The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-12 00:00:00

FRACAS AT CHUTENHAM.

(Frain the Cheltenham Herald.)
We undertook, in the Hcrqd of last week, to furnish
statement of the circumstances which have attended this
unfortunate transaction, until shall accordingly proceed to
fnlfil our promise, uninfluenced by any motive but that of
giving publicity to acts of violence, perhaps as " out-
rageous a►d " unjustifiable," in the words of a contem-
porary, as ever.were committed:—
Mr. K—, who is a Lieutenant in one of his Majesty's
regiments of foot, and has been quartered in this city
about two years, on a professional eervice, went, six
months ago, accompanied by his lady and their youngest
child, to reside at the Spa Hotel and Boarding4touse,
where, on the 26th of last July, a gentleman named B—,
whp lives near London, and is a friend of Mr. K----'s,
also took up his temporary abode, having with him Mr,
B----, and one of their sons, his carriage, horses, and
coachman.

On Tuesday, the 2d of August, both the gentlemen
adverted to, were absent from the hotel, and did not re.
turn at the usual dining hour of five ; but Mrs. K— am!
Mrs. B— being together, James Robertson, the waiter,
and one of the sons of the landlord, brought up the dinner.
As the gentlemen were not arrived, Mrs. directed
}dm to take it down again, and stay a little; then shortly
afterwards rang the bell, mid ,ordered it to be replaced
upon the table, conceiving that the gentlemen ought no
longer to be expected: This command the waiter abso-
lady refused. to perform, tout when Mr. K— and Mr.
8,--- returned, about ten o'clock at night, to the hotel,
with a friend,: in whose society they had passed tin
afternoon, Mrs,' K— complained to her husband of the
waiter's disrespectful conduct. Mr. rang the bell
for him, and when he entered the room, expressed his sur-
prise that the ladies should have been insulted. An alter.-
cation then arose, and Mr. K admits pushing the
waiter out of the apartment, in Consequence of his alleg-•
ed refttad to leave it. The door, we are assured, was
then shut, and the o.'ispute considered to be at au
end ; but James 13:;tiertson raised a cry of " Murder!"
upon his expulsion, and a party of seven persons (including
the constable, who carried his staff) burst into the room,
furnished with bludgeons, a drawn sword, two loaded pis,-
tON and handcuffs. Mr. K—, on the Spur of the mo-
ment, possessed himself of the poker, but ;was hindered
from using it, as Ins servant-maid, who happened to be in
the room; fearing that mischief would ensue, grasped his
arm, while the parties he was preparing to oppose rushed
forward and overpowered hirm Mrs. K— sustained
some injuries in endeavouring to get between her husband
and his assailants, and so extreme was the terror which
both ladies soon experienced, that neither Mr. B—, nor
the friend who had returned with him, could take any
part in the contest, from the necessity of Soothing their
agitation.
Mr. K. having been forced down stairs, the whole
party, inclusive of the ladies, were led through the streets,
end taken to a lock-up-honse, adjoining the city gaol, the
keeper of which would not consent to receive them.
Here, while Mr. B— was demanding' to be admitted,
and protesting against being' dragged about the streets,
Meadows, the constable, struck him across the right arm
with his staff; slightly or unintentionally, as he says, but
with such violence as to inflict one of the most frightful
bruises—and we have seen it—that can be imagined.
The effect, indeed, of the,blow will be duly described by
the surgeon in attendance for that particular injury, Front
this spot the party were then conducted to the house of a
constable in Littleworth where the friend,of Mr. K—
and Mr. B-- procured a gentleman to answer for his
appearance before the Magistrate, and then removed the
ladies to a place of shelter. Their husbands were kept in
custody all night, and subsequently bound over, with their
companion, upon it charge of assault preferred against them
by the waiter. Ou the other hand, the. waiter and his as-
sociates have been similarly bound over to the Sessions,
for asmultt. upon Mrs. K—, and each of the three gen

