The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

. MANSION-HOUSE.—The LORD MAYOR sat yester-
day an hour before his usual time of sitting, and there were
only two cases in the paper, hut, in consequence of the ab-
sence of the officers With their prisoners, these charges
would not be gone into, his Lord4ip, therefore, had to wait
ppwards of an hour, when
Joseph Cohen was placed at the bar, charged with as-
saulting John Gregory, an officer, in the discharge of his
Gregory deposed that he Was called in on the preceding
lay to quell a riot and disturbance in Dunning's-alley,
Bishopsgate-street, as well as to assist a broker in levying
some distresses for rent on the goods of the defendant, and
others in that neighbourhood ; they succeeded in levying
the distresses and impounding the property previous to its
being kept five days before being sold,. when the defendant
followed them to the , house where the property was im-
pounded, called out that they had robbed him, challenged
'them down to fight, and threatened to stab or shoot them
if they refused—he eventually, upon complainant's coming
Flown stairs, struck him violently in the face, which drew
blood. _ _

The broker and his employer confirmed this statement;
the latter stated that he was himself also struck, and his
Boat torn to pieces by the prisoner.
The prisoner, in defence, denied having struck the
Facer, but said he merely inquired why his property had
been seized, and, in return, the officer immediately seized
)iiin by the collar, and he only struggled to extricate him-
ielf from the grasp of the constable. lie admitted that lie
;was irritated at the time, in consequence of all his goods,
as well as those of his neighbours, being suddenly seized
i.and carried away, without any notice, and, as they sup-
'eed, without any right.
The LORD MAYOR said all this might be true, but
offiCers must be protected when discharging their duty.
A Mr. Stanning, a respectable tenant on the saint pro-
perty, observed that this was really a very hard case on these
poor people who had been distrained upon ; the property
was all disputed property, and they (the tenants) had re-
peired notice after notice, fist to pay rent to one, and then
to pay to another ; that, -in fact, they knew not who to
pay it to ; and on the day in question, all of a sudden,
the agent of one of the 'claimants came with the broker,
and exclaimed, " Now stand at nothing, 'but, - you,
priter," which the -broker immediately did, and instantly
-errioved all these poor people's goods, not leaving them a
rug to he on, which certainly much exasperated theni, and
:they perhaps behaved in a manner differently to what they
right otherwise have done.
The LORD MAYOR said that the tenants could not take
fadvantage of this circumstance to dispute their tenancy to
the parties distraining.
Several of the parties swore that the defendant never
truck the constable; and one woman asked for a warrant
,against the agent to the claimant of the property for as-
saulting her.
The officer said that the prisoner had that morning con-
fessedhis sorrow for what he had done on the preceding
day, and under these circumstances he had no wish to press
the charge. -
The Loan MAYOR then discharged the prisoner, and
granted a summons to one of the females against the agent
of the claiming parties for an assault.
The LORD MAYOR then rose to attend a Court of Al-
dermen.

GUILDHALL.—WHITECROSS-STREET PRISON.-One
William Lee was brought before Mr. Alderman THOMP-
SON on Wednesday, charged with having attempted to
convey spirituous liquors into Whitecross-street
He had more than a gallon and a half of rum and gin con-
cealed about his,person in half-yard pieces of ox-bowels.
Some of them were er,ncealed in his night-cap, some in his
stockings, and some in his galligaskins. He had nothing
to say in his defence ; and, being unable to pay the miti-
gated penalty of ten pounds, he was sentenced by the
Alderman to three months' hard labour in the House of
Correction. _ _

Yesterday, a woman, .named Ann Rider, was placed at
the bar on a similar charge. She presented herself at the
prison lodge, apparently far advanced in the family way,
saying she wished to see a particular friend of her's—one
Mr. Cooke.—" What sort of a man is Mr. Cooke?" de-
manded the turnkey. " A very pale-faced gentleman,"
was the reply ; and as the only Mr. Cooke then within the
prison happened to be a very red-faced gentleman, the
turnkey concluded there was " something wrong in the
concern," and called the Governor. The Governor, per-
ceiving her delicate condition, asked her " How long she
had to go ?" To which she replied, " Not long ;" and
truly she replied, for the Governor instantly handed her
over to one of the nurses, and in less than five minutes she
was safely delivered of two fine bladders of gin. The,
twin bladders, containing something more than half a
gallon of the pure spirit, were produced before the Alder-
man ; together with the sack, or pouch, in which they had
been suspended round her waist, so as to give her the in-
teresting appearance above alluded to ; and a very ingenious
contrivance it was—" ingenious enough," as the nurse said
" to deceive any but the most experienced person."

