Star.
London, England, 1824-04-30 00:00:00

COURT OF XING'S BENCII-TIII3 DAY.

THE CII RON (ME AND TIM S NF. 11' S?A PERS.
DO LING t. iilCi s.
This was an action brou;tht by the rlaintiff, a literary gentleman,
who is acting manager of the Sinaloa oii•-rner and Morning (Artml. 1:
NcsvgPapers, against the defendant, who is an agent the Ti..t,s
Newspaper, to recover compensation in damages for the injury and
inconvenience he (plaintiff) hid been put to, in enn3equence of
being apprehended by Ituthven, a Bow-street olliaer, on a chaim
of feloniously stealing a parcel from the Glasgow Mail Coach
Office, purporting to be the property of the prorrietoroof the Times
The parcel in question, it appeared, contained the speeches 01
Messrs. Brougham and Denman, at a dinner \\ Lich WAS given them
at
Glasgow,The jlibitiff, at the time he was arrested, was at-
tending, his profcssicti:tl duties at the Birmingham Musteal :Meeting;
from which place he was taken about 300 miles; a bill W 45 preferred
against him which, however, the Grand Jury ignored; and he,
plaintiff, also was in custody for two or three days.
After the plaintiff's case had closed,
Mr. &sin err, for the definsdant, took an objection that the pro-
secution was not by his client, flicks, :.ut by the Times Newspaper.
The defendant only acted as agent for that Paper.
The Loan Curer Jesvice thought that the charge was made by
Mr. nicht; on the evidence of others who ilid swear to the facts.
that Mr. Dowling took the Identical•parcel that his Lordship thought
amounted to probable cause.
The Arroasev-GENCIVI., for the plaintiff, observed, the bill beinit
thrown out by the Grand Jury, negat.ved the prnaable cause.
Mr. SCARLETT submitted, not where a crosi•bill Was Vitt:felted.
The ATTOnNEV-GENERAL.We will consent to be called.
Plaintiff nonsuited.

SWIFT V. THWAITES.
Tiiis action was brought by the plaintiff; An Attor-
ney's clerk, aAainst the defendant, one of the proprie-
tors of the illornia4 Herald, to recover damages for an
as-aalt.—The deearaiion set forth that the dt:kndant
assaulted, pulled, 1).1.11, knocked down, and dragged the
plaintiff to the watch-hou.e, where he Ha, faltely im-
prisoneJ.—The defendant pleaded in ju-tification, that.
before the assault the plain.iff came into hi. room,matie
noise, insulted him, and that being iequired to leave
the house, he refused to do so, thereupon the defendant
and others laid their hands on him, and rut hint out.
His refusal to go made it necessary to use violence, and
force him down stairs. They took him to the watch-
house, that he might be forthcoming to answer for the
disturbance. Another plea put the carrying the plaintiff
to the watch-house upon the general issue, and the ques-
tion was, whether the defendant was the cause of taking
the plaintiff to the watch-house, or whether it was the
act of the watchman who came up and received charge
from a Mr. Luffman?

Mr. BROUGHAM, as Counsel for the plaintiff, stated
the case. He d,esctibed the defendant to he a Gentle•
man conducting a most respectable establishment, but
that respectability was no justification of 'the assault
which the plaintiff had sustained. In April or May,
last year, the plaintiff had been with Mr. Parkins, the
late Sheriff, to subpoena several witnesses, and, on his
return through Catherine-street, Mr. Parkins called at
the Morning Herald 'Office to request the return of
some written communication which the defendant had
received from him, but did not wish to use. The de-
fendant, withent reasonable cause, not only ordered
the plaintiff and- Mr. Parkins to quit the house, but
called down upon them all the mint employed upon the
paper. The plaintiff was consequently driven, or rather
thrown, down stairs. He was thrust into the street and

