The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
A young man named Barligton, an apprentice
to Mr. Brown, a fishmonger in Leadenhall-market,
was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with
having committed a robbery in the Hull-moon
and with having broken out of the inn after the
robbery. The thief was detected in rather a curious
manner.
Grimes, a constable, was applied to by a bird-
seller, who complained that young Bartington had
passed a bad crown-piece at his shop, and refused to
change it. The officer immediately went to the
prisoner, and after some conversation, which led to
suspicion in the Mind of the officer, searched him,
and found a pocket-book, containing a number of
duplicates, an old watch, and other property, which
did not appear to belong to him. Having heard
that a robbery had been committed at the Half-
moon Inn, and that amongst the property stolen
was a bad crown-piece, if that could be called pro-
perty, the officer went to the landlord, who instantly
identified the crown-piece, which he had laid aside,
marked, in order to return it to a neighbouring
tradesman, from whom he had taken it in change
for 1001. in bank-notes. An investigation was at
once commenced, and the prisoner was accused of
house-breaking and robbery.
Mr. Charles Wilson said that during his absence
in the country, on the night of Wednesday week,
his house bad been robbed of several articles, some
of which were his property, and the rest the pro-
perty of a gentleman who occasionally lodged in the
house. Amongst the articles was a pocket-book,
which contained about 1501. in bills. The money
stolen amounted to no more than between 2/: and
3/. Bills to the amount of between 5001. and 600/.
were scattered about the floor of the parlour, inside
the bar, Which had been broken open. The thief, he
believed, must have entered in the day time, the
house being extremely accessible, and hidden him-
self until the dead of night. A two-gallon bottle
which lay empty in the bar had been taken into the
cellar and filled with spirits, and it was found,
along witk a stolen great coat and other property,
in a place in a house to which the prisoner had con-
stant access. About two months before this rob-
bery was committed, Mr. Wilson said an attempt to
rob the house had been contemplated. It had been
ascertained that some person had got up the chimney
of one of the rooms, for a large quantity of soot was
not only found in the grate, but sooty footsteps
were traced across the room, and the mark of a sooty
hand perceived upon the lock of the door. The
robbery which had at length taken place in his
absence had been, he was sure, some time in con-
templation.
Mrs. Hanley, the housekeeper of Mr. Wilson, de-
posed that at eleven on Wednesday night the pre-
mises were secured. The door leading into Half-
moon-alley was bolted, the bar and parlour were
locked, and some silver was left in the till and
drawer, amounting to about 28s. or 295. The wit-
ness had a pretty canary bird in a cage, and when
she came down in the morning; and heard of the
robbery, she missed the canary bird, and found that
the door of the cage was open.
The canary bird was found by the officer at the
house of a person in Crucifix-lace, into whose care
the prisoner had placed it.
The nephew of Mr. Wilson stated, that upon
coming down stairs at half-past five o'clock in the
morning, lie found that the bar and parlour had been
broken open, and that several articles had been
stolen. The small door leading into Half-moon-
alley was unbolted, and he had no doubt that the
thief escaped out of the house through that outlet.
Bills and papers were strewed about the floor of the

par lour.
Mr. Wilson said, that the person who committed
the robbery in all probability must have taken two
turns, as he had carried off a large stock. Where
he could have hidden himself was not at all known.
Perhaps if the bad crown piece had not been offered
by the prisoner, who probably was not aware that it
was abaci one, the discovery of the thief never would
have been made.
The prisoner had deposited in the pocket-book of
Mr. Wilson, which was taken from his person,
several duplicates, amongst which were one for a
violin, arid two for flutes, which had been stolen
some time ago from the lodgings of a neighbour of
Mr. Wilson's, to which the prisoner bad access.
Mr. Brown, the master of the prisoner, and a
respectable fishmonger, stated, that the prisoner had
conducted himself well, and behaved in a satisfac-
tory manner. Some knives and forks, and spirits
found upon his premises, were not his property, nor
did he know any thing about them. The prisoner
had constant access to all parts of his house.
The violin and flutes were identified as the stolen
property of three persons.
The prisoner did not utter a word, but appeared
not to be aware of the perilous situation in which
he stands.
A professional gentleman attended for him, and
took notes of the whole of the examination.
The prisoner was then fully committed for trial,and
all the parties were bound over to appear against him.

