The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOVSE.
On Thursday the Lord Mayor received the following
note from the British Consul at Boulogue-sur-Mer:—
" British Consulate, Boulogne-stir-Ater, Feb. 7, 1844.
"My Lord,—l have the honour to convey to your
Lordship two infant children, named James Stephen
and Robert William, illegimate by Lydia Sanders, of
Croydon, lately deceased in this place, and as they are
totally destitute, I have no other alternative but to
forward them to your Lordship, which I now do by
the stewardess of the Emerald steam-packet, who 110
kindly taken charge of them. Inclosed are the cer-
tificates of their baptism.—l have the honour to be, Lai
Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

" W. HAMILTON, „
" British Consul at Boulogne-sur-Mer•
Yesterday Mr. Jopp, the reheving-officer of the CitY
of London -Union, caused the children, one of whom ap;
peared to be about five, and the other between two and
three years old, to be brought into the presence of the
Lord Mayor, and stated, that having observed that a
warrant had been issued for the apprehension of one
Lydia Sanders, upon suspicion of being concerned it;
one of the will forgeries with other parties, it occurred
to him that it would be proper to communicate the fact
der
of the remarkable coincidence to his Lordship, in or
that some inquiry might be made about the mother, for
the sake of the pending investigations, as well as '`A
ith
the view of relieving the City parish in which the ell'
dren were landed from the burden of maintaining theloci
By the new poor-law it was regulated that from an
after the year 1834, illegitimate children should folio!
the settlement of the mother, and as it was probable that
the difficulty of ascertaining the settlement of the 01%
ther in this case would be very great, the children w°ll'
be fastened upon the parish in which they were landed+
which was that of St. Magnus, London-bridge—au in
c;
tolerable hardship upon that parish, into which ala'°'
all the steamers disgorged the poor and helpless of al
nationS.'

The LORD MAYOR desired to know whether anythl„
could be collected from the children themselves as:
their father and mother ?—Mr. Jopp replied that sue
children could not speak a word of English, and were
very bashful ; and all he could understand from they'•
answers to the questions put to them was, that their
mother was dead, and their father was iii Paris.
Mr. Goodman (the Chief Clerk to the Lord Mayor;
said it appeared from the certificate of baptism that °T,",
of the children was baptised in 1839, and the other ix.
1842.
The LORD MAYOR expressed a wish that the British
Consul had transmitted to him a certificate of the death
of the mother. His Lordship did not suppose there was
anything except the name to warrant a suspicion that
the mother of the children was the person charged wtuci
having been concerned in the alleged will forgeries, qt.,
that the fact of the admitted illegitimacy of the chi
dren confirmed the belief that the, deceased was not the
individual about whom so much had been said, as the
former was a married woman.
Mr. Jopp said that the younger child was evidently
in a bud state of health, and had a sore head. They
were both without more clothes than they were
vered with.
The LORD MAYOR desired that the children should be,
taken care of in the house, and that the parish officer
should forthwith write to the French Consul for a
icegrie,
cate of the death of the mother, and every other a
illation that could be obtained, relative to her, with
view of ascertaining the precise place of her settleraell
We believe his Lordship also directed that the elder 11
should be taken to the Giltspur-street Compter, into tm
presence of Mrs. Dorey.
10'
A CASE OF GREAT DISTRESS.—Mr. Haru, iug, f
Obbard, and several other gentlemen of the Court °
Common Council, waited upon the Lord Mayor to
present the case of four poor helpless children, w''bie
father, Mr. Mark Anthony Harris, lately a respeet9'fol
merchant in this city, but utterly ruined by the awyt
fires of Hamburgh, poisoned himself' in a state of insal3l,
occasioned by extreme distress. The mother of did,
poor young creatures—the eldest of whom, they did,
was not 12 years of age—died about six years ago,
the ,unfortunate father, after having struggled agll',el
that heavy affliction, which was dreadfully aggrav,ajoe
by the calamity which reduced him to such a eondiad,
as not to be able to procure them a morsel of bre'o%
sank under the weight. On the table of his bed-r°t°lo
the following, in his hand-writing, as proved upon
Coroner's inquest, was found
Christi:ries-day, 1843.e1
" There is no hope ; no more. Oh God, forgive tip
lam in despair I What will become of my dear ea-
dren ? God will protect them—l cannot. But the
fortunate father can only bless them.—M. A. a" sf
The LORD MAYOR said the circumstances of the Ito
caused a most fearful sensation in the City, in '°)101
the character of the deceased gentleman was well W.
0
to be respectable, and he should feel much gratifieo„,
in rendering the poor orphans any service in his poWe'it,
Mr. Harding declared that they had not a relative
this country, and they were without even a chaugeh,
eOO
linen. There were three girls and one boy, and he '
sure that if the benevolence which so abounded'in f
metropolis were attracted to the deplorable conditio!.if..
the destitute daughters and son of the unfortunate 04
Harris, by his Lordship's charitable interposition, t's
appeal would not be ineffectual.
The LORD MAYOR—I shall most willingly receive
subscriptions for the benefit of the orphans, and any
other service in whatever form which the judiciousii
directed benevolence of those who are constantly
quest of deserving objects, may render ; and I have IP
doubt of the willingness of the public press to give its
powerful aid even at this time of pressing and important
business.
The applicant thanked his Lordship in the dame of
the poor orphans, and stated that subscriptions would
be received, not only at the Mansion-house, but at flair
som's Bank, No. 1, Pall-mall East ; and by Mr.,112r
ding, at 164, Fleet-street.

