The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-08 00:00:00

POI:ICE:‘

MAirstow-Horst, SEPT. 7.—A man named Brernley, who is
a hanger-on about the Clacton stage-coaches, was charged by a
gentleman with an assault.
The defendant, it appeared, is in the habit of wanding on the
pavement, smoking tobacco, end insulting both ladies and gentle-
men. Upon this occasion he naktel two ladies whether they were
going to Clacton, and when Answered in the negative, he abused
them. The witness expostulated with him, and immediately re-
ceived a blow for his pains. The blow was evenvepeatcd after the
fallow was put under the charge of the watchman.
The Bonn Marna, after some remarks upon the general bad.
conduct of all the persons employed 'about stage coaches, ordered
the defendant to Mid bail.
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GIJIRDHALL, SEPT. T.—The driver of the cabriolet. No. 12.
appeared upon a summons, to answer the charge of Mr. Martin, of
having cruelly treeted his hone a few days since near the Royal
Exchange. Before the charge wae.gone into, Mr. Martin stepped
forward, when he spoke to the following effect :
May it plea's! your Worship—Before I go into this charge, I
cannot refrain from remarkiog on the virulent manner in which
I have for some time past Wpm attacked by a portion of the public
press. There ie one individual in particular ; I mean Mr. —,
(here the Hon. Member menthined the name of the gentleman he
accused), whom I well know to be the Editor of the Morning
Chronick, and the author of some of the paragraphs of which I
have to complain.. This individual the other day boldly asserted
in his paper that I was guilty of partiality in selecting my charges
—that I made charges against a poor man, when I would not make
them against a rich man—that I let the nobility and gentry go un.
punished, whilst I persecuted the poor man—in fact, that I was al
most infamous character t and that his Majesty himself was guilty
lof the most cruel conduct towards hones, the contrary of which
almost every person knows to be truth. I now, Sir, distincly say,
that if this Editor, or any other pasta, will point out to me any
person, whether heipe the richest nobleman, gentleman, or COM-
moner, who has been guilty of cruelty towards his cattle, I will
most willingly prosecute him. As to the charge against his 31a-
jestY, of hem* guilty of cruelty to hie horses, I can myself safely
say that such is not the case: for being fond of horses myself, I
have been in the habit of visitiog his Majesty's stables, and cer.
j tainly more kindness, or more attention and humanity, could not
Ibe evinced, than by the conduct of those who have the manage-
Iment of the hones there. This Editor has used language regard-
ing me, which implies that I am a scoundrel and a rascal, and that
lam an object that ought to be scourged and put to death. I feel
guarded in what I now say, because I know I am liable, by the
law, to answer to him for what I say regarding him, in the same
manner as he shall, most assuredly, answer before a Jury of his
country for what he has said of me. Having said thus much, I
shalt now beg, with your permission, to withdraw this charge
against the man now before you, because I have satisfied !myself
that the accused man is deserving of this le:ity, and I know I shall
be attacked for my lenity in the same way that I was before attacked
for my severity.
Mr. Alderman BRIDGES expressed himself perfectly satisfied
that the Honourable Member's Act had done a deal of good, and
was highly serviceable, not only to the owners of horses but also to
the owners of uses. (A laugh.) These latter animals he had fre-
quently himself seen cruelly beaten with large clubs, but he was
happy to say that since the enforcement of thia Act of Parliament
the practice had most materially abated.
The case was then dismissed.
Me. Martin said, he could not observe upon the charge contained
in the paper alluded to regarding the cruelty of his Majesty towards
animals, • because," said the Honourable Member, •• the contrary
is the reverse. I know that the mind and feelings of our most gra-
cious Sovereign are directly opposite. 1 know well that when a
police officer of the name of Townsend, and who was in the habit
of attending on his Majesty, was charged with cruelty towards an
animal, that his Majesty would not let this man again approach
the palace until an inquiry had been instituted, and the charge
against him clearly disproved; and it was not, therefore, likely that
his Majesty would connive at cruelly using a horse; therefore,
such observations from the pen of-any editor were monstrous."
A few other complimentary remarks here paled between the
wer.hy Alderman and the Honourable Member, as to the great
benefits dented by the legislative measure which the Honourable
Member bad been instrumental cot only in getting enacted, but
also enforced.
The matter then dropped, and the worthy Alderman continued
sitting to hear some Bartholomew-fair charges.
BOW-STREET. SEPT. 7.—This being the period of Ttartholo.
mew-fair, several journeymen fringe-makers, apprentices. and
others, were brought before the Magistrate, for absenting them.
selves from their work. The lenient course of suspending the
warrant, upon good behaviour, was taken towards those who
showed symptoms of penitence.
Lady Berkeley, residing in Spring-gardens, was fined ten pounds,
at the instance of the contractor for cleansing the parish of St. Mar-
tin-in-the-Fields, for permitting the dust and ashes on her pre-
mises to be removed by unauthorised persons. Her Ladyship it
appears has been in the habit of paying 20s. a-year for having that
service performed, which she is liable to a penalty of 101. for not
allowing to be done free of expense.
A professional gentleman attended on her ladyship's behalf,
and contended that the penalty ins not recoverable unless it could
be shown that the dustmen gave due notice by their bells that
they were going their rounds. This notice, be said, could not be
given so as to be heard by her ladyship's servants, in consequence
of the secluded situation of her house. The only approach to it,
excepting by the Park, was through a passage, up which passage
the servants of the plaintiff did not go. The dust taken from
the premises did not amount to more than one cart load in the
year.
Mr. Dupree, contractor for the parish. stated, that he was
bound to press cases of this kind against offenders under the sta-
tute, as the only mode he had of protecting his own interests. He
paid upwards of 3.000/. per annum to the parish.
The dustmen declared that their bell could be heard ten times
u far as her ladyship's premises from their usual beat.
CAUTION TO HACKNEY-COACHMEN.

