The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—FORGERY ON COUTTS'S BANK•
George Haig, a young man dressed in a blue military
frock, was charged with having uttered a forged cheque
for 301. signed "L. Stanhope," on Mr. 11. Baldwin, of
101, Cheapside.
Mr. Baldwin stated, that on the 14th of May the pri-
soner called at his house, and said he was going out to
Greece, to serve under Lord Cochrane, and wanted uni-
form for the service. He desired the witness to apply to
Mr. Corrie, of Regent-street, where he would be shewn
a pattern of the uniform, and that he (the prisoner)
would call again in the afternoon. He did call, and gave
an order for trowsers and waistcoat, in addition to the
uniform, and gave a 51. note towards the payment of the
entire order, which was to be a ready-money one. The
prisoner also desired him to get a sword, belt, and sash.
He then mentioned the name of Colonel Stanhope (the
Lion. Leicester Stanhope, with whose initial " L." the
cheque corresponded), who was he said to give him an
introduction to Lord Cochrane to get him appointed. On
the 24th of May the goods were delivered, and the pri-
soner paid for them with the cheque in question. The
witness gave the difference between the bill and the sup-
posed value of the cheque POO amounting to between
91. and IW. When he called next morning at Coutts's
he was informed that it was a forgery, and that no such
person as Colonel Stanhope kept an account with them.
The LOAD MAYOI2.--Is Colonel Stanhope here to de-
pose to the handwriting ?
The witness replied in the negative ; and Mr. Gates,
the Solicitor to the Society of Bankers for the Prevention
and Punishment of Forgery, who conducted the prosecu-
tion, requested time to produce Col. Stanhope.
His Lordship remanded the prisoner for a few days.

GUILDHALL.—Win. Payne, a decently attired
young man, was charged before Mr. Alderman ANnEv, on
Saturday, with attempting to carry off from the Bull and
Mouth Inn yard, a trunk containing a banker's parcel.—
The prisoner, it appeared, ran into the yard about ten
o'clock on Friday night, laying hold of the back part of
the Oxonian, a Shrewsbury coach. The passengers alight-
ed, and their luggage was put out in the yard in the care
of each of them. Mr. Bucknall, a surgeon, residing near
Wellington, had a servant waiting his arrival at the inn,
and to him Mr. B. gave charge of the white-hair trunk, a
bag and desk, while he walked into the coffee-room, to
take leave of a lady who Caine to London under his protec-
tion. The servant, however, did not understand that the
trunk belonged to his master as well as the other articles,
and he took possession only of the latter, while the pri-
soner, who had been standing by, as soon as Mr. B. quitted
the yard, hoisted the trunk upon his shoulder, and went
off. Mr. B. on coming out of the coffee-room, missed the
trunk, when pursuit was made, and the prisoner was
taken iu Aldersgate-street.
Mr. Sherman now stated, that there was something par-
ticular in the trunk, and lie wished to ascertain whether the
prisoner could have been aware of that fact.
Mr. Bucknall said the trunk contained a parcel directed
to Messrs. Hanburys, which he had brought to town for a
friend, who lived at Shiffnall. He had frequently brought
such parcels before, but upon this occasion he believed
no person was aware the parcel was on its way, but his
friend ; the personal servant of his friend (who brought it
to him at eight o'clock in the evening, four hours before he
started) and himself.
The prisoner, in his defence, said a gentleman had em-
ployed him to carry the trunk. He was committed.
MARLBOROUGILSTHEET.—CoIoneI Lygon, at
whose instance Captain Jebb was bound over to keep the
peace, appeared at this office to explain what he had said
to the Magistrate in an under tone, and which irritated
Captain Jebb to make use of certain epithets. Col. Lygon
wished it to be made known, that on that occasion he
merely suggested to the Magistrate that as Captain Jebb
had thought proper to insult other members of the Court
Martial besides himself, it would be necessary to bind him
over to keep the peace, not only to Colonel Lygon, but to
all his Majesty's subjects.
Colonel Lygon having made this explanation, left the
office.

Captain Jebb continues in prison for want of bail, and
enjoys the society of " Sir" Gregor M'Gregor, who is in
confinement in the same gaol, under nearly similar cir-
cumstances.

An aged miscreant, named Arnold, was brought before
Sir GEORGE FARRANT, charged with committing an as-
sault of a most serious description, upon the person of
Catherine M'Cormack, a little girl, stated to be 16 years
of age, but of much younger appearance. The parties
ad, of she; tosser orders, and reside, in Horse and
! Dolphin-yard, Dean-street, Soho. In consequence of the
prisoner's conduct, the child has been in an hospital for
the last eleven days.
The prisoner was committed for re-examination.

