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POLICE ffl TEL LI,GENCE. ,q,%,. ...
.G . HALL..--Martin:Aforqz, a low-legged, blear-
eyed, wee lreapbeiiteti, husky-yoiced, amplii,bious little hiped
—a sort of small salt-water .Calibau, encased iu.a nine,-
piled serge jacket and slops, made after no human *Mtern
or adineasurement, was charged with having been too drunk
to iake i:,'aiv of himself. " I found him, please your Wor-
-01:11; celled rill ill:4, sleep UpOn a dung
~1444 iii," said the
Constable, "in a :tabfe-Yard in our paillSt (St. Anne's, Black-
L friars), about six o'clock this tritithiug, With a great deal of
rummy about him, and its a thousand mercies he Was:nt
robb'd of it, for his papers were all sticking out of his jacket
pocket plain to be seen by any body. At first I poked
him with my cane"' (a very handsome one, with a parcel-
gilt head) " thinking he was only asleep, your Worship ;
bitc,l.ep?lld make ,9thipg of him in that way, and SO I
pulled hiiii UP, and srliitill lilfli d. blts cod then I found lie
was drunk—sleepy drunk ; and as he could glad mt.,,..
.account of himself or his money, I thought it best to tike
him and his .concerns into my charge. He seems to be a
sailor by his papers, for here's an order for. 20/. upon
Somerset.house—and no doubt lie is a sailor, for, by in-
quiry in the treighbottrhoed, I learned that after he had
heen asleep upon the dting mixen" (stable litter) ." all
night, he got up about four o'clock in the morning, and
li-etit into the next public-house where he called fora pipe
of 'bacca and a quatt of ale for his breakfast; so I have no
doubt he's a sailor. , . _ ..

" Very well, Mr. Potter, you have,, done i,ery
said. Sir PETER LAURIE—" and I dare say you are rigf:t
in your conjecture; but we will now hear what he las to
say for himself." Then addressing the salt-water Caliban,
he asked—" What are you my man?" " What am I?"
--:-tesptindeti the sea monster---,zwho stood with the top rail
of the bar clenched in his fore paws, and stating right-a-
head at the Alderman—" What am I? tired, I atn."

" What brought you into this condition?" "My eyes,
if I know ! but I wish I was out of ft.—Come—splice up,
and let's be off ;"—aud so saying he would have waddled
out of the bar if they would have; let
". Your Worship," said Mr. Potter, the . constable—
" he's been asleep ever since I took him, and I rather think
he's stupified—but I forgot to tell your Worship that when
I found him there was a 'great rough dog, with a chain
bolt tied to his neck, fast asleep by the side of him; and
when I asked him abOot the dog, he told me he had bought
it to go a hunting with !"
" Come—let's be off out of this !" cried Caliban im-
patiently ; at the same time turning ouce mere to leave
the bar. No—T can't let . you go yet ;—you're not
sober," said the Alderman.
" Not sober !—avast there ! I'm sober enough—a
eight too sober !" replied Caliban.
" You are drunk, I tell you, Sir ; and I shall remand
you till to-morrow ;—take him back to the, Compter."
" Loan love you—don't lock me up— the bilboes!
—don't lock me up, my hearty."
" It is for your own good," said Sir PETER LAURIE.
Well I know that, old gentleman, but don't lock me
up;— don't lock me up, whatever you do. I