HATTON-CIANDEN, SEPTEMBICIIIiaM Bennet, a
youth, apparently about I 6 years of age, was this day brought up
before the sitting Magistrate, charged by Thomas Edwards, one of
the officers of this establishment, with furiously driving a coach,
while in a state of great intoxication, into theyard belonging to
Sadler's Wells Theatre, on the 23d of last month, sod with using,
on being remonstrated with by Edwards, the most gross and abusive
language. The officer did not produce hie staff to show his Ruth°.
rily, as he was conscious the prisoner knew him perfectly well ; so
intoxicated was the prisoner, that he fell while in the midst of his
abusive harangue and threatening gestures, between the home.
Coachee admitted the charge, and, in palliation, stated that he'
had drank a drop too much with a brother of his, whom he had not
seen before los fourteen years. lie was extremely sorry for hi.
conduct.
In consequence of his apparent contrition, and this being his first
offence, the illagisttate fined him in the mitigated penalty of five
shillings and costs.
The proprietor of the coach, who resides in Leather-lane, Hol-
born, stepped forwatd, and thanked his Worship for his leniency.
saying that it was always his wish, should any of his men obstruct
the officers in their duty, that they should he dealt with to the
utmost extent of the law.
There were several cases of riotous drunkenness on the part of
men coming from Ilartholomew-fair. They were ordered to Sad
bail.
IMPORTANT TO 'PUBLICANS.

