The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.----Yesterday several mailmen were
brought before the LORD MAYOR, on charges of having taken
more passengers than by law they were entitled to do.
One named Beard was fitted 5/. for taking 14 passengers: out
of the Sir Edward iianhas iteam-boat, when by law he was en-
titled to take only eight. The defendant had a boat of three tune
burden, instend of the common wherry, and therefore no charge
was made against him a.'i endangering the liies of the passengers.
The Milers of the Watermen's ,Company attended, and declared
that it would be aNioltitely., necessary to have a new et of orna-
ment for the regulation of the disorders occasioned by the' water-
men and the steam-boat*. Mr. Drinkekli one iii the Rulers,.
'dated, that although he had been accustomed to the water all hie
life, he never went on hoard without Considerable apprehension.
It was matter of astonishment to him that lives had not been lost,
constantly as they were endangered. " some of the watermen
got large boats, like that used by the defendant; and overpowered
the "theta. It was only on the Sundarbefore that three wherries
;were sunk. Ili' tulvised the Lord Mayor nut. to mitigate the pe-
naltic,7 in itily instance,' if lie wiihed to abate the 'CO.
/ "'it' 14..., Al.. said, he valued the waternien highly,. and
artie U*l. for ttieir- saki.% to see tliii spirit of disorder prevail
ti,
heruointrothtir,,_its, it must iiltiniattly'oceasion the steam-boats
their boo"na."'''" sme", Ira land the passenger* without the use of
Ili!, Lerslslii- 'lto
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, pockei,,, to pieseive order. - Ha had :orrtlygurrlCl;lthttite!porfoitrbitetiorrnsw;.
. ' the *team -racket* would do the *am' e. Ilis Lordship said, if

such men were found, he would swear them in as constables, to

give them authority to act.
The Rulers of the Waterman's Company expressed- their con-
fidence in the salutary effects of such a measure.
A Waterman said, the Magistrates of the Thames Police held
that tfhose waternwn were first entitled to fares who were first' at

the steam-boats. The conseqbence was, that there was a gene-
ral contest to get first, in which lives would one day be lost. •
The Lunn Afaina said, he held no Such doetrine. The fates
were to be taken according to their turn in waiting at the stairs,
and he would fine every one who was brought before him and
convicted of violating that order.

The Rulers of the Company then went away, upon the under-
standing that they would aid in carrying into effect the regulation
suggested by the Lord 1114 or.
GUILDHALL.---John Morris, a lad about 19 years old, ser-
vantwith Mr. Barton, a baker, in Long-lane, Smithfield, *as
brought up on suspicion of having, as the trade-phrase goes, buried
a number of dead men, that is, charged to customers loaves that
were never delivered to them.

It appeared that be bad killed some of these dead men in the
face of a double check upon him. He had to deliver bread at

Mrs.Townsend'e, a chandler's shop in St. Luke's, and upon every

occasion he was called tip!) to enter the quantity in a book kept
by Mrs. Townsend, while she wrote the same thing in another
book, which he returned to his master. By altering her figures
in the latter book only, lie was enabled to obtain loaves for him-

self; for Mrs. Townsend knowing the bills were made out frem
the entries in her own hand, afterwards paid the bills withdut
examination. Thus, on the 24 of August, the prisoner changed
nine loaves into ten ; on the 9th, ten into twelve ; and on the
10th, eight into ten. There was a sum of ls. 3d. paid by Mrs.
Townsend on the 9th, which Mr. Barton swore the prisoner never
accounted for. -

In another case, the prisoner had stated a customer to have re-
ceived three quarterns instead of half quarterns per week since the
middle of June.

What wages did you give him ?" asked the Alderman.

Mr. Berton replied, 14s. a week, and his beer, bread, and flour.
Mr. Alderman WA ITIIMAN asked if he gave him nothing to eat
with his beer and bread; evidently have an eye to the shaving and
draining of all the dishes'sent to be baked, which must occur while
journeymen are hired upon such terms.
" Oh no," said Mr: Borton, " nothing but beer, bread, and
flour; he found all the rett'himself."
The .prisoner made no defence, and was committed for trial.
BOW-STREET.—On Wednesday evening, about S o'clock,
as Sir Ilicrraun Btarita was alone in the office, busily engaged in
writing letters, a gentleman full seven feet and a half in height, well
made in proportion, and hahitcd in a blue military frock coat, en-
tered the justice-room, accompanied by Richards, a waterman, and
Jennings, a patrol, the latter of whom had in his custody 'an
urchin, technically termed a conveyancer, named William Evans,
whose slight of hand tricks have often been noticed in the police
intelligence of this office. The group halted in the presence of
the Magistrate, who was ton bury at first to notice their appear-
once, but when he raised his eyes from the paper on which hewas
occupied, the presence of the immense gentleman Who stood be-

fore him seemed for a few moments to confound his faculties, and
he gazed without well knowing whether he beheld a phantom, or
an undoubted man, whose dimensions by' far exceeded those.of the
common run of mortals. The men of the Life Guards, and eVen
Mr. Carus Wilson,, uu., who .carries his head so high that be can
look with ease threugh the windows of the first floors as he passes
through the Streets, seemed to shrink into pigmies when compared
with the gigantic stranger, and every body wondered as they
strained their eyes in ganging his height, how he possibly con-
trived to enterthe doors, and sit in a room, that were only made

