The National Register.
London, England, 1821-09-03 00:00:00

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MANSION HOUSE.
Disturbance in Me Catholic o:wt.—Bight to charge
Abney for admission. The beadle of the new Roman
Catit.ll-.1 C.iapel, in Moodields, was summoned by the
Lord or, int the complaint of Mr. Bromley, a re-
spectable ci:uzen, oil a charge of having cumuli:led an
assault upon him during the N.formance of the service.
Alr. Bonnley stated, ant on the afternoon of Sunday
last he went to see the ry.r.• Roman Chapel with a child
of his. Ott entering tb.e door, he was beset by persons
with plates, who demanded a contribution in a manner
that was not customary in such places, and he refused
to give any thing, particularly as he had no intention of
staying, but merely wish d to see the interior of the
budding. Ors his entering the Chapel, a person de-
mandeu three-pence for his admission there, and inti-
mated, on the demand not being complied with, that
the complainant had the alternative of going out, if he
did not choose to pay.
The complainant answered, as it was a place of public
worship, no one had any right to make such demands;
he therefore refused either to pay or to retire until it
suited him. The dispute occasioned a crowd of the
congregation to gather round them, when the complain.„
ant's child expressed that it would be suffocated by theii
heal, and the complainant accordingly, unwillingly ele-
vated is in his anus. This circumstance appeared to
rouse all about hint to a most sesious ferment. They
were mostly of the lower class of Irish, and spoke
sharply in their own language to the complainant. The
organ was stopped, and all was at a stand. Whilst he
was thus surrounded, the defendant came up to him,
and presenting his mace of office, first desired the COm.
plaillatit to pay the money asked by the seat-keeper, or
to go out, Toe latter refusing, the beadle seized him by
the collar, shook him, and dragged him forcibly out.—
other gentlettiets, who were present, and interfered
in behalf of the complainant, were likewise ejected in
the sante matiner. For the assault which had been
eomuutted upon 16111011 e complainatit claimed the inter.
feretice of his Lordship, not as a private, but as a public
matter, and to show the parties they were not justified
either in exacting money for admission, or in forcibly
expelling any one who conducted himself peaceably in
a place of public worship.
Mr. J. H 'liege, of Princes-street, Finsbury-square,
stated that lie went on Sunday afternoon to the entrance
of the Chapel, whets Le saw the whole of the affray,
which he described much in the same manner as Al r.
Bromley had done.
Another winless corroborated the statement made by
the complainant and the last witness. He had himself
contended for the right to cuter the Clsapel without pay-
hug, and, we undetatood him, was ejected.
The Beadle in his defence, admitted that he had
turned the complaittaut oat, bur. it was as touch to pre-
serve the peace as any thing else. The fact was, that
the founders of the chapel had an outstanding dein,
which they wished to pay oft, for which purpose they
were under the necesaiiy of raising some money at the
doors. The complainant had certainly been told that
unless he paid the regular lee he could not be allowed to
realism there, and on his refusing he had certainly been
loot out, but with no more force than was actually tie-
ecstasy. He contended that he was perfectly justified in
acting as he had dotty, particularly as it was to preserve
the peace of the chapel, which had been broken by the
conduct of the complainant, whom he charged
has'ig acted indecorously.

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Several of the assistants and of the congregation came
forward in support 'of the beadle. None denied the"
principal facts of the case, that money had been dei
manded, and that the complainant had been turned ou
on refusing. Since it was curiosity and not religion
which took the strangers there, they saw no reason why
the visitors should not pay, for a comfortable beat, if it
were provided tor them. They asserted that the com-
plainant and his witnesses had brought the whole upon
themselves by. their indecorous conduct. This Icd to a
warm altercation between the parties, in the course of
which the beadle declared, that if he caught the first
witness at the chapel again, he would turn I out ni
the same manlier as he had done.

The Lord Mayor was decidedly of opinion that no one
had any right toexact money in a place of public worship.
The way to preserve the peace was not to turn out per-
sons who did not choose to submit to exactions in the
manner it had been sworn the beadle had turned out
Mr. Bromley. But as the latter brought the matter for.
ward on public grounds, and not for the personal assault,
he would probably forego a prosecution, if the satisfac-
tion of an apology were offered.
Mr. Bromley said he was perfectly willing to accept
of a wrißen apology properly worded.
The Beadle pus •ely refused to make any apology
white% er.
The Lord Mayor then ordered him to find bail to
answer for the assault which had beeh sworn to.
Tile Beadle having no one present to bail him, was
given into custody.
AI A R LBOROUG H STREET.

