The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-03 00:00:00

POLICE.

stxrci:x FOR TUE 1111011ARLISIS.
OCILOII u..—lre noticed, some time since, an appli-
cation to the 3lagisttate at this ttftiee, to remove, as
vagrants, several inaliellinals who hair been fed and
sheltered for 11* night.iet the Institution at London-
wall, at which tinge it was held, that the applying for
receiring the relief afforded by that Institution did ant
constitute an act of vagrancy, and the parties could only
be legally renuoed by a regular order of removal. it
was aim; understood at the time, that the Committee
would 'Woo some means to prevent their benevolent in-
tentions from haying the effect of burdening theyarisW
of St. Alphage, London-wall, anti St. Hiles, rnpplegaie,
in whirl; Ifr. Hick's warehouses are sitnate; nothing
effectual, however, it appears, has been done on the sub-
ject, as yesterday the same question, under a somewhat
different form, cause again under consideration before
Sir Wit.t.tam CURTIN the sitting Alderman.
The parish carers of Ht. fines, Cripplegate, in which
parish eve-sixths of Mr. flick's premises are situate, at-
tended at the (Mee, ant stated, that Mr. Dutiran Camp-
bell had that morning brought a man, who had slept
the previous night in the Institution, to them for relief:
that they had refused to relieve him, and that Mr.
Campbell had in consequence agreed to nteet them at
the (Ace, to take the derision of the Magistrate urn
the circumstances. Mr. Campbell, however, not being
present, they proceeded to mate. that they hash submitted
a case for the opittion of Mr. Holland, the barrister, who
was of opi dun that the invitation held out by the Com-
mittee was not illegal; that the acceptance of the relief
afforded dill not constitute an act of vagrancy; that the
vagrancy, if any, was suspended during the time the
parties were sheltered ist the premises ; but if, after
they were discharged, they were found wandering about
and begging, an act of vagrancy would then be com-
mitted.

Sir WILLIAM CI RTIS it very hard that the
parishes should be burdened through the public bene-
volence ; but as Mr. Campbell did not attend. there was
no case for bis decision.—The parish Akers then left
the Justice-moat.

About an hour afterwards Mr. Unarms Campbell en-
tered the Office with as officer, having in custody a
young man, named William l'eseey.
Mr. Campbell then stated, on oath, that he app le-
hended the prisoner as a vagrant, he having that morn-
leg placed himself in the public street (Fore-street), in
the parish of St. tides, Cripplegate, to receive alms, and
that he (11r. C.) hattgiven him moucy. lie contended,
at sonic, length, that this was a clear act of vegreacy -
under the statute 17th Oro. 11. car. 5. Being—otfies-
tional if the man asked alms, he replied in the negative;
but contended, that the placing himself for the purpose
of receiving, and his actually receiving alms, was a suf-
ficient act of vagrancy.
The prisoner, it appeared, had been sleeping in Diet-
street. St. Giles's, for some nights previously i be ap-
plied at the Institution in London-wall, and slept there
both Monday and Tuesday nights last. On his being
tamed oat yesterday morning he waited is the stredt `to
apply fur farther relief to the-Committee. and on seeing
Mr. Campbell come out of the premises, told him his
story, who advised him to apply to the parish officers,
aid on their refusing to relieve him, pointed oat to hits
this mode of getting seat home to his ',lrish; he ae-
eordingly placed himself in the street; Mr. Campbell
asked him if lie stood there for alms? and on his an-
swering, yes, gave bin Is., and then apprebeeded him
as a vagrant.
Sir ',musts Crams said, that the case was of gloat
importance from its consequences. The pariah opera
ought to be Iteabd. sad be *mild tberalute mliourn the
consideration till this dui.
Mr. Campbell insisted the Ilagistrabt An
t 9 defer his decision; the parish officio
...
their duty, and were enbjett to $ jne,. Ate-
paariog again this day, end 'Dui net he i tto
Wooing the prisoner(
zee
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A how conversation tossed between Sir WI alli
Mr. l'amphell, the,liagUle refusiaLib and
Ur. Campbell poraistirpr-4 bk deterntreat". tto ay.
i pear again ; In coposinend'oif which, tlmprisoucr was
61 at liberty without any daiiiitus of the cai.

