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

AlAN.SloNnousE.-A native of India, whs was found in a most deplorable state of vagrancy in the streets, was brought before thc Lonx IAYoa by one of the officers. A charge jprofomt was en- tered against him, merely to give his Lordship an opportunity of doing the poor man a piece of service, of which he stood in extreme need. Itappearedthattke vagrant,Aturtoch O'Brien,was borniat Ben- gal, of Irish parents, and that his father, vwho had been in the India military service as a non-commissioned officer, died there in 1796, leaving behind him a numerous family. The vagrant, after having engaged himself in Industrious ptrs uits for some years, and profited considerably, resolved to visit the country of his parents, ntia in 1810 came hither. In 1812 he teturned to Bengal, and worked in Dn indigo manufactory upwvards of 10 years from that period. It is known that the East India Pirectois have often found it necessary, in order to prevent any diminution of their patronage in India, to issae direc- tions for checking the power usurped there by the different Presi- dencies, who, without de ing to communicate with the Directors, bave frequently appointed persons wholly unknown to the Est India Board to lucrative situations usdet that Government- Atirst, when th epapointmentsby the alovenamed authorities in Indla were butfewv and unimportant, the Disectors took no notice of the interference, but, as almost always happens, the tacit permnisdion was moon trans- lated into a right. The local appointsnents becnme innusnerable and the Presidencies of India began to import friened from Bngland in private traderg, and to provide for them utpon their arrival; to that if the munificent spirit of those encroachec; upon the charter had not been attacked as it were vi et afanis, the patronqg of a Ditector, whiichl now extends to the gift of &everal thousands annually, would be no more than a namne. The retaliatory proeess was etritmely unceremonious. Those who were appointed by the Presidencies were not only removed from their situation, biat suddenly shipred, and transported vith all possible despatch, and witlicut the possibility of miaking an appeal. This statement may, perhaps, operate at a caution to those who are too willing to travel to Indis on speula. tion. If they do not go out under the special protection of the Di. rectors, whatever may be their success in the East, and however desirable or necessary it may be for them to continue there, they are liable without a moament's -warning to be the victims of'a standinlg regulation which mnay be exercised against themi either froml revenge or policy. This regulation, however, lias hitherto, except in the case or the poor Indisan who nppeared before the Lord M ayor, been confined io the cases of natives of other coun. tries. The extenion of' it towarde hlm, which the Lard Maiyor supnosed originated in mistake, has of course had the effect of ex- patriating him, and perhaps there l,ever was seen aimore melancholy picture of exile, mixed up with other calamities. The covering he has is oh rags. His constitution is extremely feeble. Of one of his arms he has no command, as it was broken some time ago in India, where his pen alone, in consequence of his inability to work, had been lhis only resource. He knows not a bein here; applied to a number of parishes, where he received much pity but io relief; and at length fixed himself in the public way, where certainly his figure wouild have excitedi the charitable, hal not the officer found him looking, but not asking, for alms. The Loins N AyOit asked him whether he had not represented to those who apprehended him, that he was a native, and entitled to remain in India at least, if not In his situation. The Indian replied, that he was not allowed time to say a word. As for any communication with a magistrate, or anay person in the Goverisment, it was quite out of the questien. He and several others were hurried on board as the ship was going to sail. He had not a halfpenny in his poekets at the times; and upon his arrival he was landed, to beg, or rob, or starve. The LOWn MiAYOR said the case was one of great hardship. It wvas almost imposnible to suppose, that without rmaking inquiry into the fact whether the defendant was a native or not, the authorities at Bengal would hurry a man off to a distant country to seek his for. tane, without health, or strength, or friend, or money. The Indian said, that several persons who were not natives were allowed to remsain at Bengal. Re had not, he said, been ever mo- lested, except under the governm ent of Lord Amherst. The LonD MlAYoa said, he was convinced the East India Board wvould take care, upon hearing the case, that justice should be done to the Indian. Whatever use was generaUy made of power In India, undoubtedly there cousldbe no sanction to an bct of transportation without previous trial, in the case of the natives. The [ndimn then, with the Lord Mayor's advice, memorialized the East India Buard. fromn which he is tO learn this day whether or iaot he is a banished man. Alr. MII'ouse, clerk of Air. Betteley, the brewer, was brought up for thepurpose of being disciarged froi custody. BOw.sTRtEET.