The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Mokrey, an officer of the Cue-
t•onlioi way brought before the Loon MAYOR, an a charge of having
committed an assingt on Monsieur Moreau a French iilk-mercer

the Loan MAYOR ordered the defendant' to find bail to answer
for the assanit:

CiIiII.DHALL.—A respectable looking young man, named
Jahn APlntorit, an . engraver, appeared, before Mr. Ahlernutu
AweLey yesterday, upon a summons, charged with violently as.
nuking and beating Mr. James Pool, a philosophical instrument-
mart:hunt, residing iitMonkwell-street, falcon-square.
The complainant's atatement was, that haying beard M'lntosh
had circulated a lie respecting hint, be sent him a note, desiring a
meeting in Qough-square on Monday light, " to decide a Ines-
tion." 111 r. Niqatooh ulnte, , accompanied by a dozen or I o ruf-
fians, awl without waiting fin. verbal explanations, knocked him
again and till witness expect& he by beaten within
deeply down, quite in a scientific style. This dose lie repeated,
an inch of his life, and lie was right happy to find an opportunity
of running away.
Ile lost a yplypt collar from his neck, and had
a sharp struggle to Prevent his bat front being carried away by a
thief: lie handed up, in conclusion, a challenge he lied received
from the defendant, calling on him to meet him in White Con:.
duit-terlds, at seven o'clock in the morning, to engage in a trial of

The defendant 4endered anothpr. letter, containing a challenge
fro.° Mr. Pool, which had produced the totter, the complainant
bad put is. He also totwerm a sepowl letter frein Pool, the lart-
gPege ofwhichthe defendant thought Sufficiently justified the
cliastisemenP he had given Mr. Pool. •
.The Ableruitoi 441tWt read any portion of the lettere, but he
said they were iuldressed to tbe iltfonflent's father and mother, and
were couched in a manner exceedingly disgrecerwl to 44, No,
The defendant said he could not, paseively. wee his parents so
g Pnol, and that the complainant brought the
assaultrsi) f, by being the first to scud a formal challenge.
4PIPYO',. senior, was anxious to be heard, and began,
.. Mr. Pool, rny.Son..bAtm,,,,
.. Don't call toe yonisin'n,* Old the "mplailant, interrupting
iaiia ; 1 inarrio..il your bastard, but this giveli you no right to. call
me son-in-law."

The old &rifleman made another effort to be heard, but Mr.
lignin interrupted him, for the purpose of informing the Al-
dipnan tinit h
m qrrierl Anse Miliitosh on account of her promised
fortune, lied 'never yet Peep able to gel a shilling of the money.
Mr. APlol].sh, senior, it Peep
succeeded in stating, the con-
P11;444 1)0 openly declared determination- to proyokp 1110
defendant to fight 44) 4 previous night.
Mr. Pool admitted if, and Admitted further, that he was armed

With a horse Whip, which he meant to have applied to the shoul-
ders of young Wlntosh, if the latter had not commenced too ra-
pidly for him.
There was asingularity of manlier, a feeling of self-importance
and a show of courage about Mr. Pool, who is a small deli-
Cate man, which frequently excited a grin against him during
a lengthened hearing, which terminated in his being Severely re-
proved by the magistrate for addressing such aggravating letters
to his wits parents, and in his being himself bound to keep the
peace for & twelvemonth, as well as the younger Mr. Wlntosh.
BOW-STREET.—Yesterday the driver of a Reading coach,
1615, was brought before Mr. Mixsnurx, the presiding magis-
trate, charged under the provisions of an Act of Parliament, with
wantonly and furiously driving his coach, so as to endanger the
lives and properties of Collin Cottam and Jeremiah tiateson, two
soldiers belonging to the let Regiment of Grenadier Guards.
The coachman, in his defence, denied in, Coto the charge of
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auitonly'driving. His coach, he said, was going steadily along
when the soldiers " popped suddenly" out of a small door in Pic-
cadilly, and crossed his way before be had time to pull up.
A tradesman residing in Charing-cross, of whose respectability,
Sir R. Birnie said, there was no doubt, tame forward on behalf
of the coachman, and swore positively that the defendant's coach,
on the roof of which he was a passenger, at the time, was not
proceeding faster than the usual pace at which hackney-coaches
proceed through the streets of London.
Mr. Mumma, then observed, that the evidence was ten to
one iu favour of the complainants, and lie therefore felt it his duty'
'to convict the coachman in the penalty of 51., which sum, how-
ever, he would reduce to 2!. 10s., on the evidence of the defend
nut's witness, who denied on his oath the charge of furious driv-
ing. In giving this decision, he wished it to be understood that
coachmen should give way to the military, when the latter had
possession of the road.
The case, owing to the constant interruption and annoyance
occasioned by the marching of soldiers in ranks through the
crowded streets of the metropolis, of which frequent complaints
have been made by the public, caused a good deal of interest, and
the decision of the worthy Magistrate did not afford much midis-
faction, as it seemed to decide, iu a great measure, the question,
whether the military or the public are bound to give way in cases
of this description. .
• MARLHOROUGH-STREET.—Madame Marie, a dress-
maker, living in St. James's-street, in this parish of St. James,
appeared yesterday at this office, upon a charge of having Prohi-
bited and run goads in her possession well knowing'them to be so.
Smith said that he had made seizures at 'the defendant's house
three different times before.

