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London, England, 1824-07-15 00:00:00

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.::t.s 3n; • ' • MANSION HOWL ,
yaw., a umber of seamen ay•Ged•te Iffiefieekraludifflar
his aid in rec•llllkg 3001. to which they declared they wee
titled, as salvage fee a vessel whkhshey said they had sandals*,
hossewatd passage from America.
The spokesman of the crew was a black of herculean stature:
He rated that the crew of the vessel to which be belonged had, by
!wry great exertions, saved another ship, for which service they
Understood they were to receive the abovementioned sum ; but
open appiketiew to the Captain of the Woodford, to which ship
they bolos:ea, they were assured that if anything was got foe the
lei Mica, it was not probable the crew would be benefitted by it.—
They thought, If any reward was to be given, they ought to come
in fur their share. They understood, besides, that the owners were
the tlaimants •of the reward, and that the expectation of those
claimants, instead of being limited to 3001. was not less than 30001.
They, therefore, applied Cathie Loan Mavoa for justice.
The Lomb Mayon said he was not qualified to decide upon such
case, as he was not acquainted with the law or custom of salvage.
tie, however, knew the proprietors, who were men of the first cha-
racter, and would, he was sure, take care that no injustice was done
to their seamen.
The Black. who, the Loan 'Mayo* perceived, exceedingly re-
sembled blolineux, the celebrated antagonist of Tom Cribb, acct
dentally raised his hand, which was clenched, to his face. The fist.
was such as mnst'oceasion much speculation amongst the Fancy.
The Loan MAToa asked the Black whether he was related to
Molineux, whom (said his Lordship) I saw going to fight Cribb,
When they were better matched than they were afterwards. Your
face is akin tO his, and, if I mistake not, your hand is of the same
dangerous chancier as his was.
Creen.—lndeed, my Lord, we are sisters' sons 4 and I am going
to take a trial at the ring myself next week.
The Loan Mavoa.—What countryman are you'
Green.—A native of New York.
The Loan Maroe..—Then if you go into our ring, take the advice
of a friend, and don't feed too high. You will have occasion for all
your faculties, and be sure you eat your beef-steaks raw.
A soldier, named Woodfrid, belonging to the first Battalion of
Foot Guards, was charged with having furiously assaulted a poor
seaman, named Yates.
As the sailor and his father, who is an old pensioner, were walk-
ing along the streets, talking about the heat of the weather, the sol-
dier, who was not in their company, said the seats In the ''ark would
soon be removed, and the pensioners would no longer be such a
nuisances The complainant observed, .that his father had been
longer a pensioner than he Oise soldier) had been a galloot (recruit).
The soldier was highly incensed at these words, and although twice
as large and as strong as the sailor, threatened to knock him down
if he repeated the insult. The sailor said the soldier was a Johnny
Raw to act in such a manner. Upon which the soldier ferociously
malted the poor fellow by striking him upon the mouth, and
breaking his head upon the pavement. He was taken up in a state
lof insensibility, and placed under the care of a surgeon.
The soldier declared that a disgraceful Insinuation had been thrown
out against him, and that provoked the assault.
The LORD Mavoa carefully examined a number of witnesses,
' who all swore that not a syllable had been uttered to that effect.
His Lordship expressed his regret that a soldier could be found to
Act in so cowardly a manner, and ordered the prisoner to find bail
to answer the chute at the essions.
• • GUILDHALL
A lbw Cm* non Ma. MARTIN'S Act—Since the appointment
of Wheeler as his representative or ,inipeetor, Mr. Martin leaves
the getting up of cases of complaints against offenderrunder the Act
which bears his name to him, seldom appearing himself but upon
novel questions, and such a one occurring yesterday before the sit-
ting Magistrate Mr. Alderman Caownsa the Hon. Member for
Galway attended i
to conduct the proceedings.
Mr. 'Thomas Daffern, of No. 35, Compton-street, Soho, had been
smomoned to produce the driver of his van, No. 135,350, for wan-
=lnd cruelly ill-treadng a hone, by overloading it ; and Mr.
's clerk, and Wilkinson, the carman, accordingly appeared.
Ifni Martin being sworn, said, he .saw the van on Holborn-kill,
,loaded in a most manner. The horse itself was ac-
tually unable to it aftr,gUaarland e was sure there were at least seven
or eight men assisting sod pushing it behind, and it was with diffi-
culty that they could altogether get irup the hill. The horse alone
could scarcely move it, even on level ground. In his judgment,
the waggon alone empty, was load sufficient for any one horse, and
he believed there was nearly SO cwt. in it. 'This, he said, was not
a case upon which there was any doubt as to the cruelty—it was
not that ft was a great inconvenience to the hone, no, nor that k
was a greet punishment to him to draw it, but that theload was es
heavy that he literally could not drag it along. Ile had no fault to
And with the driver, he did everything In his power to assist the
horse ;be was sure e was a good fellow, and would go forty miles
at any time to give him a character. " Here, my good
said Mr. Martin, addressing him," you did everything awl=
have dosse snyealf—there's a crown for you. hod ise Sisk wish
you, but with your master, for overfeeding the'vraggoo, and if there
As s conviction he mats pay for it ; but I was obliged to summon
'you, though all your fault in the business was consenting to let the
hone try to draw such a load, and that perhaps you could not help.
Mr. Alderman Caownsa doubted whether this was such an act
as came within the meaning of the words of the Statute, "beat,
abuse, or ill-treat."

