At the Mansionhouse, on Tuesday, a woman was charged with
attempting to smuggle 1,228 ells of French blond lace, which was found stuffed into her "bustle," as she was leaving a Calais steamer. A lace-manufacturer stated, that he could not distinguish the difference between French blond and the imitation of it made in Buckinghamshire; and, though another dealer in lace and the Custom- house-officer said they had no doubt the lace found on the woman was of French manufacture, Mr. Alderman Winchester refused to convict her. The Lord Mayor said he felt convinced the lace was smuggled ; but, as it is necessary that two Magistrates should agree before convic- tion, the defendant was discharged.
At the Union Hall Police.office, on Saturday, William Glanville was remanded on a charge of stealing a large quantity of Pinnock's Guide to Knowledge, from Mr. Robert Wilson, a eheesemonger. The defence was, that the prisoner had purchased them as waste paper. One of the witnesses said that he had brought several hundredweight of the work as waste paper : he was in the habit of making such purchases ; and within the last five weeks had bought twenty.two hundredweight of a Sunday newspaper called the Weekly Chronicle.
Mr. John Frederick Parker, who some months since was accused by a Mrs. Boyce, of having administered drugs to her to procure an abor- tion, and of other offences of a disgusting nature, surrendered himself within these few days, after his reeognizances had been forfeited, and appeared before the Magistrates at Lewisham, to defend himself;
when it appeared that there was no prosecutor, Mrs. Boyce refusing to come forward. The Magistrates, however, would not discharge Parker, but sent him to gaol!
Norman, the person who pretended to have been an Oxford scholar and a clergyman officiating in Scotland, and who was taken up in a state of apparent destitution and examined at the Union Hall Office, about three weeks ago, has been discovered to be au arrant impostor, and a regular forger of begging. letters.
In the Sheriff's Court, on Thursday, Mr. Shear& a saddler in Ox- ford, obtained 100/. damages from Mr. Meux, son of Sir Henry Melte, for a violent assault. It appeared that the saddler had the impertinence to ask payment of some money due to him from the defendant ; which demand so enraged the gentleman, that he gave him a smart horse- whipping in the streets. Mr. Meux is studying divinity at Oxford, with a view to entering the Church.
At the Marlborough Street Office, on Thursday, two Wesr.end " gentlemen" and is drunken fellow were charged with a most brutal assault on a Policeman in the Haymarket, about two oadoek MI Thin s. day morning. The Policeman was taking the " fellow" to the Station. house, when the " gentlemen " interfered, and hail a scuffle with the Policeman ; one of them. Higgins, telling the prisoner to " bite" the
Policeman, and " kick" him. The drunken rioter was fitted 20s., Mr. Currie 40s., and Mr Higgins 4/. The Marquis of Waterford was in this row, und he also assaulted the Policeman ; so a warrant for his apprehension was granted.
A fire broke out, at twelve o'clock last night, in the fire-tower at Vauxhall, which was burned down. Fourteen trees were consumed, and several others damaged.
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