The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-14 00:00:00

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consequene of an Advertisement c•Alling
Illeetiog to consider of relieving the I-loose-less
during the present severe season, a number of
benevolent individuals repaired yesterday mot niug
to the ViarellOnSrS of Mi. It eki, iii L.lll.!Mi.vrall,
where the blid Mayor was CXI/PCled to take the
Chair. At eleven o'clock the Bishop of Chester,
.-Arcioleacito Hares, - Sir C. Flower, Mr. Barclay,
Mr. D. Campbell, and Mr. Rowcrott, made their
appearance iii the firs, floor of the building, where
the meeting was to he held, and at about half.
past eleven the Lord Mayor entered, and imme-
diately rooceeded to take- the Chair, and to open
the hominess of the fi 4v.
Lordship apologized for not coming sooner,
and said ,he delay h•d taken place in the expee-
tatiou that it would he the means of.procuriog
fuller attendance. Thr object of the present Meet-.
in;; was universally understood, 'awl it was only
for them to consitler in what way it would be most
advisable that the Means sebacit might be- placed
at their disposal shook!, he employed. lie hoped
great good
.would result front this Veet-
ing ; and he begged to state, that at pre-
sent site!' nuiobets applied for relief at
the Mansion [loose, that. there MIS 110 know-
ing' what to do ',shit them. Tltose who had
parishes, or who were natives of Ireland and
5c4,i1,,r0, it was not so diffiPult • to deal ovith,-
they could he passed to their honots:,lhough by
the law, as it at present stood, the -Magisttafes
were constrained in the first instance to,send such
persons to Blidewel! for seven days, and after-
wards pass them. But numbers of persons were
coutiuwally btought before them, who, horn in
Newtoomillaod or Bermoda, had absolutely no
palish- to be passed to, stud to these it` was foxes-
sat y to give motley out •of Lord Mayor's poc-
ket--at least out of the money lodged at the Mau-
sit t-lionse, certainly not for such put poses, or
seed them a,boot their business without relief.—
This it was difficult. when such dist tessed
objects presented •ilietuselves ; but their 'lumbers
sto,re so great, that to telieve all ',vas impossible.
'I he poor creatures now Wandering about the
5.1 .et 111 had (malty of them at least) been. employ,
td in fighting the battles of this country, to pre-
serve to us the blessings we etijoyed, and' had
flirt-cline a strong claim on Bit'ish humanity
There was charily efomgh, ant• there was money
tnough in the country to relieve much of this dis-
tress, and he hoped that every one would feel as
noieb as was practicable °tight to be-done to mi-
tigate the misery now brought .under considera-
tion.

