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The Times, 1824-07-08T00:00:00

llAwsrox-rousEr.-The day after that oar which the LOXD MlAYon decided upon the application made by iMr. Mlonkhouse upzon the part of the lay impropriator of' St. Helen's, for a warrant to enforce the payrment of tithies, at the rate of 2s. 9d. in the pound, on the rental of Alr. John liargrave, that gentleman applied in a more formal manner, namaely, by petition, for a second summons against the same party. Br. lronkhouse observed, tbat he took this course because his first application was not strictly formal, and he wished to adopt the most unobjectionable plan in order to make a foundation for proceedings elsewhere (by mandainits we suppose)? in the eveat of a refusal upon the part of the Lord Mlayor. At the same time he expressed his conviction -that his Lordship's decision had been erroneous, and his hope that en this occasion a more deli. berate consideration would be given to the question, as he (Ir. Monkhlouse) was ready to produce authorities in support of the claim; to which authorities he had not before thought it necessary to refer, as he tid not expect that a question would be raised as to the legality of the demand. The LopR AlMAoR said, he wras quite ready to reconsider the question, which certainly was entitled to a most deliberate survey, important as it was to thedcity at large,as well as to the parties di. recdy concerned. His Lordsh!ip,after some consultation with-the City Solicitor upon tbe subject, rranted a second summons to the lay impropriator, at the same time observisg, that if any new ar- ument shsould be-breutgh forward he should give it all due consi. deration. Yesterday being the day appointed for the bearing, the Justice- room was crowded by part.es interested in the question. AMr. Hfur. combe, the chairmn of the City Tithe Committee, attended withl the other members of the committee. Air. Dllonkhouse attended upon the part of MIr. LM'Dougal, the lay impropriator* and the City So. licitor was present as the legal adviser of the Lord Mayor. Alr. IMfonkhouse was callcd upon to produce evidence of the serv- ingof the sumnmons upon the defendant; but thesumitnoningofficer was, for somereason orother, not present; and the case was aboat to be put off, wnen Mlr. T. Saunders, the solicitor, said-that as it would doubtless be higbly inconvenient that all parties should be compelled to attend again, be would remedy the defect by proving the admission of the party. Being then sworn, he stated: that Mr. Jolm Hargrave had in converstion stated that he had been summnoned before the Lord Mayor, but he was too ill to attend; and that, had he been well, his religious scruples, as one of the Society of Friends, would pre. vent him from attending. Mr. 1Mfonkhouse submititted, that as the defendant had refused to attend personally, or by his attorney, judgment must go; gainst him by default, and a warrant he issued as a matter of cours' TRhe Lo.n MvIAORn was of opinion, that although the defendant did not attend, no warrant could be.ssued against him as a "matter of course ;" and hlis Lordship desired that the grounds of the claim shoulld be stated.I MIr. Monkhouse said the demand was grounded, a.s his Lordship must be aware, upon the statute of the 37th of Henry VI., which statute, he contended, made it imperative upon the Lord Mayor for| the time being to enforce the claim. Mr. Saunders denied thatany construction of this kind could be put upon the statute. The LoRD MAYOR asked whQtheT the present claim was not made at the Tate ef 2s. 9d. in thenound upon the rental ? A gentleman who accornpanied31r. 31onkhouse,andwhomweun.I derstood to be the lay-impropriator,here said thatthepresent demand was certainly not at the rate of 2s. 9d. in the pound. Had it been i made according to that rate, the demand would doubtless have been for tan times the amount demanded. The LORD MAYoR said, he must require that the nature of the rate according to which the demnand was made should be shown to I him,with the particular statute on which it was fousded. MIr. Atonkhouse said he claimed the sut ot one pound to be due- for tibes, and it was for the defendant, if he chose to appear, to dis- prove that clair, and shovw that a smaller.sum, was due. The LORD D1lAYoxt 