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The Times, 1824-09-28T00:00:00

MiANStON-1O5JSE~.A. Jew tiiaied Levy war, brought before the Lottr MAyeu., tharged by another Jew, namned Wolfson, with havinz robbed hfim of various articles, which she prisoner was en. trustedI to dispose of in the country. The prosecutor stated, thaton thie 30th, of Nqovember last, the pri- soner applied to him to be employedl as a traveller, anti was em- ployed in thiat capacity. WVitness, after having tried him on a few occasions in telling articles of various kinds, stocked him woll and sent himn inito the country. After sonice conisidterable absence, lie re- tuirnedl to towvn withi a pair of black eyes, and without eithecr goods or mi-oney. The prosecutor, the momentheti saw himn, suspected that t)e black eyes were thieforeruniners of somievile trick. Tie prisoner sail, thiat asbe wasjourncying initherneighbourhood of Chelmsford, he wast knocked dlown by robbers, whostripped him of his goods and left bins without at penny. To prove this tact, he prodiuced a hand- bill to that effect, whic had been issued bv the MAlgistrates~ of Es- sex, tu whom he had stated Iiis mnisfiartune, and who, witis great xreat humanity, befriendled hiim. The prosecutor theni acerqained, that when the&prisoner mentioned tihe circumstatices of the robbery so the MA-gistrates, lie actedi the part of a robbed mnan tu sunch Perfectiot thsat a subscription was entered upon, and the suam of 301. wvus collected to set up the poor Jew once mnore. Before the prsoner could get possessioni of the money, isowever, it wss necessary forhim to come to towli, which lie did, aflter hiaving paidi a visit to ithe owner of a public-house in tile neighboutrheod, in whiose care he had left sonile property. Upon inquiry, it was learned that the property whiici liad beeni intrusted to the publican was r,o otlier than tile pro. secutor's goods, which thie prisonter intendled to turn to Ihis own. ad. vr,,1atitae, cas! scott as he sliouild becomne posKessed of the amount of tesucrption, andi which bie requested migiht be kept saf'ely for himr utitil lie should figishi somne business lie had to ntensd to at C'helnsford. The prosecutor had also had reason to believe that lie liad beaten hiis liead againist a post to disfigure himself in such a manner as to throw credit tipon his story. The prisoner declared that lie positively hiad been robbed by foot- pad s in rite road, who beat himr desperately. He saidl lie certainly liad left a ebundile of goods; at a piblie-hol'se, but then that bundile was the property- of another person whio lhad employed himi as a tra- veller, and not of the prosecutor. The LoRn MAAyoit askedi himn the namne ofiiis niew employer ? The prisoner could noct recollect, but he was quite sure thart the property at the public-house was not the prosecutor's. The prosecutor said lie hadl leatrned thatt the prisoner liad actually madle a present to the landlaidy of the making of a gown, for thec rarec slie was taking ot' the gsootls, anti that the gown was matle of Part of a ptece OF nmuslin which wvas amongst tile articles int:usted to htim by binA employer. The Prisoner saidI tile gown could not be of that piece, as it was not lik ely thiat the thiieves who robbed bins wouldl go to the public-hiouse at whichi lie liael set up. The Ijloeecutor obbserVed, thalt thie prisoner's l icence, and the cloth in whichl the goods bail been depositeti ,were fouind uponi Iint, and that if thie robbery hiad beeni commnitted, those mnust have disappeared with the rest. fie thloughit, lie Said, as miuch of the abominable attempt to deceive the hiumane people of'Chelnmsford, as of the robbery. Tueli Lortd MAYo i said, tint if thae statement of the prosecuxtor was correct, thiere could not be a more enormous achetee of deceptionl. Priaoner.