The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday, Boden, Mugglet-
royd, Kevill, and Cannon, were brought up for re-ex-
amination, on the charge of having cut and maimed the
seaman, named Smith. The Justice-room was crowded,
and even the windows on the outside were filled with
spectators.
The prosecutor was conveyed to the Mansion. house in
a coach from the Hospital, with his face and head bound
up, and covered with plasters. The moment Boden be-
held so dreadful an object, he burst into tears, and he
continued to cry during the whole of the examination,
which lasted two hours.
Mr. John Hunter, of Mincing-lane, surgeon, deposed,
that on the morning of the 27th of December, at about
three o'clock, he was called up to visit a wounded per-
son in Tower Ward-watch-house. He found there the
prosecutor, with his head and face covered with blood.
A very deep cut appeared across the left cheek from
the nose towards the ear. Another cut appeared near
the neck under the hair on the same side, and a
third appeared on the right side of the chin. The last
was an angular wound. The prosecutor seemed quite sober.
Witness dressed the wounds, and ordered the man to be
conveyed to the hospital. The wounds were quite clean,
and were evidently inflicted with a sharp instrument.
Witness asked the man how he got wounded, and he
replied, that he did not know, but he was writhing
with pain at the time. There was a quantity of blood on
his clothes, but lie said he was not aware that he was hurt
any where else.
James Smith, the prosecutor, was then sworn. He was
very weak, and his voice was frequently inaudible. The
Loan MAYOR having asked him whether he knew Boden,
he said he knew Boden to be the man who cut him.
Mr. Holder, jun., who acted as solicitor for Cannon and
Muggletroyd, asked the prosecutor whether he recollected
the faces of the prisoners who stood next to Boden, to which
he replied iu the negative.
Smith then gave the following evidence :—I was sent
ashore about eight o'clock in the evening, by my master, the
Captain of a vessel hound to Woodbridge, upon business ;
and on going with the son of Captain Ford, of the Albion,
to the water-side to get the boat ready to carry the three of
us over, I stopped a little, and young Ford went on. I
then heard a row in a barge, and I walked up to the side
of the barge to see what was the matter. When I raised
my head to look in, they took the hat off my head, and I
directly caught the person who took it by the collar. They
dragged me over the gunwale of the barge, and I perceived
other persons in the barge. I, however, kept fast hold of
Boden, who was the man who took my hat. When I was
pulled in, one or two of them struck at me, and Boden and
I fell down together. He tried to get away, but I asked
for my hat, and still held him, upon which he drew out
something, and cut at me. I felt what I thought was a
scratch on the chin, and I was obliged to strike him a blow
or two, to keep him off. Captain Ford then came down
and leaped into the barge, and the rest of the persons ran
away. After they ran away Boden gave me the other
wounds ; but I would not let him go.
The Loan MAYOR asked whom those men bad got in
the barge with them before Smith went down ?
The prosecutor replied, that they had got Capt. Ford's
son, who had just gone on before Lim into the barge.—:
Young Ford said nothing to him in the barge, neither did
he appear at the watch-house. Captain Ford had supped
at the Cooper's Arms, and the Captain, his son, and himself
were to go over to their several vessels in the boat which the
two latter went to get ready.
The Loan the persons who attacked you
in the boat attempt to take any thing '37.otiis you leaittes
your hat?
The prosecutor.--There were two or three on meivhen
I was pulled in, 'and I do not know.
The Loan MAYOR observed, that it was very extraor-
dinary that_ Captain Ford's son should be in the barge, and,
yet that his father-never.aila a word about that circum-
stance.

