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The Times, 1824-11-18T00:00:00

MIANOJSXO-1401S...Y-Yettelday an Irislh entleman waited on the LoaRn l1AY1Aot fOr the purpose of, putting his Lordship on his guard against the dIeVIce of the Rev. Mr. Taylor, whio the other day ap- plied, lnefetuallny, for the sanction andtpatroage of the Chief Ala- gistrate to a society for discussin polemnies. The LoaRD IAYOR requested tobe informed of the grounds of the charge against tlr. Taylor, and the occasion upon which it was toaght necessary to held oyt acaution with respect to that gentlemarn. Te Gentleman then proeeeded to compliment his Lordship upon tire manner in wlhiel he hdbtdled the arguments of ir. Taylor, in fa- vour of a form and system-of discussion calculated to throw discredit upon the Chxistiaerzeii1ion, in this most religious country. The refusal to countenance thie project of so dangcrous a speculator was gratifying to allthe believers in thedoctrines of Christ; and it must be a source of additionial gratification to the Lord Mayor to know, that hehud given that refusal to aman whowas the moatdiecided enemy ot Christianity, and who had enlisted into the ranks of which he had. Laken the command, the most notorious infidels, the disciplcs of Voltaire and Paine, and the rest of those scoffers wvho had endearoured to destroy the grand fabric of the Christian church. Mr. Taylor has, in mraking his application, carefully disguised his real views be t his Lordship seemed to be aware that a fair discus. sien waIs not likely to 'take place in suchi a.society, cut(I that the in- terests of religiorn wouldA rot,Se forwatrdecd by the establilshment of it. 'NOW the feetWMAs,tat Mr. TCaylor had, ef*cctually proved, not only in this country, hut itn Treland, that he wasatnti.Chrisitian. In Dub- lin lie gave vent to the peculiar niujons llsp entertained in such a maniner, upon onie occaimon, that thle aitlemdn of T'rinity College would Positively ha,ve mad wattea~vtndgnlman himself called a glorious maslro hii1fhplea ot interfered to pre. vent bIooJithed. Uponttocso lr 4Iyo vas obliged to e-scape. throuigh a vvindlow froim th enene nfhs nalted hearers Ibut he was not corree:d byti mnc o dimmsry infliction. Upoen theedibming-,over to liiln,o hrchi of whbich lie tepre- sitente himself a miemiber,lecletdbu himi a mob of iifuriat- edl inifidelsi in a ltdifiae at olri,adteebegan to work at Iiis oldi trade. 'I'o show ithe slityo iii beIein thie prnciples of tlhc chuirch of which hie proesdto be th spoter. he made an harangtue in which hie upplauded tie' Pyhgro ltoophy, as a real gemy in compariSon- w,Kith thust whc eivr osidered the model o purity and trulth. He ulso denied-tthat the deluge was8uni- veretl In itA operaionriand thua denied-the written word of God. After several ethet obavi4atlrns upon the stibject of MrI. Talor's religious viewvs, th6 gentleman requtested that the Lord Makyor would be cautious hi giving credit to a ma-ta upont ainy future occa- sion, wvhose object was'decidedly to do an injury to teliglon. The lioiLt MAAYOS, whio couald not helpi smiling at the earnest appeal, intimnated that thie gentleman whio had taken such an interest in the cause of Chrisitianity need not be under any appirehiensionis thlat Alls.- Taylor wouldI Impose upon hlim (thie Lord Mlayor.) To Whatever extent Mlr. Taylor wenit in his views of religion, he would probably gee tie propriety of disconitinuing the society, whbich, it was evitdent, could be but of short duiration. Thle Gentleman saidi thiat Air. Taylor lind publiiey statedl that the society was sanctioned by the Lord Alayor. Thie LORD MlAyoR saidl he hadl see,, no statemenit of the kind. He hadl e.xprcaed hisi disapprobation of such a society, hat lie haid not prohiibited it. Mr. Taylor knew that, and pledged hiimself not to) use the Chief Alagistrate's namie at all upoti the occasion. If any body came forward to prove thiat money was taken at thte doors for adinissoioi on the nights of discussion,tble complaint shiould be enter. ed into, bdt as the matter sttool at present, he (the Lord Mlayer) did not think it his duty to interfere. Ii is Lortship, however, repeated his belief thjat suchi a society as had been described couldl not exist long. Aebraluac,a Fomlkr Wv'examilied a third time upon the chbarge of hanving stolen a 101. note and four sovereignis, at the corner of Queent. street, on Lord iMayor's day. Mr.l Thairlow, a Quaker, stated that as he was wallting along Cheapside, he was surrounded by a miob, andl his pocket, containing a 101. Bank of England Dote and fourteen sovereigns, was turnedi out. fie saw his moniey on the ground, and several persons