Star.
London, England, 1827-12-05 00:00:00

POLICE MieilGgklCE.

lIEANBIOI
last .fesi Jars a greater humbel of
lat the Mansion House,-bessioly maleekerhee ieowc
to have seen within 441•111011 'period. The ord.. the
lame, the blind, and those who mimic iuilrolitieb• werela.aeid.
in the Jatlce-room, 29 well as in the outer room which is gene-
waif occupied by prisoners Sir Claudius Stephen Hooter, who
we two days successively for the Lord Mayor, was quite shocked.
Mahe spectacle, and said that is was impossible for him to &Laity
paus with the applicants: the Lord Mayor himself must deal with
Awns: Three-fourths of these paupers were Irish, whn appeared
66 be hi the most wretched condition; others were sailors, able-
6edied and eirpreieneed.
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The I AIRD • kayos mentioned in the course of his inquiries into
the merits and wince of his peti.loners, that be had made a comfits-
nie.aiion to ttselion.BastlisdisContpany °tithe subject of the want of
employment by the poor sailors, and was informed that the (.4m-
patty's shims were reailyover stticked,there being upwards of,oo more
applicants than could obtain employment. The character of the
Roflish sailor is daily undergoing great change. The first thing he
thinks of, upon spending his last shilling, is to beg of the next pas
senger he nseets,and gangs of hungry-looking fellows, in jackets and
trowsers, are to be seen about the city.
The- Loan Stsvoss «as of opinion, that if be gave relief to any
sturdy feltows. hundreds of idle beggars would be constantly soli-
citing him. He therefore desired person* of dila description to ap-
ply to their parishes for, assistance, and if the overseers refused to
do their duty, to summon them before the Magistrates.
As for the Irish, Mr. Bosuns observed that it was useless to at-
tempt to pass many of them home, as it was the invariable rule al
Ecru of the Paddies to ger drunk' at Bristol, and return to Loo-'
dim, where they calculated they would make out a better livelihood
than at home.—The LORD NI • vox acted upon all those suggestions.
A gas-fitter, named Efelens, was charged with having stolen
eighty-eight yards of cotton, the property of Messrs. Morrison and
Co. of Fore-street. It appeared that -while the prisoner was at
work on the premi.es, some brass ornaments were missed, and he
was suspected of having stolen them. He was watabed on his next
visit, and the cotton was found in the bottom of the basket.

The Lord Mayor was informed that the prisoner was paid 50a.
a week.—The prisoner was committed for trial.

GUILDHALL.
Ras s. Sown.—A portly gray-haiied personage,' in a suit of
rusty titvek, was charged with basing been excessively disorderly, at
the house of one of the Oierseers of the poor for the parish of
Christchurch, It was alleged tbit be went to the Overseer for
safe, but Ott he iirai so drask,-aftd made such a disturbance, that
the Overseer fottndk necessary to have him sent to the CoMptir.
mr. Bowes in reply, admitted 05. drunkenness, but denied the
disturbance. and in excuse for the drunkenness be pleaded an ex•
ces-tve and continual thirst, brought, on by his living so long upon
" condemned pork," during Sir J. Moore' disastrous retreat in Spain.
0 What are you. Mr. Bower said Mr Pam Lamm.
" I am .1 the profession, Sir Peter •--an attorney," he replied ;
.4 poverty is my companiop,, hut the 'Lord Chancellor and all the
other dignitaries of the 1.,w are my acquaintanpes."
0 It poverty is your oily companion, how do you get money to
purchase drink!' asked the Alderman. _ _

" W uy, Sir Peter, perhaps my professiou dues some little he me
in that way," rallied Sir. Liowev ; "but, however. drink must be
bad, for I amgrowing old; and when one grows old. you toper,
utie's bystent requires sap. So hake grog whenever I tan get it;
indeed I couldn't get on at all without it."
" Sir Peter, he Is drunk every 'tight 411111Wweek!" said the
()Venter. ,
•" No—l beg your pardon, Mr. Overseer," said Mr. Bowes,—
°' not every night ;—I am only druok nights nut of the seven. I
never get drunk on a Sunday—that is not my own day—:it belongs
to the GSZAT Chevron. and lam never drunk on that day. But
for the other slarLgsweit ran lam drunk every night. I have Ice.
Tivoli tried to break myself of it ; but, L don't know bow it a, I
newer could succeed."
" And we have clothed him repeatedly;" said the Overseer.
" Clothed nu!" tiled Mr. Bowes; holding up his arm to shew
the under part of his sleeve, which was evidently very-much the.

