The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-01 00:00:00

CONFINEMENT OF PAUPERS.

John Hibbert, a stout able man, abost 50 year,
old, had obtained a summons egoists the perlib ()di-
cers of St. Bartholomew the Great, for refusing In
trent him relief, he being oat of employ, sod wititotit
the means of onititaining himself. On the case bo itg
called tau for hearing, on Saturday, before Mr. Al.
dermas Cox, the sitting Magistrate, the beadle of
the parish of St. Bartholomew came turn aril, and
Mated, that the poor of their parish were famed not
at Mr. Sellouts, the City Fsis-house, Lo wer.ros
Idlest's; that the Corsiplaintut had been mint to
that hes... with the ether paupers, and that
efts remaining there some time, be left it of his
owe free will.; bet se his again appiplog for re.
relief. the Overwore offered him an order toes back to
Mr. Simian's, which he refined,. noivritbstaeding
this lefesal, the beadle said the Overseers woe sill
witting to admit him into that boos*, sod be pro.
doted an order, signed by them, for that perpts.r.
As the ports will ROW remain ,hat awn the SM if Mb. fbe
gob. of the markets will be the best guide as in tho pradwris of Tbo oalws hid nimbi' g sly all 11041. the
the last reap. Neil loss been said of late on .he wlbjett d, C 611 W .inani ; they were elloaiwg his oily* 3s. per
a"rairea• and the porn being "."1" kept ""1"8 ".`•w C 1.., 411 h which, sod her own indes•ry, she
main-
frem .be general semi of the counqs„ Use prier. of Isms/ tare .
has hers fall as high as could be horses dud, as to new P Him rani-s1 her%«ll sad children, arid they were •srling In,
meivary reandelion• is the rise. all she "nes the as eve 4 .maintain his in the same manner ire which their other
=erten have lone bees eons lare.l ttiat swell legislative allempts
are weir,,, and u stantsteis fprere.il Xerord.ne its PO" soli •sfil be cash! gel emptier
(rem most parts, the harlsworsit 01 Ilik.oitb are the larwallfr.l. I ender these el.eismotaseirt, be arabsuitted, the parish
that "I *0 .415. in the road to Pcrrersine .he """I fnreardseedHlficers conid nil be scathed of refusing to relieve
Is eeriest twine is a atter Mat, for May thaa,he yfr.ral WWI..
awe coosiot appteheasioa of great danger, should twit nod I him.
May prove cold and ungealal. The thee sitar been atiach. J.,
It Is said, he the wlre.wa.m. more reliably the dug, and they I Bibbed said that was not whet he had le COMpla;ni
are io the bruin. name
that hos been sees for mans 'nets •t. . a•, both able anti willingsto Work, mid had
oni•forione of site broad cost former, but a tool dhgraee to the an wish that his wife Of hiel'iolf should be border'.
pretenders to drill hasbaidry. lie general "Ye", wages are 111111110 to the perish, if he could get employ ; bet that
very low, and many arrerhr4 L m ibriu.. is moot parts, in a
state of mendiexaes., which most inevitably lead todisinine.t— was 41111. impossible be 'cent back to Mr.j.611.A.15.
ismer, appropriate laogntge, curerlukale course. In all mils I fpr there he was locked up from week's viol to week's
"ril""al Pie"' Tile M4ll "lea af seed been' Iss 'pea' end never permitted to gn cut to look fee wart.
resit? ettetwled the protect of dihising.awd bath hams had
peas are above gamed, la. tease very fo-oord taiga The to believed there were Iffllff4 Civets, that none of the
Whom for the km Mini ace all is gawp ewsditiaa,mid e". 9. poor of St. Bartholomew's perish should go nit on a
appeu in ihe rosary wash, he mem prayer..., wer. and as to Mr. button, there was no such
that griudine lead a tsarist.. which is era/lastly, bat "ell day;
aleatioly, ellwastiat it, life blood. a d will notch guinea' or thing as seeing him ; he bad tried it several times, for
gamma, properly can maw possibly emexiat, I the penaSe of asking his leave to go out. In short,
