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/ / PO LICK. nod the late hours at which they came front this house "modeled it a I great nuisance. Sir PETER LAURIE said, the watchman was obliged to bring three persons before him last Friday, who had come out of the Rainbow at two o'clock in the morning, and yet on the following night, it appeared from Lucas's testimony, • smiler affair had oc curred again. Mr. Colts aaid, the first three gentlemen did not get drank in his house, and the man who began the altercation with the watch man, lie had forbidden to enter the house two months before. The three gentlemen on the second night were barristers. who had been dining at the Piazzas, and he would not serve them at all. Sir Jolts: Pesten:a—Has he ever been cautioned? because it would be hard to bring him here and fine hint, without giving him soma intimation that his manner of conducting the house would be taken notice of, unless he altered it. Mr. Brown said he had been cautioned. Mr. Coils said, he depended on his trade among the gentlemen who frequented the theatres. On the night of the first disturbance, the theatre did not close until 20 minutes before one, and that also was the precise time Covent-garden closed on Tuesday night; a few minutes more elapsed in walking from thence to his house, so that if he closed his doors earlier that one o'clock, the public would be deprived of all accommodation and refreshment. lie never sup plied the prostitutes with liquor, and the gentlemen who frequented his house were se respectable as those who used the London Ta , tern ; and on the Friday night complained of, a Common Council man was one of his late visitors. He suspected this complaint ori ginated with Mr. Butterworth. who nevertheless &led on him on the night after the summons had been taken out, and said, " Let me adviee you to keep your house close, so that I may, if there be occasion, come forward to speak in your favour." Mr. SAVAGE, one of the Conon:in Councilmen, regretted Mr. Colts lied made sush an observation in the absence of Mr. Butter worth. He himself had requested the defendant to close earlier. The Magistrates hail determined that all the public-houses should be closed at eleven, although he hail urged twelve o'clock as a more reasonable time ; and it would be unfair to the other betimes ie. the Want to suffer Mr. Coils to keep open in defiance of the re gulation. Sir PETER . LauniE said this house appeared to he a sort of a Alish. lie, with the Lord mayor, convicted a publican a few days since of keeping open at unseasonable hours, and it would be injustice to that man to suffer the defendant to escape without a tine. t'er Jciti sr Pellet r. disclaimed this doctrine. He should not Connect this case with any other, and the decisions and npiMons de livered elsewhere shoild not have the slightest weight with him. Persons coming tam the theatres might be supposed sometimes to need a little refreshment; and he found no fault with parties being let out of this house at between one and two in the morning; but lie did quarrel with allowing four -persons to go in at that Mile, be cause the theatres were clotted long before that. Mr. Cells suggested they might be lodgers, and not persons coming in for refreshment. He made up 15 beds. Sir P. LAURIE said it was stated to him last week that the girls congregated about the door of this house, exporting men a little intoxicated to be easier prey than others ; and it was ut!erly im possible to thrive them away until they were sati4tied the house was finally closed, and that was sometimes not till three in the morn.ng. Mr. I Ala said it was the Temple gates that attracted them, to which gentlemen were coming hente till that hour. 'Mr. Savage intimated that he believed the house had been kept less strict than usual of late, on account of Mr. Colls's Absence in the country, attending upon his sick wife. Sir J. PEERING, after consulting with Sir PETER, said it was not the wish of Mr. Savage, or the gentlemen of the ward, to res.% for a c inviction ; and although the Magistrates were of opinion M I that the facts would have Tully justi them in Imposing a penalty, yet, in the anticipeiton that he would in future admit no persons at an unseasonable hour, they should this time pals over the offence. Mr. Culls wished the Alderman to fix the hour of closing, but Sir John told him lie could not fly in the face of the whole bench of Magistrates by naming a later hour than they had. Mr. Coils must use his discretion. • CHRISTIAN EVIDENCE INOCIETY. blegelom.House.—l'cliensay the Justice-root' and the aienut4 to it were crowded in consequeco of the interest excited by a eimplaint which Mr. Cope, the City Marshal, had to make egaiest some of the mensbm of the Christian Evidence Society, which meets at the Fmindem' Hall Chapel. in Imthbury, to dim cues the subject matter of the New Testament. This Society has been established by a Mr. Taylor. who cute a very extraortheary figure in the 'meets of London, being seen constantly parading fee motet public places, with a reverend leo, and a glass suspended eon' his neck by a wide blue ribond. He has had meetings in serious male of the tnwn, but thc proprietor* of the houses where toe Society used to ausemble had very few trials of its respecta bility before thee matte the most deterinined cearts to get lid of it altogether. At hot Mr. Taylor got hold of the present spot for MI meeting., to the great terror and annoyance of the inhabitants of Lnatbury. The Lord Mayor has received a rest many communications hum his fellowmitizeue, complaining of the disgraeeful conduct of those who ettendeel the Society on the nights of meetitig, and re eureing his interference to put a stop to the proceedings. His 'meld* however. for obvious reasons, 'efface to attend to this' rimmed ; but he directed that the police would keep an eye upon the Society, in order to prevent breaches of the peace, to commit which some of the members were extremely well inclined. Two young men, named Fecentae and Godwin, eisciples of Mr. Tattoo who regularly claps a " Reverend" beeore his name, were !melee before his lordship; the first charged with having as saulted Mr. Cope in the execution of 'defile's, and the second with havng endeavoured to rescue his assailant. Mr. tm, stated, that en the previous evening a great riot took place at the Chapel, and he attended for the purpose of restoring peace. The Rev. Mr. Taylor was speaking, and there were several other persons at the same amt of empicyment. The greaten contusion Mug:noble arose. in consequence of what fell from the speaken; and there were upwards of a dozen at a time lighting about the platform where the principal speakers were as trembled. Witness immediately went in amongst them, and said he was an officer ; that such cordect could not be allowed, and that they must desist. He observed Freeman particularly active; took hold of him, and said he must conic away. Freeman, how. ever. Instantly collared him: a ;scuffle ensued, and witness fell under the lest, where be was repeatedly ' , truck. He lost his hat. and the clothes were almost torn front his 'sack. About twenty people got round him the moment he took hold of Freeman, and Godwin was amongst those who rescued that person from his custody. By the assistance of an officer, however, the two were ..pprehendcd. The scene was ore of very great violence. Georg tioodge. a City patrol, confirmed this account. He true cetaleil in getting hold of Freeman after the rescue, and he held him lest. Coster, the officer, elated, that he was in the room whilethc eieturbance was going forward. He saw a sword drawn from a wick It, a Most man, with red hair, who had been speaking on the sebiect of the " lterairrection." Ile saw Mr. Cope in the midst of the disturbers, and upon running to his assistance he found the men with the sword wargone. 