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POLICE THE PROGRESS OF PHILANTHROPY. BY J. RIDLEY, Written for the Eighth ASniversarp of the Hozhsun Subscrip tion School, NoveMliff 5, 1921. In early days, 'mid Superstition's sway, Ere infant Reason had dlffus'd her light Athwart the gloom in which the nations lay, Or beam'd on Britain her effulgence bright (Those days of darkness, mark 'd with mystic rite, Replete with hideous crimes and orgies dire;) Youth, hid in ignorance and mental night, Ts deeds of cruelty were taught t' aspire; Who most ferocious was, he honour'd'inost his sire! But mark the change! what happy days succeed! At Bret with tardy steps they faintly gleam; 'Till from the light see Ignorance recede, Beneath th' influence of Truth's dazzling beam; Then rous'd at length as from a torpid dream, Our sires perceiv'd the dawn of mentaf day, As nurs'd by Liberty, the genial stream Which still pours on the land its graceful ray; And still its light shall spread, nor ought obstruct its way ! Hall I land of lib'ral, philanthropic souls ! Whom nought can from their destin'd goal detain : Alike, when from his throne the tyrant scowls, And when encourag'd by a milder reign, See II /ATOM rise, his country's cause maintain, 'Galant claims repugnant to the public good! • See STONer firmly by his tights remain! When Ressaxx nobly by his comrades stood; Though doom'd, alas! to shed their patriotic blood! The name of HOWAILD ne'er shall be forgot! His was a zeal, that burnt- with purest flame; With godlike feelings all his plans were fraught, His life was mercy, and his end the same. Yet these pursue an equal path to fame, Who to the rising race assistance lend; With pride we boast of I.Aec sssss ' s great name; And Bam.'s shall to posterity descend, Grac'd with the title of the helpless Orphan's friepd! Their work divine, shall future ages trace, The seed now sown, shall yield a hundred fold; Tb' instruction pour'd upon the intuit race, By them is made a blessing to the old : To these the Sciences are now unroll'd, Which earlier days, alas! bad ne'er reveal's'; And many a truth by lisping tongues is told, Which from its parents eyes had lain conceard ; But to their progeny its richest gifts 'twill yield! These, as they rise, shall readily embrace The themes which now their infant minds engage; Shall hear surpriz'd the tales of ancient days, And view with rapture the historic page; And when they read indignant of the rage Of those who altu'd at truth the deadly blow, Shall turn with pleasure to the present age, And bless those generous minds, whose heav'nly glow Has taught us knowledge, whence serenest pleasures flow ! Ye careful guardians of our early days! • Ye kind promoters of the public weal! To you the voice of gratitude we raise, But vain th' attempt t' express what now we feel : Oh ! may that HIGHER Pow la to you reveal His smile, in approbation of your deed : To lira in suppliant mood we humbly kneel, Front whom all " good and perfect gifts" proceed, And pray, that where you walk, his band may ever lead! Ilexham, Nov.ll, Int. In consequence of Lord GLENOROHY'S recent man riage with Miss Bat Luz of Jerriswood, about seven hundred of the tenantry on the Earl of BREADAL‘ BANE'S e•fate assembled on Friday, the 14th of De cember, at Kenmore, equipped in the Highland cos wine ; and, after partaking of an ample supply of cheese, bi cad, and whi•key, marched off in military array, to the sound of the great Highland bagpipe, or Taymouth Castle, under the ground officers of their respective districts. The tenantry were drawn up in front of the Castle about twilight. The coun try round was blazing with bonfires; and the whole way from Kenmore to Tavmcu:h was illuminated with lamps. The front of Castle was likewise brilliantly illuminated ; and, in large letters, fumed of variegated lamps, wele the words, 64 Welcome, fair ELIZA !'' About five o'clock, Lord GLENONCHY aid his Lady arrived at the Castle from their seat at at Achmore, and were greeted with cheers by the whole multitude, while a salute of twenty-one guns was fired from the fort, the report of which was re echoed by the neighbouring mountains. After par taking of ample refreshments at Taymouth Castle, the company commenced dancing in the great hail, and were joined by Lord GLENORCHY and some of his Noble associates. The whole festivities were on a scale of unexampled magnificence; and the kind ness and hospitality of tee Noble hosts