Police.
The Times, 1824-11-09T00:00:00

Bovr-sTitET--VeatetdRy Walter Palrick,a young mai who was ztated to be well-known to the police as a practised thief, was brought before Sir I. BIRrF., on the charge of having robbed a gentleman of the name of Radcliffe, residing at Gravesend, of his watch. The only witness examined for the present, was a young man of the name of James Simmons, who stated, that on the night of last Thursday four weeks, he was in the Ship public-house, in James- street, Covent-gardeu, where he saw a gentleman, whoce name he afterwards learned was RadeliAle, in a state of intoxication. He stated that he lived at Grave&end, but was staying then at an inn, which hie named, in London, and he desired to have a hackney-coach to convey him to his lodgings. A coach was procured, and he was leaving the room, when the prisoner, who appeared to bh assist- ing himn, suddenly seized bim round the waist, and putting his foot in front of ir. Radcliffe's legs, the latter, of course, tripped, and they both fell togetber. Mbile down, the prisoner uppermost, wit- ness saw the latter draw the watch fromt the fob of kr. Radcliffe, and before wimess could secure him, he jumped, "like a harlequin," sipon his legs, and made off' watch and all. Information was given af this office, with a description of the prisoner, but he kept out of the way of thepolicc until Sunday night, when Bondi a conductor, apprehended him". *'Wellt lr. Patrick," said Sir R. BYtNE, vwhen the evidence badl been heard, "what have you to say to tbis charge ?" Prisoner.-WSly, Sir, as to the charge, I don'tsuppose it would be of nuch use to say any thig at present, batIhaveone request to make your Worship, which I hope you will be kind enough to arant. I have nothing but my character to depend upon for my lirvehihood, and if my name appcars in the pulic papers, I ahall be "done up" altogether: so I hope you will see to that, Sir, at ali erents. giir B. IRnwlE_.We have no control over the public papers. perhia0 you suppose that we publish things in the papers, but you ate quite qistaken. If gentlemen connected with tie press choose to come berd, v7e do not attempt to keep them out; on the contrary, we are always s'cry glad to see them, but we have no control over tbeni. prlsoner._Whl1, y,tir Worship, I only mentioned It because I do not want to lose my charanter. Sir R. BitNIrr_.-Perhap9you liad better say no more upon that Rj subject-tbe sooneryou get rid of your present character the better, % think. You and b have met before, you know. Priloner.-Thliit is true enough, Sir; but then, as the saying is, " it's az6ng lane that hzs no turning." ?ih_- prisoner was remanded for further examination, in order that the etiendanceef Nr. Radcliffe niay be procured. (eorge- EdmoituI a young man, was brought up by Cousens, a strol, ch, ged ith- committing a robbery in a place near the King's highi ;2 o tire. person of Mfr. Charles Berridge, a clerk to a profeasnaY gentlcznan in Chancery-laac; aud Jane floby, a wo- 2nan oftheId,wyl, was charged with being an acoessory after the fact, It apeared in evidence,that on last Tuesday night Arl. Berridge %aastkingxonam 57ii rulth the landlord of thc Green Alan, in Ship. yard, Temple-bar, in the bar of the house, apart from any other comp3ny. The prisoner Edmonds was in the house with some other men at the time. A little before twelve o'clock, Alr. 3erridge left the house, and was walking towards an alamode beef shop in the same court, where he intended to sup, when he faw the prisoner in company with two other men, one of wliom asked hirm (proseoutor) whether he intended to give them some gin. He replied in the negative, and was proceeding on, when the owe prisoner said, " Let's see what he haa got," and at the aame nmoment struck Imn a heavy blow on the side of the head which made him reel. He then seized him round the waiat, and thrusslg his hspd into his breeches plocket, ti;ok out gsl sovereigns and slome sver leaving orpe sovereig*n bebind, which was concealed in the seeu ef the pocket. Some of the rmoney fell upion the gro4ud, and while theinaleprisoaertas picking it np, the prosecutor eslled out "Thieves' nnurder 1 Fteb " Nrs.laEriow, thelan41adyof the 1lamode.beef-house, came out, and