Here the clothes which Smith had worn on the night
he received the wounds, were produced; they looked as if
they had been steeped in blood, and the jacket and tvaist"
coat were cut through from the shoulder acivis. -the belly to
the hip, with the razor ; so that if very little exertion had
been used by Boden, the prosecutor never could have lived
to tell what happened to him.
The Constable of the Night of Tower-ward watch-house
stated, that Capt. Ford brought in Boden and Smith.—
Two persons afterwards entered, and said that Kevin and
Muggletroyd were of the party. Witness soon took these
persons into custody, and Cannon, upon hearing that he
was wanted, gave himself up. On Muggletroyd's person
half a dozen pencils were found. Cannon said that he had
bought the pencils and two razors fora pot of porter from
a hawker in the King's Head public-house in Thames-
street, and that he gave the pencils to Muggletroyd, and
the razors to Boden.
It has been ascertained, that the prisoners had been at
the public-house described, but it did not appear that
Cannon had got the articles in the way he stated.
Paine, the watchman, deposed, that he heard from the
watch-house that there was a row at the barge, and upon
going towards the place he saw Kevill and Cannon, and
another come from the barge. Soon afterwards, he heard
the cry of " Murder" issue from the barge, and he saw
Boden in it, with the prosecutor.
Mr. Hobler, jun., applied to the Lord Mayor to dis-
charge his clients, or to accept of bail for their appearance.
He grounded his application upon the fact, that the prose-
cutor distinctly stated that he did not know them, and that
it was evident from the depositions just taken, that neither
of them was concerned in inflicting the wounds.
The LORD MAYOR admitted that the evidence which
had been already heard did not implicate them in the
charge of cutting and maiming, taking a hasty view of
what had been mentioned ; but the first wound had been
inflicted while they were in the barge, and they did not
run away until they saw Captain Ford ; besides, the prose-
cutor had lost his hat, and it could not yet be seen what
was the intention of the prisoners, who, it was palpable,
from the testimony of Captain Ford, were all in the barge
at the time of the outrage.
Mr. Hobler, the chief clerk, said, that young Ford's
evidence must be very important, as he was in the barge,
and could no doubt have seen the intent of the prisoners—
whether it was their intention to rob him or not. If the
first offence was robbery, they must all answer.
The Loan MAYOR said, that he could not, under the
circumstances, admit any of the prisoners to hail. When
a man looked in amongst them, his hat was taken off end
he was pulled into the barge, and in endeavouring to get
back his property, almost cut to pieces. It was impos-
Bible to admit bail.

A watchman stated, that he saw a man they called
Bounce, take a hat out of the mud in the barge, for which
purpose witness lent his staff.

Mr. Francis Ward, a dresser in St. Thomas's Hospital,
described the wounds received by Smith, and stated that he
(lid not consider Smith out of danger yet, as erysipelas was
frequently produced by wounds in the scalp.
The prisoners were then all remanded.
GUILDHALL.—Thomas Stevens, a ha ckney- coach -
man, was charged with committing a highway robbery,
accompanied with considerable violence.

Mr: Salter, a tailor, residing at No. 621, Berwick-street,
Oxford-street, said that he was out with some friends on
Tuesday night, and about 12 o'clock met a well-known
woman o❑ the town, accompanied by a girl of 17, under
the Piazza, Covent-garden. He conversed with them, and
after a while detached the girl from her companion, and
learning that she had hut just commenced her career of
vice, he endeavoured to persuade her to quit it. As they
were walking in Wych-street (it was now one o'clock),
two men assailed him; one man, who was tall, and dressed
in a light coloured coat, struck him so violently on the
head, that he took no notice of the other man, and became
so insensible that be recollected nothing that occurred from
that time until twoo'clock, when be was knocked down by
the prisoner at the corner of Bouverie-street, Fleet-street.
While lying on the ground, the prisoner, in endeavouring
to pull out his watch, lifted him np three times, his head
striking violently against the stones each time. At last the
riband broke, and he ran off with the seals. He was again
insensible for some time, but recovered in the watch-house.
Did not remember if the girl was with him when he was
knocked down in Bouverie-street, but recollected that she
said he was shamefully ill-used by the two men in Wych.
street. Had been drinking but was not intoxicated.
John Greenwood, a watchman, saw a scuffle between
two persons in Bouverie-street at ten minutes past two in
the morning. Saw one of them (the prisoner) run into
Silver-street; followed him through there and up Lom-

hard-court, into Fleet-street, and saw him return to
Bouverie-street, where the struggle was renewed. A cry
for watchmen was raised, and the prisoner and prosecutor
gave charge of each other.
W. Smith, another watchman, said he was called to the
top of Bouverie-street by some girls, who said a man ivas
ill-treating a gentleman. The prisoner cried out first--
" Watchman, I give charge of this man for assaulting me."
Presently the gentleman recovered himself, and seizing the
prisoner by the collar, exclaimed—" This rascal has robbed
me." Witness took them both to the watch-house. There
was no other man near them when he came up.
Garratt, the constable of the night, said that when they
were brought in, the gentleman seemed very stupid, but not
drunk. He said he had been knocked down and robbed
by a tall man; but when he had recovered a little, he said

the prisoner was the man who had robbed him. The pri-
soner said " Search him—l don't think he has lost his
watch—l know he has got his watch." This latter ex-
pression, coupled with the watchman's evidence of his
running round Silver-street, made him give faith to the
gentleman's tale. At four o'clock a watchman found the
seals on the step of the door to Carlile's printing-office, at
the corner of Bouverie-street. The gentleman's watch was
in his fob.

