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11.1 BET iN's ;,) it 11011::, tA,LSS. consequene of an Advertisement c•Alling Illeetiog to consider of relieving the I-loose-less during the present severe season, a number of benevolent individuals repaired yesterday mot niug to the ViarellOnSrS of Mi. It eki, iii L. l ll.!Mi.vrall, where the blid Mayor was CXI/PCled to take the Chair. At eleven o'clock the Bishop of Chester, . - Arcioleacito Hares, - Sir C. Flower, Mr. Barclay, Mr. D. Campbell, and Mr. Rowcrott, made their appearance iii the firs , floor of the building, where the meeting was to he held, and at about half. past eleven the Lord Mayor entered, and imme diately rooceeded to take- the Chair, and to open the hominess of the fi 4v. Lordship apologized for not coming sooner, and said , he delay h•d taken place in the expee tatiou that it would he the means of.procuriog fuller attendance. Thr object of the present Meet-. in;; was universally understood, 'awl it was only for them to consitler in what way it would be most advisable that the Means sebacit might be - placed at their disposal shook!, he employed. lie hoped great good .would result front this Veet ing ; and he begged to state, that at pre sent site!' nuiobets applied for relief at the Mansion [loose, that. there MIS 110 know ing' what to do ',shit them. Tltose who had parishes, or who were natives of Ireland and 5c4,i1,,r0, it was not so diffiPult • to deal ovith, - they could he passed to their honots:,lhough by the law, as it at present stood, the -Magisttafes were constrained in the first instance to,send such persons to Blidewel! for seven days, and after wards pass them. But numbers of persons were coutiuwally btought before them, who, horn in Newtoomillaod or Bermoda, had absolutely no palish - to be passed to, stud to these it` was foxes sat y to give motley out •of Lord Mayor's poc ket--at least out of the money lodged at the Mau sit t-lionse, certainly not for such put poses, or seed them a,boot their business without relief.— This it was difficult. when such dist tessed objects presented •ilietuselves ; but their 'lumbers sto , re so great, that to telieve all ',vas impossible. 'I he poor creatures now Wandering about the 5.1 .et 11 1 had (malty of them at least) been. employ, td in fighting the battles of this country, to pre serve to us the blessings we etijoyed, and' had flirt-cline a strong claim on Bit'ish humanity There was charily efomgh, ant• there was money tnough in the country to relieve much of this dis tress, and he hoped that every one would feel as noieb as was practicable °tight to be-done to mi tigate the misery now brought .under considera tion. - Sir C..Fewyea suggested the propriety of im mediate:ly opening a general subscription. The Lo en MAYOR I Woo gh t .some Gentlemen might have tocned their wind* to particular expe diews, of which it wool(' be desirable that the Company should bear. The Bishrp ot CHESTER apologized for tres passing on the time of the Meetine, but protn;sed 0,1 e het lie had to say should be very brief. He did not know of this Meeting till he read or it iu one of the Newspapers . that .morning, when he immediately Indere:l his carriage, and hastened to attend it. irate objections night be untie to - the plan now sug 4 ested, and indeed to any plan that could be proposed, but the advantages which this offered, in his opinion, greatly out e-eiglp d all that could be urged against it, and therefore he was ready to support it with his mite. Ile did not see how any min of common feeling could sit down in the eejoynient of wealth, without attempting to wiligete the distress of those :round him—or bow he could lay his.head set enely On his pillow, while he knew that Mall of his fellow-creatures —many poor fernalesea ere wandering houseless and destitute, and buil:en hcaricd, for want if bitch comforts as those in better circumstances might be able to afferd them. With these feel ings, the present plan hadAtis most cordial sup port. The Lorin MAYOR, in explanation of the ob jection wi;ieli he hail made to the plan on the preceding day, stated the •inffux of poor into the city to he very great. Many returned who had been pneished as vagrants ; one CaSe in particu lar occurred to him. It was th it of an individual who was passed to his pariah and conveyed to Arundel. There, after sitting a short time on the steps o f the door of the overseer, without obtain ing the smallest relief, be thought it better to return to London, and take his chance in that metropolis, where he had been ...punished as a vagrant. Ile knew not how it teal, but in vari ous parts of the country many had an idea that they had only to get to London to be supplied with all that they wanted. A Gentleman now proposed that a Committee should be formed, and a subscription immediately opened. Mr. BODKIN stated this Meeting to have been called, and the plan proposed framed to meet a sudden exigency, with which exigency the mea sures now to