4aidthat before be could grant a warrant, he must have the nature of tlhe demand clearly defined to him. Mr. Monkhouserequested that the ease might be postponed, tbat he might prepare the evidence which his Lordship thought neces. aary and put the whole matter in such a shape as might. enable the Lora Dlayor to do justice to the inipropriators sawei5 as to others. The LonD IAvoR said he should dismiss the casC. It might be brought before him agin upon a fresh petition. Mr. Monkhouse begged that he might distinctly tnderstand the ground on which the petition was dismissed. The LORD MAYORD Oaid beause it had not been made out in evidence. The rental mnust be proved to him, and the specific rate proceeded for set forth. He gave it as his opinion that if theimpro. priator proceeded on the dcreeeunder the.tatute of Henry VIIL, lie must proceed for the whole sum of 2s. 9d. Sin the pound mentioned in that decree. Havingstated tbus much, hehoped the party Would come better prepared on the next occaiqon; for if he (the Lord Mlayor) had hitherto acted erroneously in this matter, God forbid that he should not rectify bis error.' Bow.STREET.-.Mr. Pitman ajeweller intheStrand,appeae d to answer the charge of his wife for assaulting and kieking her with great violence in the street, on Tuesday evening. | Mrs. Pitman it a young woman of interesting apea ance, and ap. parentlyiaextreme sill health. Sher.tated, that Mr. Pitman carries on business in the Strand and bas also a private dwelling in Holly. well.street, whereshe ana her children reside. lathe house where the business was carried on, there was a married woman who wasI continuallv in tbe shop with Mr. Pitman, and about a fortnight ag6 sbe (Mrs. Pitman) 'ound them togetherin a rcom adjoing, she leaning upon bis dsoulder. Mr. Pitman._Oh, Janei Jane; remember yoa are on your oath. Mirs.Pitm. an.-I know am, and shall speak as though every word was to be registered in Heaven. Some persons hatd declared to her, that they bad seen Mr. Pitman taking liberties with hlrs. Smith. On 'j'uesday evening, she went to the shop, ard found the woman again there, and she upbraided them both - upon which, Mr. Pitman and Mrs. Smith thrust her out of the 8ixop, and Mlr. 'Pit. -man kicked and beat her for several yards along the street. Iir. Pitman, who had manifested almost uncontrollable im- patience, made a very long statement, in which he declared that there existed not in the whole human creation so jealous a creature as his wife, If sbe saw bim lodk at another wo- man passing the shop, she would exclaim " Hah ! I saw you; thats one of your,women I suppose." She would also watch him frota street to street, and was eternally fancying that he was in I criminal intercourse with some woman or other. For all this there was not the least foundation,-and the story about Mfrs. Smith was equally groundless. Yet was his wife always following him to the shopintcrfupting him in his business, and abusing and calling him and Irs. Smith the vilest names. He could bear it no longer and unless he was protected, r uirwtion must follow. He admitteQ the assult. i rs. Pitman declared, that her suspicione were too well founded, ana that a great deal of what MIr. Pitman had advanced was false. "True, so help me God !" exclaimed Mlr. Pitnan, with 8reat enerjt. AMts. Pitma n's brother said his dister had been for a long time affiicted with nervous debility, and some allowanceeshould beniade for a. little more than ordinary irritability. Mr. hl1ssss8LL, afier lanentiag the occurrence of such disputes, and a hooe that the feas of M. Pitsanan were grundless, o eefednt to find bail, observing, that nothing could Justify the assaulf which hr had,commritted.. L UGHLn 4swTlBE1sT..On Saturday evening Iet,. Captain YVrn. Augustus Fo4tr, of the l4th keginaet of.Foot, was brought b.efore MY. DyER tbt sietting magistrat, charged with a de perate assault upon Mir. Joseph. Hunt, amorey.brodger,re Ming at No. 2, MluseumlStreet, Bloomsbury. Its consequence of the sevcre injury which Mr. Hunt sustained by the assault, he was slot able to attend in person; but his son, a young man oflgenteel appearance, stated the circumstances of the case. He said,. that his -ather having occasion to gO into the shop of Nr.Wilkinson, a slUversmith, in Piccadilly, that