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Yesterday Ilexry Hutt, the pugilist, and landlord of the Holden
/.rose-iene, Long mere, was brought before Mr. HALLS,
charged by Mrs. Crane, the wife of a tradesman, with assaulting
and beating her.
Mrs: Crane stated, that on Monday evening her husband was at
the defendant's house, waiting to meet a person upon private busi-
ness, when having occasion to speak to him, she went there and
est down foe a short time. While she was there, a man came in a
little intoxicated, and sat down upon a bench which immediately
gave way under him, and he W.I. llolt soon after came in, and
accused the man of breaking the bench wilfully, and threatened to
punch his bead. Her husband assured the defendant that the bench
gave way with the mere weight of the man, and that he would do
wrong it he struck him, upon which Huh turned to him, and mak-
ing use of language which she could not disgrace herself by repeat-
ing, swore he would mill hint if he did not hold his tongue, and
phloem! him to take himself or. lie said he should not go until he
had finieied his glass of grog, but Holt owore he should, and seiz-
ing b 7 the collar, dragged him over the table and through a pas.
sage, into the stree: beating him by the way, and inflicting a
severe cut on his head, by thumping it against a corner. She, in
endeavouring to get betwrun then) to protect her husband, Ir3s
pushed and struck by the defender !.
Mr.l rant.. and his brother, who was with him, stated, that they
were at !Hilt's house nearly the whole day, witi:ing to obtain
seine moiiey due .o them from a person in the same matet, whom it
was necessary to much rather clmely ; but for this they would not
have remained a single halt hour in the house. The room was
filled with pawn., who were gamblieg with cards and dice, and the
larguege in coninrin use arnivlst them was the must disgusting they
had ever lamed. They Men described the as-salt.
Mr. Crane's brother at..teil, that while Lis brother we.- being
dragged out by Holt, he was held down by Holes waiter mud a big
man whom they called Tem Oliver.
Mr. Crane 'hewed a cut in the bead.
. .

The defendant. in ansivcr to the charge, Legged to deny it in rime.
ittougli he had been what was called a lighting man, he could ap-
peal to all who knew him, and especially to the officers of this
establishment, fur his character, as a peaceable and inofensive per-
son. The fact was, that believing tle bench to have been broken
porpoiely, he remor.itrate.l with the man, and wee immediately as-
sailed by Mr. Crane with the foulest and most irritating Language
the could he conceived ; in addition to which, that person put has
fist in Ins face several times. lie desired hint to drink his liquor
aid leave the !wow ; but he swore he would stay the:: as long ee

