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POLICE.

MANSION-MOUSE.
Obstructions having lately been caused it/ the erowdingof tbe
lighters and ether craft at each sid•of at, 'fltaulet's by which the
current of the river is checked. and the navigation frequently ren-
dered dangi rats, the Loan MAYOR yesterday alluded to the ef-
is
fons that had been made in suppress the evil, and intimated. that
unlr the lightermen and ',argenten kept the river clear, he would
give them into the bands of the City Solicitor.
Front a InateßlCllt made yesterday by a tradesman, it appears that
• 'windier is at bap In the city, committing considerable depre-
dations by means of bknk eliequ.s on barkers.
Dr. 15%rdsi. a French gentleman, of Grewn's.buildings, was
summoned before the Lunn !Karon, for haring
refused to pay the
driver of a liaskasy-enaeli his fore.
The driver said, the Doctor had hired him to drive from the
neighbourhood of St. l'aul's Church-yard to Shoe-lane. from thence
to Mary-la-bontie-stree:, and to Shoe-lane again ; and aft, r having
gone over that great extent of ground, upwards of live utiles and a
half, he offered to pay him no more than 35., which, of course, he
refused, as he was entitled to 7s. The coachman persisted that he
had enraged to take the Doctor on the usual terms.
The LORD MAYOR then told the Doctor, that the coachman had
demanded no more than he was entitled to receive. and that the
mistake must have originated in their imperfect knowledge of each
other's lattguage. •
The Doctor (bowing very low)—I ant content, my I,nnl—what
am I to pay?
The Loan slnsron.—The foe and estiones amount to 13*. 6,1.
The Minor (wish a scream and uplifted hands)—Oh (led!
13s. 1111.; what, 13s. lid. !
The Limn 31*Ton having esphined the several expenses,
The Doctor again hawed, anJ pulled out his purse and said,
lily Lord, why did not he come and speak to rn.• instead of stint. i
'looning me? I have not the hollow. 01 being an Englishman, but
I am not incapable of the dclicary which a gentleman ought to oh-
serve. Ile should face cone ...I ...a me I was wrong. and then
your Lordship would not have had your time so long occupied on
this occasion.
The loin MAY on.-3lv time belongs to the public. Doctor.
The Doctor.—And therefore so much of it ought not to be wasted
on inc.
The Loan 31avon—1 am wary, Doctor, that you have lost so
much tints.
'Fits Doctor (bowing to the grourd)—lt could rot have been
belies employed than In waiting upon the Lord Mayor.
The Doctor thou paid the amount of the demand, tut told the
coachman that be ought to have treated hint with the respect due to
a gentleman.
HATTON-OARDEN.
TlTBEO.—Yesterday a gentleman (whom we understood to be
Mr. Griffiths, one of the 'Vestry Clerks of the parish of St. An-
drew, Ifolbort) came before Mr. Sergeant Sci.r.on. the Sitting
Magistrate, to put his Worship in possession of certain infortna-
tion, previous to the hearing of summonses against a number of
persons who resisted the payinet,t of tithes.
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Mr. Griffiths. in the first place, begged to tall the Sergeant's
attention to a similar application made some thne in the year ib'23,
when the Magistrates expressed a wish for fuller information as to
the right of subtraction before they would give their declaims ; in
consequence of which he (.%lr. Griffiths) had since taken every or.
casiou to procure the best possible intelligence on the subject, and
from authorities full one hundred and fifty years back, and many
intermediate precedents, be was now prepared to show that the de-
mand was perfectly valid.
Mr. Sergeant Sxt.t.ox—l remember sumethirg cif what you
mention, but what is it that you now want to establish ? Ilave
you any cases at present for dec.sion ?
Mr. Griffiths—Not at this moment, Sir; hut we shall have, and
in order to save time at the hearing, I wished merely to explain
the grounds of complaint, and to benefit by your *Oman.
Mr. Sergeant the parties are present will be
the time far you to explain those grounds.
Mr. Griffiths--It was only to save time, Sir, nothing more.
Mr. Sergeant St:t.tost—ln cases of great moment I always pre-
fer hearing every particular before both parties.
Mr. Griffiths--But, Sir, this is quite a common case.
lilt. Sergeant Sw•Low—Neap I differ with you there ,• I think
It one of very great moment, and a shall not be induced to give
any prejudicial opinion on it.
Mr. Grilliths—That, Sir, is not by any means expected or
wished; but rally the cases (as I before observed) are quite cons.
moo.

