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POLICE INTELLIGENCE. I'EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION AGAINST THE LORD MAYOR. UUlLDNALL.—Yesterday, nearly about the Close. .of .the examinations at this Justice Room, Mr. 'Williams, a respectable Solicitor, a Member of 'the Common Council for %Valbrook Ward, and' •one of the'Attornies of the Lord - Mayor's Court,' en•ered within the bar, and bowing respectfully' to Mr Alderman - CHRISTOPEUVR SMITH, the Sitting Magistraie, said he applied to his Worship for his protection against the vialent;contlact of the Lord Mayor' of 'London, and -11;3 six servants, who had turned him out of thellansion-house,ti et 'nrmis, three several times. -As the nature of the application must appear-to his Worship to be very extraordinary, he would take the liberty to explain the .whole circumstances of the transae ritios. " 1 alnl7,said he , " an Attorney of the Lord Mayor'.Corirt, and in that cap4c•ty form a part of his Lordship's household, And have a seat at the Sword-hearer's ,table ; I have also occa sional business to transact in-the Mansion-house, and have ,a particular drawer ;as,igned.to ! my use.. ',l is ,sitnat ion l have now held for upwards of 12 . years, ,and: puTchased it .originally from the Court of Common,Conticil for more than 2000, guineas. It is therefore toy freehold for life, and I have also the right ofedieuation. 'Dts circumstanced,. I have ,a clear. and indubitable right of egress and regress to and from the Mansion-house, and of flinging • the priyileges.uniformly attached to the office I have purchased,.all,which rights, dur ing the long p•eriod of 12 ,years, -and • under the, Mayoralties ,ot .1.2 successive Aldermen, your lVor4sip.among.the number, have never in any ihstanee been questioned. The present Lord :Mayor, for what reasons, nr on what.grounds, I am at a loss to divine, has thoughts proper to ' deny those rights.-to refuse my claim to a seat at the Sword-bearer's table, and expel me from the, Mansion4ouse. As I could not tamely submit to this obstruction of my just. rights, I offered the best peaceable •resistance in my power, where upon,his Lot dship called up his six servants, who, by his older, be himself aiding and encouraging them, forcibly turned me out of the Mansion house. This violence has been repealed three se veral dates. I .t4ink.it proper not to forego the claim of my right,. and intend, therefore, to pro ceed at the usual hour, three o'clock, to the Man sion-house, and take my seat ; and I am advised, and do now apply to your Worship, to grant me the ,a , sistance of two ofEcets to proceed with me, for the purpose:of protecting me in the exercise of that right, as well as to be witness that I com mit an breach of 141 e peace. The application may he novel and extraordinary ; but as my complaint is against the Chief.Magisirate of the City, your Worship must,he aware that I have no other tri bunal to which I can apply except to the Sitting Alderman in this Justice-room." agalti. Mr. Alderman SMITH.—It is a very unpleasant thing for one Magistrate to be acting against an other,, and it would be still more extraordinary to employ the Officers of the City against the Lord Mayor, its Chief Magistrate. •It there be any dispute between his Lordship and .yourself re specting the rights of tbelituation you.hold, that, Appears to me 16.1 re a question of law, in which it would not be proper for me to interfere. flis Lordship...may consider the - Mansion-house to be Isis house, and that .you have no •right to enter there without his peratission. l know there have : been sonic disputes respecting the privileges of the Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's house; and I remember that the Sheriffs, at the time Mr., Kirby was in that office, refused to provide dinner at the Sessions-house for.bis Lordship's house hold, and that the Lord Mayor refused to accom- Inodate them on those days ; during my Mayor. ally 1 did not rnter,into any dispute on the sub. ject, but I know that .witl► regard to those dis putes there has been no legal decision. Your remedy, in my : opinion, is by-action, to try the %question. .Mr, should