The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

IHATTON-.GARDEN.—Soon after the Office chisedoo
Thursday, a man of very gentlemanly appearance kuocked
furiously at the street-door, and obtained admittance,
when be rushed to the foot of the stairs, and called oot
with a lond voice, " Ohl Laing, Laing, help me, help,
for I am barbarously treated!". 'Reed, senior, the chief of-
ficer, came to the spot, iastantly,. and inquired the cause of
the uproar ; but the gentleman took no notice of the offi-
cer, and called out again, "Laing ! Laing, help, help !"-
After some remonstrance, however, Reed ascertained that
the applicant had run up scores of six or seven shillings at
several public-houses in the neighbourhood, and not being-
in a condition to pay at the time, the publicans became
clamorous for their bills, and treated the gentleman rather
scurvily, which induced him to fly to the Office anti seek
the protection of his friend, Mr. Laing, the Magistrate.
Reed told him that Mr. Laing did nut live there, and that
he had nothing to do with his hills. The gentleman, who
(aid his 'name was Griffiths; and was
,a half-pay officer,:
would not leave the' office without seeing Mr. Laing.
Finding remonstrance of no. avail with the half-pay of-
ficer, Reed 'was obliged to have recourse to force, and ex- .
pelled far, Griffiths out of 'the house, though not without
considerable resistance. In the course of the evening, Mr.
Griffiths returned to the office,• between seven and eight
o'clock; and was ushered into the presence of Mr. Rocca S,
the sitting Magistrate, who recommended him to pay the
paltry bills, which would be the surest method of getting.
over the annoyance.'
Mr. 'Griffiths then made his bow as well as he was able,
and retired ; and Reed accompanied him to the street-door,
lest he should again aunoy,the Office by calling upon his
friend Mr. Laing, for help. • .
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.----Yesterday a young
gentleman, in a military undress, and who belongs to the
East India Company's Madras Infantry, was placed at the
bar, having been 'remanded from the preceding evening,
owing to his being in a state of inebriety, 'to answer the
following complaint of a hackney-coachman. . ' ' • '
The coachman, on Monday last, was called frotia the
stand to take np, a_ httly.•:aml gentleman, the latter being the
person at the' bar,, for the purpose of conveying them to the
East India Docks. His-coach- was occupied the greater
' part of the day, and the gentleman told him, on his return
to Little Dean-street, that he should want a coach on the
following day, and if the witness thought it worth while to
he in attendance, he should be employed in preference.—
" As the gentleman," continued the coachman, " treated
me very well, .1 went on the following day, when he en-
gaged me to drive to several places, where the- whole party=
partook of frequent libations, until the lady and, gentle--
man became quite uproarious, and broke three of the coach
windows," and upon carrying them back to their aforesaid
residence, in Little Dean-street, he could neither obtain pay-
ment for the damage done, nor his fare. His demand was
2/. 1 iS.
The gentleman stated that he had only just arrived in
town from the East India Couapany's•College at Hayleyhury.
He went to Drury-lane a few evenings since, where he fell
in company with one of the sisterhood who nightly haunt
the theatres. He had taken. up his abode with her at the
house, where he continued about five days, during which
time they had made'him continually intoxicated, and ex-
pended the whole of his money, amounting to 18/.; besides
pawning his- watch, and even that very sword which the
lady, his companion, professed so touch to admire on their
first interview. He was now, however, sensible of his folly,
and hoped the Magistrate would discharge him upon paying
the coachman, as the ship which was to convey hitn to
India was to. sail the following day.—The defendant,paid
the amount to the coachman, and left the office.
The woman who keeps the house, we learned, came for-
ward with the money, "in order," as she said, "to prevent
exposure of her house."
Several complaints have recently been made of robberies
committed in the same street, the whole of the houses in
which, to the number of between-20 and 30, are houses of
a similar description to the above.
MARYLEBONE.--.--Wm. Furby Ryder, tobacconist, of
No. 12, High-street, appeared ,to substantiate a charge of
robbery made by him yesterday 'against two watchmen, •
named Thomas Haggerstone-and Peter Patterson. The
case was heard by Mr. LAING, of Hatton-garden, who was,
the only Magistrate on the bench at the beginning of. the
morning.
Mr. Ryder.-1 have to complain of ill-treatment; in
being dragged to the watch-house and robbed, on Wednes-
day the 31st ult. about five in the afternoon.
On being told to look at the watchmen, he believed they..
were the men who took him, but could not be certain.
There being no evidence against the two watchmen,
they were dismissed, Mr. LAING and Mr. GnIFFITH
(which latter came in as the case was finishing), observing
that they were glad to say there was not the smallest impu-
tation against the watchmen.
QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday Walter Shaw, a pri-
vate in the Ist Regiment Of Foot Guards, was brought up
an a warrant, by Woodberry, the officer, charged with bru-
tally assaulting .Mary Davis, a young female with whom he
had formerly cohabited.
The complainant, who had been brought out of bed to
prefer her complaint, exhibited a shocking sight: her head
aid face were swelled in a dreadful manner,' anti Mr.
WHITE, the magistrate, ordered her a chair, to prevent her
I from fainting, as she was unable to stand.

