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The Times, 1824-09-22T00:00:00

AUIANS oI.NtoUsE.-Mr. Scheffer, the inventor of a great many ingenious things which thie wvorld does not sufficiently appreciate, applied to tlle LORD AnAYOR for his I,ordship's pCmIission, as conservator of the river, to an exhibition which he (iMir. Schetfer) in- tended to make next Thursday, near London-bridge. Air. Scheffer stated, that he had novw invented a life-preerver w*ich did awaty witih all ground of fear for the consequence of ship. wreck, or the chance ofdlrowning. It was, thiough he said it, a won. fderiul thiig, and ought to be adopted all over the world. He then 3howed thie LORD IMAYOR a plan, whichi exhibited a z5umber of person s supporting theimlselves in safety upos his preservers in the mlidst 01 a stornmy sea. The inventioni appeared to consist of a gir- dlc Made of a flcxible substanice, which iS inflated, and, as he le- scrihed it, has no seanm. The LoanD MA'YOR. said lhe thought Mr. Daniels had invented somethinlg of this nature, which was considered to have attained evcry tiitg that *.vas desired. These was only one obstacle to the use of these things-namely, that people not being constantly under he apprehension of death , couhl not be persuadedto incttmbertlhem selves by always crarying one about them. r. Schcffer did not hesitate to declare that his plan was iticom- patrably superior to that of Mfr. Daniels. The latter was as cum. bersome as two hogsheads tied together, and supported the body by means of a strap which passed between thelegs; whilst lis, a simple girdle, was portable and elegant, and would be pleazant in thu wear to a ldy. Hc was desirous of demonstrating the superioritv of his inveno ioii at a public cxhibiion on Tlhursday in the Thames, when by means of' this girdle ihe would ensure the hcaviest man in the coyporation from being drowned in swimming through London. bridge at the time when the fall of water was greatest. The LORD iMIAYOR considered that few would have auch confi- dence as tthe inventors in the8c schenmes, on the principle of the blad. ders, whichl school-bays were varned not to rely upon. He could not sanction thc proposetI exhibition. A crowd of people would get together on the water, persons might be drowned, and a share of the blame would fhsl upon him4or having sanctioned it. Tue Inventor expressed his astonishment at the obje-tioa, and said confidently that no person should run any risk of that kind whilst he was there with his preservers. I-le appeared to be not even unlilling that such an opportunity should occur of proving the utility oS hisl invention. Alr. Daniels had been allowed to exhibit, and had exhiibited, his imperfect maCihine successfully. Besizles, he (Mr. Scheffer) had exhibited his plan on SatuTdav last, before the .Sandwich islanders, previous to tbeir departure, and they agreed in pronouncing it to be the most wonderihl thing they had seen since they came to this country. They were really very intelligent peoe,lc. ' he LoaRD MAYOR was so uncomplimentarv as still to retainlis opinion, that such an assemblage on the water was not free from dan- ger, though lMr. 8Schefter was there with his preservers; and th believe that a person might tIrop overboard sink, and gettlrowned be- fore a preserver could be brought to his ait. iiis Lordslip,however,ad- miLttld that inventions of tli iskind were highly rneritorio8s,aisd thou4gh lie had never heard of a person having been saveed by one of them, yet it was evident that a person miglht Be silved by .3r. Scheffer'a nachine if he hiad it on when lie accidejatally fell in the water, or if it comld be got for him in time. The plan had eertainly the merit bf simplicity. If the inv6ntor chose to exhibit it publicly on. the Thames, lie must take all the risk anid responsibility upon hiinsclf. The Inventor saidi there was no. risk, auil theretbre he could not object to take upo!l