The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-31 00:00:00

UNION-lIALL.

OUTRAGE. AND AssAuLT..—Yesterday, Mrs. Les-
iey, of theWack Lien public-house, in Mint-street,
the person who on Monday appeared as complain-
ant ,against tine parties concerned- in the riot of
Saturday last, was charged with having attempt!.
ed murder of Mr. Thomas Davies.--71a the
proceedings which had taken place relating to the
outrage of Saturday last, Mrs. Lesley described
herself as the landlady of the house. It appear-
ed, by the evidence adduced yesterday, that she
was only the cherished friend of• Mr. Thomas Da-
vies, who, in fact, is the landlord of the littiCk
Lion. After their arrival at irome,on Monday,
from the proceedings at 'this. Office, Mrs. Les-
ley abused Mr. Davie*, for not having sworn more
positively to the prisoners. Davies, in return,
said, that she was the 'principal cause of the ,
disturbance, and insisted that she should im-
medieely the.• house, and give place to one
more worthy • of the situation. Exasperated at
this, she vowed vengeance, and swore,
_that it
she quitted the house, she would not leave Davies
alive in it. She then armed herself with a brace
of loaded pistols, when Davies ran from one Own
to another, until he escaped her fury by a preci-
pitate retreat through one of the windows. He

now procured the assishisee of .if, the (After,
and returned to the house. Mrs. Lesley was nu-
xtilere, to be found, After a diligent search, they
discoNered her in a cramp posture secreted in an
old chest —Mr Serjeant Sellon ordered her to be
committed uncilsh-e could find hail.
MAHLBOROUGI7I-11tE ET.
UNMANLY OUTICAGB..--Edward Moggri(h a
Quaker, inn, Wm. Jones, Hammond, \%ebb3
and Howard, the three taut:it of whom are con-.
stables, were yesterday Cu aged with riot , and
a‘saulting John 13Iades, a Sheriff's officer, and his
wife and child, anti expelling them from their
dwel;ing!.bouse. Ttie case occupied much tittim
and discussion, but the facts arc very abort ;
Edward 'Moggridge, a Quaker rnildunt, dispwed
i t ot hers as tothe I ighLof isle to the house oe=
copied_ ny Blades, and instead or jnoceeoing by
action of ejectment,'t hey resorted to that whicb,is
technic:4;y terined an Irish ejectment, and fureihlT
birutd.cll;.• inir Fr's out nolens tolerm. - roe varties,
,as it appe,lreti in evidence,
.assemnied before,the
prosecutor's door; in Porto Bello:passage, at flu ee
'o'clock on Monday, and dianinded entrance. The
chain was down, but they forced the door an tot
in. E. Moegridge commanded the others to
the parties oitt. ,
.Blades remon-trated on the situ-
at km of his Wife, whose urcouvheinent was I:xpected
every hour, and in the afire she` was obliged t 0 hare
a•chair. Blades hearing the breaking open of,ta
door up ,stairs, endeavoured to go tip, but the
consrable turned him out of the house. He was
forcibly turned out a seccind time, after his wife
had let him in at the back door. They then pro.-
ceeded .to turn outs-Mrs: Blades and her child,
three years Old, after forcing her down stairs ;
she mentioned her situation, and begged to be
perthit led to stay in the blouse until site could col-
lect her baby linen. The whole set upon her, and
torced her into the. street in'the most brutal man-
ner.' Mrs. B. was obliged to seek shelter' in tier
brother's house. During the contusion, a King's
tax-gatherer seized tor taxes.:---The defendants
were all held to bail till the Se skins.' •
[BOW-STILEEL

Yesterday Ur.
.Pyall, an Inspector and con-
stable•of St. Mary7le-bone, attended at this Office,
to give evidence as to the encounter which ill:o-
-pened on Saturday night, between some, Life
Guardsmen and labourers ; his bead was bound up.
About the honr of: eleven that night, he was
knocked down. by,.f.iic, Guardsmen from the Bar-
racks,- near Portman-square, armed ,with brootn•
sticks; 'his head was cut in three places ; and be
added, ire now suspected -that the vet y men who
thus assaulted him were in custody. at Marlbo-
rough-street Office, charged with abetting the
disturbance that happened in St..Mer/.le.bone
on Friday night. Witness said, however, that as
the parish were to meet upon the business, be
should defer kis complaint till atter that meeting.