The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-07 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

On Saturday Mr. Joseph Lilly, the person \Alio
on Wednesday last was fined 40s. for au assittlt,
upon a gentleman named Delves, appeared ',awe
Mr. HALLS, and stated that two persons who had
witnessed the alleged assault were willing to come
forward on his behalf, and declare upon oath, first,
that the dog made no attack whatever upon till
complainant; and when he (Mr. Lilly) begged hint
to desist from kicking the animal, the complainant
took him by the collar, and called him a -
pertinent scoundrel; secondly, that the complainant .
was never knocked dOwn at all, and, consequently, ho
(Mr. Lilly) could not have kicked him when on the
ground; and, thirdly, he said his witnesses declared
that the complainant made no declaration of his. be-
ing in an ill state of health in order to avert the
blows. Mr. Lilly added, that having witites-es to
prove these facts., lie trusted that the bench woul►l
allow him. the opportunity of doing so, as his
racter had been severely injured by the reports which '
had appeared in the Newspapers.
Mr. HALLS said he had nothing to do with news-
papers. The case had been disposed of, and could
not be entertained again.
Mr. Lilly expressed some surprise at this, and
hoped that he might beallowed to bring forward ids

Mr. Hams—lt is not in my power to hear evi,
deuce upon a case which has been disposed of, and
in which a fine was inflicted upon sufficient evidence,
Mr. Lilly said it was a very great hardship that
he could not have an opportunity of proving that he
was not to blame in the transaction. He had been
told that an appeal might be had from every judicial
decision.

Mr. HALLS—I repeat that I cannot hear your
witnesses,and you certainly have no appeal from my

conviction.

Mr. Lilly said it was really very hard. Suppose
he could prove that he was not the person who had
committed the assault, and that, in fact, he was not
near the spot at the time, would it not be a great
injustice to be told that the case had been decided,
and that his witnesses could not be heard ?

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Mr. HALLS—Even if you could prove that you
were at home in bed, and asleep, a Magistrate has
not the power to rehear a charge which has once
been decided. But this is not your case, for you
admitted that you were.the party named in the war-
rant, and even that you committed the Assault.
Mr. Lilly said, he never meant to deny he was the
narty, but having witnesses to prove that the report
in the newspapers were not true,. he wished, in vin.
dication of his character, to be allowed to produce
evidence to that effect.

The Reporter fur the Times asked Mr. Lilly if
he had any complaint to make of the report of the
case which had appeared in that journal ?
Mr. Lilly had no fault to find with the report, but
he meant to say thut the statement of the com-
plainant was not true, as his witnesses were ready
to prove. Mr. Lilly then went on to say, that he
had been attacked in a leading article of the Times
of Friday, in which the writer, after commenting
upon the necessity of inflicting fines to the full
amount on personswho suffered their dogs to go at
large in the streets after proper caution, used these
words—" What, for instance, could be less likely to
produce a salutary influence on the" mind of an of-
fender, or to prevent persons of congenial ferocity
of character from committing similar outrages, than
the insignificant fine of 40s, awarded at Bow-street,
against a man of the name of Lilly, for one of tilt;
most brutal and ruffianly attacks, provided the re-
port be correct, we have ever seen recorded " I
am here," said Mr. Lilly, "called a person of fero-
cious character, and charged with having been guilty
of a brutal and ruffianly attack, and yet I am not to
be heard in my defence."
_ _

Mr. }Luis—You have been heard in your de-
fence, and you were convicted by me upon the oath
of a gentleman, who distinctly swore that you
knocked him down three times, and moreover, pro-
duced his hand, which was dreadfully swollen, in
proof of your violent treatment,

Mr. Lilly—Bat my witnesses eau prove that ho
swore falsely,
Mr. HaLLs—Then indict him for pe►jury by all
means.

Mr. Lilly—That I shall most certainly do, and I
hope the editor of the Times will do me the justice
to publish a letter which I sent to him on Friday.
Mr. HALLS—The Editor cf the limes will, I
dare say, take that course which is most proper.
Mr. Lilly then withdrew.

