Star.
London, England, 1826-10-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday a deputation front the Spanish and Italian Refugees
waited upon the LORD Al A roa, and represented, that in consequence
of the funds out of which they had been supported for two years,
bring exhausted, two hundred of them were again reduced to de-
plorable distress. 'They prayed relief.
The Loan MAroa promised to call a meeting of the Committee,
to consider the hest means of obtaining further relief.

GUILDHALL.
Yesterday, Ann Taylor, an elderly female, was put to the bar,
before Sir dolor NUMMI, charged with illegally conveying spirits
into the New Prison, Clerkenwt.ll.
Sir Joliet PERRINO convicted the prisoner in the mitigated penalty
of 10L which she nut being able to pay, was committed for two
months to the House of Correction.

The Overseers of Christ Church. Newgate-street, appeared to
skew cause why they refused to relieve a journeyman bookbinder,
named Metcalf. There was aas turn-out,' it seems. in this busi-
ness In August for a rise of wages, and a Mr. Remnant, on the
part of the masters, advertised that employment could he given
to two hundred, whereby they might earn twenty-four shillings
a week, and upwards. The complainant applying for relief at this
time, was ordered to call upon Mr. Ilentuant, but lie declined
doing so, as Mr. Williams, the Overseer stated, on the ground that
he must II •ist consult the Members of the Lodge, No. .2, to which he
belonged; and he afterwards declined, on the ground that it would
be an act of impropriety to accept a place vacated by a turn-out, and
declared he would rather his arm should drop off, than he would
work under the new price. As the man refused labour, when offered
to him, and as it was known he was receiving 7s. a week from the
Combination, as an Inducement to continue out of work, Mr. Wil-
liams thought he could nor, in justice to the parish, offer him a fur-
ther temptation of an allowance of Ss. a week. Metcalf, in reply,
said, the only reason he had assigned for refusing to go to Mr.
Remnant was, that the Bible work he should have been set to, was
the most lalonious in the trade, and that he was in a very weak
state of health. To prove this, he called the foreman to Mr. Bird,
bookbinder, in Hamm Garden, who stated that the Bible-binding
was extremely heavy Work, and Metcalf was a very weakly man,
and he said the parish officers ought not to regret that he did not ac-
cept the work offered, as all the persons that had done so had been
discharged by the masters last Saturday, and they would hencefor-
ward be unable to obtain employ anywhere; and, therefore, instead
of being but a temporary claimant on the parish funds, Metcalf
would probably have been a permanetfi one.
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, Sir Joint Prisms° said, as the man had work offered to him, and
refuted it (with the close of refusal he had nothing to do), he had
no power to order him rebel. The Overseers bad done all they
could be compelled to do.
Mr. Williams said. it was impossible that parishes could be saddled
with the support of mechanics throughout their combinations to
raise their wages.
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Dlr. Bird's foreman here appealed pathetically to the Overseers,
representing the man as being in a state of starvation ; and remind-
ing them, that although they were now surrounded with comfurts,
their circumstances might one day he altered.
Rt. JOHN ritkILMG confessed de man must not be allowed to
starve now, although he had misconducted himself in August ; and
the Overseers promising to attend to the case, the Alderman dis-
missed the complaint.