The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-25 00:00:00

ins, drunkenness, and began knocking the watchman about
furiously. Other watchmen went to the assistance of the
first, and among them an old man named Wilson, the fore
finger of whose right hand the brute sot into his mouth,
and bit it with all his might—tearing away the flesh,
and actually crushing the bone to splinters. He was then
overpowered; and carried to the Compter ; but not until
his own bend had been shockingly knocked about.
In reply tb the eliaEge, he said he had been drinking, and
did not- know what he was doing. •
The At,DertatAN directed that he should give 24 hours'
notice of bail to answer. it at the sessions;, and the poor
old watchman went away to the hospital tohavedlis finger
amputated at the second joint.
130 W-STREET.—THE ROBBERY Or THE PM
OFFICE AT HouNsLow.—Yesterday William Bull,
William ,~mi6Jc, alias Cox, and William Dowiet6,,tlie
three men in custody on suspicion of being concerned in.
robbing the 'Post-office at Hounslow, of SO mail bags in.
February last, underwent another examination.
The two first-named prisoners have been a long time in,
custody on this charge, and a great number of examinations
have taken: place. At' the lodgings of ,Bull, the officer,
Ruthven, found a set of, picklock keys, some small crow-
bars, centre-hits, a phosphorus box, and 'other burglarious.
implements. It was stated also by a woman named Collins,
the " chere ,arni" of a well-known character, • that,when
she applied to the prisoners for 'money just before the rob-
bery, they told her that they had none, but that they knew
of a good " put up" (a term used when thieves have re-
ceived information where a robbery may be committed) at
Hounslow, and us soon as " the thing could be done" she
should have some.
Against Dowsett, apprehended on Thursday last, no.
evidence was given.
The prisoners were remanded for final examination.

HATTON-GAIIMEN.—Art INFORMER DEFEATED.--
Essex, the baker, exhibited: an information against Mrs.
Walsh, the landlady of the Vine, Vine-street, Leather-lane.
William Jack, the informer's witness, on the, preceding
Friday night went into the defendant's house, after ,twelVe.
o'clock, and called for a glass of,gin, and aipipe4of tobacco,
which were given to hina:by the defendant. He did .net'
leave the house until a quarter,; after ,twelve o'clock, and
there were then a number of other persons, standing. and
drinking at the bar.
A lodger of the def, ndant's deposed, that he recollected, the
eiretsmstance of the witness Jack coming into the Vine.'
It wanted about seven minutes of twelve o'clock. , No
other person came in afterwards, nor ,did any one drink
any thing during. the time he remained.
Mr. LAING-The information is dismissed.
MARYLEUONE.—Yesterday, John Warwick, alias
John West, late manager of the Croydon. Theatre, who
stands fully committed under the charge _of having de-
frauded Mr. H. .Verey; hatter, of No. 132, Oxford-street,
of W., by means of a false cheque npon the banking-house
of Sir William Curtis and Co., was brought up to answer
other charges of obtaining goods fraudulently, if not felo-
niously, from several houses in Wood-street, Cheapside.—'
The prisoner was remanded nntil Saturday.
QUEEN-SQUARE.--On Monday William Pember-
ton was brought up, in custody of Pace the nfficer, before
G. W. MA RRIOTT, Esq., charged with being one of the
persons concerned in an outrageous assault committed on
Mr. James Gurney, landlord of the Royal Oak, Chelsea
Common, and his bar-maid, by striking- at them with a
carpenter's adze, for refusing to supply them with liquor
when in a state of intoxication:

Mr. Gurney identified the prisoner, and Mr. Max-
ie...ol2 ordered him to find'bail.
UNION-HALL.—Yesterday a respectably attired fe-
male, named Fuller, was brought before the sitting Ma-
gistrate, M. SWABEY, Esq., at, the instance of her hus-
band and the landlord of the house in .which they resided,
who-jointly charged her with having been riotous and,dis--
orderly. .

Evidence was given to the effect that the defendant was
exceedinglOurbuient in her conduct on the preceding
evening, in conscquenve of; her having taken some liquor.
It did not, however, appear that she.hati attempted to,as-
sault any person; and on the Magistrate expressing some
surprise that she had not been more leniently dealt with,
the poor woman entered into a statement of the barbarous
treatment she experienced from her husband. She said
that for the last two years be,was out
.of employment, and
that during the greater part of that time she had sup-
ported him by prostituting herself,, He was actually in.the
habit of following her, and 'waiting outside brothels 'while
she entered .with men, in order to secure the wages of
prostitntion. On Saturday night last herliusband in-
sisted on her going from home for the purpose. she, had be-
fore stated ; they left home together, and she prikeeded
up Regent-street, where she was accosted by, a gentleman,
who took her to one of the brothels in that neighbour.-
hood ; her husband waited as usual outside, and on their
retorts home, after she had deliA;ered up to hioa.thamoney
she had, receiye4 on the occasion,- he sent out for. some li-
quor, and induced her to drink more than she was accus-
tomed to do ; he afterwards beat her brutally, as her marks
could testify.
The. MAGISTRATE, expressed his abhorrence at the re-
cital of such depravity, and , held the defendant's husband
to bail to keep the peace.

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