The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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GUILDIIALL.--•Elizabeth colton, A,hilmiddie aged
matron, was charged with unia;ituky pawning- a fustian
jacket and pair of trousers, the proPerty of the parish of
St. Mary Staining.

Mr. 1115nan, the churchwarden, stated that the articles
had been furnished to this woman's son, an inmate is the
poor-house, to obtain employment; but Lis mother getting
hold of him, took the articles from him, and pawned dim
the same night in Golden-lane.
Davis, the beadle of Bartholomew the Great, said the
prisoner was a great impostor, and had given much trouble
in his parish ; but a neighbour dying, she attempted to
bribe the watchman of the burial ground to suffer the re
surrection-men •to disinter the corpse, and was so hunted
upon this account, that she was glad to shift her quarters
She used to lock her son up in the room, and give him
physic to make him ill, to excite the charity of the socie-
ties for visiting the sick, and of religious persons, whom
she invited to pray and read by his bed-side. The worthy
rector of St. Bartholomew's had thrice been called .on to
administer the sacrament to the dying youth. She had
invited dissenting ministers in the same way, merely for
the sake of the shilling or two whick the miserable appear-
ance of herself and her apartment was sure to cause to be
given. _ _

The lad, about 17 years old, could not refrain from
joining in the laugh at this recital, and
Sir P. LAURIE asked her what the book was about,
which she seemed to wish to exhibit ; for she held a much-
worn dirty duodecimo volume in one hand, and a large
bottle of physic in the other.—" It is the New Testament,
Sir," she replied, muttering something besides, in a but
half-earnest tone, expressive of estimation of its contents.
" Your own son is laughing at your hypocrisy," cried
Sir PETER. "Boy, tell me what she gave you to make
you ill?"—" She used to apply to the dispensaries when I
was in good health, and oblige me to swallow the medi-
cines," answered the son.
Sir PETER—TeII me how you acted when the clergy-
man came. Did you pretend to be very bad,—shiver and
shake ? Son—No, Sir, I did not shake, I laid quiet.
Sir PETER—But she made you ill for the purpose of
exciting charity ? Son—Yes, Sir.
sir PETER—What did she get by it? Son—Seme-
times 3s. at once from the Sick Society, and also money
from the parish.
Sir PETER —You seem to be an honest lad, notwith-
standing you have had so bad a tutor. Does your mother
profess to be a Dissenter? Son—No, Sir, a Roman Ca-
tholic.— (Laugiiter.) She was bred and born a Protest-
ant, but turned Catholic some years ago.
Sir PETER—What did she receive for turning ? Son—
I do not know.

Sir PETER-And what religion are you? Son—l, Sir?
I an't any thing.—(A laugh.)
Sir PETER--.Does your mother like gin ? Son—" A
little, when she can get it." lie also said he was tired of
being made ill for her profit, an.l that she coaxed the pawn-
broker down from his bed-room at midnight to take the
fustians in, by a tale of a neighbouring pawnbroker's house
being on fire. . .

The prisoner did not suffer all this to go on without at-
tempting to make a diversion. She prayed for the conver-'
sion of all present, appealed to God from the false judg-
ments of men, attempted to expose her cancer-eaten breast.,
exhorted her son to remember whom he was accusing, and
denied the imputations of being an impostor and drunkard.
She had been 16 years a widow, and fur sonic years before
worse than a widow, her husband being confined in a mad-
house, and though poorer in pocket, she was better in con-
science than her persecutors, tic., seasoning her observa-
tions here and there with a morsel of pious jargon.
The Alderman committed her to Bridewell fer seven
days, directing that she should not be put on the mill, on
account of the cancer.

BOW-STREET.--Yesterday a gentleman, who is en-
gaged in the repairing of the common sewer in Catherine.
street and the adjoining neighbourhood, applied to Sir H.
BIRNIE for the assistance of an officer or two of the estab-
lishment, in preventing:people from impeding the workmen
in their progress. He stated, that in consequence of the
public sewer being in a very unsafe state, the road was ob-
liged to be taken up, and a number of workmen employed.
In the course of their labour a great part of the ground
near the pavement had given way, and consequently it was
extrem►ly dangerous fur the public to walk on it.
Sir Ittcnann really thought that a parish constable
should be employed.

Applicant—Very well, your Worship, it is all the same
to us.

Sir RICHARII—But hear in mind that lie will look for
compensation.—(A laugh.)
The gentleman said certainly, and retired, apparently dis-
concerted.

