The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-30 00:00:00

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Yesterday. upwards of twenty MCP, concerned in
the late disturbitnceat 'how Fair, were examined by
the Magistrates at the Public Office, \V hitechapel,
when fitteen were committed for trial, and, several
sent on beard the tender. Atter the affray, fourteen
persons were taken to the London Hospital. Some
• have received dangerous contusions, and others are
not .sq badly wounded ;' but we' cannot discover that
in lives were.lost. Among tliosecOnveyed to, the
eight are detajned for 'a breach of the peace,
bey will undergo examination when their wounds
;ire healed. The Policebtficers have recognised se-.
veral note' ions depredators among the rioters, whom
they have long been seeking on capital eharges.-:-
Sunday night every precaution was taken in
Is6w .to prevent a repetition of. the riot. .Fromcer-
lain menaces, it was expected that the tigtersinedi-
titied anoth“ attack on the harMless inhabitants, and
a rescue of their compartiong) the officers, consta-
bles,-and volunteers, consequently attended about
the road adjoining Fair Field until yesterday t‘norn
tog, and severalsuspicious persons were taken into
cos,ody, and Liow is now 'restored to its former
tranquility—and it is devoutly to be wished that the
Fair may be supprest:Al 'in future, or confined to a
scene of rational amusement, in order to prevent a
recurrence of the late disgraceful and atrocious con-
duCt:,. When the Irish first entered the Fair they
were headed by a fellow bearing -a cap of liberty
oti pole, and a green branch. They-then com-
menced playing at single stick, and having attracted
ring of speClators, they suddenly 'dispersed.among
the crowd, knocking down all that stood before
them, without regarding women or children. The
objeals of attack tied at first to the opposite side of
the field, but finally rallied, tore down the'ahoW'
booths for weapon% of defence, advanced Upon the
assailants; and beat ,them across the road as far as
Bow Common. The ditch which separates Fair
, Field from the road received many of the wounded,
Who were taken up almost detid, and carried to the
public houses. A short time after the affray; a body
of near sixty butchers arrived. from Whileehapel, but
finding the Police 4)11. the spot, and the Irishmen de-
tifated, they dispersed. •

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COURT OF KINGArlit-NICII, MAY 2).

• • WOODWAIt j 3 W. ;NIER.LtDIIII, :
An aZilion. upon an acceptance of the Defendant
for:l'a. A witness 'priiied theit"Mlss Meredith ac-
cepted the bill while untleretiiinetnent in the Ma-
shalsea: Prison the Sciit•of the 'Plainti
The &fence toihe action, ' as stated by, Air. GAR-
ROW, Wits this :-,-Z hat the Defend!nt, • Miss Mere-,
. dial:, was one'ofthose uafortunate.class of persons
who- live by proStitution ;:that she lodged in the
Plainties house, in the neighbourhood. of Fitzroy-
' square • that She paid two guineas and. a half per
week for lodgingt; .that she run up a bill, when
she was arrested, .thrown into.prison, and after re-
. maining there several weeks, was at length.liberated
upon accepting this bill, payable on demand. The
conditions, hoWever, upon which it.was given were
these : That it was not to remain in full force if she
paid 'in the first month after bet discharge 75. and if.
she continued alter that to pay 75. per weeki
to do that She Wa6 again sued. Ali-. '6A anew now
contended thiu she was not liable, because the
ginal contraa of debt was Violins.
Twci femalewitnesses.were called by name in the
. Court and 'Hall, to shew the terms upon which she,
lived, and the manner in which .she-gat'her bread
while living under the Plaintitrs.roof, but ihey dtd:
not answer--anti the Jury of course Loma' a verdia
for the

LAW V. nooosoNi,
This adion was for thelialame of a
which the Plaintiff sought to recover for bricks tux-
Dished to the Defendant. The Plaintiff, a brick..
maker, had sold Mr. floclgSoti' bricks to the amount
of 131. 14s. :,!(1. and had,received
.12s. the r&.
minder having been resisted on' account of -the
bricks being made smaller thiin they should have
been, according to an Act of Parliament, which sti-
pulates that bricks, for Ilome Constimption,,shall be
inches long, 4 inches. wide, and 2,1 thick.-7-The
Plaintiff proved that the bricks had'heen approved
and used by the Defendant ; he had, built_ 'a house
with'them ; that they were 'most excellent bricks ;
and were the full length and thicliness, but not so
wide, by a quarter_ of an eighth of an inc6,.as the
Ad direas. The' jury, in consequence; returned
their verdid for the. Defendant..