The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HousE.—William Thomas Rowe, Esq. one of
rhe Commissioners of Customs (formerly a barrister), attended

at the Justice Room yesterday, to prefer a complaint against
the driver of a caravan belonging to Mr. Fenvtick, wine-mer-
chant, whose premises are in Water-lane.

From the Commissioner's statement it appeared that in his
way to, the Custom-house, he was obliged to pass through
Water-lane, and had frequently met with impediments of
the most disagreeable kind, from the drivers of carts, who seem-
ed upon all occasions to take delight in sheaving their inde-
pendence, to the annoyance and vexation of respectable passen-
gers. It was not so much for the sake of his own particular
accommodation as for the convenience of the public, that he
took the trouble to have an investigation of the case ; and as
the decision, of the Lord Mayor would be of the utmost im-
portance, inasmuch as it would in all probability give the
drivers of carts a salutary lesson, recourse was had to his 'Lord,
ship. The driver of the caravan in question was unloading in
that part of Water-lane which is contiguous to Harii-line, When
the Commissioner drove up in his gig, and called to him to
lead his horses a few yards up a gateway, in order that the gig
might pass. This accommodation might have been rendered
without the slishtest inconvenience, but it was peremptorily re-
fused, the driver having declared that he would not stir until
he had unloaded. _ . .

Mr. Fenwick' attended for the purpose, of exculpating his
servant. He declared that the driver had npt act qd with itn-

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propriety of any kind.
The LORD 111AYon said, it had not been shewn to him that
the driver had violated the statute which, if he had committed

an obstruction from wilfulness or neglect, would have made him.

iable.
The Commissioner said he knew it to be the law, that no
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man was justified in obstructing the King's highway under any
circumstances whatever. He had himself some experience in
the law, and would insist upon it that an obstruction of the sort
could not be defended in any Court of law upon the principle of
private convenience, or any other principle.
The LORD MAYmt asked, whether there was any evidence
to prove that the driver had wilfully delayed the Commis-

sioner ?
The Commissioner said, he had already proved that fact of
obstruction, by stating that the driver had refused to draw a,
few yards out of the way, when he might have done so. He re-
quested that the decision, might he postponed, in order that
his Lordship might have time to give the subject due consi,

deration. - -
The LORD MAYOR S4id, it was quite unnecessary to take
more time. The case had not been proved. The Statute of
the-30th of George 2d had not been violated, and the mer-
chants of London must have opportunities of getting their busi.
ness done.
The Commissioner's complaint was then dismissed.

