The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-27 00:00:00

MARY LEBONE.

A KEEN APPETITE.—A freSh-coloured young man, who
gave his name John Ediccumbc, was brought before the
Magistrate, charged with having swallowed an enormous
breakfast, and being minus of the needful to pay for
the same.

Mr. GREGORIE—Who charges this man ?
A -well-dressed woman, named Pitcher, a widow, resid-
ing in Crawford-street, here mounted the witness•box, and,
with a most mournful countenance, said—" I do, your
Worship."
Mr. GREGORIE —What arc you ? Complainant—l keep
a coffee-shop in East-street, Manchester-square, and this
fellow at the bar has been robbing me in a most shameful

manner.
Mr. GREGORIE—How? tell me the particulars ? Com-
plainant—Your Worship, he came in this morning, and,
sitting down in one of the boxes, called for a morning
paper, which was given to him, and after reading it for
about half an hour, he called for a cup of coffee, an
egg, a small loaf, a rasher of bacon, and butter. In a
short space of time he despatched these, and had not only
three cups of coffee more, hut two other loaves,
and three more rashers. While enjoying himself
at the breakfast table he praised the coffee very
highly, and said he had just come up front Bristol, where
there had been a large fire, and that as he was going to
stay some time in town he should be a regular customer.
As soon as he had put the whole of the victuals out of
sight he put on his hat, and was opening the door to go
away, when I asked him for the money ; but he told rife
he had not got a dump, and that I might, if I thought pro-
per, send him to the station-house, which of course I did.
Mr. GILEGORIE—And very properly so too. (To the
prisoner)—What have you to say ? Prisoner—l'm' sorry
for what I've done, Sir, but I couldn't help it.
Mr. GREGORIE—Why could you not help it? Prisoner
—l'd travelled all the way from Bristol, and had got no
cash ; but I mean to pay her. The fact is, I some time
ago was laid up with a violent fever, and ever since I've
been getting better I've had the misfortune to have an ex-
traordinary appetite.
The " gormandizer" was ordered to find bail, and, in de-
fault of doing so, was domtilitted to prisOn.

Yesterda UNION-HALL.
3,
,Imes Simmons, a middle-aged man, carrying

en the busiuess of a gasifier in Mazepond, 0-
In3l—
was summoned for refusing to contribute to the

nonce of his mother. t Olare's Pa;
Mr. Armitage, the relieving overseer of
mother had
risk, Tooley-street, stated.that the defendant%.
E
been an inmate of the wor.kbouse for the last four vears'
ha-ii not
and that her son, who was in good circrunstances,
contributedtowards er maintenane.
An elderlty woman here steppedclorward. and, with the
tears streaming down her cheeks, said that the del'enaanti
was her son ; that it was cruel of.biln to disown her
vita
;
that it was only done that be might not burtbened

ber support.
Tile defendant still persisted that be did. not think the
woman was his mother ; and finding that his objection wa:
not likely to avail him, be then said that he was pot
in
condition to contribute to her support.
The piIAGISTRATES o.t! ilHer tiles (li,,
to pay the parish so touch a week for his tyntne"

support.
gaol firs'
The defendant said he would stand committed to
bi 4
The order having been made on the defendant, on
refusal to comply with it he was ordered to be locked
at the rear of the Office, preparatory to
fourteen days to the House of Correction. decision
agecommittal for
ision
The defendant, evidently much chagrined on the
of the case, at length consented to contribute to his
0°-
ther's support, and he was released from custody.

