The Press.
London, England, 1853-09-24 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

I THE DUTY UN ATToItNEYW Cl:icriFicATEti will be-
come due On the 111th December, when the new duty
of 91. in London instead of 121., when admitted for
three yeare and upwartia, will be levied; and 4/. 10s.
when not so long admitted. In the country., instead
of 9/. a year, the duty in future will be 6/., admitted
for three years, and 31. for a less period.
AT THE CAMP AT lIELFArT the British Government
will be reptesented by Colonel the Earl of Lucas',
aceempanied by Captain the Marquis of Worcester,
Captain Dupuis, and Lieutenant Lord ItinOam, who
have already lett town for France, in order to be
present during the niamenvres.
ItETULSM prepared by the rear-law Board, as to
the number of paupers in the receipt of poor-law
relief in the course 411. the last and the present year,
present some remarkable ferittlreM. deeiease
between the Ist of July, 1552, and the Ist of July
last, numbered 56,533 paupers. In England the
number was 56,4)32, and in Wales 1,724. Au exami-
nation of the English counties shows that in Lan-
caster the decrease was 9,84;4, and in the West.
Riding of Yorkshire 6,221. The next largest dimi-
nution in one county was 2,525 in Suffolk. In Mid-
dlesex, on the lst. of July, 1M52, the number of
paupers in the receipt of poor-law was 38,078,
:toil on the Ist of July last, 35,447. With respect to
able-bodied paupers, the decrease was 17,4102, and
on the Ist of July last there were 1,084 adult males
in the receipt of relief, on account of the want of
work or other causes, against 2,9417 in the preceding
year. There were 10,7)41 wives against 11,445 in the
I:receding year. Of widows, the number was 45 471
te,:tinst 47,562 of the previous year. On the Ist of
July, 1852, the number of single women without
children in the receipt of relief was 5,375, and on
the lat of July last, 4,847. There were 3,180 mo-
thers of illegitimate children on the Ist of July,
mid 2,640 on the Ist of July last. On the Ist
of July last there were 1,72 S wives relieved on account
"their husbands being in gaol.

Yab3 ad Volta.

Et 'CENTRIC CHARACTER, whose vagaries have
taken a religious shape, and result in some singula-
rities a conduct and costume, appeared at the Guild-
hall Court to answer the complaint. of having caused
e'sturbance in the street, before his Lather's ►esi-
dence in the Minories. His name is James John
Dew, and this was by no means the first instance of
his appearance at the bar of a police-court. The
prisoner's brother stated the complaint, alleging that
the defendant came to his father's house ott Stmday
night, and again on Monday night, and demanded
Id,: wife, who was then living apart. from► her husband.
The wife went out and told him she would not live
with him, but he continued to knock at the door and
abuse his father, and created such a disturbance
that a mob soon collected, and witness was obliged
to give him into custody :
Prisoner : I went to demand my wife, und Led no right to
keep her front MY. 1 detamuled Inc Ulla r the laws of Hod uid
my maniage 'sights, and if in u doing a crowd collected I could
wit help it.
Alden eta Cram: Judging front your extraordinary• appear-
th..• , not require any great atroca or iniwThisuhdi
to la:-
that Vlltorever you show youenclf people will stop to gaze at
you. If yen will make your am...armlet,. nu conspictioun you must
take the consequence.
Prisoner: It is my relision and my belief :or %Ohl& I have
el ays been perneetited.
Alderman email.: You have co 11111 l an °Renee and ren-
dered yourself amonmi.le to the laws, and I vaunts, lei you leave
this e t t•nles■ you premise not to tro near or annoy your
father writ'''.
11l Winer: I'll not make out pnimilte atrainst the laws of um],
for the Scripture says, " Ye shall make league with 110 Mall."
Al:termini 1 am not geiltg halo St Uu•ldol;ie.tl
MON with you here. auJ, 101 you are not hielined to undor the pro-
mise I require oi you, I Anil litre you 6111111 ti over 10 ket-p
the
pelee fur three months, and further (WI upon you tat lied
surety h 1 201. to iio NO. I revet hem:, ohli;,eil alt s.•a.t yeti
le
prison, but. if the surety Is• not fortheoming I have no alt.•outtive.
Primmer : vourne. sir, you MUNI. du your duty. You are
sworn to do it .rui:iint the laws of li.nl. You eau do us you like
with me; I tam tot hones+, hoed-working man, and unt muly to In•
perreetiteil by you or any else.
The prisoner was ultimate'y removed to t►le pl ;son at
IPolloway, where lie will pass the next three months
unless he puts in bail in the interim.
Tem nosr ligmaasAma: CASE IF' WIFE AsSAULTINO
that has transpired dining the week was accompanied
by an attempt at suicide. Alt Irish labonrer, maned
't% bite, was charged at Southwark Police Conn with
bin ing murderously assaults d his wife, and idler
%%mils with attempting to hang himself. The unhappy
woman was unable to attend at the examination, the
police witnesses stating that her skull had been
henten in, and it was doubtful whether she could
recover :
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)Ir. Cosine *4'4l whether there was any one 1n court who
Knew" anything or the horrible affair?
Joel Harris, a 'sideman and lighterman, reeitling near the
pilau:sees house, sail that ou the previous evening (Monday) he
N% !mas's; No. 23, Cottage•plave, when the prisoner's son (a lad
.sf 11) cause rushing out. unit called out, " 1W some one come
~nil lend a hand, AA my poor father is banging himself." Winters
eut.sted the house i 111 l us diately, ISM ells proct•thijug up stairs he
-.ail the prisoner with a handkerchief tied tightly round his neck,
Anil one end unstilted to a rope, which hail been fa..trucd to a nail
in the wall. Witness' loosened the handkerchief, and aam horror-
-truck, Oil looking round, in per.,ii‘ing his wife on the
door at the other cud of the MUM, *uttering ha her Lli.ood. Ile

