The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY')

-GUILDHALL.
DRUNKENNESS AND -THE STOCKS.L—Ann SHOWdetit a
pauper on the parish of St.. Sepulchre, ivas brought betore
the Magistrate by the Overseers of that. parish, under thee
s
circumstances. She called upon them yesterday,
state of extreme intoxication, for her weekly . all°ll-
ante, which was 55., intended for the .support of her'
self. and several children. At that moment she had left
her: children in a state of the greatest dirtiness., bun-
ger, rags, and. misery. The owner of the house ascer-
taining the children's situation', went to the' oteerseer,€
and requested them to visit the house to see the state of
the children; they went, and found them as de;cribed. •
Sir .CLAUDIUS HUNTED. said, the 'Act of Parliament
authorised the Magistrate to impose a fine of five shilling'.
to go to the suppport of the poor, of whom theta rione:'
herself was one ; it gave her a week to pay: at bu'""
in, and on failing so to do, called on the Magistrate
to put her in the stocks for six hours. The Act "at
.1
old one, but the prisoner's case was so aggravated, hat „3-
(Sir Claudius) felt it his' duty to impose the fine, ,'"s
to assure her that, if it were not paid, within a wee"
new set of stocks should be made for her accommodation.

HATTON-GARDEN.
MORE COlNERS.—Richard Rowland, George flillg:a
John Austin, Elizabeth Cole, Elizabeth Smith, 3'
Mary Milton, were placed at the bar of this office, chafg,s:,
as manufacturers of base and counterfeit coin, against

statutes, Rte.
The Messrs. Powell, and Mr. Field, the Inspector,. Were
present.
John Umbria, an officer of this establishment, dell?„
that he went with four other officers, in consequence 0',",;:
formation which he had received, to a house, No•
partly in Reynold's-court, and partly in White-itreo
Moorfields, about four o'clock on Wednesday aftern°°!:
Himself, and Lloyd (another officer), went in at the fc°)
saw the
door, which opened into an apartment, and they a
prisoner Elizabeth Cole, seated at a table before a fire, 311,
the other five prisoners around her. All the females Ohl'
without bonnets or shawls, as it' at home. At sight of t”ie
two officers trey appeared .in the utmost confusion,
were kept together until the Qther officers entered, rib°,
finding the back door. A quantity of counterfeit coin 104
was not immediately, in consequence of the difficulty ‘)1
at the time-dropped on the ground in the hearing of
whole party, and Milton was observed to drop six sh'
lings and six sixpences, all base, but fit for circulation. Two moulds were found hot on the hob, with iropresskns
shillings and sixpences on the holes, and in a basi n oa the table,
which was half full of water, were found eight pieces of white,'
metal resembling -shillings and sixpences, which apPeB7
to have just come from the mould.' Mr. Powell and
Field were then sent to, and trvo hackney-coaches bei°? •
procured, the whole six were handcuffed and brought 0
the office. The search was afterwards renewed, and a c00t;
siderable quantity of counterfeit shillings and sispocb,
found about the floor, as well as glass-paper, used in to
Bing, plaster of Paris in powder, some crucibles contaw
ing melted pewter, tiles, broken moulds, and other 06664
ail of which were produced. '
William Brown Edwards, another officer, after doe the
ing the difficulty of finding the back door, corroborated
latter part of Ljmbrick's statement, produced fifteen '
, of
• lings and twenty-four sixpences, all counterfeit, 1410,1
which were seen to drop from- Smith. He also prod,'l
some pieces of tobacco-pipes, the ends of which had
dipped in pewter.. bat
Lloyd, Kirby, and Reynolds, the other officers, gtbe
similar testimony, which was in part confirmed by
Messrs. Powell and Field, the latter gentleman spellor,
to the pieces of coin found being all counterfeit, and c
responding with the moulds found by the officers. 14,
• In their defence the prisoners Rowland, Milton, d'to
' and Austin, denied any knowledge of the concern.

and Smith declined saying any thing. se6
The whole six were then fully committed to ?leg
fur trial.

PUBLIC SALES-(THIS DAY.)