be very unwilling to press your worship to any unpleasant proceed ing ; whatever be , your,decision I shall ,bow to it; it. is enough for me that have made the applica- lion. With respect to actions, I have already commenced ten against ,his Lordship and hip ser- vants ; but am I, Sir, during the tlnll tedious de lay of the law, to be kept, forcibly kept, out of .ri g hts: It is not a compensation for damages that I apply for from your bands, but a restitution of my just right. As to the refusal of the She- riffs to provide dinner for his Lordship's house , bold at the Sessions, your Worship must see dm it has no bearing upon the case. I complain tha 1 ant denied egress and regress to and Irvin the Mansion-house, and forcibly expelled therefrom; that a breach of the peace has been committed on my person, and is likely to be repeated, and apply to you, as the only acting Magistrate of the City, to protect me, and grant me the assistance of your officers to prevent the public peace front bei . ng again broken. Mr. Paine, the Clerk to the Magistrates, sug gested, that the Mansion-house being the house of the Lord Mayor, Mr. Williams might be com mitting a trespass in entering it, in which case his Lordship had a right, nioiliter manus iinposuit, to compel him to retire. As there would be d Court of Aldermen on Tuesday next, he would advise Mr. Williams not to press for a decision on this present application from a single Magistrate, but to state hio complaint to the assembled body of the Magistracy. Mr. IVilliams—With great submission to your 'Worship's Legal Adviser, I contend that the Man- sion-house is the house of the Lord Mayor quoad hoc. It is the house of the Corporation. The doors must be open at all hours for many public purposes; Considerable business is transacted there regarding the Cockers; Public Justice is to be administered there ; so that it cannot be con- sidtred as the private house of the Lord Mayor only. But, Sir, my right of entry there is, in fact, acknowledged by the Lord Mayor himself, who has participated, and is participating in the znoney taken out of my pocket for the purchase of &his place. Some time ago, when any of cl►ese .situations fell in, tile Tees and emolatnen'ts ,from the disposal of the appointments went to thte Lord Mayor for the time being.; some got much, some more, till at length the Common Council determined to sell the situations , them •selves, and granted. an additional allowance, some 2;000/. or 3,000/, to the Lord Maynr, in lieu of all such emoluments. My application for pecuniary redress must, I know, be made to the-Court of Common Coun cil; with the Court of Aldermen I have nothing to do. I have already said, lam not desirous of pressing a decision ; if your Wordlip thinks it necessary to consult the Court of Aldermen before you choose to act, I, shall bow to that opinion, and. retire. Alttgistrafe—Certainly, Sir, I do not, in such a case as this, thiuk it right to act solely o❑ my own opinion, and shall therefore consult the Court of Aldermen at their Meeting on Tuesday next. Mr. XVilliams thereupon bowed respectfully to the Alderman, and left the Office. EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER. 13ow•.STREET.—Yesterday morning Application ,w as .mane to RICHARD BIHNIR, Eq. from the Duke•of York's house in St. James's Palace, for. assistance, in consequence of a man having en tered • the house forcibly, and behaved in, a very outrageous and violent manner. In consequence, two officers were sent to York House with all, possible speed, by order of Mr.,thastim, and in a short time after the man.was brought to the Office, when it appeared that the prisoner fosinn his way to York !loose for the purpose of claiming relief from his Royal Highness, for losses lie hattsusiaio ed in trade. Ile represented himself to be a coal merchant, at Dover, in uhich business be had turned 7,500/..; but owing to his having got into an imfortimale 'connexion .with sonic rogues, he •cle,,red b It 821. by his business ldst year ; now , in debt in consequence, and he could, not hear to see his witeand family want. The Magistrate lamented his misguided and Improper. .conduct, and