Star.
London, England, 1829-01-15 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS.

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Yesterday these Sessions commenced, before the
Loan Mime, the RacoaDla, and Aldermen WooD,
Aermrs, Sir PIMA LAURIN, ATKINS, VIIIMILIM'StC.
The early part of the day was occupied by the Loan
Meson in swearing in the Members of the Court of
Common Council, and the several Constables of the
Wards.—As soon as the Gland Jury were sworn, the
RIZAIDER addressed them at great length, parties
larly with respect to any charges of perjury which
might be adduced before them, and which they would
be most cautious as to the sort if evidence on which
they should return true bills. His Lordship said that
he had observed nothing in the calendar which called
for peculiar obsei ration.

FLYING DUSTMEN •ND REGULAR DUSTMEN.
A case of assault and false imprisonment, charged
by two fling dustmen against a regular dustman,
caned some amusement in Coon.
Tne regular, or, as he is generally called, the riglar
dustman, was a man of respectable appearance. n.coed
Murphy, who had contracted with the Commissioners
of Sewers lot the eust and ashes of the district in which
m.,orfields stand.

The p-osecutors are two men who go. about as pri-
vale as they can to collect dust and ashes, which ae
the prooerty of the contractor, and who fly cff at the
sou: d f the large bell, which is the sure criterion of
the riglar dustmen. This descriptioa of gentry often
get before the authorised person on boxing day, and do
them out of their fair perquisites; and it is not unusual,
• ith them to pilfer silver spoons, and other property.
. They stated that on the lit of October, as they were
engaged in taking away some rubbish from a home,
the defendant came up to them and wanted to shovel
the. rubbish out of the cast, bot.they objected to :his
taking such a liberty; *hereupon
.he .seised them both
.most violently, pit them in custody of a Police Officer,
and lodged them in the watches, and they remained
without tt.eir liberty for the space of 18 hours.. They
were both Olefall very poor men, and they were very
hardly treated.
Mr. C. Putwes, for the defendant, said that the
prosecutors were of that ofinosie us deaciiption of dealers
called flying dustmen, c f whom George Crnikshank
had given such inimitable likenesses, and who were.
Always engaged in some dishonest speculation, iii pur-
suing *lieu they generally succeed an throwing dust in
the eyes of those who followed them. They had on this
occasion been violating the Act of Parliament, by re-
ceiving the duit and ashes which belonged, by right of
contract, to the defendant, who in.isted upon taking a
sample. but was prevented by the flying fraternity. Now
a sample of dust was not worth the hundredth part of a
halfpenny, and the only object there could be for with-
holding it was to avoid the penalty of the discovery.
Fortunately, however, an officer happened to be present,
arid he secured a sample, which would show_ how far
justified the
.defendant was in imprisoning the two
filers, who had taken care to do what was likely to do
more injury than this indictment, for the owner of the
cart had brought an action in the Court of Common
Pleas against Mt. Murphy, for the value of the time.
the horse and cart were det tined—(Llllloin).
The RECORDISR—I am sure the Lawyers ought to
be very much obliged to them.
The.ossner of the cart here stood up, and showed a
head which looked as if it had been just shoved out of
his own cart. "It want nn dust or ha.hes," said he,
vot they Aas a taking. It vas other stuff vot I vont
name—!Laughter ).
MI. PHILLIPS here handed up the sample taken by
the Officer, which proved to be the article specified in.
the Act of Parliament, and not the filth taken Irons the
kennel or sewers. He stated, that the prosecutors were
liable to be attested on the spot r n which they were
seen appropriating the property f others, without the
cetemony of a wairant.

The Citric to the Commi,sionest of Sewers deposed,
that the defendant had contracted with tt:e Commit-
iiioners f it the dust and ashes ( f the district.

Kelly, the fficer, proved the seiistance made by the
proiecutos-, when the defendsnt required a simple, and
stated, that the latter then charged him with them, for
lobbing huts of the dust.
T e ltkcoansa said, that the prosecution was a most
scsndainui one. 11 the contractor had proceeded by
segui t information aga att those who had acted as had
been described, the penalty annexed to the offence would
base amounted to 101. It the case bad been fairly
stated to the Grand Jary, the bill could sot, for a mo.
mesa, hate been entertaintd. _ _

The owner oldie cart here produced the sample of
the can load, taken by hims but the Jury. ions&
Ji.itely acqui,teJ the regular dustman.
Mr. PHILLIPS hoped, that atter this trial, the action in
the Cumcoun Pleas would not be persevered in.

