The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-13 00:00:00

GUILIMIALL.

A PEDESTAIAN FraE:l:liiiilaitaring Irish and others of
that clans, who inhabit tolerably thickly the neighbourhood of
Field-lane, Chick. lane, and the courts and alleys adjacent, are so
much in the habit of rising early to go to their daily employment,
that it seems quite a punishment to them to lie in bed. Sunday
mornings see them up as early as usual ; and having nothing to
do, sauce a Sunday morning passes without a regular riot, from
same cause or other, by five or six o'clock. Last Sunday morn-
ing the neighbourhood was thrown into an alarm, as early as torte
o'clock in the morning, by a more than 11%331 assembly of from
two to three hundred people ; anti the Smithfield watchmen, per.
reining the crowd rushing, like a torrent, up Chick-lane, mustered
same three or four of them, to 1113:". their best endeavours to stem
it, by halting the foremost man. who seemed to be the great point
of attraction, and with some difficalty conveyed him, with a man
of the name of Evans, who tried to rescue him, to the Compter,
from whence they were brought up yixtertlay before the Sitting
Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Crowder.
When placed at the bar, the prisoner first taken turned out to
be no lora a personage than the famous Tim L/ yd. a roted pe-
destrian, second to no one but Skipper, in the annals of pedes-
trianism, spa superior even to him in one extraordinary faculty,
(the use tit which remains to be discovered,) walking backwards.
Tool bowed respectfolly to the Magistrate, and told his story. Ile
was the person, he said, whom the newspapers ha I given an account
of some time since, as having walked from Rochester to London
in eight hours. This had made him so talked of, tint a sporting
gentleman had found him out at the Lamb and Hag, Clerkenwt
grein, and was very atisirous of backing him for one hundred
pounds or two, but wished first to have an opportunity of judging
of his powers, and Iliad! accordingly spocinted to nieit him at
Bristol, on Tuesday. Ile intended of course to walk down, and
accon'ingly started from Clerkenwell-green, at three o'clock, to
take the cool of the morning. meaning to breakfast at Brattesend.
He was very burry that any disturbance had been created by it,
and was quite sure, if he had thought that such a thing would
have happened, he would nut have come nigh the city, but gone'
another way.
The worthy Alderman's name has never appeared in the list of
amateurs of pedestrianism ; hut he scented to have some curisaity
to learn the mime of the sporting gentleman, who was to be Tom s

backer ; but, unfortunately Tom himself was unacquainted with
and had little chance of ;earning it till he completed his walk
to Bristol.
This the Alderman seemed to have no ohjecticm to; but to pre-
vent a repetition in the city of the disorders his starting there
had created, required him first to enter into his own recognizance*
to be of the peace for two months. Toni very readily did as be
was directed, avid was then
permitted to exercise his peripatetic pe-
destals to walk away.
BOW-STREET.
Yesterday a respectably-dressed young woman accompanied by
her brother, presented herself before the Magistrate, and said she
had heed advised to apply to bin, Mr assistance under these circuit).
stances :—She was married sonic time ago to a men named Turn.
ham, who held the situation of second coachman to the Duke of
Wellington. The place of state coachman was filed by her bus.'
band's half.brother, whose name also is Tureharn. Now this
state coachman was as haughty and tyrannical a Dian as could be
found, and—
" Aye, and as great a blackgurd, too," exclaimed the complain.
ant's brother.
The Magistrate.-1 will not suffer sty man to be abused here.
and I have a great mind to have you turned out of the Office, for
making use of such language.
The brother begged pardon, and the applicant proceeded.
The state coachman had chosen to oppose her marriage with his
half.brother before it took place; and subsequently, so great was
his aversion to it, and so angry was he at her husband's daring to
act in opposition to his wishes, that he seemed determined to do
all in his power to make them both miserable. He had given
peremptory orders to her husband never to visit her, upon pain of
iinstantly dismissed from his situation ; the power of dismis.
sal being vested solely in him (the state coachman). Ile had gone
still farther, for he had grossly_ slaodered her character wherever he
had an oppnrtunity. Thus hefted separated her and her husband,
and was trying all he could by destroying her character, to prevent
her from earning an honest living, and she bad no alternative but
to appeal to the law for protection and redress.
The Magistrate--His conduct, as you represent it, is extraordi.
nary indeed. 'What is his objection to you.
Mrs, Turnham-1 know of no other than that he says 1 am too
young for his brother.
Magistrate.—Pray what may be the ages of ourself and hus-
band
Mrs. Turnharn--1 am thirty, Sir; my husband is forty-nine.
3lagistrate.—Why, that is not too great a disparity ; though,
perhaps, quite enough. Why does not your husband quit the
service ?
Mrs. Turnham—Why, Sir, if he does, he. perhaps, may quit
without a character, and then he is ruined. The giving him a
character depends upon his brother; and if he leaves his place us
come to me, the character, your worship may depend upon it, will
be withheld.
Magistrate—Why do you not apply to his Grace ?
Mrs. Turnharn--Why then, perhaps, he (the state coachman)
°would lose his situation. .