BOW-STREE
Robert Salter, a journeyman butcher, was charged
with having violently assaulted his master, Mr. Palk,
a butcher, residing in -Maiden-lane, Southampton-
street, the fingers of whose right hand were nearly
cut off, by a blow- aimed at him by the prisoner with
a large knife.
Mr. Palk stated, that the prisoner had lived in his
service for some time past, but his conduct upon se-
veral occasions was so violent and overbearing, that
he was determined to part with him, and accordingly
he tendered him his wages op the previous night,
but he refused to quit the house, upon which some
words arose between them, and the prisoner in a
violent passion snatched up the knife now:produced,
and inflicted the blew, the effects of which might be
seen. A person who happened to be passing at the
time rushed into the shop, and seizing the prisoner
by the arm, succeeded in wresting the knife from-his
grasp.
A man of colour, named Parker, corroborated Mr.
Palk's statement, and said he never witnessed con-
duct so outrageous. The prisoner threatened to stab
him (witness) to the heart if he dared to interfere.
Sir R. BIRNIE and Mr. HALLS appeared at first
to think that the offence was capital, but the circum-
stance of the knife having been seized in a sudden fit
of passion, and without premeditation, induced them
to treat it as a violent assault only.
The prisoner, whose passionate disposition appeared
incapable of being controlled even in the dock, denied
the charge, and accused the witnesses of having sworn
falsely, and in the violence of his anger shook his
clinched fist at the magistrates.
Sir R. BIRNIE told him that he was a violent fel-
low, and bound the witnesses over to prosecute at
the sessions. The prisoner was then removed by
Ford the gaoler to the lock-up room, and in a few
minutes the fellow was brought back roaring like a
bull, and declaring he had been almost murdered.
Ford explained, that as soon as he conveyed the
prisoner to the lock-up room he attacked him with
so much fury that in self-defence he was obliged to
knock him down.
Sir R. BIRNIE told the prisoner that his conduct
was so desperate? he must find bail, and give 48
hours' notice of the persons hp. meant to produce as

his sureties.
The prisoner was then removed.
ARLBOROU GH-STREET.
Information was given yesterday morning to Mr.
ROE, the sitting Magistrate at this office, of the
foi:owing daring burglary and robbery, committed at
the house of Mr. Burghart, an extensive tailor and
draper, No. 17, Clifford,greet, Bond-street, very
near the house of Messrs. Stultz, tailors, whose pre-
mises were broken into a few nights ago, and for
which two persons are now in custody.
Mr. Burghart stated, that about two o'clock on
that morning, Mrs. Burghart was suddenly awoke
by something like a noise in thehouse as she thought
but after she had awakened, she could hear Twthing
of the kind, and supposing that it was a dream, slie

