The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-09 00:00:00

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Tkr.:tistatT-riousit.—YeAerda, George Duffield,
an Officer of St. Sepulchre's Parish, was charged be-
forethe LoRD.MAYott with raisinga'riot in Bartho-
lomew Fair, on Friday ni„:;ht.lait; and endenyoUring
to rescue a Mr... Sayer from, the cuito.,i) of
is all,
one of the Mi-shah-nen, dOing whiCh he made
a violent as,anit on John Archer, an Officer, who
atle.d under the, direction of the Marshalman.

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Hail . ,
stated, that :according to the orders he had
recei‘ed„ he, on Friday ni,Y,ht, went round the dif
.
ferent public-houses, in the neighbOurhood of the
Fair, to clear away the. company. When he came
/o the White--Hart- public-house, he found Gen-,
tleman„ named Sayer, drinking wine- in .the first
floor, with many other persons.. He of course told
the,conipany the orders hehad received, .and they
al went away very peaceably, except this,Gentle-
an, who-being a little in liquor, positively :refused
to go, and he was at length obliged, with the Othders
-under kiln; to force him out of the house, and
take him to the Compter. Mr. Sayer made great
resistance, and when they were dragging him
through the hall,
.Mr. Duffield came up and said,.
the prisoner was his friend, and they should not
take him away. Hall said he would lodge him in
the Corupter,and if he (Duffield) attempted to rescue
him, he would lodge-144 there also. Duffield
;still
vociferated -that his friend should be liberated, and
at all events that he should taken to the watch
house, and not to_the,Compter. Hall refused to do
this, in \ consequence' ef-Which .Dudield, and she
• men with him, behaved in the most riotous man-
ner, and struck Archer, one of the Officers under
the command- 0 the. Marshalman, several violent
blows on the head.

John A•rcim. the Officer. yiito was'assP.ulted, cor-
Teborated the story told by 3 -arid- further said,
that he received several vioient blows' on the back of
the head,. but he .c0t,114. not, say who it was struck
him.

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Several other.witiws-ses were then called, one of
whOm swore..positively:that_he saw Duffield lift his
H staff and strike Archer severaf:times -on. the head, at
the sathe Milne . thaithe Prisoner sio
be brought, bufore him:, as Head ,constable at the
watch-Douse, and not to the Compter.
Mr. Duffield being then asked what he had to say
in his defence ? stated,.that he was Head constable
of St. Sepulchre's Parish, and, according to his con-
ception of the laws. of his country; the Prisoner
should have been brought to the watch-house before
him, instead of being taken. to the Compter. :ne
acknowledged that ,bemg impressed with this idea,
he was' very-anxious to have Mr Sayer brought to the
watch-house, as he was a particular friend of his, but
be positively denied that he had ever lifted his staff
to strike any man.

The Loan MAYOR said,. for aught he ltnewhb
might be in some respects a very good Officer 3. but,
in the Present instance, he ,most assuredly had be-•
trayed a total ignotanceof his duty., His Lordship
therrcomplirriented the City Officers tor their exer-
tions during the fair this year, which he said hall
been' 'consequently carried' on with unorecedbmed
order' and regularity; and then recommended .1.11 i:•
Duffield to retire,- and make a handsome apology,
and' also some xecomponce to the Otlicer he had
assaulted, otherwise he' would consider it his 'duty to
make himAtind. sureties for his appearance at the
next Sessions, and to order a prosecution to be .com-
nienced against him at the suit of the city.
A'gentlenian-like man, dressed ire a white cotton
jacket, and nankeen' pantaloons, came forward, and
begged .its Lordship's attention fora few raoments.
He said he was an American Subjed, and being on
a trading voyage tc;..the East Indies, his Ship was
cast--away on the coast, and' plundered the
Malays. He made t.:e best of his way to an Eng-
li,h Settlement, ,46f-ne as a•paSsenger in.
the Bombay Ca.;•tle Mast He 'Sent his
trunk on shore to-a friend at Gravesend, with orders
that it should be forwarded to London, whiCh was
done accordingly.' As soon .as he arrived. in town
himself, he -%,ent to the hoiie in Billingsgate, where.
the trunks are* usually lodged; but was surprised to:
learn, that his had been_ delivered, without any order
from him, to a man named Edwards, of Whom he
had not the 'slightest kno• *ledge. When he called
on this Mr. 'Edwards, he was• told he should not
have his :trunk,, unless' he, paid hint, a guinea for
keeping it but this he refused to do.; and there-
fore applied to his Lordship to know 'how lie should
at.

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, The LORD MAYbaj,haquired who this Edwards
_
was ? and was informed, by oiled* the OtficcrS,.that
'he was a Crimp, ' Who made it his busines3 to
get possession of the•Sailors' bo ies, that they Might
come to his hOuSe, that he Might • send them on
board some Other vessel. An Officer was imme-
diately dispatched to Edwards to desire him tare-store the chest; but he, refusing, a summons was
issued.

'PUBLIC OFFICE; WORSHIP7STREBT.---Yeslerilay
...i'dary "Nolan underwent an examination -before:-
4-)sErn MosEs, ,Esq. being charged with having
stolen from the house of Mrs. Sarah Chippeyfield,-in
Holywell.street, Shoreditch, with whom the pri-
soner lived servant, the a following property, viz. one
guinea, half a guinea) and
.three seven-shilling pieces
-in gold, and sundry articles of wearing apparel, part
of which property 'was found in her possession. Not
being able to mike'any reasonable ,kfence, she was .
fully, committed for trial.
Yesterday a French Prisoner of War was brought
before the Sitting Magistrates for Shadwell Divi-
sion, charged by the Polite Officers with attempting
to make his escape from the Ship Union, now lying
• -in the West India Docks. The Magistrates, after
• 'a full investigation, direded that the Prisoner should
- be tieliyi‘red over to the c'tistody of the proper Officer
authorized by the Transport Board. The Captain, of
--the Ship not attending, pursuant to the order of. the
.Magistrates, he-Was contibied in- the usual penalty,
• according to A& of Parliament.
Saturday, at the Offige in Queen-square, a Clergy-
man was Charged by Mr. Blaken, of the Mitre 'fa=
vern, near' Paddington, with an assault, by pushing
him into the Canal; + The disPUte arose about:Mr.
Blaken _taking the Par Son's: fishing-lines ,but of the
Ciinal. lie .was held_to bail, and the natter
tried before. the Sessions, which ‘l, ill' 'include a ques-
tion On the right of ffshing,there. ,