Mr. Sergeant SILLOV—.What arrears are there?
Mr. Griffitha--Not 'great deal, Sir; at least uinsteen-twentieths
of the tithes are 3lready paid in.
Mr. Sergeant SELLow—But what arrears are due of the de-
faulters again■t whoa: you are about to proceed ?
Mr. tirilliths--Sotne, a year's, perhaps; others owe a year and
a half.

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1/r. &Trent Stxxox—Then your better way is to summon the
pude% and as it is possible they may have some ground for their
rdusal, the points on both sides can then be fairly discussed.
Mr. Griffiths—Theo, Sir. you will be so kind as to name what.
ever dsy will be most suitable to your convenience.
Mr. Sergrant hxxLOX-111 ordm• that all parties shall have Bur-
kient time to prepare themselves, sumo* we say Tuesday next.
Mr. Grithibs assented, and thgbasurag was accordingly tixod fut
that day.
There are a pest ssia ilehigiors, but only three or four, per-
haps, will be summoned, merely to establish a precedent.

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CONT AAAAA 13 AND PROMIITZD GOODL—An information
was yesterday exhibited before Mr. &wont Stu.ow and A. S.
Lar aro, l:sq. at the suit of die Beard M Customs, chargbig Mr.
John Hob it t Cuunfar aad *dal CONNOR 014 wife), or '-•••••••••••
Sak.TTICTCerS t:nd hateembeirre. wide ilottirimellheyisd In their Poe-
'colon a certain quantity of bawl km so maw manufacture,
and certain articles of silk and crape pook, oho of foreign manu-
facture; the former was charged as beim alleosband, nut having
paid duty ; the latter as being altogether prohibited by law.
Mr. Crowther (a gentleman who stat4bkatelf to be the brother
of Mrs. Counter), expressed his 'Mimeos, in the abaft& of the
parties themselves, now in Yinkshire, to abode by the Magistrates'
decision ; but observed, that with respect to as. flit of the charge,
that of the lace, be should be enabled to show that it was legally
obtained. . _

Mr. Let wo Intimated, that there was but aste mode of proceed-
ing in such cases, natttely, to plead gully or not guilty.
Mr. Crowther—Sofia as regards the silk goods, I should eer.
tainly plead guilty, ‘etatuse 1 stn aware that the proof of peened=
is sufficient to Salletioll the Infliction of the annexed postai, ; but
in respect to the lace, 1 shall certainly put in a plea of not pity
because, If I am permitted to examine witnesses, I shall be enabled
to prove to your bl'orships' satisfaction, that It was purchased in
the ordinary way.
Mr. Laiwo said, that would be going quite Gut of the regular
course, and would only be laying down a precedent fut others.
Mr. Crowther—Then I entreat your Worships to postpone the)
heating until the parties shall be able to come forward themselves ;
they are expected lietne eithe, to-morrow or the day after.
kintleman in attendance for the Customs observed, that this
would he rodortive of some trouble, and begged leave to prove
the cue, allowing the decision to be suspended until Mr. and Mrs.
Counter's peremal appearance.
BIT. Sergeant Sex ON. hmeevetreaid that if the gentleman (Mr.
Crowther) would undertake that they should wmear without sum-
mons on a future day, he saw no reason why the case ought not be
altogether postputied.
Mr. Crowther assented, and Tuesday next was named for the
hearing.

