The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILD HALL. —ln the list of night-charges laid before
Mr. Alderman G A Kitten yesterday morning, was the follow-
ing entry, " Mary Sharpe—assault ;" autr when that name
was called, a rather pretty, but very slatternly young woman,
with slow and faltering steps, ascended the platform of
the bar, and having tottered to the front of it, she grasped

the rail as though she was about to swoon.
At the instant a young man rushed through the crowd
with so much haste and agitation that lie very nearly upset
some of them ; and having ascended—or rather stumbled
up, the steps of the witness box, he said—" It is me !-1
—l—appear against her !"
" Your name, occupation, and address ?"—said the clerk.
" Edward—Edward Sharpe, is my name ; and I'm a

broker ; and I live in Moor. line," he replied, in breathless

taste.

"Sharpe is the name of the prisoner," observed the
ALDERMAN,—" are you related to her ?"
" It is my wife, Sir !"—he replied—" she is my wife;
and Oh ! would to God she was not !"—he exclaimed ; at

the same time handing in a certificate of their marriage,
by which certificate it appeared that they had been married
about four years. Having handed in the certificate, he
proceeded in the same agitated manner :—" Last night,
when I went home from my business—Oh ! I shall never
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forget Al—the door of our room, Sir, has a spring lock—
but it is spoil'd, so that it won't catch firmly ; and when I
went home—instead of using the key—for the key is of
no use, I shoved the door open, and I saw—Oh, Sir !—I
saw the landlord—our own landlord, and Mary, my wife—
there she is !—I saw Mary on the bed, and—Oh God 7-7-4
wish I had been blind !"—Here the poor fellow burst into
tears, hid his face in his handkerchief, and sobbed aloud ;
whilst his guilty wife turned from side to side, endeavour-
ing to hide her face from the gazing crowd. When the
husband had somewhat recovered himself, he. gave a
description of what he saw—facts too gross for us tx re-
peat ; and then he added—" my strength all went away
front me ;—I didn't know what to say—or which way to
look ;—it seemed as if the house was falling upon me to
crush me into the earth; I went to the bed—there she lay

—Oh ! why did I live to see that night !—there she
" Mary !—said I, " is this possible?—could I ever have
believed that you would deceive line thus, Mary !"—She
said nothing—l rushed at the scoundrel landlord—he was
putting himself to rights by the window—l rushed at him
and seized the villain by the throat, and, big as he is, and
rich as he is, be trembled in my hand like a thief, and—
they persuaded me to take him to the watch-house." Here
the poor man again burst into tears, and wept vehemently
He then added, his neighbours assisted him to take the
scoundrel to the watch-house, but the constable said he
could not detain him—that he must proceed against him
in another way ; and, upon his returning home, his wife,
who appeared to have been drinking deeply during Isis ab-
sence, answered his reproaches by blows, and by the ad-
vice of his neighbours he gave her in charge to the watch
for that assault. " And separate her from ine, Sir, I be-
seech you !" he continued—" take her away from me !
let me never see her more !—I never can live with her—
Oh, I Never can he happy again !—I will take care of our
child—l will allow her half of my earnings—l will do any
thing, so
.you. will only never let me see her again—Oh,
pardon me, Sir !—Excuse ma—my heart is broke !"