he adopted would cease. This known, etany of the objections urged against the scheme, as re permanent plan, would at once 'fall to the ground. Ile inlay spoke of his own experience, as Overseer of a Parish, and Secretary to the Men dicky Society, and described the meritutious ex ertions of rite Society in the last week. In the last week they had given 1200 meals to the poor, and arraegements wete making by building new copiers, Ste. to proaide for three times that whit her in the present we , k. The state of die pave srietits in the Metropolis had attracted their oil, and in a few days 200 able-bodied men, who bad been mendicants, would be seen at work upon •them. Toe . letter ot Me. Hicks, in which he so haedseludy offered the use of those large pre mises in •A lien they were then assembled, for the temptit at y avcommodat ion of the lionseless, had brew catight ott by the Mendicity Society. Any ir1.te,,114111 that might have occurred in the mao ner in ivhich this meeting was called, must be / st ttriOnted in them, and the berry to which the blisi te .ss had been dune, as no step furl been taken tweatos it till two o'clock the preceding d a y. — Ile then noticed the eppeal which had been made in behalf of the seiferers, tied warmly eologiztd the liberalil awl Cent vo'iencc of tho! , e who 1011. lebnotted tv tOrtlie! the views of those by whom DinmprOetytt)neetingAait been called. The pour "... e, : claim assistance tni thtbe divided Aro I, ei, •a-- Art S• . rt .-4 \ 7 „ ~... ,I'-tt , • ~' ,P,...)‘: , :•':::-: „4,,, - ... lii.) :1 .11,1 into t‘yo daises—those who bad parishes, and those who had none. 1". e first they could pass to their patis_hes, after wising them one night's lodging ; and that Society %Quid be of great use lo compelling the parish officers to afford the suf ferers relief. l'he second cl,ss was more difficult to deal with ; it would consi•t in a great measure - of Africans, Asiatics, and other foreigners, whit came to England servants to officers and various individuals, on - board different ships ; and who, At the end of the voyage, vk ere - dismissed, and !, ft destitute. For these something like perma nent Assistance would be necessary. The ware houses of Mr. Hick's were well adapted to the. object they had in view. They contained four excellent floors,' so that all the classification that Was necessary—separating-the men from the wo men—could easily be effected. The Loan MAYOR strongly set forth the neces sity of making the officers of the several pariihes near the metropolis provide for their own poor. In some parishes, unfortunately, there,was a dis positio.o tO avoid doing this, and the knowledge of this it was, that on the preceding day, made hint fearful that the adopting of the present plan - would cause. a great ioflae of poor, as he was ap prehensive that-the parishes in the neighbourhood would endeavour to send all their distressed to the City. At present there were a great many sailors, Aureticans and others, who, from their having served in Engli•h men-o!-war, were refuted as sistance trout ti=e Consuls of their respective na tions. These were milled to their special con sideration, as to suffer those to starve who had (ought our battles, would be a disgrace to the coontry. Mr. 1300 KIN Siild it was proposed, in older to tm) great influx of the sufferers into those premises, to admit none but on tickets to be sent to the 'Magistrates. Sevet.al voices here called out, drat this was a matter that ought to be left to the Committee. Mr. RowcßoFT thought the allaugenient of the details would be best confiried to a Co t ypinute now , to b e a p eo im ei f. Nything yet had been deter mined upon but to v,i - ovide straw for those to lie down upon in those pre mises Ito could not find straw, nor house-room, nor pound elsewhere to lie clown upon . . Ti;il; however, ought to he borne in ni that when .misery had been once admit ted into those premises, it could not easily he of out without some relief being•afforded, The distress might be temporary. That whieli a great measure must be viewed as its cause; might not last eight and fOrty hourS, but it' might continue for four weeks. To discuss there the particular steps which, under such circumstances, it would be desirable to take, would, in his opi nion he to waste time. If from those Gentle men who fas , ourett this plan, a toonher should he selected to forth a Committee, he thotight all that eotild be done 'would be effected by means of a little money and sc!rne'exertion. 't he LORD MAYOR said it WBS intended to seek wotk for all who were able to du it. Employ meta was the magical %void that would cure all the evils of which the country had to complain. The following Resolutions were then read, and put from the Chair by the Lord Mayor "That there is at present a v!tlsidvtable rinniber,of dis tresstd foreigners and others wandering about the Metropolis and its environs without shelter during the night, and appa rently in danger of perishing from the extreme rigour of the weather. • "'That it would be highly beneficial if one or more tem porary receptacles were im►nedi3trly opened, in which,nnder due regulations, the absolu►ely destitute and honseless could be lodged for the night, and supplied with sutlicient food to sustai❑ nature. " That the premises in which this 'Meeting is hehPare ex tremely well adapted to the proposed object, and that the kind offer of them fur this purpose by Mt. Hicks he'gitti!