The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-24 00:00:00

close intimacy existed between them ; and, indeed, such
was the infatuation of the girl, that her first cry after she
had cut her throat was for her "dear Frazer." _ .

The evidenceof the girl was then taken down, and the
prisoner's committal was made out.
Mr. CONANT ordered the mother of the girl, who is a
widow, with three other children, to be called in, and
recommended her to consent to the removal of her daugh-
ter from the hospital to the prison infirmary, or the friends
of the prisoner might possibly tamper with her, and he
would through that means escape. He also strongly re-
commended the mother to take care, if possible, that the
intimacy between the daughter and the prisoner was not
again renewed.
The mother appeared at first reluctant to remove her
daughter as suggested, but ultimately consented ; and the
girl herself, after some objection, agreed to go into the
infirmary.
Mr. Williams intimated to the Magistrate that the
prisoner bore a very indifferent character, and had endea-
voured to entrap another bar-maid into similar practices.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
On Thursday a number of the inhabitants of the out
ward of St. George's at Pimlico, were in attendance to
hear several summonses which had been taken out against
them by Mr. Redgrave, the collector of the paving, light-
ing, and watering rates, under the local Act of Parliament
of the 7th Geo. IV., c. 55, commonly called the Gros-
venor Act, for the non-payment of the above-mentioned
rates,

The first case called was against John Collett, Esq., of
No. 7, Belgrave-street, Belgrave-square, Pimlico.
Mr. WHITE, the sitting Magistrate, told him that he
was summoned fur refusing to pay the sum of 211. 18s. 9d.
due last Michaelmas, for paving, lighting, and watering.
Mr. Collett objected to the rate altogether. In the first
place, the Trustees had not fulfilled their duty; and, se-
condly, he had been greatly over-rated.
Mr. WHITE told him that if he felt himself aggrieved
by the rate demanded, he ought to have appealed to the
Trustees.
Mr. Collett—That is of no use whatever. I did go to
the Board when they were sitting, and they told me to
leave the room.
Several of the inhabitants here said that they had been
treated in a similar manner by the Trustees.
Mr. WHITE did not know what discretion be had in
the business.
Mr. Collett, when he first took his house, was rated by
the Trustee at a rent of 2201., but they bad now rated
him at 2601. The Act of Parliament enacted that no
person should be rated at more than four-fifths of the rack
rent, and he contended that it was most unjust and unfair
that they should rate him just at what sum they pleased ;
for aught he knew, they might next year rate him at 360/.
per annum.
Mr. WHITE did not see what power be had.
Mr. Collett thought he bad the power to withhold a
distress warrant against him under the circumstances, as
the claim was so monstrously unjust ; he only paid 248/.
per annum rent for his house, and the Trustees had thought
proper to rate his house at 2601., being 121. per annum
more than the rack-rent, instead of one fifth less.
Mr. WHITE again said that he should have appealed to
the Trustees.
Mr. Collett—l shall not go before them again ; I'll see
them at the d-1 first.
Mr. Redgrave observed that what rent Mr. Collet paid
for his house was no criterion to go by. The houses were
all rated at four-fifths of their value.
Mr. WHITE begged to differ from that observation; he
was of opinion that the rent a man paid for his house was
a very good criterion to judge of its value.
Mr. Collett said there were some other points to which
he wished to call the attention of the Bench. By the Act
of Parliament it was enacted that all untenanted houses
should pay half-rates; now, there were a number of unte-
nanted houses, and the Trustees demanded no rates. There
was also another clause in the Act which restrained the
trustees from expending more than 6,0001. in the year,
and they had been raising 17,000/. The trustees ad-
mitted to him that they rated the houses low at first, in
order that they might get tenants.
Mr. WHITE was extremely sorry that they should have
'alien into such a trap, but he had nothing to do with it