'fliers' seemed to be a great clod of activity in a person wlto was running up every new and then to the Chairman, who stood it the pulpit with written communica tions. This person seemed to be doing all he could to secure the person who had the drawn sword in his bend. A Salicitur, the waver of Godwln, told the Lnrd Mayor that he believed the identity of his clerk was doubted. Mr. Cope—Not in the least ; I have a perfect recollection of aim. ... Fee:nen—My Lord. the facts is this—yesterday hevettbse I at tended the Christian licvleintre Society, and. my Lord, there was two sitting in the same box (pew) hissing as hard as they could. I told them that if they were dissatisfied, they would have an oppor tunity of answering. but to be quiet. One of them was a gentleman that sent a letter to the H. ditor of the Ilriniblican against Minis ters and Christianity, and he got up et this here meeting to attack Mr. Taylor. which was die very worst ce h, pietism. I said he was a most infernal yonerne to attempt to defend what he hal written against in The Republican for Mr. Garble; and he said I deserved cuArtat Ole BIGA3IY. so be knocked.--- oyer head. I didn't like to be bullied, and 1 BOlt- STREET. —Yesterilay, Mr. Mein fmesfere Kiegeone the told him to do ite..so he drew his sword, saying that heshast Reword officer of the army who was charged at that o ffi ce, on yesterday to defend himself. There was then some scuffle. I did all I se'netigio, with the double offence of assault and bigamy, at the in -andel to get the sword out of the hand of the peon who drew it stance of a young lady and her mother, named O'Brien; who arc of dpon n:ee lost I deem: most positively I never struck the Marshal a highly respectable family in Ireland, was brought up for re-exami hor any body else. nation. The defendant, tt will be remembered, was charged with The LORD MAYOR—I suppose the argunienti caused n great having married the daughter of Mrs. O'Brien, who is not yet deal of clamour. seventeen years of age, and very beautiful, haying at the time a Freeman—There warn great deal of approbation atd dietappro. wife eine, and afterwards abusing and astenulting her, upon various - bane::. occasions, in a very gross manner. ,ease. O'Brien at that time pro- The LORO MAYOR—I suppose, Sir, that you are a Deist? duced a letter, addressed to a female, beginning, "My dear wife," Freeman—l don't pretend to be. any thing at all, my Load. i and concluding, " Yourdoting husband till death ;" and said, that don't pretend to understand any thing about the subject. totarination had teen received that one Alary Anne Clayton was Gm' e in-1 went in to hear what was going on in company with the person whom the inismerhad previously married, and who was try c. •tsin. and I saw the man draw the sword. I did not get into at 'memo on the town. Their marriage, she understood, took place the rem for I said I'd indict hint under leord Ellenborough's Am, at Norwich, and she begged for time to procure evidence of that (.1 lesesit.) fee. • The LORD Al A.YOII—AT „ that was because you are a hewyer. Yesterday, Mrs. O'Brien and her daughter came, attended by Freeman—eVe acted only in defence. The sword-cane v 7. 1, bran. Mr. Hbararmer a . Hers their Sostated licitor. , that Mrs. and when the pariwne had r was pl ken a aced dolled over our head... at the Mrmer Ben ta Gtr. Cope—l had no chance with such a multitude. When they journey down tc Norwich, bet had been unable to obtain evidence gee me down, some e; them were knocking Die *OM the head, of any former marriage of the prisoner. She had, however, been while l e , were pulling me by the legs. informed by respectable persons, that the prisoner and the woman mete...in—We merely attended to ice what was going on. We alluded to were living at Norwich together three years ago, and had no idea of a row, until we heard the shrieks of the women, were generally repute! as man and wife. There was now reason to anti saw the gentleman with the sword, who is an opponent of el r. believe that the mateiage took place to London, but there had not Tailor. He prole Christianity, and he carries a *word to Yet been titne to make the necessary inquiry. He, (Mr. Banner) grow it. therefore, begged leave to ask for a further remanding of the pri. The LORD MAYOR, hi Godwin's master—ls this the way in sorter until the fact could be ascertained one way or the other. niece you compl e te the aim:alien of your clerk, by allowing him The defettdaht reotesied with gent vehemence against such a to go en planet of t h is deem-Melon e regent. He deem( thee he had committal the crime of bigamy, Solicitor—No; I deprecate met:eines of the kind as most in- and said he could produce the most ur.questionable proof of his i Earcao. and I knew nothing of his geing there. nnocence. The LORD Msoolt, to the defenthets—Are PM of the Cam- Mt. DARRER—Why , wc have y o u r own admi ss io n of the fact as stem ? in your hand-writing, in a letter in which you address a woman a* Frormao.-No, my Lord; I honey went In for the third time. I Your dear wife, and subscribe yeureelf her doting husband. rue acquainted with the Rev. Mr. Taylor. The defendant, with equal *smith as before, said the insinua. thin was false. 'I rue lemarillavoit—l have had repeated appiications made to me to put a stop to the proceedingsof dela Society; upon the ground The ;Rage trate enle that he thought, as a week had already Met they were opposed to Christianity • but I have always refused, elapsed, anti there aura no evidence to support the case of bigamy, from the belief that contempt would Ming all attempts of the kind he would rot be justified in detainingehe prisoner upon that charge. to their proper level. I have no doubt of the insanity of Taylor, An smelt bad beni sworn to, and fur that he would require him but entlmen of his description will olways tintl crack-brained fol• to find hail. lowers; I only regret that the youthful may be misled by such a The defemlant naked whether. if he should produce the woman decription of peptone. Ehtistianity has noticing to fear from such who was said to be his wife, and peove from her declaration that objects. It ids triumphed amidst the meet desperate opposition, the charge of bigamy was unfounded, the ladies would coaseut to and trader the most disheartening circumstances, and on suffer no. forego the asstult ? thing in the hands of such -men no were now ranged at the bar. Beth the ladies said certainly not. IA I sugh.)