The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-04 00:00:00

POLIVE.

GUILDPIALL.—C Shuttleurgi Was yesterday
taken before. Sir J. EAM-Elt, under the folihw-
ing cifeutnatanets :—The Over,eer of the- parish ,
'Of St Rartholomeiv the Great stated,
„that a re-
spectable inhabitant of his pariSh had applied to
him to relieve a female, who had: been. de-
eerted by her husband. She :vas a.nAticti of Wake-
field., in Yorkshire,- and was married, about
weeks back, to the prisheer, who had, tihaer pre-
•tence of seeking a convenient resinen:e, quitted
Wakefield three days after the ceremoa. ,an to-
tally abandoned her. At- the end of four h. eeks; .
her friends learfie.4l.that a box, directed to. a per-
son in London; had. been seat by .the friends of
the prisoner to theechaeli-officee to,be forwarded
as directed. This led to a suspcion that the pri-
soner had gone to' London.; alti• thither the -young _
woman aid her sister resolved to conic, and
thkp.arrived in London as soon as the box.—
By the , advice of a iriend,
,1.0 whom they de-
tai'led the circumstance, they went to the book-
keeper of the • White" Horse Inn, nner-lane,
where the coach had come te,.‘ told him their
hard case, and solicited his assiStaiice, which he
readily granted : and the prisoner having applied
for the box, after it was refused to a p,ersoil who
first demanded it, on the groand of his not being
the owner, he was watched, aid traced to the
house of an acquaintance. Here he was visited by
his wife and her friends ;' but so far was he front
receiving her with the kindness she expected, that
he spurned her .vith cohtempt„ and sad, he would
1,-never live with her, us .11e. anothcee yhurig
womau better.• 11 es entnated; the poor creature
had no other remei.,- that: to apply. to the parish
for relief, which .-was must ti) ,briog .the
matter to an. issue and pechniary assistance hay-
ihg been afforded her, chum the ground of her
1 being deserted by her husband, the Overseer, in
.order, to iadeiunify himself; had the prisoner ap-
prehended by.a constable.
Fil-PNTRICK, the Clerk of this Office, con-
ceived that the over:;eer had' acted with a rigour
beyond the law,- and that, :by apprehending the
prisoner without warrant, lie had 11-2ep guilfy of
an unjustifiable act. Pie was alst; of opinion, that
the presidiiir A.ldermtv had no cognizance of tl:c
offence. Tae overseer, on the contrary, defended
his conduct, by produeng the Vagrant Act of the
17th of (ieo. 11, in which it was ilistinctly laid
down, that any man running away front his wife,
and leaving 'her " chargeable on any parish or
place;" was a vagrant, and liable to be apprehended.
by any person whatever, and conveyed before the
Magistrate of the ,district in which he was so
apprehended; who, by the same Act, had 'power
vested in him to treat,such offender as a vagrant.
The female in question having
.become chargea-
ble on his parish, as casual poor, and he bemg
bound to relieve -her, and •to for4eard her to
her proper settlement, he conceived ,was a. suf-
ficient ground for the course he had adopted.
After some discussion, which Mr. Fitzpatrick
• said he was positive the Magistrates had no power,
on veni'ch the Overseer firmly grounded himself
upon the Act, and in which Sir 'J. EAmrn..
pressed his. determination to do hstiee
,to the tit;-
fortunate female,who had been so oasely deserted,
provided the law would bear him oucthe City.So7
licitpt, who happened to be attending the Loam-
Pion CoUncil,..wa's'ent.for, as: tl lletst ,nude
terminating the: discussione, On his.:; arrival, the
case was stated to him by Sir Jctrs, attd lie gave
it as- his opinion, that the of could .not
be answerable to the parish.. of St. r Wtrtholo-
mew, as they 'would, refieve- themselves from
the burden by '.passing the, individual,-, who
had become chargeable. upon them, to 'hes
proper parish.. A•,remedy,. however, did exist;
and that was by detaining the prisoner until an
opportunity was afforded for the Parish Officers of
Wakefield, who were likely to become the suf-
ferers, to attend and prost.cute, if -they thought
proper. Under this opinion, Sir J.. ordered the
prisoner to, be remanded until Tuesday.. A York-.
. shire friend of the_ prisoner attended, and at-
tempted to justify him by saying he was under
age. As, liewvier, the, Marriage was solemnized
by lice se, the City Solicitor -observed, that, if
that was the'ease de facto, he Avas liable to a pro-
secution for peijury, as he must, 'haye sworn he
was of agehelwe be gotthe license. The young
woman-,w4a so much affected, at the whole scene,
that she fainted, and was carried from the Office
senselesS, 'lt appeared that the marriage was the•
result
.of, a twa years' courtship, and that both
parties were 'respectably conaected..
MARLBOROUGH-TSTIEET.-A young man, the
sou of a gentleakan of \fortune in Portland-placee
was charged with having uttered several forged
bankers' checks., with intent to defraud Prescott
and- Co.- and pthhrs.'

SMITRFIELD -MARKET, SEPT. 4.
This day's Market was but thinly supplied with
the dill'erent kinds of cattle : Pork sold at •last
'price, Beef, Mutton, Lamb, and Veal, are cheaper,
and the trade for the most part was somewhat flat.
.L---The sales in the Hay Market were not lively
Hay, Straw, • and Clover, •obtained last prices.--
The following. prices and numbers are an accurate
statement

Tosi:ilE the Offal, per-Stone of 8111.
Beef, 4s. Wel. to 55.6,1. •Ivr:titetf, 4r,: 10d. to 59. Bd. Veal,
ss. ed. to es. 4d. Lainh, Zio 4d. to 61. 4d. Pinli, 55. to 67. 2d.
Beasts, 700. • Sheep and Lambs, 6,503. Calves; 140. -Pip,
2CO:

• SMITTirtZtD rtcyNrAnnr.T.,
Hay, 31.01. t 3.1.'155. Straw, 21. 10s. to 31. Ss. Clover, 6L
Os. to SICC3.'

CoRN-E.T. CHAN'GZ, SEPT.4.—The Market t 9-.
day has fe.,v arrivAls of Wheat, And ,again not
'inUch,.,renlaining on band, waiting supplies, the
few sales' effected are 'is aned ne4rly,- at the last
quotation ; Barley rather lowe'r ; Melt and White
-Pease tinclnate bat little in pricc,i Beans of each.
scrt'suniewhat clearer; we haste tolerable supplies
of Oats .on hand, and the tradodu!l ;n sale, harrtl7
at the late reduction ; Flour continues at late
quoted. prices.
Wheat - - !,18s. 1.165. 1509.
Fine.ditto - 1525. 1555.
Rye
Barley - - - 535. 65.5.
Malt - -90 s. 'Ms.
White Pease (hoii.) -755.
Grey ditto 735. 903.
Beaus. - - - 7 925. .975.

i Tick Bean, • - 91)3., 95e.
1 Oats - • - -675.6.3 A; R 64.
• rflami ditto - - G-. 7Q,.
ditto - - 72,. 71.
Rape Seed - - r 571 .57k.
Fine Flour - —115 s. Ins,
Sri:owls - r - 1104 1151,
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