Police.
The Times, 1824-10-12T00:00:00

MANStO>-!.OUSE.-A warrant was granted by the LontD MiAyoR to iMr. AMesser, coach and harneses-maker, of No. 9, AMar- garet-street, Cavendimh.-square, to search Ior a carriagc, whichl he made affidavit had beets stolen from him by a young man who pre- tended to be the nephew of the Duke of Argyll, and was detained upon the premises of Mlr. Dixon, the proprietor of the horse-reposi. tory in Barbican. Leadbetter, the marshalman, executed the war- rant, and lUr. Messer and Afr. Dixon, the former attended by a counsel and solicitor, the latter by a solicitor, appearetl before his Lordship for his decision upon the case. A warrant is out against the pretended nephew of his Grace, and somie difficulty arose as to the power of the Lord Mlayor to interfere in the absence of the per- son charged with the felony. Alr. IUesser stated, that one I.awrence Campbell called at his house on Saturday, the 4th of Scptember, and, saying that he was the son of General Campbell, and the nepbew of the Duke of Argvll, intimated that he wishted to have a carriage for a fortnight. Witness agreed to let him have the carriage at 21. a-week, upon re- ceiving satisfactory intelligence as to character. Campbell raferred witnessto his landlady, who gave him an unexceptionable cha- racter, and said he was the person he represented himself to be. The carriage was lent under those circumstances, upon the positive un- derstanding that it should be returned in a fortnight, and an agree- ment on the abovenientioned terms. Witness asked Campbell whether lie had means to support the carriage. " Yes," said Campbell, " I have 7001. a-year." The possession of such a property was proportionate to the expense of the hire, and witness having taken what he conceived to be all necessary precaution, thought himself secure. The time elapsed, and no carriage and no Air. Campbell returned. At last it was ascertained that the carriage was at Air. Dixon's repository, anti that Lawrence Campbell was a swinriler. M\r. LAWV, counsel for the complainant, asked whether there was any perslon in the justice-room who claimed the carriage besides ihis client ? IlMr. Messer said, that nobody could claim it bet hinself. Law- rence Campbell had tried to sell it, and surely it was not to be en- dured that a carriage shouild be hawked about, and sold, without inquiry as to the character of the vender, like a basket of lish. Mir. Dixon's solicitor said, that whatever might be the character of the party alluded te, as guilty of the felony, MUr. Dixon had ob- tained an onest possession of the carriage. Air. 1/AW then callei Alr. Dixotn as a witness, and asked him to accounLt for the possession of the carriage. ir. Dixon's solicitor objected to the examtination of his client, utitil the persoin charged wiih the felony should be forthcoming. As soon as that should take place, there would be no objecti.m. Mlr. LAW said, that M'lr. Dixon could have n1o reasonable objection to uccount for the possession, except lie apprehended the beint implicated in the charge against Campbell. iMr. Dixon's solicitor asked whether it was MIr. Law's intention to charge his client with the misdemeanor of having received stolen hlr. LAv repeated his observation as to the suspected motive of ilr. Dixon's refusal to give evidence; and submitted to tbe Lord MVIayor, that it was unwarrantable in that gentleman to withhold any means he had of proving the nature of the transaction. The LORD IMAYOR thoughlt that Mr. Dixon could have no rea. sonable objection to give an account of the mannes in whieh he be- came possessed of the carriage. MIr. LAw.-I wish to know, Alr. Dixon, whether you refuse to answer my question ? Air. Dixon.-I object, because I have been advised to do so by mny selicitor. The fact is, I apprehend that what I may say will make me liable to a civil action. Mllr. LAw said, an objection arising from fear of civil proceedings could not avail, although an objection would hold good as an argu- ment fro;a the apprehension of a criminal charge. After several observations in Tepetition of the charge,and its possible ramificatans, from the leamed gentlemen, 'I'he LoRD MIA1oa begged that he mighit be allowed to say a word too. He wished to know whethier the carriage had beem) kept in an open place at AlI r. Dixonl's repository ? This wat not denied by AIr. lesser, who stated that it was kept where other carriages were deposited The LORD MUAYOR.