- fully accepted. ' " That to carry this object into effect, a subscription be now opened, and the several Bankers in London and West minster be requested to receive contributions. • "'That a Committee be appointed, with power to add to their number, to whom shall be entrusted the entire manage- ment. "That the. Committee do forthwith invite Ow assistance of the Society for the suppressioh of Mendicity, Und that they nrraTlL , ,c, if possible, a System of mutual co-operation with that Institution." The Resolutions were carried unanimously, Mr. BUTTERWOKTIL was of opinion, that the present Association would stand much in need of workmen accustomed to transact business like that now to he performed. If application were made to the Spitalfields Soup Society, and to the Bene volent. Society for assistance in this. respect, a de putation of three or four persons fruit► each of those Institutions would get through all that was to be done. He moved, • . " That application be also made to the Spital fields Soup Society and Benevolent Instittuion for their co-operation." Mr. HICKS recommended that the Committee should be an open Cntumhtee, as he thought time would be lost in sending for deputations from other societies. Mr. BovranwoaTn said, if Gentlevn came one day, and did not regulaily attend the Com mittee, in trusting to such assistance..7wOuld i be trusting to a rope of sand. • • ' The LOAD MAYOR approved of the Resolution, but thought the Committee, if it were' carded, might nevertheless be an open Committee. s The Resolution was then agreed to; • Thanks were then voted to the Lord Mayor, and afterwards to the Bishop of Chester, for their attendance and support. Lottn-MAYou expressed his sense of the, honour clone him. The Bishop of Chester bad previnuslv left the warehouse. Mr: Flicks, on thanks being given to him for the offer of his premises on this occasion, express ed his gratitude for the undeserved icon our that •lie had received, as he felt that ail maw of 'common feeling, in his situation, would do the 'same. The Lotto MAYna read a letter fro'in Gren tell, snugis(ing the expediency of yening se veral places, itt diffeteot p..aos of th e N1,„, q ,“• lis awl its vicinity , :for the reception of the hooscless Poor. He desired to ht. s-r < low sa-crit , iug ten pounds to the prVrent an f offered an annual subscription of two g . ninc , is• ThAtiks weie given to Mr. Shrriff 'R o th and to the Conductors of the Daily Press, 101 ther able and powerful appeals to public benevo lence in behalf of the present sufferers. The Churchwardens, Overseers, and Vestry Clerk, of the two parishes, in whiCh the ware houses are situated, were added to the Commit tee, that they might he acquainted with the proceedings of the Supporters of the present plan. The Lord Mayor, the Bishop of Cheiter, and the Cotirt of Aldermen (ex officio), had been pre viously named on the Committee, which was aug mented with the names of most of . theVentlemen present. A subscription was commenced with every prospect of success, and several hundred pounds were collected• in the course of a very short time.—(Vide Advertisement.) Subscriptions were requested to be paid into the house of Sir J. Lubbock and Co. The Committee, on breaking op, adjourned for the present to the King's Head, in the Poultry. SHAM ATTORNEY. GUILDHALL.—A shabby-looking fellow, who gave his name George Field, and who had been taken to the Giltspur-street Compter early in the morning, on the charge of a publican in Fleet market for not paying his reckoning, was yester day brought np before the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Cox.. •The publican's charge was very soon disposed of; the transaction being considered to constitute merely a debt, and cognizable only by the Court of Itcrpiestr ; but the prisoner, when taken to the Cotnpter, - had been recognized immedia'ely, as the person against whom H warrant had been is sued a day or two before, on the charge of having obtained money under false pretences, and the proper notice had been given, that tree complain ant might be ready to substantiate his charge. William Chaloner, a publican in the Old Bai ley, now stated, that the prisoner applied to him in October last, representing himself to he an at torney, and offered to collect or recover debts for him ; accordingly, having a few small debts and accounts outitaoding, which he considered of too trifling a nature to trouble a respectable attorney vith, he gave a list, containing, among others, the name of