-Sir C..Fewyea suggested the propriety of im-
mediate:ly opening a general subscription.
The Lo en MAYOR I Woo gh t .some Gentlemen
might have tocned their wind* to particular expe-
diews, of which it wool(' be desirable that the
Company should bear.
The Bishrp ot CHESTER apologized for tres-
passing on the time of the Meetine, but protn;sed
0,1 e het lie had to say should be very brief. He
did not know of this Meeting till he read or it iu
one of the Newspapers
.that .morning, when he
immediately Indere:l his carriage, and hastened to
attend it. irate objections night be untie to-the
plan now sug4ested, and indeed to any plan that
could be proposed, but the advantages which this
offered, in his opinion, greatly out e-eiglp d all that
could be urged against it, and therefore he was
ready to support it with his mite. Ile did not see
how any min of common feeling could sit down
in the eejoynient of wealth, without attempting
to wiligete the distress of those :round him—or
bow he could lay his.head set enely On his pillow,
while he knew that Mall of his fellow-creatures
—many poor fernalesea ere wandering houseless
and destitute, and buil:en hcaricd, for want if
bitch comforts as those in better circumstances
might be able to afferd them. With these feel-
ings, the present plan hadAtis most cordial sup-
port.
The Lorin MAYOR, in explanation of the ob-
jection wi;ieli he hail made to the plan on the
preceding day, stated the •inffux of poor into the
city to he very great. Many returned who had
been pneished as vagrants ; one CaSe in particu-
lar occurred to him. It was th it of an individual
who was passed to his pariah and conveyed to
Arundel. There, after sitting a short time on the
steps of the door of the overseer, without obtain-
ing the smallest relief, be thought it better to
return to London, and take his chance in that
metropolis, where he had been ...punished as a
vagrant. Ile knew not how it teal, but in vari-
ous parts of the country many had an idea that
they had only to get to London to be supplied
with all that they wanted.
A Gentleman now proposed that a Committee
should be formed, and a subscription immediately
opened.
Mr. BODKIN stated this Meeting to have been
called, and the plan proposed framed to meet a
sudden exigency, with which exigency the mea-
sures now to he adopted would cease. This known,
etany of the objections urged against the scheme,
as re permanent plan, would at once 'fall to the
ground. Ile inlay spoke of his own experience,
as Overseer of a Parish, and Secretary to the Men-
dicky Society, and described the meritutious ex-
ertions of rite Society in the last week. In the
last week they had given 1200 meals to the poor,
and arraegements wete making by building new
copiers, Ste. to proaide for three times that whit-
her in the present we, k. The state of die pave-
srietits in the Metropolis had attracted their
oil, and in a few days 200 able-bodied men, who
bad been mendicants, would be seen at work upon
•them. Toe
.letter ot Me. Hicks, in which he so
haedseludy offered the use of those large pre-
mises in •A lien they were then assembled, for the
temptit at y avcommodat ion of the lionseless, had
brew catight ott by the Mendicity Society. Any
ir1.te,,114111 that might have occurred in the mao-
ner in ivhich this meeting was called, must be
/st ttriOnted in them, and the berry to which the
blisite.ss had been dune, as no step furl been taken
tweatos it till two o'clock the preceding day.—
Ile then noticed the eppeal which had been made
in behalf of the seiferers, tied warmly eologiztd
the liberalil awl Cent vo'iencc of tho!, e who 1011.
lebnotted tv tOrtlie! the views of those by whom
DinmprOetytt)neetingAait been called. The pour
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into t‘yo daises—those who bad parishes, and
those who had none. 1". e first they could pass
to their patis_hes, after wising them one night's
lodging ; and that Society %Quid be of great use
lo compelling the parish officers to afford the suf-
ferers relief. l'he second cl,ss was more difficult
to deal with ; it would consi•t in a great measure
-of Africans, Asiatics, and other foreigners, whit
came to England servants to officers and various
individuals, on- board different ships ; and who,
At the end of the voyage, vk ere -dismissed, and
!, ft destitute. For these something like perma-
nent Assistance would be necessary. The ware-
houses of Mr. Hick's were well adapted to the.
object they had in view. They contained four
excellent floors,' so that all the classification that
Was necessary—separating-the men from the wo-
men—could easily be effected.
The Loan MAYOR strongly set forth the neces-
sity of making the officers of the several pariihes
near the metropolis provide for their own poor.
In some parishes, unfortunately, there,was a dis-
positio.o tO avoid doing this, and the knowledge
of this it was, that on the preceding day, made
hint fearful that the adopting of the present plan
-would cause. a great ioflae of poor, as he was ap-
prehensive that-the parishes in the neighbourhood
would endeavour to send all their distressed to the
City. At present there were a great many sailors,
Aureticans and others, who, from their having
served in Engli•h men-o!-war, were refuted as-
sistance trout ti=e Consuls of their respective na-
tions. These were milled to their special con-
sideration, as to suffer those to starve who had
(ought our battles, would be a disgrace to the
coontry.

Mr. 1300 KIN Siild it was proposed, in older to
tm) great influx of the sufferers into those
premises, to admit none but on tickets to be sent
to the 'Magistrates.
Sevet.al voices here called out, drat this was a
matter that ought to be left to the Committee.
Mr. RowcßoFT thought the allaugenient of the
details would be best confiried to a Cotypinute now,
to be apeoimeif. Nything yet had been deter-
mined upon but to v,i-ovide straw for those to lie
down upon in those premises Ito could not find
straw, nor house-room, nor pound elsewhere to
lie clown upon.. Ti;il; however, ought to he borne
in ni that when .misery had been once admit-
ted into those premises, it could not easily he
of out without some relief being•afforded, The
distress might be temporary. That whieli
a great measure must be viewed as its cause; might
not last eight and fOrty hourS, but it' might
continue for four weeks. To discuss there the
particular steps which, under such circumstances,
it would be desirable to take, would, in his opi-
nion he to waste time. If from those Gentle-
men who fas,ourett this plan, a toonher should he
selected to forth a Committee, he thotight all that
eotild be done 'would be effected by means of a
little money and sc!rne'exertion.
't he LORD MAYOR said it WBS intended to seek
wotk for all who were able to du it. Employ-
meta was the magical %void that would cure all the
evils of which the country had to complain.
The following Resolutions were then read, and
put from the Chair by the Lord Mayor

"That there is at present a v!tlsidvtable rinniber,of dis-
tresstd foreigners and others wandering about the Metropolis
and its environs without shelter during the night, and appa-
rently in danger of perishing from the extreme rigour of the
weather. •

"'That it would be highly beneficial if one or more tem-
porary receptacles were im►nedi3trly opened, in which,nnder
due regulations, the absolu►ely destitute and honseless could
be lodged for the night, and supplied with sutlicient food to
sustai❑ nature.