The Solicitor also said that she had been convicted before the
Court of Exchequer, and at Ilatton-garden Police-office, for of-
fences of a similar nature to the present.
Mr. Sherry, a friend of the defendant's, stated, that a parcel of
yelloW silk, of 50 yards, seized by the officer, was not foreign,
lit of British manufacture. From the excellence of the quality,
it was not easy for every one to , judge of it, but he knew the
difference. There was also a piece of India muslin, that was not
liable to seizure, as such articles were publicly sold every day at
the India llciuse. Such goods as the latter were purchased by
Messrs. Brown, Rogers, and Brown, of Cheapside. This firm
sold them to other persons, and Madame Marie might have put"
chased them from a third or a fourth person. How was it pos-
sible for her to proVe that they had regularly- paid the duty, as
she could not be supposed to be cognizant of such a circumstance?
The Magistrate, Mr. ROE and Mr. DYER, were of opinion
that a provable cause had been made out by the solicitor of the
Customs against the goods seized. It was then the duty of
Madame Marie to meet the case. She had done so far as the
yellow silk and the Indian muslin were concerned, and they would
give her au opportunity of doing the same by the whole, against
that day week.
Madame Marie returned thanks for the Magistrates' kindness,
and left the office.

The penalty is recorded against the goods not accounted for,
until the next hearing.

PETITION OF W. JONES, Esq., MARSHAL OF

THE KING'S BENCH PRISON.

PRESENTED TOWARDS the CLOSE of the LAST SESSION.

To the Right Honourable the Lord. Spiritual and Temporal, in

Parliament assembled,

The Humble PETITION of WILLIAM JONES, Esq. Marshal of his
Majesty's Prison of the King's Bench ;

Stmarrx---That your Petitioner has teen Marshal of the
King's Bench Prison for the last thirty-five years, and that during
that time he has been enabled, without any cost for charges to
the Government, 'though at a very considerable annual ezpence to
himself, to keep his prison free from contagioui and infectious
disorders, and to preserve the health of the prisoners committed
to his custody front injury, by reason of .the •confinemeut of their
persons :

That a Bill has been sent up from the Honourable House of
Commons for the approbation of your Right Honourable House,
as a constituent branch of the Legislature, entitled, " A Bill to
amend and consolidate the.' Laws for the Relief of Insolvent
Debtors in England :"

That the said Bill contains a clause, which compels the pri-
soners, intending to apply for relief under tke said 13111, when it
shall become law, to he in actual custody within the walls of the
prison, at the time of applying for relief, and thus prevents then:
front residing within the rules of the King's Beach Prison, in
like manner as other prisoners not seeking for such relief are per-
mitted to do:

That in consequence of this provision, which has been .carried
into the before-mentioned Bill, from the Act of the sth Geo. IV.
cap. 61, sec. 12, entitled an Act to amend certain Acts for the re-
lief of insolvent debtors in England, the prison of the King's
Bench has become so crowded with prisoners, that your Petitioner
has every cause to be alarmed for the health of the prisoners com-
mitted to his custody, the more especially as the weather is daily
becoming
,warmer, and the number of prisoners is as constantly
augmenting :

