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dame, when she"read the piece of adviee about shooting, burst
into non. pad declared she would not have him destroyed for
"am 111.111.111 Peand." She wrote to witness, instructing him to
mod the peasej to caws a„ wools, as possible, and e spoke to
the borer fo take It as fa as that place, at the same
"dare telling defeedant that he Must produce the pony by a
Calder "P. Ile hedineredly asked to see the pony before,
W always hem yid the defendant with various excuses,
hat pia this ocemien be ear it should be forthcoming. On the
*poised dap, hmeacirhe mod die pony was lame. Witness' got
haw • peosamil said it Was a very Mac excuse, and insisted that
therffiF dieehl be pewinced on another day then mentioned.
That rive—tie pesy was not preducal—and the witness
that the pony had been sold in Smithfield for
thliM.Swe &Wings.
Mr. FRENCH. the Berlina, who appeared for the defendant,
abed M. Mauduit several questions, and among others, whether,
wpow discharging the defaident last week from his office, lie had
not given him a good ehartieter for honesty ?
The repl was, that be had said he conducted himself honestly
in his employment.
Mt. Fagrem—Andorou, Sir, knowing that this pony was not
wet* as you said yourself, the notice of the Magistrate, nor of
• else, and knuwi my client to be a very respectable young
mile these, out of your Preach per dosi and your French malice,
M Mod the character of a worthy and upright young Englishman,
y'ist him here with a felony.
AL have no malice, Sir' on the contrary, I have
=llsoted him and his family with the greatest kindness. You'
leyeareelf privileged to say any thing, and you have grossly
hashed me. I have seen some English mission just now.
Sr. Faiwce—Well, Sir, you ere a }Frenchman and 1 am an
Eagliehman, and you know where to find me.—(This the Lamed
Banister repeated several times with greet warmth, until checked
by Mr. 31insbull, who mildly remintW Mr. French of the plaoe
in which be was standing, and expressed an opinion that M, 316 u.
doh had &hewn nothing like malice, and had therefore some reason
Ito complain.)
The defence set up was, that the pony was not sold by the de-
, fendant, but given away to a man named Tunks, who sold it in
Smithfield.
Tooke was celled, and swore'dlat this was the case.
After a noisy argument of isoinsiength,
Mr. Milian? te. expressed an opieton thet there was no retool-1
osa ham on the part of the defendant, though he bad certainly
behoved meanly and shabbily to a man who appeared to here
toned him with great kindness.
May the defendant was discharged. and Mr. Mauduit was so
dissrochsed to comply.to the letter with Madame's request, that he
djased to give the Smithfield purchaser 3L 101. foe the pony, in or-
dee to restore him to his fond mistress.
CHARGE or F'ciaoree.--Michael Moore, a middle aged man
of respectable appearance, was brought up by Taunton, one of the
principal officers, charged with forging receipts to the amount of
1011. with intent to defraud his Majesty.
The prisoner was charged to hove committed the offence in
his character of acting purser of his Majesty's ship LiverpooL
He was remanded.
HATTON.GA MIEN.
Yesterday Blizaketh Watson, a middle-aged woman, wasbrought
up in the custody of Weldh.m the street-keeper of the parish of
St. Andrew's, Holborn, changed with being found industriously
pursuing her trade of begging, at the early hour of six o'clock in
the morning.
Mr. Fagan, one of the officers of the Mendacity Society,. attended
to identify the primmer a.s one of the grossest impostors with which
the Society is infested. Sine* the year 181 k, she, with her daughter
and son, and their families, have bees in the habit of writing peti.
tions to the Nobility, describing, in the most pathetic terms, their
distress, and esluutsting almost every possible cause for in produc.
tion. There is not a police office in Leaden where they have not
frequently made their appearance, and after receiving the reward of
their labour, or, the same thing, labour for their reward, in the
House of Correction, they still persevere in their trade, though
they received en offer to be passed to their own parish in Hereford.
this. Mr. Pagan also stated that the Society had burnt two folio
hooks containing their petitions, &c.; and he now produced a third,
of she intolerable to carry in this hot weather.
The Magistrate said that he never beard a more aggravated case,
and sent the prisoner for a month to the House of Correction.
In most of the petitions the applicant stated that she was at a
great loss to pry off some small bills, as she had seven fatherless
children lying ill of the small.pox.
A tall gaidenten appeared with a female, and the watcb-bouse-
keeper of Eagle-street, under the following circumstance, as stated
by a watchman :
The gentleman gave the female in custody, chargrog her with
stealing his gold watch, and while they were going oe tee watch-
house be saw the cattleman take his watch from his fob, sad put
it in his ant pocket. In oaosequence be took him into itmandy algal
On being asked what he had to say in reply, he said dim be was
any sorry he had made a false charge, and was wMileg to slake
every apology.
_He was much um:hated et the time, mud treeeed
that would _p in his What.
Magistrate—lf that was theme, Sir, you was elineffindf
Able to remove your watch from one pocket to the other, and it ap-
peers very singular you should charge an innocent proem with such
a transaction.
• The gentleman's friend, a Mr. Stroltai, was maims that the'
Magistrate should accept of his apology, knowing his young
friend to have been very much into:ice:o at the time.
In consequence of this he was discharged on paying all expenses,
which be willingly did.
MA RLBOROUGH4TREET.