" That the premises in which this 'Meeting is hehPare ex-
tremely well adapted to the proposed object, and that the
kind offer of them fur this purpose by Mt. Hicks he'gitti!-
fully accepted. '

" That to carry this object into effect, a subscription be
now opened, and the several Bankers in London and West-
minster be requested to receive contributions. •

"'That a Committee be appointed, with power to add to
their number, to whom shall be entrusted the entire manage-

ment.

"That the. Committee do forthwith invite Ow assistance of
the Society for the suppressioh of Mendicity, Und that they
nrraTlL,,c, if possible, a System of mutual co-operation with
that Institution."

The Resolutions were carried unanimously,

Mr. BUTTERWOKTIL was of opinion, that the
present Association would stand much in need of
workmen accustomed to transact business like that
now to he performed. If application were made
to the Spitalfields Soup Society, and to the Bene-
volent. Society for assistance in this. respect, a de-
putation of three or four persons fruit► each of
those Institutions would get through all that was
to be done. He moved, • .

" That application be also made to the Spital-
fields Soup Society and Benevolent Instittuion for
their co-operation."
Mr. HICKS recommended that the Committee
should be an open Cntumhtee, as he thought time
would be lost in sending for deputations from
other societies.

Mr. BovranwoaTn said, if Gentlevn came
one day, and did not regulaily attend the Com-
mittee, in trusting to such assistance..7wOuldi be
trusting to a rope of sand. • • '
The LOAD MAYOR approved of the Resolution,
but thought the Committee, if it were' carded,
might nevertheless be an open Committee. s
The Resolution was then agreed to;
• Thanks were then voted to the Lord Mayor,
and afterwards to the Bishop of Chester, for their
attendance and support.
Lottn-MAYou expressed his sense of the,
honour clone him. The Bishop of Chester bad
previnuslv left the warehouse.
Mr: Flicks, on thanks being given to him for
the offer of his premises on this occasion, express-
ed his gratitude for the undeserved icon our that •lie
had received, as he felt that ail maw of 'common
feeling, in his situation, would do the 'same.

The Lotto MAYna read a letter fro'in Gren-
tell, snugis(ing the expediency of yening se-
veral places, itt diffeteot p..aos of the N1,„,q,“•
lis awl its vicinity, :for the reception of the
hooscless Poor. He desired to ht. s-r <low
sa-crit,iug ten pounds to the prVrent
an f offered an annual subscription of two g. ninc,is•
ThAtiks weie given to Mr. Shrriff 'Roth
and to the Conductors of the Daily Press, 101

ther able and powerful appeals to public benevo-
lence in behalf of the present sufferers.
The Churchwardens, Overseers, and Vestry
Clerk, of the two parishes, in whiCh the ware-
houses are situated, were added to the Commit-
tee, that they might he acquainted with the
proceedings of the Supporters of the present plan.
The Lord Mayor, the Bishop of Cheiter, and
the Cotirt of Aldermen (ex officio), had been pre-
viously named on the Committee, which was aug-
mented with the names of most of .theVentlemen
present. A subscription was commenced with
every prospect of success, and several hundred
pounds were collected• in the course of a very
short time.—(Vide Advertisement.)

Subscriptions were requested to be paid into
the house of Sir J. Lubbock and Co.

The Committee, on breaking op, adjourned for
the present to the King's Head, in the Poultry.

SHAM ATTORNEY.

GUILDHALL.—A shabby-looking fellow, who
gave his name George Field, and who had been
taken to the Giltspur-street Compter early in the
morning, on the charge of a publican in Fleet-
market for not paying his reckoning, was yester-
day brought np before the Sitting Magistrate, Mr.
Alderman Cox..