. That your Petitioner, therefore, entertains the most serious
fears, that, unless something be done for the relief of the prison,
an infectious and 'contagious disorder most ensue, the conse-
4ueneei of which there is but too great reason to apprehend, from
the present crowded state of the prison, must be fatal to a vast
number of the priioners, and deeply injuriout to the bodily health
and constitutions of all who should unfortunately be submitted to
its baneful influence
That in order that your Right Honourable House may be
enabled to judge of the grounds on which your Petitioner is led
to apprehend this misfortune, your Petitioner craves leave to state,
that prior to the commencement of this present Easter Term
(via. before the 12th of April), the 'number of prisoners within
the walls of this prison averaged 600, and that since that ,time
the number has greatly increased ; and, on the 20th of this cnr-
rent month, amounted to 628, besides the officers of the establish-
ment, and the other necessary attendants on the nick and infirm,
making a total of very little, if any, short of7oo souls within
the walla, and which nnmber, it is expected, will be augmented
as the term advances, and particularly in the approaching Trinity
Term :

That previous to the peeving of the before-mentioned clause,
the number of prisoners within the walls averaged between 4 and
500 ; and even then the number of persons obliged to live and
sleep in one MOM was nearly three, and now the average number
of persons to one room is nearly four, and subject to daily aug-
nieutAtion:

House, and with a view to show that the
That for. the further information of your Right Honourable
Present crowded state
of the prison is produced by the operation of the before-mentioned
prohibitory clause, your Petitioner. humbly begs leave to lay be-
fore your Right Honourable Rouse the following statement, sis,—
From the Ist July, 1623, to ist Jan. 1824, &Vora the passing
of the sth Gen. IV. cap. 61, flee. 12, 2bl prisoner's took the
rules. . •

From the Ist July, 1824, to Ist January 182 f, after the pass-
-182.5, after the
ing of the said Act, 188 prisoners took the rules.o
Deficiency in number 69.
From the bit January, 1824, to ,Ist March, 1824, Lejiore the
Prom the let January,
b Geo. IV. e. 61. sec. 12. was passeil,l3l pi-honors took the rules.
15th Geo. IV. c. 61. see. 12, was passed, 61 prisoners took
the roles. 1825, to let March,

it um' be percle2iv.endotthbsetoiln:latfiesetaitu.e com-
prehended have resided Within the walls
, .
Deficiency in number 70.
pre}i'ireenindedthiws
isttia,itenniite,nit,,,
of the prison, over and above the number that would have dons
*u'Thialadt ti:L6taibi' at,Gro.f ithVe.bee.foGrie:inliaecn.tioned clause,_ was to diminish
othipLi.: prisoners :obis:tell:a, relhivrefatinothietraitibleed;lsioaylvelt
Debtors Act* direct check upon the fraudu-
lentithprdeisgoe4ndneuliulhe)ietr;ictl;eneadlnflioas4't:Tpeetrrilamtaet, 1 atBsta' ',
i beforei''l IIK
r otfliceobm'Caeito7elnVtl.l ct.ofitr
sec. 32. was Palmed, and in Michaelmas Term, 1824, after that
clause was passed, were as tollows:.—..
In Michaelmas Term, 1823 SS I
In Michaelmas Tenn, 1824-
-Malting a difference of seven only, and clearly demonstrating the
ineffipianey of the measure to attain the desired purple. •
• That in consequence of the crowded state of the prison, and
the many perional inconveniences which the prisoners mut of

necessity endure, 'disturbances and quarrels are perpetually arising,
and a most fruitful source for fraud and imposition has bees
opened. That your Petitioner will not presume to point out to
your Lordships the effect of this state of things upon the morale
and habits of the prisoners, or attempt to show bow decency mil
propriety must be invaded, when so many individuals are Com-
pelled to live and sleep in one room, the else of which is 14
feet by 12 feet, and about eight high. He will leave this to the
consideration of your Right Hon. House, nothing doubting but
that your Lordships will not fail to perceive its demoralizing
effects, and how extremely pernicious it must be, not alone to the
health, but also to the religious and moral feelings of the prisonen.
That your Petitioner is ready to verify the facts, in Isis petition
too your Right Hon. House, when, where, and in suds manner se
your Right Hon. House shall require.
Your Petitioner, therefore, most humbly prays your Bight
Hon. House to take the state of his Majesty's prison of the
King's Bench, into your consideration, and grant such relief in
the premises, as your Right Hon. House shall deem most expedient.
And your Petitioner shall ever pray, &c.