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OMENS SYSTEM.

OR rtisToN ESTABLISHIfENT.
The experiment of the new system of union and mutual co-ope-
ration is still going forward at °daimon. The conductors have
met with greater difficulties than they originally contemplated.
The defiziency in the stimulus to industry always became apparent
in every step. The individual members hart been accustomed to
receive the full remuneration of their labour in the shape of wages,
in the usual way, and they could not understand the idea of being
their own employers, and of waiting till the produce of their labour
could be realized. Many attempts were made to induce them to
allow a pot tion of their labour to accumulate as capital ; but as the
proposed plan held out that the profit of this capital should go
equally to the whole Society, so few of them were patriotic enough
to act upon it, that the projectors feared they would have to Mom.
don this part of the system as impracticable *ith aged persons, arid
to train their children to act upon this plan appeared to them
their only chance of success. In order to make the concern more
manageable, the society (now consisting of upwards of two hundred
and fifty persons) had been previously arranged into "squads" of
from ten to twenty families each. The individuals composing each
of these squads belonged chiefly to one branch of industry ; and
many of' them always wrought cheerfully for wages when em-
ployed by the proprietors; but they all appeared backward to
work far themselves, unless the full wages of their labour wile
given them, when wrought for. In acting upon this principle, the
operatives would have got all the profit, while any risk of loss
would have fallen on the proprietors. To obviate this, the manager
made a proposal, "That the individuals engaged in any branch of
industry should have a chance of receiving double price for what.
ever labour they allowed to accumulate, before any profit was
claimed by the Society." This appears to have had the desired
effect. The first squad who began to act wholly for themselves
have been engaged for upwards of six weeks, erecting an iron-
foundery and machinery, workshop. They have wrought with
great spirit, and evidently have got a glimpse of the ailvan-
' rages they are likely to derive from acting upon this prin-
ciple. There are many of them said to be very superior work-
men. This spirit, it is expected, will soon pervade the whole
society; and several parties have already begun to act in a similar
way. The extensive garden ground will employ another squad.
The agricultural department a third. The dairy a lamb ; and of
the smaller branches several may be united ; but all verge to one
point. All put into one store, and all draw from that store in pro-
portion to what they put in. They have already begun to ex- •
perience the advantage of being customers to themselves. The
baker has no trouble with the bread after it comes front the oven.
The gardeners send all the fruit :rid vegetables to the store, and
the cowkeepers have the same facilities with the milk. While th
large staple manufactories, and the individuals who live upon their
capital, will, it is expected, furnish the means of paying the ex-
pense of rent, and interest of capital. The inclinations of the
people are daily becoming more confirmed in favour of public
missing ; though all who choose it have the Nokia of messing
in their private rooms. They seem to inanity e things upon an mi.
nontical system ; for the highest mess for adults has not, far the
last month, exceeded 7s. a week for each individual, while the
lowest has been only about 3s. lid. At the first table at breakfast
there are tea and coffee, and bat rolls, or toast and butter; and
fragments are daily venial from the table after all are satisfied. At
dinner they have broth and meat, and fish, with a great variety and
overflow of vegetables, with roast meat, bacon, and other varieties of
a similar nature. From Id to 20 belong to this mesa, and all of them
have been quite satisfied with it. The other messes (due males at least )
take oatmeal porridge, both in the morning and night. The tables
are open to all the friends of the members, who are charged at the
' same rate. Visitor!' from distant parts stop sometimes a week or
1 two in the establishment. Sixteen rooms are set aside for strangers.
These will be furnished comfortably, and service provided, but it
will be two months yet before they are complete. The building
has yet much to be done to it; but the beauty of the surrounding
scenery has been much admired. Almost all the children eat to-
gether ; and they are employed half the day iti the gardens, and in
the fields. None of them are ever punished in any way (at least
the system admits of no punishment which man has power to in-
flict or wit!..hold), and yet they are even now at least no wane
than those who are tinder rigid discipline. The schools are not far
advanced. Miss lViiitwell's powers are directed chiefly to cre-
ating mate' iel for the schools—that is, painting representa-
tions of objects in nature, according to the system of instruction
of which she was the inventor. All tun inconvemence which the
society feels from the present state of the country is confined to the
proprietors. Several of them have felt more difficulty than they
anticipated in furnishing the capital. In every other respect the
change that has taken place has been rather favourable than

otherwise.
