The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-06 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.--A young man of genteel ap-
pearance, named George Hague, was charged with hay-
ing forged a SOL cheque.—The prisoner was remanded.
Two drivers of stage coaches were fined 51. each for furi-
ous driving.—The Loan MAYOR said, that in future he;
should fine every stage-coachman 101. who should be con-
victed of a similar offence.

GUILDHALL. —KING'S TRU m ETER. —A gentleman
of the name of Rivett applied to Mr. Alderman ANSLEY,
yesterday, for his advice under the following circum-
stances :—ln February last, Mr. Thomas Lister Parker,
purchased the office of Serjeant Trumpeter to his Majesty,
which is in the gift of the Lord Chamberlain, and ap-
plicant produced the appointment, which had passed the
Great Seal, and which set forth that it was necessary that
all trumpeters, drummers, and fifers, should be kept in
good order; to which end no person throughout all Eng-
land should henceforward presume to sound, beat, or blow,
the said instruments at any dumb-show, model, public
plays, &c. without the licence of the Serjeant Trumpeter
to his Majesty, upon pain of forfeiting 12 pence per day
for every -day the said trumpet, drum, or fife was used. And
if the trumpeters, &c. refuse to pay the fee, or take out a
licence, the Lord Chamberlain, in an earnest and friendly
manner, entreats and desires the Magistrates of the district
to proceed against the offenders as rogues and vagabonds.
—Now, all the showmen in Bartholomew Fair, except
three, had complied with the demands of the applicant,
who had been appointed Deputy to Mr. Parker, and he
wished to ask what assistance the Alderman would afford
him against the defaulters. For the licence, which runs
for one year from the date, the demand was 255. ; and one
of the showmen had desired a licence to be drawn up, but
when it was taken to him he refused to pay for it, or to
pay the customary shilling to him.
Mr. Alderman ANSLEY—Do the " Theatres" take your
licence? Applicant—For the most part.
Mr. Alderman Asrsr.xs--Do you take money from per-
sons out of London and the neighbourhood ? Applicant—
We have been remiss, but my present principal intends to
enforce his rights at most ofthe fairs throughout the country.
Mr. Alderman Awstitr —You have taken it before at
Bartholomew Fair ? Applicant—Yes, but when we met
a refusal we have passed it over.
The Alderman remarked to his advisers, that a delicate
question was involved here. All the showmen were per-
, haps liable to be treated as rogues and vagabonds, but the
City derived considerable emolument from letting the
ground whereon the booths were erected, and SOO/. of it
went to the Sheriffs. If the Magistrates now conceded
that it was unlawful to perform without the Chamberlain's
license, those licenses might at some future time be with-
held. The City had immunities from paying some fees
and fines, and it was questionable whether the Serjeant
Trumpeter to the King had authority to demand his
fees here. _ _

.11r. Beresford, the Chief Clerk, advised the Magistrate
to decline interfering.
The City Solicitor was then called in, and the license
6.10, elhapormam. 1.....1-tisaieBacial4sonamenit. Upon

r;hl7. rh- it,orast grouudsd, -were submitted to his perusal:
Mr. Rivett presumed the authority of this appointment
would be supported and respected, as well as all other his
Majesty's Letters Patent.
There was a list of fees in the appointment to be de-
manded on certain occasions, by the Serjeant Trumpeter,
such as 601. upon the coronation ; and other sums upon
succession to titles and dignities, temporal and ecclesiasti-
cal. Them was a fee to be paid by all cities, towns, &c.
through which his Majesty might travel ; but here London
was specifically exempted from paying tribute, a circum-
stance which the City Solicitor thought of some weight.
And again, although persons exhibiting dumb chews were
recited, there was no fee set down against them. He also
remarked, that the clause respecting common stage players
and minstrels, which appeared in the farmer Vagrant Act,
was omitted in the last. He strongly doubted the great
trumpeter's right to collect in the city; hut at all events,
the Magistrate was-not bound to assist him.
Mr. Alderman A Nst,ev therefore declined interfering.
BOW-STREET.—John Roe, the driver of the hack-
ney-coach No. 613, was charged at thi- office with most
cruel treatment of a horse. The brutal -x:etch was taken
into custody through the exertions of Mr. Owen, an iron-
monger, in Russell-street, Covent-garden, who witnessed
the transaction. Ile stated, that the prisoner was driving
his coach that morning near Covent-garden market, and
one of the horses began to kick. The prisoner beat the
horse most unmercifully, and the animal got his feet over
the splinter bar. Many persons were collected on the spot,
and offered to assist the prisoner in extricating the horse,
but the prisoner, with a horrid oath, said he-would cut off
the horse's legs, and he got a thick piece of board, and
beat the horse about the head and body till the blood flowed
profusely, and the horse groaned dreadfully. When the
by-standers interfered, the prisoner offered to fight any one
present.
Mr. Wade, a tradesman in the same neighbourhood,
described the prisoner's conduct as cruel in the extreme.
The prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of 40s. and costs;
and he was locked up on refusing to pay the money.
g charged man,
w bhyo hadlr . Ibire einn
.
a Johntraveller Gtroe tan*
Cowley, an ironmonger, residing at No. 4, Vine-street,
Chandos-street, with obtaining from him a large quantity
of nails, of the value of upwards of sixty pounds, under
wholesale pe c t ahbol,
house,
o waski n
pretence that he was clerk to Mr. Thomas Sidaway, nail-
manufacturer, of Dudley, Worcestershire.