It appeared, that on account of frequent ill usage, the
complainant had left the defendant a few weeks ago. " Last
Alonday she met him in the Broadway, Westminster, and
he wanted her to return home with him, which she re-
fused to do, when he struck her violently on the. face-and
head : she got away from him, and he followed her -to
Chapel-street, where he got sonic gin, which she refused
to drink, and he threw it in her face, and then repeated
the blows in her face, and she bled., profusely. A mob as-
sembled, who carried her home, and the landlady-hid- to
hide her,. to proteCt her .frOrn his violence. She was then
in so bad a state,. that she was taken to the Westminster
Infirmary. The surgeon said"that she must be kept very
quiet, as one of the 'blood-Vessels of the head was broken.
The surgeon had regularly attended her ever since, and she
was compelled to keep her bed. She bled frequently dur-
ing the, day from her nose. and mouth.
The soldier said, in his defence,. that she had • struck him
first.

Mr. WHITE declared it to be a most brutal assault, and
ordered the soldier to find bail ; and in default, he was com-
mitted to prison.,
The young woman is in a very dangerous state.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Mrs. Anna Browne made a
most dolorous complaint of an affront put upon her by
neighbour.

;‘ Your Worship," said the afflicted matron, " they call
him. Mr. Goodfellow, although I am sure it is not his right
name, for he has behaved very unlike a good fellow to me."
What is the immediate subject of your complaint ? asked
Mr. Baorcitrox.—Why, my Worship, he spattered my
windows with mud, let off fireworks before my house,
hung up dead cats at my door, and burned my ejfige, on
Monday last.
The prisoner. denied the indelicate behaviour imputed to
him. A figure had certainly been burned, but it was not
Mrs. Browne's effigy, it was only a Pope.
The MAGISTRATE was satisfied that there was some ridi-
culous petulance on both sides, and dismissed the charge.

UNION-HALL—John Smith and George Wood,
two well-known delinquents, were charged with being on
the premiSes of a Airs. Elizabeth Adams, residing in Nel-
son-place, Newington, with an intent to'commit a felony.
The facts having been established, and the characters of
the boys stated, they were committed to Brixton, under
the authority of the Vagrant Act, for three months. •
On hearing the decision of the Magistrate the lid* began
to cry, and declare that they were innocent of any felonious
intention when detected on the premises.
'Wood's master, who is a distant relation, ~
~ ok into
now step??
forward and requested the Magistrate to send the b
solitary confinement, " for at Brixton," said he, e lad
will not be half punished."
c ISTRATE—Your apprentice
has been at Brixton be-
fore, I believe?---.He has.
How lung was he then confined 7.--One month.
He is now going for three, and probably
may be better
induced to labour when lie comes out.
The man shook his bead, as if be doubted whether anyoyemen
• t in his juvenile relation would occur.

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and fatal accident occurred this morning in the village of
Quarryknowes, near Crossmyloof. While one of the stage
me coaches was passing through that village, between nine and
ten o'clock, a girl, of about twelve years of age, 'Who was
running; but having either missed her foot, or lost hold
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Douse of her parents, where she eapircd in about fifteen
minutes.— GlaB9w Chronicle,