The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTEL LIGNCE.

GUILDHALL. —Sarah Cornell, of Edmund's-place,
Aldet•sgate-street, was re-examined yesterday before Mr.
Alderman BIRCH, charged with feloniously secreting a box
of jewellery and money, value 300/., which a Brazilian
gentleman and his lady had accidentally left under their
Pillow, when removing from that to another lodging.
Mr. Harmer, who attended for the prosecution, under-
stood Mrs. Satchell, the lodger, who at first had been ap-
prehended as a prisoner, wished to add something to bet
former evidence.
Mrs. Satchell was accordingly called into the witness's
box, and•stated that she heard the dispute about the rent
and the staining of the carpet between Mrs. Cornell and
the foreigners on Saturday morning. After they were
gone, her husband went up to see what damage had been
done to the carpet, and when he came down he emphati-
cally struck one hand on the other and said, " I'll be bound
Mrs. Cornell has found or has lost something, by the way
she has behaved." In a minute Mrs. Cornell ran down
stairs into the street in haste, and sent her husband's
father into the house to take care of the premises. He
walked about the kitchen and passage, until she returned
in about ten minutes. Mrs. Cornell came in again 20
minutes afterwards, (she bad not observed that she
went out), and soon after Mr. Cornell arrived. He and
his wife went up into the foreigners' room, and after re-
maining ten minutes, witness heard the husband go away.
Understood Mrs. Cornell had been looking for her husband,
but that he had dropped in n,cidentally, leaving his cart in
Aldersgate-street. Directly after he was gone Mrs. Latson
came again, and declared that she could swear the box had
been left under the pillow. Mrs. Cornell had previously
been hurrying about in great agitation, and quite red in the
face. On Monday morning the American pilot came, and
when he announced that he had brought a message from
the foreigners, Mrs. Cornell asked him to walk up stairs.
Mrs. Sparks, who lives in Etinwnd-place, and is reLted to
the prisonelr, led the way, and witness went up last. Mr.
Anderson and Mrs. Latson had sent him to apologize for
her furious behaviour on the Saturday-, and to beg that Mrs.
Cornell wools! search for the box again, they having looked,
in a great bustle. Mrs. Cornell answered that the officer
had not looked in a bustle; and that Anderson might look,
but she would not. Mrs. Cornell and Anderson went into
the chamber, searched the bed and a cupboard, and the pilot
was beginning to tell them that Mr. Latson declared he
would never live with his wife again unless she recovered
the box, when witness was called down by her husband,
who came home.
Mr. Alderman BIRCH here took up Anderson's depo-
sition, and said, " I will read all he has stated, and you
will interrupt me when I come to any part that you say is
false. The Alderman then read on to the part where it is
stated, that Mrs. Cornell was advised by another female to
give up the property ; but Mrs. Cornell replied that it had
gone too far, and came to hint, and offered him 50/. to per-
suade the foreigners it was useless to trouble themselves
any further.
Mrs. Satchell swore nothing of that kind passed in het
presence, but it might have occurred between Mrs. Cor-
nell and Mrs. Sparks after witness was called down by her
husband. _ _

Mrs. Sparks was then called forward, and the pilot was
desired to look at her and say it she was not the person
whom he saw conversing with the prisoner. He could not
at all recognise her, and his belief was that two females
only went up stairs with him, and Mrs. Satchell was one of
those two.
Mrs. Satchell vehemently protested she had related all
she knew of the affair.

