The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

MANSION-HOUSE. —Yesterday a person *.;:,led
Evors was summoned before the LOAD MAYOR, .t ein-
stance of the parish officers of Bassishaw, to shew tease
why he refused to maintain his wife.
The female who claimed to be ,the wife of the defendant
is about 40 years of age. • She swore that about four years
ago She was duly, married to him.
On her cross-examination by Mr. Harmer, she admitted
that she was married about twenty years ago to a person
timed Thomas Webster. He deserted her and went
ahroad, in company with a young woman, about three
years afterwards. She swore that since that time she had
not heard of him.

On behalf of the defendant, Mr. Harmer called a young
woman named Ann Mallison. She was a maid-servant,
the niece of the last witness. She was now out of place,
and got her living by needle-work. She stated somewhat
reluctantlyLthat she resided at No. 71, Earl-street, Lisson-
grove. She swore that during the time the defendant was
paying his addresses to her aunt, the latter bad told her
that as she was walking out with him she had met her
husband, Webster, and was under the greatest fear lest he
should recognise her and lay claiM to her. Witness re-
monstrated with her against marrying the defendant, but
she said she was determined to have him. Witness had
heard that Webster was subsequently living in Lock's-fields,
and in consequence of something which occurred, she went
to see. There she saw him and spoke to him. She
learned that the complainant had also seen him, and offered
him money to quit the country.
In answer to some questions put by the Loan Mavort,
at the instance of the parish officers, she swore positively
that she had not cohabited with him. She admitted, how-
ever, that while she had no home to go to, she bad gone to
live at his house.

The LORD Mn von intimated to Mr. Harmer, that he
could not rely on the unsupported testimony of this witness.
Mr. Harmer should he able to produce other evidence,
if an opportunity were given.
The LORD Ma.ron adjournedthe case to a future day.
_ _ . .

Several females in Court with the claimant, form;d a
group round the witness, Anu Mallison, and upbraided her
with having been guilty of the most horrible perjury against
her aunt. The latter was amongst them. The officers
foresaw that there was likely to be some display of strong
'feeling, and endeavoured to separate them. As the witness
was retiring, she exclaimed that she had been struck by
her aunt in Court; but as no one saw a blow pass, the
denial of the latter was taken.

BOW-STREET.--Yesterday Admiral Sir Eliab Liarvey,
one of the representatives in Parliament for Essex, ap-
peared at this office to charge a young woman, named
Mary Bell, with robbing him of a gold medal, comme-
morative of the battle of Trafalgar, an Admiral's full dress
suit, an order of the Bath, and several articles of wearing
apparel.

Admiral Harvey stated, that the prisoner was left in
charge of his house, No. 8, Clifford-street, Bond-street,
since July last, at' which time his family left town for his
seat at Chigwell, in Essex. Last Saturday, between fire
and six o'clock; he returned to town, and being invited to
dine with the Lord Mayor, and intending to appear at the
dinner in full dress, he went to his dressing-room fur the
purpose of examining a tin box containing, as he supposed,
for they were there when he last opened it, his Order of
the Bath, and the medal given to him in commemoration
of Trafalgar. He bad left the key of the box suspended
to it by a string. On examining the box he found it open,
and missed the articles he mentioned. There was also in
the box a Pitt medal, but this was not removed. He im-
mediately called upon the prisoner to account for the loss
of the articles, .but she positively denied any knowledge
whatever of the circumstance. On examining hie ward-
robe he missed his full dress Admiral's suit, three pairs of
breeches, and a full-dress waistcoat. He immediately came
to Bow-street, and obtained the assistance of Taunton, by
whom the prisoner was taken into custody.
It appeared that several workmen were employed in paint-
ing and repairing Admiral Harvey's house, and that they
were at work on the premises when the robbery took place.
They were brought forward yesterday for the purpose, as
Admiral Harvey stated, of clearing themselves front suspi-
cion, and also to give evidence against the prisoner.
Hall, one of the workmen, deposed, that on Thursday
morning, when at work at the Admiral's house, the prisoner
complained that some person had been rummaging- the
house. She then showed him a tin box and a red morocco
case, and also some bits of paper scattered about the floor,
and she said the box had been rifled.

Prisoner-0 dear ! I said no such thing.
am on my oath, and I say that you did. She
found the morocco case, she said, on one of the shelve?,
and charged some of the workmen with taking the things.
I observed, in reply to this, that I saw a man in a blue
coat with her in the servants' hall ; I told her also, that
one of our men bad seen a man dressing himself in her bed-
room. She said that the man was her husband, but he
was no thief.

Another of the workmen, named Whittingham, on Wed-
nesday last saw a telescope lying on the staircase near the
Admiral's dressing-room. He mentioned the circumstance
to the prisoner,' who said she knew nothing about it. The
Witness then said, that the prisoner called him into the
Admiral's dressing-room, and, opening a tin box, she showed
him a medal, which she said the Admiral wore at the battle
of Trafalgar. Witness' merely saw the medal in the pri-
soner's hand, and took no notice of any device or inscrip-
tion engraven upon it.
Another of the workmen also deposed to his having seen
the medal in the prisoner's hand last Wednesday.
Admiral Harvey had a nine months' character with the
prisoner when she entered his service about five months ago.
The only article for which he cared' was the Trafalgar
medal, for there were non► but two of the same sort, and
the less could never be supplied. He had a right, he said, to
feel proud of a token that reminded him of an action in
which he had taken a part. It was a singular coincidence,
he said, that when on his way to Bow-street this morning
he met his old friend, Sir Thomas Hardy, who was also en-
gaged at Trafalgar, and whom he had not seen for several
years before. "If 1 thought of it," said Admiral Harvey,
awning, " I could have brought him here to prove that I
received the medal in question on the occasion to which I
have referred."

