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London, England, 1836-10-20 00:00:00

ITIE StTN, LONDON, THURSDAY-, OCTOEER 20, ISA 6

WOOLWICH PETTY SESSIONS.

Jasper W. llempfield, landlord of the Edinburgh Castle
public-house, Woolwich, and who has got the name of the
Duke of Cumberland given to him, from his wearing an
immense pair of white whiskers with mustachios to match,
and having his head nearly bald, quite in the Cumberland
style, was charged with writing a letter to Mr. Thomas
Rideout, draper, of High-street, with intent to excite him
to commit a breach of the peace, or, in other words, to
fight a duel.
There was some dispute between the parties, but of what
kind did not transpire ; and a friend of Mr. Hempfield had
waited on Mr. Rideout, who had not given such a satis-
factory answer as suited the fiery temperament of Mr.
Hempfield, and he therefore wrote the letter in question,
of which the following is a copy, which we give as an ex-
ample for gentlemen of irritable nerves, under similar cir-
cumstances :

" Edinburgh Castle, Woolwich, Oct. 11, 1836.
" Sir—l have just seen Mr. Wheelhouse, and I find
that the explanation given by you to be evasive and un-
satisfactory, therefore I feel myself compelled, in vindica-
tion of my character, to call upon you to retract your
assertions unequivocally, or give me that satisfaction which
one man expects from another under similar circumstances.
" You will find Mr. Wheelhouse in the course of the
afternoon or the evening, at the Crown and Anchor, who
will convey to me your determination, and make the ar-
rangements necessary on such occasions.

" Your obedient servant,
" J. W. HEMPFIELD.

" To Mr. Rideout, High-street, Woolwich."
Mr. Rideout, who is at least sixty years of age, and has
too much of the milk of human kindness in his composition
to shed the blood of a fellow-creature, and also had more
sense than to stand to be shot by Mr. Hempfield, who has-
" been a man of war from his youth up," on the receipt of
the above letter, expressed his determination by taking out
a warrant, which was sent, not by the hands of Mr. Wheel-
house, but by those of a constable, who also brought his
Highness before his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, where
the case having been gone into, he was ordered to enter into
recognizances to keep the peace, himself in 50/., and two
others in 251. each.

Two gentlemen immediately entered into the necessary
securities.

CHELSEA PETTY SESSIONS.

These Sessions commenced yesterday, at the Board-room
of the work-house of St. Luke, Chelsea, before GEORGE
BAGUE, Esq., and a full bench of Magistrates.
Patrick Scott, one of the " Emerald Isle," an old Chelsea
pensioner, was placed at the bar, to show cause why he had
neglected to contribute the sum of 21. 12s. towards the sup-
port and maintenance of his wife, at present an inmate of the
work-house. _ _

It appeared from the statement of several of the parochial
authorities, that the defendant was in the receipt of the
yearly sum of W. 165., out of which the relieving officer,
who usually paid him his pension, always deducted the above
sum of 21. 12s. for the support of his wife, who had been
for the last fourteen years chargeable to this parish.
Yesterday, however, the assistant overseer having omitted
to make the usual deduction, and Pat's money proving
equally defective, he adjourned, after the receipt of the
whole of the money, to a neighbouring grogorium, where he
soon contrived to drown his senses in sweet unconscious-
ness. The " mistake" having been by this time discovered,
a search was immediately instituted for the defaulter, and
Pat, scarcely recovered from the effects of sundry potations
of " Hodges 's best" and fine XXX, was brought before the
Bench.

Pat (with a hiccup, and in a rich Milesian brogue)—
An' let me alone, ye dirty spalpeens. An' what are ye
bringin' me here for ?
The CHAlRllAN—(addressing him)—How is it, my good
man, that you have not paid the usual sum for your wife's
maintenance ? Pat (with affected surprise)—Sure enough
I did, y'r Honour ; and if my friend Misthur O'Connell
was here he'd be after tellin' ye the same thing. Blur an'
ouns, I paid it to that black-looking spalpeen there (point-
ing to one of the overseers), and be niver guv me any
resate at all at all.

The overseer alluded to—" He's done no such thing,
and I dare say, if searched, the money will be found upon
him."

The CHAIRMAN then addressed him to know if he would
pay the demand without the alternative of being searched.'
To which having replied in the negative, two officers
advanced to search him, when he declared his willingness
to submit to the scrutiny, and accordingly, having dashed
his hat at the bench, he tossed off his coat and waistcoat,
and was commencing the same operation with his nether
femeral integuments, when—
The CHAIRMAN interrupted him, and said that he did
not wish to see his person entirely denuded, and if he would
submit the contents of his pockets they would not pain
him with a further exhibition.—(Laughter.)
Pat, however, refusing to have his pockets searched in
the Court, was here led out by the officers into a private
apartment, when nothing, save a few shillings, having been
in his pockets, they were about to give up the search as
fruitless. It, however, occurred to one of them that the
examination might as well be completed by the examination
of his boots, to which, after some demur, he consented and
pulled one of them off with great alacrity, but was rather
slow in unlacing the other, which he having at last done, the
officer observed him snatch something out, which, being,
taken from him, proved to be two sovereigns and some sil-
ver, wrapped up with some duplicates in a piece of rag.
Pat became outrageous at the discovery of his treasure,
and after invoking all the saints in the calendar to punish
the Magistrates, officers, and overseers, rushed out of the
office.
The Court then adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

An elderly Jew, named Mordecai de Frieze, appeared
to answer the complaint of a dashing female of the same
persuasion.

