The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-06 00:00:00

POLICE.

MA ttstos-mouss....-Yesterday

Bohes and Christmas, were brow
Mayor on a charge of havin;
lows wbo bad committed several

den in the city. It appeared frost
Mr. Woataer, the City Manisa!,
the Mansion-house in the morning
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rabble bad assembled near Blllli

with two ugly old men in chairs,
Fawkes, were parading the place,

cent passenger to give them money,
to inch shopkeepers as did not
with their demands. In consequence
tion, officers were sent down to ,
found a gang of about 30 of the
of the market armed with bludgeons.

with the prisoners. Immediately, however, the officers
were perceived, the party ran away, leaving the two
prisoners, their Guys, behind them. The two latter
were tied into the chairs, and immediately secured.—
A number of outrages bad been committed by the
band during the morning. They had gone so far as
to stop passengers. and even the cert., which they
would sot allow to pass before they were satisfied, ski
planted themselves before the shops, and extorted
...
money by menaces.
The two prisoners declared their iasocence of
mitt ages complained of. They said they were
going to their work that morning, when they ogie
seized by a number of fellowe who were upon the
look out for some one whom they might think old
and ugly enough to serve for Guys. They were both
tied hand and foot in chairs ; the fellows next pro-
ceeded to blacken their faces with soot, and otherwise
disfigure them, when they mounted them in chairivand
paraded them through the streets in the contlitios in
which his Lordship saw them, exposing them to wech
missiles as rotten eggs, and to the contents of i/ .1
tic utensils, Sze. Resistance was impossible, and- y
thought it best to submit quietly. The appea
tf
of the men was certainly prima fade evidence at
least part of the story. 'bid'
A man was called in behalf of the prisoners, who,
It appeared had been one of the party ; but he denied
having been concerned in any of their outrages. lie
admitted that they had pitched upon the two prisoners
as the two ugliest men they could find to serve awileys.
They soon stopped all complaints by giving they gln,
which was drank at every public house they paised i
pints. They bad, the witness considered, a prasetip
ii
tive tight to exact something on the occasion front
those who could afford to give. Tiny were disap-
pointed, however, as the treasurer had made off with
the box in which the money was gathered.
The LORD MAYOR thought the prisoners were forced
into the stations they occupied by the crowd, and dis-
charged them. The authors of the disorder had goo.
much too far, and some of the cases seemed to bear
the complexion of highway robberies.
A NEW TRICK.A man named Dayton was charged
with having stolen some silver from the shop of Mrs.
Crane, a fruiterer, No. 33, Cannon-street. . . .
Mrs. Crane stated, that on Saturdly .
IdakM6o4oll
sonar mane We kw shop, sad purchased vo6 apples,
lila afterwards asked her if she cold exchange an
old for a new shilling, which be wished to give as a
reward to his little girl. Ihe prisoner took out the
till and placed it on the counter, that the prisoner
might examine its contenta4o find such a Ailing as he
wanted. The prisoner put in his band and took up
several of the shillings, but did not find one, he said,
that would answer him ; and after civilly thanking
Mrs. Crane left the shop. Mrs. Crane, on returning
the till to its place, perceived a deficiency in the num-
ber of shillings it contained when taken out, and im-
mediately followed the prisoner, whom she brought
back, andla constable being sent for, who searched him,
six shillings were found in his hand. Mrs. Crane
stated that she had counted the silver in the till but a
moment bef;'re the prisoner came into the shop, and
the number of shillings was ltd; when the shillings
were reckoned after his examination of them, the
number of them was twelve.