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he pleased. He was very noisy, and he (Holt) was at length ob-
liged I
to put him nut of the house. Ile did not strike him, nor did
he use more force than was neceasary to put him out.
Handley. a Queen-square Police-efficer. and a respectable-look-
ing nun. who said he was a customer at Holt's, were called by the
latter, and they both swore, that all the disgusting language attri-
buted he the (francs to link was uttered by themselves, and that
the husband of the complainant endeavoured, by shaking his fin in
Holt's rice, and by calling him the most opprobrious names, to
provoke the hitter to strike. it PUS matter of surprise to every one
that he was able to commend his temper under provocation which
would hare irritated the coolest man. llolt never struck either of
the wrties.
After a severe sifting of the evidence, Mr. HALL§ said that he
lad taken much pains to strive at the truth, because the charge
against Holt, if made out, wan a very serious one, and must have
led to no light ronsequer.ces to him, as a publican. Although he
(Mr. Baron it was pretty well known, had no great predilectien
fur the pugilistic fraternitr, yet ite should forget himself, if he wad
that they were not equally entitled with others to the protection of
the law, where their were in the right. It appeared to him that
Mr. Crane had endeavoured to provoke Holt to strike him, and that
the latter had done ns more than he was bound to do to preserve
good order in his Boise. The warrant must be dismissed, and Mr.
Crane might, if he chose, induct at the Sessions.
Mr. Crane said he should certainly appeal to a higher tribunaL
Jeremiah Quit, the driver of the hackney-coach, No. '231, was
summoned to anawtr the complaint of ll'albourne, a performer
at a minor theatre, for wilfully driving against his gig, upsetting
it, and causing considerable damage.
.Me. Macre said he knew it was ton much the practice of hack.
ney-coachmen to play of what they called their larks upon persons
who happened to be in vehicles of a weaker description. They
thought it good fun to upset a Johnny-raw, as they chose to term
every person they happened to see driving a gig in the strerta He
would nee, however, whether nth scandalous practice could not be
put a stop to.
The defendant was fined in the full penalty of 3/. and ants, which
he paid immediately.
Information was received at this Office yesterday morning, by a
letter from the Ilench of Magistrates at Wortley, in the West
Riding of Yorkshire, to the following effect :
On the morning of the 11th inst. three gamekeepers, in the sm.
ployrnent of F. P. Wentworth, Esq. of Wentworth Castle, near
Stainaugh, goiag their rounds to watch the game, heard three guns
fired. Following the sound, they came up with three men aimed
with guns, who, upon seeing the gamekeepers, immediately
leveled their pieces and fired at them. Two of the keepers were
severely wounded, but the third followed the poachers, who fled.
after firing, and =roe up with one, who turned open him, and
broke his piece in two by a blow at the keeper's head. A long
setae ensued, and finally the poacher was secured, and conveyed
before the Magistrate, who committed him. His name is Thomas
Tasker. It has been since ascertained that there were six in the
gang of poachers out that morning ; five proems suspected ab-
sconded from their houses the same night.
HATTON-GARDEN.
DIGGING LET 7 ism—John Ilayaes, a respectable looking old
man, in a very genteel suit of black clothes, and his arm in a tiling,
in consequence of a severe accident. as he stated, was brought up '
custody of the officers of the 3lendieity Society, charged with being
a professed begging letter-writer, and consequently subject to be
punished under the new Vagrant Act.
Mr. Walker, one of the managers of the Society, attended, to
state the case. He mentioned that a respectable gentleman, to
whom the prisoner had applied for relief, had referred him to
the Society, and on investigating his ease, they discovered that
he had been in the habit of circulating his letters for nearly two
lars, and receiving large sums of mor.ey from the various nobility.
pso the Duke of Bucciruch and Lord (lower be imposed =a-
nnually.
Mr. ('raven, an upholsterer in Southampton-row, stated, that
the prisoner had been in his employment, which he had left under
the pretence of declining health, but really from aversion to any
thing like an industrious occupation. Mr. Crane had relieved the
prisoner from thne to time, until his importunities became ex-
cessive.
The prisoner, anparently well experienced in pleading, way
ingeniously contended that his case did not come vrithin the opera-
tion of the-let, as he was perfectly well known and acquainted with
all the parties to whom at any time he addressed letters.
The Magistrate, however, not conceiving that the intimacy and
friendship between him and the Duke of Bucieuch was exactly
to the extent he stated, sent him to assist with humbler classes of
society, fur one month, it the tread-mill in the House of Correction.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Yesterday, Mead, Reynolds, and Entow, underwent a final ex.
amination, upon the charge of stealing a quantity of lead from the
powder magazine at Chelsea college.
Additional evidence havir.g been gone into. Mead was committed
for trial ; and the other two were discharged, but ordered to fidd
sureties for their good behaviour.
Thomas Lushiagtoa, otherwise Lnsh, was brought up for re-
examination, on a charge of stealing a silver watch from the dwell-
ing-house of Jane Simian, Prince's-row,
It appeared that the prisoner ewe to the house of the prosecutrix
on Friday afternoon, ar.d told her that his master's washerwoman
WA dead, and as he was just arrived in town, he intended to re-
commend bee. He then requested to be allowed to dry his stockings
by the fire. Witness's watch was hanging over the mantle-piece.
In a few moments the prisoner suddenly left the room, taking the
watch with him. which was almost immediately missed. A pur-
suit took place, and the prisoner was apprehended. The watch was
afterwards found in the garden of a 31r, York.
Cooper, an racer of this establishment, proved searching the
prisoner, and finding two duplicates,. one for a silver watch, the
other for an umbrella; also, a gold hair brooch with a bean in the
centre, which were ordered to be advertised.
The prisoner declined stating with whom he had lived as groom,
saying discovery would be his ruin. He admitted having a sister
in the service of the Countess of Guildtord.

