Star.
London, England, 1826-08-23 00:00:00

REVENUES OF THE ESTABLISHF:D CLERGY OF

ENGLAND AND IRELAND.

Two Archbishops . . . ae42,000
Twenty-four Bishops . 182,400
Seven hundred Dignitaries . 585,000
10,000 Parochial Clergy . . 4,900,000
-4,509,400

The Primacy . . . . 140,000
Derry . . . . . 120,000
Kilmore . . . . . 100.000
Waterford 70,000
Clogher . . . . . 100,000
510.000

6,019,400

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday, John Fiagerald was committed for stealing a suit of
clothe:, belonging to a young man named Halliday.
The prisoner, who is a tall Irishman, went to lodge at a cheap
lodging house in Checquer yard. In the morning he disappeared,
and a suit of clothes belonging to the prosecutor were missed at the
same time. The prisoner was pursued and overtaken in Rosemary
lane, with the clothes under his arm. When accused of stealing
them, he saki, " I steal 'em! Devil burn me if ever I thought of
such a thing. They're a Gate cut, and I only took 'em to skew to
my tailor as a pattern."
Turnpriusy, the Police Officer, appeared before the Loan Mayo'',
to answer a charge of misconduct, preferred against him by Mr. R.
Taylor,the Printer and Common Councilman, of Shoe-lane.
The evidence in support attic charge was, that of a poor Irish
woman, who stated, that Turnpency had seized her basket of fruit,
which was the only stock she had in the world, and bad taken it to
the workhouse. She was at that time selling her fruit at a place
quite out of the way of passengers, where she .had been permitted
by the Parish Officers to sell it.

Mr. Taylor said, that he brought this case forward with the view
of getting the power of the Police Officers, Beadles, and others, in
such cases, defined or limited. He had to complain that these men
were often guilty of must brutal violence in their mode of proceed-
ing against these poor women. They seized, capriciously, the goods
of particular women, they took them to the workhouse, where they
were confiscated anddivided without further process bli the Master
and Mistress of the workhouse. He thought it well to have the
gifts of Pomona displayed throughout our streets ; for, whilst the
passengers were invited to partake of grateful and wholesome fruit,
which otherwise would not be so easily obtained at a cheap rate,
hundreds, he might say thousands, of poor women were maintained
by its sale, and thereby kept from being borthensome to their pa-
rishes. This was the case with the poor woman now before his
Lordship. She had been set up by the Pariah Officers at a few
shillings' expence, and had since that time ceased to be a burthep.
Mr. Roberts, of Fleet-market, a Common Councilman of the
same Ward, attended with several of the inhabitants, and some
other officers of the same parish, to support the defendant. Mr.
Roberts said the officers were in this tale placed in a cross fire.
Himself and a number of the inhabitants were eternally at them
for not doing their duty by clearing the footpaths of these women,
whilst Mr. Taylor. and one or two others, from motives of huma-
nity, were always at them foe meddling with them. In Fleet-market
they thronged the footways so as to render them almost impassible.
The language of these women, and of those who associated with
them, was often such as to render the first floors uninhabitable by
respectable females. When any one of the offenders was pursued,
she took refuge amongst the butchers in the market, who were sure
to take part with her against the officers. For his part, and those
of his fellow inhabitants, he was of opinion, that they might to be
entirely removed.
The Loam MAYOR said, that these fruit women were certainly
in sonic instances so numerous as to become nuisances. On refer-
ence to the Act, it would be seen that it was illegal to stand in any
part of the streets. In some instances, poor women were kept from
their parishes, in others the wives of journeymen were taken away
from the care of their children, by the hopes of getting a few shit.
hogs more, which did not, in his opinion, compensate for the mis-
chief done to their families by their absence. They might, in some
cases, be tolerated, where they did rot stand over the foot-path, or
in any way impede .the public thoroughfare. The course he had
pursued was to check the evil by ordering that no new comers
should, in any instance, under any pretence, be allowed, and that no
one should be allowed to have baskets standing on trestles. He
suggested to Mr. Roberts that he should select those who used bad
langyage, and have theta unsaved.
Mr. Taylor begged to recal his Lordship's attention to the great
point on which he came forward—namely, whether these poor wo-
men should be placed under a sort of martial law, and the officers
be allowed to seise their fruit, and confiscate it without the cogni-
zance of a Magistrate
The Loao Malcom—Certainly not; the officers are bound to bring
the parties regularly helot e the Magistrates.
Mr. nobler said, that was a more severe course, as the Magis-
trates could not convict them in a less penalty than 40s. which was
worse than the mere seizure of the fruit.