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lIIXTUAOIUDINART COMM.
Dintr,74TRAWC.—A case of rather an extraordinary
nature Was investigated at this office before file. Dimple,
the Sitting Megßfrate.—A Mrs. Pearion; an elderly,
womait of respectable appearance proprietor of a lodg-
ing-houve, vas charged by Jobs Lawson, Esq. of Han-
well (we behest), ode of the Magistrates of Middlesex,
on suspicion of embersling bills of exchange, and monies
to a considerable amount, Rader the following circum-
stances :—About the month of October last, a gentle-
man named Shaw, a relation of Mr. Lawson's, arrived
is London from Jamaica, and took apartments in Mrs.
Pearson's house, where be remained until the middle of
January, when he was saddenit taken ill, and died. His
death was communicated to his relations, and a person !
was sent to Mrs. Pearson's, to secure Iris effects. It ex-
cited considerable surprise that no pains had been taken
by Mrs. Pearson to secure the property of the deceased,
whatever it might he, the drawers and other places in
the apartments being found carelessly left open ; and
this surprise was numb increased, when, on a search, no I
money, hills, or any property of value could be found,
as Mr Shaw was known to hare been in possession of
considerable sums. The most vigilant search was made
throughout the house, and Mrs. Pearson and the other
residents were strictly questioned, but nothing was
elicited that could throw auy light upon the subjee. In
the course of a subsequent inquiry, however, it was as-
certained that the deceased, immediately before his
deo th,possessed Jamaica bills of exchange to the amount
of more than 2501., and that the day before he was
seized with illness, he land purchased lUIII. of Bank
Stock. Mr. Lawson, more and inure convinced that
something wrung had taken place, pursued the inquiry,
and, with greet didicaltr, found the broker who was
employed by the deceased iu the purchase of the lila
stock, and, with his assistance, obtained the numbers of
the notes that were paid to Mr. Shaw on that 13.4' casion.
Proper steps were taken to stop these 'notes, and on
Tuesday three of them, for M. each, were paid at the
bankin,-house of Sir John Lublowk anal Co., anal each
note was indorsed with the name of '• Mrs. Pearson.-
They were presented by a man iii the dress of a hurter,
who, unfortunately, was not detained. This circum-
stance so strengthened the suspicion against Mrs. Peer-
Mill. that Mr. Lawson immediately applied to Mr.
l;tnvt►., and Nichols, the officer, was ordered to take
her into custody.
. . . . .

Mrs. Pearson now solemnly protested her innoernee,
and declared that she n.l. voturelv iatorratot of 31r. Shaw
baying possessed any property. She had only reteiretl
I/. as. from him.

Lawson produced an account, by which it ap-
peared that she had received the several sums of 3f., a,
and 61., previous to the I/. eta. lie asked her 1 •it was
that she !neglected to secure Mr. Shaw's effects by lock-
ing up the drawers and other places of security, when he
died ?

31rs. Pearson.—" There was nothing to secure that I
knew• of. I thought he had no property, for I
saw any."

Mr. (.meson.—" Did he not tell you that he had bills
of exchange, or NOW property to a.large amount ?"
Mrs. l'carsooti.—.. I Lear.' hive say that he had money
cowing to hiw or uweary to receive."
Mr.-Lawson.—" Did he not tell you the very day be-
fore Iris illness that he had purchased 100 f. stock at the
Bank ?"

Mrs. Pearson.—" I believe be intimated as lunch, cer-
tainly."

Lawsun.—" I low do von indorse Bank-notes when
YOU rewire thew
Pearson. —" I uniformly write my own name and
that of the person who pays them to me."
Mr. Lassos said the mot% paid at Lubbock. were in-
dorsed with her name only.
Mrs. Pearson. iu answer to further gni-olio's, stated
that she did tint recollect paving nv Si. notes shoat the
MI or 114th of January. She might or she might not
thing she could tell.

