Star.
London, England, 1826-09-07 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Isaac Davies, that chubby, red-faced, impertinent bey, who
tattoos for Mr. Sanders, the old clothes salesman, at the corner of
Holywell.street, Strand, was brought up on a charge of an assault
on Joseph George, a servant. Joseph George stated, that as he
was passing through Holywell-street on Tuesday, the prisoner took
hold of him and asked him to buy a coat; the prosecutor wrested
his band from him, and struck him, whereupon the prisoner struck
him in the face. This brought Mr. Sanders out, and as he was
speaking to the prosecutor, the prisoner struck him again twice.
Mr. Sanders came forward to explain the circumstance, but Mr.
Mttaxuu. refused to bear him, adding indignantly that there were
complaints every day from persons who were annoyed in that
street; that old ciothestnen were not at all warranted in stopping
people, and ordered the prisoner to give bail. Mr. Sanders offered
himself as security, but Mr. Alutsauu, would not take him with-
out another, as he was interested. The Office was at this time full
of persons, who felt interested in this case, and a general sensation
of gladness was manifested at the result: several persons exclaimed
that Holywell.street was a common nuisance, and that they would
make any sacrifice to have it cleared of old elothessuen.
Mr Charles Plamoser, a clerk in a mercantile house in the City,
and Mr. .Dasid Sing, who, in announcing his occupation, gave the
invariable description used by Ms fraternity—" A tailor by trade,
your Worship !" Implying that, he was neither bred, nor burn, a tailor,
were placed eir-e-eis -Ws-morning, in presence of Mr. MUISHULL,
the sitting Mgistrate, charged by Johnson, a watchman in the
Strand, with laving done their beet to break the King's peace and
each other's beads.
Mr. Johnsan's evidence was singularly brief and pithy. He was
passing Arundel-street last night, when he beard " a quarrel, but
nothing where ore." Holding up his lantern, he beheld the two
defendants engaged in active warfare, while two damsels, a white
and a black one, stood looking on. Mr. Johnson immediately
pouncing like a hawk upon a couple of fighting cock-sparrows, at
once put an end to the combat, by taking one in each talon, and
carrying them to the watchhoust--
" Well, Gentlemen," said his Worship, " and now pray what was
all this about?"

" Why, Sir," said Mr. Plummer," I was coming along the Strand
last night, in company with a lady of my acquaintance—." But as
Mr. Plummer was rather long-winded, we shall take the liberty of
abridging his account of the affair, which was one of those that so
often prove the truth of the poet's remark—
" What dire effects from little causes springs!"
Suffice it to say, Mr. Plummer had La Dame Blanche on his arm,
when be was aware of the tailor marching along, and gallanting
another lady, whose sable beauties, " did the night resemble."
when his own fair one—alas! as fickle as fair—entered into a collo-
quy with his ninth part of a rival, and strewed evident symptoms
of going over to the enemy. Mr. David King not only encouraged
the deserter, conuary to all laws of war and good manners. but
remembering,pet haps, that" fair exchange was no robbery,7 was for
substituting his ebon paramour, in order to console Mr. Plummer
for the loss of his lily-white chUmer. But Mr. Plummer was not
to be &Ise in this way ; nor did he, as he himself most poetically
expressed it, feel at all inclined to " part with his rose for a black
thorn." A word or two of remonstrance to the marauding tailor
roused all the fiery indignation for which that genus irrilatrik is
proverbial. The word was resented by a blow, and " to't they
went like lightning," when Mr. Johnson's interference stopped
the fray.
Ilia Wriasit to seeing how matters stood, after reprimanding Mr.
Plummer for his little allegorical flight, which, however creditable
to his fancy, was a little out of place before a Magistrate, ordered
them to be bound over in mutual recognisance; and to find ball to
keep the peace towards each other and all the King's lieges, for want
of which they were consigned to the temporary surveillance of Ford.
Both the fair and dingy causes of this disaster were afterwards con-
signed to the same place of durance for subsequent misconduct after
the incarceration of their lovers on this eventful evening.