hates to he lock'd op."
He was locked np, however ; and yesterday he was again
placed at the bar quite cool and comfortable ; when; with
a pod deal of questioning, he stated that he had been three
yeais and ten months on board the Cambrian, and she being
wrecked upon one of the Greek Islands, he and his mess
mates " left her bones behind," and came home to Ply-
mouth in the Rattlesnake. Atrlyinouth he received 131.
in cash on account of his wages, and the order for
.20/. upon
the Nair), office above-mentioned. Ten pounds out of the
thirteen he spent in. Plymouth, and then came up to
London with some of bis messmates, where he got so drunk
that they left him alone in his glory upon the " dung
mixen," where he was found by Mr. Potter, the constable,
as aforesaid. He stated further that lie had two objects
in cc, ming up to London, viz.--to receive his money at
Somerset House, and to buy a pair of bagpipes ; and that
ht meant to stop in London till he could " handle the pipes
pretty bobbish," and then he should " be off again somewhere
or other." •
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'This being the case he was discharged, and Mr. Potter,
the constable—himself an old sailor of thirty-two years
practice—undertook to attend to his interests during his
stay in town. • '
• Mr. Mansell, a barrister in the Temple, appeared before
Mr. Alderman C. SMITH and Sir PETER LAURIE yester-
day, to show cause why he should not be adjudged the
lather of an illegitimate child, now chargeable to the parish
of St. 3E6;101-le-Quern, Cheapside.
Mary Hall, a genteel young female, having pointed out
the defendant as the father of her child; which was born
on the 4th of April Ind, Mr. Daily, a solicitor, announced,
that he had seven witnesses to produce to disprove this as-
*talon. •
-Sir Pstvrit"tialied the girl whether she had ever been ac-
quainted with other men than Mr. Mansell.
"i. That is the father of my child, Sir," replied Mary,
in a firm tone, and again pointing Min out in the crowd.
Sir' PETER remarked ironically, that this was an excel-
lent answer, and desired her to state how she became ac-
quainted with him.
-She'said- she was introduced to him by his kept mistress,
And a very mean advantage was taken of her when ,she
could not protect herself.
" Was the lady aware of Mr. Mansell's intentions ?" in-
quired the Alderman..
" Perfectly.aware," replied the girl. ." I visited her by
invitation, and she had written a note to me to go to her a
month before."

The ALDERMAN wished to hear all the particulars

The girl said she was getting her living by working with
her needle, in Oxtbrd:street, at the time she was introduced
to Mr. .Mansell. One Saturday evening in July she called
upon Mrs: Berkeley, in Upper Harriet-street, Lambeth,
and was taken by her to the gentleman's chambers in the
Temple, and after she had been made perfectly intoxicated
with brandy and water and port, Mrs. Berkeley put her to
bed, and in the course of the night she discovered she had
a bedfelloW.

Sir PETER inquired whether this led to an interruption
of the friendship between Mr. ➢Mansell and Mrs. Berkeley.
The girl said it did, but be occasionally paid her a visit
afterwards.

Mr. Alderman C. Smil we inquired whether Mrs. Ber-
keley had disclosed her object before she took her to the
Temple ?
The girl said she had not.
Sir P. LAURIE said, if her statement was true, she was
much to be pitied, and Mr. Mansell was the worst man he
had seen in that room for some time.

Mr. Daily, the defendant's solicitor, said, bis witnesses
would establish that the girl had repeatedly told other per-
sons that a Mr. Underhill was the father of her child, and
that she had lived with this Mr. Underhill as man and wife
for some time before and after her intimacy with his client,
which began at too late a period last year to allow of his
being really the father.
Mr. Alderman C. StarrH said, this would not amount
to any thing. The defendant admitted an intimacy, and
if the girl was positive he was the father, the Magistrates
were bound to take her oath. Nothing could relieve him
from the burden but proof that the intercourse could not
by any possibility have occurred.
Mr. Daily could not adduce this negative proof.
In answer to questions from this gentleman, the girl
said her first intimacy with Mr. Mansell did not occur at
Mrs. Berkeley's house, in Hercules-buildings, Lambeth.—
The defendant had promised to give her money to assist
her during her confinement.
Sir P. Launie was ready to hear evidence that she was
living with Mr. Underhill. The testimony upon this
might have weight with him.
Alderman Smyrn thought it useless to hear wit-
nesses but being unable to instil his ideas of the proper
course into Sir Peter's mind, and being anxious to set off
instantly to the House of Commons, be said the case must
stande f overhis
till next week, and hastily took his leave.
Mr. Daily
regretted this sudden interruption, because
m
witnesses were brought at great inconvenience
from Ham
some
o
Sir PErEn had no power to act singly upon such ques-
jth.
had to say ; and it might lead to the
ques-
tions ; but if both parties consented, he was willing to hear
what the
abandoning of the opposition on the part of Mr. Mansell,
application on that of the parish.
or of the
/qrs. Berkeley, a dashing-looking female, was first called.
he admitted the intitnacy between herself and Mr. Man-
sell. nary was first introduced to her by Mr. Hill, or
witnesses e is u
Underhill, a musician, and she represented that she had
been privately married to him. She passed by the name
of Mrs. Hill- On the 12th of August, she took Mrs. Hill
with her to the chambers in the Temple. Witness had
been commissioned by Mr. Mansell to purchase some linen,
and went to receive the money. This was at ten o'clock
in the morning. An intimacy between Mrs. Hill and Mr.
Mansell ensued, and witness discarded bins.
sir PETER. expressed a doubt whether she had not pro-
moted this intimacy.
Mrs. Berkeley denied it with great earnestness. It was
not likely that she would do so with a man whom she
loved beyond the world.
Sir PErs:x did not doubt that she was quite delighted
at the meeting this opportunity had afforded her, isut did
not altogether like this public avowal of her admiration.
She might have reserved that for another place.
" I never wish to see him again," exclaimed Mr,. Ber-
keley most scornfully, " 1 have done with him, since he
does not know how to value my affection."
Mary Hall declared that she had no interview with Mr.