picking it u1p; but he could not reach it himself at all, nor could he identify the prisoner. An officer wlho saw tIme prisoner going quicky fromi the spot appre. lheided him, and took out os. his hand a 101. Bank.note, anid out of ~s pcke for sverigns TIhe Ban -note and the sovereigns were covered with mudJ.Th prisoner said he had found the note, and thait the sovereigns were his owir. Mlr. TIt urlow refutsed to take his oath th-at the note was lils, but he produced the numnber of It, and tltt markis tupon it, and affirmect thiat it was hiis property. The Loniu AlA-vos,who hadt, on a former examination, mention- ed thiat such refusal was excessively inurious to the ends of justice, thlen gave the note to Mlr. Thurlow, but he did riot consider himiself justified in also giving the sovereigns foestid upon the prisoner tothiti gentleman. His Lordship regretted that he was unider the obliga- tion to resign the sovereigns to the prisoner, whichi, as thiey could not be icenitified, could niot be disposed of in Any other way,'-The pri. toner was then discharged. BOW-PTRUETr.-Henty~ hArlt, the pugilist, and lanidlord of thle Golden Cross, in CrDss.lane, was brouight before Mr. I-HALL.S, chargzed by Airs. Crane, the wile of a tradesnman, with assaulting andl beating her. Mirs. Crane stated, that on Mlondtay eveniing her husband was at the defenida-nt's house, waiting to mieet a person upon private busi- asess, whiezi, havingz occasion to speakc tol,iim, she went there and fiat down for a shiort time. Whille she- was thtere, a man camie in a little intoxicated, and sat down upon a bench which,l immediatey gave way under him, and hie fell. Hrilt soon after came in and accused the man of brea.king the benchi wilfully, and threatenied to puinch, his headi. Her hushand assured shie defendant that the bench gave way with tie mnere weight of the mnan, andt that he woLuld dto wrong if lie struck him, upoxn which Hell turtned to 1dmi, and, making use of languzage whiich shie could not disgrace hereelt' by repeatinig, swore lie would mnill, him if lie did niot hold his tongue, and ordered him to -tske himself off, Ilie saidI he should not go until he hadl finished( hiis glass of grog, bait Holtswore he shoultd; and,ssrizinghbinm ky the collar, dragqcd him over the table, and throughi a passage into thje street, beating huin by the wyay, andl inflicting a severe cut on hislhead, by thumping it aga,inst a corn~er. She, in endeavourIng to get betweeni themn to protect hier lItusband, was pushed andI struck by the defendant. Ai,r. Cranie, anil hiis brother whlo wasi himT, sitatedI that they ware at I-bI0)t',iousenearhyvtl,e whole day, waitingto obtain somnemoney duet to thetm from a perso'n in the sam-estreet, whiom itwas nesessary to watch rath er closely but tor this they wouldi not hiave remnainied a single half hour in the hotite. Thie room was filled with pe~rsons who were gamibling with cards anid dlice, and the language in common use amiongst them was the moat disigusting they had eyer heard. They then described the assault in nearly the same manner as Ailrs. Crane, and declared that they gave no f'urther provocation than she had stat.. ed. Mlr. Crane's brotiter stated, that while the foriner was being dragged out by Hlolt, he was held dpvwn by Holts waiter, and a big iian, wvhomn they called " Toin Oliver." Air. Crane shiowed a cut in the head. The defeandant, in answver to the chiarge, begged to deny it ine tote. Althlough lie had been what was called a fighting man, he could ap.. peal to all who knew hini, anid especially to tie officers of thiis esta- blishment, for his cha.racter as a peaceable and inofFensive person. The faict was, that believing the benich to have been broken pur- posely, hie remonstrated withi the man, anid was imm-edliately assailed bY Al r. Crane with the foulest and most irritating language thiat couldi be conceeivedi, in audtition ho whichi that person put his fist in his face several times. Ile desired himi to drinjk his liquor, and leave the ho,use, but he swore lie wreuild stay there as long as lie pleased. He was yery noisy, atid lie (Holt) was at length obliged to put htim ouit of' the house. Ile didl noLentrilk him, tier dlid lie use mnore force thatn was necessr to put him our. Hlandley, ain officer of Quelen-sqluare police.oflice, and a respect.. able-looking mate whlo said he was a custonser at fiolt'ii were caliled by the latter, and they both swore, thiat all the di'sgust. loglatguge ttibued y he raes to Halt was utteredI hr theseles ani tta th hubad o te complainantr endleavourerf, by haknghisfit i I-ol's ac, atiby calling him tise most op- prorios ame, t povoe te at,r o strike. It