take;l to the watch-house. The wounds and bruises he
received were severe. His knee was swelled, and it
was necessary to call for the assistance of a surgeon.
The plaintiff, in fact, had not since recovered the pro-
per use of his leg. These were the short facts of the
case. The Jury would hear the case more in detail
from :he witnesses. It would appear that more force
and violence were used than the case, according to the
defendant's own shewiug, could have required, and the
plaintiff would doubtless receive that compensation from
the verdict to which he was entitled.
Mr. Pat kins stated, that he hid been in the habit of
seeing Mr. Thwaites. Having been with the plaintiff
to subpoena witnesses on a trial, he saw a light at the
Morning Herald Office, in Catherine-street, and went to
the room up stairs, where Mr. Thwaites was sitting..
The witness applied to him to deliver hack some papers
which had been put into his hands. He asked for the'
papers, saying they were of much importance to him.
Mr. Thwaites said they were not :ft hand. The witness
said he hoped the defendant would send them to him.
Mr. Thwaites appeared to be intoxicated. . There was
a smell of liquor. Without any reason for violence, he
rang the bell, and brought down all the men. The
witness said, Mr. .Thwaites, what is the meaning of
this ? Upwards of twenty persons came. He had
drepped his glove and wished to find it ; bnt before he
could pick it up, the people, by direction of Th'.ea;Les,
dragged him and the plaintiff away. lie was forced
down stairs. One person was thrown down. The wit-
ness was pushed over the bannisters. They tro len
him. Being strong in the arms, be kept the feet of one
man upon his • body to prevent ()fliers from trampling
him to death. When he got up he I.tid hold of one man
and dragged him into the street. The plaintiff received
similar treatment.
Cross-examined by Ma-. SCA RT.ETT.—He said it was
eleven' o'clock when he called on Mr. Thwaites.—lie
refused to go because he would not leave his glove,
-which he had recently purchased. The action was not
brought by hi; direction.

liie next witne3,; was a watchman.—He heard

great noise in Catherine-street, and going to the door
of the Morning Herald he saw Mr. Parkins, the plain-
tiff, and a number of men. Some were in their shirt
sleeves. Parkins had a man by the arm, endeavouring
to drag him into the street. The plaintiff did nothing.
'Clete was much pushing at the door. They wished
t.) shut it, but in consequence of Parkins having hold of
the man they were obliged to open it. When they went
to the watch-house a charge was given against Parkins.
Nlr.Alexandet Sherif,the constable of the nigh tista ted,
that on the 17th April, last year, he attended as night
constableat the watch-house; he remembered the part ies
coming to the watch-house ; a charge was made ; Mr.
Parkins was lame ; Mr. Swift W.IS lame too. Chilies
Swift and Sheriff Parkins were charged With making a
riot ant dkurbance at the Herald Oifice, ('athc:ine-
streut ; Parkins and Swift charged one It y an -.viz!' an as-
,ault ; Swat attended' the it Jay at 13)w—tic-et the
cha:ge was repeated, and ditmiss,!d by ;he :vlagivrate,
theme being no proof of any assault committed by Mr.
riwaites or his men. Puce thargLs were pm ete:ied iii
I the watch-hou whiCh en; e:ed in a 110(.3%
Dr. Stanton, a surgeon, W7l', calk, in, on the 17th or
18th of April last year, to sect GoittlefOlt!‘ ;T1 the watc.h.
house. He saw Swift, die iaintilr, there. I lc in pain,
and his knee swelled. He e:::rimmineJ the knee; tutee
were t‘Ao or thiee wour.Js above time cap. 11e saw
Mr. SA Lt afterwards ; he attkamded him a fortnight. A
great deal of intiathination came on, and he was ctat
fitted to his worn; Ire was lame; he told witness he was
so poor he could not par for a- surgeon. The witness
was not paid by Mr. Parkins: ' '
Hobert Sitear.tuith, a watchmaker, said the plaintiff,
sSwift, lodged in hi:. house ; he. cause Lowe. mote dead

