The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-29 00:00:00

MARLBORO U GLI-S TI?EE T.

Mons. Pierre Maginal, a French Protestant
Clergyman, was yesterday brought before Mr. Co-
NANT, charged by a policeman of the C division
with having created a mob in Piccadilly, near the
mansion of the Duke of Wellington, by preaching
In the open street, between the hours of nine and
ten o'clock at night.
The policeman found the defendant holding forth

Mr. CONANT—Are you not aware that, by creat-
ing a crowd in a public thoroughfare, you commit r
breach of the law ? Defendant—l am obeying thc
law of God, who has commanded his Ministers to
preach his Gospel.

Mr. CONANT—But you should first apply at the
Sessions for a license to preach, and you would then
be at liberty to preach in places where no interruy
tion or disturbance would be occasioned.

Defendant—There was no disturbance there, save
what the ungodly created.
Mr. CONANT—AII crowds are interruptions, and
creating them by the means you have pursued con.
stitutes an offence. Have you any friend who wilt
become answerable for your future conduct ? De-
fendant—l am at present living at the house of a
friend, Dr. Hunter, 28, Grosvenor-place; but he
cannot prevent my fulfilling the mission with which
the Lord has intrusted me.
An elderly lady here rose, and in reply to a ques-
tion, said" He lives at my house. He stands there
to answer for himself. He is a chosen vessel and a
servant of the Lord."

A young gentleman then came forward, and an-
nounced himself as the son of Dr. Hunter. He
added that the defendant was on a visit to his fa-

ther, having only been a fortnight from Edinburgh,
where he had acted as the pastor of a dissenting
congregation. As the defendant was going to
France in a few days, he had no doubt his father
would become bound for his future conduct while it,
London.

Defendant—No earthly power can prevent my
obeying the call of the Lord. Blood and fire will
soon be in your streets, and the word of the Lord
can alone avert those judgments which are prepar-
ing. Not ten thousand policemen, not one bundled
thousand soldiers, can save this city from destruc-
tion; the word of God can only save it. lam
ordained to preach the word, and my first duty
is to God; therefore I am bound to preach the
Gospel.
Mr. CoNANT—But your conduct caused a number
of thieves and prostitutes to assemble.
Defendant—lt is to them the Gospel ought to be
preached. Publicans and sinners, I tell you, shal,
go into the kingdom of Heaven, while Pharisees
shall be cast out.
The defendant continued in this strain for some

time, displaying the utmost seriousness of manner;
upon which 11r. CO ANT said he could not feel jus-
tified in allowing him to go until some person be-
came responsible for his abstinence from preaching
in the streets. A messenger was then despatched'
to Dr. Hunter, arid in the meantime the defendant
sat himself down in the office, and pulled out a
Bible, which he appeared to peruse. Dr. Huntet
shortly afterwards arrived, and, in conversation with
the Magistrate, informed him that Mons. Maginal
had been regularly educated at a French University
as a clergyman, and that he had officiated in that
character in Edinburgh some years. He had, how-
ever, frightened the inhabitants there with his pub-
lic predictions, and he had been taken up, and cau-
tioned to practice his exhortations in places less
frequented that the public streets. Dr. Hunter
added, that the defendant had been on a visit to H
Drummond, Eql., of Albany-park, and if the Ma-
gistrate discharged him he would take him down to
that gentleman, for the purpose of consulting with
himi tg,tehir.S2Vrso'gffhielloM cwlB,4nruti.hqn
was utterly useless to enter into any engagement to
prevent him from preaching, for be believed the
world would soon be at end, and that the end of all
things was at hand. They were judging the word
of God, and they would find messengers of his
math in their streets before long.
Dr. Hunter, turning to the defendant, said he
must convince him of the necessity of complying
with circumstances, quoting a passage from the
able, which commanded him, if persecuted in one
city, to flee to another.
This appeared to have some effect, and Dr. Hun-
ter, having entered into the requisite sureties, the
defendant stepped into his friend's carriage, observ-
ing that events would shortly show the serious times
which were fast approaching.

THE LATE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
husband of the lady who so mysteriously disappeared
a few days ago, while proceeding to purchase some
articles of wearing apparel in St. Paul's Church-
yard, came before Mr. CONANT, to state that a lady,
whom he suspected to be his wife, was concealed in
a house in Tottenham-court-road. He had disco-
vered that some articles she was in want of had been
purchased by a foreigner, and as he believed she had
been inveigled away, and detained against her o,%ii
consent, she having no friends in London, he wished
the Magistrate to allow an officer to go with him to
demand a sight of the lady.
Mr. CONANT said he could not assist him, his
proper course being to apply to a Judge for an Ha-
beas Corpus.