Doom's(' Cmit.nosts.—William and Maly Tom-
linson were brought before G. Farrant, E,l. chatged by
me parish officers of St. James's with leaving two chil-
dren exposed in the street, and deserting them, on the
20th of June, MO.—Mr. Rice, solicitor and vestry
clerk, accompanied the parish officers, and it appeared
front their statement, that on the day named two infant
children of the defendants' (William acid Francis) were
left by the mother and another woman suspended front
the knocker of the door of Mr. Knight, of Great Marl-
borough-street, in a basket. The parish took charge of
diem, and placed them out at nurse at Wimbledon, and
until within a few days their parents were not known.—
Bitt the natural ties of parents to their offspring were not
quite extinct in the mother, whose frequent visits to her
children as their aunt excited suspicion, and on enquiry
being set on foot she was found out to be the motha.—
The children were passed to Lambeth parish, where
they belong, and the defence of the parents was poverty.
They were remanded to St. James's workhouse, until
the woman who was with the mother of the children can
be brought forward.
foosey, who stood charged with defrauding a
tnaltster at Faritingham, in Kent, of a quantity of malt,
pretending that he was an agent to Messrs Satchel! and
Co. brewers, was committed to give 24 hours notice of
bail.
iidaTON•GAILDED......CHIDD STEOLINItOD Saturday,
Martha Dowd. a young woman about 22 years of age, &was
finally examined, charged with stealing Louisa. the daughter. of
Mr. J. Smith, of Queen Street, Clerkenwell, a child five years of
age. About half past seven o'clock on the preceding Sunday
evening the prisoner was seen by a young woman to beckon the
child to her from where she was 'Wang at her father's door across
the street ; the child went to her, and she took her by the hand
and led her along Percival Street and Goss/ell Street Road, where
she took the child up in her arms, and was walking very fast
towards Islington; the child began to cry, and desired her to put
her down, as she wished to go home: the prisoner shook her, and
told her to hold her tongue; the road was full of passengers at
the time, some of whom noticed the behaviour of the prisoner to
the child, from which they suspected she was not her own, and
she was questioned; she said die child was in her care, and that
the was taking it home ; but the child, on being asked, said she
did not know the prisoner. that her name was Louisa Smith,
and that she lived at 2, Queen Street, which was in a contrary
direction to where the pnsoner was going. On the prisoner
being searched, they found several pawnbrokers' duplicates for
frocks, &c. supposed to be stolen from other children. The pri-
soner was committed for trial.

BOXING.
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The battle between Dick Acton, the fighting
craftsman, and Ned Evans, the brick-maker, took
place on Wednesday last, fur 20 guineas, on the
Watford road, and although the rain fell in torrents,
the road to the field of blood was thronged with
drenched atnateurs of all sorts. Acton is a promising
pupil of Eales, and the brick-maker, who had floored
all bdure him, was upon such gt.e.l terms with him-
self, that on -lie evening belbre fighting, he sent a
a polite messai,.: his antagonist, for an undertaker
to measure him, and have the box ready. Eales and
Paddington Jones seconded Acton, and Toni Oliver
and Scroggins seconded Evans, who was backed at
and 6to 4. It was a good fight of three quarters
of an hour, and from the rein and dirt it was nard
o tell them apart.

In isse Ist round Evans, who was rather the heas:est, rushed
upon his adversary inipetuau sly and run him down.
Y. There wt 4 , gout, 'wady, and Nun tilheng. Seveisl
blows were exchange,' in 'ly, anti both went tliwn.
5. Evans had a mj,lit ..dvautage, and blacked his adversary's
eye, but ite receive,' u lv..vv rt,:urn Ulan tile jaw, and made
110111! Grintan" free-, A. a.a yes thrown to a dose. Even on
Evans.
4. Evans received a dr utder-ul. in the mark, and he broke
g.otmd to recover himsel..; but In- adversary awake to his r.lir
tress, went up to lit a;. ,itv i flo3reu lion by a muzzier.
7. There wa. figh mig front exertion, but
strew' Mt gave 1: "on ,0.0. ig
8. A Nid equal lit:lig round, and Acton was 71!;tra
9. I)...iti.My t tuVut • of livalu, whir ~.t Ins
lush' ig t, by a BC‘il bit upon the nose, wi-en urup, .d Lid
eltanly.
11 was all :•1 favour of Acton of this, as Evans had all the
fight L:ken out of h:m, and niny bum' up to become receiver-
genera,.
In the 15-h round Acton was piping, and Strogi,:ns ^ng out
to his 114P11 "oi •;" the watch-word from E:lts wt.," be ready,"
and so he w: 4. Evans was met by a flui.l hit on the front of the
bead, wit,. 11 spoiled Win, and A- mu won the bat-7e in linutuuutlb