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London, England, 1834-10-31 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, OCT. 30.

Isaac Nathan, a boot and shoemaker, was opposed by
Mr. WOODROFFE, on the part of Mr. Finlay, leather seller,
residing in Houndsditch ; he was supported by Mr. COOKE.
The circumstances were somewhat singular. The insol-
vent, a young man, had dealt some time with the opposing
creditor, he now owed him 23/. He was not to be found
after he had contracted the debt until the latter end of
July. He was arrested on the morning of his marriage ;
he gave bail ; the marriage was solemnized, he enjoyed the
festivities, and then rendered to prison. He married a
Mrs. Moreno, stay-maker, of St. Martin's-court, who was
reputed to be a wealthy widow. She had given him 30/.
for the bridal ceremony, and to make hitosell" respect-
able," he had 201. of her on the day of his arrest, which he
had spent ; was likewise arrested on the same day for the
support of a child. His wife it few days after the marriage,
fled ; he had heard she had gone to Sydney, He expected
-1,0 was rich, but she denied that she had any property.
The :lvent said his father and brother, who had taken
the benefit ot.;;L' Act, had sailed to Sydney. They were
largely indebted to the ,?nl"ging creditor. He positively
denied that he knew where his 74. fe was to Li? found.
bira to four months'
Mr. Commissioner BOWEN sentenceu.
imprisonment under the 47th section.

MIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SESSIONS, OCT. 30.

(Before B. ROTCH, Esq., and a full Bench of Magistrates.)
THE KING V. THOMAS HENRY BISHOP, GEORGE WESTBROW,

AND GEORGE TIDMARSH.

In this case, which was an indictment against the de-
fendants for keeping a common gaming-house in St. James's-
st reet,

Mr. CLARKSON, on the part of the prosecution, applied
to the Court to order the defendants to enter into fresh re-
cognizances to appear and take their trial, they not having
done so in pursuance of the recognizances they had formerly
entered into.

The COURT granted the application, and directed that
the new recognisances should be in double the amount of
the former ones.

Shortly before the rising of the Court,
Mr. PRENDERGAST, on the part of the defendants, re-
quested the Court would allow the recognizances already
entered into by the defendants to be respited.
The CHAIRMAN did not understand this mode of pro-
ceeding. He thought there was some attempt to impose
upon the Court. If not, why was not the present applica-
tion made before Mr. Clarkson left the Court ?
Mr. PRENDERGAST knew nothing of Mr. Clarkson's
application before, having but that moment received his
brief.

The CHAIRMAN—The Court will allow the former re-
cognizances to b e discharged on fresh ones being entered
into ; until that is done the, must remain in force, and no-
tice of the fresh bail must be given.
A great many assault cases were tried in the course of
the day, none of which were of any public interest, but
some of them afforded a melancholy proof of the readiness
of persons who are called as witnesses in Courts of Jus-
tice to commit the dreadful crime of perjury, without any
apparent motive beyond that of obtaining a verdict in fa-
vour of the parties on whose behalf they attend. The
Chairman has repeatedly remarked upon the extreme pre-
valence of this offence even in the most trumpery case of
assault.

The Court was adjourned to Thursday next at twelve
o'clock,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

HATTON-GARDEN.

William Peer, the driver of the Paddington omnibus,
No. 3,888, was brought to this office on a summons before
Mr. LAING and Mr. ROGERS, charged by Sir Charles
Forbes, Baronet, with having unlawfully interrupted and
obstructed his free passage, and furiously driving, by which
the lives and limbs of his Majesty's subjects were endangered.
Sir Charles Forbes on Sunday morning last was pro-
ceeding to church in his carrirge along the New-road, when
the defendant, who was driving his vehicle in opposition to
another one, whipped his horses into a furious gallop for
the purpose of getting. before the other to receive a passen-
ger, in doing which he crossed the horses of his (the Ba-
ronet's) carriage, which ran great -risk of being dashed to
pieces. The other omnibus galloped by at the same time,
and it was a miracle that the carriage was not overturned,
and that fatal consequences did not ensue.

Mr. LAING convicted the defendant in the penalty o
40s. and costs.

Defendant (crying)—l hope you will mitigate it, your
Worships. I have a wife and three children dependant on
me for support.

Mr. LiiNG—You ought to have thought of those and
the wives and families whose lives you endangered before
you committed the offence.

Edwards, the officer, always knew the aefendant to be a
respectable man and a steady driver.
Sir Charles Forbes—l admit that the other driver was
most to blame. The defendant sent me a letter begging
my pardon, and acknowledging his offence, and making an
appeal to my feelings on account of his family and circum-
stances. Ido confess that it would satisfy me if the penalty
were mitigated, and the other driver brought to justice.
Mr. LAING—Then under the circumstances I shall mi-
tigate the penalty to 20s. and costs, and have the driver of
the other omnibus here. What is his name ?
Defendant—Frederick Meredith.