went to sleep again. Shortly after he was also
awoke by the same sort of noise, but he, too, sup-
posed that he must be in a dreaming mood, and was
about to compose himself to sleep again, but before
he could do so he was rather surprised to hear, at
that unseasonable hour, the noise of a coach rattling
along the street in front of his house, which made, he
thought, a much greater noise than such vehicles
usually did. He listened for a minute or two, when
to his still greater surprise, the coach suddenly
stopped, and that too, as appeared to him, very near
his own door. Although he was a little puzzled
about this, he did not instantly get out of bed, but
lay thinking for a short time what it could be that
the coach came there for, and wondering which of
his neighbour's houses it had pulled up at. At last
he bethought him to have a look out at his window
and satisfy his curiosity, when, to his utter astonish-
ment, he saw that the coach was drawn up at his
own door, and he distinctly observed and counted
six men on the hall-door steps, busily employed in
doing something that he could not at that distance
clearly ascertain; but satisfied that it was not any
thing for his interest, he called out to them as loud as
he could to know what they did there, and at the
same time, in almost the same breath, called for the
police ; but the instant his voice was heard, the
six men scampered off in different directions, and
the coach drove away with all possible speed another
course. He (Mr. Burghart) was then fully im-
pressed that the persons he had seen at the door
were a gang of burglars, who intended to break into
the house; brit he had no idea that they had effected
that purpose, as he supposed that he had disturbed
them at the commencement of their operations; and
with this impression, and being, moreover, quite
undressed, he did not immediately run down stairs,
or make any pursuit, which he otherwise might have
done, at least after the coach ; but he still continued
at his window calling for the police; but he could
not see or hear of any of that body for at least five
minutes, when one of them came walking leisurely
along front another street e he called to this police-
man from his wir.dow, and told him to stand at the
door until he (Mr. Burghart) had dresesd himself
and gone down stairs, which the man did, and
sprang his rattle for other assistance. On going
down stairs, the first intimation that he (Mr. Burg-
hart) had that any robbery had really been com-
mitted was by stumbling over several pieces of cloth
in the street-door passage ; but on examining fur-
ther when the police were admitted, he discovered
that upwards of 6001. worth of cloths, waistcoat
silks, &c. had been removed from his back ware-
house or workshop, more than one half of which
was carried clear off in the coach, no doubt, and the
remainder left behind in the passage, owing to the
thieves being disturbed in their operations. On
examining the premises to ascertain how the burg-
lary had been effected, it was discovered that the
thieves, with a crow-bar, forced up the iron railing
over the area to the kitchen in the street, and hay-
ing thus descended, or at least one of them, an easy
access was found to the lower part of the house, and
from thence to the wareroom and the street-door,
which there was little difficulty in opening inside to
admit the others of the party, and convey out the
(roods. There was no person whatever, it appears,
r'slept in the lower part of the house, which is un-
dergoing a partial repair, Mr. Burghart and the
whole family sleeping up stairs. It was a singular
circumstance, too, Mr. Burghart said, that a little
terrier dog which he had had in the house, and
which was a-most watchful creature, always giving
an alarm at the least noise at night, was missed on
Tuesday last, and could not any where be found un-
til that morning about three o'clock, when the
alarm of the robbery was given and the police at
the door, the little animal, to his (Mr. Burghart's)
surprise, walked into the hall, frisking his tail, and
there could be little doubt that he had been in the
possession of the thieves.
By the directions of the Magistrate, Clements and
Goddard proceeded to -the house to undertake the
investigation of the case, with a view to tracing out
the burglars, but when they got to the house they
learned that the matter was entirely in the hands of
the new police, and that Mr. Burghart and his clerk
and all parties were gone, by orders, to attend be-
fore the Commissioners of Police, at Whitehall, and
they, (Clements and Goddard) could not therefore
learn any thieg by which they could stir in the business.
Mr. Burghart, in the course of his account of the
robbery, said that the six men he observed on the
steps of his door appeared to he all very well dressed
