The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-29 00:00:00

BO W-STREET.

A few days ago Mr. Thomas Jeans, of Wands-
worth, obtained a summons against Messrs. Douglas,
Thompson, and Co., of Chiswick, under the 7th
and Bth of George IV., c. 30, commonly called the
Wilful Damage Act, for damage done to his chaise,
in consequence of a dray belonging to the defend..
ants coming in contact with it, the driver, as it was
alleged, being asleep at the time. On Friday last
the case came on for hearing before Mr. HALLS, but
before the defence was entered on, the Magistrate
decided that the summons must be dismissed, the
complainant having admitted that he left his chaise
without any person to take care of it, and, further,
that the road was not of sufficient width to allow
the dray to pass the chaise without a collision.
The case, although dismissed, is of some impor-
tance to the proprietors of vehicles, as it establishes
the fact that compensation for injuries of this de-
scription may be sought by application to a Justice,
under the provisions of the above-named Act, pro-
vided the amount of damage shall not exceed 5/.
On Saturday night two men of shabby appear-
ance, named Thomas Mansfield and John Clayton,
were charged by Mr. Thomas, the police superin-
tendent, with writing and presenting a forged letter,
addressed to Mr. Bartley, of Covent-garden Thea-
tre, with a view to obtain admission to that house.
The letter, which Mr. Thomas produced, was to
the following effect :
" Mr. Byrne, of the Monting Advertiser Office, pre-
sents his compliments to Mr. Bartley, and feels somewhat
surprised that he received no answer to a letter which he
addressed to him a few days ago. He has now to request
that Mr. Bartley would favour him with an order for the
admission of two friends from Bath, on whose account, for
peculiar reasons, Mr. Byrne does not feel inclined to avail
himself of the regular privileges of the press. The obli-
gation shall be returned to Mr. Birtley in some way agree-
able to his feelings."
This letter, it appeared, was presented by the pri-
soner Clayton, who received it for that purpose
from the prisoner Mansfield. Upon inquiry, how-
ever, it was found to be a forgery, and both pri-
soners were taken into custody.
Mr. Notter, the boxkeeper, said that frauds of
this description were constantly practised, although
the utmost vigilance was used to detect them. He
had some recollection of the prisoner Mansfield,
and he believed that he had been apprehended about
two years ago, for a similar offence.
The prisoner Clayton had no knowledge when he
presented the letter that it was a forgery.
Mansfield was directed to be remanded, and the
other prisoner, who did not appear to have acted
with a guilty knowledge, was discharged.
The five young men who have undergone so
many examinations on the charge of writing and
uttering a cheque for 150/., with the intent to de-
fraud Messrs. Coutts and Co., the bankers, were
brought up for final examination, and discharged,
with the concurrence of the solicitor for the Society
of Bankers, who declared that he consented to their
liberation solely on the ground that the evidence was
not deemed sufficient to insure their conviction.
MARLBORO UGH-STREET.
•

A gentleman, accompanied by a young man in
the dress of a groom, came on Saturday before Mr.
CONANT to ask advice under the following singular

circumstances :
About three months ago the master of the young
man quitted, it was presumed, the metropolis, leav-
ing behind him a gig, harness, and a pair of horses.
called Shortly
at t
h e
livery-stablesafterwards a frin
where
bait, and obtained one of the horses, which he had
since detained, and had refused to return when re-
peatedly applied to by the groom. The groom,
friend
of
thet hehor gentleman
tl
wererieman
' s
at
being on board wages, was already greatly embar-
rassed, in consequenceof his master neglecting to
send him money, and he was likewise answerable
for the keep of the horse, which was " eating its
head off," as it was remaining at the stables at the
weekly charge of one guinea. The groom had been
unable to learn any particulars of his master, and,
being entirely without
approvedwithou
tm(omfetyh,e
stepshe
thoughtthe
applicant
ad-
visable, before selling the property, to make this
application.
Mr.
had adopted, and recommended the groom to state
the name of his master, and to furnish his own ad-
dress, as a means of obtaining the information he
desired.
The groom then stated that his master was Sir
James 'Wright, formerly occupying lodgings at 32,

St. James's-street; that he frequented the Cocoa
tree Clubhouse, but none of the members knew of
his present residence. It was conjectured, however,
that he had gone to New York.
Mr. CONANT inquired the value of the property
left in the care of the groom.
The groom replied that the horse might be worth
about 301., and the cab and harness about 501.
After giving his address, " John Shillinglaw, at the
Bull public-house, Windmill-street," the parties
thanked the Magistrate, and withdrew.
MAR YLEB ONE.
On Saturday William Mitchell and Daniel Wil-
son were brought to this office, in custody of John
Currie, who is employed by the Commissioners of
Stamps to apprehend persons found vending un-
stamped publications.
Currie found the two prisoners in Oxford-street,
selling cheap publications, and purchased from both
of them a copy of the Cosmopolite Almanack for
1833, for which he paid 2d. for each copy, and then
took them into custody. Here the witness produced
a number of copies of the Poor Man's Guardian
and the Cosmopolite, which were found on the pri-
soners. The almanack was printed on a large sheet
of paper, of the exact size of the commercial alma-
necks, and besides the regular tables of the days in
each month, contained tables of interest, stamp
duties, hackney-coach fares, lists of bankers, mail
coaches, army agents, &c.; and on the reverse a
copy of the Cosmopolite, which contains a number
of reasons for publishing the almanack. Among
others is the following:—" Because we have hun-
dreds of men who, like ourselves, are willing to suf-
fer imprisonment to get so great a good (as the re-
peal of the tax on publications) done."
The prisoners said they were reduced to great
distress, and considered it much better to transgress
the law by vending these publications than to beg,
starve, or steal.
They were committed for one month each.
LAMBETH-STREET.
On Saturday, Denis Donovan, a middle-aged
Irish labourer, who was charged before Mr.
WALKER with having murdered a man named Keitie,
in Kinsale, in the county of Cork, about seven
years ago, was on Saturday finally examined and
discharged.