The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-29 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday John Frost, a travelling brush-maker,
was placed at the bar, charged on suspicion of having,
murdered Daniel Homer, another travelling brush-
maker, whose mysterious disappearance since the
morning of Friday last, coupled with other circum•
stances, has given rise to the present aecusatiou.
It appeared by the evidence of the landlord of the
Hope public-house, Blackmoor-street, Drury-lane,
that on the morning of Friday last, the missieg man,
Daniel Homer, left the public-house at ten o'clock
in the morning, accompanied by the prisoner and
another itinerant brush-maker, for the avowed pur-
pose of going to Southampton. At eleven o'clock
the same morning Homer returned to witness's house
alone ; he was a good deal intoxicated, and after re-
maining for about half an hour asleep upon a bench,
he suddenly started up and said he would be off.
Witness's wife told him that he should not go unless
he left his money behind him, as he was incapable of
taking care of himself. Homer then took 2Gs. 6d.
from his pocket, and gave it to the landlady to take
care of for him. He asked her, however, for a few
shillings, and she gave him half-a-crown. He then
went away, and since that time has never been heard
of. On the night of Monday the prisoner and some
more brush-makers met at the publie-house above
named, when the strange disappearance of Homer
became the subject of conversation. The prisoner
said " The rascal is dead, I know he is ; we ought
to spend the 18€. he has left at the bar." Frem these
words, which it appeared were spoken under the in-
fluence of drink, the prisoner was taken into custody
on suspicion of having murdered homer.
The prisoner denied that he knew any thing what-
ever of the missing man since Friday morning, when
he last saw him. They had been drinking together,
and he (prisoner) had lost upwards of 21. in a house
of ill fame, where Homer and he had been.

Mr. HAus said that there did not appear any suf-
ficient evidence to warr u.t the detention of the ac-
cused, who was discharged on condition of leaving
his address at the office.

The accused having stated that he resided at
Bristol, was discharged, and thus the matter rests
for the present.
It will be remembered that a few days ago, an
elderly gentleman, who declined to give his uame,
waited upon Sir R. BliotiE and Mr. HAW, for the
purpose of stating to them that he had been knocked
down the previous morning between one and two
o'clock, in a passage leading from Arundel-street, iu
the Strand, to the Temple. The gentleman stated,
that he was met by four men, one of whom darted
upon him and knocked him down ; the other men
then dragged him into the passage in question, and
robbed him of Bank of England notes to the
amount of 3601. The gentleman added, that the
robbers had cut open his trousers with a knife, and
that the instrument had wounded him severely.
Upon this statement, James John Smith, one of
the principal officers, was directed to take the case
in hand, and yesterday Sir it. BIRNIE asked him
what was the result of his inquiries ?
Smith stated, that from all he could learn, the
gentleman must have been mistaken with respect to
the manner in which be described he had been
robbed. He (Smith) had seen the conductor of a
party of the Thames police, who stated that himself'
and three of his men had been stationed in the im-
mediate neighbourhood of the spot described by the
gentleman, from half-past eleven o'clock until half-
past two, on the night in question. The officer
added, that such a circumstance as that which was
described could not by possibility have occurred
unknown to himself or his men. Smith stated the
probability was, that the gentleman had been robbed
iu a house of ill-fame in the neighbourhood, arid that
motives of delicacy towards his family (being a
married man) induced him to conceal the fact.
Smith added, that on the very day the gentleman
had been robbed, a young man was brought to
Marlborough-street police-office, under circumstances
of very strong suspicion that he had improperly
come by several Bank of England notes to a large
amount, which were found upon his person. Smith
urged the gentleman who had been robbed to go
forward, for the purpose of ascertaining if the notes
found upon the prisoner were those of which he had
been robbed. The gentiman, after some hesitation,
declined to do so, alleging that he had not taken the
number of his notes ; and that, at all events, he had
rather not go forward, as the publicity which his ap-
pearance at Marlborough-streett, might obtain through
the newspapers would probably alarm his friends.
Sir R. BIRNIE and Mr. HALLS both agreed with
Smith in concluding that the old gentleman had
been at a house of ill fame on the night in queation,
and that he had lost his money in that way. His
declining to give hi, nu.ne, and to gc, fortratd when
a chalice was presented of his recovering his pro-
perty, confirmed them (the magistrates) in tha
opinion.

