Star.
London, England, 1828-07-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Tug Worms); lats.—One of the parish officers of Aldgate charged
a pauper upon the establishment, with having acted in a most dis-
orderly and insoknt manner to the Gentlemen who have the trouble
of supetintenditig the i!fiJits that parish.'
The pauper, who has a wooden kg has been for some time as-
sisttd by the overseers, and contrives to sustain nature with that
assistance, which is to the amount of two shillings a-week, and by
selling pamphlets. Having fallen and smashed his woi:den leg, he
applied to the parish for another, and was supplied with one ; lie,
however, h•und some fault with the new leg. and applied to the
over .err, stating that it was not proportioned to his natural limb,
and desiring to have one of more graselul proportions. The officer
desired hint to represent his case to the Committee, who were to
sit in a few days, and he accuidingiy came forward to state his
gtievance.
The Committee, iafter a solemn investigation into the condition
of the wooden leg which they had supplied to the defendant, came
to the determination to give him another it he required an ex-
change, hut said. that as they could not afford frcut the funds of
the pari,h to be always voting him wooden legs, he most sol,niit to
one contlition, viz. that one shilling a week of his allowance should
he docked, until the price (twelve %fillings) of the new timber
slioul-1 be liquidated. To this proposition be most Iwo Jiy sbjected,
and unbinding the wooden leg, which was the gift of the parish,
he flung it in amongst the members an the Committee, telling them
that they might wear it themselves, and refused to mike even a
temporary use of it to hear him to the Mansion Nouse, for the
purpose of being punished. The pati,h was therefore
stud him before the Lotto 'MAYOR ill a co.irh, and now hi, Lord-
ship was requested to deal with him aceording to his deserts.

The Lours blsvue (to the defendatit)—Wlry, bow could you
suppose that the way to obtain favours from the Commitree was
by throwing wooden legs at them ?—( Loud laughter).
The Pourer—My Lord, tke kg they gave me was made for a
man who was a foot and a halt shorter nor me, and I couldn't wear
it by no means, I went so up and doss') with it.
The Loan 3layoe—liut you should not have abused them—
I am sure they seem disposed to serve you, if you only act re-
spectfully.
The Pauper—Why, you see, my Lord, I am willirg to vork, but
bow can I vork, it as how I cart yolk?
The officer dtclared that the defendant had gone upon the leg
for three weeks without complaining, and that it appeared to be a
very unexceptionable sort of a leg.
The Pauper said he bad gone upon it until he.stiffered the greatest
pain. It was not only too short in the pipe, but the stump hitched
very uticomfortably in the sucktt, and he felt as if the tots w, re
pinching ollidm when be wore it—(Laughter). Jr must have been
made for a little boy; and his Lordship might have some idea of it
if he walked about in a pair of shoes nut half the size of his feet—
(Loud laughter).
'The Lieu Nlaroa thought that the parish would do well to en-
courage the disposilion to maintain themselves in the poor. Who
were so great an incumbraner. A new wooden leg might incite to
greater industry.
The Officer said that the recommendation of his Lordship would
doubtless be attended to, hut reitiesti.d that such an act of insubor-
dination might be rebuked.
His 113111.011 P—Defendant, I have prevailed upon the pariah to
put you once more on your kgs pi operly, and let me entreat you
never to throw away All old leg until you get a new one—(Loud
laughter).