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combo's) again .attending, for which he should expect
the extra fee.—(Laughter.)
•
Atarwan.C..tni)s-ljutler those..circUrnstances,
fine tho defendant in the penalty *Of.4oS.uud costs, which,
were immediately paid.
Mr. Alderman COPELAND -trusted it would be a cau-
tion to Mr. Timbrdl not to allow overseers'of,the parish
to do any business on a Sunday.—(Laughter:) •
Mr. E. Jer'vis, of the Blue Posts, High Holborn, next •
appeared to answer a similar information,- From the
evidence adduced, it appeared that on Sunday morning •
last two of the police entered the house, and saw five
persons drinking in front of the bar; wiho shortly left the
place and. got into an Ealing and Acton omnibus, which
was waiting at the door.- • • • • • -
It being proved' that they went to Acton, and that they
required refreshment before they started, the Magistrates
dismissed the summons. • .• "

Mr. Alderman COPELAND said, seeing a large number
of: publicans then in attendance in. the Cdurt, tr great' •
portion of whom lived in the ward which he-represented
in the Court of Aldermen, he considered it proper to
state publicly a fact relative to a new system of,Sunday
trading which had lately come to his knowledge. It was
th:s :—Certain publicans in Bisliopsgate ward finding
themselves so strictly watched by the police as not to-.
enable them serving on Sunday mornings, fixed upon a.
plan of carrying bottles of gin and beer in baskets to the
different cigar shops in the neighbourhcod, where they
found a quick consumption. It wa's only last Sunday
that a friend of his (Mr. Alderman Copeland), while
proceeding to church with his family, met with one of
these parties, who, in his hurry to gain the door of a •
cigar-shop,.missed his foot and fell with his basket, the
contents of which ran down the pavement into the gutter.
The system was carried on to a very great extent, and •
he was determined,' if any of the parties came before.,
him, not only to enforce the highest penalty the law
permitted, but to resist licensing' their houses for the.
future. .

Mr. Busbridge, landlord of the Robin Hood public- .
house, Robin Hood-court, Shoe-lane, and Mr. H. Yeat-
man, of the Sun, in Bishopsgate-street, were severally
fined 40s. and costs for serving during Divine service on
Sunday last. -
_ _ _

There wera between twenty and thirty drivers and
conductors of omnibuses convicted in various fines for,
creating obstructions in the City, by plying for hire.
BO W- STR EE T.
A respectably-dressed young man, named . William •
Smith, alias. 'Therms Collins, was placed at, the . bar
charged with stealing 106 yards of silk and
,10l yards
of satin, value 371., the property of Mr. Foulkes a silk-
mercer, in little Russell-street, Covent-garden. • , .
Mr. Foulkes,-.jun., stated that on Friday evening 0,,
man entered his shop, representing that he came from,
Mr. M‘Dowall, of .St. Paul's Church-yard, and offered ,
a quantity of goods for sale. He was told that it would
be necessary to. examine them previous to entering into '
ariy agreement, and he then went away. •About,nine
o'clock in the evening a porter came and left some arti-
cies for examination. On Saturday the prisoner came to.
the shop and presented the paper produced, and on which
was written in pencil, ." Mr. Foulke z, s'lk and ducape
left by mistake," at the same time drawing the attention
of the assistant to the goods that had been ieft at the
shop on the previous evening, whereupon some remarks
were made upon the extraordinary nature of the tran-
saction, and the prisoner's reply thereto led the witness.:;
to suspect something wrong, and after- the prisoner ha
left the shop .with the parcel, a porter was directed to -
follow him, and watch his proceedings, and to take care
not to lose sight of him,.
. .
John Driver, the porter stated, that in consequence •
of the directions ho had received he followed the pri-
soner, and saw him take a 'cab, which drove to Black"
friars-road •, there the prisoner' alighted, .and imme"
diately hired another cab, which he left with the goods;
in it at the corner of a street there'. "On his return,'
witness demanded the return of the goods, and on his „
refusal told the cabman to drive to the prosecutor's
with the prisoner and the goods. -
In answer to, a question from the Magistrate, .
Mr. Foulkes stated that it was customary. for silk•. •
merchants in the City to send round to the trade and
inquire, whether. Certain articlei were wanted, by them,
and that the man who called at his shop on 'Friday, and .
said he came from Mr. M`Dowall's, while he was, there
asked for a piece of paper to make a memorandum,
upon which one of the shopmenincautiouslY, handed bird
one of his (Mr: Foulkes's-) printed bills, and on which
bill it appeared was subsequently written the order for'
the goods, which had by that means been obtained &ere'
Messrs. Leaf and Co. in his (the prosecutor's) name..
The policeman stated that, on searching the, prisoner'',
he found a small memorandum book, in which pa
written the names and addresses of several silk-mereerS
at the west-end of the town, some of whom it, is sus". •
petted have already been the victims of this new species.
of fraud by the prisoner arid his confederates. -
The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday next.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mr. Beale, the alleged proprietor -of the saloon in
Piccadilly, was summoned before 'Mr. Hardwick, by the
police, for having his house open before one o'clock on
Sunday, to, wit, after twelve o'clock OR 'Saturday night. ,
Inspector Beresford proved that he went to the aloon,
twice on Saturday night,. after twelve o'clock, and founa,
Persons in the saloon drinking. His last visit was rile
at two o'clock, and he then saw nineteen, females, the
majority of whom were prostitutes, and several gentle-
men drinking and carousing. He saw wine on the
table, and a bowl which appeared to contain punch.
The solicitor contended that no offence bad been COrn' .;
mated, inasmuch as it had not been proVed that the de-
fendant had his house opel for the sale of liquOrs,,or that
any liquors had been.sold after twelve o'clock.
Mr. HAtiDwicx said that point had been, raised on 6.
former occasion, and had been overruled by him.
The solicitor said he had two recent cases to adduce'
in which two magistrates, Mr. Twyford and 14i. Jar' •
dine, had come to a different decision. The cases were
precisely similar to the present case; in particular, in
the case of the Albion Tavern, heard by Mr. Jardine, it
was held by that magistrate iat the mere circumstance.
of liquor or wine being on.the tables after twelve. o'clock
was no proof that a sale. of those articles had taken
place.within prohibited hours, and he in con-Sequence
dismissed the information.
Mr. Haanwierk said it was advisable that there shcitild,
be unanimity in magisterial adjndications, but he 'could
not bold himself to be bound by the decisions of anY
other, magistrates ; all he could do was to listen to
arguments. If he found those arguments were not con' '
elusive to his mind, then it was his duty to arrive at
different conclusion. .
The solicitor said the saloon. Was not open.for the sale
of liquors, and it was only open for the sale of chops
steaks, and cigars. The cigar and chop-shop which
joined the saloon and opened into it supplied those .;
articles..
Inspector Beresford, said since the solicitor chose to
take that view of the ease, he should take care to repre'
sent the matter .in the proper quarter, as • Mr. Good'
ered, the real proprietor of. the saloon, was: liable to n
penalty of W. per day, for every day he allowed the
communication to exist. .
Mr. HARDWICK said, though there was no direct proof. "
°Only sale of liquors, there was presumptive -proof sub'
ciently strong to warrant him in deciding that the saloon
was open for the purpose of selling liquors. As the de;
feudant had been fined before, he should this time inflict
the fine of 51 and costs. •
The solicitor tendered the money, and gave notico
that he should appeal against the conviction:'