said' You are robbine the raoa," upon which Edmnonds threatened with an oath to knock her down.and thefetale prisoner,who came up immedlatelvupon the first assult and was assisting Edmonds. told her In a sneerhig tone that she had better call the watch. The prosecutor made aU the resiance he could, and got apon his legs several tihnes, but was ingtantly knocked down by the other two men. He-at one time had got Ed. inonds bs the collar, but the female prisoner held himi-by the back of tlhe nick, and prevented him from thechance of secring him until the watch came up, Thev all finally escapeJ. Cousins apprehended the prisoners at their lodginks in- Clenent's-inn-court, on Siunday niRht. They had for a -long time been living togetber as man and wife. TIey niade a general denial of the charge, nod were remanded for furtherexaminiti6n. * il,uLtsoltouacn-STREIET.-Yesterday being the day announced for the re.examination of James HaeLy, a flaiterer, who has been in custodysome days upont suspicion of having set fire to the pre. rrjaes which he occupied, with intent to defraud a. fire-tfflce in which he was insired, this office, and al the approaches to it, were Crowded to a degrea never ec4ed. Not only were a numba of the neighbousing: inhabitants anid tratfeo~eople in atkdraca ~, butt also persong, solicitors and agens, from several'insurancle-offices ; and the fire hay hg occae din theimmediatevicinity of 4his office, wbere the prisoner was well know as a t-radesman, conttibuted to increase the curiosity .Mr. Alley', the barxister, and a clerk of Mr. ifarmer's, attended onbehalf ofthe.prisoner; a-nd Mr. Cromby,.a solicitor, ap- sittng Mgistate.He i abot thrtyyears of age, and wswell dresed- bt warig alare dab-olured box-coat, with'out anY The first witness examined was MVr. William Dundee, 'who de- p-osea, that be was a *ine.mercliant, xesiaing at No.2, Argyll-place, the corner of Argyll.seret; the whole of The upper part of which house was occupied byhimsaelf and famil.v. The prisoner has rented the lower part of thelhouse, consisting of theshiop, akitchen, and a parlour, where he carried on the business of a green-grocer and truiterer. About half-past two o'clock on the morning of thle lot of November, witness aud his wife stere awoke by a dreadful smoke is- suing through the crevices of . their bed-room door ; witness imme- dinielY jumpeda out of bedl, and opened the windows and the door of the room, whiei cheabled them to breathe ratdir more freely. He atnd his 'wife then ot out of the room anid called up the rest of the family, and they all proceeded througlh the smoke with great dif- ficulty', and nearly suffocated, down stairs and into the. street. Witness ran across with his family, all without any, covering ex- cept their night clothes, and a blanket wrapped rouind Alrs. Dundee, to the house of Air. Hiliman, a surgeon, about 60 yards off; they kniocked at this door, and Mtr. Dunrdee, aLnxious for the safety of his bouse, left his famiilv fn the care of Fowles a watchman, who took off his coat and placed it under the le of Ailrs. Duindee and her children, until Mfr. Hillman's door was opened, which was as soon as the inmates could be awoke; and the family of Mr. Dundee were then taken in,andl received every. at- tentioni. Mr. Dundee said, that wvhile calling up his famnily, he had occasioni to praxs through the draWing.roo,n over the prisoner. s shop, end.he heard a noi se below as if a window-shritter had been burst open. Theproer his wife, and two children slept below, and might have =er h witnes walking over head, as he had often, 'when thecy have been walkingc in the drawinig-roomn, in the most im- pudent manner thouxpeel -against the ceiing below? and( called out that tkey were annoying him. Witness, on returning to the house, ran to a cistern anid procured a supply of water, which he handed te a number of persens who hey this time had assemnbled, but all this while witness saw no fire, hut immense volumea of smnoke. rin a fev miinutes, hiowever, the shop-doer was opened, and witness entered with others ; he then saw a wood covering that was over a staircase similar to that which- i3 seen in bakeirs' shops, on fire; this place was-about two yards long and one wide ; it was close to the