The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARY-LA=EONNE OFFICE.—On Saturday Mrs.
Fisher, of No. 4, James-street, Oxford-street, applied to
Mr. Hosxms for a warrant to apprehend a miscreant, at
present unknown, who has been committing assaults of a
shocking nature upon several children in the neighbour-
hoed. Mrs. Fisher stated to the Magistrate, that between
three and four o'clock on Thursday afternoon this fellow
-enticed her daughter •(Clara Fisher, a fine girl, six years
old) into the fields, and kept her until between seven and
sight at night, when she returned covered with bruises,
the effects of a whipping and beating which he had given
her. The child could hardly walk when she was exhibited
before the Magistrate, and the appearance of her body pro-
duced feelings of commiseration and indignation not to be
expressed. She said that a man, not tall nor lusty, wear-
ing a black coat and black pantaloons, with an apron like a
shoe-maker's, gave her an orange, and took her with him
under pretence of - going to her uncle's. That he first
went to a house, but did not go in, because' (he said) no-
body was at home. He then took her into a lonely place,
where there were trees (supposed to be near the Regent's
Park), and because she cried and would not let him
treat her in a way which she described, he gathered' some
twigs (thorn twigs, no doubt, from the 'punctures and
scratches they made), and whipped her until she was covered
with blood. He afterwards brought her back into the
neighbourhood of her home, and left her in the street.
Other children have been abused by the same wretch : one
of them,- only five years old, is known by Mrs. Fisher ;
she received her ill-treatment on the Ist of May, and re=
mains ill in consequence of it.
Mr. Hosxim granted a warrant, and ordered that the
most prompt measures should be taken for the discovery
and• apprehension of the offender.
THAMES POLICE-OFFICE.—:Cin Saturday IVm.
Allen, the fellow who was remanded for further examination
about a fortnight ago, charged with robbing a simple Welsh
lad of the name of Stevens, on Tower-hill, of 18 sovereigns,
was yesterday-brought before the sitting Magistrate.'
Mr. BRODEILIP having heard that Stevens' had' gone to
America, sent Mitchell, one of the surveyors of this•office,
to the North and South American Coffee-house, to the care
of the proprietor of which Stevens had been recommended,
to ascertain the fact. That gentleman said, that in conse-
quence of a report of the transaction appearing in The
Times, a subscription had been entered into, and a suf-
ficient sum was collected to send Stevens to his rich uncle
in America ; but had he been at all aware that his presence
was necessary to prosecute'Allen, he should not have gone ;
and as a proof of which he desired Mrs. Ryder, who keeps
the Ship public-house, Little Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and
where Stevens lodged, (and a lady, who by her volunteer-
ing humanity, and all her talk about her eleven Children,
extracted a sovereign from Mr. Broderip for Stevens's
week's support), to eorne to this office-and apprize the Ma-
gistrates bf Stevens's going to America, Which she did, but
never came before the Magistrate, but simply inquired if
Allen's confederate had been taken. Mitchell then called
upon Mrs. Ryder, and asked her why she did not do as
Mr.-Davis had desired her, when she treated the matter
quite cavalierly, and said that she had the approbation of
Mr. Broderip for what she had done.
Mr. Babbeart. said, quite the contrary, for that lady had
found her way to his chambers in the Temple ; and on her
telling him that a subscription 'had been made, and that
Stevens had gone to America, he replied that if that was
the case, she had acted most incorrectly in not informing
him of it. For his part, be gave her the sovereign to sup-
ply Stevens for the week, in hopes in the interim he might
be able to get something done more permanent for him.
Mitchell expressed much indignation at the ingratitude
of this lady, and said, that as she got the sovereign for the
support of Stevens 'for the week, whereas she only kept
him three days, therefore she ought to be made to refund
the half Of it.

'Mr. BRODERIP said that it was of no consequence, but
he believed her actuated by a far different motive than he
at first gave her credit for. He then addressed the pri-
soner Allen,. and said that he was most reluctantly obliged
to discharge him.
On leaving the office, Allen thanked his Honour, and
seemed highly elated at his miraculous escape. On the
outside of the office there were three or four of the frail
sisterhood in attendance, who greeted him cn his liberation.
Allen' appears to be 'about 25 years of age, 5 feet 10 in
height, and seems to pessess muscular Strength enough "for
the accomplishment of any desperate prirpose.• He is
slightly marked with the small.:pox," has fair hair, and is
rather sallow, with a protuberant mouth.