The conductors of this experiment look upon its success as of the
utmost importauce to the country ; because it would demonstrate
how our surplus population, to almost any extent, could be em-
ployed beneficially for themselves, and profitably foe the country.
On Sunday meetings for religious service arc held in the forenoon
and evening. The chief difference in their forms, from that of
other societies, is in their prayers. In this respect no words are
uttered aloud ; but their hymns and psalms are Mu .e in common
use, and their lectures are chiefly from the Bible. The rest of the
building will be executed by the operatives wholly on their own
account. and will be begun as soon as circumstances will permit.
The society has already a great variety of different trades itt opera-
tion, and front distant parts. Besides tailors and shoemakers from
London, they have a watchmaker from Germany, who is consi-
dered an expert tradesman.

FATAL :teem ENT.-"011 Friday last, while David IV&
kie was engaged in building a garden wall at Comley Bank,
near Stockbridge, and in the act of shifting a box with
lime, one of the planks on which he stood shifted to one
side, by which he lost his balance, and fell about nine feet,
upon a stone, which bruised him dreadfully, and, although
72 years of age, he wandered home on his feet, a distance
of two miles, the pain being so acute that he could not
bear any one to carry him. Medical aid was resorted to,
but in vain, as he lingered until Monday afternoon, when
lie died. He was a sober and industrious man, and bore
an excellent character. He has left a widow.
' Dassnrcr. ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, as Mrs.
Scowcroft, a deaf and aged lady, who resided in Bradshaw-
gate, Bolton, was crossing the street, for the purpose of
purchasing some article in a shop on the opposite side of
the road, she unfortunately came in contact with a horse in
a water-carrier's cart, which threw her down with great
force. The driver, and several other persons who saw the
accident, called out to the horse to stop, but, instead of
obeying the command, it took fright, reared up, and in-
stantly galloped over the unfortunate woman. One wkeel
passeti across her back, and the horse's foot slightly grazed
her forehead. She was immediately taken up and re-
moved into her house, and Dr. Black and Messrs Robin-
sons, surgeons, procured for her assistance. An attempt
was made to take blood front her arm, but it was ineffec-
tual, for she shortly expired without a struggle. It does
not appear that any blame ought to be attached to the
carter, who was on the proper side of the cart, although a
few yards distant from the horse's head. A Coroner's Jury
viewed the body on Monday, and returned a verdict of
" Accidental death."—Belion Express.
lt.t.teur Disrtt.t.artom.—The week before last an ex-
,. eist• court was held at Rothesay, in which two families, the
one consisting of a father and a son, and the other of a
father, son, and daughter, were fined altogether in 100/.
sterling, being 20/. to each person, and instantly sent to
prison. Thu father and son, however, paid their ta/. on
' the same day, and were liberated. 'f he other family, who
were from Arran, and bore the appearance of great destitu •
i don, paid their 601. in the end of the week--a circumstance
still more extraordinary.

A few days ago a lady residing in the Waterloo-road,
who had been in the habit of taking small doses of lauda-
num to relieve some painful disords,- under which she la-
boured, repeated the quantity to such an extent that she
became utterly insensible. Mr. Cook, a surgeon in the
neighbourhood, was senefor ; but, notwithstanding re-
peated doses of the most powerful emetics were poured
down her throat, vomiting could not be produced. There
remaining no other chance of saving her life but the
Stomach Pump, the attendance of Mr. Read, the l'atentee,
wasprocured as speedily as possible, and by means of this
valuable invention the poison was quickly dislodged from
the stomach, and the lady is now in perfect health.
Early last week, while some children were bathing in
the neighhout hood of Whitehaven, one of them, who had
passed beyond his depth, was seized and destroyed by a
shark, which had been lurking about that coast in search
of its prey. The alarm occasioned by this lamentable
circumstance may easily be couccived. People were im-
mediately sent to the various towns upon the coast, to
iVorkington, Maryport, &c. to communicate the tidings,
and to caution the parents and guardians of youth not to
allow their charges to incur, by bathing, so fatal a danger.