than alive; it was five or :is weeks before be wadable to
walk; he belts now ; he complained of having been
bruised all over; his hand was cut. The witness had
heard he was clerk to Mr. Harmer, the Attorney; he
had also been a Captain's clerk i:t the navy.
Mi. S'e,t ate yr then addreeed th Jury. lie h. 1.1 no
doubt in his mind, he said, that this was the action of
Mr. Parkin,. h was proved the plaintiff- was so poor
he could not pay the doctor's bid, yet Mr. Parkins
came forward as a witness, saying, he had no hand in
the attien. The Attorney might, by possibility, have
undertaken the cause on the ptinciple of no cure r,o
pay. Ile shunld pass that point, and state shortly the
nature of the case. He had witnesses who would dive
an account of the transec:inn, diferent from that gi% ea
by the Lee Sheriff. 1k could not say that Mr. Parkies,
with all his adroitness, had arrived at the ;tit of meki
his story psubabie. 1-le could not see why 'Mr. lee t.e.s
should go with an A, tome.) 's eerk, at half. t .ist eleven
o'clock, when evety person at a Ne..vs;:erper o:Lee was
engeged in gettin.; the Piper to press, unless !es rej(ct
wet; to delay theiuhlocation. It appease' by '!r. Par-
k test i mon se'that he was en tet ms of freends::ip weer
Mr. Thwaites: Ile had vat itten articles for him. He ca! is
for hi; papers, and thinking Mr. Thwaitesevas gcir.~ to
send for them, he sits down, and lost a new glove.
Pet pins here ieterrupted ti,e Learned Counsa.
" I beg to say I never said such a thing."
Loss, ('n err J usvice.—" Mr. Parkins, you must restrain yoursete"
Mr. Parkins.—" My Lord, I am not to be libelle.d."
Jusvice.—" Libel ! There k tau libel."
Mt. SCA fif.::l7, in Cifllltinthilion, was ttoteurpri,ed by
the ineereet it:tett-option. Mr. Pat kins should not
however deter him from the observations lie was about
to make. If a witness die' net soak the truth, he
should, at least, give his story tie appearance of pro.
bability. Mr. Perkins intended to represent that a Gen-
tlenete with whom he was in the habit of friete.!sl,ip ac-
tually rang the bell, ..vithout any provocation, and called
people to assault hith. The Jai y had heard :hit :to..y,
and they could not believe it. It was true'Mr. Prins
had sent :Gene papers relating loan unhappy man r,f the
name of Bp ne. Mr. Thwaites would net publidr
because they were ex-parte. Mr. Pat kips came to obtain
the vipers .it an improper time ; he was mid they had
been left at Mi. Thwaites's house, and should be deli-
vered on another occasion. Ile declared,• with great
violence in his manner, that he would not go away
without them, and as it appealed to be his intention to
prevent the paper going to pre,s, Mr. Thwaites was
compelled to make him leave the house.
Mr. SARI.ETT continued his address tie tho Jury, and
detailed the facts, as stated by the following witnesses.
Mr. Robeson, printer at the Rio, ningliereld, [moved
that Sheriff Parkins and Mr. Swift went into Mr.
Thwaites's room without kaecking at the door. It was
at an hour' when all persons cateected with the pai er
were busy. It was cot a time to apply ahoethus:ness ;
he heard words. Swift was out of temper. Mr. Thwaites
said, I des4re you wall leave the room ; you are stopping
the business. Parkins and Swig smiled in cier;sien.
One of the Gentlemen who report for the paper then
turned them out of the room.
Mr. It. Bell was at the office et the time. He heard
Mr. Thwaites, in a loud indignant tone, call upon some
)erson to quit his wenn He then went in, Red saw

ir.uifi Pc' ko.s an.t anottier conducting tli(t.e.r:eivei
towards Mr. Ttinaites iti a sreet imperftent man-
ner. They wet e teueutedly told to- go away, and e-
fthed. Some ti!ite after sever al her sons calm: do..‘ n, and
turned them down stairs.
the pttoole, proved that Swift N‘•as
Struggling Kith 'Riau in the street, and that he would
not let Rian go— tins: N.:as i.cAi d in reply.. -
The Lorry CiltEr JUSTICE if the Jury believed
die witnesses for the defence, the Flttititift had btotigitt
his misfortune on Liaised hi imptoi.er conduet, at.c: the
cicien.farit was no; zi.!iswei:ib!e. •

11,.• I•,ry r-2tirc.l soon ditet three k, and returned
at a qu.Artet .even verd:ct for the Lie;eu‘',ltilL.
t.OTTE 7'. THE EAGLE INSUItA \CE OFFICE.

