The National Register.
London, England, 1816-09-02 00:00:00

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INTEY.FIGENCE.
court,- or NCERY, AVG. 20.

F.rperte A'el46'•' %-to OTC:ER.O, in the meth r Qt. l ITGITT.
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This was a pet:font from the as of Frattei: ‘I right. a
bankrupt, praying for an order In send before-Vie Master two
several bilk of costs which had been made out by Mr. Stoitera,
the modeito.., one atuomiting• to and the ether to a 1.21.
•13... id. on aeco-gat of Inkiness done for W iglu and Mis. Mats,
Anne Clarke. 'The object of the petnion was to have the said
bills nixed on the aroma of alleged excess nod es:ravaigniiec
in many of tie eharees therein. It Appeared that itt Ipril
a commis-ion 11f bankrupt was issued against % I tlll4l enra-
plosed Stokes as hi+ nt. It also appeared that there hoof
been dealings and Arruonts betw ern right and stokes frisni
the ye.tr Iminti to Iblo. That in NIA enilwr !Kin, S;okrANk bill
amounted to 13191. 'Float tria guinea...4' that bill was paid by
Mrs. Mary Anne Ciartke ; that iu Isu9 stoke: timed as agent
for Wright against CM. %baldly : that in Dec. Ititnl. CoL Woe -
dle lodged au ititheiment against Wright and 0111ers fin a COSI..
ra:Araey, which stoke. was eauploy ell hi %flight to ; that
in 1510. Stokes was de droos to (1)111C to a settlement of aeeolllll4
with lfti_hl, for %vibe!, purpose lie delivered its to bbl the -aid
bill i31:11. 'That •*.ftes amok. about a ear nod a hait.:.ei. re
the bankruptcy. 'Stokes i aid 52.11. to Wrigle, being a fiAMitee
which Melt appeared doe; and that WI iabt K '.1,4 perfectly satis-
fied with all that had passed. and save Stake: a receipt accut
ingly for the said Imlatiee ur52111.
Mr. II at. for the assignees. stated ease at length.
Mr. Cloak...tone followed Mr. Hart on the s.,Eitit. side.

Sir 5., Itmailiy, iu behail of Mr. Stokes, said, [kit then. never
WAS a minimailtiressed to the Court so ono artily nt itS al ten-
lion 44 the present. The sum of tiiJril. yy Inch had been men-
tioned as an abrupt and unexplained item at the !trail of Mr.
Stokes's bill, was the bitlanre of an aveoitiit, the Firtieulars
whereof had be. furnished to Mr. ‘‘ riaht a fortnight befotv;
and as to Wriatit's bring to the post er of Mr. Stokes, there syav
nothing whatever to make that appear, out a It vomit 1116,4
strangely he inferred from the fort of Mr. Stokes anon;; to pay
;gni, to di. Wright• limit neitlier Mem nor till lire Nwarsanda
half afterwards, did Mr. Wriaht ()nee intimate the leii-t
satist wino) or any thmight or purpose of to-swim,. And what,
afar all. yyrre tile enormous items e 'twitted of Wby ttli
guitieas lot roiling the proreedinas in the House of Ciuminnis.
But it the trouble were fairly e•limated, tot solo would be
deemed hardly so:ileum!. 'lltirse primeedings. evteadiut to 0
thick folio volume, twi nty rod mid ponds was the Charge for
court fors. contprrhencbult the j4kl, the Mar...liar-, and Ow
Crier's. Five guineas for striking a Special Jury, and eimi-
dering how int•ious Mr. Wright was to obtain pirrtientar Mho.,
wanton relative to every intuits ideal of that Jury, the sum isi.arsi
lerai. Mrs. Clarli:e's mists wile pot(' by wright, re 'll,l
ought to be, thy ramie being his, and nut !lei's.
Mr. !tart rei•liret.

