The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-23 00:00:00

he would send Miller, the chief °nicer, to make ind
quiry into it.
A man applied for relief from the parish of St'
George. He stated that he had injured his hands
and was not able to do any work, and far the lot
four days he had subsisted upon what "'The
Refuge for the Destitute" had given him, lie f'36
very willing to work, but was not able from the
state of his hand.

Mr. HAROWICK humanely gave the applicant
tome money, and advised the parish to relieve him
till such time as his hand was well.

UNION.MALL.

Richard Waters, of No. 50, Stamford-street,
and a woman who described herself as his wife,
were brought up for re-examination, on the alleged
charge of having fraudulently obtained possession
of various articles, the property of a great number
of tradesmen. The prisoners were remanded from
the preceding day, for the purpose of obtaining
evidence to show that they gave fictitious names, in
order to procure the different articles of furniture,
&c., with which they furnished out their house in
Stamford-street.
A gentleman named Cook is the proprietor of
houses in Albany-terrace, Regent's-park. At Mid-
summer last, I was applied to by a man named
Parkes, who was anxious to become a tenant of one
of my houses in the above street. He described
himself a man of property, and referred me to Mr.
Waters, who he said was a man of fortune, residing
'at No. 6, Park-road, Dalston, and had made it in
the wine trade. Subsequently I had an interview
with Waters, at Dalston ; and having inquired into •
the respectability of Parkes, the former said that
that person would, in every sense of the word, be a
most desirable tenant ; that he was possessed of ,
great wealth, and had large landed estates; that he
was now about to reside in the metropolis, and for
that purpose had shipped his furniture on board a
vessel, and it was now at the wharf ready to be
taken to the abode he selected for his future resi-
dence. 'Waters then began to speak about himself,
describing that he was in the wine trade, that he had
considerable property near Castle Rising, in York-
shire, and concluded by expressing a desire that I
would give him a call at the London Docks, where
I would have an opportunity of tasting his very su-
perior stock of wine then in the vaults. Conceiving
the tenant and the reference he gave to be unex-
ceptionable, I let my house to Parkes, soon after
which I heard some awkward reports in the neigh-
bourhood about that person, and those who resided
in the house with him ; and one morning I took a
walk up there, and on arriving next the door I saws
porter come out with a stove upon his shoulder.
The fellow on getting into the street looked about
with an eye of caution, and then began to trot off
as fast he could with his load. I followed with
the beention of discovering where he carried the
stove to, believing that my tenant was about quits
ting the house, arid removing my fixtures as well as
the goods on the premises. The porter, however, •
was too quick for me, and he got away out of sight
without my being enabled to ascertain where he was
going to deposit his load. After this circumstance,
said Mr. Cook, I called at the house to see the
tenant, and having inquired for Mr. Parkes, the
female prisoner, who opened the door, said that he
was not at home, arid, in reply to my question, said
that she was his wife. She then invited me up
stairs to the drawing-room, and I there told her alas
I had been informed that Mr. Parkes was sbc'ut
leaving the neighbourhood. She denied the report's
saying that it was far from his intention; she then
alluded to an idle rumour, as she called it, that had
spread about the place, that Mr. Parkes was going
to " bolt," and declared there was no truth in it.
Mr. Cook added, that he then west away, and the
next time he called there was nobody at home, Mr.
Parkes having got away in the night time with. his •
goods, and from that day to the present he (Mr.
Cook) never received a halfpenny of the rent due.
Mr. Harmer, for the prosecution, called Mr. Errs
who stated that he was a tailor, and that about a .
fortnight ago the prisoner called at his house and
got measured for a pair of trousers, which he or.
dered to be taken to No. 50, Stamford-street, saYing
that they should be paid for on delivery. The article
was sent, but an excuse was made for non-Par
ment, arid a few days afterwards the prisoner called,
and having apologised for riot settling the little ac"
count,said that he then came to be measured for
suit of black, as he was going in mourning for his
mother, and that when it was finished he should pal
the whole bill together. The clothes were made
up at the appointed time, and sent by a workman
who had strict injunctions from his master not to
leave them without the money. The female pri-
soner, however, cajoled the messenger out of the
suit, desiring him to call in two hours and the money
would be there for him. Repeated applications
were afterwards made either for the return of the
clothes or the money, but neither was to be had.
Mr. Meredith stated that the prisoner wanted to
be furnished with home articles at his shop, and re-
ferred to Mr. Commissioner Reynolds, No. 4, Foun'
tain-place, City-road, for his character. Applies- "
tion was made at that address, but so such person
was known there. The witness said, that luckily
for him, he did not part with his goods.
The Magistrate intimated his determination Of
committing the male prisoner for trial, on the case of
Mr. Erp, brat as there was a probability of other
charges of a similar nature being preferred, he
should remand him until next Tuesday, and by that
time the publicity given would have the effect of
bringing others forward against him.