The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-15 00:00:00

G UILD HALL.

Mr. Farrow, landlord of the Fortune of War, in
Giltspur-street, was charged with assaulting Mr.
Davis, the landlord of the Plough.
It appeared that Saturday last was the birth-day
of the defendant. He got rather intoxicated, and
went into the complainant's house, where he sat
very quiet till some of the company, knowing who
he was, made allusion to his house having been fre-
quented by Bishop and May, the burkers ; and one
said, " Make haste home, or the burkers will be be-
fore you." The defendant was much incensed at
this, as he was not landlord when the burkers fre-
quented the house, and he made a great uproar.—
On complainant coming in he challenged him to
fight. The complainant, who was once a pugilist,
to get him out, said lie would fight him in the
street. When there he refused to tight, as his child
was lying dead in the house. The defendant then
fell on him, but being drunk, was severely punished
by the complainant.
Sir P. LAURIE strongly condemned Mr. Davis
for " punishing" the defendant in such a way, the
complainant being without a scratch. Under the

Two young women, named Byng arid Reeder,
of very respectable appearance, were charged with
assaulting Airs. Anderson, an elderly female.
A few evenings since, Airs. A. was struck with
horror on seeing a tall strapping dragoon enter the
house of Mrs. Byng, whose husband she knew was
from home. She went and informed a gossip that
such was the case, and they agreed to watch the
house in order to see him come out. They wate(l
an hour very patiently; the next hour they became
fidgetry and uneasy, but they still waited on for se-
veral hours. No soldier, however, came out, and
they went to bed much disappointed. The next
day Mrs. A. told Mrs. Byng of what she had seen.
This caused an altercation, which ended in the as•
said% It was now proved that the hu4band of Mrs.
Byng was at home, and that the soldier had visited
the house in company with his wife.

. _
The MAGISTRATES said Mrs. A. had no business
to pry into other persons' affairs. They discharged
Mrs. Byng, and fined Mrs. Reedey 2s. 6d.
An individual of fashionable exterior, who gave
his name William Barham, was brought befora
Mr. CONANT and Mr. DYER, charged with having
committed the following unmanly assault upon a
respectable young woman named Smith.
The complainant stated, that on Saturday evening
last, as she had just left a young friend whom she
had been seeing home, and was proceeding down
Regent-street, the defendant accosted her, and after
walking a few yards, placed his hand most impu-
dently upon her person. Feeling naturally indignant
at this insult, she slapped his face, upon which he
came behind her, and gave her a violent push at the
back of her neck, which, as he was a very powerful
man, sent her forwards, and she fell on her face with
great force on the pavement. Her dress was con-
sequently spoiled, and her face badly cut. (Here
the complainant exhibited the wounds on her face,
which evidenced the violence with which she must
have fallen.)
Mr. CONANT inquired of the defendant (who ap-
peared to treat the matter with great nonchalance)
what he had to say in reply to the charge ?
Defendant—l was walking with two friends
down Regent-street when I met this young woman,
with whom I entered into conversation, and, as I
was " joking" a little with her, she struck me,
upon which I certainly did give her a sort of push.
Mr. CONANT—Do you call such an indelicate
act, as she charges you with having committed,
" joking ?" Defendant—l really have no recollec-
tion of that circumstance; but the young woman
was drunk.

The complainant repelled the insinuation with
warmth, and the policeman who had taken the de-
fendant into custody, said the assertion was quite
untrue.

Mr. CONANT asked the defendant if he was sober.
Defendant—Why, I must confess I had been drink-
ing a few glasses with my friends, and certainly I
was the worse for what I had taken.

Mr. CONANT—Pray, Sir, what are you ? De-
fendant—What am I ? Oh, I'm a gentleman.
Mr. CONANT—Are you of no profession ? De-
fendant—Neither profession nor business—l am only
a gentleman.
Mr. CONANT, after a few minutes' conversation
with Mr. DYER, turned to the defendant, and said
he should recommend him to retire and settle the
matter with complainant, as the opinion of his coad-
jutor perfectly agreed with his own as to the nature
of the case.

