The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-27 00:00:00

UNION- H ALL.

Yesterday, a Mr. Mortimer, of the tncdical pro-
febsion, was charged with having violently assaulted
Mr. T. Gregory, a tradesman residing in the district
of this office.

From the evidence it appeared, that the offence
complained of was committed about three weeks ago,
at which period Mr. Gregory came to this dice in
order to apply for a warrant, and exhibited a counte-
nance much disfigured, in consequemee of the ill-usage
he received at the hands of his assailant, who, it seems,
left his former abode, and removed to another part of
the town, with the view of avoiding the consequences
of his conduct. The complainant, however, deter-
mined on having reparation for the assault committed
on him, and his assailant punished, at length disco-
vered his residence, and had him immediately brought
to this office.

The facts of the assault, RR stated by the com-
plainant, are as follow :—As Mr. Gregory and his
son, a little boy, were proceeding up the South-
wark-road, the latter some distance in the rear, the
defendant, who was accompanied by tn•o other young
men, snatched the cap off the boy's head (whether
for a " lark" or for the purpose of keeping it, com-
plainant did not know), and walked away with it.
The father having observed the transaction, imme-
diately went up to the defendant, and desired to hare
his son's cap restored, upon which the defendant,
instead of delivering it up, commenced abusing him ;
and when retorted upon for interfering with the lad
and snatching away his cap, he (defendant) without
further ceremony ' pitched into" Mr. Gregory, and
before he permitted him to escape out of his hands,
gave him a severe beating, the complainant, it
appeared, standing no chance against his adver-
sary, a young man, his superior by many degrees
in the science of pugilism. After having pum-
melled away at the poor man, who lustily called out
for help, the defendant fearing the consequences,
took to his heels and escaped. His companions
were secured on the spot, and forthwith brought to
this Office, but it appearing they were not concerned
in the assault, were discharged, both of them, be-
fore leaving the Office, declaring they were unac-
quainted with the defendant's address. Mr. Gre-
gory now stated that he had much difficulty in dis-
covering the defendant's abode, since which he had
made inquiries into his character, and was perfectly

satisfied now that bo had Lo intention of takings, the
boy's cap away with any other view than to have a
"lark;" still he should not have attacked compl►►inant
in the violent manner he did, upon being civilly re-
quested to return it.
Mr. HONE said that be remembered the circum-
stances; the complainant's face was certainly very
much bruised and disfigtsred when he first made ap-
plication for a warrant.

Mr. Gregory said, that previous to his having
come into the office that morning, the defendant
offered to make reparation for his conduct by paying
Oiree guineas to any charity ; he named an hospital,
to which h►e expressed a wish the money might be
pivot.
Mr. HONE said that the defendant's wish on the
subject should mot he consulted : he was the aggressor,
and if the complainant was satisfied in arranging the
assault in the above way, the money should certainly
be at his disposal, to do what he thought proper
with it.

Three guineas, at the suggestion of Mr. Gregory,
were ultimately transmitted to the secretary of a
charitable institution about to be erected in the
neighbourhood of Charing-cross. The defendant, in
addition, had to pay a sovereign for the expenses in-
curred in finding his residence.
Information of a robbery, attended with violence,
was given at this office on Wednesday night. As
Mr. Kearsey, a farmer, residing at Tarleton, near
Cirencester, was proceeding home between eight
and nine o'clock, he was attacked near the village of
Itodmarton by two men, who, springing out on him
from behind a quickset hedge, fell upon him, knocked
him down, and beat him severely. While on the
ground, the offenders turned all his pockets inside
out, and robbed him of four 5/. notes, besides forty-
one 1/. notes of the Tetbury Bank, and a silver
hunting-watch. The thieves are described as
dressed like countrymen, one of them about five feet
ten inches, and the other about five feet four inches
in height.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 21.
TERRY V. 11OR8FALL.

. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for an injunc-
tion in this ease, upon the following statement of
facts :—lnk in its liquid state not being easily made
the subject &an export trade, in consequence of the
difficulty of preserving it in a warm climate, a
,per-
' son of the panic of Richard Walkden, a stationer
living on London-bridge, at the sign of The Bell,
se long ago as 1735, discovered a mode of preparing
it in a state of powder. This article had a very
considerable sale, and was known by the appellation
of" Walkden's Fine British Ink Powder." The
recipe afterwards came into the possession of John
Walkden, the son of the original inventor, who
entered into partnership in 1785 with a Mr. Darby.
Upon the death of Mr. John Walkden, in 1806, Mr.
Darby for some time continued the sole pro-
prietor, till in 1817 he formed a partnership with
the present plaintiff. That partnership has since
been dissolved by the retirement of Mr. Darby
from business wholly, and in consideration of a
large sum of money paid by Mr. Terry to Mr. Darby,
the sole title to the powder vested in the plaintiff.—
From the time of the original discovery by the elder
Walkden down to the present time, the powder
has always been prepared in packages of a certain
form and Rife, each enclosed in a wrapper bearing
upon it a particular label. The plaintiff has lately
discovered that the defendant, Mr. Horsfall, Who
carries on the business of an ink-maker in Grerille-
street, Hatton-garden, 'has been for some time past in
the habit of selling a composition purporting to be
" Walkden's Fine British Ink Powder," arid which
was made up in packages with wrappers and labels
similar to those sold by the plaintiff. The Attor-
ney-General (with whom was Mr. Belles's) applied
to the Court for an injunction to restrain the defend-
ant from using any such wrappers or labels.
The ViCE-CHANCELLOR granted the injunction
ex parte.

