At a late hour last night, Mr. Thomas and a
party of the police succeeded in apprehending in the Bull publichouse, Bullen Court, Strand, a party of miscreants who are in the habit of indulging in the most revolting prac- tices there. The landlord also is in custody.
A man named Tierney has been sentenced, at Queen Square, to four months' imprisonment for breaking into the premises of Mr. Bessy of Wandsworth, and stealing six pigeons. The theft was ascertained in a sin- gular manner. A police constable met the prisoner with the pigeons, and having reason to doubt the story that they had been purchased, took him into custody, and set one of the pigeons at liberty, with a note addressed to the owner, stating where the others might be found. Mr. Bessy received the note almost immediately, attended at the office, and proved his property.
A man named Goulding was committed on Tuesday to Newgate, on a coroner's verdict of murder. His wife died last week of miscarriage, caused by a severe beating which he had inflicted on her. Some weeks ago, Lord Southampton's hunting-seat was robbed of jewels of the value of 3000/. A person of the name of Donegany, a bugle-player, at that time in his Lordship's service, and now on the establishment of the Duke of Rutland, has been committed to Leicester gaol on suspicion.
Mr. Hume, an undertaker, having removed from Newgate Street to Maiden Lane on Tuesday, had his new premises robbed of property to a considerable extent, before he was able to arrange it. Desks and boxes were broken open, but a private drawer containing 400/. escaped the ob- servation of the thieves.
In a riot at Shadwell, on Wednesday night, an Irish coal-whipper of the name of Collins, was so dreadfully beaten by a policeman, that his life is despaired of.
The Rev. J. M. V. M'Carey, a Roman Catholic priest, has been con- victed at the Cork Assizes of marrying two Protestants, and sentenced to pay a file of 500/. to the King. A young man of the name of Green, a printer in Ilford, disappeared from that place about a month ago, in a very mysterious way. There are grounds for believing that he has been murdered. An investigation has in conse- quence been set on foot. In September last, a skeleton was found buried in a field near Walworth ; but, as it was supposed to have lain there for many years, the circumstance excited little attention. A soldier of the name of Hawkins, now in the House of Correction at Cork, has, however, confessed that he murdered a female and buried her in the field where the body was found. A nail was the instrument which he employed ; and a nail was found in the socket of the eye of the body when it was found. Mr. Chambers, of Union Hall, was yesterday busied with an investigation of the case.
The Victory, of London, bound for England, from Manilla, put into the Mauritius in January last. Several of the men having died, the Captain was obliged to engage five natives of Manilla. These fellows, soon after they came on board, contrived to get the entire watch to themselves—se- cured the hatches upon part of the crew—and murdered the captain, the second_ mate, the carpenter,) the boatswain, and the cook. They proved, however, unable to navigate the vessel, and were obliged to liberate the chief mate. They got drunk on the following evening ; and the mate, taking advantage of their condition, killed two of them, and liberated his companions. The other conspirators have been executed at the Isle of France.
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