MART-LAAIIOXINTE, SUPT.—The Reverend Dr. Tenfold,
Rector of the district church of AU Souls, made the following sp.
plication to Mr. RawLINsoN, at this office :—The Rev. Doctor
said that for some time put a most alarming and excessive nuisance
had existed in the parish, to which he would wish to draw his (the
magistrate's) particular attention. The nuisance he complained of
was as follows :—The publicans were allowed to keep their hours
open on the Sabbath morning until about eleven o'clock, and they
invariably kept disorderly persons within until the last moment,
when they were ejected, sometimes with difficulty, and generally
in an intoxicated state, when they wandered about the parish, and
obstructed the more respectable and well-ordered persons who were
on their quiet way to church, which, the Rev. Doctor said, had
even been assailed by those dissolute persons assembling around,
and thronging its avenues, and the congregation had their feelings
often outraged by the ribaldry which too freely passed amongst
those persons. He wished to prevent, if possible, such scenes, and
therefore recommended that a public notice should be issued, call.
ing upon the publicans to close their houses earlier, and strictly to
conform with the regulations of the Act of Parliament.
Mr. Raw Lissow said he most willingly would wish to check
such 'public annoyance, and would, before any notices werepab-
send his officers round to the publicans, and give them a
caution, which he hoped would have .the desired effect.
The Rev. Gentleman bowed and withdrew.
fVnt. Slipper, a journeyman baker; was brought before Mr.
Rawlinson, the sitting Magistrate, on a charge of having feloni-
ously emb•zzled ten-pence, the property of his master.
It appeared that Mr. Alelhuish, his master, who lives at 14, Hen..
rietta-street, Manchester-square, had on Monday last sent the pri-
soner, as natal, to deliver bread to his customers. The bread was,
delivered, and 10d. taken by Slipper from a customer, who is in the
habit of paying for his loaf. This was the 10d. which he was said
to have embezzled. Instead of returning home, however, it ap-
hpears hhat Bartholomew-fair, or some such attraction, had kept
im away till a late hour, and, unable to return in time, he sent
another person to take his place pro tempore. Ile did riot get home
till Tuesday evening; when, instead of having to handle the dough
and to pitch his tent fur the night in the bakehouse, he was greeted
by the Warrant, and a peremptory invitation to spend the night in
the watchhouse.
This was the sum of the story—the " very head and front" of
the prisoner's offending.
Mr. Alelhuish, in developing his charge, 101.1 such a cock and a
bull story, that the Magistrate was obliged to interpose, and ask
whether he really meant to bring the prisoner up on a charge of
embezzling his money, or for leaving his service.
•M r. 111elh4ish—Why, really, to tell the truth, 1 bad him brought
up principally for leaving my service.
Mr. RAWLIXSON—This is very extraordinary conduct in a man
of your apparent reap viability. There appears to have been no
intention on the part of the prisoner to embezzle your money, or
even to leave your service. It seems at most to have been a null;
not a very wise one certainly, hut still there does not appear to
have been any criminal intention. Would you have any objection
to make the matter up, and take the man back to your service ?
Mr. Ilielhuish-1 should have no objectiana in respect to his
honesty. 1 have no idea that he meant to defraud me.
Air. RaWLINION.-This is no trines than your duty. Here haw
you brought this man up on a charge of *luny, which you plainly
, admit has no foundation whatever. The effect of such a chug*
, I upon his character is very heavy, and a disproportionate punish-
• runt for his offence, and the least you can do is to *Ake him beat

that
you
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from him. an opportunity of regaining that character ith:ci
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WATCHMEN.
The case which we reported from this office on Monday L.% et
cited considerable attention, lie furnishing another example rf
tht
exercise of the fielf-eonstitmcct authority of the guardians o, the
night. Japes, the complainant in that ease, who waft so
inuniously and illegally sent to the watch house for merely 11,4,
come ill words towards the watchman, was in attendance at the,
Vestry this morning, where the watchman's conduct was
gated.

QUEEN-SQUARE, SEPT. 7.—Twelve men, all stokers at
Westminster Gas Works, were brought before Mr. 'Mane tAxe.
the Magistrate, on a warrant, charged with having unlawful:,
combined together and struck for an advance of wanes, whmt,
the greatest inconvenience was caused in the works, slid ,be
greater part of Westminster was neatly in total darkness.
.11r. Evans, the superintendent. stated, that the whole of tl'e
prisoners were employed in the gas works in the retort-room ;4
stokers, and were engaged at 27e..per week. They came to On,
work as usual on Monday morning, but in the afternoon orE,
them, a man named Rice (who was not then amongst them), em,
before the Committee of Directors and said that he was the trpr,_
sensitive of all the stokers. and that he had been deputed by tfle,,
to inform the Board that they would work no longer unless their
wages were advanced from 275. to 30s. per week. The Inrecto,
did not feel disposed to accede to the demand. The men instan.lt
left off work and went away. All but six returned to their labour,.
The six men that left proceeded to a gang of other stokers the
were employed by the Company, who were to come on duty et s,;
lo'clock in the evening, and by their threats induced MOE cf
Ito stop away.. . . .

