The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE. —Ex-ITN stvE FORGERY.—Yes-
terday Mrs. Anne Myers, an extensive rag-merchant, in
Cutler-street, Houndsditch, was charged before Alderman
C. S. HUNTER, who sat for the Lord Mayor, under the cir-
cumstances detailed in the following evidence. Mrs. Myers
has been long in business in the city, and bears a very good
character. Upon being placed at the bar, she was greatly,
agitated and was unable to stand, and during the examina-
tion her stomach appeared.to be dreadfully affected.
Mr. Jonas Levi, watch and clock-maker, of No. 13,
Bevis-marks, stated, that be knew Mrs. Myers for a con.•
siderable time. He produced a bill of exchange which he
had taken from her son, Daniel Myers, on the 6th of
September. Daniel Myers was now not to be found. The
following is a copy of the bill :
£4BB 2s. 2d. London, July 28, 1827.

Six months after date, pay to my order the sum of
£4BB `2s. 2d., for value received. ANNE AIYERS.
To Messrs. Walker, Parker, and Co., lead
merchants, Thames-street.

It was apparently accepted by this firm, and made pay-
able at Sir William Curtis and Co.'s, and was endorsed
Anne Myers, Daniel Myers, Isaac Joseph, and Daniel
Myers.
The witness stated, that Daniel Myers had brought
the bill to bins for the purpose of getting it discounted.
He (witness) had discounted another bill, purporting to
be accepted by the same firm, for 3971. 3s. Id., which
was to have become due on the next day, and which Daniel
Myers wished to have back in his possession. Witness
gave this latter bill to him, and the sum of 82/. 18s. 2d.,
deducting 81. 2s. bd. for the discount, and received from
him the abovementioned bill. Before he consented to
make this arrangement of returning the bill which was to
be so soon due, he had entertained some suspicion at being
requested to consent to it, and said to Daniel Myers, that
he wished to be fully satisfied of the regularity of the
transaction. Myers said to him, immediately, "Go over
to mother, and you shall be quite satisfied of the correctness
of it." He also said, that the bill was for lead which had
been sold to Walker and Parker. Witness knew that
Daniel Myers had dealings at that house, because he had
received from the former a genuine bill of theirs about 12
mouths ago. He went to Mrs. Myers (the prisoner) at
her warehouse, held the bill in his hand, and said to her,
' Mrs. Myers, your son has brought me this bill, drawn
by yourself, on Walker, Parker, and Co., is it correct ?"
" Perfectly so," replied Mrs. Myers ; " we sold them a lot
of pig lead, and if you wish to be further satisfied, Daniel
will throw open the book and show you for your satisfac-
tion." The book was accordingly thrown open by Daniel,
and there did appear in it an entry for lead, corresponding
with the amount and date of the bill. Witness then, upon
this representation of Mrs. Myers, delivered up the old bill
and took the new one, which was as perfectly filled up as
it now was. Indeed, it had never been out of his hands
until the moment be went to give it in at the bankers'.

Mr. Adolphus, who attended for Mrs. Myers, asked the
prosecutor whether he did not know that Daniel Myers
had carried on business for his mother, that his mother
could not read or write, and that he always wrote for her?
Mr. Levi admitted that sush was the case, and that
Mrs. Myers 's name on the bill was in the handwriting of
her son.

Mr. Adolphus said, that it was ridiculous to charge a
person who could not read or write with a forgery.
Mr. Gates, the solicitor to the Society of Bankers, said
that his charge against the prisoner was not for forgery,
but for uttering the forgery with a guilty knowledge.
Mr. John Cox, a clerk in the house of Walker, Parker,
and Co., of Thames-street, stated, that the firm had had
dealings with Mrs. Myers. Upon looking at the bill,
stated that it was not the acceptance of the firm, or of
any one authorized by them. No other than a partner is
the house was authorized to accept.
Sir CLAUDIUS HUNTER, considered there was enough in
the evidence to justify him in sending the prisoner for trial.
Mr. Adolphus—She was a mere tacit creature in the
hands of her son, who has been in the habit of doing all
her business ; at all events the Alderman could not refuse
to take bail.

Mr. Gates certainly should oppose any application for bail.
Hole it was mentioned, that forgeries had been com-
mitted by Daniel Myers to the amount ofupwards of 10,000.
Mr. Gates observed, that this was not the only charge.
Mrs. Myers was then remanded till Monday.
BOW •STREET.— George Edward Allen, a young
man of respectable appearance, was yesterday examined
before Mr. MINsnULL, upon a charge of feloniously secret-
ing a letter, containing a money order in favour of Catha-
rine Hackett, the wife of an Irish labourer, named Richard
Cantwell.