. . .
Weise ter theyear and tears—" Clothed me!—souk atmy coat, Sir
Peter !—I declare, if any Gentleman was to cone into my aim.
end say Mr. &wet, Wilt you allow me to make you -a present of a
new coat?' 1 should instantly' accept' the generous otter; for; cer-
tainly, as a profesNional Man, I ought to baveone."
nhigle PM". admktird that the coat was not a very professional.
Waking ;eat; .40 asked Mr. Howes In wbat Court he practised.--
" Oh! in Hicks's Hall, gir Peter," replied Mr. 800t5.." in Hicks's
Clerkerrwell—that's the Court for general practice! Tin -re are
lawitra Of arecirts and Wires-there•;—some of wham can't read;
bat nevertheless-, they get ou wiry well there. ,Now I can read,
aad, what's mote, I can speak French; and if the °veneer; will
jute take the trouble ()Cerro-ring me to Calais will never trouble
them again. Mr. Overseer calls me a btaken-iisen (rosier; and at
Hieka's Hall they call me the cat-shinning knotr f wd some there
arewho will take it upon their veracity to say Mat I.go.abodium:
deavouriog to seduce cats from borne b_y wheedling them with
' poly ! pussy !—come and be hW'd!' But / Antal)! declare I
aut.stiiltleas et the face." •
.6 kW. Sir Petro, issue} t man as this, who admourledgeathat
liejets drunk every night, a St subject for parish relief?" ailed the
iherater. and adding—"parish relief is for the old and decrepit"—
" Add I am decrepit," cried M. Buttes—" veer •dircreplt,
deed ;--•I have got the gasit." • • '
. Wen," said Sir Prise Lamar " you tenant*"oat appear
to be • ht subject for parish reiki; but, at all eventatrut must not
annoy the parish officers in the way you have done.*
" I pledge you my honour, Sir Peter, Mat I wilt riot," replied
Mr. Bowes very solemnly, and upon that pledge he was discharged.
BOW-STRSIIT.

A statement appeared is some of the Pepers a few-daft swim-
der the head of •• Rubbery of the Warwick Mail," informing the
public that the stolen notes had been restored by the thieves to the
banter., and declaring that an officer of the Bow-street eitablish-
tneet, who was alluded to In pretty broad terms; had been the agent
employed in effecting the negociation. • In the latter part of the
same paragraph, it was also stated, that the same officer:was then
engaged in a similar negotiation with the robbers who plundered
Meseta Orimalde and Johnson to so large an amount.
As soon as the Chief Magistrate heard of the statement hi ques-
tion, be caused inquiries tio be made; and the'result of an 'applies:
tion to kir. Johnson upon the subject has been, 'that. be presented
himself yesterday morning before Sir B. BIM= wed Air-Aim-W.
and made affidavit, of which the following is asopyt
r ie
" Middlesex to wit.

" This deponent, William Johnson,' of No: en, Strand, In the'
said county, watchntairtir, on oath says, that-be, this deponent,
having seen a statement in the Times and other Loodowtrewspa-
pert of certain negociations being carried on between this deponent
and some police officers with the thieves or perinea possessed of the
watches and other property lately stolen from ttde deponentand his
copartner, Mr. Grimalde, be, thisdepooent, solemnly declares epos
hie oath, that no police officer has, either directly or inditecdt.l
taken say part in she restoration of the stolen property; but that
tech property was restored to him through a channel totally unite-
netted with the police. (Signed) Was. Johnion.
Sworn before us at the Public Office, t R. Blame.
Bow-street, this 4th Dcc. 1827. j Tnostas.Hatte. ,
Some time after Mr. Johnson bad sworn this affidavit and depart
Sir R. Saws called S. J. Smith, one of the principal Officers to
the Beoeht and said, Smith, do you or any of your brother Officers
know any thing of the restoration of the hank notes-attire frail the
WarHiek MAI Coach ?
Smith—No, Sis, Ido not. . .
Sir R. Branut—l have made Inquiry of all our Officers upon the
subject and have received the same answer. I find that none of
theca know any thing about it. I find also that the felony, and the
compounding of the felony, took place where we have no jurisdiction.
Smith--I know nothing about it but what I have seen in the
newspapers ; and Bishop and Ruthven are now toile to the Timer
office upon the subject.
A Gentleman present said he had ream to believe that the:per-
son who wrote the article was very litde acquainted with the sub-
ject which be had written upon.
Mr. Hau.s—Webelve the same 'thing, and that is what we
complain of. '

Sit lit. Bounit—lf the article had been A little more Plastids I
.irbiald have made the Editor of the Times answerable for
mach I will say, also, on the other hind, that if tge*Editer of the
_Thus, as he professes to be able to do, will furnish Us in any quiet
way with the name of the offsceralluded te, Lodi take cue that he
'shall be punished.
Mr..Haits—Yes, we pledge ourselves to tgat.
&r It. Braun--illy colleague and rare cordial/Y. speed Reid
that subject.
Mr. liaus—l have a very greet respect for the public FM,
and I Dave no doubt that the articles which have lately appeared
were published with a laudable public spirit; but let the editors at
least take care that they publish nothing but truths.—Mere the cos-
venation dropped.
L AMUETR.STIUIET. -
. Yesterday Ales Englise, a young -man of, fashionable exterior,
was charged with being concerned withaJeir in stealing a reticule,
containing some trifling articles of property. belonging -to bliss
Berridge, ooe of the frail ones of the East. Miss Berridge said, that
on the-sight before, while having some supper in enlisting-horse in
Ctwech-lane, the prisoner and, another person, (a Jew), came
imp the room where she sat to base some refreshment ; before she
left, the'naissed her reticule, and the prisoder's 'oempaniba Waving
gene away. she accesed him with a participation in tbruebbery,
.and gave him•M charge. The prisoner appeared totems* matter:
with great indignation, and 'told the Magistlatiat-bia Yam was.