afternoon, he therc met Captain Foster. with whom he hadhaid tbrmerlv some pe- cuniary transactions, and bhving reminded the Captain of a balance that-he owed him, Captain Foster followed him into the street, nnd struck bimnatremendousblowwith is fist, which knocked Ar. Ifunt down as if he had bcen shot.; and his head comning violently in contact with the curb'atone, a desperate wound was inflicted, ard I the shocl, which ha received was so great as to deprive him of his senses.:, LHe was talcen home in a coach when Alr. Ireland, a sur. geon residing in Hart-street, was calleg in, who decuared that Mlr. Hunt's life was in danger. Mr. Hunt, jun., said, that so violent was the blow besides the Injury before mentioned, it knocked out two of his fatner's lower terth. Upon this deposition of Ir.Hunt,jun., lr. DyER refused toac- cept bail for Captain Foster's appearance, until Mr. Hunt was out of danger, and was committed to Tothill.fields prison till Monday, when he was again brought up, and was attended by his solicitor, Alr. Reeves, of Ely.place. and several other friends, who applied to tr. Roe, the sitting magistrate, to admit Captain Fost6 now to bail. This was opposed by 51r. Hunt. jun. who declared that his father's lifH was still in danger, as he shonld prove by the evidence of his medical attendant, Alr. 'Vebb. Mfr. Wrebbthencame forward, and was about to be sworn, when M Ir. Reeves objected to this gen- tleman's evidence, as he was not a regular practitioner. snd only the assistant of Mlr. Ireland. Alr. Webb said, that he 'was the person who attended Mr. Hunt in the first instance, and not Mr. Ireland. 5Mr. Reeves asked AMr. WVebb if he was a member of the College of Surgeons. He replied, thathe was not as yet, but he had setved his regular time of seven years to bis ftlier, who was a surgeon in Bath, and since then he has been with Mr. Ireland four years, and attends' his patients as regularly as hiruself. AIr. ROE then pernitted Nr. Webb to be sworn; and that gen- tleman stated, that on examining Mr. Hunt, when caUed in, he' found a deep wound upon the head, from a blow and fall, which caised a concussion of the brain, but the skull was not fractured. Alr. Hunt's mind wandered a good deal, and he spoke rather inco- herently; his pulse was very high, and he had a considerable de8ree offever. lr. Webbsaid,thatlecouttdnotbyany mieansconsider Mr. Hunt'slife outof danger; although the probabilities were in fa- vour of his recovenrng. Captain Foster and his friends deCl3ed t!sat this statement was not correct,and that Al r. Hrunt was in no danger whatever. They had offered to send Sir Astley Cooper oK Sir Henry Halford, or any other eminent surgeon, at any expense,toas8ist Mr. Hunt, but they were refusedpermission to doso; and it. wasa great hardship that (apt. ~Foster should, -under auth eitpsnsta,cebe detained in prison. r. HWunt, jun., said, th~at he Was not' to admit a parcel of strangrs to visit his father, at the wish of the defendant, and would Ilir. Reeves here said, thate Mr. Irelandhimself had declared that there was not the danger that was stated in Mr. Hunt's case. nMr. uIInt denied this, and a very warm altercation took place be. tween himself and AMr. Reeves, in which the most courteous lan- guage was not adhered to: such as ASr. Reeves telling Mlr. Hunt that he would pull his nose-that lie was a p uppy performer atthe Adelphi Theatre, &c. Mrt. Hunt appealed for protection to the magistrate, and lfr. ROEremindedilr. Reeves of the place he was in, end expressed his surprise to hear such language fro a profes- -Dr. RoE then said, that as the case at present stood, he ishould adjourn until that evening at seven o'clock, when he would require the personal attendance of Mr. Ireland. Accordingly at seven, the parties again met, with Mlr. Ireland, who gave it as his decided opinion, that Mtr. Hunt's life was not out of danger. Mr. Wilkinson, the silversmith, on this occasion, was also exa- mined, and stated, that after much angry language between Captain Foster, who was purchasing some plate at his shop, and Mlr. Hunt, senior, they retired outside his door, and Captain Foster conmmitted the assault as described by MIr. Hunt, jun. Captain Foster stated the eircamstances of the case to be these:- He said that about four o'clock on