-I'o the defendams, " You must find bail, bewerer, While this conversation was going on, the woman celled Mary Anne Clayton was handed into the office by an officer, and on bee for t i e a s and rescue." Tim sister to one of the eefendares—Nobody my Lord, ran heinmpresentcd before Miss O'Brien (or Mrs. Kingston), the latter stsy tom my brother was clamorous , . He applaude ' d Mr. Tarim ; fainted, when she had recovered, the defendant asked the coma, b u t te e quee tion oat on e th a t wa s aa im ma terial t o him as tome, in a tone which would terrify most persons, if she was hie wife? . The Loan Movoo—Oh. then. you consider the questit nof no The women, as we understood, replied "No ;" but in so :11W 11, ijapoetance to you. Are there any of the Swims here who woeld tone that she could cot be distinctly hettra. She then retired. wlea to ray any thing ? Mr. Harmer once snore pressed tee detention of the prisoner, oa .to :n Henderson, a bake of Demfoycl-1 was preseet, my lord the charge of bigamy. ".Ift , IT, V;Iell the uproar wag r. gsing forward and when Mr. , The elagistrete, however, repeated that he had no evidence be. TeMot rimmed the arr‘.alroci;oli of the i ndivid ' ual, and 'ensured fore hint to warrant such a step ; but lee should hold him in sure. tne . leteer much the individual teem to the Idediter of The Ile. ties to appear at the sessions, and taereane the purpose of Mr. pees , . os. ifedeew a sword. I leaped up to get et the *word : Harmer wool.' ;le fully answered, as he would lie at liberty to make teat a es. the cause of the dieturbance, and we all did what we could inquiries io the mean time, and could take his evidence, it' he pro. tout an end to it. cured tiny, before the Grand Jury. Tee I.P RD Mewmt—lt never et:curved to you that this Jodi- After some further convereatten. entirely uninteresting, the dee viduel with the drawn meted wee erne of ti:c DI v7rotis Peramor p fendant was committed until lie should Mid hail, himself in 10111 L Without opposition, the perfortnence would have been nothing. and two sureties In SW. each. 011 etre are Just what I carpeted you were—a sad set altogether. FELONY. The Soliciwr—'fheobject of the alcair,g wait highly censurable, Two smartly-dressed young men, named Lock: and Goefeem Mid my clerk ought not to have gene there ; but I submit that he well known to the DORM, wale charged on suspicion of having ben *se a casual, idle spectator, anu, seeing his relation attacked, be guilty of two acts ef felony. teethed to protect him. The prisoners went into the shim of Mr. Vicyres, a watchmaker . -.-- Broadhurst, a grocer in Clare-market, sail Le hal a few in Jersterostreet, St. aimless's, and, under the pretence that they wools to say. wanted to have a French musical watch repaired, got an o'peonu- 1 .Mr. Cope—That gent l eman , my Lord, is one ~ f the speakers, n i t ,/ of looking at several watches , . When they were gone, •II ' lireedhurst said, he had made a few observation.. upon she rem- watch and seals belonging to a gentleman IMP!' at Brighton were 1 duet of them/who had mole the noise. Ile declared that he had missed. and no other person was in the shop in t h e me an t ime. seen neither of the defendants construed in the row. . They gave a false address. rat Loan MAYOR—Ii the Chairman here? , . 'fo e second charge was made by a Mrs. White, the wife of a ' Mr. Brown, a winc.ineresiant in Eavage.gardens—l was Chair- tailor , tutu whose apartments they went under the pretence Oct man 4 I saw no nicks, at work, I delete, /tit that in which was they wanted a pair of trowsers, and almost the moment they were the cane sword. We were in quiet discusslon until a party came to gone a silver watch was mimed. di...web us. They were remanded till Wednesday next. The Louie elevoa—This is got up to sake Gil. a piece nut of I COACH ROBBERIES. afe pockets of tools. 1 Thorne„ Iln.qivo..licall the. man charged on suspicion of stealing 4r. Cope—The members rata} mill causing disturbances in I parc e l. temente; Mee'. from the Brighton end Chichester come.. lire neighbourhood they stay till two OT three in the merning. and ' a nit the Nth of Aau t last, as stated in a font van wake the most hi•teous uproar. The inhabitants ought to indict was again brought up, and u so - m i e further evidence was ;One" into, the house as a nuisance. but none which afflicted the prisoner as to the. charge. A peeson in the Just:ire-mom—l assure you. um Lord, that the There was a Remind charge made. Ellis, the officer, stated, that blasphemies of Taylor cause ell this disturbance; it Is imposeible to bear them with paeleece. from Informatim. he bad ecceised , he had reason to believe that the The Lome MAYOR—Every one mast feA disgust ; but that Prisoner was concerned in robbing the York coach, called the Ex. Taylor i• mad I have no douto in the world. mem, of a parcel containing 1,0001. in 11 , notes in rebruary lam. Since the prisorer had been in custody, he took the guard of the CAUTION TI) PUBLICANS. Express to the House of Correction, where he •saw the prisoner, 01111.011ALL.—ilr. Won. Coils, the landlord of the Rainbow amongst twenty others. and picked him out as the man who hull Taeetn- reetssereet. appeared yesterday before Aldermen Sir gone as far as Grantham by the coach on the day of the robbery , JOHN Pismires, Bart. and Sir Pmroa LAURIE' to answer the and hat , then lett (though he was booked al; the way to York) , gemestaint of Williani elarchert, the Conductor of the City Night an d retu rned • to London in a chaise and four, with another man . Piaui. for entewfully keeping his home open until en early hour The pm . otter said not a word, and was re manded. ett Friday morning, for other purposes than the mconemolation of traveller*. BURGLARY. Mr. Brown, the City lilar ,. .ial, said this complaint was Mid MARLSOROEGII•sTRI:ET•—Yesterday, Mary eleager, niece to taielly at the iestance et some of the respectable inhabitants of tile Mr. Knotts, M er man, corner of Walker's-court end Berwick. wieility, who remind sortie check to he given to the nightly dem, street, wide the following singular statement to Mr. DYER, the den in Fleet.streee Ile considered dime disorders ethane princi- Magistrate:— pally from this limns remaining epee so late. She stated th at her uncle and aunt , with whom she nom. sleep • bums. one of the sled patrol, was then sworn, and Stated, that l in an upper story ; that elie sleeps on the ground floor, adjoining 'mho was mewing with Miteeleant, and Lock, another °flies, on the protect. and shop. On Tueeday night the family went to bed Friday morning, at ten minutes before two, he saw the door open. at