The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARYLEBONE.—On Saturday Mr. Henry Howell,
a surveyor, in Church-street,, Edgware-road, having re-
presented before Mr. HOSKINS that his life was in danger,
and that he feared some grievous bodily harm, a warrant
was granted to apprehend•the object of his fears, and Miss
Hannah Charrington, Who possesses neither youth nor
beauty, was placed at the bar..
" Now," said Mr. Hosicixs, " what has she done?"—
Mr. Howell—She has called me names—infamous names ;
broken my windows—annoyed me in the stree—beset my
house by night and day—brought persons of ill fame with
her—and threatened to stab me.

Mr. Host('N—You heap such a number of charges
together, there is no understanding you. (To the lady)
Why have you done all this ?—Miss Charrington—l have
had a deal of business to do with Mr. Howell, Sir.
Mr. Howell—State it.

Miss Charrington—Haven't I had a child by you ?
Haven't it died? Haven't it been buried—and haven't I a
right to come to you for the expenses? And, more than
all, haven't I been obliged to take debility pills?

Mr. flosicins said he did not know there had been so
much familiarity between the parties; and if she bad busi-
ness to transact with Mr. Howell, she had a right to go to
his house. .

Mr. Howell—Bur, Sir, my life is in danger ! She
threatens to stab me!

Mr. HosKlNs—That I believe is all nonsense ; however,
if you fear any mischief will befall yon,•the Sessions are
open, and you may indict her.
Mr. Howell—l. allowed her a sovereign a week 'so long
as the child lived, I have conducted myself in a most
liberal and gentlemanly manner, and I wish you to prevent
those annoyances.
Mr. •HOSKINS—I can only hold her to bail, and that dohs
not appear necessary. You have lived with her, and her
feelings are exasperated ; and if you are in fear, I tell you
again, you may go to the Sessions. -
A young surgeon, who possesses the appearance and
manners of a gentleman, was charged with felony.
It appeared in evidence, that on Thnrsday night, Mr.
Shearman, of Dorset-street, Gloucester-place, in conse•
quenee of receiving a fictitious note, left his house, as he
supposed, to visit a patient, and after he was gone, the
prisoner, by means of another forgery, got possession of a
surgical case and tooth instruments, belonging to bin;
which are worth 6/.

The prisoner brought forward two females to prove he
was
_elsewhere at the time mentioned, but their statement
was at variance with his own, made to Gibbs the officer
when he apprehended him, and he was committed for
trial, with libeity'to give bail. •
On Monday last 'another 'batch of the inhabitants resid-
ing in the neighourhaml of Welbeck-street and Cavendish-
square, was summoned to • answer fornot sWeepiiig away
the snow from their houses, when the. Magistrate,-after
bearing nearly the whole, fined them; with costs, which
they paid ; but on calling over the name of a Mr. Hill, he
raised an objection to the summons, which stated, that on
Friday, the loth inst. during the fall Of snow,, he did not
sweep, or cause it to be swept, away ;. he replied, that as
no snow fell on that day, none could he slept away. The
Magistrates consulted together on hearing the objection,
and then asked Mk H. if any Snow was before Ills door on
that day, but Mr: H. (being
.an attorney) wotild not travel
out of the record, and stuck to the point. They then ask-
ed the informer if any snow fell on that day, Who' said he
could not recollect. The Magistrates then again consulted
together, held the objection to he good, and. dismissed the
summons. At this time, several more summonses were to
be heard, but were.dischargedb on account of, the, above
objectiOn. Upwards of .100, 41ad. already. beep .summoned
and fined, and since that. 'day, several others lave also, . ,
fined. •

HATTON-GARDEN.—Bridget Rock was on Satur-
day brought up for re-examination, charged with the
murder of her child.