Saturday, he was making sonme purchases at hIr. Wilkinson's shop when Mr. Bunt entered and said, "Oh, Captain Foster, I am giad to see you; I have been look- ing tor you: pou owe me 1501." He (Captain Foster) was astonish- edat this address, as he owed the man nothing, although they had had some money dealings, in which he (Captain Foster) suffered most, and expressed his surprise that Mfr. Hunt shoul address him at all, atter what had passed; denying, at the same time, owing Mr. Hunt a shilling ; upon whici the latter launcaed out into the mnost violent abuse, called him (Captain Foster) a swindler; sai(I that he was no officer in the armv, and ended with accusini him with having killed his own wife; and this it was that urged him to commit the assault, which he did not mean to deny. M1r. ROE said, that he was not to try the qustion of assalult; his only duty was, in the presentrstate of Air. Hunt, to refuse accepting ba!l, and Captain Foster must therefore be committed to pnson; whicb he accordingly was to Tothill-fields, until MIr. Hunt should be declaredout of danger. Yesterday all the parties again attended, and Captain Foster was brought beforc Sir GEORGE FARtEANT, who presided, and hIr. Reeves having put the Magistrates in possession of all the circum- stances of the case, applied to have Captain Foster admitted now to bail, as all danger in Afr. Hunt's case was at au end. Mr. Reeves here produced a letter from Nr. Ramadge, a surgeon and physcian, in Ely-place, stating that he had waited on M1r. Ireland, and re- quested to accosnpany him to visit Itlr. Hunt; but hlr. Ireland bad refused doing so then, but had told bim that hIr. Hunt was no longer in any danger, and would consent to his (Sir. Ramsdge) seeing him last eveuing at four o'clock. MIr. Reeves also produced a certificate from Mr. Ireland, pronounicig Mr. Huntotut of danger. URder these circumnstances, Sir George said, that if Mr. Hunt, Jun. was satisfied with the bail proposed, Captain Foster should be discharged. Alr. Hunt sad, that lie knew nothing of the bail proposed, which were Mr. Reeves, the solicitor. and a Air. Halland. MIr. Reeves and Dlr. Halland were then sworn.-The former said, that lie was a practising solicitor, and housekeeper for stret years>pastg in Ely.pace, and vestry-clerk to the parish. .51r. Halland sai, that he was a gentleman, residingathiscountry house in Kent, and living upon ibs private forlune. Mr. Hunt said lie was now satisfied with the bail, and Captain Foster was then liberated. MARYLgnoNE.oFFIsE._.-.Vesterday Tlwms Abrahaonm, an assistant to one of the Smithfield drovers, was brought up, charged with stealing and slaying a calf, the property of Edwards, a butcher residing near Battle-bridge. The prisoner, it appeared, in the- course of his occupation, was employed, to use the words of a witness, "to see the calf home," buthe never performed that duty and was subsequently fottnd to have disposed of the animal. I Thiis defence, he said it was unfair to charge him again with the Crime for which be had already un- dergone trial, ana been acquitted. The Magistrate tuired when and where the offence was corn. mitted ? It was stated, in the city; and,exclaimed the prisoner, " I was taken into custody, examined, and discharged, by Alderman Browne,at Guildhall,thereforel am not now liable to further punish. ment."1 On an explanation of this being required, it turned out tbat the prisoner had crtainly been taken into custody, and was placed twice at the bar for exaniination,'befoTe Mr. Alderman Browne; but no witnesses appeared, and. the magistrate, after expressig a censure on the frequent occurrences of that kind, which arose through the neglect of prosecutors not appearinm in tine, discharged the prisoner, who made the best of his way off, and very soon after the witness arrived, and, for tbat time, they were foiled. How. proseeutor followed th u business ap, ana bad the prisoner abppr'elhen~ed again by Buckdge, at a public honse in 1uaryle. The Magistrate said, as the offence was com'witted in the city, there the aljudication ought to take place, therefore he deiired themn to convey the prisoner back to his old quarters which waa done. Clsarles Wiz. Bliss was brought up again i7r eiarnination and fully committted to Newgate, for uttering a forged biU