The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-04 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

On Saturday Edward Marielly, who stands charged
with having uttered a farged cheque on the bank of Messrs.
Coutts and Co. for 2001., was brought forward in order
to be finally examined.
Mr. Thomas Hamlet, jeweller, of Prince's-street, Hay-
market, in whose name the cheque had been drawn, said,
that he kept an account at the bank of Messrs, Coutts and
Co. The cheque now produced was neither drawn by him
nor by his authority. The signature was somewhat like
his, and he considered it to be an imitation of the manner
in which he usually signed his name to bills and cheques.
Mr. Hartlett, the gentleman from whom the prisoner
alleged he had received the cheque in question, came for-
ward and deposed that in October last he resided at No. 5,
Raymond's-buildings, but since then he had removed to
Bedford-row. Early in the week be had bet n in the coun-
try, and had never seen the prisoner in his life before.
The prisoner admitted that Mr. Harlett was not the
person from whom he received the cheque.
Mr. HALLS told the prisoner that he was ready to hear
any explanation which he might think fit to offer.
The prisoner replied, that he had already stated all he
knew about the matter. He then added, that in the year
1823, an uncle of his sent him out to America, and since
then he bad lived almost entirely at New York. In
October last he embarked at Quebec in the Challenger,
and returned to this country with Lord and Lady Dal-
housie, Captain Fitzclarence, &c. Since his return to
England he had lived as clerk with a gentleman in the
Temple.
Mr. HALLS said that there was evidence sufficient to
send the case to trial.

The prisoner was accordingly committed to Newgate.
Four young men, named Wm. Crawley, Wm. Walker,
Robert Garlick, and Richard Wilson, were charged with
beating and kicking Henry Pennington, and fracturing his
head with a billiard cue.

It appeared that the four defendants were, at a late
hour on Friday night, engaged at the game of unlimited
100, in a room at the house No. 11, Catherine-street,
Strand, kept by a person named Buckingham, who, it ap-
pears, is in the habit of accommodating his customers, not
only with billiards, but cards, dice, &c. The complainant
watched the game, and soon perceived that three of the
defendants were playing " booty" in order to " pigeon"
their companions. Feeling a natural desire to share in the
rrofits, he whispered to one of the prisoners that he saw
bow the matters stood, and was desirous of lending his as-
sistance to pluck the pigeon. The offer was rejected,
whereupon Pennington declared openly that there was
robbery going forward. The prisoners immediately rose,
and began to pummel him without mercy. One of them
(Walker) seized a billiard cue, and striking him with it
on the head cut it open.
Sir R. BraNIE asked if the landlord of the house were
present ? Buckingham, the proprietor of the rooms, ac-
cordingly stepped forward, and explained that the four de-
fendants went to his house on Friday night, and asked to
be accommodated with supper in a private room. He ac-
cordingly supplied them with supper and drink, which he
obtained at a house in the neighbourhood. The com-
plainant Pennington intruded himself upon the company
of the defendants, and was the first aggressor in the assault
which took place.
Sir B. BIRNIE—You have no licence to sell spirits, yet
you keep your house open at two o'clock in the morning,
and provide liquor for those who are foolish enough to
enter your rooms for the purpose of gambling.
A watchman said that the house was open at all hours
of the night.
Sir R. BIRNIE directed the defendants to rind hail, and
intimated his intention of having an indictment preferred
against Mr. Buckingham for keeping a disorderly house.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
On Saturday, John Porter, a young Irian about twenty
years of age, was charged before Mr. DYE¢ with having
stolen several volumes of the Journals belonging to the
Houses of Parliament, from the warehouse of Mr. Thomas
Barnes, a bookseller in Great Pulteney-strcet. Mr. Barnes
stated, that his warehouse was in Smith's-court, Wind-
mill-street, and lately it had been burglariously entered
upon several occasions, and a vast number of valuable
works taken from thence. On the previous evening, as he
was going along Windmill-street, lie saw the prisoner
carrying a large sack, apparently filled with books. Sus-
pecting the prisoner had plundered the warehouse, he
stopped him, and found that his burden consisted of a large
quantity of the Journals of the Houses of Lords and Cern-