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The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was re.
manded.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Mr. Joseph Lancaster,
of the Western Steam Packet Office, who was charged by
his son with having assaulted him, again attended before
the Magistrate for the purpose of charging a little boy,
named John Sumpter, with altering a ticket from sixpence
to six and sixpence.
Mr. Lancaster, jun: appeared on behalf of the prisimer,
and contended that it was impossible for his father to sus-
tain a charge of felony against the boy, as he was not his
father's servant, and therefore he could not be accountable
to hint for his actions. It was his father's practice to turn
all his servants out of doors, because they would not ac-
count to him for the money they had received.
Sir G. FARR/NT inquired whether the boy had re-
ceived the money for the parcel?
Mr. Lancaster, sen. replied that he had not, because the
person to whom the parcel was addressed refused to paY it
on account of the overcharge.
Sir G. FARRINT said, that he could not take cognizance
of it, as the offence was not completed, and especially
as
there was a question of right between the father and
_5OO,
respecting the possession of the premises. He would re-
commend them to prefer cross bills of indictment against
each other at the Sessions. A long and angry discussion
then ensued between the father and son, in the course of
which Mr. Lancaster, sen. called his son au infamous fel-
low ; and the latter retaliated by accusing his father of
having stolen the lease of the
and he (the son) was, therefore, unable to produce it, to
establish his right to the possession.
orted
As the charge against the boy could not be supp, he
was discharged. premises in Regent Circus,
WORSHIP-STREET.—SwistnuNG.--Yesterday two
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MBEenl;NEnrarn:ecdh
by persons who attended to prefer charges against the
prisoners.
Mr. W. P. Low, from the office of Mr. Stafford, of
Buckingham-street attended for the prosecution; Mr.
Humphries for the defence.
The only charge entered into yesterday was one prefer-
red ley Mr. Low, of Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's
, part, who stated, that on last Monday week, the prisoner
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Guest called upon him, and expressed a Wish to take a
house, which he (Mr. Low) had to let in Sydney-street,
Goswell-street-road. He wished to become the tenant,
and referred him to a Mr. Whittingham, who resides in
Elizabeth-street, Goswell-street. He accordingly waited
upon Mr. Whittingham, who said Mr. Guest was a re-
spectable man, and he had no doubt would pay the rent.
Guest accordingly was allowed to take possession of the
house on Monday last, and Sharp at the same time went
into the house as Guest's lodger. They had been there,
however, but a very short time, when the greater part of
the fixtures were removed and sold. In removing them,
they had damaged the interior of the house. Mr. Low
added, that shortly after Guest had obtained possession of
the house, he prevailed upon him (Mr. Low) to make him
a suit of black clothes, and said that he wished to appear
in them at his child's funeral. The child, however, was
alive, and at that time was with a female at the door of
the office. _ _

Mr. BENNETT observed, that the fact of the prisoner
having left the house so soon after he bad obtained posses-
sion, was a proof that he had contemplated a felony. He
should, therefore, exercise the power invested in him by
Mr. Peel's Act, and commit both prisoners for the felony.
Mr. Humphries said that the Magistrate would surely
not visit the same punishment upon Sharp ; he was the
mere lodger of Guest, and there was no evidence to prove
that he knew of the fixtures having been removed.
Mr. Low observed, that it was• Sharp who, in the first
instance, made inquiries about the house, and discovered
the name of the landlord.

