The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday Mr. Johnson, of Ozford•
street, with the deputation of Silk-mercers, and others, waited
upon the Lord Mayor, on the subject of the frauds which, they
stated, were committed upon the public by shopkeepers in various
parts of the metropolis. The several parties in the deputation as-
sured
his Lordship that the charge was by no means so ridiculous
as had been supposed, and that they considered the conduct of the
shopkeepers in some instances, which they should lay before his
Lordship, as amounting to frauds cognizable before him.
Mr. Hell, a gentleman who is one of the Committee for ma-
naging the subscription raised for the relief of the distressed manu-
facturers, waited upon the Lori Mayor respecting the charge.
The LORD MAYOR said, he need scarcely ask, whether the
Committee had given any such authority or countenance to those
tradesmen who had made use of the Committee.
Mr. Bell—The Committee have not the slightest knowledge of
them.
Mr. Johnson said, they would show his Lordship the use that
had been made of the name of the Committee, and then it might
be judged, whether the- deputation had been guilty of an egre-
gions piece of folly in presuming that shopkeepers of respectable
appearance must have bad some authority for such a proceeding.
He then handed in the copy of a lithographic circular, which ran
in the following terms :

" London.

" Madam,—We, the distreased manufacturers of Spitelfields,
beg leave respectfully to inform you, that Messrs. A. Shears and
Co., 120, Regent-street, are appointed to sell, by commission, for
our immediate relief, 40,0001. worth of silks, consisting of rich
Gros des Indes—(here the goods are enumerated)—Diaphone
crapes, and every new article of Spitalfields produce. The goods
are of the very best quality, warranted perfect, and will he of-
fered at less than the cost price of the raw material, an advantage
of 45 per cent."
There was one advertisement from the Messrs. Carden and Co.
which used the following terms:—" The Right Honourable the
Lord Mayor, and many other persons of distinction, having I,u-
-, inanely considered the distressed state of the inanufacturers in
Spitalfields, Macclesfield, and many other manufacturing dis-,
tricts, and convened a meeting at the City of London :Tavern, to
take into consideration the best means of afThrding immediate
relief, Messrs. Cordon and Co. beg to inform the nobility and the
public, that they are appointed agents by the committee of manu-
facturers, to sell, for the exclusive benefit of tke working classes,
47,000 yards of silk, manufactured solely in Spitalfields, the pro-
duce of which is to be handed to the Committee daily. The
Committee find this the beet manner of affording relief to the
weavers, as it is the sale of the immense stock now on hand that
will alone enable them to give them employment."
The Loan 111Avon.-L:1 need not ask von, Mr. Bell, whether
any money had been received daily by the Committee from any
such source? _ .

Mr. Bell.—MY Lord, we know nothing whatever of them.
There was another advertisement from the same paper (The
John )lull of the 7th of May), which stated, that in consequence
of the distressed state of the Spitalfields manufacturers, and " it
being signified that ladies will appear in silk exclusively manu-
factured in Spitalfields, Williams and Price have just received
several coniignMents of silks, with positive orders from the Com-
mittee of citizens to sell, and remit the money immediately.
The present distress need hardly be stated as a cause for such
sacrifices." _ _

The `
LORD MAyoq.--Who arc the Committee of manufactu-
rers? They will doubtless say they are the Committee, and that
they, or those for whom they sell, are distressed.
Mr. Jobeson said, it was impossible to tell, hut when statements
so positive as these were sent forth by such houses, persons might
be excused for having believed that they acted under some autho-
rity from the Committee for. managing the subscription. In a
speech made by' Cobbett to the electors of Preston, one of those
advertisements fdrmed the groundwork of an attack which that
person made upon his Lordship, and the Committee, and the sub-
scribers, on the presumption that such a mode of selling goods was
authorized by them. This person was acknowledged to be tole-
rably acute at any rate, so that.the persons compos►ng the depu-
tation who waited upon his Lordship, were not the only persons
who had been egregiously deceived by these advertisements.
The LORD 1114 volt declared that he could scarcely have con-
ceived that respectable tradesmen would have resorted to such
means fur procuring custom. Reprehensible as they were, he,
however, did notsee that they were legally cognizable before him.
The deputation, after declaring their conviction that much
mischief bad been done to the subscription by these practices,
thanked his Lordship for his attention to the case, and left the
justice room. •

BOW-STREET.—Srxnntgo.— W. Collier, a man near 70
years of age, was charged, under Lord Ellenborough's Act, with
cutting and maiming Samuel Westifer, with intent to murder

Lim.