-I think that hlr. Dixon can have no objec. tion to say how he became possessed of the property which bad been roand upon liYs premises fairly exposed to the public. I perceive that I am autithorized to have before me the person in whose custody the property was found, and to examine him. His Lordship then con. sulted with the chief clerk, who said, that in the event of stolen goods being found on any premises, the owner of the premises was liable to be tried for a misdemeanor in ihe absence of the felon. 11 is Loansti si then called Leadbetter to state what had occurred when lie went to execute the warrant. The Alalrshalman Paid, he went with ilr. lesser to ilIr. Dixon's repository, where he found the carriage. Mr. Dixon did not deny having it in hi to-ssssion, but objected to let it be ntken away, as ie hal, he 4aid, advanced money upon it. The witness took pos. session of it. AJr. Alesser detailed the laboars lie utiderwent, before he saw his carriage in the possession of M,r. Dixon. Finding that Lawrence Ctampbell did not return home, he made inquiry, and was directed to Croydon, where lie learned nothing but that Campbell was a swindler. From thence he went to El3ham, tean Inn, where Camp. bell had stopped, the landlord of which said the carriage was for sale. From thence he traced the carriage to Sadler's repository, In the city, and. learned that it was ofRered for sale, and the purchase rejected ; and from thence to AIr. Dixon's repository, where it was received. Witness said he demanded liis property, stating to Ailr. Dixon that it had been Stolen from him; but was refused. Upon which lie tolil Air. Dixon that he would bring his charge of felony: the reply to which assurance was that the carriage could not be got, unless the man was found. 1VIr. bixon also added, that the carriage was not only bought by him, but sold by him, and going away that Lhe LORD MIAYOP advised hMr. Dixon to give an explanation of the purchase. Under such circumstances, he (the Lord Miayor) would be most anxious to state every thing about the transaction. Alm LAW.-I shall not take Air. Dixon as a witness nowf. I shall call upon the Lord Alayor to make him enter into recognizances to appear when we have got turther evidence. 'T'he LORDA MAYOR begged that he might be allowed to proceed in his own way in this case, without directions from the legal cha- racters by whom he was surrounded, apd called upon M1r. Dixon to explain. Mr. Dixon said, that on Sattrday, the 9th inst., a person with whose face he was familiar called upon him, accompanied by a gen- tleman, and said that the gentleman had a carriage to dispotte of, aRd asked whether he(,1r. Dixon) would lend any money on It. He nadl lie had no-objection to do so, and If thley would step into the counting.house, his clerk woula arrange the business witlh them in the usual form. l,e knew nothiulgmore of the transaction until Ar. a esser called upon him, but he knew that the carriage was left on his premises,'and lie believed that the sum of 341. was ad- vanced. Lawrence Caampbell was, lie believed, the person to whom the clerk paid the check and the carriage was said to belong to Mr. Page; but who either o? thera was, he (Mr. Dixon) did riot know except byaddregsand.iht; oneonly of themheknew by sight, and that was Campbell. Wher lUr. Measer called ushimi he had just arrIved from Brighton. Ee told AMr. Alesser, in ans*er to his de- mand, that lie had advanced money on the carriage. atid upon being threatened with an action in trover, referred that geitleman to his so. licitor. He denied that MAi. Messer- hd mentioned that thec ctriage lad been stolen from-him. - . --s:Thomas Seers, clerk to Afr. Dixon, stated that Campibeu cailld as his master had described, and asked for aR advance-of money on the carriage, which agentlemian had'todLIspoee'of. Witiiess copsented to lead thp money, sent for the carriage to Sadle's, and advanced 341. upon it, witout consulting any onc,.or fortifying himself by any person's opinion. He knew nothingof the parties, and the-carriage was booked for private sale. Campbell said IIIOL was the price, clsearing all expcnses. and thatthecarringe belonged.to.Alr. Pige, of Bl~thatss. (Here a letter wras produced by Air. Dixon's solicitor, signed. "Josepl Page;" and directed to Campbell, desiring-him to brnng his cariage to Eltham, and so dlspose of it for 100 guineas.) -Mr. leswser said the letter was a forgery. He had a partner-two years ago wfhose name was " iehard Page," and the letter pee. tended.to be from that gentleman, who resided in Bath. Therewas no Mir. Page at Eltham. Mlr. LAIV (to the clerk.)