The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-17 00:00:00

the guard, both upon the part of the binkere and 011ie
coach.owners. bot he would leave it to ter common ob-
. to decide whether that reliaoce could now be oos-
tinned.
The Loan Maros said lie should certainly make for-
' iher inq&ry into this most suspicious case. The height
to which the coach robberies were carried required
that the utmost etertions should be made by the magis-
tracy. The guard, if he did not participate in the rob-
bery., was at any rate guilty of the grossest negligence.
He bad received extra pay for taking, care of the pert
perry of the banker*, and knew the importance of the
parcels be was in the habit of receiving. 1-lowneit fres
from the morreeriewa guilt, he wee anqeestiessbly
deserving of some privation foe fe s
meat of the parcel. His Lords* " • •
prisoner till Friday,
,
flow-areas:.--Yesterday. Cbaa. mg* Nes. wacksor
Jillseo. and Robert Vista's, fear, stiesielans, were
bronght before ;he Magistrate by sgod, own of the pa-
trol, charged with serenading the good.,lMMMtsitts of
Westminster, they not being logsrla aildbuipsel
to do. -

It appeared that from time immemorial a custom has
excised in the city and liberty of Westmiaster for a W-
hale number of musicians, who are called "makes," to
entertain the inhabitants for abut a mouth. before
Christmas, with music of divers aorta played ander their
windows; after the solemn hour of midnight. For this
piece of entertainment the wakes levy small eontribite•
tions at the close of the festive season, ethieb it the eg-
tregate amount to no inconsiderable nom of mosey,
The number of the wakes is limited to font, AM threw
are regularly and with snadry curious forms Haste:lb,
a Court (of which pedalos few people ever heard)stalkok
the " High Court of Burgess.. of Westminster." Tbo
wakes are sworn in, and faCeif• an appointment upon.
parchnieet, sealed with the City Arms, mid a Were
chain and medal, fur all which they pay very coosider-
able fees. In these, four " Amiens WaiMe," as they are
called, the privilege of serenading the people of We*
&totter at this season of the year is exclastvely "listed,
and for that purpose each hires a band of sefiefclase,
who act ender his command. Other professors of lbw
art have, however, of late years, thmaght they hod an
equal right with the ancient wakes. tp amuse the public.
and to profit by it, and have km* so notwithstaeding
repeated threats of prosecution.* • .en the serenading
mnt
season was *beat to come ight -ago, Mr.
Itt.
Munro, one of the aforesaid anc Is, waited upon tb.
Magistrates, and hiving she his appointment, inedAl.
Sm., requested the interfereW4 of the sightly patrol to
put a stop to the innovationstef which he mod his privi-
leged brethren bad to-eineplain. In compliance him
the orders thou issued by-the Magistrates, Bond appre-
hended the four defendants, while yin` is Si, Mar
tin's Lane, between twelve and o lock on Sunday
night. lie asked them firstif any warrant OT
ticet,eptkorivieg them to idays . they admitted they
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11r. Maortaprodiscal his oppdtelloolot to eimstroaa
he aloes was tie privileged ink* Is thit alettist *beta
else defendants were found.
Mr. HALL, said be bad so sleek of the anthority
givemby these documents: bet moll Mr. Munro show
him any law that there was to peeved these men frets
playing also? .
. Mr. Metro said, he eederstood they came within the
;provisisr.s of the Vagrant Act as" wandering Minstrels,"
they having no license to play.
: 'Mr. Haim said, ileitis the old Vagrant Aet, mention
was made if erarelering odeeerels; but in Moose pawed
hist Session, by which the former was repealed, thee
were left oat altogether. There was at present no id.
fence proved before him against these men, him that 4,1
blowing their iastruments 1n the street at bight t but if
they should hereafter go and collect wry, pretending
to he the licensed wakes, they would be liable to as in-
dictment for fraud. With this warning he should che-
mise the case. The defendants were discharged.
Bteamv.--diary striae Cherletworth, alias Froolton.
alias Brett, was charged with the crime of bigamy, i.e
marrying John Wootton, in the parish of St. Martin's-
in the-Field', en the 15th of May, 1815, and oleo marry-
ing with Thos. Brett, in the parish church of St. Giles, on
the 17th of July, 1821, at the time her first heehaw! John
Wootton was living. Both marriages were satisfac-
torily proved, and the first 'omitted appeared, hot as the
second inetband, John Brett, was not present, it uas
thought right by Mr. Mieshall and Mr. Hall. the Ma-
gistrates, that before proceeding further, be should re-
ceive notice that the prisoner is in custody.
HAITTON-OARDlN.—Yesterday, Francis Bacon, den.
his wife, aid IF. J. Wilson' a lad, son to the female pri
Goner, by a former husband, were brought up for a
fourth examination, charged with stealing a great goal.
City of books, wearing apparel, bed linen, silver spoons,
a gold watch, seals, and key, a flute worth three guineas,
and some articles of jewellery, the property of Mr. John
Fedtloo, 17, Brick Lane, Old Street. Mr. Feddon is a
single man, and keeps a respectable academy ; the fr-
eesia penman' had the superiatendrace of his house ; she
kept the house in order, dressed the victuals, Sm. for
which Mr. Feddon gave her an apartment is his boos*
for herself, to usband, and son, to live in rent free ; she
always had her meals with him, and so used the other
two prisoners frequently. although neither were em-
ploved in his service. Mr. Feddon had a very largo
sod valuable library, of books, which he found daily di-
minishing, for the last seven or eight months; but he
had not the least suspicion that either of the prisoncis
were the thieves. lie was induced, however, to loop
over his property, when he found he had beta robbed
to a very great extent. Oo hisquestioning the female .
prisoner, the denied having any knowledge of the rob-
bery, but intimated her suspicion that it must have
been committed by some of the school boys. Al r. Fed.
don gave info, m.i.ioa of the robbery at this office, .and
Wm. Ilead,jun. one of the officers, accompanied him
home to make the necessary inquiry. lie was led to sus-
put the female prisoner, and he proceeded to •11 her.
She made ;teedt resistance, but he succeeded, and found
in her pocket a small canvass bag, containing fifty
pawnbrokers duplicates, for silver spoons, gold seal and
key, linen, books. flute, and articles of jewellery, some
of nltich were pbolged by the husband, some by the
wife. but the major part by the coo. On this discovery,
he took the 3 prisonersinto custody, and on taking the
duplicates to the different pawnbrokers' shops, the ar-
ticles pawned were shown to him, the principal pan
Mr. Feddon identified to be part of the property stolen
from him. On Saturday, the different pawnbrokers
produced thee articles at this office, when it appeared
that only nine hooks were pledged by the man, a waist-
coat only by the wonian,and all the rest by the son ; they
were remanded from Saturday to yesterday, when it sp.
peered that Mr. Petition employed the man to sell hauls
for him on commission, and also authorised him to
lend vett books to read.

The man was.liseltarged, and the mother and eort
were remanded fur another week.

1.411U111111-STRKST.—EIiz. Nto.irt Was !waned up
dy o'Fouvr, die °Meer, before Sir Dude! Williams,