The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-29 00:00:00

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AN UNMANLY ASSAULT.
Mr.•Edacted lyfordl .11
lane, appeared toe anemone lasagne, the complaint
of Mrs Mary Anne Bailey, for assaulting her.
The Complainant stated, that she W4s the wire of
a clerk to a solicitor, and on Saturday evening hid
occasion to go to the Old Bailey ' • *odor' her retort',
coming up Fleet.street, the Defendant followed flees
and struck her a blow on the side. Some Gentle
saaw
interfered, and the Defendant gave them a card eith
his address.
Tim Defendant denied the chaige. He said,
passing the Complainant he miitst have leeched hers
but not intentionally ; bat after passing he lee;
seised and used most roughly. hie would ask, if ha
was guilty of the charge, would they not have given
him iutn the custody of the welch?
Mr. John Calcott, of No. 56, Marclimont-streete
Westminster, newsman, stated that en Saturday
evening he wateembig up Fleet.street, following the
Complainant. He saw the Defendant rake hisses
and strike the Complainant a violent blow with hit
clenched hand in the left side. He and several whet'
persons interfered, and would have giaen the Defend.
ant into the custody of the watch, if he had not
given his address. He was a perfect stranger to both
the Complainant and the Defendant.
Mr. Edward Harland, of 82, Fortune-seem,
',Mieories, corroborated the evidence of the last
witness.
Alderman DIRCTI observed, he thought this II pro.
per case to go to the Sessioue, for if it wee to be
passed over, no woman wank! he safe in walkieg the
Meets, and he was blare the Court and Jury would
'show their abhorrence of the umnantineas of the we.
fault. He therefore ordered that the Defendant
should find bail for his appearance at the Sessions.
- Bow-ternste —Yeatenkay Alexander Loo Kaye
was brought to the Office by Duna, the constable,
who had been is pursuit of Imo upwards of letelve
months, on charges of various frauds.
It appeared that about 18 months since the Pri.
sneer hired a horse end chaise of Mr. Ahrahlm Gill,
a livery stable-lietner, in Red tOOO-street, Holbert,
with which, however, absconded, and could not be
traced till yesterday. VW is also charged with frauds
at Chelivithate awl .oilier places. pond, on search.
ing him, found a nismtier of nolev, purporting to be
of the 'Nosebag New Bank, Gloucestershire,
amounting to about 601., which he said were given
him by a men of the siumis of Clarke, which name
appeared as tht signature to the notes, bet they are
supposed to be forged. A Birminahant bill for 201. .
was also found upon !dm. supposed to be of the
same descrip,ion.-11e wise committed 'for further
amittation.

SHAMEFUL OUTRAGE.
WORSHIP-STKEET.-0,1 Sikiortiny jese..lllc.. May,
the Vestry Clerk, sit Al several respectable inhabitants
of St. Matthew's. Llethrisl•green, spplied
_to the
silting Magistrate at this office, for advice tinder the -
following aggravated circums,l,lll es :
Mr. May stated, that on Friday last (Christmas
Day), about 12 o'clock in tha foretteop, toe lobe.
bitents were seriously annoyed by a multitude of
nearly '2OOO perions (consisting of some of the mire
desperate and lepetert thieves), talus had 'petalled
in she London-fields for the purpose .of
dog.fighting, itc. and to edit to this stousegyriii,
another scene of brutality preseofed itsclf that of a
mad hull, which bed been drove from the Nlers!ies at
hackney, and had been running wild through therlif-
resent streets in Ole metropolis the whole of the morning.
It was thought highly tiecesslry to send for the rs,
' when a posse of special constables repaired t.) the it t.
The mob having a knowledge of theirarrival,bad
viously loaded trwir pocket' with Mat stones, (lotion
the approach of the officers a most desperate cotilbct
ensued ; the bull frvi.eolly making his appearance
amongst them. The 'tunes were jug in all ...ker.
lions, the mob retreating at the same time. A tonne
struck Mr. M ty, jun. a special constable, a violent
blow on the bead, which levelled hint to the wound.
At length they succeeded, with great dilfictill, in
I driving them from the fields. It is a generli
lice on every Sunday during the year.
Mr..l.lemr, the skiing Magistrate, said be &old
do noteing milli. case, as there was on one to cus-
tody, but if any of the offenders wore brorglit be-
fore him, be would punish them to the extremity of
the taw.

ItIOT IN ST. GILES'S.
MARLSOROUGII-ITREET.—The greate► part of the
morning was occulied in hearing disturbances, and
deciding upon wounds and scars,• arising out of
Christmas holiday-making, but one of them was of a
most outrageous kind.
Three persons of the names of Sullivan, Collins,
and Hamilton, were charged with wounding. watch-
man named Letrnarti, at the door of St. Gileb's
watch-house, on Sunday night. Several hundred
persons were assembled, the whole day having bee.►
spent in rioting. - Otte of the Defend:lup, who hail
before been convicted, and suffered a tong term of
imprisonment, began to quiz Leonard on the dash her
cut in his new parish cost ; and on meeting a rwl gh
reply, he knocked the watchman down with a bluil.
geon, and laid birtemple open in a dangerous man-
ner. A. general fight took place, bet this divers of
the peace overpowered the soh, and succeeded in
apprehending the Defendants.—They werecemcoitted
iu default of bail.

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On the 46th Dec. in Norfolk-street, !'irk-lane, the lion.
Mrs. 'lepton, Ida spa.

MARRIED.

On the 48th Dec., Mr. John %S;offe7es, of Soli,bnry. to
Miss C. Normiuell, of tilqueesser•street, Postmantionte.
On the 25th inst. nt his hathie in Cannunbary-square, Wigton,
IViCiam Myers, Esq. aged 61i.
On Ilse 1; fit inst, in his 84th yettr, William Joules, Esq.'
CluspeWitreet, Pentonville.
Os the Tith inst., Mary Anne, wife al Mr. William Lent,
Up r Est Smithfield. in the 40th dear nf tier .sr.
tN the 26th inst. in the 29th 'ear or her nee. Francec. the s If.
of Mr. David Fisher, of the Theatre Itwysl, Drury-lane.
At Falmouth, on lbs 254 inst. Mr. Alexander t.ruy. l.'Li
76th year.

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