The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday, two inhabitants of the
parish of St. Olave, Hart-street, of which Dr Owen is the in-
cumbent, were summoned for refusing to pay their poor rstes.'..—
lite parish officers state; that the inhabitants refuse to pay their
rates ; that the poor are starving and clamorous ; and that all this
is the work of the Doctor, who has not only refused to pay rates
on his own tithes, but has also incited the other inhabitants not
to pay their rates.
Mr. Buckle and Mr. Blake, the defendants, both resisted the
payment of .the rates on the ground that they were unequally as-
sessed. Their: rates, were nearly doubled, at the same time that
those of some of the parish-officeri were reduced.
Mr. Andrews, who appeared as coupael for the parish, said,
that by the act, the .defendants were bound to pay the rates, until
a pending appeal against theta was decided. But the peril:lt-offi-
cers Were not entitled to levy more than the amount of the prior
assessment.
Mr. Buckle.—lt's a rotten piece of business, or you would not
have been brought here to support it.—(Laughter.)
Mr: Andrews naked hint to wait until the appeal came on.
The Loan AfAYOR slid, that according to the statement of the
parties when, they. first came before him, it.certainly appeared that
there were extraordinary inequalities in the assessments of the
rates. It was true, however, as stated by the learned counsel,
that the rates must be paid until the appeal was detertnined ; but
that the parish officers were not entitled to levymore than the
amount of the previous assessment. He then ordered him to pay
the rates.

Mr. Dixon, and the pariah officers of Bishopsgate, appeared to
hear his Lordship's determination on their application for a warrant
against the former mentioned person' for tithes. He resisted on
the ground that the parish-officers had applied a considerable
amount of the money collected for tithes to the building of a house
for their incumbent, the Bishop of Chester.
The LORD MAYOR said, he had not only looked over the Act of
Parliament himself very carefully, hut, what was perhaps better,
he had taken the opinion of the City Solicitor upon the. subject :
that:gentleman agreed with him iu opinion that the power of rec-
tifying any error as to the assessment of the rate, lay with the ma-
gistrates at the sessiottik and was not posseesed by any indivi-
dual magistrate. He wished to repeat his conviction that there
was no parish under bitter general management than the parish of
•Bisliopsgate.
Mr. Dixon—But, my Lord, I object not merely to the as-
sessment, but to the rats itself. I deny that they have the
.power to enforce the payment of a rate which is raised to pay
the expellee of building a house for a Bishop : it never can be
legal, that besides paying a stipend of 2,500/. per annum for the,
support of a Bishop, we are obliged also to pay a rate for building
him a house in Devonithire-square, at a cost of between 4,0001.
and 5,000/.
Mr. Smart, the Vestry Clerk, declared there was not the slightest
groUnd for any reflection on the character of the Right Rev. Pre-
late. He also denied that the house newly built in the church-
yard was let to a merchant, as stated by Mr. Dixon.
The Loan Mayon said he was 'confident that nothing to the
prejudice*of the Bishop of Chester could be well-founded; his
example was particularly serviceable to the other clergy, and his
conduct was highly beneficial to the city at large, as well as to
the inhabitants of his parish ; no clergyman could stand more
highly or more deservedly in the estimation of his parishioners ;
land his Lordship was sure that they would cheerfully contribute
towards the expense of the building.
Mr. Dixon.—l deny that the parish officers have nude the rate
for a purpose for which they.are entitled.
The LORD MAYOR.-4 cannot determine that. Will you pay
the sum for which you are assessed ?
Mr. Dixon.—Certainly not.
The LORD MAYOR.—Then let a warrant be issued.
Mr. Dixon.—Nery well, my Lord ; I am prepared.
The Loan Marou.—.Yon may, if you choose, appeal to the
sessions.
Mr. Dixon.—! will not appeal to the session.; but I will, on
the first day of next term, or, as early as possible, apply to the
Court of King's Bench for a criminal information against the
parish officers, for misapplication of the parieli money.
The warrant of distress was then issued. •
BOW-STRVET.—Mr. Cooke, of the Haymarket Theatre,
was brought up in custody, charged with having assaulted Mr.
West, sen., who holds some subordinate situation under the,
Drury4ane management. The defendant is brother to Mrs. W.
West, whose merits, as s tragic actress, have secured her the
approbation of the public ; and the complainant is her father-
in-law.
It appeared, that on Thursday last, Mr. Cooke was met in
Brydges-street, Covent Garden, by Mr. West, sen., 'MI his son,
who plays comic parts at lbs Haymarket, when, owing to some
family disputes, an altercation took place between the parties
which'euded ist_the ibusult etvorpishirsi of, sheawfset of which Mr.
West, sint,,exhibited, in the "blipe of a black-eye. Mr. Cooke,
howeVer, having produced a gentleman who witnessed the trans.;
actionoind who stated that Mr.. Cooke was pushed by Mr. West
before the former struck him,
Sir RICHARD 131RWIR dismissed the complaint, observing
,that the Partin Might, if 'they wiehed, indict each other at the
session*. ' • •
Mr. West, jun.; then stepped forward, stating that he. was
much annoyed by the repeated intrusions of Mr. Cooke ; .he.was
continually at his house, although desired to keep away:from it,
and he wished to know if he would not be -authorized to give
him In Amp of a constable when next he intruded himself in
the matinee complained of. . •
Sir %claw) BERMS said that he (Mr. West) certainly would
be justified in' giving Mr. Cooke in custody under such circurn-
Stances ; -but he strongly advised au amicable settlement, rather
than that ah'epartirsi should expose themselves any further..
Mr. Cooke-,-The•truth Sir Richard, lam obliged.to go to
the house to prevenrniy sister from being beaten by this man,
whose conduct towards his:wife is most shameful. A short time
after she lay in, 'he beat ber most cruelly.
The matter rested here, :arid the parties left the Office tecorn-
plinio. by their respective friends, who were chiefly theatrical
'persons.

