The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.--Jamse Lamb, a man dressed
is a white ,outside.*mock; aint.hayinr -altogether the ap-
pearsoce of' (that whiek 'he Wasiet) 1 huebandmani was
put forward,' charged 'wl.th "running away-with eleven
rude of calico, which were hanging outside the shop of a
person named Perry, in Sun-street, Bishopsgate-street...L.
The shop-boy of Perry proved the fast of the goods hiving
been found on the prisoner, but said his master having
heard his story, was unwilling to prosecute him, as he ap-
peared to have committed the theft from distress.
The prisoner, in answer to the Loan MAYOR'S gum-
tions, said, he was a sailer ; had been discharged from his
ship two months back, and could not since get another ;
he had applied to the parish officers of the places where he
had slept, and they had all refused to pass him home' to
Liverpool,,and it was from'went alone that hi was obliged
to do what he had done'.
The LORD MAYOS, having ascertained frorn the offiCer
who had the prisoner in custody, that his story was cor-
rect, said ht hoped, in acceiting to the' &tire of the prose-
cutor in thisoase, not, to commit the prisoner, that the
ends of justice did not require it. His Lordship, after ad-
verting to the practice of shopkeepers exposing goods out-
side their, shops, and thus affording a tencptation to the
needy, that few of them could resist, desired the prisoner
to be taken care of, and if employment were not found
here for him, that he should be rent, by the waggon, to
Liverpool.
Mr. Nobler asked the prisoner If he had applied at the
Tower, to enter the King's service, and be replied that he
bad, but would not be Wren, as he had been wounded by a
bullet in the thigh.
The prisoner , was removed, deeply affected with the
change in his circlunstances, from absolute poverty and
despair, to the prospect of being restored to society.
James M'Henry, a pensioner, on 91. 4s. per annum ;
Jane Donovan, an ugly ferocious-looking creature, and
Ann Cox, ditto, only some inches taller, and consequently
more formidable in appearance, were placed at the bar,
on the joint, charge of being idle and disorderly, in some
of the streets of Candlewick Ward, on Tuesday, about
two o'clock, When the charge came to be analysed through
the evidence of the street-keeper, boodle, and parish con-
stable, it resolved into this :—They were all drunk; one
woman accused the other of robbing ,the pensioner, who
WAS in, that happy state of existence denominated "far
gone indeed." The women began to abuse each other,
and, say; the beadle, dressed pp in 6nery, and
puffing with each word almost as loudly as the wheels of a
steamer, " They called one another all sorts of hard names,
that I would not mention in this company 'at present. I
advised them to be quret, and they would not, so 'I took
them all tb the watch-house. ' • .
The Loan MAYOR to the male prisoner—How mush is
your pension? WHenry—Two pounds six shillings a
quarter, Sir. - '
The Loen Ma-roe—When did yon naive it ?—Yes-
terday. •
And how much of it, continued his Lordship, have you
now :—One pound four, your Worship.
His Lordship continued his interrogatories--Whs is the
prisoner Donovan ?—Oh, my Lord, she's .an old friend of
mine, that dun a great deal of things for me, when I was
young, and she the same poor crather, and all out of the
good nether, and, why shoal/Vitt I share all I have with
het' now that she's ould. •

Then you think she did not intend to rob you, pursued
the Loan Maroa ?—No, your Worship, I'd gin her the
keeping of the city of London, barren it Was all my own.
And who, said his Lordship, is the other prisoner ?—•
Why, in case yoUr Lordship will know the whole story, I
must tell it—and he, coughed three introductory hems—
she lives with me, and cooks the bit of "'Wale for me, and
there's the whole truth of it now for ye all.
The Loan Maros. ordered the discharge of all the pri-
soners, and the instant he did so, the male commenced
sharing his money with hie two enamoratas in the most
good humoured manner possible.
A young smart looking sailor boy, with a countenance
in which a Mexican sun had deeply bronzed a set of fine
manly features, applied to the. Lord-Mayor for relief. It
was with . difficulty his story could be made out, from the
very bad English he 'poke. It appeared that he was a
native of Vera Cruz, had been captpred by the. Spaniards,
and had contrived to effect his (*cape to this eountry,where
be was, as he said, thrown on the generosity of "de English
nation," and as he turned his countenance towards the Lord
Mayor, in which might be seen mingled gratitude and
hope, it was easy to trace the feelings which ran through
his mi,ad,.aod to know that the character of the strangers
in the far country was not unknown to him.
- The Loan Mayor ordered care to be telcen of him until
anquixiia shou,l4,l?a snack of the Nexicskft, Consul, on, the
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--A young woman of
colour, named Emilia Francis, was yesterday brought to
this office, charged with collecting a mob and creating a
riot, at the house of Earl Powis, in Berkeley-square. She
has frequently before been committed to prison for similar
conduct at- his Lordship's residence, and it is only three
days ago that she was liberated, after her last sojourn of a
month in Tothill-fields gaol. •

