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

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday two men, named
Rush and Bentley,were brought before the Loan mAyoib
charged with having stolen a pair of boots in the shep of
•Mr. Alger, a bOot-maker, on Ludgate-hill. There was
something rather strange in the case.
Yesterday was the first day of the Old Bailey Sessions,
and it must have been about the time the prisoners entered
the shop and stole the boots that the Court was opened--
They made way upon leaving the shop, as if by instinct,
up the Old Bailey, where they were so shortly to appear
to answer for the experiment, and were taken in the im-
mediate neighbourhood of Newgate, the shopman having
observed and followed them in the act of robbery, and
pursued them with an "halloo !" One of them was stop-
ped by a compositor ; the other, upon being closely pur-
sued, turned round, and performed his promise of "floor-
ing" the shopman if he persevered, but was soon after-
wards apprehended. They were then conducted before
the Loan MAYOR, who committed them for trial. The
Grand Jury then found a true bill against them for the
robbery. It was expected that they would be tried in the
course of the evening.
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A number of paupers from different parts of the coun-
try applied for relief, but the LORD MAYOR ordered them
all, except one poor desolate woman, with a child in her
arms, out of the room, as possessing no claim *upon the
city of London. The female alluded to had been, it ap-
peared, sent up from a parish in Berkshire to London with
is. in her pocket, the gift of the parish-officers, who told
her that the Lord Mayor was the only person calculated to
serve her. Some remarks were made upon this cruel prac-
tice of disposing of the poor, and the unfortunate pauper
received some present relief.

BOW-STREET.—The parish authorities of St. Paul's,
Covent-garden, have at length bestirred themselves, and a
strong desire is now evinced by tht.m to put down the
abominable night houses that abound in the parish, to the
existence of which we have so repeatedly invited attention.
Mr. Thomas, the publisher, of York-street, Covent-
garden, who is serving the office of constable in his own
right, waited on Sir R. Blame yesterday morning, for the
purpose of informing him that himself, the other constable,
and several watchmen, had been before the" Parish Board
in the course of the morning, for the purpose of giving
evidence as to the several flash-houses, coffee-shops, and
oyster-rooms in the neighbourhood. After a very rigid
inquiry and some discussion had taken place, the Parish
Board came to the resolution to lose no time in indicting
those houses against which they can obtain evidence; and
Mr. Roach, the parish solicitor and vestry clerk, received
instructions to that effect. Mr. Thomas added, that pro-
ceedings are to be commenced immediately against three of
the houses.
Sir R. Butane was rejoiced to hear that the Parish
Board had at length come to a resolution so praiseworthy.
Mr. Thomas then retired.
Mr. Thomas Cushion, of No. 12, Quebec-street, Port-
man-square, came to give information of a most daring
robbery and attempt at murder, that took place in Hyde-
park on the night previous, which had very nearly proved
fatal to his brother, Mr. William Cushion. The latter
gentleman was crossing Hyde-park on Wednesday night
about ten o'clock, and was on the footway leading from the
Serpentine River to Grosvenor-gate, when accosted by a
man, who asked him for a shilling to get a night's lodging,
alleging that he was in distress. Mr. Cushion told him
that he really had nothing to give him, and he was passing
on, when, perceiving thatthe man kept close to his heels, he
stopped for a moment to expostulate with him, and to assure
him that he had no means to relieve him. While in the act
of doing so, another fellow came behind him, and seising
him by the aims, he was struck a violent blow by a third
ruffian, by which he was knocked down. One of the fellows
then knelt upon his stomach while his two companions pro-
ceeded to rifle his pockets. Mr. Cushion, although consi-
derably stunned, was not insensible, but conceiving exertion
useless, he lay perfectly quiet. The villains took a silver
watch from his fob, and three gold seals, and he heard one
of them remark that where there was so good a watch
it was most likely there was money also. They then
renewed their search, and took from his pocket fifteen
soveleigns. After satisfying themselves that he had no
more property, , they next consulted as to how they-
should dispose of him.' " Shall we murder him?" said
one. " Let us fling him into the gravel-pits close by,"
said a second, " and smother him in the mud." They ac-
cordingly took him from the ground, where he lay ap-
parently insensible, and carried him to the:gravel-pits, into
whiek a great quantity. of mud had lately. been. thrown.
One of the villains held him by the head, and the other by
the feet, and getting close to the edge of one of the pits,
they flung him right in; believing, no doubt, that the mud
was deep enough to smother him, and then they ran away.
It fortunately happened, however, that the place where Mr.
Cushion fell was not of sufficient depth, and after satisfying
himself that they had fled, he with great difficulty managed
to creep:on his hands and knees front the pit, and pro-
ceeded in considerable pain to one of the gates of the Park.-
where be gave information to the keeper, as well as he was
able (for he was nearly exhausted), of the manner in which
he ,had been attacked. Mr. Cushion added, that his
brother was soon after conveyed home, where he now lay
suffering considerable pain, in consequence, of the blows
which he received, and the manner in which one of the
villains knelt upon a most tender part of his body.
he,,,v,!}.7_,Bilialie having caused the above information to
accon7pva:in"layliiitniisCll:l=7l,l`librVt7l.lelP'surkeesidtehnece°,Mror the
purpose of collecting further particulars, and a description
of the by whom Mr. Cushion had been so brutally
attacked.

