The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. L—, a respectable mer-
chant in the city of London, was apprehended upon a
warrant, which was granted on the preceding day, upon
the oath of the Hon. Win. Erskine Cochrane, brother of
Lord Cochrane, that he (Mr. Cochrane) believed his life to
be in danger from the violence of Mr. L—.
A dispute had arisen between the complainant and de-
fendant upon the subject of the steam-vessel called the
Irresistible, purchased some time since for the Greeks, and
which, upon being put to the test as to the velocity of her
motion, was found better qualified for going back than
forward. This vessel, as she deserved, in the opinion of
every body well-disposed towards the Greek cause, caught
fire, and was burned down so much as not to be convertible
into any thing calculated to advance the cause in which she
was intended to be concerned, and it was determined to dis-
pose of her ruins to the highest bidder. Major the Hon.
Mr. Cochrane had, we understand, the disposal of her, and
Mr. L— became the purchaser. A misunderstanding,
however, took place between Mr. Cochrane and Mr. L—
upon the validity of the purchase, and things went, as will
be seen, nearly to an extremity, if credit be given to the
particulars of the charge.
The complainant in accusing the defendant said, that
it was not necessary to detail the origin of the charge. He
begged to be understood as not being aware of any cause
for the existence of animosity in the breast of Mr. L— to-
wards him individually. In every circumstance that oc-
curred between them, he (Mr. Cochrane) had acted in the
most unimpeachable manner. Mr. L—, however, had
entertained towards him a strong enmity, attributable,
doubtless, to an imaginary and foundationless sense of
wrong, and threatened to cane him in the Royal Exchange.
He despised this menace in consequence of the alarming
condition of the defendant's mind, but another threat had
been used, and from its nature and the evident violence of
the defendant's disposition, there were grounds for appre-
hending the result, and that the attack would be not open
perhaps, but of such a description as could not well be re-
sisted.
The Loon MAvoit asked what Mr. L— said about
shooting ?
Major Cochrane stated that the defendant talked of the
use of pistols and balls, and said that lie was not afraid of
officers, but would first cane, and then be willing to
shoot him.

The LORD MAYOR asked whether the Major heard the
defendant use the threats himself ?—The Major (as we un-
derstood him) replied in the affirmative, but he had wit-
nesses who would put the facts beyond all dispute.
The Major then called Mr. Hodgson, who, before he
said a word on the subject of the charge, told the Lord
Mayor that he had had a serious misunderstanding of a
personal nature himself with Mr. L--. He then stated,
that he was in Mr. L—'s counting-house, and beard him
say that if Major Cochrane was there, he should like to
shoot at him across the desk.
Mr. James M'Pherson had called at Mr. L—'s on Mon-
day, who said, in the course of some conversation, that he
would go on 'Change and cane Major Cochrane, or if the
Major would give him an opportunity and fight him with
pistols, be (Mr. L—) would fight him, and blow his brains
out.

The LORD MAroa.—There is enough to justify me in
demanding bail; two in 1001. each, and himself in 5001.
Will that satisfy you Major Cochrane.
Major Cochrane, who supposed that his antagonist was
only to be bound himself in the sum of 1001., said that Mr.
L— had always stated himself to be a man of large pro-
perty, and that of course 100/. would be nothing to such a
person in impeding the prosecution of his vengeance.
Mr. Davis denied that the life of the complainant had
been threatened by Mr. L—.

The defendant was then bound over in the above-men.
tinned sum, and the parties retired.

MARLBOROUGH-S 7 BEET. —About a fortnight ago
Miss Benyon, a young lady residing in Grosvenor-square, was
defrauded of a valuable gold watch, by a man well known as
a notorious writer of begging letters. He had called at Miss
Benyon's house, and left a small parcel, containing a peti-
tion fin- that lady's perusal, saying that he would call again
in the course of the same day for an answer, and to have
the parcel back. Unluckily Miss Benyon had given direc-
tions that Mr. Earnshaw, her watchmaker, should send on
that very day for a watch, belonging to her sister, Lady
Middleton, which her Ladyship had left with Miss Benyon
to get repaired ; and, in order to have the watch ready to
be delivered to Mr. Earnshaw when he should send, Miss
Benyon made it up in a small parcel, and placed it on the
table by the side of the begging parcel, which was waiting
for its owner to call. In the course of the day the man
returned as he had,promised, and the servants having in-
formed Miss Benyon that a man waited below for a parcel,
that lady, supposing that it was some one from Mr. Earn-
shaw, carried the watch parcel herself down stairs, and ob-
set wing to the man, whom she had never seen before, that
ske presumed he came from Mr. Earnshaw for the watch,
she handed to him the parcel containing it, desiring him
to get it done as soon as possible. The man said not a
syllable in reply, but bowing assent to what Miss Benyon
said, took the watch, and walked away with it. Mr. Earn-
shaw's man having soon after called, the fraud was then
discovered; but no trace could be found either of him or
the watch until Monday last, when Scofield, one of the
officers of this establishment, got hold of the duplicate,
upon which he learned the watch had been pledged at the
shop of Mr. Brown, a pawnbroker in Gray's-inn-lane, for
seven guineas ; and from the description given by Air.
Brown's shopman of the person who pledged it, there is no
doubt but it was the man himself. Yesterday Mr. Brown
and his shopman attended before Mr. DYER, and produced
the watch, when Scofield complained that Mr. Brown's
shopman gave him every possible obstruction when he went
to look at the watch, until, at last, Scofield quitted the
shop, declaring his determination to procure a search-war-
rant, when the shopman called him back, and with much
reluctance did show him the watch. Mr. Brown himself
was not at home at the time.
Mr. DYER observed, that the conduct of this shopman
Was highly censurable ; and he was glad that Mr. Brown
had not sanctioned such extreme impropriety. He then
ordered the case to stand over until Saturday, when he di-
rected that Mr. Brown and the shopman should again at-
tend and produce the watch, and when it is expected that
the man will be in custody.

