The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Two young men, named West-
eon and Hawkins, were brought beforethe LORD M tiros,
by White, the officer, charged with having ebdeavoured to
•obtain cash for a forged cheque upon the banking-house of
Messrs. Fry •and Chapman.-. The prisoners wemboth re-
manded,

BOW,STREET.—The veteran prig andpickilocket Tit
Shields was yesterday, brought to this office, charged with
picking the pocket of a perion named Maclean of 6s.
It appeared that on Thursday last, while the guard was
relieving at the Horse-guards, the prosecutor, saw the
prisoner close to his person, while pushing his waythrough
the archway that leads to the Park. He suddenly felt a
hand in r his poeltet,• and on turning round he found that
the prisoner had vanished, and that G 9. were stolen from
his pocket.
The prisoner was loud in declaring his innocence: " I
'know I am a thief, to he Sure," said he, " but fair play is
a jewel." 0. Let- every tub stand" upon its own bottom.
There are others as bad as I am, only that I happen to be
known."
".Ay, there's the rub,' Tit," said Sir RICHAtin ntaxtr. ;
" these plaguy officers are, always suspecting you. See
what it:is to have a bad name."
" Why, he commits more robberies about Charing-cross,
your Worship," said Herring, the poliee conductor, "than
•Prendergast the elephant himself, and his three women.
Latterly he has taken his station under the archway at the
Horse-guards, where he is generally to be found at one
particular post--:-I suppose it is his lucky post—and the
'moment he sees one of us, he creeps away like a monkey
upon all-fours."
" Youare.an incorrigible thief,' Mr. Shields," said the
Magistrate. ". You and [have been acquainted for the
'last 30 years, and I must do you the jilAtice to, say that you
.are master of your art."

" Thank your Worship," said Tit Shields.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

MAAYLEBONE.--Just before the office was doled,
-nun' Qharrirgton was 7 placed itt the bar, charted with
again disturbing the peace of Mr. Howell, her forfiter pro-
tector.

••;,Mr. Ashley heard Miss Charrington groaning in a state
of- disttaction 'before' Mr. Howell's house, at half pat
eleven on Saturday night ; he felt compaision, and opened
his doors to her. • - . •.,
•Mr. Hosicuts inquired, whether on :either 9eession' she
brought 3, mot, ,together. did not appear that six per-
sons were collected, and the charge wailismissed.
" Thaqk you, kind Sir," said Miss Charrington to the
Magistrate when she heard his decision, Oh, the Al-
mighty's my friend ! the-Almighty's my friend !"
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Mr. Roi, the sitting
Magistrate at this office yesterday, was accupied'the greater
portion of the day in the final investigation of an adjourned
case of bastardy, in which it was sought to affiliate an ille •
gitimate.chikl to Signor Curioni, the Italian singer.
The private room where the case was heard was exceed-
ingly crowded with respectable foreigners and others, friends
of Signs'. Curioni.
Earl Ferran, and Mr. Conant, and the Rev. Mr. Thtirs-
by, Magistrates, were also present.
• Mr. Parker, the churchwarden, and Mr. Yearsley, one
of the overseers of St. Giles's, attended on behalf of that
parish, which it seems is burdened with the support of the
child in question, to substantiate their claim upon The de-
fendant.
Mary Ann Cennel, a pretty-looking young female, ac-
companied by a very fine boy, now four years of age, the
subject of the present proceedings, was sworn, and repeated
her evidence as given on a former day--namely, that about
five years ago she accidentally became acquainted with the
defendant in the street; that he continued to visit her at
her own lodgings for nearly fourteen weeks, and that the
child which stood by her side was the consequence of those
visits ; and, she added, when she first met the defendant
he gave her his card, with*" Signor Curioni" on it, ia Ger-
man text hand, hut that the card she has since lost. Since
the birth of her child she never, she said, saw the defend-
ant, to the best of her knowledge, until last Friday week,
when she saw him coming out of his residence, in Picca-
dilly, and instantly pointed him out to Davis, the 'parish
officer, as the father of her child.

