The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-25 00:00:00

FAMILY LITIGATION.

Edward Alti.rtin, of Darlaston, Staffordshire,, was op-
posed by Mr. HEA2K, on behalf of Ann Martin, the widow
of his deceased elder brother. . .

The insolvent oc;cupies premises bequeathed to his op-
posing creditor by her late husband, to whom he is in ar-
rear for rent. An acti,:n had been brought, and the
widow obtained a verdict as plaintiff, and it was from the
costs of this suit alone that the insolvent sought to be dis-
charged. Thinking, however, that " possession is nine
points of the law," the insolvent would not give up the
premises as required. His pica was, th,;the did not know
to whom the premises belonged, and he told the Court
something about cohabitation on the part of ,23 sister (the
opposing creditor), which of course, only tended preju-
dice his case. It furthermore appeared, that the ii2sol-
vent had lately disposed of a cottage and plot of ground, of
which no mention was made in the schedule.

The COURT, thinking that obstinacy, and not insolvency.
brought him before it, ordered the insolvent to be re-
manded to file a special balance sheet, and, departing from
the usual course, appointed Mrs. Martin assignee, whereby
she is invested with power by this Court to take possession
of the premises.

COURT OF REQUESTS, JUNE 23.

At the conclusion of the usual routine business on the
last court-day, a gentleman addressed the Chief Commis-
sioner, and stated that he had a complaint to make against
an officer of that Court, named Young, for non-perform-
ance of his duty.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER requested him to state the
nature of the complaint.
The applicant said that his name was Berdoe, and that
he resided at No. 18, Coppice-row, Clerkenwell. In the
course of last month he took out an execution against a per-
son named Skinner, living in Wilmington-square, which
was placed in the hands of Young, at his own request, to
serve, he stating that he already held one, and might exe-
cute both at the same time. Several weeks passed by, and
Mr. Skinner still continued at large, although continually
seen in the neighbourhood,which caused him (Mr. Berdoc)
to suspect some foul play. He accordingly had some con-
versation with Young on the subject, and it was arranged
that at five o'clock the following morning they should pro-
ceed to his house and take him. On the same evening he
(Mr. Berdoe) was accidentally passing through Wilming-
ton-square, on his way home, and on reaching Dr. Skinner's
door, saw Young at the door talking to Mrs. Skinner and the
servant. Suspecting something wrong, he stopped short,
and distinctly heard Young relate the arrangements for
the morning, and advise them to be on their guard.—
He then proceeded to state, that without being observed he
walked away and waited the result of the morning opera-
tions, which of course turned out a failure ; and having
consulted some friends, he proceeded to Young's house to
state what he knew, and demand the execution of the pro-
cess, or state his determination to lodge a complaint against
him. Young was from home, but Mrs. Young received
the communication, to whom he (Mr. Bcrdoe) also stated
that he would wait for her husband. In about half an

rage, accused him of having insulted Mrs. Young, and
without further ceremony knocked him down.

On being called on, Young denied having given infor-
mation to Dr. Skinner's family at all, but admitted striking
the complainant. Dr. skinner had been a bankrupt, and
was in daily expectation of his certificate, therefore it was
natural for him to keep out of the way.
The COMMISSIONER. could not by any means approve of
the conduct of Young, and ordered the execution to be put
into the hands of another officer.

Mr. Berdoe returned thanks, and said that all he re-
quired was justice at their hands.

