Star.
London, England, 1823-09-01 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Mr. Martin attended at this Office, on Saturday, to support a
complaint he bad previously lodged, before Mr. Alderman Aus-
Liar, the sitting Magistrate against Bertiamin Squires, a carman,
in the employ of Messrs. Goudge and Thrupp, coal-merchants,
Winchester-wharf, for cruelly beating a horse.
The oath tieing administered, Mr. Marlin said, that as he was
near St. Bartholomew's Hospital, he heard the strokes of the
whip at a distance, and in Giltspur-street saw the carman whip-
ping the shaft horse in a coal-waggon mast wantonly and cruelly.
The weals on the horse's Ranks measured nearly eighteen inches
in length, and were as thick as his finger. " The animal was in
a muck of sweat, and," said Mr. Martin, " now I am upon my
oath, I declare to Con I do verily believe If he had bought two
pounds of soap, and lathered the horse all over with it, he coald
not make him look in such a foam; and if I am asked, I do de-
clare I think he meant to kill that horse, fur all the others in the
team were free to draw, but he would .not let. them, and beat
this one to make him pull a heavy waggon up bill that was too
much for him."
Carille corroborated Mr. Martin's testimony, and saw him
measure the weals with the span of his hand.
Stevens, one of the keepers, was at the Compter door; the horse
would not back, and the carman struck him twice on the ghoul-
der, when the hone acted directly.
Mr. Martin—There now; and then he repeated his blows.
Stevens—l beg your pardon, Sir; he only.struck him twice.
Mr. Martin—Man alive ! I sat he struck him violently several
times. Do you mean to contradict me ? -
Stevens—l suet speak the truth, Sir.
Mr. Martin (with some warnath)—Here, Sir—do you do the
flogging duty in Newgate?
Mr. Payne now pointed out that Mr. Martin was mistaken
Stevens was stating what he saw at the Compter door, and Mr.
Martin's testimony related to what had passed higher up iu Gilt-'
spur-street. On this explanation, the Hon. Gentleman resumed
his philosophy.
The cuinan allowed haling struck the horse as Stevens de-
scribed, but denied having touched him previously. The horse,
he said,was of a fretful temper,and had worked himself into a heat.
Mr. Martin—No, my friend, it was you worked him into a
muck sweat.
The defendant's master giving him a good character, and Mr.
Martin's object being only to teach him better in future, the Al-
derman convicted Squires in the smallest penalty, namely 10$.
" Now to shew you," said Mr. Martin, " addressing the car-
man's master, " that your horse worts no flogging, I'll tell you
what I'll do, if you please: I'll walk fur half a day with your
waggon and deliver your coals, and I'll engage he'll do all his
work without any flogging at all."
1 The coal-merchant, however, expressed no wish to avail him-
self of Mr. Martin's services in this way, but paid the fine for his
man, and the parties withdrew.
Rebecca Smith, a Cyprian, and J. Smith, her cheer arise, were re-
manded, on suspicion of stealing an immense quantity of calico
and other articles from some bleaching grounds, which they had
brought in a coach to their lodgings, in Merlin's Rents, Shoe-
lane, when stopped by the activity of the officers.