the usual time. leaving every thing in eider. About two ed to let some Knot out, On Saturday morning he watched the o'clock in the morning she awoke and found her window open. It know from a quarter pest one until tee, in which time he saw fif- immediately struck her that thieves were in the house, as she recol. teen perm. emits. Mt and four gt. ie. Three of the getlemen Metrd that her window was abut when she went to bed. She wa s who came out went over to the watchmen, and insulted him most getting up to call her uncle. when a titan With ri mask (nape) on gmasly. his fem, came oat of the parlour. struck her between the eyes, and Sir er J. roanio—Do yoe watch public-houses in othet places knocked her down in her bed ; he told leer, if she dared to say a in the same way ? s wo rd he would take her life, and demanded to know where the Lucas--No ; but being on the district I watched tido house, be. money was kept, and if she Lad the keys. She told him she did cilium it is so notorious. not know, and was getting out ct her bed to call her uncle, when Mr JOHN inquired it' the company using the Rainbow were re - some one gav e thr e e ta p s et the shutter ; chic screamed, ami d maim spe c s a bl e . to bee uncle to come down. when the robber 'cribbed her in the neck Mr. Marshal Brown said they were; hut when the gentlemen and arm with one of the shop knives, slipped back the bolt of the eallod forth drunk they were sure to tweati.n da+l4lldirl in the 'Meet, door, and moped. When her uncle cante down, they found every THE IlltrrlSH PRESS. thing portable pada, ready for removal--a silver tea-pot and milk-ewer, and even the hearth-rug. The man that got in is sup- posed to have got over the tops of thebouses, and down by a pigeon loft her uncle has, and must have stepped over her bed while she was a'leep, to have got to the parlour through the window. I'epper, the night constable, went to the house to inspect the place ; the window he found to open very easily by the application of his pocket knife. The things were tied up, ready to take away, and the sheets of the girl's bed were stained with blood. Two men, of the name of Pearson and !Mk, were found in a state of inebriation about the same time in Walker's-court. White is the young men who was arraigned for stealing a pair of valuable pocket pistols from Mr. Ego, of the Colonnade. They were mere ly charged as disorderly. and fined frs. for being drunk, but were brought in before Mary Wager, to see if she could recognise either of them as the man who wounded her. She could natl./entity either, and the ease for the present remains a mystery. SUSI'ICION OF BURGLARY. Edward Mokey and no/rm./once, two fashionably dressed young MINN was charged by Mr. Kilpatrick, die landlord of the Black Horse, Queen-street, Seven Dials, with stealing six pictures from his parlour, on Tuesday evening. Ale. Kilpatrick said both prisoners were in the habit of using his house, and thinks both were there on Tuesday, but is certain that Alalvey w:IR. Several persons were there; sad after Alaivey left he missed six pictures front the wall; his daughter told him one of the gentlemen went out with a bundle, which witness suspected to be his pictures. In a short time after 3laleey returned in conm:iny with Junes, when witness gavo them into custody. The daughter thought Alalvey was the person who wers out with the bundle, but could not Ay positively ; he hail none when he Came in at first. 111alvey amounted for himself by saying lie went in with a friend to have a pot of half-and-half ; sat there for three quarters of an hour, when his friend went to meet an acquaintance by ap pointment; he stopped to finish his tiptoe; heard there was a ratHe emit' dance up stairs, and then left. in St. James's-street he met his friend Mr. Jones, and, as it rained, he returned to the house, when the landlord charged him with the robbery. What the daughter had supposed to be a bundle were his gloves, which he laid across his arm while he opened his snuff-box for a gentleman. To Mr. Brines question, the prisoner said he was a tailor. He had a handsome ring on. Jones said he was professionally a butcher; was not in business at present, not having spent the money lie received for his sea-ser vices. Ile was in the blockade service. The story would have passed current but for the recollection of Avis the offices, who reminded him of Clare-market, and his being at the office a month or so ago, charged with stealing a coat in Monmouth-street, while his companion bargained for a pair of trowsers. At last it came out that be was an ordinary seaman in the blockade service foe a terra of three years, but was discharged for bring found drinking with the smugglers. Mr. Dreg remanded them till Saturday, and told them if they could get respectable bail, one each in 4.01., or two each in 201., he would consent to their liberation. EARLY DEPRAVITY. iriffiant Skinner and Wigton; Mazelob, two little boys of ten years old, were brought in for being found in the street at half-past one In the morning. James Dunn, a watchman, stated that he found the twee boys in Short's-gardens, and when they heard him coming, they hid them selves in a cow-yard. lle took them to the watch.house, and 011 Skinner found two half.crowns, a shilling, and a sixpence, and a street-door key. Skinner said his father was a shoemaker, No. 11, Crown-street; that the money was given him by his father to pay a water-rate ; hut that he had spent 33.1k1. of what lie received ; he met the other boy at Drury.lane Theatre, but did not go inside. 31a•mby said that he lived at 66, Poland-street, and went to the theatre to see the coaches, where he met Skinner. Mr. Dvna sent fur the went.. The mothers came shortly after, crying. Mawby had been sent out on Tuesday at two o'clock, and had not been seen since; his father had frequently beaten him fm sta)ing nut late at night; this was the first time of his being absent all night. Mrs. Skirner did not know where her son got the money ; lie was a very bad boy, and frequently borrowed money in his father's name ; heibusband meant to apprentice him when he was old enough, and send him away from London. Mr. DYER—Let them take their children. with a caution to the parents to be watchful of them. as this was but the tint step to what would Inevitably fo:Mw. WATCH-HOUSE I 51 POS I T 10M. ilen)ornin Hart was brought from St. James's watch.house, charged with being found tipsy in the streets; lie was tined ss. and discharged. Mr. Hart afterwards wished to make a statement to the Magis trate. lie amid that a man came to bins where he was locked up, and asked him if he had any money ; I.a said lie had an American dollar, and showed it ; the man asked him if he had any other money ; he replied half-a-crown; the man said he would get bail for him, and demanded the half-crown; he sew no more of the man till six o'clock In tine morning. when the same man brought him a tin mug of water, and he asked what had bacomeof his half.crown, as he had not been balled. The man said to him, "If you ask for that you are no man. Who do you think wiii go to Knights. bridge for your bail for nothing ?" and refused to return his money. Gook, the night constable, said he did not know of the transac tion till the gentleman was brought to the office door. The man he spoke of was named Files, a person who assisted him in the watch-house to take the prisoners below, but who could net go for bail without his permission . • Files had not that permission, nor did he go for ball. If Mr. Hart had mentioned it at the watch-house lie would have made Files come to the office. . _ Mr. Drell snid he regretted he had not the power to interfere. or the man should be sent for directly to explain his conduct, and save Mr. Hart the trouble of coming again. As the first convenient day will be next Tuesday, Gook is to bring the man then. PRAISEWORTHY EXE RC ISE OF MAGISTERIAL vigCßETiov: itlaitYttnong.