Glancelloi. said. the case, na ht• malerstond it, was
this I—There had bet•n dr.tling• between and Susi, e•,
from the year lSati; that 'thoorn a sctr and a half bt-fure the
hankinpley of 1i right, Sii.l.oa was desirous to 114,ve
mein, and delitcrrd in a bid amounting to 13291 with noir!.
Wright appealed quite satisfied. As to rhe time which bad,
since elapsed under :intuit lan acquiescence; there was no lentOli
of time which would prevent the Court iktfill interfering in ally
ease of gross or toluritions overcharge; bet, in any such case,
it would he ucee.•sary to point out tie specific items, and it
would not be e gli for such interference to allege that two
t;uiliva' had bi en charged in a particular article instead ofou•.
It mast be an egregious and systematic o•ercharge, and the
instauer, must be specifically pointed out. No such speeilica-
ill.ll ill the pvt seta C:l,e was before the Court, there was
no-
-11 thing at all in the petition but general allegation, and under
all the vire 1111 l stances lie could out let the bill for Cle3l. be
touched. The other hill for 3121. 13s. Ad. he thought shouts(
go before the 3lisater.

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SF.PTEIf Ft 2.

REPORT ON TILE POLICE.

The Report of the Committee of the House of Com-
pions up' u the Pollee of the Metropolis, has been printed.
Among the praninent points to which the Coramittee
have direezed their attention, are the effect of rewards for
VAC cow:le:dm of °..:n lers—the existence of li:•enced
pabiie houses. alth.mgh possessing a bud replite--the
conluct of watchmen—and the imnwal practices con-
ne.eted with night-houses, gin-shops, &e. The evidence
rclaing to these subjects contains much curious and in-
teresting matter. The following is the substance of the
depositions given before the Con nittee, on the subject
of what arc email) ntly called Tyburn Tickets:—'sir N.
Conant stated, that persons apprehending a burglar,
horse-stealer, or shoplifter, are entitled, by Act of Parlia-
ment (10th and 11th of William), to an exemption fco:n
parochial duties, in the parish where the offence is com-
mitted, The certificate so received is once :usignable,
and is commonly assigned to SUllle inhabitant of the place
to whom only it is valuable. In case of burglary, this
ticket is super... Wed to the 401. reward. The saleable
val,m, he imagined, was about 201. When there is any
dispute, the produce of the sale of it is apportioned by *lie
Judge —Townsend, the officer, stated, that he had sold
these tickets so low as 121. In such a parish as Hano-
ver-square, the people were of so much consequence that
they would serve themselves. They were highest in
Covent-garden, where they were worth 251. each, as the
constable of the parish was obliged to sit up, he believed,
one night out of three.—Townsend, the officer, thought
if Judges and Magistrates lent a discretionary power to
reward the appreltendera of offenders according to their
exertions, it would be preferable to the law of rewards
now in existence.

POLICE.
MANSION-lIOUSE.

Saturday John Jonrs.--aniJaMesliiseiy were charged with
making nevi rat attempts to commit felony, and with having
picked the pockets of two siillerent persons on Friday night.
.1. Lagau deposed, that he was proceeding in the direction of
• liolaora on the night mentioned. and seeing the prisoners
rather suspiciously in conceit together, hr watrlied them a
considerable distance. During their prozrtss, they '• tried-
tie pocket: of several gentlemen, and at length succeeded in
stl'aling rlOlll the pockets of two perso.ts, their silk himilker-
. e:tiels. The witness noon perceiving tlhi•, pursued them into
a retired count, where they were st•enred. and the properly
• found upon them. They were remanded fur a final esami-
i nation.
Armstrong and Ginn, the two pickpockets, apprehended by
I the Lord Mayor on Thursday night were I, might up tor a
r second e‘amitiation, but in COilltelitlefiCC Or the absence of
another Magistrate, and it being necessary that his Lordship
t shouid himself give et idence, the prisoners were again re-
, mantled.