-Did you not offer the canriage for 701. ? Clerk.-No, I swear I never did. Air. LAW then again subrnitted that l\r. Dixon should enter intoreog'i! s appear. EIis own recoqnizances .woAl4 be duflcjene.1. X - TlieIjon.D JI?YoA s9ald, he should require nothingof-dlie kind. It rould not be meant to charge MIr. Dixon.with buying the carriage, knowing it to havi been stolen. Whatever indiscretion he nmight bs charged with in advancing moncy to a stranger, there was llot tile slightest ground.for. accusation of.a criminal nature. lie (the IlDrd Alayor) spolii from his experieuce and knowledge of b4tinesi. He could see nerfectly well. that the transactionl, althoughi charge- nble, cerhainly, witht irregularity, might arise very naturally in the course of buisinless. the Loslt D. ilaym'O thmn ordered Leadbetter to give up the car- rrage to Air. N! seer, andl MX1r. IDixon intimated th.t the case should not end in tbhe iusticee4oom.. Loziy.BonoutiRittm -Yesterday Jolt-i Davit, a footmiian In the servce of Jir. Ta.tlecm; a solicitor, re8itling at No. 27, Gold. en-square, who has beern several days in castody upon a charge of rorbiog his ma5ter of large quantities of' wine, &c., and Jolhn Morris, charged with having been an accomplice in the said robbe- ries, were brought up before Sir GEORGE FARRA9T, the sitting magistrate for final ex'Etmiuretion. Air. it,a,,uth depoged, jtiat the prisoner Davis had been in hisser. 'Vice abibit 18 months, and had been considered as a very fairliful well.iondected youngman untilthe present occasion. Some timne a.go A]r. Tathami went with his family on a visit into Wales, leaving the prisoner and three femaek servanev in charge of the hoause but On' his retunl rather suddenly, hre folnd the house in a degree o fcon . fusiont*.hatexcited his suspicions; and on examining one of his wire- collard, he discovered that the door of it bad been forced open, and anquantity of wine token therefrom: healso foundt in the cellar a broken wine.glsss,which convinced him that the thieves had not con. tented themselves vith stealing the wine, bet had drank a por- tion of it oh the spot. He immediately suspected the pri. soner Davis, and gent to this offlice for t,lements, the officer, who took him into custody. 111r. Tathamn said, that there wvas an- other cellar called " AIrs. Tathani's cellar," from ylhicil a quantity oF wine of a superior kind had also been utken1 and the door of which the prisouer Davig confessed, on his appehensifon, that he opened by opening the lock of a drawer in wvhichl AIrs. Tatiham kept her keyts, and talding the cellar key therefromi. - lltrs. Tath::m deposed, thlat on her return from the country, the prisoner Davis told her that the door of one or the wine-cellars had been found open one dayduring her absence, and had been nailed up. John Afars, a lad about 12 years of age, said, that he was in tiie habit of comiif every week to Mir. Tatham's house, to bripg home Davis's Brien, or wioni his morher, who is a laundress, residing in Bermondsey,washed. On two occasions he saw Davis open the wine- aellar, and took the witness into ft with him, and on each oceasion the prisoner brougt out some bottles of wine, and wrapping them op in his dirty linen, conveyed them to the house of witness's rno- thet, where the two prisoners afterwatds camet, and eitirer drank or took away the wine. Witness had also taken, by desire of the pri- soner Davis, several pots of jam homz to hiz tnother's from Mr. Ta- tham t,5 house. The mother of the last witness said, that Davis had several tines brought bottles of wine and pots of jam to her house, and she al- ways questioned him about them, cautioning him as