BURGLARIES IN THE ENVIRONS OF

THE METROPOLIS.

The astonishing increase of the clime of burglary
in the villages and places round about the Metro-
polis has become the general topic of conversation in
all quarters, and has attracted the serious attention
of the Magistrates of the different police-offices. It
most be regarded as an astounding fact, that nearly
50 burglaries, accompanied by the abstraction of va-
luable property, have been committed within 12
miles or so of London since the beginning of Octo-
ber ; and so successfully have the depredations been
carried on, so well organised have been the plans of
the robbers, that there have not been more than one
or two convictions of regular burglars during the
whole of that time. There has been scarcely a day
for the last two months that informations have not
been received at Bow-street-office of two or three
burghries on the previous night. Amongst the
most daring were those of Mr. Warrington, at
Moulscy ; Colonel Whatley, at Watford; and that
on Saturday night last, at the Tedilisigton Lock-
house, occupied by Mr. Savory, the cdector of the
lock-dues for the Corporation. In the middle
of the night Mr. Savory was roused by a
noise, and immediately after four men enter-
ed the room where he was in bed, and one
of them presented a pistol at his head, and warned
him to be quiet if he valued his life. There was
light in the room, and one of the men carried a lan-
tern, and Mr. Savory could perceive that the faces
of the robbers were blackened. They ransacked the
place, taking away a watch, a quantity of money in
notes and cash, a receipt on a stamp for 8001., and a
quantity of old coins, and sonic wearing apparel.—
On the previous night, Friday, the house of Thomas
Carr, Esq. (once of the residence of Garrick) at
Hampton, and that of a lady named Archer, near
Kingston-bridge, were also broken open and plun-
dered of considerable property. At Mr. Carr's,
the thieves had first tried to obtain an entrance by
boring through the shutters of a hack window with
a centre-bit, but the lining of iron was too stout for
them, and they then tore up the flap of the cellar,
and made their way through two wine cellars up
stairs. Not the slightest noise was heard by any
one of the family. A few days ago two gentlemen,
from Bromley, in Kent, called at Bow-street Office,
to consult the chief Magistrate upon the best means
of checking the nightly depredations in that quarter.
They stated that no less than nine burglaries had
been committed in Bromley parish within eight days,
and the inhabitants, especially the female part, were
in a pitiable state of alarm.
Sir R. BUtNIE should be most happy to render
any assistance, but lie much feared that if he sent
officers it would be incurring an useless expence.
The plans of the burglars (Sir Richard continued)
were so well laid, and the facilities for the disposal
Of stolen property so great, that detection after the
offence was next to impossible. The only possible
way of effectually stopping these outrages would,
in his opinion, be to establish a local police, consist-
ing of strong, active men, well acquainted with the
neighbourhood; arid he would recommend the ap-
pointment of an experienced police-officer from one
of the metropolitan offices, as a superintendent, at a
reasonable salary. The gentle-men stated that they
'had something of the kind in contemplation, and
would consult the parishioners, and apply again to
Sir Richard on the subject.
The three Magistrates of the office have had seve-
ral conversations on the subject, and they all agree,
that with the present number of police tinder the
management of the Home Department and of the
Magistrates, the prevention of the crime which has
given rise to so much alarm, and attracted so much
of the public attention, is totally unattainable.
The officers, we can state from positive know-
ledge, have been indefatigable in their endeavours tu,
bring the West Moulsey gang to justice, and wititn'
the last few days they have had persons in custody
who, they had the strongest information, were part
of that gang, but neither Mr. nor Mrs. Warrington
nor their servants were able to identify them, and
the detection of these daring robbers is now consi-
dered almost hopeless.

MEDICAL. PRACTITIONERS.

