The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-18 00:00:00

POLICE.

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MANSION-norm—Robed Plant was brought be'
Fore the LORD MAYOR, on a charge of having stolen 23
Fair of gloves, the property of Messrs. Plaits, in Bi-
st.t.psgate-street, haberdashers, &c.
The shopman of Mr. Platt stated, that the prisoner,
•s few days since, brought a quantity of goods, accord-
ing•to order, from Messrs. Stock. Cooper, and Watson,
"linen-drapers, as their porter. There was a quantity
of gloves on the counter where the prisoner set down
his load -and- untied it. After he bad put up his
wrapper. the witness discovering that two parcels of
gloves were gone, desired him to untie it, when time 23
pair of gloves fl.ll out.
It appeared from the statement of one of the firm
bf Messrs. Stock, Cooper. and Watson, that the pri-
soner was their porter, but had been for some time
lurking about their warehouse, offering his services
v the man who served them in that capacity. The
porter, it appeared, had patronised the prisoner, and
accepted his services to carry his loads, whilst he re-
galed himself at a public-house.—The prisoner was
lolly committed for trial.
'Man LBOROVGII-STREET.—Saturday evening. about
ssaven o'clock, a fellow of decent appearance, who was
observed lurking about the shop of Mr. 'l'. Edwards,
woollen-draper, of Gerrard street, Soho, had the au-
dacity to open the shop-door, and steal a piece of cloth.
liit'evas pursued and apprehended near Coventry-street.
• He was brought to this Office, and committed to New-

vie for trial.•
rs•vroN.thanest.—Edeupor. Leonard was brought
tip from Clerkenwell-watch-bouse, charged with titter-
ing a cnunterfeit soret.eien, at a snuff and tobacco
shop in. tioswell-street, kept by Jane Shore. She was
yet/sanded for further ezatuination, %then the Solicitor
the'Mint will attend.

'AN se 'gelato!: was charged with tendering a coun-•
sovereign at the shop of Charles Ilienible,
tiltifier, corner of Charles-street and Leatherlane.—
Slie"was also remanded until tte Solicitor of the Mint,
es:: attcad.

I:141102f HALL.—Yesterday, inconsequence faltrelitUr
roar on Sunday night in Worcestet-si., Sontinfrotk, about
the hoes. of the American Prophet John Det*r, that
singular person was brought before the hlaglitrates of
this office. The Prophet said, the cause of the disturb-
ance was, that he had refused to get out of his bed to
preach. The witnesses informed the Magistrate that
the Prophet bad made some proselytes, who were actu-
ally about to leave the country with him, and accompany
him upon an expedition to the Holy Laad.4 The officers
who apprehended him had two or *Kw times in the
course of Sunday evening gone to dui-Cuts. in Worces-
ter-street, and• dtipersed a large chore:cadet% that had
,assembled in the room approptiated to preaching. One
man, a shoe maker, nali*Mooke, has actnally sold off
his stock and furnitupt:' which were worth SOU ; he
has allowed his boafd to grow, and goes about preaching
and making converts. Another tradesman, who was
most induttrious, and attached to a wife ant-seven chil-
dren,
.prOposes to lease them all and go toJarnsalent.—
His beard is also becoming indicative of his iptendon,
and he sleips as the otitera do, whoa,: struck by the Pro-
phet, with his clothgo on,
Mr. CHAMBERS said be expected to balm hoard that
the Prophet was on his .way to Jerusalem,
The Prophet said, s only, waited for a Tent lac ves-
sel to set sail with his brother Cooke and nine others of
his brethren.
Upon being questioned as to his ind!
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- illose men
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to leave their—leonine', said he did not tap--a
higher higher power took them.
Cooke, the shoemaker, stepped forward', and told the
Magistrate that he was determined to follow his brother
Decker to Jerusalem, but that the parish should sutler
do inconvenience, for he should take his son with him
upon his pilgrimage. He said they should not preach
again where they had been so much abused, but should
remove to a house near the National School, in Saint
George's-fields, where they should preach till the day of
their departure.
The Magistrate assured the Prophet' that be should
be committed if he preached again without a license,
which he might have next Session fur tourpence. He
also observed, that the parish officers would take care
to prevent their being burdened with the families of any
of the unfortunate men who were mad enough to neg-
lect their business from such ridiculous enthusiasm. He
then discharged the Prophet.
Decker, it appeared, load baptized seventecin persons
since he commenced his labours in St. Georei-Oelds.