John Davies, a porter of the Bell and Crown inn,
Holborn, was fined 40s. for charging the carriage of a
parcel more than the legal sum prescribed by the Act of
Parliament.
LAMBETH-STREET.---PROFLIGACY.--A Medical
Gentleman of extensive practice at the eastern part of the
Metropolis, was brought before the Magistrate for baring
deserted his wife. On their entering the office, Mr. Wyatt
recognised them as having been before him some time
since on a similar occasion, and observed, that he thought
he had then made an order for the defendant, by which he
was directed to allow his wife a certain weekly stipend for
her maintenance.

Defendant--About two years and a half since, I was
brought here, but at that time the complaint was discharged
in consequence of the authenticated probate of a will.
Mr. WYATT--What will do you speak of?
Defendant—Why, Sir (pointing to his wife), if you re-
collect, since our marriage, this woman has lived, for five
years, at Hammersmith with Colonel C r, and he,
prior to his decease, bequeathed to her a considerable sum
of money. The portion of the will I allude to ran in the
following manner : I give and bequeath unto my dearest
wife Charlotte, the sum of Sec." And when this fact was
established, the complaint was then at once dismissed.
Mr. WYATT.—If I am not mistaken, and as well as I
cau bring the circumstances to my memory, they were far
from being creditable to any of the parties concerned in
them ; there was adultery on the one side, and a most die•-
creditable connivance at it on the other. You were (to the
defendant), if I mistake not, a consenting party to your
wife's residence with the Colonel, and it is now rather too
hard to advance the circumstance in mitigation of your re-
sponsibility, nsither can it or will it be admitted as an ex-
tenuation. What we have now to do with, is not a ques-
tion of morality, but one of legal liability, and as you do
not even pretend to say that this woman is not your wife,
you are undoubtedly bound to support her.
The defendant said that he could not deny having been
married to the woman who claimed to be his wife. Upon
the recommendation of the Magistrate he therefore arranged
the matter with the Parish Officers.
UNION-HALL.-110BERRY BY A SERVANT.—On
Saturday a man, named Ellis, was charged with stealing
three 101. notes, and other articles, the property of his
master, Mr. Tilford, of Blackheath. It appeared that the
prisoner had been for some time in Mr. Tilford's service,
and was considered a trust-worthy servant. In the month
of June, Mr. Tilford, on going out one morning, left his
pocket-book, containing three 101. notes, on the table, and,
on his return, the pocket•-book and notes were stolen. The
numbers were stopped, and a few days ago one was paid
into the Bank, and was traced to a tradesman in Green-
wich, who had received it from the prisoner. Another was
found in his box, and the third was traced to a tradesman►
in the Borough. In the prisoner's box were also found
some articles belonging to his master.—Fully committed•

ROMAN MEDALS IN AMERICA.---A medal,
struck during the reign of the Emperor Nerva, has been
discovered in the Valley of Bones, on the west bank of the
Missouri, far up in the interior. The inhabitants of the
❑eighbourhood assert, that no European was ever seen in
those parts; and the medal svas dug up by the natives.
An earthen pot, filled with unknown coins of gold, has also
been discovered in a well in Tennessee.-.—London Weekly
Review.

HEROIC CONDUCT OF AN EXECUTIONER.
—On the 20th of August, 1823, Marie Claire, a negress,
was condemned, by the Court of Martinique, to undergo
the penalty of death, as fixed for parricides, for having
poisoned her mistress ; and Maria Louise Lambert was
sentenced to be whipped and branded at the foot of the
scaffold, being strongly suspected of having advised and
abetted this poisoning. On the morrow, when just about
to receive the fatal stroke, Marie Claire protested that
Alarie Louise Lambert was perfectly innocent of any par-
ticipation in her crime, and that her reason for accusing
her was merely from the animosity with which the deri-
sion of this free negress inspired her. After such a decla-
ration the executioner refused to fulfil the sentence passed
upon Marie Louise Lambert ; but the commandant of the
armed forces advanced towards him with his sword drawn,
to compel him, and a struggle ensued between them, in
presence of the reporting Captain. The executioner, feel-
ing himself obliged to yield to the commandant, and wish-
ing to prove that he was no coward, put his hand upon the
block, and cut off one of his fingers with his axe, declaring
that. he only fulfilled the sentence because he was compelled
to do so by actual force..... Literary Chronicle.