SATURDAY,

blatantly went and fetched a doctor, and, tneetitig a police-
constable on his way, he told him the circumstances.
Mr. Cones: Was be actually hanging whin you entered the
room?
Winless: No, sir. A handkerchief was tightly fastened round
his neck, and the end war attached to a rope stretched across
the room. The rope wits tired to a nail in the wall, but It 11P-
itrutril that his weight pulled it out.
.dr. I 741 M HE asked the primpinr whether the woman lie had so
dreadfully injured was his wtf ? Hu replied that she was, and
that they had been married litany years.
Mr. Coates: How cane )ou to beat her in such a dreadful
manner
Prisoner : I don't know, only I'm subject to tits.
Mr. Cures : No doubt, tits of !musical ; and in one of those
tits you have nearly murdered your wile. This is a mast
diabt-
heal affair; and Irons the medical eertineates produced before one
ii is ildalptild whether the %, waist' may recover.
Iteinauded fur a weck.

A PETTE:OAT LANE SHOPKEEPER, named Isaac
Levy, was brought before the Lord Mayor on Tues-
day, to account for the possession of a stolen watch
John Wright said: On Sunday morning week, between the mid
Iwo o'clock, upon coming out 01 a colteesloopiu Rai:cross-street,
1 was ruddenly ►nockett down by a now who PAS with one or
two and, after rising and being knocked down again and
►icked all over, I found 1 had been robbcii of my Watt it bold be-
tween 31. unit dl. The mutat cost we Ps. rd., and was, 1 'whew,
t4lO of those %Inch um sold by the peck. (Laughter.) Verter-
day morning, as I walked litrot.gh Petticoat-lane, I saw my
watch exposed for rale to the shop attic defeatism, and I claimed
IL Watt stuck to it till 1 got a policeman, tot lit, refused to give it
up to we. (here the witness described the watch perfectly to
the satisfaction of the Lord Mayor.) He added : 1 sissed the ilw
fenthint from whom he had the wish, with the object of ascsr•
Lai g who had abueutt and robbed we, and he sum lie hail pur-
chased it of a man with a cap, ,Allllll4, 111111Ic lie did hut kilos.
Mr. I►AsIELS, Mr the defence, aubiiiitlad that there aus 110.
thing in the evidenee to implicate his clit M. •
The IMED MAYOR: Certainly, there is no open
him that lie was eimeenietl in the rot:boy; but it is qiiite e‘i-
deut that the watch is the complainant's, indite twist When with
him. 1 Uluk It Ileeet• sitry to say that, if the gehtlenom who keep
chops in Petticoat-lane would 1.. e nil kind tali to be it little inure
cautious as to the purchases they make atid the eaiLi'wriw atilt
whom they deal, tits difficulties 14 III) h11:4111-1SE ar r tuagisuste
would be Very much diminished. (bond& r.) I shall expect
that, in future, the Pettieoat•luue shopkeepcie will enter the
manes a►d addresser of those win, Nell wattle% to ilium. (Liouvlitt r.)
Mr. 11.0att6ui (Lu In client) : Mr. I awy, you alit be so good as
to pay particular attention to what hie loribilm has note,
" Enter the names and addresses of all your cult• were regulaily
in a book." (Laughter.)
The charge was then dismissed—the watch mint: rug
to its lawful owner.
AN "OlitiTßOl'll.ol2li J'ASMENI:EIt, as the driver
termed him, was charged at the Mansion-lo use with
being disorderly in a cab. He had boiled the ve•
hide and got in, but the ultimo', discovering that i a
was drunk, refused to take him as a fare, and ordered
hint out of the cab. A scuffle ensued, a window was
broken, and the driver received a severe blow in the
face from the intoxicated " fare." Ultimately, at
his own request, the defendant was driven to the
station-house, and locked up. The Lord .‘letyor lined
him for his drunkenness and disorderly conduct,
complimenting the cabman, at the same tin e, for
his singularly proper conduct towards a diunken
