The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDIIALL.—(Tuts DAY.)
A Lady of very respectable appearance made the follow..
ing charge against Mr. Wombwell, the celebrated Wild
beast Menagerie
keeper. The Lady stated that she was
aer
the wife of a Mr. Drake, k residing in Paris, a shewer of
Serpents there ; Nr:Drake had sold an Elephant to Mr.
part payment, ment, accepted two bills of
exchange in favour of Mr. D.
dated on the 26th of April,
Wombwell, who, in
one for 501., and the other for
1824., at three months,
had been paid; several attempts
20/.; neither of the bills
had been made to see Mr.
abode, those attempts had been . unsuccessful.
NV., but he having no permanent
g received the bill, and
Mr. WOBIUWELL admitted
the refusal to return it, attemptinghaD discovered that she
by saying it was only when Mrs. D.
vlilto justify his conduct
was not to have the whole of the 50/. in hard cash, that
she would not consent to the arrangement. '
Sr
.
dismiss the the part of Mr, W but
.) had no objection to
Mr. 'Wombwell did thi4
1 r"Elt LAURIE thought it extraordinary
ease on Mr. W. 's returning the 20/. bill instanter to Mr.
conduct on
D., and_paying all exp'enses.
office.
A fellow eutii„.... in
Is himself' William Ireland, and stet
.4
that he was a watchman about St. Andrew's-hill, haul
and the parties left the
that he saw two persons, male and female, the man
And the lady certainly no better than
Ravin every g
she should be.l
appearance of a respectable tradesman,
He (Charley) saw them walking up and dawn a dark
passage between 12 and one o'clock in the mornini, and
thought proper to inquire why they were there `lI e was
'
answered, they were doing no harm." Charley took
both parties to the watcli-house and kept them in
custody till One o'clack to-day, wiien he Appeared Wine

the Magistrate I He admitted that neither of the prisoners
were at all intoxicated; nor that they had done or said any
thing more than he had now related !
Sir PETER LAURIE discharged the parties, and hoped
they would take care not to be out so late at night again—
Caution ! !

BOW-STREET—(Tnts DAY.)
A Gentleman, who represented himself as a Fellow of
New College, Oxford, addressed sir R. MIME, and said,
that he had Jeen requested by the Duke of Buckingham
and Major Mansel to apply to this office for some officers to
assist in quelling a serious disturbance in Northampton-
shire, which arose from a nutting expedition, consisting of
three or four hundred persons, who proceeded from that
county into a forest in Buckinghamshire, of which the ap-
plicant was bailiff and guardian.
Sir it. BIRNIE—If they be so powerful as you state,
our officers cannot avail you.
The applicant said, that if Sir Richard would send one
or two of the Bow-street patrol to superintend the local
constables, their name would have great influence in dis-
pelling the rioters.
Sir RICHARD directed him to apply at the Secretary of
State's office, and he himself would consult Mr. Dawson,
the Under-Secretary, respecting it ; at the same time he or-
dered Ruthven, one of the officers, to hold himself in
readiness.

MARYLEBONE.—(Tnts DAY.)
A young man named John Jones and his dog, were
placed at the bar, on a charge of strolling about the streets
last night.
J. Harman, a watchman, met the prisoner and another
young man, who had each a dog, at the Middleton-
buildings, about 12 o'clock last night; they were not
making any noise, but only walking along. The prisoner's
dog sprung at a gentleman that was passing, but was pre-
vented from biting him by the prisoner. The young man
then walked along, followed by witness, till they reached
All Soul's Church, where they separated. 'Witness then
made up to prisoner, apprehended him, and lodged him and
his dog in the watch-house.
Mr. BROUGHTON.—" I am not aware of any law which
prohibits a person from walking the street at night, with
such a dog as that now at the bar, and as you say that the
prisoner prevented his dog from biting the gentleman, I do
not see why he should have been taken into custody,
let him therefore be discharged;" which he was accord-
ingly.

WORSHIP-STREET--(Tats DAY.)
This morning an investigation took place at this office,
before Mr. OSBORNE, the Magistrate, respecting a most
diabolical attempt to assassinate George Wilmore, an ac-
tive and zealous officer belonging to Hoxton, this morning
about one o'clock.