to pursuing any conduct that might iivolve him in trouble ; but his answer was, that it was all right. The other prisoner (AlMorris) had often corae withi Davis to her hodtte, and they had either drunk the wine there, or taken it away. Anne Levit said, that she w,as cook in tlie service of Mtr. Tathamt and in the absence of the famnily had frequently seen Davis bring bottles of sMadeira, port, &c. hito the kitchen, which all the servants, i'ncluding herself, patook of, and( which Davis said he broughtort of his niasrer's cellawr. Morris lied been present, and had partaken of the wine on sorne of those occesions. lizaLbethi Goalding said, that she was h,ousemaid in the service of Ir. Tatham, and had frequently seen Davis bring bottles of wine Into the kilchen, whiel all tbe servants partook of, and which he sail he got out of the cellar. Thiev used to have a . reat deal of aomipany in the kitchen, who were invited to spend the evening, and Morris used generally to be there. They used to have suippers, dancin$g, and singing, and plenty of wine; and wihen thev wisiedi for variety, Davis used to say, " Now, my lads and las6es, I will bring you a bottle of lMrs. Trat*ham's best," and rised then to go to MUrs. Tatham's cellar and bring out some beautiful wine. Two other servants gave similar testimony as to the series of jolli- fication carried on at Milr. Tatham's house in his absence, which, as Mr. Tatham himself said, was a complete representation otf'" High Life below Stairs." One of these last witnesses said that the prisoner (Mlorris) used sometimes, when the house was locked up for the night, to get over the area.rails, and come that way into thle house. Clemnents, the officer, who apprehended the prisoner, said, that vvhen he took Davis into custody, he acknow!edged having taken se- veral bottles of wine, and tihat he opened Alrs. Tatham's cellar t3y taking the key from hierdrawer, whicir heliad picked with a skeleton key, which he had since throwna away. Tie prisoner Davis, in his defence, said hecertainly had taken thie wine as described, but that tie was entirely instigated to it by Antie fievit, the cook. As for illorris (the other prisoner), lie said he knew nothing of his having taken the wine from his master, and oniv slept twice iR the lionse, by his (Davis's) invitation. i Anne Levit here exclairnetl, thiat Davis was a fialse man, fur sayiig that she instigated him to take the wirie. Morris said, that he had no idea the wine Was stolen ; lie thlotrght it was what Ilre. TAthara left out for the use ot the servants . and lie had done no more than the whole batch of the servants, and all the other people tlrat camne to the house by invitation, hiad done. Sir GEoRGa FARRANT observed, tirat th6re was riot sufficierit evidence to convict Morris, and he must be discharged, but said that his conduct was extremely reprehensible, in going in tire manner lie did to the house of any gentlenian in his absence, wvitliout biis per- mission. Had the plate or furrniture beeri stolen from thie hiuse, lie most probably would have been placed in a very awkward situation. The lirisorrer Davis, who cut a most conspicuo us figure at thebar, dressed in his full livery of sky blue coat and breeceire. and yellow waistcoat, was fully conirnitted ror trial. Al r. Tathani sail, that lie considered he hIad a very narrow escape of lOSilg all his plate, by having fortunarely removed it away froint the house a few davy before lie left town. He had discovered, timat not only were his cellars plundered, but every closet, press, and drawer in the houere tn,d been ransacked, the keys otlall having brett taken from Mrs. Tatham's private drawer. Independent of tlre wine in bottle taklen away, a fiftv.gallnn cask of beautiful wine was more than half drawn off, and filled up arain with water, tlrereby tde- stroying the renrsainder. AMost of his wine, AIlr. T rtham taid, wab 1.5 and 20 year sold,'and it was a serious loss to him; there was also a quantity of oldJamiaica rum, andof liqueur called Alarisquina, takeni away, and dlrank: some of tire Alarisquinria their taitii'ul servants gave the tvateirmen in tire streets to .'rink a. whiite brandy. In short, Alr. Tatharn said, biis loss by this system, of plhnder could