Thonsas R4ley, driver Of the hackney-coach, No. 311,
WAX summoned to answer the complaint of Miss Phillis Rose,
of Gerrard-street, Soho.
Miss Rose stated, that on Monday last she took the defendant's
roach from Oerrard-street, desiring him to drive her to the Man-
sion-house; she had luggage- with her, for the conveyance or
which she made a distinct agreement with the defendant. Instead,
however, of driving her towards the city, the defendant drove in
en opposite direction, notwithstanding that she told him he was
wrong Finding herself in Little Windmill-street, she became
alarmed; and desiring the costelunin to stop, she requested the in,,
terferenet of a gentleman passing et thefitne, who desired the de-
fendant to turn his horses, and drive as she directed.
Mr. Beet/. the gentleman referred, to,, said, that finding the
young lady in great .distress, and learning the cause, he desired
the coachmen to ,drive . down the Haymarket, and from thence
-thibugh 6/Oink-cross, silting the Strand to the,CitY. . The de;
fentlant drove slowly along,. and: he (the witness) followed the
Poach for a. phort way down the Haymarket, to see if it went
the coachman suddenli-turn his
horses westward, when, fearful that the lady might be ill-treated,
he pursued the coa*h, sot procured another, in which lie placed
the complainant and her luggage.
Sir It; RteNtf; OblerOlg, that the defendant must either g
f e
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was quite
core stupidity, whether; aked
thuiruallw,h:axt
'`observaid, ed the
he fell asleep on his box, and really
did not know which 'turn lie took. He thought the young lady
directed him to drive to Glasshouse-street, Regent-street, lie had
no bad design in driving as lie did.,
Sir Ricuaen litaiste.--I am not quite satisfied of that, any
gOod Moir, and WWI tine you It. for your misbehaviour, besides
the amount of the eapences attending two summonses, to the first
,
or wmen you neglected to appear.
'The Mho; was then locked up for non-paynient of the fide and'
expenses. ' -

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A_ little boy,, with his face blackened over, came to the office ac.
coropanied. bey hi, mother, to coniplain of the tzeatinent he re-
otiieefl from the shumen of a cheesemonger in Clare-street, Clara-
market, who beet Itim, he said, with a rope, awl afterwards tied
hie:bands together, and lobbed some stuff upon his fare.
!I Sir The n Bialitt immediately directed, .that an officer
srumipany. the boy, in order that the offenders might be
brought before Intnand in At qitort time, John Temple, Robt.
Cullint, and George ttotrnyd, came funCild to &Owe the
charge, • • •
Washington Fiparke, the complainant, Own gated, that he went
by gtireetioßof his 'pother to' the:4loP of the defendants' master to
purchase some hotter. PAYing been served, he left the shop,
when he' found that a Wag weight which lay upon the counter
by' some accident was wrapped up in the cloth along with the but-
ter. lie immediately returned to restore it, when he was met by
one of the defendants, and &erred as described.
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often robbed of weights, anci tithing the bt,„ jo tideitiOp,
'h)4n Trnpir, one of the defendants, said, that the shop. hed-..
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few moments after the' complainant left the shop, he PuThued an
took it from him. lie denied that the complainant was return-
ion to rtstOle it, end etbP.tttOti )11,vi4 boa di, boy for the theft,
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