himself the rosponsibility. He would prove to thEc world the inestimfable value of his plan. The lJORD *MAYOI said IO should not ioolest the tuventor, but repeated that he did -not sanction the exhibition. The Inventor, wiho seced determined to construe-every tling said .Ino! probation, thanket, his Lordship for h-is patron3ge, and dec- paIr SIa L..Between three and four o'clock, yesterday morn- ing th atenionofHuighes, one of the watchmen of St. Andirew's parss, wh wasstatoned inoIloborn, wag attracted by the condluct of sverahacney.ooacmenattendinig thle stand, who seemed to he morethanusully oisy an heard somie of' them say thev' would have girl He ok no, rotice at the time, but on hiis retu'rn fromn calln~ he alf hor. he heardI a great horse-lauigh, atnd Saw twqo of the edos~c uner hehckrey-coach No. 1064. and give the bodly of te cach god host p. ayinig at the samei tfime, " 1)-e, wve Wul ie'maotr"Ti set L.ughes upon tte watch ; and in a few mntsatrheawtecoachi-door forced oipen, anid pulled to agai wit grat voleceseveral tdines, as if som-e persons were strug- glin inide.He an p instantly, and pulled open the door himnself, adat the same mo)menta man jumped out at the oppofsite side. TIht first objec-t that preltented itself v'ais a female on the seat of the coch,, withi her clothes mach disordered, and hier person exposed. She ut- tered a sort of incoDherent noise, and was struggling with all tier might to get to him. Thiere was3 another man in the coach), and the girl pointingosit by her motions liow she had been ill-used, lie inlstantly seized him. The fellowv resisted, Saying he hiad done nothing;- but Hughes was resolutte, and forced hiim to the watc4hloase. H4 crc it wag di6covered thiat the girl was deaf anid dumb. King, the ware. beadle, finding that she could write, tut downi upon paper the tDe- cessary questionsg, and learning fromr her answers whio and whiat she was, and the nature of the assauilt that hail been comrmitted on her, and taking Hughest's description of thie fellow that had escaped, went to the watering-house and found himn, with several others of the coachmen, drinking gin, anid making all manner of jeers abaut the dlumb girl. WVithi theass Istance of tdie wvatchman he took hiim in custody, and the girl, immediately poni hiis beinig broughbt into hier presence at the watchlhouse, pointed him out as one of thie o'arf?,'Who h ad been abusing her person. The two f'ellows were aectordingi r' sent to the Compter, and the poor girl, wvho seermed dreadfullv agf- tated, Hughes took home, and hiad put to bed at his own lodlgings till the mnorning. tra eoeA .lena Cox th sttig agitrae,gav teir names Hienry C'onnollv and enryWyat, hckne-coahme, tie former the driver o'f No.1,04. orkng or lir Bid, t. ohn's-lane, Smitirfiell, and thelater rivng o.248 intheempoyof Alr. Burgess, of Gray's- Hughes and KCing detailed to the Alderman the circurnstatmees above narrated, and gave in the paper on which thie qluestions put to the girl, anti her answers, hiad been written down. Care liad als-o been taken to procure the attendance of the girl's moicther, a haird- wvorkin, woman, of the, namfe of Sar-ah Farrell, living in Queen. Street, ,imehouse. -The namie of thie young wvoman, she siaid, was Sarah Mlaynard, and her daaughiter by a former marriage. Shelive at home witlh her and hier husrband, anid suporsedI herself by working, at stay-making, in the employ of Air. Mvills, corner of Ho]lywell- street, in the Strand. She wvast born deaf and dumb, had been edu.. cated at the Deaf and Dumb Schiool anti was about 23 years of ag4e. The dlaughter was now brought ?orwarcd. She -%ppeared to be very decent, modest young v'omran. By the directiot- of the, Aldermast, certain questions wvere put dlown in writing hby the clerk, and placeti before her. To the qsesio..4ish understand the nature of ani oathi, slite, willhotLIt heiain wro.. e the answer "1 Yes." To the question hiow site canme into