The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL—Harriet Barnes, a young female in dashing
attire, was charged before Mr. Alderman Ammo yesterday, with
attempting to convey into the debtors' prison, Whitscross-street,
upwards of a gallon of gin and rum.
Mr. Spencer, the governor of the gaol, stated that he was in
the lodge between three and four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon,
when the prisoner came in with a basket in her hand, upon lifting
up the lid of which he found five long guts filled with gin, one
with rum, and a bottle containing about half a pint of the latter
kind of liquor. He understood she had only been in the prison
once before, and that she was to be married to the young man
whom she came to visit.

A solicitor's clerk, on the part of the prisoner, 'said she acted
under the belief that the admission of spirits was not disallowed.
She had formed a tender attachment to a person mimed Harnett,
now confined for debt, and she was to become his wife imme-
diately upon his being liberate*. Upon her second visit to him in
the prison he requested her to bring in the spirits ; but she de-
clined because she supposed it was nut permitted. He assured
her she was mistaken, and he continued to urge, and she to re-
fuse, till they got into a downright quarrel, and it was under a
threat that he would neither speak to nor see her again, that she
at length obeyed his wishes. He ho*, therefore, in dealing out
her punishment the Alderman would bear in mind how her feel-
ings had been worked upon, and that she was in truth ignorant
of the law.

Mr. Alderman ATKINS trusted the gentleman did not expect
him to Wive this pretty tale. It was unfortunate that this young
woman should be the party to be made an example of, but he
knew no case in which rigour was more necessary than in repres-
sing the introduction of spirits into prisons. He could not pay
respect to feelings nor appearances. Ile had already, for the same
description of offence, committed a female who set up a plea of
distress, although decked nut in fine silks and a costly India slutwl
style of splendour in which he could not afford to dress his
own family. There was an exaggerated account of the state of
this very prison in the Times uf that asy. but to e certain► *stela
it was true. The. tae of spirits gave rise" to irregularities which
were continually occupying the attention of the City Magistrate.
and upon entering the prison, instead of dejection and misery
meeting the eye in all directions, as might, perhaps, be expected,
there was revelry, tumult, and viciousness. "With a view to ex-
ample, he should convict the prisoner in the penalty of 101., and
in default commit her to hard labour for six weeks.

She confessing her inability to pay this fine was committed ac-
cordingly. She wept bitterly upon being removed from the bar.
'The Alderman inquired of the Governor how many prisonotahe
had in the gaol? Mr. Spencer replied, he had 393 that morning ;'
hut at one time, within the last few weeks, he had 662.
MAItYLEBONE-OFFlCE.—Yesterday, Catherine Harley,
a tall delicate-looking girl, in a brown braver bonnet, was placed
at the bar, charged with stealing three fine large damask table-
cloths, and live napkins, the property of Lord Howard of Effing-
ham ; and a gown, a collar, and an apron, belonging to Jane
Chilcot, his Lordship's housekeeper.
Edward Notley, one of the footmen deposed, that a little before
12 o'clock that morning, he went into the housekeeper's room, at
his Lordship's town residence, in Mansfield-street, and there
found the prisoner, standing with her back towards him behind
the door. He asked her what she was doing, she dropped the
articles above stated out of her apron upon the floor, and said she
was doing no harm: he called the butler to his assistance, and
gave her in charge of a constable.
Mrs. Chilcot identified, the property, as belonging in part to
his Lordship, and in part to herself: she had left it on a table in

her room.
The prisoner having nothing to say in her defence, was
committed.
Similar charges are continually before the the Magistrates,
arising from the reprehensible practice of leaving area gates um
fastened.

Thomas Bramwell, a carpenter with one eye, was charged by
John. Deacon, a headborough of Hammersmith, with bigamy,
Deacon stated, that on Wednesday he apprehended the prisoner,
under a warrant granted at the instance of his first wife, by Mr.
Hanson, He found him living with a second wife, and passing
under the name of William Dodson. The fruits of the second
marriage were—one child, 21 months old, and another born 14
days ago: He could hot bring forward the second wife, because
of her recent confinement, and he had reason to think :she would
not appear against him. When he apprehended the prisoner, he
toldlim it was for bigamy; he replied, he waa very sorry for it,
be could not help it, it was the case ; the mune of his second wife
' was. Dodson, and he had taken up her name.
Elizabeth Bramwell, the prisoner's first wife (a very good-look•
ing woman, but apparently exhausted for want of support), said,
she was married to the prisoner eight years ago, at St. Ann's
church, (of which:she produced a certificate); she had one child
by him, which was dead : after she had been put to bed three
weeks and three days, lie deserted her, assigning no other reason
than that he liked another woman better a he left her' in that con-
dition, with only one penny in her possessien. She was quite
destitute, and at the parish of St. Marylebone would not grant her
:relief, she went in search of him, and tinnidlim on Wednesday at
Hammersmith, living with another woman, 'who informed her
she had been married three years to him.. All she required was
small weekly allowance. .
The prisoner said, he would abandon his other wife and children,
and live again with her, if the thought they could be comfortable
together. At that moment the nntbrtunate woman fell apparent-
ly lifeless into the arms of the by-standers, and WAS conveyed to:
the workhouse, with directions from the Magistrates that every
attention should be paid to her necessities. After giving, the.pri-
soner a severe reprimand for his inhtunanity, the Magistrate re.
mantled hint until Wednesday, that the evidence of his second wife
may be brought :forward.

Wzr...vms.,—Aceident has discovered to a French
farmer a very simple mode ,of ' destroying weevils in
corn wareh,uses. Happening to lay in the corner of
a. granary, in which there was a large quantity of corn,
some sheep-skins with thef fleeLles °nY'l'a' was not a
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little surprised to find them, in a few days after, covered
with dead weevils. J 1 rapeated the experiment seve-
ral times, and always with the saute suCcess., At length
he ordered his .corn tO be stirred up, mid not a single
weevil remained in it.
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