The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-27 00:00:00

STATESMAN.

POLICE.
Gut Lima Reynolds, of Cripplegate
Ward Within, whose dismissal from his office of con-
stable,
was noticed in our paper of Tuesday, appeared
yesterday on summons before Mr. Alderman Wood, to
answer the complaint of Mr. Webb, of Fore-street, the
person at whose house the robbery was attempted to
be committed, and who had given evidence upon the
examination of Reynolds before the Alderman on Mon-
day last.
• Mr. Webb stated, that scarcely had he entered his
house on his return from this Justice-room on Monday,
when Reynolds came up to hit door, shook his fist at
him in a threatening attitude, and said, " You villiin,
I'll do for yon." From this threat, and the manner
iv which It was conveyed, he apprehended some mis-
chief was intended him ; he had, in consequence, com-
municated his fears to Mr. Woutner, the City Marshal,
who recommended him to apply to the Alderman on
the subject. Reynolds, he said, had called upon him
that morning (i. e. since be bad received the summons),
and expressed himself sorry for what he had done.
Reynolds. In his defence, did not deny the expres-
sion attributed to him. but said, Mr. Webb told him be
was as great a scoundrel as the rest of them. Nobody
be said, could prove he had received any money, and
the whole was a foul conspiracy against him.
The ALDEI{3IAN observed to Mr. Webb, that proba-
bly since Reynold's apology, his apprehension of per-
sonal danger had subsided.
' Mr. Webb said, he certainly did not, feel himself
safe ; he did not wish, h )wever, to press any thing
particularly hard against the man, hut hoped he would
be bound over to keep the peace towards him.
Reynolds accordingly, by the direction of the Alder-
man, entered into his own recognizance for that pur-
pose.
Endeavours are making under the direction of the
Magistrates to clear the City of the hordes of females
that nightly infest the streets ; and yesterday no less
than 17 of them were brought up at this Justice room.
The group consisted of females of all ages, from 15
to 50. The cases of the major part of them were alto-
;tether hopeless, they being wholly destitute of money,'
friends, and character, and without the sligbest pros-
pect of
_being able to maintain themselves out of their
miserable line of life. The Alderman inquired minute.
ly into their respective cases, and where it appeared
any of them had relatives or friends who could by the
remotest possibility do any thing for then:, they were
remanded that application might be made for that pur-
pose. One or two who gave promise, and stated proba-
ble prospects of getting an honest livelihood for the
future, were discharged; and five of the most aban-
doned and hopeless were committed to l3ridewell for
one month, the shortest period allowed by the new Act
of last Sessions. Two cases only out of the who'e
list presented any exception to the general depravity.
The first was that of a young girl scarcely 20, with a
very fine boy, two or three years old, in her arms,
whose history was detailed by a respectable man, a
cabinet maker, residing in New-court, Fleet-market. lie
had taken the girl (an orphan) from her grandmother,
and she bad lived in his family as a serrant for
ler above two years. where she conducted herself
With the greatest propriety, and was an excellent
good girl. She was seduced from his house by a
clerk in a respectable brewery, which he named, who
married her, and by whom she had the child them
with her. It subsequently came out that this clerk
was previously.* married man, and on the discovery
be withdrew his support, and the poor girl was thrown
upon the streets to maintain herself and child. Sbe
was, be knew, heartily tired of her unhappy situation,
and desirous of again getting into service, which be
promised to exert himself to procure for her, and to
inquire out her grandmother, who had removed, to
take charge of the child. Upon this engagement the
girl was delivered up to him. The second case was
that of a woman of very respectable appearance, about
two or three-and-thirty, who it came out, by the evi-
dence of a decent married female, one of her neigh-
bours, was the wife of a journeyman mechanic, rent-
ing a small house in the east part of the city : while
the husband was employed in the labours of his trade
at a country job, the wife is found, at near two o'clock
In the morning, among the disorderly girls in Fleet-
street: she seemed heartily ashamed of her situation.
and it is to be hoped, of her conduct also, which she
endeavoured to explain by saying that sbe had met one
of the girls then at the bar with her, whom she had
known before she had sunk into that disgraceful situ-
ation, and was using her endeavours to persuade her
to return to her father. The girl alluded to partly
confirmed this explanation, as she had known this
virtuous married lady while in service. The whole
excuse, however, was quickly exposed by the testimony
of the officers, who declared they took her in the midst
of six or eight other disorderly women, as obstreperous
in her mirth as any of them. The fact of her situ-
ation, however being proved to the satisfaction of the
Alderman, be allowed her to go home with her friend

