The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-09-20 00:00:00

MIDDLES! X SESSION&

Yesterday, Mrs. Rliza&eth Calderwood was indicted
for keeping a Lad and disorderly house in N 0.5, Duke's-
court, Drury-lane, in the parish of St. Martin's-in4he-
Fields.

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Mr. ALLEY stated the case to the Jury on the part of
the parish. The prisoner kept one of those houses, of
which there were too many in the neighbourhood of
Brnry-lane, and the parish officers were determined, so
far as lay in their power, to abate such nuisances. The
house kept by the prisoner at the bar was conducted in
the moat obnoxious manner; where individuals of both
sexes met at all hours of the day and night, and con-
ducted themselves in such a way that the opposite neigh-
boars could not help occasionally seeing men and wo-
men dancing in a state of nudity. In addition to such
disgusting sights, the neighbours were constantly an•
noyed with cries of murder at all hours from persons
frequenting Mrs. Calderwood's house; and concluded
with stating that in the month of May last, a pour un-
fortunate girl was found in this house nearly murdered.
Mrs. Hodson, who lives in the opposite house, proved
the statement of the Learned Counsel, and added that
frequently in the day time profligate women were seen
hanging over the orfodows of Mrs. Calderwood's house
with their bosoms exposed in a very improper manner.
Mr. Thos. Antony corroborated the testimony of Mrs.
Hodson, as did Miller, one of the Bow-street officers.

Mrs. Calderwood made • very long defence, stating
that she bad a family, and had kept the house for four-
teen years. Ske called two witnesses, who had lived
with her as lodgers.
The Jury found her Guilty, and she was sentenced to
three months imprisonment in the House of Correction;
and before release to enter into recogoisanees for forty
pounds to abate the nuisance.
PERJCRY.—WiIiam Tripp wss indicted for wilful
and corrupt perjury committed at Bow-street on the 19th
of June last.
Mr. ALLEY Stated the ease tally Jury. The prisoner
was* a well-known common hafortner."n Lila -1164, I WI.
of June last he made oath that on that day be had sees
the Exeter Subscription Coach,
,belonging to the late
Mr. IVillan, drive from Hounslow to London, having
thirteen outside passengers on the top, besides the
coachman, and all of them above fifteen years of age
To prove the falsehood of this statement, he would call
the two coachmen who drove into and out of dounslow,
a lady who came from Exeter to town on the top of the
coach, and produce the way bill from Exeter.
The coachmen and Mrs. Soper were ttell 'weenyexamined,
examined, and proved the falsehood of t e prisoner a
oath.

The Jury found the prisoner Onilty.—Judgment de-
ferred.

POLICE.

MaNetox Hoes: The question as to the right
of carmen to compel merchants to hire them in ro-
tation, was again brought before the Lord Mayor.
Mr. Ashendon, the °warr of two carts, was ana-
-1 monad fur obstructing the public highway.
The prosecutor is the owner of a number of carte,
and on Sept. 12, received some warrants from a mer-
chant to load goods from the East-India Warehouses.—
The defendant Ashendon was the first on the stand,
and insisted that he had a right to be employed before
any other. His carts were placed at the end of New-
street, so that they blocked it up.
The defendant said that with every respect for the
prior decision of his Lordship, he still maintained it to
be a vital part of the privilege of letting carts to hire,
which they !might at so high a price of Christ's Hos-
pital. Het hoped his Lordship would take a more par-
ticular view of the grounds en which he had decided
on so important a question.
Several of the carmen addressed the Lord Mayor in
support of their right.
The City Solicitor, who attended the Lord Mayor
as his assessor, explained clearly that what was a
mere regulation amongst the carmen themselves, was
confounded with the regalatioas of the Saslow,—
This pri►ate regulation had been acclaimed la by the
City Magistrates for the sake of the poorer•carmen ;
but sloes it had been found productive of distarbauces.
the Magistrates dela/rosined to put an end to the
practice,

The LORD BI min coincided with tha City Solicitor.
and coot•icted the d. readout in the penalty for'the ob-
struction of the public highway, but under t►e par-
ticulsr circumstances of the case, his Lordship after-
wards remitted the penalty, and ordered tits 41e hod-
ant to pay the costs.

Mr. Price asked the Lord Mayor. for the Informa-
tion of all thou who held warehouses adjoining to
Thaoses-street, whether they were to be included in
the present decision, and be freed from the sbliga-
tion of entrusting goods to such carmen as chanced to
be first on the stand.

The Loan blaroa said the question woolflislopepd
upon whether the warehouse belonged to the wharfs
or were totally distinct from them. The onlyopinion
which be would gire at present was, that if the pro-
prietors of the warehouses chose to employ what car-
man they pleased, he did not think that they dead be
tined for sot taking thecart ln rotation.
Bow•sraarr.—Yesterday Job* Evils