The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-29 00:00:00

SCONGALL V. CAMPBELL.

Mr. CIIING stated that this was the vase in which Mr.
Stead bad applied to have the bills of costs of Messrs.
Fresh&ld and Co. taxed on the ground of excessive Anti
exorbitant charges ; and which the Court had directed
to stand over till Mr. Stead was furnished with affidaviti
of Solicitors, stating the practice ai to the mode of charg-
ing. Mr. Stead had now got the affidavits of some of the
most respectable Solicito}•s in the City, stating that they
had looked into the hills of costs in question, and consi-
dered many of the charges to he most improper. He had
also got the affidavit of the very gentleman who on a former
occasion had made a joint affidavit that had been used by
Messrs. Freshfield and Co. as being in their favour, now
stating that that former affidavit Was madi applicable to
an abstracted case, and without having, or being meant to
have, any application to the present case brought before
the Court. The Learned Counsel said, he was willing
either simply to read the affidavits, or to leave them to
his Lordship to look at in private, and deal with as he
should think right and proper. He did not think that he
could usefully or honourably read them, making the strong
observations upon them that he should be hilly entitled to
make, bearing on the characters of these gentlemen, in the
absence of Counsel on the other side.

11ia Lortosim, said he would take the affidavits, and
read them himself.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

. MANSION-HOUSE.-About 13 years ago a man was trans-
ported for life from Norwich for a burglary. lie conducted him-
self with great propriety in Botany Bay, and realized some pro-
, perty there. A short time ago a person was apprehended as that
individual, charged with having •returned from transportation,
and committed for trial to Newgate, where he is now confined.
lie denies that he ever was transported to New South Wales ;
but, from some cause or other, he felt anxious to assign his pro-
perty, which amounts to between 3001. and 400/., to another man
until the event of the trial slionld be ascertained. The assign-
ment was made in the prison, and nothing remained to be done
with respect to the property, but to have it handed over to the
party chosen to receive it into his possession. It consisted of bills
drawn by a convict in Botany-bay, and accepted by the Goiern-
ment there, and endorsed by thein to the Treasury here, and it lay
in the hands of the officer who had' apprehended the prisoner.
The officer, upon being applied to, refused to give up the papers
without some authority, to which he might refei in case of being
called upon, the property of a felon becoming forfeit to the King
upon conviction. Application was immediately made to the
sitting Magistrates at some of the police-Am to compel the officer
to resign the property, but they refused to interfere. 'The Secre-
tary of State was also applied to, but he had his objections, and
the assignee came to the Lord Mayor, requesting that his Lordship
would order the restoration oflhe bills. The Lord Mayor thought
the application an extraordinary one, and refused to give any ili-
trctiott to the officer, whims the assign e! inimediately threatened
with an action in troves. The officer is considered justified in
holding the property, and he declare./ that be will abide the issue
of any action.

GUILDHALL,— Groves Cleveland, the owner of some of the

Hammersmith stages, was brought up on a warrant,' charged with
assaulting Canha►n► the street-keeper of St. Paul's Church-yard,
under the circumstances detailed in our ,Paper, yesterday. The
City Solicitor attended on tha part of the officer, and called as a
witnes►► William Whiting, a ticket-porter, who corroborated Can-
harn's statement.

Mr. Hum miters, as solicitor for the defendant, contended, that
the stage-coachman had a right to remain in the Church-yard
ten minutes, and that Canham ought not to have interfered with
Cleveland at the time in question. He said he had witnesses who
would prove the defendant was in fact first assaulted.—The Me-
tropolitan Act, and the City Sewers' act, being both placed in
the hands of Alderman Brown as touching upon the question raised
by the defendant's attorney, the Alderman observed, that in the
multitude of counsel it was said there was wisdom, but in the
multiplicity of Statutes lie was sure there was confusion. After
referring to the Acts, he said that the coachmen had no time
whatever allowed for plying ; they were allowed the necessary
time fin• taking up or setting down any fare, or to wait ter pas-
sengers when actually hired, but even then they must not remain
longer than ten minntes....--The defendant was anxious to he heard
in person, as well as to have his witnesses examined; but the
Alderman said, this was► a case which must evidently go, to the
Sessions, and he should therefore order Air. Cleveland not to find

pail, but as he was a respectable man, to enter into hie own recoil-
iiiances to appear at the Sessions. .