—Cumberland Puegucl.
Sol( NA )4 Hit 1.1101.—A boy, 13 yews of age, named Wm,
Rutter, having been up the greater part of two nights, last
week, travelling with his father, who drives a waggon from
this town to Boston, got out of • bed, at his father's
lodgings, in Broad Marsh, about eleven o'clock on Thurs-
day night, the 3d inst. opened the window of the bed-room
on the sreiliid story, in his sleep, and fell into the street.
Ilia sitter, ,t, nos apbfl discovered, and he was taken up,
bruised on the lord and other parts of the body, and again
put to herd : yet strange to tell, the boy still continued in
a state of wuntioleticy, and did not awake till the next
morning, when be was
quite unconscious:of what had
happened.

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POLICE._

BIRMINGHAM COACH ROBBERY.
MAESioN-110V9E.—The man who called himself James CV-
Pet 1, but who now did not deny his name to be Crowder, was
brought up again for re-examination.
It will be recollected that the prisoner tendered a M. Birmingham
Bank-note for a Hilt of clothes, but the note being found to be
stolen, he was taken into custody. His defence was, that he re-
ceived' it from a person in the streets, in payment for wow goods
told by him.
The Lonn MAYOR refused to believe this story, and said he
should commit the prisoner for having the note in his possession,
and uttering it, knowing it to be stolen.
Mr. II tt mon RIES, who attended for the prisoner, declared that
such a commitment would be Illegal. Ile denied that the prisoner
had committed any offence. Ile contended that the notes having
been paid in London, were no more titan so much waste paper, un-
ell they were issued by the Bankers at Birmingham. That being
thus valueless, no felony was committed with respect to them, and
that it was no silence within any of the statutes to utter them. He
cited in support of this the came of Astlett for stealing the Exche-
quer bills from the Bank of England. Ile mentioned a similar
ease, which had occurred where he was concerned, where a woman
was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation, by Mr. Sergeant I
Ambits, for having such a note in her possession. Upon represent.
ing the case at the Secretary of State's Office, Mr. Peel being satis-
fied of the illegality of the conviction, procured her a free pardon.
Two other of his clients were taken up for the same offence, when
he determined to take the opinion of the Twelve Judges on the
point ; but his clients thought it expedient to plead guilty, on the
understanding that they should he imprisoned for one month, ra-
ther than they should be in prison for twelve months fur the deci-
sion of the Judges. In fact, no doubt could be entertained by
lawyers that such a commitment would be illegal.
The LORD MAYOR expressed himself of a decidedly opposite
opinion, and declared that he should commit the prisoner. Some
deficiency in the technical proof occurred, and he remanded the pri.
saner, that it might be supplied. II is Lordship expressed his sur-
prise, that after the repeated heavy losses the bankers sustained by
sending parcels by stage-coaches, no arrangement was made with
Government to send them by the post. Ile entertained little doubt
that Government would make an arrangement, and that it would
be highly to the advantage of the parties.
WATERM EN'S FARES.
It has latterly become a practice to bring all complaints against
watermen before the LORD MAYOR., instead °flaking them before
the Rulers of the NFatermen's Company. The object of the par-
ties is, in most grievous cases, publicity, which is not attainable by
the latter course, though, without it, the mere infliction of a penalty
upon the offender is of little or no consequence. The jurisdiction of
the Rulers Is properly confined to the adjudication of disputes be-
tween watermen. The latter, however, now prefer coming before
the Magistrate.
Two watermen were summoned before the Lord Mayor, the one
for IDE king use of abusive language, the other for extorting more
than his fare front the passengers of a steam-boat.
Front the statement of the complainants it appeared, they are
mechanics, who had gone a trip in one of the steam-boats, with
their company. On their return at night, they were charged by
the waterman sixpence each for lauding, or 4s. for each boat-load
of eight. This the complainants thought exorbitant, and they
had sufficient spirit to bring the case before the Lord Mayor. One
of the defendants began to call the party " lousy scamps,' and
said they could be nothing but a set of thieves, to 'behave " in that
'ere shabby manner," and caused them to be treated In such a man-
ner as few persons, for the sake of a much larger sum, would yen-
tore to encounter.
