Police.
The Times, 1824-12-15T00:00:00

IMANSrOiS-xlOUSE.-Already we have to announce the excellent effect of the appeal made to the public bv thc LORD MIAYOR in behalf of the Spanish and Ihtlfan sufferers on Monday. His Lord- ship received yestcrday morning several contributions from persons who a fewv moments before saw the account of the distressing scene at the Justice-room during the application of the starving foreigners, in the newspapers. It iD rather extraordinary that the earliest con- tributors were gome mechanics, who, thc moment they saw the state. ment, put their hands into their pockets and gave all they could afford from their own tfmnilies. Some workmeni, wbo went into a public-house to breakfast, clubbed a shilling a piece, which they intended to have had in beer after the laborsof the day, for the rellefof their poor fellow-creatures. This' amounted to 11. The journeymen of Mr. Ross, the hairdresser, also sent 11. Three or four poor fellows, who looked as if they could verY badly afford to give any thing, entered the Justice-room, gave a sfiilling each, and apologized for the size ofthe benefaction. The LORD MAYOR told them, that he knew he should have visilts upon the occasion from all ranks of his fellow-citizens; that they (his present visiters) had the merit of being amongst the first and that their contributions were the more valutable, however small they might be, from the promaptitude vith which they were brought for- wayd in this case of extremity. Several gentlenmen called upon his Lordship, upon the subject of a subscription, which they expressed their hopes wouldI be very general throughout tihe empire. They asked his Lordship, whether fancy had not something to do with the description given of thesituation of thle refugees. I His Lordship re- plied, that the statement was very t'ar from bein highly coloured. The feelings of the public might have been more highlv excited if those who wrote the accou,nt had thought it necessary to give each case of misery int detal: but they probably thought tatK sitmple and gene- rat view of wretchedness was sufficient to comrnand the sympathies of the humane, whe were numerous enough to give adequate relief to a handful of distressed gentlemen. One of the delegates, his Lordship added, in describing the state of those he represented, :said in emphatic language, " We are a disgrace to the Britislh people In every thing, except our principles; for we are, with the abilities to sttpport ourselves respectably, walking idly about the streets, huc- gry and in rags. We disgrace the English people bv a shameful exhibition, in a place where industry and character are ever crowned with prosperity." In the course of the (lay three or four Spaniards came to the Justice-room, for the purpose of communicatlng with hlis Lord- ship on the subject of the espected meeting. hlis Lordship asked them in what mannerthey had been suoporting themselves. " WV'hy," said they " we, and between 20 and 30 other brother officers 'lave been regularly suipplied by an old comrade !" '- A comrade !" said the LORD AfAYoR, " what comrade could affiord to assist you ?" .' Captain Venegas," replied the Spaniard. So sure as the charitv ofthe public reached hlis hands, his visiters received a share, anti were thus, by his means and his advice, prevented from begging from tloor to door. The LORD !\IAYoR expreased the pleasure he felt at finding that his opinion of Captain Vencgas, when that officer first appeared be- fore hint, was not a mistaken one, and highly praised the generosity of that mild and gentlemiianly petitioner. Ilis Lordship was in- formed in the course of the daty, that the Captain ha(l gone into the country with strong Ictters of recommendation as a teacher of lan. guages. The LORtD AlAYOR said, that backed as every case which called for the exercise of humanity was, by the public pre4s, he anticipated a rivalry of benevolence through thle efforts of that channel of pub- lic information. The fishermen and owners of the oyster.boats have,since they were comnpelled to admit the vessel laden with salt withtin Billiugsgate fock disputed the right of salt vessels to enter, contending that tile latterlnave never entered It but upon mere sufferance of the officers who bave the control of the market ; that their right has never been legally recognized; that, at all events, the fishing boats have a prior right, the market and dock having been formed expressly for them,' and, consequently, thit the ralt vessels have no right to keep themi; out, vaiting with their perishable articles, until the imperishable ar- ticle of