BY MESSRS. KEMP, AT THE MART, t
A Leasehold Residence in Wriotliesley-Streg eft
Euston-square, held for 80 years, at a ground "
of 2V. a year—produced 350 guineas. es
A Leasehold Residence, No. 39, Drummond-cit
cent, Seymour-street, held for 92 years, at 4"

.eur-34,0 guineas.
A ditto, No. 40, let at 401. a-year-350 gain
BY MR. TOPLN.
VV;'

less4.°ll'

A Leasehold Property, -No.-16, ..aera-
Clerkenwell, comprising a warehouse, with lw"of
shops at the hack, let at 701. per annum, held f°01;
years, at a ground rent of 3 guineas a-year-36

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE IN PR.-
igot4

(From the Leicester Herald, Oct. 17.) at
Monday evening last, an Inquest was held s,tt ;fl'
county gaol, in this town, before CiIARLES e,-, jil
newspaper, which I wei'initc:h(aleldvvp ant: efe ron:
DITII, Esq., on the body of JOhn BishopAe".'ot
ofenwth
body, the
hourslli iprecedingafter.d h
appeared -
rr! l ihgel i
Jury
prisoner in the gaol, who was so dreadfully bi,lf 0
arms, back, and face, being literally scorched ticPb'ede
GeorgeMusson, nephew of the gaolcr--The e.
ceased had a private room in my unde's h0i0,,:
about six o'clock on Sunday night I went up sti'',
umarsyo
stto proceededdcractaidsef,illi:
tsotdhveeai te I%tv 1
thel ,
to him, being in the habit of reading to him eillio
Sunday evening. The deceased asked me for a
to him, and then read him two or three paragralos;
'ethpeoin:Vehdoloetiotf
short time in the room, the deceased asked if I Ceti j
%Ay:lei cshanlg.
' sing the Old Hundredth Psalm ? I said, Yes' 1'1)
night ; it wanted about a quarter to eight o'cloe'.4
George Masser examined—About eight o'c'°„'
last night, I suddenly heard a loud scream up sts';
and instantly ran up and found the room of the do
ceased full of smoke. There was .no fire in get
grate • the room was quite dark, and I could not „
for the quantity of smoke. I said to William
bed
serf, who was with me, that I was sure the dece,o
was in the room, and we felt about, and found 10
in a corner of it. I put my hands round him, al/1
little of P.
found him naked ; there was only a
burning at the time. We then which x1,,-sti
flannel shirt hanging about his body,
burning ; I got it from him, and his neckcloth u:
laAbnidfdtetrohoimbkeiigto'i:
door, and found that all his clothes were burnt Co
above the waist; we then pttt him to bed, whet.
dragged him to t°
after being for about tvvo or three minutes, be l'°'
he should die, and appeared quite sensible.
Verdict—" Accidental Death."

This inoming, the son of Mr. Gerrard, 011151
instrument. maker,, of Ratcliff-highway, a youth about I
years of age, accompanied by another young man, ttisl
boat for the purpose of going to Greenwich, but in P3V
the Thames Police-office, through their unskilful 0131V0
ment of the vessel, it upset, and young Gerrard o°lo
rise no more. His companion was fortunately rescUrr

a waterman. •
ve
speeOtaiii4elp'ueressod:ylatemlyondleicnegasewzeakt ,tit,ehellgiirlag:rfei,
Warrington, was found to be violated. After steal,
body, the perpetrators of this unnatural act left tbe.t,
open, and the shroud, &c., were found lying in
oI the
the lid of which had been burst open.—Liverpol'
f

BURY FAlR.—This annual assemblage ocei"
rank and gentility of the county of Suffolk &tingle% ferl
Friday last, when the first Ball was attended by 46;05
sons, (about the same number as in the two previous
and presented the usual brilliant scene of clegOv'of.
fashion. But there was a novelty in the attractions
oti,
fair on this occasion, viz. the Bazaar, and we are goo
at being able to state that the undertaking met ee
degree of success which neither the most sangti_tii
those best acquainted with the extent of the prepay
had anticipated.—Cambridge Chronicle.
141
T
RUE FEELING OF ,rhe
Member for Galway, in taking his rounds to enforce.t
pliance With his celebrated Bill, found in one of tbe,roi
of St. Giles's, a native of the sister kingdom neat ,o,
wife. The Honourable Gentleman very humane,ii,
fered ; when out the woman flew like a tiger,
! and does your Honour take me for a brute
of
lA(in,Ag,sot
(0,
n(,l c on
ecakr wasthis tsoltitont,
ash y
early in Wni.the
seCol'
Friday, the sth inst.—Taunton Courier
• 01-'
The peasants and poor of Norway Will 11
rabbits, fancying them too much like cats.
Mr. Richard Norton, of Eiglemyre-la
Cottingham, has caught, within the last month, '2, 1 6/
of various sizes, alive, in a hot-bed about six feet