and neighbour.
MARTLEBONE-OlonCE.—Yesterday considerable in-
terest was excited in the hearing of an information
noder the pawnbrokers' act, exhibited against Messrs.
Stonestreet and Boyle, pawnbrokers, residing at No.
163, Oxford-street, wherein they were charged with
demanding and taking more than the legal interest
allowed them by the statute on articles pledged at their
shop.

The witness on the part of the informant was a
woman, named Elisabeth Lumsden, wife of Charles
Lumsden, a journeyman butcher, residing at No. 2,
Wilton-street, Grosvenor-place, and previous to her
giving her evidence underwent a rigorous cross-ex-
amination as to her being a competent and disinterest►
ed witness, in the course of which she admitted she
especial to be rewarded by the informer for the trou-
ble she bad been at if a conviction took place ; but if
it did not, she did not expect one farthing.
The witness then deposed, that on the 2d of Jan.
I she pledged two napkins or breakfast cloths at the shop
of the defendant is Oxford-street for 3s. On the 22d
of August last she went to redeem the articles, int of
fared a sovereign in payment. The shornn refused
to give her eissige, and she then tendered him 3s. U.,
being 3s. for the principal, and 51d. for the interest,
after the rate of 4s. in the pound for 12 months, which
they are allowed to take, and no more. The shopmaa
demanded 3s. 81., which was an overcharge of !Id.—
She told him she considered it an illegal charge, and
refused to deliver the pledge till he received that sum,

which she paid him. Witness made invades at th- •
office, which led tothis information.
The Magistrate considered the evidence fully satin
factory, and convicted the defendants in the mitigned
penalty of 51. and costs.

The defendants, through the medium of their solid .
tor, entered into recognisance: to appeal against the
conviction at the Sessions. The office was crowded
with persons connected with the pawnbrokers' business.
fel.tainosouou-straarr.—Yesterday, a most res.
pectable Gentleman, residing at the West end of the
town, applied at this office, and complained to the site
ting Magistrate of the very great annoyance, which ,
he, as well as others, experienced from the continua
blowing of horns by young boys, employed by proptio
tors of coaches, each seeming to vie with the Ale
who would excel in bringing forth the loudest muf
most horrid sounds, and thds most disagreeably ant*
ing the entire neighbourhood. He wished to itself
from the Magistrate, if this offence came under the la
Act. The Magistrate informal him that It did $.4
and said, that probably, if he applied to the employers
of these persons, they might put a stop to it, or that if
he pleased, he Might indict them for a nuisance.

DREATIVUL SCICIng.—A journeyman baker, in the
neighbourhood of the City-road, having embesals4
some of ble employer's money, and been detected, was
bent on self destruction. He left his watch at the
turnpike in the Lower-road, Islington, proceeded to
the New River, took off part of his clothes, then cot
his throat with a razor, and fell into the water.
A fire, which was likely' to be attended with
most serious consequences, happened on Saturday
ee'unight, in the paper mill of Mr. Thomas,at Basted,
nearWrothatn. Kent. It wasoccasioned by the bursting
of a bottle of oil of vitriol, used in bleaching, which was
placed in a room under which there was a considerable
quantity of rep, these were shortly on fire, but they
fortunately being in bags, they were with considefible
difficulty, rolled out and thrown in the water. The
men engaged in the mill are deserving of the highest
praise, for their great exertions in removing the rags,
and arresting the progress of the flamt's,'which they
accomplished with great risk of their lives,
most suffocated with the smoke, and having
clothes nearly burnt off from them.
A tremendous storm of thnnder and lightning,
ac-
cowpanied by the bursting of a water-spout, occurred
at Holywell, Flintshire, on Friday last. The water
came down in torrents from Pen-y-Ball, bringing with
it immense quantities of stone and gravel, and carried
away a house and store-house, at Greenfield, filling up
the pool with stones. The pavement was forced up,
and holes made in the new road four feet deep. The
picking room belonging to a cotton factory, and a
shop, were entirely destroyed. The water broke the
windows of the Old Mill, carried away the wall at the
bottom of the garden, and floated the beer and liquors
out of the cellar of a public-house. Bales of cotter,
household furniture, &c. were seen floating about, and
a hav-stack was carried away some distance. The
roof of a rolling-mill belonging to the copper-works,
was also carried away ; and the stnelting-house case's
fire, in consequence of the water breaking into the
furnace ; great part of the yard was carried away,
and nineteen tons of copper lost. The garden of A
Pennant, Esq., son of the celebrated tourist, was ntarli
destroyed.