—Yesterday, Mr. Joseph Jackson, a baker, living at the corner of Fs dey-street, was charged by the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company with having, on the Ist of Septem ber, contrary to a private Act, granted to the Company in the lat and 2d of Geo. IV., caused a pipe to be laid in communication with a service pipe belonging to the said Company, without audio-' rity under the hand-writing of the Clerk of the Company, and with having suffered such pipe to remain for 18 days. John Norman, a clerk and collector in the Company's service, proved that Mr. Jackson contracted with the Company for only one light, at the rate (AS'. 4s. per annum, to burn in his shop till half past 10 o'clock at night. Richard Chamberlain and Thomas Webb, inspectors belonging to the Company, swore that they saw a gas-light burning in the bake-house of Mr. Jackson, as above stated; and that it was fur nished by a tul , e which was annexed to the pipe by which the gut is conveyed to the shop. and that it remained for lii days, ' forth in the summons ; therahto swore that no other Company sup plied gas in that direction. Mr. Henry Clark, the principal clerk of the Company, deposed that the defendant had never obtained his comment in writing, ac. cording to the Act„ for putting Wes additional pipe ; and if he had flid, an application to that affect, it could not have been complied with, bscause it was an established rule with the Company, under I any circumstances, or at any price, never to furnish a fight in a bake-house, that no improper use might be made of the gas for the purpose of heating the oven. Mr. Jackson declared that no such additional pipe bad ever been in existence. The Inspectors again said they had particularly noticed elle tube, that it was thrce.eighths of an inch in diameter, and that the time had extended, at various times, from two to three and a halt inches. Mr• Jacks n not having a witness to prove his declaration, Mr. RAWLINsow said he emsidered the charge to be proved. On referring to the Act, it wart found that the penalty for the first day is trld., and that it is 21. lot every subsequent day during , the continuation of the offence. ...... Rawrixsow—These are very heavy penalties; and I find, Mr. Jackson, upon looking farther, that my hands arc tied, and we have no.power to mitigate them. The Company's Solicitor said this was the first time In which the Company had attempted to bring that clause of the Act into force ; it had no desire to enrich itself thereby, but it was obliged to prow a conviction, bemuse its loss from sin_ilar frauds was very extensive. He was instrected to say that any part of the penalty to which the Company was entitled would be given for the benefit of the Marylobone schools, provided such an arrangement met the ap probation of the Magistrates. Mr. Raw Lisrsort —What provision does the Act make for the application of the penalties 7—The Solicitor perused its pages, and said, I see no provision whatever. Sir. Mr. RAW LI DISON-1 never heard of an Act before with so sin gular an omission; penalties are inflicted, without telling the Ma gistrates how they are to be applied; if the Company had taken up th is their first proceeding, hy way of example, It is a pity it had not confined itself to the proof fur the first uay only, and net have ex' ended the charge to the lih days of continuance. Tate Solicitor then said, if Mr. Rawlinson would inflict the pe nalty of ra.. the Company would abandon the penalties of 21. a day for the subsequent days. :tar. RAW LI Nsow recommended a postponement, and suggested that in the mean time the Company might take the opinion of their own standing counsel. It was very well to say, that a part of the penalties should go for the benefit 6f the schools, and that another part should not be enforced ; but he must suspend lila judgment siogether. until the Company would slime, under the opinion of counsel. whether his judgir.ent was likely to be operative or not. These local Aets (sided Mr. Rawlinson) are new to us all, and there is no harm in taking a little time : let die ease, therefore, eland over until this day week, s. ud I will endeavour then to make a de. cision. In the course of the hearing, Mr. Rawlinson said, that as the penalties were so heavy, he hoped the Company had taken pains to make their existence known. The Solicitor replied that the Company had done so, and that Mr. Jackson could not have been in ignorance respecting them. SHOCKING, CIRCUMSTANCE. Scousitm-yr it'erthe, the auctioneer in Holborn, was brought up on a warratit, c harged with having wilf u lly a nd maliciously driven over • youth named Elisha Downing, one of the collectors of toll at the London Apprentice gate, Slioreditch, by which his life was in imminent danger. The complainant was to weak and ill,frorn the injuries lie received that he was obliged to be carried into assailer. His master, Mr. Ramsdale, 1 the lessee of the toll-gate, was in attendance, and gave his servant a good character for his civility. i It appeared that a few dare ago Mr. Nedhy had been out on some butane's in his chaise, anti on his way home he had occasion to pass throe& the gate in question. The complainabt, who I was then on duty, held up his finger, as is usual with toll-col. ; lectors, fur the toll, but Mr. Nedby took no notice and drove through. The complainant suspecting he had not paid, ran after the gig, and seized the horse's bridle, at the same time demanding the toll. Mr. Nedhy, thereupon, commenced flogging the horse and also the boy, till he was compelled to let go his hold, and he. fore he could get out of the way he was knocked dawn by the horse, and the wheel passed over his leg.. Several persons who witnessed the affair ran to his assistance, and carried him to a surgeon's. In the mean tithe Mr. Nedby pulled up and left his card, and appeared very sorry for the injury he had done the lad, but alleged it entirely to himself. Subsequently a warrant was obtained against Mr. Nedby, and placed in the hands of Vann, the officer, to execute. Mr. Nedby admitted that the wheel had passed over the com plainant, but persisted in paring that it was entirely his own fault. (It did not appear whether or not Mr. Nedby had paid the toll.) The master of the boy said that he had experienced that injury in his legs, that he was afraid it would be many months before he would be able to attend to his business. The Magistrate said that the case had been most fully mimed, and, therefore, he should call upon Mr. Nedby . to find bail to answer the charge at the Sessions. Bail being given, he was dis charged. CURIOUS CASE. Usrlow-arann.