salt slould be discharged. They also, upon the point of utilty, contended that the claim ofthe fishing boats was stronger, inasmuch as they had no other place to go to, and the salt vessels oight dischar?e their cargoes at any other wharfs. The claim of the salt vessels,on' tihe ground that salt camc within the act of Parliament as provisions, they also di:sputed. The owners of the salt vessel found, that if they conceded that the fishing boats had a prior right to enter the dock, they might as well give up the elahm at once, as the fishermen would take good care to keep the place constantly fihlcd. They contested the position, and contended that by prescription they had an equal right to land the salt at the docks. Two gentlemen waited upon the Lord MIavor in behalf of the salt porters, and submitted a number of authorities in support of the right nf the salt ves:els. The chief appeared to be an extract froem Stowe's Sr rvey, wherein he mentions expressdv that the market was formed a3 well firr the landing of salt as for fish and provisions. The LORD MAYOR admitted that it appeared to him that the riglht of the salt vessels to discharge their cargoes at the market was clear. If any furtiher interruption were ma-le to them in the exer- cise of that eight, those wlho were concerned in it would be proceeded againt wilth severity. Bow-sREE1.- Yesterday a rather well-dressed Irishman, of the name of Patyiek Perlerk, was brought before Sir RICHARD Bxj,r:E, on a warrantissued in Ireland, and backed by Mlr. Min- shutl, of thix office, on a charge oF having been a party in a conspi- racy to Drocure and give false evidence in the case of *- Mest- meath v. Westme3th," in which the Marchionessnoughtin theCon. sistorv Court for a divorce, on the ground of adultery on the part of the n6ble iarquis. The prisoner, we understand, was brought up in tile family of the Marquis in a very humble capacity, and he was one among many others who gave evidence in support of the suit of her ladyship. Since that, discoveries have been nmade which have induced his Lordship's legal advisers to prefer indictments against the witnesses on the other side for conspiracy and perjury. Bills being found before a grand jury, warrants were of course is- sued for the apprehension of the parties; and the prisoner, as well as others, was taken into custody; but he (we understood) escaped, and came to thiscountry. The warrarnt against him was transmnilted to this countrv, and being backed in the usual form, it was put into the hands of1 icholls, a conductor, who, on Alonday evening, ap- prehended him while standing on the steps of' the Alarchionesa sa cc sixence, in St. James's Palace. In answer to several questions from Sir R. BIRNIE, he atdmittetI that he was the person named in Nicholls's warrant, and that he was once a plough-bay in the service of the nobic Marquis. He was told, that the offence with which he stood accused was charged to have been committed in Irelan,d, and that he must be conveyed to that country in custody, unless he could give responsible and satisfactory bail for his appearance at the next assizes for the county where he waR to be tried. ie wasasled if he could procue bail. - The prisoner said lie had already given bail upon this charge in Ireland. SirR. Brni4ir. asked him if he had a certificate of that fact. The prisoner said he bad not: it was not ,'suzli to give certificates of that Kil in Ireland. dir R. BsxsuiE said he could not take the word of the prisoner as to his having given bail in Ireland, and he must adopt one of the alternatives befort-mentioned. Had he applied to any one upon the subject ? 'The prisoner said he had written to the Miarchioness to inform her of his situation. He expressed a wiish,also,to apply to her Ladyship'a proctor. He was told that time shoutd be given him for that purpose, and he was taken away in custody. On Mlonday evening while Madame Vestris was absent at the theatte,some darfnR ang well-practised thief mounted the area raitinisg of her house in Stanhope-street, May-fair, and having contrived, with implements peculiar to his calling, to tinfasten the shutters and sash ot the parlour-window, lie made his way stairs to the lady's dressing-room, and possessed himself of ti.whole of her jewellery, wnit which lie got clear off. When Madame Vestris re. turned homoe, rather late, she discovered her loss, and of course made it known to her friends. About one o'loeck in the morning, a noble Lsrd and Mr. E_t, a genitleman well known in the highest circles, drove to Sir 1Richard Birnie'e; private house, iu Bow- street, tbr the purpose of giving information and of seeking assistance at the hands of tle worthy Chief Magistrate. Sir Richard, heov. ever, had retired to rest, and they were advised liy the servant to seek an officer. They found one, and exertions are snaking to for. wvard the ends of justice,'but nothing decisive has as vet been done. The thief carried off tlhe .entire of iMladame Veatris's collection of jewels, which we understand was very valuable. AlART.osLouJOw.sTREET.