Two housekeepers appeared before the magistrates for
the purpose of bailing Mr. Parkinson, the individual who
is accused of being concerned in the robbery of the Gree-
nock bank. • The necessary inquiries being made, their
sureties were accepted, and in a short time Mr. Parkinson
was liberated.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Yesterday a young
man, who on this occasion gave his name George Thomp-

son, but whose real name is known to be George Andrews,
was brought before Mr. CONANT, the sitting Magistrate,
charged with various frauds practised upon woollen-drapers
all over the metropolis.
George Robertson, shopman to Messrs. East and Brown,
woollen-drapers, in Vigo-street, Regent-street, stated, that
on the 29th of August last the prisoner, whom he had
never seen before, came to the shop of Messrs. East and
Brown, and obtained there four yards and a half of super-
fine blue cloth, in the name of Mr. Williamson, a tailor in
New Bond-street, by whom he said he had been sent for it
to match a pattern which he brought with him. The
cloth was worth 5/., and witness saw nothing more of the
prisoner until he was in custody.
Mr. Williamson, the tailor in Bond-street, stated, that
about nine or ten months ago the prisoner was in his ser-
vice, in the name of George Andrews, and about that time
his (Mr. Williamson's) shop was broken into, sod rubbed
of property to the amount of 1001., and having strong
grounds for suspecting that the robbery was committed
with the knowledge and aid of the prisoner, he had him
taken up, and tried and convicted at the Old Bailey, and
from that time to the present day be saw or knew nothing
of the prisoner, and of course he never sent him tat the
29th of August last to Messrs. East and Brown, or any
where else, for any cloth.
Richard Lawrence, shopman to Messrs. Longstaff and
Hislop, Manchester warehousemen, in St. Martin's-lane,
stated that on the sth of August last the prisoner, who
was an entire stranger there, earns to the shop of Messrs.
Longstaff and Hislop, and obtained 61 yards of superfine
olive brown cloth, for which he said he had been sent by
Messrs. Cooke and Son, tailors, Great Queen-street,' Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, to match a pattern, which be produced,
and he also produced one of the printed cards of Messrs.
Cooke and Son, which facilitated his obtaining the cloth.
The value of the cloth given to the prisoner was about 6/.
10s., and from that time until he was in custody, the wit-
ness saw nothing of the prisoner.
Mr. Cooke, jun., stated, that about a month since, the
prisoner came to their shop, and inquired the price of some
clothes, which was told to him, and he then asked for a
card of the house, which was given to him. The book of
patterns which was shown on that occasion to the pri-
soner, had the names of Messrs. Longstaff and Hislop
printed on it, and by this means it was that the prisoner
must have learned that those were the woollen-drapers
with whom the witness dealt. Witness never saw the
prisoner except on that occasion until the present day,
and neither be (the witness) nor his father ever gave the
prisoner any authority to obtain cloth of Messrs. Longstaff
and Hislop, or any where else.
James Weston, shopman to Messrs. Robarts and Son,
woollen-drapers, in Bedford-street, Covent-garden, deposed
that on the 30th of August last, the prisoner, who was
quite unknown at the house, came to the shop of witness's
employers, and said that he was sent by Messrs. Lenny and
Hutton, tailors, in Jermyn-street, St. James's, in whose
service he was, for 22,1 yards of superfine brown cloth, to
match a pattern he produced ; and as he handed an order
fir the cloth, purporting to be written, as the prisoner said
it was, by Mr. Lenny, the cloth, worth about 20L, was
given to him, and nothing was afterwards, until the pre-
sent day, seen or heard of the prisoner.
Mr. Lenny deposed, that the order produccal was not
written by him, nor did he ever send the prisoner to Messrs.
Itobarte or any where else for cloth ; indeed, he never saw
the prisoner in his life, until that day at the bar.
Messrs. Lake and Laurence, woollen-drapers, in Leaden-
hall-street, and various others in the same trade, had also
charges to prefer against the prisoner; but as the witnesses
were not all in attendance, those cases were not gone into
for the present.
Schofield, the officer, stated, that he apprehended the
prisoner at the house of Mr. Curlewis, No. 12, Hanover-
street, Hanover-square ; and the prisoner of his own accord
confessed, when he was told what were the charges against
him, that he had obtained the cloth at the different places
as described by the witnesses.

The prisoner, who is a very young lad in appearance,
was then remanded fur a week, when several other charges
are expected to be preferred against him,

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.

TuEsDAv, Sec. 16.—Wind S.E.—High water 33
minutes past three.—Arrived the Marwood, Scolly, from
Archangel ; Expedition, Krause, from Dantzic ; Eleanor,
Evans, from Londonderry ; Pat John Nugent, Savage,
from Strangford ; Henrietta, Owens, from rictott, off;
Dispatch, Prest, Ulverstone.
CLEARED' 0 UTW A R DS. --The Nestor, Yale, for St.
John's,-New Brunswick ; Washington, Jones, for Lisbon ;
Pacific, Croker, fur New York ; Amelia, Ferguson, for
Genoa and Leghorn ; Nor wale, Boyd, for La Guayra ;
Iladson, Donaldson, for Cronstadt ; Sarah, Collins, for
St. Andrews ; Hainbom, Austen, for Bremen ; Parline,
JOORDS, fur Antwerp.