The prisoner said he had been supping at the watering-
house, in Bride-lane, between one and two o'clock, and was
returning home through Fleet-street, when the gentleman
laid hold of him, and gave him in charge. The gentleman
said repeatedly at the watch-house that it was a tall man
that had robbed him. He had not been in NVych-street
that night, but he was as near it as Picket-place, St.
Clement's.

The constable of the night said he expected to be able to
produce a boy and a young woman who knew something of
the ease.

Sir PETER LAURIE said, the gentleman's lack of memory
as to all that passed between one and two o'clock, made the
case a very extraordinary one; it required the minutest ex-
amination, and he should therefore remand the prisoner till
Friday next.
BOW-STREET.—lnformation of a most barbarous

murder, in many points resembling the horrid affairOf
Mrs. Donatty, was forwarded to the Magistrates of this
Office on Tuesday evening, at a late hour, by Mr. Justice
Holroyd, in consequence of which Salmon and Gardiner
were despatched to the house of Mr. Lett, No. 11, Mon-
tague-place, Russell-square. The greatest exertions were
made during yesterday to investigate the horrible transac-
tion, hut, up to a late hour last night, nothing transpired
at the Office beyond the particulars already stated. In the
mean time a man named Knight, a son of the deceased, is in
custody, although nothing certain has been discovered to
connect him with the horrible affair, His son, a mere
boy, has been examined by Mr. HALLS, but the result,
for the reason stated, did not transpire.
The Coroner's inquest, it is supposed, will sit this day.
Yestlrday Henry Sutton, Mary Ann Burehell, and
Isabella Aldridge, were brought up for re-examination
before Sir G. FAR RANT, charged with having committed
an extensive robbery, on the Ist of November, on a lady
of the name of Kelly, residing in the New-road.
The prisoners, declined saying any thing, when Sutton
and:Burchell were fully committed to Newgate, and Ald-
ridge and Green to the House of Correction, to give evi-
dence on the trial.
MARYLEBONE.—About three o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon, John Ford, a constable under the Commissioners
of Woods and Forests, brought a young man before Mr.
Gairriru, who was dressed in the first style of fashion, all
covered with mud. The charge against him was for an
assault of the most criminal kind.

Prisoner.—l hope you will pardon me : I was very
much intoxicated, and do not know what I did.

Mr. GRIFFIIH would accept efficient bail if offered, in
the morning, and sent the prisoner to the watch-house for
the night.
His own security was then taken in 401., and his father's
and brother-in-law in 201. each

I..st night, about eight o'clock, Lady Hawke, accompa-
nied by a gentleman, entered the office, followed by Miss
Charlotte Corri, one of her Ladyship's daughters, and a
Mrs. Collins. The young lady, apparently under feelings
of great distress, advanced to the front of the bench, and
complained that Lady Hawke had turned her out of doors,
and for three weeks she had been living under the protec-
tion, and upon the charity of Mrs. Collins, without which
she'inust have perished in the streets. Mrs. Collins was
under the necessity of leaving her apartments that night,
and of going to Blackheath to see one of hei children, who
was dying. She (Miss C. Corri) had applied to her sister
Augusta; her sister referred her to her mother, and her
mother refused to give her the means of procuring one
night's lodging. " I have, therefore, Mr. Rawlinson,"
added thnyotuig lady, nothing but the streets before me,
and to them I shall be driven."

•
" I thought," said Mr. RAWLINSON, " Lady Hawke,
you had agreed to allow your daughter 101. a-week ?"
Lady hlawke—She has been to the—the poers' rates—
what do you call it ?

Mr. RA WLINSON.—And do you wish your daughter,
Lady Hawke, to be supported by the parish ? You must
give her the 10s. a week, according to your agreement.—
Lady Hawke (with great vehemence.,)—Now, Sir,• by
G—d never give her a shilling : she has struck me.
Miss C. Corri.—Nevert never.

