The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-16 00:00:00

Some discussion discussiqn here took place as to what the amount
should be, and it was at length decided by the Chairman,
with the concorrenre of the other magistrates, that theirate
should be mule on an assessment of 10,0001, without any
deduction. This case occupied nearly the whole of the day,
and excited considerable ibterrst.

POLICE.
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MA Na HOUS befo
re RECTION 111 e N.-- —William
Gilt* was brought the LOAD M A TOR, charged under
the Vagrant Act, with having meditated an attack upon
the receptacles of the dead.
At about eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, the prisoner
was observed by the Chapel kreper of St. Ayliffe's burial
pround,tioodman's-tield's,cliruld nit. over the walhand gently
sliding along amongst the graves with a shovel, a ladder,
a sack. and a stick. lie was accompanied by another man,
whose movements were eqnally suspicious, and both ad•
vanced to a newly made grave. They hail not, however,
commenced their sacrilegious tabours, when fthe watch
raised the hue and cry. The prisoner WAS taken into cus-
tody;. but his companion twigged the watchmen amongst
the tomb atones, being well acquainted with burial rounds,
and remained in the church yard the whole night, not-
withstanding the intense cold, and walked off in the
morning.
The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned in the
(louse Gf Correctiin, as a rogue and vagabond, for one
inot.th.

GUILIMAT.L.—UTTEIIING BAD SILNEII.•—A female of very
respectable appearance, named MaryPtirecll, with her market
ing basket on her arm, and one Henna Harman, whose tont
ensemble betokened him a servant attending on his mistress,
were brought before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman
Bnitmrs. on the charge of uttering base silver.
The prisoners. though from the stock in trade found about
them would not seem to he very extensive dealers, are obvi-
ously general titterers; the man carrying the stock, and the
female, whose appearance was least likely to create suspicion,
passing a single sixpence er shAling at a time in trifling pur-
chases, and regular.y holding over the change she received to
her attendant, who on the ;list alarm would, if pnssiblr, make
his escape; and the lady, if stopped and searched, would be
found to have no other bad money about her. and no halfpence
so as to render her changing sixpence unnecessary, and might
therefore easily be seppsed to have taken the bad coin herself
inadvertently•
Such, according to the cvidence,appeared to be the seem-
ingly s-cure system they were pnrsuing on Wednesday
evening in the neighbourhood of Goaweil street, when the
keen eye of an officer discovered enough of their practices
to induce suspicion, and meeting with iVaildington, one of
the Bow Street patrol, gave hint the hint to follow and
watch them. The difficulty as as to catch them at the mo-
ment tt hen the transaction would implicatetlsem both ;and
this he at length effected, after patiently w Aching the fe-
male in and out of three ut four shops, at a cheeseinonger's
in Beech Street, Barbican, where the female went in for
some bacon. leaving her servant at the door. The man on
being seized threw away a paper containing nine hail shil•
lings anti seven bad sixpences, which were picked up, anti
on searching Ilion, between two and three shillings worth
Of halfpence, the change, no doebt, of previous utterings,
were found on hint. On the female nothing was
!untd but the single had sixpence she had offefeil in piy-