UNION-HALL.—DREADFUL RlOT.—Yesterday, Patrick
Daley, Timothy Sullivan, Thomas Sullivan, Thomas Daley,
Patrick Roche, John Sulivan, Bridget Daley, and Julia Aze
all Irish, were brought up in custody charged with a riot and •
assault which is likely to terminate in murder, a patrole named
Holt having been wounded in a manner which renders his re-
covery very doubtful: The prisoners when placed at the bar
exhibited a disgusting and frightful appearance, being almost,
naked and covered with blood, in which state they were taken •
into custody.
James Hill, a patrole of Clink Liberty, stated, that on Tues-
day night,; aboat 12 o'clock, some of the prisoners
,passed him
on his beat, and went into a house in Paver's-alley, Lomas's-
fields ; they appeared to be intoxicated. Some little time after •
he heard cries of " Murder !" proceed from the house into which
the prisoners went. Witness went to the door of the house,
which was shut; on demanding admittance, a voice cried out
from within, " If you come here you'll be murdered, we have a
pitchfork ready for you." Witness replied, I have a pistol for you,
and instantly sprung his rattle for assistance. He was soon join,
ed by a number of patrole and watchmen, with whose assistance •
he broke open a window, through which they dragged out
Sullivan, who guarded the wiudow inside, and made a des-
perate resistance. Having taken him to the watchhouse, wit-
ness returned, and Timothy Sullivan, who had succeeded his
namesake as guard on the window, was dragged out and lodged
in the watchhouse. On returning to the house, witness heard a
noise, as if the rioters were breaking into the adjoining house ;
and for the purpose of preventing their escape, he went into the
next house, where he found Patrick Daley nearly naked; and
covered with blood, who was also secured, and taken to•-the
watchhouse. The witness produced the butt-ends of two horse-
pistols with marks of blood on them, which belonged to pistols
taken from Holt the patrole, who had entered the house during
the Vtitness'sAbsence with the prisoners he took to the watch-
house. Witness also produced a hammer with blood on it.
John M'Douald, ;a:patrele, who had his head bound up, in
consequence of the brutal treatment he had received, stated., s
that on hearing the rattle he ran to the scene of action. Holt
(who now lies at the Hospital) and the witness assisted in
breaking open the window. Holt put in one leg and was in-
stantly dragged into the room. Witness put his head in, and
received a blow from a poker which knocked him into the street, -
where he lav insensible for some time. On recovering him-
self he saw the first witness and another patrole dragging the'
prisoner Patrick Daley through the window. Witness iden-
tified Daley as the man who had struck him. Witness assisted
in taking him to the watch-house, and on his return saw Holt
lying on the floor of the room, and the prisoner Thomas
Daley standing over him with a hammer in his hand with
which he befit Holt in different parts of the body. .The butt-
ends
of the pistols lay close by on the .floor. , Holt was co-
vered with blood, and quite insensible.—The riot lasted two
hours.
John Wilson, another patrole, corroborated the former wit,
ness's evidence, and stated that on attempting to enter the house
he was struck with a poker, and had the bridge of his nose
broken. One of the prisoners had a pistol-in his hand, and
Bridget Daley had a fender, with.which she stood near t!- e win-
dow making threats at every one that attempted to enter.
Mr. Kenrick, a baker, residing in Union-street; stated that
hearing the cries of murder, he wept to the house from which
the cries proceeded, and sawlll‘Donald. knocked down by one of
the prisoners. Witness instantly seized a cutlass and pistol from
one of the patrole, and jumped into the room through the win-
dow. John Sullivan was standing in the middle of the room
with a pistol in his hand, swearing he would be the death of the
first man that offered to touch him. 'Witness instantly snapped
the pistol at him, but it missed fire several times. Witness then
cut -him down with the sword ; and secured Pat. Daley, who
defended himself with a chair, and defied the witness to fire.—
The witness identified all the prisoners as having been present.
Mr. Maurice, an assistant in St. Thomas's Hospital, attend-
ed, and stated that Holt, the patrole, had, receive I a severe
wound on the head, and several co:Aosions on the body. He
did not consider him in immediate danger, but danger, he said,
,might come on.
The Magistrate requested that a certificate might be' sent
from the Hospital, signifying the state of the patrole, tomor-
row (this day,) and remanded the prisoners for another exami-
nation ; observing at the same time, that he had never heard of
a more cowardly and disgraceful attack npon a defenceless rnAn
who lay insensible on the floor. •
Bow. STREET.—On Tuesday evening a charge of a new
species of fraud upon the Theatres came to be investi-
gated before Tnomas HALLS, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate.—
Andrew Roberts,, a young man, was brought to h Office
by one of the street-keepers in the Strand, charged with:
attempting-to gain admittance to the gallery of the Adelphi
. Theatre by means of a false check. It appesrel from the
..evi-
dence of several persons employed at the Theatre, that several
admissions had lately been gained by means of false tin or
nietal checks, with stamped impressions in the middle of them,
similar to those of the Theatre. ;The Managers, to avoid
milar impositions, discontinued the use of checks on TUes-
day, hnd issued card checks, and the prisoner presenting a
forged metal check on that evening, the Check-taker instantly
discovered the imposition. The prison -r was stopped and given
into the custody of the Street-keeper, who on searching him f aind
12 other similar forged checks. The Magistrate remarked that
he was afraid the cause was not cognizable before him, 'as it
was only similar to forged orders, which was a fraud not to ob-
tain money, goods, or chattels.—He was discharged.

A white sparrow was shot on Monday se'n-
night, in the neighbourhood of Warwick.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-All occurrence of a
very painful nature took place yesterday in
Westminster-road, in consequence of a horse
drawing a chaise, containing a lady and gentle-
man with their child, taking fright from some
unaccountable circumstance. The animal darted.
off at great speed, rendering the efforts of the
driver ineffectual : at length the wheel of the
vehicle coming in contact with a raised footpath,
caused a sudden jerk, by which the lady and.
infant were thrown to the ground with great
violence, and the latter had its arm broken. The
lady was taken up senseless, and. severely con-
tused, but proper restoratives being applied,
recovered. It is singular the horse stood stilt
the instant it met with obstruction,