not be les than about 15!11. or 2001. ,IARYLEBOWE.OPrFICE.A literary gentlenmari of the nenre of Foscolo, who resides at the Digama (Cottage, Soutlibank, appeared to pretaer a charge of erirbezzlearent against Strah Scihrons, a dis- cirarged donieitic. It appeared tire fmale had been engaged on board wages, and thrat shortly after her dismissal, several bills were presented by tradestnen of wvhoom AIr. Foscoio liad never betore heard; these he resiste3, brt lad been compelled to pay two of thera bg ar award of tire Court of Requests. Front inquiries he a- certained tiatr these accountt, Iad been incurred by the teiefndant in his rramne. There was also a charge Of embezzling 35s, whicir lr. Foscolo had intrusted her wittr tO pay the wasirerwoman. 'l he de- fendant admitted having run up all the accounrs.exceptirrg tavo-one of which she derried all knowiledge of; antl the other, wvich was for co'als, shie said iMr. Foscolo hail to pay. Thie ret, she said, was a mnistake of the tradesmen in charging to MNr. Foscolo,instead or iern; shie was willing to repay what that gentlemnan had paid, and also to settle those outstanding as early as possible. Mr. RAWLIraSON, toalford her an opportunity of so doing. con- sented to let the warrant stand over for a week. Iifargaret Callow was charged by her master, '15r. Baries, of Seethsetreet, Mancliesrer-square, witir stealing about three yards ot riband. Air. Barnes stated that she liaed lived as servant to hliim but as lie believed the present was her first offence, with the magistrate's coir- sent he would decline prosecuting. Air. RAW.LINSoN inquired what was to become of the girl if ire diseharged her ? lWas she to be turned loose in the streets AlMr. Barnes renmarked that she had a father. The girl was appealed to on this point; but she stated that her fa- ther was married again, and tisat her mother-in-law used her very cruelly, nor did she, if wiUlng to retuTn, know twhere to find therm. Air. RAWLINSON_.-If you can get her into an asylum, I am ready to assist you: it not, I cannot in justice discharge her. The worthy AMagistrate paused for Air. Barnes to reply; but that gentle- nian remaining silent, lie continued-I will not part with this girl till I know she is in safe hland: if you cannot do that, I must in- sist on your going on with the prosecution. I will put it to you, whether, if you were to turn tIris girl loose upon the world, and wvere some time after to meet her a common prostitute in the streets, you woiuld then think you had done her a kindness in so doing. If you would undertake to trace out her father, and place her in his hands, or keep her In your own house till you could get her a place, you would be truly rendering her a service. Mr. Barnes said he should have no objection to the latter course, if hIis wife was agreeable to it. The complainant went home to consult his wife, and shortly after returned and announced his willingness to give the girl a second trial. $he was accordingly called into the office, and after an admonition from the worthy Mlagistrate, discharged. Worsat&p-s'rREET.-Yesterday thig office, the street in front, and every avenue leading to it, was crowded to the utmost with the cencourse of persons who flocked thither from every part adjacent, to hear the final examination, and to obtain a sight of the person of Edward HarriJ, who was apprehended on the preceding Alorday, on a charge of robbery and attempting to murder a young woman named Satah Drew. The prosecutrix is a servant in tire family of Mlr. Hale, a silk-rna- nufacturer in Wood-street, Spitafields. Her master's premises having been plundered of silk to a considerable amount on Aonday, ,tie 20th of'September, on which occasion she liad a good view of one of tire men lurking about the house, who was suspected of be- ing concerned in it, she had given a description of thr.t man's per- son at this offlce; and had been told, ifshe should by chance see him ahiin to follow im to any house into which he might enter, end en to acquaint some officer or constable where he was to be found. Somae intimation of that circumstance having transpired, she received in the course of that week an anonymous ceter, threat. ening her with complete destruction if she gave