meet.
The female prisoner affected much commiseration for the
poor fellow who was taken %%WI her, and hoped no harm
would come to him, as she had given him, and he appeared
to her to he in distress, the paper 0: silver to hold while
she went in to get some change to relieve him. The paper
of silver she had kicked before her and picked up a short
time previous. She had. however, it should seem, at least
as much commiseration for herself, for she refused to say
who or what she was, or where she resided ; and the Alder•
man in consequence remanded them, that the Solicitor for
the Mint might have en opportunity of meet taining whe-
ther ur not they were old atquaintances of his.
Bow Seasur.—Ctir lAD ROVIISRY.—Two complaints
were yesterday lodged at this office, of children having been
✓obbed of wearing apparel. The. first was made by Mr.
•Donde, the hatter, in King Street, Covent Barden, who
stated, that on the preceding day, his son, a little boy about
• scars of age, was in the street, looking at the snuff
boxes in a tobacconist's window, when a man came up to
him and said lie would give tiaras a rabbit The child was
very willing to receive such a present, and accompanied the
man fur that purpete. The man led-him from King Street
to New Square, Coht Beth fields, when he asked him for his
,hat to put the rabbit in, and thee for his jscket to cover it.
The nnsnspecting,child instantly parted with both the one
and the other, and his generous friend went away, pro.
noisier; to be br.. kin a moment. The poor fello.v waited
with great patience for an bony, hat neither saw the rabbit,
Lis hat, or hisjaoket. lie now became alarmed, and near-
ly perishing. is ith the roll, bean to cry bitterly. Two
getittethen were attracted by his distress, ant on inquiring
the caase they found that he bad been tt...e dope of some
villain w ho w.rely wanted to deprive him of his clothes.—
'They inimedd.tely put him into a coach and took him home
'to his parents, who by this time had misi,d him, and were
in the utmost alarm.
The s-road ease mentioned was by Mr. Morris, the wine
'merchant, in Northumberland Street, who stated, that his
little son being borne from school for the holidays, he gave
'him leave to take a walk in St. James's Park, first making
Slim put on a great cost, for which he bad given 21. Ss. a
few days before. The boy returned in the evening without
this con', and, on enqeiry, it turned out that some designed
fellow in timepark lied set him and another • boy to ruin a I
race. while he held their costa, and promised to give biz.'
pence to hins`vilen could eon the fastest. On their return
they could finti neither orian'tuer coats, and thus they gained I
a lOU by their proVePill.—These facts should be known, in /
order that watt, wilebtletard their children against such
Impositions.
IMPORTANT TO BENP.FIT SOCIETIES.
.11 ARTLABONMS Orrice. —An imp ottani deeisiun took
place before. Edmund Heiffith and John Rawlinson, Esqrs.l
at this office, repleting the conduct of a Benefit Society.
held at ILillestleti Green, in the parish of Willsden. The
circumstances of the case are as follows.—Some time ago
the wife of a member, Paine I Hewland, belonging to the
Union Friendly Sucicty, ap,therd to Mr. Biitfitli, the
Magistr'ate, limier a peculiarly !distressing occasion.
appeared her husband was afflicted with a malady bordering
.en insanity, which compelled him to declare on the funds
of the Society, of which he had been a mikubee for twelve
years. The disease being of an alteminit nature, his
friends, for security, cnnsi•tered it prudes.* send him to
!Ultima Hospital, where he remained Ofout three months.
During the lint fe•i- weeks of his coufinetuent, the stewards
regularly paid the weekly allowance, but latterly they had
stopped it, in consequence, they'said; that lie had broken a
clause in the articles, inasmuch that lie was confined in
Iliothleite(it was considered requisite that be should amuse
Himself of much, ae passible) be bad gone repeatedly into
slot garden with a shovel for recreation, and this was the
liffence lie had committed.
111 i—OntreiTH said, if that was all, be wawa fit object for
relief, *lnd tfiat the Society was acting towards him in a
cettel.nnit arbitrary manner...A summons was then sent to
the. Stewirds of the Stocie*; requiring theM to pay thrum:
this. lioaeverethey tretsfed 'with contempt. A locoed
summons waif sent, (titter-in* the Stewards to appear before
fife iitagiatratef this'lliey complied with, when the case
was bruerlld (the Member) diclitetdentitled.
•Tht: SieWitede.- htilatiir, 'initiated ire' heti. broken'. their
articles, a?d,wyredeteetnined not to relieve him.• Upon
this refusiat •sk Warrant of distress followed, which Mr.
Di:orris; att Afterledtiad officer belooging to this establish
meet, had.to .esecute;
_be azcordingle repaired to the
60,en, et Breen, where the iteelety met, ant in•
gt.4nsed'itie7laultortl', hitr; Bells:ire, of 'titit saw,: of Lis