A very serious accident occu►red on Satarday is
Norwich ; a gentleman drivinst a phaeton, is which
were Mr. Crawcour, a lady, and another gentleman;
over the Castle Meadows, the horses took fright tad
ran away, when M r. C. and the other gentleman jumped
out, and both of them had the misfortune to break
their legs; Mr. Crawcour in so shocking a manner,
that be was obliged to undergo immediate amputatio.
The driver and the lady kept their seats, and received
no injury ; the hor.ses were stopped near St. Mgt's-
tine's-gates.
EZTRAORDIN ART FOOTPAD.—About dusk on Tank
evening, Miss Ann Walker, a young lady residing at
Pimlico, and Captain Willis, were taking the air ioSt.
James's park, they sat for some time on one of the
benchee, and observed a furious looking fellow past
them several times. The young lady observed he had
the look of an assassin, and she thought he was looking
out for prey. The Captain only laughed at her timi-
dity. She however urged him to quit that spot; and
they walked into the Green-park. When they arrived
about half way they saw the same fellow approach them
from the pond, and when he came up to them he pulled
otf his hat to beg for charity. The Lady threw a
shilling to him, upon which he pulled out a large
knife, declaring with dreadful imprecations, he would
murder them both, if they did not deliver up their
watches and money. The Captain happened to carry
a dirk, and pulled it from under his coat. The Lady
screamed, which attracted the notice of some gentle-
men in the Mall. who ran up ; but whether that or the
appearance of the dirk terrified the robber, be took to
his heels, and reached Piccadilly, and escaped. A pro-
per description of him is given to the Police.

MARRIED.
Yesterday. Charles Lean, Esq. of Fenchurch-street, wee.
chant. to Emma Cleghorn Proctor, of Walthanistow, eldest
daughter of Thomas Proctor, Esq.
At Aberdeen, on Monday. the 17th instant, WI
lli
Knight, LLD. Professor of Natural Philosophy in the It
stitution of Belfast, to Jean, eldest daughter of the Rd.
Dr. Glennie, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic b
the Marischal College. and one of the Anniston of Aber
deen.
On Tuesday last. at Kidderminster, Charles March Mar*
Esq. of Coventry, to Catherine Mary, youngest daighw
of Jacob Turner. of Park-hall, Esq..

DIED.
Os Tuesday last, in Chandos-street, Cavendish-Elurer
aged 61 Charles Monro, Esq.
At Oldmeldnun, on Monday, the 10th Instant, in the 7001
year of his age, Bernie George Cooper, Parochial School-
master of bleldrent, for the long period of 41 years.
On Thursday av'anight, at Denver, Norfolk, Mr. Willis.
Smith. who was for nearly 30 rears gardener to J. T. Defier,
; his death was occasioned by a wound from a spring
gun, which in consequence of recent depredations commit-
ted In the gardens at Crow-hall, he had placed that/ for the
protection of the fait.
On Saturday last, at his house, No. 0, Alsop's-plaes. as'
year
gent's Park, Robert Beth, M. D. in the seventy-Mirth
of his age.

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