The complainant, in consequence of the gross abuse cast
upon her by a person who did not hesitate to describe her
as a woman of bad character, employed the defendant, who
was in the law, to obtain justice for her in the most agree-
able way, namely, by inflicting punishment upon her de-
famer. She supplied him with the sum of 12s. 6d. to
enable him to proceed as rapidly as possible with the busi-
ness of vengeance ; but after a considerable time she found
that her enemy was as much at ease as ever, and she
therefore summoned her legal adviser before the Lord
Mayor for doing her out of the money under false pretences.
The LORD MAYOR—Are you convinced that he did no-
thing for the money ? Complainant—He never moved a
step in it, my Lord ; but I wouldn't care about the money
so much as I do about his language, for when I spoke to
him concerning of the matter, he told me I might kiss him ;
when I wouldn't kiss nobody.
The LORD MAYOR—And what sort of language did
you use to him ? Complainant—Not a word, I'll be on
my oath.
Defendant—Oh, dear! I shuppose you're a wery inni-
shint young voman ! you're quite a shild.
Complainant—l defy you to prove any thing bad

against me.
Defendant—Oh dear me ! Vat an innoshent young
voman ! Vell, yell, go along. I don't vish to expose you.
Complainant—Expose me ? Do if you can. You ex-
pose me, you dirty old man ! It's more than your betters
can do.

Defendant,—Oh, dear, yes. You vas at Portsmouth,
vas't you ? Complainant—Yes, I was ; and what's that to
do with this here business? Defendant—Oh, dear! no-
thing at all. Vaun't your husband in prishon there, and
didn't you put him there ? Complainant—Well, what
aould I do with a husband what treated me ill but have
him locked up. You don't think I'm a going to stand a
knock-down blow !

Defendant—Your husband died: in prisbon, poor man !
He gave up the ghost in quad, did'nt the poor unhappy
creetur ?—(A laugh.) If you don't know, I do.
Complainant—What's that to this question? Defen-
dant—Alt, we all know how he died ; but that's neither
hero nor there. You're a poor young voman vat knows no-
thing. t'aun't your father belonging to the Shynagogue,
pray ? Complainant—Well he was • and what's that to
do with it? Defendant—No, no ; I don't wish to expose
you ? He was beadle of the Shynagogue, vaun't he ? Com-
plainant—Well, and what of that ? Defendant—Oh no-
th,ng at all. But you don't remember nothing of some
shtolen goods vot was put in the Shynagogue, don't you ?
Complainant—Please
do with my business. you, my Lord, all this has nothing to

The LORD MAYOR—Certainly not. Defendant—No,
but you had something to do vid de Shynagogue. I don't
want to expose you by no means ; but upon your oath,
didn't you take away these here shtolen goods from the
Shynagogue, vot you father put there cause he knowed no-
bodyicould go look for such things in de Shynagogue?
Mr. Nobler (to the defendant)—So you think you are at
liberty to pocket her money on that account ? You are a
conscientious lawyer, to take your client's money and re-
compense her by this sort of accusation, because she asks
you why you have not done her justice. Defendant—l
did all that could be done, but nothing would satisfy her
but revenge.
The Loan MAYOR—Well, you must pay her back her
money. I won't allow such imposition. Defendant—l
don't want her money, but X ant got none now. I'll give
it her in A month.
The Loan M4YA4—NP, that won't o. I shall not be
here then. Let me see yon here with the money on the
7th of next month, or you And I shall have something dis-
agreeable between us—mind that, Mordecai,
el
Defendant—

Vell, my Lord, I rill. But my Lord, you oughtn't to for-
get de shynagogue. So help me Got, the goods vas in the
shynagogue.—(A laugh.)

BO W-STREET.

Yesterday the driver of one of the patent safety cabriolets
No. 1,847, was summoned by Carter, the common in-
former, under the 51st section of the Hackney Carriage
Act, for plying for hire within eight feet of the curbstone
of the footway pavement, whereby he had incurred a pe-
nalty of 20s.
The defendant was fined in the mitigated penalty of 10s.
and costs.

Carter then brought forward another information of a
similar description against the Company, but on the sug-
gestion of Mr. HALLS, he consented to withdraw it on pay-
ment of costs.