The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE•

BOW-STREET.-=-Messrs.. Seale and Neate, two of the elec-
tors of Malmesbury,- in Wiltshire, who were spoken of in our re-
peated notices of Collins's case at this office, and whom Mr. Well,
the solicitor to Colonel Catnary pledged himself more than once
to. produce ti«i witnesses; in support of the Colonel's eharge, pre-
Anted themselves on Thursday before Mr.: 111114siitym., aria com-
plained, through a spokesman who accompanied them, that the
newspapers had made it appear that they (Seale and Neate) were
unwilling, to come Mrward togive the necessary evidence.
it appeared Midas from what he had seen
in Atilier'nMjewl44B4u', said,
erls'thalno such impreision was intended to be con
veyed: No imputation of that kind had been cast upon the ap-
plicants during, the investigation, and he felt convinced that no
one would have insinuated that they were unwilling to come
forward, because all that was said respecting them was, that
they were not in attendance, and that it was supposed they had
not arrived in town.
The apokesnian said, he was himself a burgess of Malmes-
bury, but them he was only it simple burgess; now, Messrs.
Seale and Neate were capital burgesses, and in them and their
brother capital-burgesses, the power of electing members was
vested. They had been brought, at the instance of Mr. Well, •
all the way froth Maltneanury, and were willing to give evidence,
and it was now insinuated that they had kept away on purpose
that they might not be called. The fact was, that on the even-
ing of the final examination, they were both at -a neighbouring
tavern, ready to. come forward, but Mr. Well told them they
were not wanted.
Mr. Minsitutt. told them that if they were so Willing to give
evidence, they should have been at the Ace, instead of being at a
public-house. ,
The spokesman said they would have been, but that, Mr. Well
told them to wait at the tavern aud, refresh themselves, and he
would call them when they Were wanted. They waited and
waited, and by and_by Mr. Well, came and told them that • they
would not be wanted, for that the matter was all settled without

them.
Mr. Altrnitior.r. said be.IW noth►ng to find fault with in their
conduct, and they might return to Mahnesbury with the consci-
ousness of having done all that Was required of them.
MARLBOROUG H-STREET:—Yesterday a young woman,
named ..E'dircifieth Nash, who has been in enstody for nearly a
month, upon a charge of stabbing with intent to kill, or do
to her some grievous bodily
.harm,. another young fetnitle named
Elizabeth Chi pps, was brought` before Mr. cox., NT, the sitting ma-
gistrate, for final examination. Such has been the dangerous state
of prosecutrix, in consequence of the wounds inflicted upon her, that
she has been unableto attend to give her evidence, and the investiga-
tion of the case was necessarily deferred from time to time. The pro-
ffteutrix being sworn, stated, that she lives with her mother in Lom-

bard-court, St. Martin's-lane, and with whom the prisoner also lives
as a -lodger. On the loth of last month, they were all sitting
down at dinner, during which some trifling words passed between
herself and the prisoner, and when dinner was over, and the pri-
saner removing the things from the table, she struck the proems.
trix a blow on the face without any
.provocation, and was about
to repeat it. with her fist, when the prosecutrix put up her hands
to resist her ; the prisoner then seized one of the knives from the
table, and stabbed her with all her force in the face with it, ex-
claiming, that she would .scoop her eyes out. Fro:n the violence
of the bloW she fell upon the floor covered with blood, and became
quite insensible, in which state she continued until means were
used to restore her, and on recovering she found herself in Middle-
sex Hospital ; and there she discovered that after she fell insen-
sible on the floor, she had received three or four stabs on the head
and face, and a fourth through one of her...hands. She had conti-
nued ever since under medical treatment in the hospital; and it
wen; orly a few days ago that she was declared to he entirely out of
danger. On the 14th of May, the day previous to the prisoner's
using the knife, they had a quarrel, and blows passed between
them ; but the prosecutrix declared that on the day she was
stabbed she had used no violent language to the prisoner, or at-
tempted to strike her.
The another of the prosecutrix and another female, who were
present at the transaction, fully confirmed the prosecutrix's state-
ment.

The prisoner, who seemed to treat the whole affair with per-
fect indifference, said in her defence that the prosecutrix had
struck her. before she' used the knife. This was, however, Nei- -1
tively denied by all the witnesses.
Mr. c(MANT said, that the prisoner was placed hy.this charge
in a much mow serious situation than • she seemed to imagine.:.-
She must be sent to take her trial for a capital felony ; and, if
convicted, it was impossible to say what would be the result.
The prisoner was then committed fur trial under Lord F.llen,
borough's Act:
A poor woman, apparentiy in a very destitute and miserable
condition, indeed bordering upon starvation, applied to the Ma-
gistrate for his interference with the officers of the parish of St.
Ann's, Soho, who refused to givd her any relief, although she has
a legal claim upon that parish. •
Sir Grottaz FARHANT,
,who was present, and• at once recog-
nized the wretched applicant as having made the same appeal 'to
himself several days age, asked the poor creature if the parish had
not relieved her yet. She replied that they had not.
Sir Litortort then turning to Mr. Conant said, " Here is a
poor woman, who is and has been for several days in a starving
wretched condition. She was born in St. Ann's parish, and she
resided in St. Giles 's parish, and neither perish will relieve her.
She has been now tin six or seven days bandied about like a shut-
Ono& from one parish to the other, and although she has by
birth an undoubted legal claim on St. Antis parish, they treat all
her applications with neglect."
air Geottu FAHRANT and Mr. CoNANT then directed ,Sco-
field, the officer, to go with the poor woman to the officers of St.
•Ann's parish, and desire that they would nnmediately provide for
her, with an intimation, .thitt, if they did not, a very summary
process would he need to compel them.