The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL—James Abbott was brought before
Sir PETER, LAtialE on Saturday, for re-examination,
charged with maliciously cutting or wounding Anna, his
wife, at their apartment in Fetter-lane, and described in
former papers.
Carlisle, the constable, stated that he had been to the
hospital that morning, and found the wife up and about,
but the. surgeons were of opinion, that from the state of
the weather, and the danger that might arise if she should
take cold, it would be improper to sutler her to come out
that day.
Sir Pwritn. 'LAURIE said be should not be hurried, the
case should 'hand over till Thursday, when he Would at-
tend to hear it.
Mr. Llarmer informed the prisoner that some friend of
his had retained him to conduct the defence, and he should
advise him to make no objection to the course proposed.
The prisoner was therefore remanded.

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BOW-STREET.—On Saturday Mr. Thomas, the
constable of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, whose year of
office will expire in a few days,''Waited upon Mr. HALLS,
the sitting Magistrate, with -a 'requisition signed by the
Churchwardens of the ahove parish, recommending him to
the Magistrates of this office, as a fit and proper person to
be appointed a special constable for the ensuing year.
Mr. HALLS, after glancing slightly at the requisition,
laid itdown and said,—" I find, Mr. Thomas, on referring
to the reports published in the morning papers of yesterdAy
(Friday), of what took place on the preceding-day at the
inquest which was holden on the bodies of the unfortunate
persons who were killed by the falling of the houses' in
Exeter-street; you there stated that you had made an ap-
plication to the Magistrates of this office on the subject of
other ruinous- houses in-the parish, with a view to have
them cleared of their inhabitants, in order to prevent a re-
currence of the calamity which has unfortunately taken
place in Exeter-street." [Mr. Halls here took up a morn-
ing paper of Friday, and read the passage to which he had
referred, by which. Mr. Thomas was reported to have said,
that Mr. Halls declined to interfere, on account of a legal
difficulty; but that 'Mr. Minshull said he would have no
objection to stretch, the law a little in the cause of hnma.
nity, provided that Mr. Thomas would produce evidence to
support his application respecting the dangerous state of
the houses be had named.] "Now," continued Mr. Halls,
"in answer to this statement, I can only say that no such
application was ever made.to me, and consequently I could
not have made the reply imputed to me." Something of

the kind had, it was true, been mentioned.to.Mr.3linsbull
who consulted him (Mr. Hails) upon the'snbjeet, when he
stated to Mr. Minshull his impression with 'regard to the
law respecting condemned houses; which conversation Mr.
Thomas had very likely overheard and misrepresented at
the inquest. Mr. Halls, after observing that on all occa-
sions he felt most desirous to exercise his authority as a
Magistrate in providing for ,the public safety, said it was
really too bad that, when Magistrates were sa (43111:Hied,
their motives should be misrepresented by notoriety-mon-
gers and busy meddling people.
Mr. Thomas attempted to explain, but
Mr. HAW, ,pointing to the passage iu the ne*epaper of
which he complained, said that Mr. Thomas could not
deny bis own words, and added, that, what he had stated.
on his oath, at a solemn inquiry, was utterly false.
Mr. Thomas—Sir, I repel your assertion with indigna-
tion. lam just as incapable as you are to assert that
which is false, either on my word or on. my oath.
Mr. HALLS—There are your words, Sir. tagain re-
peat that, your saying you made any application to me, is
utterly false. if a proper representation had been made
to me upon the sObjeet of unsafe buildings, I should have
lost no time in'averting the danger, as,,l did On.a foriner
oecasion, with respect 'to some ruinous houses in St. Mar.. 7
tin's parish. In the present instance tam drawn into a

