The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-10 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN

A wretched-looking female, named Mary M'Do-
nald, end two children of her's, a boy and girl, were
yesterday- charged before Mr. ROGERS and Mr. Ser-
jeant SELLON with vagrancy.
John M'Craw, police constable, No. 21, di-
vision E., found the children that morning in
Margaret-street, Regent-street, begging, and, at the
request of several respectable persons, took them
into custody. The girl, with her bare feet, was
dancing in the middle of the carriage-way, while the
boy sang and played for her upon a castanet. The
constable watched them for seine time, and saw the
girl receive a pair of shoes from a lady, which she
immediately put on, but the moment they turned
the corner of the street the boy obliged her to take
them off again, and he concealed them in his
pockets. In other respects the boy behaved ex-
ceedingly cruel to her, for if she did not uninterrupt-
edly continue in motion, and dance to his liking, lie
would slap and heat her severely about the fare and
head. The constable had known them for a consi-
derable time past practising daily the same method
of soliciting charity all about the west end. They
were frequently before the Magistrates of Marlbo-
rough-street and Marylebone, but though warned
and suffered to depart with impunity, they *ere still
incorrigible. Carriages were hourly beset by them.

The shopkeepers complained of the nuisance; to
Mr. Justiec Bailey even, on one occasion, vroteth
the Mendicity Society about them. The cond;
ascertained that the whole Llama attached to 10„,'
mother, who had subsisted entirely upon their ezto
;tons for the last four or five years, and treated to
wretched creatures with so much severity, Out ijog
less they brought her home every night st
half-a-crown, she would deny them food,. and tui;
them out upon the streets to wander for 01111-4
wherever they could find it. Having learned Bli
the children where she resided, at No. 27, 1:417,;
wherever
St. Giles's, the constable instantly W."
and took her into custody. fo
Mr. RoGERs discharged the mother and dater"
and committed the boy for one month to the 1-I°°°-
of Correction.
Mr. Sedeant SELLON, said, that in his opinibl
the punishment ought to fail upon the mother, 0,
whom it was manifest the children were enley
raged to beg, thereby committing an act of sago
herself.
Mr. ROGERS had no evidence of that before
but desired the policeman, if ever he found awl /4
the children begging in the street again, to bringtll,
mother to this office, and she should be visited At
the heaviest penalty of the law.
John Picrotti, a doll-maker, was brought tip
custody of Kimpton, tie warrant-officer of tP-,
parish of St. Pancras, charged with refusing 17
maintain his wife.
The defendant said, that his wife had voluntsA
withdrawn herself from him, and had gone to P:
with another man in Theobald's-road. • About:
fortnight ago, as he was passing by her I°4ooo.
quantity of water was thrown down upon him frUj
her window. He considered it a very severe bur'
ship to be obliged to maintain her under the eir

cumstances. -
Mr. ROGERS told the defendant that his wife
must not Beth: argeable to the parish; and "nlegs bet
complied tl:e order of maintenance, he mus
be committed to prison.
The defendant promised to do so, and the patio
withdrew.

The drivers of tssu'oNlo°mNn-iibluAsteLs, called the Pratedter and Nelson, were summoned on information.,
charging them with furious driving. d
The proprietors of the vehicles attendel, and
gave both divers excellent characters for eotirieti
and good conduct. to
The defendants having promised for the future 0
drive with the greatest possible caution, they Yef.i.
adjudged to pay Ws. to the poor-box and ther;
ponces. The full penalty is 101., and not under '1"

LA W INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dtc. 9•

HARRIS V. WIDDOWSON.
In this action the plaintiff, who is a young fir',
sought to recover from the defendant, a silrerstniertk
residing in Fleet-street, compensation for his If 1,.
and labour, employed in painting oil-colour P°,
trait of Mr. Braslnidge, whom the defendent
ceded in basitiess, in drawing a copy of that P,_°.ll7e,
in water-colours, and in preparing a lithogrsPelelicili
graving of the Lincoln racing cup for 1827,,"'t,
had been manufactured by the defendant. It
peared that the plaintiff had !edged with the -house,
dent, who also hospital& received into his
plaintiff
without any charge, the fads, to whom the d
%fits afterwards married ; was therefore conten e,
in defence, with respect to the portraits, that tbel
had been left with the defendant in return for t?
kindness which lie had shown to Mrs. ile,rrhi°4
It sva4 also contended, and so sworn by some 0' t-s
witnesses, that they were utterly valueless, in call;
sequence of the inferior manner in which they tc,j,-,
executed ; and certainly, on being exhibited by
Learned Council for the defendant, the styl6-,
which they were executed excited some laughteL:1l
Court. It appeared, however, that the defo7,
had so far prized them, that he had bung tip ,41
dhere e botha much
executedneil
superior
ebrei
oforr
style,e the
his shop, and the other in his back parlour.
in
With respect to the lithographic work, W"--11,-A-11ed
1115r-t-r;l7hs
to prove that the plaintiff had sent some °
respects de%
prints for sale himself, and in other
with them in a way which showed that the It
plaintiffse
viden ce',
was a partnership speculation between the PVT;
and that therefore the defendant was not 111
The sum claimed for the lithographic work was ,4

and for the portraits 51. 51.
The Learned JUDGE left both questions to. t
Jury, NVIAO found a verdict for the plaintiff—DO:4s.°
3/. 3s.