-In mentioning the case of Mr. Ve,nhre yesterday, who is in custody upon a charge of bigamv. we stated that the name of thelady whom he,is charged with hasv. ing first matrried, was Irancis lenrietta Colborne. This is thc lady's name, and it appears that shg also is a xlady of title, being either the wife or widow of Sir James Colborne. It seenis that this lady, like M Urs. I','artlett, had enmployed Mr. Ventura to teach lier the guitar, ant ultiately married him, conceiving hersldf to be a widow; but dlr. Ventura contends no is his defence, that when he married Lady Colborne. Sir James was then alive, in the West Inlies, and has actually since returned to this country. so that his niarriage *vith Mlrs. Baritett must be valid, and- the first contract null. MIrs. Bartlett, it appears, quitted her scat at Shenley-hisll three weeks ago, owing to seone threats of personal violence, used towards her bi ivMr. Ventura, from her refusal to sanction certain proposals of his respecting property ; and soon after her departure, Mfr. Ventura discharged every servant belonging to the establiahniept, and lived quite alone in the house, withlout even the exception of a cat or dog. He was offering the place for sale, and admitted no per- son into the 'house until he questioned them from,} an upper window, and ascertained that they called about the ptirchase of the nouse. He was considered In the neighbousbooa a very violent man, and was known to be well armed, and supposed generally to wear a poniatd. When Clements, -the officer, arriveal at the inn near Shenley-lihll, he haa oecasion to go some distaucE across the country, to get his wv;yrait basked by M51r. elowad, ont of the.c6unty maLgistrates for Hertfordsrhire ; antd: while he-was itb. aent, a person whio accompanied hiti froitt Londoni incautiously mentioned to the landlord the object of their visit; and when the officer returned, Mr. Rare, the landlord, asked him- if he wags nok come dowin to apprehend Mlr. Ventuira. The officer, althoeugh much astonishied at the qhestion, answered.that he was ;. and although he did not intend to have gonie to the house so, early, (seven o'clock), hie novw determiinedt to loseno time, lesl. inforinalion should be conimu.; nicated to Air. Venitura of hiis arrival. WVhen the officer was setting ouit from tIre inn, which was onlv about 2Q0 yards trom Mlr. Veji- tura's hiouse, Mtr. Hare, the landlord. adlvisedhim..to be very can. tious and well prepared, us Alr..Ventura was a most determined man, anid always well armed ; and advised' him to take warnins~ by the fate ef the constable, a most worthy map. and friend of his~ (Sir. Hare's), who wa-, some short timie ago killed near thie samne spot by a person naz6ea Connolly,.aince transported for the ofFence. However unpesn this piece of intelligence might have been con- ,,ldetelb the officer, it hiad no other efFect on him than tohae his departure alone to Shenley,-hllt; anti having ar- rived at theoOuter gale of Mlr. Venuiir~'s residence, he knocked, and -knocked, and might have knocked "till doomsday," hiad not a boy who was weeding in the shrtubbe'ry showed hiim a private knaclk of opning it. The officer having thus got woithin the gate, he closied it, anP.d proceeded to knock at the hall-door, wlhich he did for a con- siderable time without etfiet; but at length one of the top wiridowsr wvas threwn up, and a gentleman popied out hie; head to inquiire whio and what the intruder was. The ofircer said. he presumed he was addressing himself to Alr. Ventura, alnd if ho, he wished to know the terirts upon which the place, which he upderstood- was to be disposed of, would be told. Mtr. Ventura, supposing that he bad got a visiter to his mind, instantly came down and opr~ned the hall-door: and the moment he did so, the officer rushed upon him, and secured hiim in an instant, telling him that lite arrested him' in the King's name, upon a chiarge of biga-my. Mr. Ventura was thiunder- struck at the tMoment, anti offeired- no resistance, but asked per- missjion to change hiis dress. The officer, after searching him, andI finding that he had no weApon about him, set hiin at liher- ty to change his