The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MA NSION-II OUSE.
Yesterday Mr. Seiner re it, the Inventor of a great many inge-
nious things, which the work' does, not sufficiently appreciate,
applied to the Loan Mayon, for his Lordship's permission,
as conservator of the river, to allow an exhibition, which he
(Mr. Scheirer) intended to make next Thursday, near London-
bridge.
Mr. Scheirer stated that he had now invented a life-preserver,
Which did away with all ground of fear for the consequence of
shipwreck and the chance of drowning. It was, though he said
it, a wonderful thing, and ought to be adopted all over the world.
Ile then chewed the Lord Mayor a plan,' which exhibited a
number of persons supporting themselves in safety upon his
preservers in the midst of a stormy sea. , The invention appear-
ed to consist of a girdle made of a flexible substance, which is
inflated, and, as he described it, has no seams.
Ths Loan blaYon said he thought Mr. Daniels had in-
, vented something of this nature, which was considered to have
attained every thing that was desired. There was only one dis-
taste to the use of these things, namely, that people not being
constantly under the apprehension of death, they could not be
persuaded to encumber themselves by always carrying such
safeguards about them.
Mr. Scheirer did not hesitate to declare that his plan was in-
comparably superior to that of Mr. Daniels ; the latter was as
cumbersome as two hugsheads tied together, and supported the
body by means of a strap, which passed between the legs
whilst his, a simple girdle, was portable and elegant, and would
be pleasant in the wear even to a lady. Ile was desirous of
demonstrating the superiority of his invention with a public ex-
hibition on Thursday; in the Thames, where, by means of
this girdle, he would ensure the heaviest man in the Corpora-
tion from being drowned in swimming through London-bridge,
at the time when the fall of water was greatest.
The, Loun MAYOR considered that few would have such
confidence as the inventor, in these schemes on the principle of
'the bladder, which school boys were warned not to rely upon.
Re could not sanction the proposed exhibitions, as a crowd of
people would get together on. the water, persons might be
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drowned, and a share of the blame would fall upon him for
wedidliiishisastonishment at the objection,
preearvers. Be appeared to
and said confidently, that no person should rvn any risk of that
ereress
be not even unwilling that such an opportunity should occur of
proving the utility of his invention.
The. LORD MAYOR said he should not molest the inventor,
but repeated that he did not sanction the exhibition.
The Inventor, who seemed determined to construe' every
thing into approval, thanked his Lordship for his' patronage,
and departed.

ASSAULT BY AN ATTORNEY.
BOW-STUEET.—Mr. W. Dukes Giles, of Furnival's Inn
was brought.before Sir It. BIUNIE, and G. R. MINS/lULL,, Esq. on a warrant, to answer the complaint of a person of the
name of John Thompson for assaulting end beating him,
AIL Thompson stated himself to be a tailor,
although 1-i was now unfortunately very '° r, and with the
and said, that
utmost difficulty enabled to maintain 1)13141114, he was the
rightful claimant to freehold estates to a large inuotim../.80 prig
as two years ago he employed the defendant to lake thq ne,
eessary steps to recover possession of the property to Oa he
,was entitled, ; and in order to enable him to do so.ho eatnisted
him with documents upon which. the proof of hie' claim mainly
rested. 'From that time to the present, however, tho de(endant
had never done any thing decisive; in fact, the matter was not

forwarded one iota ; and being extremely dissatisfied with his
conduct, complainant, a considerable time ago, applied to have
his papers restored; but the defendant, objected to give them
up until he was paid a demand which tie set up of 7/. for his
services. This the complainant thought he had no right to pay.,
inasmuch as no services had in reality been performed. Yes-
terday morning his wife, accompanied by a young woman of
her acquaintance, went to the defendant's chambers to demand
the documents, when he treated them very rudely, and locked
them in. One of them screamed out, and complainant, who
was waiting below, 'went up stairs to ascertain the cause, when
he was seized by the defendant, shook violently, and his hat
knocked off.
The defendant now admitted having the papers, but said he
had offered repeatedly to give them up.
Complainant—How can you say that, when you know how
repeatedly you have been applied to ? I was determined to take
the business out of his hands, your worship, continued Thomp-
son, and 1 therefore employed Mr. Cooke, of Furnival's
who applied several times to the defendant for the papers, and
he has promised as many times to give them up, but still re-
tains them, and he says he has lost two of the papers, one of
which is the most important of the whole.
The defendant, in reference to the more immediate charge of
assault, said, that the two women came into his chambers when
he was engaged in business, and he desired them to leave in-
stantly. Mrs. Thompson did retire, and he locked her out.—
Ile then desired the younger woman to go into another room,
and locked her in, when she began to stream ; but she might have
retired by another staircase which led from the room. lie ad.
!flitted shaking the complainant a little.
A long altercation took place between the complainant, his
wife, and the young woman on the one side, and the defendant
on the other ; in the course of which the latter was accused by
the women with having treated them with extreme roughness,
and by Thompson with having grossly deceived him with re-
spect to his cause.
Mr. Mtlisitur.r.--What property is it you lay claim to?
Thompson—Freehold estates, Sir, to the amount of 10,0001.
to which I have an indisputable claim ; and here I am reduced
almost to a workhouse by the deceptive conduct of this man
and his refusal to give up my papers. '
Mr. MINSIIU LL, to defendant—How do you make your bill
amount to 71. ? • You seem to have done nothing; and mean-
while another claimant mayst 9 in and deprive this poor fellow
of the property to which lie is justly entitled.
The defendant said he had no doubt that the complainant's
claim was a just one. His (defendant's) bill was for visits to a
Mr. Lockhart and other persons upon the subject of the claim.
Complainant—Why lie never visited Mr. Lockhart accord-
ing to appointment.. That gentleman, who is a Member of
Parliament, waited for him morning after morning, and I lost
Mr. Lockhart's friendship and support in consequence. Be-
sides, hlr. Cooke offered to pay his demand, if he would fur-
nish a proper bill, and give up the documents.
Sir BIRNIE, examining the Law List, observed, that he
did not see the defendant's name as an attorney entered there
at all.
The defendant said he was in last year's List, but being at
Uxbridge at the beginning of the year, and not being deter-
mined whether to remain there or return to London, he had ne-
glected to take out his certificate until it was too late to have it
inserted in the present year's List.
After some further conversation, the MAGISTRATE said,
that the best course for the defendant to pursue was imme.
diately to give up the papers; and to give him an opportunity
of doing so, he would suspend the warrant until to-morrow
(this day).
Mr. Thompson thanked the Magistrates ; and the defendan
said he would adopt the course which they advised.