The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET:
(THIS DAY.)

SHOPLIFTING AT MESSRS. HOWELL AND JAMES'S.--
Mary Ann Davis and Esther Howell, two young and
well-dressed females, both in the family way, and who
were stated to be the wives of respectable mechanics,
were placed at the bar on the following charges of shop-
lifting :
It appeared that between seven and eight o'clock last
evening the prisoners, in company, together, entered the
shop of Messrs. Howell and James, of No. 9, Regent-
street, silk mercers, lacemen, &C., and asked to look at
some lace. Several boxes of that article were shown them,
some of which were of a veryvaluable description,and after
examining them for a considerable time, and in a manner
that excited the suspicion of one of the shopmen, they
made a trifling purchase, and were about leaving the
premises,• when two pieces of lace fell from them on the
floor. but of which they took no notice, but walked
hastily on, without waiting for a shilling change that
was due to them. They were watched as far as St.
Martin's-lane, where they turned up a court, and
appeared to be in the act of arranging a portion of their
dress, when another card of lace, of the value of about
3/., the property of Messrs. Howell and James, and which
was amongst those which had been shown to the prison-
ers, was seen to fall on to the paveinent from the person
of the prisoner Howell. They were then given into
custody.
The prisoners were fully committed to Newgate for trial.
A second charge was preferred against the prisoner
Davis, for stealing. on the 3d of last month, under similar
circumstances, at the shop of Messrs. Hayward and Co., of
No. 81, Oxford-street, lacemen, four pieces of lace, of the
value of 101. The property was dropped in the shop be-
fore she left the premises.
Mr. Robinson, the solicitor, attended on behalf of the
prisoners.
The prisoner Davis was fully committed on the second
charge.

UNION HALL.=-(THIS DAY.)
Henry Gill, a painter, was charged with committing
an outrageous assault on Mary Thompson, a young
female of respectable appearance.
The prisoner was employed at a gentleman's house,
where the complainant was living as servant. On the
preceding afternoon, the family being out, the defendant,
who was previously engaged at work on the exterior of
the house, knocked at the door, and said he wanted a
ladder. The moment, however, he got inside, he began
to take improper liberties with the girl, who to escape
from him, was compelled to take refuge in one of the
rooms, in which she locked herself until the family came
home. _ _

The prisoner, in defence, insinuated that she was a
depraved character.
The complainant's master and mistress spoke in tho
highest terms of her moral conduct, and they were con-
vinced there were not the slightest grounds for the vile
imputations attempted to be cast upon it.
Mr. COTTINGHAM, in strong terms, condemned the
conduct pursued towards the girl by the defendant, and
inflicted a penalty of .51., the highest the law empowered
him, and, in default of payment, committed him for three
months.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedutgo of the House of Commons.)
TUESDAY, AUG. 2.
DESIGAS COPYRIGHT BILL.

Motion made, and Question propos^d, " That the Amend-
ments made by the Committee to the Bill be now read a second
time :"—The House divided
MAJORITY—AYES, 78.
Forbes, William M'Geachy, F. A.
Fuller. A. E. Masterman, John
Gasket', James Milnes Meyncll, H.
Gladstone,. W. E. Mundy, E. Miller
Gordon, Hon. NV. Nicholl, J.
Goulburn, Henry Norreys Lord
Graham, Sir James Paget, F.
Greene, T. • . Pakington, J. S.
Gregory, W. H. Peel, Hon. Sir R.
Grogan, E.lward Polhill, Frederick
Harcourt, (L G. Praed, W. T
Hardinge, Sir H. 'lepton, G. W. J.
Henley, J. Warner Scott, Hon. F.
Herbert, Hon. S. tieyrneur, Lord
Hogg, .W. Sheppard, T.
Hope, Hon. C. Smith, It. Vernon
Howard, P. H. Someriet, Lord U.
Hutt, W. Stanley, Lord
Jenny'', Lord Stuart. H. . •
Jones, Theobald Sutton, Hon. h. M
Knatchbull, Sir E. Trench, Sir F.
Knightley, Sir C. Trotter, J.
Letioy, Ankony Wortley, Hon. J. S.
Lincoln, Earl of Young, John
Lockhart, William TELLERS.
Lowther, Colonel Fremantle, SirT.
Maclean, D. • Pringle, A.