ceiling of the shop, aiid on it were laid several bundlesi of wood, old orange bskets and chesits, and pieces of w*ins, cottivg,rrllof- which were oni fire. By this lime" the firemeR had arrived, and this fire was entirely p-ut out; still, however, the house corttieuedl to be fuill of smoke, whiceh increased rapidly, and no one couldI discover where it proceeded from. Witness then went over to his famnily at Mr. Ilillean's ; and in about thtree qutarters of an I hour wor was boughit him that the whole place was in flamnes; by this time, howrever, three fire-engines hiad arrived, and at'ter playing for 20 minutes, this second fire was also put out ; but not until the whole of the shop, a parit of the prisoner's kitchien and parlour, anid a great part of Air. Dundee's first and second floor were con. turned. -Nathaniel Nixon, a watchman of St. Jaxies's parish, dleposed. that lie w/as gping hiis rounds about three o'clock on the morning it: question n when he got into Argyll-place, he perceived a strong smell of 'woodl burning, Hie called to another watchman, anld they proceeded towards where the smell came from, and when they got te. the prtsoner's house the witness, ,,aw tire prisoner astride upon the parlour-windlow, w-ithi nothing on but his shirt, andI his wife standing in tire windlow behzindI him, also undressed. Prisoner was trying tAi get out, and the other *,atcniman went to his assistance,while witness went to call the fire-engines; the smoke was now issuing front thE area, and the top of' the shop-door. When the witness returned, th( shop.door was opened, having, he understood, been broken in ; but wfhen witness entered the shop, he was obliged again to returni in. stantly, the smoke was so great. HeI entered again, and saw the olace inear the ceiling, with several boxes anid parcels el wood heaped together, and on fire, as dlescribed by MVr. Dundee. One of the firemen, however, puilled all tlins down, and the fire was skoon put out ; buit in a few miinutes after, a great smnoke was seer cominig up throughi the shop-floor from the kitchien. 'bhere was gceat deal of fins fruit in thie shop-windowr, and witnesas asked the prisoner if he shouild save it; hut he replied, "1 Ohi, d-n the fruit. Rever mind it!" Prisoner stood very carelessly looking on, and madi no attempt to assist in putting out the fire. William Fowles, anothler watchmanl of St. Jamres's parish, con. firmed the last witnessas to the first diqcovering of thnesmell ofbntrn. ing wood, ard said, that when the psisoner was trying to get out a tine window, his wfle was behinrd him, calling otit for God's sake tb save her childIren. The prisoner did not get out at the window, but went back again, andI the witrness helped the wife and children out and took thiem over and placed themz in his watcht-box. The witacs, also said, that he had charge of Alr. Dundee's famiily until they go into Alr. H illinan'a liouse. .Jatues Staplesq a firemnan belonging to the I,nndon Union Fire, office, deposed, dinat hie was calledI out of bed about thiree o'clock or the morning of the I1st of November, aiid prioceeded to tire prisoner' house, whiere he saiw smoke isstning thirough the crevices of tine sihop. door ; he wag' just on the poinit of breatking open the door with pole-axe, when he heard it opened by sonic person iniside, and at tin samne moment the prisoner warlkedl out of the shop with a lightet candle in his hiand, and nothing on but his shirt, a pair of drawers. and a night-cap. Witness entered thle shop, but couldnot stand in it te smioke was so geat ; lce, however, broke the shop-windotv, aue let te smke prtl out, when he again entered the shop, andI sass the lac ner te ciling, as described by Mlr. Dundee, on. fire; lit, immdiaelypuled t down with the pole-axe, and it was soon goi unde. W(nessobsevedscarcely anv furniture in the place; then was a bedstead andhe n the shiop, 6sut no bedclothtes oni it of an) -kind; thera were tw oes, buit if drioy-c-ontwined uney-thing,witnesr did not knew. James Smart, engineer to the County Fire-office, deposed that ht was called to the fr in question, corner ofSt. Alban's-place. Ar. gyll-street, and attended with his engivie; he found the shep'-dooi open, andt a fireman wvithin, puttinig out a