-In our paper of last Tuesday se'nnight,we stated that an application was made on the preceding day at this office, by a l\r. John BalL of Chelsea, for redress against certain persons, through whose misconduct it was alleged his son, a boy about eiglht years of age, and another lad of about 15, were drowned in the Thanes near Battersea-bridge. He was then told that the magis. trates could not interfere, and that he had better wait until the bo. dies were tbund, and then produce whatever rvidenoe he might be able to procure before the Coroner's Inquisition. The body of tler. Bull's son was found on Thursday morning last ahout eleven o'clock, floating near some bargues OpPite to the Duke's Head, at Putney ; and on the TOUowing day an inquest- ras held before the Coroner for Surrey. Mlr. Bull had been ur, defatigable in his endeavours to procure evidence, conceiving that the conduct of those who caused the fatal catastr6phe was highly culpable, and ought to be made the gubject of a criminal prosecution. He was in attendance with a host of 'witnesses; but the Coroner, after bearing the testimony of twvo onlv, refused to have anymore called. A verdict of AcCidena! decth w'as returned bv the Jury. Subsequently Air. Bull sought the advice of Mr. Harner, the solicitor, and upon reference to an act of Parliament of the 10th of Geo. II., which was passed for the protection of the public against the carelessness or other niiecmizsuct of watermen, a clause was found, which enacts that no wherty ahsll carry for frai$ht or hire, on a Sunday, nuore than eight persons, and sny waterinan offcllsding against tbis regulation shall' forteit. for the first Offenca, 51.; and for the second, 10.; and be disfrgachised from working on the river, and from all the privileges of the Watertnen's Carpany, for 12 months; *'and," continues the statute, " ifin aruy such c2se one or more passenger or passengers in' the said wherry shall be drowned, then the waterman shall, upon being. dulv con- victel, be deemed guilty of feloy, wnd be tranorte4 asa felon." Upon tuis clause, a warrant was applig for Joseph Sharp, the watermian' who ilied the wherry i? which tga st cidenit haprsned, and John Preat, a man who wav asssting him in rowing at the time; and they wern yesterday brought hefore Ts*oa. HALLSE ESq., the sitting ITagiesrate- The trst w itness *as Wi33}am'Dzayson, thoyoung lman in whose ,care Mlr. Bull intrusted his son on tbe day iii question. He stated -that he toolt Mr. Bull's son out, intending t goto Hyde-park tosee the Asylum boys walk; but he found they were too.lte,. and there; fore went to sce the college, at Chelse. Wblk there, the bjpy got down to the. atqeteide, pd exprekse. soes drgr to go,uora use river. 'the prWister Shatp wvas plying tor psategets, nAr4 wlneiSBdt tne boy, got in, withi ethers, andL were rowedi across to Battersea., where they ramb'Led about for zomle timei, andl then returned and got In.to thie same boat withi twyelve athers, exclusive of Sharp, making fifteen in numn-ber altogether. Tihev had got about half wray across wheni Sharp called out, "4 Where the devil are yoei coming ?" and in a moment afterwards, anothier beat came against the wherry and threw all thec people out, with thte exception of the witness and his master's son, whom he held fast in his arms, anol calledl loudly for help, until the boat, whitch was fast filling, wvent down and threw thiem-into thre water, lie held the boy in his arms unti l-ie was exhiausted, and was obliged br hiis own presrvation to let himi go. Thie witness did not ace the DOat whbich ran, against themi. Hfenry Wilkes. a. lad living at Chelsea, deposed, that when he an(] the others eiltered the prisoner Sharp's boat, Prest, who Lot so board as - passengerimerely,toeok ascull to as,is4t Sharp. Wit. riess, when tome distance across, saw a aix-oared.gutter coming down the river, with the fall swing of the tidle, and Sharp called out ~' oy; bu tiey eptther curs, ad ran quite over the stern of Irewhery thowig hen al ito hewater. Trhey were called to assit a saingthewhery'spasengrs,batrefsed ; anrdwitness ac- tualy swm alngsie o the, an the refsedto pick, hina up, tell- ing aimto o abut is usinss!He wamn to another boat, and' was tken n. Mr Bul's so anda ladl namedt Jotin Freemtian were drowned. Witnes saw the cutter when 40 yards off. andc Sharp called repeatedly to them. Hias no douht that Shlarp 'could save rot out of the way if he had not had so heavy a load. Mr. Bull was, exanained as to the idenltity of his; child. Mr. HALLS said there was4 nething against. Prest, and orderedl h im From the bar. Sharp said that no blame was attributable to himn. It was n &ielv an accident, and was owing to the it%experience of those in h flher boat, which he declared was a whlerrY rowed with two oars, and not asix.oared cutter. WVhenhe was throwra into thevwater,he had twoI boys clingirag round his neck, atid two more to his legs, and hie did his utmost to