-.I never robbed him. Prosecutor--" Whrly, theni, have you not gone to Citelmsford for your 301. It ,hies there for you ? No, nio, you know the whiole a-fFair is known) there, a'nd that you will never get a -penny of, tl.' Tute LoRan MAYOR *sent the prisoner to Cheboaford in the ctiss- tOihy of an officer. Three persontie appliedl to the LotnD M1AYort to grant them an order of admission to a honuse in Fleet-street, where, they said, the wife of a~ gentleman was in daniger of starving. The LoRD Al.&YOVR wasnot a little surprised at the novelty of the application, and desired to Ruinoi the particulars. TFite applicants said, that an exectition hiad been put into the house fo!r a quarter's rent, atdtil iitt the tetnant itad b!een obligedt to absent himself oni account of some pecuniary emilarrassments-leaving, howecver, his wife iupon the premises. The furniture had been Sold, and thec landlord was deterniined to have the lhotise, and bad prohi. tedI any personi fronti bringing, provisions to the wife of thte tentant. Under these circumstances, ttile poor woman muist, if' his Lordship would not give hlis aid, lie undouibtedly starved to dleathi for all attemipts to introdluce a miorsel of bread to iicr had proved ana- v'ailing. The Louni MAIYOR Said, lie believed, that althotight the landliord :itighit not allow Provisions to he taken to the ladv. lie would have no objectiomi tole', thec ladiy go to the provisiotns. Thie q tiestion was one lor it court, of law. Tt'ie applicanits saidi, they (lid not know whtetimeror not thie landilordi would let her ouit, aitld again urgedl the- necessity of prevcntingdeatli by st arvation. hlis Loannsstt r dlesireti thiens to infornis the person ;viio prohibitedI thec introdluctioni of food, that if' aly bail consequenices resuilted fronti the prohibition, lie mnsst be responsible. Tue mien left tule Jtisticeeroott to convey this irifortnation, after Itaving staretd that thiere were htkndreds of people about the house. Gui r.nimA,tr.r..Two stout Irishmen, bricklayer's labourers, niauited f'ulricle WlVrch anti Timostohy Mi)urphiy, were brouglit to the office yesterday itiorniimtg before MNr. Aldlerinan 'WOOn, by Light. foor, the street-keeper of' Fleet-street, LiOW had just tihemi tolken them intte custody utilcer thle followringl circumstances t-AIlr. Wariters, a broker. htac lisut a distress for retit, by the idirectlvi of Mr. WVhite, th airi,iltto the baker's, sho p, No. I 51, Fleet-street, atid thie good haingT''"" been retnoved after t le usuial itt-iwberof days, tlic itien iii possession slimlnid have been withidrawnt on Tuesday last, bitt Alr. White. 'tt.uere heiAg somne dispute between Ihint and a AI1r. Homne, a lawitlordi over hititi zave directitns to the nien to ret,ain liossession, and if' anly body ofleredl to d1isturb theisii, to give tliemn in charge to an ofiicer. ti rs. Goo0denoutgh, the tetait intwo lIatel been dlistrainied uponi, w:at Still in thle house, 1mId her br-othier and brotlmcr.iii-law call- itigj in, tbunillher alniiost withiout food, anti( afraidi to stir to proicure any, les-t She shouldl tint again be adlittitted inito tile house. Thiey lef't tier logo and obtatin supplies, andl oni their return were derdied admiiittance therm-selves. They had retuined, liowvever, yestertlay- miorninits,bringing tue twopri'sorere, withi thei-St as autxiliaries, and( hiad l'ately electedI t'tl! brokcer's ina allznd Itis- assistant out of the premnisee; tile ftatte~r, determined to tbllowv Mlr. White's instructinns, watched at ithe iloor till the two Trislhmeti camie out, anti thenl gave ithema in cuegtody to Lightfoot. suvch, it subsequently appeared, was the true state of thccase; h ut frlonti lie stuipidlity of'thle fellow who gave the cliarge, it was athir,,t impossible to miakce heatl or toil of hisstnry. Tuec Irishmen them-- selves deniiedi it tulItogethier. Titeiriale, in wihich thety both coincided, atiid wliielt was told writli great niative Simplicity, was, that they had been fteted aboitt an houir ande attalf before fronti St. G;ile%a,.