The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

. NEW -MARRIAGE ACT:
HAT I' GARDEN.—Yestera ay morning on the arrival of the
Magistrates,_ no less than three young couples presented them-
selves to take the necessary oaths prescriber by the 16th sectioh
3d of Geo. IV., chap. 75, commonly called the New Marriage
Act, previous to their names being given in for the publication
of bans. Yesterday being the first time that such affidavits
were offered to be made here, a good deal of time was consum-
ed in examining the new Act, and connecting the form of the
affidavits, which required the names and ages, whether bache-
lor and maid, widower and widow, the name and number of
their residence, whether housekeeper or lodger, and how long
they resided there. The delay was a great mortification to
the three young ladies, whose dimpled cheeks- exhibited by
their blushes the disappointment they suffered by the delay.—
The New Marriage Act, the Police Act, and die New Vagrant
Act, will be found fertile sources-of additional employment to
the stipendiary Magistrates of the metropolis. To save much
trouble on future occasions, the Magistrate ordered Mr. Ford,
chief clerk, to make out a blank copy of the affidavits, to be
kept in the office. .

—Sia-itinoßouon-STREET.—Yesterday an affidavit or cer-
tificate under one of the clauses of the new Marriage Act, was
sworn to, at this Office, by a young couple ; the substance of
the affidavit was merely as the Act directs, that the parties were
above 21, and resided in the parish mentioned, &c. They were
only asked on their oaths as to the truth of its contents, and the
affidavit was signed by the Magistrate.—lt should be under-
stood that the parish Clergyman can sign those affidavits as well'
as Magistrates, ,and the subsequent publication of the bans will
stand just as good by the one signature as the other.
UNION-HALL.—Yesterday 'an elderly lady, of highly re-
spectable appearance and demeanour, applied to M. SWABEY,
Esq., to solicit his advice and assistance in effecting the union
of a couple of her friends, who were very desirous of entering
into the holy state of matrimony. She stated that she had ac-
companied the candidates for conjugal felicity to Lambeth
Church, for the purpose of having. the banns of marriage duly
published, but to their great surprise and disappointment, they
were informed by the Clergyman that the parties intending to
marry should go before a Magistrate, and make an affidavit of
certain particulars required by the new Marriage Act, which
affidavit should be' fixed on the church door before he could
publish the banns. The parties, the lady said, were both very
anxious to comply with the terms of the Act in the most ex-1
peditious manner, but were wholly ignorant of the form of the
affidavit required by the new Act, on which point they hoped
the Magistrate could give the necessary information.
Mr. SWABEY, in answer to the application, said, no form of
the affidavit required by the new Marriage Act had been sent
to the office, and advised the lady to direct her friends to get a I
form of the affidavit, and then come before him, when there
would be no objection to their swearing it.
QUEEN-SQUARE.—One of the beadles of St. Margaret's
came to this Office yesterday, and told the Magistrates that two
notices under the new Marriage Act had been posted upon the
Church door on Sunday last, that since that time they had
been taken down by some person unknown, and it was a matter
of difficulty to ascertain whose duty it was to prevent such no-
tices being taken down.
Mr. MARKLAND said the Act made no provision for this
defect.
Mr. RAYNSFORD said the intention of the Legislature was
-good. It was thought the beadles would see that the banns
were'properly published, and also that they should be posted
up agreeably to the Statute, and afterwards properly registered.
Mr. MARKLAND-Suppose the beadle refuses to do so, what
then can be the remedy ? He has no remuneration, nor is he
authorised to demand any fee or payment for his trouble ; nor
is the Curate authorised to make any demand for administering
the oath respecting age. Therefore the Act requires to be
amended. •
ROW-STREET.—(SINGULAR FRAUD.)—Yesterday, Geo.
Gooch, a young man now very smartly dressed, but who a short
time ago was in a state of extreme distress, was brought before
the sitting Magistrates, Mr. Mrssuum, and Mr. HALLS, In
the custody oeSalmon, a principal officer, charged with forging
the name of Mr. J. S. Taylor, the vestry clerk of St. Andrew's,
Holborn, to pretended copies of bills of exchange, drawn upon
Messrs. Coutts and Co., bankers ; and thereby defrauding his
aunt, a poor aged and infirm woman, of wearing apparel, some
trinkets, and money to the amount of 19/. 10s. The circum-
stances of the case were very curious.
It may be recollected that about five or six weeks ago, a man
named Robert Hartley was brought to'this office by the same