UNION-HALL.--On Saturday a young man, named
Cole, attended at the office, and stated that on' the previous
night, being present in the boxes of the Surrey Theatre
when the performances concluded, and as he was about to
leave the house, he observed a roll of papers lying on
one of the seats, which be took up, and on opening, found
to contain a number of Bank-notes, some for 1,0001., others
for 100/., and 101. notes innumerable. He was about to
place them in his pocket, when a person, who described
himself as a constable, came up, and very unceremoniously
divested him of the " lob," intimating that he should take
better 'care of them for the loser than 'any other person.
Applicant was unwilling at first to part with what he con-
sidered he was entitled to as the finder, 'no person having
observed him pick up the prize; notwithstanding which,
-he very fairly offered to " go halves" with the constable,
who, however, would listen to no arrangement, but 'walked
off to the watchhouse. Applicant followed him thither,
and having obtained his name, now came forward to ap-
prize the magistrates of the circumstance for the purpose of
having the notes, which amounted to some thousands, de-
livered up to the right owner. Mr. Cole added, that he
hoped be should not go unrewarded for being the chief in-
strument in the recovery of such a large sum of money to
the individual to whom it belonged.
The Magistrate, on hearing the story, remarked, that
the constable, whoever he was, acted perfectly right in
taking forcible possession of the notes from the applicant,
who by his own account considered they were his property
from the circumstance of his having found them, and
would, in all probability, have turned them to his own
advantage but for the timely interference of the person in
whose possession they now were.
The constable, whose name is Hamilton, was now sent
for, who, on seeing the applicant, could not refrain from
laughter. Upon which the latter said, in a pet, " Ay, Mr.
Constable, you must not laugh tne out of the money I
found last night ; produce the notes you took from me,
and let 'the 'Magistrate see that I have not exaggerated
their amount."

Hamilton drew out of his pocket a roll of notes which
bore the appearance of Bank paper, and having handed
them to the Magistrate, said that the whole lot were not
worth a groat. the Magistrate, on inspecting them, found
the constable's words verified, for the " vast, sum," which
the applicant described as having been the fortunate finder
of, was nothing but a roll of what are termed " flash
notes," 'which are distributed by sundry frizeurs in town
to those upon whose heads they operate. 'lt is impossible
to describe the chop-fallen countenance of the immaculate
Mr. Cole, when the Magistrate pronounced them to be
" flash notes," and proceeded to tear them up. The au-
ditors were convulsed with laughter, while poor Mr. Cole
sneaked out of the office, heartily ashamed of the exposure
attached to the " humbug" that some knowing wag had
played upon him.

On Thursday last, immediately after Divine
Service, at the parish Church of St. Mary Shan-
don, in this,City, a Roman Catholic Gentleman
read his recantation.—Cork Constitution.
A CHANCERY SUIT of 30 YEARS' STAND-
,N,G,—There is a cause (Henville v. Whitaker) now before
the Master of the Rolls, which has been pending in the
Court of Chancery for nearly 30 years. It was a bill filed
originally by the creditors of a person of the name of
Walter Whitaker, an attorney of Shaftesbury, in Dorset-
shire, who was the distributor of stamps for the county of
Dorset, and who, at his death in the year 1799, was in-
debted to a great many persons in a large amount. The
object of the bill, which was filed against his executors and
several other persons interested _under his will, was to
obtain a general administration of the assets for the benefit
of the creditors. A material question in the cause was one
respecting a sum of between 6,0001. and 7,0001. paid to
the commissioners of stamps by the testator's executors, for
the purpose of preventing an extent being issued at the suit
of the Crown, the testator being largely indebted to the
stamp commissioners in his capacity of distributor of
stamps. This question has been pending for the last 25
or 26 years, and is still undecided. It is now corning on
for discussion before Sir John Leach, in the shape of ex-
ceptions to the Master's, report ; but though his Honour
may probably- decide the question, it is not expected that
the cause will be finally wound up for several years. Nearly
all the persons, both plaintiffs and defendants, who were
originally parties in it, are dead. Should there be any
assets ultimately to divide, they will go among the repre-
sentatives of those who were originally creditors of the tes-
tator, as there are but very few of the creditors themselves
now living. The cause has been in the hands of at least
a dozen solicitors and three times as many counsel ; and it
has, in different shapes, been brought under the notice of,
we believe, every-Judge who has presided in the different
branches of the Court-of Chancerrduriog the last 24 years.
We need hardly add, thit the expence of the proceedings
has beta CllOOlOll6.