The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-16 00:00:00

POOLE.

J. S. GRAVES and A. HAYWARD, Esqs., held their Court
for the revision of the lists of voters for this borough on
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last. The re-
sult, compared with the old register, is as follows :
Conservative increase 65
Ditto loss 2O
—45
Radical increase
Ditto loss 27

8
Majority for the Conservatives
At the late contests for this borough the Conservative
candidates were defeated only by a small majority, but b 7
this increase of strength little doubt can exist of their suc-
cess, should an opposition be attempted.

at an end; Mr. Kemp hiniSeif Undertook to get an instal-
thent of v4iat he had lost: An elderly Mari called at his
'tense eri the first of October; and asked hitt hoot much be
was willing to gi4rj tohabe his pocket-hook returned with
all its contents. fie inittiediatels, offered 10/. The stran-
ger ARNO that 101. was too small a totheriission, and said
that those through whose instrumentality the swag could
be get back eontidared themselves entiil,A to 20/. After
several inteniews it Was agreed thAt the diffaiAnt.‘; should
be split, anti 146, 14iittip cOnsetited td hark! otrer ilfteett sia-
vereigu;' on receiving the prortly of lticli he had been
Had; the stranger said that Mr. kettfp iirttst; if he
wished for the festittifidn of his money, do more than iyiey-
mise—he must pay down the g•dld a* (nice and trust to the
WWI of the person whom he talked with/ and that the
pocket hook should be restored either on that of the suc-
eeeding day at farthest. Mt Remy, having been informed
that heptiiators in this line acted naafi* with what is called
amongst the 610,a and housebreakers " high honour," paid
down the money without the least hesitation. fla had for
his authority upon the occasion the testimony of several
parties who had paid the reward first, ankl received the
whole of the stolen property afterwards. On the fol-
lowing evening, at half-past seven o'clock a stranger called
at his house, and told him that a gentleman was desirous
to see him at the Ship, in Talbot-court, on important busi-
ness. A few minutes afterwards lie went out in the direc-
tion of Talbot-court; at the corner of which a man met
and accosted him, saying. " Your name, I believe, is
Kemp ?" " Yes," said Mr. Kemp. " That parcel, Sir,
is for you," said the stranger, handing to him something
wrapped up in a piece of a newspaper, and walked away.
It was the pocket-book with the two 101. and three .5/.
country notes, and all the memoranda, as if it had never
been opened since he had lost it, His gold pin, which he
did not suppose he had lost at all, was amongst the contents.