informed him, that in stead of his aprlying to such an illustrious per lonage,as the Duke of York, lie must apply to an attorney or a magistrate, according to the nature o f the iranSaction. Ile also censured most se verely his conduct at the house of the Duke of York, where he threatened to murder-all if tint immediately admitted to the presence of his itoyal Highness ; and his .other violent conduct, when taken into custody, by stripping off his clothes, and desiring the soldiers to run their bayonets through him, &c. The prisoner acknowledged the impropriety of his conduct, and in a very composed and goiet manner promised not to be guilty of - The Magistrate not considering him to he in a deranged state, but that his conduct had proceed ed from a very•weak state of mind, and from gross ignorance, combined with distraction aris ing from distress, did not detain hint in custody, on his promising to leave London, and return to Dover, and at the recommendation of Mr. 131 R. NIE to apply to the Mayor of Dover for redress of his grievances. After lie had left the Office he passed York- House quietly, and went over the Pagoda Bridge in St. James's, Park to the 'Bell - public house in York -street, where he lodges. The first division of the 7th Regiment (Hus sars), the Marquis of Apglesey Colonel, arrived in this City on Saturday last ; and on Monday marched to the Seat of their noble and distin guished Commander, at l3eandesert, where they were treated with an elegant Dejeune, consist ing of a profusion of Viands, from prime beef, to the choicest game of every description ; with strong old ale, &c. the Marquis join ing them in the Hall of his Mansion. Atter be ing thus nobly regaled, the division marched to Stafford, on their route to Manchester,•after giving a.hearty volley of three rounds of cheers to their brave Colonel. The Officers of the Corps, con sisting of Captain Lord Sefton, Captain Inge (of Thorpe,) .etc. &c. dined with the Marquis on Sunday, and made a shooting party in the woods on Monday. The,second division of the corps underwent the same hospitable ceremonial on Tuesday. The Regiment will sell their old Water loo chargers at Manchester ; and have a new mount on Young Horses.—(Lichfield Mercury, Jan. 15.) KIDDING.—The following robbery, which is technically called kidding, was committed yester day, and information was given immediately after at 'Union Hall Police-office. A boy, named E. Evans, aged eleven years, was lent by his mother, a laundress, residing at No. 7, Sala manca-place, Lambeth, with a bundle of linen articles of wearing apparel of considerable va lue, to the ,house of a Mrs. Gregory, who re sides in the Borough. As. the boy was passing the back of the King's Bench Prison be was accosted by a tall man in black, who asked hint if he had a parcel of shirts, &c. belonging to Mrs. Gregory ?—The boy answered in the affirmative ; and the fellow gave him sixpence, and told hint to go to his mother and tell her to send the re mainder of the linen. When the boy arrived at home be informed his mother, who suspected that he had been robbed, and went to Mrs. Gregory immediately, and there her suspicions were proved to be too well founded. CAUTION.-The public should be upon their guard against a description of thieves shingly termed Petermen, who have made a plentiful liar vest during the last few days, by cutting away trunks and other luggage from carriages coming into London.—There was a committal from Marl borough-street Office for this offence on Tuesday, and on Thursday a trunk was cut from behind the carriage of a Nobleman, between Highgate and London, containing much very valuable linen and other articles, which was unobserved until the carriage arrived in London. Sorcing.On Thursday afternoon last, a man named John Hill, who resided in Ratcliffe, put an end to his existence by cutting his throat from ear to ear with a razor. His landlord instantly made an alarm, and had the deceased taken to the London Hospital; but on his arrival he was quite acad. LAW INITIAAGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, J. 15. The bearing of causes before Hilary 'Term commenced this morning. ILLEGITIMACY.