The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-18 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

One Mr. Hemsley, a gentlemanly sort of person,
was brought .before Mr. Alderman FAREImo/41ER,
yesterday, charged with having broken the King's
peace, by. giving Mr. Cannon, another gentlemanly
sort of person, a very ungentlemanly thump on the
head with an umbrella, .vithout the consent of the
said Mr. Cannon being first had and obtained.
It appeared by the deposition of Mr. Cannon, that
between the hours of eight and nine in the evening
of Saturday last, as he was crossing Newgate-
street, soberly picking his way through the mud, at
a place where the pavetnent has been taken up for
the repair of the gas pipes, he heard some person
behind him say—" Here's a precious daisy-cutter ?
I'll make him go along a little faster !" and, at the
same instant, he, Mr. Cannon, received a thump on
the head with an umbrella, which thump was so
earnestly applied, that it knocked his hat down over his
eyes so as to.completely extinguish his vision. With
all convenient speed, however, he pushed his hat
• up again, and, turning round, he plainly saw that
the blow had been inflicted by the defendant, Mr.
Helmsley, for there he stood laughing close behind
him, arm-in-arm with "another gentleman." Both
of them were entire strangers to Mr. Cannon, and
he, .instead of firing away at them, as he very, justly
might have done, very civilly informed Mr. Hemsley
that it was his intention to give him in charge to
the watch. " Very well, my boy (replied Mr. H.),
come along, lam quite at your. service ;" and there-
upon he and his friend the " other gentleman"
passed on, .followed by Mr. Cannon, -wistv hoped- to
meet with a watchman to whom he might give
Mr. Hemsley in charge; and after following them
about for some time he succeeded in so doing ;
though not till after Mi. Hemsley had repeatedly
asked—" What does this blackguard mean by fol-
lowing us about ?"—lt appeared further that after
Mr. Cannon had charged Mr. Hemsley, Mr. Hems-
ley charged 'Mr. Cannon not to be " rash" with
him; fc- that he, Mr, Iletnseley, had been " dining
out;"--meaning thereby, we resume, that when
" gentlemen" dine out they are apt to drink more
than they do when they dine at home; and that if

diners-out should go astray,
" The drink is more in fault than they."
At least, this seemed to be- Mr. Cannon's view of
the matter; for, said he, " when I understood he
Lad been dining out, I offered him every opportunity
of making an apology; bet be would not, and there-
fore Flat him in charge."
And you are -willing to accept an apology notv
I suppose said the Magistrate—moved, probably,
by the subdued demeanour of Mr. Hetrisky ; who,
now that the fuMes of the out-dinner %vine had
evaporated, seemed to beanything but a striker.
Mr. Cannon said he was luite willing to accept
ahereupon, Hemsley, turning his
e; apology.eslgent 1y n 1 1)1 7.
towards Mr. Cannon, as he stood
towering above him in the witness-box, in a softly
murmuring voice said—" Not conscious of having

struck this gentleman, but, if. / did, I am very
sorry."

am peefec. , satisfied," said Mr. Cannon;
and theredpon lflr. Hemsley was discharged, haiingi
upon the plea of dining out, given perfect satisfac-
tion for a "daisy•cutter, a blackguard, a blow," with
a "not conscious, an if, and a very sorry." Truly,
there is much license, if not virtue. in :out-dinner
drinkings 1
Thtte Were some two or three and tl,iity, Other
persons charged with diSOrde4 doin,,i.s, Chiefly Con-
sequent upon various modificatitins of but-drinking—
some with dinner, and some without ; but the case.
above stated was the only gentlemanly case among
them: