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THE Loan MAYOR'S DINNICR.--.The Dew Lord Mayor
has commenced his official career inauspiciously. He re-
vived the " Glorious Memory," at his dinner oo Saturday,
from the peaceful repose to which it had been consigned tiy
the good sense of tome of his late predecessors. It was
not announced until late at night, after the members of the
yiceregal Household, and other persons of distinction (the.
14ord Lieutenant was not present at all), had retired; but
even this sacrifice to bad passions should not have been
made; we expected better taste from Alderman Tyndall.
There was nothing calling for particular obaervation in the
speeches. That which pleased us best was Sir George
Murray's; it was a neat, well-delivered, military address.
The speech that disappointed us most was Mr. Blackburn's,
who returned thanks for the Attorney-General and Bar of
Ireland, yet, strangely enough, omitted all notice of the
distinguished officer who is placed at the head of the pro-
fession. There was a;so a disposition observable in the
second sentence the Learned Sergeant uttered (we believed
he spoke but two) to fall in with the prejudices of the
Corporation, which we thought unworthy of him. How
he could have forg,,,tten the Attorney-General in his ad-
dress seemed to those, even of " the adverse faction."
quite inexplicable. Mr. George Morris's was the longest
speech, butsufficiently common-place.—Frervion'sJournal

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BiatratoW•ttnissn..--Yertaday, a man named Kidd was
brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having commit-
ted a very complicated offence.
A person named Lloyd had met Mm at *workhouse, where they
were both snpported by the parish. Lloyd was mid to be en indus-
trious man, and heopeedily obtained week. Kidd had always been
sneaking shout the City, and was known to be an idle worthless
Pilow, and he was turned out of the workhouse for misconduct.
Peon afterwards he met Kidd, who appeared tote in great distress,
and asked him to tea. Kidd went to his acquaintances lodgings,
when he ass not at Mime, and in his absence made free whh two
shirts, which he pawned. Kidd sold the duplicates to his brother,
but being desirous of getting hold of one of the shirts, he swore
before a Magistrate that he bad lost the duplicate of it. and he of
course obtained the shirt. The robbery having been discovered,
Kidd was taken into custody, and the stolen shirt was found upon
him. _ . .