The COMMISSIONER advised the officers to have a little
more command over their tempers, and not let it betray
them into unnecessary broils.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—On Saturday a young man,
who has several names, one of which is Taylor, was
brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged under the fol-
lowing circumstances :
George Pott, a watchman of Vintry Ward, stated, that
at about one o'clock on that morning an alarm was given
that the warehouse of Messrs. Izons, in College-hill, was
broken into by thieves, and a crow-bar was sent for to the
watch-house to break in .the door, which the thieves had
shut upon themselves. Witness went down with another
watchman and broke open the door, and they found a dark
lantern, a phosphorus-box, and some skeleton keys, on the
premises. Against the window in the yard was a ladder,
and not far from the spot lay the prisoner, coiled up on the
ground.
John Blyth, another watchman, stated, that in conse-
quence of some alarm, he went to the warehouse, where he
heard a noise. From thence he went and procured the as-
sistance of the first witness, and dashed in the door.
Stephens, a third watchman, stated, that as he was
going his rounds at one o'clock, he saw two men come
from the door of Messrs. Izons. One of them said to the
other, " Well, you'll be here at four o'clock, will you ?"
" Yes I will," said the other ; and they parted, leaving the
door a-jar. Witness listened at the door, and heard voices
inside. He sprung his rattle, and pushed open the door,
but the thieves, who were within, slammed the door in his
face. The prisoner was the only person they found. An
entrance might have been effected into the premises over
the wall.
A clerk to Messrs. Izons stated, that upon examining the
Why,
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Pe.—Prisoner. Thank your Lordship.
ashvalelrysennadrryoowu etoseaßridewell for three months, to make the
caution more wholesome. Committed according'''.
The wife of an Irishman summoned her husband for re-
fusing to maintain her. She, however, ran out of the Jus-
tice-room when she found that her good man was deter-
mined to face her before the Lord Mayor. The husband
with her, and had agreed to give her a separate mainte-
nance of ss. a week. Her drinking propensities, however,
told the Lord Mayor that he Lad lived the life of a
She stole his watch, and pledged it
were unconquerable.
her allowance.
rs said that they were not, on that ac-
for 21., and he thought he was therefore justified in stop-
ingThe parish office
were not; but as
count, to support her.
house, where he would support her, there should
phnen h e
ornaanniNwiasAywne,ulsaiingd they certainly
to do his duty, if she refused to
theT
go into
be no interference.
'The Irishman, in order to get back his watch, wished to
take the necessary oath before the Lord Mayor, " that he
had lost the duplicate." He thought that his wife's mis-
conduct was fully comprehended in those words.
The LORD MAYOR, however, was of opinion that the
terms in the Act of Parliament tcapable were no of such lati-
tude of construction, and refused to administer the oath.
• BOW-STREET._,lcimes Bird, a. respectably-dressed
young man, was brought up en a "warrant, • charged with
assaulting Sarah Ashley, a young female possessing an at-
tractive person and manners, who stated that She hecame
acquainted with the defendant. about two years ago, when
she was liyins in respectability with her friends, and be
accidental.
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professed an honourable attachment to her. He promised
her marriage, and in an evil hour, before that promise wea.
performed, she became his victim. He then refused' ti
marry her, and being abandoned by her relatives, she was•
obliged to accept of his offer to come and live with him.
He had treated her kindly for a time; but latterly he had'
behaved to her in a very brutal manner. He had often
beaten her with a large stick, and given her blows with his
fist; and on one occasion he threatened to kill her with a
penknife, and in defending herself 'from his attack, she
received several cuts on her hands and arms. (The witness
here exhibited several scars to the Magistrate, ,which she
said were occasioned by the wounds she had described.)
Mr. MlNsituLL, after expressing himself with consider'.'
able warmth upon the cowardly conduct of the defendant,
censured the complainant for not coming before a Magis-.
trate at the time those wounds were inflicted. " If," said.
Mr. Minshull, " he had been brought before me at the time
upon that charge, I should most certainly have committed
him for the capital offence of cutting and maiming."
The complainant went on to state, that on Thursday
evening last the defendant struck her over the eye with
his fist, which had blackened it in a dreadful meaner.
(She removed a bandage from her right eye, which was
really in a frightful state.)
The defendant, in answer to the charge, said, the corn-
phinant had given him great provocation. It was against
the wishes of his friends that lie lived with her, and he
wanted her to leave him, but she refused to do so.
Mr. MiNskium..—You are an unmanly fellow, and
require you to find bail, yourself in 401., and two sureties.
in '2Ol. each.

The defemiaut was locked up until he could find the re
quired sureties.

fIATTON-GARDEN._Amongst a number of persons
summoned from the neighbourhood of Somers-town, before
the Magistrates of this office, on Saturday, for non-p 0;
ment of the lighting and watch tax, was a woman name
Mrs. Mary Salmon.
The Magistrates, Messrs. LAING and ROGERS, ordee'
instant payment of the sum demanded.
with.Glu stealingFiTHg fruit.aver up
MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.— William Bates,
Liam Davis, and William Carrington, the 'first 12 yea,4
old, the others younger, were brought up on Saturday fool
Paddington watch-house, and charged before Mr. Garr
FITIC
Davis and Carrington (who soil
they were induced to steal the fruit by Bates and a boat liof
;zlonging to the canal navigation) to their friends, and coo":
mitt.d Bates (who had been twice before in. custody, ano
who, the worthy Magistrate, appeared to be on the
the high
h0,:,,1 to the gallows) to the House of Correction'
and to hard labcur, for three months.
Some apples, nOt so large as walnuts, unripe currant*
and delicious strawbez-ries, found in the possession of these
young thieves, were brought to the office by Bradbury, the
keeper of the watch-house.
LAMBETH-STREET. The scenes daily witnessed°
this office for the last fortnight, in the attendance of In,
dreds of distressed and famis:bing Irish poor, seeking
temporary relief to rescue thei,3 from absolute starvatl
are of the most pitiable descriptio.,L. On Saturday, no
than from 80 to 100 miserable be:ogs, men, women, aw",
children, swarmed like locusts about the office, intreat
is the most piteous tones for some tem,uorary relief, or,
be passed to their native land.
Mr. Francis, one of the overseers, in conse Nun", wajlf,
on the Magistrates, Sir DANIEL WILLIA us and ,;13,
WYATT, Esq., and stated to them, that, so grr'At was:„to
number of Irish paupers which had lately fi, wed 10
their parish, and so overburdened were they by the su"
drawn for their support, that their funds were all 'cost v,;
hausted, and he and his colleagues really knew not b°

to act.
Mr. WYATT could not think of requiring tho pari
op
pass such numbers. What he recommended the parish 01
cers to do was, to give them temporary relief as c
. _

poor, and they might then proceed to the next pa:ish.
Sir DANIEL concurred in this opinion.
This course Mr. Francis adopted, giving them sip
each.