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday a stout portly-looking man, respectably
dressed, named Thomas Burton, was brought up in
custody on the following charge :
Mr. Everett, landlord of the Cock and Magpie
public-house in Bermondsev-street, stated that on
the preceding afternoon the defendant entered the
parlour of his house, and having inquired whether
he could be furnished with a good substantial dinner,
arid the answer being in the affirmative, the cloth
was forthwith laid, and a smoking-hot roast joint of
beef placed on the table before him, with the usual
accompaniments of vegetables, &c. The defendant
having made a dinner that would not have disgraced
a city epicure, afterwards washed it down with three
pints of porter, three pints of port wine, and by way
of a " settler" to stay his stomach, finished the re-
po- and drinking,, he
ormiamelf,=•l•o4. IMMII.Minar••••• past with a 2s. bumper of punch. When the de-
fendant had at length done eatin
It is with sincere regret we have to announce asked
the death of Sir W. Foant:s, of Pitsligo, Bart. Sir NY. what was to pay; the landlord told him
expired at his house in George-street on Friday.—.Ed'"7,.
, l 2s. 6d. Then, said the defendant, I can't pay, for
burgh Ereni,
y Post. I have not a halfpenny in my possession : at the
his , same time pulling all his
pockets inside out to verify
We have much pleasure to announce .that
111.0PsrY hits kindly 10-iyen a donation of 2001. towards the truth of his assertion. The landlord was indig-
nant ut such treatment, and asked him .shy he pre-
completing the repairs' of the German Lutheran Chord',
sumed to order wide and punch, knowing that he
had nut a halfpenny to pay for them... " If," said
World.
Cr.attENcE Las also presented 301. for the same object.-- ,
the Savoy, near Waterloo-bridge. The. Doke of
: the landlord to him," you had merely littlitified your

appetite with a dinner, I should not have cared, eve❑
if you had not the money to pay for it ; but a man to
act as you have done deserves exposure, and I'll
take care lon shall not go unpunished." The land.
lord was then about to leave the room for the pur-
pose of calling a constable to take charge of the de-
fendant, when the latter rose off his chair, swore at
and - the host, and ultimately struck him in the
face. With the greatest difficulty this turbulent
spirit was safely deposited in the watch-house by
four watchmen, who were obliged to carry him on
their shoulders a:I the way, after havir, handcuffed
him, and tied his legs together with a handkerchief,
to prevent the blows and kicks which he threatened,
before they put him in ,confinement. The watchmen
complained that they had a terrible job with him on
account of his beinr so large and unwieldy to carry
along to the vvatc;.;-house, which, they said, was a
good mile from the spot where he was heisted on
their shoulders.

The defendant, who had been dozing in the slip
the whole of the morning before the case was called,
now got up, and having shook off his drowsiness in
some measure, he was asked by Mr. HONE what
business he followed ?

The defendant replied that he was a watchmaker,
and resided at Hackney.
Mr. HONE—What was the reason you came over
here to impose on this poor man ? " I," said the
Magistrate, "conceive the offence of which you have
been guilty very little short of robbery, to enter the
man's house without a penny, and well knowing
that fact, to devour such a quantity of meat and
drink, to say the least of it, plainly shows you are
an abominable glutton."
The constable stated, that when the defendant
was brought to the watch-house, he said, that he
should soon discharge the debt for his dinner, wine,
&c., if any person was sent to Mr. Rawlings, the
landlord of the Black Swan, who would instantly
advance any sum that he required. The constable
added, that he proceeded to Mr. Rawlings by the
defendant's directions, and the moment he stated the
latter was in custody, and wanted the loan of Its.
6d. to obtain his dischal-ge, Mr. Rawlings expressed
his sutprise at the defendant's presumption, saying,
that he already owed him three or four scores for
dinners and drink that he had ordered, had partaken
of, and never paid. The constable said, that he had
subsequently ascertained the defendant was in the
habit of entering houses of entertainment and calling
for dinners and wine, without money to pay for
them. In some places he got roughly handled, and
in others he had been turned out into the street.

Mr. HONR—ThiB S:count shows that he is an Old
practitioner at the brisiness; and a fellow of this
description deserves; exposure, to guard honest men
against such knaves. The Magistrate then asked
the defendant what he had to say in answer to the
charge ?
The defendant, yawning, said, that he scarcely
knew the nature of the charge brought against him,
for he was rather hard of hearing.
Mr. HONE told him he was charged with eating
and drinking as much at one meal as would have
satisfied the appetites of any three reasonable arten,
without paying for it.
Defendant—Mr. Everett has told a very long
yarn about my appetite for meat and drink. I can't
stn myself that lam such a gormandia-ee. I admit
the I am indebted to him for a dinner and wine, and
wi i ?ay- him when I fet the money.
Mr. Horns--I shad take especial care that Toe
Yy- something more before you get out of custody.
ou were not content with having devoured Mr.
Everett's eatables awl drinkables without paying for
them, but you afterwards assaulted him when he
claimed what was his due. Mr. Hone then having
consulted with Mr. King, remarked that he and his
brother magistrate awarded the defendant to pay a
fine of 31., arid in default of payment to six weeks'
imprisonment.
The defendant not having the above sum at his
command, or friends to advance it, was sent off to
gaol with the rest of the prisoners at three o'clock.

SHIPPIN G INTE I.L IeENCE.