Mr. Peregrine Fernandez, surgeon, opened the body of
the child on Sunday last; it was a full size child. He took
out the heart and•liver and put them in. water, and they
floated. The child was in his opinion horn alive, but for
bow long it existed it was impossible to state.
Frederick Arguil corroborated Mr.. Fernandez's evidence.
John Gleeson, landlord of the house No. 11, Bell-court,
Gray's Inn-lane, deposed to finding' the child ; inquired
what had become of Bridget. Rock, the alleged mother, and
was informed that she bad gone to look for a lodging in
King's Head-court.--He brought her back and gave her in
charge to the watchman.
After a•good deal more evidence, the same in purport as
had been given before the Coroner, had been gone into,
The prisoner stated that she wished to speak to the Ma..
gistrate, and, on being supported to the bench by Wad-
dington and Lee, she made the following confession :
That she had been greatly distressed for the last six or
seven months, and had not had a place to put her head in ;
sometimes lying in one room, sometimes in, another, and
often, for nights together, lying upon the stairs of the house,
No. 11, Bell-court. She was aware that she was pregnant,
but always denied it, for fear of being entirely turned, out
in the streets. She liad never before had a child, and the
present unfortunate occurrence she attributedto her ignorance.
She felt very ill after, and when she was seen walking
up and down the front of the door, she was ruminating
whether she should ask Mrs. Gleeson's advice what io do
with herself, but was afraid to do it, lest she should dis-
cover her situation.,She was not then aware that she had
been delivered of the child. She was going to ask the ad-
vice of a friend what she should do, when she was stepped,
and brought to the office.
Mr. Sergeant SELLON said, that, under these circum-
stances, he should remand her until Monday, at the same
time binding. the whole of the witnesses over to prosecute.
The bill will he laid before the Grand Jury nn Monday
evening.

The miserable woman appeared very ill during the ex.
amination, and was obliged to be supported in her chair.

ALARMING Ft RE.---Yesterday morning,
about four o'clock, the watchman in Denmark-street, St.
Giles's, perceived that the house, No. 21, occupied by Mr.
FROST, goldsmith, was on fire. He instantly sprung his
rattle, and alarmed the inmates by knocking at the door,
but before the whole of the inmates were aroused; the stair-
case was on fire, and descent in that way was impossible.
Several females now appeared at the windows in a dread-
ful state of agony. Fortunately a numberof persons as-
ernbled, by whose as.sistance, a lady named WINKTIELD, and
her trio daughters, were safely taken from the first floor win-
dow. Mr. 101141 t FIELD and two or three other other
male lodgers effected their escape by getting on the roof of
the, adjoining house. The flames spread so fast, that not-
withstanding several engines speedily arrived, the premi-
ses 'were reduced to ashes but the firemen sneceeded in
preservin&theadjoiting houses.

Hoiutim MAT4DER.—In our last, we stated
a few, particulars, such as had come to our knowledge,
about the murder of his wife by one Aallor, who resided
in Drygate-street in this city. The judicial investigation,
which has since taken place, has, we-regret to add, dis-
closed a murder the most barbarous and cruel that it has
fallen to our lot to record. The poor woman's skull was
literally crushed by blows in several parts, each of which
was, in the opinion of the nsedical men, sufficient to have
produced death. But the murdering hand did not stop
here ; and that such a monster should appear in his true
colours, delicacy must, for moment, yield to truth. With
a sharp instrument, supposed to have been a large knife,
the monster stabbed his miserable victini in the Vagina,
the instrument penetrating above six inches into the
Pelvis. The blood runs cold, and the pen trembles
at the recital of such enormities. It was supposed
that AnNor was in liquor when he committed the
horrid deed ; hut we learn that the niedical gentle-
men who have examined the body of his victim; are
of opinion, judging from the nature of the wounds inflicted,
and from the methodical and deliberate manner he had in.
flictld them,"that he must have been perfectly sober. His
was about 35. years of age, and rather handsome.••l
Her knees were much scorched by live coals which he had
applied unto them. A report prevails that she had taken
to drinking. How far this is true, we know not, but no
other result could follow the union of a being with any
feeling to such a wretch as Aartor had proved himself to
be. This man is so remarkable in his appearance, that he
cannot long elude the grasp of justice,..- Glasgow Our.