-RNIOHT V. KNIGHT. This case arose from a demurrer taken by time defendants, to a bill filed by the defendants, for the purpose of perpetuating some testimony re lative to the birth 'of one of the defendants, the so►a of Mrs. Knight, born at a time ►when it was supposed that her husband could not be consi dered as having bad communication with her. It was stated, that a commission for the purpose of investigathig the fact had been already. ordered, but which commission closed without having suc ceeded in the investigation, in conseqnence of the wilful absence of a sister of Mrs.• Knight, who having been in -attendance during the ac conchement of Mts. Knight, could give testimony respecting the birth of the child, which took .place about five years ego. The child was bap tised in Mary-le-Bone Clitoch, and his baptism registered as --- Knight. It was contended, that this child not being the legitimate son of •Mr. Knight, for his real father-was well known * would hereafter be entitled - to property, which the husband of his mother, or his lawful heirs, could not depriyetim ; of, if the testimony of t hese individuals, respecting his birth, could not be preserved. Some very 'severe observations re specting the conduct •of Mrs, Knight were made by the Counsel,-which.we fOrhear•to mention. The Vica-CHANCELLOR observed, that :severe expressions, such as had been used, although they were contained in the instructions of Conn , sel, conicl not tend much to illuminate the.case. What the result might •be, which would follow from the present bill's being overruled, was not the question at present under consideration, but whether the objection faked to the bill was suf ficient to invalidate it. 'After cleatly explaining the legal faults. of the bill,!bis Honour was of,.oisi-. nion, that it was too general, and that it there-. fore could not be supported.---(New Times.) COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jars. is. PNTTE23ON AND COMPANY V. EVANS. This was au action for money laid out and ex pended for the defendant. The plaintiffs, who are merchants at Quebec, bad received a letter from the defendant, who is owner of a ship called the William and Mary, authorising them to fur nish the Captain of the ship with any assistance Ire might require. When the ship arrived at Que bec; the plaintiffs advanced money to pay for re pairs which she required, and took the Captain's bill for the amount. The.bill was dishonoured.; and the defendant having refused to pay the plain tiffs, the - present action was bronght. The de fence was, that the plaintiffs had their remedy against the Captain ; but.the Court held that the defendant was liable by his own letter, and the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs.— Da mages 4051. , THE HIGH-STREET GANG. We yesterday mentioned the conviction of these execrable monsters in human shape ; the leading facts were so disgustingly abhorrent, that we abstain from entering into them. immediately after receiving their sentence, they were taken from the bar to the strong-room, in the lower part of the Sessions-house—the officers and constables had the greAtest difficulty in saving.them from the enraged multitude. ~The business of the Court was for several minutes at.a complete stand from the general burst of indignation that broke forth from every description of,persons in Court ; as the wretches were conducted .from the bar, they were hissed, hooted, struck at, and "various sorts of filth thrown in their faces. All respect which was due to the place was at an end until they were brought into the strong. room. It being then known that they were to be taken to Newgate, the crowd, which was immense, began to take their stations in the line of their passage., which :was along Turnmill-street, Cow-CrOss, and Smith field. As the crowd began to increase, the shop keepers, seeing the danger, took the necessary precaution of putting tip their window-shinters. In tl►e mean tune, the populace were not less ac tive in preparing for attack ; the streets were . ankle deep with mud, and there were both men and women employed with brooms to collect it in heaps ; from the end of Mutton-hill to Cow-cross, there was not a man or woman to be seen without an apron full of the most offensive offal, m u d, cleat) , cats, dogs, rats, &c. No skew or public proces sion dould collect a greater concoufse of people; the windows were crowded, the lamp-irons were loaded with spectators, and every other place that could command a view, but no person was seen without something to throw at the culprits as they passed. During this time the criminals were preparing themselves for the ordeal they were to undergo. 