was miatter of surris t evryonetha Ie ws bletocommand his temper uansier Isroocatna hichwoul hae iritaedtecoolest mnan. iioltinever strEick eitltco the parties. After a seee sil'ting of thec evidlence, Air. HALe.s said, that he had takati much lainsto arrive at tletrut'h, becaus~ethechargeagainst [liolt,ifirmade one,was a very serioits one, and must have ledto tne light conisequences to hiun as a publican. Althioighi he (Air."aUs3), it ws prtty ell now, ha no reatpreilection for thie pugilistic fratraty, et e souldforet inielfif he said that thecy were notequllyenttle wlh oher tosIt prtetion of the law whien the wee i th riht.It pperedto im,that Mlr. Crane had ensfavoret toprookeHal sostrke im,and that the latter had sbon noSnoe thn h wa boud t doto nreserve goodI oriler in his house. The warrat iit mst be dismissed, 'ard Mfr. Crane might, if lie clhose, indict at thie sesstiotis, Ai r. Crane said lie shiould certainly appeal to a higher tribunal. Jerentiah Qaisri, the driver of the hacknmey.coach No. 231, was summioned to answer thec coniplaint of Mlr. WValbourne, a performer at the nuir,or theatres, for wilfully driving against hiis gig, upsetting it, and causing consitlerable damage. Alir. Walhourne stated, that oln Saturday last, he had occasion to call at the King of' Prussia, a theasrieal house in Wych..street, and drew upto the door in hiis Rig. The defendant, who was close behinld himi, calledI out to himi, " A're you going on thtere, you stupitl J" Time witness repliedl in the negative. "1 Then," said the defendant " I'll bave your b-y wheel off;" and. imsineshiately drove atrainst the gig, uipset it, and tlirewv Lhe witness against the window of a shlop. The hindler part of thec gig was broken to piec-es. A M1r. Ayres corroborated this stat-ement. The defendant denied thiat he badi driven wilfully against the grig, anti said that there was not room for hiim to paas. ieo denied, also, that he saiutlie wouild hare the wheel off, Air. Walbourne said there was plenty of roomn for him to pass. Mr. HAtes said, he kniew It was too much the practice of hack- ney-coaclimen to play off what theycelled their "larks" upon personst whfo happened tobe in vehicles of aweaker description.They :thought tt oodfu tosipeta Jls,nyRar, a tey chose to term every per- sonthe hapend t se divig agiginthe streets. He would see, howeer,wheher hisscadalos Pactce could not be put a stop to. 'Ihedefedantwasfine in he ul penalty of 31., and costs, Infomaton as ecevedat hisoffce yesterday morning, by let- ter fo the Bench of Al1agistrates at Woertley, in the West Riding of 'okhe,tthfolwng effect :-On the morning of the 9th instant, theiaeep rs,ia the emp,loyment of P?. V., Wentworth, Esq., of Weiothcs, near gtainer, going their rouinds to watcht the gaine heard three guns fired. Following the sound, they came up with tbree mien, armedl with giins, who, upon seeing the ipssckeepers,immnediately levelled tlbifr pieces and fired at thenm. Tsvoofthie keepers were severely wolindedi but the third followed thepoachers, who fled after firing, and qanme up with one,who turned upon himi and broke his piece in two by a blow at the keeper's head. A long scuffle ensued, and fin ally the poacher was secured and con- veyed before the msg istnrte, who comimitted him. His name is Thernaws Tasker. It has been since ascertained, that there were oix in the gang of poachers out that morning five persons suspected absconded fromn their homies the same nighf6e MAUwYtE330NE.arpl cE.-.A young man, of rerspectable maunnets and appearanCe, of the name of' Lemion, yesterda appeared before Alr. RAwufX'ao-r, on asn assault warrant ebtained against him by a da-shingly..dressed lady of the nannie -of Stuart, residing in UYpper True wrat had beeh obtained some days back, but the hearhig of the case had beets ostpongd onh~,uec f the surgeofa at- tending on the dompiainantThaving certitied hier Incompetence to attend Yesterday, however, she had become so far convalescent as to attend to sustain the complaint prevlouslv rmade. ComTplainant stated, that the visits of tne dlefendant hiaving become troublesome to her, she had desired her lanalady (Mrys. Alary Anne Clarke) to inf'orm him, in the event of his calling, that she wast not at home. A few days atfter thisi direction htadh been givn, hl sit-I of the defendant,-who, advancing tow/ards hr ud xlie 'Here I ass; I have found you at lome at lmat" She desired him to retire, and complained of his intrusion; in answer to wliich, he pushed ber backward frers the fire, so as to cause her to fall on two chairs. Her landlady, who had followed him up inte the room, endea- voured also to-prevail ort him to reti.e; but