-.-Yesterday lVris. Taylor and Sdrmsel gimmont, the joint proprietors of a brothel in the Cornwall-road, Lambeth, and :lane Dorey, one of the inmates of the house, were brought up in custody from the Surrey watch-house, charged on suspicion of having robbed Mr. Watson, a grocer, residing in Rotherhithe, of notes and sovereigns to the amount of fill. The complainant, whose face bore marks of punishment, which he received in a conflict with the persons at the bar, stated that on the preceding day, as he was passing along the Cornwall-road, his. attention was attracted to a window, in which sat a very pretty looking young hely. lie gazed at her, shesmited ; and having re ceived encouragement, he made bold to approach the door, which was instantly opened, and he was invited into the pa lour by . the • lady who at first excited Ili, admiration. After some conversation, which he said it would be needless to repeat to the Magistrate, he ; sent out for refreshment, which was accordingly supplied them, J and having ascertained front his entertainer that the landlord was • in the house, and being further told that he was a very pleasant and agreeable kind of man, the complainant signified his wish to be introduced to him, and Taylor was therefore ushered into the room b' his lodger, Anne Dorey. SuSsequently the other prisoner, Simmons, joined them, and they all began to carouse away over gin and wine, all of which complainant paid for. Ile was about to take his departure from the house, when he described that he was j attacked by the three prisoner" ' who •all fell upon him together, j knocked hint down, and kicked him. Raving recovered the first attack, on getting on his legs, and defending himself from the blows of his three powerful antagouista, on making a blow at Tay lor, he unfortunately missed his aim, and fell forward; his fore- head coming in contact with the fender, cut it so severely, that he lay insensible for some time. During the outrage. he received des perate punishment, but, fortunately for him, he had strength suf ficient to call out " murder," which brought a constable and two leatelimen to his aid, whom he verily believed saved him from de struction. The complainant added that he entered the house with a sum of 112.1. in his pocket. and subsequent to the circumstances above related, on examination, he discovered that the whole of :he money was gone. The Magistrate (Mr. CACD W f.) asked whether he had exhi bited his money on sending out for the spirits and wine ? The j complainant replied that he had, and attributed the cause of attack to that circumstance. Mr. CA 1.13 W EL L—Wete you sufficiently in your sober senses to recollect that you lost the money in Taylor's house ?-1 am con vinced that they had my money, and that it was to get possession of it they attacked me. I was sober enough to know that. Two watchmen, who heard the cry of " murder !" proceed from Taylor's house at the time above mentioned. said that on their entrance they found the place all in confusion, and saw the com plainant in the parlour bleeding pr. fusely from a wound in the fore head. lie complained of having been desperately beaten by two men and a wotnan, and robbed of 021. They proceeded into the back room, and there saw Simmons and the female, both of whom were identified by Mr. Wanion as having been active in the out rage and robbery committed on hint. The watchmen accordingly took them into custody, and lodged them in the Surrey watchhouse. Keyse, the superintendent (tithe Surrey watch-house, stated that shortly after Simmons and the woman Dewey were given into his custody, the prisoner Taylor came to the watch-house, and having mentioned his name, and alluded to the accusation, said that he came there for the purpose of delivering up the sum of 711., which he described to have found on the bed of his lodger, Anne Dorey, • subsequent to the riot in his house. Keyse added. that he received the Money. and detained Taylor, as having been implicated in the charge. The money, which consisted of 101. and 5/. notes, together with a few sovereigns, wail produced, The notes were identified by the complainant as forming a part of the money which had been taken from him while in the brothel. . ...... Taylor, who appeared very anxious to enter into his defence, having frequently interrupted the complainant during his charge, now said that he and the other prisoner, Simmons, were the joint landlords of the house in question, and that, on the day mentioned, the complainant visited their lodger, Miss Gorey. Having spent stone time with her, the complainant insisted that he should join them, and sent out for a bottlenf wine and a quart of gin. Having finiched that quantum, five bottles of wine more were produced, and dinner was ordered to be served up by Mr. Wreson, who dia. played plenty of money, and observed that he should " stand the racket, ' meaning that he would pay for all. He then invited the other persons is the house to partake of the cheer, declaring that he had come out for the purpose of having a spree, and th .t he meant to spend all before he showed his nose at home. PreviAus to the commencement of the supper, however, he began to play some very mad pranks by dancing and capering about the room, and up setting the glasses on the table : this conduct was overlooked, and many other naughty tricks. At length the supper that he had or dered, which consisted of a roast fowl and a piece of pickled pork, was ►et upon the table; they all drew round for the purpose of en joying the good fare, when 10, Mr. Watson, with one mighty kick, upset the table and all upon it, the fowl and the gravy about it going sluack in the face of the young lady with whom he was so much fascinated in the first in.t nice ; and the pickled pork and the cabbage being distributed over the clothes of the rest of the company. He (Taylor). receiving a dash of greasy cabbage in the eyes, was deprived of sight for some minutes. On his recovery of sight he observed that he should Immediately have committed summary chastisement on the person guilty of such gross behaviour in his house, had not the complainant apologized on the spot. That freak being over. and the fowl, pork, and cabbage, set on the table afresh, they were about making a second beginning, when Mr. Watson suddenly jumped up on the table, exclaiming, " For Gott's sake don't mind me, let me break away and upset