The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-21 00:00:00

HUGH COURT, OF ADMIRALTY, JUNE O.

THE AVM), OA %UNA, NAASTER.
'This was an application feir the tidlitission 'Of an allegation, iii
which the question of a joint capture 'of a slave ship, where only
one vessel was engaged, was raised for the first time.
Dr. Luatitsamx, who. appeared against the admisaibility of
the allegation, stated, that the Aviso was captured on the coast of
Sierti Leone, in 1824, under Brazilian colours, buying on board
400 slaveS, by his Majesty's ship the Mafdstone, under thecorn-
maud of Commodore Bullen ; the Bann, commanded lir Captain
Courtney, being at the time in sight. The Bann received in-
structions from the Commodore in Aug, 18'24, to eruize along from
Cape Coast Roads to Cameroon, in search of slave ships. (hi .tire
2,oth of September, the two vessels accidentally met, being both en-
gaged in the LIMP service, and the Bann descried 4 'Suspicious sail,
and gave notice thereof to the Maidstone. The latter ship made
sail and captured her, when it was discovered to be the Aviso,
having on board 400 slaves. The slave ship.waS takento Sierra
Leone. The Captain of the Bann offered to assist in conveying the
slaves after the capture, hut such services were not required, and
he (Dr. Lushington) was at a loss to conceive hoW any claim for
the bounty could be made by Captain' Courtney.' In time of war
he would have been entitled to his share of prize money in the
capture of an enemy's ship, had he been in the pursuit of such
ship ; but it, was very different : no actual assistance Was ren-
dered by the Bann, and the presence of that vessel could not
produce anything like intimidation.

Dn. daustza, on behalf of Captain Ontrtney, contended that
11;3 chant was entitled to a share of the proceeds of the capture,
and referred lo tlro Ist and s.ed of Geo. IV., wherein the principle
embodied in a Proclamation, imned in October, 1816, relative to
seizures effected under the revenue hien, was acknowledged, and
made applicable to captures made of slave ships.
Dr. PHILLIMORM followed on the same side.

Lord STOWELL said he would colilider of the case, and give
his opinion on it the next Court day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOVSE.—Yeaterday a watchman, named ticking-
Om, was brought before the Lord ilayor, on the charge of having
caused the death of an Irishman, named Kelly.
John Ryder, one of the patrol fur Houndsditch, stated, that be-
tween twelve and one o'clock on Monday morning, he beard of a
disturbance near Red LionTconrt, end went there. He sew the
I),rigoller bringing along with him a man, who made a strong re-
sifitanee. Witness laid hold of him to bring him along. Ile
struck at the prLioner, who returned the attempts by striking the
num violently over the shins with a stick. They succeeded at
length in getting the man to the watch-house. Witness saw no
More than attempts to Alike the prisoner ; witness held the man
at the time thee, prisoner beat hint with the stick.
Joseph Taylor, the night emistable of that district, deplored, that
when the man was brought in there was a croo-charge between
him and the prisoner. The man, who was undoubtedly intoxi-
cated, cluirgo the prisoner with having assaulted him. The
prisoner did the sauna with respect to the man. The men's wife
tame end begged that her husband might be permitted to go home,
for site was siire he had received some severe internal injury, and
was very ill. Witness looked at the man, who had by this timc
suirk on the ground, and saw that he bad turned 'pall,
Witness
pertnitted lionm
to be taken hoe.' On Mondey night • the man
died.

, 014E4* ofTtcer btktad that the prisoner not only struck at the
4ee'"," v/hoh he watt' held hy the first witness, but struck at him
when he Wa3 f!OVVII.

The account which the prilauev gave of the' matter wee, that
trn NionditY night he w4s called upon to yrei! a diitlabttnee whit'h
had taken !daze in Red Lion-court. When he went , there, he
foul(' three Iriiihmen fighting 'on the giautith the one under-
,
neatli crying oat " murder ;*'
"L' POW air the two men who
were uppermost, when Alt tlirte itet upon hint, and &wined. bunt
he got up,, when he Wit* attacked and atria by the deceased ; he
threatened to take the th•hm.vied w tin:, Watrie.hotog Is# *trt"

