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POLICE REPORTS•

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Meadow-llottse.— Mr. Spamell, a Baltic merchant, appeared
before the Loan MATOD, for the purpose of inducing his Lordship
to bind over Mr. William Montague flitert, a broker. to keep the
peace.
It appeared that the plaintiff and defendant had had a dispute
on 'Change on the preceding day, relative to the purchase of a quan-
tity of oil, and that it had been necessary to interfere between the
patties, to prevent the spilling of blood from the nose. Mr. Short vo.
luntarily appeared to answer the charge, hut insr.nd of standing forward
as defendant, he regularly made a complaint.
Mr. Short stated that he bad had a dealing with Mr. ilgegtiell, to
which, as it was to be decided elsewhere, It was quite einneemosey to
refer. Mr. Spagnell had thought proper to designate thee tweabilkw
in certain inflammatory language, and to tell him (Mr. Sheet) that the
Court of Aldermen were proceedings against him. As then was an
truth whatever in the statement, fix had questicesed Albumin Them.
ton and Copeland on the subject, and was assured by them that there
was no foundation for it, there was no cures to be adopted bet to
give the lie direct to the person• who uttered the calumny. He (Mr.
Short) accordingly did tell Mr. Sell most unequivocally and deli-
berately that he lied. Mr. therefore, made a blow at him,
but it was warded off, and the police baring shown themselves. • the
matter ended.
The witness had no ides of saying one word about the business,
but he heard that Mr. Spagnell begat to healstmed foi his life, and
therefore waited upon the Lord Mayor to -declare that he had no no-
tion of making an attack.
Mr. Spagnell said that his charge against Mr. Short, was for having
used language calculated to provoke a breach of the peace ; but he had
reason to believe from what had taker place, that Mr. Short meditated
some dreadful injury towards him. and under such circumstances he
called upon the Lord Mayor to hold him to ball.
31r. Short—Bail! why he has nothing to apprehend from me. I
assure you my Lord, that nothing on earth could induce me to seise
my hand to hitn • a baby would not be more secure in my hands.
Spagnell-f-I swear that I consider my life in danger from this
man ; he noes such language to me, such as villain, scoundtel, and other
vile names, that 1 ant convinced he will, if not checked, do me some
serious injury.
Mt. Hobler—Mr. Spagnell has not given any reason for believing that
he is in any danger of the kind.
Mr. Spagnell considered the language used to him adequate. The
friend of Mr. Short declared that he heard Mr. Spagnell use the very
words objected to by him, to Mr. Short.
The Loan Moron—Then the best course I can pursue is to bind
you both over to keep the peace.
This was accordingly done, and the parties went away.
GUILDHALL —A lad, named John ifison who was formerly an
errand boy at the printing-office of Mr. Baylis. of Johnson's-court,
Fleet-street, was brought before Mr. Alderman Lucas, charged with
having, at various times, carried off; and sold for waste paper, numerous
sets of books, in sheets, to the amount of about 4001.
Wm. 3loss stated, that on taking stock at Christmas, it was dis-
covered, that in the course of the last few months, 200 sets of " High-
ways and Byeways " in three volumes, and 415 copies of two other
popular works had ban purloined, and he sent &boy round the neigh-
bouthood to make inquiries at the shops where each paper is usually
bought. At the shop of Mr. Paget, tobacconist, Fetter-lane. a num-
berof the copies of the Byeways" were discovered, and from the
description of the boy of whom he had purchased them
suspicion immediately fell on the prisoner, and be was apprehended
in Fleet-street in the early past of the week. He had been dismissed
from Mr. Baylis's office about six months ago, but had been about the
premises since that time. He valued the property produced, for
which the prisoner had received about be. at 121
Mr. Paget identified the prisoner as the boy who sold him the
paper. He gave him 3d. per pound for it, which any one would say
was a fair. price. The prisoner said it was misprinted papa, which was
the perquisite of the workmen. Witness thought this was a probable
account, did not examine whether the paper was really misprinted.
The witness Moss admitted that 3d and Sid were the ordinary prices
of such paper, but misprinted sheets never were considered the work.
man's perquisite. Only a portion of the stolen books had been dis-
covered.
