The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-06-06 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bo* STREET.—Wednestlay evening, Grace Gyms
who, according to her own statement, was nearly four
score years of age, was brought before Mr. blimentn.t,
charged with liaviog rendered herself liable to the pro-
visions of the Vagarant Act, by pretending to a .kuow-
ledge of Were events, and under such pretence cheating
'and deft:Sailing hiS Majesty's Subjects.
The witnesses called to prove the case against the pri-
soner Were two servant girls, the first of them said hoc!
name Was Jane Ellis, and that being oat of a aituation
and anxious to hear something oT her future destiny, oho
was inda :ed to wait alma Mrs. Gynn, who had .been re-
commended to her as a most renowned and skilful teller
of Whines.. She found the old lady id a garret in Wyeb-
street, with sundry books. open on a table before her,
and on a chair on each aide.reposed a huge cat, the One-
black, rind the other nearly white. The old lady herself
was clad in a tattered,ruety•lookinz black-silk cloak, and
a large velvet bonnet, with a broad border of black lace.
“ Well, my dear," tooth the ancient Sybil, as the witness
mitered the room, " I suppose you are coins to consult
Ice about year little Matters ; sit yealown; sit ye elliwn,
est ynnog woman, and you ball soon issuir all about
lt.. The witness, in rembling expeetetiOn, seated her-.
golf at the table, and (ir.;ce tlynn spread nut a pack of
flunk and potting on her spec•acles, she proceeded to
dlersivel the mysteries oflatarity. She first informed the
reit/less that she bad hitherto been doomed to waste bee
„jay,' in servitude; but this would no tomer be the case;
a dark man with a comfortable property was then in love!
iv ti and would marry het very shortly, ant shle woild
have no a:mtvion to a .ek another sitaction. With this
information the witness Asp 'roil quite eirisfied, having •
tiret given brace 3 swat sum of mosey. ,This visit took
piectitt:iatitr.hay rv'uniziit. Ind ten days having claps-
ea.without any signs of a'realiztitiiin rit'tlie good lot tune
protrAVd by the old women, she on Tuesday evening
weitiSt .'p wt her again, accompanied by a friend. Old
(drape astiforttinately for herself did nut recollect her fors
werdtt•ttotuer,and haring consulted her carus and busk.,
she declared that, the witoess. was married and would
I won here a fine little boy. .
Satoh •Thompson, who accompanied the lait witness,
corroboratel44:r eviileace.
Several other young wotnen who had been duped by i
the prisoner were present, but their evidence was thought
opnecessary.
Ford. the efEter, stated, fist befottitd the prisonerba-
iily azispied with Instal girls who .were eagerly. laitca

lag to the nonsense which Atheoras dealing out to he•w,
He produced a pa& of old dirty cards which be found cp.
en the table.
Two persons who lived in the same house said, it was
astonishing to what an extent this 01.1 woman was jt-
treated by the re... Wants. 11• r fame hall spread
.f,ar
and nesr,and from morning tiji night pe►s .its of all ages, •
sexes, and conditions; u•rre.throngiug to the house to
consist; her.
Grace said, sire inertly amused li•eself skeasienally in
this way, and lire v.sitors left a trifle on the table to stilt-
fray tie expence of cleaning- h.r
Mr. Multi um, committed t►er as a rogue and vita-
. hond for one month, Losuring her.. ti, at nothinz but her
rxtregre• arc saved tier Irons being sent for the fill tenant
three months.
"Cared N CA SI P 32 T.."— .1f T. Chirlei CaneWl, the
person charged with 14v1ng deliontle.l A linen-draper in
liticiariaroroall, of sundry pieces of Irish cloth, nsa
broustst up for re:egetninstion yesterday,and discharged
—it appearing t.!tat he nas, in fact, what he had rept...-
sewed himself to he, the son of a General Campbell..
though nut the Grneral Catnphell the prosecutors sus.-
posed.

MA muleatfuoti-ITrterT.7---ExTeststvx
Septeter snd Aan Slymour his wife, and John .
were yeeterder brought to this Mice, upon a charge of
extensive frandi.
It appeared that fur a conaiderabie time past !:.u.ge
sums of menet, 'l've !ern edllecteti from various NAtir.
men and lientletnen at the west end of the town, hy fli e
reperamitations„ On Wednesday evening the F.arl of
Plymouth. came. to the Office, and stated that a
person had that morning left at his hunt, in Grus.
tams-smeare a snbaCriptien book. and a printed etatement
of a dlsteeeting robbery and attempt at murder, soliciting
hit subscription...lnd be was to call the next morning for an
sower. His Lordship tenth's better to inquire into the
truth of the statement, intending, if correct, to fare a Pia";
but the whole tarried out to be a fabrication. Upon this
statement of his Lordship's, Plink, the cider officer. took Ili,
Measures accordingly, and repaired at an early hour to his
Lordship's hotise, tend about 12 o'clock o'clock the prisoner
Wilson came to receive the subscription expected, when they
' were taken into castorly by a Police OMeer. searehicg
them at the Utter, theta was found In the postession of earl:
4it neatly bound subscription book, and a Court Guide, top%
thee with. a 'printed account of a robbery at the house of a
WidoW, named Hunter, in Pear-tree-street. St. Luke's, who
was stated to he** siren totally ruined by the eiredmslance.
This paper, petpotrteit to be signed and authenticated by the
Churchwardens and Rector of St. Luke's parish •. on tat-
quiry, however, these named were all found to be fictitious.
There was sfso found upon them a distressing detail of a
fire which occerred 'lll Rerwick-striet, last hlarcli, tied
represented themselves as employed to collect f_ r t!_e
sufferers.
The falsehood of this statement was proved by Mr. Green
the only person employed fur that purpose. Iu thin sub
scriptioa books found upon theca, there were enterel, for
various stints, the names of Lady Pembroke, Lady Morn-
'oaten, Lord Stanley, Sir W. W. Wynn, Lady Foley. &r.
and the amount which appeared to have bcea received. ek-
heeded 200 f. The prisoner, Wilson, who was examined se-
parately, and denied ill kpowletlite of the others, said itut
he really believed the robbery to have taken place—that b-
accidentally met a 'Try reputable Lady, or one of the sews
ha St. James's Park, who represented herself as Mrs. llut.-
ter, 10th she employed him at a commission of two shillings
and tilltineesin the petted, to go'round and eollezt the so ts-
spriptions entered in the book found a pot' him. ma had il Wlly4
mug him by appointment in the evening to be paid the receipts
of the day, sad in the mornins, to give him instructions
he wit to apply. lie et:4l.d not however tell where she was to,
,be foetid, mar had he ever been at her house, or made any
inquiry as to the truth of hal. statement. The prisoner Sey-
m ur gild be received the book found upon him front a man
to take charge of for • short time, and for whom he was
waiting when he wet taken. He said he was a nsiuiatare
Painter by proeasion, hut has been a long time unem-
ployed. .
The Magistrate acid that no douht they had been carrying
ou extensive dery 'lions, and be hoped the publication of
the ease would brit g forward those who bad started by
their fraods.

