The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-08 00:00:00

SECOND Of itiN VESTRY MEETING OF
ST. P,A COVENT •GARDEN.

Is,t 10 o'elr Ac -this morning the parishioners of
this parish a' arerribled in the aisle of the parish-
church for ti ast tpurpose of electing a vestry clerk,
and other pie itt:Atial officers.
Mr. Dow liiras called to the chair.
Mr. Row the late (Select) Vestry Clerk, was
put in non irration by Mr. Field, and Mr. Corder was
proposed '
key Mr. Walker as the repre-sentative of the
opposite 'party.
Mr.
SAYA/3R then proceed,Jd to address the
meetin fr at serygreat lengths 'and commented upon
the ' the P 1 ,wlligate expenditure of the parish money by
cr". elect 'Vestry. He
'4 'the parish book, instanced several items
Which charged for clothing
Purchased for the paw pers, a price 40 per cent.
abov-e•. the fair tray'
ping price at which such
artic/es could be r archased. He also comment-
-4
*., riery humorote
,iy, upon the sort of enter-
. Ancients, at wi,',ich the Select had been in the
*dint of induly,no at the parish expence. He
"included by exhorting the parishioners to come
troctward and vote for Mr. Corder, whom he had
proposed, a order to do away with a system so op-
i'Pressive. -as the present, by which the parish was
'forced 'To defray such an exorbitant expenditure
s that to which he had alluded.
Mr- CORDER also addressed the meeting at some
leggy and contributed his share of the expose, in
~'-*v.cular allusion to the Rose water repast.
',Afr. CRIBB, one of the select, admitted that al.
perhaps they had paid an exorbitant price,
et the money expended had been laid out among
the parishioners themselves. So much for the ge-
neral charge of extravagant expenditure. With
respect to the particular charge of the dinner, he
was willing to admit that the charges for that were
such as ought not to be borne by the parishioners,
and he should propose that each person present at
it should contribute his quota towards the expence.
This produced some very pertinent remarks from
+e anti-select, and roars of laughter from all, in
's4sich Mr. Cribb seemed heartily to join.
A show of hands was then called for, audit being
in favour of Mr. Roach, a poll was demanded, which
was proceeding when we left the meeting.

POLICE kNTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
Maria Torr was charged by her husband, who is a
Reaow-founder, residing at the sign of the Castle, Castle-
s"tr"t, Holborn, with being excessively drunk, and annoy-
'ng him and his children. The prisoner had been separated
from him for some years; he allowed her 7s. a week, which
4,1 been regularly paid, but she was, when drunk,
continually annoying him, and he hoped the Magistrate
would effectually put a stop to it, fur the lives of himself
and children were in danger.
The prisoner in her defence said, her husband had turned
her out of doors, and sold the furniture ; that he received
301. a year from a freehold estate of his in Warwickskire,
"4 other sums, and that she ought to be allowed more
thul a paltry 7s. a week.
The husband positively denied all this, and the prisoner
was discharged upon promising not to annoy her husband ;
"4 speared very thankful to get off. Upon being taken
awa7, she requested the Magistrate to make her husband
~ncte partial to her.
This the ALnva7.l.o:, with a laugh, at the novelty of
th, application, expressed his inability to do.
The ALDERMAN said he intended to sit to-morrow anti
Thilirsday, at II o'clock, and at one o'clock, on Friday.

ASSIZES.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY )

'WESTERN CIRCUIT.-TAUNTON, APRIL 7.

Joieph Organ and John Belcher were indicted for
stealing a mare at Priddy fair, the 21st August last.
t, Robert Colborn examined by Mr. PAIN—I am a
°Aacksmith, and was at Priddy fair on the 21st of
August, 1827, to sell aliorse ; I changed it away
tor a mare with the prisoner Joseph Organ ; both
"ere there; the other prisoner was servant to
Organ; Organ told me he was his servant; he was
exttside the door when the exchange was made.--
Organ directed Belcher to put the tackling off my
'horse on the mare which I was to have in exchange.
We then went in to have some beer together; the
horse I was to have was a little brown mare, 13
hinds high ; while we were drinking I saw several
Persons go in and out to Organ; I got up to go
out, when Organ, and another man I do not know,
got hold of me by the coat, and held me down ; in
%bout a quarter of an hour I got out, and found both
the mare and my horse gone ; Belcher was gone
4,60. I immediately gave information to Organ, and
he said perhaps they had gone down the fair for
fun. I saw the mare four days after at Bristol; I
had the two prisoners then in custody ; this was on
market-day at Bristol ; it is the same mare that I
boughtt at the fair; I gave 2/. 2s. 6d. to boot in ex-
change for the mare.
Cross-examined by Mr. EARLE—Organ went out
with me to look for the mare; we could not find it,
and returned and had some more beer. I cannot
swear I did not set drinking with him two hours.
I offered to Organ to set him at liberty if he would
!en me where the mare was, but he did not do it.
I do not know Mr. Vines.
Re-examined—lt might be two hours I was
drinking altogether, but not after the exchange.
John Pickering examined by Mr. PAIN—I live
about a mile and half from Bristol ; I know the
mare in question ; saw it on the 22d August last ;
telcher brought it to me to put out to grass ; he
said it belonged to a man at Sodbury ; the horse
was fetched away the next day by two officers.
James Huggins examined.--I am a constable; I
remember seeing the prisoners on the 23d August
/aft- Myself and another constable who is now dead
took them into custody; we took them to the ma-
Eiktrate's clerk. Before we got there I asked
Belcher if he knew any thing about a little brown
'pare that was brought from Priddy, he said that
he had brought a mare from Priddy fair at night,
and had put it into Pickering's field for a person
whom he was to see at Stapleton on that day ;
Organ was at this time in custody. I went to
Pickering's and found the mare. We all went to
OAR magistrates; Colborn described the marks in
the mare, and the prisoners were afterwards com-
mitted.
Cross-examined by Mr. ROGERS.—Belcher told
tke where the mare was, and for whom he took it
to Pickering's field.
, Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE was of opinion that,
't did not appear, from the evidence adduced, to him
that Belcher was aware that the horse had been
°hanged, or that Organ had any thing to do with
the taking of the mar© away, or that the possession
the mare was in the prosecutor.
The Jury being of a different opinion to his Lord-
It, the prosecutor was again called, and he depo-
Zd that the mare had his tackling put on her, and he
yd tied her up to the booth, where she was left.
rho
EARLE for the defence, called Wm. Vines,
'ao deposed to having seen Colborn since the com-
kttal of the prisoners, and he (Colborn) said, that if
Logan would give him fifty pounds to clear tha
jed and another fifty pounds, he would feign
itirl.sB, and would be under the doctor's hands for
to Weeks before the trial, and would get the doctor
him a certificate.
tll, ill! prosecutor denied having said any thing of
false "id, and that all the witness had sworn was
Jo' i.„4r. Justice LITTLRDALE summed up, and the
4' found both prisoners " Guilty." Judgment of
4
"'recorded.

effi,;4llTY, the wretched man, who filled the
litie;;(4 executioner, for this county, died about a month
fire Y
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cited ;,./Igarded, by the natives, and the admiration it ex-
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