Police.
The Times, 1824-06-26T00:00:00

MAstAsslor zotg:._Tw0 men, named AMurp7ry and Dowling, were brought before the LoRD MfAYoRt yesterday, charged with having violently :&sfulted the landlady of a public-.ouse, which is kept tn at night for the accommodation of the people connected viit rul tnlgsgate-market. It %rns preved that the defendants forced their way into the house that in consequence of the refusal of the landlady to supply them with Eiquor, they tore her clothes, and assaulted her. The defendants said, that the house was an open house, and there;ire they were at libert' to go in, and have what they called for. The LoRi ADLtwVB said, that as a magistrate of the city of London, putting out of the question au private feeling, he shoulsd take care to, protect females from injury and insult. It was 'rell known to the public, that a gentleman, of the name Of O'Callaghan, wa4 novw sufFering the most rigorots punishment for laving,wieh the spirit of a gentleman, Tesented all insult oiertid tost_m in tho persons of ladies who were under his rortec. tisoub-,at he na dopmed to liyt upon bread and vater, an tO be Confzed in a cell, fot doing what, if he had not done, he would no longetc be considered entitled to the character which had been uni. veTsally given of him. NVhen such a punishment was considered by so la-i,e a portion of the magistr2cy of a neighbouring county an in- fiite'in of a mild nature, growing out of the strong recommendation ta jury, for a violaion of thc law, what rort of ciastisement were thoit persona to receive who committed lan outrage upon a helpless femtna? 7 Vhaeever rentimene might he entertained elsewhere upon the xrsbjece, the Magistrates of the city of London would not easily glVe up their bd prejudice in favour of that spirit which a shar leFul insult offered to a woman was calaculted to excite even am')ngst avage. Ilhe wife of one of the defendants here made a powerfal appeal to the LoRDi AAYoR. She burst into tears, and assured his Lordship thU, if her husband -was sent to prison, the and her children, of whom she had six or'sevem, must be without victuals. 'The complainant told his Lordship that she was unwilling to do an? injury to the defe&daiit, as their wives and families must be th r most severe sufferers. Although she had sustained serious in. jusy., from her terror,hs wel as from the actual violence with which sher had bcen treated, lsbe should forgive what had passed. Vhe LoRLD AIIAYOIa said, tbe humanity of the prosecutrix more stro3gly brought to hii mind she case which he hadjustquoted. If the sefthad no other right. toourproecccton than thatjustmanifested thereadiness to forgive-theirclaim would be undeniable. Notwith- st=ndingthc consequences which might arise to tbe families of the de- feadants, he should think it his dute to commit them for this very geSs assault; and he trusted that tg determination woald aocrate as 4 counteracter to any encouragement which persons mighereceeve on thi subject of thetreaunent of women from another quarter. Women sa ould not be insulted with impunity in the city of London. His lrdship, in conclusion, stated that the poor woman who had been a., aulted was in a trade in wlhich she encountered many annoying di ficulties. If she did not take care to keep her house free from ofl insive company, her licence was in jeopardy. There was one th' M, however, consolatory to a publican itu the City-no licence sh cu d be taken away iwithout a full face-to.face establishment of the ch se-The two med were then committed, in default of baiL &IMtYLEBOx-oFICE.-Yesterdayh shortly after %he sitting n:estrate (Alr. HOstlxs) bad taken 1ri5 seaton the bench, Lady R.Issmore entcred the Office, and was accommodated with a seat within the bar. ZJohn Mead. footman to his lordship, Sarah Hudson, and Elkn 71 were then put to-the bar, for re-examination, on a charge of staouing a miniature Ricture of his lordship, setin gold, anda a va. luable and highly curious erysta box, set in the same costly metaL bMr. Halls, of Higb-street, pawrnbroker, stated, that baving seen an zdvertisement in' The rime-s newpaper, describing the abovepro- pezty, he stopped the fbmale prisoner, Fllen Till, who camae to his shcp for te purpofe of pawning the crystal box, and gave her into Seaples, theofficer, gve evidence to his having made inquiries at thedifferent pawnbrokers res,ecting the miniatusre, vhich be at last fotud pgd,c at Air. BurchelI's, Paddingwn.street. JVr. Barchell stated that he had received the article from ElIen Tl to whorn he lent 12s. upon it. itt this stage of the exanmnation, the