CLERKEN WELL.
Joseph King, the driver of a cabriolet, badge 8,141,81 r
was charged with the following outrageous conduct
Mr. Samuel Warren, a barrister, residing at 35, WobOirr
Place, Russell-square, and 12, King's Bench-ws"
Temple.
last
Mr. Warren deposed that, on Monday evening --„yr
he engaged the defendant in Chancery-lane to .ron-3
him to his house in Woburn-place ; when they:arrivbee
there witness handed him a shilling as his fare. Tay
defendant murmured, and used abusive language,: :;10
ing, " The next time I catch you in my cab I WP` ,2'
you." Witness remonstrated with him, but he bau'-ia
more insolent, exclaiming that a shilling was not elig-
for driving such a distance, and through the snow•
ness asked him to show his badge, but he refused dif,d,
so, and when the footman seized the horse by the o'er
•
the defendant said he would cut him with his v-0-;,1;
after much difficulty witness succeeded in taking v• 9o•
the number of the badge, and then the defendant Olio
lently demanded his card, which witness refused to Vero
telling him that was his house, and that he knov,vidoon
to find him. Witness was going up the steps to his self
11' !31 when the defendant ran before him, and placing ess
1010.
in the door-way, refused to allow him to enter.
asked if he meant to prevent him going into his led
house, upon which he demanded 4d. more, and ¶e
him, complainant, from the door. After a steuq wife
ness succeeded in getting into the hall, and, as uti.tber
was nervous, bolted the door in order to prevent'c,it it
annoyance. The prisoner, however, rushed agaig-toti-
shoulder foremost, and burst it in. Witness was, 'eater
ing near the door at the time, had he been an ineu,!-coar,
he believed he would have been killed by the d°°' vieo
ing in collision with his head. The defendant reile
his insolence, and a policeman was sent for, who OW°
him with much difficulty. la
The prisoner acknowledged the offence, and, to
bitterly, entreated of the Magistrate not to senurbi nu,
prison. His wife had been in Hanwell Lunatic As take
for the last two years, and there was nobody toed,
care of his three little children if he were itoprisnnd the
Boyson, the warrant: officer, said he hel,ieve the sure t-
-
ar
man's statement was correct ; when he served
mons he saw three little children in the prisol;lu°tPaa
ment in Eagle-street, Red Lion-square, witu vest
body to take care of them. The place seeing.wretched. .„
Was
Mr. Wilkes, overseer of St. Andrew's, Holbn.,r_lssios
sent for, and he recollected- having obtained gal"
for Sarah King, two years ago, at Hanwell. tbe
Mr. Warren said that he did not wish to proms 2,
charge against the prisoner under such circunist'ilifoons
The prisoner's master and other respectsble gr•
came forward, and gave him a good character, 4111 which'
COMBS, in consequence, mitigated the penalty) 51, COsvts6
he had in the first instance imposed, to 10s. and the

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Foreign Gold, bara4 6
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COURSE OF EXCIIAN
Amsterdam CF. 12 6
Ditto,,at sight
Rotterdam .2 U. 12 6i
Antwerp
:25 90
Ilamburgh M. B. 13 15
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight
Ditto, 3 months 25 85
Marseilles
Hour deaux 25 90
Frankfort on Maine 122
Petersburgh, 3 Us 361
8er1in............ 7
Vienna, effec. 11. 3 Al. 965
Trieste, ditto 9 56
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilbao • 30
Barcelona
Seville

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BIRTHS. France, ady aG ~ ntitio
On the Ist inst., at Quiniperle, rance, the lor
Hughes, late of the Bengal Artillery, of a son.
On the 7th inst., Mrs-. Henry Kingseote, of a son. , a •
On the Bth inst., in Salisbury-square, Mrs. EdiCinP'.
daughter. 0,04
On the Bth inst., at Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy -in
Mrs. W. Bradley, of a daughter. OD
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On the sth inst., in Neweastle-street, Mrs. WriVilih—
of a daughter, - __.-----

MARRIED. m It* Pe.
On the 20th tilt., at the Government Chapel, ..-‘1„.,0
Arbouiii Hunter, Esq., to Fanny Maria, third dog"
Samuel Christian, Esq., of Malta.
On the Bth inst., at St. George's, Southwatk,
a
Douglas, of Walworth, surgeon, to Louisa, eldest dtkr'
Mr. James Careless, of Cornhill.

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DIED.
On the 26th tilt., in Edinburgh, Captain T. Inner, I' P
On the 26th of November, 1843, at Mussoorie, in .013
Indies, Captain George Ellis, of the Bengal ArtillerY,- tbi
On the 6th inst., at Working, Surrey, Sophia, 1611°
Rev. Charles Bradshaw Bowles, Vicar of Woking.. 29;
On the 6th inst., Charles Mitchell, Esq., M.A. , age,"l7ool
On the Bth inst., in Manchester-street, Ca-ptalit "
Webster, R.N., aged 63.

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