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London, England, 1820-01-08 00:00:00

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• MA IiRION-110USR.—MICiney Chariots.--Yesteiday
the driver of a hackney-chariot summoned a Lady
for, having. refused to pay him his fare, for driving
herand three other persons. It appeared thathhose
three other persons were children, one of %thorn was
not more than five years old. The chariot is con-.
pelled to carry three, and the coachman said he
made a demand of Is. over the fare, in consequence
of the presence' f the fourth person, whom the Act
of Parliament .conside:ed NB grown. It was con-
tended ution the part of the Lady, that she had one
of the children on her knee, and that the Act ex-
empted children at the breast, or ou the knee. The
LORD MAYOR said, the conduct of the coachman
was extremely vexatious. The law was, however,
upon his side, as a child five years old, was capable
of sitting without support; Had the defendant taken
a coach,. she would not hare been subjected to this
vexatious proceeding. The full fare and expenses
were then paid.
BOVI-STREET.--:./Ohlt Gat/if, a shoe-maker, was
yesterday committed for trial for passing a forged
Cl Bank of England note to Mr. Dallay, the land-
lord of the Barley-mow public-house, in Drury-lane,
who having a knowledge sufficient to discoVer a for-
gery, detected the. prisoner, who tendered the note
in payment for some gin.
John Siren was committed, charged with robbing
the house of Mr. John. Priddy, of Turnham-Green,
of a variety of articles of plate.
EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF .0 VERSEERS.—On
Wednesday and Thursday,, a considerable portion of
the time of Mr. FARRANT, the Magistrate, was oc-1
cupied in investigating the conduct of the Overseers
of St. Luke, Old-street, and St. Clement Danes,.
towards a pauper in a dying state, under the follow-
ing circumstances:—On Wednesday last, a hackney-
coach drove to the door of the Office, with a poor
woman in a very weak state, who was accompanied
by a female friend, and also Mr.
.Kimpton, of Meet-
street. The two latter only entered the Office, as the
poor woman was too bad to be removed out of the
coach. , Her female friend stated to Mr. FARR ANT,
that she lodged in the same house with the afflicted
woman, in Coleman-street, Bunhill-roW, who had
been ill for a length of time, and was extremely pour;
she had done every thing in her power to assist her,
but she was not able wholly to maintain heh. Wit-
ness had in consequence applied to Mr. Phillips, the
Overseer of the Parish of St. Luke, for relief, but he
refused to give any, assigning as a reason, that she
did not belong to that Parish, but to that of St Cle-
ment Danes; and he desired the witness to convey
her there in a hackney-coach, and gave her two shil-
lings to pay the coach, with directions, that if she
was refused admittance into the workhouse, she was
to leave her at the door of it. She accordingly had
the coach driven, to St. Clement Danes workhouse,
where they refused to receive the poor woman; but
witness did not think proper to adopt the suggestion
of leaving her at the door in such inclement weather.
She considered her suffering friend to be in a d) ing
state, and that even a removal out of the coach
might prove fatal to her; in this dilemma, she
scarcely knew how to act ; but, recollecting that Mr.
Kimpton (of Fleet-street) was the afflicted woman's
friend, she ordered the coachman to drive to his
house, who then accompanied them in the coach to
this Office, when Mr. FARRANT sent for Mr. Shep;
herd, the Overseer of St. Clement Danes, who re-
fused to attend, upon which the Magistrate issued
his summons, commanding his attendance instantly,
which Mr. Shepherd obeyed, and urged, as his objec-
tion, that if the woman did belong to St. Clement
Danes, she did not come in a regular manner, as she
ought to have first been relieved at the Parish of St.
Luke, Old-street, and passed to his Parish in a re-
gular way. On Thursday, Mr. Kimpton and the
afflicted woman's female friend appeared before Mr.
CONANT, and related all that had passed the pre-
ceding day ; and, in addition, the woman said, she
accompanied her'afflicted friend in the coach to the
workhouse of St. Clement Danes, but they were not
allowed to go in. They remained in the coach at the
door, and two medical Gentlemen came to examine,
the woman ; when one of them gave it as his opinion,
that she would only live twenty-four hours; and the
other was of opinion that she would live forty-eight
hours ; but they both agreed that she was very bad.
She was' still refused admittance to the workhouse.-
Witness had now no alternative but that of driving
back to St. Luke, when Mr. Phillips agreed to take
the afflicted woman into his workhouse. She, how-
-1 ever, appeared to be senseless. Mr. Phillips, too, re-
-1 fused to pay the coach-hire, amounting to 11h. 6d.
assigning that the woman had not complied with his
orders, of leaving her afflicted friend upon the steps
of the workhouse of St. Clement Danes. To this wit-
ness replied, that it was impossibfe to execute such
orders ; she was.. at length obliged_ to borrow the
money, as the coachman looked to her. She went
to the workhouse of St. Luke to inquire after the
health of the woman, when the was informed that
she had died at seven o'clock that morning. Mr.
KiMpton how stated, that he had applied to the Pa-
rish Officers for relief for the deceased, and proposed,
'if they would allow her Ss. 6d. that he woula allow
her 2s. a Week, to keep her out of the workhouse of
St. Clement's. Mr. CONANT, on hearing this, ex-
pressed his indignation at the whole of the conduct,
and wrote a letter to the Magistrates of Worship-
street, in whose district the Parish of St. Luke lies,
requesting them to inquire into the conduct of Mr.
Phillips, the Overseer, and that he might be ordered
to pay the woman the coach-hire. The Magistrate
also directed Mr. Woods, tile Clerk, to write to the
Coroner, for an Inquest to be held, .to inquire into
the cause of the death of the afflicted woman.
HATTON-G A RDEN.—Yesttrday, H. Dinkins, late
Clerk and one of the Stock-holders of a Benefit So-
ciety, was charged by the Stewards of it as follows :
The Society had Stock in the names of the prisoner
and others; in the Bank. About three months ago
the prisoner, who had before attended the Club very
regularly, absented himself, snd could not !refound,
nor the money lying in his nurse be drawn out of the
Funds. After considerable exertion and expense, the.
Society discovered that he was on the point of sail-
ing for the Cape of Good 'Hope, and succeeded in
apprehending him. He agreed totransfer the Stock
immediately to the Society's Officers, if no further
proceedings were instituted akainst him.' The Stew-
ards acceded to his proposal; and he haiing given.
them a warrant of attorney, was sot at liberty.