The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-26 00:00:00

QTY POLICE.

Amongst the documents laid before the present Lord
Mayor on Saturday, was a return of the number of per-
sons who were taken before the late Lord Mayor, on va-
rious charges (lurk)! his Mayoralty, and also a return of
the her of person's taken before the Sitting Magis-
trate. at Guildhall, daring the saute period.
The following are the total numbers of poisoners front
Nov. 9, 1820, to Nov. 9. 1821:
At the Mansion House 1755
At Guildhall 2575
beings majority of 819 more prisoners taken in the Guild-
hall dktrict, w hich includes the North West half of the
City, than in the South East division of the City.
There are row al poliec-officers on the establishment
of the city, whose !rosiness is to patrol the streets day
and night. The night patrol go on duty in the evening,
and remain until ten in the morning, when they are re.
hieved by the day patrol, who continue en duty the remain-
der of the day. Each of the principal 'tiros is patrolled
►y tour officers. Others watch different stations at the
directions of the Marshals.
It having been observed by the late Lord Mayor that
most of the burglaries committed during his Mayoralty
were committed in hy streets, and just at the hour the
watch going off, lois Lordship had right linen of activity
and long experience as special constasles sworn in, in
additimi to the then establishment, far the purpose ut
keeping a .look-nut in certain quarters of the city at the
hour of the sievorttore of the watch and afterwards.
The following are the number of prisoners brought be-
fore the Magistrates of the city, on various charges, from
assault to felony, during the several Mayoralties trout the
first ot—

Alderman Wood, in 1810......... 4740
Second Mayoralty, Isl 7 6092
Alderman C. Smith 4sOJ
Alderman Atkin 5...........•.
Alderman Bridges 4612
A Iderntan Thorp ...
The following acromit of the relief given in cases ot an
urgent nature, during the Mayoralty just terminated, will
enable the citizens to form some idea of the ditties of
these Chief Magistrates, and of the charity dispensed from
the Itlansion•lionse . .

N her of persons sent to the hospital 1134
Of whom were clothed.. .• • • •
ifizgratirs !Drought into custody..... 646
Of whom were parsed.... 93
Two hundred and six were brought at the same time
before the Magissrates at Guildhall, who passed 130.
In lII4IIy of the above rases pecuniary relief was given,
and in many eases of a particular nature, the passage
borne by waggon paid.

On Monday last tie Recorder made a report to his M.l.
josty in Council of I he pri:oners who were capitally convicts/
at the Oct alter sessions, when the following were cot drred for
execution on l'itesday the instant :
Ann Norris, for a robbery in a dwelling house, attended
with violence.—Ainey Steele fun a like offence.
S.tinuel Flay d, for a burglary loaner's town.
Joseph South, for littering u gorged 101. nom, and
John Jacolts fur a highway robbery at White pe
attended with violence.

Eleven also capiially convicted at the same sessions Mere
respited durat.; m, Majeto'e pleasure.

Ex ex urioN.-011 Friday the Ifith inst. Gen. Thom,
cOO% lewd at the last circint court of Justiciary, of murder-
lira by poison Wilham Mitchell, his brother.itslaw,
residing at Burnside, iii the parish of Keig, stiff-red the
awful and ignominious punishment due to his crime, -5
front of the gaol of Aberdeen. The circiiinstance of 1.:15
extraorthiroy and atrocious case were of an aggrarat,-.1
nature, and attracted the attention of the puldic in au or.
divary decree, so as to leave an impression not reach y
he effaced. It is, therefore, doubtless in the recullccnul
of oor readers, that Thom attempted the destruction of a
whole family, with which he had laiely connected him-
self by inarria,4o, in oider to get the itiouey, and other
property of which he knew than to he IP.,sessrd, or t.)
which the branches o! tit: family had recen,ly succeeded.
To effect this titirriule purpose, he found means of intro-
ducing poison into their % ictii-ls, in co•!sequence of
which William, the ytaiii:.er brother, after great sufferinz,
died t while the Other 1)1,1,11Cr-111-1.1W, and two
who g.IVC evideuce on the trial, after being reduced to
sate of paht and debility, untl, r which they still labour,
were merely saved Iront iallnig a ISO eietiitS to the ruth-
less design ol their rinwtritily relJt,le, by the accidental
circumstance of having ate sparingly of the poisoned food,
so that medrcal aid, thong!' late resorted to, was so tar
effectual in bringitigaboot their recovery.
On Saturday everting last a sr daring robbery wts
committed between Elhant and Staines, on the person
of alto rr old woman, !mown Carey, nearly lit years of
age. 'rile villain cm meeting her gave tier a violent blow
with his list, knocked tier down, and draw her into .t
field ; he than stripped tier, and left her for
Through the exertions of Mr. 11111” S B.nister, of E.:-
omit, the villain was taken, a•sii has been fully commu-
ted to tiorserriongei-latie for trial. The poor wrima,l
lay f half-pas sot till hal—past two on the Stili.liy
morning, and if a had not heen for ss road waggon pass-
ing at utak time, shetnetst have perished.
The imprisurament to which Strut, the botcher in
Pimlico, was sentenced for an attempt to kill his wile,
expited uu Monday morning.

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