% y twogentlenien, whoaskied ihieui if thiey warnted a job, anid thankfuil for emiploymmielut, they hiad fbilowedtieiti to Fleet-street, whlere thiey took therm into this house, itaretted timenl LAP tU thc seconid floor, ordered themil ittbalf a gallon of beer, antI lef't theist to rrfresit titettiqelves wi th it. Ljookinig rounid 111m, and finiiling the stolves were till ouit, titev were congrattulaiitig themtselves, that they wvere about to hiare a goo,Ld job to set ttitent all againi, when they lbcarcl a sort of scuffle and btustle below stairs. ~- By my faith, 'frih." r-ays pat W1elch, A" but this a queer hiouse, arit afraidi, anti we'll go downt anti see wliat'6 toe tiitAtter*. They did so,atnd were just in timne to see tile two gen. tlienien that lied engaged thetai, turning the broker's mian and Ihis assistant ouit of doors. And wvhat becamie of yoti aftertvards ? said Mir, Aldertnan Woon. Why thley toldilits ire 1iil,itt go too, Savs Werlch, and never gave us any tlitiig lit all for our tiine bitt in-st tile draught of porter wve got; and there's tuie ta-o geNthemeistthat didt it, Said lie, pointing to ,ie brother and brother-in-law, who, having re-instatedi rheutaclves i fufti possessioni of' the premlises, hadt followecd to the oilice, to aid titeir-ati auxiliaries4. hFroin heilltithe Magistrate saoon learynt the true hi%tory of the afflair. Air. Wihite, thecy cotisidered, was keeping die nien in pos- ses.sion illegally, and having threatenied t ett alil m haif'a dozen Ihistt- ii;n to Prevent their being ousted, they (tthe brothiers) had engaged thec two prixotiers as their auixiliaries in rase of liters. They deniedl, however, that thec prisoners' assistamice hiad becen called inito action, but thiat thiey (the brothersl had turTnedsithe two men ouit theinselves. Air. Aldcrnman WoeD reprobated in stronig termsg the impro. rity of' titking advan"tage of the simnplicity of these poor fellows to lea'l!1 tiieni irto such a situation, siliner the pretenice of giving theitii employm-entt. Every bosly kuiew how easily they wvere to be workedl upon by kindtiess atild a Ii tie liquor, anid if' Spirits hurl been giveis to Lethem insteadt of portter, andtithere really lhad beeni occasion to call for an exertisis of titeir prowvers, thlere wtts no saying what. miachiief mighit have ensuedl. Fortunately, mowevevr,Ntheir ttid lhad not been wantedt, and witli their legal tdisputes, lie, as a miagistrate, had noa- thiing 'as) do. Thec prisoners were atcordingly dlischarged. B3ow-s'raEaT.-Yesterday one Johisi futste. who desctibed, hitiseif ti be by Profess'ion a waiter at a coffee-tiost'se, wasi broiglit up on a wvarranit. chtsrgetl witll,puzttinig Joseph Mason in bodily fear, by threatetting to-stab himt. Mir. Mlasoni, in Stating his glievances to tile Mlagistrates, said lie had the honour of being a itieinber of'thstt very resiiectable andtrimoat intlispenisably necessary f'raternity, tilefrisesses of London, and that lie carriedi on his business at Charing-cross, wlere, thanks be to Provfdence.-..iot to metition his owvn skill in the art, whiceh lie believedI few wouldt venture to question-he had at very good connexion ; in fact, lie had the honour to dress the heads of bankers, army.agents, and even members of Parliamient in his own iomoe.4istc neiglibotehsood. The Vroflts of hlis calling wexre consider-. able, tr.d having every thing tolera'bly comiforitable about him ex- Cept a vile, matters would go on smoothly enough, and he mighit Sail steadily and happily alonag the stream of life, but for the extra- ordinary bebaviour of the defendant, who was his pcst, his tormientor, his evil genius. Hfewculd notst:ir out without being atta%ckedin the streets by him and called all sorts of ungenteel names; and if he re- mnainied at home, the deferidant would raise a riot about his door, and Proclaim himn to the people whiom hiis violecnce and noise. collectbd togethter, as every thing that was bad. M oreover, he had threatenedi to stab hrim, antd had over and over acain said, be would "rip hisi b-.Y guts open, and hang themi- abou't hiis head 1 Sir R. BiRN5E....