mons, which he identified as his property. He subse-
quently discovered that the warehouse had been entered
during the week by false keys, and the journals formed a
portion of the property which had been stolen. He believed
the prisoner belonged to a notorious gang of thieves, who
had been so often concerned in robbing his premises.
The prisoner said in his defence, that the books were
given to him by a stranger in the street, who employed him
to carry them to the 13u11, in Holborn, where lie was pro-
ceeding when he was taken into custody.
He was fully committed for trial.
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THE LATE FIRE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—Saturday
afternoon an Irish labourer, named Timothy Hurley, was
brought up from St. Margaret's watch-house, and placed
at the bar, before Messrs WHITE and MARRIOTT, the sit-
ting Magistrates, charged on suspicion of being concerned
in the late mysterious transaction at 'Westtninster Abbey,
Several Prtlsendafies from the Cathedral attended the
exainitiaticn, and considerable anxiety was evinced to know
the result of the investigation.
Mr. *MITE asked the prisoner what he was, and where
he lived? The prisoner replied he was a labourer, and
lied at No. 11, Lewisham-street. He had worked at the
Abbey about ten years, and was discharged from thence
about sik Months tsp.
Mr. WHITE asked the prisoner what he had been doing
since he was discharged ? Prisoner—l have been em-
ployed by Mr. 'Wyatt at the Duke of Wellington's, in Pic-
cadilly, and was discharged about a month ago. Since
then I have been out of work.

Mr. WHITE—Have you not lately changed your lodg-
ing ? Prisoner--I have taken another lodging, at the
corner of New Tothill-street and Orchard street, but have
not yet gone to it.

Mr. Wilms—ls there any lock on the door of the house
in Lewisham-street? Prisoner—lt is only fastened by a
latch. You pull a string, and it opens. Sometimes this
string is pulled through from the inside, and then no per-
son can get in without knocking.

Mr. WHITS—Does the landlord live in the house?
Prisoner---He does not ; they are all lodgers.
Mr. WHITS—Are you a married man ? Prisoner—
Yes ; I have a Wife and three children.
Mr. WHlTE—Generally speaking, I suppose any person
can enter the house in Lewisham-street at what hour they
please ? Prisoner—They cm.
William Woodberry, the officer, now deposed—About
a quarter before six o'clock this morning, I went with
Handley to the prisoner's lodgings, at No. 11, Lewisham-
street. We found him in bed, and I told him he was
wanted to go before a magistrate ; and I said, " I suppose
you know what it is fur." He replied, " I have heard
some talk of it."

Prisoner (interrupting the witness, and laughing. )
Your Worship, I said that because a number of persons
have been lately chaffing me about the Abbey.
Witness continued—The prisoner then gat up and
dressed himself, and we took him to the watch-house. Ile
had a pair of nailed shoes on, and I took them to Mr.
Carter, the clerk of the works, and requested him to mea-
sure and compare the shoes with the footstep marks on the
stairs in Henry Vll.th's Chapel. He took the shoes, and
in a short time returned, and informed me they fitted ex-
actly. I then went with Handley and Mr. Carter, and
examined also. There were three rows of nails on one
of the footmarks, which corresponded exactly. The mark
of this footstep is about a dozen steps from the little door
which opens into the enclosure round the chapel, and which,
on our first examination, we found open, and a quantity of
lead lying at the bottom of the staircase.
Mr. WHITE-Did you see any other footsteps ? Wit-
ness—We did, but nose so plain as the one mentioned :
there were also several marks of persons on the top steps
of the staircase, leading on to the flats of the chapel, which
appeared to have been made with nailed shoes.
Mr. WHITE-In what manner ? Witness—The stone
steps had been scratched as if done with nailed shoes.
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Mr. WHITE-What sort of lead was found ? Witness
What they call flashings.
Mr. WHITE—What sort of a foot-mark is it that you
have compared the shoe with? Witness--The imprint is
made in dust.

Edward Handley gave similar testimony of the last
witness, and produced the prisoner's shoes, which were
carefully examined by the Magistrates and Prebendaries
present.

Mr. WHITE.—Are there any other foot-marks you can
compare the shoes with? Witness—There are some
marks outside the door on the grass-plot, near the iron
railings, but we have not yet compared those marks.
A quantity of lead found at the bottom of the staircase
was here produced.
Mr. Carter here identified the lead, which belonged to
the chapel. It was called flashings. He also gave similar
ti.timony as the officers about the foot-snarks which he
had seen on the morning after the fire. They were much
plainer then than they are at present.
Mr. WHITE—How is that? Mr. Carter—Persons have
been up and down the staircase since I was first there.
Mr. WHITE—I am very sorry this has been allowed.
State exactly where the lead was found ? Mr. Carter_
Close behind the door at the bottom of the staircase,
which was open.

