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'he was the man ; but he resembled him is size. Ile had subse-
--war— qvcntly sun his watch at the shop of Mr. Joseph Harris, a paw:l.
lI.V.WSION-HOUSE. broker. in Tot:WI-sir:et.
A won= of respectable appearance came to the Justice Room Mr. Harris. i w
iwobmker, stat, that on the 10th imtant, t
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to his to pawn. and askd

PO rice.

a few days ago and in tears- templainnd to Mr. Nobler, in the
absence of the.l.ord Mayor, that the Churchwarden and Over-
seers of the parish were determined to separoe her from a little girl
whom she had brought up finer infancy, and loved as her own
child, and that the calamity of such separation was aggraratri by
the fact. that 'hey meant to cast the unfortunate child, as it were,
amongst Me dregs of the workhouse.
Mr. lIODLEa advised her to mention the particulars to .he Lord
Mayor.
l'estarday. the Parish Officers having business to transact in the
Justice Haim, she attended and made her statement.
The little girl is the illegitimate child of the sister of a gentle.
man of respectability in the City, and a member of the Corporraion.
Soon after the birth, the parish to whose care the father thought
proper to entrust her, and to which he had given the sum of INV
guineas as a composition, put her into the hands of the complain-
ant, to whom they allowed a certain weekly sum for her main.
ttnance. That allowance sustained, some time ago, a considerable
diminution, but the attentions of the affectionate nurse increased
in proportion. The parish officers. observing the strength of the
attachment, calculated (and they give themselves credit for their
sagacity), that an attempt upon their part to drag the child front
her friend would have the effect of ridding them altogether of the
burden. They accordingly came to a resolution, at a vestry, to teaks
the child into the house, as they call it.
The parish officers, on being questioned, admitted that they had
received 100 guineas for the maintenance of the child, and thit the
complainant had taken the greatest possible care of her.
The LORD MAYOR requested :a know why, it so liberal an al.
lowancc hail been made to the parish, and the woman had acted so
like a mother to the poor child, the pariah could think of making a
separation which must inure injurious to the child, and give greet
pain to the woman.
The churchwarden said, inn low tone of vcice, that the fact was,
the parish rished to get rid of the expense of supporting the child,
and they thought flu the beat way Of effecting that was by threat-
ening to put the child in the house.
The Loin MAYOR reprobated this plan of economy. He con-
sidered it nothing less than a scheme fur extorting money. and ex-
pressed his surprise that so disgraceful a matueuvre should be
adopted.
The churchwarden seemed to feel this reproof, and respectfully
said that he should consult the relatives of the little girl upon the

prisoner Oliver.brought a shop . past..
one pound on it ; witness gave hint 1:1s. Ile was positive as to the
prisoner being the person who pawned it.
31r. M•RILAWD. asked the prisoner to give some account of
his obtaining possession of the watch?
Young Oliver said that he did not steal it, nor know of Its
being stolen, and be could produce the person of whom he per.
chased it.
Mr. MAZILLAND—Of whom did you buy it, and what did you
give for it ?
Young Oliver—l bought it of a man named Turpin, sad gave
him a pound for it.
Cooper the officer here stated to the Magistrate that Turpin was
as notorious a character as any man in Westminster, and had
absconded since the apprchension of youog Oliver, and Turpin's
wife bad been lurking about the police office all day, for the pur.
pose of communicating to her husband the result of the present
examination.
Mr. kfassuatt—Pray, Master Oliver, what do you do for a
living ?
Young Oliver—l go to fights with my father. mid generally make
three sr four pounds at each fight, by letting waggons to the spec.
tatOrtl.
Mr. MAUI Lawn—Y.llr father has brought you up, I am sorry
to say, in a way not likely to promote your interests. I thought
your father had left of prise fighting.
Young Oliver-1 es, he has. but he belongs to the ring, and
bets, and gets money by attending matches, &c. at the Fives'
I ;c,
31r. 3lasx Lao:la—Your connection with the notorious Turpin
proves to me that you are initiated into the very worst habits, and
I shall commit you to prison.
Young Otis er—l can only declare that I am innocent of theeob.
bery, and I think it is hard to be commiued, when I have stated
who was the person from whom I obtained the watch.
Mr. Wiwi-v
-1f you should by chance get through this charge,
I advise you to have nothing more ado with price fighters and suck
characters as Turpin, or it will lead you to your ruin.
Young Oliver—Thank you, Sir.
Mr. Ma tta xarrn—And I think the best thing you Mad de
would b: to go for a soldier.
Young Oliver made some objection to Mr. Markland's propos&
Lion, and was committed for re.czaminstion on Friday next.

