The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday an odd-looking fel-
low xvhosetsup:for a humourist, was brought before the
LOUD MA vox by a Borough officer, upon suspicion, upon
his own evidence, of having been concerned in the rob-
bery of Mr. Hatton, the watchmaker, at the foot of Lon-
don-bridge.
The officer said that the prisoner told him he had some-
thing very heavy at his heart. " What is that ?" said the
officer. " Why," replied the prisoner, " I was in the
robbery at Mr. Hatton's. I know all about it, and I had

1001. for my share of the plunder." The officer, of course,
upon hearing him persist in his statement, conveyed him to
the watch-house, where he got more sober.
The Loan MAYOR—WeII, I suppose yon slept yourself
into an honest man ?—Prisoner—l was very drunk. I
hope you'll pass over it.
The LORD 31..v0n—" There's truth in the glass," the
proverb says. I won't be so hard on you as to refuse to
believe you, when you were in that hopeful condition. You
must go to the Compter.—Prisoner—My Lord, I was only
in jest.

The Lour) MAYOR—No, no. lam sure you were in
earnest. You would not tell a lie—you must go until the
day after to-morrow.

The prisoner then was taken off to cool in the Compter.

GUILDHALL—A few days since Sir P. LAURIE re-
ceived a letter from a young man, named Alexander Grant,
jun., dated from Heston Farm, near Acton, stating that be
had been educated to the law in Edinburgh, but being
compelled by ill health to relinquish a situation in the
office of a Writer to the Signet, he came to London last
.January in search of employment; and in walking through
Ludgate-hill he saw a uotiu posted up, among a number
of others, that a clerk was wanted. This was at Holta-
way and Co.'s land and estate agency office, and inquiring
within, he found it was an office for procuring situations
for the unemployed, and was told no information could be
given until he Lad paid a fee of 10s. 6d., and had signed
certain conditions. Net having heard that there was any
trickery in such offices, lie paid the money, and was told
he should have notice within a week of such situation
as he desired. The week passed away without any thing
transpiring, and he therefore called again at the office,
when Mr. Holtaway told him he wanted a clerk himself,
and would retain him at 255. a week, until he heard of
something better, if he could lodge 201. in his hands as
security, as he would be employed in collecting money.
He closed with the offer, and by borrowing a little money
from his uncle made up the required sum. After he had
been employed two months, Mr. Holtaway dismissed him,
promising to repay the money by monthly instalments, but
Le had only obtained 31. He had received nothing since
May, and when he met with Mr. Holtaway, he was treated
with insolence, and told to do his best. He was not the
only one that had been duped, for when he quitted the
office there were twenty young men who had been taken
in exactly in the same way. The writer had heard of Sir
Peter's desire to do justice, and protect the public, and
therefore begged to be afforded an opportunity to publicly
expose Mr. Holtawav's s;,stent.
Sir PETER, sent the writer notice that he should it at
this Justice-room yesterday, and on taking the chair asked
if Mr. Grant was present? The young man appeared,
and the Alderman having put some questions to him, sent
Herdsiield, the marshulman, with a summons, requiring
Mr. lioltaway's immediate attendance.
Mr. Holtaway, a gentlemanly little man, was soon be-
fore the Magistrate, and Grant repeated the principal
paints in the letter.
Sir PETER asked complainant whether he had procured
many situations for young men.

"-Yrs," said defendant, confidently, " I can refer you
to several.''

Sir PETER. said he had just beard defendant was an at-
torney, and had fora time carried on the notorious servants'
office in the Old Bailey.
Defendant admitted this was true. He assured the Al-
derman he meant to keep to his engagement by paying
complainant 41. a mouth.

Sir PETER. said if he did not, the complainant could in.
diet him ; but the principal thing he was looking to was
the public, and he hoped that through the medium of the
pres 4, au end would be put to this system of obtaining
advances."
The defendant was then dismissed.