her efforts being unavail- ing, she quitted the room, at thedesireofwittnes, toprocuvreapesee- officer. in the mean time she was treated by the defendant with ereat violence: he " macerated" her flesh dreadfunly, and finally left ner in such a state as required theattendanceof asurgeon, and caused her confinement to the house for several succeeding days. AIr. RAwLxxSOir observed that from whhat she had said he should suppose there mutt gave existed some acquaintance be- tween her and the defendant, and he should Ivlsh, therefore, to know what sihe considered to be the cause of the extraordinary behaviour she had described. The complainant declarvd she did net know.; but. being further pressed,s ald she believed it was something about his having become ball for her. iMrs. Alary Anne Clarlte corroborated the formerwitness as to the complainant having uniformly requested to be denied to the defend- ant; also, that pursuant to this request, she had, on the occasion al- luded ta, asured him that liliss Stuart was not within, but that he, int reply, told her he knew better, and, pushing past her, walked up stairs, and entered the draving.raomn. Witness followed him, was present when he was- desired to retire, which he Tefused doing, and was gently putshled by the comuplainant towards tlhe door. This iie resent- ctd, and as scuffle ensued, during which she left the room, under pre. tcnse of t'etchIng a constable. On her return the derendant was gone, and the complainartt apparentl much burt. In reply to this charge thedefendant stated that Iilis Stuart was a lady of accommodatingvirtue, witht whom he hal been acquainted about four months. About siX weefs ago ie became bail at this office for her, she having been ched with an assautl on another feh'ale. Since thed, hover, a coolness had arisen between them, and he, having accidentall hear that she meditated a visit to O(x- fordshire, became anxious hbot his recognizance,and'had called several times iu hop'es of obtaining an explanation from her, without ever sacceeding in obtaining an interview I and on the occasion in questibn, he had forced himself up stairs, as he happened to linow that she was alien at home. On entering the drawfng-room, he seated himself in a chair, and stated the object of his visit ; she, in reply, desired him in quit, and O' his refusin, took- up thie poker, with which she struck him several blows on ihe head: atler which he certainly had used force towards her, but then it was only in self-defence. AMrs. Clarlke here obnerved, that up to that moment she had eup. posed Mlrs. Stuart to be a married woman, nor did her conduct, during the month she had occupied heer lodgings, given her the leaqt reasen to suppose otherwise. BMr. RAIsversrfsox observed, that lie could not btet regard the de- fendont as the wrong-doer: he had forced himself into the house, which he had no right to de, hnd Insisted on staying, and had been guilty of violence when attempted ts be removed by gentle force. He must ther-tbre, call on him to find bail; and he also coald not abstain irom ;aying, that his conduct, in impugning the character of the complainant, wac nmnanly th-e more especiatly as, from all that appeared, it should seem that, with the ercention of her inti- msc)' with himn, shle had condatcted herself with propriety. Bail was irnmediately procured. QJUEEw.sQtrAn.y._Yesterday AMead, Reynolds, and e mRery, the three nien in custody chasrged with seeafng a quantity of lead fromn the powder magazi.e ar Chlelsea College, vwere brougit up for final examnination~ Mlr. Bicknull, the solicitor for Greenwich and Clhelsea flospitalr, attended to conduct the prosecution * and after hearing further evi. dence of the robbery, the prisoner Mlead was filly committed for trial; the otbers were diseharged of thi offence, but detained until they eltered into sureties for their future behaviour. WORB..iFrSTHrET-qT._Philip Cha/rebers, a porter, arid Elizabetlx Lloyd, a cook, in the service of Mr. Paul Alullett, charged with rob- binli their employers, and [Filliam Pet,-soz, a broker of Old.strert, St. Ltike's, with Mary; his wife, charget with receiviri, sone pro- perty of Mr. Mlullett's, knowing: it to have been stolen, were yes:er- terday broughlz tip for final srcamination before lI r. BE1tETT. AMr. Paul Atullett, the prosecutor, is a cabinet-maker and uphol- sterer, in a very large way of' business, at Finsbury.house, South- place, Finsbury-squarc, antd lhaving at different periods, for sotne tine past, missed from his stock property of' every description in whilich he dealt to a considerable amount, On heating that a search- warrant had been obtained by his neighbour