The prisoner being asked if she bad any thing to say in
her defence, declared that she was totally innocent. She
said, that she herself apprized Admiral Harvey of the box
having been broken open, and brought it to him in his bed-.
room for that purpose. She also contradicted other parts
of the Admiral's statement.
Admiral Harvey—lt is all a falsehood from beginning to
end—a rank lie. I wish the clerk to take down her words,
and my contradiction of them.
Mr. MixsituLL (smiling)—We are not in the habit,
Admiral, at this office, of taking down the statements made
by prisoners, who cannot ha evidence against themselves.
Admiral Harvey—She is the worst servant I ever had in
my house. _

Prisoner—You say the same of all your servants, Ad-
miral ; and when I went to you for the purpose of telling
you about this robbery, you called me a thief.

Admiral Harvey—And so you are a thief, and the worst
of thieves, to rob ine of a medal that I would not part from
tin- many thouslind pounds.
• Mr. IgINSHULL told the prisoner that he should remand
her for another examination, and, turning to Admiral
Harvey, he asked him what day it would best suit him to
attend.

Admiral Harvey—Why, this very day I am to prieide
at a dinner given in my own house, in Chigwell, to cele-
brate the anniversary of the victory of Trafalgar. The
company are to remain with me until Wednesday, when I
shall come to town again.
It was tken arranged that the prisoner should be re-
manded until Wednesday, and Taunton, in the mean time,
received directions to make every possible inquiry, with a
view to the full discovery of the guilty party.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday an elderly
woman, who was either in reality deaf and dumb, or affect-
ed to be so, was brought before F. A. ROE, Esq., the sit-
ting Magistrate, upon the following charge :
Green, one of the beadles of St. Giles's parish, stated
that the prisoner, who professes to core every species of
complaint incident to the human frame, called some days
ago at the house of Kendrick, another beadle belonging to
the same parish, who is at present dangerously ill, and in-
timated to him by writing on the table with chalk, that
she could very soon set him all to rights again. The sick
beadle, foolishly agreed to put himself under her care, which
he had no sooner done than she produced a bottle of some
stuff which she assured him would effect the cure, and or-
dered the patient to drink the contents with as little delay
as possible, at the same time demanding 13s. 6d. for her
medicine, which the sick man had the still greater folly
to pay her. Fortunately, however, before he drank
any part of the contents of the bottle, his friends in-
terfered to prevent his doing se, and had the bottle
taken to a surgeon, who pronounced the contents to be
made up of ingredients, that might have cost about eight-
pence, and that the mixture altogether was calculated to
do material injury to the health of any person into
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and that her patient, if still alive, after using the first
bottle, might
possibly survive long enough to finish, or at
least pay for a second, came again on Saturday evening last
with another 13% bottle; but while busily engaged in

chalking on the table some questions to her patient as to
the effects of her first bottle, she was seized by the hand of
justice, and conveyed to the watch-house, where, on ar-
riving, she feigned sudden illness, but instead of taking any
of her own medicine to effect a cure, she requested to be
left alone in the most private part of the.premi4es, when
she contrived to dispose of a bundle of printed papers, con.
Wiling recipes for all ages, sexes, constitutions, and climates.
These interesting documents were, however, subsequently
picked up, and now produced before the Magistrate ; but
his Worship's senses of sight and smell soon satisfied him
that it would be more gratifying to all present that he
should decline availing himself of any evidence they might
afford, and he ordered them to be forthwith taken from
his presence, but not before 'it was observed that each do-
cument was headed, " Most wonderful and extraordinay
cures performed by Doctress Bateman."
The prisoner was discharged with a suitable caution from
the Magistrate.
MARYLEBONE-OFFlCE.—Benjamin Barker, a
pot-boy belonging to the Ship and Shovel, in Craven-street,
and James Newman, a pot-boy belonging to the Butcher,
in Hungerford-market, as his confedrate, were charged
with stealing two sovereigns, the property of Charles Pope,
Joseph Clark, and another, coal-heavers, in the service of
Mr. Wood, of Scotland-yard.—Committed.
William Las-kin was charged with robbing his master,
S. Hindle, of the Manchester Arms, in Adam-street-east,
of 251. —Com mitted.

Augustus Stanhope, a young man of family, and a
Cambridge Collegian, was charged with being drunk, and
refusing to pay a hackney-coachman his fare.
The youth, who is said to be nearly related to a gallant
Colonel, spent a night in Marylebone watch-house time
weeks ago, for disorderly conduct, and was then liberated
upon paying a fine. Yesterday Mr. Rztwlinson ordered
him to pay the coachman 123. 6d. for his fare, and Is. 6d.
for his loss of time.

Mr. Stanhope thanlad Mr. Rawlinson for his advice,
and desired the coachman to call at 22, Portman-square,
for payment.

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