the things; 1 have plenty of money in my pucker, anti I shall pay for all." He then placed a foot on each of the dishes, and in a moment crushed the fowl and the bacon be. neath them. Not contented with depriving them of the supper, smashing the bottles of wine and glasses, he danced on the tattle, which was a mahogany one, until lie kicked it to pieces, and pro ceeded to destroy every thing within his reach. He (Taylor), find ing that he was bent on the destruction of all his household pro herty, remonstiated with him, and he refused to pay for the damage e had done. A scuffle then ensued, during which the •' watch" WWI called ; hut he (Taylor) could most Solemnly declare, that a halfpenny of the money that he accused them of havieg stolen was not taken from his person, he (Taylor) having found it on Miss porey's bed afterwards, when he took it to the watch-house, and delivered it to Keysc, as above stated. • The Magistrate remarked on the telly of the complainant's con duct in the business, and observed, that it was a most ciigrattful outrage; but nevertheless lie should not commit the prisoners, as it was evident they all got intoxicated together. Taylor then offered to make up the difference of the lost money to the complainant, if he raid the value of the property he hat! destroyed. This arrangement having been agreed to, the parties withdrew, the Magistrate advising Taylor to be wended his conduct for the j future. Early yesterday morning, one of the most alarming fires broke out that has occurred in this city for a considerable time. Shortly before midnight the watchman on the Lady Well station I experienced a disagreeable sine'', indicative of tire, but could not discover from whence it pruceeded. About half.past three o'clock a dense cloud of smoke was observed issuing from a malt- ing house, and information was forthwith deSpatched to the police ; office. The drums were sent out, and the alarm was spread in the usual way. Captain Graham, with a party of his officers, pro- ceeded to the spot with Coeir usual despatch, and were on the scene before twenty people were assembled. Mr. Davidson, super intendent of fire engines, and his firemen, were almost instantly at their posts. Two butts were despatched, two engines followed, and although the distance from the engine -house is fully half a mile, such is the efficiency of the establishment, the engines were on the spot in less than a quarter of an hour from the time the alarm reached the police office. It is uncertain how the fire originated, but it began in the centre of the building, and in the Interval be tween the discovery of the fire and the arrival of the engines, the flames spread with such destructive rapidity, that all hopes of analog either the tenement or its valuable contents were in vain. The roof fell in with a tremendous crash, and the showers of sparks which were scattered around, and the great column of pure white flame that instantly rose to a great height, presented a sight which was awfully impressive. the attention of Mr. Davidson was instantly turned to the buildings on the extremities, and with great exertion he succeeded in saving the brewhouse at one end, the counting-house at the other, and three large stacks containing about 13,000 stones of hay, and worth nearly a thousand pounds, though It stood within twelve yards of the malting-house, and was repeatedly covered with showers of sparks, and fragments of blazing timber. Had this hay been fairly kindled, the straw houses and several adjacent buildings would inevitably have fallen a prey to the flames. By the falling of the roof a shower of sparks fell on some thatched tenements, and in an instant the whole was burned to the ground. Arr. Sinclair, with one of the engines, was despatched to this quarter, but his skill, industry, and experience, were quite unavailine. Seven families were burned out in this place, some loom shops and their contents destroyed, and there was not twenty shillings worth of the poor people's property saved. In the malt barn 'WO bolls of malt and *intuit's of grain have been rendered MAPS. Ale. Davidson and a party of his men remained on the Spot till yesterday at mid-day. The premises and the con.' tents were insured.—Glasimw Chroticle ; Serf. 23. GAME LAWS. 1 FTOITI a Provincial Paper. I It was but very lately that in the case of a suppos e d ~,_ lation of the Game Laws we had occasion to mike s om ri e ott servations upon the conduct of a neighboung gla;zist rat , The case was public, and called for public remark. W e have now before us the particulars of another ca se eon. fleeted with our:abominable systemof Game Laws, in whid t the conduct of the same magistrate appears to us to hare been equally harsh and ill-advised. We shall state th e main facts precisely as they have reached us, and with a firm conviction that they cannot be contradicted. The Rev. W. Walton, a most respectable clergyman at Allen heads, had received permission from (:01. and Mrs. Beau mont to shoot upon their extensive manor of Bexhill). Mr. Clavering, of Riddlehainhope, has some moor lands magistrat e which adjoin or intersect the property of Colonel mid Mrs. Beaumont. The boundaries we believe are no: very aceuraltly defined. On the 12th and la t h of August, Mr. Walton took the diversion of gr ew s h oot. ing, and on both these days, it appears, crowed a sm a ll portion of common which Mr. Clavering (the to Colonel ill question) claims as his property. Oa one occasion ef his cros-ing this property, a young ma this up to him, and told him that he " had bats: not shoot wh ere h e was ;" but the young man refusing to give hi s n ame, or te , say by whose authority lie interfered, Mr. IValto n p a id no attention to him. Ile was the less inclined to paratte nt a m to him from the opinions of men who were with him, t h an he tuns still upon a part of the manor belouging and Mrs. Beaumont. On the 19th of August Mr. Walt on received a summons from Mr. Clavering, to appear before him at Itiddlehainliope on the 21st, which summo ns h e obeyed. tie then found that by this same young mu;. who proved to be a servant of Mr. Chaterines, an w et . illation hail been lodged against him for killing ga me without being duly qualified! In his defence, Mr. Walton urged in vain that he had taken out a certificate_. that he had church preferment of more than 1501. a year—that he had leave from Colonel and Mrs. Ben. MOM to shoot upon their manor—and that, if he had ores. passed upon a common of Mr. Clavering's, he had tres passed unknowingly. Mr. Clavering was not to be satis fied ; he contended (and perhaps correctly) that his church preferment was not a legal qualification, and, in his own justification, kept asserting that, as a magistrate, he was bound to do his duty. The result, however, was, that Mr. C. not having his law books at Itiddlehamhope to consult upon the case, he was induced to postpone the conviction, and to appoint the first Justice Meeting at Hexhani for the next appearance of Mr. Walton. Hexham is nearly , ea miles of miserable road from Allenheads ; but thither, upon the precious information we have stated, was the re spectable clergyman obliged to repair. At Ilexbarn, at a meeting of the Magistrates, duly attended Mr. ('layering, and with a conviction and-warrants of distress against Mr, Walton ready prepared.