The ATTORNEY.GENER.II. ..t.ited the facts to the
Jury. It was an action brcught by die plaintiff, Gotte,
to recover frcm the defendants t: e amount of a loss,
sustained by him in the year 1:,1 I , in consdiptence oi
an accidental tire in a home, occupied by him, in White-
cri,ss-street, and upon which a policy of Insurance had
been effected, in the Office of the defendants. Oiir
readers- will recollect that some short time back tho'
plaintiff, who kept a baker's shop, in New-street, Covent.
garden, w hich was consumed under very suspicious
,:ircur»rt:inCeF, W7S.apprehended, and upon the evidence
of a woman of the name of Gibbs, was committed to..
take his trial at the Ohl Bailey, on a charge of having
wilfully set fire to the premises, for the destruction of
which he now sought to recover Ca.nagcs. this
tlial the evidence was not sun-I:le:lily strong to warrant
his convi.:t:on, ar.d he now brought forward his claims:
against has prosecwans.
Se•..tr :1 witnesses having been exan:ined for the ease,
Mr. SCA n LETT submitted that the plaintiff had alto-
gether fai'ed in proving Ins demand. Oa the pleadings
he stated that his stock in trade ainA Ito niture, indepen-
dent of the oven and other things, was worth 119/.
Besides this, he claimed 671. 9s. for spices; and so, on
a variety of other items, of the existence of which there
was not a tittle of proof adduc,N.l. In fact, the witness
who was best able to Teak to the value of the property,
namely, his apprentice, and who was in the house the
very day fefore the fire, had e•.rirnated the value of the
furniture, stock in trade, rrnd all, a: ISt. t 012 utmost.
ATTOR Ev-GENER A L said, I‘.lr. SCA FM LTT had
no i"ht to as,time, because the whole ut tine loss.ciaimed
was not proved in detail, that the account tendered was
an untrue account.

CInEF JUSTICE =aid, that irless there was some
bct!er Account riven, the 1,1. th-stiff cc•tilki not recover.
MI.. SCARLEIT retti;:i k:d, that the claim for grocery

WaS 671. 9s. and yet the only proof :•f grocery delivered,
was to the anu.otit ct six or c,even pounds; and there
wl.,re other claims eqiialiy piefotcroub, of which no
4ccon; t at all had been given.
Atue wine further vaiions, the plAintiff's attor-
ncy cemented to F:e Nonsni!ed.

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LONDON LYRICS.
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!ROM THE NNW MONTHLY MASAZINE FOR MAY.

THE CIIURr7II IN LANCIIAM-PLACE.
" Whoever walks through Lo:Idon streets,"
Said Norma to the Son of Saturn,
"Each day rew edifices meets,
Of queer proportion, qttecrer pattern:
If thou, 0 cloud-compelling gryl,
aid me with thy special grace,
I, too, will wield my motley hod,
:Ind build a Church in Lancham-place !"

