The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-27 00:00:00

POIAGE INTELLIGENCE.

m A NSION'-fIoUSE:
Wittli OF k4A ft RI IVGDON.. WIT 1K 0 I'. —Mr. maomati
Width:nun having Complained of the mis-representatious that
had appeared in the paper* respecting the state of Fleet-street,
presented a Report to the Lord Mayor,' whi:9l detailed the exs..
.riiinations.of the witnesses Who had attended the' Vestry the day
beliire. The Report also mention cd, that the enudition of Fleet-
street had been for P. long tithe progressively improving—ties,'
groups of thievei were not to be seen prOWlie abeet day and
night, and that robberies were far front being; re queue---that Old.;
lest females were not subject to insult there; that, in fact, the..
character of the Street would not sink in the cotripariaon with any
other equally populous thoroughfare in the City of London.—
The LORD MAvon was rejoieedto say that fleet-street had
benefltted greatly by the inquiry that had taken place, and that
not one of those evils, which had been represented as grievous,
and appeared to be most formidable, was any tenger to be ap-
prehended. Alderman iVaithrnan referred to the Vestry Report,
which contained the plein statements of the police and the In-
habitants, All of whom concurred in saying, that Fleet-street
was WI well superintended by the police, and as free from of-
fensivo ch!racters and houses us any populous street in the me-
teopolis.-111 r. Butterivorth suited, that he certainly considered
the Report at variance with the feet. lie had lived in Fleet-.
street for many }ears and he must declare that he had never
aeon that street in so years,
a condition as it had liven in
latterly. The public were certainty greatly indebted to the
Lord Mayor for the promptitude with which he had attended
to the application for additional officers, whom it had beer:
ibund necessary to employ, in order to check the evils which
were new declared not to have existed. After a great deal of
conversation, in which it was stated, that Fleet-street was now
as free as any street from bad characters, and that the public.: houses were conducted in an orderly and quiet manner, the
Alderman and Common Council of the Ward returned thanks
to the Lord Mayor, and retired from the Justice Room.

, WORSHIP-STREET.
ttratottbriewnv OUTItAGE, aaria RgstsrasicE OF LE-
GAL PROCEB4.—FOT some days past Brown's-lane, Spina.
fields, has been kept in a state of tumult and confusion in
consequence of a currier, named Edward Lawson, hating
armed between thirty and forty men in his house, and put
the whole of his extensive premises in a state of complete
fortification against all officers who might attempt' to tate-
cute any legal process. The first person who entered was
the King's Tax-gatherer; he and his attendants were very
roughly used, and speedily ejected. Fur this resistance a war-
rant for an assault was immediately granted at this Office, and
one of the police officers was directed to execute it. In the
mean time the Exciseman obtuined entrance for the discharge
of his duty, but was cut with one of their weapons, and instant.
ly turned into the street. Yesterday, about nine o'clock in the
morning, a, placard, addressed to. the Weavers of Spitaltields
and Bethnal-green, was stuck on a piece of intrhog,any, and.
nailed to the shutters of Lawson's shop. It was of :t most se.*
ditious and inflammatory nature, calling upon the weavers-to
use force ofarms for the redress of their grievances, and repro..
Renting he was then shelving them an example of resistance—.
In the course of yt.sterday it wits also appointed ibtt the our: rants of the Commissioners of Bankrupts should be executed 4
for the purpose of gaining possession of Lawson's premises,
and it was the order of the Magistrates that the ,tssault warrant
should also be executed. Lawson and his adherents having
pined intelligence of these proceediniar, redoubled their Marts
strongly fortifying the house, and furnishing themselves with an additional number of deadly weapons. 'All the policeofficers
of this establishment were dispatched to Brown' _lane an the
early part of the day, but not seeing Lawson in the horm, they
returned. About two o'clock they visited the house again, whicle
at that time was surrounded by a great multitude. One of
Lawson's men appeared on a wall from the back premises ; the
officers desired him to come down, and he would see it was
only an assault warrant. The man descended and read the
warrant, and the officers requested hint to return and infrirm
his master. Presently the man appeared again, and said, his
master wanted time to consider, and Wished to postpone it till
seven o'clock. The officers having seen, front an adjoining hay.:
loft, that Lawson was on the premises, and observing that the.
multitude was increasing, anti that lives might be lost if they
waited till it was dark, commenced their work of breaking into
the premises. 13y means of crow-hags and other instruments,
they succeeded its pulling down a high wall between the strict
and the backyard; still behind there was a formidable barrier of
immense pieces of wood and stone. Armstrong ascended a lad-
der anti looked over. He was immediately attacked by Law.: son with a long pike, which he thrust several thnet, and of
length wounded that officer in the hand. Vann, seeing the
blood flow, called out to Armstrong to shoot him: Hanley im-
mediately handed a pistol, and Armstrong tired : Lawson called
out that he was shot, and retreated into a door-way, from
whence he still kept his pike presented. Armstrong being on the top of the ladder with tire-arms, kept Lawson and his men
at bay, till the wall gave way, when Armstrong and Vann en-
tered, followed by the other officers. On coming up to LAW.
son, he said he surrendered, and dropped ids pike into his • brother's hands. The officers searched the place ; the men had tied, but they found near thirty pikes, which consisted a
a long pole, with a knife about eight inches long stuck 'to the
at
end ot it. Some of the knives were ground on the back,
ting a cut.and.thrust sword. They Mural also the front part
of the premises strongly barrieudoed with large planks of
mahogany, and with large hogsheads full of brickbats, Anti
the whole of the premises in a state of defence calculated to
resist military pnwer Land Lawson, his brother, anti a man,
were brought to the office ; and onexamination
before Samuel
Twyford, Esq., Lawson and his brother were committed to
the House of Correction for further examindtion. Lawson
slightly wounded in the thigh. It appears that the Multtilltio
collected in the street on this occasion, amounting to upwath
of a thousand • people, behaved with a
propriety that re-
i fleets the highest credit on their judgment and disposition, par-
ticularly at a time when so many thousands in the immediate,
vicinity are in want of cmployment. It was noticed, that whert,
the officers were making the breach, Lawson 'a sister addremed
the multitude ftom the front window, calling upon 'them to
tight in their own cause, and not let her brother be talten. The
multitude answered her by hisses and groans, at the same time
encouraging the of leas to do their. duty. •