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transaction of which.l.know nothing, and am represented
by the public press, who derives its information from noto-
riety-mongers and persons of that description, as being
wholly•indifierent to the safety of the public.
Mr. Thomas—But alloW rue, Sir, to explain.
Mr. HAti.s.Suffer me to. proceed, 'Sir. _ In the con-
versation which I had with Mr. Alinshull, I stated what I
conceived to be the law upon the subject; and I now re.
peat, that I should be very cautions in stretching the law
to meet the personal, Views of any individual. I conceive
the 'state of thelaw,with regard to ruinous` houses to be
this :—When a representation is made'to a Magistrate that
a house is ruinous, and • unsafe any hinger to be tenanted,
the Magistrate ought to refer the matter to the parish
authorities, who should give instructions to their surveyor
to iaspect the premises in.question. If he find that the
house is as represented, be is at once empowered to condeinn
it. The law, however, in its extreme anxiety to protect
the right
iglit of possession," has. unfortunately made no I)r.°-
vision, by which persons residing in ruinous honses could
be ejected from them ; • and. therefore if a.Magistt•iite pro-
ceeded vi armis toliispossess 'the inhabitants,-and turn
them out neck and heels, he would he acting t xtrajudicially.
Under particular circumstances, however, such a.streteh!of
power would.bejnstified, although that power should be
used with .the greatest eaution.and discretion..
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• T4olnaS exPlained—What the
,newspapers • had
called a public application took place,. nok.in the public
office, but in a private room, where Mr. Halls vertuirtlY

expressed his fears:that the state of the law upon the sub-
ject of ruinous houses would - not warrant the interference
of a Magistrate in ejecting the inhabitants, upon which
Mr. Minshull observed he had no objection to stretch a
point to prevent human life from frying endangered. Mr.
Thomas added • his solemn declaration, that he had never
made any application to Mr. Halls upon the subject, and
consequently the newspapers had mistaken him.
Mr. Haus—There are your own words, Sir; it is
useless to deny them ; and to show the effect they have
produced, I find there is a.letter in the Morning Herald
of to-day, holdirb, up my conduct to public censure, and
lauding that of Mr. Alinshull. So much for notoriety-
mongers.
Mr. Thomas—l am no notoriety-monger, Sir; I scorn
the appellation. I have exercised my best abilities in the
service of the public without receiving one shilling reward,
and can therefore have no interest in making false statements.
. Mr. HALLs—It is not necessary for me at present to
advert to the interest which you may or may not have in'
the matter, Mr. Thomas. I only know that the statement
to which I have referred is utterly false. With regard to
your present application, I shall merely observe, that it is
my intention to lav this requisition before my colleagues.
At the same time I. think it but right to acquaint you, that
from the evidence of your conduct in the affair which I
have mentioned—l mean your having sworn to that which
you must have known to be false—l am of opinion that
we cannot possibly comply with this requisition, which I
find eecommends you to the situation of special constable.
If, however, you should hereafter apply to be appointed a
street-keeper, and that you produce the necessary testi-
monials, we shall give the matter our best consideration.
Mr. Thomas—Sir, you are extremely kind. I thank
you. Saying which he made a low reverence to the bench
and withdrew.

This statement made by Mr. Thomas before the Coro-
ner's Jury was not on oath, as the Magistrate erroneously
supposed.

HATTON-GARDEN..-- George Edwards, committed
from this office last week on a.ebrge of stabbing, with in-
tent to murder, Thomas Sammerfield, at , Holloway, was
brought up on Saturday, and, then ordered to Newgate.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—A female, who had
been in the service of Lady Greeley, complained to Sir G.
FARRANT that her Ladyship had refused to deliver up her
clothes or pay her her wages. The applicant stated that
she had been About ten days in the servioe of Lady Gresley.
as cook,, when she became. disgusted with her .situation,
and therefore determined to quit the house. Her ladyship
having heard her determination, came down into the kit-
chen with a drawn'sWord in her hand, and brandishing it
about, said she knew how to use it if her coachman did not.
The applicant said she became greatly alarmed at her lady-
ship's conduct, -and requested permission to, leave the
house, which her Ladyship granted, but refusedto pay her
her wages, or to allow her to take away her clothes.
Sir GEORGE said he considered it ;lost extraordinary
conduct on the part of Lady Gresley, and directed God-
dard, an officer, to proceed to her Ladyship's residence,
and endeavour to prevail upon her to give the applicant her
clothes and wages.
The officer instantly went to her Ladyship's residence,
but she refused to see him, and informed him, through one
of the servants, that "she had discovered a stain upon the
cook's character, and therefore would not pay her.'!
Sir GEORGE asked the applicant who resided in the
house with Lady Gresley ?—She replied, that the servants
who were at that time in the house did not leave her ser-
vice, because they could not obtain their wages. She had
also a youth residing with her, whom she called her page,
and an addition had been made to her household by a
couple of. parish constablee,.WhOM she had employed some
weeks ago, when she charged her servants with conspi-
racy, and who now refused to quit the house until they
had been paid for their trouble.

