Star.
London, England, 1828-07-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

hi A NSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday Joan Anderson, Was. Brown, Thomas jfiner, Joan
Bata, Frederick King Holland, Henry Amos, Janes Bridgelond,
and George BraireigA, the tight eempositors upon Tke World News-
paper, who were charged with having molested and disturbed a
man named Ellis, mid by threats forced him to leave his work upon
that Journal, appeared before the Loan blares..
Mr. ADOLfMUS, who, wills Mr. Hostas., jun. attended for the
complainant. stated that the defendants were chatged upon the 6th
of his Majesty, with having put the complainant out of employment,
aayl subjected themselves to an imprisonment for three months.—
Ellis was formerly employed at The Times—an office which, among
the compositors, was conaidered unfair, and Mr. Speight. who had
fooled him at The n'orid, was obliged to dismiss him from that
office. It had been said that the Printers' Pension Society was
aimed at. Of that Institution he had a high opinion, and he denied
that any thing in opposition to it was mixed up with this complaint.
O. B. Ellis was then called, and stated that be had been em-
ployed
u a compositor nearly seven years on The Tana. About '
nine weeks ago he left that establishment, and got an engagement
at The World, at which all the defendants worked. He newer had
any dispute or quarrel with them. After he had been there five
weeks, he was informed by Anderson that an unpleasantness arose
in the offire on his account; that there had been a consultation at
The World Office amongst the defendants; and *bat they bad roe
solved to send him to " Coventry," in consequence of having
worked on The Tines. He could not, under such circumstances,

continue to work there without unpleasantness, and a slight loss' to
himself, in consequence of the necessity of being obliged to have
-recourse frequently to the printer, who V/lii not always on the spot.
The printer (Mr. Speight). a week after he .reeeived this notice,
ceded hint aside, apd said he could nos allow things to yo on in
that way ; that if be did not dismisshim (Ellis), the rest of the men
'would kiive their situations. Tbe printer bad no complaint against
Okini Re was obliged, in this account, to leave his employment,
and bad not been employed aloce.
Qom-examined by Mr. WooLaa—He was not engaged as a full
hand on The World; wbeo be left The World, he complained of the
Mittman be bad experienced, and wrote a letter to rise Times,
I situation, and stating the opposition be had met with.
. Spa*, printer of The World. said that the principil reason
Irby Ellis was dismissed was, that there was no further occasion
foe his services. There appeared to be an unpleasantness among
the men. aed be had it in contemplation to get rid of Ellis, as be
bad board he had been dismissed front Tie Tinier fdr drunkenness.
The Meet bands did suit say they would leave if he did not. The
defendants were on very friendly terms with Ellis, and shook hands
with him. This witness was not clear upon. the subject of the
unplearantness, and could not make himself at all intelligible to
either of the Magistrates. He never said to any body that thi. men
said they would go if Ellis did not ; might have said to Mr. Har-
rison that be apprehended the men would go if Ellis did not; cer-
tainly he did say so to Mr. Harrison ; dbicharged Ellis on account
of not wanting hint, and on account of the unpleasantness.

Samuel Winyatra, formerly a compositor at The World office,
said, that be mentioned at The World office what took place at the
meetings of the Trade Committee, relative to Ellis's having been
engaged.on The Times.
Alderman ATKINS asked witness, whether be meant to say. that
a man who worked for The Times was an " unfair" man?—No in-
telligible answer was given to this question.
Mr. ADOLPhIVS said to this witness, that be had made a great
Many apt.logies fur his memory without any occasion, as he ap.
pared to have a sharp recollection when put to the test.
After some further conversation, •
Mr. Worming, for the defendants, submitted that there was no
scale against his clients.
Mr. Akierinin ATICINI said. the words amounted to threats and

lotitilidaiion. He considered that a combination for ;he purpose
of pretend:* men from Winking for ally particular newspaper was,
cote of a mow dangerous-kind, and that tbe prosecutor had' beenl
compelled to leave the paper. by intimidation.
Mr. Anoornes said, that if the Common Law existed, the de
feculent& should be before a Jury, but that unhappily did not exist.
The Lotto Maros said, that the words most closely approached
conviction; He, did net think they exacdy reached the meaning of
4ntimidation, but they were very like it.
Alderman. Arcist—They have now discovered to the Leesla.
Lure a most dangerous sort of combination, and they bad better
avoid those things in future. They have the power of exciting
apprehension, and that power must be checked. If they excite
apprehensita, they intimidate.
..Vbere being one for acid one against couviction, the'cam remains
umlecided.
GUILDHALL. •
Ifnuy Burrows, an Irish porter, was charged with stealing a bun.
die of appalrel, the property of a journeyman tailor, named Stevens.
Tlie complainant had called in at the Red Crow Wine Vaults, in
Barbican, to get a whet before his breakfast, and had plated the
bundle of clothes on tits counter before him, from whence it was
boldly taken by the prisoner, without bring at all noticed by the
tailor. When be missed the property, the landlady told him she
haw die pima carry it away, and be immediately went into

Golden-lane, wbere be met with bird; and gave him a 'hearty,
*hating. From other evidence it appeared that the prisoner bad
carried the clothes home, and deposited them in a cellir. The
complainant was so much intoxicated that the Alderman was about
to rem.nd the case ; but as the charge was fully made out by other
witnesses, be at once committed the prisoner for trial.
BOW-S*I49MT. • •

Wm. Dowd, who was examined .on the Hounslow Post-1411re
robbery, was examined on a fresh cbarge. In August last the house
of Mr. Morrison, resident-in Belgtavl•plhce Sloane-street, was
robbed of a quantity of plate. Mr. Motrison's servant girl, and a
servant in the family of a Mr. Hopkins, went out about flee o'clock
on the morning of the robbery to walk with two men, whom they
bad.casually become acquainted with During their absence the
tome was entered, and th-. robbery committed. The womeneever
saw the men but twice afterwards, and then by mere accit.ent—
they then appointed to meet them, in order •to call on Mr. Mor-
rison to remove from them all suspicion, hut failed in keeping their
engagements. Mr. Morrison's act cant identified Dowcet as one of
the men. When she knew him, he went by the name of William
Fagan. On one occasion, when drinking tea together in Mr. Flop-
kines parlour one Sunday evening, the witness said she might have
stated that her master's plate was left in the house.—The prisoner
was remanded.