The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION HOUSE.
Two Irishmen, named Callanan and Fitzgerald,
were brought before Alderman KELLY, charged with
having assaulted Josh. Hudson, the veteran pugilist,
in his house, the Half-moon, Leadenhall-market.
Josh. Hudson was sitting in his bar smoking his
pipe yesterday, when the defendant and another
Irishman walked into the house half drunk, and
called for a pot of beer. As the three men appeared
to have taken quite enough, the landlord ordered the(
waiter not to supply them, upon which one of them
called him " blubberhead," and cast some reflections
upon his situation of life as a publican. Hudson
repeated his order to the waiter, and told the men
to leave the house; but Callanan, without waiting
until the landlord laid do,,n his " steamer," pitched
into him, and bloodshot his eye, at the same tine
calling to his companions to join him in pummeling
" blubberhead." They little knew, however, lbw
severe a return they were likely to get. The laid-
lord, who was quite taken by surprise, stood, he
moment he received the first salute, upon the le-
fensive, and catching Callanan's fist in his left hard,
gave him such a wipe across the face, as placed the
features completely on a level with each other, and
;he body on a level with the floor. The other Iwo
were at work at the landlord behind, while he vas
occupied in disposing of Callanan, and as they were
strong and active young men, they contrived to
overturn him, but it was only to come in for seie-
ral " bloody notices" of the pugilist's vigorous :e-
-collections. While they were all on the floor Hud-
son received a tremendous bite in the arm, which
he exhibited to the Alderman, together with his
torn shirt, which his assailants had dragged from
his back. At length the police entered the house
and the row terminated.

Alderman KELLY—Then, Mr. Hudson, you
have not forgotten your old knack, "of pitching it
in," as you call it, when you are attacked ?
Complainant.—No, my Lord, I shan't forget how
to defend myself, but three to one was rather too
much of a good thing. They hang about a man if
he has'nt room to work his limbs. I saw they were
going too fast, so I put out a stop.
Alderman KELLY—And was it all because you
refused to serve them when they were drunk ?
Complainant.—Exactly so. I thought it too
hard that I should be insulted and kicked about my
own house for refusing to make them greater beasts
than they were.

Alderman KELLY—But where is the other pri-
soner ? The Officer—Escaped, your 'Worship.
Aid. KELLY—Escaped! How happened that ?
Oflicer—Why, Sir, he pledged me his honour,
that he would walk quietly along with me, but the
moment he had an opportunity, he broke his word.
I'll never trust to the honour of such a person again,
upon no account whatsomever.—(Laughter.)
Callanan said that the landlord, in refusing to
draw the pot of beer, reflected upon the Irish, and
on being told that they were finer fellows than the
people of this country, began to knock his great fists
about as if they were made for nothing but bursting
the wind out of people. He (Callanan), upon be-
ing floored, endeavoured to make his way under the
table on his hands and knees, but the landlord was
too quick for him, and when he tried to get away,
gave him another pelt that completely " flummoxed"
him.—(Laughter.)
Fitzgerald declared that he did nothing but call
the police, and endeavoured to palaver the Alderman.
Alderman KELLY told Hudson, that his conduct
in refusing to draw beer for men who already had
had too much, was most praiseworthy, arid it ap-
peared, too, that he had riot gone a bit too far in his
exertions to defend himself, and to clear his house of
the defendants.

The defendants were then ordered to find bail.
BO MS TREE T.

John Simpson, the driver of the cabriolet No. 15,
appeared upon summons to answer the complaint of
Admiral Lord Aurelius Beauclerck, for furiously
driving against his gig, and endangering his life, and
that of his servant.

Lord Beauclerck was driving in his gig with his
servant steadily along the street, when the de-
fendant, who was driving the cab No. 15, ap-
proached him at amost furious rate in an opposite di-
rection, his object evidently being to obtain the " go
by " between his (Lord B's) vehicle and other car-
riages passing at the moment, in order to save time
—" a great object with cab-drivers, I understand,"
said his Lordship, " in order to enable them to pay
the exorbitant demands of their masters, and get a
living for themselves." The result was, that the
defendant, although repeatedly called to, drove with
great violence against witness's gig, which was cap-
sized, and he and his man thrown upon the stones,
but fortunately without receiving any material injury
The defendant, in answer to the charge, did not
see the complainant's gig coming, nor did he hear
the call which the Admiral had described. He de-
nied, also, that he was driving furiously.
Lord 13eauclerck said the defence was utterly
false, for the defendant must have heard the call, in-
asmuch as he was within a very few yards, and he
was also driving at the rate of at least ten miles an
hour.

The defendant, upon this, hoped his Lordship
would not press the charge.
Lord Beauclerck—My good fellow, I have no
desire on my own account to press the charge against
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witnessing the gross conduct of your fraternity, and
I know it is high time you were brought to your
senses.

Mr. HALLS fined the defendant 405., and ss. 6d.
costs. He said he was unable to pay it, and in de-
fault was ordered to stand committed to the House
of Correction for two months, the full term awarded
by the Act of Parliament in such cases.