The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.--- W. Buckley, alias W. Penny, was
brought to this Office ,yesterday, charged with being at
large, he having been capitally convicted at the Old Bailey
in 1821, and sentenced to transportation for life.'
Charles Reed, an officer of Union-hall, stated that in
1821, he apprehended the prisoner in St. James's-street,
for robbing a gentleman of his watch ; and at the follow-
ing Sessions be was tried at the Old Bailey, as W. Penny,
and was convicted. The Court sentenced him to transpor-
tation fur life.

-- Vann, jun., a Bow-street patrol, stated that le
apprehended the prisoner on Thursday evening, in Brick-
lane, Spitalfields.
The prisoner said he never went by the name of Penny,
and he was not the person described by Reed.
Reed swore positively to him, and said that he had rea-
son to know him, for he received a deep cut on his head
when he took him into custody.
Vann was again examined, and he said that when he
took the prisoner into custody, on Thursday, he said he
would as soon be hanged as go back again.
The prisoner denied the statement of Vann, and said
that he was net 21 years old yet.
Reed said that the prisoner was 21 when he was tried in
1821, es appeared by the report of the trial in the New-
gate Calendar.

Sir R. Bigwig said to the prisoner (who appears about
30 years of age) that he supposed there was an interreg-
num of six years, and it put him in mind of a circumstance
that occurred when a young man was brought before hint
some years ago. 'The young man said he was only 19
years of age, and others swore he was 21 ; but the young
man persisted he was but 19, and said that he had been
two years sick.—(Laughter.)
The prisoner was ordered to be committed.
HATTON.GARDEN.—An attorney's clerk, who was
remande.: last week on a charge of stealing papers trout
the office of Mr. Taylor, and selling them for waste paper,
was again placed at the bar yesterday morning.
Several tradesmen produced a quantity of paper, which
Mr. Taylor identified as his property, in the whole about
forty pounds weight, which they had purchased of the
prisoner at fourpence per pound.—The prisoner was fully
committed for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. --Benjamin Burn,
alias Uncle Ben," formerly, but no longer, landlord of
the Rising Sun in Windmill-street, Haymarket, and well
known iu the pugilistic world, not only on his account,
but " in regard of his fleecy Jena," was brought to the
office on a warrant, charged with violently assaulting Mr.
Austin, a livery-stable-keeper in Windmill-street aforesaid.
lifr. Austin happened to he in at the Rising Sun, now
kept by a Mr. Bond, whi;re, it seems, " Uncle Ben " still
passes occasionally a part of his time, if not as a landlord,
in the capacity of a good customer, and both himself and
his worthy nez'ey chanced to be in there at the same time
with Mr. Austin. Some conversation arose about the
approaching fight between the nevey and O'Neil, when
the former asked Mr. Austin to bet 5/. on the match with
him, but Mr. Austin said in reply, that he had long since
left off betting upon, or having any thing to do with
pugilists or their affairs, for that they were all nothing bet-
ter than a set of thieves and blackguards of the very worst
description.
The nevey, probably feeling the truth and justice of the
remark, took it very quietly, but not so " Uncle Ben ;"
for he not only first dashed a whole pint of porter in Mr.
Austin's face, hut struck him a desperate blow ou the
mouth with his tist, which cut Mr. Austin severely.
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Ben was ordered to find bail for the asaulton Mr.
Austin, • and to be locked up forthwith until he gave 24
hours' notice of such bail.

Ben was then marched off to Tothill-fields prison, crying
all the way like a great he-baby, to pay his respects to his
countryman Sir Gregor McGregor, of Poyais.

