The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-17 00:00:00

POLICE INVLI,IGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.---A boy, about 15 years of age,
named Charles Taylor, was,brought befbre the LOAD
Alarm. yesterday, charged with having presented a forged
bill of exchange ut the house of Ladbroke and Co., for the
sum of 1701. The prisoner seemed not to be at all atvarr
that there was any thing either dangerous or disgraceful in
his situation.

London, Nov. 12, 1827.
' Twoinonths after date, pay to me or my order the sum
of one hundred and seventy pounds, value received.
HENRY NEALE.
The bill was addressed to Mr. Wm. Jackson, rectifier,
at Deekhead, an() professed to be accepted by that gentle-
man, and was made payable at the above banking-house.
It was endorsed " Henry Neale, W. Wakefield, G. Hems-
ley, and Robert Thomas."
Mr. John Harvey, cashier at Ladbroke's, stated, that at
about twelve o'clock on Tuesday, the prisoner entered
the banking-!.-.ouse and presented the bill of exchange for
Payment over the counter. Witness suspected that it was
a forgery. The acceptance was certainly a good imitation
of the writing of Mr. Jackson, who kept cash at the house.
He called the boy in, and put several questions to him, to
which he answered, that Mr.. Thomas, the last endorser on
the bill, had given it to him to get payment for it, and that
Mr. Thomas lived in Savage-gardens. As the witness had
other business to attend to, he handed over the prisoner to
another of the establishment.
Mr. Kennedy, another of the cashiers, deposed that the
Prisoner said that he went upon messages for Mr. Thomas ;
that Mr. Thomas had a counting-house, but he (prisoner)
saw no clerk, and that he lived himself with hi s father, who
was a corn-factor in Thames-street.
It was further stated that the prisoner first said that Mr.
Thomas resided in Leadenhall-strect, that his father lived
in Upper Thames-street, and that he afterwards mentioned
other addresses ; that he pointed out a house in Savage-
gardens as Mr. Thomas's, hut that no such persons lived
there, nor was the prisoner at all known there.
The LORD MAYOR. asked the prisoner's father whether
he had any thing to say. lie replied that he had nothing
more than that his son had gone out in the morning with
circulars to persons who did business at the corn-market.
He (the prisoner's father) was not in the city during any
part of the day, as he was obliged to go to Horselydown.
The Loan MAYOR. said that the prisoner should be re
manded.---The prisoner was then remanded.

GUILDHALL—Another case of some interest to those
who " walk in silk attire," was decided at this office yes-

