Star.
London, England, 1822-12-26 00:00:00

PAVPERS T. SELECT VESTRYMEN.

David Saunter, Widliani Saunter, and John Carter,
stood indicted for having, owthe 2J of November,
unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled
together, with severaltoth.er paupers, to the number
of twenty ,‘r more, in the .parish of Noithiam, in this
county, for the purpose of preventing and hindering
Francis Tress Curtis, George Springett, Thos. Rootes,
Francis Tress, Charles Greenwood, and Thos. Field,
six of the Select Vestry men of that parish, in the due
execution of their duty.
The indictment was laid under an Act passed in
the 59th of Geo. 111. entitled, " An Act to amend
the Laws for the Relief of the Poor." There were in
all five counts ; but the distinction in any two of them
scarcely exceeded a technical arrangement of the
above charge, combining with it that of an assault
upon John Wak:dle, the master of the workhouse.

The case as proved in evidence was simply this:—
The Select Vestry of the parish of Northiam had met
in a room in the wo: khouse, on the evening of the
2d, of November ; they.had entered on the business
of the evening, and having considered and decided
upon the case of a pauper named Tree, he was about'
leaving the room for the purpose of making room fur
a successor, it being an arrangement 1:1 the Vestry
that but• one pauper should be in the room at the
time; Waddle, the master of the workhouse, was at
-the room door, and had opened it for the purpose of
letting Tree oat, and sending another of many who
were waiting in the passage into the room, when
• about sixteen or eighteen of them pushed the door
open, rushed into•the room, aad insisted upon being
dive, in Ig/eater numbers than had been customary•;
they also refused to leave the room, without receiving
greater relief than they had hitherto had ; the Vestr-
ymen insisted upon their leaving the room—the pau-
pers persisted—and the Gentlemen subsequently ad-
journed, and left th• refractory interlopers to ar-
range their quantum of parochial relief, without their'
supply of the ways and means. The invaders quietly
seated themselves—expressed their determination to.
become fixtures, euittrary-to • the. expressed will of
Mr. Waddle; and it was ultimately found necessary
to call in the.aid of the• Civil Power to restore order,
and- remove•the nuisance.• It also appeared, that in
the I ash into the room. Mr. Waddle had suffered some
Lierious bodily injartes ; and, for the riot and astaultt

