The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-07 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

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Yesterday Lees, the beadle of ('ooper's.hall, was brought before
the LORD MAYOR, cloned with hawing given his wife a desperate
beating.
The poor woman, who is the mother of a great many children,
and advioiced in years, was fool enough seven months ago to marry
the beadle, who had an eye to her little property, and ',ever Lt her
rest until he became master of it, and even then her rest was of but
'Lott duration, her husband having determined to disturb it in a
less agreeable manner. They were monied on Saturday, but he
chose to repose that night and every succeeding night in a cot by
himself. and to leave his poor wife, ,VllO observed a change in his
conduct the moment after the ceremony was performed, to shift fur
hi-Faction the chairs or the floor. Ile took care also to go to bed
punctually drunk every night. and had a fancy for a bunting candle
so close to his era as to endanger the house. Ilia wife, when else
saw'hiin in such a condition, was in the habit of taking away the
candle, rot wishing to share the danger of being burned with so
worthless a fellow. This Intern:mere with his RULhOtitr provoked
him to the most brand fury. On the Tuesday after their marriage
he told her to walk off with herself. as she was ugly, and old, and
useless. lie swore that if she did not pack off he'd make her a
corpse. tedie was willing enough to go upon condition of the re-
storation of her property, but he refused to give her sixpence, and
thenceforward wreaked both his drunken and sober vengeance upon
her without mercy. Iler friends entreated her to leave hint, hut
she remained under his protection until it proved almost tatal to
her. I.ast Tuesday hight he went home full of liquor, and being
also full of valour, he struck the pour woman with his list on the
shoulder and the jaw. Ile then seized a sort of chisel or knife, and
'trail her with it on the back of the head. She fell shorn in a stale
of insensibility ; blood poured front the wound, upon seeing which
the beadle walked off to his bed, satisfied with the result of his ea-
tenons. The neighboorhood however was distuibed by his vio-
lence, ang.he was taken to prison, and his wife put under the ears
of a surgeon.
Mr. Humphries, the Sol:etas., appeared for the purpose, as he
stated, of conciliating the parties, or on behalf of the husband, to
consent to a separation and maintenance for his wife.
The LORD Mikyoß; in the strongest terms, censured the brutal
aril annually conduct of the braille, and refused to let the prisoner
go at large until the surgeon had declared the pour woman out of
dsnger.
Mr. Saundeit. the wow-bailiff, waited upon the Loan MAYOR
to report to and 1 receive instructions from his Lordship with respect
to the obstruct4is in the river Thames, alluded to in our report
of yesterday.
lie state;l thatknany parts of the rivet were in the condition re.
presented in the public papers. and the patties had in consequence
Nom served w ith notices in the tint ir.stance to abate the nuisance.
There had certainly been a partial abatement, but now the ob-
structions were as bad as ever. The difficulty of providing.agairst
so extensive and so serious an annotiance was twasiderdble. In fact
he believed that the evil could be only remelted by the removal of
the mooring chains altogether. So long as those chairs were per-
mitted to remain, the bargemen awl lightercoen would mast ea-
mealy fasten their craft to them.
The Loan 11 soros said, it was absolutely necessary to clear
away the obstructions fur the sake of a free navigation. as well as
for the security of those who wer.t up or down the river in boats.
Ilia Lordship then directed that the &wen:stances should be re-
ported to the Navigation Committee, who would doubtless take
immediate steps for the removal of the chins.
GUILDHALL.