subject of her future welfare.
I M rORTANT CAsE RESPECTIY:O Poen RATES. The Over-
seers of the parish of All-Hallows. It irking, summoned a number
of parishioner's for non-payment of poor rates.
The first case was one in which a parishioner was charged with
not having paid two years' arrears, amounting to 04 Ilis wife at-
tended. She had a house for which she paid 501. per annum, and
which she kept open as a coffea.shop. She was liable to pay the
poor's rates, and if the demand was enforced the whole family must
go to the workhouse. The 'loose might be let in lodgings, but her
husband was such a drunken quarrelsome man that no one could be
found to lodge in the same house with him.
The LORD MAYOR in this Me suggested that it would be im-
prudent to press the claim* of the parish.
The Offieers said they felt the force of the humane recommen- '
dation, but a ruinous practice was gaining ground in this and other
parishes, which it was requisite to suppress, by sternly exacting the
payment of the rates in every instance. There were numbers of
persons in low circumstances residing in the parish, who had been
excused a long time from the payment of the poor's rates, on account
of alleged inability. The effect of this indulgence had been that
the landlords were enabled either to keep up the rents when every
thing else was falling, or had actually advanced them so as to get I
the last farthing that was gained by the non-payment of the poor's i
rata.
The Loan MAYOR said he well knew that the practice which
was justly complained of by the parish officers prevailed
to • great extent, anti was gaining ground. Ile knew one parish
whose whole courts and alleys were built upon the express specula-
tion that the tenants should pay a high rent by getting rid of the
poor's rates, in which they generally succeeded. lie agreed that
the practice should be resisted, and as a general rule he was deter-
mined not to listen to the plea of inability on account of high rent ;
but the present ease was an exception. The poor woman was avow.
idly straggling to maintain a family of nine children. and to save
them from the workhouse. The question therefixe for the parish
officers was, whether they would forego the demand, or maintain the
whole family as paupers.
The Parish Officers consulted on the subject., and we understood
they withdrew the prosecution foe the present, in order to take the
instructions of the %'es•ry upon the case.
Several other persons were then proceeded against for the non-
payment of rats*.
110 W-STREET.
BRUTAL A SeArLT.— Alwre, a tall and powerful man,
was yesterday placed at the bar, charged with attacking Mary
Moore, a lodger is his house. The parties are no relations.
The complainant, who is s poor feeble old woman, was supported
into the office by her son, who was shedding tears as fast as he
could. Mrs. Moore told her story as well as she was able. The I
prisoner is a shoemaker residing in Wych-street, and on Saturday '
morning last a son of the eomplainant went into his apartment, and
drunk some milk, which enraged the prisoner, and some altercation
haring ensued, he aimed a blow at her head, which gave her a tre-
mendous black eye. The complainant, wishing to ward off the
blow, raised up IND arm, which, in descending, met the knife held
in the Mogi of the prisoner, and the fah of her arm was completely
cut through from the wrist to the shoulder. files. Moore said she
had Steen unable to attend before, and though she had lost the use
of her arm for ever, by which she gained a livelihood for her family,
yet she was unwilling to prosecute the prisoner, being aware that
the knife caught her arm.
Sir IL admire your Christian forgiveness, Mrs.
Moore, but 1 cannot permit such a brute to go unpunished. lie
must answer for the outrage before a Jury.
The prisoner asked if he might not acid any witnesses.
Sir K. BIRN tr.—WitnaLscs ! The poor woman's eye is enough.
You may find bail.

LAMBETH-STREET.
Yesterday Jowl, a person holding a confidential situation
in the Excise, was brought before Mr. HARDWICK by the Parish
Officers of Poplar. to account for having refused to support his
good and lawful wife.
Mrs. Jones, a respectable and well-dressed woman, who appears
to have passed the meridian of life, stated, that her husband, Mr.
Jones, had left her IS years since, and daring that time she had
never laid her eyes upon him, until Thursday morning last, when
site was informed where he lived. She went to his house, but was
refused admittance, and she was in consequence obliged to apply
to the pariah for relief.
Mr. Jones, on being asked by the Magistrate on what grounds
he refused to support his wife, stated, that in the year 18U9 re-
verse of fortune obliged him to leave the place of his nativity in
Wales, and he came up to London to look for a situation, leaving
his wife and three children with and under the protection of his
father, then and still living where he said her and her children
might hate lived comfortably till this day. That in about two
years after his coming to town, he obtained the situation which he
still holds, and finding that it was in his power to support his wife
and children, he wrote to them to come up to town, but to his
great surprise and astonishment he received for answer that his Wife
had deserted his children and friends, and was living in oped adul-
tery with a clerk in a banking-house in the neighbourhood. On
receiving this unpleasant and unexpected news, he immediately
sent for his children, whom he has since paid every attention to.
He could, he seid, if necessary, bring forward, as a living witness
of Mrs. Jones's guilt, her own son, a boy nearly 13 years of me,
the eldest of three, the fruits of her adulterous intercourse. Under
such circumstances he hoped the Magistrate would not oblige hits
to support a woman that had served him so.
Mr. Ilattnwicx said, that by his own showing she was his
lawful wife, and as he had taken her " For better for worse" he
was (however hard the case) by law bound to redeem the parish
from any expenses it was at by her becoming chargeable thereto.
After sonic consideration on the part of Mr. Jones, he said, that
rather than allow her a separate maintenance, he would take her
home again, if she pr.miistd to behave well for the future.
Mrs. Jones pledged herself to do so, and they both left the
office apparently as good friends as ever.
UNION-HALL.
Yesterday five young men, of respectable appearance, supposed
to be part of an extensive emaciation of thieves, who infest the
Kent-rood and its neighbourhood, were put to the bar, charged
with the commission of various robberies. Four of the prisoners
were fully commited for trial.