Magistrate—lt is a very hard case; but I cannot assist you.
Your only remedy for the slander upon your character is, an action
at law ; but I would strongly recommend you to make an applies-
tion to the Duke. his quite impossible that his lirace can tole-
rate such tyrrany in his household; and I am sure you will meet
with redress at his hands.
Mrs. Turnhain said, she should adopt the Magistrate's advice.
lIATTON DARDEN. . .

THREE GIACTS--11Ini. Parker, the notoriously respectable
proprietor of No.ll, Tunbridge-street, New-road, was brought
up in the custody of Bead, jun., charged with assaulting Miss
Louisa-Clernentina Manners, a fair Cyprian, who boarded anal
lodged with her.
31 ins Louisa Clementine stated, that a few evenings ago her
two sistm (who have establishedgthemselves in different quarters
in the same honourable avocation) called upon her at the season-
able and early hour of or.e in the morning, on their return from
l'auxhall, bringing with them chickens, ducks, veal-cutlets, lob.
sters, and claret to mull, with various other agreeable pmentat ions
for the supper table. Mrs. Parker, however, was so disappointed
in not finding the visitorsaccornpani;d by gentlemen, that she refused
to give any assistance in the culinary department she even refused
to allow them the common apparatus for cooking. They were
endeavouring to get up a little • nic nac" for themselves, when
Mrs. Parker entered the room and disturbed their convivialty by
tearing a fowl in ppiteces, even to the destruction of the " merry.
thought," and belaboured her and her sisters with the mutilated
joints.
Mrs. Parker, in het defence, stated, that she certainly refused
to cook for the " Graces," as they were so much " disguised" in
liquor, that she conceived a little repose would be more usefuL On
entering their apartment to " demonstrate" with them en the sub.
ject, :Hiss Clrmentina seized a fowl that was roasting. swore that
she'd make her look handsomer than the " Lady in the Lob.
stet," and ruLied her face all over with the dripping. 4he then
ran down stairs to call the watchmen, when stumbling over a bottle
of wine, she certainly seized Miss Clementine by the calf of the leg,
as being the firmest support she could find. This was the only
assault which could be urged against her.
The Magistrate, though he did not object to this mode of self
preservation, yet on hearing from the watchmen a general character
of the house, ordered the defendant to find bail for her appearance,
to explain the principles of her amniotic economy.
MISCONDUCT 010 A WATCHMODSE KEEPER.—Yesterday,
Beech, conductor of the Bow-street patrol, applied to the 31agia.
trate to prefer a complaint against Jeuecre 11,07/ A. watchhouse.
keeper of bdingttm, forstiatiog to take a pcisoner into the watch.
house on Sunday evening, a quarter before eight o'clock. He
stated that a man named Meagan was cruelly beating a boy in that
neighbourhood, and es be would not attend to his remonstrance,
he took him into custody. On taking him to therratehhoose there
was no person to take charge of the prisoner, and on making in.
quiries he was referred to a public-house to find the watchhouse.
keeper. He was there informed, that "as soon as his game of
skittles was over the patrol's case should be attended to." As,
however, Beech had to jo on duty at eight o'clock, he could not
wait on this vague promise, and was compelled to let the prisoner
go at large, after a mob being collected to inquire into the cwcum.
stances.
The Magistrate, after commenting on the obstructions which
the patrol meet with in the execution of their duty, by the regula-
tions of the Commissionen for laving, Watching, and Lighting,
which insist that no charge can he taken until the watch is set fur
the night, ordered a stuntmen to be immediately issued for the ap-
pearance of the constable.
Hoists° Gaineis.—francia and Jelin Easton and John
Burnell, lads from 16 to 18 years of age, were brought up In the
custody of Dalton, a constable of Camden Town, charged with
robbing the garden of John Simple, Esq. of Hampstead-road, of a
quantity of rose-trees and different shrubs.
The prisoners were seen coming out of the garden, about three
o'clock on Sunday morning, with the articles above-named.
The depredations in that neighbourhood have been so considers.
Me, that 31r. Simple was determined to male an extuaide of the
offending parties.
They were fined under the statute 6 Geo. 111. 3011-. anti in de-
fault of payment, to a month's imprisonment, and to be privately
whipped In the House of Cometion. Previous to their being re-
, me ed to prison the penalty was paid.