The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MAN'SION-HOTISE.—.-Vesterday Captain Sinclair, of the
ship Hettenbt, wiiiagaln brought b4ote the LOAD MAYOg, 'on a
charge til havitlg assaulted a man named W. Bull, when twn me-
dical gentlemen attended, and declared the invalid was going on
ravourahly. One of theM, the 'gentleman who gave evidence on
the first examination, said it Was very itriproliable that fatal,con-
,
seltiefic6 ivouid
The Loun MAiros admitted the Captain to hail in the com-
mon sum—two of 201. and his own sureties for 401.

The Captain produced a legal document, giving him notice
from the invalid elan action to recover damages for the injury he
had sustained, The Captain said, that from the first be believed
the whole io be an attack open hiS pocket. This last proceeding
convinced him of it.
A poor wretched-looking woman complained of the'condtict of
the parish officers of Bishopsgate. She said she had four children,
for whom she generally got a liVelihood by, winding silk ; she was
now, however, out of lvoric, and two of her children being'sick
and helpless, she applied to the perish racers for relief. They, had
given her relief before, but they now positivelysefused to give her
anything.
The overseer said, they had given this woman 6s. per week ;
but When she last came for relief, instead of begging AS she ought,
she positively demanded it in such an insolent manner, that they
thought themselves boon(' to reject the application.
The Loan MAYOR.--4 beg distinctly to be understood by parish
officers, and all persons, when I say that the poor are not bound
to tcy for relief ; they have as much right to it, as any of us ftdire
to the property which we may enjoy.
The Overseer,-.Yes, my Lord ; but they should ask far it in a
proper manner.
The Loan 31AvOn--Xertaitily they ought; but considerable
allowance nitutt 4 Marie fOr their ignorance, and they must not
be expected at all times to act with the same decorum as persons
of education. In what I have said Ido not wish to be consi-
dered as making any harsh observations on the overseers of that
parish. It is very large, and the poor, I know, arc numerous
and unfortunate.

t to Messrs, Gray, pawnbrokers
in cviVeelwitilAt,ia..ll;--earAell
tgolst!dstiauntrrions to show why they refused
to pei-mit It Mr: .Sfocitdate, who had pledged with them two
volimies o pottraita of 3131-filth pada, to hasped the entry of the
sale thereof, a penny being duly tendered for the inspection, and
why they refused to pay over to the complainant, after deducting
the principal and profit thereon, the surplus of the amount for
which the books were sold.

The complainant stated, that he pledged the books in July,
1825, for 1/. ; that they were sold because they were not re-
deemed in July, 1828, although he particularly desired Messrs.
Gray to keep them back for a short time, and that be, like
Most other people, thought it quite unnecessary to inquire, if
the books had been sold for more than the loan upon them
and the expenses. Seeing his two volumes put up for sale at
a bookseller's at Knightsbridge a few days since, he walked in,
confessed the circumstances under which he had parted with
them, and learnt that the bOokseller had bought them for three
guineas at Messrs. Machin and Debenham's sale of forfeited arti-
cles. He accordingly applied to Messrs. Gray for the surplus,
who refused to give him any information, and actually insulted him.
The assistant to Messrs. Gray now produced the requited ac-
count-book, and admitted the sale to the extent of Si. Is., which,
after deducting the loan of IL, the year's interest, 55., and the
auctioneer's charge', Ss., left a balance of 1/. 135., which he
proposed to set off against Messrs. Grays' losses upon other arti-
cles pledged by the complainant, which had not sold for the
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prminpal and expenses. This mode of setting off the profit upon
some articles against the lots upon others, he said, was always al-
lowed by Sir R. Birnie, at Bow-street.
Sir PETER Lactate raid he had nothing to do with any other
pledge than that of the two books ; and, according to the letter of
the act, the pawnbroker must pay over the surplus above the loan,
interest, and expellees, without reference to losses upOn any other
pledges. He would recommend Mr. Gray to do so. If he did
not, Mr. Gray Must attend in person ; and if the same facts were
proved on a future day, he would be convicted in the penalty of
10/., and treble the sum the books were originally pawned for.
Mr. Stapleton, a fishmonger in Holborn, appeared upon sum-
mons, for refusing to pay the carriage and porterage of a parcel
of woodcocks brought to London from Barnstaple, for sale, by the
Royal Devon coach.
Mr. Stapleton said the parcel was carried to the office at Barn-
staple, from which the 'Royal Devon and the NorthDeven coaches
start, with a direction upon it that iksbould ho conveyed by the
latter. The reason of this was, that the carriage wee charged
lower, awl the woodcocka reached hies a whole day sooner ; but
in spite of the very positive direction that the parcels should go
by the North Devon, the bookeeper waisted in sending them by
the Royal; and he was informed by the owners of the former
coach that he was not bound to pay thing for carriage 'under such
circumstances.

