The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-23 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

On Wednesday night, Joseph. Feragalex,- an
elderly Jew, with a vile. .expression of countenance,
was charged before Mr. WYATT, with keeping a
nursery for thieves, corrupting youth, and encourag-
ing them to gamble, at a den in Petticoat-lace.
Though the officers had been long aware of the
prisoner's villainous practices, yet they were unable
to accomplish any thing effectual for his punishment,
having•no legal authority to proceed upon until that
night, when an application was made, grounded
upon oath, to the magistrate, by a matronly female,
to assist her in rescuing her child from Fernandez'
clutches, and thus save him from the ignominious
fate which must necessarily be the consequence of
his instructions. The applicant stated, that for
some time. past her child, who was of very tender
age, at Fernandez's persuasion, was a constant visiter
at his house, ostensibly a coffee-shop, which was
frequented by juvenile thieves, and where gambling
was constantly going on. She sent for him on that
night, 'and found him in the den, surrounded by
about 40 children, all of whom were engaged in
gambling, such as tossing, playing dominoes, and
drawing cards. Fernandez himself she saw forming
one of the party at dominoes, and eneourtiging her
son and other infants to go on. She did not then
alarm them ; bat thinking it the best way to abolish
a house which gave many a heart-pang to parents,
she hurried to the office, and acquainted his worship
with what wa3 going on ; if the officers were sent
at once, she was .sure the entire gang would be
caught.
Mr. WvArrlost no time in. despatching Dalton,
Norris, Shelswell, and Healey, fora• of the officers of
the establishment, to visit the house of Fernandez;
and, after the absence of about half an hour they re-
turned with ten of the young gamblers in custody,
and the principal himself.
The parents of most of the children were present,
and gave a detail of the practices carried on in this
house. A mother complained of her child robbing
her, and expending the produce of his plunder in
gambling. A father said that. he could not intrust
a fraction to his child, for the moment he placed it
in his hands, instead of appropriating it to the pur-
poses of industry, as was expected, he hastened off
to the den, and there wasted it- in dissipation ; and
several other relatives gave similar instances of the
seductions of Fernandez, thanking Mr. Wyatt for
his prompt interference, and being, as they conic•
dectly hoped, the instrument of their offsprings' sal-
vation. The children, when placed at the bar, did
not, the eldest of them, exceed 10-years of age.
• Mr. WYATT spoke to each of them separately, and
after pointing out to them the punishment they made
themselves subject to by being found in a common
gaming-house, and what would he the termination
of frequenting such places, said that in the hope of
their reformation he would not then put the law in
force against them, if their friends would pledge
themselves that they would give them such a portion
of private chastisement as their filial ingratitude and
most culpable offe►►ces merited.
The parents unanimously declared that they
should not escape unpunished ; and one of them, in
the excitation of the moment, suiting the action- to
the Word, knocked down one of the culprits with a
box on the ear.

Fernandes, who was for the night detained in the
watch-house, was yesterday again brought up, and
the scenes of infamy of which he had been the pro-
moter being proved,
Mr. WYATT ordered him to find bail, himself in
the sum of 1001., and two sureties in 501. each, to
be of good behaviour for the next three months,
adding, that if the law gate him the power, so cri-
minal did he coniider his conduct, he would trans-
port him for his natural life. •

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, J. 22.
THELLENON v. WOODFORD.

Mr. SUODEN opened a petition presented in this
well known ease, and praying, on the part of Mr. C.
Thelluson, guardian of the minors, heirs to the es-
tate, that the establishment of servants, &v., at the
mansion-house in Yorkshire, be broken up, and the
money arising from the sale of the furniture, &e.,
aid out for their benefit. From the statement it
appeared that the acting trustees under the famous
will of Mr. Thelhnon laid in furniture to the amount
of.. 5,0001:, and kept up a number of domestic ser-
vants, gamekeeper, &c., for their own purposes, and
to the prejudice of the accumulations of the proceeds
of the estate.

The petition was oppO-ied by Mr. HORNE for the
defendant, ►ipon the grounds that it was necessary to
keep ►ip the establishment ; that all that was done
Wag done in pursuance of the old will, and of the
decrees of this Court.

The Loan CHANCELLOR, having given the greater
part orthe day to the hearing of the arguments, said
he would take to Monday to consider what ought to
be done.

COURT OP KING'S BENCH, JAN. 21.
WEST V. FULL AND ANOTHER.
This action was brought to recover 1,65E4., being
the price of 112 pockets of hops sold to the defend-
ants by the plaintiff. The fgcts proved by the plain-
tiff on the trial at Guildhall, were briefly these :
The defendants 'came to the plaintiff, and ex-
preSsed their wish to purchase some hops. The
plaintiff showed- them a sample, and told them the
price was seven guineas per cwt., at the same time
telling them to take the sample with them, and con-
sult their friends. The- defendants, however, pur-
chased 142 pockets immediately, as hops were upon
the rise. Shortly afterwards the price having, as they
anticipated, advanced, the plaintiff offered to go
shares lyith them, but this the defendants refused to
allow.

. The defence set up was, that the plaintiff was a
hop-broker, and that he had no right to recover in
this action, as he had been guilty of frasid between
the real seller and the defendants.

The Jury found a verdict for the defendants.
Sir J. Scot.gn, for the plaintiff, had since
obtained a rule calling upon the defendants to show
cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and
one entered for the plaintiff, or a new trial had.
The case now came on for argument.
Mr. F. POLLOCK (with whom was Mr, EvANs)
opposed the rule, and contended that the plaintiff
had acted merely as a faCtor or agent, and that he
was guilty of a fraud in having purchased the hops
for one price, and then representing to the defendants
that he,had given 4 higher price for them.
Sir Jptrs Si:4nt,Efr-F (with whom was Mr.
FOLLETT) appeared in support of the rule.
The CounT decided that they could not make the
rule absolute to have the verdict entered for the
plaintiff; it would be going much further than they
bath gene; hut, as they thought the matter ought
to be i'urtiier.iugu4ed into, a new trial was granted,
the costs of bath trials to abide the result of the
second.

Archery io elegqnt exercise; in other words,
is gives an opportunity to young ladies to exhibit them-
selves in elegant or attractive attitudes.
In a village not a great way from this city, a
poor man, a short time ago, was nearly at the point of
407,1)7 In this dilemma an opulent lady in the neighbour-
hood sent for czw of tp.; family, and expressing her belief
thr.t if the old roan siied it wtial b; no easy matter for
them to bury him athrived them of a:method of overco*ng
the difficulty, which might put a few pounds iu their
pockets: Subjects were, she said, scarce; and if they
would agree to give his body to a particular surgeon whom
she named,,they would get 12 or 14 pounds ! The feel-
ings of the yelatiye at this suggestion may be conceived ;
end the affair N making some noise...-. Glasgow Chron,