a- Mr. Wiley, with whom he had a disputed account. Shortly afterwards' the pti saner informed hint lie had seen Mr. Wiley, that he refused to pay the demand, and that it was therefore neress,ry to sue him ; he (witness) ac cordingly gave him some money for the writ ; some time after the prisoner informed him that he had followed tip the proceedings, and could now rake Wiley in execution, The necessary money for sueiog out the execution was then fur nished to the prisoner, from which time he.had never seen or hearth of him till be learnt he.was in custody. The money the prisoner had thus ohterined from him at different times amounted to something more than 31. The pi isonvr, it appeared, had art fully obtained Mr.'Clialouer's signature, and actually sued out execution against Wiley,"and had hint put in con finement five days without any writ-or previous process whatsoever. To obtain credit for pro fessional knowledge, the• prisoner had stated to Chaloner, that he had lived four years in the em .. Ploy of Mr. Harmer, the, solicitor, in Hatton garden,; this, however, he now denied, having only said,that he knew Mr. Harmer. Mr. Alderman Cox then asked hint to look round him, and see if Mr. Harmer was there, and point hire rvut. The priinner accordingly surveyed the office, big was unable to discover Mr.,Hartner, although he was : in attendance upon another business, and stood cl-use to the Alderman, _ Air. LlAttimt (a4dressing the prisoner)—Do you know Mr. Harmer Prisoner.—Yes, Sir, lie lives in Hatton-garden. Mr. HARMER.—Do you know his' person? Should you know him if you saw him ?" Prisoner. —Yes, Sir, Mr. •11AVIEtt.—What sort of a man is he : is lie young or .old ? Is he. as old as I am ? Prisoner.—He is a middle-aged man—about as old as you are. This good guess occasioned a ldud laugh throng!) the office, which was repeated on Mr. Harmer's replying, " You, are tight indeed he is exactly nt old as I am." The prisoner attempted to defend his conduct, by urging that he hall proceeded entirely in the name of Mr. C alimer,. and not in his own ; aiid begged to be remanded, that he 'might prove that tact*. ' 'f bore being reason to believe that other sitnilar charges would be preferred against hiny, lie was accordingly remanded, at his own desire, to Mooday. Field is-a young man of apparently good ad dress, but ten old practitioner in this sort of trick; and was-convicted at the November Sessions for a similar. offence, but the amount obtained being trifling, he was sentenced tube publicly whipped and discharged. The present charge is of much greater enormity, and the victim of his deception is likely to sutler for his credulity, Wiley having commenced au action against hint for false impri sonment.—(Times .) INVERNESS, JAN. 7.—The depth of snow upon the ground for the last fortnight, has prevented the'regular arrival of the mails here ; the mail coach has not, from the Rine cause, for some days, proceeded farther north than 'Fain; and two mails from Thurso are at present due. During the continuance of the intense frost, w!iich com menced on the 24r h ult. the town was frequently enveloped in fog, which was so dense on Thurs day evening as to be almost insupportable 'to such as, had occasion to be' out of doors. - A genial thaw commenced during the: following night, and . already the snow is neariy dissolved in this lleighlukurbood. Three Frenchtumhavebeen apprehended at Do ver,' ou suspicion of having come 'from France on sonic bad design ; one of them has been a Captain in the array of 'IIUONAPARTE. They are said to belong to a gang of binditti, and carne over, it is yr-polled; to rob and set fire to some houses there. l'hey• were -attended by a person, one of the three, as a spy, who gave iuformation that four others are expected across.. There is a good look oorsher, h em ._ (K em ti s h Grszetle) Since the present frost set in,• it is an absolute fact, that hires have been biooght_, into Limerick for sale in saLki. GREAT fscAING MATCH . BETWEEN OLIVER AND SHELTON, FORIOO GUINEAS These first-rate men of strength and science fought the renewed match of 100 guineas a side yesterday, in a field close upon Sawbridgeworth. Herts. Though, the field of action was 25 miles from Loudon, many thousands had assembled in the ring at one o'clock, in spite of the inclemency of the weather, spring seconded Shelton, and- Randal was the great performer for 'Oliver. A very manly conflict followed. THE FIGHT. Round 1. Both measured their , length with great caution, and Oliver made a smart right" ) . braided hit upon the body, which was partially returned upon the head, and Oliver drew firstt blood in the rally. In a clo s e both went eots:n. 2. Oliver ehewed much bravery, by skilful p'ar ries of his adversary's strait-hitting -left hand, and he returned dexterously with the right, and out fought his Inan„wo dropped claret profusely.-- Shelton was thrown. 