The Loan AIRTOR observed, that the prisoner, who had been
frequently before the Magistrate*, charged with offences, was guilty
upon this occasion of ingratitude, felony, fraud, and perjury ; and
his Lordship stated, that there could be no doubt of a conviction.
He din call that the prisoner mould be remanded, lu order that the
eecond charge might he brought against him.
A vat °howl, named Stephens, was charged with having assaulted
two officer.. Mahe execution of their duty.
The Offirers, ft appeared, had: in going their nightly rounds,
asked a watchman whether a public-house on his beat was closed,
the hour being half-past • twelve. The watchman replied, that it
was closed, and that it was ilsays an orderly house. The Officers,
however, were deteratinid en try, and they found the house open.
They therefore expostulated with the watchman, who rot only
called them thieves and vagabonds, but struck them, and threatened
Clem and all others who attempted to insult his dignity. They
were at length compelled po tall another watchman to take hint into
custody.
The watchman, 'elf course, told a stony in his own &your. He
accused the Officers of having used him with great severity; and
• watchman could' net,lte said, attend to his irmssttant duties, if
he was questioeed itogroperly by impertinent fellow&
The Loan Manon'ito the watchman)—How did you get sp.
pointed ?-11 wail,' die workhouse, your Lordship, awd the Over-
seers put me on the *stall.
The Lonn 51AYOR—.1 ye, that's jtut the way. The Overseers
appoint any idle fellows, wt.atever may be th• it characters, to pro.
met the inhabitants I rom thieve'. Iris well known there are very
few 'tuna men •ho live upon the parish without being idle, and
therefore vicious t and these are the very persons selected for our
protection in many of the Wards of the City. This is a most dis.
graceful practice, teal I ant determined to mention it in the Court
of Common Council, in order, if possible, that a remedy may be
applied.
ale. nobler said, that the watchmen in mane of the Wards acted
as if they were wholly indepeadent, and treated the public in the
most tyrannical manner.
The Loan Illavom—A great many of the wateleren may be
called watchmen tor thieves, and not for the inhabitants, because
they got out of the way when any burglary was to be attempted. I
have known this to he the ease frequently. At the corner of 800.
eerie street, some months ago, the watchman happened to be out of
the way, when a burglary was committed, and upwards of 10001.
etalen. If the epicene was ettict, there would. I know, be nothing
of this kind occurring, but when the Overseers empty the work.
houses for the protection of the City of London, what is is be ex.
petted but olundet whew there ought to be security?
Mr. Holder said, that the night before, just under the nose of a
watchman, the teeurrecdon-men bad ben at work. A dead body
teal been actually raised, and put in a seek, and the snatchers were
taking it over the railing, where a watchman is uttscred to walk up
and down to guard the church-yard against those horrible invaders.
There was neither protection for the living nor the dead among
some of those guardians of the nightly peace.
The Beadle of Bishopegate parish stated, that the person who
ought to hava been on duty at the church-yard was ill, and another
having bean for the &ght appointed in his place, the body was very
near being stolen eff; alarm, however, was given in time to prevent
the robbery. The body wee left on the ground, but the offenders
escaped, without, however, taking with them their tools. They
must have been at work for a length of time, as the coffin lay seven
feet and a half under the ground.
The LORD St AYOR-•SO long &odds system pees's nit of electing
watchmen, nothing his than burglaries can be expected, to say
nothing of the various annoyances to which the pubic are subject,
from the conduct of the watchmen. The Want of Portaoken, of
which Sir James Shaw is Alderman, was (his Lordship said) one
exception to the rule of which he spoke.
Gurs.desate..—Tltornas Courtßel Lloyd,
__ who represents him-
self to be it wilino-het-maker, residing in Mark-street, Shoreslitick
was cheesed befilse Sir PETER I.auwhe. Kntee yaiserdenwith wil.
fel and corrupfperjury, in swearing to an litflitination before Mr.
Alderman Ansley, some time since, that a neat of eoiners might be
seised in a place be pointed out.
hlr; Powsee., the Solicitor, encoded on bibalf of the Mint to
conduct the prosecution.
Mr. Stretford, the Chief Clerk, real Lloyd's deposition from
the information book, from which it appeared that he attended be-
fore Mr. dictates* 4nsley, on the 20th of 'September, and made
oath that he, of his owa knowledge, did tot know that Francis
Coleman, who resided in a lodging in the barictobin on the filet
floor in the house No. 3, Brackfey-street, Ocdtlen.lane, was con-
stantly in the habit of colouring base coin to the likeness of the
current silver color:allied half-crowns, editing., and sixpence*, nod
that there was then, as infocoant had reason to suspect, a quantity
of such base coin, together with the matetials for colouring the
vitae, concealed in the said room: . _