dress, and accompanied him to his dressing-room for thiat purpose, when the first sighit that presented itself to the offieer was a -regular array of all sortt of destruictive weapons-blunt. derbusses, fowlrig-pieces, pistols, swords, &c., between wvhich and Mr. Ventura he thiought it advisable to sitand during the ceremony of dressing It is bat justice, bowever, to say, that AMr. Ventura never showed the slightest disposition to use any violence towards thec officer, but walked very qalietly over to thie inn, fromi whence they set off in a jiost-chais6 for, town. Air. Venitura, it appiears, was first brought to this coun try from his native town), Vernna, by 'Barrolozzi, the eminent teachier buid composer, who, employed himn as an asisistant, chiefly to carry his guiitar at first, to the housies of thie difFerent noblemen and gentlemnen where hie taught nrfusic oni that instrument. Thje residlence of Lady Col borne wfio is an Irishi lady, is not at present ascertained. Yester3ay Benjrsmin Bazrn, the, pugilist, and landllord of thle R'Isin Sun public-house, in Windinfll-Atreel, appeared to an infor- m!ation,n charging him wvith keeping his house open at unseasonable hours, 'focr the accomnmodlation of otlher persons than travellers. - Burridge, a watchiman, stated, that about half past one o'clock- on the night of the 10th inst., as lie was passinig thie defend- ant's house, lie saw light in the parlou'r, and er something knock- ing against the table, as if gambling was going on. The windowr- shutters being unclosed inside, he thirew them open, and saw nine persons, be~ide the lanuillord, sitting round a table, drinking anid inaad.He tapped at the window, togive them notice that h' n"andthy tenmadle fast the shutters of the window. He waited chont the hous fewad,adat half past two o'clock lie saw six piersonsi come out of the liouse, and go away. - Gillespie, another watchman, conifirmedt thisr statement, hav- ing been calledI by BurridIge to look in ; and added, that Bumn him- self was onie of thie persona playing cards. Bturn, in answer to this charge, cootesded that he was not guilty, upani these grounds :-He said, thiat for the last three weeks, there had been a gentlenian from Cheltepliani, who was in town on busi- ness, stoppinig at hiis house. This gentleman not only spent a goodt deal of money in the hiouse, but also brought a number of respectable persions there, who also spent money, and were good customers. This gentlemnaR was about to leatve town, on hiis return to Cheltenham, andI before his. departure he (Burn)wished en pay him and his frienids sorme comnpliment, and accordingly inTited them to supper on the night in question. The cloth was first laid for supper in thie bar, to which thecy sat down about-II o'clock, when the hou%e wvas clear of customers; buit finding the prlace tGoosmall, theymoved the tableinto the parlour. where they lha n ore reorm, and there he certainly didi entertain his private fiiends at htis own expense: they drank about 10 bottles of wine, and remained tip until the hiour, statedt by ttire watchmnan, buit they made not the slightest noise. As for the charge of ard playing, Burn decared most solemnly that there was not. a word of truthi in it ; cardIs were never intro- (lucedl sipoken, or thouight. of, as; he could prove by ,the evidlence of resp?ectable 'tradesmnen who were present. Hle did not receive, nor was he to receivCe, OneC frsTthinrg for any thing that was eaten or dranrk on thie occasion ; he had only done as lie thoui;ht he had a right to de as well as any other mnan-gave an entertainment to hils private frienids at his own expense ; and he could not acee why apub.. lican should be debarred thie privilege, miore thani any other gentle- main. The wliole charge, he said, was brought forward, as one had before been by Burridge, the watchman, because he (Burn) did not now, as he used formerly, treat him to glasses of rum and gin at any time he wished for tfeien. Burn then called as a witness Mr. Swan, a respectable tradesman in the pari-6h of' St. J ames, who was one of the supper party on the nigh inquetio, ad wh poitielyswoe, that the whiole was a priatepary; hatno ersn pid nything, nor was to pay any thig;andtht i ws etielya rea gven by Burn-that no noise wasmad; nd,aboe ll,tht nt acad ws roduced played, or spokn of an in ver othr rspec cofirme the defendant's sta'te- Bumr was about to call two others of the partv, who attended, to sai, lavig te carg ofcad payig, hic, hwevr,had been it wasprovedand adnitredhae te detee?