The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIOENCg.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Within the last few days a
greater number of unhappy paupers have appeared at the
Mansion-house begging assistance, than ever we recollect
to have seen within so short a period. The aged, the
lame, the blind, and those who mimic infirmities, were in
crowds in the Justice-room, as well as in the outer-room,
which is generally occupied by prisoners. Sir C. S.
HUNTER, who sat two days successively for the Lord
Mayor, was quite shocked at the spectacle, and said that it
was impossible for him to do any thing with the applicants;
the Lord Mayor himself must deal with them. Three-
fourths of these paupers were Irish, who appeared to be in
the most wretched condition. Others were sailors, able-
bodied and experienced.
The Lon') MAYVR mentioned, in the course of his in-
quiries'into the merits and wants of his petitioners, that he
had made a communication to the Hon.. East India Com-
pany, on the subject of the: want of employment by the
poor sailors; and was informed, that the Company's ships
were really overstocked, there being upwards of 500 more
applicants than could obtain employment. The character
of the. English sailor is daily undergoing great change.
The first thing he thinks of, upon spending his last shil-
ling, is to beg of the next passenger he meets, and gangs of
hungry-looking fellows, in jackets and trousers, are to be
seen about the city.
The Loan MAYOR was of opinion, that if he gave relief
to any sturdy fellows, hundreds of idle beggars would be
constantly soliciting him. He therefore desired persons of
this description to apply to their parishes for assistance, and
if the overseers refused to do their duty, to summon them
before the magistrates.
As for the Irish, Mr. Hobler observed• that it
many was use-
less to attempt to pass of them home, as it was the
invariable rule of most of the Paddies to get drunk at
Bristol, and return to London, where they calculated they
would make out a better Livelihood than at home.
The Loin MAYOR acted upon all those suggestions.
In consequence of thi4 course of proceeding on the part
of the Loan MAYOR, the number of paupers who made
their appearance at the Mansion-house yesterday was very
trifling indeed; for his Lordship's determination not to en-
courage vagrancy was immediately whispered about at the
twopenny lodging-houses, the owners of which have been
in the habit of encouraging any stray lodgers to apply at
the Mansion-house, and he would be sure to get a shilling
or two. Mr. Hobler, by the bye, is in the habit of en-
couraging this system himself, by putting his hand into his
pocket much more frequently than many who profess to
love mankind more.

BOW-STREET.—Mr. Johnson, of the firm of Johnson
and Grimaldi, watchmakers, in the Strand, whose shop
was lately robbed of property to a considerable amount,
the restoration of which was said to be effected through
the medium of a police-officer, appeared at this office yes-
terday morning, and swore to the following affidavit, in
contradiction to that report :
" Middlesex to wit.—This deponent, William Johnson,
of No. 431, Strand, watchmaker, on oath says, that he,
this deponent, having seen a statement in The Times, and
other London newspapers of certain negociations being
carried on between this deponent and some police-officers
with the thieves, or persons, possessed of the watches and
other property lately stolen from this deponent and Mrs.
Grimaldi, his co-partner, he, this deponent, dechres solemnly
upon his oath, that no police-officer has, either directly or
indirectly, taken any part in the Testoration of the stolen
property; but that such-property was restored to him through
4 channel totally unconnected with the police.
(Signed) " WILLIAM JOHNSON.
" THOMAS HALLS, S g
" Sworn before us this 4th day of December, 1827.
" RICHARD BIRNIE, ma ist rates.

