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London, England, 1826-01-13 00:00:00

SURRP.Y SES.SIONS, THURSDAY, JAN. M.

THE PARISH OF SEAL V. THE rainy; OF CROYDON'. 1
This was a case of appeal brought by the one parish against the
removal of a psuper'ftom another. The woman who was the sub-
ject, of appeal was born at Seal, but lived subsequently in the
parishes of AVrotham and Shoreham, both lying in the county of
Kent. During the period of her residence in these latter places,
the pauper was the mistress of a Mr. Glover. At the time of his
death, however. she was dwelling at Croydon. Under the impress.
shin that, from her state of life, the woman had not acquired any
settlement at tither Vi'rotham or Shoreham. she was rtmoved by
the parish of Croydon to her birth-settlement at Seal. Against this
removal the parish of Seal appealed, and in support of this appeal
, evidence was adduced that the woman, during the period of her,
residence with Mr, Glover. acted in the capacity of a servant, and
received stipulated wages of 101. per annum.
The COURT, dresning this testimony presumptive proof of a
settlement in the parish of Shoreham or Wrothani, decided in favour
of the appeal.

THE PARISH or LEW s. THE PARISH Or CROYDOIf.
Jn this ease an appeal war made by the parish of Lew, situate in
the county of Oxford, against the removal of a pauper from Croy.
don. It was contended that the order fur removal should be
quashed, because the pauper had obtained a valid settlement at
Croydon, where he paid a rent of 4s. per week.
The Corer expressed an opinion that such a settlement as the
Statute required was not obtained in the present instance; for,
though the annual segregate of 45.• a week exeetded the 101. ape.
Cifivil as the ntinimuns by the Act of Parliament. yet a tenement.
held by so precarious a tenure could not be conaiderell of the yearly
value of the entire items, as the house war liable to be unoccupied
during several weeks of the year. Under a conception that tiny
uncertainty always caused on increase of rent proportionate to the
shortness. of the tenure. and to compensate the risk, the appeal tea
not admitted to be valid by the 31agistrates.