The prisoner, who denied that be had sold the paper, was committed
for trial.
ROW-lITEECT.—MIL O'CONNELL'. HEAD.—Saturday, a ragged
Irishman. named Terence Brady, was brought before Mr.lliwsnuat.,
charged with having fraudulently obtained money, by representing that
he was in possession of a valuable oil painting, which he wished to dis-
pose of by rage. The landlord of the Crown public house, in Lear
acre, and several other persona who had been duped by the prisoner,
were in attendance, and'some of them stated that the panting in tams
Lion had been represented to them as the portrait of the renowned lifieh
Liberator, D. O'Connell, Esq. Member for Waterford. .•
Sir R. %axis observed, that he knew that the person mendelled
had got himself into some trouble on the other side of the water, but bs
was not aware that matters were so bad with him as yet, that a prim
bad been fixed upon his bead.
The prisoner, in a true Munster brogue, defended himself from the
charge of fraud, and declared that the painting was not the head of
Machu O'Connell at all at all, but only a scripture piece which be
had offered to be rifled for, although, sure enough, it was not his es
yet, bekase be wanted 51. to pay for it, which, however, he expieted
to receive every day from the hands of Mr. Wyse, of Waterford, long
life to his honour.
The prisoner was ultimately sent about his business, after promising
either to produce the painting, or refund the money,
QUIEN-11QUAIZ.—Johs Myers, alias Smart, was with
being the principal ID a most daring burglary at the house ceParje.d Prince,
silversmith, at Hammersmith, on the Bth of May, 1827. The robbery
was effected by the thieves cutting out a panel of the shop abutters with
a centre-bit, and catrying off jewellery to the amount of nearly 2001.
31‘Quin and Baxter were convicted of the burglary at the Old Bailey
Sessions, and received sentence of death, which was afterwards commuted
to transportation for life. After they were convicted they broke out of
Newgate, but were afterwards captured, and have since been sent out of
the country. Nothing has since been heard of the prisoner until, from
information received, one of the constables of Lambeth parish appre-
hended the prisoner selling fish about the streets, and be took hint into
custody. The prisoner was remanded, until further evidence could be
obtained.
Hawrow•Gmensw.—John Masters was charged with having mur.
dared his mother. fierjeant Love. of division O. at half past eleven
was informed that the prisons had murdered his mother. The old wo-
man was lying on the BOOT and had a mark on the temple. The father
sad the sister both declared that the prisoner had murdered his mother.
Isaac Brown confirmed the evidence of the witness.
The prisoner being ins state of almost insensible into:leaden, could
give no amount of the transaction.
It was said that his threats in his drunken state were directed against
the sister, and that he had thrown a candlestick end a seven pound
weight at her, which struck his old mother, and occasioned her death.
The prisoner was remanded.
Turmas POLlCE.—Williont Wells, Miebast Fitzgerald, and
Maras Gilbert were charged with uttering base coin. The prisoners
were observed by three officers of K divkileu of the New Police, going
from house to house, offering counterfeit coin in payment for small
ankle.
They were remanded until Friday.
Wousarr-srancw.--Willies Moore and Benjoutio Jawing*,
chimney-sweepers, were re-examined on a charge of burglary, and on
suspicion of having committed various other depredations.
The prisoners had broken into the premises of stammer sweep, named
Thomas Spearing, and carried off ten sacks of his soot.
Mrs. Jones, who resides in St. George's-in-the-East, Identified the
plumes Jennings as a sweep who she said had robbed her of her watch.
They were remanded.
LAMBILTH-STREET..—The 25 sailors who were remanded OH Thurs.
day last ea a charge of having committed various outrages and rob.
bevies en several tradesmen, at the East-end of the town, were brought
up for final examination.
Oat of the numbsr there were but five of the prisoners against whom
a charge of felony could be established ; and the evidence against them
of having in their possession, when taken into custody, boots, shoes,
wearing apparel, and other ankles, which were identified by their
owners, being satisfactory, they wee fully committed to Newgate for adal.
