The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-06 00:00:00

DISTURBANCE AT TREVOR CHAPEL.

QUICEII:IIQUATii,£PT.B:-17eoTie —l7'; r;n: and Nathan:el
V furry, two brothers, both shoemakers, were brought before Ed.
ward Markland, Esq. fur creating a disturbance during divine
service, yesterday evening, at the Independent Dissenters' Chapel,
neat Trevor-square. Knightsbridge.
The Rev. John Morison, of Ilays-place, Sloane-street, Chelsea,
being sworn, stated that he wan the 31iniater belonging to Trevor
Chapel, and had been so for nine years past. On Sunday evening,
about twenty minutes before seven o'clock, a great disturbance
took place while he was rutting the prayer, which appeared to
alarm the congregation; he, however, did not stop until he had
finished the prayer, when he saw a great number of the auditory
leaving the chapel, many of whom were ladies, who were much
frightened. This disturbance continued about five minutes, when
it ceased. Soon after, however, he commenced his sermon, which
he had scarcely begun before a repetition bf the uproar ensued,
and the congregation was again alarmed and a great sensation pre-
vailed, and finding they were retiring from the chapel, he stopped
his discourse, and exhorted the auditory to be calm, and sit
still, observing that several gentlemen 'had gone not to remove the
intruders. The disturbance was an great, that front eighty to one
hundred persons had left in consequence of the confusion long be-
fore he (Mr. Morison) had finished his sermon. The interruption
continued from twenty to twent7-tive minutes.
file. John Suter, of No. 1, Lzeter-street, Brompton, stated he
(movies a pew about the middle of the Chapel, and is one of the
managers. During the Rev. Mr. 111orison'sAiscourse he heard a
great noise at the inner doors ; Went out and saw the two defend-
ants standing, they would neither go in nor come out; he noticed
they had been dunking. Several gentlemen came forward and
begged them to have the chapel; on putting his hand on the
shoulder of the younger defendant, he instantly put himself in fight-
ing attitude, and called him a most abominable name ; so violent
was tha conduct of the defendants, that, an °fleet being present,
they were taken into custody, and witness with other assistance
conducted them to the watchhouse ; their language was disgrace-
ful in the extreme.

Mr. Bennett Odell. of \0.3, Brampton-row, was at the chapel
yesterday evening; his seat is at the back; he saw:the defend.
ants come in before the sermon commenced, and noticed Brown
the pew.opener to give them a seat. In about live minutes lie saw
the elder defendant get up and leave the chapel, the other man
afterwards stood up with his hat on in the middle of the pew ; wit.
ness, in consequence of hearing an altercation, left his scat, and on
going up to them he requested they would go away quietly, or
most assuredly they would get themselves into trouble. The
younger defendant took his brother by the collar and endeavoured
to take him away ; after struggling together some minutes, they
eventually left the chapel, and he resumed his seat again. In
about live minutes after, however, they returned again and created
a greater noise is the inner passng: of the chapel, which caused him
a se:ond time to interfere, and entreated them to go away, upon
which the eldest asked him what he meant, and threatened to knock
him down, at the sire time making use of most shocking lan-
guage. The congregation was so much disturbed that the Rev.
Mr. Morison wns compelled to stop in his diteourse' and tell the
audience not to be attained but sit perfectly calm ;hc (witness)
would not have interfered had the confusion rota been serious.

—•—.
Stephen Brown, of Richmond-gardens, Brompton, deposed, he
ass a pew.opener at Trevor Chapel; he was standing near the
door arid saw the defendants come in ; be offertd them a teat, where
they remained shout five minutes, when one of them said, " Let us
be off, this won't do for me," and just after those words passed, be!
went out to quiet the noise of some children, and on his return
ag.tin he found the defendants sian4fing at the Chapel door, the
elder :of whom held it in his hand. Witness requited of the t Ider
defendant to pass, who replied, "Oh yes, you shall go in," and
'afterwards they made a great noise at the door. Witnesa and
some gentlemen, now present, came out and got them away, as fkr
as the Fulham-bridge public-house, and then returned back to the
chapel. In a short time alter there was heard a loud grumbling
noise in the entrance leading to the gallery, calling out for Air.
Suter ; the disturbance was 1.1) great that the Minister was stopped
in his discourse for at least 20 minutes.
Mr. 121. IVootllev, Brompton.row, deposed to hearing a great
noise outside the chapel, and heard that the congregation aamembleil
hail been greatly annoyed in Consequence; very fortunately •

polite officer am to Abe chapel at die time, and they were take
into ront-nly.
John Davis; a Row-street officer, deposed, that after leaving his
station in Hyde-park, to prevent persons bathing, he hud gone to
the above chapel, he wus in the gallery. and in consequence of a
great noise prevailing, and Mr. Morison saying he could not pro-,
ceed. if the diAurhance was not abated, be went down stairs, said
he was an officer, when the defendants were given into his charye;
they corduc,ed themselves in she most unruly manner, swore
. desperately. and attempted several times to escape.
Mr. Al ARKILAND wished to know whether the Independent
Dls.enters Chapel. as it was *nestled, was duly licensed ?
He was answered in the affirmatiya.
i Air. 31attst.allo—Well. gentlemm, If you wish to carry the
lease to the Sessions, I shall do what The law requires.
Mr Odell, as one of the congregation and trustee to the chapel,
said, he felt himself murk injured pt the conduct pursued by the
defendants; he knew the Rev. Gentleman who was the Minister,
land that he preached the true Gospel of God; he was of opinion
the ease should go to the Sessions.
1 The other gentlemen were of the same opinion, and Mr. Morrison
begged to say if the offence was:nerd over it would setp a pre-
cedent, and they might be continually annoye I. lie sfas very
awkwardly situated, being the Minister, and although sorry he was
to enforce anything against the defendant.. as he understood their
parent wan a very respectable woman, yet he considered thirty were
not respectable persons ; indeed their conduct showed it dothig the
proceedings that have just taken place, as neither of themittenied
to show the slightest contrition, butAleaiesl what the witnesses had
I stated. - -

17rwM the eldest hearing this he hern to humble himself, and
said it he was forgiven it should never happen again. lie admit-
ted he was intoxicated. . . .