terday.
It was a dispute between an opulent firm in the silk
trade, and a poor weaver : he had woven a piece of silk
for them, and they had stopped a portion of his wages on
the plea that he had damaged the silk by keeping it so long
in his loom that tke colour was faded. Ile had been thirty-
five days in weaving it, they said; whereas he ought to
have completed it in 17 days ; and as it was a puce silk its
exposure to the air for so long a time had quite spoiled its
colour. To this the weaver replied, that the fading of the
colour was not his fault, hut the dyer's.
It was awarded that the weaver should allow damages to
the amount of 20s.
Ladies will do well not to spare their siller upon silk of
a flea colour—one of the first houses in the trade having
thus publicly admitted that the said flea colour will hop off
if exposed to the air, even within doors, in less than one
little month.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—John Lee, the driver
, of a hackney-coach, who is in custody upon a charge of
robbery at the house of the Duchess of St. Alban's, was
yesterday brought up for final examination. The house-
maid and porter were in attendance, but as their evidence
was merely confirmatory of that given on the previous day
by her Grace's page, the Magistrate (lid not deem it neces-
sary to have it taken down, and the prisoner was fully
committed for trial upon the former depositions.
Mrs. Ann Seffert, the unhappy lady whose case has been
so often before the public, through the proceedings of this
office, yesterday once more appeared before the Magistrate
as a complainant against her husband, Mr. Geo. Seifert,
a horse-dealer, and owner of livery-stables.
Mrs. Seffert, whose manner and appearance are very
prepossessing, was accompanied by her two young chil-
dren, one in the nurse's arms, and the other a most inte-
resting little boy, about six years of age, whose acute at-
tention to the proceedings on this as on former occasions,
was very remarkable in a child so young. The warrant
under which Seffert was now placed within the bar was
issued against him for assaulting his wife again, several
days ago ; hut the officer in whose hands it was placed
could not meet with him until yesterday morning, when ke
accidentally saw him in the street, and at once took him
into custody, refusing him the indulgence of calling on his
solicitor, Mr. Pincro, of London-street, Fitzroy-square,
before locking him up at this office, where he remained in
one of the cells until Mrs. Seifert was sent for, and arrived
from her house in Grove-street, Camden-town. Clements,
the officer, in explanation of this seemingly harsh treat-
ment towards the prisoner, said, that a few days ago he
went to the prisoner's stables, in Portland-road, where he
had information the prisoner then was, but when he ar-
rived there the stable-door was shut in his face, and he
was refused admittance ; he, however, got a crow-bar, and
was in the act of forcing the doer, to execute his warrant,
when those within opened it; and on his entering he found
there a set of stablemen and this Mr. Finer(); the solicitor,
together with two mastiff dogs enough to alarm any one
against going into the place; he, however, proceeded to
search for Seffert, and soon saw that the prisoner had just
made his escape out through the pane of a sky-light win-
dow, where a cat could scarcely get through, and succeed-
ed in clambering over the roofs of seven houses, and let
himself down from the top of one an amazing height; and
although it was supposed that both his legs were broken by
the fall, he jumped up and made his escape as nimbly as if
he had walked down stairs. For these tricks it was, the
officer said, he refused the prisoner any indulgence when he
caught him that morning.
Mrs. Seifert-being sworn, stated, that on the last occa-
sion that she complained of her husband at this office, be-
fore Sir• GEORGE FARRANT, she consented to his discharge
on the condition that he would execute a deed of separation ;
but instead of doing so, he continues to leave herself and
her children without the means of support, although he has
got hold of all her property, which he is still spending at
the rate of 401. a week upon Miss Emma Carey. Tie
never, she said, comes near her except to abuse and
ill-treat her, and generally in company with a fellow
who has been tried she said for horse-stealing, and
whom she forbad ever coming to her house. The other
day she was informed that her husband was at the lodgings
of the woman Carey, No. 34, Cumberland-street, New-
road, and she went there to ask him for some support for
his children. When she entered the drawing-room, shown
up by the woman of the house, about 11 o'clock in the
morning, all seemed as still as death, but in a few minutes
she heard a rustling in the bed-room, and on opening the
door the most horrid sight she ever beheld presented itself
to her view. There was Miss Emma Carey standing in
the centre of the floor half drunk, without shoes or stock-
ings, her hair hanging about her shoulders, and nothing on
hut a short night-gown, and as she had not as yet put on
her paint, she appeared the most frightful object that could
he beheld. On the table in the room stood two bottles of
gin and wine, and two glasses ready filled with the former
liquor. On her entering the room, Miss Carey told her to
be off, as her husband was not there, and said she should
not search her room. She (Mrs. Seffert,) however, did
search, and under the bed she found her husband, and drag-
ged him from:under it by one of his legs; when he appeared
divested entirely of the lower part of his dress. The next
evening he called upon her, and'when she asked him even
for a few halfpence to buy some coffee for the children, he
said that he had none ; and on the little boy saying that he
was keeping his money for Emma Carey, he rushed at the
child, and on her Ottempting to protect the child, he kicked
her, and assaulted her so as to sprain her wrist. She did,
she acknowledged, to save her child, become for a time
the assailant, and tore his face as well as she could, and
the shirt from his back, and sent him, by the assistance
of the watchman whom she called, a pretty pickle out of
the house. '

Mrs. Seifert further added, that when she told her hus-
band she should procure a warrant against him for the as-
sault, he replied that he did not care for that.
Mrs. Seifert now read a letter from Miss Carey to her
husband, which had fallen into her hands. It began, " My
dear George," and was signed, " Your dear Emma." It
stated that the writer had quitted the house in Park-street
and paid the " old wretch," am bad got away all her
• things ; and as she was safe away, he might pay for the
things he broke in the house or not, as he pleased.
The prisoner, who contented himself with giving a ge-
neral denial to every thing his wife said, was locked up
again, until he puts in bail for the assault.
Mr. Rogers and Mr. &Ms, proprietors of restaurateurs
in the Haymarket, were fined 10/. each, at the instance of
Johnson, for selling wine by retail, and suffering it to be
drank in their houses, without a proper lidence.
UNIUN-HALL___Mr. Thomas Lea, charged on Sus-
picion with haying been concerned in sending back some
part •f the 300/. stolen from Mr. Densham, the hoise-
dealer, was again brought up yesterday and finally examined.
It will be recollected that an anonymous letter, enclosing
1571. in notes, stolen from Densham, was received by Mr.
Watkins, the landlord of the Lord Nelson, on Saturday

night last. When this letter was produced before the Itla
gistrate, which was subsequent to the charge made against
Lea, the writing was suspected to resemble that person's,
although evidently disguised. Yesterday this letter was
again examined, and the writing compared with that of
Lea, to which it bore no similarity. On being asked
whether it was his writing, he declared most positively that
it was not.

