The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-10 00:00:00

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. young ruffian, named Sayers. irs%
t.. 1 Mayor, charged with having beaten
h•g his dinner warm.

and mother, who are a very decent
prefer the chsrge. Amongst the other
evidences of his son's cruelty. the olr! man's eyes were
hlackened. lie stated that he supported his family by very
Lard work as a shoemaker. end his son had evrrc thing coin-
leviable at all times. On Senility last, however, the young
gestleman came home an hour rater the usual dinner hour,
and the meat was not on the table. As his father knew no-
thing of the time at which it might please him to return
boom there was no prettaration made, and the mutton had
tooled before he made his appearance. The father was read-
tog the Bible upon the entrance of the son, who upon finding
that the meat was cold, said that any meat that was not hot
was en insult to him. Some words of expostulation were
need by the mother, but without effect. The sort declared
that he melt prevent repetitions of the offence, and without
further observation, he clenched his fist, struck his poor fa-
ther on the bridge of his nose, and knocked him down, after
which he struck him repeatedly.

The Loan MAV'n asked the inhuman fellow what could
have urged him to commit so dreadful an outrage?
The prisoner, who acted in a very surly meaner at the
Bar, said. his dinner had been improperly allowed to cool.
and he spoke to his mother in a proper tone upon the negli-
gence manifested towards him. Some conversation then
took place between his father and mother, in which the for-
mer was not so guarded in his expressions as he ought to
have been, and it became necessary to correct him. It was
not, however, intended that the correction should be so se -
vere, and it was by accident that the old man's eyes were
blackened, for the blow was by no means meant to disfigure
him.

The mother confirmed the father's account, and declared
that the blow was struck merely because the dinner was cold
The LORD MAYOR expressed his indignation at the brutal
conduct of the prisoner, and ordered him to prison in default
of bail.
GUILDHALL—Mr. Wingfield, a aadlei, in Long-lane,
Smithfield, brought up his apprentice, .Isghtes figerennen, ba.
fore Mr. Alderman VENADLES, on ten charge of deserting
his service. By the date of the indenture, which he pro-
cured, it appeared, that the young man had been bound to
him on the 18th of July, ISIS, for seven years. Thirty-
prentieeskip, however, did not commence for nine or ten
months after that period, for at that time the Indenture was
about to be executed, Mr. Wingfield had observed, that
James must be more than fourteen years old, on which Mr.
Berryman, the tether, replied, that he was only fourteen in
the July previous, and the indenture was in consequence
dated nine or ten months hack, in order that the young man
might be out of his time when he was twenty-one. Mr.
Wingfield considered, that he had now abont 2 years of his
time yet to server be had, however, left hint on Monday
lastt, claiming to be no longer subject to his controul as an
apprentice, having, as he now said, attained the age of
twenty-one years.
Mr. Berryman, the father, an attorney, stood forward to
support the conduct of his son, who was, he said, prepared
to prove beta I arrived at full age. Ile could not produce
a certificate of his baptism, as he never had been baptised ;
but he mild prove the fact by the testimony of those who
had been prevent at his birth, and he crnteuded, Mat the in-
denture was no longer binding upou him.
After consultation with Mr. Payne, It appeared that the
Ats,itsteate had no juriadiction, his interference being re-
stricted to cases in which uo greater premium than 101. had
been given, and Mr. Winfield had received a pretilitpn of
13/. A late statute has eiteilded the jurisdiction of the Ma-
gistrate to cases where the pre Mum dors not exceed 23/..
but that Act dues not CONDI into operation until the Ist of
August nest.
Bun-seater.—Tuesday night, A. Daecan, residing
'in New lan, Wych-street, was brought up on a warrant
by Shave, a patrol, charged with an assault, with intent
to commit a rape apon Anne Chandler, ,a. child of 13
years of age.
The defrudant, who denied the greater part of the
charge, admitted; that he might have been a /ink iwprw