Information having been given yesterday morning to
Plank, the chief officer of this office, that the black woman
was again playing off her pranks at Lord Powia's house,
the officer went there to remove her. Ide found. her with
a crowd'of 100 persons at least about' the door; and in..
dulging herself in the use of the most gross and obscene
language. Plank remonstrated with her, and endeavoured
to remove her, quietly ; but he no sooner laid his hand on
her, than she struck him a tremendous blow on the nose,
which made the blood spurt all _over the mob. She was
then, after a violent- resistance, with the assistance of a
beadle whom she also assaulted desperately, forced into a
hackney-coach, (which she purposely defiled in a-shocking
manner,) and brought to the office, where she took all pos-
sible pains publicly to expose her person. She was com-
mitted to prison, in default of bail, for .the assault onPlank
and the beadle.

The history of this young woman is u curious as her in-
gratitude is remarkable. It seems that several years ago,
when Earl Powis stopped at St. Helena, on his return
from the Government of India, •this: young woman, who
a native of that island, then a child, was taken on board
the ship in which his Lordship was coming home, byname
person, who brought her to England. On. the passage, his
Lordship was pleased with the child, and on their arrival
home, he directed that she should be properly educated, and
brought up for the situation of a servio in a respectable
family, and when she grew up, his Lordship had several
situations provided for her • but she began to conduct her-
self so ill, and sheaved such a disposition to vice, that, to
save her from ruin, his Lordship provided a passage for her
to St. Helena, and sent her back there to her friends.
She soon contrived, however, to conceal herself in the hold
of a vessel coming to England, where she remained undis-
covered until they were a long distance at sea, and thus
she once more reached this counter; and she has ever
since been an annoyance at Lord Powis's house, although
his Lordship has still very humanely- offered to pay the
parish officers for her support, if she will go under their
care ; but this she refuses. '

There is a great majestic oak in Lord Roden's
demesne (Dundalk) which, at the height of
two feet from its enormous base, measures nearly
14 feet in circumfbrence. For this single tree
601. has been offered and refused ; the 'bark
alone is valued at 131.—Dublin Morning Poe.

On Saturday the body of a man, in a State of
putridity, was discovered in a corn ,field, adjoin=
ing the eastern road to Leith, and brought to the
Police Office. From its appearance it seemed
to have lain there ten or twelve days; but there
were' no marks of violence, or robbery, as a silver
watch and pocket-book was found upon it. The
body was afterwards identified by some of the re-
sident Jews, to which .persuasion the deceased
belonged, and by whom her-was buried yesterday.
Caledonian Mercury.

'MELANCIfoLY ACCIDENT.---On Friday eve-
ning last, about nine o'clock, as a gentleman was
passing in his gig through the turnpike-gate,
leading to Blackfriar's-bridge, his horse took
fright and ran off'. The gentleman's attempts to
pull him in were ineffectual ; the ,reins broke,
and the gig was soon after dashed to pieces.
The horse taking the pavement, knocked down
every .person and ,thing that stood in, his way.
—A Mrs. Smith, of • Stamford.street, had her
arm broken, while the face of her servant was
much injured. A poor woman, far advanced-in
pregnancy, was very seriously hurt ; and her
child, who was walking by her side, had her arm
or leg broken. Several other persons-were more
Or Ices hurt by the terrified animal. -We-have
not heard the name of the gentleinan;or 'what
became claim.

APPALLING CASE OF MISER? AND
1,0

It is not without feelings of horror and indig-
,nation.that we are compelled to- lay before our
readers the following incidents of wretchedness
which‘were yesterday divulged to a coronces
quest,held at the Queen's Head inn, Skirbeck,
before C. Mastin, Gent. Coroner. An unfortu-
nate girl named Lucy Palmer, who had long
wandered about without a home, a wretched
prostitute, applied about a month ago to an. old
man named Walker, who occupies a hut in the
parish of Skirbeek, for • temporary lodgings,
which the old , man agreed to.- let - her-, hays.
There she was attacked 'with the rneaslesoind
suffered also from 'other disorders; and lingered"
fora fortnight in a state which beggars desCrip-
tion, until the friendly hand of death put a
period to her mortal sufferings. The unfeeling
okl wretch who harboured the poor creature, not
only neglected himself to attend to her -wants,
but refused 'to allow some more humane-neigh-
bours to administer those little comforts which
beguile the racking moments of pain, and even
solace expiring nature.
How dreadful must have been the agony of
the suffering girl, racked as -she was by pain and
want, to feel that she was amid unpitying
strangers ; and when fever had wasted her ema-
ciated frame for four days, to be denied not
only proper sustenance, but even a draught of,
water to cool her parched mouth ! But here
her miseries had not reached their climax, for
she afterwards heard the cruel old wretch refuse
admission to some neighbours who volunteered
to provide for her those necessaries he had him.
self refused to procure.
On Saturday morning last, however, a humane
woman, named Maddison, determinately persisted
in seeing the dying girl, and found her laying
upon a bundle of rushes, nearly destitrite•'of
clothing, having only an old pair of stays on; and'
lying in this miserake condition in the same
room in which the old man slept. Mrs. M*ddi-.
son very naturally asked Walker for some cloth-
ing from his bed, to cover the poor girl with.
He at first refused, but afterwards gave her an
old horse rug.

