Police.
The Times, 1824-03-26T00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-YeStCrday, at 11 o'clock, ifTr. )7'?mew, arespect- able tradesman, appeared upon a siummrnons issued at the suit of thc Brick-lane Gas Light and Coke Conmpanv, wbo sought to recover penalties to the amount of no less than 2,6801. for having laid on an additional pipe of communication on his premises,without the know- lcdge and consent of the Corporation, against the statute bv which the Company is governed, or rather (as it would appear) bvy which they govern the public. The summons was peremptorily for the hour of ll, and iIr.Hulme was in attendance, with Mr.-Villiams his attorney, and Ailr. Alley his counsel ; but the complaining parties did not appear. Soon after 12, Sir It. BisenE offered to discharge the summons but Mr. Alley said that so anxious was his client to reet the charge, and give it the answer whichl it merited, that he would wait unti the close of the sitting of the magistrates, ratlher than bave it said that any advantage was taken of the absence of the complain- ants at the exact hour appointed. At a quarter past one, the business of the ofilce being nearly finishcd,1Ir. Alley was again callcd upon by Sir R.BInNiE,and ad- dressing the magistrates, observed, that his cient was requirezi to show cause why he should not pay a penalty of <OI., and a fine of 40s. pe- tlay for a given numher of days, making in the aagregate the sum which had been already mentioned, 2,6801. This he would venture to designate one of the most i-upudent attempts to oppress a respectable man that was ever heard of; and, as he had anticipated, the author of it had not quite hardlihood sufficient to come forward and prosecute it to an issue. These men, who poisoned every house into which ther were sufFered to enter, had charged his client with having laid on an additional pipe, (whether a tobaco. or a gas-pipe their elaborately drawn information did not state,) and for which allegedl ODf'erCe they claimed, under a clause in theirprecious actof Parliament, the trihing sum of 2,6801. There was not the slightest foundation for the charge, as he should have been prepared to showr bt as the complainants had not thought proper to appear, further observation -was unnecessary. Ile only wish.d to have the information read, in order that his client might pleat 4 not guilty," and receive an acquittal, because the men who had the assurance to bring forward such a case might perhaps avail themselves of any slight informality, and prefer a fresh complaint. There was oe thing, however, which he felt himself bound to men- tion, because he th-ught it could not be too renerally distsemiDated. There was a clause in their regulations which empowered " any ser- vant of the company, at all reasonable hours, to enter any part of the premises of those who burned the gas, and inspect and survey those premises." Was there ever any thing so monstrous, and could any one comprlain after that of the -exciLe laws, of which so much had often been said ? .Ur. HALLS said, he agreed with lr. Alley, that such a clause ought to be known to the public. -He was astonished that such a clause should have been suffered to find its was into the act. The defendant pleaded " not guilty," and Sir R. BitXIE pro- nounced. "an acquittal for want of evidence." Mr. ALT.eY also mentioned as a proof of the feelings with. which this proceeding was carriea on, that thz defendant had been served with a notice to produce all receipts, and documents of every j description, together with all books and- ledgers in which any entry was made, in reference to any transactions between him and the Company. John Neenan and Patrick ?M Auti/fe two Irishmen cladinthemost wretehed garments, were brought up charged with having been con- cerned in the murder of 4 men,at Chur6lsards,in the countyof Limc- rick-. One nightin the month of January,1822,a larze mob of persons made an attack upon the police barracks ait Churchland, and having firstahottheseneinelupon duty atthe entrance,they gotto theintcrior of the barr cks, antd of seventeen police-men who weretltere, they killed tree, and: eieht others were left dangerously wounded. The pri- sonter IlI'Auliffe was knowvn at the time to have been one of the principal leaders ih the attack; and ceenan was also known as an active participator; but tley both dscaped: A shorttmeaigb,bhowv. ever, imformation was received at Dablin ; thbathey were to bc found in London; and Fairel and Alacartney, two ot the chief officers of; police, were sent over in questof theni. These officers with the as- sistanceof Ruthven and Bishop, of this establishment, apprehend. edetbeprisoners. Ull'AuiliflE was-found in a miserable hole in Graf- ton-court, hfirplebone, sleeping bn tlie floor with- nine other men. Neerfan was taken-at a house in Cato-street.- The men uidervent a short examination,and were ordered into confinementuntil they can, be removed to Ireland. Johiu Hill Wagstqffwas put to the bar for final exanmination, charged with forgery. The office was crowded to excess, and it was suplipsed that other charges wonhl have beenr preferred against him, but this was not the case; it having, we understand, been deehied most proper for the parties to go atconce before the grand jury at ihe con mencensent of the:sessions, and-prefer indictments. The prisoner was therefore fully committed for trial upoh the original clarge. It was m'eitioned to Sir .R. BxnamE, in-the couirse ofthe short ex- Iaiihiuation, that- on the day following th6 tbrmer hearing ofthe case, one of tiheplacards whichswereissscd somte time ago, offering a rewardi for etle apprehension of the prisonerS, was placed at the outside of a carpet warehotise ' i Fore-street Cripplegate, with a written paper appeWesd tOit, to this effect '+his notorioqs lVagstaff is at length in'thfibdnids otf justide, asd is to undergo-anotheerexamination on Thfurslly noxt.l -- 1-. - ; Sir IL iBkissaid; that such ari act,O s edtremely wrong: t wes grant and putifisI, atid could not bItoo sbve'ely reprehenaded.; Ih - r. A2 wsic 'counsel- for the prjsoner, stait,,d that such thinsgs were bcc6k-- fashionable. He -sawv a proof of it -at Hiorsham on Wednesday, whileae wretched girl was ieing tried for murder. -Theprisonersee erhnchdpessed , - -- POLICE.