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for ordinary beings.
Sir R. Amt./ix having in some measure recovered his surprise,
bowed to the lofty gentleman, who gracefully returned his salute.
" It is not every day, Sir," said the Magistrate, " that we,
have the good fortune to meet with so tall a gentleman as you are."
" True, Sir," said the stranger smiling, " I believe there ire
few Men of the present age who have attained the height of seven
feet eight inches."
" God bless me!" said Sir R. Rinzitz—and a buzz of surprise
ran through the office—" perhaps you would be kind enough to
favour me with, your name,.Sir," continued the Magistrate.
" Most willingly, Sir," replied the gentleman, in broken English,
" my name is'Monsieur Louis, commonly called the French giant,"
and he bowed again a 4 gracefully as before.
The mystery having been thus solved, Monsieur Louis pro-
cceded to stets, that on Tuesday night, about 1 t o'clock, he was
walking in the Strand,. near Exeter 'Change, it being hiii'custorit
tm take the air in the night time, when he wail accosted' by the
boatman who was present, who asked him if he missed any thing
.from his coat-pocket. On searching for his silk handkerchief he
found it was gone ; and the boatman immediately said, that it was
the little boy at the bar who took it. The prisoner had handed
it to an accomplice, who dropped it in his endeavdur to run away
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with it, and the handkerchief ;sas picked up and restored to him. He
gave the little boy a box on the ear, and an officer took him into
custody.
Jennings, the patrol, and Richards, the waterman, confirmed
the statement of Monaitur Louis ; and the young delinquent being
well-known to be a reputed thief and pickpocket, was fully com-
mitted to prison, Sir R. Thrnie intimating that, in consideration
of his being a hardened offender, measures should be adopted to
rend him out of the country.
Monsieur Louis then withdrew ; having made his obeisance to
the bench, end was followed to the coach that waited for him at
the office-door by a wondering crowd, who expressed their warm
admiration at his noble and graceful appearance.
'THAMES-POLICE-OFFICE.— Giorge Jachtfon, a respect-
able lighterman, resithint at Richmond, was put to the bar, charged
with having in his possession two beams of timber, suppoited to
have been stolen from Messrs. Joliffe and Danko, contractors for
building the New London.bridge.
Moines Hanson, rafter in the CoMniercial'Dock for floating
ioods, stated, that in DeceMber last, he received for Mr. Brockle-
bank a large quantity of timber from on beard the ship Eduard,
a Baltic trader; that on the I Ith of April, subsequently,lie re-
ceived an order to deliver two floats of timber to Messrs Joliffe
and Banks agreeable to which order he delivered two floats
Vint. 6 and IL and in float. No. 6, there wall apiece of 61 feet
long, and corresponding in mark and dimenakins with the piece
which he was desired to examine this morning, and which was
`the one he understood that had been found in the prisoner's pos.-
session. . _

'John Shore, rafter and lighterimin to Messrs Joliffe and Banks,
stated,' that on the 12th of April last, he received at
...Southwark-
bridge, two floats of timber BrOClclebank, Nos. 21 and
h No. 6, theriwas a piece exactly corresponding in mark and
diMensitint to the one which he was called upon to examine in
the prisoner's possesion ; an entry of which is in the book he now
produced.
Mitchell, the officer, stated, that he went to Richmond on the
10th inst., and he saw in the yard of a man there two pica% of
timber: net having all the information he 'wished, be went on to
Ham, and did not return until the 15th ; he then found one of the
'beams on a saw-pit, preparatory to its being eta up ;he asked the
man who owned the yard to whoni did the tithber belong ; he
said, to the prisoner; at the srame'mornenethe prisoner came into.
the yard ; he Asked him (the prisoner) 'where he had got the
timber ; he said he bought it from i'man, a `stranger to him, at
Weettriinster-hridge, and he gave 4.1. for it. He then asked him
where was the other beam ; the prisoner at first hesitated, but
' afterwards said it was cut up for fire-wood at hie house.
For the prisoner it was contended, that there was no evidence
of felony against hiim ; at best it was hut the presumption of his
being a receiver ;there was no evidence of less, consequently there
could be none of felony. •
Mr. BattaiN-rine then said, the objection was good and 'Valid,
and it was a fortunate one for the prisoner, lot had he sent him to
trial, it is not milikely that, ht ivould,haie lnen traniiported, How..
ever, it did not at all exculpate the prisoner, or remove the Stigma
horn hie Character. He, the'respectable man whiekhe had been
represented, to purchase timber from a man to whom 14 was a
stranger, and who ha must hair! known could not have come
honestly by it,' left an impression an, his mind far froM being fa.
vourable to the prisoner. Thereki, under the' peWer vested in
him by the Act of P.arliainent,and under the circumitaricee of the
case, he felt it hit duty iii.ienchirri to the House of Correction, to
be kept to hard labotif for two months.

who was horn at
An affectiTT
rstory is told in the Motiteur. of a
clo uarnifnl'ull alive°, °sin
The poor .teeature, who has
'yweeas:simbnreo.toigfht7efirtm' Guadalmtpe to
Paris by her mistress, a lady of the name of Ma..
heard a conversation between
demoiselle Des:lltoh
sending her back to
been in Paris three years,
her mistress and a relative about
Guadaloupe, where she was again to be sold. she
therefore took to flight, and committed herself to the
protection of an old colonist whom she recognized in
Paris. Her mistress claimed her, but the case being
heard in the Justice of Peace Coln of -the seeondrar
rondissentint, Ate elaint of her mistress was resisted,
and a guardian appointed to the infant.