Henry Fallon, one of the persons employed by Warren
the blacking-man, in the Strand, to deface the walls in the
neighbourhood 'of the metropolis, was placed at the bar,
charged capitally with committing a rape on the body of
Margaret Gains, an interesting child, only nine years of
age. The aunt of the little girl is the wife of William
Maybury, charged at this office some time ago, with em-
bezzling various sums while in the employment of Mr.
Warren. He was tried at the Old Bailey, and sen-
tenced to transportion for 14 years. .
The little girl was then sworn, after satisfying the Ma-
gistrate that she understood the nature of an oath. She
gave her eiidence clearly and distinctly, and said she was
assaulted by the prisoner, who took advantage of his wife's
absence in the kitchen, while she lay upon the bed.'
The prisoner was remanded till next' Saturday, when
the child will be brought forward again if she should be
sufficiently well.
WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday, four gentlemen of
great respectability, Dr. Jones, Dr. Gordon, Mr. Hughes,
and Mr. Tyrrell, appeared before Mr. TWYFORD, to solicit
the proteetion of the Magistrates against an intolerable
nuisance, to which the inhabitants of Finsbury-square, and
its neighbourhood are exposed, by the existence of two dis-
orderly houses in Cross-street.
The gentlemen represented that the abominable scenes
that were eonstantly occurring at these places, between the
disorderlies of both sexes who resorted to them, had been
the occasion of driving many respectable families from the
neighbourhood, and the property of the landlords was in
consequence greatly depreciated in value. Houses, for in-
stance, the rent of which had been 1301., would not let for
more than SO/. Application had been made to the parish
authorities, but the inhabitants could not get them to take
effectual means to remove the evil, and they made the pre-
sent application in the hope that their object might be
effected by the interference of the Police Magistrates.
Mr. TIVICIORD observed, that it was a matte• of extreme
difficulty to put down a house of this description, even at
an expense of VOL " The owner may be indicted," said
he, "but when you produce your witness, a barrister gets
up and cross-examines him, and his evidence is discredited,
because he has himself entered the infamous place."
After some further conversation, it was agreed that the
Board of Trustees should be written to on the subject of in-
dicting the parties, and that officers should be•employed to
prevent the outward nuisance complained of.
A woman of the town, named Maria Smith, was fully
committed for trial, charged with being one of four women,
who; on the morning of the 17th of November, broke into
and robbed the house of Mrs. Shane, a green grocer, in the
Hackney-road. Another prisoner, against whom there
was not positive evidence, was discharged.
HATTON-GARDEN.—At three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, all the police-officers attached to this Establieli-
ment were assembled together, agreeably to.an order of the
magistrates given for that purpose, at an early hour a the
day, by Mr. Mall,tt, the Chief Clerk.
The three magistrates (A. S. LAIN°► Esq., W.
ROGERS, Esq,, and Mr. Sergeant Set,t.on) were sitting,
when Mr. What requested the reporters and all other
persons (strangers) to withdraw, as the magistrates were
about to enter into an investigation of rather a private
nature. It was generally understood, however, that this
inquiry originated from the circumstances of the late rob-
beries effected von the notes of the Warwick Bank and
upon Grimaldi and Co., jewellers in the Strand.
QUEEN-SQUARE.—Late ou Wednesday evening, Mr.
Ford, a solicitor, of Great Queen-street, Westminster, and
Mr. Cook, a solicitor, of Bedford-street, Covent-garden,
attended before the sitting Magistrate, Geoltee W. MAR-
RIOTT, Esq.
Mr. Ford had been requested to attend in consequence
of an application having been made to Mr. WHITE, ' to
accept bail for the gentleman in custody for fraudulently