Eleven others were identified by the police and ethers as foreleg a
part of the procession, and having taken an active part in its paw
ceedinga.
These were committed for three months to the House of Cofteetitm,
for being about the streets with intent to commit felonies.
The remaining nine, there being no prod that they look any • part in
the proceedings, were discharged ; but previous to their liberatleas Mr.
Numeric:, addressing them, said it was the determination of his 01.
lenses and himself, for the prompt suppression of such disorderly
assemblages as the present, to all persona who, under whatever
pretext, shall take part in them, answera6L, as in law they so clearly
are, for the coruquences. He hoped, however that the present would
serve as a warning in future, and prevent them joining in such as-

'embalm.
Contrary to all ezpoctation, they all prows to be sakes. It wu be.
bend tbat they 1114=111Y amused the garb foe the wpm of piss.
der. This, however, b net the fait; sod front their own
imbricated by others, it appears that they, belatueet. tedistre Wastes
of the itsylnm , for Ms balkier! poem in 0
way. Here they
am t.
plan of going in a body to us gawk
ralty, to demand an t.
It was stated by r. Heald, a gentleman belonging to the Asflintii
which the prisoners vein sheltered,* Mt. Serpent, itentary to tip
Sailors' Asylum, a malt egoelhatiostitatien in Dociwttreet, ihnMh.
Acid; sod the flew. Mr. Smith, of an Asylum called the WSW Risk,
that there was mot the slightest occasion for the gallon resoning to sum
of plunder, as these inteinadoos are always open to suck of them pp to
in distress.

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PANORAMA OF THE
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ESSEX HERALD, JAE. 25.
On Thursday last, a inmerous sad respectable meeting of owners and
mewpiers.of bud, was held at the Court-house, Eatitford, for the po-
pes* et pesunieg a petition to the House of Lords, foe an alleviation of
the system of collecting tithe. Mr. Welled" entered the room
by Sir Felix Apr, and was received with loud accts.
"A mu
Mr. Welles/ay add, when he found it roped that the petition be
presented to the House of Lords, be felt anxious that it should be of
the most moderate nature, and that the smallest concession should be
asked, in oder that their petition might not be Lid upon the table as
mere yams paper; and he was the more desirous of this because in that
House there were the hierarchy, who were jealous of the rights of the
Church, and therefore averse to any alteradou in the tithes; and there
were into a gnat many very infisendal Peers, who bad
,a favourable
sedum of a cornrows' of them.
The High SOW Peter Delaware, Esq. was then called to the chair.
Mr. Hancock read theyespien, the substance of which was the denial
+M the farmers of a mobilo hay and lambs, when they had documents
teee= hs existence WO fasts, with the enormous expense of the pro-
at law. That by proceedfts in the Court of Exchequer, in
the ythr 1801. the validity of the modus had been vied, and, after an
Iththisents expense, the suit went off upon a technical obleaW, without
the merits, and that thus the modus was invalidated. It also
.Nee/lkthat the Horociturch Division pays 3,5001. per annum, and with
a popdation of. 2,000 souls, has only one sermon a week. That the
• Renard Division of the Liberty pays 2,4801 in tithes,having a popu-
lation of 4,000 souls, and is without a resident beneficed clergyman, and
OM the inhabitants. are obliged to subscribe to pay for a second sermon.
•9Mr. WILLS/LIT said that the peculiarity of the mode of collect-
WS the tithes, was a retain why they should be commuted. Tithe was
I.*e oldest impost, the original policy of which was, the! it should be
produced from the soil. There were a set of men, whom, he termed the
personarchy, he was sorry to my not very well informed ; but there
'Were others well informed, who wished to see a commutation of tithes,
and to have little from men with cheerful faces, rather than to have
much taken out of the bowels of the poor. If the meeting asked little,
they would get a great deal ; if they asked much they would get no.
thing. If the church did not discharge its duties more conscientiously
the dhenting interest must have the tint and foremost hand, but he
wished to see the church preaninent.