•The publican's charge was very soon disposed
of; the transaction being considered to constitute
merely a debt, and cognizable only by the Court
of Itcrpiestr ; but the prisoner, when taken to the
Cotnpter,-had been recognized immedia'ely, as
the person against whom H warrant had been is-
sued a day or two before, on the charge of having
obtained money under false pretences, and the
proper notice had been given, that tree complain-
ant might be ready to substantiate his charge.
William Chaloner, a publican in the Old Bai-
ley, now stated, that the prisoner applied to him
in October last, representing himself to he an at-
torney, and offered to collect or recover debts for
him ; accordingly, having a few small debts and
accounts outitaoding, which he considered of too
trifling a nature to trouble a respectable attorney
vith, he gave a list, containing, among others,
the name of a- Mr. Wiley, with whom he had a
disputed account. Shortly afterwards' the pti-
saner informed hint lie had seen Mr. Wiley, that
he refused to pay the demand, and that it was
therefore neress,ry to sue him ; he (witness) ac-
cordingly gave him some money for the writ ;
some time after the prisoner informed him that
he had followed tip the proceedings, and could
now rake Wiley in execution, The necessary
money for sueiog out the execution was then fur-
nished to the prisoner, from which time he.had
never seen or hearth of him till be learnt he.was
in custody. The money the prisoner had thus
ohterined from him at different times amounted to
something more than 31.
The pi isonvr, it appeared, had art fully obtained
Mr.'Clialouer's signature, and actually sued out
execution against Wiley,"and had hint put in con-
finement five days without any writ-or previous
process whatsoever. To obtain credit for pro-
fessional knowledge, the• prisoner had stated to
Chaloner, that he had lived four years in the em-
.. Ploy of Mr. Harmer, the, solicitor, in Hatton-
garden,; this, however, he now denied, having
only said,that he knew Mr. Harmer.
Mr. Alderman Cox then asked hint to look round
him, and see if Mr. Harmer was there, and point
hire rvut.
The priinner accordingly surveyed the office,
big was unable to discover Mr.,Hartner, although
he was:in attendance upon another business, and
stood cl-use to the Alderman, _

Air. LlAttimt (a4dressing the prisoner)—Do
you know Mr. Harmer
Prisoner.—Yes, Sir, lie lives in Hatton-garden.
Mr. HARMER.—Do you know his' person?
Should you know him if you saw him ?"
Prisoner. —Yes, Sir,
Mr. •11AVIEtt.—What sort of a man is he : is
lie young or .old ? Is he. as old as I am ?
Prisoner.—He is a middle-aged man—about as
old as you are.
This good guess occasioned a ldud laugh throng!)
the office, which was repeated on Mr. Harmer's
replying, " You, are tight indeed he is exactly
nt old as I am."

The prisoner attempted to defend his conduct,
by urging that he hall proceeded entirely in the
name of Mr. C alimer,. and not in his own ; aiid
begged to be remanded, that he 'might prove that
tact*. ' 'f bore being reason to believe that other
sitnilar charges would be preferred against hiny,
lie was accordingly remanded, at his own desire,
to Mooday.
Field is-a young man of apparently good ad-
dress, but ten old practitioner in this sort of trick;
and was-convicted at the November Sessions for a
similar. offence, but the amount obtained being
trifling, he was sentenced tube publicly whipped
and discharged. The present charge is of much
greater enormity, and the victim of his deception
is likely to sutler for his credulity, Wiley having
commenced au action against hint for false impri-
sonment.—(Times .)

INVERNESS, JAN. 7.—The depth of snow upon
the ground for the last fortnight, has prevented
the'regular arrival of the mails here ; the mail
coach has not, from the Rine cause, for some
days, proceeded farther north than 'Fain; and
two mails from Thurso are at present due. During
the continuance of the intense frost, w!iich com-
menced on the 24r h ult. the town was frequently
enveloped in fog, which was so dense on Thurs-
day evening as to be almost insupportable 'to
such as, had occasion to be' out of doors. -A
genial thaw commenced during the: following
night, and .already the snow is neariy dissolved in
this lleighlukurbood.
Three Frenchtumhavebeen apprehended at Do-
ver,' ou suspicion of having come 'from France on
sonic bad design ; one of them has been a Captain
in the array of 'IIUONAPARTE. They are said to
belong to a gang of binditti, and carne over, it is
yr-polled; to rob and set fire to some houses there.
l'hey• were -attended by a person, one of the
three, as a spy, who gave iuformation that four
others are expected across.. There is a good look
oorsher, hem._ (Kemtish Grszetle)
Since the present frost set in,• it is an absolute
fact, that hires have been biooght_, into Limerick
for sale in saLki.

GREAT fscAING MATCH .
BETWEEN OLIVER AND SHELTON, FORIOO GUINEAS

These first-rate men of strength and science
fought the renewed match of 100 guineas a side
yesterday, in a field close upon Sawbridgeworth.
Herts. Though, the field of action was 25 miles
from Loudon, many thousands had assembled in
the ring at one o'clock, in spite of the inclemency
of the weather, spring seconded Shelton, and-
Randal was the great performer for 'Oliver. A
very manly conflict followed.
THE FIGHT.
Round 1. Both measured their, length with
great caution, and Oliver made a smart right").
braided hit upon the body, which was partially
returned upon the head, and Oliver drew firstt
blood in the rally. In a close both went eots:n.
2. Oliver ehewed much bravery, by skilful p'ar-
ries of his adversary's strait-hitting -left hand, and
he returned dexterously with the right, and out-
fought his Inan„wo dropped claret profusely.--
Shelton was thrown.