The prisoner, by advice of his solicitor, declined saying
any thing in his defence, and he was remanded till the 9th
of February.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--An elderly 'decent-
looking woman, named Martha Lewis, who has been
several days in custody upon a charge of stealing a silver
table spoon from the chambers of Edward Littledale, Esq.
the brother of the learned Judge of that name, No. 6, New-
inn, was brought before F. A. Roa, Esq., the Magistrate,
for re-examination. During the progress of this case,
there has been great reluctance on the part of Mr. Little-
dale and his servants to give such evidence as would lead
to the commitment of the prisoner, and owing to the same
difficulty arising again yesterday from the manner in which
one of Mr. Littledale's female servants gave her evi-
dence, Mr. Roe, after some very strong but just observa-
tions upon the manner in which in this case obstacles were
designedly thrown in the way of public justice by persons
from whom a different course might fairly have been ex-
pected, remanded the prisoner once more, with a determi-
nation, be said, if he could help it, not to suffer in so
glaring a case of robbery such a person as this woman to
go at large.
UNION-HALL.--Yesterday, two gentlemen, named
Weston and Alexander, residing in Trinity-square, South-
wark, one whose house had been broken into and robbed
on Wednesday night, and his neighbour's attempted on the
same night, attended at this office for the purpose of com-
municating the particula►s and requesting aid from this
establishment in suppressing the continual depredations
committed on the property of the inhabitants of that por-
tion of the district.
Scarcely a night passed, they said, that houses were not
broken into and robbed in Trinity-square, which was be-
coming the resort of swarms of prostitutes, and where
they congregated thieves were sure to follow in their train.
In fact, if something were not immediately done to sup-
press the alarm of the inhabitants, the whole of the
square, and the immediate neighbourhood, would be de-
serted by the respectable families.
The MAGISTRATE told the applicants that the officers
belonging to this establishment could not be spared, and
that he could hold out no hope of assistance on the part of
Government.

Last night, about half-past eleven o'clock, a
man named THOMAS Mooaz, as we hare been informed,
threw himself into the Liffey. Every exertion was made
to save him, but without effect.—Dublin Morning
Register.
Much nonsense has gone the round of the
London papers during the last week, relative to the sup-
posed slight put upon the Earl of ELDON in forming the
new Administration. We have good reason for believing,
that the office of President of the Council was offered to
his Lordship, and was declined, the Noble Earl stating, as
the ground of his decision, his aversion to re-enter at his
advanced age into public life...BriOton Gazette.

STATE or NEWGATE,

',TATEMENY OF THE NUMBER. OF PERSONS IN CUSTODY ON THE IST
or JANUARY, 1827, AND COMMITTED TO HIS MAJESTY'S GAOL OF
NEWGATE IN TIIE YEAR 1827, AND 110 W THEY HATE BEEN DIS-
POSED Of.
Males. Female*. Total.
En custody on Ist January, 1827 233 145 378
Committed to 31st Dec. inclusive,
under 21 years of age 1092 158 } 3020
Above that age

Of which there have heeti executed
Dead

3398

Removed to the Hulks, Gosport 219
Ditto Portsmouth l2l
Ditto Sheerness lBB
Ditto Chatham
Ditto Deptford
Ditto Woolwich 269
Ditto Devonport 25
Ditto Penitentiary, Millbank 99
Ditto Refuge for the Destitute 12
Ditto by Habeas Corpus for trial at the Assizes 24
Ditto to the House of Correction for Middlesex 544
Ditto ditto London l5l
Discharged, having received his Majesty's pardon 15
Ditto having been acquitted at the Old
Bailey Sessions 471
Ditte upo❑ bills of indictment not having
been found 270
Ditto not having been prosecuted
Ditto having been imprisoned pursuant to
sentence 1 0 t
Ditto sent for trial to Hicks's-hall, and

Tower Sessions 23
Ditto having been whipped
Ditto having been fined one shilling
Ditto upon bail and other causes
Removed to a Lunatic Asylum

- 3045
Remained in custody Ist January, 1828, males
230, females 123 • 353

3398
Of which number 395 had been in Newgate before.
Committals increased this year b 9.

STATEME:,T OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS COMMITTED TO HIS MA-
JESTY'S GAOL OF NEIVGATE, AND CONVICTED, IN THE YEAR 18,7,
AND THE NATURE OF THEIR OFFENCES, TOGETHER WITS TRH
'NUMBER ACQUITTED, DISCHARGED, SENTENCED, &C. DURING
THE SAME PERIOD.
Murder
Burglary
Housebreaking
Highway robbery

