The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-04 00:00:00

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- POLICE INTELLIGENCE'.

BOW-STREET.—Yesterday, WiUiwn Dawney, the
owner and driver of the Wimbledon stage, No. 7681, ap-
peared to answer alt information exhibited against him by
the Rev. Maurice James, of Spring-terrace, Richmond,
for driving furiously, so as to endanger the lives of his
Majesty's subjects.
Mr. James, in support of his information, called Mr.
H. Pyle, a gentleman residing at Barnes-, who stated, that
on the 21t11..of_May, he was a 'passenger by a Richmond
coach, as was .111,r, James. At a place at Chelsea, called
Sandford Bridge, they overtook the defendant's coach,
which had stopped, and. passed it at a smart trot. In a
short time after, the defendant passed the Richthond coach,.
all his horses being at a gallop. The Richmond stage
again passed him, and again the defendant got before it at.
a gallop. He considered that he drove furiously, • and' en-
dangered. their lives.
Ijn rioss-examination by Mr. Harrier,• the witness said
that, the Richmond coachman did not gallop his horses.—
He went only at a smart trot. He drove at the • rate of
eight miles an•hour.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, declared that
he was not driving at a furious rate. He•liiid six inside
and eleven outside passengers, and none of theirs had com-
plained. •

Mr. MnrantrLL.—l dare say they vOere.yonng people.
If you had had steady. elderly gentlemen like myself, for
instance, ,yon would .have had complaints.
.114.. Harmer, called a young man, a servant to Mr. G 09.•
ling,the banker, who stated that he was on the defendant's
coach on the 27th, and he could swear tbathe did not drive
furionslyAnd that there was no danger.
Mr.- James—l have no feeling in the CAW but a love of
public justice. •
I Mr. Nistsratru. said, that upon' the whole of the evi-
l. dence, be coultl•not make up his snind'to convict the de-
!cadent, and the information was therefore dismissed.
Mr.. James (in a vehement manner.)--Then, Sir, I say
.that justice is wronged and the public injured by the deci-
sion. The Rev. Gentleman accompanied this declaration
with considerable animation of gesture and slapped the back
of the chair with his hand on ..which Mr. Minshull was
sitting. •
Dlr. Mitisnum.. turned round to Mr. Jams, and in a
•riaild tone Bald,"" You have had the misfortune to lose your
temper, Sir, and I lament it very much. lam quite cer-
tain that the treatment you have received here has net me-
rited such a return." .
Mr. Harmer said it was disgraceful in a clergyman so to
I forget himself.
Mr. Mitranvt.r.lisaid, :.'disgraceful" was too strong a
term--it • was, unfortunate. •
Mr. James • denied that he 'had lest his temper, and
quitted the office.

MARYLEBONE.,-Yesterday Mr. Joseph', Hearn,
the coach proprietor, at the King's Arms, Holborn-bridge, ,
was required to answer foui' informations, lodged
.against
him by Johnson, for neglecting. to have the names of• the
places, from which certain .stages set out, and to 'which
they were going, painted en the doors and *nets, agree-.
able to the Statute 25 Geo. W.—Dismissed.
LAMBETH-STREET.—Rointanv. OF HIS MAJESTY'r•
OILDNANcE Sroaxs•—Yesterday James Rodgers, a shop-
keeper, carrying on business at Poplar, was bronght be-
fore Jonx HAanwics, Esq.,,,and the Rev. •MA/sums;
for further examination, charged on _suspicion with being
concerned with -others in stealing, onfrlday night:' last, a
piece of brass ordnance, the propertrnf his Majesty, from
near the, Sluice House on the Essex side of. the river, a
spot opposite to the Woolwich Dock-yard.
Richard Gardener, a lad of 14 years of age, occa-
sionally acted as toll collector on the Metal Bridge, on the
Barking-road,; and on Friday night, at about ten o'clock,
he saw three men pass through the gate, and take the
road towards Barking... Between three and four o'clock
on the following morning, they returned, and previous to
their arriving at the. gate, one of them, who very much
resembled the prisoner, but whose identity he could not
positively swear to, preceded them, and paid the toll, ob-
serying at the time that they were in a violent hurry, and
requested that he would not detain them a moment.
They were driving extremely fast,
_and, from this, and the
apparent weight of the load, the horse was nearly
knocked up.
Mr. Mears, the bell-founder in Whitechapel, said, thst.
on the morning after the robbery, a gentleman called upon.
him, and informing hint that a piece of artillery had !minty,
stolen from Woolwich, asked him if any thing of .the kind
had been offered at his house for sale. He replied in the
negative, but recollecting that a Mr. Glascott, a neighbour
of his, was in the. habit of melting down a great quantity
of metal, he (witness) with the gentleman, went to his
premises, where they were told that, a short time before,
person had culled in, and left a piece of metal as a sample,
remarking, at the same time, that he had, 10 cwt. of the
same description of article to dispose of. The piece of
metal alluded to was here produced, and after.examining it,
Mr. Mears expressed his opinion, that it was of a kind si-
milar to that which cannon are composed of ; indeed, it
still retained a portion of its original shape.
A lad, in the service of Mr. Glascott (who being
himself in the country, was unable to attend), identi-
fied the prisoner as the person who had left the sample