The prisoner was committed to Norgate.
31.11t1'44-110NNE OFFICE.

ADVENTURES or AN OPERA HAT.—Yesterilay Chu.les Dol-
ton, a very respectable plasterer, was brought before EDMUND
fialfrrett, Esq. by Buckridge. charged with having taken an
Opera hat, the property of Benjamin White.
dlr. Benjamin Whir o, whose appearance indicated anything but
a contributor to the Oper••house, stated, that he had placed the
Opera hat now produced in a shed. and the prisoner was seen to
take the said Opera hat from the said shed.
:Ir. Gni T FlTll—Prly, what value is the hat ?
Alt. White—l do not know. I have been offered sixpence for it.
. . _ .

Dennis Slalom'', a knight of the hod, stated, that he was to have
had the Opera fiat to protect his shoulders from lime and hair, but
that It was gone when he applied for his promised purchase.,
A gentleman coal-vender stated, that he w.shed to be a purchaser
of the Opera hat, but could not, as 31r. White had been rubbed
of it.
Alr. Gatrrtsu—Pray, Sir, for what purpose did you want an
OThat ?
Ilitness—To carry out coals.
r. Galva u—What ! buy an Opera hat to carryout coals
with.

Witness—Yea, Sir. it would answer my purpose, at the hat
could be lantailed like coal porter's.
The defendant being calked on for his defence. stated, that lie
found the hat in the shed when the lime was silted. and not think-
ing it worth a farthing, took it home to make himself a cap.
(Here the hat was produced by Buckridge, which, in point of
value, was not worth a farthing.)
The worthy Magiatrate here remarked, that a more stupid charge
he never heard, 111111 instantly discharged the defendant.
Two men, named Caffo:my and Yardley, were brought before
W. HOSRIWII, Esq. charged by Webster, a llow.street night
patrol, with having a large quantity of lead pipe in their possession,
and offering the same for sale.
Webster stated, that he observed the prisoners together in the
Edgware-rand, and saw Yardley go into a manna-store-shop t he
Immediately pounced on them, and found a quantity of lead pipe,
cut into short pieces; Yardley had offered the pipe for sale, which
was sworn to by the person who keeps the shop.
The prisoners said that they did not intend to sell the pipe, and
were going home with it to their master, Mr. Bird, plumber, of
Kensington.
Mr. Bird being seat for, denied giving the prisoners any orders to
cut the pipe in the manner it now appeared, and believed their in-
tention was to sell it.
Air. HOSKI xs said he had no doubt but the prisoners intended
to sell the pipe ; he should therefore convict them in the penalty of
lea. or commit them to the House of Correction.
A young man of respectable manners and appearance, of the
name of Lesson, yesterday appeared before Alr. Rawctsrson, on
an Yank warrant obtained against him by a dashingly-dressed
lady of the name of Stuart, residing in Upper Spring-street, Mary-
la-bonne. . . . . .

The warrant had been obtained some days back. but the hearing
of the case had been postponed, in consequence of the surgeon at.
tending on the complain gant havin certified her incompetence to
attend. Yesterday, however, she had become so far convalescent
as to attend to sustain the complaint previously made.
Complainant stated, that the visits of the defendant having be.
come tioublesome to her, she had desired her landlady (Mrs. Maria
Anne Clarke) to inform him, in the event of his calling, that she
was not at home. A few days after this direction had been given,
while sitting in the drawing-room, she was surprised by the abrupt
entrance of the defendant. who, advancing towards her. rudely ex-
claimed, " Here I am; I have found yo.l at home at last." She
desired him to retire, and rompLained of his intrusion ; in answer
to which he pushed her backward from the tire, so as to cause leer
to fall on two chairs. Ida landlady, who had followed him up
into the room, endeavoured also to prevail on I to retire, but
her efforts being unavailing, she quitted the MOM, at the desire of
witness. to procure a petee.olficer. In the mean time she was
treated by the defendant with great violence; he "macerated' her
flesh dreadfully, and finally left her in such a state as requii-xl the
attendance of a surgeon, and caused her confinement to the house
fur several succeeding days.
Mr. Ilawraseoir observed, that from what she bad said he
should suppose there must have existed some acqu.iintanceship be-
tween ha end the defendant, and he should wish, therefore, to
know what she considered to be the cause of the extraordinary be-
haviour she had described. . . .