man, 01 whom other cab -timers would have bLen teo
apt to make a prey.
'I•HE DEBTS OF A Insrit.i.Eit named I:. Roset.bety,
of Albany-street, who was examined at the Bank-
ruptcy Court on Saturday lust, were set down at
8,0001., and his assets at the large sum of 313,0010.
The bankrupt, it appeared, was the patentee of bOlllO
machinery for uutk►ng casks. A company hail keen
formed to carry out the invention, from whom the
bankrupt had received li,ooo/., and they now owed
him .1,0001. in part payment for work, plant, et.c. He
also claimed ;),000/. 10r one fifth value of the shares
subscribed, and on ether accoutas 14,C00/. He
estimated his patent for France at 5,011 ti/.; ditto for
Spain, :1,04i0/.; and for Austria, doubtful; hut, as
they remain unsold, it is doubtful if they will leafier)
the amounts stated. The value of his patent for
Prussia he estimated at 6,000/. His creditors prin-
cipally reside at. llarbadoes, am) at
Albany street, Regent's-pau•k. The accounts not being
complete, the examination was adjoin tied, by demo it,
for two months.
A Yot•xee Ilitiewt.ftevrn's leAnorner, named (leery,
was charged at Bow-strect with forcing. leis way to
the top of the I►uke of York's monument. lie was
intoxicated at the time, and, rushing by the dooor.
keeper, rushed up the steps, the latter chasing him
to the top. Here he became exceedingly refract, ry,
threatened to let "daylight" into ;be keeper's load,
and abused the Duke of York, Nelson, and Well ng
ton most irreverently. The prisom r, who said be
wits entirely meconscions te.e oflence, was tined
10s., or ten buys in prison.
As OttoAs-otalloiNt; NetseN4 a-stuneil store
what formidable dimensions in the btattilleiltS made
laetiore ti,o ehtlititister police magi:trate. Om Do-
minic Cavita.-., an ituliali, was brought up in cleats y
of the police. Ice beta followed his calling in
lington-square, Chelsea, with the result of occasiot •
ing much annoyance to one of the inhabitants
that he was warned away, anti, on per;istence, given
in charge. '11;e grievance sustained by the strong
minded complaiment in the case was, however, of in
significant consequence compared wall that inflicted
on a Mr. Russell, au aged and invalid gentleman
living two doors off, and who has been absolutely
frightened into a Mate of deplorable nervousness by
the receipt of Lite following hotter from the organ
grinder :

SEPTF.MBETt 24, 1853.

" Signor Resell,—You are one very great vieked ole Well. You
are one very rechted assemble man. Why yea will hart the
pore horgan now that trys to get a honeNt living. for you hays
plenty your4elf utouey? Why you stop the poor horgtui teat to
get a little money 9 You are a very ole feeble man. and can not
life tnucL lot.ger. When you the, where will your guilty sale go
to? You have no charity for the poor hurgatu wait, what eliwrity
will God have for you in the next world? What mercy will he
have for you; he wUI be as hard to you in the next world as you
an to the pour man in this. You will go to purgatory, and stop
for ever and ever, if you do not repent of your vieketlitess, you
brown•breached, blue-eosted. loin- button ole .earecrew. N„w,
is conclusion, three or four of lie, true sows or Italy,have „emu
by the H. ly Virgin to make of you, rite over upon the top of your
own don steps, one pitefulleht martyr.
(Slued)

" ANTONIO G.
" Gino° IL
"Jvaa: B."

Opposite the names were three (burgers, and theoibllowed a
postscript, The capitaiiie and the loam at uumbar 4 are very
moOt to us:
Defendant admitted that the gentleman told him to
go away, and said in exeunt that he only stayed to
finish the tune. A polite sergeant proved that he
turned defendant out el the square two or three
nights previously. t 1 r. Ilroderip tined him 75., or.
in default, seven days.