The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-09 00:00:00

puma rooney*. by manna whim hi Bove conatant
I and profligacy. Upon. being brought-before the
blagisbiren ssf oar was Made; de tit* pirt4tr lb* Mon-
dicity Society, to procure his immediate admission
into the workhciuse-ofthiptrieh to which be belongs,
*it this be declined. The Magistrates, therefore,
after expressing great satisfaction at tile prospect now
presented of daring the streets of such a nuisance,
,committed him, under the new Vagrant Act, to the
House of Correction for three months.
M sat.noaoun.aTaauM e•-WilliansGrady was charged
with attacking a Gentleman, of the name of Walden,
on Saturday evening, before eight o'clock, in James-
street, Oxford-street, and taking from his person a gold
watch and its appendages. The prisoner is one of
four who were liberated on their way to prison by the
Rescue Gang, when Marsden, the goaler, was so vio-
lently treated. He was afterwar,s tried at the Old
Bailey for the burglary with which he then stood
charged, when be was acquitted and his acccmplicee
convicted. _ _

Mr. Walden was returning home, when the prisoner
appeared before bim and looked him full in the face
immediately under a gas lamp, and he could not be
deceived in identity. He struck him twice with much
violence on the breast, snatched his watch and made
off with it. The prosecutor felt the violence of the
blows, but he was able to call out " stop thief !" and
pursue him. Mark Huntley and John Dobson joined
in the pursuit, and apprehended the prisoner in St.
George's market, after a smart chase. The prisoner
was fully committed for trial.
MARYLEBONB-OTIICB—DISTURBANCE AT MARYLE-
BONE New Cnuacm.—On Sunday George Wilson, a
young man of great respectability, residing in Moly-
neux-street, Edgevrire-road, was brought up from the
watchbonse by Pyall and Coates, the constables,
charged with disturbing the congregation at Maryle-
bone New Church on Sunday evening last.
Coates, the constable, stated, that he was on duty
at the church on Sunday evening last, when he ob-
served the defendant amongst the congregation in a
state of extreme intoxication, and staggering against
the hearers ; he took him by the are►► and led him out,
and after remonstrating with him on the impropriety
of his being at divine worship whilst in the disgraceful
state he was in, he (the defendant) said he would go
home peaceably and quietly. The defendant then went
away, but had not got far before he returned, and again
crept into the church, and was again turned out ; be
returned five times, the last of which he crept np
stairs into the gallery, and anewyed several ladies
who were in a pew, and witness was sent for up stairs,
and the result was, that the defendant was taken to
the watch-house. _ _ _

The Magistrate asked the defendant what he had
to say in extenuation of such diegraceful and shameful
conduct. _ _

The defendant expresred his sorrow at having so
transgressed, but be had been spending the day and
had drank too freely.
The Magistrate regretted that he could only fine the
defendant ss. fur being drunk, as be considered the fla-
grance of the offence deserved a more severe punish-
ment. It was now at the option of the parish whether
or not they chose to indict him. The defendant having
paid the fine, he was discharged.
laitaautsa COPPZE-Suor.—Yesterday James Rad-
burn, who styled himself a waiter at a coffee-shop,
was brought before Edmund Griffiths, and John Raw-
linson, &qrs., on the following charge of felony :
A young man named David Lilley, stated that
about ten minutes before five o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing, he went into a night coffee-shop in James-street,
St. George, Hanover-square, kept by a man named
George Gray, and called for half a pint of coffee, which
was served him. After be had drank it, he laid his
head on the table, and "beitig fatigued, fell asleep, at
which time the prisoner was sitting at the same table
directly opposite him ; on his (witness) awaking, lie
discovered that his hat, which was quite new, bad dis-
appeared. He made his loss known to the landlord,
who only laughed at him. The prisoner being the per-
son who sat near him, he charged him with the rob-
bery, and gave him in custody to the watchman. There
were twenty other people in the shop at the time, some
of them the most noted thieves, in the disguise of
soldiers.
Mr. RAWLINSON. the Magistrate, asked if Mr. Gray,
the proprietor of this den, was present ; when a man of
rather low appearance stepped forward, and admitted
that he was the gentleman alluded to.
Magistrate.—Pray, Sir, how is it that you keep
your shop open at such unseasonable hours for selling
coffee ?
Gray.=-Please your Worship, I sells leg-o'-beef
soup till six o'clock, and then I makes coffee.
Magistrate.—You may try to evade the Act of Par-
liament as long as you like, but yours is a night cof-
fee-shop, and comes within the Statute ; therefore I
shall indict the heaviest penalty the Act allows.
The Magistrate then convicted him in the full pe-
nalty of 101. which sum he was net able to pay ; and
he was committed forthwith to hard labour for
three months, in the House of Correction.
There not being sufficient evidence against Radnor,
be w..s discharged.
Usnori-HALL.—A young Irishman, who has not been
long in this country, complained against a countryman
of his, who has part of a room and a bed to let, that the
latter had acted in a very unkind and ungentlemanlike
way.. The complainant said that he lodged with the de-
fendant about three months. He was out of employ-
ment in this town, but lie got a little job in the country,
and asked for his clothes, which were worth about 51.
The defendant refused to give them up, and witness was
obliged to if() to business without them.
The Magistrate asked what complainant owed to his
landlord i The complainant said he believed about 20s.
The defendant said, the least the complainant owed
him was 255. and he thought that quite low enough, for
he had only charged him 2s. a week for washing, lodg-
ing, and mending.
The complainant.—God knows, your Worship, that
was too much, for we were four in a bed. There was
your wife and child, and Pat Donovan, and myself. You
know it well, Jem.
The Magistrate directed that the 20s. should be paid,
and that the clothes should-be delivered up to the com-
plainant.
Another Irishman was charged with kicking up a
row in a fit of drunkenness. The Magistrate spoke of
fining him ss. for geuing drunk, but was disarmed by
the following. speech
" Your Worship, I got a wound at Waterloo, and my
bead oanTstend Rquor since. • I took an , oath a year
ago sot to drink a drop of spirits for a twelvemonth,
and aseSsaikai al yeas was dint, aid I leek a littk, blt
it took houl of me. Now, Kolar Worship looks seer