Sir P. LAURI& said, the charge for carriage must be paid to
the Royal, because it was actually due to it; with the manner in
which the woodcacka were put into the Royal, he (Sir Peter)
{sad nothing to do. The North Devon might have started be-
fore the parcel arrived, or without its being thought of: at all
events, if there was any trickery, it must rest with the Barnstaple
coach-office.

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The defendant was ordered to pay the carriage, porterage, slim-
mons, and the porter for loss of time in attending that day.
BOW-STREET.—Yesterday morning, a young man, wheat
appearance bespoke extreme poverty, presented himself to the
notice of Sir R. BigNlt end Mr. AiniNnuLL, stating that his
name was Wilmott, end that he was a son of the Princess Olive
of Cumberland. lie was now determined to go to sea, and with
that intention he had just left the workhouse, and.was on his
way to Gravesend to procure a ship. He was without the means,
however, of buying a bit of bread on the road, unless the Ma-
gistratee Would kindly assist him.

Sir R. BIRNIZ observed, that the moment he laid his eyes on
the applicant, he knew him to be a son of the person whom he
called his mother, and he wondered hew the Princess, as she
styled herself, could deny a connexion which was apparent to all
the world. Sir "Richard then presented the young man with
half-a-crown, to help him on, the road; and wished him success,

Richard Arnold and Benjamin Brown were placed at the
bar, charged with entering the premises of Mr. Sampson, who
keeps an academy for young gentlemen at Kentish-town, at half-
past two o'clock on the morning of 'Wednesday, and stealing from
the school-room, adjoining the prosecutor's residence, several
ankle,' of wearing apparel belonging to Mr. Sampson's pupils.
Two constables who apprehended the prisoners on going their
rounds, observed them, with the property in their possession, just
as they thought they had got clear off with their booty. The
constables followed them across a field, and desired them to stop,
which they did immediately, and were taken to the watch-house,
'at Kentish-town, and brought for examination to this office.

Sir It. BIRNIE asked Brown, one of the constables, why the
prisoners were not brought before one of the magistrates in the
neighbourhood of Kentish-town.

Brown replied, 'that-the magistrates residing in the neighbour-
liood did not like to interfere.

Sir R. BISILNIIi—Iiut that is very wrong though; I cannot see
why they should object to set in their own district. Indeed,. I
cannot perceive the use of gentlemen getting themselves made Ma.
gistrates, unless at all times prepared to perform the duties of the
office. I, tir my part, have only one day in the week, which is
Saturday, to enjoy the comforts of retirement, and even then I
am frequently called upon to act in tny official capacity.
The prisoners were fully committed to prison on both charges,
and the parties were bound over to prosecute:
" A Friend to the Distressed" enclosed two sovereigns fOr Sir
R. Ilirnie's charity box.