M A RLBOROUG H • STREET.
FlTltaoent Rear ilia anE or Itoestev.—Yesterday a man
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GUILDHALL. of the name of William Polley was brought before F. A. Rosa
ADVLTEna'rrost of Iction.—Mr. Charles% Newman, * re- Esq. on a charge of having robbed Mr. Casa, a baker, of Hayes's-
epeatable oilman in Fore.tareet, Cripplegate, applied to slr. coon, Nevrportanarket, of a sackattd half of Hone.
MM. Case deposed that on aVednesday evening, about seven
Aldenpan Birch for his advice as to the manner in which he
o'clock, the prisoner. in company with two other men, came to the
should proceed under the following circumstanees:—A few days.
ago he purchased some flour of Mrs Wright, a baker, reaitling in ehop, and asked if Mr. Case was at home. On being answered in
the same street, whith upon being mime into a pudiliog was the negative, the prisoner said—" Oh ! :t is on roamer," and turn.
plied
to to contain some gritty substance. Ile imniechately ap. tug to a matt whom they called alike, be said, " Come, take this
plied to slra. Wright upon the subject. who declare.; that she had flour away." She asked use poisoner what lie meant, when he re.
served him with the sante description of flour that they made into piled that hr and Mr. Wheater had sold the flour, and they were
bread, and yet no such grit was perceptible therein. She, how. giiing to Itead it home. To which she replied, *that the flour was
her husband's, and dared• him at his peril to touch it. The pri.
ever, ascertained herself that there war some unusual mix ore in it,
saner said that the money had been paid for the flour, end heehould
and said she would desist from using any more of the fifteen sticks
of it then in the bakehouse. Ile had taken a portion of the flour I send it home. Site then ran out tollnd her husband, but upon her
to Mr. Clark, of Apothecaries' Hall. to be analyzed, and had been return in a few minutes she discovered that the flour was gone.
informed by him that it contained a 20th part of earthy matter, that mr. Case's son, a Lad about eleven years old, who Was in the
another, and the principal part of it was bean.flour„ and that it was shop at the time, roved that he sari them pat - the Mout tnto a
a very impute article. airs. Wright paid the very beet price for cart and drive off with it.
51r. Roe-IVite there any bargain about selling thin flour be.
this flour, and rte had no doubt whatever that she had not the
slightest suspicion of its base qualities. This opinion of lute re- tween your husband and the phrties, as it is a very extraurdinary
specting Mrs. airtight, he bad been informed by Mr. Payne, the ""acti'n •
Mr. Case then came forward, and
.stated that some time since
clerk, would prevent him from originating any proceeding for the
tracing and punishing of the party who had actually adolterated ' Tt'llenter came to his house in very Freat distress, and nut of
charity he allowed him his lodging and victuals for what he did in
the flour. The fiour, it appeared from the marks upon the sacks
bad come from ofr. Simmons a mill,in liroad.street, Reading, but the business. After he had been with him some time. Wheeler
Mrs. Wright purchased it from Messrs. Lewin, flour-fa:tors. Ir. said that he should like to enter into partnership with hint, and if
witness would agree to the proposal, he (Wheaten would send in
Simmons had heard of the discovery, and denied, that any adults-
ration had taken place at his mill. fifty sacks of flour. Witness replied, that if he could vend in
Mr. Braesroen, the Magioratee le; al adviser, said it was a 20 seeks, ha would, upon gnawing that they were @aid for, base
an agreement properly drawn up. AVheater then proposed that a
subject well deserving of setritaus inquiry, but that inquiry must he
new oven should be built, anti engaged persons for that purpose.
initituted in a lee manner, and the lirst wen must he to get a re.
gulag written information drawn up and filed by a Soliritor, upon The alterations came to 241., 101. of which was to be' paid directly.
upon which the Alderman would summon the party complained of ' Wit""a paid IR. but Wheaten never paid his rn ,vet,, neither (lid
before him. hr send In any ROUT. Ile had given It out that lie We, in partner-
Mr. Alderman IVIIICII thought that if 31r. Newman 'equines' ship with witness, but in consequence of his bet filliiliiiig his
Mrs. Wright of all blame, lie certainly could not mak . her a de- Pt"'""'s witness declined having any thing to do will Inc,. As
fendant here, even to trace oat through her in whose hand the flour to the flour which they had taken sway, r.either Wheitte: nor any
had been adulterated ; but perhaps Mrs. II tight herself would he b°d/ else had a right to it'
the proper person to originate the prosecution, and she had better 01r. RoE—After having notice riven you by Mrs. Case, who
attend info re him on the following tfay. dared you' at roar peril-to take the flour, wnat made you do so
On the following day a Alias Wright appeared on the part of bet Prisoner—l never touched the tl no ; I only went to arrange the
mother, but inatead of preferring any coinplsint she merely re. business amicably between Mr. Wheatcr anti Case, respecting the
rtnership.
(erred the Magistrate to a gentleman who attended as from the firm pa
M
aeoire. r. slot.—tbe boy has distinctly sworn that you ordered it to
of the f
This Gentleman canal on Mr. Newman to repeat hir statement, be taken away ; whatever agreement may have been made, you ,
which he did in nearly the same terms as on the day before. hid no right to take it.
The former then complained that he had been taken by sue. Prlsoner-If you will read those papers they will prove that there
Pa
with regard to the time for meeting this acruaation : and was no felonious intention, and that the flour belonged to Mr.
he felt somewhat at a loss also on account of the applicant
Wheater,
Mr. Rot —I 'hall do no such thing, for you may forge 50 papers
not having obtained the result of Mr. (,lathe's analysis in writ.
Mg. The matter should cot test here. Ile would prosecute for your own. coronae, for all that I know. The worthy Magus.
Mr. Newman for the slanders he had circulated ; for he had re. trate, then turmog to Mr. ellse. observed that hewas doohtful, un.
vete,' at gnat that the flour contained a large portion aa rh,e der all the ea-commences, whe!her the taking of the flour was a fe.
of parts ; oral also that Mr. Langstaff. an eminent surgeon, had bony. lie was rather of opinion that it was a question for a Civil
at
ankh° medicine could counteract the injury that would Coact; atoll eveote, he could go down to the Grand Jury seri state
'be ochasioned to the human frame from taking such a composition the ease to them, and if they found a bill then he could apprehend
Into the stomach. Th• gentleman then vouched for the purity die oilier partici % hat it VII quite clear that Polley bad no claim
of. the article, and alitided to the evitlence with which, if he had mi the lone, and he should thertlnre detain him until Mlicater
bad:sufficient notice, lie should have Diet the charge, but which came fritWanl, and if he could make nut a satisfaltory caselhat the
,spinnendy did MA go so much to negative the imputation that flour belonged to him, and that he had employed Polley, he would
as Setif had been aduiters'ed be somebody, as to relieve the then have him discharged. Up to the time of our leasing the
'miller, *base mark was upon the sacks, from the odium of office yesterday.Whottior bid not conielorword.
having bten the adulterator, who wield protium the three men Mary Jones, .alias. Waterloo Poll. was thenbrought by the
employed in his mill to awes that no adolteretien ever took °Hirers of the Mentlicity Society, charged under the Vagrant Act
place lliere ; and secondly, the bringing fot weld persona who wilt begging in Regent-itreet.
had been supplied with floor ft om Simmons's Reading mill,'Phis extraordinary character made her appeararce at the office
and who bad never complained or heard complaint of it. The with a knapsack et her back. Like Lady Barrymore, she. haasince .
gentleman added, that he courted Inquiry, and that at seeks were the termination of the war tossed nearly the whole of her days be-
now at Mot. Wright's (Mrs. Wright bid admitted having 'Pans, tween drtnikenness and a pnson. As fur IA we can ascertain, when
and were open for examination. quire a ;till she became enr.roureJ of a soldier on a recruiting
Mr. Newman denied that he bad circulated either of the alleged party, and to jain the object of her choice, she laid aside her own
mains; and as what he had done had been in the character of a apparel, and putting on that of a young man, went to the quarters of
friend to Mrs. Wright, and forth* good of the public, he thought her lover's regiment, where she entered herself as a drummer ;-the
It very hard that he should be pulled to pieces by millers and regiment was sent abroad, and in an engagement which soon fiA.
factors, and ton into expenalve lawsuit,. He had already paid 'iowed,her lover was killed. The charms of a military life had.
out of his pocket the expense of shearing the podditg, a piece however, captivated her, anti she continued to rime in the capacity
of which he now offered for the Magieteare's laspeetion. of a drummer. She marched front the line% of Torres Vedette to
lily. Alderman finial wild, If Mew Wright did that prefer any the Pyrenees under the victorious bannersof NVellington, and upon
complaint be had no pollee to interfere ; and if It MO notllbe the return of Napoleon from Elba she follolfed• her regiment to

POI,ICE.