The prisoner positively asserted that the money
found in his band was his own, and asked, was it the
actof a guilty man to return into the shop when asked
to do so? He was fully committed for trial.
BOW•STREE F.—Yesterday Mr. Williams, a coach
proprietor, appeared to a summons issued against him
as the proprietor and driver of a stage coach to Oxford,
for carrying one more outside passenger than by law
allowed.
The Act of Parliament allows coaches with four
horses to carry 12 outside passengers without luggage
on the roof, and with luggage, ten only.
The information was laid by two common informers,
named Martin and Stringer, one of whom swore that
the defendant's coach drove into Hounslow on Friday,
Oct. 19th, with eleven outside passengers, exclusive of
one man, who was hanging on the step, and that there
was luggage on the roof.
Mr. Herne, proprietor of the Golden Cross, Charing-
cross, who called to prove that Mr. Williams was the
appointed driver of the coach in question on that day,
and that his hand-writing appeared in the way bin.—
There were eight passengers only entered in the way
bill on that day.
M r. Williams, in his defence, pleaded that he was not
the driver at the time spoken of, that there were only
ten passengers, and that there was no luggage on the
roof. In support of this defence be called
Mr. Purcell Albert Dyke, a young gentleman, appa-
rently about 19 years of age, who stated himself to be
a student of the University of Oxford. He stated tba
he drove the coach into Hounslow from Oxford on th
day in question, and there were ten persons only on, the
outside beside himself.
Sir It. Big:rte.—But youare not the coachman, are
you, Sir ?
Mr. Dyke said he drove on that day, and that Mr
Williams wee not on the coach at ail until lifter it came
through Hoinslow.
Mr. Williams—l believe, Mr. Dyke, you occasion-
ally act as my coachman, do you nut ? I Mena whop
I rest or lay by, as we term it ?
Mr. Dyke said he. did. •
Mr. Williams—Do you ever pay its uff Ow. or
consider yourself at all as a passenger)
Mr. Dyke said he did not.
One of the informers asked Mi. olicolfirs arwa. ys
took such paqicts)ar notice of thi somber of passen-
gers as be seemed to have done on this occasion?
Mr. Willows=-Oh ! yes, 1 'hare taiiglit 'KIM to do.

there was luggage, and he never permitted oath against
oath.
Mr. Williams reminded the Worthy Magistrate, that
it would be-the oath of a gentleman against that of a
common informer.
Sir R. Maros said, he must act upon the evidence
of the informer, and the defendant aught appeal if he
choose ; but he should be guidett,ln his derision by.
the spirit of the statute. .,
The defendant was convicted in the fall penalty of
201. and he expressed Mt determisitles to appear,*
.t • t
the Sessions.
Sir R. Manse observed, in the course of the bearing,
that he wondered gentlemen did not emulate the skill
of their cooks as well as coachmen.
Ma R Lsonouctt-sveanT..—For some time past, tbs.
house of the Duke of Gloucester, in May Fair, has
been under repair, and materials of various descrip-
tions having been stolen, Mr. Woods, a builde-, ob-
tained a search-warrant to the house of Mrs. Edwards
in Shepherd's market (an old iron shop).) Her son
having been suspected. Plank, Jeferies, and Wales,
' proceeded thither, and to another house of Mrs. E.'s
in the neighbourhood. where the amen were op-
posed and maltreated by Maria Clowty. her mother,
Mrs. E. and the son of the latter. The aeighboarlsood
was all in an uproar. The °Seers fogad is a boa at
each }tons', several hundred &mesa ire-works. which
they with difficulty seised. The mother and daughter
were sent to Bridewell in default of hail, for the
assault, and the son was remanded.

II /NAM LIAMINATION 011 W 1. VATNE, ?OR THE £1
TIMPTED MUMS OF MS Inn._

Tows -11 A Le., Sou TN Wait u.—Yesterday if. Payne,
was brought up in irons from the Borough Corsept“,
and examined before Alderman J. J. Sierra, charged
wills brutally assaulting Sarah his wife, and initialing
several weends upon her person, by which bee Ur
was placed in imminent danger. Mrs. Payee was
brought eat ap from the Hospital in a very weak state;
her face and..head still exhibited evident marks of the
prisoner's air7ocious attack upon her.
A rrepectlble individual, a jeweller, who beheld the
material part of the affair, stated that the prisoner,
after dragging Isis wife through the kennel, drew a
Irelfe upon her, and with a blow of it etteetedlsre awe,
acre* '4l whieb'ebtie4tetrieryet eopionet#. H. also
aimed blows et her body with the same instrument,
and would no doubt have murdered her but for a
young man named Mocock, who disarmed him of the
'knife, in the performance of which humane action his
own hand was cut shockingly. The ground, as well
as the persons of the prisoner and his wife, was co-
vered with blood.

