The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-08-26 00:00:00

'POLITE.

GUILDHALL.
On lit entity a female of reepretaliles apsechisuer and bawd.
WSW persoo„ who called, herself Shawl Hamilhns. was
hemeght birfore the sitting Alderman, charged wish going 1511
the ruantlng.kosise of • reerctable feeler in
street, mid creating a Tint siscl ilistierbsore„ aed also with
tending hies threatening letters to .irtiut namiey.
The Geut kerma, who was wended by his &Leiter. slated
to Ike Alagistrate that saner ymir• ago. the lady Lv.il lender
his proieetios, but iu 1817 Mir quitted him and weal is. Ir.,
land. On her retina she call. .1 un him and stated that she
hod borne • child of which hr was the father; but •t that
time no child was wish her. lie, however, replied, that if
she could %1' him auy proof of the feet, Itg.seoesld make
some provision for it. She shortly afterwards resppearril
'with a child, whirls it appeared ale hid stolen, and Air that
enema. she was afterward. tried, convieted at the 01.1 Bliley, '
and +offered impeisunewnet as the poalidesinest of her Crime. .
But previously to the discovery that the child was stolen, be
bud authar.sed a friend t.. treat with b. r, sad be had agreed
on his (the Cuinp*aMmitre) behalf h. give her • saes of bill.
mod • farther sum of 601. whets she had proved the birth sod
esistruce of the child. She bad Mere routioarally bent ap-
plying 10 him for money, with which be bad as constantly
relieved her, but as shy persielid is maiire demands on hien
fur the bOl. sad annoyed hint hy catalog to his meeting-
house to iiteht emus the peplum', hr gave her noire that Hu
the meat appliestion she made be would take her before • Ms.
gieleste ; is pursoaare of which, vibes she came meal, he
gave ehauge of her, sad she was now brought before the 'tits's(
Alderman. All that be wished fur was, that she would dim
combine bee pesseeerting him with applieatioas which he' was
determined not to attend to. Hobe amid sow being say
pivot elf the truth of her atalenteot respells( the child, he
was wilbeig to pity her the 591. which his friend bad stipu-
)ated that be elmoolsl pay.
The Primmest said she bad bees greatly abused by the
Complainaat, and was obliged so leave him ; whilst he had
kept her is Hones Crescent he took up with the company
of her maid-servaut, oboes be dimmed out is her (the Prt-
soeter'e) clothe,. She sawed the Nsggistraie that 41 would
occupy a week if she wet. to recommit the wbrolearf lltr peer.
same of which she had to complain. 'there" were massy .
person, of respectability who could spent to 'bee character,
as also a smbleassa lately &erased.
Alderman Cox told her it use sot neeespary that she.
should be SO diffase, as he was of opinion the tretialemesaur'
comphiaid of was sot (ally proved. He should, therefore,
dismiss the complaint.
The Primmer was discharged accordingly.

Os Satorday last Mr. Taylor, • brittle.nserchani, resining
is Did Rosa-lase, Upper Thames-street, wet brought before
G. R. Aliashull, Esy the sitting Magistrate, or a wareaut
fur assaulting and beating Auguste* D'Assig, Big. a Ger-
man, but is the service of the &Utah army.
It appeared from his evidence that on Thursday reeving
last, oboist seven o'clock, he, in eurnpaay w Ilk a g. Ili Imam,
a friend of bit, were crustiug the road near algal lux-crusw,
sad just as they gut oe to the pavemeut the Diltoilaut came
along sod shoved him violently, so mach au, that bad
it not bee* for his friend be most bare Emu ibriviab a situp
wisdom. Mr. D. immediately went after the D.fendart,
abs bad at that time a great mob at his heels, fur it ap-
peared he had served every body so be came star. Uproot
Mr. D. vire to rellialletrilte with him ou the impropriety
of his toadies., be, without soy cart-ninny, placed himself
is a lightiwg attitade, sad spots being risked fur bit card, he
struck him a most violent blow nosier the jaw, which caused
Mt. D. to stagger, but his friend slciaiurd the Defeadaut
tell be recovered; after larch aberration, and abusive lan.
linage sin -this past of the Defendaat, be gave him but raid,
with the (heresies as above; but shit was not soil he
hail heels followed to Davis's Arphithesire, Wroitilliester
Bridge.
Mr. Miaaholl said he should furbrer 'saying any thing on.
11l he heard whet Mr. Taylor had to say is his defence.
Mr. Taylor them said, he reasembestal having passe,' Mr.
D'As.lg sad his friend, bat bad so recollective -that he had
atviulted him is the way drorribe.l; denied hiving dune sat
to sup other person, and *burial nut have gives the Cues-
plainaut the trouble to have fulloaed him to the Ilk alp
be thought he was the Gist assaulted, as Mr. D. taint. up to
bias, sad without say eeremoay forcibly detained him.
. . . .

Mr. Misdeal said it was a itibl,c affstr, sod adsi-ed Mr.
D'Assig to take the affair to the Quitter S.►►usus. It was
hi► duty to call maw the Dereadaot to lid iasit ter bis
printere at the fiewieus.
Two Defeedaat them gave bail, lintel( is 501. aid two
sureties is Ibl. each.

II ARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Roder the new Police Let a ctn. f officer ie dnected to be
appointed at each police office, to have the aoperiniendeare
of the other officers behnegotg to the departuteitt. At Ito.
office on Saturday a letter was reretted (nn the Under-Se.
antlary of Slate for the Howie I.t.partment, attnotiortag .hit
Mr. Plank had bees utountated to die office in Toronto. at a
Wary of ti►eo domesa per reek. Montt KM the 'Atha' a-
lewife the establashatemt, and la kuorn as as active inlet-
latish au.