The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-02 00:00:00

PE R ..17-Li TIC PREACHING.

TH k zeal of voluntary Preachers hitherto has sel,
dom led them _beyond exhibitions in the fields and
highways ; but the enthusiasm. Of Fanatic on 'rues,
day, induced .him to preaeh.some kind of gospel
through several streets about •the Sir and en. 4
deavour to make converts of the'Rabble al he. went
. along. He was as meanly attired.as the Valsai//e.
'he addressed, in a rhapsody interlarded with numer-
ous quotations,talqn.froM•the Old -Festiment,,with
which he ap!ieared to he reaniribly conversant.
In 11:5Th Street his doeitine Was attacked by a Pa:.
boy, over wlnun he. yva.- gaining, by. vociferationi
an easy •vietry, boy. was. reinfoiced by the
arguments of a So/dier,and an Irish La3ourer. At
-length a ~trick-ass Man, enraged at finding his pro_
"gross interrupted, assailed the' Preacher with the
- most opprobrious language, which wag Lorne 'for
awhile with truly Christian meekness: The jack,'
ass Man, however, insisted on his going about his'
business in silence, and the Orator positiVely;re,
fusipg- to comply, ,recei Ved, a •box in t e ear. The..
Preacher, instead' of humbly ''. turning the other
ear," very vigorously returned the tuow, and itr
two or three rOunds which ensued,. slimed himself
tolerably. well :skilled in Poje'i ;ins, and qualified to
set up as aworthy Disc4.ileofthe
But no miracle being interposed in his,favour, be
Was soon obliged to yield to the puswacu/ar
merits dealt out by his more brawny Adilersary,
and though he did .really .shed sotue bload in sup_
port of his doctrine, he-found it.. would he -in Vain.

to contend any, longer for the vi 'dory, N.Jtwitll-
-- his being much besmealed• by repeated
falls in that natruW- and dirty 'street, he had riot
'got many yards from the scene 'of combat
withina waiting to wash 'or arrimle hirnsclf,, he
resumed his preaching with his forrner.earnestnes4
and proceeded .towards •Temple-ibar, 'but ''we
lieve without' making many converts, &ming his
arduous peregrination. These zealots certainly,
display a great sham of frenzy ,or folly •ot perhaps
both, and the poor fellow in, question appeared so
very. ardent. in the prosecution of his mission, that
probably his.flatite. could. scarcely be- e?itinguished•
even by the roughs-discipl'ine of oneof two more,
Min; This curi:ou.i -scene took place about
one o'clock in the day, and:the speaators, smiled to
derive infitlittly dratiSCMCnt. from the sett:
of the man offles4,, than ofedification-froth all the
harangues inspired-by•the holy Sp:r;t► it may be:,
.rentark-ed,-in praise of his indefatigable Zeal, that
thotigh, in_ applying the crrfizore:,?turiz ad Aa?nizem,*
the jack-ass Manobliged-him togive-;n, his preae.h,.
ing was quite a different Aair,
,which nothing
could induce hitn to .give

,following- e'Orreef Statement of
the. Police Force at present' existing, in the IVletro-
po4, must convince every one, that, wader proper
management, most of the' daring enormities which
have so recently disgraced the town and its
ty, might have,beeo prevented ' •
. •
City ist Lontlon.-r-The MarShalmen,-Beadles, and Con-
stables amount to ••• - • - 3.19
Watckinen and Patroles • ' • - 603
City and Liberty of Westininster,—Co.stables, - 71,
Watchmen and Patrons' • - 302
flolbcrn Diviqion.--:•Constal)le)i ' , • •79
Watchmen and.Pairo!es - e. • • 377'
Finibary • Division:l"--COnltabies - §9
Watchmen and.Patroles ' • 135.
Tower -Harnleia., Including the Eastern Part of the
-Town-,4Consfables • -, 213
• Watchmen and
.Patzgles 1 - • - 2,68
Liberty of the Towel of•LondotA.77Cohqables 17
Watchmen and PatrtdeS - - - 14
Division of liensington• and •Chelsta:.--.Constables 22
' Watchtnen and P4roles_.', ' - 66
fiorougn of,Southtvatk .--Conoabh:s ' • - 13c7
Watchmen and Patroles - 79
Sevew OfECCS,includin Bow-street,;--Offi,:ers
and •Patroles -

ISO

Total.'

