The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-27 00:00:00

MR. ST. JOHN LONG.

At the rising of the Court yesterday evening, the
Middlesex G►and Jury, among a number of other
presentment►►, brought in a true bill for manslaughter
against Mr. St. John Long. The names of nine
witnesses appear on the back of the indictment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION.HOUSE.

The justice-room was crowded yesterday with
licensed victuallers who have been plundered by a
men who calls himself Captain John Smith, who
contrived by his ingenuity to remove all suspiciat
of his character in the hundreds of houses which
he has visited and robbed.

Several of the complainants requested that Sir
PETER LAURIE would remand the prisoner until
some of those who might be able to substantiate
cases agninit.him should appear.
Sir PETER LAURIE.i,-WO must not let a person
of this kind escape if we can help it.
A licensed victualler—He came to my house,
and had a becl,,.and he stole a lawyer's watch and
money; but as he was slipping down stairs, the
lawyer ran after him, and took the property from
him ; and the prisoner escaped out of a window at
thC top of.the house. .
Sir Pane LAURIE told the prisoner that a bed
should be supplied to him, withodt payment before-.
hand. _ _ .

vridoner—All I want is justice.
Sir PETER LAURER.—YOU may depend upon
having justice.
• MA RLBOROUGH-STR

Yesterday two.gentlemen, who gave their names'
Sheppard and Puma, the former said to be an officer
of dragoons, and the other belonging to thAUni-
veraity of Cambridge, were charged with assaulting
a youth named Henry Armstrong,
The complainant stated that he was standing the
evening before in a crowd of person«, who were
ii,tersing to an
playing in the street, and suddenly he received a vio-
lent blow on the head from the defendant Sheppard,
who stood behind him, which knocked off his hat,
and while his head Was thus bare, he received a
Revere blow with some weapon (he believed a glass
bottle), which cut his head desperately. He could
no( positively swear, he said, who it was that gave
him the last blow, but from the direction in which
it came, and the situation. in which the defendant
Points stood at the timeZhe believed that Points was
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Mr. Points 1 t t i k e the coMpininant
over the head with what they believed to heft' glass
bottle, from the noise it made on the pavement when
he threw it away ; and At the suggestion of several
persona in the• crowd both the defendants were taken
to the police station, for -at), wanton an (image on
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he could only 'speak for himself, as the other de-
fendant was an entire stranger to him, and as to his
guilt er innocence he could say no'hing; but for
himself, Mr. Sheppard said, he would tell the Ma-
gistrate precisely how the matter occurred. He was
standing, he said, at the door of a cigar shop in
Newport-street, smoking a cigar, when a band of
street music stopped exactly opposite the door, and
commenced playing the air of a sew loyal song that
has been written in honour of his present Majesty
William IV., and while the air was being performed
some one in the crowd called out " Hats off." " Not
being deficient in loyalty," said Mr. Sheppard, " I
immediately took off my hat at the call, as did most
of those present ; but the complainant, who stood
exac►ly in front of me, did not do so, but refused;
and I then certainly did, I admit, knock his hat off,
hut not with any intention of striking him, nor, in-
deed, do I believe that I touched his head at all,
hut if I did hurt the lad, I am really sorry for it, as
I meant no such thing. •
Mr. Point; in his defence, denied altogether that
he struck the complainant, or that he had any such
weapon as a glass bottle, or any other in his hand,
as had been stated. He merely stood like others
in the crowd to listen to the music, and took off his
hat when others (lid, but he utterly denied the truth
of the charge alleged against him.
Mr. ROE said that it was distinctly sworn to by
two impartial witnesses, strangers to the boy, that
they saw Mr. Pointz strike the complainant, and
with a weapon of a most dangerous description, as
they believed. The assault, he said, was an ex-
tremely wanton and gross one, and for it he should
convict Mr. Pointz in a penalty of til., the largest
the Act of Parliament allowed; and in default of
payment to be. committed to the House of Correc-
tion for one month.

The Magistrate then said that the assault com-
mitted by Mr. Sheppard, although by no means of
so aggravated a nature as the other, was quite un-
justifiable, for no man had a right to strike another
or knock his hat off because he did not choose to
pay deference to a particular t tine, alt hough, probably,
most persons would of their own accord feel &-
posed, very properly, to do so in the instance alluded
to; and he should therefore convict Mr. Sheppard
in a penalty of 20g.
Mr. Sheppard paid down a sovereign, observing,
" I'll be - if I ever knock any mart's hat off
again fur any tune."
The Magistrate told Mr. Sheppard that he had
incurred another penalty by swearing in the presence
of the bench, and convicted him in tis. more for
that offence.

Mr. Sheppard paid the fine, lidding, but without
an oath, that he should knock no more hats off for
loyal tunes.
Mr. Pointz was lecher] up until he should have
paid his fine, and wad not liberated when the office
closed.