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UK from the 32 of June (w sea lee went upon his profes-
aloaal duties to Brighton or Margate) until the latter end
of ptemher. What Mrs. Berkeley had described as oc-
currung.in August really happened in May.
.A woman, who formerly kept the house, No. 3,.Upper '
Harriet-street, stated that she warned Mrs. Berkeley out
of her 'louse, on account of suffering improprieties to take
place between Mr. Hill and'this girl in her apnetments, at
the latter end of June or beginning of July.
lary Hall said it was the latter end of May, instead of
June, when this happened. 'the last witness kept a house
of accommodation.
A woman, aged 76, named Asquith, said she lived with
Mrs. Berkeliy, as amuse, during last summer. She be-
came acquainted %vial' !Yea at a boarding-school at Pad.
dington-green, 20 years ago, aiid lee' leer married to a Mr.
Macrae, a very nice gentleman, at Maryletoate church, the
second week after it was opened. Mary had told lit.t she
was with child by Mr. Hill as often as she had fingers and
toes, Batt tr.t last she told her she had found a better father
than him for het thlid. She had read two letters for
Mary from Mr. Hill. The first spoke of sending her to
an hospital to he in ; the second that lie would come to
town in ten days, and make some arrangement for her.
.Mary Hall denied that she had received any letters of
the hind, and asserted that the last witness was Mts.
Berkeley's mother,. but being now in Marylebone work-
house she was ashamed to acknowledge her; but when
the old woman quitted her service, lira.
,Berkeley cried
bitterly..
The old woman laughed at this, and remarked that she
must trice borne children extraordinarily late to be the
mother of lilts. Berkeley.
Mr. Rally asked Mary Hall whether she did not know.
that Mr. Hill came from the country to London every
Saturday, and returned on Monday. After the question
had been twice repeated, she answered indirectly that. she
had nut seen Mr. Hill between the 3d of June and
September.
Mr. Daily said he had other witnesses to show she had
told them Hill was the father of her child.
Sir Prran LAURIE thought this would not he of ser-
vice. The law was perhaps wrung in giving so much
latitude to the woman's oath. He had some experience
in these cases, and remembered one where a clergyman
produced similar evidence as to the girl having alleged
other persons to be the father, and he himself solemnly
denied having had any intimacy. Therefore this was a
stronger case, and he contested it twice before the Magis-
trates, and again at the Sessions ; yet he failed, was covered
with disgrace, and ruined ; but perhaps it was not so easy
to ruin a lawyer. He thought Mr. Mansell had better
suffer the incumbrance to be thrown on him; many men
had to support children of which they were not the fathers.
This, however, was merely matter of advice, and if Mr.
Mansell preferred it, he would attend on a future day to go
into his evidence.
Mr. Mansell consulted with:his solicitor, and finally the
hearing was adjourned.
BOW-STREET.—Yesterday George Hill, the driver
of the chariot, No. 601, was brought before Mr. MlN-
mum., charged with having assaulted Cole and Ebbeson,
two of the patrol; and also with having, through negli-
gence, driven against . and knocked down a lady, named
Wilson; as she was crossing Piccadilly on Monday morn-
ing, at which time the assault was committed on the patrol.
The patrol deposed that they saw the prisoner drive
against Mrs. Wilson, who was thrown down ; and as the
prisoner, instead of pulling up, attempted to drive on fas-
ter, they seized the reins, and forced him to stop. It was
whilst they were so doing that he committed the assault by
whipping them. He was very much intoxicated, mid
abused them in the most disgusting and horrible manner.
Mrs. Wilson did not wish to punish the prisoner any
further, as she had sustained no serious injury, although
she was very much bruised, and a silk dress, which she
wore at the time, was completely spoiled.
Mr. MINSPIULL would not press the lady to proceed
against her inclination ; but he ordered the prisoner to find
ail for the two assaults on the Patrol:.
Theptisoner had no bail ready, and he was locked up.
Anetherlackneya.coachman; the driver of No. 886, was
summoned for using abusive language to, and taking more
than his legal fare from, three young ladies, who appeared
with their friends to prefer the charge. •
It appeared front the young ladies' statement that they'
took the defendant's coach from Jermyn-street to St.
James's Palace, a distance of little more than a quarter of a
mile ; and that when he set them down, he behaved with
great insolence, and demanded eighteen-pence as his fire.
They demurred to the payment of this impudent demand,
knowing the fare to be but one shilling, when the defend-
ant became so outrageous in his conduct, that a crowd was
speedily collected, to the very great annoyance and alarm
of the young ladies. A gentleman who interfered with
the defendant was grossly abused by him, and called