The ALDERMAN told him he pitied him exceedingly !
but that all ke could do for him was to hold his wife to
hail for the assault upon him.
" Oh, the assault !" said the, " I don't mind the as-
sault ; if she had murdered me I would have forgiven her
with my last breath—but I will punish her now, I will
enter an action—an action, I will, against them both —I
will not bear this !"
The ALnErtinaN reminded him that an action at-law was
a very expensive affair, and that probably he might ruin
himself by it.
" Ruined 1" he exclaimed ; " I am ruined—ruined in
my heart and mind for ever! But I have friends--good
friends, who will take my part in such misery as this."
" Well, woman," said the ALDERMAN to the wife, as she
stosaaleasily rolling herself from side to side at the bar,
" What have you to say to all the grief you have occa-
sioned ?"
It was a question for which she seemed to be well pre-
pared; for- she instantly threw aside her seeming shame,
and accused her husband of—being poor ; declared that
the landlord only came to her to talk about the rent which
they owed him ; and she was obliged to talk to him—be-
cause her husband, " like a shabby fellow, as he Was"—
would neither pay his rent, nor make excuses to the land-
lord himself.—" And arn't you ashamed," said she, ad-
dressing herself to her husband, " to bring a woman here
and expose her in this way !"
Her husband denied that he owed more rent than he
was able
well,"etopa pay;
saidan the womandsaidit teas
,a wicked excuse of hers.
"
it's no use talking :
" I'm innocent of the crime; and' you may send me to pri-
son if you like."
And she was sent to prison, until she should find bail
"
for the assault she had committed upon her husband.
BOW-STREET.—Another instance of the jealousy and
bad feeling which exist between the constables of St. Paul's,
Covent-garden, and the officers attached to this office, oc-
curred yesterday, ;in ';!,te case a man named Pardoe,
charged by Syers and W7Vart, two parish constables, with
creating a riot in the Longs. of Grubb, of Bow-street, one
of the persons convicted in the sum of 201. for selling wine
without a licence, as stated in our report of yesterday.
A waiter belonging; ':,?-IGrubb's establishment was the
complainant. Ott lliondaytniglit, between one and two
o'clock, the defendantilin company with another man,
came to his master's house, and asked for coffee. They
were both dressed like Nr7'!_fig men, and his master, Mr.
Grubb, told them to go"elsel...7here,—that they were not re-
spectable enough for his room. They insisted, however,
upon their right to be served, and Mr. Grubb ordered wit-
ness to turn them out, in ecedeavouring to effect which the
defendant knocked hint down. Witness got up, and a
scale took place in the street, when the two constables now
present, Syers and Wyman, came up, and Syers took charge
of the defendant, but let him go soon after.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE asked Syers why he let the de-
fendant go, after taking him into custody? Syers.—
Because I was assaulted and struck by your officers, and the
defendant was rescued from me.
" Indeed !" said Sir RICHARD BIRNIE. " Who is the
officer that assaulted you ?" Syers here pointed to Stephens,
an officer of this establishment.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE,—How do you account for this,
Stephens ? Stephens explained, by stating that he was the
person who first took the defendant into custody, and he
was in the act of conveying him to the watch-house, when
the two constables came up, and insisted upon taking that
duty upon themselves.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE. —Ay, I see how it is this is one
of your contemptible struggles to see whether you or the
parish officers arc the stronger.
Mr. Hat.r.s.—These proceedings are most disgraceful ;
but as far as I am concerned I am determined to put a stop
-o them.

Sir R. BIRNIE told the defendant that be must enter
into his own recognizances to meet any charge of assault
that might be preferred against him at the sessions by
Grubb's waiter, whom be also bound in the same manner,
and then told the parties that they might, if they pleased,
indict each other.
Pardoe, the defendant, then charged Stephens, the officer,
with striking him in the watch-house, while in custody there.
Bartlett, the watch-house-keeper, here stepped forward
and said, that the conduct of Stephens was highly impro-
per. He abused every body in the watchhouse, and struck
Pardoe on the breast with his staff. He added that Ste-
phens appeared to be drunk.
Herring, one of the patrol conductors, said that Stephens
acted certainly with great impropriety.
Sir R. BIRNIE—Did he appear to be drunk ? Herring,
—No, your Worship, I don't think he was in liquor, but
he appeared in a very great passion.
Mr. HALLS—In a passion ! What right has a man in
his situation to be in a passion? His conduct has been
most improper.
Sir R. BIRNIE—And I think we should visit it with an
adequate punishment. You are suspended, Stephens, and
you may consider yourself well off if you are not dismissed.
Lambert, the owner of the coffee-shop in Bow-street,
whose conviction in the sum of 20/. we have already no-
ticed, came to the office to request the magistrates to allow
him to put in sureties for the purpose of appealing to the
sessions against their conviction. lie stated that finding
his continuance in the house likely to offend the magistrates
and the authorities of the parish, he had come to the de-
termination of leaving the house.
Mr. HALLS.-It is neither our object nor our desire
that you should quit your house. All that we require is,
that while you continue to keep it open, the law shall be
observed, both with respect to what you sell, and to the
hours at which you accommodate your company.
Lambert then withdrew.
Mr. Thomas, the active constable, whose intention to
resign his office and to provide a substitute forthwith, was
announced by himself in a letter published in the Times
on Thursday last, complained to Sir R. Brat4rE and Mr.
HALLS respecting a written communication which he had
received,' signed " A Bow-street Officer," threatening him
with the contents of a loaded pistol for his officious meddling
in matters which did-not concern him.
Mr. HALLS said, that if Mr. Thomas could trace the
production to any officer of the Bow-street establishment,