^ : 3077

Last week the following melancholy:circumstanee
happened in Bristol :—A lad named Philip Mason,
aged about z 5,, who had been lately discharged.frorn
a Marine Corps, was .Walking the streets, carrying
a musket, which. he imprudently pointed towards'
several persons, near the-Back,-. observing to thttn,
that the piece was loaded, and, to intimidate'them,
threatened to frre ; this, -however, he dedsted dCr.
ing ; but on Br!Stol.l3ridge, withOlit giving any
previous notice to the' passengers near "him, he wan--
. tont}, drew the trigger, and thq whole charge en.
,teredsthe,leg§ at: a yOtifig man, named' • kichard Lo.
vat, about. 19 years of age,: who was' in the ser.•
vibe of Mr; Cooke, Ironmonger", on--the ,Back, 'and
wounded him-so dreadfully,- that'a.mortification al_
mot instantly -followed, and' hk.lifelias fallen a sit-
...orifice to this:unpardonable instance of Wanton wick-
edness...—MasOn- has. absconded. .
The Coroner's inquest was taken ot}. Wednesday
on tliC body of a. woman -who wasfoinad dead in her
room in the.Racque Back-street, Bristtil,,C,n,M9n_
day mornirig. Jr was reported. that she.had died in
conseqttencd. of ,blows • received in -a quarrel: with
her dangbteri on Sunday nighr' • but oi:L.disiedion
of the body,. her death appeared to .ha v e been oc-
casioned 13)/ the itritationconsqututt: 0n,.a1. violent
.fit of passion." The Jury therefore returned a vtr.
diet—Died ly the..tvititatiori of Cod
The beautiful seat of' 'Sir JOHN SMITH 'BUR.
cc,ss, at Havering 'Bower, in Essex,, has lately been
in-'9ltea open 'and plundered of consideraWe.property,

PAJ. ACE COURT, OCT. r.

1:10LLT 'vl EON.

The parties in the above aaioti were neighbours,
and appeared to be ilifjueneed more by opposition
and to each other, than by a desire of
justice or public benciit. They resided it Wells's-
row,„ a ra'ngfe of Buildings on the Westside Of the
road Icadit:g from Liiogton to Hol'oway. gehinci
thtsq BUildings, at Ike bottom of tite Gardens, .w
uS
a Public Walk, the Forty-foot Way, wlete
..the ,inhabitants,,walkyd i i cotomon, form'- k- an
,agreeable -evening's promenade, being cottipic.evt
titter, to. the HairiEstead Hills. In this walk,
rallel with his ' the Plaintiff ltad incloS4'eti
certain spate, which Ile appropriated to his_ otNti
use, forming (!nt-4ces•-for himself 3lndy. 7,1 he
pjemdatt, vie wrng the inclosure.. as a trurpa tit
an 01-ttru(..ttitio 'of the Forty toot W.ty, caused
the iricicsure to be pollee down, and he Ealing
leVelled. with .the earth.' For this alledged trespass
die Aaion was br,Al2,ht.
On the pal r of 'the Plaintiff it was shewn, that so
long back as 4.6 years, the F.;-,y possessing rho e
premises had fenced in a small piece'of groundirom
,the• Forty-foot Walk; which he had made a garden
of•;•and:tlitit the title-deeds, conveying theidentical
premises- in the year 1730, had itistindiy pointed
out a right of possession 165 feet in depth, which
was only one foot short of what"the Plaintiff, had
taketr tokimsell. It was also contended, that if it
cvas'an eticrbachinunt upon the Forty-foot Walk, it.
had been sandionted by a right of possession more.than:
20 years staridipg, which was -a.suflicienf right'. to
prevent. any one from abating the nuisance of his own
free will, and that to remove • it legally, a -Wlit
should 'have bee' preferred at the Sessions.. •
On the side of*. the Defendant, it was.argited, that
the rotty-fodt Walk was a public highway in corn-
monfot the tenants in Wills's:.ros.v, and that it had
long been enjoyed as'a kind 'of mall, to whicYthe
neighbourhOdd /resorted for recreation, exercise,
and air ; and, that any..obstruOion of the walk was
a nuisance that any of the tenants had a right to
remove. also proved, that the obstrodion
allUded to ha.d :riot
.been erected -more, than sever:
years ; consequently was not -protefted by -that.
possess..ry right the Plaintiff had relied on.
`A deal, of: ingenuity Wa s - displayed by Coun
on side ; but the judge-taking. part with the
Defendant, the jurrdeemed him do trespasSer, and
fieir Yerd a aecor~3ingly,
The above Trial excited uncommon interest., a 3
it wa's to 'secure' a 'public Promenade fOr the Oelory
of Idipgion.' 4tiest(Jr)
his been twice litigated
success. It 'took..up the whole day.