officer, charged with burglary, committed at the residence of
Count Byland, at Blackheath, and -sent to the Maidstone as-
sizes for trial. The principal, indeed almost the only material,
witness against him was the prisoner. Gooch, who had been a
messmate with him in the navy. Hartley had met him acci-
dentally in the street, and communicated to rim that he was
gettinglis living by plunder, and in the course of conversation
he threw out some hints respecting the murder of Mrs. Donatty.
Gooch upon this waited upon Mr. Taylor, the gentleman who
had the management of the investigations which took place in
consequence of that horrible affair, and having told him all that
he had learned from-Hartley., the latter was taken into custody.
:Nothing, however, was elicited of a satisfactory nature with re-
spect to the murder, but a complete case was made out against
him as to the burglary at Count Byland's, and he was convict-
ed capitally at the Maidstone assizes. After his conviction, se-
veral conversations were held withhim, with a view to obtain some
informatide, if he really could give any, respecting the murder;
•but nothing was learned from him which could be relied upon.
When Gooch had been some days returned to town; be waited
upon Mr. Taylor, and told him be thought that if he went down
to Maidstone and had an interview with Hartley, the latter
would tell any thing that he knew regarding the murder. Mr.
Taylor consented to his going, and gave him some money to
help him on his journey. He, however, spent the money in
'town, and did not go to Maidstone at all. Meanwhile the pri-
soner had been practising a very gross fraud upon his aunt,
Mrs. Elizabeth Lonsdale. Mts. Lansdale resides at Lambeth,
and is receiving relief from the parish, her husband being. in
the workhouse in a state of insanity. He went to her and told
her, that in consequence of the assistance which he had given
in 'promoting the ends of public justice, in the case of his old
messmate Hartley, he had got into a situation at Mr. Taylor's
office, in which he received 30s. a week. In proof of this, he
gave her three documents, which he said were copies of bills of
exchange which he' had received from Mr. Taylor. These
pretended copies ran thus:—
" Messrs. Coutts and Co.
" Gentlemen,—Ten days after sight, pay the bearer on de-
mand, the sum of —/. for value received.
" To Messrs. Coutts and Co." " J. S. TAYLOR.
He said that-these bills .had been received by him from Mr.
Taylor, that he had taken them to Rams. Coutts's, who had
-given nim copies of them,•and that the production of these copies
would at any time procure the payment of the money for which
they were drawn. There were three bills, two of which were
for ten pounds, and the other for eighteen pounds. Upon the
strength of these bits of paper, he prevailed upon his credulous
old aunt to give him 2/. 12s. (2/. 10s. of which she borrowed)
in money, a necklace and a brooch, and nearly all her hus-
band's linen and wearing apparel, he telling her that when-
ever she chose to present the copies which he gave her,
she would receive the whole of the money. Mrs. Lans-
dale in a few days after did present the copies at Messrs.
Coutts's, and was told that no such bills had been deposited
there, and that Mr. Taylor was not known at their house. In-
formation was given to the. latter gentleman, and Salmon yes-
terday morning apprehended the prisoner at his mother's house.
He found upon his person a shirt, waistcoat, and handkerchief,
which he 'admitted were part of the things he obtained from his
aunt ; and on searching his pockets, some duplicates for most
of the other property were found. His mother was dreadfully
distressed at his apprehension, although she declared: to the
officer that she had pledged nearly all she had to support him,
and that she had just then been-raising some money upon some
clothes for his use. When he went to his aunt to obtain the
things mentioned, he found her living in a small room in an
obscure and miserable dwelling.
The prisoner during the examination appeared perfectly in-
different, and put several questions to the witnesses, and made
remarks upon the evidence, which evinced a degree of shrewd
intelligence not often to be met with in a man in his sphere
of life.
- Mr. HALLS said, that the crime did not amount to forgery ;
but the prisoner had undoubtedly been guilty of obtaining
money and goods under false pretences, and he should commit
him for re-examination, to give time for the attendance of wit-
nesses, whose evidence would be necessary to the complete
establishment of the case against him:.
The prisoner requested that an order might be given for him
to be kept separate from other prisoners, as he had never been
in confinement before, and he did not like to be obliged to as-
sociate with the characters which he should most likely meet
there. He would rather be kept in solitary confinement. His
request was acceded to, and he was remanded until Saturday
next. _