Mr. RAWLINSON.—Is she to be turned into the street

Lady Hawke.—Let her go to the parish. She has associated
herself with an abandoned woman, and I am trying to keep
her from the town, as God's my saviour.
Miss C. Corri.---Come forward and speak, Mrs. Collins.
I have associated with none of that description ; but I am
your child, and you are my mother. Lady Hawke.—That
is unfortunate.

Miss C. Corri.—Yes, it is unfortunate. Had it not been
for this good woman, I should, three weeks ago, have been
in the streets.

Mr. RAwLINSON•—You won't give her the means of
finding a bed ? Lady Hawke.— No, I won't.
Mr. Itawninson.—Then I will, at the same time putting
money into the young lady's hand ; and his example was
followed by Sir Peter Laurie, who sat by his side.

" 'Where is your father?" said Sir PETER to the young
lady, after her mother was gone. Miss C. Corri.—ln
America, Sir.
Sir PETER.—And your brother? Miss C. Corri.—ln
India, Sir : he is Captain Corri.
Lady Hawke retired through the constables' room, and
Miss C. Corri, after she bad thanked the Magistrates for
their kindness, went out at the opposite door, that they
might not interfere with each other.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.

MONDAY, DIM 31.—High 'pater S minutes past
ten o'eloek.--Wind S.E.—Arrired the Silas Richards,
Holdridge, from New York—Ayrshire, Smith, from
Pictou, with timber—Duke of Clarence, ---, from
Halifax, with ditto—Crisis, Pyott, from New Orleans,
with cotton—Bourbonnois; Cuilland, from Nantes, in three
days, in ballast—Helen, Moncrieff, from Malaga, with
wine, and fruit—Drake, Cooke, from Waterford, with wheat
and flour—Messenger, Mortimer, from London, with
sundries—Swift, Aitken, from Glasgow, with ditto—
Abeona, Lloyd, from Newcastle, with ditto—Despatch,
Broadfoot, from Whitehaven, with ditto—George the
Fourth, Parsons, from Newry, with ditto—Hero, Pretty-
john, froni Plymouth, with ditto—Alert, Ellis, from
Cardiff, with iron—Cordelia, Williams, from ditto, with
ditto—Zoir, Dixon, from ditto, with ditto—Harmony,
---, from Bristol.

Telegraph Office, December 31.
One ship and two brigs off at a quarter past two.
CLEARED OuTwAans.—The Merton, Gill, for Ja.
maiea—Regular, Bond, for 13erbiee—Home Younger, for
Charleston—Astrea, Bewley, for Trinidad.
TUESDAY, JAN. I.—High water 48 minutes past ten.
Wind N.W.—Arrived, the Comet, Phillips, from Dublin,
with the Newfoundland,
Garth,with fish and se' from
fruit —Hope, anibueo, with cotton—
Endeavour, Terceira, with
al
7. At
gslrc,h,i
een,sl,rforllcokin, 1 o
Endeavour, Jones, from Bristol, with sundries—llarrictt,
Ainsworth, from Colchester, with grain—Spring,
from Belfast,
t.
Yarmouth,with with ditto—Sheffield, Richards,
with malt—Adelphi, Stewart, from Halifax, with timber
_ Wash n, ingtn
Jones, from London—Gipsy, Clegg, from
rooitt 0
le r
oine, Ball, from Saleombe,
Hull, with oil—Vital, Thomas, from Balttna, with oats--
Rose, from Wigton, with sundries—Eclipse,
froni Kerr,Glasgow, with sundries—Pictoro, Corkhill, from
London, with sundries—Lively, James, from Newport,
with iron.

CLEARED OuTwAßDs.—The Canada, Rogers, for New
Jenkinson, Bothwell, for Lisbon—Gallo-
York—Ellen,
vedian, Martin, for Bombay—and Bounty Mall, Ilewson,
for Jamaica.

Telegraph Office, Jan. 1
One ship, nine brigs, one snow, off at four.
Private Signals.—Sandhaeb, Tenne, and Co. ; Tayleur
and Co.

On the 24th ult. a fatal accident happened at
Weston-upon-Trent. As three men were navigating a
boat laden with marl, on the river, the vessel by a suddo.n
.quail was upset, and no assistance beincat,hand, the men
All perished. The unfortunate suffe.cers were, Tuoman
DRAYCOTT, aged 40 ; Gao. SrEric'En, aged 16 ; and S.
LEES, aged 27. The formbr has left a wife, and the
latter a wife and four dviltiren.—Boston Gazette.