- Wcll, Mlr. Home, hiow do you accouint for all this ?" Huome, who had stood Ifstening most impatiently to the state- ment of thle complainant, anid whio seemea almnost bursting with anx-iety to speak, now began a long harangue-"'Your worshi it,", said hle, " it ils Teally surprising tomre hiow this nitan can hiave thle imlpu- I dience to come hlere to make such a chiarge against me. WVhv, Sir, he hasrobbed me oftmywife, Sir. Shei isalways with him-s'he fol- lows htii about every where ; I cani't keep hier from him ; miy hiome is neglected, my comfort is destro yed, and can it be wondered at that I s3metimes get into a passion ? Buit what makes the miatter still worse, Sir, is, that he beatts her; f,ond as she is of. him, Sir, lie heats hier shiamefullv, and vet-the dievil imust be in thie woman, I think--she wvill run afrcr bim. It was but ntie othier day's that lie knockei hier downi, and cut her eye, the mark of vwhichi cut she will carry with hier to the grave. I ami pesteredi to death, Sir, and almost eriven out of my minid, by her and this matn. I nave offered to rnake her home comfoirtable if she would give hiu uon. ortto allow hier a mainteniance if she chose to keep, away from me ;' but shic will (l0 neithier. She goes after hiti when she chooises, and then comnes: back and annoys mne. Sir R. B ErvNiE:.-Are youi quite sure that you have good ground for suspecting your wife's infidlelity ? Mlay you nut be mlistaken Hinme.-Oh no, Sir. I have too good reason to know ch!at they have been crimiinal together. Sir R. Bsit?eex (pointing to the defendant and then to the com- PIlairant.)...AVy, looking"1 on this picture and on, thiis," I shtiuld pronounce it inmpossible. Are you quite ecrtair, that she prefers him to you ? H um~e.-I have no doubt of it. Sir R. BiRNrEc.-Well, I shotild htave thought it couildl not be but dz gnslibus norm cst dtsps;tonditm. However, I do not thiink, Ailr. AlLason, thait you have any personal harm to fear. Alason.-Yes, I have indeedl, your worship, for lie carries a tre- Mendious wveapoi about himn, which lie swears, shall be the dealth of. me. I will describe it to you, Sir, anti thiet judge for yours&'f.i It is twelve inchies long, ind' onie endI consists of lead of at least two pounds weight, and the other of a blade boih longz and sharp. Bless your soul, your worshiip, it would let Oult at man's il1fr7rof-(We pre- sume Mlr. Mlasoni meanit inteci;al)-parts in no time. lie carriets it: uip his sleeve. Hume lizughed hneartily at the description of t'he weapon, and said that it had no existence hut ir, the fearful imag-ination otlAMr. AMason. Sir R. BIRa-ac observed, that in thie first plate fie ihought fl umie was foolish to give himself as much trouible about hiS wife, who. according to liis showing, was really no; worth a moment',, thoughti and, on the other hand, he cotiuld not think, under the circnniissancess. of lholding himi to bail, lie considered the alleged threats as, miere empty words.-TLhe warrant wais discharged. to thie evident changrin of AIlr. Amaon. HA'T TOs-u GARD)EN.-.Ye.eterdazy John MaBb4hidM, who stated himiself to be 76 years ot' age, support2d on crutches, was brought tip in the -ustody of one of the officers of the Mlei;dicitv _~ocieiv, charged wvith having been foundic beeging in Hur;ter-stre-et, Brun's- wick.squnare, a-nd as being a notorioui's ` begging-letter" writer. -Mr. Walker, assistant manager to the bocietv, attended, and it appeared from their documents in 1821. a reference was sent to the Society by Lord Loraine, in conseque nce of a letter receivedI by hIm- fioni the prisoner, exhibiting a state of' great family distress. On inquiry beinig mnade at the hiouse, iNo. .50, Little George-tetreet, 'Wansctead-road, w-hich hie gave as his address, the Society was ;n. formed by the landlady (a widlow), that the applicant for relief had quiitted lher lodgings a few days before, after remainitig with her Air nearly 