Star.
London, England, 1827-08-31 00:00:00

COURT OF THE SHERIFF OF SURREY.

TICIAPASSe-.PEARCIII p. CARTEDTIM AND &MIR&
• Yesterday an inquiry took place at Horsemoriger-
lane, before Mr. Aliso= the Under Sheriff of Surrey.
and Mr. BARNEWALI4. his assessor, to determine th-
amount of damages which the plaintiff was entitled to,
for a trespass committed by the defendants.
Mr. Sergeant SPA ME, with whom was Mr. CHITTY.
,Naiad the case. The plaintiff. Mr. Mark Pearce, was
oisospectacle}dung man, who had lately commenced
ihissiness as a timber merchant, in New Park-street, in
,she parish of St. Saviour's. The defendants were Ids°
Gentlemen of respectable rank in life; one of them.
ri4r. Carpenter, possessed considerable property, and
,resided near Paddington ; another of them, Mr. Hugh
Thomas, was an attorney ; and a third, Mr. Dyson, was
also an attorney. In October the plaintiff commenced
,business for himself, and purchased the timber yard
and premises formerly held by Messrs. Pearce and Sil-
cock, in New Park-street (onetif-whom was his brother,
and the other his uncle), they having become embar-
rassed in their affairs. Mr. Mark Pearce had previously
lent them several large sums ; but when they wenf
unable to go on any longer, he took the premises oil
his own account, paying to the creditors a composi-
tion of 2s. 6J. in the pound. It was then knows
amongst the trade generally, as well as in the neigh*
bourhood, that Mr. Mark Pearce had suCceededat.
the business. He had at that time a handsome capital.
which, together with his being a most active and in*
dustrious young man, possessing a competent knowi
kedge of business, and with a good connection, tperit
could be no doubt that his prospects of success firm
very fair; however, by the defendants conduct, all
these hopes were blighted. Mr. Carpenter, who, it
-seems, bad some transactfons with the old firm, sued
out a commission of bankruptcy against Silcock, for
a debt due on his private estate; and under the au-
thority of• the Great Seal, Carpenter, Thomas, Dyson,
and a messenger of the Commissioners, came, on. the
15th of February, and made seizure of the plaintiff's
stock in trade; and, trot satisfied with that act of injus-
tice, it would be proved that they used great violence,
stopping his business altogether, interrupting his family
affairs, and not permitting his wife, who was then just
out of her confinement, to take any article out of her
drawers, without the cognizance of the messenger under
the Commissioners. They took upon themselves all

the authority and dominion of sole tenants, from the
15th of February to the 28th of April following, apt
rind of 73 days, though Mr. Pearce had seriously and
formally protested against the illegality of the seizure;
for the whole of this time he was completely at their
mercy; they tosses'. about every thing just as they
thought Sc; they flaunted the timber, and would not
allow him to sell a single deal board to any of his cus-
tomers, who of course went to purchase at other places,
and as a necessary consequence his business entirely
fell of.
Several witnesses were called, who fully corroborated
these facts. They lidded, that before the seizure the
profits of the business were between 4001. and SCIOCa
year, and ;tight have been increased to 6001. or 7001
That before the seizure he was worthy of credit to e
much larger amount than at present, but they am
should decline giving him credit, not that they had ark'
suspicion of the rectitude of his conduct, bat because
they were certain that his business must have fallen of
in consequence of the seizure.
No defence was offered, and they Jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 5001.
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.
Themes Magma was committed to Bridewell for three moods
for having a crow-bar in his , and not giving a sedges:-
tory account of himself. e was stopped by Lock, one of the
city night patrols, at two o'clock in the morning, In Maidenhead-
court, Alderegate-street.
Jain Wheeler, the driver of the hackney chariot No. 395, was
fined toe. for driving furiously down Holborn-hill on Sunday morn-
ing. He had completely lost the management of the horses, who
ran upon the pavement in Fleet Market, to the great terror of his
fare, a Lady taking her first airing after her confinement.
BO W. ST R UT.
Ste Gamma M'Ciazoon.—Mr. Williams and Mr. Perrin,
the Gentlemen who were to have bailed Sir Gregor M.Gregor on
Tuesday morning, but who failed to attend, have not given any
notice of their intention of coming forward. Sir Gregor's confine-
ment does not affect his spirits, which are good. Inquiries after his
health are regularly made at the office, morning and evening.
A respectable-looking man named William Maims. was yester-
day brought before the Magistrate, charged on the warrant of two
Justices of the Peace, residing in Montgomeryshire, with having
deserted his wife and children,l five years ago,in consequence whereof
they had become chargeable to the parish in which they resided.
The prisoner admitted the charge, but said, that so far from his
having absconded from his wife, she: had deserted him, and at a
time, too, when she had a young child at her breast. She left a
comfortable home, and, taking her two children with her, sheweot
to live with another man, the driver of a stage coach between Bir-
mingham and Oxford, with whom, as he (the priaoaer) understood,
she was still cohabiting, and by whom be was informed she had se-
veral children. Under these circumstances, he thought it extremely
bard that he should now be called ups* to support a worm who
had proved so worthless.
Mr. HALLS admitted, that if the account given by the prisooer
could be felled upon, his case was certainly rather bard.
The prisoner said he could refer for the truth of his statement
to several respectable persons residing in Lambeth. He also pro-
duced some letters corroborative of the account he bad given.

Mr. Hats said, that be had nothing to do with the ea-se, further
than to see that the warrant of the Welch Magistrates was duly
enforced. It appeared that his wife and children had lawn,
chargeable to their parish, and the law would oblige May as a hus-
band and father, to contribute to their support.
The prisoner was then locked up, and will remain In custody
until the arrival of the parish officprs from Wales, by whom he will
be conveyed to Montgomeryshire.