." spooney," " rascal," " Jerry," and many other more
opprobious names.
Mr. -MlNsituu, would have fined the defendant twenty
shillings, but the yOung ladies were as forgiving as the
lady in the other case; and, in consequence of their inter-
cession, the Worthy Magistrate reduced the fine to ten
shillings ; which, together with the units (4s. fid.), were
paid by the defendant's master, and be was discharged.
• A gentleman in the course of the morning waited upon
Sir R. Brame, and drawing his attention to the case of
Charlotte Dunn, the woman of colour who was last week
charged with creating a disturbanCe at the office of Messrs.
Cox and Greenwood, the army-agents, Charing-cross, said
he was convinced that the claim which the young woman
headset up must be, in some degree, founded in truth, as be
felt assured she was quite incapable of asserting a delibe-
rate falsehood. The young woman, he said, had lived for
several years as servant with his daughter at Kensington,
and a more honest girl did not exist. Whatever right,
therefore, she might have to the legacy which she claimed
under the will of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Gore, he (the
applicant) felt assured that she firmly believed herself enti-
tled to it. lie was satisfied upon this point, that he would
willingly undergo any trouble to come at a knowledge of
the fact opnn which leer statement rested.
Sir Itictrann Buueix told the gentleman, that in conse-
quence of the young woman's statement on a former day,
he had been waited upon by Admiral Sir John Gore, the
elder brother of Colonel Arthur Gore, and.asstired by him
that there was no foundation whatever for the girl's claim.
The Admiral laid, moreover, that his brother had never
been is America in his life, although she stated that he
had originally brought her from that country to England,
and at the very time she alleged she was living in his ser-
vice in this 'country, Colonel Gore was in India with the
33d Regiment, of which he had the command. The Co-
lonel was subsequently killed at Bergen-op-Zoom, and be-
ing a younger brother, left no property whatever behind
him, except his personal effects. Under these circum-
stances, the probability was, that the young woman had
mistaken the name of Gore for Gower, or some such name.
The gentleman said, that that could hardly be, as she
di,tinctly said, that the person who brought her from Ame-
rica was Lieut.- Col. Arthur Gore, a name which she could
hardly mispronounce. lie added, that the whole affair
that
ap-
peared involved in mystery, and repeated his conviction that
she the
nu
whateverentitleci tot° thei legacy m Ps•ge' butacy which
she claimed. For his own part he had such a high wei.,
. figirliy hadbei no
believed
intention
herself
nion of her honesty, that be would willingly trust
her
with uncounted gold.
The Mat:am:ATE asked the applicant, if the young Nvo_
ise,tidcheya alwaysgdreetpite:a: t
ria,toldsai
said
that for his part he had heal dh e Smile story as that which e had
no-
thingrart
of a legacy until very lately ; but he had always un-
derstood that she had been brought to England in the way
she hail described. There was one fact, however, which
sou
d‘auhgohtebrro lurag(ll, fromtleahrenredlitm
her, namely, that the per-
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America
took Ow name of
Grant on his arrival in England.
After sonic further conversation, it was agreed, at the
suggestion of :gr. HALLS, that as soon as the girl should
be liberated, her friends should endeavour to pacify
her by
writing to America to inquire into the truth of her state-
ment.y The time which would elapse before an answer
could arrive, would in. all probability ally her excited
'feelings, and prepare her for the di,appnintment which no
doubt awaited her.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—lnformation was yes-
terday given at this office of the following daring robbery,
committed in open day in the public street. It appears
that Lady Sullivan, the lady of Sir Charles Sullivan, who
is at present in the Mediterranean, went on Monday to at-
tend a morning concert at the Argyll rooms, and on alight-
ing from her carriage, which she left to wait, under charge
of her footman and coachman, she placed in it her velvet
reticule, containing a gold watch, engine-turned, with
gold dial, and the initials I.A.T. ; maker's name Barclay',
No. 1536 ; together with a blue pocket-book, in which
were several letters and other papers, some keys, and a
gold pencil case; all of which, on her return, she disco-
vered some thief had contrived to open the carriage our
and carry off during her absence.
UNION-HALL.—A hard-working mechanic
wife were placed at the bar, charged with disordrtly eon-
duct on the preceding night, and with having asS, i.
till five
and his
watchmen.
The defendant, from his appearance, seemed to !,,eve suf-
fered much more in the conflict than those who c. ,aph,ined
against him, his head and face being mettle cut awl bruised,
and his clothes torn.
On the case being called, the five watchmen r i:sed fur-