We have, heard, from the best authority, that the person
through whom the negotiation was actually managed resides
in a principal street leading from the Strand to the river. He
iss-a notorious fence, or receiver of stolen property, and his
dealings in that nefarious traffic are said to be much more
extensive than those of the notorious Ikey Solomons. He is
said also to have realized a considerable sum in conducting
negotiations between thieves and those whom they have
plundered. His house• and_ establishment have all the out-
ward appearance of respectability, and he manages matters
with such secresy and skill, that even his nearest neigh-
I hours are in ignorance of his. practices. The account in
ran evening paper of a letter having been received on Sun-
day night by Mr. Johnson, stating that .the stolen property
!,would be restored on the payment of I,t 00/. is not cur-
q.'ect, neither is the faCt that a meeting took place on
'the following morning at the third alcove of Waterloo-
between Mr. Johnson and the person deputed
by ate. thieves to negociate the transaction. The facts
p these:—On. Saturday a communication was made
to Mr. Johnson by the individual to whom we have
alluded above, offering to restore the property for the
sum of 1,500 guineas. Ai:.. Johnson, nut wishing
to be the means of compounding a felony, ff,fore he would
give any answer to the communication, went once Inure
to Bow-street, and asked Bishop and Ituthven if any
chance remained of recovering the property, and appre-
hending the parties concerned. The officers assured him
that they had no hopes, and that they had used every
exertion, "and absolutely despaired of success. Then it was
tlettMr.- Jolisin) was driven to the alternative, either of
losing the whole of the property stolen, or acceding to the
proposition of • the fence. lie adopted the latter course,
and opened a negotiation with that person. The terms
proposed to him were to give a cheque to his banker f0r1,500
g, uineas • and to ivalk the following evening.(Sunday) after
dark to Kennington cross, where a man would pull him by
the sleeve, and convey him to where the property was hid,,
which he (Mr. Johnson) was to put immediately into hack-
ney- coaches
.without asking any further qnestions, and
drive home with it.. These terms were strictly complied
with, the money was actually paid on Saturday by a cheque
on Couttes bank, and Mr. Johnson received the whole of
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his property' on Sunday evening, •at the time and in the
manner described. Fifteen hundred guineas were actually
paid to the individual in question, who is supposed to have
pecketted at least the one-third for his trouble, and all the
articles taken from the shop of Johnson and Grimaldi were
returned to them in pfecisoly the same condition as when

stolen.
Some time after the above affidavit was sworn to, Sir
R. BIRNIE, in, alluding to a paragraph which appeared in
this Journal relative to the recovery of the Warwick
notes, addressed Smith, one of the principal officers, asking
him if he or any of his colleagues knew any thing relative
to the restoration of the notes in question ?..--Smith replied
that he knew nothing of the matter.
Sir R. BIRNIE—I have made the same inquiry of all
our officers, and have received the same answer ; and I
find, moreover, that the felony and compounding were
effected out of the jurisdiction of this office.
Smith—l know nothing of the transaction beyond what
I have read in the newspapers. Bishop and Ruthven have
gone-to the Times-office to see the editor, and obtain an
explanation relative to what has appeared in that Journal.
Mr. HALLS.—But it was broadly stated in the Times,
that it was only to ask the question at any of the Police,
offices to obtain the name of the officer to whom allusion
had been made. Now, as the editor seems to 'be in posses-
sion of that fact, we should feel much obliged to him if
he would communicate it to us.
A gentleman who was present observed, that he had-
reason to believe the article in question was written by a
person who knew nothing about the real facts.
Mr. JULIA—That is the very thing we complain of.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE.--If the article had been a little
more pointed, I should have called upon the Editor to ac-
count fol. it. If he will publicly state in his paper who
the officer is, or give us his name in a quiet way, and if,
after inquiry, we find that he is guilty, we pledge ourselves
that he shall be punished.
Mr. HALLS—Most certainly he shall ; we pledge our-
selves to do it. I have no'doubt but that the press is in-
fluenced solely by a wish to save the public, in exposing
that which it may term abuse, and it is right that those
who conduct it should go on so long as they really effect
that object, but at the same time they should be cautious
how they implicated persons without good cause.
Sir RICHARD BlRNlE—lnstead of writing ill-natured
paragraphs, calling upon the Whig Secretary to interfere,
to remedy the 'eVils of which they Complain ; which, by the
way, is not very respectful to his Lordship, although for
my own part, I should have no objection to take my chance
of him,—if, instead of taking that method, the gentlemen
who seem to possess so much information would come to
us and state What they t4e7 would find us perfectly
willing at all times to remedy any real cause of complaint
that may exist.' ' . •
HALLS—No man can-have a greater respect for
the Brews than I feel towards it ; but there are few who
will not also agree that it has its abuses as well as benefits;
and if, in endeavouring to accomplish the latter, they who
conduct it give circulation to that which is untrue, the
odium which they seek to fix upon others will fall upon
themselves, and they will lose that power which they seem
so anxious to retain.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE—I wish, instead of dealing in as-
sertions, they would furnisdi us with some information upon
which we could act.
Mr. liAm.s—Yes ; and we will pledge ourselves to leave
no stone unturned to remedy any real ground of complaint
of which we may receive information, either through the'
press or any other med!um.
Sir R. BIRNIE again repeated that the robbery of the

Werw'eli hates, and the compounding •of the felony, took
place without the jurisdiction of this office, and wherei.in
point of fact, the Bow-street officers had no power to act;
consequently they could not have bean in any way concerned
in the latter transaction.