30
`.B
39

Cutting and maiming I
Rape
Returning from transportation . 3
_ _

Horse-stealing; 1 t 3
Cattle-stealing 3
Sheep-stealing 5
Forgery
Coining
littering counterfeit coin, having before been con-
victed as a common utterer.— I
'
Sacrilege 2
Stealing a letter, being 'a postman
Stealing in a dwelling-house 63
Bigamy
3lanslaughter
Receiving stolen goods
Cutting wearing apparel on the person
Selling counterfeit coin 1
Sending a threatening letter to extort money
Assaulting, with intent to rob
Larcenies of various descriptions 1717
Misdemeanors 2B

2003

Of which there ware sentenced,
*To Death
To transportation for life
To do. for fourteen years ... , .
To do. for seven years
To imprisonment in Neergate and in the Houses of
Correction for two years 6
Ditto for eighteen months lO
Ditto far one year
Ditto for nine months 9
Ditto for six months
Ditto for four months l2
Ditto for three months
_ _ _

Ditto for two months lO3
Ditto for six weeks `,)9
Ditto for one month and under
Fined one shilling and discharged, of sent to the Re-
fuge for the Destitute 77
Whipped and discharged...... Bs
Received his Majesty's free pardon 2
Those whose judgment remains respited
2003
Acquitted
Ditto on the ground of insanity, and remain
Discharged, bills of indictment not being found 270
Ditto, not having been prosecuted ....... 17

---- 864

2867
Fifteen of whom have been executed for the following
offencse, with four others, convicted in 1826

Murder
IlJrse•stealing _

Stealing a letter at the Post•oflsce
Burglary
Coining 2
Stealing in a dwelling-house q.
Highway robbery
Rape..
Arsun
Sheep-stealing

19
JOHN WONTNER.

LAW INTELLIGENCE. 4t •

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 31.
VIE KING O. COOKE. t
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for a rule 'to
show cause why a criminal information should not
be filed against Mr. Cooke, an attorney of this Court,
for a libel on the Mayor and Corporation of Nor-
thampton. The libel had reference to what occur-
red at the late election of Members of Parliament
for Northampton, and was contained in a letter in-
serted in the Times newspaper of the 25th of De-
cember last.
Lord TENTERDEN—Take your rule to show cause.

ST. CATHERINE'S DOCKS.
In the case of the St. Catherine's Stairs' water-
men, and the St. Catherine's Docks' Company, Mr.
ADAM stated that, as there was some doubt about
the award, the Directors would immediately issue
their precept to summon a Jury to assess the damages.
Mr. BRODERICK moved for a rule to show cause
why a mandamus should not issue, directed to the
Directors of the St. Catherine's Docks' Company,
to compel them to issue their precept to the Sheriff,
to summon a Jury to assess the amount of compensa-
tion due from them to a publican of the name of
Heywood, whom they ejected from his premises.
Lord TENTERDEN—Take your rule to show cause.
COOKE V. BANKS.
This was an action of trespass against the defen-
dAanndt,refowr,tHakoiinbgoranvay a table from the Stone Build-
ings, Lincoln's-inn. The defendant justified under
a distress warrant, as an officer of the Parish of St.
ownere of
having
the
e Chamberstaken the table
hay
having n c
of the
re-
fused to pay a rate imposed by the competent au-
thorities of the parish. The object was to try the
question—whether Lincoln's-inn was part and par-
cel of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, or extra-
parochial.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL had obtained a rule to
show cause why the verdict should not be Set aside,
and a new trial granted. Hr 4.44
Sir JAMES SCARLETT now showed cause against
this rule.
Mr. GURNEY and Mr. MERRYWETRER followed
on the same side.--zfurther hearing postponed.
MR. GOURLAY.
Mr. CAMPBELL mentioned that the rule for the
Habeas Corpus to bring up Mr. Gourlay to be dis-
charged, had been drawn up on this day, and served
on Mr. Halls, the Magistrate, on Saturday. But he
had heard no more about it, and had no means of
ascertaining what his Majesty's Government meant
to do in the matter.
Lord TENTERDEN.—ProbabIy there is some mis-
take. Let the Rule be drawn up for another day.
• GOLDING V. mix.
It was belbre stated that this was a proleedivg to

try the legality of the Select Vestry of the parish
of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. Sir James Scarlett
had argued against this legality, upon the motion for
a rule to chow cause why the verdict which had
been given in favour of the Vestry should not be set
aside.