5 mionths, wibhstitpcn n et thoaughi he bedA mTgi- nally taken the apartment buti for a night. repre.Nenting himiiself' to be a gentlemrani entitled to 9,0001., at F'resCnt in litigat'ion, in con-. sequience of his hlaring married his own servant; she wmis inf(rirmec afterwardIs that be hiad gained hiis living (luiring a periodl of Reven- teen years by-, writinig begging letters. The Societv, on maiking further inquiry, discoveredi that in 1816i, Lady liaresiurt and oilier ladie.s agreedt to establish this snan insa stationary andI toy clip. At irast he seemed torapprove of' thie plant, but whenl it. was ietsi,ted iLs a condition that lie sihouldl desist fromi seniding letters, his urife in- quired what wouild be thie probable profits, Of the shop, wherther thjey would amount to a certain) souri? Oni being answered in ti-i nega- tive, bisth husband and wife declined to accei,t the gzenerous proposal, inasnmnch as thleir letters produtced themr annually, itt least 15IOl. Sinc tht peiodhe led een n te hait,in cntanction withi his wife ofcirulaingther lttes; he eprseningherself as aban- dond b he huban, ad ie rpreentng hatthebeloved partner of is oso, tgeter ithhisinncet children, were without bed and ainent orcomon ecesares.Thirty-eighit of those letters were referre to the Society; they were written in the best sisie3, with the date,t filld Aip with a pe,ncil, according as they teemeid is be re- q'iired for uise. Yesterday miorning,. wlheir he was apprehetnded in H-unter-street, Brunswiclk-square, he ptesentcd to dhe lady of ihe house, a letter purporting to be addressed to im Iti- y liio Grace the Dhtke of Portlandi, promising to assist himn. Tfie prisoner, whio was respeztably attiredi, witlh hoary locks, and altogether of an imposing venierable appeCarance, when called ott tor hits def'ence, proceeded te state thiat lie had been an officer in the armyv, but in eutraequencti of' nusncrous embarrassments was coinpcllecd to sell hisIcommission. After many years stru;ggling to recover hiis due ranlk in society, he was compelled to have recourse to letter-writing for iris :iubsist'nce, writing nfot only oni hi5 own accoutit, but also for others. Alt. LAtnc,v-Pray whnat regiment did y-ou belong to Prisoner.-Regimnent I Oh, I have beeti in severatl. Mr. LaA5-NG.-1What regiment did, you sell out of? Prisoner.-Sell out of ? W1hy tlic-ctre-73th. Air. LATe,'c.-Whio teas the Colonel Prisoner...-.Oh, your tworship, I can't recollect, it's so long aigo. Air. LAsaNG.-What other reeimecnt was you in? PristineT.-Regimeitt I was in ? Ohi, the fiO th Mir. l,Al:xc._Who commanded it? Prisoner.-Commnanded it? Whv-whv-Sir Robert Abereroli-byi was our hiead colonel ; can't say the'n-arire'oftie colonel in coutmanci. Ait. LA5?sn.-Wihat was tlie last regimetit you terre in ? Prisoner.-The last-last ? Wthy-the 5tir Foot ; but thiere was only ani etttign. Air. LAIts'o.-Who was your commander Prisoner.-Oh, Commander? :~ir-,~ir Atdrew Clarke. Mrl. i,AtyG.-WhlO sea the Captain oh'your comnpany ? Pris.oner.-.Olh, bless3you, Sir, wehi,tl not sufficie.nt eveti to form a T ' atanswer put an enid to the exeamirmationi, anti Air. Laing wats about to send the prisoner to the sessions, whe?i the Assistanit Mlarmager of the Society wftithrew rthe charge, in consequence of the extrme ge f te ~risner onhispronising to goD to cse,woricheulie of ths parsh ofMarylbone his egal ctuiient), where hie wass ac- cordinly set, in ite etetoti ofanofficr. fYn,ksTasruy.a gntel-ookngyoung nitan, was charged on suspiion f stalin a tble-lockfromout o f thebar-ooih the Alendicitv's Society's house, Rcd Lion-square. Air. Ed4ward Rawlinsot; Alitart, cleric ii tite Society' office, stat- cr1 that tIre prisoner teas for somei dav's in attendance a't thie itotuse as 1 aL claimant for assistance, anti on Friday lesst, alter the d:ock was missetd, he was found tIrinking Nottingham Ale tvith tile cook, which costs a shiM:igr a bottle -,indl as the boilrd room :was open, nle wa suspected