The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY)
Mat NS/ON-I/O USE.
THE BRITISH AMERICAN COMPANY.—,The Lord
Mayor has received the following communication
from Lord Elibank, who name. was used in the list of
Vice-Presidents of the American Emigration and
Colonization Company :
" Ryde, Isle of Wight,' Nov. 3, 1842.
" My Lord,—Having lately observed in the papers
several reports relative to an Association called The
British American,' and also that my name has been
coupled with it as one of the Vice-Presidents, and in
consequence of the manner in which the said Associa-
tion seems to be conducting its proceedings, in justice
to myself I take the liberty of acquainting your Lord-
ship how I became connected with it.
" About eight years ago, or, perhaps, more, several
reports of proceedings were sent to me, having for
their object the recovery of certain lands in - Nova
Scotia, said to belong to the Baronets of that Order.
The representations were so plausibly made, and
eemed to be sanctioned by so many respectable par-
sties, that I felt no hesitation at the time in adding my
approval of the measures. It soon afterwards, how-
ever, became evident to me, that the attempt to re-
cover these lands from the Government was altogether
absurd, so that I ceased to feel any interest in the mat-
ter, and never took any further notice of their pro-
ceedings.
" By what species of ingenuity the object of re-
covering land, said to belong to the Baronets of Nova
Scotia, has been made to slide into the present scheme,
lam at a loss to understand. I was appointed to
become a Vice-President, but to this application I
never replied, nor have I in any way sanctioned the
carneleon-like proceeding whiehhas been adopted.
" I might not have considered it necessary to have
objected to my name being mixed up with this Bri-
tish American Association, had its objects been clear
and intelligible, and likely to be of any advantage to
the public. But since arl its proceedings seem to be
so dark and mysterious, and of very questionable ad-
' vantage to those for whom they are said to be devised,
I think it due to myself to send. your Lordship this
explanation of my connexion' with the British Ame-
rican Association.—l have the honour to he, fie."
ELTINK."
A man of respectable appearance waited upon the
Lord Meyer in the course of the day with a letter
from the conductors of the Company, requesting that
his Lordship would direct that the parcel which had
been delivered to Childs, the constable, by some person
who had a temporary authority on beard the Barba-
does and which was stated to be ealued at 2,0001.,
should be handed over to the Company.
The LORD MAYOR asked what the parcel contain-
ed, and was informed that its contents were merely
papers relating to the originating of the Company and
the Baronetage.
The LORD MAYOR—Any property of value ? The
Messenger—None at all.
Some of the papers, which appeared to be what it
was said they were, were exhibited, and. his Lordship
delivered up the parcel, stating that he had no right
to examine it.
WINE ROBBERY.—George Blyth was charged with
having robbed Tom's Coffee-house, in Cornhill, of a
quantity of wine, and David Chambers, a waiter of
excellent character, at the Baltic Coffee-house, near the
Royal Exchange, was charged with having received
the property, knowing it to have been stolen.
Mr. Wild appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Clarkson attended as Counsel for Chambers.
Charles Foote, commonly called " Old Charley," a
person jobbing in Cornhill, stated that about two or
three months ago, at severe o'clock in the morning, he
met Blyth, whom he had often seen at Tom's, in the
street, carrying a barrel. After a few words of con-
versation Blyth told him he might carry the load, and
he consented. Blyth then left him under a gateway,
near Finch-lane, and went somewhere for the direc-
tion to which the barrel was to be taken. On Blyth's
return Witness took the barrel, in which he had got a
glimpse of bottles, according to the direction, to a beer
shop at the corner of Tabernacle-square, and was, on
coming back to his stand in Cornhill,, paid the sum of
ls. by Blyth for his trouble.
-Charles Howard, the keeper of the beer-shop, stated
that he received the barrel from David Chambers, the
prisoner.• Chambers, whom he knew for some time,
asked him whether he would, receive a parcel for him,
and he consented. The barrel was the second parcel
he had taken in for Chambers. He went to a baker,
the brother of Chambers, and told him that a barrel
had arrived, and the brother took it away.
Nathaniel Chambers, brother of the prisoner Cham-
bers, stated that he received the barrel, but did not see
what it contained. The contents of it were, he be-
lieved, deposited in a cupboard, of which his brother
kept the key. The police searched it, and 'found two
dozen and four bottles of wine in it. He could not
state the time, but he believed it might have been
three or four months ago.
Inspector M‘Lean, of the City police, stated that he
had traced the wine to the cupboard in the house of
Chambers's brother, and learned from that person that
David Chambers was a waiter at the Baltic Coffee-
house. Witness then went to the Baltic, and asked
the prisoner Chambers whether he knew Blyth ?