Hanley, the officer, of %%ors im-strect, was then called, and
stated, that he had, upon one occaron, had the prisoner in his cus-
tody. and in consequence of the acquaintance so commenced, the
prisoner called upon him, about the beginning of September, to
give hint information of seem p:reons who were in the habit of
finishing pegs" (that is, colouririT counterfeit coin), lie intro.
duced him to some of his brother Silicas, and afterwards to Mr.
Powell, and the consequence was that he was brought to this office,
the above-mentioned•deposition taken, and a search warrant was
issued. The prisoner vas immucied to keep a good look out, and
give Air. Brand, the 31arslialman, and himself, information when the
parties might he seized at work. The prisoner said Saturday was
the day when it was most likely they would ben occupied, and,
after several meetings, a day was fixed to attempt the sitrprize.
They all met aceottliogly et a public-house, with Mr. Powell, jun.
Rut the p isoner then said he had learned that Coleman had re-
moved trnm Briekley.eireet to Glovers' Hall-court, Beech-lane,
Cripniegate, and it therefore became necessary to otrain a new
search warrant. This was ge toted by Sir Peter Laurie on Thurs.
day, and executed yesterday morning. The prisoner was first sent
to the house to reconnoitre, and lie returned with lamination, that
if the officers went to the 'dice in half an hour, they s mad find
Coleman and his wife employed in colouring. The Officers, how-
ever, decided on making the search immediately, and burst into
the preinists, but, to their surprise, they could nut rind a single in-
dividual therein. There' were strong symptoms that the informs.
don they had received wax not altogether groundless. From some
suspicions, however, they were induced to make inquiry in Brack.
ley.strtet, when it appeared that there were no back rooms in the
house No. 5; that the man who occupied it had been there twenty
years, and did not let lodgings; an that Coleman, so far front
having just moved into the house in Glovers' Ilall.court, had livod
there a t welvenionth. The prisoner's first deposition. therefore,
must be totally false. The carer then produced a plan, pecilled.
on a card, shoving the situation of the tbsm, window, table, shelves,
&c in the supposed back room. which the prisoner had given biro
in the early part of the business.
Brand, the Marslialman, said he could merely confirm the ac-
count of the last witness. In (florets' Iltal.ruutt they found a fire
burning, with a kettle on it, and some cream of tartar and Rime,
drugs commonly used by colourera of base metal. They suspected
the prisoner had given Information of their intentions to Colemau
and his wile, and this led to inquiry, which proved the prisoner
had deceived them altogether as to the house in Brarkley.strect.
It did not transpire whether Mr. Powell bad given the prisoner
any reward for his information.
When Sir PET en inquired what lie bad to say in his defence,
the prisoner replied by asking whether it could be said to be swear.
Mg • Utah beft110041,111001;ArlPheel /aim not introduced into his
preemson, bat the Tastarnent-was brought out, and the oath admi-
nistered in the passage of the private entrance to the .lu.,tice.
roomy

Bracd replied, that the man put his head into the office, by his
desire.

Mr. Boatsman declared that was quite sufficient ; both the
Alderman and himself saw his head.
Sir PETE. said, he feared that would not serve tho prisoner
much ; and asked if he had any thing further to state.
The prisoner replied, lie believed lie hod better reserve what he
had to say for the present; but he had been misguided by another
person iv to the Brackley.sireet business.
" If that be so," replied the Alderman, " you should not have
sworn you knew die circumstances of your ern knowlelge ; you
have clearly perjured yourself."
At the request of Dlr. Powell, the prisoner was remanded.
/behave! Cutting, a wall-dressed lad, was charged with a daring
robbery.
The complainant, Richard XVitton, a young man employed at
warehouse in Alaiden-lane, Wood-street, stated that be was stand:
ing at the corner of a court in Long-lane, Sinithfield, between
two and three o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the pri:oner sud-
denly cut his watch-riband, and got possession of three gold seals.
lie seised him by the collar instantly, and be then saw the seals in
the prisoner's hand t but witness had his master's child on bis left
arm, and could not P' to regain his property. The prisoner
seemed to have two
behind him.
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done eeriest injury, had he not arrested the fellow's arm ; upon
which Jones turned round and attacked him in the same way.
He then shook him, but used no other personal violence.
Neither patty produced any witnetaes sato the actual assault;
but some of the officers represented the defendant as a very instffen.
sive and respectable man. whilst the complainant's character was of
a very questionable description, being recegnieed as the associate of
a well known duffer.

Mr. Sergeant SE t.to x. under these eircumat antes, should merely
hold the defendant to hail on his own recogniAsnera.
Mr. Neale said though he was by no means fond of litigation, he
should meat certainly prefer a bill of indictment action Jonea at
the Sesaiors, for it was hint, unqueationably who had committed the
greatest violtvion of the peace.
Mr. Ser,y,. t,:t SEI.Eovi tholght that he would be jurtrilied in
doing so, if he could bring forward evidence to prove what had been
stated.