obtaining and uttering a draught on Sir Claude Scott's
house for 1501. He had been prepared with his witnesses
to prove the ease against the prisoner; but one of his wit-
nessei, named Stevens,)bad been arrested at the door of the
office, and the other had been taken in execution.
After a long conversation, Mr. Mansion consented 'to
accept of bail, as the prosecutors had no objection...
• Two bail were then required of 250/. each, to answer
for the prisoner's. appearance next Wednesday, when Mr.
Ford should be ready to support the charge.
The proprietor of the Saloon, in Piccadilly, declined
being one of the bail, and another bail was put in and ac-
cepted, when the prisoner was liberated on his undertaking
to procure another bail in the morning. Yesterday morn-
ing another bail was procured. .

MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—As soon as Mr. char-
FITE{ had taken his scat upon the Bench yesterday morn-
ing, Mr. Coleman, of No. 11, Prince's-street, Lisson-grove,
informed him, that on passing the Alpha Cottages at St.
John's Wood just before, his attention was drawn by se•
veral persons collected together in a lane having no tho-
roughfare, and standing round something wrapped in wool,
enclosed in two sheets of writing paper sewed together.
At first he thought it was a rabbit, but it proved to be the
dead body of a new-born female child. The office-mes-
senger was immediately sent with a shell to convey the
body to the workhOuse, where it remains for the inspec-
tion of a jury.
A poor woman; who lives at No. 83, Devonshire-street,
Lisson-grove, asked Mr. Gamtrrn to assist her in recover-
ing three guineas, offered as a reward for the finder of
some Bank-notes. She stated, that on Sunday afternoon
she found two 51. Bank of England notes, and intrusted
them with a man of her acquaintance, that he might in-
quire whether they had been advertised. They were lost
by Mr. Butler, of No. 11, Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside,
who advertised them, with the above reward, which the
man to whom she intrusted them received, and has applied
to his own use.

Mr. GRIFFITH was sorry he could not assist her, and ad-
vied her to apply to the city magistrates.

UNION-HALL.—Yesterday morning a Mr. Roffey, re-
siding in Baalzephon-street, Bermondsey, attended at this
office for the purpose of making application for a warrant
against an individual, who bad endangered the life of his
son by careless driving.
The MAGISTRATE advised the applicant to place the
matter in the hands of an attorney, who could enter an
action against the driver, and in all probability heavy damages
would be awarded against him.

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK, AND MELAN-

CHOLY LOSS OF LIVES,

The brig Aurora, of this port, Captain Richard
Howlen, master, burthen 190 to 200 tons, sailed
hence on Sunday morning last, with a very full
cargo of bacon and butter, for London. She had
been but a few hours at sea when she became leaky ;
By degrees the leak increased to such an extent, is
to require the incessant labour of two men. •In this
critical situation, the weather becoming adverse, and
no prospect appearing of being able to make the
English coast, (then distant about ten or twelve
leagues,) the Captain found himself necessitated, on
Tuesday morning, to put about and steer back for
Waterford. On Wednesday afternoon, a most
furious gale came on from the South, during which
they :made the land, and were proceeding under
easy sail for this harbour, when a tremen-
dous tea struck the vessel on the weather side,
and a sudden gust of wind, more violent even
than the preceding gale, coming on at the same
instant, laid her on her beam-ends, and rendered her
almost totally unmanageable. Every expedient,
however, which prudence and good seamanship
could suggest, was tried, but all to no purpose, as
the increasing fury of the storm and the partial
shifting of the cargo frustrated every effort of her
almost exhausted crew to get her upright. Thus '
left a mere helpless log upon the water, she of course
drifted before the temps t, and was carried by the
resistless Waves, then rolling mountains high, in. the
direction of that part of the shore near Tramore
Bay. The sensations of the hapless poor fellows on
board, at this juncture may be more easily imagined
than described. Depressed and worn out by long-
continued toil—hurried rapidly towards a steep and
rocky coast, on which the surges were: breaking with
terrific violence—and without the slightest rational
hope of escape (the situation of the vessel-prevent-
ing them from getting out the long-boat, and the
jolly-boat having been previously washed fr9M her
isitaelii•icti)g noon prospecteof iev iatapbpleetud•edthbe.forTe
doomed !--for about five
othrs,bal buttb e onea-
vessel struck upon a ledge of rocks, a
little to the eastward of Brownstown Head, which
.00fetloheekm,
t\hve.re uuheepilY
forms the easternmost point of Tramore Bay, when
she immediately tumbled over, bottom. upwards, and
was soon dashed into 'atoms ! •
The master is the only survivor of this dreadful
calamity, and his escape is chiefly owing, under Pr-
ovidence, to his uncommon personal strength and
courage, as he was nearly three houra struggling in
the water before he got safe on shore, when he had
to climb in the dark up a very steep precipice, where
scarcely any footing was to be found, and had then
to walk, or rather crawl, a considerable distance to
the nearest human habitation, where, under the roof
of a poor man named Patrick Faby, he received
every kindness and attention that the limited means
of its inmates would afford. The unfortunate suf-