Mr. WHITE-When you first examined the staircase,
how did you get to it? Mr. Carter—By an entrance
through Eye-slip Chapel, a small chapel in Henry Vll.th's
Chapel, which is about seven or eight steps from the bottom
of the staircase. I observed footsteps on the stairs going
down, and likewise on the stairs which were above me.
Mr. WHITE-Do you know the prisoner? Mr. Carter
—I do not; I never saw him before in my life. He was
discharged before I came to the Abbey.
Mr. WHITE-Can you speak as to when you are posi-
tive the door was fastened last? Mr. Carter—Not exactly;
but I think about a fortnight ago. I then tried the door
on the outside, and found it was fastened on the inside.
Mr. WHITE—Can you state when you saw the lead last?
Mr. Carter—About the same time.

Mr. WHITE.-Was there any person besides yourself
who could have access to that part of the building ? Mr.
Carter—Ratcliff, the carpenter, had access there last Mon-
day; he was at work on the roof above the vaultings in
Henry Yll.th's chapel, but it was some distance from where
the lead was taken.

Mr. WHITE—Then he could have no business near the
lead. Mr. Carter—Certainly not.
Mr. WHITE—You are positive the lead must have been
placed there within the last fortnight? Mr. Carter—l am.
Mr. WHITE—Now, Hurley, you have heard the evi-
dence against you ; what do you say to it? Prisoner
(smiling.)—l can't help the charge. lam sorry for it,
hut lan as innocent as the child unborn. I care for
neither friends or foes, and they may bring all the world
against me if they like, for what I care. Is it likely, if I
was guilty, I should remain about Westminster, and wear
such shoes ? I have passed near the Abbey every day
since, and gone through Dean's yard. If your Worship
hail sent for me, I would have come directly ; there was
nu occasion to send as officer for me.

Mr. WRITE---Can you give me any account of yourself
on last Monday? Prisoner—Yes, your Worship, I think
I can. He then repeated a long story, and mentioned the
different places and persons he had been with in the course
of the day. He got home to his lodging in Lewisham-
street about nine o'clock the same evening.
Mr. WHITE—Did you go out after that? Prisoner—l
did, your Worship ; I went to the King's Arms in Bowl-
ing-street, between ten and eleven o'clock, to pay Mr.
Wintle, the landlord, for two pots of beer and a penny-
worth of tobacco which I owed him.
Mr. WHITE—Did you stop long there ? Prisoner—No,
I did not, I just looked in and paid him, and then returned
home.

Jr.A WIIITE-Were you at the King's Arms when the
alarm of the Abbey being on fire vi as brought ? Prisoner
—No, your Worship, I left almost directly. On my road
home I met Boyd, a watchman on duty, and he asked me
if there were any workmen employed at the Abbey at
night. I told him I did not know, fur I had left the
Abbey some months. Boyd said he thought there was, as
he had seen lights moving about.

3lr. WIUTE—What time did you get home ? Prisoner
—About eleven o'clock.
Mr. WHITE—Did you let yourself in? Prisoner—No,
the string of the latch was in the inside, and I was forced
to knock.

Mr. WHITE let you in ? Prisoner—A man
named Scafe, a bullman, who lives in the house.
Mr. WHITE—How long is it since you were in the
Abbey? Prisoner—l have never been inside the Abbey
since I got my discharge.
Mr. WHITE—YOII will stick to that? Prisoner—l
will, your Worship : never since I was discharged have I
been inside the Abbey.

Mr. WHITE-After you got home at eleven o'clock,
did you go out agsin ? Prisoner—l did not.
Mr. WHITE—WeII, Hurley, the evidence at present
against you is certainly very slight, but I must detain you
for the present until further inquiries can be made, for the
inquiry is of a very important nature. Prisoner—l hope
your Worship will not send me hack to prison. I am in-
nocent : it is very hard. I will come up again at any time.
Mr. WHITE.—Why you have not been in prison before?
Prisoner—No, your, Worship; but I have been confined
in the watch-house since six o'clock this morning. I
don't know what to do. I have a wife and three children

at home ; they are quite destitute, and, they have not a
fat thing in the world,
Mr. WHITE said he wa3 under the necessity of detain-
ing him for further examination.
The in ironer then bowed to the magistrate, and was
taken from the bar.

During the whole of the examination the prisoner
answered the questions put to him in the moat ingenious
manlier, without the slightest confusion, and smiled the
Whole of the time. lie appears to be a good-tempered
kind of fellow, about 25 years of age.