Mr. HANCOCK, in allusion to the modus, observed that if it were
upset, the consequences would be most lamentable. Mr. Titheman
would come down and: all upon them for six years' arrears, and
where, he asked, were the farmers who could pay them ? When the
modus was decided against in the adjoining Liberty, 36 exchequer
writs were sent down for the arrears. At that time the farmers had
mosey, and he believed paid them, but now they had very little, and
if it went against them they must be ruined.
Mr. Elsie said, that when the tithe of hay was taken in kind, the
tithe owner took the tenth cock, the farmer carrying home the other nine
to feed his cows. Then the tithe was taken a second time in the shape
of milk, the remaining nine-tenths being ghat to the pigs. Then the
tithe was taken of the pigs, so that the tenth was taken over and over
again. So it was with corn—after the tenth was taken off the field, the
tithe of fowls, fed with the farmers' nine parts, was also demanded, as
was the tithe of the eggs.
Mr. Townsend, solicitor at Romford, and tithe collector to the lessee,
congratulated the meeting upon their having the support of Mr. Wel-
lesley, knowing that the hon. gentleman would not be led away by
misrepresentation, and he regretted =trendy that that gentleman was
not presenton the former occasion, as, in all probability, in that case their
appeal would have been made with much pater moderation, in-
stead of its being the vehicle of slander against individuals.
Mr. Townsend expressed his surprise at the audacity with
which Mr. Elsee had hastened to deliver himself of his
speech, which he had no doubt got by heart at home, but
which had come out of due time, being quite inapplicable to that pat
of the petition which was thee under discussion. Mf. Babcock had
stated in a most unblushing manner that 1,3001. a year had been re-
ceived from the tithes by the Vicar, who had been dunned out of three
sovereigns for the poor last winter and two this season. The sum re-
ceived by the Clergyman was greatly overstated, and he knew that not
much above one half that sum reached the Vicar.
Mr. Wellesley said his object was to gain information, when he saw that
a moss bill had been filed against the farmers. A man was greatly to be
pitied who got into Chancery, and when he learned that such a bill had
been filed, he could not but think that Clergyman hard hearted and de-
ficient in Christian chanty, who would put men from whom he bad
taken tithes, into that iniquitous Court, the Court of Chancery. He
(Mr. Wellesley) spoke feelingly. For 37 years be had lived without any
man who drew breath doubting his word. He went into Chancery; and
14 !Wantons there swore that his word was not to be believed. He
brought them before a Jury, and be stood recorded by the laws of his
country as true as truth itself ; by the Court of Chancery he stood re-
corded as a villain. When, therefore, he found a man obtaining his
tithes by a cross bill in Chummy, he hesitated not to support their
penile°.
Mr. Townsend.—The bill was filed in the Exchequer.
Mr. Wellesley.—Those who knew any thing of the history of their
country, knew that the Court of Exchequer which formed part of the
Court of Chancery, was the Court of all others the most condemned.
Mr. Hancock related among several other cases which he stated had
occurred in the Liberty, that of tithing a man who bad complained of
not receiving his right number of eggs for his tithe, and who was
consequently desired to send and see them hunted up. The men could
get no tithes as the hens did not lay fast enough. The farmer kept
but nine hens and a cock, and be need not tell them that nine hems
doing their best, could not lay tan eggs in one day, and the cock did not
lay any. The tithing man sent him a letter, telling him that for his
vexatious conduct, the most trifling neglect would be punished with the
utmost severity. In a very short time the farmer had a suit commenced
against him in the Exchequer, which would ultimately ruin him.
Ile did not wish for an abolition of the tithes, but he was desirous that
they should be put under such restrictions as would prevent the farmers
from being compelled to pay three times as much u the tithe was worth.
It was abominable that for any supposed error they should be dragged
before the Court of Exchequer, where the learned Baron was frequently
engaged a considerable time in determining how the tithe should be
taken upon five cabbages and three sticks of celery. The poor man,
when a parson called upon him, said be did not go to church because he
took a guinea a year of him for tithe of his pigs. The ftuit of the
farmer was nipped in the bud by the blasting hand of the tithing man.
He knew an instance where a man was under-draining a field, and was
cutting bushes, which with his straw he was putting into the ditch....
