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London, England, 1851-08-14 00:00:00

that the bill had been forwarded to Forrester, the
officer.

Scott (the Mansion-house officer)--It has the
Queen's printers' names (Messrs. Eyre and Spottis-
woode) attached to it.
Alderman Moos—Am I to understand that the
Government do not intend to proceed further with
the matter, and that they have abandoned it alto-
gether ?
Mr. Goodman—The question is, whether there is a
warrant in existence upon which to detain these men,
and, if so, with the commission of what offence does
it charge them.
Alderman MOON—The date of this reward which
has been offered for their apprehension would have a
great deal to do with it, because, Parliament being
prorogued, I should have thought they would have
been discharged from custody if they had been ap-
prehended. The question is, whether it is a magis-
trate's warrant or a warrant of the Speaker of the
House of Commons, or whether there is even a war-
rant in existence at all. The same power that issues
a warrant might cause it to be withdrawn. The ques-
tion is, whether there is any charge against these
men, and the officer who apprehended them atates
that he has applied at the office of the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, that he has also ap-
plied at the office of the Speaker, as well as to the
Solicitor to the Treasury, and the inspector of the
police, and that he has not been able to hear of the
existence of any accusation against them. I wish to
know how long this bill has been posted at the Man •
sion-house ?

Mr. Goodman—The proclamation was made about
two months ago. It was a proclamation by the Queen
in Council.

Alderman Aloort—l imagine that when Parliament
is 'prorogued this reward ceases. It appears to me
that we have no right to detain these men. Is there
any further charge against them ?
Clarke (the Thames wharf officer)—No.
Alderman Moort—Then I consider that they are
entitled to their discharge.

The defendants were then liberated.
MARY LEBONE.

Mrs. Janet Munro, a fashionably•dressed person,
residing at No. 13, South-bank, St. John's-wood,
was charged before the sitting magistrate, Mr.
Broughton, with having been drunk and disorderly.
Mr. Herring, solicitor, attended for the defendant,
who came up to the court in her carriage, and re-
mained in a private room until a number of other
charges were disposed of; she was stated to be the
wife of a military officer, now abroad, and, in the
regular course of business, she would have been called
upon to answer for the alleged offence on last Monday,
had not a surgeon's certificate been produced setting
forth that she was not well enough to appear.
Mr. Herring, at the outset, addressed a few words
to the magistrate, to the effect that, on the part of
his client, he was ready, in order to save the time of
the Court, to plead guilty, and submit to any fine
which might be imposed.
Mr. BROUGHTON, however, refused to adopt such a
course, and at once determined upon hearing the
whole of the evidence.

Throughout the proceedings Mrs. Munro sat at the
attorneys' table, by the side of her legal adviser.
The first witness called was police-constable Bain-
bridge, 105 D, who deposed that at half-past three on
Monday morning the defendant was brought to the
Molyneux-street station by an officer, into whose
custody she had been given for using abusive lan-
guage, and five or six minutes afterwards her car-
riage, in which was one of her female servants, was
driven up to the station door by her coachman; the
charge was not pressed against her by the gentle-
man making it, and he expressed his intention of
taking out a summons against her, in the event of
her annoying him again ; she then left the station-
house and created a considerable disturbance.
Mr. BROUGHTON—TeII me what she really did.
Witness—She began hallooing, and continued to
make a great noise, and, on my advising her to get
into her carriage and go peaceably home, she said—
" I'll see you first. I'll stop here as long as
I think fit. I dare you to interfere with me ; and
I'll make you remember this, for I'll have Mr. Ro-
binson, a solicitor in Spring-gardens, and another so-
licitor from the City." She j um ped about and swore she'd
be d— if she would go; and, in consequence of the noise
she made, many persons who had been disturbed
threw up their windows. I told her that if she did
not go away I should take her inside, when she ex-
claimed, " You brute !—lay your hands upon me if
you dare !" I laid hold of her to take her into the
station, when she seized hold of the icon railing. I at
last got her in ; and Sergeant Pearce, the acting in
spector, then gave her another opportunity of going
, away if she thought fit to do so.

Mr. BROUGIITON—In what state was she? Wit-
ness—She was quite drunk.
By Mr. Herring—The noise outside lasted about
ten minutes. lam sure that the defendant was not
merely excited ; she was decidedly much the worse
for drink.

