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shaded by prozialltlit Coast. wgemlialleo judgment against the 1
Milling& .• A., . • ,
1111. Ossas. vs. siestra, alikoolid the Coon at great length,
liolltilMoeliklbsgAlliiillkOdlif dye ilkoilltil had been extremely
Ftroggable. Om hi ma ban imosivemir ts obtain evidence to hunt
atom tbe ustisetortatit seatleuisn who stood before the Court to re-
its **moo, With respect to what bad been advanced by '
n, he biped that his client would net seller, either as
his charmer or his liberty. As it regarded the one in a
poeml point of view, he thought when the Court looked at the
mom of the debts, the length of time in which they were am.
Potted, and the sphere in which the petitioner had moved, the
Cool would not corroder that he bad been very extravagant, and
therelbee restore Min to the liberty of which be had been so long
tlettric Coansiestowra said, that the opposition of Mr.
Thilloford was highly discreditable to him, for it appeared that he
bad beoo attempting to prevent the insolvent from doing that for
%Re mission of which be came to the Court to pray judgment
against him.
Mr. ikmemissioner Umtata observed. that it appeared that there
Wail ant clause in the Act which that creditor had never reed,
astutely, that where a person brings forward a frivolous opposition,
the tuba party could claim costs. (Laughter.)
lit• apuearing that the schedule required some further amend.
mom, tne insolvent was remanded until next week, when he will
to Drought up to remise the judgment of the Court.

POLICE.
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MANSION-HOU 3E.
irgeljetig Mn. Deputy Vale, of the Ward of Farringdon With-
Stt!lL Uutferwotth, Mr. Savage, and other gentlemen, also re-
vof the Wad, appeared before the Loan NI AVON, in
of a report which appeared in this paper on Monday
the bead of Mimsion-Houre.
. Uld as said it w with great pain he read the Mansion-
e inet or Monday, but he should sot have troubledthe
rate, had not the report stated what was nothing less
ihiptilijupot yeas calumny against the Alderman and the Common
etiosellOso of the ward. He wished to know whether the person
Who =the OWE= Councilmen with improper coodact was
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Opaates a=ed.
'fflie Lot* Alamo* suggested that perhaps it would be better
se proceed at fin to a consideration of the most advisable means of
eantellYindf an evil which to his knowledge existed to a very sal-
ine depot In Fleet-street. It had been represented to him that
reemerbod ehoracters were to be seen there at all hours, and that in
'lsts tit/ issdits of the street was now worse than it had been for
treente, clot man robberies hail been committed, and that it
Illa ameteedingly offensive to modest females to walk there.
. Moe tbseflaral that he and his coadjutors had, upon all oc.
mums, used their utmost exertions to remedy the evils, and that
how was no effort which they were not willing to make to render
. 'the direly of the public tome complete.
T .lse Loan iIATOX said he had been given to understand that
Waal public-houses In the neighbourhood of Fleet-street were
constantly la the habit of keeping open after the hours of regulation. ,
To this, be considered, was ascribable a great deal of the disorder ,
which prevailed at late hours. ,
Mr. Vale said the last report made of the public-houses was ,
snore favourable than any former one that had been made for a
carwiderable period. There hail been no specific complaint.
Ittstorilship said he had given directions to Merchant, the so.
rerintendeut of the right patrol. to ascertain what houses in the
imnuilime virlutty of Fleet-street admitted visiters after a late
hour. and that officer was in attendance with • report.
Merchant them produced • list consisting of twelve public-houses,
all of which eased el/Ammer', he said, after one o'clock in the
mooning. Ile had cautioned the proprietors of those houses, upon ,
*be subject, but the answer be uniformly received was, " I must ,
do as my neghbour publican does," and thus the practice was :
kept up. Ise lugged to state, however, that some of those houses ,
were watering-houses, which were obliged to keep open foe the se- ,
commodation of coaclor.en and others whose avocations compelled
them to sit op all right.
The Loan ;Bort) a said he mould, with the greatest alacrity,
render all the assistance in his power upon this occasion. IVhat, ,
he wished to know, did Mr. vale think would be the most ad- i
sisable course to be adopted? i
Mr. Vale said he thought thee. ils might be abated by an addition
to the patrol who now dial duty in Fleet-street. i
The LORD 31ATC111 said he should certainly give directions
to that effect. He, at the same time, wished to make a few observe- ,
term. lie thought that, by a strict adherence to certain regulations, 1
a great deal might be done. In the first place, he wholly ells- ,
approved of giving a power to watchmen to take into custody
vela of the town, except when seen acting in an Indecent. riotous, 1
or disorderly manner; for watchmen were notoriously in the habit
of abusing that power, those females who gave money to them
being sure to escape with impunity. In the next place, he would
have the Members of the Common Council do all in their power ,
to put down the abominable brothels which were so numerous in ,
the vicinity of Fleetotreet, and from which thieves of all descrip.
siems constantly issued to prey upon the public ; and with respect
to the public-horses, be thought it very unfair that those abort
Flat-street should rot conform to the rules which were observed
JO every other part of the City.
