The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE,—Harriet. Guppy, a married
woman, was charged by Mr. Thomas Williams, of No. 82,
Glasshouse-yard, Minories, in whose house she has lodged
for abottt three years, with conduct of the most infaMout
and disorderly nature. He was sworn, and stated, that
the prisoner was in the habit of bringing into her room,
five or six soldiers daily, for purposes which were obvious.
When he remonstrated with her, she abused him grossly,
avowed her prostitution, and called his wife the most inde-
licate names. On Saturday and Sunday, persons of the
description he had given came to her, when the witnese
refused to admit them, and they immediately created a riot
in the street, which alarmed the whole neighbourhood.
Mrs. Mary Williams corroborated the testimony of her
husband as to the prisoner's conduct, and declared that she
had no donbt of the object for which these soldiers came
home with her.
The prisoner called one of the soldiers as a witness, and
he was immediately put at the bar beside her. On his re-
monstrating with the officers, because he had committed no

offence, -
The LORD MAYOR asked him—Did lie consider the
conduct imputed to him no offence ? and the fellow replied,
with the utmost nonchalance, "By no means."
The Loan Mayon declared his intention olcommitting
the female prisoner, unless she procured bail to answer for
the misdemeanor at the sessions.
The prisoner immediately applied to Mr. Williams, to
intercede with the Lord Mayor for her, for the sake of her
children, and declared she would never go near the house
again.
The LORD MAYOR.--I shall take care that you shall not
either go there, to commit such infamous conduct, or any
where else, unless you procure bail for your good conduct;
in default of which let her stand committed.
The soldier was suffered to depart.
GUILDHALL.-- George. Humphries, the driver of a
hackney-coach, was brought before Sir PETER LAURIE,
yesterday, charged with stealing la in Bank of England
and other notes.
Mr. Loadsman said he could produce a witness who heard
the prisoner boasting of having found 201., and to afford
him an opportunity of doing so, the prisoner was reman-
ded till the following day.
Matthew Burk Noble, who stated himself to be a mi-
nister of the gospel, was brought up on suspicion of being
in the inn-yard at the Swan-with-Two-Necks, with intent
to commit felony.
The Rev. Gentleman complained that during the three
hours he had been locked up in the Compter he had been
denied the use of pens, ink, and paper ; and that after he
had been regularly discharged from the Compter, as he
was walking along Cheapside, he thought he would turn
into Wood-street, when he was most rudely seized upon
by a man (pointing to Scourfield the turnkey), and taken
into custody anew upon the old charge.
Sir PETER LAURIE said one part of his complaint Was
very serious in his opinion, for it was the order of the ma-
gistrates that every prisoner should be furnished with the
meant of communicating with his friends if he desired :t.
Scourfield said paper, ink, and a pen were given to
every one that applied to a turnkey for them, and it
turned out, that Noble had not inquired of any but fel-
low-prisoners.

The Alderman further observed, that the prisoner was
mistaken in supposing he was discharged at the Compter.
The officer was bringing him up for examination, and of
course could not let him go where he pleased.
The evidence proved that the prisoner was observed in

the yard from half-past six in the morning, bustling among
the crowd at the unloading of every mail as it came in,
and about eight o'clock a porter was sorting the parcels in
his delivery upon •a board in the yard, when having oc-
casion to leave the spot for five minutes, on his return he
saw the -prisoner with a parcel in his hand, but he laid it
down as he approached. The parcel was produced, ad-
dilessed to Messrs. Sweetmari and Robins, in the Old
Change.
, The prisoner said he was going to breakfast at the
hotel, (though his appearance certainly bespoke him a fitter
guest for the tap-room), and he was amusing himself in the
yard until it was ready. He laid hold of a parcel or two,
and read the directions merely from curiosity.
Mr. Burgess, au attorney, said several parcels had dis-
appeared within a fortnight, and they were always stolen
in the unloading. The prisoner, however, was not known
to havi been lurking about the yard before yesterday
morning.- _ _

Sir P/liElt thought a case had not been made out to war-
rant the detention of the prisoner, and therefore discharged
him, with a caution not to be detected under such circum-
stances again.

UNION-HALL.--Yesterday a respectable-looking young
man, named John Silcox Cheyne, who described himself
as having been in the timber trade, was brought before the
sitting Magistrate, R. J. CHAMBERS, Esq.; by the parish
officers of St. Saviour's, for deserting his wife, and leaving
her chargeable to that parish.
One of tbe overseers btated that the defendant deserted
his wife about three weeks ago, leaving her in a very de-
plorable condition, without the means of obtaining food,
although she was confined to a bed of sickness.

The defendant said, -that he was destitute even of the
means of supporting himself.
It was here stated, that he was now, and had been for
some length of time previously, residing at the house of his
grandfather, ivho was in opulent circumstances. •
The grandfather stepped forward, and said, " The
young man has been inveigled into a marriage; his wife
and her friends imagined that ke was possessed of property,
and got him' into a snare—they catched him."
Mr. Ciramazas---The defendant has married her, and
he is therefore bound to support her; and if he does not I
shall commit him to gaol. With respect to the term
" cached," used by the defendant's grandfather, I think it
was no. great catch indeed for the _poor woman, and the
great probability is that they catched each other.---(A
laugh: )—The Magistrate then asked agaitiif he was willing
to maintain his wife?

The defendant replied that be was not in circumstances
to do so.

Grandfather—lt ie out of my power to do any thing in
the business. I must leave him to his fate.

Mr. CHAMBERS-Then if that is the case, he shall he
committed for one month to Brixton to hard labour.—His
commitment was accordingly made out.
On Saturday last Hepburn, one of the beadles of Lam-
beth parish, in passing along the Bishop's-walk, observed
the cloak and bonnet of a female lying close at the side of
the river. In the bonnet he found a letter, which de-
scribed that the writer intended to destroy herself, and con-
cluded by giving the following name and address, " Ca-
therine Levy, Bedford-court, Catherine-street, Strand."
Soon after the discovery of the above articles of dress, that
part of the Thames near the spot was dragged, and the
body of the above-named unfortunate woman was brought
on shore and deposited in the bone-house. On subsequent
inquiry, it was ascertained that on Thursday last the de-
ceased and her husband had a violent quarrel, after which
she left home, and did not return. The following day, it
appeared that she had visited four of her children, who
were in service, with whom she took a❑ affectionate fare-
well, without, however, giving the slightest intimation of
her intention. The husband became alarmed at her long
absence, but heard no tidings of her until the beadle
brought him the intelligence of her death under the cir-
cumstances above-mentioned.