The prisoner resides in Hare-street, Bethnal-green. On the
night of last Sattirday.sennight, his wife and the wife of Samuel
Westifer, a dyer, who resides in the Jame house, had a quarrel,
and-when the prisoner came home, about 11 o'clock, his wife in-
formed him that Westifer's wife and relatiVes had called her and
her children by-Opprobrious names. The prisoner, who tray eat•
ing bread and cheese, and had a• knife in his hand, went down
stairs, and seeing Westifcr in the stmet, called to him, and in a
passage leading to the house, a sniffle ensued between them, and
the prisoner stabbed Westifor in the side with the'ltnife. Ile ex-
claimed, " I am stabbed," and fell senseless on the ground.. The
prisoner was heard to exclaim, " I've done for the rascal; he will
say no more." The prisoner was in his shirt sleeves, and Without
a bat at the time. Ile instantly went up stairs and dre,ved
and on going nut, a neighbour tried to secure him, Ina he
said, " the person is up Stairs who has done the murder," and
escaped.
William Merry, a constable, said that the prisoner came to
this office on Sunday se'nnight, and said that he had committed
a murder in Hare-street, tietknal-green, and he had come to de-

liver himself up. He said also that the man he had murdered
was named Westifer, with whom he had quarrelled for eleven
months, and he was determined to do it. Mr. Westifer was exa-
mined. Ile was allowed a seat, not being able, from loss of
blood, to stand.. He said that he never quarrelled with the pri-
soner. in his life. His wife and other members of his family had
quarrelled with the prisoner's wife. On Saturday week, about
eleven o'clock at.night, after the quarrel, the prisoner called to
him, and said he wanted to speak with him. lie went across the
street to him, and entered a passage, when the prisoner struck
him with a knife, and he fell, covered with blood. He was car-
ried away senseless.., His waistcoat and shirt were cut through,
and, for some time, his life was considered by his surgeon to be

iu imminent danger.
The prisOner said, that at the time he struck the blow, he was
not aware that he had a knife in his hand. lie bad been cutting
bread end cheese with the knife,.and was irritated by the proac-
cutorinsulting him and assault;n? him. lie could show injuries
on his legs, which were
.caoiNl by- the prosecutor kicking him
before he attempted to strike him.
The prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial.. Jle Imre a
respectable character up to this unfortunate occurrence.

WORSHIPSTREET.—BIoamv.---S. Sot!lard, a green
grocer, residing in Dorset-crescent, 11oxton Town, was brought
before the, Magistrate yesterday, charged with bigamy. It ap-
peared.that the prisoner was married to liis first wife in 1807, but
in 1511 they separated, and his wife signed a written engagement
not to interrupt or molest her husband on any future occasion.—
In 1824 the prisoner became acquainted with Elizabeth Lock, the
second wife. She was then inA,good situation in Bedford-row,
and had saved about 1001. in money. She was married to the
prisoner in June of that year, but about three months ago she
found the first wife's written undertaking., and she abin discovered
that that woman was living. Being at the time ill-treated by
the prisoner, -she left hint on the 21st of March, upon an agree-
ment that be should Allow her Zia, per week. The first wife, how-
.eLe rm,
is e
in returned
payingto
thee P
money.risonerThe
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house,, prisoner was remanded for and be did not keep his
p
a further examination.

theytt) tertain , the
SINGULAR CASE OP SELF-DEsTRUCTION. On
Friday morning last, a young man, waiter at the ArtipeallinteohlakeoeunsseTtnurotir
Ta-
vern, in the neighbout•hood of St. James's-street, drowned hi °-
self in the Thames. It appeared that to
had taken a :tcwisdeiraem:cidi
chaise out of the stahle without the approbation of his
early on
indnayTnh,uorisdn
morning,
and
whend drove about
iiap ecitat,itpti•.nhisrev• icoohurateoii:e.edodinlito : ::::
Sur-
ray aide, and stopped at the descent. ,- The tlecease*dhojutri
jumped
bao'clkt
direc-
tion of Illackfri)ira:lettd.eiddgdeo,wmn,erti,tivehsicteh
of the gig here, and told his companion that he.
in a moment. lie was then observed to rnn
steps that lead to the water. in companion, ilut'dy down ;he
ahliisgil'otndWcdlaeonlatdhyes,
lwhenying
at
the
bbyoitntokmot,tt
observed all the de-
ceased'sn.. water, with tl:e excep-
tion of his shirt. It was then near]
ing, and although every exertion
h4l two o'clock in the morn-
found some sovereigns,
hisand ager•ing been ade to find the body
of.the deceased during the day, it .
day, when it was picked up 1) it '4:4'l not distxwered until Sator-
y some vraterMen in the Middle of
the river near Wuterloo-bridge.
which be wore on his finger
death was also found in Lis t
immediately preceding ln the deceased's packets were
pocket. tousers