any farther informa- tios or evidence in that matter. On the following Sunday, as she was coaing out of Shereditch church, about six o'clock in the even- ing, she caught a glimpseof the man in question, whom she foUlowed down the Hackney-road1 until he turned into some fields, called the London.fields,across which she intended to follow him; when, about six or seven yards from the posts at the entrance in the field, the pri- sonerseized her by the arm, and asked with a vulgar oath if slie knew him ? She recollected perfectly well having. seen him on the pre- ceding Wednesday in a skittle.ground.at the back of the Princess of Wales public-house, in Wentworth.street, whither sh'e had accompaw nied Attfiald and Hanley, two constables of this establishment, for the purpose of pointing out to them titeman she'bad seen at her master's on the dayof the robbery, if lie should be there. She recollected him as the .person whom sbe then. heard these officers address by the name of Kiddp which, it seems, is the cognomen of the prisoner among the fasiri-men of his acquaintance. Fearing tbat he would( do her some bodily harm if slie recognized him, she answered his question in the negative. Another ian wtvho liad stood behind the prisoner, then came fortward, rnd makng a sign to hint with his finger, seized ienby het other arm. The prisoner then told the other mantoput his hanbefore her mouth to prevent her frn crying omat,rud on liceattewupting to scream, theprisoner crammedher tnout foil of hay, and the othrmanputtingoneand toher snotith. they both proceeded to hurrrv her at n quick pace acrosstle&clad. Tt - mnan whom she had first followetl then calledout tothem,"- 1)-ober,- make herpull her pattens off:" W n sbe sheeardtiat,she slippedhef feet out of her pattens by the side of the path through the field. Thse' then jiurriedl her alongto the end of the field, and through atu-naife into a lane. The man whem she had.followed thenr 'a+i called ot, ~'.'D;"n3,>s herdovwn thereer They a .orslsn ra lien down as fa asas er feet. could'no'te,t'tbe stde is ii pond iS.' bottom of the lane. The prisoner-ithen'tool off her~shawl, iind snatchted herumubrell. out of her bnad, andtiaking apiece.oicope out of his pocket said, "lie ivoplhangher, and then"shevrouldl not be able to swear against im." The other man sd" Sbcare her first, and let us see what 2'e bas." Tfie prisoner acthrdhzly thrust his hand intoi her poelet from- which he iook & five shiDllg piece two half-crowns, sev'en shillings, ad. a sixpecr,:beidg all the money she bad. T'he pi&s&ter thems- se-ed * iby the shoulders, and his. tomparion. by her fees,t oa liing her over the railing,, hey rolled`irer down ti-i biikinfiJ _ ?g pond up to her neck o vwater. Noeherperan )trutthen chis companion, and the man she had been foUowing, came near.?ljeafl I that time. The pisoner's companiDn then said,, "'Poke bee4iw.n under water;" to vwhiCh the prisner made answer, teNo !..A ber, she'll not rise again.t' The. former ther said, i" Don 'tie away any thing belonging to her, or they'll he able-W - w t The prisoner thert threw <down her shawland umbrelli,-anaitila Thes can't.'swear to her money." His coarnpaiolestkedliow much he lid got, and the prisoner told him. Thern, "sait bAe former, " let us go to the VWhite .forse at Hackney,-and bavea regalc out of it ;" and they then walked away. Soonr afler they were gone, she crawled out of the pond to the top of the bank, but fearing that the prisoners might see her and ir- turn, in, which case she intended to bide herself again in the pond to make threk believe she was dead, she did' no: attenupt to goaway. At length she saw twoyoungueip55s5nggnealtthepOtnd, and she called to tlem to come t her assistance They did-so, and h^taving lifted her over the railing, accompanied ber to tbe next pulblich6use, " the Shoulder of Mutton and the Cat," where the landlord placed her by the fire to dry her clothes. and gave her somse: warm brandy and w,ater; and a coach having been procured, ahe was placed in it, and ordered the coachman to drive to the-house of Mr. (Gorto., the chief constable of thisRstablishmei,t, trext door to the effice. To him, aq well - sto the two persons who helped aerout of the pond, and to the landlord of the last-named public-hoiioe, she on that saime eveniin told the same storv as she now related. Those persona being called upon, corroborated her statement irt every particular ai far as they were concernedi. Officers were despatched in every direction iD pursuit of the xuf- flans, as soon as the affair wva known at this office, but their searclt on that night was unsuccesful. The next morning, however, Man- ley perceived a woman who had been watching their motions ran towards the Prince of Walles, in Wentworth-.treet; whiqh, from thelcharacter of the company that frequent it, is generally denorpi.