were grate fully felt by the cheerful and happy guests. A beautiful trumpet, composed of the following flowers, was sent to some Ladies resident in Hereford, by a friend iu the immediate neighbourhood, on Christmas Day :—Dark and light-coloured roses, vio- lets, sweet-peas, mignionette, India* pink, scabious pink, valerian, stock, heart's ease, polyanthus (two' kinds), sweet scented colt's foot, colutea, single sun flower, lainistinus, arbutus, candy tuft, African mari gold, American groundsel, grape hyacinth, and ever lasting. The flowers retained their summer fragrance. The rewards of money, clothing, books, &c. given annually by Sir JOHN and Lady SHELLY, to the most deserving among the poor of the parish of Mares field, who for the last twelvemonth have not received parochial chalky, were distributed at Maresfield park, as usual, on N'ew Year's Day ; and it is gratify ing to learn that this benevolent and generous prac tice continues to be attended with the happiest effe:ts. None of the individuals who were rewarded last year have condescended to apply for relief from the pa rish, although wages have been considerably lower, and some of them have had a child added to their families. After the distribution, a plentiful dinner of beef and plum-pudding was givery to about one hundred and fifty children belonging to the National and Sunday Schools, and after dinner rewards were bestowed open such of them as had been most exem plary for their conduct as teachers, and their dili gence as scholars. Chequers, the seat of the REVETTS and Russaus, rich in classic recollections, is undergoing a complete repair, by order of the present proprietor, It. G. RUIP SELL, Esq. M.P. Whether CROMWELL ever resided titre, is, perhaps, a matter of doubt, but he was a frequent visitor ; and the long gallery, which is now the library, was the council-chamber of the HAM?. DENS and the other patriots in the neighbourhood the scene, no doubt, of many a midnight consultation. It came into the Russell family by the marriage of Colonel CHARLES RUSSELL with MART REVETT. CO. IMIel CHARLES RUSSELL was grandson of Sir JOHN RUSSELL, Bart. by Famgoas, youngest daughter of OLIVER CROMWELL. It is situatd near that f a i r y spot, Velvet Lawn. Mattarosottiovn.--Yesterday, Jobe Hendemoo, who was some days ago examined upon the charge of having altered the number of a Lottery ticket, for the purpose of obtaining a share of a £2OOO prize, was discharged, no person having appeared to give evidence against him. The LORD MAYOR assured the prisoner that he had had a very narrow escape, and advised him to separate himself altogether from the abandoned associates who had led him to commit such an offence, as it was evident he had committed. John Crocker, a mulatto lad, "a native of Batavia, and one of those unfortunate creatures who were last winter, during the extremity of the season, placed in the L ondon Workhouse, and fed and apprenticed, was yesterday brought before the LQRD MAYOR, charged with having robbed his master, Mr. Solo mons, of Castle-street, Houndsdi tch, furrier, of a great quantity of valuable skins, and some articles of dress. Mr. Solomon stated, that he had taken the prisoner out of the London Workhouse as an apprentice about nine months ago, upon the recommendation of those who have the controul of that Institution, and placed implicit reliance in him. Hundreds of skins were, from time to time, missing. and Mr. Solomon dis charged 18 or 20 servants from his employment, un der the impression that they were the thieves. When he complained of the robberies that were daily com mitted in his premises, the prisoner would point out someone or other o f workmen, and say to his master—a You may depend upon it that the man who stole such and such skins, was no other than that workman." The prisoner escrped all suspicion ; but although such sweeping dismissals were made, the skins were every day disappearing, and at last 11 dozen of half-dressed skins of considerable value, and a quantity of men's and women's clothes, disappeared. The prisoner disappeared with them. The witness and his wife were out at the time, but upon their re• turn they learned front their errand-boy that the pri sonerthad, compelled him to go out for tobacco, and in his absence made off with the property. The wit ness's wife went with all possible speed to the Lon don Workhouse, where she was lucky enough to catch the prisoner; but having received very little