In her defence, she said she did not know there was any
harm in what she had done ; and that she was employed
to do it, " by a lady who employed many women to carry
gin into the, prison in the same way." And upon this show -
ing, the Alderman remanded her for further examination.
It was stated, that men and women are not the only
persona engaged in carrying spirits into this most spirituous
prison ; but that children of tender years are employed in
the same service. On Sunday last, a little boy, not more
than five years old, was detected in endeavouring to pass
into the prison with a bladder of gin concealed in the hinder
part of his full-bottomed trousers.—" Freedom and whisky
gang together," sung Rob Burns; and possibly it may be
so.in Scotland ; but here, in London, it is very evident,
that yin will gang where there is no freedom at all.

HIGIIWAY Roe stair. Charles Smith, otherwise
Reedieft, was charged with having violently assaulted and
robbed one Charles Jones, on the King's highway. The
following were the facts, as stated in evidence :
Charles Jones is a victualler out of business, and at
present residing at the Poulterers' Arms, in Honey-lane-
market, Cheapside. On Wednesday night, about eleven
o'clock, as he was passing through Honey-lane, on his
way to hie lodgings, he was suddenly struck on the face
with great violence by some person whom he did not see—
for he was not previously aware that there was any per-
son near him. The blow stunned him, so that he could
not see at all ; at the instant he received it a violent
snatch was made at his watch. He had instinctively
clapped his hand upon his fob at .the moment he was
struck ; and as the watch was snatched out, he caught
the seals in his hand; but, in the struggle which ensued
the steel ring, by which it was attached to the ribbon,
broke ; and the robber ran off with the watch. Hecould not
follow, for he was still unable to see; so that all he could
do was to cry " Stop tliief!" His cry was heard by a
watchman, named John Barker, who, seeing the prisoner
running, and no other person in sight, concluded he must
be the thief, and therefore stopped him. The•watchman
is but a very little fellow, and somewhat sickly withal,
but he contrived to hold his prisoner fait,, though he
struggled furiously to get away, and was well able to
struggle with effect, being a stout healthy young man, half
a head taller than the watchman. "Whilst We were
scuffling," said the valiant little guardian of the night,
"I saw him throw something away—l did'ut know what
it was, but it was something bright and shining. !'
says I, 'you have dinq'd it, have you? Then I must take
a firmer grip of you.' So I threw clown my stick, and
seized him with both hands, and in that manner I dragged
hi►n along in the direction he had thrown the something,
and, about five or six yards off, I found a silver watch."
The watch so found was now produced before the Magi-
strate, and fully identified by the prosecutor, as the one
so violently taken from him. The prosecutor's face was
horribly disfigured by the blow he had received.
The prisOner made no defence, except a general denial of
the facts; and he was fully committed to Newgate for trial.

HOW-STREET.—Yesterday a Major Byrne, was
•
brOnght up before Sir R. Mutat, from St. Clement's
watch-honse, to which place he had been cOnsigried the
night before by the driver of the hackney-coach, No. 641,
who charged him with having purloined, or been a party
concerned in purloining, his number-plates.
The coachman, a short, fat, quiet-spoken body, stated
his complaint, in substance, as follows :—The Major and
three other gentlemen, took his coach . at the Cafe de
l'Europe, in the Haymarket, and ordered him to drive to
Catherine-street. He did so, awl when he got down from
his box to let the gentlemen out, he perceived. that the
plate was gone from the door. He went round to the
other door, and finding the plate gone from that also, he
opened the coach-door, and asked the first gentleman
who alighted, whit had become of his plates. " You be
, and your plates too !" said the first gentleman.—
The second gentleman alighted; and to him the same
question was addressed ; "You be _, and your plates
too !" answered the second gentleman, at the same time
knocking the coachman's hat over his eyes. The third
gentleman alighted. " Come, Sir," said the eoachman,
" the plates was all right when you got into my coach,
and I won't stand no nonsense." " You be —, and
your plates too!" replied the third gentleman, seizing the
coaChwan by the chin, and using it as a handle whereby
to. shake the rest Of bra pe' i;on. ' The Coachman, as will he
naturally inferred, must be a marvellous quiet and peace-
iblvditposed catlehrtan to put up with all this; but it ap-