The Lona Mayon fined this waterman 10s. and costs for
abuse; and awarded the complainant, out of the fine, the value
of his day's work, that he might not be a loser by his laudable
conduct in bringing the case forward. His Lordship asked the
watermen what they considered to be their fare for taking a person
across the water ?
The watermen scratched their heads and looked at each other
before they gave any answer. They then acknowledged that they
were entitled to no more than Id. " sculls," and 2d. " oars," for
their fare.
The LORD MAYOR did not consider that the watermen were
entitled to more for taking a person on board a steam-vessel or
landing him, than taking him across the water. He therefore
should, if the watermen charged more than 3d. (which he thought
• fare that neither -the public nor the watet men should object to)
fine them for extortion.
The watermen said, that they generally charged only 3d. in the
day-time; but they thought themselves entitled to charge double
in the night-tinte, as they had the trouble of waiting up.
saThe Lon n MAYOR Said, they should be glad that they had an
opportunity of getting money by night at well as day,and surely these
steam-boats, with two or three hundred passengers at 3d. each, were
not bad things for the watermen at the stairs. Ile declared that he
could not think of sanctionir"• the demand for a higher fare at any
time ; it should rather be reduced. Ile fired the waterman far ex-
tortion, and paid the complainant out of the fine for his loss of
time. Watermen, his Lordship intimated, would find it their in-
terest to be neither so insolent nor so extortionate to the passengers
of rat am-boats.
We Lire requested to state, that the name of one of the defendants
in the poor-rate case of St. Otave, Hart-streer, which was distinctly
pronounced, both by Mr. Aldermen Atkins and Mr. Atidrews
(in mistake), Buckle, is Bucknel. A parishioner of the name of
Buckle came and expressed much uneasiness at being supposed to
be the person.
ADULTERATION OF FLOUR.
cit.nuALL.—Mr. Dick, a silversmith in Bell-yard, Temple-
bar, appeared before Alderson Sir J. PERRINO, Bart. yesterday,
and stated that a paragraph had been published by most of the
newspapers, alleging that his family hail been poisoned by eating of
a pie, supposed to have been made of deleterious flour. He now
appeared before the Magistrate for the purpose of Informing hint
of the result of an analyeation the flour had undergone. Upon
his live children and the maid servant being seized with ft violent
retching, within ten minutes of having eaten of the plum pie, a
medical gentletnan, Mr. Jones, of Chancery-lane. was called in,
and by the prompt exhibition of antidotes, the whole of the suf.
fern's were relieved, and restored to their usual state of health by
the following day ; but a neighbour carried a specimen of the flour,
Of which about a teacupful only remained, to Mr. Clarke, of Apo.
thecariee-Hall, who, after analyzing it, and also a part of the pie
crust, had delivered his opinion that one-fourth part was pipe clay
and chalk, and the rest of it was bean-flour, or some other stuff
not poisonous • but wheat formed no part of the competition.
Sir Jona/ RlNG—Where did you purchase it? Mr. Dick
replied that his wife had purchased it (merely a half quartem) at
Mr. Turner's, a sort of chandler's shop in BelLyard.
Sir JOHN PER RI NO, after taking a minute of the circumstance,
thanked Mr. Dick for exposing this baleful practice of adulteration.

STEALING FROM A FISH-POND.
HATTON-OARDEN.—Yestertlay Thomas likhards, a rather
genteel-looking young man, was brought before Mr. Sergeant
SELLON, charged with stealing a quantity of tench from out of an
enclosed pond, on the grounds of Vs illiani Agar, Esq., barrister-at-
law, near Kentish-town. .1A
Mr. Agar stated, that the.pieoe of water whereon the prisoner
was detected fishing was a preserved pond for the propagation of
that species of fish called tench, and, without scaling the enclosure,
no person could have got at it. In consequence of the house
haviqg been robbed some time back, and a continued system of
depredation being carried on, not only as regarded his grounds, but
in all the adjoining plantations, be (Mr. Agar) found it necessary
to employ twelve men as a night watch, and it was by one of these
men that the prisoner was detected.
