The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-03 00:00:00

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POLICE.
MANSION HOUMA— EXPULsioN FRAM A FRUNDeNITVT-
IWO House.—Yesterday Mrs. Mary Cat tell, a lady profess-
ing to be one of the Society of Friends, applied for
directions how to act under the following cireamatances:••••
The applicant has met with repeated obstructions st the
doors of those sanctuaries where she wished to pay her
adoration, and yesterday sent a note to the presiding Ma-
gistrate at Union Hall, stating the circumstance, bat as it
occurred in the City, of comae his Worship could not
recognize it; he therefore dismissed the application, but
remarked that, by the Act of Toleration, If* doubt the
Lady had her remedy at law.
On the present occasion Mr. Nobler referred her to
Guildhall, in • order that a smart young Lady might
swear to the following partieolars„—[She was the daughter
of an inn-keeper is the Botongb, and related to the Lady]
The affidavit set forth, she went in company to the
Friends' Meeting House in Devonsbite Place, Bisloopagate,
wi h the complainant, and arrived there at tea o'clock yes-
terday marring.; that complainant was prevented from
entering the same, by persons whom, from repute. she
verily believed to be John Clarke, the door-keeper of the
said Meeting Howe, who was assisted by J. Sholl, of No.
11, Elder Street, Spitalfields, weaver ; and further, that
• on a renewed application, she met with•the like treatment.
We were informed that the affidavit was made preparatory
M a summons being issued against the parties, for them
to be dealt with as the Magistrate may diract, as she and
her friends are determined to bring the meter to issue.
CutLIMALL.—CRIZILTY To Antwat.s.—Thos. Worster,
an itinerant green grocer, from Warwick-placo, Whitecross-
etreet, appeared to answer the complaint of Mr. Martin, for
wantonly and ernelly beating the said donkey. The poor
fellow, as thin as a whipping-post, actually burst Into tears,
while his wife, a chubby faced young woman, in mild ac-
cents begged for mercy.
The oath being administered, Mr. Martin stated that be
followed the defendant for nearly a quarter, of a mile in
Fleet street, and saw him during the whole of that time
beating the donkey be hail in his cart in the moat violent
and atrocious manner, with a hard leathern strap with an
iron buckle at the ehd of it. The brutality of the fellow
was such, that he sometimes struck with the flat side of the
*buckle, and at others turned the strap so as to make the
iron tongue, which projected, come in contact with the
animal's lesh.
" Please your Worship," said Worster in his defence,
" 1 always uses the animal well ; he's as fat as a mole your
Worship, sod as good .a creature as need be ; only lie's a
little obstinate and shy' and flies bark at the stages. 1
brat him, and if your Honour will look over it this time, I
will sever beat ► *n again as long as 1 live."
On this expression of eonttition, Mr. Martin prayed the
mitigation of the penalty to the smallest sum of 10s. Even
this, however, the defendant and his wife had hoped to have
avoided, and they became clamorous. On his promise
ale ays to lead his ass in future, and never drive it, and to
gentian all his fellow donkey-drivers to do the like, Mr.
Martin undertook to go halves with him in his fine, and
giving him a half sovereign, the fellow fumbled two half-
crowns out of his pocket for Mr. Martip, handed over the
half sovereign to the Marshalman, and was discharged.
llow-srateg.--WATeneB IN DANGER.—A venerable
!oohing old gentleman, who stated his name to be Turner,
was brought up on saspision of having wilfully absconded
with divers watches of divers descriptions, keeping divers
times, and htlonging to divers persons, which had been en-
trusted to him to repair.