Mr. Densham, gave the following evidence in addition
to that which has already appeared. A day or two after I
had been robbed, Mr. Lea came to me at Mr. Watkins's
door, and said, " Any assistance that I can render you in
getting back your money, I shall be most willing." The
neat day I saw Mr. Lea again, at the same time; he was
passing accidentally. He then said, "Densham, the party
I suspected knew nothing at all about your money." 0„
Tuesday week I was with Mr. 'Bacon, in the Kent-road,
when Mr. Lea came up to me, and said, " Densham,
have been down the road looking for you, and am glad I
have found you." He then said, " I have been at Mr.
Harmer's, and he has appointed to meet us at four o'cloch
at his office:" he added, " and your notes will be all right,
but I am doubtful about your sovereigns." Lea and I
then went up the road together, and he went into Mr. Wat-
kins's house, where he remained a quarter of an hour or 20
_ . .

minutes, while' waited outside. I sent in for him, and when
he came out, he said, " I have been with Watkins up-stairs,
and should have got more oat of him had you not sent for me
so soon ; however, I have a little now to satisfy, me more
than I was before, and we will now proceed to Mr. Har-
mer's house." On our arrival there we had an interview
with that gentleman, when Lea advised that the money of
which I had been robbed should be advertised, and are •
ward of 601. offered for its restoration. Mr. Harmer,
however, objected to this mode of proceeding in the busi-
ness, and Lea and I went away. While walking along
towards the Kent-road, Lea said, " Never mind, Den-
sham, your money will be all right yet; suppose an old
woman brings it back to me or to Mr. Harmer, it will
make no odds to you so as you get it back again." I re-
plied, " Certainly not ;" expressing at the same time, that
if he got back my money I should reward him well for his
trouble. I mentioned that I should give him as much as
would keep him for four or five months. Lea replied,
" Not at all; I shall leave that to you." At the same time
remarking, that although the money was in an awkward
channel, yet by Mr. Watkins's and his endeavours, it could
be done, notwithstanding there was a woman in the way.
Mr. Bacon stated as follows :—" I was with Densham
when Lea came up to him on Tuesday, and that person
said, Densham, I have been looking for you all the morn-
ing. I have been up to Mr. Harmer, and your money will
be all right; we are to be with him at four o'clock." Wit-
ness observed, " You have brought good news, Mr. Lea,
and we shall have a glass of ale on the strength of it."
John Coleman said " In a conversation that I had with
Lea last Moeday morning, he (Lea) said If the Magistrate
gives me a private hearing, I will satisfy him who the
thief is.' "

Mr. Knowles, clerk to Mr. Harmer, stated that on
Tuesday Lea called at the office, and on inquiring for Mr.
Harmer said that he was come about Densham's business,
and that if Mr. Harmer and he could agree, something
might be done in the business.

Mr. Lea.-_I said, that should we agree in opinion, some•
thing might be done in the business.
Mr. CHAMBERS.—I don't require any further evidence,
for I conceive that a sufficient case has been made out to
warrant me in committing Lea as an accessory after the fact.
The Magistrate then observed, that the attention of the Ma-
gistrates to this description of offence had been particularly
called by the Marquis of Lansdowne, since the negotiation
with respect to the robbery of the Warwick Bank. In this
case he (Mr. Chambers) should have the evidence trans-
mitted to Mr. PhiHipps, whom he considered one of the
first judges of law evidence ; and if that gentleman was of
the same opinion that he formed of it, lie (Mr. Chambers)
had no doubt the prosecution would be commenced by the
Crown against the accused. Should, however, said the
Magistrates, Mr. Phillipps vary in his opinion, and con-
sider the case not sufficiently strong to go before a Jury, I

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shall discharge the bail that I will require of the accused.
Two gentlemen, friends of the accused, then entered into
sureties of 100/. each for his appearance.

TOBAGO, Nov. 23.

The melancholy duty devolves upon us this week to add
another victim to the list of those who have lately fallen to
the effects of fever, in the person of our much esteemed
Chi. f Magistrate, his Honour Wm. Brasnell, President
Commanding-in-Chief, who departed this life, after a week's
illness, at his seat, Sans Souci, on Monday evening last.
Mr. Brasnell's long residence in the colony—his integrity
and uprightness in his transactions--his mild, engaging,
and gentlemanly manners, had procured for him the esteem
and confidence of all the inhabitants. As senior member
of his Majesty's Council, on the departure of Sir Frederic
Robinson, he assumed the reins of this Government; and
though, in the course of his administration, he has had the
most perplexing and embarrassing difficulties to contend
with, yet his moderation and conciliating disposition had
reconciled all parties. His remains were borne to the tomb
by the beads of departments, civil and military, attended
by the Leeward division of Militia, and a numerous assem
blage of persons of all ranks, who were anxious to testify,
by this mournful tribute, their respect for our departed
Chief. From the day (Tuesday, the 13th instant) on
which his Honour was taken ill, Mrs. Brasnell never
quitted his bed-side, and regardless of herself was most un-
remitting and assiduous in administering to his comfort.
On Wednesday morning last the Honourable Elphinstone
Piggott, next senior member of his Majesty's Council, was
sworn into the chief command of the island.

