The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-09-26

the street, One morning the poor yout
called on me expecting That had some in
flueDce with the magistrate at a distan
police office, whittier his father had bee
taken by district constable, who irri
fa,ed ai the trouble caused by the intempe
rate man, seemed determined To press th'
case strongly against him /; and Shirley wat
sadIy afraid that his father would he SEN
fenced to The tread mill as confirmed drun-
kard. We jumped into a coach, and in
AN hours time, stood in the centre Of dis
gustins and motley crowd that daily fill
the area of London police office.
Immediately despatched card to my
friend L., knowing that in his capnriiy o
leading police officer, his suggestions would
more avail us than the pleadings Of tho
most learned lawyer.-The legal enoranc,
Of the stipendlary magistrates of the Lon
don police is proverbial every question o
law is referred to the clerk, and an exper'
fenced officer not unfrcGuently rules the
destinies of both the innocent and gully
by well timed wnk or sneer, ms his feel
ings or interests may prompt him TO inter-
fere.
The elder Thorne was placed at the bar,
10 make his charge. In my blandest and
most insinuntins tone, ! requested the jn-
diciai potentate to give us half an hours
postponenent-he whispered his clerk,
who raised his head and stared rudcIv ai
me aud nv friend Shirley, but turned his
imper;inent stare into a gralified smile by
honoring him with profound nnd defer
eniial bow. BY his advice, the delay was
accorded by his worship. L--short-
" afterwards entered The room there
has ever becn "more than feud-a
strange antipa'y" between the regular poll
ice office aud the parish constnhIes. l.
-partook largely ofIhis espritde corps;
and while The prosecuting witness gave in
his evidence against the senior Thorne, in
obliged in scorching jokes upon his prowess
in capturing, with the assistance Of four G
watchmeu, respectable old gentleman ]
who had taken n social glass, while they 1
suffered burglary to be committed in The {
same parish without interrnption.-IIis
saecrs turned the aft ,ir into ridicule aud q
the magistrate, fearful of participating in v
the contempt, ordered the prisoner to be a
discharged. Thorne, who had displayed Ii
the most dogged cnrelessness all the morn
ing, heard the order with Indifference, and b
neglected to obey the cons,ablcs mandate "
to remove from before the bar. During the n
Latter part Of his " hearing" he had fixed h
his gaze upon group of prostitutes, who u
with brazen faces and painted checks, were n
huddled together in u corner. waiting their e
turn for appearing before his worship, for "
the purpose of answering the complaint of IL
n noblcman vino had los, his watch in the n
ladies's company at the celebrated house te
opposite Drury Lane Theatre. Tborne II
was pulled from the bar, and the girls were c.
ordered TO advance /; as they moved, the "
discharged in,emperate stretched forth his q
arms, and shrieked aloud, Catalina my CT
clild my child" Ia
He was answered by shrek that SEEM e'
ed to pierce the br.ir--and the gauliest q
dressed girl in the group fell sensees. 10 II
the fioor. W
BY the kind interference of J., I'll
we were ushered into private room con- I'll
nected with the police office. The rays of 81
the snn, MS they glanced obliqueIy through "
the heavily grated window, lighted up n b,
strange aud sadly-sorted group. In the I'll
cenre of the room stood the father, with
the fire Of awakened natare iilfully gleam- is
ing through the sodiened Iineamen,s of h
habual so,tshness; his soiled garments ~
and blood-shot eye told Violently Of the o'
foree of the last debauch; tears coursed hi
down his bloated checks and in attempt Il
Ing TO check the iierccncss of a hlccouch, III
which this new excitement had aroused, nj
he had bitten his lips ill the blood escaped "a
from the corners of his mouth. Il,
Hi. son Shirley stood with me over the u,
'nfa whereon rcposed the still unconscious cl
girl thus suddenly restored. The ruure, $,
which she had used to pam; her cheeks on W
The preceding evening, remained in daubs W
aud blstches upon her pale and sunkcn Il
cheek n slight discoloraIion girded Que of rt
her eyes; stains of lamp oil disfigured her ST
CANDY silk dress; aud ,rofusion of false /,
curls fcl! from her head as her torn and
showy bonnet was removed. II
l. with his fine form and benpvo- C
lent face stood holding the door alar, To re- II
cri,e the articles he had demanded from n
the housckeeper for the recovery of Ca,nl- i
ina, while the pert and meddliug magis- =
irale strulted busily about, with his hands c
IN his pockets, his spectaclcs raised upon a
his forehead, and a pen behind his ear, ask !
ing, every variety of imperlinent questions,
and indulging in unfeeliug and insulting
observations. lie seemed to rejoice in the
event as semeihing that relieved the dul-
ness Of his every day life. His clerk, the
lawyer, soon joined ,he party, when -
slipped out of the room.
proposcd scadinp for a coach, and re-
moving the poor girl, who had recovered
from the syncopa,ion, and was weeping
prolnsely on her brothers neck, but his
worship, who had been civily repulsed in
his inquiries relative to minu,ise of the ai- |
fair, resoluicly refused to lie, her go, affirm
inv Ihni a serinns and well sustained