Star.
London, England, 1822-09-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Massion-Housz.-Yesterday a question of importance to the
,city carmen, and of interest to the tradesmen in the vicinity of
the East India warehouses, came on before the LORD Mayon.
It was a question whether the-merchants having business at the
East India Company's warehouses, at the tobacco warehouses,
and all those warehouses in that part of the city, should or should
not be compelled to hire the carts in rofatiim as they stood on
'the stand. The fate of an immense number of small carmen is
invotvelin the decision of this question, for if merchants are to
employ whom they please, the opulent and responsible cart-
owners are sure to monopolize the work. A carman of the
latter body *as charged with having obstructed the Company's
servants in their duty, and created a great disturbance.
The Loan Mayon. stated. that the Act of the 30th of George
111. which was the Act for the Regulation of Carmen, gave no
such privilege as had been spoken of, except with regard to the
wharfs in Thames-street, and that merchants were at liberty to
employ whom they pleased.
A poor carman asked, after having heard this decision, of
what use his fellowship license, for which he bad a short time
ago given :l 25, was now to be to him ? •
Mass the thirteen Irishmen
were brought up, and underwent another examination on the
charge of the disgraceful riot in Oxford-buildings, on Sunday
night last. No further evidence was adduced, with the excep-•
tion of Daniel Morgan; the boy who was so unmercifully beaten,
and he could not positiyely identify any of the prisoners.
The Magistrate severely admonished and discharged them
upon their own recognizances to keep the peace. Four were
held to bail for the assault upon the officers.
Harrow-Gattoze.-A young Gentleman, very decently attired,
presented himself to the Clerk, and (after a good deal of blush-
ing and stammering) said, " If you please, Sir,. I want to be
married, and I ant only eighteen ; therefore, Sir, could you tell
me whether I can be married lawfully!" The Clerk told the
young lad that, provided his parents consented, he could ; but
added, " I must see your wife that is to be." With tth they
youth withdrew, and introduced a matronly-looking dame, and
also his father. The Lady described herself as Mrs. widow a.
the young lad, it is unnecessary to add, described himsel'as a
bachelor. The customary oaths were then administered to the
parties, when the papa, the trot, and the bride, kft the Office
amidst the laughter of all present.
WORSHIP-STIMM—A man named Luton, residing in Hare
street, Bethnal-Green, by trade a doll-maker, was brought up yes-
terday, for indecently assaulting Caroline Morris, a young girl
fourteen years of age.
It appeared that Caroline was hired to the defendant, and for
him she cried water tresses through the streets, for which she
received her food and some clothes, but so poor were the friends
of Caroline, and so poor was her master, that as the latter had
but one bed in the house, the friends of the former tense rated to
her sleeping in the same with her master and his wife. It was
in this situation the ill-treatment arose. The girl was given to
the care of her mother, who had a summons to the parish for re-
lief.—The defendant was committed for want of sureties.

UNrox-Hann.—ln some of the papers of yesterday, there ap-
peared an account of the conduct of a set of very "desperate fel-
lows" who were said to have forced into the house of a Mr. Pais
sey, in High-street, Newington, and demanded money with the
threats generally used by housebreakers. The account, however,
closed with stating that neither blood had been shed nor money
taken, although the band of desperadoes had the command of the
house and were armed, and we were happy to see that the watch-
men have so high a character, in Newington, as to set to flight a
gang of villains, to the number of twenty or thirty, without ever
making their appearance !
One of those terrible fellows was fortunately taken into cus-
tody, and the following elucidation of the circumstances was
given : William Sharpe, apprentice tc• Mr. Passey. who is a
printer, said, that about half-past ten o'clock, on Monday night,
he heard a knock at the hall door, and, upon asking who was
there ? was answered from without that his master was wanted.
Witness opened the door, and several men rushed into the hall,
some of them carrying cleavers. He at once called down his
master to turn the fellows out. He identified the prisoner, who is
a butcher in St. George's Market, in Southwark, and whose name
is William Leeks, as the first person who entered the hall, with
a cleaver on his shoulder.
Mr. Passey said, that upon bearing the noise, he-came down
stairs, and some voice called out," Mr. Passe', we have come
to drink your health." Witness, who knew that his visitors were
butchers, and judged that they came with weir marrowbones
and cleavers, under the impression that a wedding had taken
place in thehouse, assured them that there had been no wedding,
and desired them to leave the house, or they should go to the
watchhouse. The prisoner was very conspicuous, held a cleaver
on his shoulder, and refused to leave the house without money
or drink ; he added, that there were 24 of the company outside,
and that if the witness let loose his dog at them, as he threatened
to do, the dog should certainly die. All the butchers, with the
exception of the prisoner, retired, and he persisted in demanding
drink or money for some time. The dog was let loose, but no-
thing more ensued. The prisoner soon after left the house with-
out money or drink. The witness stated, that Mrs. Passe), was
excessively terrified at the disturbance made by those savage
fellows, and went Into hysterics. He added, with tears in his
eyes, that her alarm had that morning caused a miscarriage, and
that, about twelve months ago, the sime consequences had re-
sulted Irons similar conduct, upon, she believed, the part of the
very same fellows. •Mr. Passey said, a relation of his had been
lately married.

The prisoner denied that he had been of the party.
The fellow was remanded by the Magistrate (k. H=osts,
Esq.) until Mrs. !'assay's medical attendant shall have pro-
nounced upon the state of her health. The Magistrate said, th?t
the practice described was must unjustifiable, and that if the
1 prisoner had received money, his situation would have been
extremely serious.
Henry Marshall, alias Moore, was again put to the bar, charged
j with having stolen the pistol out of the Clapham watchhouse.
The case receives additional interest at every examination.—
The constable who identified the pistil made some inquiries re-
specting the character of Marshall, which were answered in such
• a mintier as to add to the impressions against him.
The constable said, that he had called at the halite of a laun-
•dress, in Peter-street; Westminster, with a letter from the pri-
softer, requesting the loan of some Inoney,.whieb the woman was
too poor to lend. She told the winless that Marshall led been