~anthad pesona rin.king and his as adirct volaton otie At of Parliamient. Burn sail, that he thiought it a most harsh, extraordinarr' aridi unjust distinction, that a niian, becausqe he was a pubtican, sehuold not be peimitted to entertitin a frienid, like othier people; hie always thouglit it was the right of every Englishman to treat a friend in his own hiouse, and ire could not see why he had not as good a rignt to do sueas any gentlernan or nobleman in the hland. " I n miy opinioni," said Burn, "1life is not wvorth paisseesing, if a man is to b~e deprived in this way of the society of' his private friends." Mr. DYER said, thait it was all very wvell to talk generally about the rigt and privileges of Englishmnen), ar,d be fox o-ne certainily felt no d~isiposition to curtail either, but there were certain situtlitons, in which if a man voluntarily placnes hiaiself lire consents to surren- pder certain riglhts upon certain conditions ; for instance, it is stup.. posed that Bnglishmnen have a righit to vote for members of Parlia- rnent, or to become memibers of Parliamenit, and yet there are cer- tain situations wvhich those who accept ot can neithier do one nor the other; and so it is with the publicaair: the mian who accepts that situ- ation, accepts, it knowing that hie mnust give up certain privileges, as regulated by an act of Parliamnent, aurl i hereforc the defendant couild trot be excused upon the grounes pleadled, as, if so, atny publican miight contrive to evade the law. The Magistrates consulted for a few minutes, and inflicted a pe- nalty ofl10l. upon the defendant ;,and lie having been finedl same time before at this office, this was recorded us a second conviction, anti a third against hiint mnay lead to the forfeitur-e of his licenice. Burn, whio did not seem to understand this reasoning, inisiiediatelv gave notice ofappWa, and entered into sureties toetryittat thcsessions.I 11 In thise ease, ire thfIlk Burn was right, asid the magistrates clearly wvrong-. l'Se not alppties solely to tire ordinary cuzstomlers of tile publr- cant, not to Isis frfiends ntud family. MAlItYLEi3oweE-oFr' cE.-A middle-aged respectably-dress-ed man, of' rather short statuire, calling himself Mr. Godfrey, but who has lsopased nde th nae o Coke,was yesterdlay brouight up by luckeidgeon warant hargng in withi fraud. Ile was ac- peerd i th seqel,wasa sort imebac resdin atNo.5, Cra- Acerk frm the office of Mlr. Harrner attendled on behalf of the accused. Mlr. Green, frUitererT, of No. 27j9, Oxford-street, at whose inistance the defendant was arrested, applied to have the heating postponed till the eveniing, as he said that miany persons wiho had been defrauded inca similar way to himself were unable to attend till thsen,on accotunt of an action in the King's Bench, expected to comne on that day agairrst this party, and in which 'they were witnesses. MIr. RAwaJNSONc replied, that lie would rather hear what his coimplaint was, before he determined on remanding the ease. iul r. Green then stated, thait on the 6th of July, the defendant calledI on himn, and ordered fruiit, &c;, to be sent to htim at No. 5, fCraven-hill. Ile gave his nanie Cooke, antI aaid. that he always paid accounta of that kind once a mionth. WVitness supplied the firuit then, and at several subsequent timesq, and for the last time on Sa- tra,te31st of J ly,wen the defenidant called arm him, and afterbespeakn sein fruit to go to Craven-hill, said thM. lie wouldI not trouble hiim to tend it, as he bad geit a chaise in whichl he wtas goig up there, aind would take the feuit in it. Hle also told himi to send uip his bill ao, Mlonday, and it would be paid. The fruit was delivered to the uian-servant that accomipanied himn, buit as lins afterwards ascertained never went to Craven-hill, as thec party had ouitted their abode thtere the preceding day. His bill ronounted to 21:153. 9dl and remained unpaidI to the present dav. He hiad recently learneri that theLdfendanit was nor.' living in Beaa- muont-street, togettiser withi the lady in thec office, who passed there as Mrs. Sauinders, hut had at Craven-hill called herself M-1rs. Cooke. Tire defendant was, as he now learned, going round to tradesmen or- dering goods for thtis Mlrs. Saunders, whbom he represented to be a lady of large property, and hiad in this manlier got goads fronsi dif- ferent tradesmnen to a very large amount. Amonig other articles ob- tained was a pianoforte, of-the value of 60 guineas, ofAIr. Nuttinlg, of Oxford-street, who had brain referreed to a person at Clhelsea, and ibad subscquenitly partedI withi his property for la bill of exchange not yet (lue but which he had no doubt would not be paid. Alr. harmier's clerk