SURREY SRSSIONS, Jart. 14:
Charles Bash, a.lad about siateen years of age, was
put to Vie bar, charged with having in the earl-part of
.14111171/. at 'Weyla otige, staen a silver watch, the p, o-
petty of biwatil Collyer. It arpeared that on the day
in clue:tilt; the prosecutor left fits watch in his room,
and on his 'elitist it was misting. It was•subsequently
found in the pour sti.in of t he prisone viho, with. several
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*other prisons; had access, to the room. '•
The Casuists:4.(olr. Striven) told the prisoner that
he had incurred the. penalty of tianspi nation, butit
being his first offence, the law would. on., uponltliat
'occasion, be enforced u, its tull ez eta. •The sentence-
ot the Court wAss rhat the prisoner .shotrld be irnpri oned
me wick, and at the.estirtitroir of that period, be well
flogged ti.r 150 yards through the vslirgeot Wiry bridgeFl
where the offence was euirrootzeds This ponisf:met.t• has
been :ound most sa:utary in clot ing juvenile offtndel 5..,

Movies Curlit, a strong, hulditio"kinA man. %.as
foetid CAWiltot steillin. at -Godearningroue boa of
breed,Abe property Cil James ' •
The prisoner pleaded distress. e stated, that being
affable to'obtain efisplolment, he Was ()Word t 4 sea
Tparoefrial aid. TIM parr& allowed him 4Cper *week.
creed which he bad to pay-IV6:li per seat fim his
lostrigs, leaving him but 11-.6,1. a • eek to proem*
food; this sum, he said, was not sufficient to support
nature, and it was while labouring :sink, t'e cravings
of henget Olt he was induc'd to c alma the 'Offence
charged against him. The • prisoner added. tbit' the
parish officers employed him to dig in' -the fields, brit
that at times he was employed only three days in 'the
week, on which occasions fie rece:ved hut S. per seek
He was s ntenced to one month', imprisonment iu
the House of Correction. Tire punishment of flOgg np
would have been adOed, were It hot that the priso..ei
laboured under some bodity infirmity.
George Willacs was found grtilty of having, on the
Sd rf January, stolen a bar of steel, the property of
Ktchard Moser, of Southwark. The prisoner called
thtee respectable witnesses, who gave him an excellent
character tor honesty and sobriety.
The CHAIRMAN said, the crime of robbery of mas-
ters by their servants bad become so frequent, and was
so easily effected, that it became necessary to punish it
in such a manner as to deter others from the commis.
sion of the like offence.
The prisoner was sentenced to six months'
woe and bard lsbourin the House of Correttlen:". -
. George Wallace, a lad, aged 16 years, was -put tostbe
bar, charged with having, rgs the 6th of J.nnary,'at
Lambeth; stolen six pieces of stuffs. the properta.of
"homes Chu, choose.

It appeared in evidence, th a on the evening of the
day in question, the plisaner and .anther' lad were
seen loitering near the p•osrcrstaa's .h..r, wh•ch i•
within two doers of Astlcy's Thcat•e; in a short time
the other lad went into the shop. and in ought out the
pieces of stuff, Ad gave. [hens to the ptisones. who,
upon being taken into custody; let them 1.11 on the fout
way. The other lad ran away. • •
The prisoner said he had been himd by the bity to
carry the stuffs to Pall mall. 1-k denied all karroledge
of the rol►bery. Verdict Guilty.
The CHAIM/AN said, he was quite sure the prisonet
was one of is gang or young thieves who it fated tl at
neighbourhood end other parts of the to An. The sea -
tence ti the Court was, that V.,' ptisener be kept to
hard labour in the House of Coreection it i one week, and
at the expiration of that period to be well 'Rigged tot
150 yards, near the spot whete the robbery was coat.
misted.

The prisoner wept bitterly on hearing this sentence,
which, it appears, causes mote alum among posonsol
his description than Ictibthefted confinement, r r eve .
transportation.
Willie,,, Nett was put to the b sr, charged wi h having
on the 10th of Decem'er, at Claphan., f
us shil-
lings, a sixpence, a hal crown, and 4,.10.f. in copper,
the property of limes King, a baker. It al peered. that
on the day in question, the prosecutor, hea►tug his shop
bell ring, came into his Shop, and SAW the prisoner going
nut, but he returned and askesttor a penny roll, which
prosecutor gave him. The moment the priioner left.
the shop, prosecutor missed some silver and copper from
the till,.and immediately pursued the prisoner, whom
he took into custody, and handed over to an officer; his
pockets were s►archeJ, and the silver and copper were
found upon him.
The prosecutor. whsn cross-examined by the pri-
soner, said he could not swear to the money, none of it
having been marked, but there was a piece of string
with which the copper had been tied in a paper, found
near the spot, and to that :ping he could swear.
The prisoner denied the robbery.'and said the money
found upon him was his owts.-.fuiii.e.
Mr. Walter, the Governor a Ho. semonger.lane Goal,
when applied to by the Curt, stated th.l pti saner
bad been tried before for sterling a coat and . cquitted.
He had also been in custody on a charge of burglary.
• The CHAMMAIa sentenced him to be trau:ps►ated'lor
seven yeirs. Tie ptisoner Went from the Bsr ►miling,
and perfectly indifferent to his fate.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.
Michael Ralph, of Bird-cuurt. Philip-lane,' was brought up fur
re-etaminatirm. charged with a brutal assault upon a boy named
Samuel Webb.