Sergeant Pearce was sworn, and he said, that as Mr,

Holder, who made the charge in the first instance,
would not press it, and as the constable did not hear of
any of alleged abuse, he (witnes4) let defendant go.
Soon after she had gut outside he heard a great noise,
and saw her walking up and down in front of her
brougham. He begged of her to take her seat, and go
home; but she vowed that she would not ; and he then
told Bainbridge, that if she persisted in the disturb-
ance he must do what he knew to be his duty. He
(Bainbridge) brought her into the station after the
lapse of ten minutes from the period of her first quiting
it, and witness then gave her another opportunity of
going away, as her carriage and servants were waiting
close by; but she would not avail herself of the offer,
and she was therefore charged and locked up. At eight
o'clock she was liberated upon bail.
Mr. BROUGHTON—Was she drunk, or not? Wit.
ness —She was drunk, Sir.

By Mr. Herring—l did not hear her make any
charge against Mr. Holder or any one with him, about
any property having been stolen from her premises. I
am certain that she was not merely excited, she was
really drunk.
Mr Herring, in addressing the magistrate, said it
would ill become him to urge, that because the defen-
dant was a " lady," more favour should be extended
to her than to any other in a humbler sphere of life.
The fact was that she believed that she had been
robbed by one of Mr. Holder's party, who had been at
her house, and that, owing to the charge not being
taken when preferred by her at the station-house, she
became much excited. If she really made use of the
low expressions sworn to, such conduct was the effect
of excitement, and not to be attributed to defendant
having indulged in drink.
Mr. BROUGHTON (to Sergeant Pearce)—After the
charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct was
made, did the defendant make to you a charge of
felony against either of the parties in attendance at
the station ? Pearce—She did not, Sir.
Mr. BROUGHTON, in the course of the remarks
which he made upon the evidence adduced, alluded to
his having had defendant before him upon a former
occasion, and said it was quite clear that drink had
made a very great change in her appearance, and that
if she was desirous of keeping up the character of a
"lady," as she described herself to be, it wou!d be ne-
cessary for her to reform her conduct altogether. It
was in his power to commit her at once to the House
Correction, but as the inspecting sergeant had not in
the first instance deemed it imperative upon him to
lock her up, but gave her an opportunity of going
home, and as she had not offered any kind of violence
to the police, he should convict her in the penalty of
405., or seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct in a public street.
The fine was immediately paid, and Mrs. Munro
made her egress by the front door, through
,which,
prior to the case being called on, she had entered.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Angus Brown John Wright, and James 111‘Cor-
mach, three soldiers of the Royal Horse Artillery,
were placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt,
charged with the following scandalous outrage at the
house of Mr. William Syers, a tavern keeper in High-
street, Shoreditch.
Captain Algey, of the division to which the pri-
soners belong, attended to watch the case, and Mr.
Vann, the solicitor, conducted the prosecution.
Miss Emma Harrison, a remarkably fine young
woman, the daughter of a substantial farmer in Nor-
folk, and who was painfully agitated and affected
while giving her testimony, stated—l am at present
staying upon a visit at the house of Mr. Syers, having
come up from the country with some friends to see
the Exhibition, and at half-past eleven last night I
went to bed in the back room on the second floor. I
had not been asleep more than two hours when I be-
came sensible that some other person was present, and
upon thoroughly awaking found a man in my bed,
lying by my side, with one of his arms round my
neck, and totally undressed, with the exception of his
shirt. This man I can positively swear was the pri-
soner Brown, whom I had seen, previous to retiring
t 3 rest, in the public parlour of the house, to which
he had come in the course of the evening, and I heard
him ask if he could be accommodated with beds for
three. When I awoke and found his arm round my
neck in the manner I have described, I also saw an -
other man standing at the foot of the bed, who had on
dark trousers, but no coat. He was one of the other
two prisoners, but which I cannot say, but I dis-
tinctly saw that he had military trousers on. I was
dreadfully terrified, and screamed loudly, and, en-
treating the men for God's sake not to hurt me,
sprang out of bed as rapidly as I conld. The prisoner
Brown leaped out of bed also at the same time, and,
running to one of the closets in the room, closed the
door, and endeavoured to conceal himself. Mr. Syers,
who had been alarmed by my screams, at that mo-
ment hastened into the room to my assistance, fol-
lowed by his wife, and Mrs. Syers, suspecting some-
body was concealed there, went to the closet, and,
finding Brown standing there upon some steps, seized
him firmly by QUO of hie legs,excluimieg " Come out,