The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-08-29 00:00:00

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Roy, a fellow of the most savage appear-
ay. and demenour, underwent an exandaatile before
the Lord Mayer. ems charge of having robbed a pang
Indy of a gold and a silver wateb. together with nave
Nisbet: of vain.
Mies M. Sims, of antaswick-hose, Haekserroad,
,wend. that shoot o'clock on Friday eight she was
psidug drew Bishopegate-stent, is company with
another female ; whoa near Widegate-stren the pri-
sons, darted eat upon her, and seized her reticule,
which he tors off violently from her, and -made off
with it. She gave as alarm, sad the prisoner was
parosod by some of the by-standees, from whose
statement it appeared that a gang of fore other ruffians
eideavoared to impede the pursuit, bat without effect.
The prisoner when taken fought with the utmost des-
pendant. and it was not entil.he bad inflicted many se-
sere Wows and kicks en his penmen, that he was se-
cored. The admits, which • contained a gold watch,
w sneer watch, and some necklaces, belonging to the
reel lady, had ben headed out of reach, sad no trace
of It 4001 be obtalatel.
The primmer, who refused to say any thing. was
folly committed for trial.
A lad named Jams Doug. apparently net more
-than 14 years of age, underwent a final examination on
a charge of having robbed the Rev. Dr. Liadall of a
gold watch.
ft appeared from the statement of the Rev. Gentle-
man, that be was reigning from his ministerial
duties down Bishopegate-street on Sunday evening.
and was passing sear the Church, when the prisoner
darted epos him like lightning from out of Catheriae-
wheel-alley, and jerked out the prosecutor's gold
watch, which was immediately handed over to an se-
compile.. The prisoner then with astonishing rapi-
dity returned down the court, but was pursued by Dr.
Lindell, who wee beset by three men in the alley, but
being a powerful man. he succeeded, after a contest
in getting past them, and pursued the prisoner with
the cry of stoptheif, until he was taken by Terrill, the
parish beadle, *be chanced to be near the spot at the
time the wash was lost.
The prisoner was fully committed.
A boy ;ouch of the same age as the last prisoner,
named Cherie* Birk was charged with having robbed
Mr. J. Phillips, of No. 21, Nicholas-lane. of a gold.
chain, seals, he.
Mr. Phillips was passing down the Miseries at
about 8 o'clock on Friday evening, when the prisoner
ran against him and snatched at his watch ; the pro-
secutor, however, seised it as it was escaping from his
fob, when the chair broke. In the straggle both the
prieseer sad presenter fell to the ground, and the
seals were headed to an accomplice. The prisoner
got away, and endeavoured to make his escape down
some of the intricate streets near, bat was seen and
pursued by two shopkeepers, who, after having been
interrupted by the primroses accomplices, succeeded
in securing him. He was fully committed for trial.
It has of late become extremely dangerous for per-
sons of respectability to walk down some of the
streets after dusk with any property about theta.—
Gangs, consisting of three or four experienced rob-
bers, lie in wait at the mouths of many of the alleys
or intricate passages that open into the principal
street', and commit robberies of the the above cha-
racter with the utmost impunity, in some instances in
the open day. The instruments are in general boys.
who are protected by the men, who are ready to pre-
vent pursuit by violence, intimidation, or obstruction.
A number of carmen who ply at the stands in
Bishopsgate-street, and in the neighbourhood of
llames-strest, were summoned before the Lord Mayor
cc charges of the following nature :
The night patrol, and several of the inhabitants of
Bisbopsgate-street, stated, that for souse time past it
lad been the practice of the defendants to come to
their stands at most unseasonable hours, for the pur-
pose of getting on the first, that they might be first
employed. This was the occasion of constant and
desperate contentions, which alarmed the whole neigh-
icurhoed. The nuisance bad arisen to such an into-
lerable pitch, that the complainants were compelled to
claim the protection of his Lordship, who hail autho-
rity, under the act for the regulation of the town
calls, to fine the defendants in the penalty of not
more than tOs. for each offence.
The Loan Melon said a great portion of his time
had been latterly occupied in bearing complaints of
Ode nature from various parts of the city. He bad
Seed some, and forgiven others, on promises of not
repeating the offence, but it appeared without the
slightest effect. Many of the most opulent carmen,
wlio had six or more carts at work at once, hail found
it to their interest to pay the fines, as but one fine
could be imposed for the whole of the carts, and the
poorer carmen who had but one cart must endeavour
te'get on the stand at the same time or be ruined.
All.bedearours to procure an agreement between the
011prletors not to send their cartoon the stands before
Utikain hours had been fruitless, and in cense-
'serce orders had been given to the officers to sweep
all the carts which they found iu the streets before the
peeper hours to the preen-yard. This hail been done,
Wt the opulent part of the proprietors had contested
the right to do this, and bad obtained a verdict, sub
jact to a case fur the Judges, whose decision had not
yet been given. His Lordship expressed his inten•
don, as the ease stood, to use his utmost endeavours
to protect the repose of the inhabitants. He fined
meet of the defendants in the full penalty, and ex-
cused others on account of extreme poverty; but his
Lordship gave notice that no pleas of this kind would
iff 'fittire be taken le catenation, since lenity had been
of so little avail; he should fine all against
ertirn the fact might be proved.
The carmen expressed their assent to the equity of
his Lordship's determination, anti regretted that it
was the interest of the large proprietors to render all
itrangements abortive.
The LORD Mason feard that the nuisance could 110 t
be effectually abated until new enactments were ob-
tained which would authorise more stuatuary and effi-
cient proceedings against the offenders. His Lord-
ship' said, that if the' inhabitants, by petitioning,
weld obtain an enactment which would authorise the
dicers to carry all carts to the Oreea-yard which
night be toned on the stand at an improper hour,
that would be alt that was requisite; and be strongly
reenonmendeii them to pursue that ineuure, which,
he *.s paronadod, would obtain their object.