It appeared that the prisoner had opened a little shop in
Holvireliatreet, Strand, where he professedly carried on
the business of watchmaker. Several of the neigbours
have wrested their watches to him to undergo emenda-
tions, but as on Monday morning the shop was not open as
usual, suspicions began to arise, either that poor Mr. Tur-
ner had met with some unlucky accident, or that his poverty,
if not his will, had led to his sudden retreat to the preju-
dice of hispatrons. Inquiries were set on foot respecting
him, and at length a immune obtained circulation that he
hat gone to consult the stars. This hint Ira. of so enigma-
ski.' a character, that for some time the pursuers were at
(mitt, till one of the tribes of Israel, who happened to be
among the enfferere, and who, as it would seem, had some
little knowledge of astronomy, suddenly threw light upon
tl•e subject, by suggesting, as Mr. Turner had gone to the
stars, n hether he might not be found at the Seven Stars
public house, in Drury-lane. The thought was no sooner
uttered than rendered arsilable, and off went the sufferers
to the house in question, where, in good truth, the unfor-
tunate Mr. Turner was found, cursing the unlucky stars i
which had brought him into such trouble. On being ques- •
tinned as to the cause of his absence, he told a pitiable tale
of his misfornmes, and stated that lie had thought it most
prudent to be out of the way, as his property was about to
he seized under a cognovit. This was rather unsatisfactory
to tbe claimants, and as they were dealing with a watch-
waker, they unanimously resolved that the best course I
would he to hand him over to a watchman, who would, no
donlo, keep him and bring him up in very correct time be.
fare Lis Worship.
Mr. Turner now repeated his story of distress before his Worship, but admitted that he had saved most of his I
customer,' watches from the hands of the brokers. On he-
inc called on to produce them, lie at first appeared a little
reluctant, apprehending, perhaps,: that they might want
some little regulation ; but upon Mr. Minshull being more
peremprorv, he at last "forked them all out," from certain
• pouches wliich were conveniently dispersed around his
person, and as they came slowly forth from each new re-
cess—one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, they re-
minded ns more forcibly of the ingeniousexpedients of our
friend Filch in The Beggars' Opera. At last the swag
was all told down, and the watches were all returned to
. the right owners; but until this was satisfactorily arranged,
Mr. Turner did not breathe the free air of liberty but ul-
Virately he was discharged, with-an understanding, that
the watches which had not been claimed, should be forth•
with restored to the persona to whom they belonged.
• iIIUEnvIAN ADTBSTUREB.—A lady, whose person exhi-
bited all the colours of the rainbow, except white, with a
child in her art s, preferred a serious charge against a jon•
Helium of the name of Connor, for a most outrageous assault.
flie wretched u omen, who stated her namt todee,Savage,
sleiamest, that on Sunday evening last as she was in her lode-
Vbarch Lane, St. Giles's, the defendant Cosner, who
Avila her landlord, took it in his bead to fall out with her and
to beat her in a most barbarous manner, as her bruisei and
cats sufficiently demonstiated.
. Mr. Centior, on being called on for his defence, said, that
lie had dine nothing but put her out of his room to save his'
property, as she was breaking every bit of crockery be had
adsthe World. The trash was, that be was sitting with his
lodgers, when Mrs. Savage got to quarrelling with one of
them, and on hit irderferiag, she and her brother fell on
ilium and began to beat hiss as if he was a sheaf of wheat.
‘lfo resisted, Alsri at last got her out. She met her husband
'afterwards, Mai .staarrelled• with him, when they both fell
to fighting, and in this way she got her bruises •
In this man's examination. he silinit:ed that lie bad five
beds in one room, which were all let out to live Ttip-octsbla
-*maples. decent married people, and they paid three shit-
' slings a week for each bed ; Playa liavageratadbie wife mica.
" • -spied one of the beds •
• Mr. Cornelius Deism!, &nett ir of the decent lodgers; was
-tilled Off behalf of Mr. Conner, and he stated that Mrs.
Mavairewai offended •bekise Mrs. Mack called her father
• awl& Brown," instead of Mr. Brown, mid she was begin-'
1114 total' tugs of felts..black, wheh Mr. Connor interfered,
and said be would:Dothan,• a row is his pike ; owe/14A
she. and het brother Witted Was and tackled the Ss-tackle,
$.44?!' esibof-mbieb they broke to amiihereem ; and all Ms•Conaor
°l4/0":- • didatai to push bee oat.
Mrs: Mack and Mrs. Fitzgerald. and finally the isetsleand•
o! the complainant bisno.lf, came fervtarl and swore that