whatever.
Mr. Collett asked if, under the:circumstances, he would
issue a distress warrant against his goods.
Mr. WHITE bad no alternative, if he would not pay the
demand.
Mr.(7llett was determined to resist the present demand,
as oppressive and unjust, let the consequences be what they
might.
The next case was against Mr. Tuck, of Eaton-square,
for Si. 14s. 3d.
Mr. Tuck bad been rated at 28/. per annum, and the
trustees had raised it to 441., and he only paid 401. per
annum rent ; for the last six years they had been paying
rates for nothing, for they were not lighted.
Mr. WHITE, who appeared rather surprised at these
disclosures, supposed the Trustees wanted money, and in-
quired why he had not appealed to the Trustees.
Mr. Tuck—l did apply ; but it is of no use to go to
them. There were six of them setting, and they used me
worse than they did Mr. Collett; for they all spoke
at once, would not hear what I bad got to say, and fairly
barked me out of the room.
Several other similar cases having been gone into, Mr.
WHITE repeated, that it was very natural for the parties
to feel aggrieved ; but if the collecter persisted, he had no
alternative but to issue the distress warrants.
Mr. Collett said that the other defendants might do as
they pleased ; but he now publicly stated to Mr. Redgrave,
that he would not pay the demand, he did this in order
that Mr. Redgrave might lose no time in taking out a dis-
tress warrant against his goods. The Act was most op-
pressive to the inhabitants, and he was ready to subscribe
1001. immediately, to pay the expenses of an application to
Parliament for a repeal of the Act.
Mt. Collett then left the office without paying the de.
mand, and the other defendants followed his example.
MARY LEB ONE.
Yesterday Miss Zouch, already possessing more than
ordinary notoriety, came before Mr. RAWLINSON, to com-
plain by letter of the matron of the workhouse of St.
Marylebone.
Mr. RAWLINSON—I wish Miss Zouch would not write
letters to me; but it cannot be helped; ask her to come in.
Miss Zouch (veiled and courtesying.)—l have to make a
complaint against the matron of Marylebone workhouse,
for I have been deprived of some valuable clothes since 1
, became an inmate of that place.
Mr. RAWLINSON—SO your letter states, Madam • but
Mrs. Webb, who I always had understood to be a respec-
table woman, is no longer here with us.
Miss Zouch—Not here, Sir ! where is she gone then ?
Mr. RAWLINSON—Why, Madam, Sir Peter Laurie has
taken her to manage affairs at the Mansion-house.
Miss Zouch—Then, your Worship, I shall go thither.
Mr. RAWLINSON--DO, Madam, and fix the saddle on
the right mare.—Miss Z inch then left the office.
BOW STREET.
A middle-aged respectable-looking woman, named
:Martha Frevelier, was charged before Sir F. ROE, with
having stolen a bill of exchange for 5001., the property of
Edward Marshall, a clerk in the Bank of England.
The witnesses were bound over to prosecute, and the
prisoner was removed in custody.
CHARGE OF STEALING A DEAD BOGY.—Two men,
named John Phillips and George Arnold, were charged
with having stolen the dead body of a female from the bu-
rial-ground of the parish of St. Clement Danes.
The case was brought before Sir F. ROE a few days
ago, when the prisoner Arnold, and a man named Batty,
who held the situation of engine-keeper to the parish of
St. Clement Danes, were charged with the offence. The
prisoners were, on that occasion, discharged, there being
no direct evidence against them. Since then, however,
the prisoner, Phillips, a notorious resurrectionist, was ap-
prehended on the same charge ; and Batty, the engine-
keeper, having turned approver, his two accomplices were
apprehended ; and the case was again brought forward at
the instance, we ,believe, of the Secretary of State for the
Home Department.
Dr. Somerville, one of the Inspectors under the provi-
sions of the new Anatomy Bill, attended the examination ;
and several gentlemen connected with the hospitals were
present.
Thomas Bradwin, the porter at St. Clement's Inn, at
twelve o'clock on Monday, the 12th of November, was on
duty at the gate of Clement's Inn, when he saw Batty,
the engine-keeper, accompanied by two other men, enter
the gate leading to the burial-ground of St. Clement
Danes. He watched the gate for about twenty minutes,
and was then relieved by Richard Marshall, another por-
ter, to whom he communicated his suspicions that all was
not right.
Spafford, in consequence of what he had observed, went
and informed Sergeant State of what had occurred. They
then went together to the burial-ground, where they saw
a grave newly opened, and observed that it was empty.
They afterwards found the body of a woman wrapped up
in a sack, and placed in a hamper, which was placed in a
passage leading to the parish almshouses.
Other evidence was gone into, proving that the pri-
soners were seenin different public-houses in the neigh-
bourhood of Clement's Inn at a late hour on the night in
question.
Thomas Batty, the approver, was then sworn. Be