cr-oss-examined himi as to whether he had not miade the same comnplaint as he now did, before Sir Richard Birnie, a short time back, and whether thjat Alagistrate lhad not dismissed it. Thecomiplainant admiitted that it was so. Oni that occasion the defendanLt was taken to Bow-street., on a charge of obtaining a horse anid gig frame stable-.keeper in thje 13vare-o,,ad. Sir R. Bimnie was ot fopi non Ine ;staoI..teee,Per s c asea amoutnted o-nlvy to-- eebt * -_baut_Conl-- plainant being present stated his cae, onI which- the defendant was remanded till the followving dav, when hic was discharged, as Sir Richard thought the false pretence in no casc sufficiently imiade out. D5r. armer's clerk said he supposed the Miagistrate lie was ad- dressing would be of the same opinioD. Mir. RAWLINSO?r said.the coinplainant had told hiin of what liad occurred at Bow-street, when lie applied for the warTant, and with every respect for Sir IL Birnie's opinion, he could not conclr with him in the present case. Goods had been obtainedt, on Sa- turday the 31st, under the pretence that they were to be talken to Craven-hill, wIsen it appeared they had quitted their resi- dence there the preceding day. iNowl he was of opinion that this' was a false pretence wiithin the meaning of the statute. Perhaps that part of the evidence tnight not have been clearly stated before Sir RichaTd; at all events, it was, he thought, a fit case for tbe de- cision of a jury. Air. Harmer's clerk sail lie tlsought it hard his client should be, called on to find bail fIbr a cltarie which liad been before dismissed. lr; RAWLINSOW sawn(o hardship in it. TIhe defendanthsad not even attempted to explain the transaction. The defendant, thus called on, stated that the goods he had o'Q- tained ot oMr.Green were for rlri.ookc, of wliom he kuev no farther than that he was residing at herhouseiand was payingforhis boardidd lodging. Shebhad asked himn to call and order the good, which he had done. le denied that he fiad ever said they were for biniself, or tsbit his name was CooDke. His name was!Gaodfroy, himself and his connexions were all respectable, nor hlad he ever pazsc4 by any btit his teat naitic. He admitted that he had been to different tradesmen, and ordered goods for the " lady," who was sometimes calltd Cooke, at other times Saunders, whici difrerence of auppellation arose, as he tnderstood, from a dispute of marriage. The complaintaat denied that the goods were obtained as for M rs. Cooke. Th6edefindant had reisrosented them to be for himuself, aod that Cooke-vas his tlarme. i Air. RAiwiwsoN. said all that ihe defendant had urged did ant in the least bear upon the fraudulent point. Be was satisfied the case ought togo to a jury, and should therefore call upon him to find I baUl, which, if he was a respectable man as he had represented, he could have no difficultyisi obtaining. The complainanthcped that notice of bail would bestquired. iMlr. RAWLIXSON said, that none but unquestionable bail would be accepted; and that if any doubt arose on that subject. notice wouln be required, If bail was not found in the inter;m, the de- fend&ont might consider himself as remanded for further examination About half an hour sfterwards, Mllr. Henry Baker, fishmonger, of No. 258, >xford-street, -appeared to make a similarcomplaistto that already slated. hJ'e said that lie also had the honour of supply- ingR No. 5, Craven .hill, with fish, and his bill was augmented byna salmon, a crab, and a- lobster, obtained from him by the defendanti on the same occasion that the goode were obtained from the former witnes.s, the pretene .being that they were wanted for Craven-hill, I where he had a party for the following day. The complainant put I thie fish, &e., into the hackney-coach in which the defendant called.' and thus had an opportunitv pf observing that it was cramnmed with all kinds of perishable and other property. 45r. RAwrarxsow wvas satisfied that in this caRe also the fraudu- lentpretence had beenestablished, an(d advised the complainant to indict at the sessions. Numerous fresh complainants are expected to come forward at the ensuing examination on Thursday. UN ION-.HALL.