Mr. LAING then ordered that information should be
taken by the clerk, and that a summons should be issued
against Meredith to answer the complaint of Sir Charles
Forbes, and he also bound over William Peer,, the above
defendant, in his own recognizance to appear at the Office
on Monday next to give evidence in the case, and expressed
his determination to inflict the highest penalties on all fu-
ture cases of improper conduct on the part of drivers or
conductors of omnibuses.

Sir Charles then quitted the Office, with a determina.
tion to attend on Monday to prosecute the case.

. .
Several other drivers of such vehicles were fined in the
penalty of 20s. and costs for their infamous conduct.

QUEEN- SQU ARE.

It may be recollected that in August last one of the swell
mob fraternity named Henry Rosonzan, alias Hicks, was
apprehended at the doors of the Surrey Theatre for robbing
a gentleman of his watch, for which offence he was taken
Queen•square Police Office, and fully committed for trial.
Dawkins, one of the officers of the establishment, was
directed to take him in custody to Horsemonger-lane
Gaol, and, having handcuffed him to another prisoner,
he procured a cabriolet, and was conveying his pri-
soners to Horsemonger-lanc Gaol, between four and five
o'clock in the afternoon, when, near the Borough-road, the
cab was stopped by about twenty of the swell mob, friends
of the prisoner, who pulled him and the other prisoner out
of the cabriolet, while the others fOicibly held_ Dawkins
while they escaped, and then dispersed different ways. A
large reward was offered for his apprehension ; but, although
every endeavour was used to take him, it was attended with
no success. Within the last few days information was re-
ceived that a man, named Henry Summers, was appre-
hended at the last Doncaster Races for attempting to pick
pockets on the race course, and that the Magistrates had
committed him for three months to Wakefield Gaol, as a
rogue and vagabond ; and, from the description of the man,
there was very strong suspicions that he was the identical
Henry Rosoman alias Hicks, who had been rescued from
the custody of Dawkins. ,Dawkins immediately went down
to Wakefield, and arrived there on Monday last, and was
immediately shown Henry Summers, when he instantly re-
cognized his lost prisoner. A detainer was lodged against
him, and he will be brought to London when the term of
his imprisonment expires, which will be about the middle of
next December.

George Johnson, another of the swell mob, is at presen
in custody at Queen's-square for assisting in the rescue.

LAMBETH-STREET.

Yesterday, shortly after Mr. HARDWICK had taken his
seat on the bench, Mr. L. Miller, the Governor of the
House of Correction at Ilford, in Essex, waited on him to
request that he would send the principal constable, or if
not, an active officer of the establishment to Barking, with
a view of tracing out some diabolical incendiary, who had
on the previous night set fire to three stacks of corn in the
sL f Mr. Grey, a most respectable farmer residing
on Lodge a , was totally consumed, and it was
only by considerable eieTtion that the entire of the valuable
stock, the dwelling-house, stablinic—onfffices, barn, and
other buildings on the premises, were saved from
destruction.

The following letter, addressed to Miller, the principal
officer, by Mr. Sterrey, the steward of the manor of Sir C.
Hulse, Bart., under whom Mr. Gray has held the farm, was
handed to Mr. HARDWICK :

" Lodge Farm, Thursday, Oct. 30, 1834.
" will thank you to come yourself or to despatch
some competent officer hither, in order to trace out the incen-
diary who had last night set fire to Mr. Gray's stacks, by which
they have been consumed, and but for the change in the wind
the whole premises would have been burnt to the ground.
Have the kindness to come or send directly.
" Yours, obediently,
" WASSEY STERREY.
" To Mr. Miller, Lambeth-street Office."

Mr. HAnnwieir, on reading the above note, observed
that, unfortunately, he had but a few minutes before read a
letter addressed to the Magistrates of the Office, from a
Member of Parliament, requesting that they would despatch
an officer to the county of Huntingdon for a similar purpose.
In consequence of the few officers belonging to the esta-
blishment the Magistrates were obliged, with all their dis-
position to render the most prompt and ready assistance,
in the first instance to procure the sanction of the Home
Office, before they could send their officers into the country.
As, however, the distance to the place where the fire oc-
curred was comparatively short and within the jurisdiction
of the office, he (Mr. Hardwick) could have a objections
to Millers' at once going there as requested, and using his
exertions to discover the incendiary.
Mr. Miller having thus received the sanction of the Ma-
gistrate, at once proceeding to Barking, and, from his long
and well-known experience and intelligence in matters of
this kind, it is to be hoped that the party or parties engaged
in this abominable act will be brought to justice.
In reply to the questions of Mr. HARDWICK, 'Mr.
Miller said that there could be no doubt whatever but that
the fire was caused by an incendiary. He also said that the
occurrence had created the utmost sensation for many miles
round the neighbourhood, and when lie (Mr. Miller) left
the scene of destruction, the Magistrates and gentry in that
part of the county were about to form a meeting for the
purpose of offering a large reward for the apprehension of
the perpetrator of the decd.
The property consumed was of considerable value, as it
comprised the whole produce of 60 acres of land.