If A T TON-GA DEN.
Yesterday Mary Junes, a woman of the town, was remanded,
charged with robbing a countryman, whom she had decoyed to a
house of ill-fame in West-street, Smithfield, of three sorcteigns.
She was quitting the house when the occupier detained her to see
that " all was right," but on awaking the countryman, aid find-
ing " it all wrong," she was given in custody.

31 A RLBOROUG ILSTR E ET.
Mit.Faysyntestov..—W'hen Mr. CONANT, the Magistrate, had
taken his seat on the Bench yesterday, a respectable elderly gentle-
man, whose name did not appear, requested Plank, the officer, to pro-
cure him an interview with his Worship, as he had business ef im-
portance to communicate to him. 31r. CON•NT granted there-
quest, and the gendeman stated, that he had unfortunately been a
great sufferet by the recent failure of the bank in Bemereastreet,
and besides a considerable sum in cash, he had two brown paper
parcels, containing valuable securities deposited therein. He had,
since the house stopped payment, made repeated applications for the
restitution of the securities, but the persons to whom be was re-
ferred refused to glee them up, and told him, if he did net feel satis-
fied, to apply to his Worship. He had in consequence wade this
application, to know if he could not in any way regain possession
of the parcels and their contents..
Mr. CONANT told the gentleman lie was sorry for his situation,
but there were hundreds of persons similarly placed. and he regret-
ted it was out of his power to assist him.
The gentleman maned quite dissatisfied at the Magistrate's re-
ply, and urged him to give some authority to get possession of the
securities ; lie considered they ought not to be -detained.
Mr. Coxitur reiterated his former reply, and assured him that
it would give hint great pleasure if he could comply with his re-
quest ; he must await the meeting of the Commissioners under the
bankruptcy.
1 he gentleman then bowed, and retired.
This morning an application was made by the Bank. to defer the
examination of Mr. Fauntleroy, which was fixed for this day, for
a week, they not being prepared to bring other cases against hint.
The application was granted, and he will therefore be brought
up this day week.
Mary-Ares Peer**, enter known as Ludy Borrriore, was
charged by Webb, the beadle of St. Anne's parish, with being in
a most beastly state of intoxication, and molesting every person
a ho happened to come in her way.
Webb, in addition so the charge against the prisoner, stated.
that it was only last week that she was brought before Mr. MM.
shull, at Bow-serest Office, on a similar charge, when Mr. Min.
emit, by the advice of Mr. Nodder, the I tovernor of Tuthill-fields
prison, took her own nmognizance fur her appearance at the West-
minster Sessions.
Mr. Cowawr after remonstrating with her upon the impro-
priety of her conduct, ordered her to be locked up till three o'clock,
when, if she behaved herself quietly, she was to be discharged.
A very respectably-dressed man, named Martin, was charged
by another person of equally respectable appearance, with having
assaulted him on Thurday night, at the Thistle cud Crown, Hu-
pertssteeet.
By Mr. Alexander's statement it appeared, that he was spending
the evening at the public-house in question, when, at about half-
past eleven o'clock, the defendant, who was very much intoxicated,
challenged hint to light, which challenge not being accepted, the
difeetiant gave hint a violent blow over the eye, which completely
closed it. Mr. A. also stated, that the landlaily.of the house had
threatened to discharge the waiter, who witnessed the affair, if he
appeared here to give his evidence.
Mr. CONANT—Then she not only keeps her house open at that
late hoer, but also user threats to the waiter to prevent his appear-
ing here. LA one of the watchmen go the house, and Tequila her
inintetPlate attendance.
Mr. Martin, in defence, did not attempt in the least to ticr.y the
I charge, but pleaded drunkenness in mitigation.
Mr. CON4INT lined hint bs. for being drunk.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Illostweor Roane: a r.— Wifllam Oliver, the son of the pugilist,
Tian. Oliver, a well-grown lad, about IG years of age. was charged
before Messrs. :11A C I.•NLI and Wu' TE, the .tlagistratee, with
committing a highway robbery.
John Hepburn stated, that he resided in Tothill-street, West-
minster. On the ttst of last August, about ten o'clock at night,
be a all passing along Delahsy:ottreet, when some persona casne be-
hind hint and struck him a violent blow on the head, anti he fell
en the ground in a senseless state. On recovering his senses, he
found a man staitt!-,:g over him, drawing his watch front his fob
pocket, mot as 1441011 as he had got possession of it, the robber
handed it to a female who stood behind him. Witness here looked
I at the prisoner, and stated, that he could nut positively swear that