he would enter into
an arrangement, admitted that he had been entitled
to the receipt of 1001. a year, but gave as'irambling
and most improbable account of its being mortgaged.
Mr. ComnE—Are you willing to maintain your
child, and pay this poor woman ? Prisoner—l can't.
Mr. COMBE—Why ? Prisoner—Because I can't.
Mr. CoMßE—Then you will go the House of Cor-
rection for two months.
He was committed accordingly.
Henry Edwards, a stout-built young Welshman,
was charged with robbing Mr. David Jones, a con-
stable, of 11. 10s., his baton, and his son " Davey."
The prosecutor accidentally met the prisoner on
Tuesday, and, finding that he was a native of Wales,
the place of his nativity, and that he had been at the
Welsh School in Gray's Inn-road, a companion of
some young relatives of his took him to several public-
houses, where they had drink in abundance, and of
every description ; beer, gin, ale, rum, &c. ; when
they reached the prosecutor's residence Jones was
stupidly drunk, whilst the miscellaneous liquors and
the large quantity he drank had the effect of rendering
Edwards perfectly insane. In his delirium he rifled
the prosecutor's pockets of his money and staff, and at
a late hour at night dragged his son, a boy about
twelve years of age, out of bed, and carried him in his
arms in a state of nudity to a grocer's shop, a quarter
of a mile distant ; he laid the boy, who was still asleep,
in the corner of the shop, where some humane old
woman put her shawl round him. The prisoner
fetched a cab, put the boy in the cab, and drove to
his own door, where he put the boy to bed, and went
to bed in another room himself. The next morning the
father was distracted at the loss of his child, and
searched every place for him, but at two o'clock in
the day when the prisoner awoke he brought home
the son, hut was immediately given into custody for
the robbery. The staff was found on the prisoner's
person.
The prisoner, who has hitherto borne an irreproach-
able character, and whose father is a very respectable
tradesman in Store-street, Bedford-square, solemnly
declared he did not recollect anything whatever of the
matter. He must have been stark mad.
The father of the prisoner having indemnified the
prosecutor to the full amount of his pecuniary loss
the young man was discharged by the wish of all
parties.

UNION•HALL.
Yesterday, four lads were charged with creating
a disturbance in the St. Saviour's Union Workhouse,

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