he had been clpsely shut sp for its weeks and end
day, doting which time he had never sot foot is the
street, except on a Sunday, which was no day for
him to empire for work.
On the part of the Overseers it was replied, that
se particular orders were ghee respectiog their poor;
that they were soNected to the same notations as
116 peer of other parishes maintained at Mr. SultisA's,
with the management of whose horse they (the Ont.
leers) did not of costs interfere.
Mr. Alderman Cot observed, that it was vie; no.
snooty somebody should interfere ; here woo a sober,
industrious man, whose only mime was his poverty,
reofitiod for weeks together, and thereby preveetid
from seeking work, which, if peeper liberty had been
allowed his, he would probably se this have
ob-
tained ; he shield have thoughts regard to the le-
ttersets !if the parish smolt] bate dictated en oppesita
lino of conduct • at all events, he was quite sore the
laws of England would not estimate the °filters of
shy parish to add oneacessery Modes:lnert to en.
'merited Matron ; he felt it, therernro. a dory tH,
owed to the Public, to have this complaint stisatelv
enquired into ; for ashlar purpose he directed a sum-
mons to be is-tred for the attendance of the Over.
seems thernselve,, and also Mr. Sutton, the master of
the farm-hoes, stating at thorium lime his initiation
to be preset on the hefting of the race.
BOW•itarLT.—Satordsy, a fi•herrnati, residing at
Twickenham, oamed Cdrartrefr..rloin, was examined at
this Office, being suspeclel of parrieipatiel; am some
Jepredatiaos lately committed on she river Themes,
in steeling the swans. the property of the king sod
moral of the Companies of London, between Twic-
kenham and Hampton. In consequence of informs.
titre given at the Office, Lavender and Bishop app.,.
heeded the Prisoner, and found the skies of a swan.
in his house. Several others of his class are aliases-
petted, and it is well known that considerable sums
of money have been mode by these robberies.—The
Prieener was remanded fora week.
IsAMIIKTM•STOVET.—JuIia Derrell, a young man of
fashionable aprearance was on Saturday committed
for trial, for obtaining money oo false pretences from
Mr. T. Gardner, a salesman, in Whitechapel. The
Prisoner represented himself to be the son of Mr.
Newell, a farmer, at Rumford, and seder that cha-
racter made two attempts, bat without soceeim, to
obtain money mud goods from a grocer in White.
chapel. Sereral Gentlemen Item Itosiford attended
the seantinatioe, and disproved the assertions of the
Prisoner.
QUItUf-aQUAßE.—Satarday IV. Bunn and J.
M` latosA were remanded on suspicion of breaking
open the shop of Mr. Horn, grocer, in Greet Peter-
street, and robbing it of owe cwt. of sew, and some
money from the till.

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

OLD BAILEY, Fss. 27.

This day, a soldier of the first reriosent rt
Gave. mgr lodiesed for .ssesstior a fiolloa if fin. the property
of J. GNAW, hudlord of the Wheatsheaf. Pancras. the
Prisoner was at the house of Mr. Carter, and on the
snoraiwg we .he 'Mils of JOS., Mr. C. went dews let* Ids cellar,
where be farad tame gat is avian pg. sad He reek of the his
punching IA 1114, of coarse, eseited his srapkioe.
' aced, icier eseertalolost that his 'ere tit. ba 1 net done It, he
went Into the Prigaget's room, where he I..end hist drunk on
at, bed, sad dorm. hot.ln .4 isia wombat; by the bedside. The
Priinnee roate,sed the theft, and begird to ha let of, as it was
his first of re • (bodily.

BIRTHa.

Oa the 26th slt. the Lady ref B. Traver., Erg. New Brost-
Wrest. of a saa.
Oa the %oh ult. In Jeffries-square, Mn.s !Tiede, of a snot.
U. the Visa Tito.. at the Rev. Rocketed Cenewaree, Mitcham
dm Moly at W. Simpson, 1.4. of Merton. oda lon.