The defendants said, that they had been promised an that, induced them to resume their work at the bettianing Of one
week; but finding the promise was not fulfilled, they stitternutui
to leave.

Mr. Roberta, the foreman, denied having made the prom,,,
Mr. MAR NLAW D observed, that he believed the poor fellows hit
been deceived. He could not think of sending them to rriso,
under all the circumstances, and advised them to go hack to u
work.

Mr. Evans said he had now no occasion for them, as Et
taken on others, who were very glad to work at the usual •
therefore they were no longer in his employ.
The defendants were then discharged with a suitable adoicti..a.
UNION-HALL, SEPT. 7.—A man named Mapleton was buret
before the sitting 3logistrete, At. SWABEY, Esq., charged
having excited a riot and disturbance before the house al%
Leach, a respectable surgeon and areoucheur, of Vauxhall,;,
publicly accusing that gentleman of haviak murdered one et kit
(Mapleton's) children.
Mr. Leach stated, that about two years ago he attended rle of
the defendant's children, a little girl, who west dangerously ill et
the amall-poz. Ha did every thing that medical skill could roe.
pit, but the child died, ever since which period he has been sul.
ject to the most foul and base imputations on his character by tit
defendant. who has frequently accused him of having adin!roErf4
poison to his child instead of remedies far the smallpox. On S.
turday last the defendant came before witness's door, and rollfrvi
an immense mob by calling out "there is the man that murdered
my child." Upon witness's going out to order him away, he trade
use of the following threat—" I don't mind hanging for your sake,
so that I may have a father's revenge fur the murder of bit child._
Blood will have blood, and I must drink your's before long." Mr.
Leach added, that he considered his life in danger from the an.
placable resentment of the man.
The Magistrate asked the defendant to state his reason foe his
conduct.

The latter stated, that he solely ascribed her death to poison,
administered by her medical attendant.
The complainant offered to call forward two gentlemen, who
would testify to his having treated the child in tt.e ben possible
manner.

The Magistrate did not consider this to be necessary, sod
pointing out the consequenc,s to the defendant, if he should per.
severe in his present conduct, asked if he would promise to desist
for the future?

The defendant replied in the affirmative, and Mr. Lath being
.atisfied the case was dismissed.

A DESPERATE LOVER.

[Prom the lin Freeman's Journal.]

INQUEST AT CARTON.
On IVednesday last, early in the morning, the body of Parri:
Doyle. one of the under gamekeepers of his Grace the Duke o.
!Amster, was found lying dead in the dairy.yard, his fowling.pire
and a poker by his side, with the latter of which he had effkted the
fatal discharge that caused hie death. The Coroner, Mr. Harrison
(being then engaged holding an inquest at Rs-more), repaired.
on hearing the melancholy intelligence, the following morning
early to Carton, and having sworn a Jury, proceeded to hear Mc
evidence, after a prerirus view of the body, which .was an awful
spectacle, the entire of the right breast being dreadfully lacerated.
and the enirt and clothing in front burned by the wadding.
Patrick Quinn examined.—Swore that, beingemployed at Carton,
he was going to his work at half-past five o'clock; that on passing
through the dairy yard, lie saw Patrick Doyle, whom he knew, lying
on his back; a gun. which appeared to have been just discharged.
was lying, with a poker, by his side; his clothes were burning from
the wadding. The poker must hare theen used by deceased to
press upon the trigger, and the deceased thus effected his fain!
purpose. Witness gave the alarm. Matthew Cooney was
him. A love affair, witness believes, was the cause of deceased
committing this rash act.