Yesterday Mr. Tilowthy Cottanr, accompanied Ly his spouse.
Mrs. Molly (!onnor, and Darby ileausey, a neighbourly friend.
who w.:l kindly assisting in the " murder" of Mrs. Connor. were
intmiltteed to the I'vesitling Magistrate, Mr. Sergeant SE LLox, by
John Huh, watch-house-keeper of the Foundling Estate.
l'artridge, a watchman, stated as follows :—" Plage your Wor-
ship, about one o'clock this morning, my attention was distracted
down a poplar court near Brunswick-square, by Mrs. Molly Comm,
banging herself with two children out of a two-pair room nereerhify•
log • murder !' What between the hanging and murder I was
quite posed ; but berrsomedever I ran up stairs, and took them all
into close ceatody. I can't say much for the man, but the woman
wan outrageously ' re/ autism and idistropeles.'"
Timothy, in his defence, suited, that Molly hml lately disgraced
him by getting low. keireariparip-iat St. thibri's; and that on last
night she so far degraded herself that she came home so covered
with mud, that die devil himself, her friend," would not know
her. Ile altercated with her on her being disguised in liquor, upon
which she never "cried atop with her tuogue," until (with the ef-
forts of an Atlas ) "she raised the neighbourhood." As to striking
her, he denied it manfully; "be was in bed two hours when the
watchman come, for the died a bed he had at all at nil, but straw,
es Molly had made away with the feather-bed. Mr. llonessey only
just inn:aired to go between friends in n friendly way, as lie was
the landlord of the house. and he hod a small tilde of furniture in
the rum. As to honour's striking hi, wife, he'd make his atlidavy
be only wrelei'd her arm."
AIM. Connor—Rase your Worship, there's a wrist for you! (pro-
ducing one, which, though certainly a little discoloured. had a Gst
that would do honour toCribb, and certainly did not seem to labour
under any defect of ismstant training).
The Magistrate dismissed the triutneirtite, with an admonition,
shut when they " nendrred" each other again, Oar should leave
the Renouncement of the catastrophe to other persons, and not take
on theinselvea this fatiguing duty, after their previous elfurts.

Yesterday Mr. Sammel Cuidder. hrickonaker, of Monument-
t. :;t. Mary.ln-bonne, appeared by proxy to a second summons,
on infornintion. chervil by the Excise, for neglecting to pay the
aunt of :Ss. Bd. being the ditty on 194,01111 c tttttt non 'nicks
made by hint at Bayswater, hr which he was liable to pay 1131.
3s. 4d. being double the duty, boskles 11. costa.
The person who attended lite the defendant Made an apology fur
dm delay in payment, and tendered 47!. in part, promising to pay

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tl:c rentait-der in the evening.
The complsinAt refusttl to take a part, and preased for sSfirvaiit
17( conviction, promsieg, at the same time, If the single duty au
paid that etcnit.," or next day, the penalty would not he enforced.
The twatrant for 113/. Ss. dd. and 2tl s. cots was granted.

QUEEN.SQ!JARE.

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AV,AUCT ANTI ATTEMPTF.II7SUICII)E.—MII. Anna Maris
Chattier, a young WOlll3lll of superior manners, about 24 years et
age, applied to the Magistrates of this office on Friday last, for a
warrant against her husband, for assaulting her.
The lady stated that she was married to Mr. Clanner about
throe months ago, and their tempera and dispositions being un-
suited to each other, she had determined to part front hint, though he
was much averse to it. She accordingly separated herself rom-him,
and went to reside with her muther, in Exeter-place, Slean-street,

Chelsea, as she thought she could not be under better protection,
as ber marriage had timed out so unfortunate. This separation
took place about a month ago, and her husband, who is a trades-
man, residing in George-street, Chelsea, on Thursday but came to
her mother's house and acted in the most violent manner, using
threats, and finally he struck ber.
Mr. Etats t ►tta said dust he did not wish to know the cause or
I nature of their unfenunate quarrels ; but as she had sworn to an
assault having been cominittinl on her person, lie should order a
I warrant to be issued.
.1 warrant having been granted, it was put into the hands of
Banks, the officer. to execute, and yesterday was appointed for
hearing the case; but no pereud made their nit eara%ce tili the
office was about to close, when Mrs. Cianner the office,
apparently in extreme affliction.
Bank% the °dicer. stated, tl: r.t on Monday he went to the house
Of Mr. Ginner, and informed him, that his wile had taken out a
warrant against him ; but as he wished to grant hint every indul-
gence in hit power, he would not take him into custody if he would
undatake to attend at the Pellet office next day (yesterday.) Mr.
Cl33l;et appeared :o be deeply affected at the co:mi.:mit:loton the
worms made, and promised to attend before the Magtsuates, but
bad broken his word.