assistance, she lost her grasp, and he escaped. In the Workhouse the witness s clothes were found. Soon afterwards the prisoner was apprehended by an offi• cer, and he did not hesitate to say, that he had stolen the skins, and sold them for £3. Is. to a Jew. Money to that amount was found about him ; and what was considered very strange, a loud knock was about this time given at the witness's door, and when the door was opened, a large bag, containing the eleven dozen of skins, was thrown into the hall. From this cir cumstance it was supposed that the purcha,er of the stolen goods had been for a long time benefited by Iris dealings with the prisoner ; that he was extensive in business; and that in the fear of detection he was content to be a loser of the above-named skins. The prisoner was remanded. BOW-STREET.— PARISI, OF ST. CLEMENT CLE MENT'SINN.—The question as to the liability of persons residing in the Inns of Court to pay certain parochial rates, was discussed before the sitting Magistrates (Sir i RICHARD BIRNIE and Mr. BECKETT) yesterday. dr. Dowt.tNo, on behalf of the parish officers of St. Clement Danes, applied to the Magistrates to issue a distress warrant against the goods and chattels of Mr. Vaughan, who keeps a shoemaker's shop in Clement's Inn, he having refused to pay certain arrears of the watch -rate, due to the parish, and which had been claimei in the regu7ar way. The Learned Counsel said, that the Acts of the 4 Geo. 111. cap. 55, 14 Geo. 111. cap. 90, and the 49 Geo. 111. cap. 113, all em powered the pariah officers to collect and enforce the payment of what was called the watch•rate, and the only question here was whether tradesmen were to be exempt from the rate, merely because they hap pened to carry on their business within the precincts of an Inn of Court ? The Magistrates should be in formed that Mr. Vaughan had uniformly paid the poor -rate, but he resisted the payment of the watch rate upon these grounds : first, that the inhabitants of the Inn had the gates closed at an early hour in the evening, and employed their own private watchmen, and therefore wanted no others; and, secondly, that the Act upon which this claim was attempted to be enforced, ought to be considered obsolete, inasmuch as it had been passed more than sixty years, and this was the first time it had ever been acted upon. It the first ground of resistance could avail, all persons who chose to employ private watchmen might claim exemption on the same plea; and with respect to the Act of Parliament not having been acted upon, al though it was passed so many years ago, he begged to say that was a fallacious reason fur the non-payment: the Act was a public and general, not a pi ivate or local one, and it remained in full force until it should be repealed. The Magistrates at another l'olice 01- flee were applied to upon this matter some time ago, and they refused to grant the warrant ; upon which an application was made to the Court of King's Bench tor a Mandamus to compel the Magistrates to issue their warrant, but this was also refused by the Judges, on the ground that they might be compel ling the Magistrates to do that which, if it should af terwards prove to be wrong, would subject them to an action for damages.— Mr. ADOLPHUS, on the part of Mr. Vaughan, contended, that the inhabitants of an Inn were like a private family, and they were not liable, individually, to claims of this sort. If the was any liability, the whole body of the inhabitants collectively were liable. Mr. Vaughan's having paid the poor -rate, had nothing to do with the question at issue. Servants living with the inhabitants of an Inn of Court gained settlements, and might become chargeable to the parish, and the inhabitants of course contributed to a rate upon which their servants might hereafter have a claim. The Magistrates, after hear ing Counsel at great length, declared their opinion that Mr. Vaughan was clearly liable, and they should have no hesitation in granting the warrant. The dis tress was accordingly granted, and Mr. ADOLPHUI said, the question would be brought ultimately before another Tribunal. Henry . Brown, Thomas Stokes, alias Williams, Mary Anne Late:, Henry Brookes, and Moses Lyons, the persons charged with being concerned in the bur glary and extensive robbery at Mr. Frost's, of Arun del-greet, were finally examined and fully commit ted for trial. Mr. W. Ca *lnd!, a respectable upholsterer, was brought up on au assault warrant, to answer the cow plaint of Mr. Hompbry Phillips, a joatoortaibriok loyer.