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
Bow-S;avvv.—Cneikiikeil Magistrates of this
letablishment,in commie/ill of, the number of .night charges:
that are made during this festive season of the year, determined
to sit this day after the church morning service was concluded,
for the purpose of holding a kind of watt-house delivery of all
the unfortvate Nigher and winneys who had been incarcerated on
Christthas-eve for kicking up rows, malting assaults, and com-
=Whig other nocturnal misdemeanours, which are plurally the
ansequence of an exuberance of feeling, occasioned by extra
doses of Whitbread's heavy W4i, and Deady's and Thomps.tn's
Use rain 1
The Magistratet took their seats a little after one o'clock, and
very quickly disposed of most of the charges, which wete totally
uninteresting. The following case occupied most of their time :
A Monsen APOSTLE!—A strange little fellow, whose figure
was as fine a burlesque of the manly forni as can be well cmt
ceived, whose person at its carcase* height could not be more
than four feet six inches, whose dress was perfectly of the antique
style, and resembled nothing of the present age so much as the
apparel of a Greenwich pensioner, with white flowing locks and'
lank skinny hollow cheeks, probably the effect of long fasting
and prayer, wbo, in fact, was what may be termed a travelling,
or itinerant, theological Quack Doctor ; an ifmaranists who re.
quired to he taught rather than to have set himself up as the
teacher of others, was brought to this Office by Herring, a Bow-
street patrol, charged with having created a mob in she street
that morning by preaching upon various topics connected with
religion, law, and polities.
The prisoner, who stated that it was not the first time he bad
been " in bonds," arid had suffered " for his awaster's sake," ap-
peared before the Magistrates, Mr. hlnesnutt and Mr. Ilat.u,
" glorying" in his " persecutions." Ile was found by the pollee
in Cing•street, Parliament-street, haranguing about :.CO persons.
In his address to his bearers he spoke of the (*my if Limon as
" the wicked Cely," and his strong provincial dialect sometimes
excited loud laughter..
During this address the prisoner stood upon the ec'gc of the
curb stone, and before him stood an net, upon which he jaurnied,
it was stated, from village to village, and town to town, to cull
the " unconverted." Ills ass had a new saddle and bridle upon
it. and a leather portmanteau was attached to the front of the
former. An oil case cloak, gait rrs, and hat-cover, were amongst
his travelling wardrobe. Whilst he was in the midst of a most
fervent exhortation the Police Officers rushed into the• crowd,
and seized him, and conveyed him and his ass to 1i:1w-street
Office. Item/rued, and the ass brayed. On the way, he told
the Officers who had arrested him, that donsnotiusr would he
their reward, for having dragged hint to prison ; acid that Gots
would raze the city of /Anon, for its great and manifold wicked-
ness! His denunciations against the " first city in the world"
attracted great crowds; he called the officers thieves, and ex-
claimed " No Whigs !" and " Look to your Bishops !" The
prisoner's ass was taken to a stable during the examination,
which was as follows t"
Mr. Mnrsitext..—What is your name?
Prisoner.--.-My name is James liandall.
Mr. Morstfuer..— Why do you go about the streets creating a
mob ? you kuow you,have no right.
Prisoner—l have a right ;I am sent by my feyther, to pro-
claim his word abroad. I !mated last Lawl's Day in Smithfield,
and I shall do my
.feyther's work wheresoever it shall plays the
Loud to direct me.
Mr. NIINSHUI.L.—T shall be obliged to commit you, if yon do
not promise to desi:t from acting unlawfully ; and I assure you
I have no wish to send you to prison. I hope you will 'pro-
mise me not to create a mob in the streets again, and I will set
you at liberty.
Prisoner—l will prache where lam called; and it is a higher
power than that of Jacks in office that will support me. I will
not promise. i have been eight times sent to prison by the City
Justices; and I pray ye to semi me to imprisonment.
Mr. Mixsuuxx—l have no wish to send you to prison; and if
you say you will not preach again, I will discharge you ; I have
no desire to send you for the rtittlh time to jaiL
The prisoner begged to be sent to prison ; be wished to be a
martyr in the cause of truth and purity.
The Magistrate ordered the prisoner to be taken out of the
Office ; and after an admonition, he was set at liberty.
His ass was restored to him by the officer; and on taking his
leave, he said that he should go prm•hing again in Parliament-
street, and they would ace who was the strongest, Goo or the
Justices. Ile did not take thousands out of the pockets of the
' starving poor, like the Bishops ; he prached the glad tidings of
price and salvation, without tithe or fee ; he followed Cuae:x's
example, in the true sprit of Christianity. This most singular
puritanical professor of theology then whipped his ass, and bid
adieu to Bow-street.
Mactiesteav AND PAUPERISM—A poor fellow, lately a pauper
in St. Giles's workhouse, applied fur an order from the Magis-
trates to the overseers for admission into St. Giles's workhouse,
out of which he had been turned a short time ago. He stated
that he was a pressman, to leant which art he had regularly
served seven years apprenticeship, and lately worked at a ptint-
ing-office, in Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, hut as the greater
part of press-work was now performed by rottchitteey, he could
not get employment, and must die in the streets if he had not
relief. The Magistrate oreicted a summons to be• issued to the
overseer.