ferers on this occasion were eight in number (in-
cluding two young boys.) One of the bodies, that
of one of the boys, was picked up on Thursday;
none of the others had been found at a late hour yes-

terday. The vessel, which belonged to se; era]
owners, was not, we believe, insured.

We are happy to add that Capt. Howlan is now
out of danger.—Waterford Chronicle.

We had a very heavy sea here on- Saturday
and Sunday night, the wind blowing 'a strong gale from
the S.W. The moon being nearly full, the tide was
much higher than it has been for a considerable time.--
Early on Monday morning it swept away part of the new
groyne near Lamprell's baths, which had been temporarily
fixed there till the new road is completed. The western
end of the new sea-wall was also laid bare of beach, and
some yortions of it swept away.—Brighton Gazette.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—DROWNING.
—Sunday 'morning, a female, of respectable appearance,
was observed wanderingalong the banks of the Royal Canal,
evidently betraying, by the wildness of her air and manner,
somewhat of an unsettled state of mind. She entered se-
veal houses, desiring to purchase some milk, but not pro-
curing any, she had a little beer at a public-house near the
l:e of stchla i
O'Bv.lEN,ct n
of she
ti ve threw
residingwife
oherself
a inrespect-
able into
Tal
Tenth Lock, which, while she partook of, she continued to
utter the most incoherent expressions, and evince other
symptoms of deranged intellect. On leaving this, she
proceeded but aileint ttltiefiheed to be n
a
further
the Canal, convenient to the `Eleventh Luck. The body
eras
tradesman,
yesterday d
of
ston-street. Some misfortunes of a domestic nature were
latterly observed to prey heavily on her spirits. It was
rather curious that on leaving home on the morning of Sun-
day she exchanged the dress which she usually wore for
another of a much more indifferent quality, also leaving
behind her a sum of money which she had for some time
carried about her. A razor, a small bottle, and a few
coppers were found in one of her pockets. An inquest was
yesterday held on the body before Mr. WOARTny, one of
the Coroners for the County.—Dublin Morning Post.
On Wednesday last there was found in the
River Clyde, opposite the lands of Belvidere, the body of a
man, apparently about the age of SO or S 5 years. His
hat, in which were a handkerchief and pocket-book, was
upon the bank, immediately behind where he himself lay.
In his pocket-book was the copy of an indenture, with
some other papers of little apparent value. From these he
appears to have been a ROBERT Dieu, a printer, from
Belfast. The circumstance of his bat, &c., being left upon
the bank, gives ground to suppose that he must have
committed the deed intentionally. His body was con-
veyed and locked up in one of the proprietor's offices.
In the evening, two persons, of rather a suspicious
appearance, called at the dwelling-house, and pretend-
ing to he friends of the deceased, requested to he
shewn the body. During the night, however, the pl4e
tpineii.esoanis)plovitotede,alsleeedni, atnoda6thredirgonobdt
was broken open, and the corpse carried off. The suspici-
ttlwileas committed. On Friday the body
iot,:aivssiandpgapriei:atgruamnouceet,ria.agfte
reason to suspect that they were the individuals by whom
was found on the ground of a neighbouring proprietor, in
such a situation as shows evidently that the
.perpetrators
were scared, and thus deprived of the booty which they
no doubt expected to have got off without interruptiop.
The corpse has been taken possession of by the proper alt-
thorities, and will therefore now be &Coady interred,