of baving puirloinedtldie clock. Tiue society a pe viously dhisistiss tilte tapplication. hdpe Mrlill. AI,AiOt ordered ithe lrrisoner to be searchted, but nothitig was foittiti on is p)ersn excej)t the dJuplicate ofabesopn 'Vito0 prisonter protested aqainst the creLIIt' andI Linjus%;ifiaI,lenCss of the charge. ant-l said that lie hiad been a coniincicial traveller to stnn,e most respectable htousesR, but thrtough illnes~s lie had beeni obligedI to Liake away with his clothies, and mierely, ap~pliedi to the society v for tire loan of 31. to pitt hiin in a condition to look out for anothe r si.. (tiatiori. lie irad beetn inth leAlendicity Hiouse tin FridaY, nio loubt. and hiail assisted tire coolt in preparing the brewitig utensils, who had senlt out for the ale, bit tIdenied hiaving beets, near that parrr of' tIe Itretnisea in w-deli tire Board Room w:as situate. Alt. LAINGu saiid, that. as tIre roomn was knownI to he oplen, it was pos4sible anyv other personi miilght have gone in asin szollet tile clock-, thioughi appeararnces were against tlir prtsoricr, whio wLs, zievcrrlic. loss, entitled to lils rilscharge. laAMrtaTlt-sTHFnr.E .-Vesterd;ty Johni (Cordosi, tidrover iii tire criplovment of Air. l?'riglit, a carcase, buticher in Whitechialpel, ap.. pearert before Sir IDAsmrE. NVSLLIAta, in ansswer toa sunritmoas for wanitonly and cruiellyi beating, arid Otherwise tornmeiting2ja lheifer, on last WVetlinseday evenitig, near Stratford-.bi-idgc, while driveing hier to town. Mlr. (iurney, tire banker, in Lornhard-.street, whto, itappeared, was going on ithat evening to iris cormntry residence at Uipton, andi seeing the poor -tittiiial in so smiocking a state, fetlt prompnted by, those prirl.. ciples of' lritunatiity whiceh so juistly cliaractefite tire benevolent mind, to rewuonutrate whitr this worse tian bruttal drover, at ritec santie tiime apprising hiint that he would have timn sunirmoired for thle of- f'ence, -which lie did. AIrl. Guirney attended ycesterdlat and as soon ws he etitered thle offic-e he wvas rccownizcd by S:ir D)AxEj,'s WILLIAMS, wo)o invited fis-iri to a seat on tIre bench, and in a little tituse after tire case was called ott. 1ilt. Gurntey rose and spokce nearly to cite f'ollowing ei- feet :-}Ie said titrt he would cautrously avoid, by arsy represelttts tion of his, any thiing- that wtould have tfie tendency ol enlisting any of thtose feelings wvhich atre somectimes irritated) at ithe recital of such savage barbtarity. On tire contrary, lie would confine Haitsrlf to suchi matter of facets as, lie could satisfactorily mairitaL'; by incontEr-~ s-ertible evidrlece. He said, that on tire eveninig stared, near Strat- ford-bridge, lie was goinig to his counitry residence, wheni his atteri- lion wnis car.rghit by it poor beast, teorm downs by fatizue and ifll-u4iig.e, lyinig ott the road-side; (lint theblond wa-s streaming cop-iously fromi irs nostrils anid curs; that (lie dlefendanrt sveas standing ever it, autd tire poor, tinimal appeared f'rom such treatment to be so exhausted as not to be able to rise t in confirmation of which, the ownier wvas driven to tire alterrmativeof ha.ving it kAilled wehere it IRy; and front thesaine spot thley were obliged to subsequently remove tire carcass. The hrst witness called was rbhom:s Pettiford, who stated, that on the day mentioned. he saw the defendant driving the beast near Stratford-bridge; the animal, apparently from being oveidrove or exhaustion, hty down ot tihe road-side. Tire 'lefendant sat upon it, andl commeniced in the nmost cruel rmanner to job the poor aninal witln thie encl of lis lstick ii the ears andI nostrils, fromr whinch the blood commenced to fiow in a moment afterwards. That the witne.ss requscste(l several thnes of him. to tesist, but defendant paid no re- gard to what be sail, atnl still continued to torrient the animal. John Simnions, another wititess, corroborat,d the testitrony of the preceding wittness in the prin cipal parts. A gentleimran, who