The tithing-man went to him, and demanded tithe upon the bushes and
the straw. The fanner asked his advice; upon which he told him that
be would give the teeth tooth in his bead, or the tenth spoke in his
wheel, nth/a than "Wpm the Exchequer or Ecclesiastical Courts.
Mr. Townsend said Se egg story was the cue of Mr. Sales, a fmner,
Ittme
itmf who, ugesthe present Vicar succeeding to the Living,
sue WSW about a reduction of the composition which be
110= View, sent a notice through ins solkiter that
titbits is kind. Mr. Townsend expostulated with him
.ti rii and a half. The only reply be got was, " I shall do so
otlswilisy and if you don't like it yeti may seek your remedy where you
can find it," but Mr. Saks used every possible MOM of annoyance,—
he would head notice to the Vicar that at a certain day and hour he
would set out tithes and require the tithing man's attendenee—the
tithing mu would tithe,
pursuant to such notice, and be greeted with
" Call aria to-morrow.', 'li this manner did Mr. Saks wantonly
take the tithing man to his goose (a distance of a mile) so less than
37times In km than three meths, merely to Say to him " There le so
tithe tteday, call spa to-morrow." Mr. Townsend said he would not
so insult the iindsessieding of 'the meeting as even to ask the ques-
tion wlupgar le ass • the Milt with which Mr. flake bad been vi.
sited rell left saki* Mr. Rathbun had never been asked for a
shilling, buslail Wilma winter and this, unsolicited, sent up a such
larger rem disk it smolt by Mr. Hancock.
A vales in thit.ool—A Name it"
?oft. Tlseedthil. No, I will not name it, because when Mr. Bob.
bons ilest a goat. thniezLknow it would be contrary to Ms risks. Om
o
k gimp he hissithil
SIM lagill 11110 k place as to the whole sum which the tithe
sonsemeril 'lllllle, Wellesley having suggested, that Mr. Towelled'
whits& so rap tsW the sat ammunt aa this gross receipts, to which Ms.,
winr
Tosrnethd seplkikileel to the peculiar tow of the Livia's,
little Mess its MK Ills, p nob* the Vieth, *we being deem
dons to tie mof et eant MIL a eptAnthe ceder NONA
of a Curate. nod the • Ka csting the alms.
Mr. MIA No when a Inger is senuened in it.
Mr. 71/wired. 11161, issdposs, is a elis imputatioo, and the
queer whence it amp Is its essylsits sotimessise.
Mr. Is es sass at his dlssessidies,4l=2"stions Is
the pietistic ", eillbsy were ell pained
Thanks were scup Mr. Ma, to the High Bailiff, for Ms in.
Partiality and cosiest in the Chair, and also to Mr. HancochluAls"
Pellectissor 116—the cause of the Meeting. Mr.
I bless the
porellspeesed, announced that a petekis aiskst"...Zt
I heath wies the King's Head, in order to celebrate the lbw
seily Ik.the pitheasisesa. .
On likradai ethasiglit, about three o'clock in the wonting, a axis'
eds. istAray wits ethithitted in Holltham, the seat *of T. W. Oslo%
it_ Ths villain mesetheed the saloon, the drawing mend ether many
gall tbs isitlarehls Zretilke
%could carry away I emengle cibggs
111110 alok of a pair of superb mieflth illme
Cash* stun* killer Fork boars, containing jewels, Oinked, AM. va,
at suss &AV& _ _

tisa Iltb bum lb. G. Hubbard, 'argon, (Wanted an {armadas
Aware on tbe Named Rion of Sulk, at the Bury fdecbank's b-
athes% sad illoanaud Liensanes statue by a aeries of specimens 60112.
no .manias Oak*. in his possessiom
The soar of the late Kr.ilocersea's pistons, took solace on Widow
day, at the fly gowns, Irwiala: A butedfitt piece, •41seerad.'
:11zien,' by Vandyke, sold for OK 10e.; a du landatipel by 'Wane.,
; Oncian Doseibtoe,' by Onardno, It. Ina.; two
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