Sir GEORGE again expressed his astonishment at Lady
Gresley's conduct, and again directed the officer to pro-
ceed to her residence, and inform her that he was anxious
she should restore the servant her clothes.
The officer went but returned in a few minutes, and
stated that when he got to the house her ladyship. was in
the act of stepping into her carriage, and she said she had
not time to attend4to the affair.
The MacisraATE said, that he was anxious that the
matter should be arranged without any harsh measures
being resorted to to procure the restoration of the clothes.
He expected that Lady Greeley would have. treated his
communication with respect, and if she had not given up
the clothes to the servant, would have condescended to
explain why. she detained them. The Magistrate then
inquired if Sir Roger Gresley visited her ladyship.
The applicant replied, that she had nevei seen Sir
Roger at the house, and did not think that he visited her
ladyship.
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The officer was then directed to attend again upon her
ladyship.'
QUEEN-SQUARE.--Saturday the office was crowded
with parochialofficers to hear the-result of an investiga-
tion concerning.somelrausactions which took place during.
the week in .St. Margaret's watch-house, and which were
stated to be of frequent occurrence; to the great surprise
of Messrs. WHITE and Manajorz, the sitting Magistrates.
On Thursday morning last Morgan, the night constable,
in his sense of, public.duty, charged Yesey ivitir having
locked a gentleman up in the watch-house without enter-
ing the charge in the book, and also; after having searched
him, refused to leave the property found with him (Mor-
gan), which he considered he ought to have done, as he
was nighfconstable.
Mr. Witiwx fined him 20s. for not entering the charge
in the book..

Vesey now charged Morgan with similar practices.

, James Slater, of Vauxhall-road, ,deposed that on Wed-
nesday evening between eleven and twelve o'clock, he was
returning home through Regent-street, Vauxhall-road,
when he met a female, who endeavoured to Prevail upon
him to accompany her home, which he refused, 'and on
leaving her in the street he found she had robbed him of
three half-crowns : he calledthewatchman and gave her in
charge. On going to the watch-house, he offered to let
her go if she would return the money, when she gave him
back two half.croWns he then told her, if-she would: give
the watchman sixpence for his trouble, he would not press
the charge against her. This 'she refused, and she was ac-
cordingly taken to the watch-hCrse, where he charged her
with the robbery, and she vas locked up. Morgan then
went and spoke to her, and after he came out, asked wit-
ness if he had not taken some money monerfrom the woman;
and lie acknowledged having -received-five shillings from
her, part of the money-she-had robbed• him of. Morgan
then said, " You haVerobbed her of-some moriey,•which
she says a gentleman give.her in the Vauxhall-road, and
you Shall be locked The woman was then brought
out, and, to his great 'surprise, charged Mini With robbing
her, and lie was locked up. In a few minutes he was
brought out, and, under threats of_ being locked up for the
night, left the five shillings-in' Morgan's hand, and was
discharged with the woman, and was told, if he had any
charge against her, to go to 'Queen-square in the morning.

William Turner, the watchman, fully corroborated the
evidence of Slater.

'Mr. WairE observed, that' the situation of constable,
.when properly executed, was a most honourable employ-
ment; but he was sorry to say, the office had been brought
into disgrace by persons totally-unfit for' the situaiion, and
who served as deputies for the paltty sum of .51. • The
system was altogether bad-, and it ,Was-mit to be credited
that suck. persons would give. up • their time and trouble
without there was something else to be made by it,„and if
that could be done in - en honourable manner it was all"
very well ; but here was a deputy-constable dispositlg of
charges without ever entaring,them in the .book, locking
up. a British subject, depriving him of his liberty, for ten
hours,.detaining.propeity found on the., parties; and, the
Magistrates to know nothing
.of the matter; And these
trans4ctions:T*ld, in all probability,. have continued had
not,,adispute ensued, because- Vesey refused to leave some
property with Morgan.. ~,Such, . scandalous . conduct lie
could not look over, evensupposiug he had acted in error,
and lie should fine him in the penalty of 40s.
The fine was paid in the course of the day.

