The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.—.Tunes Augustus Gleeson, the
attorney's clerk, was again put to the bar for exami-
nation before Sir PETER LAURIE, on Saturday. As
he stepped up into the dock, and made a graceful
obeisance to the Magistrate, it was evident he was
himself again, full of confidence and good humour.
A solicitor attended on his behalf.
Sir P. LAURIE, addressing the prisoner, said,
" Your late master, 'lr. Dodd,' who has the worst
opinion of you, declines proceeding with the charge
of embezzlement, because he is afraid the transaction
is so mixed up with others, that it would be impos-
sible to establish his case clearly as to that particular
sum."
Gleeson.—He cannot proceed against me. Here
(handing up some accounts) are papers to show.
Soliciter.—As there is no charge, there is no
need of a defence.
Sir PETER.—You must find bail for the assault
upon your wife, and as you are by profession a
lawyer, it is rather surprising that you should have
committed yourself in so many instances; but I
know that people deeply versed in law often know
little of human nature. The singular manner in
which you spent your honeymoon has attracted much
notice, and I trust it will be received as a warning to
other single ladies not to marry a man only half their
own age.—(Laughter.)
" Oh dear me, Sir," cried Mrs. Gleeson,pressing
into the front, " at that rate I must be 53, and I am
but 40."—(More laughter.)
Sir PETER.—WeII, be that as it may, there is
very evidently a disparity of age on the wrong side;
but I heard that you were 48, and he but 24.
Mrs. Gleeson (with some warmth)—That's false.
I am not 40 yet, and he is 25; I was forced into the
marriage.—(Laughter.)
Sir PETER—Then here is a new charge, a charge
of abduction to combat with,Mr.Solicitor. (A laugh.)
Solicitor—We will answer any thing that is stated,
and I will say that Mrs. Gleason is not the discreet-
. est woman that God ever formed.
Gleeson then revived the charge of his wife being
an Atheist, and striking at him with a poker and
tongs, which, he said, no man with common sense
would allow.—(Laughter.)
Sir PETER—It is plain you must have married
the woman for her property, and then you treated
her like a brute ; a poor creatuse united to a ruffian
like you, is justified in defending herself with any
weapon she can put her hands upon. You stand
committed and must give 24 hours' notice of bail. •
Emma Battern, whO resides in Gleeson's house,
was then re-sworn to the assault upon her while she
was scraping her shoes at the door.
Gleeson—There is a sham distress put in my house
for three quarters' rent, when only one is due, and
the man in possession is here, I see. Your Worship,
he has taken possession, not only of my goods, but
my wife also. (A laugh, in which Gleeson joined
heartily.) But it is no joke--it is a hard case ;he
tried to shove me from behind my own counter, then
sat down to tea with my wife, and I was packed off
to the Comptes ; when I was sent there before by
her, my wife never brought me a clean shirt for the
whole ten days.
Mrs. Gleeson persisted that she did.
Gleeson—The man in possession is welcome to
you. I should like to mike an end of this if I can.
—(Laughter.)—Let me go, your Worship, and I
will agree under my hand and seal never to go near
her again. Here (exhibiting a closely written sheet)
are articles of separation which I have drawn up,
and I will sign them immediately in your presence.
—( Laughter.)
Sir PETER—It rests with your wife. If she con-
sents to your liberation, I am content.
Mrs. Gleeson—l have twice forgiven him, and I
can never trust him again.
Sir PETER--Then, Sir, you must defend your-
self elsewhere, which you well understand how -to
do, being in the professi2n.. You can draw your

The prisoner made two or three attempts to
obtain a release from the charges made against him
by signing the articles of separation, but he failed,
and was removed to durance vile.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—It will be re-
collected that a few days ago, a Coroner's Inquest
was held upon the body of a man who was found
dead, under very mysterious circumstances, is an
apartment which he had hired only about a week
before, at a house in Wentworth-street, Spitalfields.
The man when discovered bad, it appeared,' been
dead in the room three or four days, although he
came to the house in perfect health, and the body,
when discovered, was formally laid out on the bed ;
and it appeared that the deceased had teen accom-
panied to the lodgings by a woman, who continued
to reside there until the very day before the discovery
of the body, when she quitted the house, and did not
again return. No means were found of tracing out
who the deceased was, and the woman having ab-
sconded with a perfect knowledge that she had left
the man dead in the room, and without giving any
intimation of the fact to the people of the house,
strong suspicions were naturally entertained that she
had practised some foul play towards him. A vigi-
lant search has been set on foot to discover who
the woman was, or the place of her retreat; but in
vain until Friday evening last, when one of the
beadles of St. Giles's parish accidentally met with a
woman whom, from particular circumstances that
came to his knowledge, he had every reason to sus-
pect was the female after whom search was being
made, and he accordingly took her into custody;
and on intimating to her his supicions, she at
once admitted that she was the woman alluded
to ; and at the sitting of the Magistrate on the
same evening, at this office, she was brought before
him, and placed at the bar. She is a stout and rather
a good-looking woman, about 35 years of age, and
gave as her name Iphigenia Morse. On being ques-
tioned by Mr. Dyer, the Magistrate, she acknow-
ledged that she was the woman who had lived with
the deceased in Wentworth-street, as above de-
scribed, and gave the following account of the transac-
tion :—The name of the deceased was Jeremiah
Murphy. She had lived with him for some time
past as his wife, although not married to him ; and
on the Saturday previous to his death, he hired the
apartment in Wentworth-street for their use, and she
went to join him there on the next day (Sunday) ;
he was then, she said, in perfect health ; and on that
day (Sunday) she made an
.Irish stew for their
dinner, of which the deceased partook very heartily,
and went to bed about ten o'clock that night. On
the next morning (Monday) he was taken suddenly
ill, and in the course of the same day he died. She
then laid him out decently on the bed, and continued
to occupy the room, and visit him backwards and
forwards for three or four (lays, until at last she
thought it no use her staying any longer, as she
could do him no good ; and having no means of
burying him, she went away.
Mr. DYER asked her why she did not mention the
man's death to the people of the house, or some-
body
else before her departure, or why she abscond-
ed at all until the cause of his death had been inves-
tigated ? She replied, that she did not wish to
speak of -his death to the people of the house, or to
tell them that she was going away, because there
was some rent due to them, which she had not the
means of paying, and she wished to leave the de-
ceased to be buried by the parish, as she was not
able to defray the expenses herself. After she quit-
ted the house, however, she said, and indeed before,
she did mention to several persons of her acquaint-
ance that the deceased was dead in the room, and
that the reason of her absconding was on account of
the rent.
The Magistrates asked her the names of any of
those persons to whom she had so mentioned it. The
prisoner gave some names, and was remanded.

The George IV. Dublin steam packet, hav-
ing on board a valuable outer-bound cargo, un-
fortunately took fire on Wednesday evening,
whilst lying in the Brunswick Dock, Liverpool,
and was completely destroyed. This packet was
nearly new, and one of the finest vessels on the
otatiou, her burthen being nearly 400 too.