MARLIIOROVLIII-S'rftEET.
117; llarrogan, an Irish labourer, was charged with having
committed a riot, and with having} assaulted a Mrs. Latitb, ut
her own house in Ilenry.street, fiampstead.road. Mr. The*.
lager and Mr. IhgriuM, a solicitor, appeared tor the complain.
ant. Mr. Thessiger said that the complainant occupied a house
in Ilenry.street, harripstead.roial, the %no a widow, and had
resided there above 20 years. She had let out the lower part of
the house to a sum maned Keifer, who carried on the business
of a coal-dealer. This person wished to obtain posseasion of the
house, and he had insulted and annoyed Mrs. Lamb because
she refused to giVe it up. She, however, gave Keifer notice
to quit,.and put a distress on his goods at Christmas last._ On Wednesday Keifer having hired about *even or eight fel-
lows of the lowest description, at a shilling a head, went to
Alm Lamb's house, where they forcibly obtained an entrance.
and the men, under Keefer'* directions, threw the goodly be-
longing to the poor woman into the street from the windows—.
china, glasses, and mahogany tablei and chairs were all de..
stroyeti. hey then nailed down the windows, and fastened
Mrs. Lamb in her room, where she remained all night with•
out a *Jingle article of furniture being left for her use. Mr. Keen,
a baker, residing in Ilenry.street, tleposed, that on Wednesday
evening he heard the: cries of" Murder," and ongoing into the
street, he saw the prisoner throwing the goods out
(tithe window
at Mts. Lamb's house, Ile entleavOured to enter the place after
a mahogany table had been thrown out of the windy*, but Keifer
and Isis men said that none of Alm Itamb's friend* ahOeld
enter the house that night.—Miss Lamb stated, that when the
men entered the room, she ran out to procure asaistatice,
and on her return she was pushed down stair* by *at,
who struck her, anti his sister.m.law also assautted'her.. mother was naileti.in the room all night, and she (witness) w.ot
conipelltal to remain in the street all night. liarrogan, ,
Iris defence, ,said, he was hired by a man to do half tin hourtier
s.
work for it shilling, fiat he said that the goods werirtaken down
very earetiilly, and were not thrown out of the whidow,'"7"l4
was ordered to find bail, and warrants were issued i'vr the '4ll.
prehension of the other nien.

On a piece of k. whiebwas driven nn The
Fife ahorc 3 little to the Notward of Newport, four wildoeese,
were found frozen by 016 rest to she ice, iu,the same poliitiottecti
they had adopted in sitting.