The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-31 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

SUMMONS FOR— PARISH RATES.—Mr. Hayes, the
dentist, who has two houses of business—one of
which is situated in May's-buildings, and the other
in Bedford-court, St. Martin's-lane, the former
being in the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-fields, and
the latter in St. Paul's, Covent-garden—attended
in consequence of a summons, charging him with
neglecting and refusing to pay 2/. 12s. 6d. for the
improvement rate, and sums due for two other
rates, in all amounting to .5/. .55., owing from him
to the latter parish.
Mr. Callaghan, the collector, proved that the sum
in question was due from the defendant.
Mr. Hayes had an objection to take to the im-
provement rate, it was so called, but he would be
able to show to the Magistrate, undeservedly so. A
nuisance of an offensive description had recently
been erected outside a public-house, which lay
precisely in the sight and in the way of all patients
visiting his house. He had represented this fact to
the Committee of the parish, and the answer he ob-
tained war, that his patients might approach his
house by any other way than past this nuisance,
which was also visible from his windows. The
nuisance was not erected until after the time f r
appeal against the rate had passed, therefore be was
unable to take that step. He submitted to Mr.
Minshull that, under these circumstances, he ought
not to pay the sum demanded.
Mr. MINSHULL declared that the fact he had now
mentioned did not reeve him.

Mr. Hayes had another objection to take, on the
ground that the rate was illegal. In the suramoni
he was called upon to pay the improvement rate,
which included paving, cleansing, lighting, and
watching. In the new Police Act it was provided
that the police, the only legal watchmen, should be
paid out of the poor rates, and that whatever surplus
might be collected, should be appropriated to the
support of the poor, and to that purpose alone,
and vice versa. In the present case the surplus
would be used for the purposes of cleansing, light-
ing, and paving the parish, which was an illegal
proceeding.
The Vestry Clerk of St. Paul's declared that it
was not within the jurisdiction of the Magistrate to
inquire into the validity of the rate. Mr. Hayes's
duty would have been to appeal against the rate,
had he felt any doubts as to its regularity. With
regard to the former objection, the Act called upon
persons resisting the payment of any rate, to show
that they were not chargeable. By this he con-
ceived ►t was intended, not that the rate should be
shown to be invalid, but that by their not renting
the house for which they were called upon to pay,
or some other cause of a similar description, they
were exempted. Mr. Hayes was, as a member of
the committee, present when the rate complained of
was made, and objected to its being passed; his
objection, however, was over-ruled. He (the Ves-
try Clerk) was also present, and strongly advised
that the sums for the payment of the new police
should be taken out of the poor-rates. This sug-
gestion, however, was not acted upon.
Mr. MINSHULL said that the course pursued by
parish with regard to the police was undoubtedly
contrary to the provisions of the Act. He did not
feel himself justified in deciding the case at once,
hut should take time to consider of it.

Mr. Hayes, previous to his leaving the office,
expressed his intention to resist payment of the
rate by every means in his power.
UNSTAMPED ALMANACK.—James Carroll, a man
of dirty appearance, was charged with selling " The
General Almanack for 1834," an unstamped
al-
manack.

The prisoner, on being called on for his defence,
declared that on the previous night, while sitting in
a public-house, a man present offered to him for
sale the publications which had been taken from him.
He agreed to purchase them on the chance of re.-
selling them, and paid 2s. for a dozen Almanacks,
and 9d. for the penny publications. He had lived
as a servant with Mr. Hume, M.P., from whom he
could obtain a good character.
Mr. MINSHULL must commit him to the House
of Correction for three weeks.

The prisoner was committed accordingly.
MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

ASSAULT.-Mr. Ashe Abrahams, of 31, William-
street, Regent's-park, was yesterday summoned
before Mr. CHAMBERS, the sitting Magistrate, for
having assaulted Mrs. Clarence Stewart.
The complainant said she had formerly lived with
Mr. Abrahams, and for some years she passed as
his wife. A separation having lately ensued, she
called at his house for the purpose of demanding
her clothes and her other property. The defend-
ant, instead of giving them up to her, laid hold of
her in the passage, struck her, and tore her bonnet
off her head.
In defence, Mr. Abrahams said he had been
obliged to leave the complainant, in consequence of
the license she occasionally gave to her tongue.
She had also made away with what he termed an
amazing quantity of his property, and in particular
he could swear to a pair of sheets, and a couple of
shirts. When she called upon him in William-
street, he demanded the restoration of the sheets
and shirts; and when she produced them, and re-
fused to give them quietly up to him, he merely
used force enough to get them from her, which
proceeding she had magnified into an assault. The
defendant, with an air of importance, concluded by
informing the Magistrate that he was a gentleman
living on his own estate, and denying that he had
(using his own words) a single ioto belonging to
the complainant.

Mrs. Stewart declared that the property stated
to be missing by Mr. Abrahams had been -pledged
by her for their support. The property which Mr.
Abrahams had belonging to her, consisted of her
trunks, and some household furniture which she had
purchased with her own money, as she had an annu-
ity of 1001. a year. In fact Mr. Abrahams had
received money from her, and he had frequently
sent her out to get money for him.
Mr. Abrahams—Ridiculous. Is that likely, your
Worship—me that am a gentleman living on my
own estate, and one of the managers of St. Pan-
cras parish ?
Mr. CHAMBERS—Pray, Sir, of what does this
estate you talk so much about consist ? Mr. Abra-
hams—A ninety years' lease of my house in Wil-
liam-street, from the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests.
Mr. CHAMBERS—And in what way, allow me to

ask, are you connected with the parish of St.
eras; are you overseer or churchwarden ? Mr. Au"
barns—Oh d.ar no ; I am one of the comoritti
who manage the affairs of the parish.
Mr. CHAMBERS—WeII, I don't think it eat
much to your credit, or is at all beneficial to I!
morals of your parish, for one of its directors £0"
living in open prostitution with a female.
Mr. CHAMBERS then disposed of the case, by
lowing the warrant to stand over for the presentrt
condition of the defendant paying the amount ofP
expen'es.
Mr. Abrahams made a wry face at this preposil
Mr. CHAMBERS, however, refused to let " 010
tleman who lived on his own estate, and a Dire
of St. Pancras," depart without paying complaioo
the 4s. she had expended.
ASSAULT.—A little Irishman, named LyPei,
wearing a pair of copper rimmed spectacles, whop
scribed himself as a portrait painter, was charged!
his wife, a very delicate young female, with haft
repeatedly beaten her.
Mrs. Lynch since her unfortunate marriage
the defendant, had been subjected to repeated
usage. A few mornings ago he had pulled her
of bed, thrown her on the floor,and had then be4t4
her. In proof of the violence which she had_ bel,
subjected to, she called her sister, who stated CO ti
Magistrate that Mrs. Lynch had shown her a nu!
ber of bruises on different parts of her person, whil
she said had been inflicted by her husband.
The defendant made a rambling reply to• tl
charge, from which nothing could be gathered, 1)1
that he took offence at Mrs. Lynch the pre
evening, because she would not make tea for hi,
will his friend to his liking. Mr. Lynch also hint'
that Mrs. Lynch had some time ago left hint, al
had gone to Boulogne.
Mr. White, the brother-in-law of Mrs. Lyn,;
said he had sent his sister to Boulogne, in ord
that she might get a situation, and be out of the w'
of the ill-usage of her husband.
Mr. CHAMBERS pitied the wife; but he could
nothing further in the case than advise a sePat
tion ; and, for the present, call on her husband
find bail.