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Yesterday evening Inquests were held at
King's Arms, King-street, St. James's, on the
dies of two children, Henry and Isabella Goff,
four, and the other two and a half years of age,
father of whom is coachman to the Marchioness
Londonderry, mid whose deaths were alleged to la
been occasioned by the improper treatment of 66,
medical men by whom they were attended.
The first witness examined was Henry Goff;
father of the deceased children. He stated that
left town on Tuesday fortnight, the children 5r.,%.
then in good health, and lie returned on the Sad
day following. On Monday week Isabella
taken ill, and his wife went to Mr. Davies,,./-
chymist, residing in King-street, to procure sov.i
medicine for the chili ; and Mr. Davies then
ked her to have the assistance of Mr. Douches,
Air-street, Piccadilly, who, he said, was a partiti
friend of his, was very clever, and particularly s
fill in treating the scarlet fever, and under whlti
he supposed the children then laboured. t)
Davies said she could not have a person
sessed of more skill. Mr. Douchez - was trA
requested to attend the child ; ho complied sri..
the request, and attended from day to dg::
and during that time said he was a physicist
the chid laboured ender great pain from the trrj
merit she had received from Mr. Douches, and nri
medicines given her which occasioned a great
struction in the bowels. The other child (the be
was taken ill last Wednesday week, and 11;
Douchez attended him also Finding that el'
were getting worse, the witness said, that about
hours before one of the children died he repos -11
Dr. Merriman to attend, as he was not satisfied ot
the treatment of Mr. Douches. He was met
Mr. Davies, and they remained some time in 1
sultation upon the case. The boy died on Saturdet
and the other child on the Tuesday following.
Davies had since sent in his bill, amounting to It
75., which he had paid ; Mr. Douches had not aspji
in his bill, but had stated that when the addle
had recovered he might make him what compels!
thin he thought proper.
Douchez, who is a very young man, be.
stepped forward, accompanied by another persSil'i
and said that the child was afflicted- with the maliF
nant scarlet fever.
Dr. Merriman, of Brook-street, Grosvenor-sqtl.:,4
—Witness was sent for on Saturday last to visit tt„,
deceased children ; when he went to Mrs. Gone;
found four children labouring under a scarlet fever,
one of them, Robert, hail been lately taken out
warm bath, and was lying in a bed in a conal,
state ; witness did not expect he would recover; /(yor
ministered some medicine, but without expectetto
of prolonging life; his attention was then drawl..
Isabella; thought her so ill as to doubt of her PI.
coyery, but he administered medicine.
CORONER—Did you see what. the medicie
were ?
Dr. Merriman-4 saw medicines, but could !PI
distinguish them without analysis; I did not AI,
to the general remedies .Which had been administer a,
As far as I know, the children did not die of 0
treatment.
Dr. Merriman was further examined by joa uomii•
Douchez as to the remedies proper to be given's;‘ Coml
he stated that he thought the medicines not .r. Wee
proper. kcal
The post martens examination, performed 1))9,11, tbsta
Healy, Dr. Tuson, and Dr. Dermott, was then re.,
The opinions of these gentlemen were, that had Vo
per remedies been applied, the lives of the chafe
might have been saved.
et WTI
One of the Jury considered it highly improP,, t;„,
that Mr. Douchez should have stated himself tg haa sin
been a surgeon, without being regularly adrnietV`l:; hitLe
The Jury, after some consultation, returnedat wi
Verdict—" Died of Scarlet Fever." (*Ali
One of the Jury expressed in strong terms. not
disapprobation of Mr. Donehez acting as a regal
Co'
practitioner, without being authorized.. .The. ()eta
9, bitit
rosier said the Court could net entertain that we cru,
lion.— The Jury then separated. Ditto

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BIRTHS.
On the 21st inst. at Beaufort Castle, Inverness-0
the Hon. Mrs. Fraser, of Lovat, of a son and heir-
Ou the 25th ins', in Lower Belgrave-street,
the wire of the Rev. R. Lynam, of a daughter. „,pel
On the 24th inst. at Kinmel Park, the Neat of Coali
Hughey, ;11.P., the lady of Francis Lyttleton HOP':
Esq. of twin daughters.
At Raterpark, county Limerick, the lady of SO,tic
Binder., Esq. of a daughter.
In Drogheda, the lady of George Murphy, El. ofd .
On the 24th inst. in Grafton-street, Lady Vincent'
daughter.

MARRIED. .to
On the 24th inst. Louis Perez, Esq. of BrightOM
'Miss Mercer, of the same place. of
0:i the 25th inst. by the Rev. Dr. Richards, rectv,oh.
St. Martin's-in-the-fields, William Shaw, Esq. of K 0.160,0
town, to Frances Mary, the widow of the late Th°.
Jones, Esq. of Grarog, South Wales, and Long.aere..,o
On the 24th inst. at St. James's, Piccadilly,
Parker, Esq. of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, to Jett
Seraphinsonly daughter of the late Signor Romualdi
At Dca) cot, Walker Smith, Esq. of Kington St. MO'
to Miss King, of Draycot. bit
On the 25th inst. Mr. James Hopkins, of 1.81°,0
Conduit-street, to Elizabeth, eldest danghtey of 141 r. r
Young, of Islington.

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