It appears that the officer has been for some time a great
annoyance to the numberless thieves that infest the neigh-
bourhood. Not long since he caused some desperate
characters to be held to bail, for obstructing him in the
execution of his duty. Repeated applications have been
Made to him by the friends of the parties to arrange mut-
ters, but all compromise was peremptorily refused.
Last night Wilmore did duty at the watchhouse in Ro-
bert-street, as night-constable, and about one o'clock this
morning, he was relieved by u brother officer, and was pro-
ceeding home, when near the Queen's Head public-house,
he was alarmed at the report of a pistol, and the next mo-
ment he was struck with something in the breast, that
caused him to stagger several paces; the watchman, who
had heard the report, came running to the spot, and
found Wilmore terribly alarmed, who on recovering
himself, discovered that a pistol bullet had passed
through the lapelle of his coat. Instant pursuit took place,
and in Queen's Head-lane two men were seen running as
fast as they could, yet although the watchmen raised
every possible alarm, they succeeded in escaping.

The Magistrate on heating these
.particulars, told
Wilmore that he should have every assistance.

MARLBOROUGH7STREET.—!--(Tway DAY.)

•
Sarah Smith, a remarkably fine-looking woman, was
brought up from a watchhouse.
A. watchman stated, that he heard a female screaming at
a quarter before twelve last night. He went into Church-
court, and saw the prisoner sitting on the step of a door.
She claimed his. protection, and he took. her to the watch-
house; she appeared then to be inebriated. She was or-
dered to be detained, and heft the o►fice with a seek-
less air. •

QUEEN-SQUARE--{Tiers DAY).
A youth named Samuel Hall, was brought up in cus-
tody on a charge of felony. He was remanded for further
examination; and the prosecutor ordered to attend on a
future day.

UNION-HALL—(Tms.

• PLEASURES OF MATRIMONY.—Widiam Davis, a respect-
able-looking old gentleman, was charged by Maria Davis,
his -wife, with the following brutality :
Mrs. Davis, a female of some fifty years, was placed in
the witness-box ; one of her eyes was dreadfully swollen,
the other bore all the varied colours of the rainbow, and
she was evidently suffering under considerable corporeal
incapacity from the blows she had received. She stated,
that for' the last two or three years the violence used to-
wards her by her husband was so excessive, that she was
almost in daily expectation of death; she had been mar-
ried upwards of thirty years, and, until recently, her hus-
band and herself had passed their lives in comparative
tranquillity ; she could not account for the recent alteration ;
at her time of life it could not arise from jealousy—her own
mind assured her that it did not proceed from neglect ; and
having mentally and physically endeavoured to counteract
the evil, she found herself at last compelled to resort to the
Magistrate's interference. She, towever, sincerely hoped
that, in the exercise of that interference, he would not be
induced to inflict any degrading or severe punishment.
Mr. SWABEY, the presidingMegistrate, in a tone of sur-
prise and commiseration, asked the defendant what he had
to offer in defence of much conduct.
The defendant entered into a violent tirade against his
wife, complaining of neglect; and concluded by abruptly
saying, that he had bail in attendance, and was prepared
to meet the case.
Mr. SWABEY.—Your proposition of bail I shun demand,
but that will not be sufficient. I shall bind you to keep
the peace towards your wife, and also to appear to an-
swer any charge that may be preferred against you at the
Sessions, as the unfortunate woman in the witness box
swears she is in danger of her life.
lie was then held to bail, himself in 40/., and two sure-
ies in 201. each.

wretched looking young
HATTON-GARDM---(Tuts DAY).
placed at the bar, charged
creature,GaosS
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with stealing several articles of wearing apparel, and three
pounds sixteen shillings in money.
It appeared from the evidence of a woman named
Wright, that the prisoner and her mother lodged in her
house, in a Court in Vine-street ; but that so depraved
were the habits of the girl, that nothing was safe within
her reach. She bad so frequently robbed her mother, who
was a poor hard-working woman, that when she had any
money it was given into the hands of witness for safety.
The Magistrate, Mr. Sergeant SWAN, said thatte scarce-
ly ever heard of so much depravity in one of the prisoner's
age. He should therefore remand her.for a week, during
which time, every exertion should be made by the parties
to trace any portion of the lost property.
The prisoner was taken front the bar laughing.

DUDLEY.--.THE IRON TRADE.---With pleasure I
state that there is a visiblik, improvement in the iron
trade. Some considerable orders have lately been re-
ceived, and rather a brisk demand exists. I, hope it
may continue.
Pigs may be rated as follows :--At
three months, and about 2s. 6d. per ton less for cash,
No. 1, 31.55. No. 2, 41. 17s. 6d. Na. 3, 44. 10s.
No. 4, or common forge, 41. 59. Many houses are
much pressed for supplies at these prices.--The nail
trade is Ow looking up,-:—Birminghana Chronicle.