the coachi, her reply was, slie was pullIed in ; thecre were thiree of titer, andI she here identified the personis of' the prisoners at the ba'r astaso. Heranswer to the qtiestion as totite nature oftrite treatment shie had received, accusecl the prisoner Contnolly of' havii ffce the capital offence by force, andI againist her consent. I el to a simnilar question at the watchi-hosise, she hiad accused both, th pmrtsoners; but this contradictory statement seemied to hatve arisen from the mnanner in whtich King had put the quxestioin viz. "Which of themn was it titat abused you ?" Heir answer was, " Bothi of' them," meaning, as it now appeared, thiat they hiad bothi ill-uscod hier. The charge of the actual violence uipon hier she now confinied to Connolly only. Altrhostgh thie girl wvas niow tolerably coimposed, costld readl anid write readily, ansi tier miothter couldi car'ry ovn piartially a eonlymuni- cation withi her by sighis, there was sonicl iiffieul!y inl elicitinlg Irorii hier thie necessary testimiony: the Mhagistritte, ther'efore, directed that the prisoners Should be remandedI a clay or two, anitl gave in'tr,,c- tionsi to procure the attendlance of sonic genitlemnen connected Witi the Deaf anti Duimb Asylum, at the next examiniiation, who could; inore readily communicate withi her. Fromn the confused account given by, thie-girl at the watch-house. it should sceent as if site liad been dlecoyed into the coach tinder the pre- tence of treating hier with a ridte, anti that she liad been brouight all thie way from Stepnacy so Holborn, whiere the outrage was commnitted. The person of the thiirdl fellow, whomn fehc acecties of' beingz a parisy. is known, andl it is mnost probable hie will he in custodyv by the next examination. BoW-STRmEET'....Mr. JV. Dnlces files', of Fiirniv~al's-inn, was brought before Sir Rt. Bmict-,ar and (3. R. MIitSIT ULL, Esag., on a warrant, to answer the comnplaint. of a person of the namec of' John 'Thompsloi, for asatultin and be:stiig him. Mlr. Thompson stateT himsElf' to be a tailor,danti saidl, that ai- tlih le was now unforiuitately vecry, poor, ant with the unrmoet Iulic'Idty enabledI to miainitaini 'his family, lie was the r,ighittul claimant to freeltolri esrtates to a large amiount. So longr as two years alo, he eripjloyed the defendant to t2ke the necessary steps to estab ish his claim to, anti recover possession of', the property t which he was emiltted ; and in order to eitable Itiin to dlo so, he hi1- trustea him wvith dlocuinienits elpon whiceh the piroof of Itis claiml mainly rested. Fromi thast timie to tte pre-sent, hiowever, tile de- fendant hadl never done any thing decisive ; in flact, the matter w:ss not forwardedI one iota; anti be ing extremnely, dissatisfied withi his conduct, complatinant, a considerable timie ngo, applied to have hiis papers res,ored, bitt the defendant clhjccteil to give them titt, until he wvas paidt a dlemiand whtich he set tip of 7!. for hiis services. This the complainant thouglit he heel no righlt to pay, inasmuch .s no services hiad in reality been performed. Yeso,terd,ay morning hiis wife, accompanied hb' a young woman of hier acquwintantee. wvent to the defendant's charinbers to demnand the documrents%, when hie treatced themi very rudely, cad locked them in. One ofthemn Screamed ouit, cause, wfien te ead hiS hat knocked ofF.- The defendlant, in answer to the chlarge, admnitted having thyr pa- pers, but said he had offered repe-atedl1 y to give themi up. Copainant.-" hlow can you sany tiatt, whien voin kntow litow re- peasedMly you have been applied to? I was deterosined to take the business olut of his hiantis, your WorRlitis " conitinue-sti Thomipson. "1and I therefore emiployed Alr. Cooke, 6? 