Ur a.uy
Mfr. I

time tho ease was ono of very
street suspicion, and it was his duty to commit Mrs.
iiiimeson to prison; hut, as he wished always to show as
mach tenderness 414 possible to a frinale, especially one
mho had hitherto borne a respectable character, he would
lake good bail fur her appearance on a future day,
*sr further examination ; though, he could assure her,
that in doing so, he was deputing (rota his strict lime
of ilnty.
Mrs. Pearson was then ordered to stand emontitted for
examitiation, but to be liberated until the appointed day,
ON tinting security fur her appearance.
Mr. Lawsou intimated that lee should lir folly prepared
with very strong proofs on the emit investigation.
• Kteutoarien-STnanr.—Grorge Henry, who stated
himself to be a clerk to a Society for the Relief of ter In-
digent anti iniliwrions Poor, was charged with fraudu-
lently obtaining divers sums of money of people of dis-
tinction, under pretence that the poor were to be sup-
plied with meat at threepence halfpenny per pound.
A hook was funnel upon the prisoner which had a list
of subscribers amongst distinguished personages, to the
amount of more than 501.; and it was proved in evi-
dence, that the butcher's account for supplying the said
poor was not- more than 201. The prisoner was dis-
charged, as lee acted as clerk only to a person named
Portield, against whom warrants were granted. This
Affonerse society was stated he placards to be at No. 23,
Castle-strett,Osfonl-nearket, but it had been reinovrel to
an obscure back parlour in the same street, where there
was scarcely a sheet of paper or a dip of ink.
Wonsene-Seneer.—Vesterelay one of those brutes in
the shape of a human being, named Joke Jones, who
has for some time annoyed thee feelings of several mo-
dest and, respectable females in the neighlientrhood of
Hackney, (lepton, and Stoke Newington, was brought
hetbre IConser Itariu., Hsi. the presiding Magistrate.
Harriet liankioson a very interesting young woman,
a *Agit testllttiart, on Tuesday was poloist% over
the fields, at Stoke Newington; she met the prisoner,.
who, on approaching her, exposed his person to her is
the most indecent manner. She passed on ; When the
prisoner turned back, and kept by her side in the same
state, and thus went on with her the whole length of
the field; making ase, at the sante time, of langnage she
coald not repeat. When she arrived at the gate, this
shameful candest of the wan bad such an effect upon
her feelings, that she was obliged to rest upon the gate
till two ladies, who beheld her situation at a little dis-
tance, very hmoanely invited her late their holm, where
she found an asylum from his brutality.
This statement, sworn to by Harriet Hankisson, was
related by her husband, at the miggestion of the Magi,
tram. ife also stated, that another pineal( woman had,
on the same day, met the prisoner, and im had behaved
himself is a similar manner, bat the Art on hoe feel-
ings was am-h as to confine her to her bed, and prevent
her attending at literates upon this occasion.
The prisoner, in his defame, said he did not expo**
any thing bet a piece of cloth rolled up, which be them
had ivi'bio Sand.
It wan sedated bt the Magistrate that be his held to
hail to seam this shriesreedeeer, lad dim lenity-Goer
stieesiee of the Miss be =mi. It am mons-
alio, that the parish ke tho prasesation
this individual for the public good.
iiirrow-Oaa no w.—Titoesaa Pa* aNt of the
Centeno fee hiiddleeex, attended at We Oen relet-
day, pursuant to the retreat et she itagiatrotehis•evalt
to tone& on the propriety eld With se legeleidoe es
the be4y of a new-born isl t.
On Monday last, as Thomas Blioco, a duetesa, was

emptying oat the dweebbok in She house of Mr. us*
age, leaster.selier, in Clerkenwell-green, he fount', ft
waled under some ashes and cinders, the bed,
new-born infant. On his discovering it, the maid I
attempted to wrest it from him, but he, perceiving 'Ai
it was, secured it, and putting it into his tinst44,
be carried it to this Oflice, were he gave informatie,:
Williams Read, sen. one of the officers, was 'Wpm,*
to Mr. Gardiner's, where he secured the servaim,
Morgan, and brought her in custody to this Oirsee :14
charge was taken, and she was committed to the wo,
mart of the House of Correction, until the result si ds
OsrOeur's inqnrst is known. Dr. Thornton, of How
garden was sent for, who inspected the body.
Stirling sent his warrant to John Hensley, the ism&
in order to summon a Jury to investigate the ease, Wbi•
after which time the Fulmination stands over.

The following are further particulars respecting
arrest of Mr. Wade:—Wr. Wade, of Dublin, who
not long ago hunted through London, Paris, and!!,
dew, ahtl who on the 20th inst., while under MN

