At the Marylebone Police. office, on Tuesday, Mr. Frederick Walker,
a Dublin gentleman, was charged with carrying off Miss Mary Ann M'Culloch, a ward in Chancery. A policeman had observed a crowd near the Regent's Park, on Tuesday afternoon ; and upon inquiry, ascertained that a Mrs. Lightfoot, at whose house Mrs. M'Culloch and her two daughters lived, was walking with the young ladies, when Mr. Walker met them in a cabriolet ; which he instantly left, and, with the assistance of some confederates, lifted Mis4 Mary Ann M' Culloch on the seat. A crowd soon assembled, and Captain Mills, of York Place, interfered on behalf of the ladies. Mr. Walker said that Miss M'Culloch was his wife; but this Mrs. Lightfoot de- nied. Finally, all the parties were taken before the Magistrate. Mrs. M'Culloch stated that the young lady was nineteen ; that she would have aIarge fortune ; that she was a ward in Chancery, and was not married to Mr. Walker. Mr. Walker denied that Miss M'Culloch was a ward in Chancery ; and said that she had been legally married to him according to the laws of his country, Ireland. lie was liberated, on his own recognizance of 100/. not to molest the ladies. Miss M'Cul- loch was too unwell to be examined.
At the Marlborough Street Office, on Saturday, Mr. Huish, the author, we believe, of a gossiping work on the private life of George the Fourth, was charged with cutting extracts from a volume of the Morning Chronicle which he had procured at the British Museum. Mr. Huish admitted the truth of the charge. Ile said—" I tun engaged on a work which must be completed by a certain time ; and as I could not copy the extracts with sufficient expedition, I certainly, in a moment of desperation, was obliged to resort to the mode which has placed me here." The prosecutor being lenient, Mr. Huish was let off on paying the damage of the volume, which was estimated at IL
The Bristol Mail was overturned on Tuesday evening, near Hyde Park Corner. The horses were left to stand alone at the Gloucester Coffeehouse, and set off at a furious rate. At Hyde Park Corner, they ran against an omnibus, broke the pole, and overthrew the coach. The porter, who was packing luggage, was much hurt ; there were no outside passengers, and those inside escaped without injury. The ac- cident was occasioned entirely by the coachman's negligence.
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