'They were all respectably dressed ; some of them changed their clothet for worse, pulled their hats over their faces, and covered the lower part with handkerchiefs, and buttoned up their coats ; when thus prepared, they were hand-cuffed two and two, and a strong iron chain connecting the entire.— In about half an hour attcrwards; a large Cart. drawn by two horses, drove up to the back-door of the Sessions-house, to receive the prisoners.— Here Alr.Smart, the high constable, was stationed to superintend the business ; he had a large posse of constables under his command. There was some straw in the cart to accommodate the pri soners, but this was all soon pulled out by the people, one of whom tied up a broomstick at the head of the cart, from which was suspended a dead cat taken out of the 'kennel. Mr. Smart, who is well known and respected, went round and particularly requested they would desist from throwing any thing until all the criminals were in the cart., This they promised faithfully. At half past two the door was opened, and they ascended into the cart chained together. The constables were drawn up on each side. Before the wretches were well in the cart, the public indignation burst out, and in au instant, s if on a given signal, the attack commenced.— The filth of the - street, which was very deep, was thrown in their faces. The attack from all sides was so general, that tbey'were almost instanter nously covered with mud; the officers, to prvet he ' i t i e lUD door, run into th e S ess i ons •h ouse , an d shot ) door, but n o t so s p ee dil y as to esca pe be rg r i t splashed all ov er ; t h e consta bl es d eserte d the e a 4 and left the miserable wretchel to theirinsigi merited doom. They all stood up in a Cil ; C stooping their head s t owar d s eac h o ther. r o ll : cart moved on along 'Fornmill-street, ami dst , immen , e concours e o f p eo pl e; t h e y were pe lted with every sort of mud apt t o filth. When the cart drew np the felons' do° r ' fo l Newgate, the constables formed all round it, aall backed off the mob', until the wretches wer e palled out, b u t so ex h auste d dot t h e y were t ill er able to stand ; they l a y lik e d ea l b o dies one 5 1 . a another on the pavement, and were dragge d apparently lifeless. Oa AWFUL INSTANCES OF SUDDEN DE AT— ..4 " .. Thursday evening last W. Thomas, a poor r" 3- 5 ; 82 years of age, w h o was comm i tte d to the U" tl 4 , of Correction for an act of vagrancy, d ied sti r/ denly in the p r i son ; we un d erstan d h e b a d ev e l , t attention paid t o him.— Yestet day, a" elier 's, lady, who r es id e di d l Capel-street, Si.St Ge"r e an : of the name Of Boucher, who went to b e " 0 5 . Thursday night i n a good state of health , ` v . 4 found in her c h am b er in her nie,ht (Ire"' I n Yi t 'ty: on the floor up on h er face, unite dead ; a qn'i-i:er •of blood was on th e fl oor , w hi c h cam e froth 0 - a' mouth and nose. She was 46 years of age' e t ribursday night l as t, M r . Harrison, a:Bot,,..strect Officer, of 'l5, .I)entuark‘conrt, while °e ll,' of putting on his stockings , was taken verY he laid himself on t h e b e d, an d One o f the c il a: dren went dawndawn stairs for Mrs. .H3rri9O"' 4 1 . whose arri va l s h e l oom d h er hus b an d quite (1 0 He had: fi ll et i hi s s i tuat i on at Bow-street ins years, and was f ormer l y a c h eesemotw er. iF, ~N~ ~`~\ 1 - T 7.1":1L. A CORRECT METEOROLOGICAL JO‘--- Thermometer. II w eath er. • • ',i, ~' ' • t • % be . ".;', ' L ;:::?.. :;-.:,.• ' •i' -ii ••••• ~... t • E - .1 1 ••• • ~6 .--' ' ••• 4 ,54 .. I C' I CI '' ' - 1 . - • Jan. " ° Inch,' Raj a 9 45 46 49 40 29.65 .06 Rain rail. 10 45 46 51 41 .93 .35 Fair po. 11 43 42 45 37 .75 .10 Rain ,,,,.. 