again; the latter did strike, and he took him into custody ; lte
had been compelled to make use of his stick, in consequence of
the violence of the decesed.
The LORD MAYOR Said, the evidence at present showed that
the prisoner had behavid with great wantonness, not only in
striking the deceased when Ile was down, hut in beating him
while he was secured by another. officer.
An.taficer here stated that a Jury had been summoned before
the Coroner, to inquire into the ease.
The Loan MAYOR said, upon this information he should not
enter further into the investigation, hut would remand the pri-
soner until the verdict of the Coroner's Jury was given.
The prisoner was remanded.
GUILDHALL,---John Neat, a hackney-coachman, was
charged before Mr. Alderman SCDOLEY with attempting to com-
mit a burglary an the premises of Mr. Moon, the tobacconist at
the corner of Staple-inn gateway, in Holborn, about 2 o'clock on
Sunday morning.
It appeared that Carnage, a.watehman, having observed the
prisoner, with a companion, trying to force open the shop-door
with some i»strttment, crossed the street to be ready to pounce
upon them when they had effected their purpose. The thieves
noticed this movement, and crossed over to the other side of
Holborn, where they remained in conversation some time, until
the watchman approached them, and seized the prisoner, the
other fellow making a hasty retreat. At the watch-house the
constable of the night searched the prisoner slightly, and, finding
nothing to strengthen the watchman's charge, was just about to
dismiss him with au admonition, when Evans, another watch-
man, who was dozing upon the door during his hour off duty,
got up and renewed the search. A large crow-bar was then dill,
covered between his legs, and two skeleton keys in a side-pocket.
Upon examining Mr. Moon's premises, it appeared that the lock
had been spoiled in endeavouring to open the door with the skele-
ton keys, and that a part of the jamb had been chipped off in
order to wrench away the fastenings.
The Magistrate's legal adviser suggested the commitment of
the prisoner as a rogue and vagabond, for having housebreaking
I implement* in his possession ; but Mr. Alderman SCHOLEY
thought the evidence made out a greater offence, and committed
hint to the Sessions 14 the misdemeanour of attempting to break
into a house.

BOW-STREET.—On Monday afternoon, as the sitting Ma-
gistrate, Mr. HAMS, was about to leave the Bench, a smartly-.
dressed youth was brought in by two of the keepers of Kensing-
ton-gardens, charged with an outrage of a very daring and atro-
cious description. He stated his name to be John Wood, hut it
was said by some one who knew him that his real name was
Thompson. The person upon whom the outrage was committed
was Mr. Conrad . Meyer, a Swiss gentleman, living in Essex-
street, Strand, who was brought to the office door in a coach, in
an almost insensible State, with three deep wounds in his head,
which were still bleeding, and his shirt and the rest of his apparel
saturated with blood. ,He was lifted into the office, and, being
placed in a chair, he with difficulty stated shortly, that about one
o'clock on that day( he was sitting on one of the benches in Ken-
iiington-gardens, somewhat drowsy, when, without seeing or
hearing any one approach him, lie was suddenly assailed with two
tremendous blows on the head, which, at the moment, he felt had
cut him deeply. He jumped up and screamed " Murder !" and
was running away, when he received another blow, which brought
him to the ground and deprived him of his senses. He saw no
one, for he was too much terrified to look behind, and when his
senses returned he found himself in the care of the keepers at
their lodge. He hail no knowledge of the prisoner. He lost no-
thing from his pockets.
Two young men, named Stewart and Rogaiid, cork-cutters,
living near the Regent's Park, deposed that they were walking
near the lake in the Gardena,, when they heard the cry of "mur-
der" and saw the prosecutor running, and in a moment after he fell
to the ground; at the same time they saw the prisoner walking
away from the spot where be fell. One of the witnesses went to
the assistance of Mr. Meyer, while the other ran towards the
prisoner, who, as soon us he saw himself pursued, continence('
running, but was soon overtaken. When, asked what he had
done, he said " Nothing," and begged very hard to be let go ; hut
when he found that this request was not likely to he complied with,
he said " I have done something wrong, but it was want that in-
duced me to do it, and I hope I shall be forgiven, for it was my
first crime." The prosecutor was conveyed' in an insensible state
to the keeper's lodge, and when the prisoner was taken there and
saw him, he fell upon his knees, cried, and begged for pardon.—
Quo of the keepers observed that it was a pretty time to beg par-
don, after he hail killed a man ; a remark which the prisoner
heard in silence, and seemed to watch the recovery of the prose-
cutor with great armiesy, one of the keepers aaretal the pri.
tionet, mod found on hires 'only a. tome), of keys, nail a wornalea
veil of very comas materials. When further questioned by the
spectators, ,he admitted that he took part in the attack, and said
there was another person contented.. When asked by Mr. Halls,
if he had any defence to snake, he said in a tremulous tone, that
be had been for some time out of employment, and was wander-
' ing Hyde Park in great distrese on Saturday last, when he unfor-
tunately met with it young man whose name he had since mulct-
stood to be Dick Harris, with whom he got i! to conversation,
and from Harris's acconnthe also was much distressed. Harris
persuaded him (the prisoner) to accompany him to a public-house
in Clare-market, and there proposed to him to make an attempt
at picking pockets. They went to Covent-garden Piazzas, and
made sonic attempts, but were unsuccessful. The next day Har-
ris proposed to go to Kensington-gardens "for a certain purpose,'.'
and be laid the plan, and instructed him how to act. It was
Harris who struck the prosecutor, but be (the prisoner) was cer-
tainly to assist afterwards. Hanle escaped among the trees.
Mr. Hams asked the keepers if a man could have escaped on
that spot in the middle of the day, without being observed ? anti
was answered that he could very easily, the grass being sufficiently
long to conceal a man if he threw himself down.

