The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-26 00:00:00

POLICE WITELLIGBNCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—A poor weather-beaten man,
named Young, came before the LORD M4YOR yesterday,
to complain against the trustees of the Colombian Agricul-
tural AsSociation, in the hope that his Lordship would
compel them to make him some recompence for the in-
jury he had sustained in going over to Colombia as a
settler, &c.

lie put into the hands of the Lord Mayer a paper,
signed, or purporting to be signed, by Mr. Goldsmidt, Mr.
Richardson, and another, who were represented as trustees.
This paper particularised the conditions on which Young
was to have a certain quantity of ground in Colombia,—
ground which, it stated, the Government of that country
had presented to the Association. When this Company
was first set up, it was thought necessary to show that the
Directors were in earnest in their efforts to establish it in

the firmest manner possible, and, accordingly, immediate
emigration was determined upon. Numbers of poor
families, anxious to improve their condition, offered
themselves as tillers of the Colombian earth, and were, to
their great delight, accepted. 'A certain quantity of land
'was marked out upon the map of the colony as the property of
each settler, and off they sailed, but it was only to have their
.hopes most bitterly frustrated, and to roam about without
'being acknowledged, and in a complete state of destitution.
As soon as-Yonng and the rest of the ship load disembarked,
they went to the agent of the company ; but he told them
that he knew nothing at all about them, and that he had
no ground to give to them, or implements of husbandry, or
other thing. " Why," said they, "we cause here in con-
formity with the written agreement, of which the trustees
have a duplicate, and where are we to go if you don't act
up to this agreement."—" I am sure I don't know," said
he, " and I don't care if you all go to h—." Under
these circumstances the unfortunate adventurers en-

deavoured to get some employment through the coun,
try, but it was useless AcrmaiWtlie 'otpiiiment: Young,
by good hick, was taken on board a vessel bound
for England, and worked his way home. He arrived a
few days ago, after having experienced a great deal of
suffering.
The LORD MAvo read the paper, but said that he
could not do any thing for the applicant, who was, he said,
not the only person who was duped by the makers °from-

panies.
The applicant stated that he left a great number behind
him, and God only knew how many of them would ever
return.
GUILDHALL—EIiza. Elliot, who had attempted to
drown herself in the Thames en Saturday night, was again
brought before Sir PETER LAURIE yesterday. John
Thompson, her alleged seducer, was also in attendance, with
his employer, Mr. Jones.
Thompson, on being questioned by the Alderman, did
not deny his having been intimate with the young Woman,
but asserted that be had not seduced her.
Mr. Jones put a letter from Mr. Seagar " to Miss
Elliot" into the Magistrate's band, and made some observa-
tion on it in a low tone.
Miss Elliot was then asked whether she would return to
her mother ? She answered that her mother and Mr. Seagar
had arranged she should return to him ; and that, also, was
her own wish.
Sir Penn, after conning over hastily the aforesaid letter,
said it appeared to be a mere rhapsody, or something
worse, and he should not deliver her• to Mr. Seagar until
he was satisfied about this letter.
It commenced thus :
" The Wonderful Prophet.—He is not a wandering
Jew, an old Levite, nor yet St. John, as some people
imagine. His generation was in the world before Adam ;
he was in the Ark with Noah, and with Christ when con-
demned to be crucified. The Scriptures snake mention of
him ; he knoweth not his parents, nor was he ever so in-
dulged as to enjoy the comforts of a mother's breast. His
beard is of the colour of vermillion, which is seldom, if
ever, cut. He goes barefooted like a gray-friar. He
wears neither hat, cap, nor wig. His coat is neither dyed,
wove, knit, nor spun, nor made with hands ; neither is it
silk, linen, woollen, or leather. He cares not for the
ponms and beauties of thii wicked world, and would rather
dwell in a barn than in a king's palace."
The document ran on in the same strain to some length.
Shortly after Mr. Seagar entered the roam.
I sent for you," said the Alderman, rE to give you an
opportunity of vindicating your character. Thompson and
his master have put a letter into my hands which you sent
to Miss Elliott, and there has been a bad construction put
upon it. It is insinuated that you have intrigued with
this girl, and that the bearing of this letter is to corrupt
her mind. To me it is unintelligible. Taking a first
view of it, and connecting it with your meeting her at an
early hour in the morning, an.explanation is necessary.
Mr. Seagar—On my word as a man,—l do not pretend
to be a gentleman, bnt on my word as an honourable
tradesman, of long standing in this city, I sent the letter
to her under feelings of the strictest purity and fatherly
affection, to divert her ipind, expecting she would busy
herself for a time with it in puezling all her female ac-
quaintances. I copied it from a manuscript of my father's,
dated 1793, the year I was horn. It is a Scriptural
riddle, and the solution of it is a cock---(luud laughter)-._a
justi-
game cock, Sir Peter. Allow me to read it for my