MARYLEBONE. —Joanna Murphy, a young Irish
widow, and Mary Linch, her servant, were charged with
assaulting and obstructing Lawrence Isaac Nathan, a
sheriff's officer, and Thomas Ward, his assistant, in the exe-
cution of their duty.
Mr. Nathan stated, that having a warrant under the
Sheriff of Middlesex to execute upon the person of Captain
William Wallace Dunlop, he and Ward proceeded on
Tuesday night to one of the Moscow cottages in Bayswater,
of which Mrs. Murphy says she is the occupier, for that
purpose. They entered the garden gate, and gave a single
knock at the door, " Who is there?" said some female,
and the officer made no answer. Presently the defendant
Linch carefully opened the door to the extent of two or three
entrance.inches.
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a thick stick to prevent
her from again shutting it, and endeavoured to force an
The Captain called out for a hatchet, a carving, knife, and"
a poker, swearing, " So help me
i G—d, the first man who
enters I'll Cleave his skull, even f I am hanged at Tyburn
afterwards." " It's of no use to make resistance, Captain,"
said the officer's 'assistant, "we must havo you." 4, Never
from this house alive," replied the Captain
, -aPtain ; " I have a
carving knife, it's jol!y good one, don't you hear it?"' at
the same time rubbing it against something as if to sharpen
it—'' and the first man who lays his hand upon me it shall
go through him,' The officers saw M Lunch
hatchet Murphy Pi.it a
hatchet and a poker into the hands of the Captain : inch
threw water upon them, and afterwards the lady and her
servant came out of the house, drove, or rather dragged
the officers from the place, and defeated their purpose.
The charge was not denied.
Mr. RAWLINSON said it was• of a very serious nature,
and ordered the defendants to find bail.
Two privates in the 'second battalion of Coldstream
Guards, were charged with highway robbery.
Ann Wearthy, a nurse in the service of Mr. Lorraine,

at No. 7, Store-street, Bedford-square, stated that betifie
six and seven o'clock, on Tuesday evening, she asked the
prisoners, who were standing in Oxford-street, the way t°
Baker-street. They directed her down Orchard-street,
and, in three or four minutes afterwards, followed her.
pushed her down, and took from under her arm a bundle
of linen-drapery, covered with paper, and tied up in a 100
handkerchief. She followed one of them into Portman'
street barracks without losing sight of him, and swore to the
other's identity, who was afterwards apprehended, he.'
above cause she observed his features in Oxford-street,'
They were sent to Newgate for trial.

TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.—A young wom3°
was summoned for wounding James Ford, a lad of 18'
with a poker.
The defendant lived a short time since a fellow-servd
with the complainant, and became so enamoured of hitt,'
that on his quitting that service she followed him to
next place, and annoyed him to that degree with her ito'
portunities to marry her, that, to use the poor fellovi!,
own expressions, " his life was near worried out of hitn•
On Saturday she went again ; and on his telling her itd
was useless to persist in such conduct, for which he b$
given no cause, she drew the red-hot poker from the fire
and struck him twice across the face with it, and afterward:
" jobbed" him in the mouth with the knob-end of it, 81'1
cut his under-lip open, and was only restrained from sv
tempting further injury by the interference of other per
sons in the room.
This meek candidate for wedded bliss being called 14°,1'
to explain, chose to remain silent, and was held to bai"
the Magistrate observing, that whosoever's lot it was to b 4
blessed with her was likely to have a comfortable title
of it ; and at the closing of the office she was locked UP
in default. •