ii eared. that he did pit np witivitittpd.appWApkthe 1111ajor,
he foOrth and last gentleman who alighted, for that satis-
action which the other gentlemen Intel in sosentlemanly a
anner refused iiim; but from the Major no other answer
ould he.-get to his repeated and urgent expostnlations
bout his plates, than this, " Your fare is eighteen-pence,
Sir
; here are two shillings--give me sixpence." " I
han't take it—give me my plates !" cried the coachman in
:a rage. " Take your fare," coolly repeated the Major ;
bbut the coachman would not take his fare ; and, losing all
patience, he called for the watch ; and the watch coming
'to his call, he gave the Major in charge, and would have
iven his companions in charge also, but they had wished
I,the Major a good nights and walked away a few minutes
before.

One of the missing' plates was produced by a man; who
stated that he saw the coach start from the Haymarket,
and one of the gentlemen, .as it was going along, put his
arm out of the window, and try•to take the plate off. In
a minute after he found a plate in the road, and suspecting.
it belonged to this coach, he followed it into Catherine-
Street, where he arrived in time to witness the row.

The Major disclaimed any share in the transaction, or
oven a knowledge that his
,friends had done anything of
the sort. He did not believe they had, for they were all
men of honour ; and he was sure, had they done so, they
would have come forward to remunerate the 'coachman.
Sir R. BIRN IE said, as the coachman swore to the charge,
he was bound to believe him. Some people might call
Stealing coach -plates fun, but for his part, be could not see
;where the fun lay, The law made the offence a felony ;
to
it would give great pain to him to commit the Major
to take his trial for it at, the Old Bailey.
The hint was sufficient; and the Major speedily re-
tired to settle the matter in a less awkward manner with
the coachman.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—John Artis, a young
fellow who was in custody a few days ago upon suspicion
of being concerned in the robbery of Mr. Horace Twiss,
but who was then discharged from want of evidence, was
yesterday placed at the bar of this office, charged with
robbing a gentleman's footman of his watch and appen-
dages, near the very spot where the fokmer robbery was
committed. . _ -

The complainant stated that he was standing at the end
of George-street, formerly Dyot.street, St. Giles's, the pre-
ceding evening, in eonversation with a female, when a man
,came behind him and snatched his watch from his fob. He
could not swear the prisoner was.the man that took it, but
,there was a witness present who, ow the watch in the
prisoner's possession.
The witness alluded to by the last witness, swore that he
saw the watch in the prisoner's hand, but he did not see
him snatch it from the person of the complainant.
• Reardon, an officer of St. Giles's said, that the prisoner
was a notorious character, having been' committed several
times, and when he took him into custody he found five
silk handkerchiefs on his person.
Prisoner—How can you say that, you know there was
Lonly three ?
MAGISTRATE—Quite enough for any moderate man.
The prisoner was remanded for further examination.
Thomas Collins, the driver of one of the Richmond
stages, was summoned before the Magistrates by Joseph
'Goodwin, Esq. clerk of his Majesty's stables, for furiously
driving against his (Mr. Goodwill's) phaeton, on the
2Sth ult.

Mr. Goodwin stated the circumstances of the case, from
which it appeared that Collins was racing his horses to
prevent another stage from getting before him. That in
the narrow part of Richmond the defendant attempted to
pass full gallop at the time a carriage was coming in the
opposite direction ; the consequence was that he drove
against Mr. Goodwin's phaeton, damaged it, and had it
not been for Mr. Goedwin's servant pulling up, with all
his strength, the carriage would have been dashed to
pieces, and, perhaps, some lives lost. Collins took no
notice whatever of the mischief he had done, and sever
stopped until he arrived at the Inn, where; upon Mr. Good-
win remonstrating with him upon his conduct, he used the
grossest abuse.