Chambers took him aside and said he knew Blyth, and
appeared to be ready to give every information in his
power.
Mr. W. B. Silk, one of the proprietors of Tom's
Coffee-house, stated that he believed the whole of the
wine had come out of his cellar. He had never autho-
rised any one to sell wine from his stores, and he had
missed wine repeatedly in May, when Blyth was cel-
larman in the house. Blyth ihad subsequently been
discharged for breaking into the cellar.
Mr. Clarkson, for Chambers, submitted that there
. was no evidence calculated to show that that prisoner
r had any guilty knowledge, supposing that the posses-
sion .of the wine was undisputed altogether.
The LORD MAYOR said he thought the case of
Chambers ought to go to a Jury. Chambers knew
that Blyth was cellarman at Tom's Coffee-house, and
ought to have asked the proprietors whether they
authorised the sale of wines before he bought of
Blyth who had never produced a bill of parcels at all,
and had consented to receive three shillings a bottle
for sherry, which, if good for anything, was worth fire.
Chambers must prove his innocence elsewhere.
Mr. Clarkson—No, my Lord, the difficulty will be
to prove his guilt.
The LORD MAYOR—I shall take bail for Chambers.
' I commit Blyth, for the robbery, to Newgate.
Chambers was instantly bailed.
GUILDHALL
.John Kennard, lately a footboy to Mr. Watts, a
respectable solicitor, whose office is No. 8, Coleman-
street, was charged, with stealing 821., the property of
his employer. The case had been fully heard, and only
stood over for the attendance of a witness to prove
that on the day named, viz., the 28th of October, he
sent up 821. to Mr. Watts, to meet a bill due on that
or the following day. Evidence was given to prove
that the prisoner was intrusted with the money by
Mr. Watts to take up the bill of exchange, but he ab-
sconded, and a hand-bill was circulated offering a re-
ward for hiS apprehension.
Mr. Inspector Black, of the 0 division, who brought
the prisoner in custody, deposed that he was found
"drunk and incapable," on the footpath of the New-
. road, St. Pancras. Before he was locked up, a 101.
note, a 51. note, 26 sovereigns, and some silver coin,
was taken from him. After the lapse of an hour he
sent for him, and requested his name and address, but
he was mute. In the course of the night he had him
up a second time and questioned him, but with no
better effect, so that he took him before Mr. Long at
the office-hour. On his way (he having in the interim
received the hand-bill produced), showed it to the pri-
soner, who burst into tears, and said, "I am the
person." He (the inspector) finding newly-purchased
articles about him, and not giving an account of him-
self, was the reason why he first detained him.
Sir PETER LAURIE observed that a clearer case
could not be conceived, and committed the prisoner
to Newgate for trial.
BOW-STREET.
E. Dash, an ex-assistant to a linendrapers a young
fellow of respectable appearance, was charged with
stealing a variety of articles, he property of Mr.
Helme, a herald chaser, residing in Long-acre, and
Maria Robinson was charged with being an accessory
after the fact, and harbouring and maintaining the
prisoner. About three weeks ago the prisoner Dash,
and another young man named Hill, were brought to
the above Court, on a charge of having assaulted the
prosecutor, who on that occasion stated that his wife
had suddenly absented herself from his house at Hol-
loway, and that he having ascertained the place of
her retreat, went there, and demanded an interview
with her for the purpose of inducing her to return to
his house, when the prisoner Dash presented himselfand
declared that he should not see her, and that ultimately
he saw her coale out of the house, and•get into a cab,
followed by Dash and Hill, both of whom, on, his going
to the cab to demand his wife, committed a violent as-
sault upon him, and for which offence they were sen-
tenced to pay a fine of Si. each, and in default of pay-
ment committed for two months to the House of Cor-
rection. The fine levied on Dash was immediately
paid, and (as prosecutor had since ascertained) by his
(prosecutor's) wife ; but Hill having no friend ready
to furnish him with the money, was committed to pri-
son, where he now remains. Yesterday the prosecu-
tor stated that he had subsequently missed several ar-
ticles. from his house at Holloway ; and that, with the
assistance, of the police, he had succeeded in tracing
some of them to the possession of different pawnbro-
kers, with whom he also ascertained they had been
pledged by the prisoner Dash ; upon which he gave
him into the custody of a policeman, who, on search-
eng him, found a cornelian, which prosecutor at once
identified as his property ; and also a letter from the
female prisoner (Robinson) warning Dash that the
prosecutor and the police were looking after him.
After the prisoner Dash had been given into custody,
the prosecutor, accompanied by a policeman, went to
his lodgings, where he found his wife,.and also-the fe-