Star.
London, England, 1824-05-11 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday Jilin Forster, the landlord of the Prince of Wales
public-house, at lhompton, and William Hurne and John Bradley,
two officers of the County Celina Requests of Middlesex, in Kings-
gate-street, were brought before Sir R. limas, by Wootton, one of
the patrol, charged with committing a most extraordinary outrage
upon the person of \ :iss Sidney Cowell, a lady residing at Brompton.
Miss Cowell, who appeared in very delicate health, ana gave her
evidence under the influence of strong aeitation, was ordered by the
Magistrates to have a chair ; aud having been sworn, she stated, that
she reside; with her mother, who is a widow, and keeps the house
No. CO, Yothapiaee, Queen's Rims, Brompton. They were in the
habit of letiieg lodgings ; and some time ago a halipay officer of
the name of lloy sten, boarded and lodged with them. When he
had bean there suate our •''', he became embarrassed, and quitted
the lodeines were consider ialy in her mother's debt. lie contracted
severai o:her dents hi tine neighbourhood, and among them was a
were at the Prince of Wales, kept by the defendant Foster, for beer
and other liquor;. Waen Foster learned that Mr. Royston was
gone, he applied to v. imess's mother for payment of his hill. She,
however, toil him that she was herself a great loser, and that she
could no: of esierse be answerable for the debts of at:other person.
Faster was nat sea isfied, and he repeeted his chits sesa:ral times,
behaving in a viaietit and abusive manner to her and her mother.
A: Iona.;: he came with two or three other persons, late one evtaa-
ine, and contacted Itimetlf in such a mentier, that .sirs. Cnwell and
witness Marti it necessary for their own s ifety, to request the advice
of their neiaidatere, wao urged them to take out a peace-warrant
against tile defendent. They did so, and Foster was tahen on a
warrant to Queen-square, and held to bail in a recognizance of 501.
to keep the peace. in a very few days after this, a summons from
the County Caw, directed to." Mary" Cowell (her mother's
name), and Cahill g epee ber to appear to answer to a debt, of
11. 19;. 11d. due to dohn Foster, was ft/I:Ild in the area by their
servant ; but her mother knowing that she did net owe a fatthing
to Foster, resolved to take nu notice of it. Witness had been for
some time in a very delicate state of health, at,d was in bid on Fri-
day eveniug,when a little boy rapped at the front door, and informed
the servant wboanewe:ed it, that sonic Geutlemen wanted her mis-
tress at the garden-gate. 'hoe servant saw two carts standing at the
gate, in one of which was a woman, and the defendants Hurne and
Bradley were near the door. There were two other men with them.
She asked them to give their names, but they refused, and rushed
into the house. The witness, hearing the noise, had left her room,
and was at the top of the stairs in her night-dress only, and w itheut
shoes. Dorne and Bradley seeing her, ran up stairs, and seizing
her by the arms, informed her that they bad a warrant in execu-
tion from the Comity Court, and she must go with their. to prisou,
Iler mother was at that moment alas= on a visit to the medical
Gentleman who had attended witness, and she informed them of
that fact, at the same time assuring them that she (witness) was not
the person against whom the warrant was directed. Horne said he
knew that, but it was exactly what he wanted; adding," I'll serve
you out for taking my client to Queen-square. I'll teach you to be
fan(' of Queen square." She, in an agony of mind not to be de-
' scribed, implored them to wait untie her mother returned, and
offered to pay them any slim of money if they would quit the house;
but the reply was, that it was not money they wanted; they would
not take a hundred pounda ; all they wished fur was her body. She
then requested permission to return to her room and dress herself,
but that was refused, and with oaths and language such as had never
before met her ears, and which sae hoped it was nut necessary she
should repeat, they dragged her down stairs. One of the men in
the interim latched Foster front his house, and in his presence the
same theausthig language was repeated; amain spite of her tears and
entreaties, she was dragged to one of the carts and placed in it.
The men pulled up her clothes, and behaved in the most indecent
manner to her.—(here the witness burst into tears, and was un-
able to pr.ceed.l—!Turing the petpetratiou of the outrage, they
said, among other things, that the house was a house of ill-(ante;
aud one of them boasted that lie had slept in it with the witness',
sister, and said that she (winless) was drunk at that moment. She
was finally driven to Whitecross-street Prison, where she was found
on Saturday by her mother in a deplorable state.
Mary Kelly, the servant, coiroberr.ed the foregoing statement,
and detailed the particulars or the language used by the defendants.
She ran to call in assistance, but was too late.
Mrs. Mary Cowell, the mother, was also heard in corroboration,
as far as her kn!iwlialge went.
A Solicitor, will attended for Foster, stated in behalf of his client,