--Through the interference, bow. ever, of the other Magistrates, the conviction was not pressed, and time matter, we understand, has since been get rid of by Mr. Walton agreeing to write it letter to Mr. Clavering, stating that he hail not intended to give line any personal offence! Sash, in substance, is the Statement we have received. AVe leave our readers to form their own conclusions. Only this we must observe, that if Mr. Clavering's motive was punishment for a private injury lie had sustained in the trespass, his conduct, as a Magistrate, was yin& e :ve and highly improper. The game laws arc most oppressive ; and Magistrates should recollect that though " it is excellent -to have a giant's strength, it is tyrannous to use it like a giant." J • LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, F4Pl'. V. In coneequunce of the prevalence of easterly windefor several ear:, the import of grain has been very limited Indeed, and the market has been very dull generally ; the trade no doubt expect ing, from a change of wind (which hai taken date this day), the the arrivals would be more considerable, and hoping fora reduc. tum in price. The demand for bonded wheat has been dull, anti a reduction submitted to during the week, as also on Osts. At to day's market there was a good attendance of dealers, as well tom country Ps town, notwithstanding little businesS was clone, and that at a reduction. oc. new Irish Wheat of 2d. per 70Ib. ; Oats at a reduction of Id. a 2d. per 431 b.; Wheat in bond little inquired of and at a reduction of 2d. a 3d. per 7Ulb. tither articles gene. re ly are dull, but cannot quote any material alteration. MEETINGS OF CtiEDITORS. • LONDON LlST.—[Prom the London Gasette.l i 4112 TX2 COURT 1,/ COSISSISSIOKIIALS OR 11141KRILUPT&, SAIIINGRAIL. 1 STRKRT, ON SATURDAY KRXT. R. Alderson, C. Lawrence Ponotney-hill, dour-factor, choice ()Emig— 1 l 1 Baker and Air shall, Nicholas-laue, wine-merchants. adj. last exam. 11 Cohen, J. Great Prescott-street, upholsterer, 2d exam... ..... ....... 11 Ginurd, J. Paternoster-row, bookseller, ad;. last. exam ... 111 Kent, J. K. Stepney, surveyor, proof a debts.... . 12 Monruy,J. Leiceater.square, merchant, collect debts ............... 13 Moujen, J. G. Mark-lane, merchant, enlarged ad exacn.......... ..... II Oliver, W. Hanalton-row, Battle-bridge, builder, dividend.......... 11 Price, It. Charles-street, Stepney, victualler, adj. last exam l2 Sears, C. Cleveland-street. ironmonger, emerged 34 exam. Shakeshaft, J. jun. ‘Videgate-street, earthenware-dealer, 2d elem ll Skinner. W. Hutton-garden, apothecary. enlarged; r 1 exam...—. . Stirling, W. and J. Bow Church-yard, merchants, enlarged 3d es l2 Thomas, .1. White Hur.e-terrace, master-mariner, adj. last exam l3 AVIA-dill, R. Prospect.place, jeweller, enlarged 3d e5az....... COUNTRY LIST. Burn, J. Manchester, cotton-merchant, Star Manchester, dlr..— le Carver, J. L. Bristol, ironmonger, Commercial Booms, Bristol, Baal dividend Chriwner •nd Duebury, Bonsai, colour-waketa, New lon s Nett. Yd exam .. - - - 11 Connell, W. Chester, ‘rive-merchant, at Mr. Jeffries', Chester, Wrex ham Cottages. 3 Davis and Howell, Cheltenham, plumbers. Hotel, Cheltenham), dlr.. 11 Gibbs, .1. Chard, iroantunger, at Messrs. Livett's Bristol, special ad. I Graham, C. Glexthorpes, victualler, Plough, Scarborough, 2d exam.. 10 Richards, D. Aberdare, grocer, Angel, Cardiff, 24 exam ... II Wright, J. Hanley, dyer, at Mr. Jacomb's, Huddersfield, disputed claims.... ....... ..... ............ ............. ................. 1) An affair of honour, in which two of the leading coun try gentlemen of Northumberland are concerned, has cited a good deal of eonversati9n within the last day or two in this town. It appears Mr. Burrell had bought a fcw fields of the Lemington Estate, a short time before it was purchased by Mr. Pawson, the High Sheriff: Mr. Burrell advertised that gentlemen were not to shoot an Leming ton, as if he had been the owner of that property. Mr. Pawson wrote a card, as we understand, to Mr. Burrell, inquiring if there was not some mistake. Mr. B. sent an angry reply, and a challenge from the High Sheriff was the consequence. The necessary arrangements were made. but before they could be carried into effect the panics were bound over by George l'orster, Esq. Mayor of New castle, on Friday last.—Tyre Mercury. BIRTHS. At the Rectory, Hortingfordbury, the Hen. Mrs. Edt, of daughter. On Mondry, the 25th inst. in Connaught-square, the Hoc. Mri Wiliiam Rodney, of a daughter. On Tuesday, at 79, Pall-mall, the wife of John Thomas Setae:, Esq. a a son and heir. MARRIED. On Tuesday, at Streatham Church, %Pitliam Maclean, EN. of Camberrtell, to Anna Maria, youngest daughter of the late Chris• topher Dennett, Esq. of Saho-square. At Copenhagen, Count Gustave Blucher, eon of his Excellent" - Count Blucher, Governor of Altona, and grand nephew of the hut Field-Marshal Prince Blucher, to Emily, eldest daughter of Cham berlain Verrill. DIEU. On Friday last, at Hatfield, Mrs. Bowen, aged 79 Yen To. 603111A1 - DEATHS. Of cholera, at Ahmedabad, on the itith of April last, 3lsjot Charles Gray, Commanding the 4th Regiment N.I. He was the last survivor of the little gallant hand of the Second Native Info try,whose services and sufferings in the campaigns of Arabia. are so well known. To him was committed the destruction of Russel. Khyma. • , At liushire, on the 23d of April, Capt. George Herne, con - , mending the 11. C. C. Benares. , At Bassador, on the 7th May, Lieut. Frederick W. Powell. of the H. C. cruiser Bemires. At Aaseerturgh, on the 3tit May, Lieut. J. 0. Thompson. of the 7th Regiment Bombay N. I. At Colabah, May 21i, Thomas Hopkins, Esq. aged 33, one of the Solicitors of the Supreme Court. To the fatal catalogue of victims proscribed by the merciless ease, that is now stalking abroad with a giant's strergth, the name of Colonel J. A. Wilson has been added to swell the dreadful list: 'whose loss has been as afilictiog and severe as it was awful and sudden. At the Presidency. on Sunday, the 28th May, Lieutenant-Colonel George filidford, of the 3d Regimer.t Native Infantry, On the 29th of May the wife of Mr. U. A. Trotter, Arsistart to the Collector of Customs. At Poonah, on the night of the 3thh of May, of spasmodic cho lera, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Mackintosh, commanding the Horse Brigade Artillery, aged 11.— Plowthay ('ouricr, Jun). .Nth•-fr HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BIUDGE• Morning 12 mi n. after II I E,toitit...... a 1 mlO. *Gm II Priated at THE BRITISH PRESS Once, by W.CARLTON, No HI. Strand, and yabllabad by R. V4NNOIS, same plan