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

AN UNLUCKY RESEMBLANCE.

MARLBORO (lOU-ST ItEE T.—Yesterday Mr. James Bentley,
of Litchfield-street, Soho, was brought up, charged with having
committed a gross assault and outrage on the person of Mr.
James Gamer, of 10, Francis-street, Tottenham-court-road,
under the following extraordinary circumstances :
Mr. Garner stated, that about half-past ten o'clock yesterday
morning he was walking with a Gentleman along Grafton-street,
Soho, when about the middle the person accused crossed from
the opposite side of the way., seized him violently by the collar,
shook him severely, and Called him a thief and a robber. His
extraordinary conduct caused a considerable number of persons
to gather round him, to whom defendant pointed hint (Mr.
Garner) out as a thief, and accused him of robbing him of a
sum of money. 'Witness finding the defendant would listen to
no remonstrance, anti that lie insisted upon charging him with
the robbery, considered it necessary to give hint in charge of an
officer, that he might substantiate his assertion before a Magis-
trate if he could ; anti if not, that he (the accused) might be
held to bail for so gross an outrage. Mr. Garner concluded
his statement, by declaring, that he never in all his life saw
the defendant before he accosted him as described, and could
of course only account for his extraordinary behaviour from
his (Mr. Garner) bearing a resemblance to some other person.
Mr, Bentley said that Garner was not his name, but Tan-
ner, and that he acted as an attorney, and had robbed hint of
thirty shillings about two years ago. He (Mr. Bentley) hap-
petted to contract a debt with a
.person named Kennedy ; Mr.
Tanner found it out, and sent him a lawyer's letter, declaring,
unless he immediately paid the debt anti costs he would arrest
him,. and actually served him with a copy of a writ. Subse-
quently he had an interview with Mr. 'l'. at his chambers in
Austin-friars where he undertook to stay proceedings upon
payment of thirty shillings, which witness accordingly paid, Mr.
Bentley persisted he was right in the person, and would swear
it immediately.
Mr. Cowaier now asked Mr. Garner what he had to say in
answer to the chae of 111 r. Bentley ?
Mr. Garner said he would clearly prove to his Worship he
was not the person. lie now resided at No. 10, Francis-street,
Tottenhamcourt-road, and was en accountant; prior to that
he lived at 57, High Holborn, at which time he was in the firm
of Messrs. Holditch coach-makers, in Long-acre. lie declared
most solemnly that he never resided in Austin-friars, that he
never acted as an attorney, nor as any agent in the profession
in all his life, Ile could prove the truth of his statement by a
gentleman who was present, and by Messrs. Holditch, and in.
deed a hundred persons.
Mr. Thomas Jones stated that he knew Mr. Garner for the
last seven years, and was confident he never could have acted in
the way described. He was a gentleman of the strictest honour
and integrity. 'Witness was quite sure he never lived in
Austin Friars.

Mr. Garner said he would not let the subject pass unless he
(Mr. Bentley) made a public apology in the newspapers to him.
Mr. Bentley said he had no objection to make a verbal apo.
logy, but he would not consent to have his name exposed in
the public papers.
Mr. CowAwr thought Mr. Garner's offer very fair, and ad.
vised Mr. Bentley to accept it.
Mr. Bentley peremptorily refused, and he was ordered to find
sureties to answer the assault upon Mr. Garner at the Seasons.
MAHLBottouort ST nEET.—Yesterday a young man of the
name of Durham,. who has been some days in custody upon
he charge of being found at 2 o'clock in the morning in the
area of Mr. M‘Leland's house In Great Russell.street, was
brought up for final examination, when Mr. CONANT observed
that the prisoner's friends and relations were fully of opinion
that he had lately got leagued with a gang of bad—characters,
and therefore that he ought not to be let off.
Prisoner—" I shall throw myself entirely upon your mercy,
Sir; and whatever punishment you may award me, I shall
willingly submit to without a murmur,. and I trust it will be a I
ru
caution to me the remainder of s; life.'
" I hope it may be," said Milleoffrovr ; " and, from the
proper sense which you now !mom to feel of your situation, I
shall only commit you for two months, instead of three, as I
first intended, to the House of' Correction.

•
The prisoner bowed very respectfully, and thanking the
Magistrate, retired With the gaoler.
There were several highly respectable friends ofthe prisoner's
about the Office, but none of them interfered at all, Or said a
word during. the examination.
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Some duplicates found upon the prisoner of hilt own' wearing
apparel, which he had pledged, were ordered to lie sent to his

mother.