- nated by the thieves, and other desperate cbaracters, of the. neirg- bourhood, "' the Black HIeli." He pursued her thither, and as sc entered biy one door, lie encountered the prisoner going out at the other. anid stopping bin, they sat down beside each otberon *Lbenl'. Twvo other officers, Atfield and Josllua Armstrong, then rnalcnrg their appearance, Hanley told tbe prisoner that lie apprehendea hlim for robbing a young woman in Hackney-fields the night before. .'he prisoner made no show of resistance, but said ihe would go quietly witth theva the office, but " itwas devitijb harml, t'hat let what would be done ari;ss, he was slvvays charged with it." Evidence to the foregoing eftect having bean gone through, the pri- soner, by the advice of I1 r. tlarmer, who attended for him, declinedl putting any question to either of the witnesses, or saying any thing in his defence at present. Mr. HARMtER said, he was instrructed by tire prisonerthat he had witnesses to prove thrat he was at his own house from five o'clock mrn- til eight (nt the Sitntiav evening in question; but he was wel aware that, under thecirciumnstances of' thc case,such evidence would nt be gone illto therc ; he had therefbre advised the prisoner t:at it would be best to reserve suci proof to be produced at his trial. 'I'hc prisonal was then t'ullv conmmitted to Newgase for trial. US] oN-IIALL.-A poorlellnw, named rilson, whodescribedl him- selt by trade a blocker of straw bonnets, was brought up for preach- inc in tire highway. A constable stated, titat he observed the defendant in ljambeth--- walk on Sunday morning, with a nmultitude of persons collected around hin: lie desired the defendant, whom he had frequentl- wrarned not to preachi there, to retire into a field close by; tnit he refused to do so, and lie was under tire necessity of taking him into custodv. Tire defendant not having a licence, the Magistrate asked himt wiry he didi not provide himself with one, and then he maight pseach as mueh as he liked. The defendant replied, that even if he had a licence, it would not empower him, by the law of man, to preach in the higbhays; but he did so on accouRt of the traffie that was carried on ir the difibrent shops in Lambeth-walk on the Sabbath, to a shameful extent. This was the reason he aduIressed the people where the constable stated. The Mlazistrate teld him, that te mst effectaal wav to prevenjt that of' wlhich he complained, would be to lay informaniens againse sucir shopkeepers at this office, and he would ab bound to say that wouldl put an end to the practice, and answer the purpose better than preaching to them. The defendant said, that he thought so too; but still it was to-be recollecteri, that God commanded, in the 14th chapter of St. Luke, in these words :-" Go quickly into the streets and highways, ard. preach," &c- The Magistrate informed him, that it ras illegal fIor him to preach in thie streets; but if lie promised not to break the law again, he- voulrl discharge hint. The defendant then undertook not to be seen in that neighbour- hood againi, except to lay informations against thoste who btreak the Sabbath. Several Irishmen were y esterday held to bail for riotouqs conduct on Sundav. The wbole neighbourhood of Southwark and Christ- churcl; wvas kept in a state of' disturbance for twvo or three hours by this battle between the heroes of Gonnaught and Illunster. [Advertisement.41-t Novfrrber will be published, by HIurst, Robinson, and Co.. London, Thte Lit ranrt Souvenir, or Cabinet of Port ry and Romnanrce, with numerours splendid engravings, by Messrs. 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