The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-17 00:00:00

POLICE.

POW-STREET.-•--A t.l--111e,nati named Charles
Tzard, r. .;ing at N. 28, South-street, Pcntonville,
was brouc, t out of the boxes by the constanbles,
charged •eith rn assault on a yowl man named
Rickmar a oal merchant, in Surrey-street, Strand.,
Mr. P e,:man stated, that while he was in. the
dress boxec, las. night, between the - play and
farce,, a Gentleman, wit() calls-7(1 .hits Belt 6ritain,
O'Brien, of the 47th Regiment. attempted to
force way into the box '4l,ere he was, although
there was no room. His entrance wa: objeCied
to on that ground, and after a good deal of in-
su',l i lanauage, he t bought proper to retire. How-
ever, shortly afterwards, the Defendant. Mr. Izard
made a similar attempt to come into the box, and he-
:Ago was refused admittance. - Instead, however, of
his going away, he persisted in his intention of
coming in. Tilts was resisted on the part of the
complainant, upon which seized, him by the
collar, and gave' him a violent linking, trod upon
his toes, and otherwise violently assaulted him.
This statement was corroborated by a young gen-
tleman named Richmond, a coal-merchant, in.Scot-
laud-yard, Who xas present at the transaction.
Mr. Izard_ denied the' charge most positively,
and alleged that he himself was not only insulted,
al;serilted in the first instance by the cotnotatn-
ant, who, before the defendant said.a word to him,
pu-bed him Violently in the chest with his elbow.
He then, indeed, laid hold of him by his coat.for
the .i.-trpose of sat' g himself, from falling through
violence of the push, and had committed no
other i-!ssault.

Captain, O'Brien, and another gentleman, prov-
ed the sarre circumstances on behalf of Mr. IsarcL
The complainant, however, swore positively that
be v.:As assaulted first by. the Defendant, who was
disc:avd on his own recognizances.
About 11 o'clock, Abrahaw Mark Graham, a
Jew, was bronght to the office, charged by a young
man named Bradley, resident at No. 45, Thread':
needle...street, with picking his pocket of a silk hand-
kerchief in the pit of Covent-Garden Theatre, on
Wednesday night.
The Proses war, however, was unable to fix the
fact with suilicieut certainty upon the Prisoner, who
was discharged accordingly.
MANsiov-licusr.—Yesteiday Thomas" French, a
labourer in the warehouses of qre Hudson's Bay
C; rripny, was charged befOre the Lour) MAIOR,
with stealing from their w'mrhoirses ten skins.
The foreman of the, warehouse, stated, that
many valuable skins had been stolen, and sus-.
picion falling 'lion the prisoner, be was de-
teEted-with two skins concealed in his hat, and ex-
plained the prisoner's confe-rion guilt, and told
then ame of the man tn,wharn he baLt sold skins at
different time, for fifteen and'elditeen pence each.
The value' of the skins were from three to nine shil-
lings-each. Two of the other warehousemen; proved
their finding the skins in-the pri-r►ne,'c possession.—
He did not den) having the skins in hts bat, but
pretended not to k' ow- how the skins came there.
He was remanded for further e-xamMation.

Jdlin Gall, en a'sistant .ostler, was' charged on
snsptcion of .wilfully or carelessly injuring a horse so
as to occasion his death. Mr. Ntrinte stated that the
horse wes a very valuable one, the property of Mr.
Kirk,whicli the prisooer bad the care of in his stablefi,
that the horse's tail being severely cut and lacerated,
be died.
Mr. Kirk said, the farrier declared the horse's
death was occasioned by sorne.severe treatment. The
pri,:,ner.in his defence said it was accident,: And ex-
plained, that he and tworothets.were in the stable
at the time; that hr kvawstanding behind the horse
with a two-pronged f4tl•: in.ibis hand, with the ban..
dlt- uppermost- when, bysccident a boy drove the
handle of the fork Iron, his hand, which nested be-
loW or. about the .tail of the horse, who began to
kick..reryfurioutly, and the prongs of the fork nest-
ing bei,Neen the stones of the floor he could not 'at.
that r tAelt away, and did riot discover any
injury` till he was tak..o out to be Uressed, when he
saw the blood ; he'called the other .two, who corro7
• borated his. statement... .