The neighbourhood of this office was yesterday
for several hours the scene of the most audacious
riot and uproar, to the interruption even of the
business before the Magistrates, and the disturbance
of the whole surrounding inhabitants, occasioned by
an assemblage of •upwards of 300 journeymen shoe-
makers, belonging to that class of the trade who
will neither work for moderate wages themselves,
nor suffer others more industriously disposed to do so.
It appeared that on Monday evening, a party of
industrious workmen of the trade, who are employed
by Mr. Gilbert, of Bond-street, and several other
respectable shoemakers, at what both patties consi.
der a fair rate of wages, had a supper amongst
themselves at the Jew's Harp Tavern, in the Re-
gent's-paik, and that when they were returning
home quietly and peaceably, they were waylaid by
an immense body of those who will not work ex-
cept at Immoderate prices, who lay in wait for them
and attacked and assaulted them in a most desperate
manner; but, with the assistance of the police, se-
veral of the ringleadere were secured, and lodged in
the watch-house, and were yesterday brought be.
fore the Magistrate, which caused the vast assem-
blage of their refractory colleagues, with a view, as
it would seem, to obstruct, by intimidation, even
the course of justice itself; for whenever soy of the
complainants or their witnesses who.lutd' beim exa-
mined, or any of the masters whe-employed them,
came into the street from the office, they were
as-
s in the most ferocious manner by the assent:loi
multitude, so that it required almost the whole po-
lice force of the district, and of this office, to pro-
fret them. Several of the leaders of this daring
and desperate proceeding were dragged in from the
street by the police before the Magi-trates, and, with
the original aggressors of the night before, disposed
of as follows :—.

James Harrison, henry Pelre, John Oakley,
Daniel Ivers, and John James, were convicted in
the penalty of 51 each for assaults; and in default
of payment, were committed for two months to the
House of Correction ; and Paul Eastlake' John
Morgan, George Parsons, James Barry, and Thos.
Bell, were order to find,bail for the riot,and to give
48 hours' notice of the bail they intended to offer,
with an assurance from Mr. ROE, the Magistrate,
that he would take good care they should be in-
dicted at the Sessions.
UNION-HALL.

Yesterday a man named Evans was brought be-
fore Mr. CHAMBERS, charged with having coin-
mitted a violent it,:sault on William Glover, in at-
tempting to evade the toll on Southwark-bridge.
The complainant stated that he was collector of
the toll in question, and that on the 11th of Sep-
tember, while he was on duty, the defendant drove
up in a cart, and attempted to pass through the gate
without paying the toll. Seeing what his intention
was, the complainant held the reins, and told the
defendant he must pay before he went through : the
latter, however, instead of doing so, struck the
bottom of the cart in which he was seated, with his
feet, and at the same time struck the horse, with
the view of evading the toll. The horse was no
sooner struck than he plunged forward, knocked
down the complainant, and the wheel of the vehicle
passed over his shoulder, while on the ground, and
inflicted irreparable injury on that part of his body.
The defendant, notwithstanding he must have wit-
nessed the accident arising from • his gross miscon-
duct, instead of waiting to ascertain the result, drove
down the Southwark bridge-road with the greatest
speed. _

The complainant added that he had been laid up
ever since the accident occurred until very recently,
and should net have succeeded in the discovery of
the defendant had it not been for a gentleman who
witnessed part of the transaction.
Mr. .Whitmore, the banker, stated that he hap.
pened to be passing on horsebjck on the day in
question, sad witnessed the scandalous conduct of
the defendant in drivinitover the complainant upon
being asked to pay the toll.
llie defendant was tined 51., the highest penalty
allowed, and the complainant was told that he could
bring an action against him besides.

LAWRIE TODD.—This work, of which a new
and cheap edition has just appeared, has been pronounced
equal, if not superior, to those early volumes which as-
serted the author', claim to the highest order of comic
genius, " Lawrie Todd" is worthy of the talent which
rave birth to Me Ayrritire Legatees and Me Annals of
the Parish, and, like them, it deals in vigorous picture.
of character in human life, to which it adds sketchirof the
new world iq the beck woods of America, wherein ti
hero, a shrewd, but patient Scotchmso, was his way gra.
dually to fortune,

EX•KING OF FRANCE.--About half-past
four o'clock the Royal party arrived at the Palace, and
immediately proceeded along the south side of the qua-
drangle towards the Strathmore apartment+, which have
beer, devoted to their accommodation. Yesterday, about
one o'clock, the Duke DE BORDEAUX walked out into the
Km's Park with his prCceptor, and one or two other
attendants, and did not return till past two o'clock. The
Royal patty'spent the greater part of yesterday in repose;
but the Kasa stepped out in the evening, with one or two
friends, on purpose, we believe, to take a walk incognito
through, the town. The Duke and Duchess n'Awcroo-
Latta are not expected for coma day,. --Ndinlourgh Ad-
vertiser of Friday.