( 'Herrings were caught last week iu the South
anyton water, and retailed at twopence a dozen.

The following statement appears in the Ber-
wick Advertiser, from a correspondent :—" One of the
many absurdities in the late act for regulating measures is,
that the imperial fee6l' is now one-third less than the old
one, and the innkeepers still charge for it sixpence. lam
told that a bushel contains 24, so that while the agricul-
turist is complaining, (and I believe very justly) of the low
price of corn, the innkeepers are selling oats to the public
at 12s. per bushel, or 98s. per quarter. Another evil is,
that many persons who travel are not acquainted with this
alteration, and order feed, as usual ; the consequence is,
that the poor horse is cheated out of one-third of his ac-
customed food, gets out of condition, and is unable to per-
form his work..— Tyne Afercury.

AN AFFRIGHT.—It happened one night last
week, that the servant maid in a family, in this city, had
retired to rest, and having comfortably thrown herself into
the arms of MORPHEUS, at once forgot her domestic labour
and the wintry storm. The shivering of her chamber
window startled her to a sense of the surrounding cold and
darkness—in an instant a hard substance struck her breast,
and she started up, exclaiming, " Murder, murder ! I'm
shot !" The neighbours were alarmed, and eagerly inquired
the cause of the outcry, fearing, no doubt, that some horrid
tragedy was on the point of being developed. After some
pacification, her chamber was examined, and it was found,
that she had indeed been struck by a ball—but a ball se-
lected from the ammunition of General Frost, by some
wicked wag, who had discharged it through the window.
—York Courant.

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.---Yesterday morn-
ing two watchmen brought in a genteelly-dressed young
man, about thirty years of age, to St. Pancras watch-house.
They stated, that in going their rounds in the
,Hampstead-
road, at the above hour, they heard some groans proceed
from a gateway; and on going up they found the un-
fortunate man lying on the ground weltering in his
blood ; on being questioned, he stated he was returning
home, when some ruffians stopped him, and after rob-
bing him, had cut his throat. BTRCHMORE, the watch-
house-keeper, observed his watch-chain; on which, after
some hesitation, the unfortunate young man said that he
was acquainted with a young woman,
servant to a family,
in Dorset-street ; that they had had a few words, and he
then determined to destroy himself. On searching him,
he found on his person, beside the watch, two keys, and
a double-bladed pen-knife, covered with blood ; and the
blade with which the unfortunate man attempted . his life
broken.

a respect-
able°flnirnSieur,ndina)t'helapsatlristhh,eif
daughter ,
a of
tiny miles from
Sheffield, eloped with a gallant swain of our own town.
The damsel, who bad been accustomed to attend a Sunday
school in the neighbourhood, went out in the morning, a,
was supposed, to instruct her little flock, but,
instead of
reaching and resting at her wonted duties, she was re-
ceived ou the way by her lover, who was in readiness with
a gig a short distance from the village; tiley then drove
ianied with a
away, acemnimale 'friend, to the church of
where the indissoluble knot was tied. The
dismay and dissatisfaction of the father may be better con-
ceived than described when his beloved child did not re-
turn home at the wonted hour. Suspicions previously
existing were now confirmed, and immediately a search
was commenced, hnt it was too late; his daughter had
transferred her atreetions and obedience to another, who, of
course, would not relinquish his right. The parties have
returned from their short matrimonial tour to enjoy the
honey-moon.--Sheffield Iris,

RRIED.
On the 14th inst.atMA FotheringaY, bY the Reverend I'
Ainger, Mr. James Ainger, of Whittleeea, to Charlotte,
daughter of Mr. Bradshaw of the former place.
On the 15th instant, James Duncornbe, Eq. to Apo.
Elizabeth, wily daughter of John Amies, Esq. of Trancb,
Norfolk.

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Inn, London, sin of the late George Welch, Esq. of Lee;
House, Lancashire, to Sarah Mary, daughter of the Reg'
James Arrnetriding, Rector of Steeple Aston.
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