The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-21 00:00:00

BO W-STREET.

Yesterday Thomas Haines, a bookseller and newsvender,
residing in Cable-street, Borough, was summoned before
Sir F.Rox and Mr. HALLS for selling the People's Police
Gazette, the same being an unstamped newspaper and liable
to the duty as such.

The defendant had been summoned about a month ago
for the same offence, but on that occasion the solicitor for
the Stamp-office consented to allow the case to stand over,
to give time for the appearance of the defendant, whose
state of health, it was said, precluded his attendance. The
same plea was yesterday urged on his behalf, but, as it ap-
peared that he had been seen in the shop about a fortnight
ago, and as some collusion was supposed to exist between
him and a person named Read, in whose name the business
has lately been carried on,
The Solicitor for the Stamp-office submitted that the de-
fendant was not entitled to any further indulgence, and
having called witnesses, who proved the service of the sum-
mons, and also the purchase of the publication in question
from the defendant in person in the month of December last,

The Magistrates fined the defendant in the full penalty of
20/., and in default of payment sentenced him to be confined
for six months in the House of Correction.

QUEEN SQUARE.

Yesterday James Lucas, one of the most notorious

thieves in Westminster, was placed at the bar before Mr.
WHITE, charged by Richard Williams, the driver of the
cabriolet No. 897, under the following circumstances
It appeared from the evidence that on Sunday morning
last Williams was on the stand in Holborn, when the pri-
soner came up with two other notorious characters to en-
gage his cab for the day. They produced money to show
that he need not doubt, from their appearance, their capa-
bility to pay the fare. Under these circumstances he took
them, and drove them to Houndsditch, from thence, in the
course of the day, to several other places, and finally he
set the party down at the end of Union-court, Orchard-
street, Westminster—a place where there is no thorough-
fare, and occupied solely by thieves and prostitutes of the,
vilest description. The cabman waited patiently for some
timp at the end of the court for payment of his fare, but no
one returned : he at length procured the assistance of a
police constable, and proceeded to Nos. 7 and 8 in the
court, and found the prisoner and his companions, sur-
rounded by a whole gang of their fellow-thieves and a
number of prostitutes, drinking and smoking. He attempted
to seize one of them, when the fellow swore with most
dreadful oaths and imprecations that he would knock his
b—y head off, and the policeman's too, unless they both
went away. The whole of the gang then turned nut to
fight, and the policemen and the cabman were obliged to
decamp. The fare of the cabman amounted to 175., and
he applied to the Magistrates for redress.
On Monday evening two of the officers with some diffi-
culty apprehended the prisoner at the sign of the Maiden-
head, Hopkin's-street, St. James's, where he was found
surrounded by a very large assemblage of vagabonds at a
free-and-easy held there, at which one of the most desperate
characters of the neighbourhood officiated as president.
The prisoner denied the charge altogether.
In default of payment be was committed for one month
to the House of Correction.

A very mysterious-looking personage, somewhat advanced
in years, who gave his name Pinchbeck, and said that he
resided in White Horse-yard, Broadway, Westminster,
applied to Mr. Burrell for his advice and assistance rela-
tive to his wife's character, which had suffered much from
defamation.

The applicant was desired to state his grievances.
It appeared from his statement that he had commenced
an action at law against a Mr. George Fox, of the Broad.
way, a dealer in fish and cabbages, in which the applicant's
wife was deeply interested ; and that a neighbouring barber
who lived at the corner of the street, who, like all other
barbers, was very fond of meddling in affairs that did not
concern him, had, in conjunction with some other meddling
knave, affixed placards against his (Mr. Pinchbeck's) pre-
mises highly painful to his feelings, derogatory to the cha-
racter of Mrs. Pinchbeck, and highly prejudicial to the
connubial happiness of himself, and also Mr. George Fox,
who bad long since entered into the holy state of matri-
mony, and is blessed with some very fine children.
Mr. Pinchbeck produced the placards, which were to the
effect above stated, and also some documents of a similar
tendency, the whole of which he attributed to the intrigue
and agency of this mischievous descendant of Figaro, and
earnestly requested the magistrates to grant a warrant for
his apprehension.
Mr. BURRELL said that he had no power to interfere in
the case, and poor Mr. Pinchbeck left the office, bestow-
ing curses " not loud but deep," upon the officious barber
and his myrmidons.