UNION-11.M •-..IfUItDISR AT CLAPLIANL—Ever s'nee
the anreliension air Stolfel, the relative of Airs. Rich-
ard., and Keppel, the briciclayer, upon suspicion of toe-
ing concerned in the murder of that unfortunate lads..
Hall, the chief constable, and Glannon, one of the offi-
cers of this Erablishment, have been almost incessantly
engaged in endeavours to apprehend a third person, who
was 'rated to have been concerned in the murder. 'The
inforwafion directed the officers first to Gravesend,where
they heard the party was to sail for the East Irdies.—
When they arrived at Graver:end, they learned that he had
(pitted the ship and gone towards . Plymouth, hut at
Portamouth they experienced another disappointment ;
after a moat scrupulous s-arch amongst ti.e King's ship.
and merchantmen lying there, they at last succeeded in
ascertaining that he had returned to the metropolis. On
Thursday merning, between one and two o'clock; th-y
found him in tt field near Kennington Common, 1.,t
asleep. Upon being awakened, he neither appeared sur-
prised, nor did he offer the slightest resistsnce, and was
tskPa by the officers to the neighbourhood of Union-
Hall.

Yesterday, he *as brought before L. B. ALLRN, Bscr
charged witu having been an accomplice in the murder-
He said his name was Thomas Scott. Hall considered
himself justified in saying, from the information be had
received, that Scott uis concerned in the murder of Mrs.
Richards. at Clapham. The prisoner was ordered to he
brought up for examination on a future day. lie is abort
19 yeAss 9f age.

Tuangs Potace.--Yesterday, two privates of tie Cold-
stream Guards were brought to this ()dice by Symmons
an•l Parker, two watchmen of Aldgate, charged aids
Pitaviogin their possession a quanthy of military rlo•
thing which had-been burglartously taken from his Nla-
jesty'a Store Room at Knightsbridge. It appeared that.
in the course of Wednesday night, his Majesty's Shirt.
Room had .been broken open, and a great quantity of
military and o•hre clothing stolen ; the two prisonnrs
were stopped Aunt two o'clock yesterday morning b.-
the watchuien in St Butolph, wearing their undress BM-
form, and carrying two bundles under their great costs ;
on being detected by the watchmen they male a resolute
resistance, andtltiew away their bundles, but being over-
powered by the Patrol', were v:erred and taken to Gin
watch-house, relive OM' boodles were examined, and
found to contain right military greatcoats, an ()dicer's
body colt, several pair of trainers, and . many jackets.
Tlie prisonets were reminded.

Cant:MICR% 7.lfOultyr.-4•C.troiter's Jury was summoned
by Johu Wright. Wain, Esq. 'at • therConamittee Room of
the House of Correction, in l'oldixth•fields, to inquire into
the (Nati of the venerable Win.'Johnson. the Scotch pu-
trlardh, Vihri, by his 'own acnount, had attained his littith
year. HO was twninittod at .the last hliddlesex Resulting.
as a vigranta to six months imprisonisent in the House of
Correction. . .
It sweated. ,ttaat this veteran, on the 26tit of May, com-
plained of violen'i pains...in the chest. awl was continually
spitting, he One triereitietreeMOved into tiieintlrinaky, wherb
he received the kindest treatment from Mr. Vickery, the Go-
vernor...mid IlMo:Oloiccd hint, porter, its; sod livery luxury.
Tad Medical Gentlemen of the prison was unremitting in
hii attentfinitolgards him. led 'give it as his opinion tat
be laboured tinder an intertal itinambrieriguito base titan'
him would have caused his ir.stegt dlmolutica, and his life
leas only prolonged by nouriihment. lie died on Monday
afternoon in the presence of the Governor-end his %eller!
.4.ltgefiltnty sT44) 4s n• ratari3od $ Natural
IJeath; by me viaitatioe of
.raj;
He .had.lang been es ?orlon. Rod within
vile lath yiara hid been froliertitti tilreettthud eitithdy
oinqqb.' .11.oi4trei dtblatf to'be'ltat tt;wis ftwftlasaid
by his (11s:barge f:orn the army, that be was Only 790,,.q.ci