—Mr. Humpbry Phillips, who wore his eyes under a large green shade—at rather, wbo'wore a large green shade over his eyes, as soon as the case was called on to be heard, made his bow before the Bench, and said, " May it please your Worships, Mr. Cauldwell, here, gave me this thump which you see," and so saying, he lifted up the green shade before spoken of. '!be Magistrates looked under the shade, and then observed that they could not see the thump, but they could see something like the fled of a thump. " That," said Mr.ilumphry Phillips," is the thing Igo upon," and when he had so said, he drew the shade over his eyes again, thrust his kends into his breeches pockets, and looked round ,with the air of a Counsel who thinks he has made out his case completely.—" Well, Sir, go on I" said the Magistrate, "we must have something more particular than this : why did he give you the Anew, as you call it r Mr. Humphry Philips replied—" We had some words—a few words." Magistrate- 0 Really one would suppose so, for you appear to be a man of few words indeed. What were these words about?" Mr. Phillips—Pretty well upon politics, your Worship r' His Worship now began to manifest symptoms of impatience, and having made a remark, en passant, about pot-house politics, Sec. asked Mr. Phillips whe ther he had any wttness who could give a be ter ac count of the affair than himself? Several persons who Inid witnessed the affray now stood forward, and, from their united testimony, it appeared that Mr. Humphry Phillips, journeyman bricklayer-, &c. Ilcc. went into a public pal lour, where Mr. Cauldwell was sitting, with some other company, and Mr. Phillips having "some other Welshmen" with him, was desirous of :hewing of before them, as they were but newly come to town. With this view he called for a glass of negus, and another, and another, and this not producing shea , enough, he boldly called for a bottle of wine! The waiter brought it in the green bottle, and this afforded Mr. Phillips an oppor utility of spewing off still further: he rang the bell furiously, and ordered the waiter to take the green bottle away and decant it off, 66 fit for a gentleman to drink !" This was done, but still he was not satisfied ; and after drinking a glass or two of the wine, he told the other Welshmen, loud enough for all the corn. pang to hear, that he had never been used to sit down with " fellows in leather breeches so greasy as to be fit only for razor strops." This remark was pointed at a very respectable Gentleman, who was quietly ' smoking his pipe on the other side of the room. Here the Gentleman alluded to produced the of ' fending breeches in queaion ; and the Magistrate corn plimented him and the breeches tool—him for his economy in sweating them so long as he appeared to have done, by their shining ! and the breeches for enduring so much wear ! The witnesses continued, that the Gentleman in the leather breeche felt a good deal annoyed by the remark about transforming his galligaskias into razor strops, and ventured an observation of two col the poverty of We:sh bricklayers. Mr. Humphry Phil lips was extremely annoyed at this, and told his coun trymen not to mind what blackguards said. This was not noticed ; and he then observed, that he used to hare the rule of that room—to be the oracle of it, in deed; but there was no good to be done in these /erelli»g times, when nasty greasy Scotch brokers were allowed to sit down in the company of irendemen!" By Scotch brokers," he meant Mr. Cauldwell, and by "gentlemen," himself and the other IVelshmen. Ile then went on to descant upon knelling and radi calism, and the obnoxious effects such things were producing in the world, interlarding his discourse with frequent allusions to Scotch brokers and greasy leather breeches, till at length Mr. Cauldwel took it up seriously, and proposed that he should be turned out of the room. Alt. Humphry Phillips, by way of strewing off still further, immediately made a blow at Mr. Cauldwell, but missed ; and Mr. Cauldwell instantly knocked him down ; and this they declared was the whole, full, true, and particular account of the whole affair. The Magistrate discharged the warrant ; at the same time telling Mr. Phillips ( Llumphry Phillips) he was perfectly at libel ty• to indict the defendant at the Sessions, if he was anxious to " shew off" in a more public manner. . HATTON-GARDEN.