His him the dangeious situation he
would have been in, it there were any proof of his
Maliciously injuring the borse, and hopcd it would
be a warning to him ; if the pitch-fork had been
wantonly, or carelessly put behind the hori.e, to be
Troi-e.careful in Mint, and or-defed him to be dis-
charged.
• risi Att Lnottouon-STaFEr.—Yesterday James Mar-
tin, and tontwomen of the naines 0* Pearce, Jones,
Kilty. and Starkes, were charged with robbing Mr.
IV liam 'Jones, a respc6able tradesman ,n the Edge-
ware-road, or bank-notes :-,nd bills or,exchange, to
the amount of.ikl. It appeared that 'the Prosecn-•
for had been out colleaing money on Tuesday, and
on his •return.horne. he was met by the tour female
Prisoners, in the Edgeware-road, and having been
drinking, he u'asprevailed on by the-Prisoner Kirby
to go into a public-hok:se, where he was rObbed of
bis- po,ket-book*. He missed• it itomeuiately atter
he it: left -the horop., and on going to Mary-le-
brinne watch-house; the four women were there
charged with being disorderly. Two of the Prison-
ers confessed • the robbery, and a sindll part of the.
notes were. recovered by Howard, a constable. It
turned out that one of the women piCked the Prose-
cutor's, pocket, and gave the pocket-t-ook, contain.
ing the property, to the Prisoner Martin. They
were all committed for anothe; examination.

The Vienna Gazt.tte contains an interesting ac-
count of the astotiishice lariours of Mr. Maetzel.
cel&rted.rnechauician, who excited the .aci-
eniration of all Paris with his paoliarmonicon and
his automaton trumpeteer, is bow constructing,in
the Imperial Palace of Viewed, a still more perfect
panhartwnicen for the Viceroy of Italy. But he
has !lot confined--ne exertion of his skill to sinus-
, ing or musical objets; he has also •ioiled For, the
comfort 'of .the humatttao; and invented artificial
legs and feet, which have restored exercise and mo-
Con to 'maimed -veterans. Through the means of
these they may ascend a staircase, anti mount their
r_ores without an assistance. These legs and feet
rc ntain seven articulations about the knee, and three
t the instep. •,

LiilV REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BkNCH, No/.16.
THE SING V. HARVEY AND ANOTHER.

The ATToRNZY .GENERAL pr tyed the judgment
of the Court on Thomas Halley, and .tohn Harvey,
father a, .d son,. for an assault. on Peter UShatigh
rwssy, Esq. The defendants keep the Crown pub
lic-house, .at Minchinhampion,
.in JGloucestershire.
The pro-ecutor is Captain of the.lB4ll Ilvgiment.'6l
root, an Insh reginent, ou itsl'inaro from Glon-
ce,ter.towards the Isle of Wight, vatenee It was_fo`•
embark for the_West Indies. l'fieilialted at Mid.-
chinhampton, several of the men were billetted 'at
'the detendant's-_ I,oupe, and it"! Captain Wanteda
dinner' there ; but, it not being Market-day, there
was noth-wg with which to provide it, ond..he and
the Lieutenant went to;another house, where they-
staid until ten -at -when, returning, he found
the:doors pt his quarters fastened up, and all the
people of , the house gOne to bed. He made, a 'noise
at the door, the detendants. got up, and violent
quarrel took place between them,- in which the
Captain was desperately wounded. He positively
swore that, he did not desire his men to -.come
with their'shillala/es to burst open the doors, but
'prevented, his man frotiiltilling the -defendants,
or setting'fire'to-tVe house, which they threatened
to do,' in revenge for the indignity offered to their
Captain.
On the part of 'the 'defendants, several witnesses
swore that-the Captain 'did tse the above and many
other desperate threats-..- The Jury, six of:Avhotn
were special, found the defendants guilty.; but the
affidavits being mistitled, they were ordered to be
amended. The defendants' were tntnutitted, and
ordered to be .brought Up for judgment this day
. . . •
se'unight.