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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SELLING NEWSPAPERS IN TIIE STREETS.—Joseph
Smith, a young man, son of Mr. Joseph Smith, wholesale
newsagent, of High-street, Bloomsbury, was charged be-
fors Mr. Bingham with causing an obstruction at the
Oxford-street end of the Tottenham-court-road, by selling
papers.

Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the accused.

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Austin, 318 A, said at five the previous evening he saw
the prisoner selling newspapers at the corner of the Totten-
ham-court-road, Oxford-street end, which he was in the
habit of doing. He was a sort of superintendent of boys
selling newspapers to the passers-by. The prisoner stood
on the footway, and ran after people very much, annoying
them by tlu listing his papers in their faces. He requested
him to go away, and he called him a" - thief." Ho had
had many complaints from passers -by. _

By Mr. Lewis—Plisener caused a crowd of people to as-
semble by calling him a " ---- thief." Several persons
cried " shame." The prisoner was not in the middle of tho
road. Never touched the father. The father did not
threaten to report him.

Mr. Lewis said he did not think he should have to meet
the chargo of improper language, which had evidently
been trumped up by the constable ; and it was only by the
clerk pressing the constable as to the obstruction that he
got from him the words. He would call witnesses, who
would prove the words were never made use of by the ac-
cused. The accused was only charged with obstruction,
and not with using improper words. The father was a
respectable man, and had long dealt in newspapers.
The constable said he had orders that, if they would
push their papers into peoples' faces, to take the biggest
into custody.
Inspector Potters slid that, owing to the obstruction by
the omnibuses, shoeblacks, &c., they were ordered to keep
tho place clear.

Mr. Smith, tho father of the accused, said, while speaking
to his son, the constable came up and pushed him off the
pavement. Ho told him he thought ho was exceeding his
duty, and had better look after thieves, instead of respect-
able persons. His son was not selling papers, and had at
tho time only one old one under his arm.
By Mr. Lewis—He was not offering them to passers-by.
Had told him not to let the boys stand about as the con-
stable was a disagreeable fellow. His son walked across the
road, and a cab got between them, and on the cab passing
ho found his son in custody, and on his asking the constable
the charge, he told him to mind his own business or he
would take him too. Ha never heard his son make use of
such an expression as that imputed to him. Ho was only
three yards off at the time, and must have heard him.
Mr. Augustus Owersham, a proctor, residing at Osna-
burg-terrace, Regent's-park, said he was passing at the
time the boy was taken into custody, and he considered the
whole obstruction was caused by the conduct of the con-
stable, who spoke to the lad's father as if he was addressing
a dog. He did not hear any one cry out " Shame."
never heard the accused make use of the words, "a --
thief," and had only come forward as a duty.
Mr. Bingham said he should only do now what he should
have done had ho not heard the witnesses. Every day he
observed that passengers were much importuned by these
boys, even when they got into omnibuses. The accused
might sell his papers—it was quite lawful for him to do so,
but not to inconvenience passengers. A person had no
right to obstruct the pavement in carrying on any business
whatever it was, selling papers or betting. As to the con-
stable's conduct, he had had orders to keep the pave-
ment clear, and perhaps his manners wore not altogether
those of the drawing-room, and it was possible his beha-
viour was not so gentle as it might have been. He should
discharge the accused, but he must be careful not to cause
any obstruction.

The Duke de Montpensier has requested the
Queen of Spain to allow him to take service in the expedi-
tion against the Moors ; but her Majesty, in flattqing terms,
had declined for the peesent. Nevertheless, says the Cos,-
respondancia.,,the duke entertained hopes that the Queen
will consent, "iiiiaS accordingly making preparations for
departure. Generill Forcadell, who held a command under
Don Carlos in the civil war, had also offered to serve against
Morocco.

" M. Empis," says Galignani," retires from the
direction of the Theatre Fran9ais, being called, it is an-
nounced, to superior functions, having raised the theatre
by his enlightened management to a height of prosperity
greater than had been known fur a long series of years.
The gentleman appointed to succeed him, Mr. E. Thierry,
has long been known to the public as one of the most
9f 9W dramatic critics.