.•
LA FAYETTE.—Letters from Boston state, that
Geueral LA FAYETTE entered that city on 'rues...
day forenoon, about 11 o'clock, and was escorted
by an immense multitude to the Senate Chamber,
where the Governor and Council were assembledto receive and welcome him. The procession
was so numerous that it was nearly one o'clock
before the rear entered the Common.—(New
York Paper, Aug. 27.)

of the ;buil, and
On Tuesday last, as a party of seamen be.
. .
longing' to his Majesty's ship Salisbury, Just arrived from the
Halifax station, were walking up Potnt-street,' Portsmouth,
rather elated with liquor,' a bull, which had escaped from
the King's slaughter-house, came running towards the jolly
I:44ut Jose:urn::
tars, with his tail erect In the air, when all the-mei, jumped
and shaking his
an
ahoy,
out of his way except one, and he being
d,
hfealilloedw,htiimtooidnitnhtehfeolslotrweeitngdiwreocrdtlys tßneulwl
,aayhoy
l dry' Drop your peak, and put your helm a-starboard, or
'you'll run aboard of Me !" put
bull, continuing his course,
beingcame
intimidated,
contactimd at
e d, withsp r
uJ Jack, ,
from a n capsizedthe g roun
clothes. very good-naturedly, observed to the bull, "Oh, you
lubberly'beast, I told you how it would be." •

MANCHESTER STREETS' IMPROVEMENT ACT.

In compliance with a requisition to the.
Boroughreeve and Constables of this town, signed by eight of
the Commissioners acting under the Manchester Streets' Im-
provement Act, a General Meeting of the Ley-payers took
place on Wednesday, at the Police Office, for the purpose of
auditing the accounts of the said Commissioners for tire pre.
ceding year.—GILDERT WINTER, Esq., the Boroughreeve)
in the Chair.

The meeting was extremely slender, but this, one would
imagine, merely argued the confidence which the Le .payers
of this township repose in the Commissioners, and, therefore,
was rather a compliment than otherwise, to the parties who in.
vited their scrutiny. The reading of the accounts gave rise to
no discussion, and they were passed nein con. A report was
also read, from which tt appeared that, since the commence•
ment of the present year, the Commissioners had paid the fol-
lowing sums, namely:—
To Owners in Market-street,
Ditto in Hunter's-lane,
And to ditto in Nicholls'-croft,

£ll,OlO 10 0
1,000 249 13 4
9 0

£9,760 3 4

To Tenants in Market-street, 2,969 1 0
And ditto in Nichonsi-croft, 100 0 0 3,069 I

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.£12,829 4. 4
That they had also made contracts (which are not yet paid)
during the present year, with
Owners in Market-street, to the amount of £13,1163 0 0
Do. Hunter's-lane, do. 71it/ 0
1
And Toad-lane, do. .750 0 0
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Anti with Tenants in Alarket-street,
to the amount of - . 630 0 0
Do. Toad-lane, . . 200 0 0