fication.
Sir PETER_yop may. I sent for you that you might
justify yOuiself.
" Now, good ladies and gentle Mel, all,, said lir. Seagar,
" I, having his Worship's kind permission, will read and
expound this epistle as audibly and conspicuously as I can.
—(Laughter.)_Hoping his hearers would be edified, &c.
&c., be proceeded to his task of reading and commenting,
showing that the riddle referred, here and there, to cir-
cumstances and observations set forth in the Scriptures,
the cock and his crowing.
respectingfld
sbeing concluded, Sir PsTra inquired what chapel
he attended?
M •
and :m: Soenae ofr the
Seagar.—l
ogvoeistoeethetes ochfuiriciaht pofaSrtis.hnn and Agnes,
Sir PETr.a.—And does your wife attach as much im-
portance to that riddle as you seem to de ?
Mr. Seagar.---1. assure you, just the same.,—(Laughter.)
After travellinf into sonic irrelevant matter, he said he
was still ready to receive Eliza into his house, On her pro-
mise to be submissive, and take his advice.
Sir was certainly deceived by Mr. Jones and
Thompson as to the charicter of your letter. I think your
kindness to this young wOma:n proceeds from enthusiasin,—:
x."e it no other name—wick I. do not think, as far asi
II
Can
that you haye beep actuated by any improper

motives. There is the man—(cried the Alderman, in a
hitter tone of scorn And anger, raising his voice, and di-
recting the eyes of the crowd with his finger to Thompson)
—there is the man who has the satisfaction of having ruin-
ed this young creature. You (addressing the prisoner) are
now standing between two men of very different character
—the one appears to be your destroyer, the other your
protector. You must give me two pledgee, or I will not
consent to your liberation—that you will not renew the
attempt upon your life, or your connexion with Thompson.
She faintly made this promise, and being dismissed, went
away with Mr. Seagar.
Thompson denied that he had made the promise of mar-
riage to the girl in the presence of Mr. Seagar, but Mr.
Seagar re-asserted it.

LAMBETH-STREET.--Mr. Thomas Hewett, a
master-butcher, carrying on business in the Mile-end-road,
was brought bofore Sir DANIEL WILLIAMS on a warrant,
charging him with having violated the person of Mary
Smith, the servant of a widow lady of fortune residing in
the same neighbourhood: •
The complainant, a young, handsome, and innocent-
looking female, stated, that on the evening of Wednesday
week, during the absence of her mistress and family, the
prisoner called on her at her mistress's house, when she
asked him to walk into the parlour, where he remained but
for a few minutes, when' lie commenced taking improper
and indecent liberties with her person. This she resented ;
but he proceeded to use violence, threw her down on the
carpet, and, notwithstinding all her efforts to prevent him,
accomplished his object.
Sir Da/int—Did you not call out for assistance all this
time? Complainant—No, Sir, I thought it useless, as
there were no persons living in the next house.
Sir DANIEL--You should have called out notwithstand-
ing. Well, what did you do after the defendant had corn.
mitted the offence? Complainant—l let him out, Sir.
Sir DANIEL—Why not have given him in charge to the
watch? Complainant—l did not know what to do at the.
time.

• Sir DANIEL-When did you communicate to any person
what had happened ? Complainant—On the following
day I told my mistress's niece.
The defendant being asked what he had to say to the
charge, commenced by saying that his calling on the com-
plainant was by her own particular• invitation ; and so far
from her offering resistance she offered to treat him with
wine before be came away. Complainant—No, it was
only water I gave you.
Defendant--Well, but you asked me to take wine, but
preferred water. Besides, did you not bring me a present
of a dish of French beans on the next day, as well as a silk
handkerchief ? Complainant—Yes ; but that was to have
an opportunity of asking you if you would marry me.
Sir D. WlLLiams remarked, that her conduct rendered
redress in a criminal point of wiew out of the question, and
dismissed the complaint.
The parties, on leaving the office, retired to a neighbour-
ing tavern, to settle their business amicably.
WORSHIP-STREET—Yesterday, at a petty session
held at this office for the parish of St. Luke, the affairs of
Mr. John Wilks, sea., the late vestry clerk of that parish,
and parent of the member for Sudbury, became incidentally
a matter of discussion.

A great number of housekeepers had been summoned
before the Magistrates for non-payment of the poor rates
and paving and lighting rates.
Mr. M'Hugh, a respectable tradesman, residing in Bun-
hill-row, being asked what objection he had to paying the
rates, said, he objected to pay until the sum of nearly
6,0001. of the parish money, which had been embezzled,
was accounted for. The vestry had never been able to
obtain a statement of the accounts from Mr. Wilks, their
late vestry clerk, and he complained of the tardy proceed-
ings of the parish-officers in the business. Under the &al
act of Parliament, any of their officers neglecting to produce
their accounts to the vestry at the required times, were
liable to a penaltuf 50/. for each offence.
Mr. BROUGIITOR said, the present was not the proper
time for entering upon such a question, but he would
willingly listen to any application the defendant might have
to snake, if made in the regular way.
Defendant.—Then I certainly shall apply to you, Sir, on
another occasion.