save them. Mtr. HALLs, after hzearingl tire evidence, s-id he was of opinion that the case did not come wvithin the part of the clause making the )%n'ene a felony; for there was no proof that thie accident occurred in :onsequence of the prisoner's havinig taken too many passenigers on boardl. There was no doubt that the prisoner had incurred the penal ty of 51l. Mlr. HARXE,e, for the prosecution, subisaittedl that it was quite dear that the case did come within the act, for the clause said nothiing as to whazt mnight be thie cautse of accident. The words were plaira and simple--that if any person should be drowvned out of aL wherry carrying a greater number of passengers than by law allow. ed, the wateiman managing hiey should be deemaed guilty of felony: Besides, In t iscse it was next to a certainty that the pri soner could have got out of the way but for the extra load. Alr. HALLS, howrever, wras still of the Fame opinio3n, but oh. served, thatt the qutestion was one of mnuch importance, andl he would take care thiat the prisoner shouldi be forthcoming at the sessions to answer any chiarge tilat mnight be made against him. The Prisoner was then ordered to give btiil, himself in 801., and two sureties an 401. each....rt is the intention of Mrt. Bull to prosecate for the felony. M~AaLan0Oa GirrT.EETx.-;Ycstrerdary rw'izaestir Sha?p, a Young woman of verv dlecent appearanice, who has been some days in custody upona c. harge nfrobbing her master, INI. Willis, thie propritor of' the Thistched lhouse Tavern, St. Ja,nes's.street, in w1hosel! service she hiad been about four monthis as chamber.nmaid, was brought up for final examinsation. It appeared by the evidence of Mr. Willis, that, having mpissed a quantity of plate, silver spoons, forks, &c., he suspectedi the pri. soner, and gave inforniation to Clemenra, one of the officers of this establishment, and, on Clements questioning her, she contbsed the fact, and gave him up the dup'licates of the property, whiich ishe had Pledged with MVr. Roch fort, a pawnbroker, in Br'ewer-street, Gol- den..square. Illr. Rochfort's shoprnan producedl the plate, but he could not po- sitively-seat to the Prisoner as the female who pawnedl it. 5Mr. Willis ideintified the 1%late as belonrging to hiim ; indeed, for the most part, it was marked with his name. Mfr. DYER, the magistrate, made some ob~servations uponi pawn- brokers taking in plate so marked, without making particular inl- qurries. Mlr. Rocltfort's shopmstn said, that he did question the gr h p~ledged the plate, andI rhe said that shie wvas sent by her mistresls,. he pisonr, wo whle a thebar as sarcey abe to suipport herslf,so eepy ws se afeced,almst o errvlsins, sobbin and moning n a mst oitous mnner,havign!igt a iser defene, ws foly cmrisited or tial,andtrpaiebon over to MARYLFrrOsF_0FypCx.....A genteelly.dresseg femae,whose manners and language at once showeti that sire had been acsto-med to mix in respectable society, yesterday applied tus the sitting magis- ,rate (Mr. Gaeee'eTHs) for his advice and assistance under the fol- lowing circumstances :-She statedl that hier husband, whose name was W-illiam Denscs,rm, had, for miany yeaas filled the situatlin o' head butler to the Right H on. Robert Feel, the Seciretary, of' State for the Home Department, at Iris seat, in Bolehall-park, Staffbrdl. shire. Tfiis service he quitted its April last, at which time she went, taking withi her leer two childtrent, to reside a.t the hsouse of her sitter., who was respectably settled at 2~7, Belvedere-street, Bath, and he came ujp to Londoni for the avowved purpose of gaining a sitUation in some family. Shiortly after his arrival in London he wrote to her, stating tfha~,trle expected ini a few days to obtain a situation in thie fail of aoblemani. Since the receipt of that letter, nearly five months had elapsed, dluring the whole of which rinie slie had hearrI no tidlings of hsimi, and lIad it not been for the kindness of seyeral friends who were acquainted with her case, she nmust by, this time have beent reduced to the greatest pecuniary distrests. At thieir stng. sestion, she a few weeks back addressed a letter to I'drs, Peel, in the Ioene of learning into wliat service her husband had entered. That lady very kindly steat her an answer by return of post, in which she assured list tlsai Alr. Peel hadgiyen himn a cha. ratter to some noblenian litvin ini Gloccster,place, Portman. square, but wlsose nameneither rr.Peel nor herstlf couild realt memory. The latter concluded by suggeting that perhbaps Mr. Valiance, the butler, at Mtr. Peel's town-houise in Stanthope.street. inight be able to give her some intormation. On again consulting writh her friendg, they advised her to castes up to town, for which journtey t'trey kindly furnishsed her with the necessary means. She had neowTbeen in townl three wveeks, during which time shie had laeen indefatigable in her inquiiries, and yet hart not been able to ob- tain an y satisfactory information. She had called on Mlr. V7aliance, .ho tol her thathenhad repetetlly seen her husbarnd, tb-'t be zndecr. stood lie