1"urnival'., Inn, who lies applied several timnes to thec deferdant for the pape-rs, ant ihe has pro- mised as mnany titties to give themn up, bUt, Still retainls themi, anti htc says he haslost twoof the papers, one of whiichi is tite miost innporiama of thle whole." Thie defeindant, fIn referenice to thie niore imimediate charge o'.aa-, sault, saidl, that the two womeni came into his chiambers when he was engazesd in business, and lie tie-sire(i themTj to leave. instiantlv. iMrs. Thomnpsots did retire, andi lie locked ber out. Iile tIMn de'SiTed the youLnger woman to go itito aniother roomn, asii( locked hier in. ad She began to screamn, but sh~, might hiave ictireli by another staircause whtichi ledl from the siorn,. lie aidmitted sucaking the corn- plainanut a little. A1 long altercation took place between the ecompla.inant, hiis wife. and the young woman on thie onie sidle, and the iefcotialeit on3 thet- other ; in tile course of whiich tite latter was isceusesh by the women withi having treatesi thiem withi extreme roughnless, anti by Thiem1i. Son wiith havinig gr-ossly, sieceivesi him- wisih re-slicr so biiq caure. Mr. Me1.',S11ULf._A.-hat property is it y-ou l:s, clitiin to) Thiompsen.-Freeltohl( esates, Sir, to tile antount of Il00C(i. toi wbich I have an indisputtable claim ; anti h)ere I amn eucteueti alosst to a workhouse by the deceptive conduct of this luaiu and hiis rehtlsa! to gtve up toly papers. fir. deeHln.-h owd yost miake yo;ir bill amioutnt to 71. You seem to have done nothing'; and meianwhiile anothier clatimant misy step in ansd deprive this poor fellow of the pro;icrr tow wlichl hie is jutly entitled.? The slefenidant saidi he hadl no doubt thiat the comipla'nant's claimi wvas ajustone. His (defendaint's)bill was for visits toejlMr. Lockhar"t, aind othecr persons, upon, the subject ofrlite claim. Complainant.--Why, lie never visite(I l r. Lockhart according to appointiment. 'I'hat gtintiemlan, who is a Memrber of Parliamient, waitedl for him miorniing after morninig, and I lost M r. Lockhart's friendship) and support in cornsequence. Besidles, Alr. Coorke offered to pay his densand, if he would furniishi a proper bill, and give uip the documents. Sir R. Blanmi, examining the liaw List, observed, thiat he did not see the defeudant's, name ass an attorene enitered there at all. The defendant said he was ini last year's list, buit being,, at l'x- bridge at the beginning of the year, atid( nor beine dletermnined whether to remaini there or return to London, lie hatI ilinglde te o take out hiis certificate until it was too late to have it inserreil in the present year's list. After skome further convertsation, the Magistrate Sa~id, thlat the best curse for the deflendAnt to puirsue, was immediately to give Up thie papers, and, to give himi its opportunity of' doing so, lie would sudspend the warrant until to-niorroe (this da y). Mlr. Thiompson thanked the AMagiStratesK; and the dlefend1cant said he would adopt the course wvhich they acivised. Ill M5,n1,OIsOUoH-STrREET.-Tlheyoung mnan who lies been sonic days in cusitody- tpon a chiarge of having been ibsind, Lt two o'clIock in the mnorning, in the area of'AMr. AM'Lelanid' sliouse,No. 10.4, Greait Russell-street. wvitli a number of house-breaking imiplemients in hiis possession, and who on his formier examination refused to g ive his namie, but referred for his respectability ti Mr. Witeley, a hiylilly respectable merchiant residing in Lanb'sCosniste,wa eer day broughit Lip for final exatninatioji. A week's cotifilnement Seems to hiave very much improvesd the ent- pearanceof the prisoner, in poinit of' health, whio, wheni phaxed at thec bar, wits addressed by Mlr. C,oNwAsr, the magistrate, who said, that sintce the prisonier was last examined lie hiad seen Mr. W'ltely, the geiitlenian to whom lie had refeirredl, and that gentlenialt fully corroborated all the prisoner had told as to tite re.'pcc,abilit)' of ltia family, the goodl education lie iad received, and thle r. spectab~le situations wlisit hle hssd ise]s1, both at Denierara, enld in this' couintry ; but he was sorry to arid, diet aleliougli thiere cosild be