Star.
London, England, 1825-01-06 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Messrs. Jo'tnMan Pinks and Peter Chinnery, a pair of operative
tailors, were chaiged before Sir lluasioto limns with wantonly
destroying the property of Mr.Owii—.-not Torn Brown the elder,
nor Tom Blown the younger, nor John Brown, the Essex-calf, but
the identical BrOWD, who WI1110111(11d the look:ries to the hot sough_
ship at Astley's, and shook th).nitms every night for a whole sea-
boll by demanding 11r hat are you at ?—what are you drier?"
ibis Mr. lirown, it appears, unlike the generality of tools, has
abandoned his tooling, admirable as it undouhtedty was, gild now,
instead of making mouths six inches wh.e, and junving w,nn his
own throat, he makes much ey by peurii:g gin other
com-
binable matters down thi: thturts ut the lieges, at the sil' t:i.

.Mitre, in St. Martin's-lane. It lurin r appeared tit a tat.
Brown. the ca-soul, being tit opinion that the Mitre was stud apro-
pos fur the sale of fita4.lllti tieing uvsirous, moreover, tit perpetu-
ating his amphitheatrical comicaidier, got intusrlt painted triospa,i
rently in clutractti—that is to say, in itis former character, witu a
mouth trom ear to ear, a pair of Dutch inexpressibles, and a scar-
let cockscomb ; and riding upon three horses at once, with a kg
upon each. This transparent painting wir fitted to his front door,
so that all who entered his house might know who was the landlord
thereof; and this brings us to the complaint against Messrs. Jona-
than Pinks And Peter Chintiery.
These two tailors—finds to the back bone—went into Mr.
Brown's hest parlour late in the eveaing, and demanded grog.
" D. ye liar ! bting's a glass o'grug, sizpenny-wotth td rum and
water, with a slice of lemon in it; and look sharp r"Chey drank
it, and called lair another; but when tuis secoad glass was handed,,
to them, they.relused to pay it, alleging that they had paid before
they ordered it. Mr. Brown had from the hest surmised that they
were not exactly suffer, but now he was convinced of it. Anil there-
fore he gave them notice to quit. But they were flints, and scorned
to flinch, and the rum and water was spilled upon the flour, and
then they were handed out of the house, and in revenge, one of
them dashed his hand, or his stick, or Ins clbuw, or his whatever-

else-it-might.be, right through the transpatent painting above-de-
scribed! And Alf tilt damage thus done, amountiag to 12 .55.. 9d.
Mr. Brown now demanded reparation.
Messieurs the tailor defendants, in reply, alleged, firstly, that
they were pt:riectly sober; secondly, that they had paid for the
grog, and therefore were ivi.ungausly deprived of it, by spilling, as
aforesaid; thirdly, that they had nu notion of being turned out in
that 'ere way; and fourthly and lastly, that the pane of glass, and
the transparency aforesaid, were broken and burst—not by their
act and deed, es falsely alleged, but in the general scLffi.:—acci-
dentically, as it were.
Mr. Brown, and two witnesses, however, solemnly affirmed that
the damage was done with malice prepense; and the Magistrate
asked Mr. Brown what the transparency might cost hint?
" Why, your Winship," replied Mr. Biewn, " it cost me £2,
and 1 consider it uncommonly cheap."
" That may be," said Sir Iticliaan ; " but I cannot award da-
Mages in full amount fur valuable works of art placed in such► a
perilous situation. Let the tailors pay Sr. for the pane of glass, and
ss. for a curtain to supply the place of the transparency."
Mr. Brown looked blue, the tailors were locked up until they paid
the Ws. and Chore was an end'of the matter.
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QUEEN-SQUARE.

Yesterday, William Martin was brought up for final examination,
charged with breaking open the counting-house of Mrs. Walton.
livery-stable keeper, in King-street, Westminster, and stealing a
desk, containing Sri sovereigns in gold, six pounds in silver, a variety
of books, papers, &c. the property of Mr. George Dawson. He was
fully committed to Newsate for trial.