The prisoner was ordered to be remanded, and directions given
to the officers to endeavour to find the Dick Harris spoken of,
who is well known.

•
When he wars taken to the lock-up room, ,Ford, the gaoler,
searched him narrowly, and found within his trousers a phos-
phorus box, matcher, some duplicates, and a smell chisel.
Tfie proSeentor *was conveyed home, and a surgeon, who at-
tended him, reported yesterday that he had three very severe
wounds in the head, but that they were not dangerous.
Yesterday morning Ford searched in Remington..gardens, and
found in the long grass a heavy bludgeon stained with blood.
The prisoner will be Nought up again on Thursday.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET..--Mr. Symons, surgeon, re-
siding in Earl's-court, Old Brompton, was summoned to answer
a charge of fraud, which .:was preferred by Mr. W. Johnston, a
jeweller, residing in Caroline-street, Bedford-square. It appeared
that the late. Mr. Baldwin, who was Consul-General in Upper
Egypt, was possessed of some valuable gems, rings, Egyptian
marblim, and other antiques, two cases of which he left with Mr.
Johnston, to dispose of to the best advantage; he was at the time
indebted to Mr. Johnston in a large.sum of money. Shortly after
Mr. Bsldwin's death', Mr. Symons called upon Mr. Johnston and
said it was the intention of the executors to cull upon him to give
up the propCrty, and he at the same time offered to take charge of
it. Mr. J., being well acquainted with Mr. Symons, said he had
no objection to place a portion of the pumerty in his hands. A'
few days afterwards. Mr. Symons sent to inform Mr. Johnston,
that he had spoken to the Dukeof Sussex revelling the gems, and
he hail expressed a wish to see them; •he had therstOrs promised
the Duke that he should see them the next day. BelieVing such
to he the ease, Mr. Johnston said he sent nine rings to Mr.
eons, which were set with antique gems, sod were of great
value. On the day that Mr. Symons appointed to see the Duke,
be sent his sisters to inform Mr. Johnston that he should not be
able to obtain an interview' with the Duke until Sunday morning.
This was about a month ago, and he had since repeatedly applied
to Mr. Symons for the rings, but without effect, xs he refustid to
give them up, and said he had been desired by Mr. Robson, the
executor of Mr.,Bahlwhi, to keep them in his possessiou. Mr. J.
said that he, in consequence, applied to the Doke of Sussex upon
the subject, who informed him that he hail never given any di-
maims :respecting the gems, and was never applied to by Mr.
Spume upon the subject.
Mr. Robson, the executor, said Mr. Johnston had part of his
property in his .possenion, which was to be handed over to him;
but he had not applied for: it, as he had been engaged in collect-
ing money from Govermnent, from the East India Company,, and
other places.

They were said
ere he
there wu
Mr. CoNat.vr having inquired what hid become of the rings,
ISHrizlr.ioStrLonts6iltioarn,d, ethdentihteomthteo
prtohper the
paagirsttierva.te, andley
fore given to Mr.. Robson, with Mr. Johnston's consent, end the
parties left the office,
A Gentleman, who said he was n barrister, and formerly At-
torney-General in one of the West India Islands, Wax charged with
a very serious offence by a woman named Appleby. She is about
ttO years of age, and accused the defendant with having knocked
her dawn on' the stops of a-door in Carmarthen-street, at ele;ven
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oblieerenyso(fi,rot.o'l.lnciochT7hade,
while in liquor. It. was the height of absurdity to suppose that
any man would make such an attempt, under such circumstances,
in.the Open street. _ _

Mr. i.lontiknt said, that a Jury mult decide 1411°n his gat ur
innocence, and ordered him to- find hail to answer the charge,
and lie wa loelte4 up till hit bail arrived'