The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-28 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bow-mum—Sir Godfrey Webster, the Baronet al
laded to in our previous statements of the case, came once
again to this Ace, on Saturday evening, accompanied by
his solicitor, Mr. Rowley, and on this occasion by Mrs.
Saunders, the poor woman who made the application to the
Magistrate on Wednesday last, for the recovery of her
daughter.

Sir Godfrey Webster, addressing Mr. Mlxstiou., said,
he had already given a formal contradiction to the accuse-
Wow that be had seduced this poor woman's daughter, and
that denial he now repeated in her presence, and she her-
self was prepared to admit that she had no other ground
than mere surmise for charging him with the fact. lle felt
much fur the distress of the poor mother, and to show that
he entertained no fear of any disclosure from the daughter
which could affect him at all, he was ready to give ten
guineas to any officer who could find her out and restore her
to her mother. . _

Mrs. Saunders, In answer to some questions from Mr.
Rowley, admitted that the only reason she had for charging
Sir Godfrey with the seduction of her daughter, was the
knowledge of her extreme fondness for him, and the cir-
curn§tance of her having left Chichester the second day after
the departure of the baronet. She knew not whom to charge
with it now ; all she wanted was to see her child. (Here
the poor woman burst into tears.)
Mr. MINSIftn.L said she should have the assistance of an
active officer free of expense.
Mrs. Saunders--Goa bless you, Sir! that is all I want.
Sir Godfrey Webster repeated his determination to give
the officer who found her 19 guineas, and remarked upon
the hardship of having been proclaimed to the world as the
seducer of a girl of whom he knew nothing except by re-
port. It was by report only that he knew of her having left
Chichester with mountebanks.
Ituthven, one of the principal officers, was desired to
make diligent search for the girl.
THANES POLICII.--•On Saturday, John Castles was
again brought up from Cold Bath Fields, under a charge
of attempting to murder Captain John Clarke, of the
Honourable east India Company's service, and folly
committed for trial.
UNION HALL.—The toll keeper at Kennington turn-
pike *as summoned before ,the Magistrates, for having
demanded the sum of three pence from a gentleman, un-
der the following circumstance :—The complainant hav-
ing to call at a house only p few hundred yards beyond
the turnpike, thought it unnecessary to drive through,
and stopped a few yards from the gate, intending to alight
and walk. The defendant went up to him, and demanded
the sum of threepence for " the passing through" of
his horse and gig. 13 was in vain that the complainant
represented the impropriety of making &demand for what
had never occurred • the turnpike man insisted upon it,
althoUgh' threatened with the penalty affixed by Act
of Parliament.
Thedefendant appeared with the Act of Parliament in
his liana`, and endeavoured to torture a meaning out to
his achontage; but—
• Mr. Swazis' told him that he had no right whatever
to make the demand. It appeared, however, that the
toll keeper bad acted from a mistaken view of the Act,
and he was desired not to repeat the offence, to pay the
expenses incurred (4s. 6d.), and be discharged.
Having copied from the Morning Chronicle of Tues-
day the statement referred to in the subsequent para-
graph, we readily give insertion to the following
AXII INN, A LDCRUANBURT.-•-•WO have been called
on by Mr. William Miller, who has kept the Axe Inn,
Alderniatiburyi for some time, to contradict a statement
is a Police report in the Chreouide of Tuesday the 2,2 d
instant, that " the Axe Inn, Aidermanburv, is the house
of resort in London for the adventurers front Ireland,
who come to this country to trade as hawkers. Mere
they deposit their goods in bulk, a particular warehouse
is assigned to them, from whence they draw upon their
stores when necessary, for those gnantities which may
be conveniently carried about them." Mr. Miller assures
le the statement is false, that his house is as well fre-
qteented as any house in the city, particularly by the com-
mercial part of the community from Manchester. He
.states alto, that Mr. Holt, who is his landlord, and who

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