wvas in a situatioll, but where. he dlid not know. Sihe hand also visited every house in Glocester-place, and mai~ny of tire hou5ses In that neighbourhood, withiout learning any tidings of binsl. MrT. (9 rvs'iT-ais symrpathaized with hier difficulties, antd expressedi hsis regret that he couldl not render her an -, assistance. AMr. tiallett, (thie chiief clerk,) seeing thae reporter tatking isotes. oheersved to the magistrate, that it' tise newspmipers were to insert thqe easie, it might be the means of finding hiim out---a suggestion in whic els worhy Mgistate xoresedhis perfect concurrenice. in thishop tIe afdrss f te apliantwastaken dowrn by, thle clerk, andanyperon wh ma b abe t gvesoy infbrmnatiorsas towlbere he ma be ound,willbe peform ngaac of charity by transmliit. ting t eliserto tis oficeor t Mrs Derahair at 24, Grcat Que. li,A -1ET 5-ST tE E?T.-Yesterdxy Jold,r Rose, a shoe-makier, re- siding ini Plcasant-row, Stepiney.green, was brouglit ulp ots a war. rant, charged witila assauiting hbis sifie and inducing fIer to take The comiplainant, a pretty young woman about lai years of age, being ssvorti, sleposed, thlat sh'te was married to the prisoner two years ago, and fIrad issute by buin, at daughter. now six motsld Her htusband was in thie lsabit of treating her issost brutally, yet sqquandered away the greater part of hia property - and what little was-remaining, he was issaking away w'ith day after day, atari she and hr child would have been starved,only for threassistancieshe got from herparents. Whenever she compslaIned tolhim of this treatment, he used to desire her to go hoame to her father, or to put ant end to her- self. lie had made away withn all her clothes, save whiat slas then wore; and on Saturday last was reorioving the few remaining articles of tiarniture, wvhen she remnonstrated WthI him;, upon which, hie beat Iser urnmertlifuilly, and ahe was neessitated toi fy to hier father's for protection. Tihe complainant's father, a respectable.looking man., after relating tlse ill.usageof his daughter, and the various timoes lire hiad relieved her, stated, that on her corning to Iais lsouse the last rinse, sIre requastedI haim to take and be a father to list child, and intimated that she would destroy herself. She was discovered to beunwrell shxortly afterwards, and by a good deal of persuas&,ion, adisiitted that shechad takenps, A doctor was instantly stnt for, wlho, having administered asi pro. per antidotes, resiored her again to healIth ; and it was sutbsequently dicovered thsat sihe had purchased the destratctive rareclicine at ams apothecary's shop near Stepney cliurch- Bent upon self-leasrqctlion., a-tie wenit thienext day to the samne slireh, and procured two doses more, anti her maother on the same itighat dceamed that she liad taken poisorn a lecrond irime; andI on relating her dreama to hiim, he went to thne apgothiecary's, and there learned that she had made the second parr. chase, anA theni hastened homte, and finding last lockedt up in a room, broke open tlse door, and afrer using a great mnany thareats, she took two papers ofarsenicout of her breast, antid handed thieor to hairn. fie here ~roduced the ppers, on eacha of whichi ctie word " Poison" was written in legible cha1racters. The huqband denied the whole of the chaeges tussle against hios, alleging that he had disposerl of his property to support his wite, wlso was always dissatisfied because he couldI not keep her ira the sityle she,wished. The Alagistrate observed, that tlIr conaplainant must have received very serious injury, when she was prompted to go to the extremres which slIre did, and said it was a case whicht he could not settle; it enatirely rested with the parents of bothi partiets. lie recommended the complainant's father to take her and the child home, that tile husbaudshiould allow her amaintenance. His worship read the un- happy young. woman a suitable lecture uo the enormrity of tire crime s'he hadl attempe ocaml and l that the conduct of the hosbandc ould not b too strongly reprokbatedt..Teprisallf the office together. UNOerosr-wA.LL-Yesterday moaninig Sir John Farstaby, aridi Mr Gootdhart;' of Beckenham, came to the office, and informedi Mr. ALLEx~,N the rosgitmte, that since the last examination of Tiromas Coombs (now in curstodly), the body of James AMorgain, the unforEU- naTe man wIse. had been shot, was disin terred, anid the wound of which he had died opened by a sburgeon, who extracted five sluens, some shot, antI three pebble-stones from the orifice. It wvill be re- collected thrat when Coornbs was apprehended, the loaded mistol fouaul down in thesprivy intowhich hehad thrown it,was exarmined and foand to contain a heavy charge of powder, shot, slulgs, and pebble ctones. There was also found on hiis person a bright steel charger irolf'filled with shot and slugs. The whole of tire above-Mentioned chaeges were exhibited to S*r John an)d Mr. Goodhart, bothi oi whont, alfer a elose inspection, pronounced that they exactly reserra. bled the shot, slugs, and pebble.stones, extracted froni the body of Alorgan,_ POLICE.