men, and one of them he could clearly see had a
black band or crape round his hat. The coach,
he said, which was clearly a hackney one, was one
of the largest and heaviest he had ever seen, and
made an unusually loud noise.
It appears that some time ago Mr. Burghart pro-
secuted a man in hie employ for dishonesty, and the
prisoner was convicted and sentenced to seven years'
transportation, but the sentence was afterwards com-
muted to a term of imprisonment, which is said to
have very recently expired, and that the man is dis-
charged, and upon this man, who is known to some
of the officers, a suspicion would seem to rest.
LAMBETH-STREET.
Yesterday Mrs. Rachel Wilkinson, a middle aged
lade, dressed in the height of fashion, whose hus-
band holds a situation of 500/. per annum in the
Customs, appeared before the sitting Magistrates,
M. WYATT and T. WALKER, Esqrs., and the Rev.
D. Mesrmas, on a warrant charging her with as-
saulting and otherwise ill-treating her daughter, a
delicate-looking young girl of 18 years of age. Both
parties were accompanied by a number of respectable
friends.
The complainant stated that the treatment she
usually received at the hands of her mother was of
the most unfeeling nature, and that so far had she
carried it, that on more than one occasion she lite-
rally deprived her of the common necessaries of life.
For the last four months her cruelty had been on
the increase, till at length she beat her so severely,
that the stripes raised weals on her back, shoulders,
and other parts of her body. The Magistrates
having desired her to confine herself to some spe-
cific offence, and that of the latest date, she went
on to say, that on Wednesday week her mother
again beat her, and, not content with this, turned
her into the streets, accompanying the act with sonic
coarse expressions, anti bidding her provide for her-
self in whatever manner she chose.
Her brother, a gentlemanly young man in appear-
ance and address, here came forward, and said, that
this was not the first instance in which his brothers
and sisters had suffered from the inhuman and un-
natural violence of their mother. There were seven
of them altogether, and to six out of that number
she acted more like an enemy than a parent.
Mr. WveTT—Can you, Sir, account for this
conduct ? The Son—l cannot ; the only reason
that occurs to me is, that my mother is naturally a
woman of a most violent temper, and whenever she
drinks, which she does but too frequently, her pas-
sions become additionally inflamed, and she then
commits these extravagant acts.
An elder sister of the complainant deposed to her
having often witnessed her mother treating her sis-
ter in the most unfeeling manner. She had herself
suffered for the space of 16 years from her cruelty,
and was at last obliged to leave home altogether.
A female domestic stated that she had seen the
complainant, during the four months she was in her
mother's service, treated with great cruelty, and had
frequently known her to have been kept without
sufficiency of food.
Mr. WALKER—Are you aware of the reason
Witness : lam not. The complainant always ap-
peared to me to behave dutifully towards her mother,
and it was my surprise that she could have so long
borne with such ill usage. My mistress is of a most
violent temper, and drinks.
The defendant and her husband, in reply to the
charge, said that it was the result of a vile conspiracy
against them, and that even their servant, who they
supposed had come as a witness on their mat, turned
round on them, and, for good reasons no doubt, had
joined the opposite side, The husband, said that
lie had always endeavoured to make his children
hay ; that he had given them an excellent educa-
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Lion; and that his daughter, if she thought proper,
had a comfortable home to go to.
The children (unanimously)—We have no cause
to complain of you, father : you would have acted
kindly towards us, if you could ; but you know that
mother has frequently beat yourself black and blue,
and that you are not allowed a sixpence in your pac-
ket but as she gives it to you. On last Sunday she
would not even give you your dinner.
The servant, in explanation of this, after declaring
in the most solemn manner that she had no interest
whatsoever in the business, and had only told the
truth, said that on Sunday her master was obliged
to eat a cold dinner, and take tea with her in the
kitchen, while her mistress had a hot one, and her
tea in the parlour. "In fact," said she, "my mis-
tress completely rules the roast."
The Magistrates observed, that from what bad
been proved in evidence, they would not be doing
their duty if they allowed the daughter to return to
the mother without placing the latter under some

