The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-02 00:00:00

SOLICr,

GUI LIM ALL JOhn .TOMICiPtS, a day-
labourer, N'N'lt; bro gist before Alderman SmITH,
the Sitting Magistrate, accused with having dis-
turbed lir.Mackenzie, an auctioneer, in the exer-
cise of hi< ordinary vocation.
Mr. :`4lackenzie represented that he, had an auc-
tion room in the neighbourhood of Shoreditch, to
which a number of respectithle people • resorted
during the evenings When about to,.commence
his customary sale on Thurstfay night, the prisoner.
appeared at the door and set up &hideous•clatuOur,
which interrupted and preventedbitil in the dispo-
sal of goods. He called ont wilt a loud voice,
that the auctioneer Was. robbing the public in go-
neral,

The prisoner acknowledged the truth of the
charge, and said, that he was instigated to prevent
the.auctioneer by the surrounding multitude. The'
Magistrate conceiving that
:Tomkins, by enduring
one night's imprisonment had sutfered.to the ex-
tent of the injury he had occasioned,l4',4%iissed
:him with an exhortation to be more peaceable for
the future.

A person °Nile name of White, a journeyman
uphoktcrer, was accused by a constable, of the
Dalin! of Green, with having knocked him down
and bitten his finger dining the disturbances at Mr.
Mackenzie's auction rooms.

'rite prisoner acknowledged the -assault, but re-
presented that it had been occasioned by the pro-
voking condact of the constable. The parties with-
drew,. by the. recommendation of the Magistrate,
and accomthodated their ditferences.in private.
Sarah Goodman was charged by-Sarah huffy,
widow, and keeper
.of the Key pnblic-hotise, in
Fleet market, With having commit:tett a riot in her
house on the pr'veding evening. Mrs. huffy re-
presented, that tue offender had .acquired an
im-
proper predilection for wandering the streets at
unseasonable.houtS, .regardless oftho -admonitions
of the man whom she called husband.: • ,During one
Of these excursions she called at.the complainant's
horse, and commenced an affray in demanding
that her husband should be delivered into her cus-
tody. She then fleigJupon the coinplainant and
her daughter, scratched-them, reviled-them, and
knocked them on their faces with her fists. After
having accoMplished all this, she smashed the win-
dows, and proceeded to retire, when • she Was
caught by one of the 'patrole, and .conveyed to ,a
place of safety. •
On the other hand, Mrs. Goodman maintained,
that .her husband was detained from her by the
allurements of Mrs. Rnify, and her liquor, and
refused to allow her one farthing to subsist upon.
I,:he. Magistrate 'inquired if Mrs. Ruffy-kept
house of good or evil tame ?. and one of the offi-
ceios of the Court replied, that it was a notable
resort for loose ladies and pickpockets.-
Mrs. Willy defended the character of her-house
with marvellous-, perseverance of tongue, maintain-
ing that it was the resort of Many of the most
Ito-
taourable and opulent citizens of London. Seve-
ral of the constables declared that Mrs. Ratify shut
up her•house" at seasonable hours, and was much
pectehowever,d r, htyh
th e yoktosl s
ippde
characters
admitted,iru o
times been " picked tip" on her premises.
Matters had arrived at this lengthwhe? the_ ltus-
Igyndfoorf
trshiersst.nas
haaag oft he appeared,
windows, with 'sty it)ll.llelrvel(tiictli:
tuilll'dyredit‘,,c. tared herself satisfied, and the par-

Bow-sTREE.T.---Yesterday the landlord 'of the
King's Arms Inn, at Itoehanipton, attended, at this
office, and described . a black Mare, his property,
that had beep stolen from Putney Common on
'Wednesday evening. He also described two men
who had been seen lurking about the Common. on
Wednesday afternoon. The description of the
mare answers to thAr -which was left by the man
'who escaped front the horso-patrole belonging to.
this Office, across some gardener's, grounds,, be-
tween Ilrentford and Hounslow, on Wednesday
night, about twelve o'clock. The man also an-
swers. the description of one of the men who was
seen lurking about Putney Common on Wednesday
afternoon, mid it is supposed that the mare was
stolen by a highwayinan for the purpose of cqm-
Mitting robberies.