The boys of the neighbourhood, it seems, are in the habit of
playing in the entrance to the above court, to the annoyance of the
residents. The defendant found this boy playing with others on
Friday afternoon, and seising him by the trowsers, flung him across
the way. Some of his companions threw mud at the defendant;
and the boy, crying, said, ' you rascal, if my father was here, be
would heat you ;" upon which the defendant kicked him near the
hip, kited him as bettor, and threw him against the door of a
public house, kneeled down upon his stomach, and trod upon his
sack, saying he would have his life. The buy's cries tauss d some
persona to Interfere, and be was carried home, where be was con-
sidered in some danger till yesterday.
A female, named Ann Junes, who spoke to the defendant's can-
diet, as eloper Mated, said that when she asked him what the boy
held done, the defendant said, " what's that to your' and catching
her arm, pinched it, and tried to bite it.

The tiefendint said he had tumbled over the boy in running after
him, but bad nut hurt him, and offered to call witnesses; but as the
btey was sdli confined to his bed, and- Aria Jones persisted in the
truth of her statement, the Aldernsait &dined entertainkig the de
fence. end held the defendant to bell,hisisalf in lON. and 'wonted,.
in SOL each.
W Olt S H I P-STRZ*T.
Yesterday Josepi Harrison, a young was about thirty years of
she, was charged before Wm. Berm Ifet with deserting his four
children. • . . : • •
Mr. Wan. Pries; one of the Oweteesee of Ilk. Lake's Parish, stated,
that on Saturday night last, between nine and ten 'Meek, the' ph
sneer took to his house four small children (the Touting about a
• year old), with a summons from this rake; be tendered to Mtn
one shilling for the rebel of the children, which he refused to take,
saying it was of nu use ; the prisoner then ran away, and left the
children at his door, and he (witness) was obliged, fer the safety of
the children, to send them to the Workhouse.
Prisoner—l hate four small children, and my wife now put to
bed with another. What was Ito do?

Mr. Price-1 have sent a surge= to atteod your wife sevetal
times. end have relieved you with mooey.
/Prisoner—l have not got a bed fur my poor children or myself
to lie 00.

lb r. have several times, your Worship, given the pri-
soner an order to so to wart, which would support his family, but
be has actually thrown it at me. lie has several times told me be
would lease his children.

Mr. Bionerr—l think tkis an really ought to be punished,
having at the time he left the children a shilling tendered to him,
besides orders to so to work, which be refused. • He most be oeas•
mined to the House of Correction for tea days.

HATTON.GARDEN.
A boy, not more than ten years of age, ;was charged with steal.
log a silk-handkerchief. When placed at the bar, be was asked
his nun*?

, I'risooer--04! I shan't tell; I don't think Ws proper.
Mr. Lasso (authoratatively)—Whoeg yaw nonw, Sir?
Prisoner—l don't like to tell; my Saes 1p are respectable, and it
would grieve them very much if they knew where I was.
lir. Lamo—lf you don't ten what your yaw is instantly. I
'will commit you to the House of Correeticio for a woad,; and
!then we shall mots ascertain what we wish to know.
,Prisoner-4f you promise faithfully it shan't be in the News.
,paper;. 1111.11 nit bairns,
. • Mr. Lentil (ykk &Int warmth) The Newspapers! Wl*
beer .I• to do widi Aar fieuspapors?
, Priscaser-erWizlifiseurli take your word that it skulk moat ;
my name is Ebenezer Hyde.
The saw then proceeded, and it appeared that the prisoner went
into a colter-shop iu Holborn, and obtained permission to warm

farm If at the ire. In a short lime after a pal* 4.1 Omer *0
laroleeiti Motif the ettongdoire,bmiditfrehlei who ItolrW:itirtike
Veladoetiriii tiiargettiselth the thffi:•-' tad saw fini r 'said he
to the prosecutor. ewe yes a himilltereldef. Instead of taking
one from you" The•fasedkerchiefe•howeverf was found in him bit.
He 'was committed.
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• • a !" -11ARLBOVIOLIGH..STRFRT.