THAMES OFFICE.
brought
Yesterday Charles Gray, a free-waterman, was
before Mr. BALLANTINE and Mr. GREENVirOOD, 13 a
charge of assaulting a Trinity waterman, named John ):;
non. There is .much jealousy existing
classes of waternien, the free men, .who have to ,7.
&wen yea-s' apprenticeship on the Thames, and 01 I!.
their freedom and license before they can ply fur hire, 07..
between serve"r_
sider the introduction of the Trinity watermen (rnarinJ,
licensed by the Trinity House to row boats,) an infringed-
merit of their rights and priviletres. This C/i3C originate
out of the ill-feeling subsisting between the free watcrvaell
and the hog-grubbers, by which term the Trinity
waternien
are known on the River.
The complainant, a very old man, stated that Gray vlas
continually annoying him, and on Friday night last 0111;
mittcd a very gross offence upon him in the plying Place lash
Execution Dock, and when he remonstrated with him °—
his indecorous conduct he struck him a violent the on the
head and knocked him down. When he got up Ile viasit
forced into the mud on the causeway, and used in a Ine„
ruffianly manner. His jacket and trousers were to
pieces, and lie was dragged by the heels to the top of !)0
stairs through the mud, the defendant at the same tues
using the most violent language. He called for the Thal°
police, and Gray rowed away.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Why did he . take the trouble e
doing all this ? Bynon—l am sure I don't know.
Mr. BALLANTINE--There must have been sonic ce".
Bynon—Not at all, Sir ;I am abused because aril -
Trinity waterman. v, at
r. BALLANTINE—WeII, we won't say reason ;
was the cause of it ? There must have been sun"'
Bynon—Not any, Sir, I can assure you.
In cross-examination by Mr. Pelham, who attended for
Gray, Bynon said he did not shove Gray's boat off and taek
a fare from him. There was a little dispute between all'
He would swear that Gray had committed the acne°

had named, but he was not very groggy. hicn
Gray in defence said the old man -began to abuse
telly
and took up his staff, and swore he would rip his
open with it, and all he did was to pull the old man by tbu
trowsers and they gave way. He would admit he was
tipsey. ld
Mr. BALLANTINE said that was a good reason he sh°,' n
not have been plying for hire. A waterman some tilt.
ago rowed a party across the river while he was drun '
and drowned one of his passengers by running against Ode.
Gypsy, a Greenwich steamer, whilst going at full sPec
He committed the man for murder, and he would have b
st
him hanged if possible. If ever a case was made out itglguid
a waterman for taking a fare while he was drunk he sou
punish him with the greatest severity, and use his influtOco
with the Watermen's Company, who were most ansiouo •,
protect the public, to prevent his working on the river AN
longer. _ _ _ _ _

dray said the old man called him very bad names. .e
Mr. BALLANTINE—No name was bad enough for you 1,
you served him as he states. What do you mean, fellovh
by such offensive conduct to an aged man, ?'
The brother of Gray, a waterman, was called, who s3I
he came ashore from his boat; the parties were strunging
together, and the old man soon afterwards threatened t°
give witness in charge ; and after calling his brother a thicv"
ing son of —, swore he would break his head with
staff.
Bynon here said he had no staff in his boat, and
declared
he was bruised from head to foot. rd.
Mr. GREENWOOD said this was a very bad case, 8
to
nothing could be more disgraceful and a greater nuiartoo
the public than such outrages at the stairs on the wa'T
side. Respectable persons were driven away from 0°
plying-places, and the well-conducted watermen were it'
jured by such conduct.
Mr. Pelham said he was instructed there were faults
ca
both sides, and that the old man had irritated Gray, an
called him very bad names.
Mr. BALLENTINE, after hearing from the officers t".at
Bynon was not a man likely to tell a falsehood on oath, su,l
the public peace was not to be continually disturbed 190
quarrels between Trinity watermen and free watermen.
believed the old man had been very cruelly treated. Wrbe:
a struggle took place between an old man and a young c"ln
he knew who must go to the ground. When the old orit
got up he was followed in a most offensive manner, an e.
was not possible to put a more gross affront upon a ma
He was sorry that Bynon had not youth and strength 0;
his side, or he would have beaten Gray with such accur3tic,
that he would only have lived a year and a day afterviar
He sentenced Gray to pay a fine of 40s. to the Queen,
all the costs, and enter into securities to keep the peace-

