The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-16 00:00:00

rOLIcE iNTELLiGENtt.

MARLBOR6Iiiiii-STREET.
PAIUTAL OUTRAGE.—A COMplaiOt was ekbibited
at Marlborough-street Police Office, yes,etday,
against a Milly.le-hotie constable of the name of
Collins, for assaulting and dangerously wounding
Mr. King, who holds a situation in one of the
public offices. It appeared by the statement of
persons, strangers to the parties, that a drunken
man was squabbling with a watchman in Dor=et•
street, .when Collins interfeted, and his conduct
caused Mr. King to remonstrate. Collins, with-
out shewing any authority, seized Mr. King,
swore he should gn to the watch-house also, and
struck 811(1.01 treated Lira. The constable next
attacked, him with a bed-key, and wounded him
dangerously by repeated blows about the bead,
which produced blood from the ears, In this
state Mr. King was conveyed home in a dangerous
state, and his situation was described by a certi-
heart!. Collins was not to be found yesterday, but
officers are in search 'After him.

wonspp-sTREF:r.
CHARGE OF STABBING - Ye.sterclay, Maria
Derby was charged,with stabbing Joseph tlarii-
son, a black matt, with a knife, with ioccut to
kill him.

John Ward stated, that he is a music case
maker residiyg French-alley, Aldersgate-street.
About nine o'clock yesterday morning, he saw
the prisoner and Harrison, who reside in the ne,xt
house to hint, cowing down stairs. Harrison
had a stool, on cchich he sits every day, clean-
tug shoes at the corner of the alley, in his
arms : he is a pensioner, having lust a leg in
the King's service. The prisweer, who was behind
him, leaned over, attemliting to cut his throat
with a knife she held in her hand, and struck him
in the back of the neck, and innieted.a severe
gash. She at the same moment exclaimed," Take
that, you -, I wish I had done it effectually."
They were quarrelling in the morning, which •
was their constant piactice. Witness assisted in
carrying him to the surgeon in Goswell-street,
who dressed the wound, and declared him in' im-
minent danger. They had cohabited about 9 vears.
liEvit.t. ordered that proper care should be
taken of the wounded man, and committed the:
prisoner until his fate be known.
QUEEN-SQUARE. _

EmBEzzLEmENT.---17e:terdey Thomas Edge was
charged wit it embezzling Various sums Of money,
the property of his master, Mr. William Hervey.
The prosecutor is a plumber, in the.employ of the,
Gas etiaipany, Mid tesiding in New Rochester-
streef, Nelson-square. The prisoner was his
servant, and be disehatged for neglecting his
work. Since which he examined the book, and
di.covered that the Prisoner had not accounted for
several hills he had received from customers for
his master, one of ‘vhieh was for 51. 'lime pri-
soner Was rentawled until all the persons of whom
he had received money veil Come forward. •

WaxfoaDl4eacanozi.--,We are afraid that some
blood tt ill be spilled in this- county. We have
been informed by. our Correspondent, that juts
before be dispatched his letter, Mr. Cot CLOUGH
bad sent a message to Lord STot'roho ; a similar
message from Lord VALENTIA, we believe to Mr.
CAREW, had been with (tit-Unity settled The
cause for these proceedings was the alleged inter-
ference of the parties with the tenants of each
other. No such interference had been _ma to by
Mr. COLCLOUGH, and he denounced it in the
strongest terms front the hustings.. It seems jhat
Lord STOPFORD had polled some of Mr. Gil°.
GasteS tenants,a near connexion of iVir.C.oect,onott:
We hope and trust that the local authorities, tvho
in Wexford are not very active, we are sorry to
say, on these occasions, will take -.warning by
what occurred before in this county; when Mr.
CoeceouGtes brother fell by the hands of the Idle
Mr. AecQcx..--&-(Publitt Paper)
Ditriug the linlli g for a Member for the City
of. Cot k, Sir HENRY BROW NE HAYES tendered his
vote. The assessor stated that there was an ob-
jection to his voting, which was, that he had been
convicted of a capital felony, for carrying a wo-
man off against her will, and that theretere to
was disqualified flout voting. Sir HERBY, tt, r•-
ply, said, be had obtained the opinions of the
Attorney and Solicitor-General tespecting tbk,
and it appeared that the only period in which he
coidd have -been disfranchised teas whilst the
sentence against him was extant ; and the Cor-
poration not having availed themselves of their
power within that time, he was advised they
could not do it after. Sir H RY then stated,
that the Lord Lieutenant pardoned him On his
-going abroad, and the Governor of New South
Wales had remitted the remainder of the sentence
of transportation. After a consuirettion.between
the assessor and the friends of the different Cali-
‘didates it was agreed to admit the vote. Sir
HENRY then voted for Mr. HUTCIIINS.ON.—(BeI-
' fast. News Letter)
FEVER IN IRELAND --- h appears by • ate
latest accounts from the South of It eland, that
the fever which has raged there for the List IS
months continues unabated in extent, though it
has considerably lessened in its malignity. In the
city of Cork alone there are three fever hospitals,
itt which the number of patients On the 29th of
June h;st exceeded 300. From that date to the
Gth of July, about 270 were admitted, and near-
ly the sante number discharged. Tile number of
deaths was only three, which was not an,average
of one in an hundred.. It is rafter teinatkabl,!,
that for the last seven or eight mouths, the fever
has proved much more fatal.among the upper than
the lower classes of the people. •
ABREDEEN, JULY 4.—Typhus Ferer.—We are
sorry to learn, that"thi; fever has made its appear-
ance here. Last wi•ek five cases had- occurted in
the Lunatic Hospital, three of which appeared
clangermis ; but all of them now !seem convales-
cent, The disease is yet Mild—but it is becom-
ing prevalent, one-of the dispenSaries hating '2'?
cases under treatment.. Free ventilation and
cleanliness are amongst the, most.efficacions
pre-
vent ives.--,(ineerneo Journal. )
A combination having taken place amongst-the
colliers in the eastern part of the .county of Mid-
Lothian, three ol• the ringleaders, from the
upon the estate.of Wallytord„'were on Wed-
ncsdityse'rtnight apprehended,:and carried before
theJ.ASt,yes of the Peatze,.at. Edinboigh, who,
atter.examination, committeti them pyi9Oner9 to
the gaol of 1-:(1::1;t!rg1).