UNION-HALL.—On Saturday a powerful-look
man, named Richard G,aham, was brought before t,bt;
Sitting Magistrate, R. J. CumunEas, Esq., charged v4rl
committing a most outrageous assault upon a watchuOi
named George West.
. _

The prisoner was committed to gaol.
A fashionable-looking young man, named Thor's
_As
was placed at the bar, and the following charge 03" of
against him by a comely-looking widow of the name
Seraphina Jones :
ceding night was awakened by hearig :17‘14.oiseZttbhee rl
parlour window. On rising from her bed, which is
the back room on the same floor, she was terrified, ghe i,l
scribed, almost to death by seeing the window-shuttl
which fasten on the outside, wide open, and two )I'l4
men endeavouring to throw up the sash, in order t°
into the house. One of them finding that he could note;
over the impediment, smashed one of the panes of glassr:f
etdo mistookt gainhel admittance.at hgei
tr house.a
made an attempt
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twebeh iadya. was here
tfihihedneneldh.wedaehich the complainant resided was a bco7-
Mr. CHAMBERS—Then you must
case.
tine
pane of glass you have broken, besides ss. for being (311,bef
pay htahtethlaadtyvv:sor
Complainant—l shall quit my house ; am afraid 'lO%
will make another attack on me, and 6od knows 'ld
may be the consequence if those young fellows get in°
bed-room.
Mr. CHAMBERS desired her not to alarm herself, for lie
was convinced they would not molest her again.
The defendant having paid for his frolic, then dela'!l

THE CROPS.—The hay harvest has
commenced in this neighbourhood ; the alternate i_ust
which we have had for these three or four daysnpasat "` d
ts 'soo,
tend greatly to improve vegetation, and seyear. wit)
contrast to the corresponding period of last
en3s to be in the
respect to grain, a very large extent
fsea „
piemeous crop'
ground, and shows every symPtow_oarket, sad the hutlial
New potatoes are now much in ()user, i"
nee, has kept the prices °
meal (I il. per quart), nowx
iShowy Independent.
provisions very regular.
at
Flood-hall, and, in fact#
At Danesfort,
h
the county Kilkenny, the scythe
pretty generally !hg
The produce of hay is imniense,""
is now in full activity._
entiful harvest of all kinds of grail!'
The promise of a p
of
never
and potatoes was greater. The weather
of
pulse, .
I suited to the latitude and soil of this part more precise y
s
ad than it has been for many years. New potateero
larreelannur
sold daily in this city, and green peas, 80. are
plentiful.
Indeed, all garden produce of the season is abo
dantly supplied to our markets.—Leinster Journal.
genet:

On Tuesday last, as some labourers were
t
digging turf, on a moor in the township of Nyadswortih,L'
far from the house of the late Mr. Shackletun, at four r;
below the surface they found the body a a
had been missing about twenty-sever
and The body vis°
supposed, was murdered by his:uwehn father.
a state of preservatioe
lying upon a sack, and was in
Id neighbours. The flesh
by the o
as to be easily identified .
the hair, which was red, vogi
young
wmhao, it
was still firm on the bones
on,
one of his feet, which was lame,
fresh and bright, "ci on
living. The father has long since
as when e
be wore a boot,lr
account.—Doncaster Gazette.
gone to his

BIRTHS.
On the 22d inst., the lady of U. C. L. Keene, Esq., of
a daughter.
On the 22d inst., Mrs. Edw. Burbidge, of Alderogs
street, of a daughter, still-born.
On the 22d inst., at Streatham Paragon, MIL Willi
Smith, of a son.

On the 23d inst., the lady of John Turner, Esq., oar
ham Common, of a son.
Onthe22d iost.,i
Esq., of a daughter.nProspect-plaee,Edgware-rnadt
lady of Henry Fairer,

MARRIED.
On the 21st inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, by the Ref:
Henry Blunt, the Rev. Win. Cowlard, of Larnertont

vonshire, to Miss Falkland, of Sloane-street.
On the 11 th inst., at Gretna, John Moulton 13°66;
Esq., son of the late J. B. Bence, of Holly-house, in
County of Gloucester, Esq., to Georgians Eliza, °11;
child of William Jenkins, Esq., of East Heath, near O"'
ingham, Berks, late of Castle House, near Wiveliscoinbe'
Somersetshire.
John Brown, Esq., of Upper Berkeley-street, Porte
square, to Mrs. Manning, of Great James-street,':ir
ford-row.

jnohthne
Gregory,2lst ins.E, DIED.
41.
,rs.ofMcahryeynGe-rievglyi;
crheelii;eta:L°l4e
71 years. bob,
On the 23d inst., in the Commercial-road, Lam
late°
Mr. Daniel Sharp, aged 45, stone-mercliant and iniader,
On the 20th inst., 11L•. S. W. Cliaillncau, ofXlrcyle,:
street, Golden-square, aged 59 ' -

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