" Agreed," the Thunder:it cries : "go plant
Thhie edifice, I c:•re not how ;
Take notice, Earth, I hereby grant
Carte blanclic of mortar, stone, and trowel.
Go, Hernia, Ikrrules, and Mars,
Fraught with these bills on TlE:car Hasa,
Drop with yon jester from the stars,
And build a Church in Langharn-place !"
Down, four in hand, to earth they go,
Pass by Pact.anto, WRlti, and Limo,
Contracting for their job, to spew
llow far four gods can make a guinea go.
This plan was Doric, ergo bad,
And that lonic, ergo base;
No proper model could be had,
To shape this Church in Langham-place
In deep confab they pass'd two hours;
Alcides on his club of tough oak
Leant and exclaim'el." Marlin towers
Lie scattered on the coast of Suffolk :
Let one of those toward London swer; e,
Skirt. out of war, they're out of place;
,What can they better do than serve
To.form a Church in Larigham-place e"
The.word was said, the deed was done,
Light
,iferntes toird in vain to stir it,
When, with a kick, Amends son
Soon tilted down the granite turret.
Like a huge hogshead, up to town
The martial structure rull'd apace,
And, mortar-coated, settled down
Into a Church in Langham-place!
But, ere with belfry or with bell
They graced its top, its sides with casement,
They found an unexploded shell
Alive and burning at its basement.
The channerd air now upward drew
Flame after flame, in lurid race,
And gave a sort of glass-house hue
To their new Church in Langham-place!
"'Twill never do," Alri lea cried,
" The Atlas will indict for arson,"
Mumus carelessly replied—
" Pboo ! never mind its—smoke the parson :"
lifers, at a push, had wit at will,
And said, " Your joint misgivings chase,
This round Martello tower shall still
Be a new Church in Langham-place!,
" To „Yana's red Vukanian steeps,
Fly, kercury, on feather'd sandal,
And, When the giant Titan sleeps,
Snitch, god of thieves, his huge bed-candle
Bear thence its tall extinguisher,
This conflagration to efface,
'Twill added dignity confer
On our new Church in Langham-place!"
The cone tip-tilted, Bothers bawls—
" Attention, all our luring people,
Here Mars's tower affords us walls,
And Titan's candlestick a steeple:
Our fine, thus martially endow'd,
Soon may some Al:merges grace,
And ' Son of Thunder,' draw the crowd
To our new Church in Langliam-place!"

A LEAF FROM MR. ROGER'S COMMON-PLACE.

1300 K.

[How we came by this leaf we may not tell. Suffice it, that we
assure nur ll,:aders it is perfectly genuine. It bears, indeed, its pa-
rentage on the face of it. It appears to have been a leaf of the year
1814.—Mar or LET, Evs.l
Bonaparte prom:sea his friends that he would dine at Brussels on
Sunday the 18th; but it now appears that he bad a previous en-
gagement.
The Duke of Wellingt, on, we are told in the newspapers," never
saw Napoleon before." Well—now he has seen him both before
and. behind.
Henry Elliott tells me, that when our army cheered after the
battle, the French runaways declared that it was Tres matsvais cheer
f them.- Sans doate.

Fouche, who is now intriguing with the Kings and Emperors, is
said to be worth a million. Query—Werth-less.
Lucien Bonaparte some time agn entertained the French with his
tenses—Napoleon has since made them cry with his .11crandrines.
Bonaparte gives out that he intends turning farmer in America.
Poor tellow.! his harvest in Europe has been sadly spoiled by Wel-
lington'.o thruakiagissackin4.