no doubt about the hiigh respectability of his family and saon- nexins, herewereconsderale .oubs on the minid of' Mlr. WVite- Icy,as o te rgulrityor orrctnss f thie life whiceh lie (the pri- sonr) iedbee ledin sice is etun fromn tte WVest Indies. Mr. COseNT sid, e unerstod tat de prisoner h;ad, too, upon one occason, ot cnduced hmsel proerly in hiis apprenticeship) to a respectable merchant. The trisoner said, there was some ground for the assertioni, but his mot er hail arranged that msatter with the genticitian to whom lie was apprenticed, and he did not serve the entire term of his time. Af r. CONAN T asked to whbon lie bad been apprenticed, The prison6r said, to Mr. Davies, ol' Percival.street, Northawup- ton-square. Alr. CONANT said3;that'Alr. Wiseley, and the rest of his friendis, including his rmother (his fiather, lie uinderqsood, was dead), were fully of opinion that lie had got leagued with a gang of badl ciharac- ters of late, and had no doubt but lie w.as guilLy of this offience; they, therefore, instead of wishing him to be let off, were very de- siruns that he shoiM4 be punished. Prisoner.-I shall throw myself entirely upon your mercy, Sir; and whatever punishment you may awvard me, I shall willingly submit to without a inirmur, arid 1 trust it will be a caution to nie the remainder of'my lif'e. 4' 1 hollc it nay be," said Mr. CON5ANsT; 'and, fro" thc proper sense wvhich you no,v seem to feel of your situation, I shall oniv comnmit you for two miontfis, instead of three, as I lirst intended, to the iIousc of Correction." The prisoner bowesl very respectfully; and, thatiking the tmagis- trate, retired with the Gaoler. Therd were several respectable friends of the prisoner's about the offic6ee bui.nonc of theta intcrfered at all, or said a wvord during the examinatior Sonisduplicates found upon the prisoner, of his own wearing ap- parel, which he lied pledged, were ordered to be sent to his meotier. The prisomner'is real name is Durhamn. A&sadden rush of pardons was made into the offce about one o'c'ock, arisiag out of thfoilowing awkward mistake:- A Insn of very genteel appeatrance was placed before tbe aiagis- (rate, and Alr. John Bealig, tailor, 16, Lichfield.asreeft steppel faies ward to prefer a charge of fiaud against hiim. Mlr. J-entley said, that about two years ago he received aleater,purporting to cornc frota theprisorner, as an attorneY, callingfortle payment of asm ofurneaey duc from hlism to a Mr. Kennerly, or that in the event of its not being paidiimmnediately, proceedisigsshould betaken torecoverthesarne. Mr. Bentlevsaid,thathaving agreataversion to alllaw, he went off imrne- diately'to the prisoner, at his offices in Austinfriars, and paid hirn the amount of AIr. Kennerly's debt, together with fs. 3d. for the letter he had received from the prisoner. In a few days-after he hanpened to meet MIr. Kennerly, and or meontioning the subject, Mr. Kenner- ly assured h'im that he had never employed anv attorney, and that he hiad not received a shilling of the monty, uhich eventually he (ir.Bentcey) had to pra over again; aad on going a second tirne to Austinfriars to inquire for the prisoner, be found that he bed entire- ly left there, and from that time until this morning he could hear or Kee nothing of the prisoner, when, passing through Grafton-street, Shoo-square, he accidentally met him, end instantly collared him, and broughL htim to the office. The prisoner's namse, IUr. Bentley said, was Tanner, or at least th:at was the name in which be paid the mionev. The .M'gistrate asked Mr.Bentleyif he was quite positive as to the nman P Hce replied, he was ready to swear to him in any part of thelworld. "That's t!:e sman (said Mir. Bentley, laving his band upon the shouilder of tte accused) that received my money, and my t;s. oL too." The gentleman thus accused, who was accompanied bv a friend who was wviti hiiea whrn .llIr. Bentley seized upon isin, made no interruption