Mr. Taylor said, t4e Lad no doubt that the proceedings before
the Magistrates would be, under all circumstances, far the most
desirable. The case was then dismissed, Mr. Taylor being sati,iled
with the declaration obis Lordship.—Mr. Roberts went away, de-
claring that he would abate the nuisance in his neighbourhood.

BOW STREET.

An exquidte of the first order, dressed in a full naval uniform,
giving his name Gila Straggles, was yesterday brought before Sir
It. Warne, the sitting Magistrate, charged with assaulting a respect-
able young woman, named Jane Stockwell.
It appeared that on the preceding night, about half-past nine
o'clock, the complainant, in company with a female friend, was
Proceeding along Newcastle-street, when they were accosted by the
defendant, who came up to them, and desired them to o heave to."
They immediately stopped, when the defendant, without any pro-
vocation, struck her a severe blow in the face, tore her cap, broke
her Leghorn bonnet, and otherwise much damaged her dress. Her
companion ran off and procured a constable, into whose charge she
gave this son of Neptune.
tier companion confirmed her statement.
The constable then stepped forward, and stated that he had ascer-
tained that the defendants real name was George Owen, and not
Giles Scroggins, as he bad desired him to enter it on the charge.
book. He also added, that while he was taking the Midshipman to
ithistiat, his conduct was most uproarious," and not at all like that
of a Gentleman. The defendant, while in the watch-house, threa-
tened that if Sir It. Birnie took cognizance of the charge, he would
represent that Magistrate's conduct to the Lord Mayor.
Poor empty threat ! paltry trash ! exclaimed Sir RJCIIMID, and
requested ldr. Scroggins, alias Owen, to state what defence he had
to offer to the charge of assaulting a female, which conduct was un-
becoming in any man, but more especially in one whose duty It was
to protect all his Majesty's lieges.

r The defendant, who treated the whale of the proceeding witiP
the greaten sangfroid, declared that he knew mulling of the assault
complained of, or the threat, which be was said by-the complainant
to have made use of against his Worship ; and bad be not been what
Is termed" sprung," he certainly would not have acted as he had
done. He conceived that the ladies, seeing that he was non compus
osnitht,preferred this charge against him solely for the purpose of
extorting money.
After a severe reprimand from the Magistrate for his unmanly
coodstet and illiberal suppositions, he was ordered to flod ball. which
not befog at hand, Ford. the gaoler, was desired to lock hint up till
i: should be forthcoming.

Charles raster, Jain Chchdais and Wet. Coalele, the first a boy
about ten Oars old, and the other two from three to four years his
senior, were charged under the new Act with stealing apples from
the garden of Mrs. Jones, of Walham.green.—The boys blubbered
loudly, and theit mothers, who were both in the ofice, came for-
ward, their eyes red with crying, and implored Sir RICHARO to be
merciful.

Sir Ascitaito BIRNIN, after some consideration, said that the case
seemed to be somewhat involved in doubt, and as it appeared to
be the first offence of which the prisoners had been guilty, be would
not send them to prison; but he cautioned them, if ever they were
detected stealing fruit, either in the garden of Mrs. Jones or else-
where, he should send them to hard labour at the treadmill, and
neither their youth nor the tears of their mothers should abate one
jot of their punishment.
The boys were then discharged, and they each joined their
mothers in thanking Sir Iticumia for his merciful decision.