• It appears from what was said by Mr. APHugh and
others, that proceedings have been commenced against Mr.
Wilks for the recovery of the large sum with which one of
his clerks absconded some time since, but the present in-
tention is to proceed against him summarily for numerous
penalties alleged to have been incurred by -the withholding
of vouchers and accounts from the vestry. The penalties,
if recovered, would amount to a sum nearly equal to the
loss sustained by the absconding of his clerk.
QUEEN-SQUARE.—Mrs. Robella, of No. 53, Bur-
ton-crescent, a lady of fortune, was summoned to this
office by the driver of the hackney chariot, No. 901, for
refusing to pay him his legal fare.
A livery-serveriti who attended for his mistress, said that
his master was extremely sorry that the fare should have
been .disputed, and he was ordered to pax the money.
The servant then paid the demand, 35., and 12s. 6d. costs.
TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.—Thomas _Holds-
worth, Eliza Harris, and Matilda 2"urner, were charged,
the first with stealing 1011 b. of coffee, and 61b. of choco-
late, and the other two as participators in the robbery.
The prisoners were all well known bad characters, and
fully committed under the 7th and Bth George IV., c. 29,
see. 64, as amended in Mr. Peel's act.
•
UNION-HALL.—Yesterday Whitehead, one of the
,toll-collectors at the King's Bench toll-gate, appeared to
answer to an information filed against him by William Cob-
bett, jun., for demanding and receiving under the name of
a Sunday toll the sum of 6d., contrary to the General
Turnpike Act.
After some sharp language passing between Mr. Adols..

pima and Cobbett, the magistrate (R. J. CHANIBERS, Esq.)
dismissed the information, being of opinion that the toll
demanded at the above gate, under the name of Sunday
toll, was strictly legal.
Cobbett seemed to be a good deal chagrined at the de-
.cision, and before he left the office, intimated his determi-
nation of trying the question before another tribunal.

• IMPORTED.
Same pe-
This riod last
year. year.
Bags, &c. Bags, &c,
Liverpool 654,449 427,712
London 56,5112 54,449

Jlasgow
Total exported in 1827

IRTS:

EXPORTED.

Previous.
ly this
year.
Bags, &c. Bags, &c,
5'73 16,22 g
1,400 35,935
120

54,252.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

COUNTRY DlARY.—Famar, Sum 28.
Alexander, A., Huddersfield—Court-house Huddersfield... 1
Beardmore, W., Levenshulme, near dauchester—Star,

Manchester
Beechen°, R., Stamford—Crown, Stamford 8
Birch and Co., Manchester—Star, Manchester lO
Birch, S., Manchester—White's, Manchester 9
Cartmell, R., Penrith—Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool
Croasdill, G., Canterbury—Guildhall, Canterbury l2
Duff and Co., Liverpool—Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool
Fisher, J., Birmingham—Royal hotel, Birmingham lO
Gibson, IL, Aldborough—Angel, Norwich 4
Gritton, P., Doncaster—Royal hotel, Birmingham
Gorle, J. Males Owen—Royal hotel, Birmingham 3
Hogg Vi, Cardiff=—Mr. Big;, Bristol 1
Laiglit, It., Worcester—Shakspeare tavern, Worcester l2
Owen, C. inn., Whitley, Halal Owen—Mr. Cooper's Office,
,-.

..
Shrewsbury - ll
Pain, J., Paulton—White Lion, Bristol
Percival, W., Leicester—White Hart, Leicester
,Dyke and Co. Bridgewater—Globe, Bridgewater ll
Riding, 8., Liverpool—Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool
Rigby and Co., Liverpool—Mr. Brookes, Liverpool 1
Robson, R., Hanley—Swan, Hanley
Soren, D., Bideford—Glebe, Exeter
Smith, J., Stafford—Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool ll
Webb, T., Ledbury—Arnold and Co.,Rirmingliain

INSOLVENT APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED,
COUNTRY.---At the Gaol, at Heflin', Monday, October
at Twelve o'clock.
Shaw, T., Tynylltitk, Llanthaidr

THAMES TUNNEL.—On Tuesday Mr. Bru-
nel reported, that on the preceding day he had
commenced a forward movement with the shield,
and that having overcome the late serious diffi-
culties, and the bed of the river having been re-
examined by new borings, the expectations of a
successful completion of this great undertaking
are higher than before the irruption of the river.