Defendant (contemptuously)—Settle with her,
A,. V MAL _ _
(The " speck" alluded to was a wound about the
size of half-a-crown, produced by the fall.)
Mr. CONANT—WeII, Sir, since you appear to view
this affair in a light so very different to myself and
my brother magistrate, we, being of opinion that you
have committed a very great outrage, fine you 5/.
for the sssault. _ _ _

The " gentleman" looked exceedingly blank at
this decision, and was removed from the office. The
complainant inquired if she could obtain some com-
pensation for the damage done to a portion of her
dress.

Mr. Co ANT regretted he could award her no por-
tion of the fine, which went to the King ; but he could
inform her she had her remedy against the " gen-
tleman" in the Court of Requests, and in order to
enable her to prosecute her demand, he should direct
that the name and address of the " gentleman" be
furnished to her.
THAMES POLICE.

Charles A11en,.21 faria Thompson, Sarah Shaw, and
Annair ged with ce
ore
unte rbroughtfeitbefore
in g
the
cu
current r
elnt
si,BRODERIP,er
coin
of the realm.
After hearing evidence, Mr. BRODERIP remanded
the prisoners for a week.
Yesterday, a gentleman named Leonard, residing
at No. 11, Smith-street, Somers-town, accompanied
by two other persons, applied to Mr. BRODERIP, for
a warrant against Captain James M'Culloch, master
of the Glasgow, a Dundee steam-vessel, for swamp-
ing a boat, and nearly drowning them and the Water-
man. The applicant stated, that he and his friends
were proceeding towards Greenwich in a wherry,
on Sunday afternoon, when they met the Glasgow
off Cherry-garden Stairs, Rotherhithe, proceeding at
a most rapid pace. She had scarcely passed them,
when the swell caused by the steamer washed over
the boat, filled it with water, and it immediately
sunk. They were all immersed in the stream, but
fortunately two of them were good swimmers, and
contrived to support the others until assistance ar-
rived, when they were picked up, and conveyed
ashore in a most exhausted state. They had since
applied at the steam-packet office, where they saw
the Captain, but could obtain neither apology nor
recompense for the injury, further than he was sorry
for it.

Mr. BRODERIP inquired if the steamer was stopped
after the boat swamped, and at what rate she was
going.
Mr. Leonard said the steam-vessel was not stopped,
and that she was proceeding at the rate of at least
ten miles an hour. But for the prompt interference
of the watermen they must have been all drowned.
Mr. BRODERIP said the little regard paid to the
lives of persons by the captains of steam-vessels was
shameful, and if they were not more cautious, lives
would be lost ; and the dangerous speed of the
steamers would not be abated, until the master of
one of them was either hanged for murder, or
transported for manslaughter. This would inevi-
tably be the case if they were so recklesq. He
should certainly grant a summons against the cap-
tain of the Glasgow for proceeding at a greater rate
of speed than five miles an hour, between London-
bridge and Limehouse-reach.

Mr. Symons, the chief-clerk, here intimated, that
the clause imposing the penalty for going beyond
the legal speed was one of the by-laws of the wa
termen's act, and only applicable to wateronen or
freemen of the Watermen's Company. The captain
of the Glasgow was not a waterman, and could not
be proceeded against under the watermen's act.

Mr. BRODERIP said Mr. Symons was quite right,
and after observing that the law was very defective
on the subject, granted a peace warrant against the
captain for endangering the lives of the applicant
and his friends, and putting them in bodily fear.
Mr. J. E. Cutler, the beadle of the Waternien',,
Company, then applied for summonses against John
Jenkins Large and Henry Sergeant, captains of the
Hero and Brilliant, Gravesend steam-vessels, for
navigating their vessels at a greater rate or speed