BOW-STREET.—Sanauet ilinppin, an elderly man of re-
spectable appearance, wag placed at the bar, charged with defrail-
ing Mr. John Thomas, of No. 425; Oxford-street, cutler, of goods
to the value of 51. ; and; also with attempting to utter a forgid
bill of exchange for I 9/. 10s., purporting to be the acceptance of
Mr. William Keating, cutler, residing near Sheffield..

that on the 21st of June last the prisoner
heaatnludielredinitiko'hlitiviisle:ssh; sotarar,tvedianeOtyx Oxford-street,
frtreeer:n,tanpda,asttekrends ttwreseree
sloavenivhoirny):
end after some deliberation the prisoner made a selection of soMe,
which he ordered to be parked up and directed that a bill should
be made out, and that he would pay the amount in cash. While
the ehopman WIM in the act of draw;ng out the bill, the prisoner
suddenly snatched up the parcel he had purchased, and throwing
down a hill of exchange on. the' counter, be said, " There's
banker's acceptance for UV. 10s., keep it as a security, and I'll
bring you W. to-morrow at ten o'clock, and take back the bill."
He then darted from the shop and disappeared.
Mr. Minsnut.t.--:..11ad you ever known the prisoner, or had
you any dealingsfavith him, prior to this transaction ?
Mr. Thomas said, that the prisoner had been occasionally in his
shop, and that on one or two occasions he had purchased, some
children's knives from him: The bill which the prisoner threw
down appeared to be the .acceptance of Mr. Wm. Keating, a cut-
ler, near Sheffield, who was known to him (Mr. Thomas) bid on
writing to that gentleman to ascertain the fact, his agent wrote
back word that the prisoner was nephew to Mr. Keating, that the
bill was a forgery, and that the prisoner had forged hi* uncle's
name on two occasions before the prevent. Soon after the receipt
of this letter the prisoner was taken into custodyi hut he somehow
contrived to effect his escape, and had since eluded the search of
theTnifnme:rissounnerti,l tihniebidsady,efweilicieeir
custody.
(Mr. T.) met him in St.
Gilea's, and gave bins again into eody. .
said that Mr. Thomas owed him
IV. Ws: on a former amount between them, when he Plc • ironer) was as irsrtner in the firm of Gregory, .
.Woods; Cooke, and
Co. and he said that in taking the goods from Mr.. Thomas, he
intended to give him credit for theantount.': With. et to the
ftithieliTglrilelll,l:hrregeiswornYa.s'rehnwttailtsalled);untulotyricilimtdniiiittastuerigibeeo.ndiad not
offer-to
negotiate
charge of feloniously
taking from the shop of Mr. Tbomas a. quantity of cutlery,
value M.

QUEEN.SQUARE.--The driver of the hackney coach No.
197, WWI ennimoned to this office by J. Archer,-Esq. of Stafford.
placto Phn fur charging one shilling more than his fare; atoll
upon the exaction being here proved, the defendant was tined in
the sum of 201, and roots.
•
-John Mandit, Esq., a native of France, !lOW residing in Caro-
line-place, Citelsom, complained done'RiehardEr.d4er, owner of
the boat No. 801, for insulting him, also hie son, and three ladies
in companywith them, on theirretttrning from a abort excursion
on the river Thum*. Complainant went upon the water near
.Chelsea'Old (:'‘ltttrelt, and returned with hiri-party to the soma
spot, where he suddenly heard the boatman making Inc of ex-
preseions• too shocking for himself to repeat. The defendant's
complaint was, that the complainant's boat had injtired his.
Complainant -said, that if durtige was. done, Its was "'lift I"