BOW-STREET.—Yesterday an old soldier appeared at
the office, and inquired if Sir Richard Birnie was present.
Sir RICHARD-Yes, my man, I ant here, pray what is
the nature of your business with me ? Soldier—Oh, your
Worship, I am glad of it. You must know, Sir, that my
name is Jim Pollet, and that in 1801 I served in Egypt,
under that gallant Colonel, Sir Robert Douglas, but being
grievously afflicted with an inveterate disease in my eyes,
the Colonel felt himself compelled to discharge me, with a
strong recommendation. In my way house I went through
Ireland, and stopped at Kihnainham Hospital, where I was
attended by Dr. Rennie, who pronounced my disease to be
an incurable ophthalmia. I consequently departed from
the hospital, and came over to England, and went to
an old master of mine, Sir Robert Peel (the father of
the present Secretary), to ask his advice. lie desired
me to send my documents, See. to his agent, who would
endeavour to do something for me. I did so accord-
ingly ; but Le, I suppose, neglected to take any care of
them, when I applied to Chelsea Hospital for a place
there, as,
I was told that no documents had been received by
them, and they of course could do nothing for me. Some,
years after this, I perceived an advertisement in the paper,
relative to some prize-money to be shared by those who

Mr. RAwLlNsoti—Was it in good condition ?—Juit fit
for cooking, your Worship ; it had been hung three days.
Mr. RAWLINSON-Can it be produced?—Only the bones.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Did you partake of it ?—No, your
Worship, I had not the pleasure.
Mr. RAWLINSON—«'e must not joke too far; my ob-
ject is to lay the property right in the indictment.
Riekwood declared that the evidence was half of it
false ; and Hopkins said it was entirely so.
3lr. RAWLINSON told them, the declarations ofprisoners
like them, who had stood at that bar before, were not
worthy of much credit : and he committed them to New-
gate for trial.

Francis 'Welch, of No. 21, Fitzroy-market, plasterer,
charged a lad named IVilliue Butler, with highway
robbery.

The complainant swore that Butler, who is the son of
a butcher in the market, knocked him down in:Tottenham-
court-road, at one o'clock on Sunday morning, and took
from his person 1/. 15s. which he gave to an accomplice,
and that accomplice escaped.
When the case was called for i❑ suceeion with other
watch-house charges, the prosecutor did not appear, and
reason was given to suspect that a compromise was in-
tended ; to prevent which, Mr. Ruwlinson ordered an
officer to bring the complainant before him ; and after
taking evidence to the above effect, he committed the
prisoner to Newgate.
UNION-HALL.—Yesterday an ellcrly man, with
hoary and care-worn countenance, was charged with de-
serting his wife and children.
Mr. Wbraiington, assistant overseer of St. Saviour's,
stated, that if the prisoner was now willing to be removed
to St. Martin's-in-the-fields, where he was understood to
have a settlement, the parish was satisfied not to press the
present charge against him.

The prisener was perfectly willing to be removed. He
had rented a house in St. Martin's-in-the. fields, in 1811.
Since that time he had been in furnished lodgings. Shortly
before that time (said he) I embarked my fortune in a
newspaper, called the British Guardian, of which I was
a proprietor and editor. In 1811 a libel unfortunately
found its way into it, for which I was prosecuted, and
sentenced to an imprisonment of three years. In 1614
I was set at liberty, and, being in complete want, I was
obliged to support my►elf as an attorney's clerk, in which
capacity I was engaged first by Mr. Price, and after wards
by Mr. Woodmen. In 1516 I married my present wife,
it being my second marriage, by whom I had three children,
one of whom died last Saturday week.
Mr. SWAHEY said, he had stated sufficient; and, having
signed his examination, the prisoner was given to Gale,
the beadle, with orders not to part with him till he had
taken him to St. Martin's.

TOOMEVARA OUTRAGE.

(From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.)

The following statement is from one of the wit-
neAse6 examined upon the investigation. It will be
seen that it is borne out by the certificate of the Ca-
tholic clergyman :