restraint.
A gentleman said, that a situation was obtained
for her at a respectable boarding-school in the neigh-
bourhood, where she would at once be received, pro-
vided she was supplied with suitable apparel.
The parents at first refused acceding to this ar-
rangement, and the Magistrates were about holding
Mrs. Wilkinson to bail, when it was suggested that
the warrant should be suspended for a few days, to
give her an opportunity of making a reparation for
the past.

UNION-HALL.
Yesterday William Darvill and William William-
son, the former being landlord of a house of ill-fame
in Canterbury-street, Cornwall-road, and Mary
Thompson, un inmate of the same brothel, were
brought before Mr. HONE, charged on suspicion
with having been concerned in robbing a gentle-
man named Porter, of notes and sovereigns to the
amount of 165/., on the preceding night.
The complainant stated, that on Wednesday even-
ing, after having dined with a party, and drank
pretty freely, he went to the Surrey Theatre ac-
companied by a friend, from whom however he se-
parated when the play was over. As he (com-
plainant) was proceeding along the Waterloo-road,
with the intention of going to the west end of the
town, he was accosted by a young female, who
asked him for a penny to cross the bridge. He gave
her sixpence, and she continued to walk by his
side, and ultimately prevailed on him to accompany
her back to No. 4, in Canterbury-street, Cornwall-
roak, where she said she lodged. They were ad-
mitted into this house by the prisoner Mary Thomp-
son, who opened the door for them, and acted as
servant. The female with whom he entered the
place, expressed a desire for some liquor, and having
no small change about him, he was compelled to
take out his purse, from which he took a half-sove-
reign, and gave it to the servant to get some brandy.
The liquor having been procured, he drank a small
portion of it, and was in a very short space of time
afterwards seized with drowsiness, and fell asleep on
the sofa. On awakening he found himself alone in
the room. The first thing he missed was his gold
watch, chain, and seals, and then his purse, which
contained one 501., one 401., three 20/., and a 5/.
Bank of England notes, besides 10 sovereigns,
amounting in the whole to 1651. He happened to cast
his eye towards that part of the sofa where his feet
rested while he was asleep, and saw his purse,which
contained one sovereign, the remainder of the notes
and sovereigns having been taken out. Ile imme-
diately descended from the room, and was met on
the stairs by the two male prisoners, who asked him
what he was doing there. Ile replied that he bad
been robbed, and that he should give the alarm;
upon which Darvill said, " Don't make a noise, it
shall be made all right." While the complainant
was standing on the stairs arguing with the two fel-
lows, he saw the girl with whom he entered the
house with leave the front parlour; and walk towards
the back door. Upon seeing her, he endeavoured to
get past the two men in order to prevent her from
leaving the house. In this attempt, however, he
failed, Darvill interrupting his progress, and again
exclaiming that " it should be all made right." The
complainant said that this was done with the view of
impeding him, and giving the girl an opportunity of
escaping ; for the moment she went out at the door
leading into the yard, he was suffered to go to the
street-door, both the prisoners saying that they knew
nothing about the robbery or the girl alleged to have
committed it. Previous to the complainant having
called the watchman, Darvill, who had been up in
the room, said, " If you go up you will find your
watch on the sofa—you overlooked it." Mr. Porter
then gave the alarm, and when the watchman enter-
ed the house, the watch and its appendages were
found on the sofa, in a place where the ;complainant
declared it was impossible for him to have over-
looked it, when he first missed his property, and had
no doubt was subsequently placed there by some
one of the prisoners when he first threatened to call
the watchman.
One of the Lambeth patrol described the house
in question to be one of a most infamous kind.—
When he was called there on the preceding night,
on being informed of the robbery, he proceeded up
stairs, he saw a gold watch, chain, and seals, lying
exposed to view on the sofa, in such a situation that
any person entering the apartment must have seen
it. Hearing also of the loss of the notes, he imme-
diately commenced a search, and not only examined
every place in the house where it was likely money
would be concealed, but also the persons of the
three prisoners, but to no effect, and he then took
them into custody.
Mr. HONE inquired whether a person could escape
at the rear of the house in question ?
The patrol said that the house was admirably cal-
culated for committing any species of depredation in.
It was a by street, and the rear of the house opened
into a place called Glover's hatch, from which there
was egress and ingress at either end.
Mr. HONE said, that at the time Mr, Porter was
stopped on the stairs by the two male prisoners, it
was no doubt for the purpose of giving die girl who
accompanied him into the house an opportunity of
making her escape through that place called Glo-
cer's-hatch, at the rear of the house.
Darvill admitted that he was the landlord of the
house in question, but declared that he bud no hand
in the robbery.
Mr. Hosaz—lf you were not concerned in it, why
did you interrupt the complainant on the stairs, and
prevent him from following the girl by whom he had
been robbed ?
Darvill, in reply to the question, said that his
house was distinguished above all houses of the
same kind for peace and quietness; he said that the
gentleman was in a passion on coming. down stairs,
and fearing that be might disturb the neighbourhood,
not knowing, however, that he had been robbed, he
(prisoner) begged that he would be quiet, and that
all should be right, supposing at the time that he
had only lost a little loose silver.
The other prisoner, Williamson, said that he had
only come there to smoke a pipe with the landlord,
and knew nothing of what had occurred up stairs.
Mr. HONE remarked that there was a strong sus-
picion against the prisoners, whom lie should re-
mand ; and he gave directions that immediate steps
should be taken to apprehend the girl with whom
Mr. Porter entered the house.
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Mr. Porter took the precaution of stopping the
notes at the Bank.