[Since the above passed, a communication has been sent
from the office of the Times to Sir Richard Birnie, offer-
ing such proofs of the alleged fact as will probably sax it
upon the guilty party.]

Mr. Thomas, a constable of St. Paul's, Covent-garden,
serving in his own right, applied to Mr. HALLS to know
how he should proceed respecting an oyster-house, kept
by a Jew named Hart, in Brydges-street, Covent-garden,
which was open at all hours of the night for the reception
of prostitutes and all descriptions of bad characters, that
swarm round the
.theatres. At two and three o'clock in
the morning, prostitutes might be seen standing at the door,
inveigling and hauling in drunken men, and the scenes that
took place within the house were most disgraceful. Those
prostitutes and persons who were not admitted into
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f f -Maher H.'s," which is within a few doors, found ready
access here. In fact, the house was in every respect like
that which he named, only it was on a less expensive plan.

Mr. HALLS regretted that he could afford no assistance.
There was no law to regulate fish-shops, which were growing
a very great nuisance. He recommended Mr. Thomas, how-
ever, to apply to the parish authorities, who might, in con-
junction with himself, devise some means to abate the evil
complained of.

MARY LEB ONE-OFFICE. —Honor 111' Carthy, an
Irishwoman, was charged with being drunk and disorderly,
in the Regent's Park.
Edward Bidgood, a watchman under the Commissioners
of Woods and Forests, found her at a late hour on Monday
night, lying in a state of insensibility upon the pavement
opposite York-terrace, with a large bladder half full of
spirits, under her head as a bolster, and he took her to the
watch-house.

" Well," said Mr. GRIFFITH, "that bladder of gin, no
doubt, made you a soft pillow ; but what hate you to say
to getting drunk?—Honor said a great deal to iinplicute
the bladder as accessory to her crime, but nothing to excul-
pate herself; and she was locked up for want of ss. to
pay the tine imposed upon her for being drunk.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--A man named French
was charged with having plundered his master, Mr. Raper,
a pork-butcher, in Titchborne-street, Haymarket, to a large
amount ; and a groom, named Henry Mountain, was
charged with receiving the stolen property. A hackney
coachman, named Benjamin Beddington, was also placed
at the bar, on a charge of having rescued Mountain from
custody, with a felonious intent. Mr. Raper described the
system of plunder which had been carried on by the prisoner,
for a considerable period, and estimated his loss at above
7001. French had been detected on various occasions in
disposing of the stolen property to Mountain, and it was in
endeavouring to secure Mountain, that a respectable trades-
man was assaulted by Beddington, who rescued the prisoner
from his custody. The prisoners underwent a long exami-
nation before Mr. CONANT, who said he should commit
Beddington to Newgate for the rescue, and ordered them
to be brought up for final examination on Thursday.
Mn. ROE .AND Mn. CaaPtix.—Before the parties in this
case quitted the office on Monday evening, and after Mr.
Roe had desired Mr. Bishop, the clerk, to take down the
evidence of several of Mr. Carpue's pupils, with a view of
sending the case before the Grand Jury, Mr. Carpue con-
sented, at the suggestion (we believe) of the gentleman
I who accompanied, him to the office, to make the unquali-
fied apology which the Magistrate required, and Mr. Roe
having expressed himself satisfied with Mr. Carpue's ad-
mission that he had acted wrong, the affair terminated, of.
course, without Mr. Carpue's entering into his recognizance,
to answer the charge at the Sessions, which Mr. Roe had,
in the first instance, insisted upon.
'George Heath, one of the drivers of , the Paddington
coaches, was charged with. an outrageous . assault. On
Monday night, a respectable young man, named Jamison,
his wife, and another female, were returning home along
Oxford-street, when they were surrounded by the prisoner
and about 2.0 other men, who insulted Mr. Jamison and the
females in a' very. indelicate manner, and attempted to take
Mr. J.'s watch from his. fob. Upon the watchmen com-
ing. coming up, .theTellows ran away, but they were pur-
sued, and the prisoner was apprehended.—He was ordered
to find good bail for his future appearance.