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be (Mr.
Elizabeth Law and charlotte Nichols were cberr
punished.n alls) %Vona take care that he should be seierilf 4
with a highway robbery.
The prisoners both denied that they were of the P 1 4.
that had robbed the prosecutor.
The Alderman committed them both for trial.
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tion of the Alderney Dairy Company, with the embezzlenP9
timed, nor all the witnesses present necessary to enable'
of various sums of money, but as the books were not
Magistrate to go fully into the case, he thought it I:etter
it should stand over for le-examination on Saturday lei
WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday 49 householderu
the parish of St. Luke appeared on summonses before .7t.
sitting Magistrates, for non-payment of poor and Ps°
and lighting rates. fri
The majority pleaded extreme poverty, and pt4"--,,eit
time, which was granted ; others complained of wt
harshness on the part of the collectors in refusing t°,•oo
one day for payment, although they had been pari„o,
upwards of 20 years, which conduct the Magistrste re
upwards
bated in strong terms; and one claimed exemption louse,
9e,
ground that his house, which he held on a reptorig
had been condemned upwards of six months. • to do 0'
Mr. BROUGHTON—If the Court Leet were • con!'
duty, the occupant would be indicted for a nuisancella diop
tinuing in a crazy fabric to the danger of the surt°°lll
neigbours. An order to pay within seven daYs Wald 11l
cordingly made, with directions that the matter shoo
'again represented to the Court Leet. •
As the parish authorities were retiring, Mr. 80, -G;I:t tl;
wished to call their attention to some serious defects set
paviug and lighting of certain parts of that pufailou'.
growing parisji. The greater portion of the foonal t
the City-road, from Old-street to Islington, '3'311 be
wretched a state that no person could pass withoo, WO
ankle deep in mire. The late hour at which the wat'''ose'
set, and the almost total darkness of some of the street
ticularly North-street, City-road, inhabited by the °°*•',ol
characters, were also grievous causes, of complaint' IS
called aloud for immediate remedy. It was only
nights since that a young man was robbed near
that street, of 171. worth of silk ; and the case" w;dios of
committed on shopkeepers, between dusk and eitaie
the watch at nine o'clock, were almost n
` Pr°'
could not be otherwise when the streets were e-it,:erss.
tested for four hours, and that in comparative d0...---dincer
Mr. Wall, the Vestry Clerk, who was in 11,tten—hserW
admitted the justness of the worthy Magistrates "'"..0 the
tions, and pledged himself to lay the matter hetb'-
Board without delay. bits°
UNION-HALL.—YesferdaY3lr. Cowell, an inbe
rest
of South Lambeth,' attended at this office for the Poutto
of applying for the assistance of the police, in coleilbstr
of the nightly depredations committed in that lleigt.,olo
hood. He stated that within the last few months
house had been attempted seven different times• yt air
represented that scarcely a night passed that the 03°.' oci or
ing robberies were not committed in the neighbelo the de'
South Lambeth, which was wholly attributable t°
fective state of the watch. i4gs
Mr. CHAMBERS had an interview with the IVlarq:- 're
Lansdowne on the subject of the numerous robberled,
cently committed in the neighbourhood above ePeecniol
and his Lordship had directed Sir R. Birnie to °3'
some of the patrol on that particular duty. trot ere
Mr. Covrell.—Neither officers nor Bow-street patrol
to be seen in South Lambeth. We have only a few P"
watchmen, and they are of no use.
Mr. CHAMBERS.—There are only eight officer' teisli°ll°
the duties at this office, and really they cann '
ot beerefoll
to attend at South Lambeth. Mr. Cowell was tb —4O
-advised to apply at Bow-street, which, no doubt, w"
be attended to. ht up '6
John Butler, a private watchman, was hi.°4
a charge of stealing five fowls from Mr. liarveY' d'premises, as well as others, he was set to guard fr°
predTaitions The Magistrate committed the prisoner, and °b..eiti"
there was little doubt the watchmen at South Lambeth
'-
implicated in a similar manner.