Among the property stolen from Count Ryland's, was a pair
of spectacles; 'which Hartley pawifed, and gave Gooch the
duplicate. The latter obtained money from Mr. Taylor's office
to redeemthern, and having done so, he pledged them again
for a larger sum, and put the money in his pocket.
BURGLARY.—David Barnard and Thos. Pearson, the two
lads charged on suspicion of committing several burglaries, were
again brought up, when a fresh charge was preferred against
them by Mr. Alexander Read, of Flask-street, Chelsea, who
stated that in the 'light of the 13t1r,of August, his house was
broken into and robbed of plate and other articles. Among
them was a tea-caddy, and the one produced by the officers
found at I3arnard's lodgings was the same so stolen. Mr. Read
I;produced a piece of his kitchen shutter which had been cut

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out by a centre-bit, and the holes in it exactly corresponded Vi'
the size of the centre-bit found upon the prisoners when they
were, apprehended.—Barnard was fully committed ups u"
charge, and Pearson was again remanded.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

yARIVICK RACES, TUESDAY, SHPT• 3•

Ills Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. Four-mile heats. ,
Mr. Pierpoint's gr. h. Arbutus, 5 yrs old, list. 61b. .1-
D. of Richmond's ch. h. Carbonaro, 4 yrs old, lOst. 4113. 2
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Mr. Griffith's ch. h. Plebeian, 4 yrs old, 10st. 41b. 3
The Guy Stakes of 50gs each, h. ft. for three-yr-olds. (8 Subs)
One mile. 1
Mr. Sadler's ch. c. Usguebaugh, Bst. 41b. - ' 3
Mr. Tomes's b. f. Fair Philhs, Bst. - - -
A Hunters' Sweepstakes of logs each. Two-mile hesti'
Mr. Platers b. g. Slug, by Orville, 5 yrs old, llst. 4113. 1
Mr. C. H. Bracebridge's b. m. Ainusement, 5 yrs. llst.
41b. - - - - 3 df
Sir E. Smythe's b. g. by Election, 5 yrs old, llst. 4113. ts„_
A Sweepstakes of sgs each, with 50/. added. Two-mile br
Mr: Sadler's b. tn. Pastorella, 4 yrs old, Bst. 91b. "
Mr. Pryse's ch. h. Dr. Eady, 6 yrs old, 9st. 131 b. 2
Mr: Coventry's b. h. Fitzorville, aged, 9st. 11113.
A Sweepstakes of sgs each, 15gs ft. for 3.yr.oids. Two
Mr. Sadler's-ch. c. by Usquebaugh, Bst. 21b. - 2
Mr.. West's b. f. by Marmon, 7st. 101 b. -

WEST ILSLEY RACES, TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, _ s
The revival of these Races, over Ilsley Downs, drew
fashionable company, and there was plenty of sport.
Hunters' Stakes of sgs each, with 15gs added ; carrying 115**
H 1
Mr. Andrews's Foresighteats, two miles. -
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4 3
Mr. Villebois's Vidlet 1 - - n 5
Captain James's Prodigal - - 3
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Mr. Hardacre's Jester - - - 2 4
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Mr. Herd's Merryman . - - - 5 'l„.,
Even on Violet after the heat ; and 2 to 1 on the winner s''''
the second heat.
The lisle), Stakes of lOgs each (5 Subscribers), for horses licit
thorough-bred. A two-mile heat.
Mr. Jaques's Lounger - -
Mr. Brown's Joseph
Major Jones's Spindle

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SPORTING VARIETIES.
The running at Preston Races, Lancashire, yesteretai,firit
make a material alteration in the betting relative to SirsP the
favourite for the St. Leger. Jack Spigot, the winner
St. Leger last year, is in a race with Doctor SYntatvesi,
Reveller, and should he win, Swap would be backed at jarte
Both Swap and Spiggot belong to Mr. Poulett, and .b
has been the trial horse with the former.

MATCH TO TROT FOURTEEN. MILES l'P'T ()'''
HOUR IN HARNESS. on'
This match, which excited much sporting interest, sc,° a
dertaken yesterday in the range in Attlebury Park, Ile'arive
circle of three miles. It was made by Capt. Roberts, to, e,....
a mare, bona fide his property, with 14 stone in the chars
Each three miles was performed as under : S'
Min. Sec. NO. gv 8 a
First three miles - 12 8 Two miles -
...-----.
Second ditto .12 24 58 1
Third ditto - - 12' 20
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Fourth
The mare never broke from the trot, or she must have I°lit.