for 221; to a Mlrg. Nicholls, of Chelsea. QuEEs-sQtuAEt.:-Yesterday, Mrs. Henderson,a ladyof rank, residing at Grove-house, CheLsea, applied to the Magistratesto de- cide a questiou of ownership as to a dog which had been given her by her niece, Lady Etiza=eti Derlam,bl,out ten days since. Her servant had it in charge a few evenings agO, when a Air. Henry, wholives in Chelsea,daiLnedit as his, and forcibly took itfromhim. kr. Henry insisted that the dog was his, and that he had had it from 1820 until May last, when it was stolon. He immediately re- cognized it when he saw it with the sevant, and conceived he had a right to re.possess himself of it. John Scott, servant to Mrs. Henderson stated, that when -Mr. Henry came up and claimdd the dog, hep .ol bima he knew where his mistress lived, and if he could prove the dog-was his, she would give it up instantlv; he,. however, would have it then whicb he felt it his duty to resist. Mr. Henry knocked himlown, and took away the dog. -a on n okaa Alr. Henry .said, he had only done so when the servant abused him, sapng he was a dog.stealer. Mr.. IARXLAxD-The servant might well say s.,when you took it in the manner you did andeknew wherthis mistreslived. Mlrs. Henderson stated, that Air. Henry caein the same evening offeringthe dog butjsaying if she took ithe would have awarrant against her. L?nder these drcumstances, she declined taking it. Scveial persons were examined, und stated that the dog was, Mr. Hlenry's. Dew the ofJicer, was sent for, and he stated the age of the dog was ony two years and a little more. Several other persons in the office were of the same opinion. Sir. MAARELAND..Then, in that case, Imust order thedog to D?rs. Henderson, as by Mr. enry's account his dog must be four Several ladies, friends of Mr Henry and who accompanied him to the ofnice for the pur ose of identi?yi the aninal rose at once, and exclaimed against thlis decision, and requested tieir evi- dence might be taken. Mr. llfAn;La2srn....13y all aisans, ladies, weshall hIar you but theugh it is a dog case, don't open upon se like a wk of 9ioands in fifull cry; one at a time, if you pleae. I Mrs. Lovegrove ten stlated that she was certain the doj was Mr. fHenry's; that he had gone to the country and left-'it in ?r house, &om whence it was stolen. She had a dream aboat it a few nights ag, which she told ltr.. Henry on his returnr.-that the dog was at the Grove; and sure enough, when he did go there, her dream was correct, for the dog was in it. Another lady stated she had' nursed it, and pointed out several marks bvywhich she knew it. The fiog.was at this time ranging about, and did not seem to re- cognize any of the claimants. Mr. W rUITr desired Mr. Hfenry to cstl'ilt. Mr. Henry did so, but the dog was inaittentive to the call, whidc he accounted for by saying he was deaf. Mr. WHITE.-But he can see, and he does not appear to have gone near you, n(or any of these persons, 'who say he was with tbem for such a long time. As the testimony is so cous&i4ing, we must send for a dog.fancier, oX 3omee peron who can be, positive as to hlis age. One of the officers was despatched for a person 'well wwn to be thebest jadge in 33nglad of a do'ssnge. This person attended, and stated, that the do in luestioft was not more than two years old; the teeth we e serttain criterion to'go by; if a dog was three years old, no imatter bow vl' s4ted, te would get yellow; those of the dog in qtuestion we rermarablv white. Alr. AMARXLAND.-.We tstst ordet that Mrs. Henderson have- the dog, and that Mr. Henry pay the expetsus- "You May, however Mr. Mreny, (said the Magista4te)'bringgoar ation for it pif yoap cnoose.7' "ATTC2N.G^aDI:M-_4i. .llasos0, proprietor 'of the Noah's Ark public-house, Woodbridge.street, Clerkenwell, was brought up under-a warrantin thecastody of i Brown the officer, charged by iggins, a constable of Clerkeswell, with having violentlyassault. ed htaxon last Sunday utortsin5 He stt tat in gonxg hi. roUi with other constattes, he Iomked it the defendznt's door, bCiwemn twelve and one o'clock, to ascertain if the house was cleared, when the defeindnst opened his door, and after, much abuse, violently assKaulted him, This storv, which was uncorroborated by any witnesss, was much weakeued after Mr. Mason's uttatement. He stated, that