A decent.looking old man, named Won Si,omer applied to the
Sitting 3lagistrate, Mr. Alderman Awst.EY, yesterday, for his
advice and assistance, under the following circumstances :
Ile had, he said, pledged a bible at the shop of Mr. Bashi,
pawnbroker, No. 41.„ Aldersgate-street, fir 10s. on the 2d of Sep-
tember 11123, and he now produced the duplicate to that effect : on
the 4th of September last, two days after it was out of time, as it its
called, he nulled to redeem it, offering the principal and interest;
but he was then told that it was forfeited and had been sold. He
had, however, subsequently seen it exposed for sale in Mr. Baylis's
shop window. marked price 2!. 2s. On this he renewed his appll-
cation to bo allowed to redeem it, but that had been refused, Air.
Baylis standing strictly to the Act of Parliament, that the pledge
was forfeited. rid nut bring a pledge above Ins. he was not obliged
to Enid it for pubic sale by auction.
Mr. Alderunm Artstzy said this was tiertainly a hard case, but
he feared !oat under the Act of Parliament, the pledge not being
above ;Us., and out of time. if the pas °banker persisted, he, as a
tutld not interfere.
3 r. Beresford (the chief clerk) said, he did AM doubt but that
the complainant might recover in an sedge of trover. Indeed, a
decision to that effect had lately taken place in the Court of King's
Berth.
Mr. Alderman A wsxt r —That may be all very right, but' this
pout fellow cannot afford to bring an action of nova.
The Alderman then directed Brand, the tnarshaiman to seccen-
pany the poor man us Mr. Baylis, and urge the peculiar hardship
of the case.
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BOW4T BEET.

Ireorretous Fnatrer.—The publication of the following facts
will, perhatis, serve to guard the public spinet the maeleinations
of a fellow who is going about practising fraudulent tricks, as it
would seem, very successfully.
A master tailor applied to the Magistrate on Tuesday, for a
warrant to apprehend a young wan, who he said had defrauded him
in a very curious manner. borne time ago, a young man (nut the
one against whom he now applied) came to him, and requested to
have a quantity of clothes made ilimerliately, as he was about to
enter upon a highly respectable tuation,, and he should want a
complete ward . The applicant of cosine expressed his wining
rose to execute any order that might be furnished to him; but ob.
served, that as credit was required, it would be necessary that he
should have a respectable reference as to his character and the truth
of his representations. lie eery readily gave a reference, and it was
to the person fur whose apprehension he now wished to have a
warrant. That individual was Sound by the applicant, living in
apparently good style, at a very respectable house; but when the
subject sit the visit was made known, lie declared he could not, as a
man of reapectability and honour, give a recommendation to the
young man, because be really knew very little of him, and
that little wall nut of the most favourable kind. The applicant,
upon receiving this answer, Mused to execute the order of the other
young wan, and there that affair ended fur the time. Shortly after,
however, the referee himself called upon the applicant, and said he
wanted some clothes, and gave a consiskrable order. He stated that
he teas a lieutenant in the navy, and also held a situation in the
Admiralty ; and to convince applicant that he had nothing to fear,
he would give him Si. in advance. That sum he immediately paid
down, and all, sp.:May as possible the clothes were made and sent
home. From that time to the present the applicant had never seen
this Pieta' and gentlemanly customer. lie, very soon after obtain.
ing the goods, left ids lodgings. acct, upon inquiry, the applicant
ascertained that he was not a lieutenant in the Davy, and that so far
from having ever held a situation iu the Admiralty, h?was not
even I: noun there. lie had ever sites been endeavouring to trace
the fellow, and at length had that day ascertained where he was to
be found ; and if the utsgistrute thought lit to grant a warrant, he
could be easily taken.
The Magistrate, however, said, that he could take no cognizance
of the matter. fly takir.g a portion of money in advance, he had
rustle it to all intents and purposes a matter of civil contract, and
his only remedy was by suing hint for the debt.
Ti.t tailor dtpartcd .with a shake of the head, which seemed to
denote that he thought that the remedy pointed out would, if
pursued, be worse than none at all.
Yesterday another unfortunate dupe (alio doubt the same artful
youth) applied for a warrant under precisely the stunecircumstances,
except that tha goods obtained were boots and shoes, instead of
coats and trousers. Thu boottnaku of course received the sante
ensue: as the tailor.