The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-14 00:00:00

CH ESTER POLICE.

Stn—The. very laudable and active zeal which you display
On all public occasions, has induced me to address you, on the
subject of a great number.of public grievances, convinced that
your personal exertions, and well known influence, wilt he
employed towards the correction of them.—l believe that 'I
contribute, as much to the " Police Tax" as any man in
Chester, and therefore feel that I have a right to expect that
those persons who have the appropriation of the money col-
lected should do their duty,-1 am, however, concerned to
say, 'that the manlier in which that duty is neglected; has
occasioned many and repeated complaints from strangers;
and I cannot bear to hear this, my dear trait e City,.scanda-
14ed. I aui nut a great traveller myself, so that lam not
prepared to refute, a charge which I have•frequenVy heard
against Chester, " that it is the dirtiest City in England,
that it is the most depra"ved,—and that the Police is a
scandal to the inhabitants. 1 was about two years ago at
riath, -for diy health, and took some pains to make myself
aectitainted with the regulations of the Police, in that
beautiful city; and the result of toy inquiries has convinced
me, that the Chester Counnissioners of the Police could not •
do better than to chuse tlo; Police of Bath as their model ; and
would point out the following glaring and abarninahle
nuisances : Ist, the pavement is not only badly laid, but is
also shatnefullf neglected ; the'old adage, te.stich in time saves
nine, is totally disregarded; 2mi, the quantity of rubbish
thrown into the streets, and suffered to remain till ground.
by the carriages passing, and until a dozen lazy fellows from
ttte pour-house cab be prevailed on to sweep it into
heaps, and continue in that state several days; all this gives
the streets the constant dirty and slovenly appearance so
much complained of : 3rd, the coal carts, after having
been unloaded, are suffered to remain in the streets, the
horses loose, without any person to watch them, their drivers
being in the public-.houses, spending their hard-earned wages
in drunkenness; this obstruction ought to be rerouted, as
pregnant with danger to strangers nriving in carriages, or
on vicious horses; 4th, frequent clog fights,—l have, seen
within a few days, several instances of this inhuman sport,
where liondremis of people, many of the better sort, were
present, and 1 am sorry to- say, a must respectable Magis
trate of the City passed by, without taking any step to
put an end to such brutality. What are those men in blue
anti gold paid for? and why rlo not the Magistrates exert
themselves ? sth, Female prostitution ; the immorality of
the lower orders in this City is become quite proverbial,
girls of 14, nay, so young as 12 years of age, ate said to
be not uncommon ! This horrid fact may be ascribed lie
a great measure to the total, inattention of parents to the
.morals of their daughters, who are suffered to go about
the town, and the Walls, at all hours, to become the prey of
the many dissolute ckaracters, who are constantly prowlingy
seeking whom they may devour;" while the numerous
dealers in fruit, &c: in the Watergate-street row, and other
well-known procuresses, are always ready to assist in giving
time destructive blow to innocnce and virtue. The Magistrates
would have plenty of employment, if they would give them-
selves the trouble of looking into Cuppin-street, Lamb-row,
Castle-street, Northgate street, B:e.-...-611), one other great
nuisance, and often pointed out, is the state of the rows of art
evening; this, I am happy to say, has been lately attended
to, and •1 trust will he altogether removed. But, Sir, to what
end are the Bible and Missionary Societies Are we to preach
religion and morality to the pour Indian, while we practice
neither ourselves ? .
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1 am, Sir, your friend and fellow-eitisen,
Chester, July 5, 1820. . DECENS.
W. 11. Fol.Lturr, ESQ. -

DARING ROBBER-V,----As the QUEEN was riding
in her carriage, in her way to Alderman Woo D's
house in South Audley-street, on Tuesday, the
carriage was surrounded and followed by a great
number of persons. On its arrival near Hill,:
,
street, Befketey-square, a notorious gang of six
or eight thieves, %rho were running along, tripped
up several persons and robbed them. of their
watches, &c. ; one Gentleman was knocked down
and dreadfully maltreated by them, and robbed
of his'watch, chain,' and seals. An officer wit-
nessing the transaction, and knowing the person.
whO had the watch, seized him and took him to
Marlborough-street Police Office. The watch
was found on him.' He was committed for trial.
The,Gentleman,who was robbed was not able to
appear.
DREADFUL AcciDENT.—Yiesterday morning a
person accidentally dropped .his watch into the
water-closet of the King and Queen public-house,
Duke-street, Manchester-square, on which he of-
fered ten shillings to any one who would go down
after it. A man, named James Wilkins, a night-
man, embraced the offer, and went down, but re-
maining a longer time than was necessary, ano-
ther man, named Challice, went down after him,
when he continued there the same way, and •on
calling, no answer being received from eithdr of
them, a man, 'named Turner, consented to ge
down to ascertain the cause. A rope was accord-
ingly tied round his body, and .he was let down
half wav when he called out to pull him. tip -
they did So,and he was in -a state of insensibility,
and all but dead, and he now remains in a very
dangerous condition. The boards were torn up,
and the bodies of the other two Were taken out
quite dyad, and congealed blood coming from
their noses. Mr: Davis, Surgeon, of I 98; Oxford-
street, attended, and it appeared that te strong
vapour caused by the closeness of the
catiett their instant death on being let down. A
Coroner's InqueSt was-held on the bodies. Ver-
dict:—" Died by Suffocation."

DEsT n ttiicvE FinE.-,-About three o'clock on
Wednesday- morning, a fire' broke out in the ex-
tensive granary belonging to 7,4 r. Scriviner, tit
Dockhead: The fire, which is said to have Orl-
' preceding day,- on the ground floor,
remises with all the
,ainated from some unslacked.lirne which' was urt-
shipped the
,
stock in trade.
destroyed the whole of the p

PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 13.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Pellew's Divorce Bill was reported, and agreed
to, together with the Amendments.

Mr. Cooper, from the Treasury, presented at
the Bar certain Papers in relation to the Indian
and Baltic Trade.

. • • 'MESSAGES FRONI 'll-1E COMMONS.
Sir JOHN OWEN and others brought up a files-
sage, staling, that the Welsh. Fines Bill had been
brought up into this House by mitake, and re-.
queSting the return of the same.
- The Earl of gtLAFTESIEtURY roao,af ier the Com-
, mons had withdrawn, and moved that the IV-elsh
Fines' Bill. should be returned to the other House ;
which motion was agreed to. - -
On the Commons being called .in,"-the -Lo nD
CHANGELLOR informed the Peptlta tion; that their
,Lordships. had directed the desired _Bill forth
._
with to be restored ; whereupon ;the Bill was
delivered to them, Mr. Gowper,.r:t. the Bar.
Loral Fll4luy S;nuerstA,•• • Mr: fir,",itden-,:- Mr. Biair, Mr.
Wret•e- W. Curti., and whets, the BAni. •
,N-tys thc the N.tval
Alom'y Ill.], the Iris I,7,dier:es liili, the D:n::,g-ttalee and
Portp4li ids Getters Divnaalindival• -Miitia Bilis the
818, the Irish. Militia
the It, al Family P.7-ovistnu Bill, the hada t'ltana.:,;y• Otlic•s'
Contpen.ation Bill, the, Lumina. Militia BM, he. Late Tha-
ja.xty!s Servant.' Annuities 818, the Extra Post Bill, and
veral Private Balls, which were afterwards trail se%crally the
first time.