MAIIILBOINOUGH-STRECT.—Yesterday Jonies Fcnf°R, who in
his native country (Ireland) is what Is und•rs:ood by the term
" middle-man," but here would he des'gnstsd a wholesale lodging-
houseskeeper„ was brought before Mr. ROE, to slinw clu-e shy it
should not relieve the parish of St. Giles from the maint.•nance of
his wife, a delicate-looking woman with a contn•rd writ. the
bridge of her nose broken, and, as she stated, a laceration of the
beast-bone.

Mr. Bigg stated that Fenton had leasehold houses in Church.
Street, St. Giles's, for which lie paid rent to the amount of Iflf. per
year; he held anisher house in the same steel, as brunt at will.
at 43t., and a house in litickridge-strect of 28f., besides carryi: g oa
the buriness of a chandler, and general provision-dialer. Ily a
meries.of ill-treatment, he had ()Wiwd his wife to leave her home,
and seek support from the parish. Seven weeks rgo lie less com-
mitted to gaol for a month. and order, d to allow his wife 71. per
week 4 since the 15th of t-ieptember lie had only given her 7s , and,
since his release, had sent a letter to the hoard, complaining that
during his imprisonment, and the absence of his wife. his trade had
fallen off, and legging them to a•crpt rls. per week tor his wife's
maintenance, which the Committee had rejeved.
Mrs. Fenton stated that her husband was a man of very violent
temper, that by a blow he had broken the bridge of h-r nose,
which gave her face the appearance it ha I • that her wrist was
hurt, so that it would never recover, and that he had broken her
breast-bone; his houses and Ills business enabled him to ken? an-
other woman, and therefore lie could not ylead paverty as the rea-
son for not paying her the is. per week.
Fenton said he could not affliril to ray so much that the rent he
paid for his Mouses took more money than he received as rent, for
he had fourteen empty rooms at present.
Mr. Row asked wind was the amount of payments Fenton was
backward in. •

Mr. Bigg answered three wccl:s.
Fenton said he had not so much money, unless he was allowed to
go home fur some.
Mr. Biggsaid he would not consent to his leaving the office: he
was then in cu.totly.
Mr. ROE told Fenton if he did nor pay the money back he should
commit him. He was not the M3gisinve that made 'he order, but
certainly should hare awarded the wile the same sum, and that
unless the money was paid before three o'clock lie should commit
hi .n for a mon:h.
On this explanation Fenton fobbed out 215., and left the office
with a mutter.

The two Stewards of the Benevolent Society of Carver' and
Gilder., held at the Coach and Borne, in Little Cnmpron-street,
were summoned by John Forster. a member of this Sotlvy for
thirty years, for sinking him off thin books, and refusing him relief.
Mt. flan HER attended for the Cub, and read a &mei from
one of the articles, stating, that if any member should be seen
gaming, or found at work while on the sick list of the Society,
that should be considered an imposition sufficient to warrant ex-
cluding the offending men. Ile should prove that the complainant
had been found working at his trade, which would complete his
case. The Society had been enrolled, and the articles had not been
altered since. There was no arbitration clause.
One of the Stewards stated, that having received Information
that the complainant had imposed on the Society on former occa-
sions, he, on the 23th cf last month, when he was visher, went to
die. Forster's rather suddenly, and found him with a brush in his
hand, and a pan before hint, doing xeme proms to a frame on the
bench before him. Forster, hearing the witness behind hint, turned
round and said, " !" and laid the brush down. %Fitness re-
plied. " that is quite 'efficient. I see what yon are at," and left the
room. Fir. Fester was summoned before the committee, who de-
eldest on his exclusion. .

