On Monday last week, a Mr. S. Wetherall was charged
at Hattoa. Garden with refusing to pay a cabman his fare; when it appeared the unfortunate man had been lately subject to fits of insanity On On quit- ting the Police-office, he went to the Tavistock Arms, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury Square, and took a lodging for the night. The next morning, a smashing of glass was heard in his bedroom, on the se- cond floor. The landlord immediately went up stairs ; and no answer being made to his inquiries, he burst open the door. Wetherell was not in the apartment, but the window was open, and, on the landlord's look- ing out, he found him hanging by a sheet. It appeared he had tied each end of the sheet to the handles of a trunk ; and having twisted the middle round his neck, he had tumbled himself out of the window, in doing which, his feet had struck against the glass. He was cut down in a state of insensibility, but restored by the attentions of Dr. Haslaw.
At Marylebone Police-Office, on Thursday, Mr. Cochrane, nephew to Lord Dundonald, charged a man named Reddal with creating a riot at his house, 27, Dorset Street. It appeared from Reddal's statement, he had been employed by Mr. Cochrane, in November last, to raise one hundred and fifty men for Don Pedro ; and in so doing, bad spent every fraction he was worth in the world. Mr. Cochrane admitted the fact of Reddal having been so employed, but denied that any thing was due to him. The Magistrate seemed to think otherwise, and that, until he was paid, the man had a right to call on Mr. Cochrane. He in consequence dismissed the complaint.
Captain John Oliver, alias Captain Adolphus Armstrong, an elderly person of very gentlemanlike appearance, was fined BO/. on Thursday at Marylebone Office, for having given a false character, of Charles Serjeant, whom Dr. White of Hampstead had taken into his service, and in default of payment was committed to the House of Correction for three months. It appeared that Seijeant, shortly after he was en- gaged by Dr. White, had robbed his master to a large amount, and was now on board the Elulks for the robbery. Previously to his removal from Newgate, he confessed that he had given the prisoner 2/. for the recommendation to Dr. White, and that that was his usual charge for a character. There were several other similar cases against him, and in every instance the persons recommended had robbed their masters.
A captain of a vessel, named Pike, was summoned to the Thames Police-Office a few days ago, on a charge of cruelty to his apprentice. It appeared from the evidence of the boy, that he had on one occasion neglected to clean a saucepan, in which a fowl was boiled, for the ter- rible Captain Pike ; and in consequence, the bouillon was tainted with (certainly not a very delicate ingredient) train-oil. For this he was severely beaten ; and—like master like man—while the Captain beat him, the Captain's dog bit him. So that, leg and shoulder, he was well oiled between them. After some discussion, Mr. Ballantyne cancelled the boy's indenture, and advised an amicable settlement. The boy's friends asked .5/. ; the Captain demurred ; at length they struck at 2/. ; and the result was reported to Mr. Ballantyne. But the worthy Magistrate scouted the idea of forty. shillings for a paltry beating and biting, and ordered the party to receive twenty shillings and expenses, and go about their business. Finding the Magistrate had set his face against them, they were fain to do so.
Beresford the news-vender, in Fleet Street, charged with having cut his wife's throat, was discharged on Thursday from Guildhall. He ex- pressed great contrition for his offence ; and the poor woman, who was sufficiently recovered to be brought from the Hospital, declined press- ing the charge against him.
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