-Oa nlolnday the wife of Colonel Bunbury, of the 7th, Dragoan Gutrds, attended at this office on a peace-warrant, charging her with having threatened to liersewhip a yourng woman, named Milary Gradyj in the service of Captairn Gruinge, at Brixton. Mllrs. Bunbury was accompanied by htr sister and a professional gentleman. The complainant stated, that the la,ly against whom slie appeared had threatened to horsewhip her frequently, and that she was ac- tually in such dread of the menace being carried into effect, that shc was under the necessity of applying tor a warrant to bind her over to keep the peace. The Magistrate asked the complainant whether she had given the la(y any provocation for having recoarse to suchi a sumsiary'mode of punishsnent ? The complainant said that she was not aware of having given the slightest occasion for the threats which were now pronounced against her. A few days ago she (thc complainant) was standing at the door of her master's dwelling, which is next to that occupied by Colonel Bunbury, when that officer's lady, seeing witness therc, ran out of her housc,with a lorsewhip in her hand, and in a violent rage jumped over some chains, whicb are above two feet fromis the ground,and which separate the court.yards in front of the two houses, land would have beaten her with the whip, had she not instantly shut tle door, on discovering the intenztion. Indeed, so determnined, said the witness, was the lady to horse hi le thitt on the street- door beingclosed against her, she made an attempt to get in at the parlour-window, and wvould have suc ceeed in her ohiect, had it not been fortunately fastened dowii at the time. Doring this statement lirs. Bunbury frequently raised her eyes in an expression of astonishmennt. The Magistrate again observed, thOt Mrs. Bunbury must have had sonic forcible reasons for havir.g been induced to make use of the whip on the occasion. Captain Grainge. the complainant's master, stepped forward and said that he was not aware of his servant having given Milrs. Bun- bury any offence, for lshe was a mild and perfectly inofflensive wo- man, and hali conducted herselrf uring the period she was in his service in a creditable manner. He was, in fast, down at Ipswich whlen the above circumastances were said to have occurred, and re- ceived a letter irom his residence in town, describing the various threats of horsewhipping his servant had been subject to in his ab- sence; and fearful that the girl would have abandoned his house, he hlad in consequence come up to town for the purpose of investi- gating the business. 3Mrs. Bunbuty now claimed the Alagistrate's attention. She admitted that she had threatened to horsewhip Captain Grainaees servant-maid, for the girl had vilified and arpersed her cha- racter to such a degree in Brixton, that she should b- urder the necessity of leaving that nei6hbourhood. Neither she nor her sister could leave their residence withouit being suDject to the most vile and slanderous expressions from the com- plainant, who sought every opportunity of insultina them. The day on which she was aceused of baving threatened to use the whip. the girl obsezving that she (Mrs. Burbury)was going into town,opened her master's door, and calling after her, made use of epithets which might have been bestowed upoR an abandoned woman* and her anger being raised to the highest pitch, she certainly did attempt to give her personal chastisement, by inflicting upon her a few stripes of the whip, in order to prevent a repetiuon of such conduct in future. Mrs. Bunbury, while detailing the above circumstances, sobbed aloud, and declared, that during her lire she had never met with suchl gross behaviour as that which site had received from the comnplainant. She was, she said, a " military woman," had seen service abroad witn the Colonel, and she could not brook suchI borrid scandal as that cir- culated by the servant girl all over Brixton, to her prejudice. Captain Grainge declared, that he had repeatedly cautioned his servants against making any remark s upon the ladies next dosr, whatever they might see or hear to their prejudice. Mrs. Banbury then called her groom, who stated that he heatd Captain Gramnge's servant use language of a very inmproper nature to his mistress. le had also heard that the complainant spread re- ports about Brixtoni, injuriouis to the character of AIrs. Bunbury. Another witness also gave evidenec to the same efcect. - Captain G3rainge was entering into a long statement, respecting a game cock, which hcsaid hal escaped frots' Isis premises into that of Colonel Bunbury, and was destroyed t!ere,-a cock, he sid, that he would not have parted with for any money,-when The Magistrate observed, that he had heard quite ennugh of the business, and in discharging the warrant against M;F. lI,unburv. fie cautioned the comiplainant not to presulme to traduce the charae- ter of M rs. Bunbury again. The Captain again declared, that he had always given his servants thestrictest injunctions on that subject. Thepartiesthenleft the office. POLICB.