—Yesterday Thomas Cole, ap parently about 20 years of age, was brought up by Childs, a patrol, of Red Lion-square, charged with plundering numerous watchmen's boxes, of bread . and cheese, candles, Bibles , &c. &c. For many months past the watchmen in the neighbourhood of Gray's Inn•lane have (during their absence in going their rounds) had their boxes nightly plundered ; some of bread and cheese, others of their com/ort; one unfor tunately left a pint of porter on his seat whilst he just went out, and on his return, to his disappoint ment, he found some friend had made free to drink it ; another left a crown paper of halfpence on his seat, and that was stolen on his return ; another, who was a very religious character, would keep himself awake by reading the Bible—one night he had gone round his beat and put the Bible aside, and when he came back, some person hag decamped with it; ano ther lost a nice supper, which had just before been brought him by his spouse ; another lost his tobacco box ; one poor fellow happened to have a spun Welch wig, which be kept hanging up, and on going to take it down, he found it had been taken down be fore. In consequence of the many depredations that had been committed in the above manner, the guar dians of the night held a council in Eagle-street watch house, when it was ascertained that a man was constantly in the habit of lurking about a: night, and if a good opportunity presented itself, he would commence his plunder ; but if the watchman was sitting in his box, the man would ask him the hour. The watchmen, therefore, kept a strict watch. The prisoner yesterday morning came up to Child's box, and inquired what was o'clock, when he apprehended him on suspicion of committing the robberies. He took him to the watch-house, where he was searched by George Toplin, a watchman; a large quantity of bread and cheese and cold meat were found upon him : but the provisions could not be identified; also a Bible, with the name of Francis Claridge written on the fly leaf, a tin candle case, and a gin bottle.— Claridge, a watchman, in Nort h -street, Gray's Inn lane, proved the Bible to be his property, and that it had been stolen out of his box. Crane, another watch man, in Princes -street, identified the candle case and the gin bottle to be his propeity, which had been stolen in like manner. The bottle, when stolen, con tained a ‘uarturn of gin. The prisoner was called LONDON; Printed and published by Levu Kw; rialtft" place, Temple-&z. on f or hi' aiAnce, bat he declined saying anythi ng The Magistrate committed him to take his trial to ' the two chores. MA RY-LA•BON NE OFFICE.-41fary CARlttner, a se m known character, was yesterday brought before th e sitting Magistrate, J. RAWLINSON, Esq. by Prend e , Bast, the officer, charged with stealing various artid l of wearing apparel, arc. From the evidence it geared, that on the 26th of December last, the soner was observed in Ironfoundery-lane, fields, surrounded by a great crowd, who were r te . rally tearing her clothes from her back. A p-,, r w oman named Williams, taking compassion on v, e prisoner, took-her into her house, where she had a , asylum for the night. Early next morning Hams went out, and left the prisoner in bed, but ‘, l her return in the afternoon, was greatly sot prised tt , find the prisoner had decamped with saveral articl es of her wearing apparel, also a gown and i.etticea belonging to one of her lodgers. Prendergast, li ani information he received of the robbery, apprellendef the prisoner on Monday last, in Bryanston-strect, found concealed about her person several of the stoic:a articles. She was fully committed for trial. Naw BAILEY COURT, MANCHESTER, DEC. ‘22.—.1 considerable degree of surprise was caused at se;:ing spread on the table of the Court, pistols, a ciag ge ,, bullets, masks, dark lantern, phosphorus bottle„ besides a quantity of grocery and other goods. TI T! had been taken from Rate/ire, a baker, nf.,l r Ancoats-street, who has had a shop there for abu t two years, carried on a tolerable trade, and had nee been suspected of any dishonest practices till an ace. dental discovery took place on the day of his Rpm., hension. Sevei al shops have lately been broken opos in his neighbourhood, and amongst them that of Mr. Tate, grocer, in Oldham-street. On the 22d instant, a neighbour of Ratcliffe's, being in his bake -how ; happened by accident to discover some go.c err goods concealed in it. 