in question.
Dalton and Lea the officers agreed in stating, .that after
securing the prisoner, they proceeded to the foundry of a
person named Celler, in Fenton-street, Commercial-road,
where they found 155 ingots of metal piled together, and
which weighed in the whole 10851hs. ; this they brought
away with them. The metal was here produced, and
handed to Mr. Mears, who was requested by the Magistrates
to examine it, and on comparison say whether it was of the
same nature as that, the sample .of which had been left
at. Mr. Glascott's?

Mr. Blears did so, and gave it as his opinion that they
were both the same, adding that the weight corresponded
as near as possible to that of the gun that had been stolen.
• Celler, who attended voluntarily, and who was assisted
with the advice of a professional man, accounted for the
possession of the property by saying, that he was in the
habit of purchasing the metallic refuse of the large Dock-
yards.
There being other witnesses to examine who were not
then in attendance, and whose evidence would tend to
throw a stronger light on the subject, the prisoner was re-
manded to a future day.
QUEEN-SQUARE.--An old man, named John

Wentworth, living in Pye-street, Westminster, was
charged with attempting to violate the person of Ellen
Sheston, a middle-aged female.
The proseentrix stated, that about one o'clock in the
morning, she went to a shop in Pye-street, in order to
purchase a candle; the prisoner lodged in the house, and
while she was in the passage, he seized her, and dragged
her by force into his room, and locked the door, when,he
attempted to abuse ,her ; she resisted with all her might,
and screamed " murder" as loud as she could, but this
had no effect, and in the struggle her clothes :We're nearly
torn off her back. Some watchmen at hist came to. her
assistance, and the prisoner was taken, but not before she
was covered with bruises.

Mr. WrtrrE—llis is a most extraordinary story, I can
scarcely 'credit 'it. Complainant—l can assure your
Worship it is perfectly true; only look at my gown, it's
all torn. '
Mr• Wigrz (to the prisoner, in surprise)—Pray how
old are you ? am upwards of seventy, your
Worship.
The watchmen stated, that when they heard the screams
they attempted to force open the apartment, and the pri-
gaper threatened to shoot them. They at last entered and
secured him.
'the prisoner, in his defence, said he had given the pro-
secutrix some money, and she had refused to give hirn the
change, and he only endeayonred to get it from her. The
prosectitrix contradicted his statement, and he was ordered
to rind bail.

WORSHIP-STREET.--EXTENSIVE RQIIHERV Apr
Booxs.—Yei3terdaY Edward Colbrook and Ilea; Rct-
mire—the former a youth of 16 or 17, charged with rob-
bing his employer, Mr. Martin, a book-binder, and the
latter with receiving the property, knowing it to be stolen
—were finally examined before Mr. Twyford. The b 0,014
which have been recovered were produced, but by.far the
greater part have no been tr4ced. 4rsongst those which
cannot he found is a volume pf the "
mails," a work Wiiigh 111`,,,M been for several years in a eptqse
of publication, and is nearly completed ; 23 volumes, we
believe,. have been published, but by the loss of this volume
Mr. Martin's set is spoiled, and it is feared it cannot be
replaced. The prisoner Retmire (who had purchased the
most valuable works for a mere trifle from the prosecutor's
seryapt), now protested moat earnestly that he had riot
the least idea, they had been diihciestly obtained ; but Mr:
TwYtTan expressed his belief that, from the oircumstaucea
under winch plirchased such valuable bOoks froM
such a lad a 5.1114 fellow, prisoner, he could not but know
that they were, stolen. The two prisoners were then com-
mittee to Newgate for trial.

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Vegetation in Northumberland is progressing
mot favourably. The wheats, which a few weeks ago
were yellow hued and of sickly appearance in many places,
have recovered amazingly.. The late genial showers and
warm weather have produced a visible effect in the meadow
fields, and no doubt the crop of bay will be abundant,