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bail oa he thought fit for the appearance of the defendant lo the
Court of King's Bench at the next Tenn ; and another summons
waft procured to inspect and take copies of the original letters writ-
ten by the defendant to the prosecutor. Mr.. Withers was told of
these proceedings, and that they would be duly attended to. Ac-
cardingly, on the return of these NUII.IIIIIIRes the Lord Chief Justice
was respectfully urged not to real tee the recognizance below the
amount fixed by th. conuniving Magistrate. But on the defend-
ant producing an affidavit that he was unable to procure bail be-
yond two in each, the Learned Judge was pleased to order
eon; lie alvitild be discharged on two respectable persons entering
into reengnizances ta that amount, and hurnalf in tillof. This bail
was given, and the titfendant, as a matter of course. was liberated.
As to the summons respecting the letters, the Judge declined
making any older.
ss llr, Ilart»er trusts that the above statement will satisfactorily
show that in his bands the ease of his clients and the interests of
justice itaire not been neglected, sofd that the defendant was not li-
berated, as was reported, niertly on his own rezo:znizance."
Mr. Butler s a;-.d that lie Emended and imposed the application
to the Judgc; and that the motive with 3lr. Hairnet for 'tending
die letter was, tlft,t, by what appeared in the it would seem
that 31r. Banff'''. had been ;navy to write erinivance.
T c Lord t hiffi Justice's dtr, the Magistrate to
discharge th. deEiii'ant on his Own re, O:.;LiZ:ICC only, was shown
to Mr. r. . .

Mr. ltrolir sail it tees extraordinary and t' ought the
oniksion of meminuir the ea-1:4;1 most be neglect tat die part of
the is r l Chi f Jiistice's clerk.
Mr. Withers w not present at the tirre the letter wa, rcul, but
time into the oll'ee ai a stib•timeut part of the day. On learning
trim. nue Of i; e gcnticnicii for the pr.,s what keit he
s:iii ;le sh,uld wait to see what was r.Tertcd in *to: t.ci,,vipers,
and mike a cm', ter.sta•ciiii ct ti the .51agiatrucs on ltliniday.
The Mdiefil pr ti cedirigs lunchlg been roorivcd to it Court of
King'. Bench will occasion an tapetiNe Mr. %% itter is unprepared
for, uilcsa sorra:tett, as he says he is promised, by the subscribers
to the Guardian Insti,Utitsll.

I:TVS'S POOR.
On Fridnv, Sir O. Faustiss:r told :%Ir. Davis. th, pass-master,
that ore ot his paupers 1414 complaired that the Overseers had
ord-red her to be relieved wi•h bread arid cheese, which the waster
of the workhouse kid taken away front her, r^d rortictl her out,
v.hich he charvett-trod n 4 skein .1 rnn 1 u 4 sod roast rot be al-
lowed, desiring Mr. I:aria to inquire into it, adding. I lave a good
mind to send for the ti•aster. This wns handled by the Tiny-, in a

to produce nn explannt;nn by .;1 r. Natris. the c'l,-rcltwarden,
who, accontpabiLd by his eulitagae, 31r. Cul,licut, save the fulluw-

That the master of the worlhoose was a very worthy man, and
hid been in his situation fur aunt vears, and remarkable for his
humanity to the poor; that so far from the overseers having a de-
sire to screen their oilicitts, they would be tke first to correct any
thing that appeared wmng or too harsh ; that they had made in-
quities of the nuance?, and found that there was no truth in the
woman's assertion ; that the fauv was, that the person, Elizabeth
Shequin, wan delivered of an illegitimate child, and refused to tell
who the father we., and was consequently refused the relief she
sought, uu:le's she came into the house; bat had twice had bread
and cheese; that they relieved 180 daily over the door, and, on each
of the four board days, distributed in small aunts front 23/. to 48/.
per day. At this nion.ent they had 817 paupers in the workhouse,
And gave away 100 pair of shots per week; the number of the poor
had been gr,iacly increased hy distressed printers, men who had
hitherto sot yortual their families resnceinbly. It was the wish of
himself mil colleagues that all tuossitile kindness should be show to
the ,our ; at the saute time it vs. necii-sary to guard against impo-
sition, and check toe tonic of bad example. Their parish was
burdened by the poor of all the parishes, who would sleep one
night in the ratish, arid demand relief cif them the next day.
Me. CoNAN —Why do not your otlietirs attend here to meet the
poor. and coniradict the rn when th -y ful•e assertions?
Ale. Harris—thir duty is a vi ry anitioun oc c ; we are occupied so
mulch in the llowdirtioni that we e..tututut attend. We have an as-
sistant overseer, whom we depute to attend for us.
rule. Itig. , t'ue assintant, said that he was here every day that he
was not at tile stianions, or deil-g other business for the board.

Mr. liven to Mr. Bi;fg---I",`:u nn 't know dist three d.iv out of
the six you are ah•ent ; I dare say that you nee actively employed ;
but I speak as to a fact. I t WM: a time should be fixed for the poor
to attend, and somebody he here to answer them.
Mr. toNANT—I should feel much iclieved if an officer attended
regularly. I have of en felt my fe.lMg,.. much hurt by the repre-
sentations of the poor, anti, in makit g an order on the parish, have
been fearful of an imposition. _

Mr. :lams prouit-ed a teglar attendance of one of their officers,
and one o'clitelc in future was fixed as the hour.
.s

Jane Burke stated that she had applied for relief, and had been
sent to Mr. Solicit, who retitled her to Mr. Mason, and neither
would relieve her ; her husband was un American. She had come
up in London from the Isle of Wight with her husband in search
of a ship, which, if be had gat, he would have drawn two or three
mantle, pay to enable her to travel back to the Isle of Wight.
ller two children were with her busbithil. Their feet were too sore
through waking for hrr to bring them with her. She had slept two
nights in the I a:isli, and only wanted a few shillings to help her on
the road.

Another man and his wife, with two children, had been relieved
a week ago with Is. rid— on a promise to walk to his own pariah ;
it was Lite in the evening when he received the money, and could
get no farther than Westminster, where une of the childretn took
the mert.des. lie had applied main at the house, and had been
refused._ _ _ _

Sir. llarri3 referred them an to the workhouse, where he would
meet them.

WATERLOO TOM.

Mary Jones, better known as Watcrloo Tom, having served, in
disguise, as a private at the battle of Waterloo, where she was
wounded, and pensioned at (Id. per day, was broti;;ht up, for the
eighteenth time, for being found drunk in Oxford-street on Friday
afternoon, where she collected such a mob that the stree:-keeper
was obliged to bring her away in a couch.
The prisoner pleaded very hard to be let off this time. She said
she lived at Brumley, in Kent, whence she had wall; ci on Friday
morning. She had been employed in harvesting alia hop-picking,
and would return to her hushand at Bromley directly. Iltr pension
WO due next Monday week; she had only come op for a pair of
breeches belonging to her hum band, and would not be seen here

Sir G. FAnnewr —lt is a sad thing you will get so tipsy and
make disturb:vices. You know, :Dory, you have hcen here many
times. What have you done with your medal? I suppose that's
at your uncles,
:Nary—tio, your Worship ; it is at home with my pension ticket.
Do discharge me this time, and you shall not see me for twelve
months. . _ _ .
. .

Oa this promise Sir George let her go. She fcrncrly had a
shilling a day allowed her by the officcr whom she evtiel untlei
off the field of battle, but, finding that his bounty only aided her
propensity to get intoxicated, he withdrew the allowance.