fire tbat appeared to be flear the cedling, wliich was soon got under and extinegubished. Whlile examnining the premises, witness suddenly perceive a argeC body of sm-oke issuing from beneath the shop-floor; lie bored a hoit in thec floor, and the smoke then rushed up rapidIly; witness was then convinced that t'here was a fire in the kitchen; and taking oh his necklcerchief, he sipread it over his face, and proceeded down te ttire kitchen, which was full of smoke; he crawvledi upon Iiis hande anid knees, with the handkerchief over hiis face; and on com-ing te at cupboard, which had folding-doors to it, he laid hold of a mnetal knob to try and open it, but the knob was so hot he could not h lold it, he wast now nearly suffocated, nrd obliged to retreat; on recovering. he again attempted to open the cupboard, which he had no doubt now was the seat of the hore, but he could not with all his effort, do so, and lie was fullv of opinion that It wvas locked. Hie wa js in the act of making I%' blow at the cupboard door, to break it open, when the lolling doors suddenly gave way, and a tremsendous rush 01 fla-me burst from withiin, and pursued the witness with such rapidity, that he niade liis eMane uP the stairs withi the utmost difficult~y. The whiole shop, parlouir, &c. were now in flames in ana instant, but three engines being ready to pslay oni the momient, the fire was got under in about 20 minunttes. WVitness saw nothing to call funiiture, except a bed, but no bed-clothes. Richiard Westwoodi, a fireman belonginig to the Roval. Exchange Fire-Office, said, that, he accompanied the . last wiiness in to tte kitchen, and at one period, had they stopoeti one minute longer,both their lives must have been lost : he confirmed the last witness as to thie cupboardl and the fire within it. This witniess also said, that thtere was no furyniture to speak of in the shop or parlour, hut a flock andl feather hed in the shop, but no bed-clothies; this beth the witness ssaid was,wlt7en he first siaw it, on fire in the centre, and that the lire could nobave originated either fromn the fire in the kitchen, or fromi- the fire near the shop ceiling, us he believes, or had any coninexion -with them; he dipagged the bed, while on fire, into the street: when witness entered the kitchen with-Smnavt, he heardI a ersokinug noise of wood burning withiin the cupboard, before it was burst opert by the flames-he never saw so violent a tlaime ol' fire in his, lit!e. John Page, engineer to the Royal Exchange Fire Office, said, that he was p resent at the fire, arid there could niot, he was f'ully convinced, be any, connexion between the fire in the shop and that which afterwards broke out in the kitchen;, there was mnore than half an hour between tie extinguishing of one and the breaking out of the other. They were two distinct arid separate fires. Thomas Whinney d1eptseed, that he was clerk in tire Beacon Fire Insurance Office.. On the Ist of September, 1823 the pris~oner made an) insurlance at their office for 4001., that Is, 310!i. as specified in the policy of insurance upon p ate, hiousehold furniture, linen wrearing apprel an boks,and1011. upoin the stock and uitensils o?hia trade. On the 13th of Septenrber last tire prisoner reduced tire inisurance to SQOL, withidrawing the stock and utensils. The prisoner here exclaimied that lie never dlid insure upon any plate, for he never had any. W'itness declared that he had, and it was sonmelntioned intire policy. The documeont was here examinied, and found to be as degcribed by the witness. AirnALLEY asked the wittness if the prisoner had rrot,iri this insur- ance, incluided the good-will of his business ?--The witness said ear- tainly not, they never insure such a ithing as the good-will of airy business. Alr. ALLE Ssaid, that if they didI not, other offices did. IVrtness replied, tMat he never heard of sudst a tiling being done by any office. Witness proceederi-..Since the fire now in epestion, the prisoner presented the claimn now handed in, at tire office for pamyinent as the pro erty consumed. 