The Sun. — 1829-11-30 (London, England)

DIARYLEBONE-OFFICE.  Mr. Chamberlain, a tradesmaninthe vicinity of this office, applied to Mr. HosKINs, the Magistrate, for his advice under the following circumstances : the newspapers a report Bloomfield on a charge of swindling, he had discovered that the prisoner was the person who had given him a bill of exchange of He the stated, e examination thatita t iroen reading f, for 10/. lls. for goods furnished. The bill was drawn by John Toms, of No. 40, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, 'and made payable there to Bloomfield's acceptance. The complainant had inquired several tunes lit the address, but was in-,  Formed Mr. Toms was in France, and not expected for a month, and that Bloomfield's address was net known to them.  Mr. HOSKINS directed a summons to be issued against Mr. Tome, and informed the complainant the pr►soner stood remanded for Tuesday next, so as to allow other persons to come forward. Mr. Chamberlain could bring twenty other tradesmen who had been defrauded in a similar manner.  George and Rockingham, two captains of Paddington canal barges, Atterbury, the driver of the towing horses, Tibbs, Masters, and Golding, three boatmen, were charged with a brutal outrage on two of the new police men, on Saturday the 21st instant.  John Collins, serjeant, No. I, division S., stated that going his rounds with William Warlters, a private, near the Paddington canal, on last Saturday morning about nine o'clock, he observed the prisoner Atterbury cruelly beating one of the towing horses; witness warned him to desist, but was answered by the foulest abuse, and the prisoner continued beating the animal over the head and ears with the butt end of his whip. Witness, with his companion, waited till the barge had passed through the tunnel, and then enquired of the captain (George), to whom the horse belonged; the reply was in the grossest language, and all the prisoners, excepting Golding cried out " they are policemen ;" George and some of the other prisoners jumped ashore, and commenced a brutal attack upon witness and his brother officer. George struck him a tremendous blow on the face, and the point of a boathook was thrust through Warlters's upper lip, and finally they were thrown into the canal, when the other Captain (Rockingham) struck at them with a boat-hook, all the prisoners in horrid terms cheering each other, with exclamations of" Murder them —drown them." Witness and Warlters now cried out for mercy, but the prisoners passed onwards with their barges, leaving witness and Warlters to get out of the canal as they could. On recovering themselves, they went to the lock-house, and learned the names of the prisoners. William Warlters confirmed the above statement.  Two gentlemen who reside adjacent to where the transaction took place corroborated the evidence of the policemen, and described the outrage as one of the most desperate and brutal they had ever seen. They were fearful of assisting, from the wel known violence of the boatmen.  The Magistrates, after consulting together, said the offence was of a most aggravated description. Upon George and Rockingham, the two captains, they should inflict the highest penalty, as sending them to prison would not make them better men. They, more especially, ought to have controlled tileir men instead of aiding them. The sentence was, that they should pay a fine of 51. each, and enter into bail for one year. Atterbury to pay 405., and 20s. for cruelty to .the horse; and Masters and Tibbs to pay 20s. each, and all to be imprisoned till such fines were paid. Golding was discharged.