James Treaty, employed by Mr. Agar to watch the grounds,
stated, that between three and four o'clock on Sunday morning, he
observed the prisoner, in company whit three other men (not in
custody). all of whom had rods in their hands, and were busily en-
gaged fishing. Witness perceiving that there were so many,
thought it prudent to call for assistance; and while getting up to
the gardener's lodge, the party at the pond took the alarm, and all
except the prisoner escaped, with whom was found a basket con-
taining near eight dozen of prime tench. On the prisoner en-
deavouring to make off. witness presented his gun, and threatened
to fire on him, by which means he was apprehended.
Mr. Agar begged to impress upon the Magistrate, that in this
instance it was not nerdy by fair angling that the fish had been
taken, or he should probably not have thought so much about it;
but it was quite clear that they had used a net, or such a consl-
denble quantity as eight dozen could not have been caught at that
early hour of the morning. It was, in fact, nothing short of abso-
lute plunder.
Mr. Sergeant SET.I.ON'. who perfectly concurred in the Learned
Gentleman's opinion, asked the prisoner what he had to say in his
defence
The prisoner replied, that he had gone out that morning merely
to fish in the canal for amusement, and met three persons, one of
whom asked him if he had "good sport." He said he had not met
with any; and they then told Trion that they could bring him to a
place where he should find plant'', Provided lie allowed them the
use of his basket, and he thought tile offer tn° good to refuse. Mel
all proceeded together to the pond. but he declared that he had no
notion It was private property, or he should hot have gone there.
Mr. Sergeant Slum:lN—Then, I suppose, you were not aware of
l the risk you incurred ?
Prisoner—No, your liforshlp, I wu not.

Mr. Sergeant SET.T.ON—I must te you then, that, by an old
Act of Parliament, you would, for this offence, become table to
transportation for seven years. However, in consideration of your
inexperience, I shall treat you under a more lenient Statute, the
sth of lieu. IV., wuich enables the Magistrate to fine the offender
in the penalty of five pounds, or in default of payment to be eoin.
mitted to prison for a period not exceeding six months. Are you
prepared to pay the money ?
Prisoner—Fire pounds, Sir? I have not five farthings In the

world.
11r. Sergeant SELLON—Then you are committed to prison fo
three months; and 1 hope it may prove a caution to you, and to
other+ in the same situation, how they offend in future.
ROBBERY BY A BAR-diAfll.
Susan Chapman, a smart, well-dressed girl, was brought up,
chreged with robbing her master, Mr. Alattison, landlord of the
Skinners' Arms, corner of Coburg-street, Clerkenwell.
Mr. Mattison, who seemed to regret very much having been
compelled to adopt any harsh measures against the prisoner. stated
that he had taken her into his employment some months ago;
though greatly 'reduced in circumstances, her family was very re-
spectable, and being very well recommended, and the girl's man-
ners being rather prepossessing, he had treated her in every respect
as if she were his own daughter ; however, it seemed that this kind.
ness was thrown away upon an undeserving and ungrateful object ;
'.ter chief foible aas an inordinate love of dress, and though, when
she came into the situation, she was extremely destitute of corn.
mon necessaries in the way of apparel, she had now a large quan-
tity of clothes, and even jewellery and trinkets of a showy and ex.
pensive description, which it was quite evident her wages did not
enable her to purchase. This circumstance naturally excited a
suspicion that all was not as it should be, and complainant resolved,
it possible, to discover by what means the funds were supplied to
meet such expenses ; though evidently an attractive little girl, she
did not appear to have many admirers who could afford to lavish
money upon her, and of course the natural inference was, that she
took it out of the receipts in the shop, before the family were up in
the morning. Various small sums were missed from the till during
the last three months; but though several pieces of money had
been privately marked, yet nothingeould be brought home to her,
until at length an expedient was hit upon which fully succeeded.
Complainant had mentioned his suspicions to Mr. Titterton, a
neighbour, who agreed to send his servant early on Sunday morn.
ing with a marked shilling for some spirits, and this identical Phil-
ling being missed from the till was found in the prisoner's box

soon after.