The a;;;;Plainint declared she did not know • but, being further
pressed, said she believed it was aeasetbing :bout his having be-
come bell for ber.

Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke eorroborated the statement of the corn.
plainant as to having uniformly requested to be denied to the
detemlont ; also, that pursuant to this request, she ha,l, an the uc.
God:v:a a2:41.1C1 to, usured him that Min Stuart was nut within ;

but that be, in reply, told her he knew better, and, pushing past
her, walked up stairs, and entered the drftwirg.rooni. 'Witness
tol-
lowed him. and was present when lie was desired to retire. which he
refused doing, and was gently pushed by the complainant towards
the door. This he resented, and a scuffle ensued, during which she
left the total'. under pretence of fetching a constahle. On her re-
turn the defendant was gone, and the complainant apparently much
hurt.
la reply to this charge the defendant staid, that Miss Stuart was
a lady of accommodating virtue, with whom lie hail been acquainted
about four months. About six weeks ago he became bail at this
o:liec for her, she having been charged with an tumult on another
female. Since then, however, a coolness Lid arisen between them ;
and he, having accidentally heard that she meditated a visit to
furdshire, become anxious about his recognizance, and had called
several times in hopes of obtaining an explanation from her, without
ever succeeding in obtaining an interview, and, on the occasion in
question, he had iinced himself up stairs, as he happened to know
that she was then at home. On entering the drawitsproom he
waded himself in a chair, alit stated the object of his visit; she, in
reply, desired him to quit, and, ott his refusing. took up the poker,
with which she struck hint several blows ott the heed; after which
he certainly had used force towards her, but then it was only in
self.defence.
.31n. Clarke here observed, that up to that moment she had sup.
posed 3lrs. Stuart to be a married woman, nor had her conduct,
during the month she had occupied her halgings, given her the least
reason to suppose otherwise.
Mr. IlawLixsox observed. that he could nit hut regard the de.
fendant as the wrong-doer; lie had forced himself into the house,
which he had no right to do, had insisted on staying, and had been
guilty of violence when attempted to be removed by gentle force.
He must therefore call on him to find ; and he also could not
abstain from saying, that his itontlt:ct, in impugning the character
of the complainant, was unmanly, the more especially as from all
that appeared it should seem, that with the exception of her inti.
meg With him she had conducted herself with propriety.
had was intrUediately procired.
THAMES OFFICE.
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Yesterday. Captain ./.7irsnigi,;io; appeared to an information
sled against lam, rOr not haying a pilot on board, to coy duct the
brig Ceres.
Richard Ross, • pilot, produced his Trinity-house licence. and
stated, that on the 9th instant he hoarded the brig Cnes, and asked
for the pilot. The defendant 'Aid, he had put him ashore at Black-
wall. The witness then produced his licence, and offered his ser-
vices to conduct the vessel, which the defendant refused. The ses-
tet was then lying off Deptford, under weigh. She came from
inl4, the defendant admitted that what had been stated was
tole, but he had understood that the owner and captain had a right to
conduct his own scud : he was part owner, and captain of the
term. _ _ _

The Magistrate said, the Act of Parliament subjected the defen-
dant to a penalty of Mtl. and not lets than 2111. ; therefore. as the
ease was pressed against them for a conviction, he was adjudged to
pay the mini paed penalty of 2U4.
The defent then signified his intention to appeal, as he wished
to have the question