Mr. BENNETT should remand the prisoners until Friday,
and directed all parties to attend at that time.
UNION-HALL.—Hoasa STRALlNG.—Yesterday, a
man named Dwellings, was charged with horse-stealing.
Mrs. Ludford, the landlady of the Two Giants public-house,
in Bermondsey, said that about a fortnight since, whilst
her husband lay on his death-bed, the prisoner called at
their house, and hired the horse to go a short distance from
'town. He promised to return the next day, but she had
not seen the horse since. When taken into custody, he
admitted having hired the horse, but refused to give any
account of the manner in which he had disposed of it.—
He was remanded.

MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL..--SEPT. 4.

MONTHLY RETURN OF PATIENTS,
From August 1 to Si.
In-Patients admitted by letters , '7o
Ditto, Accidents
-114
Out-Patients admitted by letters 162
Ditto, Accidents 179
-341

In-Patients discharged
Remaining in the Hospital

Total ''' 455
. 138
1 6 2

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

LONDON DIARY.—FRIDAY, Savr. 7.--(At the Court of
Commissiowers, Basinghall-street.)
Blakie, E., Oxford-street... 11 Bugbv, J., Pall-mall ll
Boyce, G., Princes-street, Hopkins, W. Oxford ll
Haymarket
Brown, S., 01d-street
Hooper and Co., Adam-st.,, yard
Adelphi ll,

COUNTRY DlARY.—Saruanay, SEPT. 8.
Fewster, J. jun., Knaresborough—Office of Mr. Anderson,
York lO
Goodman, H., Kidderminster—White Hart, Hartlebury
Robinson, E., Stokesley, Yorkshire—Office of Mr. Ander-
son, York ll

INSOLVENT APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED,
COUNTRY..—At the Quarter Sessions, at Brecon, Sept. 10,
at Ten o'clock.
Price, W., Llanvihangel, farmer

In the course of last week, while a Welsh
sloop was getting under weigh in Lynn roads, the mate
and two of the crew were sent in the boat to heave out a
kedge anchor, when the sea running high, and the anchor
getting by some means entangled, the boat upset, and the
mate was immediately drowned. One of the men.swarn
to the sloop, and the other got hold of the side of the boat,
which righted again full of water, and drifted with the
tide, from the sloop. The sloop hung out a signal of dis-
tress, and the pilot sloop having come to. her assistance,
made sail in quest of the drifting mariner, whom they found
after a cruise of three or four hours, on a• sand-bank, with
his head half buried in the sand, not far from the water's
edge, and to all appearance dead. But on examination
some signs of life were perceived, and the pilots humanely
did all in iheirvosver tor•sirsw• wlaialitthey u!tlmapely

;;Weeted,ancChrong hiniTo Lynn, Where the Welch 1104
also returned.—Boston Gazette.

On Tuesday last an inquest was held at Swim-
bridge, on the body of an aged man, named John Shap-
land, who terminated his existence in the following man-
ner :—Three weeks ago he attempted the fatal act, by
first lacerating his arm with a design to bleed himself to
death, and afterwards stabbing himself with a shoemaker's
knife in the side. Contrary to all human expectation, by
the application of medical aid those wounds were nearly
healed, when, in the absence of his attendants, he inhu-
manly stripped off the plaister, and laid them open afresh.
Failing by this means to accomplish his purpose, he con-
trived to get a hammer, with which he violently beat and
bruised his forehead, from the veins of which the blood
flowed so copiously as to exhaust his little remaining
strength, and terminated his life on Monday last. From
the time he first attempted this act of self-destrnction, his
mind appeared to have been occupied solely on his money,
the sight of which afforded him the only gratification he
was capable of receiving.—Verdict, Lunacy.-.-Exeter
Alfred.
James, one of the malefactors executed at the
Devon jail, last week, confessed that he had been concerned
in twelve burglaries, to the amount of about 2,0001. viz.,
one at Tiverton, one at Frome, two' at Taunton, two
adjoining Bath, one at Bath, and one near Wells—in all
these he had but one companion ; .one at Bristol, in which
two others besides himself were engaged, and three burgla-
ries at Bath, in which three companions assisted ; one of
these last burglaries was that in the house of Miss Mason,
from which they carried off plate to the value-of about
6001. His accomplice in the last named robbery was sen-
tenced to 14 years' transportation at the late Bridgewater
Assizes.—Exeter Gazette.

BIRTHS.
On the 31st ult. at Edgebaston, near Birmingham,
Warwickshire, the lady of Lieutenant W. J. King, of his
Majesty's 69th Regiment, of a son.
On the 15th ult. the lady of John Maxwell, Esq. of
Houghton-hill, Huntingdon, of a still-born son.
On the 2d inst. at Holmwood-cottage, near Dorking,
the wife of Mr. John Lutwyche, of Skiver-street, of a
daughter. •