A ,lOO
PEA GROWING IN THE EAR.--xx few
ago a woman brought her daughter (aged six years) t'.0,0,
DUPUYTREN for an inflammation and swelling of tbe,eipt
It was found that the child had been playing with:ol
peas a few days before, and had introduced one into t'fbet
meatus auditorins. The foreign body bad renotiziedna,
three days, completely obstructing the passage of '°ll,-- atie
that she was quite deaf on that side. Pain ctuoe °
soon increased, with a serous discharge and ,
fever"d
pea could be perceived on pulling the ear a little 010 Oita
and upwards to straighten the canal, and was of
without difficulty. It had been dry when introthiceuLfcle
was now found swelled, softened, and green,
or little stem which had:been developed in the ear. v—. 1,01
cipient germination at first may appear extraortlinari3O,l
ceases to be so when we reflect that in the auditory ,o,
the pea was placed in circumstances favourable to vegetno
having heat, moisture, and the presence of
Medical Gazette.
A II lde:
GLASGOW
ptohsee MARKETS,diutaoiemarket
meetcl DEC.
st-he
market. f
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et
el y'
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taken for
Sugar being
rblereeisnioaginddda)! the reduction of 6d, a ls• per Uie
th
tsh,enraitileisdso.f
IlvaesitvwDeeekn,ier(aorfa,wlaiticlsl9asb.osuating :100 00.1
thealtss lowestuds. bo i pointlhi
g Jamaica
of
aOf the
brown, and 62e. a 655. for low to oodee3slifj.aciiii,gi:gari6:adepl,
hhds. boiling St. Vincent's, The stock t col
at 645. illie last
ters' bands is now reduced to 1,280 casks, 00 P.l.l''
they held 2,700 casks.—Since our last about 5 fo,
aeons Demerara Molasses were iota at 286. 9d* le
the landing scale, and almost none are left of the .je
in/P°rtatiouS.—The sales of Coffee this week
ater:,
inited parcels of good middling Demerara, ' 9i.et
and good to fine ordinary Jamaica at 545. a 569;osics
cwt.—The only sale of Dyewoods worthy of ._O,/
was 20 tons prime Cuba Fustic, at 101. 10s. per teisi,
About 50 puns. Jamaica Rum were sold at Ss. ga•
3d, for 16 0.P., and 10 puns. Leeward at the rat
2d. for proof.—There was a steady demand for
particularly:for Egyptian, 'which has advanced olin'
per lb., in other descriptions there was no alteration.
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sales amount to 1,647 bales. The business done '
has been limited, buyers yet being intimidated from %Jos
freely, at the advanced rates demanded of 325. per 07;0
Pet as well as Pearl.—ln Tobacco almost no bosino
doing, the trade being well supplied for the present .l 1
low sells in small lots at 40s. a. 41s.:per
Grain market this week the business done was not, roef
sire ; all kinds of wheat were in fair demand at r IX%
rates. Barley in the latter transactions declined Pcif
boll. Best qualities of Oats brought the late cuff
JoloOmnn
while ordinary kinds were a shade
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of a daughter.
in. Half Noon-street,
lady of Philip Wiss, Esq. -of a daughter,
the nt
On the 10th June last, at Dinapoor, in Ino,a've4.ol3
Rttltileseselllsl6,tthEhsiignittmila:7BUlpßtorrni,lNSV.an.eieksli.ire, tbe`: of
of Lieutenant A. A. Williamson, of the 2br.
Bengal Native Infantry, of a son. •
MARRIED. b ..10641141
On the 18th inst. at St. Leonard's Shoredite..'
David Everett, Esq. of Ipswich, to Elizabeth' ,
daughter of the late Mr. John Garwood, of Hatii),*pall
On the 18th inst. at the Church of St. Clown' tip
by the Rev. Thomas Hughes, D.D. Canon 1110°e/350r
St. Paul's, William Wells, Esq. of Arundel-street,
to Miss Susannah Adams, the niece of John 8en0.13; srd
of Hardwell, Uffington, Berks, and• the onitebi cif
heiress of William Adams, Esq. .deceased, foil°
11;
Cricklade, Wilts.
On the 17th inst. at Bathwick Church, by the Agoiie
Radford, the Rev. Richard William Kerly, Aft. ot
Sidney-place, to Eliza Swinnerton, third daughter°'
Thomas Swinnerton Dyer, R.N.
On the sth of June, at Mooradabad, Robert Terrill/di
Esq. to Miss Elizabeth Brown.
At Kidderminster, Herbert Hellen, Esq. to Mrs. IV
of Brockencot House, near Kidderminster, relict of
Mitchel, Esq.

DIED. treftl
On the 17th inst. at her residence in Baker-se'll
her 76th year, Mrs. Baldwin, relict of the late,, i
Baldwin, Esq. of Lower Brook-street. s `l
On the 9th inst. at West Mailing, Kent, durliariri
to her son, Mrs. Parsons, relict of the late Aff• iy
of St. Albans, surgeon. b if)
On the 17th inst. at Pimlico, Mrs. Jane 1105 ' -9,,
79th year of her age.
On the 18th inst. at his house, at Barnet, Leuoar4 1
Esq.
B. G. Wright, Esq. of the Polygon, Soutbaol"/
his 82d year. 0/
At Southampton, Mrs. Elizabeth Finlayson, rellc. )
late Colonel Finlayson, of Aberdeen. . Ao:
At Hamblecion,,Mrs. Gayton, relict of the late '
George Gayton.
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