THAMES-OFFICE.—ExTENsivE ROBREav or AN
East-Note MA N.—On Saturday Denis Mahoney, Cor-
nelius Driscol, AndreTliylle.s, and John Dillon, four
lumper 6,". or. men employed in ballasting ships in the
River Thames, were:charged before Mr. Baonzair on ans-
picion of being concerned:in an. extensive robbery of jewel-
lery. on board the Albion, free-trading East Indianian, now
on her voyage to Calcutta.o
About two months ago the Albion took in her cargo at
Blackwell, amongst which was a box of jewellery of. little
less value than 7,0001., shipped. as. a venture by a trier-
, chant, and regularly reoeipted by the mate. The four pri-
soners were employ ed in the loading, and when completed
they were discharged, and.the vessel sailed for the Downs.
On its tbo,proper„officers- prepared.to 0 trim the
oargo,"..or ascertain the proper stowage of the Jading, and it
broken off and its contents abstracted, excepting only a small
prisoners, who all reside at. Poplar, and are in very poor
cowaaseks.e u- vas-,then en discovered that the lid of the jewel box bad been
set
ao
an
e made. an extraordinary 4lisplay lately of
Cont
a
fining, one ear-ring. The .vines of the four
dress, bedecked With ,splendid , rings, brooches, and ear..
rings. The alteration excited
.svapicion, and it being re-
collected that the- men had.been employed is loading the
vessel, they were all apprehended on Friday night, and re-
Mauded for a week.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BRUNSWICK

CLUB.

A numerous meeting of the Nobility, Clergy, mid
Gentry of Buckinghamshire, was held yesterday at
the White Hart, near Aylesbury, to consider the
propriety of forming a Brunswick Constitutional
Club in that county, on the principle of the other
Clubs of a similar name formed in London, Dub-
lin, &c.

The Marquis of CHANDOs, M.P., was unanimously
called to the chair.
Amongst those present were Lord Lake, Sir Jon
Dashivood King, Bart. General O'Lcighliits the
Rev. Dr. &obeli, Captain Chace, the Rev. Mr,
Pretyman, and a long list of reverend
.gentlemen;
and the gentry of the county► There were upwards
c f 200 individuals present.
The Noble CHAIRMAN opened the business of tl►e
day by reading the declaration of the Brunswick
Club of the metropolis, which contains the principles
on which these clubs are founded.
The Marquis of CIIANDOS stated, that this deca,
ration contained the. principles of the Metropolitian
Institution, on which it was now sought to.establish
a branch in connexion with it in this extensive
county. These principles were those which he had
cultiVated during the whole course of his life, and
which he trusted he should maintain till the latest
moment of his life. " The time," continued his
Lordship," has at length come, when the sentiments
of the Protestant nation must be boldly and .explicitly
declared. This is the more necessary, when we con-
sider the seditious proceedings of the demagogues in
Ireland, where there could DO longer'be said to:be
security either for. life .or property, but dependently
on the will of the Popish priests. lam aware that
the present Administration are desirous, before they
legislate on the subject of the Catholics, that the
• feelings of the t rigliskpeople should be declared as
to the propriety of further concessions to the RoMan
Catholics. The.
,Noble Laid; in ,it very energetic
manner, entreated all who valued the blessings of
the glOrions COnStittition of' 1688, to come forward
and declare their determination to maintain that Con-
stittifinTi .ttrrisOate.
The Rev. Pr. Scobell, Sir John Dashw,ood '
the Rev. Mr. Williams,and Other gentlemen stie-
cessively -addressed, the meeting in support rlhe,
resolutions, which Went to regulate the manage-
nient of the club,.. of which the Marquis of Chandos
was nominated President, and Sir John D. Kiig,
Bart., Vice-President, for the present year. A coin,
mittee, consisting of 14. gentlemen (seven of them
clergymen of the Established Church), was ap-
pointed, with power .to add to their numbers. It
was.also resolved—" That aletter should be written
to the secretary of the Brunswick Club of-London,.
and also to the secretary of the Brunswick Club of
Dublin, to inform thenn of the establishment of an
institution in this county, founded on the same prin-
ciple, of opposing' any further concession of political
power to the Roman Catholics, and to request their
co-operation and support."
After the Noble 'Marquis had left the chair, up-
wards of 200 gentlemen entered their names 'as
members of the club.