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to obalrottlea ohm settee being given Lim by the surveyor
of the poreasinats.
The setiare of the ohetruttlim specified
.111 the informs-
use moved tMr. Smith, ohm a. lihen-drsper, and
ing dew be the Deliodaids, 'bleb *as, that the seed
utn hod few a length of time bee. is the practice o
• *bawls, Pelisses, tad Ohm slides,- at their shop
which said articles projected us the footway moremeot
&Snot • foot, mosequeotly was am obainictitio, and with's
Wirer intro. nod mealsing of the Act of Parliament.
Mr. Littlewood motesidtd that the articles plotted it his
done were set as obstructioo, noel he thought it was a very
harsh peseeedieg agates* him, as mem* of hie 'neighbours
were daily (armhole it a similar way, and the complaint
was instituted from motives of malice by ill. Smith, his
neighbour.
The Magistrate said it certainty wee (et litendly an ob-
struction, althoogii the editing was oldie do meanie( of
the statute, bat it was a very's,. pelbto
Here a deal of warm commiroMiem Owl between the
Defendant sad Mr. Smith, ea which Op Magistrate later-
posed, and it was at 'teeth subdued. _ •
The Magistrate said, that emelt'', the offence bad been
peered, mud he bad no doubt bet Mr. Smith, she coin-
plains/it, world nut press fur • conviction; he 'mild give
Mr. Litiltwood • week to discontinue the practice, sad if
he did nut then desist, he should euforce the pesalty.
el JO 5-HALL
BARBARITY OF A PARENT.
N.J. Crew, • man shoot 40 years of age, xesidiag at
Lockislields, Walworth, was apprehended upon a weenie/
granted at the instance of a Number of the.rialtabitantsig
Ws/worth, and examined yesterday before the Magistrate s.
charged with various acts of the most shocking brutality lie.,
wards his sou, • buy only
Mr. Maynard, a Gentleman, residing at Walwordb, stated
the partieirlariof the Prisoner's erne) conduct lomat& VI
child. He said that the Prisoner Had very fregfrowity
alarmed the aeigbbourbood by hie inhuman treatment slag
hay (whir appeared in the office), mad that he thought, will
other iohabitants lathe parish, that it was their duty to pro.
vest the rhild being destroyed. It would be piuved in Mt'
dears that the Primmer was in theconitant practice, whir
drank, of beating the child wish his cleothed Armand kicklall
him shone, tilt he could scarcely stand. He had when
obese the child offended him, pitched him into the wimp,
butt, sad compelled 11111% to tumid in his wet clothes Lill he.
was is a 'lowering fit! The blows given to the child, sod
the child's screams, had been heard at a Motaiderehledistema
from thieboose. The Prisoner bad kept die child tow a- dip
• two together without food, lucked tip Ina ruiligipateCifele
in the depth of winter, without fire ; but the ellen= sills
brutality was she chsisiug of the boy against the wall with
• chain fastened to a thick strap and a padlock, and tR
esti a situate°n that be could scarcely ease himself hy
changing his position (the auditors in the sine Met
premed strong feelings of indignation towards the Prienteitt),
earl he was kept in that state fur a day together, without
1110 ed. sad some of the neighbours had ilium* feud to him
Iffimmagle obe 'window.
A arambre of witeesses came forward awl deposed to the
farts obeffiraented ; one of them produced the chain, strap,
and by which the child was fasteoed to the wall. One
of tllenersei deposed that en Friday last the Prisoner
bent the child till he could scarcely walk.
The Prlaoaer, is his defence, said the child was a bad
boy, and had rubbed him, mud he was obliged to chaiu him
up, because be was in the habit of miming away and juiniug
a gang of juverile thieves.
Several of the wigwams said, that the Pristamer's statement
was • complete falsehood, and merely am invention to amid
punishment.
The Prisooer's wife admitted that her husband bad need
the child is she horrid menace above described ; she altribu.
led his conduct to excessive passion and intoxication.