'lheis claim 'was read by Mlr. Fitzpatrick, the chIefeclerk, and was as Ibhiows Cash - 95 WVearing Apparel and Books 1100 Coalis ,. - Glass arid China - - - 33 Linen and Bedding - - - 20 Loss of Business - - - 1100 The witnesses. were here asked, If there was any appearance of books, or fruriture, havingz been consuimed ; but they replied, not any t l worth metoror The next witness was MIr. Archlbald Scott, appraiser and auc- tioneer, living in Golden-square. AMr. Scott deposed, that in the month of July last, lie took an inventory of all the t'urniture, &c. upon those premises belongirxg to the prisoner, under a warrant of distress forent-thu rent due was 391. The prisoner replevied, and the action upoi) that replevy is still undecdded. Witness has the in. ventory be then took now in hiis hand. On the day after this tire, witness called upon the prisoner by desire of the Beacon Fire- ofihce Company, and asked him if he had nuad.out An inventory or the 3rope4y 'destroyed; prisoner sadho had .rot, bult hei the wit- ness) knew what it was, because he had the inventory of all the pro- perty in his own hands, whiah hce ook in July last;, witneS asked him if thc property destroyed was the same as In that inventory. He replied that if was, with the exception of sor.e f6irniture that lie was obliged to sell to pay the expenses of the action to Mr. Croinby, the. solicitor; there was, tberefore, not so much in the house at the time f the fire, saw as set down in the inventory. Witntess asked what necessity b lied to sell furniture to pay law expenses, when he had 30h. in moneyg, as he-said, in the house. prisoner rerrlied that, this noney was the produce of the f'urnitare, ard he had ottered it.to Air. Cromby,?^ the sc.icitor aguat hint, bitt he rctuse d ID take it, and. it was therefore lost in the fire. Witness nozw said, that he went over the premises after tbe fire, and found the ar:icles of furniture, &c. to correspond with his ffiven. nory3 except a chest of drawers6 and a clock,which hadl been removed. lrhs inventory was here read. In the parlour tbiere was a stove md a fender, three brass candlesticks, a tent bedstead, a feather bed, md four boisters, a pair of' cotton window curtains, two old chairs, md a stool. In the shop there were two old boxes, atnd-an old bed- stead. Ini the kitchen tere was what is called a Waterloo turn-up bedstead and a wool mattresf, a liit staA aeoluiite*=6 ik chair, a steel, and a corner cupboard; this was the whole, cXgept fIxture, whichlnra iiot included. Mr.-Scott said that at them blacle took the i'iellor hie considered, and he novw thinic, that had the wbole been uninJurc,a by the fire at all, their value would not excee&201. Oni examining the cupboard in the kitchen the day he called after the fire, Mr. gcott safid, that he found in it IS pair of old-tattered stockings9, wet,. and half burned, and some old linEen shirts, of no valitevandi n bundiJeof old rags. The solicitor for the prosecution nowr said, Bait was very late (past four o'clock), anhd he had roasy mole witnesses to eixamnine, it wouldl be impossible to close the case that day; andl, with the consent 2f' Mtr. Alley, it was then agreed that the prisoner should be remanded to a future day, which was accordingly done. Daring the examination, the prisoner drank several times out of a jug of water, which was placed by his side, by his request. MAAwRrLxao0NEC.oyrscg.-Shortlyafler the openingof tlheoffice, Colonel Alexander Boswell, of 35, York-plalce, Portmnan.sqnare, applied for and obtained an assault wai7ant against M1r. Sntook, a bedstead-manufacturer, in Easat-.steet, Paddiagiton-street. The war- rant was put into thebhands of Xorriv,who shoary after returned with the dlefendlant, when M5r. RAWLINSONI 17bo'h1ad g,ranted the war- rant, rematrked, tbat as he as personally vaquainted wvith Air. Bwell, lie wrould rather, frm cfelingot' delicacy, that the meas stood over tifllhis bxotlier magisrate, MVr., HosKr2s, camne. About one o'clock the laftet gentleman arrived, w'hen the case was mentioned to himn, and as the public office was then occupied in hiearing business that was likely to last tome time, he re- tired into the clerk's room, accompanied by Mlr. Bosawell. A friend of Mlr. Snook immediately applied to Mr. Rawlinison to have the charge heard in a public room, which was at .once assented to, the 'worthy Magistrate exPlainaing that It was only with a view of'expeditinzg the