Mr. BROUGHAM now followed on the same side,
The argument in opposition to the Vestry was, that
the custom was unreasonable, uncertain, and inter
rupted. The answer given to this, on the part of
the Select Vestry, was, that the custom was not
more uncertain or unreasonable than that of certain,
Law Societies and Corporations. But other geo'
tlemen had mistake❑ and mis-stated the argument of
those who opposed the claims of the Vestry. Therel
was no intention whatever to deny, but that whens
Corporations were formed by Act of Parliament, or
by a Charter from a competent authority, the cus'!
toms depending upon these Acts and Charters were
good, let them he never so unreasonable. The.

customs, however absurd, were valid. But the ques'
Lion here was, whether this custom was of such 3
nature that an original agreement for such a Vestry
as this could be presumed, as forming an exceptioo
to the Common Law. If the custom was unrer
sonable and uncertain, then the presumption was
that there never had been such an agreement.
Mr. TAUNTON called the attention of the Court
to the case of Batt v. Watkins, Lut. 1027, with re'
fereuce to the powers of vestries to elect each other'
Sir J AM ES SCARLETT answered that case.

Mr. EVANS, who followed on the same side, V
marked, that the fixed number had this advantagd
that although the vestry might elect each other, th,
parish could always compel them to keep up the!
numbers.

Lord TENTERDEN-1. he Court will look at the;
entries and consider this case. To-morrow we
go on with the Special Paper.

CITY TITHES.-ST. OLAVE, HART,

STREET.

quence of the manlier in which Dr. Owen, the Rec'
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to:, had come forward to perform his duties, not te
petition Parliament against the demand of tithe
made by him, a Special Vestry Meeting of the 10'
rishioners was held, to consider further, whether the
services of the Committee appointed to protect at\
interests of the inhabitants, in respect of tithes'.
should not be entirely dispensed with. A more
numerous meeting took place than has been knoiell'
for many years—Dr. OWEN in the Chair. It WaS,;
proposed, ill consequence of the crowded state
the. Vestry, that the meeting should be held in the!
Church. Mr. NoDEN opposed this proposition,
the ,:rotind that it was likely, from the state of feel's
ing upon the subject, that parties would not be t.Ol
to keep themselves under the most perfect controalt
If they went into the Church, they would rescle;,
themselves liable to ecclesiastical prosecution and'
censure for brawling : in the Vestry they might in'
dulge themselves with less restraint. This reason'
ing appeared good to the inhabitants, and they pre',
ferred remaining where they were. After scrtlC
prefatory proceedings, Mr. CLIFTON moved a reseltri
tion, which while it acknowledged the past services 01
the Tithe Committee to be deserving of approbo'
tion, declared that their continuance was no longer;
needed, and that it should be dissolved. The rev
sons urged in favour of this resolution were, that
consequence of the Rector having resumed the per
formance of his clerical duties in the parish, a dt
gree of harmony prevailed amongst them, whit,
further litigation would entirely interrupt. The
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rotphoe:
such.ere litigation o
inclined Iv otuol d b
c entail
a
dent, inasmuch as the extreme age of the Recto'
rendered it improbable that the matter at
would be of long continuance.
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fvl‘tehirrey.
TOloiEtnhgoe.aßendnoom:iyi.tintsecedc,oebaniaditdeedbetyn.hsietusemdinoon. t on whirl
etv4i:linberst,hiet part
o
contended that the intention of the parish in respeei.
to tithes was in nu way altered by Dr. Owen per
forming his services in a proper manner. TO
amount of the demand was unchanged, and the
equity of it no way advanced. To dissolve the,
Committee would be to give up all the grounds dolt
.
had been undoubtedly gained by their exertions.
Mr. ltirstsor; moved an amendment, which was ie
favour of a middle course, for discontinuing any air
plications to Parliament at present, but retainiz4
the Tithe Committee in offict, thanking them foe
their past services, and requesting them to continue
to watch over the interests of the inhabitants. The'
mover wished them to sheath the sword, but not ttY
throw it away. He relied on the declaration of the:
Rector, that he would do all that hump abilitY_
would enable him to de to secure the esteem of hie'
parishioners, but it was requisite that they should
be upon the watch, to prevent the same claim being
renewed or enforced by his successor,

Several warm speeches were made by some of
the principal inhabitants in explanation or vindication
of their conduct pro and con. At length a division
was taken, when the original resolution was over'
thrown, and the amendment for continuing the set,
vices of the Tithe Committee carried by a majority'
of four votes. It was objected that three of the
Tithe Committee had voted in favour of thernselvet
They asserted their right to vote as parishioners.
Thanks were voted to Dr. Owen for his cone?
liating conduct in the Chair; and he, in acknoo"
'edging them, declared, that he would do all in
power to continue the state of unclouded cheerful'
ness and harmony, of which there appeared at lene
a dawn. The meeting then separated.