The Magistrate said that he should take the boy out of
the hands of such an unfeeling wretch, and scud him to the
workhorse; hut, after a consultation with the Parish officers
who were present,tile Magistrate gave up the boy to bls
mother, and committed the Prisoner to Horsemongerlane
gaol for want of hail fur his •ppearasee at the Sessions, to
answer to the offence which be bad committed, and fur hie
keeping the pesos towards Lis child. On his way to gaol,
such ens the feeling of the crowd assembled round the
Office that he narrowly escaped personal violence.
TOWN-HALL. eouroovreax.
IMPORTANT QUESTION TO SHOPKEEPERS.
For some days past Mr. Alderman Smith has bees
gaged in investigating • series of informatioaa, Sled at IM
'matinee of the Commissioners of Paa'rllollllll of the perish
of St. G eeeee the Martyr, against Mr. Serie, • clothes
salesman in Blackman-street, for having acted iu contraven-
tion of the statute 57th Gee. 111. commouly called" Michael
Angelo Taylor's Act."
Mr. William., who attended for the Defendant, said, We
would nut trouble the Magistrate by taking any quibbling
ohjectioas to the mode of proceeding in this case, his chest's
wish being to proceed upon a broad and equitable ground.
He (Mr. kVilliams) was as ready as any man to admit the
many beneficial effects of Mr. Taylor's roactment ; but he
mast oevertheless say, that it bad opened a wide field to uti-
ceasing frauds and litigations, and from the louse and vague
manner am which some of the clinics were drewo up several
matters bad bees made cognizable by ii, which the Legisla-
ture he was couvinced, could never have regarded as .fleeces. '
ludeed: he kite. that Mr. Taylor himself was now sensible
of the evib reenltAig from those causes, and intended
before the next Session of Parlianriesit to render the
Art so fir unequivocal in its bearing, and explanatory its its
intent, as to protect the fair dealing shopkeeper against -the
machinations of the eommos informer, whilst the profits of
the latter would be much lessened. The Leaned Geathall
added, that since the Itemise of this Ad I* weld wails&
rate many instances where Magistrates bad bees aempollbal,
from too nice a arose of duty, to inflict grievous psallika
upon ;wearies guilty of the most frivolous mad absurd salleaseess
and they have only been able to plead in excuse the severity
of the Act, which gave them no power to mitigate the fine.
Mr. Williams, iii support of his statemeut, produced the copy
of • petition from the shopkerpeus and others of St. Giles's.
insio-Fieide, and St. George's, Bloomsbury, which was pre-
sented by Mr. Buxton towards the Ouse of last Session, and
to which Parliament bad promised its serious cuusideratiou
iu the next.
Mr. Williams further stated that the Defendant, shimmies
• clothe, salesman, was not of the persuasion of Jews. The
complaint against bim was for bauging clothes outside his
window; and this he was prepared to admit ; but how could
he lire unless permitted to do so ? The property was always
reedered secure, was always watched, and thus no tempta-
tion was afforded to the commission of crime, 60 that the
great end of the Legislature was answered. Here then was
no offence against any 'me, mules' iocleed it was against the
Defeadant's own family, and lie humbly submitted that it
was a ease which ought to be witisdrawo.
Mr. Alderman Smith concui red in the force of the Learned
Gentleman's argument, and admitted that the Act in question,
although a very useful one, was very contradictory in many
parts, and far from being satisfactory in any part. Hosever,
lie was given to tindirstand that the Defendant had defied
the power of the Commissioners, and was determined to
carry on she practice in spite of their authority.
Mr. Williams—" My client disclaims any such feeling
towards the Commissioners, but Ise stands upon public
grounds, and is determined to oppose any•snesure likely to
injure him in his business."
The Doifendaut was couvicted on the first information in
the penalty of Ch. with coals, against which it was uuder-
stood he would appeal, oarless the Commissioners remitted
the lilt.

On Thursday night the counting-house of Messrs.
THWAITES and FOSTER, wine-merchants in Ber-
wick.au•eet, Soho, was broken into, and bills, &c.
to the amount of 300/. stolen from an iron chest,
the key of which was kept in a desk. Fortunately
the cash was sent to the banker's in the afternoon
of Thursday.
There are now in foil bloom at Belvidere, the Peat
of Lord EARDLET in Kent, two large pear trees, and
two chestnut trees. They have beers within the last
week daily inspected by the surrounding nobility
and gentry.