Mr. Forster very shrewdly cresasewenlited the lan witness, who
admitted that he was a tailor, and nct cognicant.of the maces,' of
he merely raw his Land gning backwards and forwatils as
ir painting; that he had been told the complainant f Rowed lis
trade while.on the sick-fist, sad id he would find. him out if he
acid. The visiting days west 31ondays, but sommimes lie went
on Wednesdays.
Er. Marshall. a carver and gilder, and member of the club, was
called to prove the nature of the business. He saw the frame the
complainant had linen employed on ; it was of the kit-cat rite, and
at the time Mr. Forster vas complsined of was undergoing the first
process--that of discharging the gold, previous to madding. which
might take an hour or a day. On one occasion when he visited, a
child at the door gave the signal of hit approach, by callina nut
" Fattier ;" and when he went into the room the coniplaihant was
seated in a chair.

dlr. rawer said his wife and apprentice could work at the bus'.
nen u well as himself, and that at the time the steward spoke of.
he was merely giving instructions to his wife as to what had bebt
be done. _

Sir GEORGE FARRANT raid his view of the affair was, that the
member must be proved to be actually at work. lie knew of two
cases in which members hod been excluded improperly; one was a
carpenter, whose chair had m,rlc a hole in a rotten hoard, and for
being found in the act of mending it had been excluded ; the other
was that of a tailor, whaler's found repairing the sleeve of his own
coat. The steward in this instance pots in his head, says, " That's
enough fur mc," and reports the complainant to the society. It
was like a man who provokes another, aid says, " Alt, now you've
struck me," aril gets s warrant.
Mr. Jimmy a, on the part of the society, consented to withdraw
the exclusion at the cud t•f two months (ruin the time of Me. Fors-
tee's suspeniion.

!grow-canna..—Yesterday, Norris, the hostler at the White
Hart Inn, at Brixton, appeared at this office, on a warrant, issued
at the instance of a respectable woman, named Harding, who
charged him with having grossly assaulted her. The complain-
ant's face exhibited marks of ill treatment ' • both her eyes were
swelled up and blackened, and the entire of het nose was covered
over with a plaster, the bridge of it having been broken by a blow,
which she alleged the defends:it to have given her with the butt
end of a heavy whip.
The complainant stated, that on the 2d of this month her hus-
band made up a large party to visit Croydon Fair; and after the
amusements of the (1.7 were over, nn their return home in a chaise,
they stopped at the M bite Horse Inn, for the purpose of having a
little refreahment, having remained there about hilt an hour. On
their leaving the bowie, a dispute arose between the complainant's
husband and the defendant, relative to the bait of their horse. Dur-
ing the altercation, the latter was particularly saucy, and she. de-
sirous of escaping from the crowd that was collected on the ores.
pion, was about to take the reins in her own hand, and drive nut of
the yard, when the defendant hit her a tremendous blow with the
butt.end of a whin across the bridge of the nose, which blow de-
prived her of sen,e for some time, and caused the mischief on her
countenance that was now visible to the Magistrate and every one
present.
The Magistrate, having expressed the strongest indignation
against a man capable of committing so gross an outrage on the
person of a female, asked the defendant what he had to urge in ex.
tenuat ion ?

The defendant protested that the lady was completely mistaken
In the person who had assaulted hcr. lie recollected the circuit).
stance of a party calling at the White Horse un their return from
the fair; and he also recollected that a squabble took place before
they departed respecting their hoar. During tile altercation that
ensued, he (the defendant) could positively declare that he had not
assaulted the complainant, and he had witnesses in ittcntianse, who
were present irons the beginning to the end, that wutdddistinctly
prime his innocence of the offence imputed to him.
His witnesses were then called. One of them, a waiter at the
White Hart, swore that the defendant war not the person who corn-
int•ed the assault. Ile observed a " tallish" man, in dark clothes,
whom the complainant repeatedly lashed at with a whip, strike her
over the rose with a stick. The witness aided that the lady ap.
peered to be the worse for liquor.
IVhat, said the Magistrate, could you swear ;hat she was drunk ?
Witness—Yes, Sir; 1 think I could very safely do so without the
risk of perjuring tnyti:lf.
A person, who was of the party at the fair, declared that they
had been very abrtentious the whoie of the day, only having drank
a little stout, and a few shilling, worth of brandy and water. So
person, however, present could undertake to swear that they had
seen the hostler commit the assault in question.
The defendant—Your Worship, a very well-known sporting
character, who happened to bo at the White horse at the time,
Promised to attend here as a witness on my behalf—here is his ad-
dress (landing in a piece of par to the Illagistrale, with the name
of Pierce Egan written upon It)pe, and I only regret that he is not
here. .