The ALDERMAN then announced his determination to
commit the prisoner. Her solicitor applied to have her li-
berated on hail, by two Justices, but the Alderman said,
as he had no doubt of her guilt, be could not allow tbat
course to be taken.
The ALDERMAN again said, she was finally committed ;
but she will be brought up again this' day, to hear the de-
positions, which are of great length, read over to her in
the shape in which they will be returned for the use of the
Judge.
BOW-STREET.—The arrival of Bond, jun., the officer
to whom directions were given to take the party into cus-
tody who challenged the baker to meet bins at 12'paces
with pistols, was looked for yesterday with some anxiety,
and Sir R. BIRNIE more than once inquired if the officer
had returned. Hie arrival put an end to the various con-
jectures to which the delay had given rise; and having
communicated the result of his journey to Sir R. BIRNIE,
the worthy Magistrate burst into a hearty laugh, which
was soon communicated to the by-standers, when Bond
related the following particulars :
The supposed writer of the challenge is a Mr. Somer.-
field, clerk in a-lead-mill at Hoxton, between whom and
the baker, whose name is M'Diarmid, a dispute took place
on Tuesday evening last in the parlour of a public-house to
which they were both accustomed to resort. High words
were exchanged by the parties, and there were those pre-
sent who it appears were any thing but peace-makers. The
baker was known to be irascible, impatient of contradiction,
and " fond of quarrel as my lady's lap-dog ;" and patience
was not amongst the virtues of his opponent. They se-
parated with a mutual declaration of defiance, and threats
of future vengeance. As soon as they retired, some of
the company, more waggish than the rest, penned the
challenge, which the baker received in due form a short
time after he reached home. Six o'clock in the morn-
ing, pistols and twelve paces in the field behind the
lead-mill, were the conditions of the challenge with which
the baker was desired to comply, as he valued his repu-
tation as a gentleman and a man of courage. The baker,
although he had no mind to be shot, was determined to
show the party by whom he supposed he was challenged,
that he was just as capable as he was• of writing a gentle-
manly epistle, and he accordingly sat down the next morn-
ing, as soon as the hour appointed for the duel had elapsed,
add penned the following note, which is certainly a fair
specimen, if not of the counter-check quarrelsome; at least
of the reply valiant :
" No. 1, Hyde-street, Hoxton, Oct. 30.
" Sir,—ln reply to your vile and false accusations, I
have only to say, that a man who could be guilty of suds
ungentlemanly conduct—of such mean falsehood—of per-
version of every thing true and honourable, as was exhibited
by you last night—is beneath the notice of a soldier and a
gentleman. I therefore throw back into your teeth, to
whom they justly belong, your foul and false epithets.—
This is my apology. M for your letter, I have left it in
the Yours, Etc. A. M'DIARMID.',

" To Mr. Soinerfield."
The baker, however,\vas not quite so careless of the chal-
lenge as the concluding part of his epistle would imply,
and when Bond called upon the supposed challenger, he
was rather surprised when informed that he was gone to
the country for the benefit of his health, and knew nothing
whatever of the transaction. The baker however, declares
that the warrant shall be put in force whenever the party
against whom it was issued returns to town.
Five refractory paupers were brought from the work-
house of St. Clement Danes, charged by the master of the
woi k.ouse and the parish authorities with being extreme-
ly insolent, and refusing to perform the work with which
they were provided. Four of them were hale hearty able-
bodied men. The fifth was "a hunchback ; and on its
being remarked by Sir R. Butsris that he did not appear
capable of performing very heavy work, one of the officers
observed, "Perhaps not, your Worship; yet, notwith-
stauding his appearance, it was but this morning he strip-
ped off his coat and offered to fight me."
One of the paupers, who acted as spokesman for the
rest, said, that they were half-starved, and that they were
made to work all day without any compensation.
The parish gentlemen in reply to this statement denied
that those paupers who were made to work were inade-
quately fed. On working days they had each an allowance
of six additional ounces of bread, making 18 ounces a-day.
They were allowed, besides, six ounces of meat, and three
pints of beer each. Soup was given them also, and three
or four times in the week they were allowed pudding.
Sir R. BIKNIE ordered them to the House of Correc-
tion for one month, there to be kept to hard labour.
MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—AII constables and others,
his Majesty's officers of the peace, being commanded to
bring before some one of his Majesty's justices, the body-
of Mary Phillips, a queer-looking little courtesan, who
lives at No. 3, in Dean-street, Lisson-green, Philip Web-
ster did, yesterday, in pursuance thereof, place her at the
bar before Mr. GRIFFITH, to answer to all such matters
and things as were then and there preferred against her
by John Dickinson, who lives at No. 9, in th'same street.
Mr. John Dickinson stated, that as soon as daylight
disappears, and often at noon day, there is a girl placed
at the door of each house, Nos. 3,4, and 8, in Dean-
street, to allure every man who happens to pass, and that
the presence of a modest female is no check upon their
importunity ; for on Tuesday night, as he walked by
No. 3, in company of his wife, the prisoner accosted them,
with "Do you want accommodation ?" The question re-
ceived the answer it merited, and she, after abusing him,
spat in his face.
Miss Phillips declared, upon her honour, that the charge
was false.
.‘ Oh, oh, upon your honour," replied Mr. GRIME*,
smiling ; " I won't believe a word you say,—you shall be
committed."
The houses mentioned were represented to the Magistrate
as being of the worst deogiption, particularly Nos. S and
4, which are opposite the walls of Christ Church), andeon'
sequeutly ere not overlooked.

COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday there was held a Court of Common
Council.

At the usual hour, Mr. Alderman ATKINS took
the chair, and observed that he had been requested
to do so by the Lord Mayor; his Lordship being
prevented from personally appearing, in consequence
of a severe domestic calamity that had happened
to him.

An authority under the hand and seal of the Lord
Mayor was then read, giving power and authority to
all or any of the Aldermen who passed the Chair, to
act pro tempore in his stead.