generalbusiness of the office that it had been taken in there. On the parties returning into the office, Mr. Boswell being sworn,. stated, that, on Saturday night about seven o'clock he waLs passing through Eatst-street, Pmd was rudely istopped b he etendant, who applied a variety of scurrilous epithets to himr, and threatened, if he eve, caughit himi there again, to) give hinm a sound thrashing. He said something about hio daughttr, and put a card into deponent's hiandl; but perceiving, fronm the violence of hist manner, that there could be no rtood in re. monstraeing with him, he extricated himself fronihini antdwent away. On returninghomne, late at night,he learnt from htsservantsi that a person answering the description of the defendanit had called twice, and lied declared his intention of way-laying and shooting him. Snsan Brown, hiousemaid to Mr. Boswell stated thlat about nine o'cloack on Saturday night, the defendant eal'ed at the house, and in- quired if Mlr. Boswell lived thiere, S9he replied In the affirmative, andre hen inuird wen ~ wuldbe hore, and was, told about halfpas te o'lock Hethe wakedtowards the door, and as he wentnutexcaimd, D-..n is yesI b- him, I'll shoot hima Josph altr, ootan o M. Bswel~ tatd,that he opened The latter inquired whet'her Mr, Boswell h4d coare home, anid was told he hiad riot. In answer to a subsequent inquiiry as to when he would be home, witness4, whto had heard of what passed when lie called before, with a view of misleading- him, said, in about two or thue hours. Ue replied,"['ii wait till he comes home."I Witness told hiim he could not wait there, and he answered, "4No, I'll wait ousde"ad ad,"D-n his eyes a vagabond, I'll blow his brains out; b- hi,P1sothm"ihe maui then walked away, andi witness alarmea by his expressions, watehed at the door till his master returned. MVr. Hosxesrs.-Did you see any fire.aims in his possession ? Witness.-I did not. The defendant beggedt to be allowed to ask the witness a question, w'hich being of cours assented to he inquired whether any other personi could hiave heard htim (thi ef~cendant) use thiese expressions? Witness replied, he should think not. The defendant was now called on for an explanation of hiis con. duct, and began by obseving with considerable energy, we might say iolece o maner,"I a a arrid ron, nd hve svenchil. dren;" e puse, a ifdeely ffeted an. rsumd, it hurts rae o seakon tns ubjct. ereisaman taniogefoe you whip has annyed mydaughtr seveal time. I hae witnsses hre osr~ how ay augterhasbee use,an wh wil poveevery wodIav and her istheblod tat illnotris upat uchInsults? ej having threatened to shoot him. I wett i ose-the frttm to ascertain if he livedl there;, and on calling afterwa-rds, I saw the f=ta,s whom I happened to know sonrethring of, as his family lescoe by me, andv told hiim that his master was a villain, and deserved to he shot; but niever said I would shoot himn. I toldi him how lire had annoyed mny daughter;, anid he replied-_" Ohi, nothing niore coimmon; we are continually hiaving complaints of that kind." Thec footman bere exclaimncd-" It is faIre; I never maide army such observation." The defendant resumed, striking his hanid violently on the railing before whichi he stood-"1 I say, you did say so, and I will prove it. Mly daughter is onily 13 years old, and where is the father whios young anid inexperiencd ahild hiad been assailed as mine bas besen, who would not feel as I do ? Thiat gentleiman, (pointing to MVr. Boswell), I pause-I inistake-1l mean to say that personi, for gen. tleman I cannot call hiim, hias acted towazids miy faintly like a scoundrel." AMr. HoqxrcNs liere interposed, an.d begged h'im to be muore tern. perate in his expressionsi, observing, that he had antIered hilm mc take a large latitude in consideration of his feelinigs, but lie must endleavour to control them. Defendairt.