Viand, 'l'. D.
Affix, John Peter
Arbuthnot, Hon. II
A rkwright, George
Baird, W.
Bateson, Robert
Bolder°, H. (I.
Botneld, Beriah
Broadley, H.
Broeklehurst, J.
Browne, Hon. W.
Bruce, Lord E.

nu'lei, Sir J. Y.
Clietwode, Sir John
Clerk, Sir George
Cockburn, Sir G.
Collett, W. 11.
Copps, W. •

Darby, George
Dawnay, W. H.
Douglas, Sir H.
Douglas, Sir C.
East, .IBuller

Eaton, R. J.
Eliot, Lord

Escoit, Pickham
Flower, bit James

Brotherton, J.
Curteis, H. B.
Duke, Sir James
Forster, Matthew
Heathceat, J.
Hume, Joseph

NORITY--NOLS,
Morris, David •
Palmerston, Visct.
Plumridge, Captain
Scholefield, J.
Seale, Sir J. H.

Thornely, Thomas
Wood, .B.

Third Clause (Grant of Copyright)
the words nine calendar months' stand
The House divided :
MAJORITY—AYES,
A'Court, Captain Eaton, Richard J.
Aldan), William Eliot, Lord
Allix, John Peter E,cott, I3ichkam
Arbuthnot, Hon. H. Ffolliott, John
Arkwright, George' Flower, Sir James
Baird, William Forbes, William
Baring, W. B. Fuller, A. E.
Bentinck, Lord G Gaskcll, J. M.
Bolder°, Henry G. Gladstone, W. E.
Sottield, Beriah Gore, W. R. O.
Broadley, Henry Goulburii, H.
Brocklehuret, J. Giaharn, Sir J.
Browne., W. Urcei.e, T. G.
Bruce, Lord E.
Chetwode, Sir John IGlawiagjt'o'nt,;(t‘Vv.arJd.
Collett, W. Bickford Hardy, John
Colville, C. R. Hulbert, Hon. S. •
Corry, H. L. Hope, Charles
Grippe, J. rd P H.
..ovt , a •
Currie, ltaikes HumpherY,
J.
Darner, Hon. Dawson Jertuyn, Earl
Darby, George Jone 9,
Dawnay, Bon. W. Knatchbull, Sir E.
Douglas, Sir Howard Letroy, Anthony
Douglas, Sir C. E. Lincoln, Earl of
Duncan, George

TELLERS.
Williams, W.
Philips, M.

Question put, " That
part of the Bill :"

Lockhart, William
Mundy, k M.
Nichol', .1
O'Brien, 1.
O'Connell. D.
Pakmgton, John S.
feel, Sir Hobert
Peel, Jonathan
Polhill, F.
Pollock, Sir Fred.
Praed, William 'l'.
Smith, hanjamin
Stanley, Lord
Stewart, John
Stuart, 14.
Sutton, lion. IL M.
Taylor, J. A.
Trench, Sir Frederic
Trotter, Jobn
Vern9r, W.
Vivian, John Ennia
Young, John

NO _NOES,
Rt. Ilon. E.
Henley,
home, Joseph
Napier, Sir Charles
Palmerston, Viscotin,
Philips, Murk

Blackstone, W. S.
Bowring, Dr.
Brother t on, J.
Callaghan, Daniel
')irelt, E.
Duke, Sir James

TELLERS.
Fremantle, Sir T.
Pringle, Alexander

Scholetield, J.
l'ufnell, Henry

TELLERS.
Williams, Wm.
licathcoat, John

MASS FOR TILD DUKE OF ORLEANS.—This morning
the last solemn mass was performed at the French Catholic
Chapel, Portland-place, fur his late Royal Highness the Duke
of Orleans. The service was attended by the French Ambas-
sador antl his suite, and a great number of persons, amongst
whom were several distinguished foreigners. A mass was aLo
performed in the French Catholic Chapel, Somers' Town.
This morning. about a quarter to two o'clock, a
fire broke out et Jr. Kitchener s, grocer, No. 10, Bowling.
green-lme, Clerkenwell, which might have been attended with
fatal consequences, but for the timely arrival of the parish en-
giees, whieh did not, however, succeed in extinguishirig it
until nearly the whole of the shop had been destroyed. Happily
no lives were lust.
DARING INCENDIAREIM.—IIIformation was yester-
day received at Bow•street, and forwarded from thence
to all the sta ion-houses oldie metropolitan and city po-
lice, that on the night of
Northamptonshire, 'Tuesday last a barn in the oc-
cupation of Mr. Samuel Sharp, of Guilsborough,
con:aining wheat, barley, and straw,
and a winnowing machine, and other agricultural im-
plements, together . with various outbuildings and four.
ricks of hay adjoining,
.were set tire to and totally de-
stroyed, it is supposed by the act of a vile incendiary, for
whose apprehension a reward of 501. is oftbred.