DENNIS POWER, a countryman, was mur-
dered in an altercation near Kilmore Chapel, county
Wexford, on Sunday night.--Dublin Evening Mail.

The letters from Dieppe state that one-eighth
part of the wheat crop of that district was lost, and one-
third of that of oats The entire of the second crop was
lost, and three-fourths of the oat straw,--.-Brivh ton Gaz.

MR. WILKIE AT EDINBURGH.

At a Civic Feast lately given in Edinburgh, Mr. •
Wilkie is reported to have given the following des-
cription of the town. It cannot be said to be de-,
fective in point of colouring:—
Mr. "WILKIE, R.A. requested, before the Lord
Provost should leave the Assembly, to express the
satisfaction all present must feel ut the good hu-
moured, dignified, and gentleman-like conduct of his
Lordship in this his first appearance in the Civic
Chair. In doing so he begged leave to give a toast
calculated to unite with the Chief Magistrate the
prosperity of that City, the interests of which
would now be his peculiar care—the Modena
Athens itself.—(Cheers)—He said that though
a native, as they all were, he now saw Edinburgh
as a stranger, and as a traveller who had seen
all the admired cities of Europe ; but what the tour
of Europe was necessary to see elsewhere, he now
found congregated in this one city.—(Cheers.)
Here are alike the beauties of Prague and Saltzburg
—here are the romantic sites of Orvietto and Tivoli
—and here is all the magnificence of the admired
Bays of Genoa and Naples—here indeed to poetic
fancy may be found realized the Roman Capitol and
the Grecian Acropolis.—(Cheers.)—Still to him
and tothose who count this the home of their youth,
it is the ancient rather titan the modern beauties of
the metropolis that excite their warmest sympathies.
—(Cheers.)—The Auld Town, which was but now
claimed by the Lord Advocate with enthusiasm, ae
the place of his birth, is what is most treasured and
longest remembered by the true Scotsman, and the
interest attached to which every true friend to Edin-
burgh must hope not to see diminished. The recent
improvements unite only the improvements of other
cities, the grandeur df the Old Town is unique—as
seen from Prince's-street, the range from the lofty
citadel to the ancient palace of the Stuarts is the
loftyw ondgearbol
gables, surmounted
habitablecities. b
y
un-
dulating vertebra of chimney tops, here telling
the The
lengthened massive
lands
and arid
harsh against the sky, and there lost in their reeky'
eminences, form, with the crown-like tiara of St.
Giles's, a spectacle worthy alike of the poet, the
architect, and the painter. Such an aspect in such
ti
vicinity might well suggest the heroic exclamation a

" Who %;Ould not fight for such a land?".—(Cheers.)

He concluded by saying, that a similar exclamation
may probably suggest itself to the breast of the
Chief Magistrate, as well as those associated with
him in his high trust, of
" Who would not deserve well of such a city?"
A city, to the prosperity of which he now called
upon them to drink, by the homely and familiar tip'
pellation of " Auld Reekie."—(This toast was re'
ceived with loud cheering.)