UNION-HALL—A deaf and dumb man named

Thomas Poirneary, was brought up l y Painter, the beadle
of Bermondsey, charged with having deserted his wife,
leaving her chargeable to the parish. Proof having been
n givethat the deendant's wife had been for some time past
receiving parish relief, she proceeded to state that her hus-
band absconded from home dur:ng 314 r absence at work,
after having sold to a broker every article in their house,
even including the beds which she and tier children had
to lie upon. She had heard that he was cohabiting with
another wom:a.,—how: true it was,,,slte could not comotly
state; brit ever since his desertion he had not tvritributeci
tw,
itittlttenhoustgahteslnheavt,;ailywhaftliciilcitedle
a halfpenny to ber Silppprt.
ncaintraediwc;Peldl
the charges alleged against him by his wife, accusing her= of
preThpareeddelfveintdhana
having sinned the most, by leaving him for the embraces of
another man, Who was afflicted with the loss of speech and
bearing as he (the defendant) was himself.
The ALtorsraaTx perceiving the statement to be ex-
ceedingly well written, asked who the writer of it was, and
was told the defendant, who answered various questions,
through the medium of his friend, by signs. It was stated
the defendant had been educated at that excellent institution
the school for the Deaf and Dumb.
The beadle gave the wife a good character, but could say
nothing favourable of her husband.
The defendant was committed for two months to Brixton.
A man, named Ezekiel Gentry, was charged with hy-
ing wounded a female, named Catharine Flynn, with a
knife. It appeared that the complainant accompanied the
prisoner to a house of ill fame, where an altercation took
place between them, and he was requested to leave the
house. Instead, however, of doiriesoy it was represented by
each 'of the women, that the prisoner caught up a clasp
knife off the table, and made several thrusts with it at the
complainant, who, in order to save her body from being
wounded, held up her arms, one of which was severely cut
in her attempts to defend herself.--The prisoner was corn-
mitted for trial.

CHRONOLOGY of NEW, SOUTH WALES.

Jan. 26, 1789—The first landing was made in New
South Wales.

Dec. 1789—The first harvest was rc,ed at Paramatta.
1790—The first settler, James Ruse, took possession of
his land.

1791—Twelve prisoners were located upon to Hawke*.
bury, who in 1793 supplied twelve hundred bushels of
corn to the public stores, being the first purchase of colo-
nial grain made by the government.
1796—The first play performed.
1803—The first, newspaper (Sydney Gazette) was
printed—the first suicide occurred by a man hanging him-
self in gaol.
1805—The first colonial vessel built by Mr. James Un-
derwood.

1806—The first great Hawkesbury flood happened,
wheat rising to 80s. per bushel, and bread to 2s. 9d. per lb.,
while a bushel of seed maize realised the enormous sum of 71.
1810—The first general muster of the population, stock,
and cultivated land ; the first toll gates were built, cater-
pillars made their appearance, Sydney streets were regu-
lated and named, weekly markets established there, and the
first publie races instituted.
1813—The first fair was held in the colony of Paramatta.
1817—The first bank (Sydney bank) was established;
and the first Van Dieman's Land Bible Association esta-
blished, which has remitted 2,2501. to England.
1818—The first trim. con. tried.
1820—The first colonial tobacco sold.

1825—The first book (Bushby on Vineyards) reviewed,
a premium for which review was given ; and the first
breach of promise of marriage, "Cox against Payne," came
before our colonial courts.

1826—The first public concert was held.

A meeting on the subject of thb Grand Ship
Canal, - has been held at MORRISON'S hotel. It was
numerously and respectably attended, and after a protracted
but undecisive discussion on the subject of the estimates,
has been adjourned for three weeks,
CATHOLICS OF KERRY.—The aggregate
Meeting of the Catholics of Kerry is fixed for triday next,
It is to take place in the Chapel of Killarney. The requi-
sition has seventy signatures, including the names of the
Catholic Bishop and the Earl of KinimAßE.—Dublin
Morning Register,

Otir Martinmas Market is very throng to-day,
partly owing to the fine weather, and there was altogether
a good deal of business done. The quantity of butter and
cheese at the market is unprecedently great. Butter sells
at 18e. to 20s. and cheese at Os. to Bs. per Dutch stone,
or g 4 imperial pounds. Blankets and plaiding at Is. to
4d. ; and country made tartan ls. 4d.. to le. '7d. per
Sc9tch ell. There were a dumber of horses. on the hill,
but few sold. The prices for draught horses were from
181. to 251., and for ponies from 61. to 121.: cows for
norts Nut 04 to 74 101..-Inverness Journal,