The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.— William Herring, an Irish labourer, was
brought before the Alderman yesterday, charged with having
nearly murdered his wife.
One of the watchmen of St. Andrew's, Holborn, stated, that
about 10 o'clock on Monday night, several persons came running
whim, saying, that a man was just then murdering his wife, at
their lodgings in Field-place, Field-lane. He instantly accompa-
nied them to the place; and in a room there, he saw a woman
Stretched out upon the floor, - and quite insensible, with her
clothes very much disordered, and her head and face covered with
blood. She could not speak ; but several women were standing
round her,. and they pointed out the prisoner as the perpetrator
of the deed. He, was stalking about the room, muttering to him-
self, whilst the women shewed the witness the weapon he had
used. It was a large tin saucepan, nearly new ; and it had been
used with such violence, that the rim of it was broke through in
two or three places. Witness asked the prisoner how he could
think of beating a woman in that barbarous manner ? to which
he replied with an oath, that he had not touched her ; but he
afterwards said, "D..--n her ! I'm only sorry I did'nt kill the
w—e whilst I was about it !" Witness then got assistance,
and, while some of them carried the wounded woman to St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital, others took the prisoner to the watch-house.
The constable of the night said, that when he had locked up
the prisoner he went to the room in which the affair happened,
and found the floor covered with broken earthen-ware, and here
and*there amongst it was a large mss of clotted blood.
Catherine Kelly, a wretched looking woman, with her face
covered with scars and bruises, deposed that she lodged in the same
house, and she gave the following account of the matter :—" Brill
Herring. (tbe prisoner) came to the door quiet enough that night,
and my sister let him in—for his wife was gone to bed. He cal-
led out for a light, and I sent one down to him by my boy_ He
then went into his own room, and' asked my boy to. go to some
shop and buy him a candle. The boy went, and while he was
away, the prisoner kept walking about his room and smashing the
crockery. When the boy came back, I heard a great scuffling,
and I called to the boy to come up stairs ; but, he cried out that
he could not come, for Bill Herring was killing his wife. I ran
down stairs that moment, and saw his wife lying on the floor in-
sensible, and the prisoner was standing over her in a great passion.
I spoke to him not to beat her any more; but instead of heeding
me he went to the cupboard and snatched up a saucepan and beat
her with. it about the body as she lay, on the ground. I cried
shame on him,, and at last he gave in, and I tried to raise her up,
by putting my hand under her head ; but she was heavy and in-
sensible, I could not raise her, and when I took my hand
from under her it was full of blowL This terrified mg; and I
cried out for the watch, for I feared he would commit some more
depredations upon her•-what with the drink and his passion to-
gether."

This witness added that she had seen the woman at the Hospi-
tal next, morning, when she seemed "pretty comfortable," and
said she did net wish any harm to come to the prisoner, because
if she lived, she should have no one but him to protect her !
Timothy Kelly, a boy, about 10 years old, son to the last wit-
ness, after having been questioned by the Alderman as to his
knowledge•of the nature of an oath, deposed that when be came
back with the 'candle he saw the prisoner in the act of dragging
his wife off the bed. He then beat her on her head and body, first
with a saucepan, and then with a pail, until she fell on the floor,
and then he jumped upon her, and kicked her. The prisoner did
not say one word all the time, and his wife spoke but once. She
said " Oh ! what are you beating me for," and then she fell down
and he (witness) called his mother.
The prisoner did not attempt to say any thing in his defence,
and none of the Surgeons of the Hospital being in attendance, he
was committed for further examination next Saturday.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-Yesterday John Williams,
who has been repeatedly charged at this office (on one occasion for
a robbery at Lord Lovain's), was brought up from St. George's
watch-house, and charged before Mr. Conant, the sitting 'Magis-
trate, with having committed a robbery under the following cir-
cumstances, upon the Countess of Belfast.
William Allen, coachman to the Countess, deposed, that upon
Monday afternoon he attended his m►stress with the carriage to
the Park. About five o'clock the carriage left the Park, and in
proceeding through Dean-street, Seymour-place, the Countess
pulled the check string, and informed him that a man was behind
the carriage. On stopping, he saw the prisoner jump' down and
run away. The Countess then informed him that the prisoner had
put his hand into the carriage, and had taken her reticule from
her lap. He instantly pursued the prisoner, calling out "stop
thief;" and, with the assistance of Mr. Allen, secured him in
Seymour-place, where he recovered the reticule and pocket hand-
kerchief, which were worth twenty shillings.
Robert Dunn, footman to James Bell, 'Esq. deposed that, he
was in Seymour-place, and heard the cry of " stop thief;" on
looking round he observed the prisoner running with something
in his hiMd, and instantly pursued him and caught him by the
collar. The prisoner dropped the bag, and knocked him down.
He had just got away from him when the last witness came up
and took him into custody, upon which he ran for the beadle, who
secured the prisoner.
The Beamlle.stated that he found nothing on the prisoner.—The
prisoner was fully committed to Newgate.

Accounts from Wampoa (China) state, that a dis-
order called an " epidemic cold" had been very preva-
lent there, particularly among the shipping, the entire
crews of several of the vessels having been seized with
it. Some slight dispute is stated to have taken place
at Canton between the Europeans and the Viceroy, but
at the departure of these letters matters had been ami-
cably arranged. A
most melancholy act of suicide was committed
by Mr. William Gibson, head gardener to HENRY
PETERS, Esq., of Betchworth Castle, near Dorking,
on Thursday, last.—Verdict—" Temporary mental
Deriingement. '
St. Martin's Church in the Fields presents now a

grand termination of the view from Rill-Mall, as all
the obstructions that prevented it- from being seen
from that point, are now removed. The Papers are
all mistaken which state that Sir JOSHUA VAN..
BAUGH was the architect by whom it was erected.
They should have known that GIBBS was the archi-
tect, according to whose plan it was built about a cen-
tury ago.
It is curious enough that nations should be distin-
guished by so trifling, a circumstance as the mode of
using the fork at table. An Englishman is remark-
able for placing his fork at the left side of his plate;
the Frenchman is recognised at table for using the
fork alone, without the knife ; a German by planting
it perpendicularly in his plate ; and a Russian by using
it as a tooth-pick 1