- Mr. Goodwin's servant corroborated his master's tes-
timony.

Collins attempted now to exculpate himself. by saying
when the accident occurred• there was room for four car-
riages to run abreast.
MAGISTRATE—Then there is leas excuse for your driving
against this gentleman. I shall fine you 405., and hope it
will teach you to conduct yourself better in future.

Collins paid the fine, together with costs.
Mr. Goodwin directed his moiety of the fine to be added
to the funds of the poor-box of the office.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Ave. 2.
IDE TASTET V. LOPEZ.
In this case, which has been so frequently before
the Court and the public,
Mr. HORNE appeared for Don Pedro Lopez, the
defendant in the cause, to move his Lordship to dis-
solve the injunction granted, and to order that a sum
amounting to 1.5,0001. should be paid to his client
by the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel observed
that it would be apparent, on looking at the case,
that the Court of, Chancery. had been rendered
available for the purpose of inflicting injustice and
oppression on a poor and helpless foreigner, who had
the misfortune, in 1816, to be engaged in some com-
mercial speculations with Mr. De Tastet, a merchant
of considerable influence in the City.
Mr. PEPYS, counsel for . the plaintiff, here came
into Court, and objected to the farther proceedings
in the motion, on account of the notice not having
been sufficient.
Mr. HORNE said, that notice had been given for
the hearing of the cause before Lord Eldon. That
Noble Lord had certainly heard the case, but he had
never pronounced judgment in it, aad this he (Mr.
Horne) submitted was equivalent to no hearing at all.
Mr. PEPYS contended that such an inference was
not correct.
The LORD CHANCELLOR ruled that it was not
necessary to give a second formal notice, as the mo-
tion had never been, in point of fact, decided.
Mr. HORNE then proceeded with the case. In
1818, a bill was filed by the plaintiff, and the prayer
was, that it might bedeclared that Mr. De Tastet had
an equitable interest in the cargo of the ship. There
had been two orders 'to amend this bill—the
one obtained in Sept. 1818, and the other in Oct.
1819, and the bill, in its amended form, amounted
to 1,600 folios. A supplemental bill was filed on
the 29th November, 1819; on the 4th December,
in that year, an answer wags put in; on the 18th of
December a further answer; and on the 14th Jan.
1820, a second further answer. To these proceedings
succeeded the filing of a second bill supplemental to
that which had been twice amended; and thus the
whole proceedings were commenced de novo. The
Learned Counsel then called the attention of the
Court to certain affidavits,' in which it was stated
(and that statement had not been contradicted) that
Mr. James Lowe had declared that " he would keep
the cause in the Court of Chancery for ten years;
that it should not be brought to a termination while
he (Mr. Lowe) was alive; and that he would ruin
Mr. Hartley (the solicitor of the defendant) by the
expellees of the suit."
.„....
The-LORD CHANCELLOR, observing that the cause
had nog' been upwards of nine years.in the Court of
Chancery, inquired what was the age of Mr. Lowe ?
Mr. HORNE continued—The object in filing the
second supplemental bill was to. make Mr. Hartley
a defendant in the suit, in order to torment him.
The plaintiff amended his second supplemental hill
in September, 1824,.in order to make a dead man a
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tettc:i•
by the fact of his having hit upon the ingenious arti-
fice of bringing a dead man into the field. - •
The, LORD CHANCELLOR inquired, if it were really
true, that the bill had been filed against a dead man?
Mr. Hoarse said, it was filed against a person
called Hijspolito Joseph Da Costa, who had been
quietly deposited in his grave thirteen months be-
fore the bill was filed ; and moreover, not only was
the man dead, but Mr. Lowe was very well ac-
quainted with that fact when he filed the bill.
The LORD CHANCELLOR
_tidied how that ap-
peared ?
Mr. HORNE said, that it appeared from affidavits,
which it had not been attempted to deny.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—What reason was given
for such a proceeding ?
Mr. WAKEFIELD replied, that the only answer
which had been given was, thattit was the practice
: . of the Court.
The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to know -what
. took place afterwards ?
. Mr. WAKEPIELD said, that the plaintiff put in a

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