3. Oliver bait also the best of this round, all.
though some of his railings were damaged, but
bs.napped in the next round, and was undcrmost
in this.

4. The men.unmnizled, and turned to in bull-
dog style, and Oliver's coutage had like to have
got him stopped. Pe missed his left hand, and
was returned npon with a severe hit on the head,
which stopped hint for the time, anti floored hint. •
In the stir and Gth rounds, o:iver fought to
a disadvantage, but his gameness with Neat*
kept his friends in great confidence, and he reco-
vered, and rite fight continued With much cqua.
lity and bravery until round 16, when Shelton
again placed two heavy hits, but he was returned
upon with great gallaittry, and both blinkers
were queered. In the Mk round blue ruin was
swallowed copiously by both, and it exhilarated
the nervous system, and caused mirch slashing
bitting. Shelton fought with great bravery,
but Oliver's tactics put most of his general-
ship on one side ; and at the latter part of
the fight he gut intemperate, anti rushed at
random, which gave a rare Opportunity to his
cool and deliberate adversary to get the lest
of him. To conclude, Shelton fell from the
slippiness of the weather in the 27th round, and
Oliver gave him a smart . facer when half tiny n.
The Umpires were appealed to, and they proper-
ly decided fair. The nature of the men was f?iir-
ly tried in the next round; and 'Shelton was evi•
deutly beat—it was poundage. I
,n three other
rounds, Oliver keeping the lead, Shelton was hit
foul again, as was said, but the:UmPires again
decided in the negative, and Shelton exclaimed
that he would fight no -more. lie, however,
fought six other rounds, under every disadvatp.
tage, and Oliver Writ) the battle in 49 minutes,
proving hints& not only the best girer and taker,
but the best man.

Many accidents occurred on the rotad fro-at dm
slippiness of the weather.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.
SUICIDES.

An Inquest Was_ held a fesv clays ago at - Nor•
wood, on the bOdy-of Hntioriond, Esq. part-
uer.in a respectable tea firth in London,' who tiv4
ed in a .mostsecluded manner at Norwood;. his
greatest pride was in ministering to, the wawa
of his less affluent neighbours, who have g,,od
cause to regret his loss. A distaste for society'
drove him from the world ; • and, although he
seemed seasible.of his loslorn conditions he. could
not rouse himself from that gloom ancl, melancholy
which seemed to have taken pmsession of his .mind;
and accompanied his every act. Tita manner of
his death, too, was- singular. Having plAced .a
gun near the fire-place, in such a manner that
the muzzle came against his head, he tied a
string to the.trigger, and fastened it to his cane,
so that by noshing the: cane from him, the piece
would go off.. After placing his chair in suet, a
position as to be able to lay hold of the hell.
rope, he posbed back the trigger, when she
charge entered his . head, and caused his almost
immediate depth. The body tell off she chair oft
the floor, R 1341: the. bell rung so loud as to alarm
the family and domestics, who, 011 entering the
room, found their heloved•master dying. Surgical
aid was procured, but .proved of no avail. Verdict
—" Insanity."
Yesterday.an Inquest was held at the Brick.
layers' Arms,. Stretton-Ground, Westminster, on
the body of Isaac Hewitson, a stage-struck
youth, about 16,, of disordered mind, who termi-
nated his existence --by banging .hitnself lo she
privy of his' master, a cabinet-maker, in Great
l'etet-street, fin Wednesday morning last, after
some differences with his mother. •Verditt-,+
" Insanity.". •
Yesterday -an incinea was Itch) al the Middle..
sex Hospital, on the body of ?J;. J.. Carmichael.
for many .years Master of the Bloomsbury Oral
rity School, who attempted his existence on
Thursday morning last, by curling big throat with
a razor. Lice, -however, was not extinct, and the
deceased was conveyed to the '.above Hospital;
where •lie expired on Tui,sday, lea'ving a immerous
offspring behind hini. Verdict—" Insanity."

• • BIRTHS.
On the Itth inst., at Homerton, Mrs. A. W. Webster, of a
daughter. . .
On Monday, the 10th inst., the Lady of Mr. James Hill,
at his house in ShOrediteh, of a' on and heir. • '