about a quarter past one, the complainant, accotpanied by others, knocked violently at his door, and requested almission, as they were officers. He, and his family, had fbr some time retired to rest, and coming down setairs, he informed them that at that hour he would not admit any body.. In abont half an hour ale complainant returned, knocked violently gain at the door, and on Alr. Mason's goig down alrost undressed, opening the door,and inviting him to search his house if he suspected he birboured any compayy, the complainant (who was in a grossxstate of intoxication), after much abuse, struck hitr. at his own door with his staff, and insisted on taking him to the watclhouse. The watchmen, on seeing the con- stable so intoxicated, refused to assist him, when MIr. Mlason went quietlv with the constable, half dressed, in a torrent of rain, tothe watchhouse. When arrived there (whicb was aRter three o'clock) the night constable was gone, and of course the watchhouse.keeper could not receive the charge. The :statement of Mlfr. Wason was fullv corroborated by two de- cent tradesmen, who were awakened by the Yiolent knocking at Mr. alason's house. Thepresiding M.lagistrate(Sergeant SELLON) afterseverely com. menting on the conduct of the ciinstable, observed that it woild be an extreme hardship iflicensed victuallers should beli2ble to bedis. turbed at all hours of the night, for the mere display of zealous offi- Ciousness on the part of officers; and with such eeling he immeedi- atelv discbarged the warranb Mlr. Mason expre3sed his determination to indict the constable at theensuingsessions. Thep lice-officers sresent saidthatthere was not a more regular house in Clerkenwrll than the Noah's Ark, since it was kept by Mlr. ilfason. IAArsBETTI.STREET.-Yesterday Mrs. Youngson, the wife of a captain of that name, and very respectably connected, residing at 67, Beath.street, in the parish of Stepnev, was brou7ht before 'Mr. WYATT aid Mir. RABSnwcE, br the overseers of that parih, un- der the following singular circurmstances._ Air. Mleltby, one of the overseers, said, that on Mlonday last, dilrs. Youngson brought afemule child, about 7 msnths old, to the workhouse,sstating tbat she bad found itthat morning in ber garden, and denied, in the most positive terms, that she knew anytbing fur- ther of the child except findingit in the garden. Onherrepresenta- tion the child was taken into the workhouse; and on maidng further inquiry into tite case, and from the information he had received, he had every reason to believe that Mrs. Youngson knew who the pa- rents of the child were, and endeavoured to conceal them. UnJer these impressions, he thought it his duty to bring ber before their worships. MSrs. Voungson, on being called on to account for this extraordi- nary charge, said, that on Mlonday morning, at six o'clock, she had oCcasboI? to CD into her gardea, where she found the child, and with the advice of a watchman, she took it to the workhouse. This, she said, was all she knew; but on being pressed by the magistrates, she admitted that on Saturday last, a servant that had been is her empnloyment about two years past, came to he: house, and had a chi d with lier about the same age as that she left at the workhouse, and that she wanted to remain with her aUl night; but not having sufficient accommnodation, she got her a lodging in the neighbour- hood. She also adritted that she came again at a late hour on Sun- day night, when her husband allowed her to remain in the house all nigh.t, and she was gone early in the morning. The person in whose house she stopp ed on Saturdaavnight, proved the child to be the same that slept with its mother at her house, and that the mother told her that it belonged to Daniel Burn, the brother of Mlrs. Youngson. !Mr. HAITDWICK said, that it was perfectly clear that Myrs. Youngsoa had with others concerted to defraud the parish, andthat she was entirely at the mercy of the overseers, who might, if thev thought proper, indict her at the sessions for the fraud. Under sue ctrcumseances,he shouxd consider it hist duty to hold her to bail'- but understandin$ that such was no their intention, he b would therefore order "dma Youngaon to take the child, as she was bound:to take care of it until the pareaits were found. POLICE.