A:16,393 0

850 0

.£17,243 ° 11
That they had, also, sold to Mr. Thomas Tunbridge the re.:
maining land, after taking what was wanted for die Stre;olr
which was purchased of the trustees of Hartley's Chart'd to
the sum of 1,2501., and his compensation as telinslll,otl
Mr. Wm. Hyde, land in Market-street purchnseo,
Duck, for 4001. after deducting the value of the land an"-tiat
ings adjoining that plot, widen were required of bininiut, to
when the existing contracts are concluded, they wiulkno, in
dispose of such of the properties purchased of Mr. Fit,llo'salone,
Brown-street, and of Pixton and Mr. Potter, in i'rpi,„t the
as will not be required for widening those streets. .„,—„„,ors
balance in the Treasurer's hands, and owing by the2th'",,' r
of the Highways, amounted to 13,13001., which, win', Iltelto°ll
duce of the before-mentioned properties, it was caluli% -
m From preceding engagements. A We
a desultory conversation which afterwards ennutit,bly
were happy to learn, that, byts in Market-street will Pen— ".
the summer of Mikis Is "I/
probable that the improvemen
completed. All the property from the New Market to llown•
tsotrAebeefttienrwttie7ucantlydneerrsonrttoitldle toreofmbteahiepnsu(eirecrgrh, auasieetsi
fit.yo;inpagniedesctidlri,ieliCiyi;osmtannici:lee:(ol:
Mr.
PRENTICE begged to ask of the Commissioners Vo°,4
reason why large heaps of rubbish were suffered to lie Or- e
to the new buildings, on the north west side of the suer.
Mr. Fleming replied, that things could not be coillPieSe`l '-
moment—the people wanted accommodations for building.
" But one would imagine," rep lied Mr. PRENTICE, fe.
the operation of building would be mote forwarded the
tarded by the removal of rubbish. The, shoplccer"„7,;:.
made many complaints upon this head, some ladies, raving
larly on market days, are completely prevented from ennr;
into the street, the rubbish occupying the new path, on the one
hand, and the carts the old and narrow one on the oilier.
nothing be done for the accommodation of the public
' the period of the alterations ?"
" The Commiseioners," replied Mr. FLEXING, " for
tam reasons, have not given up the land to the Survey,/
and consequently they can't touch it; the delay is on the I're
of the owners, and it they could be prevailed upon to reinuvt.
the cause of the complaint, the Commissioners would be or'
happy," inst
"It is proper, however," rejoined Mr. PRENTICE, ,h,r
the public should be informed that the blame does not rest eiu''
upon the Commissioners or on the Surveyors." Jlet
" Mr. Prentice," said Mr. J. E. TAYLOR, " is perhol's
aware that a man making a building requires some riace '-
the deposit of his materials."
" The tenants and landowners," said Mr. FuEsrao,'"l'iliei
all the delay in their power to thwart the Commissioners. t
is a matter of fact," he continued," that from 30 to Oter„,,;,
in Market-street have made demands upon the Coniiii„lira-Oerri
for 19,0001. which have been settled with 10,000 k ; oat
otefrp:ticrktiest.toolknisownet.insTuTecsee,
eairtceunialiiisttatilieeieisiateadna
deducting law expence, many of them will find
edsrliivitt
desire there exists to take every advantage of
sinners. Mrs. Frost, of Market-street, who lias given the
missioners so much trouble, has left a wall that encroaches se`
pug
inches on the street, which, considering all things, bile
not to he permitted to do." to reins!
" I undensuingerstand,"spring, said Mwhen r. Ducx, " that it is only ppeeuntil the it is her intention to erect
buildings." Meeting
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
broke up..-( Manchester Gazette, Sept. 18. )

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, September

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Hamburg!'
Antwerp
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0 41/.
Paris, 3 Day's sight ....
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flosirdemix, ditto
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Frankfort on the Main „ „ 1594 o
Pet et 'burgh .. . 9
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Dublin ....94 Cork ...... 91 V-
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BULLION•

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On the
the I9th inßst.l,RinTUHpSp.er BakertiotteSiofpogi::;
eldest
bier
of
s.
t.,.._
square, the lady of' James Locke, }-Isq's surg—P' Bob!tsor f
son and daughter. __,.„,.t
On illonday, the 20th inst., the lady of Saul' ,„ ,f
Esq., of Wmpple-street, of a son. t the la`" '
On the 19th inst., at his house in Gower-stree ' Aso
the /lon. Charles Law, of a daughter. Of 1
small
eSthhaeitiudirdare4thny. last, the
tthheeAwßi,ietfleß, of John Jones, 4..risherdel-'l,gr,
at Neckmore, in the parish of iVorthen, was ' ale 170,y en
of three fine children, a boy and twogirls, who. ley than S'
are all doing well. Prior to this they had nu
Blicknell, Salop, to. Anne, *I rectoOf
dot
of Boyers, near 'Westbury, Wilts. (3 s, 11simile'
On the 16th inst., at Bolton percY, r-1 orge 0-•clot'
daughter of Ilfr. Archdeacon. Dl:lla4rdkillistn°Pk: 114—;:of"od'ells1:941
Esq., eldest son of George Baillie, Esq., of "iery
lend.
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.---013' the lOth lost., at FauxiMbElapnC. near l'aus4l4lll fi" ti
4ir
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land, the infant bollof the Right lion. Lord Sinclsir,
after his birth. -.eh 111°‘
On the 13th inst., at her house at stoke Niwirl6`
Mary Locke.
' 011 the 7th inst , in the 27th year of her age,,lafteroriflii,"":4"
birth to a daughte;, Louisa, wife of R. B. FreertiliVot. r'g''
port, liants, and third daughter of the late C. " '
of Lyncombe, Bath.

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