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London, England, 1828-07-15 00:00:00

GUI LDHA LL.

Peasant or LITSILVTUR Williom Davison, a young man,whose
appearance bespoke Ms calling and by distress was charged with
lurking about the Temple. for the purpose of begging, and deliver-
ing begging letters to the residents. Ile bed been 'repeatedly or.
dered to go away by the porters, and wets found on one of the
staircases, with a begging letter, addressed " Mr. C. Jones, Esq."
The letter, addressed to Mr. Jones, was banded in ; and it was
regarded as a curiosity, inasmuch as it was set forth to be from the
pen of " a young man well versed in all classical pursuits of ancient
and modern literature." and who bad " Written for nearly all the
literary periodicals." The letter commenced thus—
Sta—lt is with the utmost importance, and deep regret. I
now take the liberty of writing to you these few lines, merely, I
add, to explain to you at once With the real eaters of my dis-
tress, of which, I have no doubt, will bane all description that
ever manifested itself In writing." The writer proceeds, in the
same clanksl way, to state that he is • by profession. when in
occupation, a clerk." or law writer; that owing to the badness
of the times be is "quite, quite destitute of having in his pos.
mission a single halfpenny;' that "nothing can be more shock-
ing, or more worse, than being at times in danger of starva-
tion," and that, "of all the evils now existing in the, World,
poverty absolutely beats them all; in short, poverty to a man of
genius and talent, brings him to a state bordering es that of mad-
ness. Loi misery, ruin, despair; and jhadly in the end, I add
death." There was a great deal more about the nature of poverty
in gesterelly, and his poverty in pareicsteriy, concluding with a
request that Mr. Jones would favour him with " a positive answer
and filial result in reply," and "overlook the defects In his letter,
as it was written is very great haste, and unputectssekif."
Whatever confidence the prisoner had in his skill in consposi-
don, he seemed to have none as to his elocution. He said Utile,
and his account of.hlmself was so unsatisfactory, that Mr. Alder-
's= Ceaseless resnanded bias that the porters of the Temple might
wace whether he bad obtabeed'alms in any instance.
HATTON—GARDEN.

Mien rely, a nymph of the PaVe,was charged with stabbing a
watchman, named Jordan. the preceding night. The prisoner was
engaged in a row, in Chick-lane, on Sunday night, from which she
was conveyed by complainant to the watchlsome. On the way,
however, she stabbed him twice in the abdomen • and upon his
arrival at the watchbouse he fainted from the lots of blood. A
medical Gentleman who dressed his wettest', remounted them to
be el a very lesions nature, and the ramose leas remanded.
MA RT-.1.A-.IION NE.
aka Dwyer, an old offender. was charged with pot stealing. He'
had secreted a pint pewter pot in the crown of his hat, at the
Nightingale, in Lissoa-grove, oa Sunday morning, and attempted
to walk away with it; but, ha conduct having been observed, be
was apprehended at the door, with the stolen property in his pm-
sessiou, and was fully committed for trial.
QUERN-SQUARE.
Byers and his men Rawlins and Martin appealed to support
several informations against coach proprietors.
The first case was allaMat Mr. Horne, proPrietor of the coach
No. 8,076, for carrying more inside passengers dials expressed in
his license.

Mr. Gaseous, addressing Byers, said that he thought It useless
to go into the case, for, eves if e,onvicted, k would have no effect,
as a Bill had passed both the Houses of Lords and Commons, and
only waited the Royal Assent, which would take the power out of
the informer's hands to lay informations.
Byers—Really I was not aware of that.
Mr. Gaanomr.—l have seen the Bill.
Byers still wi.bed the case to be heard, which was at last cons.
plied with, and Alartin having proved the case, Dlr. Horne was
convicted in the penalty of £2O.
Byers then wished for a distress warrant, but the Magistrate ob-
served that on the eve of an Act of Parliament pas,lng, heabould
not comply.—The other cues were then adjourned rill Monday.
The new Act will completely ruin the informers' trade, as all
the quirks and quibbles will be completely done away, and the only
cases with which they will he able to meddle is an tetra number
of outside passengers, and too much luggage.