The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-12 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

AssAuvr.—Charles Phillips, errand-boy to a
working jeweller, complained of Peter Laurie, the
apprentice, for having, with malice prepense, griev-
ously kicked his " head's antipodes," and also
blacked his eye with his fist.
The apprentice, Peter, it appeared, possessed a
pictur,"which he had, as he deposed, when a boy,
" draw'd after natur," which " pictur" he prized on
account of the reminiscences it afforded of his juve-
nile proficiency in the " Fine Arts." The errand-
boy, Phillips, by some means obtained possession of
this " drawing," which circumstance having been
discovered by the apprentice, he demanded its re-
storation instanter. The errand-boy, Phillips, re-
fused to leave the labours of his broom at that mo-
ment, as the " pictur" was up stairs in one of his
boxes. Words having hereupon ensued, the errand-
boy, who sat breathing defiance on a three-legged
stool, found himself suddenly capsized under the
work-table by a sudden kick at the seat of his small-
clothes. When he regained his legs, he challenged
Peter to come out and have a brush, but, having
come off " second best" in the encounter, he re•
sorted to a Magistrate for assistance.
The defendant called one of his fellow-workmen
as evidence of the provocation he had sustained,
upon which a melancholy-looking little German
came forward, and said " he vas see bote de shentil-
mans stand up for strike togeder, and dat first Myn-
heir Phillip vas call Mynheir Laurie some very loud
name."

The " very loud name" was explained by the
defendant to consist of the epithets " Rogue" and
" Rascal," applied to him by the errand-boy.
The errand-boy admitted the " Rogue" but de-
nied the " Rascal" asserting that he had used the
term " Willie in preference.
Mr. CONANT said such names were highly im-
proper, but still had names did not justify blows.
He should, therefore, recommend both parties to re-
tire and adjust their quarrel.
The hint was adopted, and the warrant was then
discharged.
Mrs. Pendry, a well-dressed female, appeared
yesterday before Mr. CONANT, to answer a com-
plaint of assault on Miss Bagley, a dress-maker,
living in Linny-court, Museum-street.
The complainant stated, that on Twelfth-night,
just as a snug party was about to sit down to the
enjoyment of a twelfth-cake and its festive conco-
mitants, the defendant knocked at the street-door,
and insisted upon seeing her sister, who formed one
of the party. Complainant
,went into the passage,
where she encountered Mrs. Pendry, who, after
charging her with introducing improper connexions
to her sister, gave her (the complainant), to her
face, an " undeniable character," and concluded
by " flying upon her like a lioness," and tearing her
cap off her bend.
Mrs. Pendry, who was greatly agitated and shed
tears when called upon for her defence, said she
went to Miss Bagley's lodgings for the purpose of
seeing her sister, and, if possible, of saving her
from ruin. About a month since she discovered
that her sister, who had for the last four years
fated a situation in a respectable family, had left
her place, through (as she had every reason to
believe) the persuasion of a married man named
Askworth, clerk to a fringe-maker in Nassau-street,
who had taken lodgings for her, representing her to
be his sister. The complainant, who was also ac-
quainted with Ask worth, constantly encouraged her
sister to come to her lodgings for the purpose of
giving opportunities to Askworth of meeting her;
and knowing that she was, on Twelve-cake-night,
there in Askworth's company, she (the defendant)
went, accompanied by her husband, to demand an
interview with her sister, for the purpose of repre-
senting to her the consequences of her imprudent
conduct. When she was refused a sight of her sis-
ter, she admitted that she was overcome, and at-
tempted to pass the complainant, and the conse-
quence was that a scuffle ensued, in which her
bonnet was torn from her head by Miss Bagley.
The defendant entreated the Magistrate to assist
her to obtain her sister from the control of those
parties whose object, she feared, was only to accom-
plish her ruin.
A female named Marshall, the wife of the porter
at the British Museum, came forward and stated
that she was Miss Bagley's landlady. The de-
fendant's sister certainly came occasionally to visit
the complainant, but she was sure there was nothing
improper intended towards her.
The defendant said she had good reason to be-
lieve that Mrs. Marshall was partly instrumental in
keeping her sister from her.
Mr. CONANT having learned that the sister was
at Mrs. Marshall's house, minding the children, de-