The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-lIOUSE.—A Mr. Smith appeared at HA Man
sion-house, to make a complaint against Foster, the marshahuan
for having ousted him from the hustings at Guildhall, and final!,
from the building altogether, on the night of the grand enter.
taiument.

The statement was as follows Smith, who stated that
he was a carpenter, residing in Thames-street, bad received a card
of invitation to the magnificent entertainment of the Oth instant,
from one of. the Sheriffs, (Mr. Sheriff Winchester, we believe),
and had gone to the dinner. After the Lord Mayor had quitted
the hustings, and dancing hail commenced, Mr. Smith advanced
to that place, in order to enjoy the amusement as afforded by
others, although not a dancer himself. He however had nut been
long in a state of admiration of the " poetry of motion," when
his right to stay was disputed, and Foster having eyed him from
top to toe, insisted upon his departure, and when he objected to
go, seized him by the collar, and lugged him down with violence.
The LORD MaYon asked Mr. Smith whether he was perfectly
sober at the time,---Mr. Smith stated that he was not drunk. He,
however, hesitated as to the point of being perfectly sober.
The LORD Micron, having observed that Mr. Smith, in his
narrative of what had occurred, said that the late hour at which
he (the Lord Mayor) left the hustings was half-past 11, stated
that the gentleman could not have had the full possession of his
mind at the time, as the hustings were cleared of the dinner com-
pany at a quarter before 10.

Mr. Smith did not insist upon denying that he was not sober..
With respect to the boots, he admitted that lie had worn such
things on the day of the entertainment ; but then he had done so
under the impression that they were unobjectionable.
The Loan Mayor. said that he did not like to hurt the feelings
of the gentleman, but he could not help saying that the dress al-
luded to did not appear to him to he exactly the sort of dress
which gentlemen were in the habit of wearing at Guildhall on
such occasions. The case, however, should stand over until evi-
dence should be brought forward.
GUILDHALL...—One of the waiters at the civic feast in- the
Guildhall, was brought up on suspicion of intending to steal two
glass'pepper castors, which he had been observed by one of the
Lord Mayor's committee to secrete in his coat-pocket. The com-
mittee-man was not in attendance to support his charge, and the
primouer (who declared he put the castors iu his wicket for safety,
seeing that they were about to roll oil' the basket of crockery he
was carrying to the kitchen) was remanded.
The articles were produced. They were of the commonest
de-
scription ; not cut, but rough blown in a mould, with plated
tops, and might be of the value of 4d. to 6d. each.
Mr. Alderman Attester said, that the preparations fur the
feast were the meanest he had ever witnessed. He could not help
feeling ashamed to see Prince Poliguac eating with a horn handle
and three iron pegs in it for a folk, and he thought the Prince
seemed disgusted with it too.--(Laughter.)
. BOW.STREET.—Yesterday morning one of the officers of St•
Martin's parish, appeared before Sir R wimp.) Iltacrie, accom-
panied by a tall meagre-looking man, a pauper, for whose removal
to Ireland, his native country, the parish lied granted a pass,
which only required the signature of the Magistrate.
The parish officers stated to Sir Richard Birnie that the pauper
who Witi now before him was lately found wandering about the
neighbourhood of St. (Mee 's, with scarce any other covering than
a sackchth. He had lately returned, it appeared, front the eonti.
neat, over the greater part of which he bad travelled on foot as a
pilgrim. He carried about him, while abroad, a map of Europe,
on which he was accustomed to trace his route, and he lived upon
the bounty of those good Catholics whom he met with in his se-
veral journies through France, Spain, and Italy, and to whose
charity the rude cross which he carried, and the mission on which
he was engaged, ware certain passports.
Sir Ricuann Bums observed, that it was not his busi-
ness to call in question the religion of any man, or the mode in
which he thought proper to observe it. He should sign the pass
for the poor man with pleasure, and he hoped he would find in
his native country a more friendly and less rigid asylum than that
to which he had already journeyed.
The poor pilgrim then expressed his thanks and withdrew, ii)
company with the parish officer, with view to his being sent to
Ireland by the first pauper conveyance.

MARYLEDONE-OFFlCE.—Yeaterday, a respectable female,
of advanced age, accompanied by two little girls, came to this
office and requested the advice of the Magistrates under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—She stated that the children are mother-
less, and that their fither, four or five months ago, went the nor-
thern circuit with the Judges, as a writer and reporter, and had
not since been heard of. The little girls were of interesting ap-
pearance, and evinced great seusibilty of their destitute condition.
The father's name is Richard Hatt, and upon its being mentioned,
a gentleman in the office said he knew him well, and bad seen
him lately in Weattnoreland; he represented him as mu: eccentric
character, and he believed him to be still in that part of the coun-
try, writing a poetical description of the Lake of Windermere.
Mr. Garrrrrtt lamented that he should be poetizing abroad,
instead of providing for his faLtily at home. He desired that pro-
per inquiry should be made for the purpose of finding the father. •
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday a fashionably
dressed man, about 40 years of age, named William Howard
Hawkins, who was examint.sl at this office and fully committed
for trial some days ago, upon a charge of stealing a watch from
the apartments of a young lady to whom he paid a visit of gal-
lantry, was again brought before the magistrates at the instance of
the Alentlicity Society.

The office was crowded during the morning by tradespeople of
various descriptions, and others, who had suffered by ingenious
devioA of the prisoner, and when he was placed at the bar, there
was a general btu through the office of, " That is he,"
" Oh, that is the villain," " See how impudently he looks at us,
and pretends not to know us."
The first who stepped forward, was a Mr. Chalk, who stated
that the prisoner applied to him some time ago, as wishing to be-
come his tenant for a cottage, which lie, Mr. Chalk, had to let in
the Regent's-park, and referred hint for his character as to re-
spectability, to a Dr. Golding, who himself resided in the Re-
gent's-park at that time. At the etpiration of four months front
his taking possessimh the prisoner vanished from the cottage, and
with him vanished a number of time most valuable young trees,
which had been dug up and carried away; and the next Mr.
Chalk heard of his tenant was, that he was sojourning on a visit
With the Marshal of the King's Bench prison.

A Mr. Jemmet, statod that the prisoner had hired a Stanhope
chaise of him some time ago, but forgot either to return the
amble, or pay for the hire, and it was only by accident, be, (Mr.
Jeumiet), in ten weeks after, discovered that his chaise was
standing at a livery stable in the Kent road, and that the pri-
soner was at a stand in the same neighbourhood—the King's
Bench prson.

Air, lHarris, a cheesemonger, &c. stated that ma cue morning
when he, Mr. Harris, called at the cottage to request a settle_
wept, he found no less than five grocers, three shoemakers, two
butchers, and a great number of other tradesmen waiting outside
mon the sae Liminess, but none could gain admitt‘tice, as there
were twu men armed with pitchforks, and a large maatiff dog
keeping guard at the door, ready to annihilate any one who ap-
proached, and there were Mr. Hawkins and his wife, or
his wo-
man, whichever she might be—(here the prisoner eaclaiined,•
.4 You ruffian,")—occasionally coining to the windows and ma"
mating the guards to the defence.
Mr. Roe asked Mr. Harris how the prisoner had boom° in-
truduced to him as a customer ?
Mr. Harris said, that the prisoner had referred hill for a cha-
e
rat:ter to a Mr. Brazier, a shoemaker, in Chaneerrlan # and Mr.