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IMPROVEMENT IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD °
HYDE PABK.—The old brick park wall on the KensiogieT:
road is being pulled down, and a dwarf wall,
ings, is now erecting in lieu thereof. • An opening; is left 11°,(1
a footgate midway between the half-way public
the turnpike; This will be a great improvement, and ail' rk
much accommodation to the pedestrians crossing the li3
from the Bay to Waterside. There is another improveivc%
most imperatively called for on this line of road, whichbliel..
the removal of that dangerous nuisance, the halfway P1.1',.-al
house, the road opposite to which is blocked up for geve't,,
hours on Saturdays by market gardeners' waggons and
pd
which is pregnant with danger to travellers in carriages it
on horseback, besides constituting a most unsightly obstac:j,
with iron ra."r
to 6;3 entrance of the metropolis from the great western 113 a.
dirt
One of the French Tribunals latel fined a ti
f or
penslng apothecary in the sum of 3,000 francs
Y (1,20/)
having incautiously, or carelessly, sold a small qua"titYd t°o
laudanum to a young woman, who afterwards attcalpteded
commit suicide by swallowing it. This sum was awar ,0
by a Jury in the shape of damages to the young Ws°o

parents. •
the Po COAL TRADE.—We understand that - 1
Dundas Bottle Company, who are extensive consunicrs °
coal, have been ordering that article from Newcastle, :;:
account of the scarcity and high price of the GlasgowAcs°lo.
and find that both the quality and cost make it 8"
tageous to resort to Newcastle.—Scots Times.

EIGH'r-DAY
to strike the Hours and Half-hours, Five Guineas each. They. art
in elegant cases, about VE inches high, suitable either to stand 6,A,
bracket or mantel-piece, and are Warranted, at T. C°%
VORY'S, Working GOldsmith, &c. &c., 47, Cornbill, Londoiniiie
N.B.—A pamphlet containing drawings and a detailed °ay be
prices of Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &e,„°46,n.
had gratis, or will be for v\ arded in anslver-------

On the 23d in.t., at Sea IClOlaßHTeilatSh, the lady of R. B
Esq. of a daughter.
On the 24th inst., at Cedar Lodge, Potter's Bar, the lady 0f C.
Marryatt, Esq., of a son.
On the 25th inst., at St. Paul's School, the wife of the 110'
Cooper, of a son.

of Wm. Bayley, Esq., of Norelands lik;use,
Mei B 111 RD . )ken St. Mary's, Bryanstone-squai.e, Robert Bayley, E' 0
Lady Juliana Annesley, the •44 h 'r of the late '
y, youngest ,4aug tu. 3
Mount Norris. -'illv Riebar
On the 26th inst, at St. James's Church, P. a'""'' 'er
tee 'chug
lia,r
Cardin, F
—sq., merchant,' of St. Kitts, to Margaret,
Alfred B fsq r t°
. unn, Esq., of Old Burlington-street.
On the 26th inst., at Chiswick Church, Robert Bell, '
Elizabeth, daughter of S. George, Esq., of Plymouth. -..ovver•-
On the 24th inst. , Mr. B. Hum phrys surgeon, Great 'l.,iock_
late r• o'
street, to Maria Walter, youngest daughter of' the
county Knayri a
more, Esq.. of Wandsworth, Surrey. hter e
Esq., of Devonshire-Place, Old Kent-road, to Sophia,:aug
On the 19th inst., at St. GileS's., Camberwell, Alfred Greeni
the late W. L. Ogden, Esq., of Cavendish Hall, Suffol • __,----
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tyro.

On the 20th inst.. at Windsor-Dterrace,
Sarah, widow ("
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Urquhart, Esq., aged h 9.
On the 23d inst., at Winchmore MP, Mrs. Ostliffe, 3lren.cht
On the 24th inst., at his brother's house, Mr. Jacob
aged 29, youngest son of the late Rev. T• R Wrench, '•e-
T. R.
St. Michael's, Cornhill. he late 11'
On the 31st August, in Jamaica, John, eldest so of t
Down, Esq., of Colne -hat h h of 116ra‘
On the 23d inst., Y c. at Ramsgate, Mr. Charles Hilditc ,
my-smith, aged 42.• of 0°
ict ctor of
On the 19th inst., at Paris, aged 67, John Stuart.Stuart.,-A" ,
War-office. t-igh`
On the 23d inst., Mr. Richard Collier, aged 62, for tvgetorge'e
ye
sSuperintendent of the Philanthropic
fields.
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