The parties were then bound over to prosecute, and the defend.
ants were committed until they found suretie• in 501., to answer the
charge at the Sessions.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET, SEPT. 5.—A respectable man, •
carpenter by trade, wan brought from St. liiies's watcblbause,
: where he had hren locked up by a watchman of that parish, named
Dwyer. on the following charge.—lle said, that the defendant was
1.•
ringing the bell of a house-door, at one o'clock in the morning,
and he desired him to desist ; but he said he would not, for that be
lived there, and wanted to get Into bed.
And did he live there? said the Magistrate..—Watchman : Yea,
your Worship, he did ; hut than he said, that if he was a thief, I
would let him do as he liked, e• I took hint to the watchhouse.
The defendant said, that ht had been most shamefully treated,
to be locked tip by this watchman in • watchhouse, for nothing at
all. Ile said. that he was merely ringing the first floor bill very
'gently. for his vii;fe to let him in, when the watchman interfered,
and ate, him what he was about; he told him, that he was
ringing hs own bell, and not to interrupt him, but mind his own
1 proper duty : on which the watchman observed, how did he know
1 but he was a thief, ' he, defendant,
or a vagabond, and the merely
replied, that perhaps if *
he had been either, he might not have been
molested ; but he had no sooner said this. than the watchman
seined him by the breast, and dragged hint off to the watchhouse.
The Magistrate said, that it would have been better if the de.
fendant hail not made this last observation, because it only tetided
to irritate the watchman, who, it must be recollected, had a cha-
racter at stake as well as another man; at the saute time, he had no
brsiness to take the defendant to the watchhouse,
The defendant was discharged, and in going out he remarked,
that he expected some further redress for the treatment lie had re-
ceised.

lit,tar-r.a-Boxxr., SEPTEMBER 5. Cornelia Walton, a I
lady of easy virtue, whose dark eye and death-like paleness spoke
of beauty which had once been, but which had perished beneath
the cold frosts of adversity, rather than by the natural decay
of years, was put to the bar, charged wish having ahatracten a
sovereign from the left 'waistcoat pocket of William Jones.
31r. Jones its a farrier, residing at No. 23, Little George-street,
Portman-square. It appeared from his testimony, that between
Saturday evening last and Sundae n.uming, about " the hour of
night's black arch the keystone,'{ he was wandering alo sg Little
George-street, and, like another celebrated Vulcan of old, way
smitten by the charms of the fair vestal at the bar. They agreed
to retire to the Kendal-mews, said had scarcely reached their
destination, when he missed his sovereign. He instantly charged ,1
the prisoner with the theft. She denied the imputation stoutly, I
and he dragged her off and gave her in charge to • watchman.
James Lim. the watchman, confirmed this statement, as far as;
he was concerned, and added, that the woman submitted to a search'
at the watchhouse, and no sovertign was found on her. While
the party were on their way to the watchhouse, Jones, the com-
plainant,
observed the prisoner and another watchman. Mackin-
tosh, who had joined them, whispering together, and in the irri-1
taboo of the moment, accw,ad•him of colluding with the woman to
defraud him (Jones), of his money; whereupon :Mackintosh took
him into custody, 'and lodged him in the watchhouse islong with
his fair companion. •
Mr. Rawerwarm—What do you say to this, Mackintosh—it
seems to be a hard measure to send a man to prison for merely call-
ing you by an ill-name in a moment of irrita:iun.
Mackintosh-1 am a watchman, and what right has any man to
call me a thief ?
Mr. RAWLlNl.ol4—Watchmen may be thieve, as well as other
men. It is not long since n watchman was convicted at the Old
Bailey on a charge of theft. Besides, I don't see that a watchman
can have any other remedy for scandal than the rest of his 31a.
jestv'a subjects.
The prisoner. on being called on to Pay what she had in defence,
declared her entire innocence, adding that the prisoner might have'
been with other women before he spoke to her; and looking to.
wards her accuser, said, " Do you think that 1 would steal a sove-
reign from eon ? I. that have had thousands of pounds through
my hands; I, who have a good character ?"
TheMmaisvaaTE put It to Mr. Jones, whether, under all the
circumstances, he wished this woman to be sent to prison.

Mr. Jones seemed to demur.
Mr. /va,ListsoN—if you insist, I have no alternative.
Vulcan began to seism, thought there might possibly be a mis-
take, declared he wished to do the woman no harm, and wished he
had quietly submitted to the loss of his sovereign.
The prisoner was accordingly discharged.
Mr. Ifasvi.twsox—The worst tbirg iti this business is Mackin-
tosh's sending Jones to prison. Watchmen are tar too much in
the habit of taking the law into their own hands. Their conduct
cannot he endured. There must be some measures taken to check
their insolence.