GUILDITALL.
Saturday a notorions young fellow, named 'fiddling, but
who is better known by the title of Jack th Whims, was charged
with stealing fr.)9l the person of Mr.' tt'aiihnian. (sun to the
Common (onimilin.to), a silk handaerchiet, while ll:ism:l.4
thronall Fleet-street on Thursday night. The primmer was
fully committed fur trial.
lIATTON-GARDEN.
Mt'anrtt OF Mt. DILAPEK.—AfoncLy a farther investigation into
this m)••terions alfir nick place before Mr. liuyissforcl, the Sitting Ma-
gistrate, whets several witnesses were ...stamina!, whose evidence was at
considerable variance. The only new testimony of moment was that
of the old nether. William Iloberts. who stated that be assisted in
taking the deceased out of the well, and did not think that a man might
fall into. the well and his hat remain on his head. In consequence of
the difference which occurred in the rle:wisitions, the prisoner suggested
that the watchman, who cried the hour, might be sent for. To this
the Magistrate consent, l, and head was dispatched for the watchman,
and the prisoner was remanded until seven o'clock.
At eighto'ciock, Win. Read, gen. the officer, returned f on; Enfield,
with the watchman. Thomas Ifillian, when he gave the following cvi-
, diner, Mr. 'fuck having been previously remanded to be brought up
I on another day :—I live at Cockioster, and am a watchman, employed
by Mr. Paris; my extent is confined to mural his house and premises;
I go on at rive o'clock. and tome off at fire in the morning. On the
night before the 111311 was found drowned, the night I mean tile job was
done, they lef; sue between ten and twelve o'clock, and went down to
the thug. I .:0 not recollect waether Bricken, Austin, or Johnson,
asked sue what it was o'clocit : they arc all &avant); of Mr. l'aris. I
think, in half an hour after they left ine, I Cant d the hour of twelve,
and did nct see any trove of Om all that night ; it was n.ar the stable
I parted with them, to the best of my reoallectioa. Bricket and Austin
were going to London next morning with a load, awl they desired use
to call them, which, I bilieve. I did. I rever heard Ilti:ltc.r. Austin.
nor Johnson, make any imsntion of what had passed. I went to bed
about rive in the twining. I lan allowed eight hours sleep; I returi-
red back to Mr. Paris's to work a little after one o'cloele, when I heard
tint a man was found drowned in the well of de Bald-faced Stag..
TaUr;,lay J. Tuck was a,asain h- ,light up; when Church (the pu-
gilisst and three other witnesses were exam:mil; but no facts in ad-
dition to what we have already stated were adduced; and after the prc-
wious evidence was read ..M :7, the prisoner was fully committed.
1 110W-STIIEET.
1 631MGCLISIC..—Teteitiay Pearkes and Vislecy arieed at the Office,
with a man of the tame of Bard in their custody, front Deal, on a
charge. on suivis ion of being a smuggler, and shooting a marine about
11 month since, on the beach at Chad, when attacked by the marines
belonging to the frigate, stationed t!wre by the Commissioners of the
' Customs. to prevent sinualing. The marine. we are happy to say,
did cut die of his wound. lad is still confined in the Hospital. The
prisoner is the brother IX t:se man v.sho was admitted an evidence against
Fokt and other smusah.rs, convicted at the Spring Assiz:s hs Ksnt,
foi I...erismdcr iii several Revenue Ofhcers. The prtsoier was brought
up on Friday. and uiderwent an examination. Ile most positively
deli. d the char4e. The Solicitor to the Custom-nonce attended. and
the partis s were hound over to pmiccute in Lutalon, the Act of Valhi'.
anent allowing them to pzoass ute any where.
ST E. \ 311•1ittAT5.!....1,54. day Cie qu•st,in as to the legality of 'Boats
. wozloll by St.wsu, w'sie.h hsvi 11 ten few. sonic ti re in agitation, came on
to be }ward 'satire Me. itirnie and Sir 'Willis' Is Parsons. It coated
tesswideraiie iiit:re,t, past; "..I.aly &using the :intern na numbers of
whom attended. Tim qu.atsua came before the Nlngigtrates in the
! shape of Si ine'orsuatian lid against Mr. John flicking. a ea:don-sr-
chant in Surrey, clusrmSa:.. iii with being:: pro,,-i. tor of a certain 0.4
, or &awl, kao en by the raine of" et* fticonural *man Yacht." whir::
was let out ror hire leawe'n Gravi:s,ad and Windsor, an t‘'.l. Wee,
?name", lie not uias.... a fie: WAtaillsin, contrary to the Act of nobs-
-4 tam at the 0 Goa. 11. cap. 26, passel for thiLsir.ntection of vtatenuar
on el! aiV'T T.1::11 A. Af..f.or a Vai::7 Cr Cilth=CC having bra gone
inst., the gotuidisitt was diandiseel.