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mere teriouschargc 11e, however, ordered the defendant to find
bail for the seeault.
111 A IfiIiBOROUCH-STRBBT.
Tao tailors, in the service of Ma. Fishes. Brooke-street, were
yesterday charged with an assault upon two ladies.
The watchman stdd that, on Thursday night, a little before nine
o'clock, he saw the prisoners coming,out of the George and Dragon
publiehouse in Jermyn-street. They had been standing there a
few minutes when the ladies passed. The watchman did not see
precisely what took place, but he heard one of the ladies scream
out, and lift up her parasol in an attiducle of defence. The ladies
however did not wish to meddle with the affair, and so viola not
give the prisoners in charge. The watchman accordingly contented
himself with remonstrating with their unmanly behaviour, and or-
dering them to " move on." This they refused to do, telling him
that he was% mean vagabond, and that they would same him out
some night.
The prisonen attempted to say something in their defence, but
the substance of the charge could not be repelled.
Mr. Thompson, the landlord of the George and Dragon, new
stepped fotward, to assure his Worship that the two young men
were very respectable, that they had drank only two or three pints
of beer, and were quite incapable of •the outrage laid to their
charge.
The watchman again stepped in, and said that the George and
Dragon had not the beet character in the world. and that Mr.
Thompson had been a short time ago fined at this office for keeping
a disorderly house; and that even now he was frequently seeing
persons coming out of the house after midnight, and that it was no
unusual thing to see a light in it aa late as three o'clock in the
morning.
Mr. COMA NT, the sitting Magistrate, said, that though he had
no doubt of the truth of this statement, yet as Thompson had been
convicted before on his testimony, it would be better fbr him to get
time other watchman as a witness, when he suspected any thing
wrong going on.
The prisoner were remanded till the master for whom they work
can be consulted as to their character; if that be satisfactory they
will thin be discharged.

LIMITATION OF THR HOURS OF BUSINESS.

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period of the night to provide themselves olds- sseteasejt;
for the following day. Now, not to mentulelattlit bad and, for
the most part, unnecessary practice of paylngagelwal men
and thus driving them to public-houses, whets a Isortiotili tir;
week's earnings is spent before the wife of the mestanie sees a six.
pence of the money, as well as a trait( of other evils arising out of
these late payments, -we would take the liberty of suggesting, std
we do it the more confidently, asswe have the advantage of teas,years' experience, the propriety of paying workmen, of an doses
on the Friday evening, RA a remedy for the evils to which we havi
alluded. This would enable the family of the mechanic and
bourer to avail themselves of the advantage of the. Saturday's Ma.
ket. Much dissipation and drunkenness would be avoided, as silo
temptation to excessive indulgence would be leas on the Friday
night than on that of Saturday, which being followed by a day of
work, would furnish no opportunity of dissipating nausea or had.
ach iu idleness. The tradesman, on the Saturday evening, would
be thereby enabled to close his place of business at a reasonable
hour, and by the comforts of retirement (to which, on the preset
system, he is on that evening. a stranger), prepare himself foe the
duties of the approaching Sabbath. We have ventured to Throw
out these hints under a full conviction of their importance, and not
without hope that they will have a beneficial operation on tbe toe.
rah and happiness of the community.—Liverpool Coarser.

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apprehend that there will be none whiled! not admit the
lency of the evil to which we allude,—t t pips*, wirk:.
eon Saturday evening. We are assur , by stn;
pers. that even after the hour of eleven o'clock on tgeturdq.
their shops are crowded by the labouring clasokteht
noble to make their purchases earlier, rush *tibia hits