Lieut. liouglas Cooper Mills, the gentleman who
some time ago was held to bail by Sir it. Birnie on
information that he was about to fight a duel with
Lieut. Burt, of the Royal Navy, came before sir:R.
BIRNIE and Mr. HALLS in the course of the day, to
give information of his having been robbed a a
valuable cloak by Captain Christie;-the person who
was charged at this office on Weddetday evening
with fraudulently obtaining 101. from the proprietor
of the Quadrant Hotel, Regent-street, by 'lleum of
a false cheque. Lieut. Mills further charged Capt.,
Chrkie with having obtained from his jeweller
va-
rious articles in his name, and without. his e;luytEst;
end Ire stated also, that by means of }lib hakiog le-
presepted himself us the Editor of the air Hews-

paper, he had induced him (Lieutenant Mills) to
give him a cheque upon his banker for 10/., pro-
mising in rpm :to. insert some paragraphs in the
Star. Upon inquiring, however, at the office, he
learned that Capt. Christie had no connexion what-
ever with that.paper,_and never had.
sit R. ButmE—He is a complete swindler, and
must be taken up on a,warrant.
Lieut. Mills said, that under the mask of friend-
ship he had interfered in an affair of honour, in
which he (applicant) had lately been engaged with
Lieutenant Burt. .He came to this office and gave
information that a duel, was likely to take place, and
the consequence was, that he (applicant) was bound
over to jr-- *
_ep the peace. He then borrowed 10/.
under a promise of publishing some paragraphs, and,
taking advantage of his absence in the country, he
went to his lodgings, and without his knowledge or
consent took away his cloak.
Sir R. Biletlt told Lieut. Mills that he might
have a warrant against Capt. Christie, and directed
him to go into the clerk's office and give the neces-
sary information upon oath.

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

We extract the following from a private letter, dated
Alexandria, April 8 :—" The arrival of Captain Huder,
Aide-de-camp of the French Ambassador in Turkey, with
M. Pans4lorf, both from Toulon, has given rise to many
rumours. They are said to have been sent to the Pacha
to ask for the co-operation of an Egyptian squadron in
the attack upon the African coast ; but you may be as-
sured that this cannot take place, and indeed it is no lon-
ger thought of. The Pacha is not in a condition to go
to war on his own account—his treasury is too much ex-
hausted, and he is himself threatened by the Divan at
Constantinople; the Sultan is highly dissatisfied with his
conduct during the .Russian war. Complaints are not
wanting against both father and son. The former is re-
proached for not having sent a single man or a farthing of
money to Constantinople, in defence of the country ; and
the latter is blamed for having given up the Morea with..
out firing a single gun against the infidels, and for having
taken his Army to Egypt, when he ought to have sent his
20,000 men to Adrianople. The storm lowers, and the
Pacha remains upon the watch. He will unquestionably
be attacked if he does not change his conduct. The Turks
are dreadfully exasperated against him."
The Moniteur has the following :—" On rec.iving the
first notice of the loss of Le Sylene and L'.Aventure, the
Minister of the Marine immediately instructed, by tele-
graph, the maritime prefect of Toulon to transmit him,
through the same medium, any information he could obtain
relative to the fate of those vessels. The following is his
answer :

" Toutox, JUNK 2, 1830, HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK,
—.Since I announced to you the wreck of Le Sylene and
L'Aventure, I have received no details respecting the
fate of the crews. A general rumour prevails that the
Dev el Algiers had given orders that any prisoners that
mix-ht. he made should be respected. As soon as I receive
any, fresh' intelligence relative to the crews, I will hasten
to comMouicate it to you. This being the only despatch
received by the Minister of the Marine, the details given
by several journals on this unfortunate occurrence should
not be considered as authentic."

According to calculations made at the office of the Mi-
nister of the Marine, the fleet would arrive this thy before
Algiers.
M. Pichon, Councillor of State, who had been sent on
a mission to Hayti, arrived at Brest on the Slat ult. It
appears that he completely succeeded in his mission.
The Quotidienne relates th• following anecdote :
" Admiral Martinencq, Maritime Prefect ad interim,
having learned that the British Consul at Toulon was
making efforts to ascertain the number of men of which
the expedition consisted," said, " If the Consul had applied
to me, I would have saved him the trouble, by giving him
all the information he could wish for."

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