The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-29 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

Yesterday a young female, named Elizabeth
Surgy, alias Sedgewick, alias Diggles, was brought
up in custody, and placed at the bar before Mr.
WHITE, charged with coining counterfeit money.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Just as the Magistrates, Mr. DYER and Mr.
CONANT, were about to quit the Bencb on Tuesday,
Sir St. Vincent Cotton, Bart., was brought into
the office, in custody of a police-constable, charged
with having, about half an hour before' committed
an assault on a livery-servant, named Keinch, in
New Bond-street.

The complainant, as he was walking down New
Bond-street, picked up a piece of paper which he
saw lying in the kennel, and proceeded onwards.
He had hardly reached the top of the street before
he was overtaken by a young man, who demanded
the restoration of the paper, which he said was a
medical prescription, belonging to Sir St. Vincent
Cotton, who had accidently dropped it. While they
were speaking the defendant came up, and, in a very
angry tone, told him he was a - rascal for not
calling after him, for he must have seen the paper
had dropped from his pocket ; and he then struck
him twice with his fist on his head. Complainant
called a poiiceman, and gave him into custody.
Sir Sr. Vincent, who appeared rather irritated, in
defence said that in pulling out his pocket-handker-
chief he drew out the paper, which fell on the
ground, and was immediately picked up by the com-
plainant, who was walking behind him. He did not
discover his loss until informed, by an assistant of Mr.
Grey, chymist, in New Bond-street, that Mrs. Grey
had, from an upper window, seen the complainant pick
up the paper. Feeling quite assured that the corn-
plainaat was aware it belonged to him, he certainly
did use some warmth, as he considered, had the
paper been a bank-note of large value, the conduct
of the complainant would have been exactly similar.

Mr. DYER, with the concurrence of Mr. Co-
NANT, should impose a fine of 20s. on Sir St. Vin-
cent for the assault.

Sir St. Vincent—l'll be if I pay the money.
Mt. DYER—I also fine you ss. in addition, for
swearing in my presence.
This announcement appeared to increase the anger
of the Hon. Baronet exceedingly, and he directed
some very strong observations towards the Bench,
ending with, " I am a Magistrate, and I have sat
in that seat myself. 1 know a devilish deal better
how to behave myself than you do."
Mr. DYER should require Sir St. Vincent to
find bail.

The Baronet was accordingly removed to the
lock-up-cell, in which he had the pleasure of being
confined until his bail made their appearance. In
the interim it having been intimated to Mr. Dyer
that Sir St. Vincent had expressed something like
regret at his warmth, the Magistrate directed he
should be brought into the Justice-room, and then
intimated to him, if he chose to apologise publicly
for his improper warmth, he should not require him
to find bail. Sir St. Vincent Cotton, however, de-
clared he would not make any apology, as he con-
sidered he had not been treated with proper courtesy.
Under these circumstances Mr. Dyer said he should
requite bail, which was given, and after 20s. fine
was paid the Baronet was discharged.
The fine for swearing was not insisted upon.
A JARVEY'S DEFENCE.—John Seymour, the
driver of a hackney-coach, was brought before Mr.
DYER for having suffered his horses to remain un-
attended on the stand, whereby an accident occurred
to the shop windows of a tradesman in Piccadilly.
The offence was fully proved ; and the coach-
man, on being called on for his defence, came for-
ward and presented a capital specimen of the true
London Jarvey—short, stiff-built, and bow-legged,
enveloped in two or three top-coats, with his chin
sunk in the folds of a large red shawl, which he had
wound round his neck. Having thrown a proper
share of pathos into his phiz, he made a duck to
the Magistrate, and said," This here consarn, your
Vership, is von o' them 'ere blessed heart-breaking
misfortens as ve poor hackney-coachmen's hobli-
gated to encounter. I only jist vent into the
public-house to git half a pint o'beer, vich I drinkt
at the bar, and then jist for a hinstant moment of
time to the tap-room to light my bakker, ven this
ere unfortnight consarn took place. Now, my
Lord, vot I looks at is this here. Its the universal
custom with every 'spectable hackney-coachman,
venever they takes up a lady or gemman, or vatever
it might be, to chuck the vatermen, sometimes a
halfpenny, and sometimes a penny, jist for looking
arter the hosses, and hanging the nose-bags on the
poor dumb hanimals. Now, my Lord, its werry
hard, vhen the varerman Kits sich a handsome inde-
pendence out on us, that fie arnt to be made liably
'sponsible for the hosses getting out of the rank, and
committing any promiscuous disaster with our we-
heicles. Howsomever, your Vership, if so be as
how your Vership means to con wict, I hopes you'll
take my vife and five children into your protection,
and not put the extremities of the law on me."
The defendant's oratory did not appear to have
the desired effect, for the Magistrate fined him 10s.
upon the understanding that the damage done to the
window, amounting to four guineas, was also paid.

On Wednesday morning last about 5 o'clock,
the body of Mr. JAMES CARLAW, surgeon, Marylaill (whose
valuable services abd professional skill were so highly ap-
preciated during the prevalence of cholera there, in March
last), was found under his bed-room window, in a shock-
ingly mangled state. It is supposed the deceased, wl.o
was in the habit of rising during s!eep, bad got up, and
in the 'act of leaning over the window had fallen out. His
melancholy los-4 will be severely felt in the populous district
to which he belonged. His father and brother, we un-
derstand, were subject to the same awful malady.—
Scotsm a n.

YAWNING EXTRAORDINARY.—Last Sun-
day afternoon, a Mrs. NEWTON, after she bad come from
the afternoon service, at Claypath chapel, in the city of
Durham, was seized with a fit of yawning, which con-
tinued fur a considerable length of time, and caused her to
stretch her mouth so wide, that the joints at the extremity
of the jaw slipped, so that sbe could not shut it again.
Sbe remained in this disagreeable and dangerous situation
until Mr. SHAW, surgeon, was sent for, who succeeded in
replacing it in its natural position.