also witNessed the transection, attenided at tire office. He said, that or, his renoonstrating withi the defendant on thie crtelty of hiis condu -t, lie wtas assailed bv the mnost gross abuse that eould be possibly uttered bv the defendant. The defendant denied the cliarge of ill-treating the animral and as for ill laisguage, he said he miglit, in his passion, have said sorne. thing not pleasing ti3 the gentleman who spoke last, but he never opened his lips to hMr. Sujiney. Ils employer, Air. teriglt. stated iliat he had known tIhe defenid- arit seven or eight years, and that Ire ied beenmtwelve months in hlis eniploymnent. lIe aliees considered himn a humiane pvais. otiherwise ge wvoauhtilnotkeep Xhimin hisetsiploymisent. The defeadant lias a Air. Gurney aslced vitnecss, was there any niarks of violecGe or deterioration is the price o( the meat ? Mr. W'ight answered in tire affirinative. Sir 1D. WiL3iA-rs remarlced that a clear caac wals rnade oit against the defenda-tt; and after animadvertinig in just terms on his brutal conduct, he coinvicted hin in the penalty of 20s. and costs. Upon0 iMir, Quruey auittiog the bench, tl.e wortby MatsL-rate, in terms of marked approbation, applauded the modtiesw hicht actuate' !1 r. Gtirney in briniring the business forward. QUEx-z QuARE.-qlr. Salisbury, the proprictor of the Botani- cal Gardeas, Bromnpton, charged G eorge Suire, a gardener, with stealing some very cloice apples. M.r. Salisbury stated, that for the last twenty years be hbd been collecting the choicest apple trecs from different parts of the world2 and he had a greater variety than any other peison in E;urope, 2ana the apples stolen by the prisoner were some of tbem, the first bear. ir,gs of the tree-, and the loss to him wvas very great, as le wished them Ifr specimens. The Atagistrate said, that if the fruithad been stolen after it hal been gathered from the trees, the offence would have been mnore se- rious; as it waRs, he could ondy order the prisoner to pay the value of the frait, which wsas 8s., and a fine of ls. and costs. The prisoner was ordered to be committed for two months to the ifouse of Correction. in default of payment. UNION.HALL.-Yesterday John Penton and James Munroe, two horse-dealers. were brought *Ip in custody of two watchmen, ora charge of furious nriving in a gig, in I la friars-road, on Sundany evenimg, at rnine o'deck. The warchmen stated, that the prisoners were both in a gg, and drove tver the road in all directions, to the grcat terror and annoyance of the passengers, who gathered round th em, and pulled themi out of the gig, snd gave them in clwrge ; one of'thenm was drunk at the time: the other was sober. Thc defcfndants stated, that ticy were both horse-dealers, and one of then was about buying the horse from the other, and e2a trying him ir. a gig. The .M agistrate said, furious driving was become a nuisance so in. tolerable, that all persons conicted of it mut-t be punished with as much, everity as the law allowed. On reterence to the act of Par- liament, it was found, that the owner of the carriage was subject to a penalty of' 5i., and the driver to a peyalty of 40s. . Thc wawcbrnan tated that theowner was sober, and endeavoured to restrain the other and get the reins from. him , in consideration of which the Mlagistrate mitigated the penalty 7o 40s., and expressed great satisfaction that the act allowed him to give half the fine to the wratchmen, as an encotragemenet to others to apprehend furious drivers. by whose misconduct fives were frequertly lost. Thc prisoners, havingpaid the fine, were about to derart, when the .Magistrate observing in a morning paper he vay readitg an ac- COUnt of the terror produceti bg the prisoners' conduct, tand a state. ment that they haI actualiy thrown downand injured two persons by driving against them, hle d;rected them to enter into recogtizances to come up again in a weAk. to answer any charge that mnight be pneferrtd against them. POLICE.