The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-18 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bow-trretta? —About three weeks ago, an application
was made to Sir RICHARD Bums, by a poor woman
living in Westminster, on behalf of a girl named Emily
Blake, who was stated to ite the natural daughter of a
wealthy man, but who bad deserted hnr, and she was per-
fectly destitute.
The Magistrate. after heaving the store of the woman,
sent for the girl, in order to bear the relation from her
ono month.
' She was rather a good looking girl, about l 3 years of
age, and seemed very intelligent. arse stated that her
mother, Mrs. Emily Hafer, was for weer/ years house-
' keeper to a gntleman, named K--, and that while
living with bins, is that capacity, she had two clsildreu
by him The applicant was the first horn; her mother
died in child-bed with the second, and the child also
died. Her mother possessed at the time of her death
souse considerable property of her own. consisting of a
house and furniture in Blenheim Street, Oxford Street;
some money in the Funds, and smile expectancies. All
this she left, by will, to the applicant, appointing Mr.
K--, her fathcr, and a person whom she knew of
the name of 11--, her executors. The applicant
was then taken under the care of Mr. H—, who
placed her at a boarding-school, s.t, or near Oxford.—
She did not remain there long; he fetcbed her away,
and she lived with bins and his wife for souse time, at
Camberwell, from whence they removed to Quebec
Street, Portman Square, where they kept a house of no
'very immaculate character. One day, while she was re.
sidfng there,Mr. H.'s brother took her and another eland.
as he said, for a walk, as far as,Shepherd's Bush, wh re
he got into a field, and taking t,be other child up in his
arms and crossing a ditch, tot& her to wait until he re-
turned, which would be shortly; she waited along time,
but he did not return, an i she was found by a man seat-
ed in the field and crying bitterly; sbe found her way
back to London, and was going to Quebec Street, when
she met the brother, who told her it was of no use her
going there, for they were all gone away ;searcely know-
ing what to do, she went to Mr. Abbott's, at Battersea
Rise, and threw herself upon his protection; he had
been an intimate friend of her mother's, and was her
godfather ;she remained with him until his death, when
she was again thrown destitute upon the world; Mrs.
Warboy. Mr. Abbott's housekeeper, however, compas-
aionating her situation, took her home and sent• for her
father, Mr. K.; he, after some remonstrance from Mrs.
Warboy, promised to provide for the applicant, and gave
Mrp. W. 21. on account, but she could get no more from
him, and after a lapse of ten weeks she was compelled to
tell the applicant that she could afford to keep her no
longer ; she was then taken to the work)-ouse of St. Cle.
meat Danes (her mother's parish), from whence she was
apprenticed by the Overseers to a silk-weaver in Spital-
fields ; he grossly ill-tresited hisr, and was punished by
imprisonment, and the indenture% were cancelled ; she
next went to live with the woman who applied here on
her behalf.
Sir It. BIBNIN desired the poor girl to come again on
a future day, and in the interim he ascertained, by per-
sonal inquiry, that her story was strictly true ; he learn-
ed also, that Mr. H. had taken the benefit of the Insol-
vent Act, and was believed to be again in prison ; he
wrote to Mr. K. requesting an interview, but received
no answer; and a second and a third letter received no
more attention. He then told the girl that be could do
nothing fur her, however willing he was to serve her.—
A very few days afterwards this unfortunate girl was
again a destitute wanderer, and walked about the streets'
two days and nights. The second night she was assault-
ed in an indecent manner by a fellow of mesa appearance,
and her cries bringing the watch to her assistance, he
was taken the next day to Queen-square Police.olfice,and
committed to the House of Correction ra default of bail.
The Magistrates there heard her story, and it having.
reached the ears of some of the Mendicity Society, Mr.
Walker, one of its officiating members, came to Sir R.
BIM(' to whom the girl was sent from Queen-square,
and offered to talte care of her at a lodging-house which
they had for young women who happene%l to come under
their care, until something could be done for her.
Sir R. BIRNIg has written again to Mr. K., but the lat-
ter has not condescended to take the slightest notice of
the communication, The girl remains under the care of
the Mendicity Society, and 'the worthy Magistrate and
Mr. Walker are taking steps to ascertsiu what has become
of the property left by her soother. She attended upon
Sir Richard yesterday to communicate some further par-
ticulars.
MARLIICOROUGH-3TREIT.--,EdiCara Young, and a man
named —Fetter. were committed to the apse of Cor-
rection, for one usonth, on two distinct charges, of inde-
cently exposing their persons in Hyde Park.
The Magistrates have expressed their determination to
suppress this nuisance completely, in consequence of on-.
'Herons applications on the sebject.
tlition-nam..—Yesterds; Rock,who had 'lgen discharged
after the verdict of the Coroner's Jury from prison upon
hall, attended to undergo an examiustion before M. Bws-
beyand J. Corneae. Emirs.; the overseers of Bermondsey
parish having learnt some particulars with respect to the
death of Mrs. Chamberlayne. calculated. to "Increase the
suspicions against the accused, The investigation lasted
I the whole day.