In consequence of the filthy state of the body
and the heat of the weather, maggots were en-
gendered, and were actually crawling over the
poor sufferer before she died ! Mrs. Maddison
humanely washed and cleaned the 'body, -and
made the poor girl as comfortable as circum-
stances would permit. On Sunday morning
the deceased requested Mrs. Maddison to get
some person to pray with her, but before the
arrival of any one-for that purpose, the wretched
sufferer << had breathed her last. The, parish
officer granted relief immediately on being made
acquainted with the case, and directed Mr.
Parsons, surgeon, to attend her. Mr. Parsons
stated, on,beang examined by the Coroner,, that
he found the deceased dreadfully diseased, and
in a state of ulceration. He believed her death
was accelerated. by neglect and want. Verdict
--" Died from neglect, and want of the common
necessaries of life.—Boston Gazette.

BURGLARIES IN THE CITY.—OR Friday
night, the house of Mr. Lodge, No. 9, Little
Tower-street, was broken into and robbed of a
pier glass; three beds, with mattresses and bed-
ding, tiro pair of top boots, two hams, quart and
an
bdrookae nnd
open Co.,
pint decanters, about a dozen and a' half of
sherry, a quantity of bottled stout, a clock of
French manufacture, &c. &c. ; with all of, which
the robbers got clear off. On the -following
residence
:ft c 341 :amp r,
8 was
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hatters,night' thil
Little
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and robbed of property to a considerable amount ;
and at the same time the adjoining premises of
Mr. Wood, a spice dealer, were also broken into
and robbed. : . .

The funeral of his Grace the late Duke of
Gordon' arrived at Dunbar on Saturday after-
noon. The procession consisted of a hearse,
drawn by six beautiful black horses richly capa-
risoned, two mourning coaches; drawn by four
horses, containing his Grace's suite, followed by
five out-riders. A person on foot carried his
Grace's coronet, and another a plume of feathers.
The procession was met at the end' of the town
by the Magistrates and Town Council, and some
of- the 'most respectable inhabitants, in .deep
mourning, who, headed by the burgh officers,
preceded the cavalcade to the inn. Here they
formed a line, and stood uncovered, until the coffin
passed to be .deposited in one of the rooms which
had been suitably fitted up.. They then retired
to another room,. and after an appropriate address
from the Provost, and an expression of deep
respect for the memory of the deceaged noble-
man, and of good wishes for the health and hap-
piness of the present Duke, retired., Cakdoniag
Mercury.
AN AMERICAN Ica-BOAT.—On board one
of them I saw what is called an ice-boat. It is
about 23 feet in length, resting on three skates;
one attached to each end of a strong cross-bar,
fixed under the fore-part, and the remaining one
to the bottom of the rudder, which supports the
stern of the vessel. Her mast and sail are simi-
lar to those of a common boat. Being placed on
the ice, when the lake is sufficiently frozen over,
she is brought into play. ifer properties are
wonderful, and .her motion. is fearfully rapid.
She can not only sail before the wind, but is ac-
tually capable of beating to windward. It re-
quires an experienced hand to manage her, par-
ticularly in tacking, as her extreme velocity ren-
ders the least' motion of the rudder of the utmost
consequence. A friend of mine, a lientenant in
the navy, assured me that he himself last year had
gone a distance of 23 miles in an hour ; and he
knew an instance of an ice-boat having crossed
from York to Fort Niagara (a distance of 40
miles) in little more than three-quarters of an
hour. This will be readily believed, when we
reflect On the velocity which such a vessel must
acquire when driven on skates before a gale of
wind. These boats are necessarily peculiar to
the lakes of Canada.—De Roos's Travels.

BIRTH.
On the 7th inst., Lady Georgina Granville Ryder, of
Park-street, Grosvenor-square, uf a daughter.

' MARRIED•

Wm.
the.n
m Marshal
ISh ihtiti nitA .m. , at St.
Henry
rll;!airi'soi
m, Islington,
, Esqyoungest
th u
ng
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of John Holmes, of Tivetsball-hall, in the County of Nor-
folk, Esq., to Elizabeth Clara, third daughter of the jaw
Robert,Lee, Esq., of Walthamata, Essex.
On the 10th inst., at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Mr.
George Wright, of the Strand, to Christian Mary Jen-
kins, of the Strand also.