Ifises, a prong matt *hems twenty years of age, wit
cliatis2 with culling Of a gld named Marry Fox, ftorn the dwell.
in; of ISer 'suns io Georgeattreet„ Bleetistnery.
-not comptainet;wild sieloed tortUtfrably egitated at the he
of her young rehabs's, said, that the planner ♦as by trade a weal.
entree, and lodged Aril dour ; on risitig that aturning it emir
o'clock. she found that her niece, who had scarcely attained NT
Afieraith year, had dotippeared ; and as making inquiries she mar.
'Mined that the prlsottertand Mart' had been seen• to lease die Ned"
•sainse.rly hareingetbev. the former carying a bundle of eludes,
and that they went in the direction of Holborn.
Sir Groans Fismint ashed the prisoner what had become.ef
tie young creature?
• The trickier replied, that she went a with him of her own free
will, and at that apothem was at the home of a relalott• it Gray*
lun.latte.road. Vary was not concealed from her friends, and be
was willing to conduct the constelde to where the might be found,
This arrange-them was accepted; did all the Foci. s procelded td
the place pointed out the prisoner.. where Mary wis chi/livered
:ast& on behaidiog•'Sullivan. she rushed into his arms.• arid dielared
that nothing should separate them. She was, however, conducted
by Hedger to her aunt's abode..
MA itYaI.AoSONNIt.
' The windows and lives pallitadirts al the•SeyMout Anne publie.
house, having been destroyed by the Oato.►tteet rioters, en the
et Hecember, Mr. Corduroy, the landlord, was hound over to pa.:
smote them; and on Tuesday be received the following letter—
e' Mt. JoeCardetral*if you swear agiu the men at Berson, yen
Milt Ike the month.

Slbikjalitsgry. " PAT.'
It Mao by the twopenny-pmt, addresses! " Mr. Caarderrolf
!lit ti Arms, Sentoreviace, Nutford-place," and Mr. Corduroy
hems& k.to the tfflice sin Teessfay night, and lashed the advice-01
Mr. Gamma and Mr. ilosatais respecting it,
The Magistrates advised bins not to krl alarm at its content'
but to.prr;sertio it, and if any one personally threatened Itinrcor
be could discover the writer, to give him instantly into cu4tody.
A lying pitman, who bad disregarded a pretrittu• warning, was
charged with indtrin: boys to toss in the street fsr hi• Pastry. '
MG RAWLVOCIN said there was no practice likely to product
more injury to she puh:f 1. As soon as children came out of thwee
.pertiouats they were taught gambling. which was the tint step is
thieving —lie c muted him 1.1 the House of Correction for a
fortnight, and told him if he offended again he should go back for,
a month
shot* die*. a Paddington coachman. was convicted ft a Penalty
of 50s. and costs fur futious &oho. op the New ltoad.
TIIA ams:roLtrg.
Mr. William U.ciriro•h, Master of the schooner germs *p-
p.'. red to an itifornemion at the ithtance of the Master, Warden.*
.nd Assistant, of the Trinity House. kr having taken two tons of
soil or manure as ballast, from ale. J. W. liryzot, who is IMP:
p:oyercl. in etc...vatic.: St. K.tharine Docks. The info rotation wail
laid under the statete of the soh of his present NlZlriti. WM&
confirms the exclusive privilege to the Tranty heard of sopplyiog
all vessels In the port of London with ballast, under a penalty, to
be recovered of the mutes of such vetwels who revive ballast
from nther sources, of lot per inn.
The evidence which was called proved the above stamosent, mud
also that the ballast on tumid was sufecknt to make the vessel 'a

right In the water.
On the part of the defendant it was contended, that the earth
was not halla.t, but canoe under the deaf iptitar of niercilandite., as
it was *O4l too n.4sture at a profitable ps Ice in %Low places tur
which it w sh:pped.
Mr. Dm. • a thought the soil of no value few such purposes
as had been stated, and • asked why the defendant dui not ship a
larger imaiitity, it he took it as merchandize ?
To this it vratreplied, that the defendant had nu dma to ship
larger quantity, a. be 11.4 a freight of wheat.
Mr. Bryant was ti.en called. lie proved that he Was the oweeo
of a large farm, and sold the mil trona th. Katharine Docks as
manure; he used it as manure kitnselt; and considered it a Wag
fertilising and valuable compost..
• Mr. Wiggins, brkklayet to Bt. Katharine Ducks' Company. said
he tanned 400 acres of land, and always. used this kind of soil for
manure; be pee 54 a barge load for it.
Mr. BALLAIITYPI said he bad no doubt that the soil was shipped
as ballast, and lined the defendinallol.—Notico of appeal anaemia

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