EUsabeth Clerks. wbo.Wel s present at the Ipqatist,,bot
wet din etratateed,.deposted the went into the'room of
the* decteased Au lbw liaterday maws's& aersompealed by
lock and Dawson, sued observed. %tildes the 'Other 'arricles
Were atearldited, a Mid pot cimitainlng porter. and some
garead Cud dime. The haddle of the-pint was bloody.—
Ma Ddd the deeeweed intoxicated, bet did not know
that drenkenness eras habitutl With her. There wail blood
span the drawers en which the pint stood.
Dawson, who gave '414.01040°re, new added to it, that
the phi: pot alleded trilooked et If 'it had been drank out it
bye person with a bloody band.
It wial be recollected thet neck hod on the Fridy night
brought fn a pint of porter and some breed and chemist
for his supper. Painter, the constable, said, he Inl nevi.
deem, to prove that the breed and cheese had not been
touched.
Mr. Marian, the surgeon. Mated his opinion that the
wound had not been caused by a fall.
Mr. fivessiv.Attording to ail appearances. err) you of
opinion that' bee death was effected with a sharp instrd.
went, either by herself, or some other person, and not by
• fall /—Witness.—l sir. I saw nothing about the room
by falling upon Which such a wound as she had 'could be in.
Meted.
Mr. Swaney.—How do yen account for her getting in
the ehai•, after so great en effusion of blood I—Witnesa.—lf
she'had moved to the chair by herself, she meat, I think.
have drawn marks of bleed after tier, but there were no soca
marks, and I therefore conclude that age must have been
carried by somebody.
Mr. SWABIT—If she bad vitality upon getting into the
chair, would shy not in all probability have bled after-
wards?—iVitness—Yes, and she certainly did not bleed
afterwards.
Theclothes of the prisoner were produced. There
were,as was before inerttioned,marks of blood upon them.
The prisoner, who looked well, and behaved very entity
and respectfully, here repeated what he had said about
killing the fowls., called upon any one to prove that to
was nut a moat quiet and hottest man. Ile had, he said,
lived in the neighb,mrhood upwards of twenty years, and
he defied any man to say that i,e ha I ever before been
I before. a Magistrate, or in a watehlionse in his life.
Mr. SWAIM/ assured him, that all his oitnesses should
he heard, notwithstanding it was not the province of the
Magistrate to attend to any evidence except that on the
part of the Crown.
Painter, the constable, said br had witnesses to prove
that Kock had met two or threepersons on the Saturday
morning, before 5 o'clock, to whom he said not a word Of
the death of the deeeased.
The prisoner, without hesitation, admitted the fact.
')'women then came foraard, and one of them state!.
that at s quarter before five the prisoner met him, and took
share of a pint of porter with him at the Admiral Hawke
•;bliv-house ; that they were together but a very short
time, and that the prisaner, never mentioned any thing
ahont the death of Mrs. Chaniberlayne.--Thu oilier also
stated, that the same silence las observed towards him_
The prisoner —" Why, to-be sore, f never spoke of the
poor woman's death, and how could I have done other-
wise ?. I never knew that she was deist nntilafter Haws Ut
and M rs. Clarke, and I went in, end that was after fire
o'clock."
The apron of the deceased washere produces!. It was
covered with blood, and the string looked as if it had
been torn with violence from the person. The counter-
pane of the prisoner's bed was also produced. There teem
two or three marks of blood upon it, but they were not
very distinct.
Painter said the prisorer's bed had not the appearance
of being lain in all night; the sheets were not raffled ;
the bed appeared as if a person had just lain for a short
time, and the deceased hill herself, in all probability,
caused the trifling derangetneet, as she had actually laid
down on the bed in the evening.
A second surgeon, who examined the wound, gave the
same answer' to' Mr. Swabey's questions as had been
given by the 14..4.
Mr. Henry, also a surgeon, bed a very different opi-
nion upon the subject ; he thought a fall upon the fen-
der might have caused the wound, and that the dechased
Might have walked to the chair after losing the blottd.
He could not sprak decidedly.
Mary Scott deposed, that she served the prisoner and
another man with a pint of beer before five o'clock, and
that not a word was said about the death of Mrs. Chant-
'oerlayne ; the prisoner looked as if he had been up alt
night, but there tras nothing particular about him.
The Prisoner—l did not think she was in a dangerous
state, and 1 thought it best to tell her own son and
daughter of her situation first, and went out for that
purpose, when I met the persons who have just spoken,
They are quite right in saying that I did not say a word
about the poor Woman to them. I did not think it ne-
cessary to alarm the neighbourhood.
Mr. Wade, the master of the prisoner, of whom lie has
a high opinion, and in whose case he feels a very strong
interest, was in the office the whole day. \ e stated that
his servant girl told him before she beard of the death
of Mrs. Chamberlayne, that Rock had killed two fowls
the day before, and that his hands were covered with
blood. The girl again stated this fact.
The Prisoner—l wrung their neck', and, any body
migit know that they would bleed.
Mr. SWAIM remanded the Prisoner until Saturday,
and observed, that he should on that day either discharge
or commit him for trial.