A . 1911V° LAc.— Ihe 1. How ing note was received
by Nelson, the Under Water-bailiff, :t few days ago, from
an undetuskar .who is an officer of the Corporation of
the City. of London. The Gentleman upon whose death
*the. 4alettlationis male is also an officer of that body:
Ilvlspn,--X called the other day on and found him
very 01, o much so, I think he cannot recover.. As you see the fa-
tsslllNi
litren;ifsanything should happen, perhaps you can put in a
good strotorkeuae; May I ask the favour of a recommendation
frrrnasnmewongstsour friends; and trusting, by attention to busi-
ng:se: 1 c 49, as t how I have already, give satisfaction. I hope you
analatilits, are Well. .I( yito simitftl ever be in my neighbourhood,
pethipi Yeni Will favour me Wilt call. 1 remain yours, respect-
fullf.bt.B... If' anything olould happen in your family, I would
do the thing cheap.'
The gcptlernan who endeavoured to get a black job
for •lArnself b.y this epistle, is the very person who,
some time ago, when the son of Mr. \\'ontner, then
Marshal, was in a dangerous state, reminded the father
that ;an .nudcrtaker might be necessary, and requested
a preference.
A Yon esti 'IF illtr.--John Watson, of Leavitham-on-the-'.floors,
trouplit a mare to Mahon lorse Show, which he sold for 101.
• tit livered her, and after securing the money, as he thought, beyond
the reach of the most dexterous sharper, took a turn to see stir-
rirgs. lie was soon thus accosted by a man dressed like a plain
decent countryman—es What ! you've sell'il t' meare ?" " Aye, an-
swered John. The stranger, in a very significant manner, then said,
" Is't money seater " Aye," was again John's answer. The last
question, with the manner of putting it, threw John off his guard:
he was at a loss to know how a man he had never seen before could
N. so friendly. After a little more frieivlly the stranger
said he had a mare across the bridge, at Norton, with a good deal
of use about her, muck like what John had sold (hinting, very sier,-
nifcantly again, that he did not like to have her in the Alaltott sta-
Lies, there were so many sharpers lurking about them), and proposed
that they should walk down to sec her, to which John consented ; and
as they went, the stranger so managed matters as to gain John's en-
tire confidence, who now ; tys he thought him " one of the most ei-
vilest of men—as civil as civil could be." On arriving at the inn at
Norton, tae stranger said he was dry, and would have a glass of
ale before going into the stable, and asked John to take tun at his cost.
They went into a room, and had ju•t got seated, when a man, appa.
rently intoxicated, entered the room, boasting of a great fortune his
aur.thad left him, saying lie would make itfre, and at the same time
offering to bet very foatish wagers ; with this man John's friend en-
tered into a dispute, and hinted to John chat they might as well have
some of the f tai's money, fur if they did not somebody else would.
The man utrered to lay :AA and put down die money upon the table.
John nes strongly urged by friend to cover it with another YU,
silikh after a little time he did, thou.& very reluctantly. vying be
Ms ea rinb•'er; over these sums a hat was covered. A third man
Less efitered the room, and it was soon decided that the drunken•
sretalthritt had won his wager. John being in a quandary; his
friend tuld :Mu not to fear, but to ventute another stake, and they
soon win all the fool had, but Johtl could not be comforted,
for lig had already lost his all, and could not produce another stake.
Ili; friend now took hull out of the rootti.under a pretence of Omi-
tting how to get the mussel/ back again; and after•settling how that
import:am Matter should be actottopiilhed; persuaded John to go
back again into ih.• room, mid he would follow him. • Accordingly
Juba webs, bus flit Own had gone, ansli.oo his returning to tell his
fritnd.• kg discovered. se hen suo urea kat beta imposed on, for
tricid %ad Jae dthippedra •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BQ NV-STMT.
William Conolly end Thomas Junes were brought up by Iluthven,
charged on suspicion of having stolen a letter addressed to Lord
Sidmouth, containing a bank post.bill fur 101.
A letter addressed to the Noble Lord with the inclosure men-
tioned paßsed through the GeneraPPost Office, but never was de-
livered. The bill was taken to the Bank of England and endorsed
before it was known that it was stolen. It was afterwards traced
to the possession of Lewis Benjamin, the proprietor of a place called
How.Od's Coffee-house, in Duke's-place, Iloundsditch ; and Huth-
ven, upon farther inquiry, learned that the two prisoners came there
one morning, and Conolly requested change for the bill in ques-
tion. Benjamin took it to the Bank, and having ascertained that
it was genuine, he gave the change, and Conolly bought a watch in
the house for 4!.

Conully, in his defence, said he found the bill rolled up in the
fragments of a letter in Albemarle street. Jones had no more to
do with the matter than having advised him (Conolly), when asked
what was best to be dune with the bill, to take it to a Jew. •
It was stated that the poisoner Conolly told Benjamin that be re-
ceived the bill from his father in the country.
Conolly was remanded till Monday, and Jones was discharged.
The former was in tht service of Mr. Spankie, late the Advocate-
General of Bengal, when taken. Jones is a servant out of place.