MARY...LA-BONNE OFFlCE.—Tuestlay Jdnothrta frilsan, the man
who was remanded on a charge of defrauding a very aged lady,
named Bingley, of a sum of 3.101. Navy Four per Csut. Annui-
ties, by obtaining her signature to a power of attorney, and
withdrawing the money without her consent, was brought up
for final examination.
The prisoner had been previously examined, had since that
time been subsequently brought up, and as often, at the request
of either party, again remanded.
The geecral outline of the case is as follows:—Mrs. Bingley,
the prosecutrix, bring possessed of a sum of :LW/ Navy Four
per C\ it. Annuities, imparted the circumstance to the prisoner,
and confiding in his honesty, took him with her once or twice
to. the Bank to receive her dividend, and promised him at her
decease the money should remain for his children. Prisoner, I
however, got the prosecutrix to sign a power of attorney at a
time when she lay almost insensible, drew the money from the
Bank, and absconded, having previously left with the old lady
twenty or twenty-five sovereigns. The wife of the prisoner,
being concerned at his absence, called with other persons at the
autk, and likewise on the proseeutrix, to ascertain if the money
was taken out. Suspicions were raised, and upon an applica-
tion at this Office a warrant was granted, and the prisoner the
next morning taken into custody.
Previous to the final damnation taking place, the prisoner
had written a letter to prosecutrix, offeriug 1001. to settle the
matter, and intimating at the same time that he came forward as
a man (I/to/tour, and as such his proposal ought to be accepted.
On Tuesday the prisoner was brought up for final exatnina-
don, when Mr. Ileums attended as his Solicitor.
The only fresh evidence adduced, in addition to what has
been already stated, was that of a nurse who attended prosecu-
trix ; she spoke as to the infirm state of the prosecutrix, and
beard her say the day after the prisoner had prevailed upon her
to attach her name to the power of attorney, that he had gone
away with all het money.
A Gentleman, named Mainwaring, Clerk to Messrs. Davis
and Taylor, Stockbrokers, residing in Bartholomew-lane, said
the prisoner came to their office on the 15th of last August,
stating that the prosecutrix's money was to be made over to
hint, and wished a power of attorney to be drawn up; inti-
mating at the same time, that prosecutrix was unable to come
on account of infirmity. The power was accordingly obtained
and delivered to the prisoner, who obtained the signature, and
the money was taken out of the Bank, amounting to 5174 and
delivered to the prisoner. The witness further stated, they
would not have drawn up the power on the prisoner's assertion',
but that they bad previously seen hint at the Bauk with the
prosecutrix.
The prisoner, upon being called upon, declined saying anything.
The Magistrate (Mr. Gairrerns) said he considered it a most
wicked transaction.
The prisoner was fully committed to New.gate for trial, and
the parties bound over to prosecute.
Qua NreQUAlllL—.Tuesday afternoon, John .Nrwinart was
brought to this Office from Tothill-fields prison, and finally ex-
amined before the sitting Magistrate, on a charge of breaking
the shop window of Mr. Stiles, watch-waker and jeweller,

MLR

Sunday morning, at his house, in 3lmintjoy-square,
Hans Hamilton, Esq. one of the Representatives in Parßamat:
for the County of Dublin.
At Madras, in the beginning of August last, in the early
flower of his life, the lion. William Montague Doughts Ilome,
second son of the Ilk,lit lion. the Earl of Home. Mr. Home
was formerly an ()deer in the Guards, and, from the late re-
duction, rather than remain unemployed at home, upon paying
the difference, accepted a Lieutenancy in his Majesty's 41st re--
giment of Foot, and was, as descendant from his father, an int-•
mediate branch of one of the oldest, and,. for long, the most
powerful families in the south of Scotland. Ills premnture
has plunged his family into the deepest distress; and from being
nearly connected with many of the noblest families in Scotlaid
and England, will spread a melancholy feeling amongst a number
who move in the first circles, as well as arnorg.t every oth
circle who had the honour of knowing him. His afflicted
the Earl of Home, on receiving this melancholF intelligence. int-
mediately
_left his seat of the llirsel for Loudon, to join th?
Countess.

June 4, at Masulipatatn, Mr. Thomas Dale, in the service of
the Hoe. East India Company, much regretted.
Dec. 14, at Newport School, aged 14, henry White, eldest
son of Major White, late 24th root.
Monday evening, Mr. Diedo Dunstone, the ro:totat.er of
Lewes, aged seventy-six; he had lilted the si,.uation wr nc.trl.;
fifty years, and was a most correct, honest, worthy, and ch.,
ritable charactet : he has left a widow anti two children to sie.
plore his loss. _ _ _

Dee. 14, at Calais, aged 43, Williams Wy1k1,17.,,q. late :f Law-
rence-Pountncy-lane, London.
Dec. 19, at Stratton-house, near Chilcompton, Somerw-
shire, in the 63d year of his age, Charles Grinlon Gras7, E4q.
This gentleman was a Vice-Pretident of the Bath ark! West -`t
England Agricultural Society, .to whom his scientific knowledle
of stock and husbandry is well known.

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