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London, England, 1818-09-01 00:00:00

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MA at ilonottott-vreasr.—Yesterdq, lateral of the'
prisoners who *cod charged Withfce ging anti utter-
mg Notes, were re-examined and committed.—ln the
case of Susan Famillo, who passed one forged nose to
Mr. Parker, grocer, in Wardour-ttrert, and was
detected on the spot, she endeavoured to get away,
and .an alarm being . given, her husband Knocked
demi a watchman, who was in pursuit of her, and for
which he was committed.
. Creion HALL.—Yesterday a young gentleman, who
stated his name to be Robert Copley Ratner Montague,.
a Captain in his Majesty's service, was brought. be-'
ihie the Magistrate, charged by five watchmen of
the Surrey New Road, with assaulting them.—Sun-
day night Captain Montague was walking arm in
arm at the end of Westminster-road with Lieutenant
Bentham, of the 90th Regiment, and pushed against
a Gentleman very rudely ; the Gentleman spoke to
him of his improper conduct, and he immediately
raised his fist and knocked the Gentleman down.—
The latter got up and called watch, and another
Gentleman passing, merely spoke to Captain Mon-
tague if his behaviour, when he received a violent
blow. By this time Smith, a watchman, came up,
and asked the former Gentleman who had assaulted
him ? Lieutenant Bentham came forward and said,
44 I assaulted him, and advised Montague to go off,
and be would settle matters." The Gentleman could
not say whether the Captain or Lieutenant assaulted
him, and the watchman advised the Captain to go
home, he immediately knocked down the watchman,
and kicked him. Newsted, another watchman, then
came up, and he received a terrible blow on one eye,
which closed it up and sent him down. Another
watchman, named Matthews, then made his appear-
ance, and he received a blow so violent, that he fell
almost senseless near his concaves. One of the
watchmen could do no service in securing the Cap-
tain, he being blind of one eye, and the Captain hav-
ing closed the other. The other two watchmen were
kept by him at hay until another watchman, hearing
the rattles stirring, came up ; he boldly seized the
Captain, and secured him, but the poor old fellow
suffered for his temerity, the Captain having got the
watchman's hand into his mouth, bit a large piece
entirely off the side, which fell out of his mouth upon
the ground. The poor fellow by the extreme pain
was compelled to loose him, and received a kick on'
one eye ; another watchman who was on the ground
was kicked about the face and head until he exhibi-
ted a most shocking appcaranco ; another of the
, watchmen was kicked in a very dangerous part. At
lag by the assistance of Lieutenant Bentham, he was
taken to the watch-house. While he was in the
watch.honse, he again attacked another watchman,
by beitini him on the head ;—seized Schrivner, a.
parrole, by.the neck-cloth, and nearly strangled-14n
and threatened to slay. Mr. Hilmes, the watch-houses
keeper. He said he VMS Lord and a Mem..
bey of Parliament ; he was superior to the law,
-and
the Magistrate might He bad killed
one watchman, and thought no more of one than a
dog. The above being sworn to by the different wit.
cusses, and corroborated by Lieutenant Bentham,
Captain Montague (as he termed himself)
suppose you t!".1 ik I was drunk when I did this sr.—
" Yes," replied the Magistrate, " or I should think.
you would not have acted so infamously."—"
, the Captain said, " I was quite sober, add I will ex-
plain, if you allow me." The Captain then said, that
he did knock down the Gentlemen, the former 'lav-
ing affronted him, and the latter having impertinently
interfered. He had lent his horse on Sunday to his
friend Colonel —, to go to Lord —'s, and was
to have dined himself with Lady ; he did not
go, however, and accidentally met with the Gentle-
man that had affronted him, and he knocked him
down. Ile was not with the watch, and he
believed that they had no right to interfere. One of
the rascals impudently told him to 44 walk on." To
be spoke to by such fellows he could not bear, and he
knocked them down as fast as they approached him.
Magistrate—And did you bite that poor fellow's
hand ? -Montague (coolly)—Yes, I did, they inter-
fered improperly, and I acknowledge I beat them a.%
I ant a young Officer, just,arrived from abroad, and
my habits there, where I have cut down black men
like wheat, may not have impressed me with much
respect for such fellows as these. But lam ready to
find bail. I have one thing to say, and that is, when
I was brought from the watch-house this morning I
was clapt into a dark cell at the back of the Office
amongst felons. The Magistrate said he regretted the
circumstance, but they had but one place in which
:hey could secure prisoners. The Magistrate or-
dered the Captain to find bail, two housekeepers in one
hundred
,pounds each, to answer for his appearance
at the Sessions.

• 'Saturday night a Andy, accompanied by a frail
fair, took up his night's quarters a..the Key, is Chan-
dos-street. Next morning the Dandy requested the
Lady to go- doWn stairs aiad order breakfast for them,
whilst he was lacing I.p his days. She accordingly
weiat,when the Dandy followed, and took the oppor-
tunity of slipping out at the side door, which opened
into a Mews, and absconded.. Shortly. after, it was
discovered that he had carried off a pair cf fine Hol-
land sheets, a damask table cloth, two napkins, a pair
of silver candlesticks, and silver snuffers and stand,
with which he effected his escape.
Friday, about two o'clock is the day, as a farmer
who had just arrived in town w::s passing by the end
of Oxford-buildings, Oxford-street, he was assaulted
by two men in the presence of several pet sons, and
robbed of his watch and a quantity of notes. As
soon as be ciisceveted his loss, he gave information
to the constables at Mary-la-hone watchhouse, which
is opposite the spot ; but although they made imme-
diate search, the thieves had escaped. A woman
was knocked down on Saturday afternoon near the
same spot.
A few ever.ings back, as Mr: HUTCHINSON, tailor,
of Henrietta-street, Manchester-square, was return-
ing home through Oxford-street; he was beset by a
gang of ruffians, who attacked and attempted to rob
him. Mr. H. being a stout courageous man, made
a spirited resistance, and knocked several of the vil-
lains down, but they at length succeeded in over-
, powering him, and whilst down kicked and beat him
so violently abort the head, as to reader him almost
insensible. The watchman taming ap,.however; they
decamped without their booty. .