AIARYLEBONE.—Cnanca OF HORSE Svta.
Yesterday two well-dressed men, named Timberlake and
Messenger, were brought to this office, charged with
stealing, at Barnet Fair, a mare, the property of Mr.
Edward Jones. It appeared that the prosecutor was at the
Green Dragon Inn, Barnet, on Tuesday last, and the pri-
soners understanding he bad a mare to dispose of, inquired
the price, which was twenty-one guineas. They tendered
a bill, of fourteen days' sight, for the purchase of the same ;
this the prosecutor agreed to take, on condition that the
mare should not be removed from the stabling at the Green
Dragon, till he was satisfied as to the validity of the bill.
Oa the following day, the prosecutor discovered that the
mare had been taken from the stable ; he in consequence
sought an interview with the prisoners, who told him since
he was dissatisfied, he might have hie hoses bask. by going
into the fair, Where it wee, in the care of his (Messenger's)
servant. The prosecutor accordingly proceeded towards
the fair, it being some distance from the Green Dragon,
and on the road the prisoners passed him on horseback at
a rapid rate. On reaching the fair, he discovered that the
prisoners, with his mare, had gone on to London. He
ascertained the bill they had given him was good for
nothing, and proceeded to London himself, and gave in-
formation of the robbery at this office. A warrant was
granted, and yesterday morning the prosecutor met the pri-
soners on horseback at Paddington, Messenger being on
the back of his mare ; he gave an alarm, and they were
taken into custody.
Mr. Ilossuis, the Sitting Magistrate, advised the
prisoners not to say any thing at present, as they were un-
attended with any legal adviser.

Messenger said he considered the mare his property after
he gave the prosecutor the bill, which was perfectly good.
The other prisoner said he had no more to do with the
transaction than drawing out the bill ; he considered he
had been very harshly treated in being taken into custody.
They were remanded for further examination.
Mr. Henry Holden, the landlord of the Devonshire
Arms, Lisson Grove, was fined twenty pounds, for selling
exciseable liquors, without being duly licensed by the Ma-
gistrates. The sale of the liquor was proved ; and Mr.
James Hugo Greenwell, the Vestry Clerk of Marylebone,
deposed, that the defendant was not licensed by the Ma-
gistrates.

One of the Magistrates observed, that this was the second
conviction, and no licence should be given to him.
Mr. Harmer said, that the defendant had an excise
licence, and produced it, and he had erred in ignorance.
The MaaisvtATs directed that the record of the convic-
tion should be returned to the Sessions.

The defendant gave notice of an appeal.
UNION-HALL.---A young man named Jones, applied
for a warrant against his wife. He said, that before he
got married, his wife was one of the most amiable of her
sex ; but no sooner were they linked together, than she
wanted to be perfect master of him ; and when he attempt-
ed to remonstrate with her, she had recourse to the poker
and tongs, and had threatened over and over again to shed
his blood. He had never struck her, or provoked her to
commit violence. The night before, continued the appli-
cant, she threatened my life. When I went home, she
snatched up a knife in her hand, and taking a candle in
the other, stalked to the door, and in a menacing manner
exclaimed, " Jones, you shall not come to bed to me this
night, for if you do, I'll serve you as the man was by his
wife at Clerkenwell." Such a threat as that, added Mr.
Jones, frightened me exceedingly, and I said to her, " For
God's sake, Mrs. Jones, you would not be so wicked a
woman as to deprive me of what would be infinitely more
dreadful than the loss of life."—" Yes, but I will," she
said ; and he (applicant), fearing she would put her threat
into execution, rolled himself up in the carpet, and lay
upon the floor all night.
The Magistrate granted the warrant, and said that the
truth wonld then come out on both sides.

In the year 1530, the wages of husbandmen
and full labourers were Bd. a day each ; com-
paring the prices of provisions of that period with
those of the present, the industrious classes seem
to have been much better paid then than now.
In the reign of
Henry VIII., the wages of a
falconer were generally a groat a day, and he
onewas
penny a dray allowed
hawk intrusted to his care. A huntsman re-
ceived 355. sd. a quarter, and as well as most of
the other servants, he had 4d. a day for his
board wages. The allowance for the board of
the boys of the stable, was ls. Bd. per week each ;
and of « The King's riding boys," 2s. a-week
each. The keeper of the Barbary horse was
allowed Is. Bd. per week for his board, his wages
being 41. a year; the hentaker was, however,
better paid, as he received 455. 7d. a quarter.
The regular wages of the King's waterinen were
10s. a quarter ; but it would appear that they
were paid extra upon every occasion when they
were emplowed. Sexton, the fool's servant's
wages, were 15s, a quarter. The gardeners of
York-place, and of Baulie, or New-hall, in
Suffolk, received about 121. per annum ; the
gardener of Greenwich 20/. a year ; and the
gardener of Windsor and Wanstead, 41. a year,