Mrs. Payne. who appeared to be far gone in preg-
nancy, stated the particulars of her husband's brutal
attack upon her, but could not recollect any thing re-
specting the knife.
The prisonerdenied that he had used a knife. He was
committed for the assault, and ordered to give twenty-
four hours' notice of bail. The Alderman recom-
mended the wife to the care of the parish officers, and
paid her coach hire home.
Harms; -GAM/EX.—Yesterday Mr. Win. Read, jun.
a watch-finisher, who, some time ago resided in New-
castle-place, Clerkenwell-close, where be carried on
business to a large extent, was brought up from the
Wa.ch-house, charged by Mr. Horace Gooch, a watch-
case maker, residing in Coppice-row, Clerkenwell,
with forgery, and absconding from a commission of
Bankruptcy after he had been served with a notice.—
At the time the prisoner absconded, which was in
April last, large posting bills were placarded in the
metropolis descriptive of his person, and offering one
hundred pounds reward for his arrest. He bad not
been seen or heard of until Saturday night, when he
was met in Blackfriars'-road and taken into custody.
Mr. Gooch, the complainant, deposed, that be was
one of the Assignee." under the Commission of Bank-
ruptcy, that the prisoner had been served with a
notice to surrender, but he had abscon led. and never
' appeared before the Commissioners. The necessary
witnesses not being in attendance, the prisoner was
remanded for further examination.

UNION-HlLL—Bridget Sheehan, a woman ahout
34 or 33 years of age. wade application at this office
for retie( for herself and a starving child. She stated
that her inhuman husband had deserted her and her
child, and that they were without the means of sup-
porting existence a moment longer.
Hall, the officer, stated, that on passing &long High-
street, in the Borough, on Friday night, he heard
Bridget Sheehan loudly deploring her miserable situ-
ation. She- was sitting on the steps of a ball door,
had a child covered up in her arms, and declared to
the passengers that she and her infant were starving.
The witness had no knowledge whatever of the woman,
but be gave her the price of a bed and some victuals
and desired her to apply the next day at Union-hall,
where every thing would be done, fur her by the Ma-
gistrates. She received the money and advice most
thankfully, and was punctual in her attendance at the
office.

The woman was not long in describing her unfortu-
nate sitaatien ; when her infot was recognised by
some person in the office as a child that bad been starved
for the mime of obtaining good living for its pa-
rents. It was•recolleeted that some time age, a nes,
who stated himself to be the father of the

brought it in his. arms, in the same wretched condition
in which it now 'appeared to be, and told the Biagi..
' trate' with seers ip his eyes, that the unnatural mother
had deserteil the babe. having gven refused to give it
sustenince from the breast.
What made the case worse was, accorilug to the.
man's statement,. that4lp.ltother had !Trk oir with
Another Luau; leaving btm in despair, mid ut.illy un.,,

—kw
of Lady Lauderdale. It is with mach pirelariderfto
take from the seine paper the followirig cultzedigeti
.m..• 64 We have been desired to contradict the itemises(
the &alb of Lady Lawlerdele, which we 4mirii,h44 6
our parr of Sathrday, on the authority of a de*
sposelleat. The persoti who communicated tide at.
costae bassinet! sent to its a htttir, in Which bas,
jleewilidges thatke,tvtites seder an assamed th,
-gait, and that his intelligence was false."
1 Swim DUNG EXTR AO RDT X Altie•Abeilt fatal*
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:Owe 4 'trey eorpaknt person professing to ol,
imaxi Ache"' and apparently a respect%
taint cam to Loothborongb, for the professed sop*
of prectisiag as a physician, and being unquestionably
a medical man, found no difficulty in forming ea*
netions, particularly as he hal the advantage of iii
easy address and familiar demeanour. His mew,
of success being favourasle, he bargained fur a Mew
late in Ski aecapatiou of Mr. Viekers, surges., fit
which kerns to give SOW. Soon afterwards tsar
land was adiertiseti for sale, which be also pert-boa
for the sum of %SOO/. No deposit was insisted spit
for either of the parthases, as lie stated that his cub
...4 was in Messrs. Coutts's Bank, in London, and that
could lot reeeitre it Until the . lit' of October.
conveyances. wore. prepared, and painters ,ftiphrik
braatifr the house. At length the inset drew nuke
snaking good the purchases, and consequently ter Ike
oompletiol of his nefarious designs, which he lad se ,
iliffiealty fa accomplishing, having gained the ens.
Mese. of,the inhabitants. He therefore, proceeded to
purchase from the sileerstniths, drapers, &c., all de.
scrip:ions of portable articles on credit, and seat put.
list(' a sore considerable fraud on a druggist sad

