The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-02 00:00:00

PAROCHIAL MEETING.

There was a Meeting of the Parishioners of St.
Anne's, Soho, yesterday, to take into consideration
the present state of the watching, which requires im-
provement in this, as well as in all the surrounding
parishes.
Mr. ADAMS havieg been called to the Chair, a map
of the parish was laid before the Meeting, distinctly
pointing out the beat of each watchman, which ar-
rangement is, almost in every instance, complicated
and defective.
Mr. Tnorrea suggested a plan much more sim-
ple, and much better calculated for the security of
the inhabitants; but with respect to the inefficiency of
the present watch, there was but one opinion, which
was, that it required immediate improvement, as it was
necessary, at a period so pregnant with danger as the
present, to have young and active watchmen, and to
augment the number. However, as the present Act
of Parliament limits the watch rate of the Parish, it
will be necessary to have it amended ; but that is a
matter for future consideration.
A Committee was appointed, on the motion of Mr.
Wools, to examine the state of the Watch, and to
report their opinion thereon to an ensuing Meeting
of the Inhabitants.
From the cordiality and unanimity of the Meeting
which assembled yesterday, our Correspondent anti-
cipates the best effects ; and it is hoped that the Pa-
rishioners mill, until the plan in contemplation is
matured and carried into effect, unite in protecting
each other, and that they will assist in patroling the
streets from dusk until seven or eight o'clock, as
such is the time whe►► all the juvenile shoplifters and
others are on the alert, and who, if not arrested in
their youthful career, ultimately become house-
breakers a►►d murderers:

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POLICE. . - •
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MAMMAL OFFICE.
Yesterday, John Munroe, who was brought up on
Tuesday, charged by one of the Turnkeys of New-
gate, with suspicious expressions at the Wheat-Sheaf
public-house, was again brought up ; but it being
proved that the words were used in mere drunken
conversation, he was discharged.
MANSION HOUSE.
A wretched-looking . hail:starved boy, about 14
years old, was brought before the Lord Mayor,
charged by a butcher, in Grub-street, with stealing
a neck of mutton. He was seen stealing the meat;
and taken in the act of running away with it.
1 The boy confessed he bad committed the theft par-
! posely, because he wished to be sent to sea, and
knew no other way of doing it.
His unfortunate and afflicted father, who it ap-
peared was a decent aad respectable freeman of the
City, seconded the wishes of his son; the boy, he
stated, had got into bad company, and he had no
other means of breaking the connection.
The LORD MAYOR accordingly ordered him to be
sent on board the tender, with the consent of the

Prosecutor.
Benjamin Solomon, also a boy of about 14 years
of age, was charged by one of the Police Officers
with having in his possession a cask of mustard,
which had been stolen from a cart in Tower-street.
The carter was driving his cart to a wharf in Tower- I
street, and when he arrived there, he discoveved the
i cask had been stolen. On his return through Tower-'
hill, he met the Prisoner with the stolen cask, and a
piece of the top, where it had been branded with the
owner's name, had been broken off When taken
into custody, the Prisoner said he was talclng it to I
one Vincent's, a grocer, in that neighbourhoitd, by
the direction of his father.
The mother attended, and Batted that her husband
was a jeweller, in Tower-street, and that the cask of
mustard was his property, and had been in her posses-
: sion since Monday week. Her husband had taken
° it from Vincent, in part payment of a debt.
The carrier of Messrs. Babington and Co. persist-
ed in swearing to the cask as being the property of
his master ; and it being stated that a person had
seen a man take it from the cart, the LORD MAYOR
remanded the Prisoner for further examination,
when the parties concerned should be discovered.

• GUILDHALL.
James Murphy and Thomas Hunt were charged
with robbing Margaret Bettie, in Gunpowder-alley,
Shoe-lane. She -told his Lordship that on Tuesday
night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, she met
the Prisoners, who asked her for some gin, which
she refused, when one of them knocked her down,
and cut her pocket from her, which contained a
three-shilling piece and other silver ; that her cries
brought several persons to her assistance, when the
Prisoner Murphy was taken to the watch-house ;
that he stole her shawl, and used her very ill. Henry
Roders, a respectable-looking young man, confirm-
ed the old woman's statement ; and said he thought
they would have murdered her. Cresswell, the con-
stable, said the Prisoners were notorious characters,
and had committed many depredations in St. Bride's
parish. They were both committed for trial.
MA R LBO ROUGH-STREET.
Denis Connor and Owen Connolly were charged
with counterfeiting the current coin of the realm. It
appeared in evidence, that the two Foys and Jack-
son went to the house of the Prisoner, Connor, No.
6, Summer-street, Hatton-garden, yesterday morn-
ing, and the door was opened by Connor's wife, in
his absence. The Officers, by virtue of a warrant,
proceeded to search the house, when they found a
room completely fitted up for the purpose of coining,
together with a furnace, crucibles, rollers, moulds,
and all the other necessary apparatus for the purpose
of making and colouring base coin. Trunks and pack-
ages were also found, one of which contained nine do-
zen of counterfeit sixpences, and other articles most
material in evidence. The Officers waited until the ar-
rival of Connor, and on searching him, they found
a quantity of unfinished• counterfeit dollars, dexter-
ously executed, but not coloured. Connolly.arri►ed
soon after the other Prisoner, and on him was found
one bad dollar. Connor pleaded that the contents of
the trunk belonged to a licensed hawker who lodged
at his house, but who was now in the country.

ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY: If any of
the, relaiions, or next of kin, of one Mr. Guinea,
who, about the year 1800, was much seen in Eng-
land, and is believed to have been an Englishman,
will give information where he may now be met with,
they will be handsomely rewarded for their trouble,
on applying to Mr. John Bull, Growling-lane,
Blowbladder-street.—N. B. A proportionate reward
will be given for information, relative to his son, Mr.
Hair-a-Guinea, or. his nephew, Master-Sanea-Shil,
ling-Piece.
ROBBERY Of A lIAcUET COAORMAV.—On Mon-
day evening, about seven o'eloa, two respectably
dressed men called a coach from the stand at Charing-
cross, and were driven into Carey-street, Lincoln's
Inn-fields, from whence they were driven to Pad-
dington. Here it was insinuated from one to the
other, in the presence of Saunders, the coacbman,
that they would sup at a friend's house about two
miles along the Harrow-road. They had ascertained
that the coachman had some mosey about him, by
their asking change of a M. note, which he had
ready ; and after driving the two fellows about a
mile on the road, they alighted, knocked the coach-
man down with a stick, and robbed him of a metal
watch and 31. 10s. and made off across the fields.
A HINT FOR THE POLICE:A kw day since an
attempt was made to break into Mr. Osborne's house,
the Turk's Head, Aldgate ; but it was prevented by
the following circumstance :—As the servant was
going to shut up his master's house, he discovered a
boy concealed under a bench. Upon dragging the
boy out, and threatening him strongly, he confessed
that he had been placed there for 0'
bolting the door, when the famil,
to let in a gang of villains, who
signal by tapping with their knuckles.
tug the boy all night, they delivered
watch-house in the morning, wF-
as we understand, after a slight
Should not this boy have been
a Magistrate, and might he not
to a discovery of the most seri°,