James Kearney examined--Is his Grace's sportsman; thee's.
ceased was his under gamekeeper. Saw him last alive on Tuesday
evening ; heard of his death on the morning following, between the
and six o'clock ; came immediately to where he was lying: ob-
served a gun-shot wound under his right breast it must have beets
effected with shot; deceased had no bullets witness is positive
deceased's mind was disturbed, but not from his situation, as be
was very comfortable. lie was paying his addressed '0 one of the
maids at Carton, a girl about 10 or 17 years old. Deceased was
sixty years of age. lie had told witness that he asked the girt
to marry him, and thtt she held out promisee that slur would, But
that the match was broke off by her, which preyed upon his spiri.s.
Witness found a letter on Doyle's table, addressed to him (witness.)
It was as follows, and which is in deceased's handwriting.—
" Dr. Kearney—My last words to you are this, see me buried in
some eburch-yard, and God bless you and your children, and my
death I leave on 'T
—ye and B. her daughter. If 1 ens,
be revenged of her, she brought me to this. Dr. Kearney, nu
more. "PAT. DOl'Lli."

Examination continued—Never heard that the person named in
the letter, or her family, ever gave any encouragement to Doyle;
the gun found beside Doyle was one appropriated for his use.
Charles Clarke examined—Knew the deceased. Winces is a
harness-maker in the service of his Grace. Is of opinion the de-
ceased was not right in his mind ; he was always taking of B. T..
and saying the promised to marry him, but afterwards refused
witness heard the deceased got no encouragement either from the
young girl or her family.

The Coroner chargesithe Jury, who found that the deceased, not
being of sound mind &c. &c. but lunatic and distracted, did dis-
charge a gun, loaded with leaden bullets, against his breast, there-
by giving himself a mortal wound, of which he, at the time and
place aforesaid, instantly died.

• At the instance of the Coroner, tile names are omitted.

BIRTHS.
On Saturday, the 27th of August, the Lady of Henry Wafter
Meredith, of Pentrybytehan Hall, in the county of Denbigh, of
a aon and heir.

On Tuesday, in Upper Seymour-street, Lady Alice Peel, of
a eon.

At Bloomfield-lodge, near Norwood, Surrey, the lady of Robert
Hamilton, lag. of a son.
At Henley Park, on the 3d inst. the lady of Henry Halsey, Eq-
pt a eon and heir.
On Tuesday, at his house in Russell-square, the lady of Samuel
Platt, Esq. of 'a daughter.
* On Saturday last, at Pinner-hill, the Honourable Mrs. Pell,
of a eon.

/MARRIED.
On the sth inst. at St. John's, Chweles Ofiley. Esq. of Upfisid•
lodge, to Arabella Theresa, the youngest daughter of Thos. Mar-
tin, Esq. of that city, and ofthe Hon. East India Company's Ben-
gal military service.
On Monday, at Thames Ditton, Captain G. F. Lyon, R.N. to
Lucy Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Lord Edward Du-

At the Isle of Man, Wm. Al*Alpfne, EM to Miss Juliana Jo-
sephiana Scton, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Seto, of
Blessington-street, Dublin.

At Quebec, Cit4l::6l:llawkins, of the Mid Regiment, to blii'
Gore, daughter of Gen. Gore.

DIED.
On the sth instant, at Stanmore, Mra. Blair, widow of Lieute.
nant-Cqlonel Blair, and daughter of the late Admiral Chide
Webber.

On the 4th instant, at Broadstairs, after a few days' illness, Bo'
bert !Wilson, Es 9. of Wood-house, East Bain, one of his Us•
jesty's Deputy-Lieutenants, and a Magistrate for the county °I
Essex.

On the Ist instant, Anna, the wife of H. V. Bodieoate, Esq. of
Lindfield, Sussex.

On thiiiil;Z. at Forty-bill, Enfield, of a decline, Lieutenant
Thos. Witherby, of the Royal South Gloucester. Militia.
..At Rosen, in Normandy. on the 31st ult. after two days' lanes/.
Philip Gilbert, Ell. of Coekswor.strect. aged 63-
AtWye, in Kent, on the 30th alt. Wm. Scuds/Imre, Esq. to his
/fhb year
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At bfa house, Broughton-place, Edinburgh, on the 27th oll'
Alexander Manaus, Esq. for many years Librarian to the Fecal!
of Advocates.

On Saturday last, at Tinwell. near Stamford. aged fi7, the Rer.
Thomas roster, Rector of the former place, and also of Ryhall, t❑
Rutland.

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