The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-15 00:00:00

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M AN SION-110U sE. —W. Polack, t it «ut'unsn,wtin resitWai
I,lF,lLlii“ leap in a lwati,a tHoloi4ging itstie (Amin, a district
suiVeyor, and Maid to be a man of immense wealth in the city a
Loudon, summoned a man named Homan, for having extorted the
sum orris. 6d. from him, under pretence of demanding few to
which he was entitled.

Mrs. Polack, the Complainant's wife, stated, that on the 26th
of June she'saw 'Jesse Gibson, who is the landlord, in the court
where she did her husband reside, ande•as a quarter's rent was
due, she expected he intended to call for it. Instead, however, of
seeing Jesse GibSoo enter the houSe, site received a visit from
Human, who hall bemn just speaking to her, aud who said he,
canto upon rather an unpleasant 'natter. He then produced a
paper, which appeared to be an order to distrain,:for a quarter's
rent, due on the 25th. Now no will had hem( Made on the Sa-
turday, which was tha 2 nth, for the money, &Monet she had it
ready. She expressed her surprise at such a way of doing busi-
ness, and offered the tit. bs., but 'Homan refused to take it with-
, out having tae. for himself. This was refused. Iloinatt, utter
some further delay, said lie must have :is. lid. tor hiinhaff, or hr
,woubt not take the rent. Witness,.hnreVer, could
,tot Lt 1),,,-
Nntide4 to give hint a halfpenny, but told hint she expected LH
husband every moment, who might settle the matter as he
think proper.
Mr. Polack stated, that when be returned home he found Ho-
man in the house, and WO obliged to give hint to. W. to get rid
of him. The story told by Homan of !ii* obligation to (fistula
except upon , the conditions above-stated, was repeated, by this
witness, who declared that no application had heen made on i:i-
turday for the rent. It was trite he saw Jesse (; ikon's son. iu the
court on Saturday, and as it was the Sabhath (the to inters is it Jew),
said to him, " Surely you are not (woe fur your rent On. the Soh-
bath ?" To which the reply was, " that hn.was not ; but would
:call on Monday." Witness had before ‘seen nu instance. of the
punctuality which Jesse Gilson required upon the part Of his te-
nants, and be had therefore taken care to borrow the money, to be
ready for him.
• The'defebdant handed in the paper which he had received frOm
his employer as a defence. : He had, he said, done no mere than
was usual upon such occasions on hitch authority.
The Louts could scarcely believe that such a transaction
had taken place. He asked who Alt. Gibson wawa?
Mr. Polack-.--He is a city distrietsurveyor, and is worth, every
one says, between 300,000/. And 400,0001. , ,

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The Loan MAYOR (to flOMMl)^...dii it true that Mr. Gibson ii
so t-kh? •

Roman—l don't know how much he is worth, but I know that
he halt enormous wealth.

The Lomu Nlaron.—Cliye him my compliments, and tell him
that I hope he will not be so hard upon hie poor tenants. I
would rather have the goWu pulled from my bark than be capable
of an act of this sort. ,

Mr. Polack..So (leterwined were we, my lord, to take care to
have every halfpenny to pay the landlord, for we knew how hard
he was, that 1 would not omeh a farthing of the money 1 put up
ti►r any occasion.
Mr. Holder said that several brokers and surveyors (hut he did
not Mean by any means to include Mr. Gibson) had to hia kninv-
ledge amassed immense fortunes by coming down suddenly upon
poor tenants, who were frightened at the idea of the law,
The LORD 1V1AV0R......--011, it is tow bad—it is too bad.
Homan.---What am to do, my lord?
The LORD Mavox.—Why, to -return the money, to be sure.
Homan.—Surely, milord, if say it is right.
The Loats so good as to pay the' ex.
paves also.

The defendant then paid the expenses, and retired.

BOW-STREE'r.......Tbe office was much crowded yesterday
morning, chiefly by naval and military officers' in rtmaequenes of
the expected re-examination of Lieutenant Kenny, who, as we
have already stated, stunts charged with the wilful murder of Mr.
Charlton, the surgeon of the Hon. Company's ship the Bussoraii,
on the passage home from Hensel.
Mr. Kenny was brought from the House of Correction in a
coach, in the custody of Jones, the jailer, and placed in a
private
room, under the care of Langley, the Deal constable. He scented, as before, ill and depressed.
It was stated that Mr. 'Oakes, the second officer of the B las° -
rah, who, it will be remembered, is a very material witness; wax
absent, anti that he had not been since the first day's examination.'
It is rather a singular circumstance that Air. lakes came on Tues-
day, with Ilishop and Langley, and the prisoner, to the
office, and
was in attendan‘ until within a few 'meats of the coma"' ment of the examination, when he was eaflod, but did not answer.
Search was made in the Deighbou'imotir Out 41. r. Oakes, leas'aot to

h►e found. Bishop said hp had enjoined hfr..oakes not to go away,
and he could not account for his absence'.

