The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-01 00:00:00

HATTON- GARDEN.

Yesterday, a numerous body of the inhabitant house-
holders of St. Andrew's, Holborn, were summoned before
Messrs. LAING and Roonts, by the Rev. Gilbert Beresford
Clerk, Rector of the • above parish, for having refused to
pay the tithe and ancient composition rates and dues, con-
trary to Act of Parliament.
Mr. Joseph Copeland Bell, the plaintiff's solicitor, was in
attendance with a tremendous box-full of papers, and the
greatest interest was manifested. Mr. Booker was the first
called opon for his defence, and asked why he refused to
pay?--Mr. Booker—Why, if the ' ing is legal, and your
Worships order me to pay the moue • I suppose I must dol
so. My only reason is that lam a atholic ; I never go to
church, but to the Catholic chapel in Moorfields.
Mr. LAING told him he was bound by law to Pay it, and
he agreed to pay 11. I4s. 6d. with considerable reluctance.
Mr. Moses Davies, a Jew salesman, next appearesl and
objected to pay. .
you object to pay? Davies---Im a ILY a
my Sabbath, and, of course, it must
baeAknroj.‘esli, AtilNi andaG thist—ll IcVannot transact business to-day. I have
'other scruples.

•Mr. LAtaIG--Are yours religious scruples ? Davies—
They are. I have a legal objection too.
Mr. LAING—Then your case is postponed to a future day.
Mr. Bell could prove thrt every house in Holborn had
been tithe-rated.

Mr. LAIN---suggested that it should be proved that the

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tithe-rate had been paid by Mr. Galloway, the defendant's
predecessor, since 1806.
Mr. Bell commenced looking over the books in the
large box.
A host of gentlemen here pressed forward, and expressed
a desire that their hearing might be postponed, in order
that they might be defended by Counsel.
Mr. LAIN (to Mr. Bell)—You see the hostility with
which the Rector is met, and I should advise you to come
here well prepared with Counsel.
Mr. Bell promised to do so, and, after a private con-
ference (the Court being ordered to be cleared), he quitted
the office with the large box of books, &c., in a hackney-
coach.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
A person very fashionably dressed, who gave his name
George Stevenley, but whose real name was ascertained to
be James Stanley, and who was stated to have been a ma-
gistrate for three counties, was charged with assaulting a
police sergeant of the A division, named Adams.
He was ordered to pay the penalty of 51., which was
immediately done, by his drawing a cheque upon his bankers,
Sir C. Scott and Co.

UNION-HALL.
William Mann, aged 45, was charged with intermarry-
ing with Susan Lister, his first wife, aged sixty-five, being
still alive.
The complainant was married to the prisoner thirty years
ago, at Beckingham, in Kent. Lately she ascertained that
he was married to another, and on communicatini, with him
on the subject, he had the impudence to invite her (com-
plainant) borne, making a declaration that if she would live
in peace with his secon wife he would do everything in his
power to make both wives comfortable. She rejected the
offer with scorn and proceeded against him for bigamy.
The second wife refused to attend.
A person named Fulton was present at the marriage of
the prisoner with the second wife. The prisoner and com-
plainant lived unhappily together, owing to the disparity in
their ages, the prisoner being only 15 and the complainant
30 when they were married. Witness was not present at
their marriage. The complainant, who could scarcely re-
strain her feelings when her age was attested to, now ex-
claimed, 66
Fulton, speak the truth and shame the devil ;
yen know that there is not such a difference in Mann's age
and my own : you know well that I was a pretty tidy young
body when I married him, but misfortune has made me look
more than double my age."
Mr. Ta AILL—IIo 7, old are you? Complainant—lt's
rather a delicate question to put to a lady, your Worship,
and I should rather decline answering- it at present. In
answer to other questions she said she was determined to
go on with the case. It was her duty to do so. The pri-
soner was then remanded, in order that the complainant
might procure the register of her marriage, thirty years ago,
and other evidence.