Mrs. Claimer informed the Magistrate, that shortly after her hus-
band had received information from the officer of a warrant haring
been issued against him, he left home, and went into the park, and
threw himself into the Serpentine River, (hers she burst into
tows), and but fur the circunistance of his attempted suicide being
witne,ttd hy several persor.s who were walking in the park, he
would have been drowned ; an uterut was made, and he was taken
out niarly Miles,. 'nder these circumstances she hoped the
Magistrstes would discharge the warrant which sLe bad obtained
against her husband.
Banks confirmed the above statement, and raid that the untie-
tunatn man was carried to the workhouse of St. George's, Hanover.
square, and after he was 'recovered, he was taken home in a coach.
The Magistrate then ordered the warrant to be discharged.
Loan Birsow's BLACR SERVANT, Louts.—Yeaterday Mr.
Fireoch, the barrister, applied to the Magistrates of this Office,
wider the following circumstances. The Learned Counsel, with
whom was a woman of colour of ver decent appearance, stated to
the Magistrate that he applied fora warrant against a person named
Williams, the !mtton. of a public-house to King-street. West-
ininst.r, for feloniously taking a considerable sum of money, and
edict property. belonging to a black named Bryan, the husband of
the female then present, who resided in Gardiner's-lane, Downing.
street, Wssuninster.
The MeotsvaaTg asked under what circumstances the pro-
perty had been taken.
Mr. Fen excu said that a similar application had been made to
Mr. Gregorie, a Magistrate of this Office, upon the same subject,
but the evidence against Williams was then not so clear. The cir-
cunoosnees were these. Louis, the faithful servant of the late
Lord Byron, on the decease of his master, accompanied his re.
mates to Logiand ; after the interment of the body, he received a
conAdcrable aunt of money for wages. He took a lodging at the
house of Mr. Williams, in King-street, NVestminster, and formed
a resit intimate istqwsintanee with a man of colour like himself,
named Bryan ; he visited Bryan's almost daily, who was Measly
confidential friend he had in this country. Louis was taken ill of
the smallpox, and sent for Bryan to the house of Williams, where
he kept his bed, and requested him to take possession of
hie purse and trunk, as lie was going to the Smallpox Hen.
pital. Bryan dceliued doing so, hoping he would soon be well ;
but he saw the purse, which was filled (out of which
Louis took a few dollars for his present necessities) and assisted in
packing up the trunk in which thermic was deposited, =alert it in
Mr. it'll:ramie, possession. Lours was taken to an Hospital, and
in a few days, no hopes being entertained of his recovery, on Bryan
calling upon him, the poor fellers mid, " I shall not live many
hours ; you will see me buried, and the property I have at Wit-
liames I give to you, as the only friend I liars." Louis then gave
Bryan a little bag, euntaining all the silver he had, and the key of
his trunk. On the following cur Mrs. Bryan went to the Hospital,
to take Louis something snore than the Hospital allowance, and to
her surprise she found his bed vacant, and was told that he had
died in the night, and his body had been removed to the deed
house. She returned home, and gave orders to an undertaker to
prepare for his funeral ; and a few days after the body was interred,
and the undertaker's bill amounted to 61. I ls. She applied to Mr.
%Vamps to give up the property of the deceased to her to enable
her to pay this bill ; end he, though he only made a claim of es..
for the deceased's lortglngs, which she edited to pay, refused to
give it up to her. She Instantly applied to Mr. Rogers, an attorney
an King.streen for his assistance ; but this gentleman. unfortu.
nately for her, was Mr. ‘Villiarns's profcssi,mal adviser, who said
he would send for Mr. Williams, and remonstrate with him. On
the same ni,oht she received a message from Mr. Williams that he ,
should break open the trunk if she did nut bring the key, and take
en inventory of the deceased's property. She accordingly went, and
on the box being opened, she was surprised to find only eight dollars
in the puree, and a sovereign lying at the bottom of the box ; par.
ticularly as she understood that the lion. Mrs. Leigh, the sister of I
Lord Byron, and Mr. Hohhouse, one of his executors. had paid
the deceased a elion time before .10 or 60 sovereigns. The eight
dollars and sovereign were taken possession of. and now remained
in she possessiun of Mr. Rogers, the attorney, end she applied both
to Williams and Raves to pay the undertaker's bill, and both re.
fused, the latter giving as a reason that the elsatx:eaxxorbitant.
Mr. hi mai 5.1010 said, thas ea theta/ roes a watt made
to Mr. Gregorie, who was new out of town, e would advise the
Learned Gentleman to renew his application when his colleague re-
turned to London. which would be in a tea days.
Mr. F • thanked duo Magistrate. and left the office.