M'r. W. Sadgrove, fie repaired to the spot, and was prpsent at the searching of tht prisoner Pearsons llouse, opposite St. Luke's church, in Old-soreet. He there saw a feather bed vwithi two bolsters arid two pillows, two dressing-plasses4 eigD:c mahogany chairs, two Brussels carpets, a pair of bhl-posts, a ufahogany bidet. ttvo butler's trays, an iron rhest. and three Brussels carpets, all which were his property, and valued by him at about 301. Abraham Scriven, thie approver in this case, as well as in that of the robbery of Mfr. tY. Sadgrove, deposed that he first went into AlMr. Paul Mullett's service about two years ago, and wnile he was thereseveral robberies were committed, the particulars of which lie was prevented from detailing, as thiey did not concern eitber of' the prisoners now in sustody, and did not relate te the property ifund at Pearson's. He thien etitered iato a lengtheued statemWrent of ihe particulars of hisremoving thearticles above-mentioned fromrM r. Mullets's, by Chamubers'sldir,cetions, at different titnes, and selling thermto M'Irs. Pearsotn, sometinesathbisown house, and someti.mesatt theirs. Dl ra. MUary Buckle, the wife of a plumber, keeping a broker's shop in Old-tstreet, within a few d'eors of Pearson's, deposed to haviiig observed Sciiven enter Pearson's house about nine o'clock on a Saturday night, carrying a carpet rolled up in a batg, when, her suspicions being awakened, site watoiheui him when he caine out, nnd saw him join another man, who weas waiting tor him hr the mnid- dle of the road, to whomn he gave some mnoney. On rtie fbllow- ing WVednesday morning she saw him go into Pearsoi'-s again, carrying a very heavy parcel on a knot, covered over witl a borse- cloth, which appeared like ani iron chest. Martha Dowtiie havinv. been swor, tleposed, that for the last ten months shehad been in the habit of attending at Scriven's honse al- most daily4 to work a, a chatwoman. She kiro%r tble Pearrsons by sight, and lats seen them several times at Scriven's houise. On one occasion, she saw money pass from Airs. Pearson to Scriven, but she did not know how much, nor for what it was paid. She once saw lr. Pearson take awav from Scriven's house a carpet and a table; but she did nrot recollect any other instanceof hiis taking any ithingaway with him. MIr. BENETT said, there was no evidence before him to sentl to a jury, afrectitig the prisoner l,oyd: he therefore ordered her to be discharged, and fully committed the others for trial. UNTOX-RALL.-_A Fleinish egg-merchant, nanied PicrreJarrrinr, wascharged with havingeommitted a-saults upon thr.- diffe'rent ladiies. One of the ladies stated, that as she was walking zloni Great Charlotte-street. the Frenchmair camne up to her, and wit}out any kind of ceremony gave lier a desperate blowe on the eye. The lady here e.xhibited the muirk of the blow, whichi had comuletely closed up the eye, and blackened it. Sle addel, that she guva him r,o offence, nor had she ever seen thie man before in her life. Two otber ladies also proved assaults against tbe defendant, but vrhich were not so severe in their nature as that commiitted urni the first witness. The constable of the Christelsurchs watch.house, where the dle- fendant was conveved, stated, that of all the desperate and powerful men lie liad ever to deal with, the egg-merchant was the most vio- lent. It took six stout watchAmeni to carry him there, and his efobrts to break away when in crstody were exerted to hlis utmost sstrength. The constable then stated, that when the defendant became a little r-alm, he gave the following account of the transactien :--le had landed in England a few ilays before wvith a cargo of eggs,and having hlisVosed of it, and received the money, he was dletermined to see a little of " Life in Londlon," befbre he went back to his family. For this purpose he fortifict himself with a few glasses of Holiands, anti sallied forth in quest of adlventures. IlIe had not proceeded far, when giving msult to a female In the road, sie struck him, and the ladies above.mentione, happening to pass tCic spot whcn it occurred, were assaulted by the tlefenilant in the way describtd, for which lie was locked up. The constable said that thc egg-merchant had a tood deal of money In his poclcets whien he was brougtnt to the watch- bouse, which he was in great danger of having lost. T'he Mwiagistrate asked the defendant wvhat he had to state in his .lefene ? The pooregg-mecrchant mnerely shook his htad and shrug- ged up his shouluiers. He was then discitargerl, upon paying the irst witness 10s. for her black eye, and 5s. to eacli of the other fe- males, together woith the expenses. POLICE.