that he had w,-;ea the complainants with beer, .64. c. for a long titre,

and that Sidney Cowell always paid the bibs, and appeared to
be the mistress of the tmise; and I‘lr. Foster therefore considered
himself right iu serving her with the process.
Sir It. Blame—But do you call the throwing a summons down
the area a service?
Solicitor—The complainants have admitted reerieing the sum-
mons, and whether it was Mrs. Cowell's debt or cut, she ought to
have appeared and defended it.
Borne, in his defence, denied that he had used the violence

pined to him, and produced his warrant, alleging that hr had only
acted in the performance of his duty in taking Miss Cowell's person.
Sir it. lhamt asked for the warrant, and on behig strewn a copy,
said—"'Phis is directed against s Mary' Cowell, and yolk appre-
hended S;diley ' Cowell. It is clearly a false arrest upon your own
showing, and you may rely upon it I shall look very closely to this
case. I will not allow the liberty of the subject thus to be trifled
with, and especially whets it is done under the colour of authority."
Brataley said he went merely to assist Horne, and denied the vio-
lence. He and Horne said the witnesses would swear anything.
Miss Cowell and her mother said they had lived for years in re-
spectability in the neoabourhoud, and could adduce ample proof of
their integrity.

Sir 11Utu think this is the grossest instance of the viola-
tion of the liberty so, the sul•ject th it ever came under my cogni-
ZMICe. /find over the parties to prosecute, Mr. Richmond (the
clerk), and I will write to Mr. Heath, the Judge of the County
Court, to acquaint him with the conduct of his officers.
The witnesses were bound over, and the three defendants were
held to bail is 501. and two sureties in 251. each.

Last week, Catherine Glin, aged sixty, was safely de-
livered of a daughter in the Limerick Lying-in-Hospital.
C'HUNTHIAN.—The origin of this slang appellation,
which has l:een lately applied to the Tom and Jerry tribe
of rioters, is not generally understood, but is to he found
in the First Part of Henry IV. The paisage is as fol-
lows :—Prince Henry says, speaking of the familiarity
of the Drawers at the Boar's Head Tavern," They take
it upon their salvation, that though I be but Prince of
Wales, yet I am the king of Courtesy ; and tell me
flatly I am no proud Jack, like Faiste; but a Corinthian,
a lad of mettle, a good boy—by the lord, so they call
me; and when I am King of England I shall command
all the good lads in East Cheap. Dr. JOHNSON'S ex-
planation of Corinthian is "A wenchei." Mr. STEEVENS
says, " This cant expression ircommon in old plays."
So Randolph, in The Jealous Lovers, 1632,

---" Let him wench,
• " Buy me all Corinth for him."
" Non euivus homini-comingit adire Coringium."

The word Corinthian is only once mentior.ed by SHAM'
SPEAREi in the .passage above noticed.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING-EOOll4, TATTERSALL'S, MAY 10.
The Subscription Room was as usual fully attended, being set.
tling•day after Newmarket First Spring Meeting. Heavy stuns
changed pockets, and all was perfectly pleasant. The principal
betting on Races to come was on the Derby and double events ; the
Oaks and Doncaster St. Leger were not much noticed. For par_
titulars of odds see below

41 to 1 agst Jesse
5 to 1 agst Reformer
7} to 1 agst Grenadier
8 to I i,gst Elephant
12 to I agst Cedric
12 to 1 agst Ormond

12 to I art Mimi Jigs
;Q to 1 agst
High (it'd.; agst at i 7 o:ter
se. trc
8 to 1 agst Swiss 114 to 1 agst
10 to 1 apt A!tisidora 120 to I agtt anything
Tarandus agst Jesse or Osmond for the Ley.•-.

DRUM.
Id to 1 agst Don Carlos
18 to 1 agst Skiff
25 to I agst Skim
I 25 to 1 agst Silvertail
I 40 to I agst Money Mak
I High odds agst any Lther.
siAls.

2 to 1 agst Filagree
S to 1 agst Rebecca
7 to 1 agst Viscountess

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