'This excited his stispicic; and he communicated the circumstance to Mr. Tate. Several special constables then went to Ratcliffe's bake-house, and kicked him up, whilst they srnt to Mr. Lavender, at the Police Office. In the i:.. terval Ratcliffe escaped, by climbing over a An alarm was given, and he was soon stopped, hari hz first been knocked down by one of the neighbours; and on searching him, under his top-coat, was found a belt tied round his bod ) , in which were paced loaded pistols and a dagger ; upon his ; et - sone:lA premi,es were also discovfied a black leather cap, contrived as to cover the up, et. pa , t of his tare, lean. ing holes for the eyes, a wig, and common mask fr the face, a dark lantern, and phosphoru, buttes, On: other articles, suited for the m ,, st diabolical ptirpnsr. A quantity of copper coin and various grocery gap::; taken from Mr. Tate's, were also found, and a t;rea: number of kettles, brushes, pans, and other house hold utensils, which had been stolen from the '11? of Mr. Mellor, a broker, in Great Ancoats-street.— Booth, of the Police Office, stated, w hen he took t 1:: prisoner into custody, he admitted both robberies, and said his reason was, because he wanted money to pay his rent. He was committed to the Sessions for trial. Friday morning, between six and seven o'clrick, Mr. JamEs WARD, of Great Houghton, in the cturity of Northampton, grazier, was stopped on the high. way in Yardley Cow. pasture, on the road leuilir.; from Warrington toll-gate to Northampton, and rob. bed of Banknotes to the amount of nearly £lOO, by two men on foot, each having a pistol. Tuesday morning early, as the Dover mail-coaclt was going downßridge-hill, between Canterbury and • Dove-, the reins broke, and the horses, being then at liberty, ran on a bank at the side of the toad, by which means the coach was upset, and the coachrraa and two guards thrown some distance. TLe crac'n man and one of the guards (the latter belonging to the foreign mail) were left at Bridge, so much hurt that they could not Le moved. The guard belongi: to the mail received but little injury : he, with tlto passengers that were inside, and who esca l 'ed unhurt, proceeded to Dover in another conveyance. An account was lately given of the removal cf some Caledonian cows and a bull from a field Lear Ardrossan, in Ayrshire. A very old man had been employed during the greater part of his life as herd by the EGLINTON family, and these cattle were the last of his flock. His was the only hand they woull suffer to approach them, and their removal was to him like the separation of old friends. On going Irrrn Saltcoats he met a young man, to whom he signi;i candy said, " Your father was the first man 1 ken: !n Saltcoats, and you are the last." How he met his lite cannot well be ascertained, but he was soon after build dead in a puddle of water of a few inches depth. MARRIED. Tuesday, at Thames Ditton, Mary Anne Sophia Leigh, elde.: , daughter of John Leigh, of Thames Ditton, Esq. to Wilh.,u Joseph Furlong, Esq. of the 90th Regiment. DIED. Dec. 26, in the Royal Artillery Barracks, at Woolwich, agei 92, I.ieutenant-Colonel Charles Adolphus Quist, Conunand the Riding House Establishment of the Royal Artillery. Dec. 28, at his House, ltoyal-hill, Greenwich, Joshua Yo Eq. aged 84. Dec. 27, at Carhampton, Hants, aged 62, Luke Dillon, L.q• brother to the late Lord Clonbrock. Nov. 10, at Malta, Ensign Hesse Maxwell Gordon, of elt 85th Regiment.. Dec. 28, in Trinity•square, aged 57, Benjamin &ow,late Con. missioner of the Receiver's Office for Greenwich llospital D,.. _ . _ Dee. 27, Lieutenant Peter Robertson, late of the 59th Foot. Dec. 28, in Bol:on-row, Catherine Julia, wife of Roby:' Wan!, Esq. M.P. At Southampton, on Christmas Day, Lady Jentima IL), sister to the Earl of Errol. Sunday, at Kensington Gore, Barbara, the eldest daughter 0 William Wilberforce, Esq. M. P. PRICE OF In Bank Stock 237 G. Deb. 3 and a ludf per C. 87 Ditto Stock S6l Gov. Deb. 4 pa C. Excitonge--. ISM swan. Ditto Stock Goy. Deb. S per C. 9 Ditto Stock 10 10i Royal Canal Stock 441 re I per Cent. MAILS TUN DAY ......A ILI. DUE. Dublin 1 0 Waterford 0 5 Guernsey and Jersey 0 2 Lisbon 0 1 Holland 0 1 New York 1 0 AIM DI . France 0 I Hamburgh 0 1 Flanders 0 I Jamaica 0 0 Gottenbursh 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 0 HIGH-WATER at LONDON BRIDGE TGAIOIZIWIV Mr ruing - 3 minutes after 10 Afternoon - 50 It! .1