tlemen.
It is needless to declare, that we believe the above state-
intent to be substantially correct, though abridged by the
omission of scvetal circumstances which communicate much
force and interest to the case, but could not, as they resit
upon ex-parle testimony, be detailed by an impartial re-
porter. The public will of course feel anxious to ascertain
the reasons yhich induced the master of the hotel to treat
his guests with such gross indignity,but occ this point, from
the very serious nature of the dam iee which has been made,
it becomes our duty to be silent. Having, however, a
personal knowledge of the pasties, we deem it necessary to
say, they are individuals upon whose general rectitude of
conduct the most implicit reliance may be placed, and that
no report in circulation to their prejudice is worthy of the
slightest belief.
The sum of .51. has been paid to' the Treasurers of our
Infirmary, by two gentlemen who were most outrageously
attacked, whilst inmates of the Spa Hotel, near this city.
This sum would have been divided amongst the servant,
of-that establishment under other circumstances, but it.
being conceived that the gross conduct which took place
on the occasion referred to, forfeited all claini to compensa-
tion on their part, the same has been presented to the above
charity.

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The title of the Maiter of the Rolls in his Patent,
is Cleric-us partue liagye, Custas Rotalorum,,&c.
He is called Clerk of the Rolls, gat. 12, Rich. 11., and
no where Master of the Rolls until thellth of Hen.
VII. cap. O.
Last week a very remarkable circumstance occurred
at Ferns. A boy entered a publican's shop, and offer-
ed, for "-half' a glass of whiskey," a small copper coin
which he had found in the rubbish of an old wall in
the street. The shopkeeper give him the " wee
drippy," and the boy departed. A short time atter
the mail coach to this town arrived, and some of the
passengers went into, the shop for the purpose of being
" possessed " of that both good and evil spirit, which
the honest retailer wits lawfully licensed to expel. He
'~hewed them the coin, and related the manner in which
he obtained it, One of the gentlemen wished parti-1
ciaarly to :have such a curiosity, and very liberally
offered for it in British currency, a " splendid shilling,
fresh from the Mint. The offer was rejected. The gen-
tleman tendered a crown, a pound, a sovereign, with
no better success. At last the offer rose so high, we
understand, as twenti I pow
ads !Lot this offer also the
inflexible publietin refused I The coin is said to be
the fourth Queen 'Anne farthing,, about the fate of
Which antiquarians have been so much interested.—
Weafird Journal.
OPENING OF THE STit ATtroitp AND -MOUTON
RAILWAY.--On Tuesday, the bib instant, the Stratfeird and
Moreton Railway was openol to the public. ()r arriving at
Moreton, the number of-spectators waxen immense, that it was
with the greatest difficulty the procesaion could arrive at .the
weighing machine. . The day was uncommonly fine; an ox was
t by ges
roasted at Moreton, and it has been estima 01l
that there were not less than 20,000 persons present..—competent The judrn.
' niittee eat down to an elegant dinner at the
I,
he Unday -was Innspent
, the
Right Von. Lord Redouble in the Ch. lir.
. . .. cmnpany, consisting
with the greatest coriVivianty, and the
Warwick, and Staf-
veral gentlemen of the counti qloucest .
till 1 late hour. The
ford, mostly proprietors 'ffid not separate .
to the whole of
rail-road promises to be of the. greatest advantage ito moreto„
the country through which it pas4es, and particular y 1
the
same
and its neighboUrhood. Sonic of the carriages returnol tin
day, laden with grain. The distance from Stratford to A ore
,r
...
is
16 miles, making a journey of 32 miles, which was easily p!r_
formed by the same horses. The ease and expedition with which
paasenger* can he conveyed upon this rail-road has induced some
spirited individuals to pixrpose establishing a daily coach.—Unives.
sal admiration and surprise 4ere excited and warmly exprmed by
the spectators on seeing three remarkably line borate, the property
or Moms. &eaves and Soo, drawing a weight exceeding lb tons,
in four large coal loaded waggon', along the line, even where there
Was the steepest ascent, without the least apparent extraordinary
exertion...-. Warwick Advertiser.