IIATTON-GAIMEN,.....EIIen Wilson, a young women, was
charged with obtaining goods from various tradesmen in Battle.
bridge, and its vicinity, in the Milt of her late employer, a Mr.
Jenkins, cap and bonnet maker, living in Pratt's-terrace. The pri.
sonar had been in hie emplov.siveral month., but had quitted him
thiee weel9laincee during which time she had been levying contri-
butions, in his name, on the neighbouring shopkeepers with whom
he dealt, several of whom were in attendance to prove thenre-
spective cases, One, however, a grocer, who .was also constable,
suspecting something wrong, detained the messenger, a young
girl, whom she had sent for a pound of tea, sugar, Ste. and was
by her conveyed to the prisoner, who WAS waiting at a convenient
distance.—The , charges being fully proved, the prisoner, Who
seemed much affected at her situation, was committed for trial.
MARYLEBONE.OFFICE.—A communication was made to
Mr. Bewlinson by a peace officer of the city, which is likely to
give a further insight into the mysterious circumstances attending
the highway robbery committed on the night of the ith instant.
near the top of Giumersbory-lane, on the Brentford-road.
stated that on Monday the 6th instant, between six and seven
was brought to Giltspur-street compter, by one of the pogo),
o'clock in the evening, a meth who gave his name John Dunn,
charge :with being drunk and diMrderly in Lombard-street; agree-
ably to the standing order of the governor, he war searched ;1 he
had two sovereigns and gs. in his waistcoat pockets,
which he
said was all the money he possessed ; he had na watch
ut
tl
something hard being felt in his watch-pocket, which was n ed
op, the turnkey cut it open : he found in it a small bag, lso
sewed up, which contained 61 sovereigns and a half; the-mo cY
was retained by the officer until the next morning, when the

party was taken to the Mansion-6W. tTe told the Lord Mayor
that the money-was his own, for he had earned it; it was return-
ed to him ;he was fined for being drunk, and discharged. He
bad a stupid appearance, which might have arisen from his in-
toxication ; he appeared very shy about his money; he was about.
five feet six inches high, wore a Woe coat, a light waistcoat, and
light breeches or pantaloons, and spoke with the Irish accent: his'
hat Was low in the crown, and had a narrow brim. As the man
above,described was discharged at tho Mansion-house on the morn-
ing of the 7th, and the robbery took place on the evening of the
same day, the officer thought it likely to be the same man, parti-
cularly as the description of his person, and the amount of his pro-
perty, so nearly, corresponded.
Mr. RAWLINSON thanked him for the information, and re
quested him to follow up the inquiry.
QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday a very respectable young
man, named George Piggot, residing in Ebury-street, Pimlico,
'collecting-clerk to the house of Messrs. Lyall and Son, of the
Swan- Brewery, Chelsea, was brought up in the custody of
Thomas Pace, an officer belonging to the above establishment,
charged with embezzling various sums of money, the property of
his employers, amounting to upwards of 400/.
Pace, the officer, stated, that he found on the prisoner when be
took him into custody, a memorandum-Vook of accounts, which
the Magistrate ordered him to keep ; and Messrs. Lyall were dc.
sired to bring up their books on Saturday next.
The prisoner was then remanded. Ife' shed tears during the
examination.

THAMES POLICE'-OFFlCE.•—Captain Black came to this
office to complain of a statement made by a Mrs. Baker, relative
to her son. Captain Black positively denies that part of her state-
ment, wherein she said that her son' bad been forced on board a
vessel hound to the desert island of St. Paul. The facts are these :
—From tke great,,experience of
,the lad Baker, and other sailors
in the whale fishery, be at his own expense fitted out a vessel, and
with their own consent and at their express desire, he Sent them
out, they being regularly shipped under the proper authorities at
the Mauritius. The vessel and outfits cost him 8,000 dollars,
and which vessel has never been heard of since. Captain Black
does•not deny having received 40/.,from the lad; Baker, for which
he gave a duplicate of his promissory note, payable to his order,
and he is quite ready and willing to pay over the said sum to the
mother of Baker. Captain Black further stated, that Mrs. Baker
is solely indebted to him for the information,relative to his hiving
any money of her son's in his hands.