ARCHERY. it 01'
During the last week, the Woodmen of Arden held the), go
nual grand Wardmote at the Forest-hall, Meriden, whierraal4
attended, as formerly, by a considerable assemblage °„,t
and fashion of this and the adjoining counties. Atuliirar'
company present we noticed the Earl of Aylesford (10
den of the Forest), the Countess of Aylesford, two ,esolli
Finch, two Ladies Legge, Colonel and Lady Barbara •L`rfleld,
gate, Mr. and Lady Georgina West, Earl of Cheste tjoe•
Earl of Bradford, Viscount and Viscountess Newp?rtb, )1r•
General Finch, Hon. Daniel, John, and Charles fincoriage:
Wynn, Hon. and Rev. Mr. Bridgeman, Hon. -CAP' el DO.
man, Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Sir Gray and Lady sr! Ors'
Skipwith, Sir Eardle and Lady Wilmot, Mr. and ficSy the
Dugdale, Mr. Rigby, Mr. Lucy, M.P. &c. On Wl' ,o
Master Forester's Gold Medal and the Senior Verderer
arOP
ver Medal, were shot for at a hundred yards, and
former by the Rev.' W. Somerville, and the latter bY pt aPe,
Coker Adams. On Wednesday the Silver Arrow, A 0015,;
score yards, was,decided in favour of the Rev: Coketei,_,
and on Friday, the Silver Bugle, at tivelve sake
y
won, after a severe contested sweepstakes with *c,Aplib,c
Aylesford, by Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart. The
Medal, " optime merenti," was adjudged to the B°lged of
Adams, as Captain of Numbers ; and the Silver Dig°7l
" bent merenti," to the Rev. T. L. Freer, as _le L.O terY
Numbers.—The fortunate Lasses of the Forest in the
were Miss Skipwith and Miss Steward—the first h 5
Gold Arrow, and the Tatter the Gold Bugle. •

BOXES. • rooPt''
Spring leaves his public-house R
in Marylebone Fis,,;
to,go into training for his grand battle with Nadi', found A
rc
of 600 guineas, on the 26th of November, and the dist-betvy
of Champion of England. It will be a very heal'. 0
match at about even. OC
of
Randal and Martin.—This match is for a stake qtr
guineas, and will take place the first week in 1'1.0:17
Randal will train on his former ground, the lianiPs'-- ace'
and Martin goes with Spring, both being backed by one
man. Randal is the favounte, at 6to 4.
whis b 5
Josh. Hudson and Barlow the Yorkshireman•---';ereigf;
will take place next Tuesday, for a stake of 100 13°' pelv-
within 40 miles of London, on one of the North resus"
even.

THE DOG BILLY. t t.ie
On Tuesday night the Cockpit, in Tufton-str/e the,ej
minster, exhibited an almost unparalleled sceneen,telbi;nir,eciire.oiv,
lebrated Dog Billy, whose wonder has been' rep
in The Sporting Magazine, for a bet of twenty so
chief'
hibited to a multitude, at least two thousand, the i.
whom were Amateurs well known in the sporting cite csa sig,hAt
were no less than twenty carriages in Tufton-stre.eht/o,
perhaps, never before witnessed there. The mate in tlivt
this extraordinary dog would kill one hundred ratsiator,,et
minutes ; and the bet was made by Dew, the proPr The,Pse,
bets to the amount of several hundreds were pending,„" ictirt'd
of the Pit was whitened, and the whole of the rats at nn—sathinoti
Dew and Cheet ham, the rat killers,were the only P6T'ailell' (leg
into the Pit. The Company were arranged in the gi the he
had a perfect view of the whole. The space whilca:loose'on'
had to exhibit in was 12 feet square. When being The
viewed them with an eager eye ; but, on tinie 14, ~e}'nounced, and the signal being given, he went to:73101f
slaughter was dreadful ; and in seven minutes and and in gir
were all slaughtered in heaps, amid loud cheers;
the sla‘tin2e,
minutes his mouth was washed with brandy, and cy rib ee'
tered taken away. The dog was decorated with fanoinste„ Pi"
'and 501. was offered for him upon the spot. HiSin• Pi
dined the offer, but offered to back him 501-
in England. '

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