-How can I be calmi under theae cireumstanee Unless von are aL father, youa cannot duly appreciate xmy feelings .Mr. Il0sicnrmdr-I-f you have any complaint to make, I will linear it. Do you wislh to prets this miatter? If you do, I am ready to hear your witnesses. The defendant replied he wished it to be examnined thoroughly, andi called forward Air. Bishop, a carver, whio stated, that about seven o'clock on Saturday evening, while talking with thie defendant Iin hiis shop, he observed the complainant walk to arid fro twice, and Ieachi time observed him to makec a dead stop, and stareinto the shiop. IShortly after, the defendant'is daughter came out of the privatedoor, and the gentleman caughit hold of hear a566, andl the instant after she caine runining into the t;hop and oDmplained that a gentleman had c-aught hold of her, and had attemnpte-d to forcibly detain her. Shortly after the gentleman again passed and stared into the shop, and on Ihis subsequently reetn hsa few tminuteF afterwards, the defendanit, at witness's ugeto,went out and spoke to him, certainly verv warmly ; bu tmre so than he should have donie under similar circumstances. Harriet Green state that while sitting in the shop, about a week back, she saw the gentieman pass and repass as described by the formier witness, and observed hires to direct his eyes each timne to that part of the chtop where the girlis generally sat while engaged int the cornice making. A little while after die girl was sent out oni ani errand, and was stopped by this gentle. matii, from whom she escaped into a shop, where she Etopped-till wit- ness went over to her, and fetched her borne. The child hierself was next examined. She is a good..looking fresh-colouretlgirl. She stated thiathebhad onone eccason called to her to stop ; and on her attenipting to escape, had caughit hold of her ; another time he stopped her, and used such language towards her as she could not bear to repeat ; on another occaion Eshe had ruin home to get out of liis way. The defendant here as in some previous instances, exclaimed, "1 Did you ever hear o?sucle conduct ? It is enough to distill blood from aily heart... Mlr. I osxeirs inqtiired of Mfr. Boswell whiether he wished to offer any explanation, atdding, that if lie did not, lie must call on lhuii to find bail to keep the peae towards M1r. Snook's family. Air. B3oswell said he should wish toD ask the femalc witnes the date of tIre transaction to which abe spoke ? She replied, the 2d of Nevember. Mr. Bnowell (whio had been accommodated with a seat withini the baI1made some observations, irn an under tone to Alr. HosKeigs, ,which our reporter couldI not hear. Sir. HosKices r-eplied, " As you have offered no explanation that is satisfactory to rme,i I shall call on yeu to find bail to keep the peace towards this person's amlyand as lie has used threateniing lansuage towards you, I ishall call on hiim to find bail to keep the I[peace towardsyou. Mir. Boswell inu;uired the ainiiount of bail ? Mlr. RAWLIN~SOy.-YOUmrself ill 1001., and.two sureties tIn 501. each: as respects AIr. Snook, his rank in life beinvg mhifFdirent,w shall reruire himself'in 5501., and two sureties in 251. eachi. w Sir. AWLrwSONr, at the request of Mr. Boswell, consented to his quitting tthe office, on an unclersta7sding that he would return be. for the ocock, with the required bail. Mlr. Snooks remained in the outer office about half an hour, when a friend returniing with the baii, he was allowed to depmart.- UeNrO.?r-HALL.-Yeaterday morning', assoon as tire sitting ma- Igistrate, ll-.J. CaRA31Dsts, Esq., had takcen hisseat, AMaisey, one of the night constables of St. George's parish, SouthwArl%, stated the following particulars relative to the escape of Benjalnin Ha7l, a mian well knw. to all theoffiersof theestablishment. blaisey5stated, thattabout ten o'clock on Saturcdayniglit,Blacktman, one of theBow. street patrol, caine to the watchhoulle with a uoan nsrivid Benjaminit Hall, whoml he d(elivered over into the castody of himn (Mtaisey), statng,tha hehad pprhened hatindividual en a charge of ex- tensie buglarynd rbberycommttedin the city. Mlassey took dow th chrge ad poceJedto ecre the mars, whom lie locked up n te cge,insde he atchoue'On Saturday miorning, at six 'clck,tires'oistblc entoffutI leaving the prisoneir at that timesecre.He etured t oe oclok, for the purpose of giving some victuals to the prisoners withini, mind on that occasion he had mudsi difficulty in opening thle lock, which he thought arose from some pebbles being introduced into the keyhole by tome boys:. however he managed to unlock it, and ilien his prisonier w(as