Mr. Martin thought the latter phrase embraced the offence; but
though he had convicted for overloading a horse, and in the City, and
that consistency of decision was always important, yet he allowed
there bad been great doubts upon the subject.
Mr. Alderman Caoweza thought, upon a fair construction of the
Act, he Could not cocrvict.—sThe summons was ►hen discharged.
MARLBOROU lALST KJ/XT.

Yesterday Pritiiiisasis;r—,VWlaa;iseeis for some time in the em-
ployment of the Gas Company, was charged at this Office With
stealing a quantity of iron pipes, the property of his employers,
Mr. J. T. Glendon, one of the inspectors of the Pancras station,
proved, that the Company had lost iron pipes to a very consider-
able amount; it was also proved by the evidence of Isaac Parks' a
lamplighter, in the employment of the Company, that he had traced
the prisoner carrying off some pipes to the shop of Mr. Dunbar,
who keeps an estensive iron warehouse in Tottenham-court-road.
Part of the pipes were found on Mr. D.'s premises ; and the pri-
soner Gardiner, making no defence, was fully committed for trial.
Mr. Gregory, the solicitor, who 'attended on behalf of the Company,
then gave Mr. Dunbar, jun. notice, who was at the Office, that he
should indict him as a receiver. _

Philip Francis Story, one of the Westminster scholars, was brought
to the Office by a warrant, charged with violently assaulting Has-
pard Stackpole, a youth about four years younger than defendant.
The complainant, the only son of the late Captain Stackpole, of
the Navy, who unfortunately lost his life sonic years ago in a duel,
stated, that on Sunday evening last, he, with his mother and sister,
were retuning home iu their carriage to his mother's house, No. 8,
Chester-place, Grosvenor-place, about seven o'clock. He was sil-
-1 tins on the coach-box, and when the carriage stopped at the door,
a young boy now present, about ten years old, came into the bal-
cony of No. 10, in the same street, occupied by Mr. John Bainbridge
Story, the uncle of the defendant, and called aloud to the defendant,
who was, he supposed, in the room, to come to the window and
look at the monkey on the coach-box. The defendant came to the
window, and called complainant by the same epithet; and otherwise
used the most insulting language towards him, although he had no re-
collection of ever having seen him before. Complainant took no notice
of the insult, but went into the house with-hit mother and sister.—
,In the course of the evening he went to take a walk up and down
.in front of his mother's house, when defendant also came out, and
meeting him an the pavement, endeavoured to push him from his
proper side, and force him into the street ; he dragged him by force
from the railings, to which be had dung, flung him into the street,
and on his rising, struck him with his clenched fist in the eye,which
produced discolouration and swelling. lie had given no provoca-
tion whatever to the defendant, nor did he even strike him in re-
turn.- Mrs. and Miss Stackpole, the mother and sister of the youth,
Ladies of elegant appearance and manners, confirmed his statement,
and said, that they never witnessed anything so wanton as the de-
fendant's conduct. They ran down stairs, to ascertain who he was,
never having seen hint before; and Mrs. Stackpole said, that on
making this inquiry, and offering a sovereign to any person who'
would find out who he was, Mr. Story, sen. his uncle, came out,
and asked what her name was? She replied, Stackpole; on which
he said, " Oh! I know Stackpole is a very warlike name, but
you and your son may be and otherwise abused her in
the most gross terms.
Mr. Stackpole, sen. a venerable old Gentleman, grandfather of
the complainant, corroborated the statement of his daughter.in-law.
Mr. Story positively denied having used any such language, and in-
sinuated that it was some other person who had done so front his
windows. Mrs. Stackpole said, that both herself and her family
were constantly insulted front the windows of Mr. Story's house
by himself and his visitors. The defendant said, the complainant,
before he went out of the house, had been making faces at bins
from his mother's balcony, and shaking his fist at him ; and when
they met in the street, the complainant struck him first, as he had
witnesses to prove.

Mr. MEL ordered biro to find bail, which was immediately forth-
coming. The parties then left the office, Mrs. &ackp* attended
by a number of friend, of the first respectability, and the defendant
'accompanied by a hulas!. of the Westndetster boys.