MA RLBOROUG H-STREET.
Yeatt;rday Madame de Gill, a foreign lady of very elegant ap-
pearance and manner, who has repeatedly made similar complaints
at this office, applied to Sir GRORCI TARRANT, the Sitting Magis-
trate, for advice how to proceed to get rid of what she denominated
a most intolerable nuisance. This Lady stated, that the Magistrates
were aware, as she had represented some months ago at this office,
that Mr. Henry Hunt had got possession of the shop and parlour
of a house No. 16, Pall Mall, belonging to a relation of her's, a
Colonel in the Army, by a stratagem; because, had the Colonel
know n that his house Was to be converted into a " iLdical coffee-
shop," he never would have let it for such a purpose. Since then,
the Colonel had been holding out every inducement to Mr. hunt to
quit the premises, hut in vain ; and proceedings are now being taken
to effect that object by law. Mr. Hunt, on the other hand, is using
every means of annoyance to drive the Colonel and his family, who
occupy the upper part of the house, from their abode, and get the
whole house into his own possession. Mad. de Gill said, that scarcely
a night passes that the whole neighbourhood is not disturbed by
the proceedings carried on in Mr. Hunt's shop. In the first place,
she said the shop itself is never closed until twelve o'clock at night,
and from the time it is closed until six o'clock in the morning, there
is a constant influx of various descriptions of persons, soldiers, fe-
males, &c. to the premises, when the most uproarious noises are
carried on--dancing, or rather jumping. the whole night long in the
parlour and shop—blowing horns, scraping fiddles, and, in fact,
such a loud and horrid discordance, as to render it quite impossible
to live in the house; indeed, for many nights past, not one of the
inmates had been able to get any sleep, and all this proceeding,
Madame de Gill said, was sanctioned by Mr. Hunt, and practised
by the persons in his employ. The neighbours, she said, are every
day complaining of the nuisance, as they are equally disturbed, and
the Colonel not being at home, she really knows not what to do.
Sir GEORGE TARRANT said, that he regretted very much he had
no power to render her any assistance, or afford her any redress.
If, however, any of the neighbours felt these proceedings as a nui-
sance, they might indict the parties who practised or suffered them
to go on. Madame de Gill then left t. .e Office, evidently much
disappointed, and at a loss how to proceed.
Mary Myers and Margaret Bowler, two respectably dressed fe-
males, were brought to the office and charged as impostors. Condie,
a constable of St. George's parish, said, that about one o'clock that
day he was called to the house of Earl Fltzwilliam, in Grosvenor-
square, to take the prisoners into custody, which he did in the ball
of his Lordship's house.
Lord Fitzwilliam's butler attended and said, that these two wo-
men had been for several days past in the constant habit of annoy.
ing his Lordship with begging letters, and way-laying him where-
ever he went. They even followed him to bis banker's, and there
tormented him to listen to their tales of distress. They were al-
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ways to be found at the street-door at the titnes that his Lordship
was going cut in his carriage and returning home, and on that day
they had actually followed him into the hall, and behaved in a most
insolent manner.

The butler said that his Lordship's humanity and charitable dis-
position was so well known, that there was scarcely a day that he
did not receive forty or fifty letters from such persons as the pri-
soners. These women, he said, bad no claim whatever on the Earl,
nor did the family know anything of them.
Mr. Draft, the Magistrate, said that they should both be com-
mitted as vagrants and impostors ; but the butler said that it would
not be the wish of his Lordship to imprison them if they would only
promise to keep away for the future. This they promised to do,
and were discharged.
HATTON-GARDEN.
Edward Elliot, a tradesman-like looking man, was brought up,
charged by Mr. Duke, of Chancery-lane, with having wantonly
broken a pane of glass in his shop-window, on Wednesday night,
as also with outrageous conduct when in the watch-house.
The prisoner, when called on for his defence, proceeded as fol-
lows :—A4 My Lord, I was going up Chancery-lane with some &oil
cloth under my harm, and a broom in my and; the broom happered
to brush this Gentleman's virulow ; but, I assure your Lordship, it
did not do the least arm. As to the wlch-hotoe, I only tried if the
vimlow was strong, by giving it a crack of the stick."
The damage amounted to 40s. and the Magistrate asked bin: if
he was content to pay it ?
" Please your ifojesty," he replied, " not in twenty years would
I pay it."
As it would be rather tedious for the complainants to wait for that
period to ascertain the temper of mind of the defendant, they were
satisfied with his being sent to prison for twenty days, the debt being
_thus paid off at a shilling a day.