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At the Kilmainham Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday
last. William Atkinson. who was indicted for enter-
ing the window of Mr. Woodhurne, in Portobello,
with intent to steal, pleaded guilty. On bis Lordship
(Mr. Torrens) being about to pa.s sentence, the pri-
soner addressed him as fellows : •
My Lord, yon way as well transport- niem-1 will
never do any good in this country. I have no employ-
ment, and if I get out I will be soon here again."

Transported for seven years.
PROVIDENTIAL Escaez.—On Tuesday last, a man
was engaged in cleaning a window on the third story
of the Hibernian Hotel, in Dawson-street, Dublin,
and had placed a chair outside of the window for the
purpose of standing on it ; the bank of the chair rest-
ed against the upper sash of lbw; winslowkbut just as
he stepped on the chair, the sash gave way with his
weight, and the chair and the window lash fell into
the area, whilst he, in his fall, bad the presence of
mind to catch by the window-stool, and succeeded 'in
getting in at the window unhurt, but greatly terrified.
His escape was almost miraculons ; had he fallen %l id!
the chair, it is more than probable that he would have
been impaled on the iron railing in front of the area.
Thomas Baugh, alias Buff, was apprehended at Wed-
nesbury for stealing hr.oss from an engine house; and
on Saturday se'nnights as an assistant constable was
conducting him to our county gaol, he effected his
escape when within about a hundred yards of the pri-
son, and although pursued Upwards of two miles, he
was lost sight of at Rickerscote, and got clear off.—

Ile is an old offender.
FlRE.—Abort half-put eleven o'clock on Sunday
se'nnight, the front range of store-houses, at Messrs.
K. Steele, and Co.'s ship-building yard, Greenock, was
discovered to be on fire, at the eastern extremity, in a
portion of the range occupied as a hay-loft. The de-
structive element spread with sneh rapidity, that in
less than an hour, and before the water engines could
be brought into action, the buildings, as far as the
centre gate, embracing- a range of about 70 feet in
length, were enveloped in flames, the toof falling pro-
gressively as the fire advanced. Fortunately, its pro-
gress was decisively checked by the gable wall at the
gateway, otherwise its ravages would have been much
snore extensive, from the quantity of combustible
matter contained in the premises. •
On Friday morning sums persons hearing an un-
usual noise issue from below the grate belonging to
the road sewer near the Angel-inn, Old Bridge, were
attracted to the spot and upon digging a hole in the
road, they discovered that the sound proceeded from a
fine sow, which fell into the river, from the back of a
house in Claverton-street, Bath, on the preceding
Friday, during the high water, and was supposed to
have been drowned. It appears that the animal had
Boated down the stream under the southernmost arch of

the bridge, and guided by the powerful instinct which
pointed out the only means of preservation, had effect-
ed an entrance into the mouth of the sewer, whence
it proceeded under the turnpike-road to the place
where it was discovered. For the apace of a week,
during which it had no food, it had to stem the torrent
of mud, sand and water which patios through this
channel to the river. The poor animal was, however,
extricated, and is now fast recovering.
DRCADPUL Screroe.—An inquest was held last week
at Linwood, by Mr. Bunyan, Coroner, upon the holy
of Thomas Bean, aged 57, who cut his throat in a fit of
insanity. The cause was represented to be an apprehen-
sion on the part of the poor fellow that be should be
turned out of a house which he ant! his son had built at
a considerable expense of labour and money on the
parish waste. Having suffered the quit-rent to fall into
arrear, the parish-officer had peremptorily called upon.
'him to pay it, together with a sum which iteowed him
individually and the inability to meet this demand visi-
bly affected the man's m;nd. From the agitated syrup-
touts, charge was given to two of his children not to
suffer him to go away from them, and they therefore
slept in the same room with hint. He got up about four
o'clock in the morning, and in answer to a question,
said he was not well, and went down stair*. Soon after,
a noise of something falling being heard, the elder child
ran down, and found her father lyint on the door with
his throat cut; and dead. Ver liet—" The
deceased was parish-clerk anti pin.ler, a itiperior ht:
bourer, and bore a very excelb.st character.

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