In the course of the morning a gentlenian in deep mtiunlidg,
who stated himself to be the brother of the deceased Mr. Charlton,
introduced himself to Sir It. thaw, and requested to be allowed
to look at the depositions, in order that he might be the better able
to judge whether or not the case was of a nature, to make it im-
perative upon him to itroseciite Mr. Kenny. ,• 1 .
Sir R.- BtINZF. said he should have great pleasure in acceding to
the request, and told Mr. Charlton if he would step into a private
room the clerk would show him the depositions.

Mr., Charlton having read the depositions, returned to the public
Office, and said to Sir R. Birnie'that the conduct pursued in the
matter appeared to him to be highly culpable, and be should cer-
tainly feel it his duty to have the case thoroughly investigated.
Sir R. Baiting said he perfectly agreed with Mr. Charlton as
to the neeeissity of a full investigation. He had no hesitation in
stating, as his own opinion, that taking all the extraordinary eir..
cumstancei of the ease into consideration, the going to fight in
the dead of night without seconds, and the determined spirit of
hostility which. appeared to ,have been manifested, the crime
amounted to wilful murder. If Mr. Charlton made up his. mind
to' become the prosecutor, he: (Sir R. Birnie) would issue sum-
monses to procure the attendance of all the witnesses on a future
day, and if any eft.heni neglected co obey that mandate, he would
send warrants to Ore diem into Custody.
Charlton Said he certainly would proseeute, and took a
seat' to. Wait 'until the conclusion' if the day's buSiiiesS,'' in case Mr.
Oakes should make his aOpeartitree. Ina few minutes, however,
'a message was brought tb him from Lieutenant Kenny, requesting
an interview,' Mr. Charlton anti another brother immediately
went to the private room, and the meeting was really affecting.
Mr.: Kenny, the moment lie saw the Messrs. Charlton, burst
into team; and • grasping their hands, stood for ,solve moments
unable to speak. At length he expressed, in terms which did
honour to hit feelings as a gentleman and a Christian, the deep
regret he felt at the melancholy occurrence which had occasioned
their meeting. He spoke of the deceased in the most affectionate
terms, and said that he must 'have been under the influence of
temporary nastiness to have lifted his hand against him. " Would
to Cod !" said Mr. Kenny, " that I had been the victim instead
of your estimable brother." He went on to state, that having
both drank' very freely on the unhappy night in queaion, some
words arose, and Mr. Charlton said something which he con-
ceived conveyed a reflection upon his honour, and in the madness
of intoXication he insisted upon immediate satisfaction—a step,
he assured the Messrs. Charlton, the recollection of which would
embitter the remainder of his days.
After this interview the opinion of Mr. Charlton seemed to
hi!ye. undergone 4, considerable change as to the necessity 'Of a
prosecution. lh requested' that Sir It. Birnie' would allow hint
a little time to consult his Solicitor upon the subject.
Sir It. BIUNIE stud he would give him any time he chose ;
and finally it was determined that Mr. Kenny should be remanded
until TnesdaY next, and in the mean time Mr. Charlton will de-
termine whether or not he will prosecute.

BARBAROUS MURDER.—The neighbourhood of
Ball's-bridge Was yesterday evening the scene of another atrocious
murder. The wretched culprit is a man of the name of Murray,
who lived in the lodge of Mr. Dawson, of Dawson-park, near the
Botanic Garden; the unfortunate victim was his wife. As there
ortis'ntiexakiination of the guilty man last night, we are ignorant
of the circumstances that led to the commission of this horrid
crime. All:we know is,that a gentleman of the name of Archer hap-
pened: to be
‘passing at the time, and attracted by the cries of the
unfortunate woman, he rushed into the halge, where he found
her a mangled corpse.. He immediately armed himself with a
bayonet that was in the place, and kept Murray a prisoner, while
igorination was sent to College-street Police-office. On the intel-
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ligOnee reaching the offiee, two officers were despatched to the
place, and Murray was brought into town a prisoner about eleven
o'clock last night. Some of the wounds were inflicted, with an,
adze, and 'some of them with a heavy oak stick which is ,now in
the •police-office. It appears to us to he the handle of some carE
peuter's instrument, probably the adze, with which the first wounds!,
were inflicted.—Dublin Paper.