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ware., rad all began to tslls at tha same time untllstzppaa yy
the Magistrate, when at length one of them oo:nmenced
the charge. He said that on the preceding night, while, on.
duty in Blackfriars-road, he observed six or seven persons
standing together at ,the corner of the New-cut, talking
very loud. He went up to. them, and when be desired them
to " move on," the defendant and his wife, who were-
of the patty, refused, declaring they should stop there as-
' long as they pleased in spite of all the " Charleys its the-
road.'"fhey continued, be asserted, to abuse , hins,..auct
when he threatened to tuke them to the watch-house, they
man defied him,, until at length be (the watchman) pro—
ceeded to take bins by the cellar in order to shovelim for .
wards, when the defendant gave hitn a blow, lie described,,
with such force ,that was enough to knock down an ox.
He then sprung his rattle, and as each of the fetT other
Watchmen came up to /zis assistance, the defendant treated.
hint in -a similar manner. By their united exertions, how—
ever, they at length got the defendant to the watch-house,
every inch of the way having been disputed loth 4 hizt
and his wife,

_The other foot tvatchinen confirmed the above account..

The defendant, whom we have already described to have,
been severely treated, declared, that as gross and. unwar-
rantable an attack had been made on him as possibly could
be. Ile was merely taking leave of a feiv friends with
whom he and his wife had supped, when the wsitehman
ia—
terlered, desiring them to " dispense," as if .they were-
thieves; he was told that they were all friend.* ~aad that,
they should proceed-to their respective house. its a few
minutes : the watchman, however, inuasediatelrseized bias
by the collar, and commenced dragging him along, ath
then, and not until then, did lie snake any resistance. In-
dignant at such treatment, he endeavoured to extricate,
himself from the grasp, ?Ton which he was knocked down,.
and shamefully treated by four or five other watchmen,
' who came up at the time.
The defendant's wife said, that while her husband was
lying on the ground in a fit, produced by ill-treatment, the
watchmen struck at him with their sticks.