THABI ES OFFICE.
JJMCS Thompson and John Ratinson, known amongst the Flash
as smashers, appeared at this Ake, before T. Itteunos.t., Esq.
the yrnitling Alagiatrate, charged with uttering and passing
spurious coin.
After a lung examination, the prisoners were fully committed foe
trial.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Gaiter Ronatoo.—yesterday George Cradock was brought
before Mr. Osborne, by Thos. Gooding, one of the Conductors of
the Bow-street patrol, and (Jeorge Rawlings, a parish officer of
Bethnal-green, upon a charge of having feloniously, on the tint of
June last, taken from the thurehlard of St. Matthew, Bethnal.
green, a lead coffin.
The Prisoner was committed to Newgate.
LAMBETH STREET.
Yesterday. Mr. Saundcrson, a respectable tradesman residing la
Mile.eod Old Town, applied to the Magistrates, hlessrs. Ileno-
Tema and MATHIAS, for their advice and assistance, under the
following circumstances.
Mr. Saunderson stated, that, a short time since, he found a per.
son, who gave his name D.W.Alaginn, concealed in the coal-cellar
of his house, and whom he brought before their Worships, and that
he (Mr. S.) had ascertaiue.l that the said D. W. A! inn had for
some time curled on an intrigue with his daughter. Under these
eittunistueee, and its not being supposed by the Magistrates, at
the time that he was so concealed with any criminal intention, he
was discharged with a suitable admonition. From that period he
(Mr. S.) hhaadd reason to hope that the ucquaintanca would never
move be renewed : but in this opinion he was disappointed, as Air.
MaOnn has since been seen more than once perambulating before
his haus, and he suspected still continued to Clary on a correspondp
enee with his daughter.
Here Mr. Saunderson banded the Magistrates a letter directed to
her, and which bore the Initials " M." The letter cum.
nienced with declarations of love and constancy, and concluded by
requesting her to return the letter, with an answer, which the writer
dictated, and added by way of postscript, and which, if complied
with, would tend to prove, at a future period, if necessary, that the
young lady wu the seducer, and not the seduced.
Mr. Ilsonwtee remarked, that he never read or heard of
a more designing lover. Ile admitted the complainant to point out
to his daughter the design contemplated, as well u the in.
evitable ruin that must necessarily follow her complying with the
requests of • man who is already married, and has a large family
of children.
Mr. Saunderun respectfully returned thanks and withdrew.
l'he lady, who is only 17 years of age, possesses great personal
attractions, and when of age will be entitled to a large property.
UNION-HALL.
Yesterday, Painter, the Constable of Beernoodsey, brought up
in custody, beano the Sitting Magistrate (M. Swabey, Esq.) a boy
of tender years. named Bull, the history of whose depravity,
from the lips of his own parents, who came forward in the hope
that something might be done with their incorrigible offspring. so
wave hint from the gallows, excited the astonishment even of thou
who were in the habit of daily witnessing cases of crime. The pri.
saner did not appear to be more than 11 or 12 years of age.
Painter stated, lII= he has had • great dial of trouble with the
boy, wholeas considered the tense of Bermondsey; and although he
had beret &omitted to Brixton four different times' and worked at
the mill, yet this discipline bad not had the dee,red effect of correct-
ing his vicious propensities, for the moment of his liberation from'
prison he commenced again as bad as CVO', stealing every thing he
could lay his hands upon II•ont the people near to where lie resided,
as well as front his father and mother.
The Magistrate told the prisoner that he was in the high mad to
destruction if he persisted in his present tweets ; and twice 1 him, if
he was now discharged, would he promise to efortu, and live at
home with his full, r.
The father here said, " If 1 take him home now, he will serve
me as he hat often done before, ID/ will strip me of everything and
two run away."
The boy was again asked if he wont.' go home and reform. Ile
replied. in &sullen tone, " .I.ye, maybe 1 shall."
The father repeated, that it would be useless to take him home,
as be had been so often tried before, that he was convinced nothing
could prevail upon him tonne:an tom.
The Magistrate ultimately ordered the boy to he delivered up to
his tither, whom lie strongly rnsiiihmendol to raid I • to sea,
aces by that means save him front a fate to which he was ap-
proaching.

iteitaTlNG et A STEAK-llott.aa.—A melancholy and
fatal accident took place the week before last, at Dowlas
iron-works, near Merthyr 'rydrill, Glamorganshire, by thr
bursting of a steam-engine boiler (a crown or round ono of
21 feet diameter), the top of which, not has than five tons
weight, was blown to the height of about seventy feet. slid
fell with tremendous force upon the roof of tht•
burying in its ruins all the workmen who were under, one
of whom was killed upon the spot, seven have since tlieil,
and three or four others aro so seriously injured that their
recovery is considered doubtful.—Shreseibury Chrolicle.