Mr. Titterton'a servant proved having paid the shilling as de-
scribed, which prisoner threw into the till, and gave change for it.
Gregory, a parish constable, was called in by Mr. Mattison, on
Sunday morning, and on searching the prisoner's box, found the
shilling now produced, and identified by Mr. Titterton ; there were
also in the box two sovereigns, a half.sovereign, three half-crowns,
several single shillings. a number of tradesmen's bills for jewellery,
muslins, silks, stockings, &c., to the amount of several pounds.
Mr. Mattison observed that the dates of these bills were all within
the time that the prisoner had been in Iris employ, and he had paid
her only :It altogether during that period, anti independently of the
articles, which she had bought and paid for, there was cash found
in her box equal to the sum she had received.
The prisoner, who seemed to feel very little as to her situation,
dill not attempt to offer any thing in explanation of the bills ; with
respect to the money, she said it was all her own, and the marked
shilling she did not deny having taken out of the till, but it was
merely from its having been a new one that she took a fancy to it,
at the same rime that she replaced it by one out of her own pocke:.
She was fully committed for trial.
CI? NNINO IN CAREFUL.
MARLBOROUGH-STP EE T.—A gentleman, who gave his name
Enu:carth, whom we understood to be a Captain on half-pay, was
brought from nt. Giles's watch-house, as a "disorderly." Though
the phrase has an extensive ramification of definition with night
constables and watchmen, nothing in the dress or demeanour of
Mr. Emsworth would lead a man of ordinary lexicographi-
cal knowledge to an adaptation of the word to the circumstance
in which Mr. E. was found—soundly and sonorously sleeping on
the stone step of a stationer's door.
The watchman stated, that he found the gentleman fast asleep
on the stone steps, and awoke him, for fear he tbould get into harm,
when he charged him with stealing his watch. So, your Worship,
I took him to the watch-house, where we were both searched,
and the gentleman's watch was found in his pocket, and in another
a purse full of money.
Mr. Emsworth admitted the watchman'a statement to be true ;
and said, that knowing himself to have made a little too free, he
had carefully put the chain and appendages of the watch in the
bottom of his fob. Having gone to sleep, he felt somewhat irri.
tared at the unceremonious way in which the watchman awoke hint ;
and missing his watch, without recollecting where he had placed
it, he certainly did charge the man with taking it. He was sorry
he had been so precipitate, and was glad to find that he had fallen
into such good hands.
Mr. ROE desired him to pay five shillings for being drunk.
The watch and the purse were returned to Mr. E., who paid the
money, with the cheerful observation, " That he would willingly
do so. It was all proper—people ought to pay for their fully."
Patrick Flanagan was brought up, on suspicion of intending to
commit a burglary in the house of James Furzeman, the landlord
of the King's Arms public-house, in Smart's-buildings, St. Giles's.
Mr. Foramen stated, that at half-past eleven o'clock on Satur-
day night, on going to bed on the second floor, he saw the prisoner
asleep, or pretending to be so, on the landing-place of his bed-
room. He called in the watchman, and sent the prisoner to the
watch-house, where he was searched ; en him were found 159. in
silver, two bunches of matches, about a dozen brass nobs fur
drawers, some hinges, a pair of pincers, and a broad chisel.
Just above the lock of the door was a mark, corresponding in
breadth with the chisel, of some one having attempted to break
open the door. About two months since he had been robbed by
somebody creeping io unobserved, but the mark now on the door
was not made then. When asked how he came by the property
found on him, the prisoner said, first he bought them in Wild.
street, their in Westminster, and afterwards of a man.
The prisoner said he was a labourer, living in Gee's-court.
3larylebone ; he was tipsy, and when in that state would lie down
to sleep anywhere.
Ile is to be re-examined next Thursday.
Mr. Baker, a gentleman of tespectability, was fined 31. for ob-
structing the toll-taker of the Hampstead-road bar.
The man deposed that the defendant rode through the gate on
Sunday evening without paying the toll, when his friend called out
" all right ; I'll pay. and gave witness fid. ; but witness pre.
vinusly, to secure the toll, followed, and stopped the defendant,
who got off his horse and struck hint.
