The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-26 00:00:00

BO W- STREET.

Yesterday Mr. Creswiek, the card-maker, of Chan-
dos-street, Covent-garden, appeared before Mr. Henry,
to show cause why he refused to pay the sum of
161.8 i. 6d., being the amount of poor-rates alleged to
be due to the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Mr. Le Breton attended on the part of St. Martin's
parish to apply for a distress warrant, and Mr. Moseley.
the Solicitor on the part of the parish of St. Paul'
Covent Garden, appeared to defend the case.
It appeared that the defendant's house, in conse•
quence of the recent improvements, is situated in both
parishes, and the grounds upon which he refused to pay
the rate to the parish of St. Martin were, that he bad
for a series of years paid it to the parish authorities o.
St. Paul's Covent Garden. The object the parties had
view, in case the Magistrate refused to grant the ap-
plication was, was to give notice of the intention on the
part of the parish of St. Martin, to move for a
mandamus in the Clueen's liench to call upon the Ma-
gistrate to issue his warrant, and on that account all formal
evidence was waived upon the subject.
Mr. HErsair declined to enter into the question,
although he had no objection to hear the evidence, for
it could not reasonably be expected that he would issue
a distress warrant, knowing that he would thereby sub-
ject himself to an action at law.
Mr. Le Breton said that he had no objection, on the
part of the parish which he represented, to offer an in-
demnity as to the consequences, should the application
be acceded to.
as
no
wish,
s h , in which
HENRY could not listen to such an offer, know-
ing that the Judges were averse to such a proceeding.
Besides, it not being a matter of tradition, but a ques-
tion of boundary, which was in dispute, there had been
severalcases
Magis-
trates ought not to interfere.
Mr. Corder, clerk to the Guardians of the Strand
Union, who attended to
give evidence, said that there
w
on the
it had been decided that
ei part of the
to incur an unnecessary expense,
settled by reference ; btr then the question would
arise whether such a mode of settling the matter wouldbinding on future occasions, on the successors of be per-
sons at present in office.
authorities
the
case of Sct o. u Pladul b'se,
Mr. HENRY considered it would be the most advan-
tageous mode of settling the dispute, and there was no
reason to doubt that future officers would find it advan-
tageous to adhere to any plan of the kind that might be
laid down.

After considerable discussion upon the subject, a me-
morandum was drawn up, and agreed upon by the soli-
citors on both sides, to be submitted, on the motion
being made to the Court of Queen's Bench, to the ef-
fect, that the Magistrate did not decline hearing evi-
dence, but declined granting a warrant of distress, asy
the question arose upon a disputed boundary, depend-
ing upon contradictory evidence, and that an indemnity
bad been offered on ,
in-the-Fields, the part of the parish of St. Mar-
which the Magistrate declined to
accept.

There were several other summonses depending upon
the issue of the application, which were consequently
withdrawn ; and it was stated, that had warrants been
granted, fifty more summonses would have been applied
for on the same grounds.
Tinzothy Sheahan, a porter in Covent-garden, whose
case appeared on Monday, and who stood charged with
stabbing, under aggravated circumstances, a youth
named George Hood, nephew to Mr. Martin, lithogra-
phic printer, Long•acre, was brought up for final exami.

;;on, to complete the evidence taken on Saturday
last.

John Vickors, a basket-maker, of Coven'-garden
market, proved, that at a few minutes before nine o'clock
in the morning of Saturday, the prisoner borrowod from
him the imply ment produced (a long sharp iran tool,
used by basket makers), to make a hole in the bottom
of his basket. He was certain it was the same, as he
had it lately repaired at the point.
The prisoner having signed his declaration, that he
was watching the prosecutor for three days to murder
him, the witnesses were bound over, and he was fully
committed for trial.