of transportation, escaped from Dublin, seems , •
to cut a figure in the annals of police. He was
here on Thursday, at the Commercial Hotel, Mall,
Mr. Rar, of the Dublin police. accompanied lit a •
thee. of Mr. Kay and another Dublin police officer. r
party Last traced hint along from Dublin. Ahuai
past one that morning Mr. Wade, with a wools«.
parently his wife, and a child. arrived in a chaise
Thomastown, and immediately retired to rest. Ai
probably intent upon passing over in a Milton,' ;
still upon rising et eleven, he said that he suchen
main sonic days, provided the accommodations
good. Upon this head he took some airs, sad was
titularly dissatisfied at finding breakfast laid in a
room. He soon had stronger reasons of diseoatent,
the police party arrived at the moment, and, after a
inquiries at the bar, found themselves authorised
break in upon his !mall stock of comfort. Thee
duced themselves to him at breakfast; he waist
made a prisoner, anal the two parties, united by
ties, set off fur Dublin at two o'clock.—(o* .
Mirror.)
Dar travel. Etat. —Yesterday morning, about a
ter before three o'clock, an alarming fire broke eat is
oil and varnish manufactory of Mr. Hall, of •
street, Tottenhans•coort-road. Williams, the wa
of the heat, was the first who discovered the lire, sad
alarrnowl the neighbours. Noon after the cow
of the Are, several engines arrived on the 'potion'
were furnished with a good supply of water 'fie
rose to an alarming height about four o'clock, awl
inn nicate.l themselves to the house of Messrs. Crooke
leather-sellers, and to the premises of Messrs. Potting
l'ollinson,cah;net-makers and upholsterers. Tie
of Mr. Hall fell in with a terrible crash ; and a biped
adjoining a mews, where s servants were ref*
fell over into the soros, in consequence ufwkitkies
of the meta were hurt mot carried to the Hospital. Its
whole of Mr. Hall's property was destroyed, Ws*
siderahle damage was done to the premises of Ilaw
Potts and 'ollinson.

Non set vivere sea **ler, vita.—MAlll lAL.
" Life is only Life, when blest with Health."
rJIHE finest system of Ethics is to confine Wi
due bounds, and thus to regulate the Passions;
strained and insubordinate, they impetuously Jetties
harriers which Ileliption and Morality have made weird:
curb, but not annihilate them, appears the lessee al"
dyne*, best calculated to limit their effervesceoce.
Even disorganisation of the human frame revamps
svedlivi knowledge to remedy. and the public welfare*.
meted when professional men (disregarding Stre meow
of the env hats and interested) des otv their studies tealstbal
meal of those complaints generated by imprudence,
ebullition of the pass/earl at an tusguarded asonavill
strength of a nation consists in the health of the
it is utelancholp to ream . 11 the daily aserilice r
ranee of unforlieg emprieism, and to count
possible, Its feether earages. we oih• to as • •
the Asits—nora rap. rience, in the vari.
Debil ty. unwary victim of solitary vire (early
at school, before Fromm fins asserted her right over the ,
will, leematepplatiag his powerless state, become
hie of amlfireeivor sensations, in knowing that the meg
plicated 'Woof estimation may be roused into manly
WM** etudy—inetwoderate anxiety—long residence is
plod dimes, and many other ceases, will frequently • -
the men ors system in such eases we can hold will*
6111711110 P of re-animation, by remedies which have lem•
swerrd the sanguine hopes of Patients of both ream.
That bane to human happiness. Liss VFNIRIU, cm
be trusted fearlessly ; the improved slate of medical
hating divested its antidote of those distressing
that so long rendered its exhibition uncertain and ha
We best esplain our method by observing to Palii
bouring under this 'milady, that a few days only us
(piked lon the removal of early symptoms ; that the
veterete ease will yield to over remedies within a am*
that is a person who only suspects himself injured, tar
ease may be prevented altogether from appearing ;--a
remark applies to many other derangements of the
tier system, as weakness, ulceratio.:4, dr. ripetially
tares, obstinate eases of which err daily removed
the UMe of entente or stimulants, home peendaritiesi
tal to the softer sex have not escaped our attention: is
mildness. combined with ellitivey, have superseded the
usually adopted. In Inc, our system is unique,
energetic. and eminently successful.
Educated iu this our native city, schooled in our
*lonal attainment by its splendid Medical charaetee!.
having Item able. personally, to compare with •
the Aritish surgical practice with the Continental. or
tensions to superiority (Ina branch we have seleril4
violated by ev pet-knee. which is evinced by the daft,
cations we receive, even from distant countries.
UOSS and Co. M. it. bags&
13, Houverie-street, Fleet-street, London.
*es Fur the general accommodation, we do not MOP
selves to stated periods of practice. but may he .111.0
at GU reasonable hours.--l'ountry Patients are
si=4
describe tainetel) their al rep toms, dc. wham
Advice, will be immediately forwarded to asv port if
Kingdom.—.l Hank note is expected to siamerlor

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