or observation during the whole of MIr. Bentley's state- ment; but, being called upon to reply to the charge, he said, that Ile was extrCmelv happy ihat this M r. Bentler, or whoever he was. had not been yet sworn, and thereby added perjury to his violent anti oltragcous condluct on rthis occasion. " Oh, I'll swear to it (said MTr. Bentlev, interruptina), give mathe book." The genflem2a, went on to say. in his defence, that the whole was either a wilful falsehnod ott the part or' the camplaintant. or at least a very great mistake; because, in point of fact, he had never in his life, to his knowledge, seen this man before; ;he Dever in his life had lived in Austinfriars, or hlid offices therc; he never in his life had been or acted as einher an attorney or attorney's clerk - and, to satisfy the magistrate on this head, he would state who arnd what he really was. " You'll not saisfv me though (exciaimed llr. Bentley); but you are Tanner, the attorney, that got my money.' TIhe gentleman then handed his printed card to the mayts- trate, andl addedl, "lily namne, Sir. is, and ever has been, Wlil- liam Gardner, and never have I gone by any otlier. I am, by profes. sion, as you see on that card, a public accountant. I reside at No 10, 'Frahrcis-street, Tottenham-court-road; and two years ago. the time spoken of by thic man, I resided at No. 177, High Holborn. Before I becxme a public aco=untant, I was bookkeeper for 16 vears to Ale\srs. Houlditch, the coach-makers, in Long-acre; and. indeed, I still do business for them. To them I can refer for m-y res-ect ability; and as to who I am, and what I have been all nly life, I can refer to M1r. Smith, the mercer, in Oxfoed-street: in fict, Sir, .1 can refer to 20 respsctable tradespeople, even aboitt this very neigb- bourhood. MNr. (,ONAXT said, that he could not belp thinking that lifr. Bentley was very much mistaken in this business.-'" Not I, in- d*ed," Said M r. Bentley: " I'll swear that's Tanner that defrauded tue of niy money: give me the book, I'll swear it." Mr. CONANT asked the gentleman who accompanied Alr. Gard- ner,if lte had known him for any time ?-Thebgenteman eaid yes; intiomately for ten veers. fM r. Jones. No. 120, Regent.-treet, was tben sworn, and said, that he liad known Alr. Gardner (tlhe gentleman present) for nearly ten yeears, anti the description hehad given of himself was in everyrespect entitely correct. Mr. CONANT said he was afraid Mr. Bentley had got himself into an awkward scrape; there could be no doubt whatever to his being n,istaken. " Not I. indeed," said Mr. Bentley. " I'l swear tlhat's Tanner." Mr. G:ardner said, that althotigh he hatd been most shamefuUv treated bY this tnan, hlgged and 3drapged along tie streets, surreunded hy a mniii oi pcople. yet as he had no deou tn te man was labouring tinder a titistake. if lie would make a prover apology, and confesshis error, he wotild overioolk what had happened: otherwise he would ch!rge hint itii the assault. So. theni," said Mr. Bentley, " you are of opittion thts you are not I'anner ? (A lotud laugh.) al', as I have tno more imoney to give you . I suppose I must say it's a mi'stake." Mr. CONAh-T sa1id, if he wierc MIr. Gardner he would accept of no such apology as iist, Prnd none but the mast public one. MI\r. tiartluier aid, that after thl-s last insult of the complainant. he woeld accept of nothing but a public apalogy in the newspapers. ' PUtinir namne in the newspapers '" said Mr. Bentley, " not I in,leel, fora w man but I'll tell you wVhat I'll do-l'l s.iy now thast I am sorry fbr what has hapywned, whether you are Tanner or not." Mr. Oardner beinz deteritined to accept of nothing slaort of an apoloryv in tile ncwe ;,.pers. he ewas sworn to the a6sault comnisitted on hblin ; andi 1 r. Bentley wvas orderet to find bail, and in default of doing so was ittstant lncked up. UNi I ON sA ;L._ fSterday h'v il`,Itt Colley, a veteran in the En- gineer'. D)epartment