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Light at the Pert of Brindisi, Adriatic Coast.
Admiralty, March 29, 1844.
Sir,—l dm commanded by my Lords Commissioner°
of the Admiralty to transmit to you het-ay/410or tbe
information of the Committee for managing the affairs ati
Lloyd's, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Collo''.
at Naples, report:ng the establishment of u light at the,.
entrance of the, port of Brindisi.—l am, Sir, &e., '
(Signed) JOHN BARROW.
To W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's.
(copy.)_

Naples, March 8, 1844.
Sir,—l beg leave to report to you, for the information
of the Earl of Aberdeen, that I have received:a note frol
his Excellency the Prince of Scala, Minister of State Of'
Foreign Affairs of the Sicilian Government, Apprisingt ,
Me that a light has tieen established at the entrance
all
the port of Brindisi, on the Adriatic coast, on a stn
island, on which a fort is constructed, and on which "
small military detachment is usually maintained. Tht;,
place is designated in the charts as the "Forte a Mare'
i
and the official communication represents the position,°
it to be in lat. 40 deg. 39 min. 17 sec. N. t%
meridian of Paris, 15 deg. 57 min. 57 sec. E.,. and fr°7',...'
the Royal Observatory at Naples 3 deg. 42 Min. 50 50—; '
cast; the height of the light from the level of the se:
being 123 palms; equal to 103 feet. In the.event j
good light being established in that position, it wilt
prove of great benefit during the winter Season '
vessels coming down the Adriatic.--I have, &c. • ,
(Signed) THOS. GALLWEV
To John Bidcwell, Foreign-offiee. •

•
Lord Denman, in his charge to the grand jury, Ai
the Essex assizes, said—" I cannot but think that a mu
higher duty than that of inflicting punishment upon criulea
rests upon all concerned in the administration of.justice, ftd ,
that we ought to look rather to the prevention'of crime
the salvation of those unhappy- individuals, before•theYlltd
fallen to that dreadful 'state of degradation calculated.to
1.
to crime. . I allude now to the general education °tale Pen,
pie; and- although we have to lament that the well-inter
tioned efforts which have been Made by the ver"l'll
o ki
have not been 'crowned ivitli success, I think we 'lutist D,ry
look for the time when the public institutions Of the coulV.,
shall provide a good moral and religiouB educationfor our . 4
creasing population," " ,

BIRTHS.
On the 10th ult., at Florence, the lady of J. Wyn""
Bruce,
he 28th Esq., of a sou. • the :it
On the ult., at Chastelton Rectory, the lady 0'
Rev. Horatio Westmacott, of a. son.
On the 23th ult., at Bocking, Essex, Mrs. John Courtal`h.-
or a son.
On the 29th ult., at Wandlebank House, Wimbledon, )11.13..:,'
Harry P. Ashby, of a daughter.
olit
On the 29th ult., the lady of Daniel West, Esq., Egre"—
place, New-road, St. Pancras, of a daughter. j,ter
On the 29th ult., the laity of the Rev. D. Marks, Miu
of the West London Synagogue of British Jews, of a Sen*--.•

MARRIED • • • . '•
• ,ras 4.,
On the 30th -ult.; -at St. Panctas,. ~
Mr. G. B. vy rub: • bto 1,
aatig ,At

Charles-street, Grovenor-square, to Caroline, only
of Mr; Moss, Jolm,street, St. James's-square.

• .• DIED. ter
On- the 27th ult., ,at Hardwick-R.-court, near Gloucw-- ,!
Nicholas Lewis Feuwick, Esq. W
On the 26th alt., at Brompton, Sarah, relict of the lite
G. Scarlett, Esc!

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