The defence of Signor Curioni, who denies all knowledge
of the girl, to the case was, that four years ago he was taken
into custody upon this very charge, and at the workhouse
of St. Giles's parish was pointed out to this girl, whose
recollection of his person, if she knew him at all, must
then have been more vivid than it could he now, and she
positively deelared that he was not the father 'of the child.
A solicitor who attended with SignOr Curioni :eross•exa-
mined the girl upon this point,'and she admitted that seve-
ral gentlemen were shown to her four years ago, in a room
at St. Giles's workhouse, and she could not then identify
the defendant amongst them ; and if he wat present on that
occasion, she said he must have been certainly disguised, and
quite different in his appearance from what he was at pre.
sent, or when she first knew him ; besides, she said that
she was not on that occasion admitted into the room,
which was a very dark one, at 'the workhouse, but only
allowed to stand at the door, 'and cast a casual glance at
those within.

Furkeman, the'watch-house-keeper of. St. Giles's parish,
stated, that four years ago he apprehended the defendant on
this charge, and took him to the workhouse, where, in the
governor's room (certainly a very dark one), he was,
amongst a number of others, shown to the girl ; and on
her being asked if the father of her child was present, she
undoubtedly declared that he was not; but then she was
not admitted into the room, and was only allowed to look
at those within from the door ; and on that occasion Signor
Curioni wore a large and very remarkable black bushy wig,
was wrapped up in a military cloak, and altogether pre-
sented quite a different appearance from that which he bore
at present.

Mr. Biggs, an assistant overseer of the parish at that
time, entirely confirmed the evidence of Furzeman, as did
also Mr. Walker, the Governor of the workhouse, Mr.
Burgess, the parish surgeon, and several other witnesses.

In opposition to this evidence, Mr. Alnutt, residing at
No: 198, Piccadilly, stated, that Signor Curioui had lodged
at his house for six years past, up to the present time, and
during that period witness never saw him wear a black
bushy wig, or any othericind than the one he at present
wears. Witness accompanied the defendant four years ago
to St. Giles' workhouse, where he was pointed out to this
girl, and she declared that he was not the father of her
child; Op occasion Signor Curioni stood by his
(Mr. Alnutt's) side, and he then wore the satne kind of
wig, and had the same appearance that he has now. •
Mr. Winsland, who had been a churchwarden some years
ago of St.' Gife's's parish, was also present on the occasion
alluded to; and distinctly pointed the girl's attention to
Signor CuriOni and Mr. Alriutt, who stood together and
apart from the other persons in the room, and asked her
if either of those gentlemen was the father of her child ;
and after closely inspecting them, she declared that neither
was. He did not perceive On that occasion any difference
in the appearance of the defendant from that which he
bore at present. Mr. Winslowd admitted, however, • that
the girl did not come quite into the room, which was cer-
tainly rather dark.

To oppose this evidence again, Davis, the officer, said
that he took the girl to Piccadilly a-week ago, and placed
her near the residence of Signor Curioni, at an hour that
the latter was in the habit of passing; and told her to ob-
serve if she saw the father of her child go by. In a few
minutes the defendant came out of his house, and the mo-
ment he did so, the girl exclaimed, There is the father
of my child," and she nearly fainted.
Mr. Parker, on behalf of the parish, said, that under-
standing there were two Signors Curioni, he had every pre-
caution taken to guard against mistake, or against impro-
perly pointing out any one to the girl, but left her entirely
to guide her own decision as to the father of the child ;
and it was only because she had in the most clear and fair
manner fixed upon the defendant, that the proceedings were
taken, to relieve the parish of a burden which it had no
right to bear, and which is already very heavily laden with
incumbrances of this kind.
Mr. ROE said, that after the evidence of Mr. Winsland,
he could not, on the single oath of. this girl make an order
against Signor Curioni, and must dismiss the warrant;
hut this decision did not conclude the parish on the case,
as they might take it to, the Sessions and have it again
heard there.

Mr. Parker said, that .so entirely satisfied was he of the
justice of the claim on the defendant, he should most un-
doubtedly appeal, to the Sessions.

, AUCHTERMUCHTY.—Last week a melan-
choly. mistake occurred in 'this place.' A woman, 'whose
child, aged nearly three years, had been ailing, was ad...
vised by a neighbour to administer, gunpowdet: as a
remedy, which was done in whisky, but the quantity hail
proved too great, for in a few hours the child, which was
running about, even for a short time after tLe stuff was
given, died with all the symptome of poisoning by nitre.
....Fife Herald.

„ .
THE LEAD TRADE.---Petitions to both
Houses of Parliament, from the inhabitants' Of the pariah
Alston, .Northumberland, are now in the eourse of sig-
nature, praying for a revision, of. the laws relating to the
importation of foreign liad arid lead ore ; and it is ex-
pected snch, petitions will be general from all the mining
distrlciv •