The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

TIATTON-GARDEN-7(Trus DAY.)

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The following singular ease came before ALLAN
STUART LAING, Esq., the sitting Magistrate,• this
morning, at the above office.

et:Oss-eyed Hibernian, who described himself a
knight of the thimble, named Feriae/tan, was brought
up by Coulton, a constable, charged with having
kicked afellow of the same order as himself, named
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Coulton stated, that about half-past nine o'clock
tl: l for manner,d
last night, he was sent for in a great hurry to the
Northumberland Arms public-house at Battle-bridge,
to take a man into custody for killing another in a
joke. Ile lost no time in going,to the house, and on
his arrival he saw a roan lying on the'floor on his back,
to all appearance dead ; lie was immovable, his eyes
were fixed, and he in fact seemed like one defunct.
Witness sent some persons for medical aid, and in a
short time Dr. Macdonald, of Gray's-imi-lane, ar-
rived, who instantly opened a vein in the man's arm,
and did every thing in his power fur two hours and a
half, to resuscitate the body, although the Doctor de-
clared that life was not quite extinct, yet he could not
restore animation ; and after trying and trying in vain
for a considerable time, he recommended his being
immediately removed to the hospital. A shutter was
procured, and the man being placed on it CM a litter,
he was carried to the Middlesex Hospital.
Well," said the Magiatrate.
" Well," said Coulton, the surgeons looked at him,
and, after a short examination, they turned round and
laughed at each other.
Magistrate.—Were there any mortal bruises about his
person ?
Coulton said, there wf r two/or three burnt, on his bead, which
the surgeons saw ; they shook him several times in the Hospital,
but he was quite insensible, and they ordered him to be taken into
a ward, and he was put to bed by the nurse.
MAGISTRATX —Well, and bow is he now ?

Cottlton—Why,.Sir, I sent a person to the hospital this morn-
ing to make enquiries about him, and to peocure the surgeon s
certiticate,but he was told that the man had gone home—nut
dead, but that this morning early he got up - and asked fer some
water which was supplied him by the nurse, he then washed him-
self, arranged his cravat, and then walked off and did not return
Magistrate—Where is the person that you sent to make en-
quiries at the hospital, is be here?

Coulson. No, Sir, he is not, but if you please, I will run up to
the Hospital, and will bring you a certificate of the facts.
Magistrate—Well,. do, and make haste back.
In a short time C'oulton returned, and with Mtn a certificate,
signed by one of the house surgeons of the Hospital, stating that
the man that had been brought there last night, had quite recover-
ed, and had this morning taken himself off!

Coulton, in addition, stated that the surgeons told him that the
man WAS ins; silde from liquor, awl so bad that they had plied
him with hartsborn and water in quantities, and yet it had no
effect upon the poisonous effects of the spirits.
tt Well, said the Magistrate, .addressing himAelf to the prisoner,
what have you to say about this business : in the first place, what
are you ?
Prisoner.---1 am a :tailor yes worship, and live in Crown
'Court, Windmill-street, in the Haymarket.

MAGISTItATE.---W`dl, and what is ?
Prisoner.—lle is a tailor, yer worship, and is afriend of mine,
and if yet worship will hear the truth, tell ye all about it.
Well, let us hear it, Nail the ittaghttnite.
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Well then, said be,—The ruin tliTit is dont —that is, (Ws was
supposed to be dead, was drinking all day with me at the public.
house, nuk rum, and at last be was . mighty troublesome and
inducent to the company ; so 1 litho Itim if you go on in
this manner, I must lave you well so: 1 goes out and lie follows
me, and a very respectably dressed mall was passing, and so he goes
up to him, and gave him a shaking by the colhkr in a very un-
manly way. Well, I went up to hith, and he struck me a blow
or two, awl so I knocked him down ; but what I did was out of
kindness to him, and without intending to kill him.
Magistrate.—Well, whether you did it out of kinduess or not,
h is a lucky thing for you—the man's alive—go about your
business.

Thank'te yer Worship, Amid Mr. l'emdton, and left the office.
with a brothat snip.

CAPTAIN JOHN MAXWELL, lt.N.

We lied the painful duty of recording the sudden death of this
officer iii our paper of Saturday. We understand that he left the
Admiral, Sir James Saumarez, about 4 o'clock on Wednesday,
to proceed on board his ship the Aurora, in the Sound, waiting
for him to get under Weigh for Bermuda and the West Indies.—
On his passage to the ship he complained of indisposition, and on
reaching her, he went to his cabin and threw himself on the sofa.
In about a quote of an hour afterwards he sent for the surgeon,
complained of great internal heat, was very listless,. and in great
pain, which continued until it became un agonizing burning with-
in, but the akin cold. During this time the anchor was off ',:aa
ground, the top-sails sheeted home, the whip, in ;act, made r
weigh, but the noise .of the men going round tire capstan, and
porkirruing the necessary duties at such a time, simeiiig to annoy
him and increase the irritability coneetplent his wan, th,,
anchor was let go and the ship made 4juicA. A Lieutenant was
iltaipatebed to the Admiral, to apprize I.*.iin of the reason of the
ship's coining to an anchor ; but tie had nut been many minutes
with the Admiral ere another officer arrived with an 411%1)1ms-of
Capt. Maxwell's death, which took place about half-past five
o'clock. lie appeared in perfect bsedth when he left the Ad-
miral, but had equipleined in the morning of slight pain in the
bowels, which he attributed to drinking some claret on the pre-
ceding day, which he thought was rather sour, but the inconve-
nience he then felt wes not such as to induce him to have recourse
to any medical remedy. • The grief and consternation nu blend
were beyond description. lie Wars younger brother of Cs'ipt. Sir
Murray Maxwell, and of the late Captain Keith Maxwell, ii. N.
ity a letter which we have received this morning from Devon-
port, it appears that the death of this brava and highly esteemed
Auer has been ascertained to have been occasioned by an aneurit
of the aorta, which from its magnittide mat have existed steno
years, and bursting suddenly, terminated existence. By the death
-of Capt. Maxwell, the navy has lost a good officer—society
worthy member—and hie ship's company, who cotild not sub;,
press their grief on the mehmeholy occasion, a tuber and a trivil,

DEATH op WRITRIt, THE C0MP0NE4......We la-
ment to state, that this eminent musical composer died this morn-
ing at it o'cloek. Nis Oibonse was an internal occa-
sioned by a severe cold which he caught soon after his arrival iu
England, which baffled tin: skill of his physicians, who on
tia-
turday night pronuunend his casu to 1w hopckess,