MSagistrate having no other e7i dence before him, consented to admit the prisoner Ellen Till as fwit iess; accordingly, she having been sworn, stated, that she re. ;reired te miniature and box from Sarah Hudson, for whom she wa,.hed, and who desired her to pledge or sell tl3em. In l!ursuance )f dis direction, sihe took the miniature to Mfr, Hall, who lent her 12s.. sipon it, of which she paid her 8s., reserving the other 4g. to herslf for her trouble% sne afterwards took the chrystal box to Mr: Burchell, who had h r stopped, and gave her into cbitrge ol an )ffi, cr. n1_,e property having been produced by the pstwnbroker, was ex- aedi, ady Rossmore, wbo identified it as being the property T? V., gistrate here aslked the femaleprisoner whether she wished o 0 any th}ing, to which the zeplied, by stating, that tome few veilings back, she was walkdng in Bond-street, when the male pri- onin came up to her, aad jproposed to take her home with him to Jonip.* smOre'5 mansion, In Vigmore.street, 6tating himself to be sv gnt to that Noblennal, and that the family were out of town. She ns cmed to aco=mpany him, and he introduced her into the kitchen, he te he gave her an excellent supper and a bottle of wine, after hbit:h he took her up into the drawing.roon` where they passed the ighe. The next Morning, about six o'docl, she got up to depart, be,v she asked hirn for game money; hb said he had none, Eand on rr l ecoming importunate, amd refusing to go without having some, sesve her the miniature and box, which he desired her to pawn or 1g s she best cou1ld. Th e footman denied having given herTeither of the above articles. e certainly had, he said, been gRilty of the indiscretion of admit ig her into the bouse, arfd of which act of folly he had most sin. reFl repented. It was true, albo, that he give her gupper, &c., and asesi the night with her.' The next mornirkg he left her in the am. while he went down stairs to procure or her sore refresh. rni which he brought up to her, and ftz partaking of which e l ijthehoe andhto hissurprie, thouteverakinghim for y 1nonev, indeed she seemedanioustogetaway. The ninia. e ead iystal-box were lying on table in the drawing.room, 'd be supposed that she eust have taken them when he went ir4i stairs to procure her stomt r shment. He solemnly denied ing ever .ven them'totiser, or hsving betn asked by her for an; nd ch sppeald to her lady3hip and to the maistrate whe. wr t was probable that he would have given to her articles which -ld be immediat4yrdYI r and aboutwhich henmusthavekoown ~gnt inquiiy would barnacle, when he might as well have given seone or other of the nutrerous atticles of plate of which he had t.rxe, and which probablY would not have been mnised for a twelve- "ule, or perhaps nnevr mit4ed at al 2r .Sagistrate, after admn4nighing him on the gross folly and In.m- 'pritv of Isis ceerduct, disdcarged hiw *nd fullr committed Sa. 'I tugon to Siewgate for trias, on Which Lady iassnorQ i d the ,-.witneaes wearo bound to give evidce; A court of Aldeimen *as held yesterday, when the act recently passed-for the reduction of interest on the Coal-hiMarket and Navigation Bonds were taken into consideration, and the Court di- rected the notices to be givten,conformably thereto, of their intention to pay off the principal monies berrowed and charged upon the du- ties and tolls created by the original acts of Fa liament. lAdvertisement.1-For nourishing the hair, preventing baldness, and all compattita inncdent to a want of the nutrinent nature has provided, there Is nothing to equal the genuine fat of the Bear. It possesses a richness superior to all other oils, and will retain the moisture mnuch longer, leaving the hair soft and silky, altd iucreas- inx its thicknesavind grootl. The gcenuine IEAILs GREASE is to be obtained of Ross and SoNs, 19P Bishopsgate.street, wTho lave sold it pure and unadulterated for t ye last 30 years; and who, in fact, first introduced it to the noticeotthe British public. (Advertisemeat .jS1jvxRioR BUCELX As-Mless.s Tisom?- Son and FEARON apprise consumers of this fashionable, delicate, and highly superior wine, that they have a few casks shipped from a house whose reputation for Bucellas stands higher than that of any other in Portugal; and as the quality in bhe present instance fuely sustains its established reputation, THO2mPSON and FEAYtu0 reel the strongest confidence in recommending it to their connexions and the public; the more so, from the fact ihat BuceUas of really fine quality is very scarce, owing to a recent vintage of this wine having enti-etY failed.-Rodborn.hill, June 24. POLICE.