The watchman, however, denied the assertion ; upon
which a foreign gentleman, who happened to be passing
when the fracas took place, stepped forward, and told the
Illagistrate, that never in the course of his life did he wit-
ness such gross and scandalous behaviour as was evinced by
one of the watchmen, named Asketh, towards the defend-
ant. Having witnessed some part of the disturbance, the
gentleman stated that he bad the curiosity to proceed witk
the parties to Christchurch watch-house. On hin entrance,
the defendant,who certainly shewed every disposition to re-,
sist, was handcuffed, upon which he was thrown on the
ground, and while in that state,perfectly helpless, the watch—
man (Asketh),who had a large stick in his hand, struck hint.
several blows with it with great force across the head and
thighs. The gentleman added, that he was shocked on wit-
nessing such brutality, and, however riotously inclined the
defendant might have been previously, still it less cruelty
in the extreme to strike at him while he was lying extended
along the gremnd, rendered as helpless as a child.
The MAGIStRATE Could not help expressing great indig-
nation when he heard the circumstances related by the
gentleman, and observed that he should hold Asketh to
bail, and discharge the defendant and his wife, whoM he
advised strongly to prosecute the watchman at the Sessions.
The gentleman whose evidence was so essential to the
case stated, that he was under the necessity of leaving Eng-
land immediately, otherwise he should certainly attend at
the Sessions.

The MA cis ILA TE observed, that as the material witness
was obliged to leave town, the better way would..be to re-
present the watchman's conduct to the Commissioner",
who would doubtless act with him as his conduct merited.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ROLLS COURT, MAY 20.

Lora) LYNDILLJPST V. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

Mr. Coz appeared in this case, which excited sorne-
curiosity as to its nature, when the names of the eminent
individuals, parties to it, were called. It appears that in:
1807, an Act was passed, by which certain property
belonging to the See of Canterbury was vested in the
Lord Chancellor fer the time being, and other trustees
named in the Act, to be sold fur the purposes specified.
therein ; one portion was to go to the Archbishop or hie
executors, and a similar portion to his successor, the
present Archbishop of Canterbury, in lieu of his right of
renewal of the leases of the lands to be sold. The late
Lord Chancellor filed a bill in this Conn as principal trus—
tee, and in consequence a large portion of the, lands had
been disposed of, and the produce appropriated •according
to the trust. One of the purchasers, named Hill, since
become au insolvent, bad paid a deposit of 3401., which
was subsequently declared forfeit ; and one of the question,
raised was to whom this deposit should be given, and if
divided, in mina proportions. There was a further prsycr
in the petition, that it be referred to the Master to tax ail
the costs in the case, and report whether any of the lots
remaining unsold should know disposed of.
The Mama. or TIIK Row saw no objection to the
order as prayed, an appearance having been made of
counsel for the other parties interested, and their consent
being given to the order. ,
This was a general petition day, and there were 116
causes entered on the•paper, of which his Honour got
through not less than b 6. ,41-c I,st

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COURT OF' KING'S BENCH, MAt 20.
VANDgRPLANIC AND ANOTHER V. MILLER. AND OtREES.
ThiS was an ~action to recover the value of a quantity of
iron ballast and ether articles put on board a boat called
the LOgisa,which had been run down on the river Thames
by a vessel of the defendants called • the Robert and Ann.
The case went to the Jury, uuder the directions of Lord Ten-
terden, and the found for the plaintiffs—Damages 151.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.

MONDAY, May 19.—High Water 34 minutes past two.
E.S.E.—Arrived Neptunus, Bakker, from Rot-
terdam, with bark.
CLEARED OUTWARDS.—Scipio, Petre, for Sincapore
and Penang ; Lord Exmouth, Kerr, for Pernau ; Keith
Stewart, Hanan, for ditto ; Armata, Harvey, for Balti-
Wright, for Quebec; Nadir, Patsy, fat
Newfoundland.
Telegraph Office, May 19.
Wind at Holyhead S.E. blowing fresh—nothing to re-
port. One schooner off Point Lynes, inward bound ; No. 4
bzroadr Balti-
more
; r ; B
Garland,lan dfd Coleman, for Newfoundland and 14,-
pilot-boat off. One brig, 1 snow, eff.
At 5 30.—Wind at Holyhead E. S.E. blowing fresh.—
The vessels that bailed this day were west of the floating
light at 3 45. Three brigs off Holyhead, inward bound,
at 6 p.m.