Mt. Vale said the ward had gone to great expense to put
down the brothels; in fact they had done what they were nut ,
j.suiEed in doing—burned some of them out. But what effect had
that? New proprietors, like the old ones, got in, and the nuisances
revived. Twelve houses of this description had been, at a greet j
expense, temporarily abolished, but now they were all in existence ,
again. i
Mr. Butterworth said he was at issue with the Lord Mayor ,
with respect to allowing the women of the town to parade with. ,
taut restraint in the street. It was disgraceful that women who ,
were publicly known as abandoned prostitutes should be permitted
to walk up and down Fleet-street. i
The gentlemen of the Common Council then returned thanks,
ae did the two gentlemen who had complaintd of the deplorable ,
state of Fleet street, to the Lord Mayor, for the investigation be ,
had made into the particulars of the complaint.
We understood, from what took place, that a police station is
to he made at St. Dunstan's chu ch, that immediate reinforce- ,
manta are to be made to the night patrol of Fleet-street, and that ,
the publicans who persist in violating the regulations are to be
heed.
GUILDHALL.
Joseph James, a fireman belonging to the Eagle Insurance Corn.
pany, was charged before Mr. Alderman Lucas, yesterday, with '
gran misbehavior towards, and with assaulting, George State, one
of the watchmen of Cattle Baynani ward.
The complainant stated that a fire broke out in the shop of' a 1
Mr. Wilson, oilman, in Creed-lane, Ludgate-hill, at an early hour '
or Tuesday morning ; and, in consequence of the watchman of the '
twat springing his rattle, the witness, and several others, ran to the I
Rpm, Their first Gift was to save the lives of the persons within 1
the premises, which was effected by raising a ladder, used in re. 1
pairing an opposite house, to the second floor window, when several I
individnals descended in their night clothes. State then procured '
• maul, with which he broke in the shop ; and, notwithstanding 1
there was an alarm of gunpowder being on the premises, he yen- ,
need in, and emptied the buckets of water, as they were stem- '
surely handed to him, upon the parts where the fire made its •p-
-re/trance. The fire was supposed to have originated in • spark 1
falling into a cradle in the parlour, from whence it communicated
to the flooring, and to some articles in the cellar. After the com-
plainant had been busily employed for half so hour, and had sue.
ceeded in extinguishing the flames, the defendant arrived, and
'without the least provocation, pushed him out into the street, ex-
sel•truing, " what do you der here, you —; you are doing more
taro than (food; why didn't you let the bowie born?" State, '
who was in his shirt sleeves, and had nothing about him to indi-
cate his office. assured the defendant that he was a watchman, and
complained of his harshness; upon which Jones repeated his vin.
lance, end " bundled hint, neck and crop," into the street a second
tune. This was the assault complained of.
Pour watchmen of the same ward corroborated this statement.
The finnan, in his defence, denied that the fire was ratio-
44peedied when he arrived. It was just in such a state that, by
practice it stub matters, he was able to prevent it getting a-head.
:Y/hen he came to the door lie was seised by the mike by two per.
*solewesswho said " do natio lo ; thereon three barrels of powder in
one cellar." Knowing that be could stop the fire by interfering at
'that motoeitt, he insisted upon going in, and was the means of
saving the premiers. Mr. Vi'irstanley (the auctioneer, we under.
stood) and some uther gentlemen could speak to his good conduct
open this occasion
Another fireman said watchmen always did more harm than
good at a fire, by poking people about with their stoves, and dis-
t/Thing the minds of the firemen. fie imputed malice to the
complainant, on account of a dispute between him and Jones at •
tre in Bell-yard, Temple-bar, two years ago.
The watelitneti agate declared, unanimously, that they had ex-
tinguished the fire before the defendant arrived.
Mr. Ald. Lucas said he should advise them all to retire and
make up this matter. They had all an equal claim to be upon the
premises. and were all full of eagerness to do cod ; but if the ac.
counts were tree, the defendant had certainly been touch too hasty.
As, however, he had been himself a witness of the very excellent
conductor Jones at • fire, lie should now lean to him more than he
might, and desire him to make it up with the watchmen, by giving
thorn all something to drink, and he (die Alderman) wuuld give
them Is. each for their loss of time to-day.
he Watchmen received their shilling each, and the parties then
r-ural to carry Into effect the other part of the Alderman's award.
• Jews Lee, who stood remanded, charged with breaking into a,
furniture warehouse belonging to Mr. Crook the auctioneer, was
lolly committed for nisi!, for stealing a bed and bed-furniture, and
a variety of other articles, which had been removed from one part
01 Me warehouse to another. The quilt which was found upon
the prisoner could not be identified WiliaCtOriir.
BOW-STREET.
ATTEMPT RD Sutottax.—A respectably-dressed female, whose
&overawe denoted her to be enceinte, was yesterday morning
brought how/ St. Mary's watchbouse, and placed before the sitting
Magistrate. Sir 8.. Bloom.
It appeared, from the statement of the constable, that the un-
fortuarte female was brought to the watchbouse about half-past ten
o'clock on Wednesday night, under a suspicion of having attempted
to drown herself. The account given him at the watcbhouse by the
pa..:41 stationed near Waterloo-bridge, who gave her in charge,
was, that as he was on duty on Vi'ethiadsy night lie perceived a
,woolati walking backwards and 'inwards near the Moto' the bridge,
with • peculiarity of manner which Induced him to watch her.
Alta looking round some time, and supposing herself unobserved,