12 40 42 - 46 37 30. / S .08 Fair raja Of 13 39 40 46 88 .05 Rain Ci " 1p 14 44 50 52 44 .04 .06 Do. lola IS 44 44 49 35 .10 .02 Cloudy .67 hundredths of a o l% inch lave - falle in the week. ~l' I~E * Stormy at half-past Eight P.m tOGRSE OF EXCHANGE,.Faximv, JAS' 15'-. F. 1 6 L 'Amsteldain Ditto,-At light ll 3 rs , 11 7 2 '' al Rotterdam 11 9 Ex•Nl°'' Antwerp , E 16. 33 9 n i f. Haniburgh 33 10 2i i i .. r-. , A Rona .3 50 .0 L' s ' Paris, 3 Day's sight 23 80 '2 ifs. Ditto .. .. 23 80 0 1 19 ' Bourdeaux, ditto ' ,e 1 .... 141 EN. N 10 1,4 Frank foam' the Main 40f F. tfeo!,, e , Nladrid Cadiz Bilboa 39 Oa Sevillu .. • 3Bi Gibraltar Barcelona 47:-Veni ce, Ital. Liv. • 52355° Leghorn Genoa... ,l Malta... .. 60 -Naples 428 ''' L Z. Palermo Lisbon Oporto Riu Janeiro Dlthrill.... ..... 10.. ... C0rk..... 10 p e r Cen t. • Agio of tbe Bank on Holland.... 2 per Cent. . BULLION. L. OP, Portugal Gold, in Coin 0 5 0 5 0 Per i silver, 1/1 Bars . .......... ------"4 Elgin Main C0a1:" . .. ••• • COAL MARKET, .I.4strAnY 15. Ships at Market. Ships sold. .'rtce. 21 Newcastle • 335 011. to 455. r ..... . 3 Sunderland. .... .1. ....... .35i. tid. to --S• (1 ,1: C0a1....... 0.......... .......... • —s Od. to --s• ° be O rt " H t MARRIED• flo" a l7 14th inst. at Hig ham-court, Gloucestershire, ~ 0 f Lan gl evyt?Palirks?.Beuldcletsst, sun of t S i i ) r J e ll i t :i b i I L' o l a t .1 1 i i t il t e e , s :::ty l4d'irtii":;1 : 1 ; ter of the late John Rave Collins, of Hatch-court, in th e cot P ' of Sonierset, Esq. 'Yesterday, at st. Pancras Church, NI rttbevir liolnies, E*l' of Great Queen-street,Westioinster, to Miss Eleanor Floi've°l of Brunswick-square.' ---- \\ DEO.• December 27, at Alveston,l iiear Stratford-on-Avon, I.l'e oto Stephen Nason 60th Regitlivnt- On Monday last, Sarah, the relict of the late John flalg2t. Esq. of Woodham - Walte r, in the county of Essex, aiZo l 5* On the 29th of Dec. at her house, Strand-on-the-Wee:o aced 69, Mrs. Whiphatu, relict of Thomas Whiphato , Fleet-street, `PROVINCIAL BIRT HS, MARRIAGES, AND DF,XJf.i-ci s BIRTH w. f le , On Sunday last, at. Exeter, the Lady 'of the Hon. ''''..- Langdale, of 4 daughter. . 1 1°Cli.. bear House, of a sou. Ou the Bt h inst. the Lady ofThomas Porter, Esq. of - - AI:AHMED. On the 7th inst. at Littlehatn, Charles Gifford, l''' f itet Parker's-well Howe, near Exeter, t o M ar y, eldest d aug of Fairfax Moresby, Esq. of Stow-hill, near Lichkeld. _cue, On the 4th inst; at Bradford, Devonshire, Arth ur , C ter of Esq.'Upeott House, Sheepwash, t o A n n, e ldest dal-1001e the late John Heysett, Esq. Bovacott House, near wort deln)" °(1 nu Thursday se'nnight, at Kenwyn, D evo nshire, % you Paul, Esq. of Penzance, to Jane, daughter of the late Stewart, Esq. of Mount Stewart, Mvlor. On Saturday last, at Foulden, Norfolk,•John CarterzoF:bfr, of Nortliwold, to Mary-Ann, second daughter of Wu" Tyssen, Esq. of Foley House, Kent. 5 0 , 4 418, a o iAte 4')h e, t4 tit 14 l q tYl 4l t k et !tt( °t'si , 10 1 8 4 '4 t' g 1. (4' „.••• 1)1 4; 4 G lit 7h:l 3l ,?", 1t k%; 141 . 1 4i DIUI). g e t, Yesterday sem - tight, at Fuidge House, P ev ansbirep °' - Cann, mother of John Cann, Esq.; and, in the e vening following tlav, John Calm, Esq At Saodhiil House, Calstock, on the 2d inst. Thos• out for. " _ of Esq. one of his Majesty's Justices of the P eac e in and County of Cornwall, and senior Aldekutan of the BorodS St. lees. On the Ist inst. at Southpetherwin, rear Launceston, °l.°‘ Elizabet h Turner, aged one hundred and tell Lately, at Plymouth Dock, after shoot illness, Mt. D" of Thomas, formerly belonging to the Yard, and one. Board of Commissioners of that town. .s er idst Lately, at Plymouth, soddenly, the Rev. Herbert LY. 32 years pastor of Batter-street Chapel. Ee l Ott Saturday morning last, Edward Price Parry, Esq. low Commoner of St..john's College, Cambridge• ,ONDON: Printed 113. B. C. ItSTA Ilis, of No. 29, , Gle‘ . 4 l. Ormond -street, Queen-square; and published by e SCRIPPS, of N. 7 ' South M o lton-struct, at 'nit Strand; ruw. Office, No. Ho. and; where Advettist melds, O Ltlturs, &c. (post-paid) must be ii.ddresscd. 4 :4;.:1\