a. (,ravesend, was ircought pti under a warrant, gratued on the epplicatiot, ofo te overseers 0? Chapham parish, on a charge of bastardev. Charlotte Iki'itinton, a well-looking young wonian, wiith a child siy: weeks old in her armts, of which slie had lain-in in Clapham N'orkhouse, deposed. that the vetcran Engineer was the father of th<e cth:l!. Mr. Ati. x the mag;strate. asked (k,ttey if hie admitted the fact. ('Cttey, who looked, very solemn. declared he was not the father, to his knowledge. .',lr. 3iLEx: next inqtiired, in legal language, witether he mighr, by possibilitY. bc the fit',er. Cottey aini ' aswere-idNot to his knowledge. (A general laugh.) .M1r. AL.LEN thought it very extraordinary that aity' rmnp could forget suTh i tkact. Cuttay, oni consuideration. became more positve. and declared. lie never in nny way entitled himself to the htonour it was pr.posed to conter oni him. II- .''I I - .- , - t, c ca e, that h e tiough h ne should not make the order of hliaon, as be could not est ppose a mialutwho had the honour of serving Hit, Mlajesty, would make such a declaration it' tot true. - I-Ir. Ha the overseer of Clarbham, who attended os behalf of th- parish. tht" put io th lb1vowing letter, which was read aloud, to the greatentertirnnieut of the audutury " Gravesend. 20thJulv. 1824. 't dcar Cha:lotteo-I received your dear d v.welcoic letter, dated l19th iinsant. I have been looking out every morning for the .mt. .1. y d Ghr (iharlot!c, you 71o-e what 1 Rld3 you about our com Mg to l ther. the loaFt time I spoke to vou, I intending to marry ytou as scot is I;esy (io leave me. as I expect it will not be lonc- andi vhen I sec anD thiag meetv-ic about it. Ishall emratedoieZ swite to you abr-'t it. .Mv- dear Cttarlotte I vwa[nt to Nao how you arensed in ile those you are in. in respect in eating and drinking, in sleep. mu,. or else ware. Please to vrite all yortitkrs to me, nmv dear (.hatlott. As 1have brouelit you in trouble, when it isin miy power, I will bring s ou out of it. It depends the iholeen Betsey leav ing mne. .M y detr T Chariotte. Mrs. Mtasters and Mrs. Mllen love andI respects to you, frowt you jyrftiottstc ar.d ever lovipg friend and ilell itlslecr till death. my dear Charlotti. " WILLIAM COT'I'EY." '' Be pur!iu-ki,r i open your litnd to eveTy bodv. Direct to Miliam Cottey.nff.ce-keertu the EngineerEDepartment,Graves_ end, Kent.' 1tc dear Charlotte, 1 lone to see you ; send as ofen as You car. M y dcar Charlotte, I re.pects yeu unow as much as ever. I an d y :,f your nuother has been to see you. Dcar Charlotte, is tl kisse, 0006000. To lrs Chtstlotte Prellington. Poorhouse, Clapham, Surre- '. To be delivered immediately (post paid)." O. this letter beimig read, AIr. ALLEN made an order of affiliation, directing the defeidaunt to t;rv 2s. a weck. A respectable an:d well-dressed yvotng woman, who stated that site kee1's a nouse, and lives on her nienns. in Walworth, complained of sit assailt cotnti itted o hlier hb Lenrtey, the pugilist,who was brought up hy :i warrant to answer the chat-ge. The coniplainant stated that on the t G.h ot tf:ir mottilt. the etfendatit came to her door with a double rap. and was shown by h er servant into the parlour. Wit- ness, on reeing him, desired lie would leave the house immediately - hut instead of' dep3ating, ie struck lier a blow that knocked her down. She added, this was niot the first time he had assaulted bee in the sanme way, anui she telt it necessary, for her protection, that lhe should be bouRd to keep the peace towards her. Lenney attempted to defend himself by slating the profession of tbe conmlalitant, who did not deny the correctness of his assertion, hut declareil that she had always refused to grant him any favours, whichit was the cause of his assaulting her in tbe brutal manner he had ilone. sMr. AtLEX exprecsed his indignation at thedt.fendant's conduct, and helld hin to baill to keep the peaCe. POLICE.