Two men, named Bird and Hawkins, were charged at this
Office, before Mr. ROE, die Magistrate, with having broken into
and robbed the stables of Mr. Collins, one of the Magistrates of the
county, residing at Wood Farm, Middlesex.
Bird seeing a great body of evidence against him, said, that
it was useless any longer to deity the fact, and acknowledged that
he had, with the other two, committed the robbery as itatal.
Mr. Collins identified the property produced as belonging to
him ; and under all the circumstances, Mr, ROE fully committed
Bird foe trial ; but admitted Hawkins as • witness for the Crown,
and had him bound over to give evidence for the prosecution.
A warrant was lamed for the apprehension of Hammond, whet
has absconded.
MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE.
DUELLING AND HORSEWHIPPING—Yesterday, towards the
conclusion of the business of this office, the crowd of paean
thronging ha avenues were highly mimed by the following scene:
Two young gentlenien, dressed in the most dashing style, were ob-
served • siow/y approaching the office entrance, and were quickly
followed by two others, of equally elegant exterior, one of whom
commenced the smart application of a horsewhip to the shoulders
of one of the two who- had preceded him. The assaulted gentle.
naa instantly turned upon the ansulter, and attacked him with
great quickness and determination with a small bamboo cane ; but
at the same time the gentleman coolly and forcibly applied his
horsewhip, and indeed it would be difficult to say who had the best
of the bout, as the officer Buckridge rushed between them, and
conducted them into the office, where, in the agitation or irritation
such a circumstance oecsaions, they were not unsparing in the can.
cise of vituperative langai the term Coward," being applied
more than once to the - dmian who used the bamboo cane. On
I the office being el , Henry Stowell, the officer, who generally
conducts the fashionable business, placed a warrant before the Ma.
esteem, and introduced Edward Dix Pittman, Esq., of Lincoln's
Inn, the gentlemen who had us...•d the horsewhip, as defendant;
land Thomas Dm, Esq. as complainant.
The charge was for provoking him to commit a breath of the
• peace, by fighting a duel.
Mr. Del said he had intended, on laying this complaint, not to
eater into any particulars, which were much involved in delicacy,
but merely to come to the fact, that Mr. Pitman had endeavoured
to pruvoke him to fight a duel.
The Magistrate, 31r. Hoskins, with great delicacy, desired him
to
to
oncananfirneothhienrisrwti
elftLtamhe provocation, and not, if he vr:shed, enter
Mr. Dm continued, and said he had been very loth to adopt any
proceeding against Mr. Pitman; and although labouring at that
moment under insulted feelings, as he had been waylaid and at•
: tacked in a cowardly manner by Mr. Pitman with a large whip, a
blow of which was given behind his beck, but fortunately he had
turned round time enough to avoid any severity which might have
been intended, and had effectually avoided being struck in a man-
! nor like jy to cause tiwlessehicenveniense.
Mr. Pitman—lndeed! Why you know or feel that I horse-
; whipped you welL (Turning to the Magistrate)--Yes, Sir, I did,
upon my honour, and that severely too.
Magistrate—Well, I hope he will prosecute you for It.
Air, Vex then proceeded to state, that be had received a letter
' from Mr. Pitman, containing a challenge, and having not the slight-
est anintraity, and wi,h log to void any further annoyance, he had
adopted the present course, however painful to his feelir. es.
The Magistrate said, be had acted very properly, and asked for
the challenge.
Mr. Vex handed in three or four letters, in the last of which was
contained a challenge to meet and decide their dispute according to
the modem notions of honour.
Mr. Pitman here addressed the Magistrate, and said, he had
' only to admit the challenge, which he had considered himself bound
to do, as the man before him, whom he could call by no other name
than that of a ruffian and a blackguard, had insulted his family
outrageously.
The Magistrate advised the young gentleman to be more choice
is his language.
Mr. Pitman enured him, he had no intention of offering any.
thing disrespectful to the Batch, quite the reverse ; but the con.
duet of 31r. Ilex was An gross that he, in the outraged state of his
feelings, could only characterise him as a blackguard, for which he
had tione:whip.tied him. If it was required, he would explain the
nature of the insult--it was first offered to his mother.
The 31sgististe would not admit of any discussion extraneous to
the subject, and asked him if he admitted writing the letters ?
Mr. Pitman.-1 do. sir, and fully believe their contents to be
true ; the reignl had attempted to borrow—
Mr. Vex.-1 really ant sorry I did not accept this invitation ;
and as lam now here, 1 must not permit this language. I did not
wish to proceed harshly against Mr. Pitman, as, on obtaining the
warrant, 1 advised and entreated that the officer would prceeed de-
licately (and Stowell had acted in a gentlemanly manner). Mr. Pit-
man's owl: recognizmice would have satisfied me ; but se he uses
this language, I must take other course%
Mr. Pitman declared be would rot on any account revive any
favour from Mr. !lex ; he conk( not place him on the footing of a
gentleman. froin'a variety of circumstances.
'rite Magistrate then called upon him to find sureties, himself in
200/. and two sureties is I mil. each, to keep the peace.
Mr. Pitman said he would du or: instantly, and retired with his
friend.
Mr. I/ex left the Mice, by direction of the Magistrate, by an-
other door.
e..• As our report the proreedings at Mary-la-bonne Police
()thee on Monde) last visa somewhat it:correct, we copy the follow.