BIRTHS.—On Tuesday. the lsth List., at Godsall, Lei
cestershire, the Countess Howe of a son.
Yesterday, In College-street, Wespiinster, Mrs. Ginger,
lady of William Ginger, Esq., of a stn.
Yesterday, the lady of R. Barker, Esq., Burton-ereseent,
of a daughter.
At Calcutta, on the 27th of December last, the lady of 11.
Flobhouse, Esq., second son of Sir Benjamin Hobbouse,
Bart., of a son.

MARRIED.—Ou the 14th inst., at her mother*, house, by
the Vicar-General of Naples. Amelia, eldest daughter of
the late Matthew Higgins, of Bennown, Ireland, to Gaetano
Pannola, Esq., of Lauro. The ceremony was afterwards
performed at the house of Mr. Hamilton, t nyoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Britannic Ma-
jesty.
Yesterday morning, at St. George's Church, Hanover-
square, by the Dean of Carlisle, Colonel Mackinnon, to
Anne Jane. eldest daughter of Jobn Dent, Esq., M. P.
At Cheltenham, on Wednoglay last. Isaac Hawkins
Morrison, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy, to Louisa
Adams, daughter of J. P. Smith, Esq. of Upper Berkeley-
street, Portman-square.
At Clerk'nwell Church, Francis Hall, of Long Acre,
Coach-maker, to Mrs. Arpiho}pe, late of High Holborn.
Their two ages together amount to 130.

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DIED.—On Monday last, the 144 h instant. Elizabeth,
wife of Thomas Archer, Esq., of Upper Beigrate-place,
Pimlico.
- On Wednesday, at Walthamstow-house, Emirs, Harriet,
daughter of Sir R. Wignitn, Bart.
On Friday last, In Castle Foregite, Shrewsbury, a female
named Baxter, having, as stated by her*tives, attained
the age of 101tyears.
Ott the lith instant, at Oliftor. in the ilet year of his age,
Lieut. Fleury Brooke, of his Majesty's-73th Regiment.
At Lodge, near Carrick-on-Muir, on Wednesday set:-
night, Captain Theebald klaaderhle, aged SS years. He
served for many years in the Army and Commissariat De,-
partmente.
At Edinburgh, on the Sth of July, the Rev. Joseph Mac-
intyre, D. D. minister of the perish of Clenorctiy, Iu the Sith
year of his age, and 6:16 of his ministry.
In Beogal, on the id of November, 1829., in the 39th year
of his age,*forty of which he luid served in • India, Lieut.-
Cul. J. Maxwell, youngest son of the late J. Maxwell, Esq.
of Broonibelm.

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