MAItYLEB ONE.
Yesterday a tall, middle-aged man who gave his name
James Harris, and described himself as a servant out of
place, was brought up in custody, and placed at the bar
before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. HOSKINS, charged with
begging, and also with desperately assaulting William Hors-
ford, an officer in the, employ of the Mendicity Society.
•• Horsford, on the previous evening, about nine o'clock,
as he was walking along Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square,
saw the prisoner go up to several persons and distinctly
heard him solicit alms. He (Horsford) followed him, and
observing him to enter a shop in Marylebone-lane, where
he also begged, awaited his egress, and charged him with
the offence. The prisoner at this appeared very indignant,
and by his noisy and abusive conduct caused a considerable
mob to assemble. He was then told that he must go to
the station-house, when he resolutely resisted, and defied
any one to take him away. Witness, finding that the ma-
jority of the crowd were disposed to take the part of the
prisoner, drew from his pocket his staff, which, however,
he did not make use of, and was in the act of seizing him
by the collar, when a gentleman then in the office interfered,
and, pushing forward through the mob, told witness that
he was drunk, and that he was ill-using the prisoner ;
who, finding that he was thus backed by a person of re-
spectable appearance, became more determined than he
was before ; and—seizing hold of some iron railings,
said that " He'd be d---d if he'd stir a peg." Wit-
ness, with great difficulty, at length succeeded in convey-
ing him to the station-house, followed by the gentleman
in question, and, on the charge being made before the
inspector, he (the gentleman), seeing the prisoner about to
be searched, advised him not to submit to it, and if he (wit-
ness) persisted in it, to knock him down. The prisoner,
acting upon this recommendation, directly raised his fist,
and struck witness a tremendous. blow in the face, and an-
other on the back of the neck, which sent him reeling
against the wall. (Witness here exhibited his right eye,
which was much swollen, and concluded his evidence by
saying that he was perfectly sober when he took the pri-
soner into custody.)
Inspector Medlicoff, who took the charge, and policeman
Johnson,, D 62, who was on reserve duty at the station-
house, bore, testimony to the assault committed on Horsford
by the prisoner, who was urged to do it by the gentleman
before spoken of. They believed Horsford to be quite sober.
Mr. HosxlNs (to Horsford)—Where is the person who
interfered ? Horsford—Here he is (pointing to a seat in
the office).
Mr. HOSKINS—Then let him come forward.
A young man here stepped into the Witness-box, and gave
his name William Henry Leggatt, and stated that he was
clerk to Mr. Chitty, the Barrister, and resided at No. 24,
Wigmore-street. On the previous night, soon after nine
o'clock, he was returning home, when he saw a mob col-
lected at the corner of garylebone-lane, 'and in thirmidst of
it was the prisoner, collared by the first witness, from whom
several persons were trying to rescue him. Witness asked
Horsford what the man had done, and not receiving a satis-
factory answer, told him that he should get some assistance ;
in reply to which the former surlily replied that he should
not, and directly after took his staff, which he flourished over
the man's head. He was quite sure that Horsford, who
was very much excited, had been drinking, and that he was
not at all in a fit state to do his duty in a proper manner.
Witness desired the prisoner to go peaceably to the station-
house, which he did, at the same time declaring most em-
phatically that he had not begged of any one. At the sta-
tion-house Horsford reeled about, and said to the prisoner,
Now I shall search you," when witness told him that he
conceived such a course was unnecessary and uncalled for,
as the man was not charged with felony, and witness cer•
tainly added that if a person under similar circumstances
were to attempt to search him, he should feel himself fully
justified in knocking him down. Witness subsequently
questioned Horsford as to whom the prisoner had begged
of, but the only reply he could obtain was, " I know he's a
beggar, and I have done nothing more than my duty."
Witness concluded that he should not have mixed himself
up in the affair had he not considered that the prisoner was
ill-treated. _

Mitchell and Jones, officers of this establishment, met
Horsford at half-past nine o'clock, and that he was then
perfectly sober.
Mr. HosmNs, having listened patiently and attentively
to the whole of the evidence, told the prisoner he should
detain him until Saturday (to-morrow), in order to afford
time to obtain records of his previous convictions ; and,
then, addressing Mr. Leggatt, with great warmth, said:" I
am of opinion, Sir, that your interference in this case was
not.only impertinent and unjustifiable, but also of a very
mischievous tendency. I shall call upon you to find bail,
yourself in 401., and two sureties in 201. each, to answer
any charge which may be preferred against you at the Ses-
sions ; and I must say that I hope the Mendicity Society
will, for the protection of their servants, indict you.
Mr. Leggatt and the prisoner were then removed to the
lock-up room ; and, in the course of half an hour, the for-
mer, who was bailed by Mr. Maslin, coachmaker, of Wig-
more-street, was liberated.
Mr. Mivart, chief clerk in the begging-letter department
of the Society in question, said he had no doubt whatever
that Mr. Leggatt would be called on at the Sessions to
answer for his conduct. ''
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Q UEEN-SQ UA RE.
Mr. Robert Planner, a tradesman, was finally examined,
charged with having caused the death of Nicholas Ken-
weld, well-known on the Brixton-road as a carman for the
last twenty years.
There was no additional evidence forthcoming, and the
Magistrate committed him on the Coroner's warrant for
trial on the charge of manslaughter at the next session of
the Central Criminal Court.