,
Mi...-PoTtr„ of Dijon,' amid. a series of experi-
ments on ihe: bleachirig.powers,.of oxigiMated-my.
riatic
,lias 'accidentally .discavered, by the:
application.of the acid to rats newly ,drowned, and
to cts, that this po,Sesses the • qu'dity of re.
storios animal. life in casts when it has been but'
recently suppressed by suffocation.
MANS to s c.---YesterdaY a liackney-coach,
man was, charged by a Gentle Man with refusing- to
drive him. a shilling fare, which -.the Gentleman
Stitt his own power to go as far as he conveniently
coold for ashilling, but. the Coachman
,obstinately -
ref:tsed.io,,tak,e hirer at all, un'ess the Gentleman,'
would name the price. The 1.,0rd Mayor reprobated
his conduet, and tined him in the mitigated penalty
of ten shillings and the-expellees.
At the .Justice Room, Guildhall, •yestetria4,'‘
three very young girls, - apparently not more th n
Sixteen-Years, of age each, were charged by a man,
named S.nith, who described himself as a tailor..
residing ,in Surrey Road, near Blackfriars,, with
having robbed him of a variety of articles of wear.'
ing apparel. This man stated that, the girls came
to his house about six weeks Since, and two of:them
eagaged to lodge and board with him ; they stopped
with him, as ii`tald about a fortniglit; when they
took tan opportunity, while himseti and his wile
were absent,,to decap, taking With them the art,..
,ties which he had enumerated. At this time they
()Ned him above seven pounds. When the business
came to be inyestigated, it appeared that this man
.kept' what are called dress loders, and that he had
.procured these poor girls to officiate in that ca.
pacify ; they were in the nightly habit of earning
money by prostitution, and the svhole of what tfhey
gat they, were :obliged to (jive him. They said
that sometimes they gave him three or four guinea.
'of.a, night. , One of them stated, that she had been
advised. to
,filloSv this,' unfortunate way 'of-- life
through the•persitasion, of his Wife. The Magistrate
asked hint:what, had been found in the possession of
these girls %Olen they were appreheoled. He O:A
produced an old velvet bonnet, which, he said,. he
could swear to ; this, however, the girl said, had •
bsen given 'her by his wife, and which he well knew.
The trft could For deny it, The
,M,,zgistrate- said
his condo was: infamous in the ,"highest degree e'
he laulented- did 'not live within the juriSdic-
don of the'city, as in.thatscase he seotild.znost cer-
tainlyltave ccit ted -him. He then g,,sc score
excellent advice to,,,the poor "girls- as to, their future
&node ellife, an said he hoped that they
pursue the means of obtaining an holiest 1ive1;11,,04 :
as-the charge had not been. subi tap tiated he would
discharge them,... They were then dismissed..
.• Monday nights a,trian .naMed. Perry .
took.a few .aeqU'aintances "wia him,:.into a. public,.
house an Perth, tv treat them with a gill; but
when the reclei,nin,g became payable,• Perry
camped, leaving :lois.. frie;:ds to settle the, score -
They; immediaiely pursued, but .did not overtake
him until he had raken.rfuge in his
.mother's gar-
ret, Thera he, armed, hirme-if with aha tch,i, t, apd a,
shoemaker",,knife, and swore that-he ,would be the
btt.cieil,
first .ara9 that would dare to enter,
rfe, •thi4.4 drea.l4l.l threat, by plunging the
kni into . he, bel./ of unfortuaare mats who had
_jt4t got t4etop of the stair, with. the intention
of visiting a,tnart.who resided in an adjoining gar.
ter. Mcdtcak assistance being procured, the wound
~Was.sewed up;
.and 'the poax4n.aa is out of danger.
.Perry is in gaol.

Tuts was an Adion of Trespass. 'The I):sciara_
don stated, that the Plaintiff being legal,' j .e,sed
.of, a certain close -adjoining his )
situated in . Wells's-row, Islington, the Defendant
had imlawfal(y trespassed upon the saine, by pulling
down the indosure.