safe, together with a girl of the town, who was in) a sepurate cage. He then went away, and in about rin hiour and a half afterwarits he re. turned to the watebbhouse, and again mnet wjths an inipedinsent in the lork ; however, .ifter 4 good de4l of trouble, hle succe&ded in open- ingfit, ad, on going over to the cagein whichl the burglar had been cnne,he found tire door of it open, his prisoner gone, and an in. strnieent called a "4Jeminry" lYing On thle floor, lHe questioned the girl who was confinedI in the other cage, andi who lie was aware must have seen and heard whaLt had occurred during Ilis absence fromn the watcihbouse. This girl was now before the fla1 istrate, when she gave the following account of the esampe of her feLfowprb. soner She stated, that about two o'clock on Sanday two inren came to the watch-house, aild, apparently without. much trouble, opened the door with a key. On getting inside, she observed one of them tike edown a key, which was on 4 imaHl over the fire-place. Shie made some noise, when one of them 9sent over to where sfie was, ari swore that he would murder her, if she nmade the least noise. She was quiet afterwards, and then satv the mnair whoin she had observed take dowII the key, introduce it into the lock ofthe cell wl'ere their cod m panfon was confined, aiid open the door, when stle thlree mna wernt out into time street,'shutting the watoh.hbise door aster diem.' After this statement had been given, a gentlenian, named Rob. son, stepped forward, and told the Mtiagtstrate. that-he mae whie hAd escaped wms strongly suspected ot being concerned ;D o burglary and ro bery commnitted at h)s hoqse, in Alincing-lsne, in thc City, on the 30th of September laSt. One of the party was apprehende4 cloto to his house, convicted at the lat Old Bailey Sessions, arid son ten.c ed to be transported. He (Air. Robbon) now attended for the per pose of pointing out to the Magistrate the neglect which was mani- rested by tibe person who had the care ofthe prsotner. Mr. Oe%AaBiUiS, in consequence of the t'osve statement1 investi. gated the whole ofthe circumstances of the escape, front which iL ap. peared that there was not the 14igeat. blame attributoble to thb, constable, of whom Air. Robsonr expressed birnself perfectly atdsfied that Hall's escape did not arise from any neglect or inattention on tibe part of that individual. Hall, the chief constable, stated that the man who had escaped WaS a very desperate.clharacter, an had also madeJ his escapefroom the lock-up house at the rear of thisofflce aboat 12. months go. He afrera'ards gf aveblrnsclt up, and wYas acquitted; aind on Friday last he was agamn.appreliendtd, and brought to this office, on:a eharge of assault, when he wasb liberatedi. Zr.Dr Csa.i sXgps, upon beirng infiormed of this lattea faet5 eXre?s. edhb tnlabhm&tthat none of the oice-p of the estsblishinentiad been apprised that he was concerned in -a charge of burglary, so lntely committed. Rall stated that the officers of Bow-street had not given any in- formation of tne man they wanted at this office." for," added all, "if they had, we could have apprehended him long sincc, as he is well known to every officer here." Mr. CIARaBExts now nsked the Bow-Atreet patrol how long be had been looking after Hall. The reply was, that Hall's companion had been tried on Tues- day 7ast, and that since that day the Bow-street people wrere look- ing after him. IMlr. CHAtznEts, in strong language, 'ondenned the conduct of the pstrol, in not giving information of the person he wanted, in or- der to have the assistance of theofficer attached to this office. The Magistrate then took cocasion to observe, that a most shameful jea- lousy existed between the officers of Bow-street and those of this of- fice, whlch was most prejuulicial to the operations of the police of the country. He was, he said, convinced, that the- circumstance of Hall being concerned in the burglary was kept a secret by the pa- trol fomn the officers here, for the purpose of receiving the whole of the reward. He (the Mlfagistrate) would do aU in his power to put a stop to such disgraceful proceedings, and for that purpoe he would inform the Secretary of State of the circumstances the first _pportunity. POLICE.