.Ir. Baker said he was on a spirited yoang mare, which some-
hotly laid hold of, and endangered his safety ; he got off the horse,
but does not recollect striking the toll.collector. As it was, with
the Magistrate's permission, he would compensate the man. •
Mr. Hos—No. I cannot permit that. lam always very severe
with these men fur any insult or obstruction to the public, and
therefore shall always protect them when they do right. You will
pay a fine of three pounds.
MARY LEBON E.—Yesterday Henry Bell, who keeps the King's
Head and Artichoke in the Kegent's Park, was charged by Tian.
Reece, a waiter belonging to the New ilummums, with the follow-
ing aggravated assault :
Thomas Reece stated, that as he was walking with his wife in
Regent-street, about half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday r fight, he
left her fora few minutes at the corner of Beak-street. When he
returned he found she had crossed the road, to get rid (as she in-
formed him) of a gentleman who obtruded himself on her com-
pany, and wanted her to have something to drink. Reece and his
wife then proceeded along Regent-street, followed by Bell, who''
overtaking them at the corner of John-street and Margaret-street,
seized the, complainant by the throat, called him by a most disrust.
ing name, and threatened to knock his head off. Upon this a
Watchman was called, and he was taken into custody.
Bell, who stood laughing, as if be was highly amused, alth
reminded by the Magistrate that he had nothing to laugh at,
" That ,ocnan, which be calls his wife, first accosted me, and
I said to him at the corner of Margaret-street was, " What axe
you going to do with that woman?"
Mrs. Reece, who hail before corroborated her husband's state-
ment, was now called forward a second time, and the following
questions were put by Mr. Broughton : •
Upon your oath, did you speak to Bell in the first instance?...
No. Sir, I did riot.
Did you ever see him before he addressed you on Saturday
night ?—Never, Sir, to my knowledge.
Are you married to Thomas-fleece am, Sir.
Mr. BROLIGIITON—Thomas Bell, you have been guilty Of a
most gross assault, which you have this day aggravated by inst.
nuations against the character a married woman; you must
therefore find bail, to answer for your conduct at the Sessions.
Three draymen belonging to the concern of 31cssrs. Whitbread
and Co. were charged on information, by the beadle of Maryle.
bone, with riding upon the shafts of their respective drays, in
High-street, on Thursday morning, between six and seven o'ock.
Only one of the defendants appeared, but he was very visible,
being at least 6 feet by 3 feet 6. On behalf of himself, he pleaded
that he was tired. On behalf of the second, he said he broke his
leg some time ago. " And what excuse can you make for the
third ?" (said Mr. Broughton)—" Why, he has got a large family,
and of course he was very tired too."
Mr. Baouortrol-1 shall fine each of you In the mitigated
sum of five shillings and costs ; but pray desire the conductors of
your concern not in future to send men who are tired before seven
o'clock in the morning, nor those who broke their legs some
time ago.
Mr. Garvervu—And let them know, that if any of you come ,1
here again under a similar charge, you will be fined 10s. each,
instead of Is.
IMPORTANT TO OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF YES-,
SETS IN TtlaEsuemOmAoln., TtoßAanDs
answer
the complaint
.
THAMES OFFICE.—John Wood, Masser of the ship Edgar,
in the coal trade, appeared, on
of Lawrence Feeny, to show cause why he, on the 20th of June
tihaerstE
last, paid, or caused to be paid, to certain coal-heavers or coal-
whippers, who had assisted in delivering
gtoarth°er statutes in
their wages in certain places on shore, co
that case trade and provided. This was an infyS
ormation under the
47th of George 111. cap. 68, whereby it is enacted, that no Master,
Owner of any ship, or licensed Coal Undertaker, on board any
ship, or any person or persons whatsoever, are to pay any mai-
heaver or coal-whipper soy wages they may carmen board swell ves-
sel, in assisting the delivering her of her cargo, in any counting.
house, office public-house, or in any place whatsoever, except ea
board the said vessel, under a penalty of 201.
To support the information, John Frinnery, a coal-heaver, was
moduced, who reluctantly stated, that he amasted at the delivery of