3. Oliver bait also the best of this round, all. though some of his railings were damaged, but bs.napped in the next round, and was undcrmost in this. 4. The men.unmnizled, and turned to in bull dog style, and Oliver's coutage had like to have got him stopped. Pe missed his left hand, and was returned npon with a severe hit on the head, which stopped hint for the time, anti floored hint. • In the stir and Gth rounds, o:iver fought to a disadvantage, but his gameness with Neat* kept his friends in great confidence, and he reco vered, and rite fight continued With much cqua. lity and bravery until round 16, when Shelton again placed two heavy hits, but he was returned upon with great gallaittry, and both blinkers were queered. In the Mk round blue ruin was swallowed copiously by both, and it exhilarated the nervous system, and caused mirch slashing bitting. Shelton fought with great bravery, but Oliver's tactics put most of his general ship on one side ; and at the latter part of the fight he gut intemperate, anti rushed at random, which gave a rare Opportunity to his cool and deliberate adversary to get the lest of him. To conclude, Shelton fell from the slippiness of the weather in the 27th round, and Oliver gave him a smart . facer when half tiny n. The Umpires were appealed to, and they proper ly decided fair. The nature of the men was f?iir ly tried in the next round; and 'Shelton was evi• deutly beat—it was poundage. I ,n three other rounds, Oliver keeping the lead, Shelton was hit foul again, as was said, but the:UmPires again decided in the negative, and Shelton exclaimed that he would fight no -more. lie, however, fought six other rounds, under every disadvatp. tage, and Oliver Writ) the battle in 49 minutes, proving hints& not only the best girer and taker, but the best man. Many accidents occurred on the rotad fro - at dm slippiness of the weather. CORONERS' INQUESTS. SUICIDES. An Inquest Was_ held a fesv clays ago at - Nor• wood, on the bOdy - of Hntioriond, Esq. part uer.in a respectable tea firth in London,' who tiv4 ed in a .mostsecluded manner at Norwood;. his greatest pride was in ministering to, the wawa of his less afflu e nt neighbours, who have g , ,od cause to regret his loss. A distaste for society' drove him from the world ; • and, although he seemed seasible.of his loslorn condition s he. could not rouse himself from that gloom ancl, melancholy which seemed to have taken pmsession of his . mind; and accompanied his every act. Tita manner of his death, too, was- singular. Having pl Ac ed . a gun near the fire-place, in such a manner that the muzzle came against his head, he tied a string to the.trigger, and fastened it to his cane, so that by noshing the: cane from him, the piece would go off.. After placing his chair in suet, a position as to be able to lay hold of the hell. rope, he posbed back the trigger, when she charge entered his . head, and caused his almost immediate depth. The body tell off she chair oft the floor, R 1341: the. bell rung so loud as to alarm the family and domestics, who, 011 entering the room, found their heloved•master dying. Surgical aid was procured, but .proved of no avail. Verdict —" Insanity." Yesterday.an Inquest was held at the Brick. layers' Arms,. Stretton-Ground, Westminster, on the body of Isaac Hewitson, a stage-struck youth, about 16,, of disordered mind, who termi nated his existence --by banging .hitnself lo she privy of his' master, a cabinet-maker, in Great l'etet-street, fin Wednesday morning last, after some differences with his mother. •Verditt-,+ " Insanity.". • Yesterday -an incinea was Itch) al the Middle.. sex Hospital, on the body of ?J;. J.. Carmichael. for many .years Master of the Bloomsbury Oral rity School, who attempted his existence on Thursday morning last, by curling big throat with a razor. Lice, -however, was not extinct, a n d the deceased was conveyed to the ' . above Hospital; where •lie expired on Tui , sday, lea'ving a immerous offspring behind hini. Verdict—" Insanity." • • BIRTHS. On the Itth inst., at Homerton, Mrs. A. W. Webster, of a daughter. . . On Monday, the 10th inst., the Lady of Mr. James Hill, at his house in ShOrediteh, of a' on and heir. • ' MARRIED. On Saturday, the Ist inst., at Newberry-church, county of Cork, Janici L.-Cotter, Esq. eldest son of Sir ;lames L,"cot— ter, Bait., ofitaiel,torest, Helena, third daugliter.of time late James LombarJ, Icq., of Loinliartes:.town. DIED. • At his father's, on the Ist inst. lamented most by those, who knew hires, Mr. Charles Seaman, aged ?1, only sur viving son of Mr. \V. Seaman, of Yarmouth, Norfolk, an d late resident Surgeon at Smyrna to the Levant Compan:. Yesterday, in Sluar...; s'rcct, in the Slst year of 1%1- Mrs. Thomson, late At his house, 'in' age, Thomas JetTe:ri.. in 11,, 734:,-1.e.7%- ; . At Quebec, Low , . on :I! , ~, 1-lon. denkin a r, of I.i, and Legislative ••:, of the Court of r• I .0 • 7°7?,, 'zhts ~_;.,. LtiNIJ(),N: Muted 7 -. f Ormond-strvet., , 4 , tiCI(II ) PS, of No. • ! .t' ' ()dice, N. )124 iv!` •"" • I Letters, &e. (post-j' :•• - N / i 1 I