Magistrate (Mr. CALDWELL), niter listening with much
forbearance to a mass of conflicting evidence, that would fill three
columns of a newspaper, at length decided that he should not hold
the defendant to hail, observing, that the complainant had her re-
medy still by indicting him at the Sessions.
A pot)r man summoned Mr. Goddard, a pawnbroker, for refus.
ing to deliver up a coat that he hail pledged at bin shop, or to coni-
pcnate hint for the lost of it. The complainant having proved the
- of the article in question at the defendant's shop,

lout of individuals, whose property waicsvtied of by t..e
would seek and effect similar compensation on 'licit Nit.
Cuaitnens, nn referring to the 24,1) clause of the Pain,.
broker's Act, perceived that the nawobrnkee gras not Rl,ol.lnun!.
for the loss of property stolen from his shop. "om due care hail been talcrn.:), such property.
Complaint dismissed.

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,i I arm, and could not struggleto regain his property. The prisoner A poor man summoned Mr. Goddard, a pawnbroker, for refus.
ii seemed to have two companions, and ths seals were soon passed log to deliver up a coat that he hail pledged at bin shop, or to cont-
ently behind him. A person witnessed the whole of the attack, pen.ate hint for the loss of it. The complainant having proved the
I but his address was net known. pledging of the article in que.tion at the defendant's shop,
11, The prisoner WAS eenninded. Mr. Goddard did nut deny the fart, and proceeded to detail to
11 Haerrox-orinowyr,Yeatcrday, Mr. Owen /Verge, echo for. the Maistrate the ground upon which his refusal was founded.
I inera kept bled.* tWidm-grouad but who is nos' prtoprietor of He said, that unfortunately for him his house was entered by
it the "10 tin, 61611411141 d. was brought befofe Mr. Sergeant Sgt.. thieves a few nights ago, In a sirgulaT manner, by taking the til-
e Low, charged with *tinily assaulting George Jones. Ing off the roof, and a riot number of unredeemo.d pledges stolen,
12 The earn latesnat Opt he was sitting In the
.Parlour of the amongst which was the complainant's coat. Property lost in con-
It Fakes pet
i i e, when some nut commenced sequence of burglary, Mr. Goddard contended, the pawnbroker was
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.k, the tap-room ; and be, through the not compelled by the Act to make any reparation for to the patty
10 'mi.' i't : tent to keep peace t but, without pledging, A
and therefore he refused the complainant on that ground.
11 anY•• Um ibis, of a stick front the defendant, Mr. CHAD/Deus observed, thu it was certainly a greet hardship
it Wh •• Villt ha cOataleed to be rather 6n. era the poor individual who bed pledged the article. He, however,
kandleawzguatare in disagoe gin ble ainailant into the ens- had his doubts whether the pkwubroker was correct.
IS toilet Mr. Goddard said that the pawnbroker was even a greater suf.
1 k the trail* ill .11, thin , robilArd, that be was Ilittog fern by a casualty of that description than the owner of the pro-
f , Min re , and in gang' perry—for the lender lost the money that he advanced upon the ar.
,le . hi.."►
.112 shapkwittrthe ' • the • t meets* a tide, as well as the Interest due upon it. If, in the Present intensee
II .-- I"' In", Pf.ablt 11111111114114 fibt* tittriably km be nude compenution to the complainant fur thspau of his coat, a
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