" There—was a new fair here on that day, and a
man sung ballads at the fair. The songs were in
the praise of Mr. O'Connell, and I need not say
they were heard with delight—a delight harmless
and unoffending. All was quiet until about seven
o'clock in the evening, when two policemen, named
Hill and Kelly, sallied out of their barracks, and
ordered the ballad-singer off. Some persons present
said that as there was no treason in the song, the
ballad-singer ought to be permitted to go en. The
police insisted that he should not sing, went into
the barracks, and returned shortly after, accompa-
nied by the whole party, with bayonets screwed on
their guns. They charged the populace, and struck
them with the barrels and ends of their guns. This
occurred before a single stone was thrown, as proved
by several respectable persons at the inquest yester-
day, and which I proved myself there. The po-
pulace then pelted them with stones, and, after a
struggle on both sides for about five minutes, the
police were repulsed to their barracks. When they
got in they fired out through the windows. Hill
and Kelly were stationed at the street door. The
latter put one foot outside the door, deliberately
took.aim at a fine young man, named Gleeson, and
shot him under the left breast. A man employed
by Mr. Bourne received a shot in his arm while
standing inside a gate, and a poor woman received a
ball in the thigh as she stood at her own door.—
While the deceased, Gleeson, was carrying away
on a man's shoulders, the windows of a policeman,
named Butler, were broken, and those also of an
apothecary, named Borne, from which two shots
had been tired. This will be proved to-day. After
about twenty minutes the work of slaughter ceased.
These are the leading facts.
" Capt. Wilson is here at the investigation. A
servant boy of Mr. 11. Ryan, who was examined
yesterday evening, proved most satisfactorily that
Kelly shot the man, a►►d there are two more to cor-
roborate his testimony. It was likewise proved
most satisfactorily that the police were the aggres- I
sors.

"ROBERT MANN."
" I certify the above statement to be true and
correct.

" CON. O'BRIEN, C.C., ToomeV•ar3."

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this season is much less than usual ; the reason is, food is
so cheap and abundant at home. Potatoes are selling in
the towns at one penny for 14 1 bti. weight.--Leeds Mercury.
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CANNON BALL.—On the 24th of July, as
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The Company of Vintners requested that the
Committee would collect whatever cases of the kind
alluded to in this complaint they could find, in order
that inquiry might take place at once into a matter
of so much importance to a large body of their fel-
low-citizens. - The oath of the free Vintner ex-
pressly prohibits the loan 4.411 e privilege in. the
following words, which the members swear to ob-
serve upon being admitted :—" Ye shall colour no
foreigner's goods under or in your name, whereby
the King or this City might or may lose their ete;-
toms or advantages,"—and some time ago a Furrnise
having been made to the Master and Wardens of
the Company, that menkkers of the Corporation
had as free Vintners unwarily lent their names for
retailing wines in other persons' houses or cellars,
for the purpose of evading the Act, it was resolved
—that the fine for every violation of the bye-laws
expressly prohibiting such practices should be .11.
for every month during which the free Vintner per-
mitted such use, or rather abuse, of his name to be
made. The bye-laws also contain a power for levy-
ing the said penalties by distress ; and also a power
by disfranchisement for keeping houses of ;
and the Court of Assistants further resolved strictly
to enforce and carry into execution the laws against
every member of their Corporation offending against
the same.

The Committee of Tavern-keepers and Licensed
Victuallers, with very little trouble, ascertained that
several houses, amongst which were the two above_
mentioned, at one of which (Mother It's) the most
miserable trash is vended at an enormous price,
were kept open under the auspices of free Vintner.,
and as if they were the actual property of such per.
sons. They made a return of about a dozen houses
to the Company.
The Court then came to a resolution to institute
an inquiry, and summon before them the following
persons charged with having lent their names to fo-
reigners (those not belonging to the Company) :
T.A.Beale,Vintner, for the Royal Saloon, Piccadilly ;
J. Carter, Vintner, for Mother It's (now Smart's,
but still retaining the celebrated initial), &c. &c. &c.
The consideration for which this favour is granted is
generally 20/. or 30/. a-year, according to the stroke
of Imsiness done.

It appears that the Company of Free Vintners
long ago declared, upon a representation of this
grievance to them, that they would disfranchise
those who should persevere in cloaking persons who
were not amenable to the Magistrates, and we are
given to understand that this course has been
adopted towards some of the offending parties.
The attention of the Court was particularly
drawn to the evidence given before the Select Com-
mittee of the House of Commons upon the Police of
the Metropolis, by Sir Richard Birnie, in which
the Magistrate censured the misapplication of tln.
privileges of the Vintners' Company, and stated
that great mischief was caused by such practices.
I‘ is not meant to rank amongst the class of per-
sons by whom such houses as those frequented by
prostitutes, gamblers, &c. are kept the names of
many who have adopted the plan of retailing wines
under the names of others; but the Tavern-keepers
and Licensed Victuallers complain that fair play is
denied to them by allowing others to sell with im-
punity in the very teeth of the Act of Parliament, to
the prejudice of the regular traders.