banker; the former he induced to indorse a Nall at
sight on Comma's Bank. f.r 3301. ; which be readily
obtained cash for ; and from the la•ter he obtained
an advance of 131)1. on his presenting them with a
cheek on Coitus Uank for 3,oo4—Having obtained
both dose some under the speelons pretence of bulk
moutons to get eke° his house and afterwards premed.
lag to be gpieg t. etby to bey farnitore. he mob
his:gnat exit from-the Owe. tie was traced to Liver.
pool. from which placebo embarked fur tireeneel, sad
from thence preceeeled to Belfast, where all Malt et
..hlomismt*-7(Der473kreeri.)
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Ikentset-Vbxnaux.-t-Friday night, deep eight
o'clock. the neighbourhood of Psslaion-ntred,
fields, was thehwn Into the greatest tunrult sad ant
fusion. A furtaidable gang of ruffians with whidithe
above parish abounds, and whose depredations no et
the most daring anti ateocious description, gave satin
to the stations of the different fire engines, that a
alarming fire had broken oat at a varnish mandate
in Fashion-street, and that the whole neighbourhood
was threatened with destruction. The engines met
speedily got ready, and on their arrival they dies.
weevil it to be a false alarm. The street was eagle*
blocked up with spectators from one end to the stim
amongst whom were upwards of 40 of the most mi•
rions thieves, who had invented the stratagem ter do
purpose of depredation and plunder. The villain
commenced a most determined attack on the assembled
mob, pelting them with brickbats, stones, and mkt
missiles. Many persons were knocked down sad re
ceived several cuts and severe contusions. Informelies
was given at the Police-office. iVorship-street, of tile
affair, and a barge body of officers repaired to themes
of action ; but before they could arrive the ruffiampf
scent, and most of them sheered off. The officers, kw
ever, succeeded in apprehending two of the tier
leaders. each of whom bad a brickbat in his bad
ready to cast it amongst the mob. They *yeti*
underwent a final examination before the Magistrate.
and were recognised to be Bill Bingley, of picklock*
notoriety, and George Neal, a noted crocksmac They
were both committed under the Police Act, for tiro
months to the 'loom of Correction. The officers se
in vigilant search for the remainder of this gene.

M ARRI ED.
Yesterday. at St. Pancras. T. D. Beifield, Esq.. 000*
eing-lane, to lilizabeth Ann. eldest daughter of W. lbw
ley, Esq., of the Island of Barbadoes.
On the Ist instant, at the Collegiate Church, Moo War&
Joseph Buckley, Esq.. of Moshely-street. to Mary gaily
second daughter of Richard Entwistle. of Rushalnotali_
On Sunday se'nnight, at Dorchester, Mr. Barge's:so
to Miss Hunt. aged 23; this Is Mr. IL's third wife; bis two
first wives bore him siOchikiren, IS of whoa wore° g"
births. prd
On Wednesday last, at Walcot Church. itagl,
of
Smyth.. Esq.. of Ballinatra. High Sheriff of thethe
Waterford, to the Hon. Harriet St. Leger, _dogrun„....
late and sister of the present Viscount Dooetaln.gi"—
raffle House, in the °unity of Cork.

DIED.
On Saturday last, the 3d instant, at his seat in
shire. Mrs. Allen, of Devonshire-place, widen of 1M
Admiral Allen.
On Satunley last, the 3d inst., at Walthamstow,laliefle
year, Mrs. Rebecca Relph.
On Saturday morning last, the hid lutist, in at'
lstod•
place, in his Seth year, after a short illness, Georg
Esq., a Fleischer of the 'Middle Temple:
On Wednesday. the 31st nit. at Eatingdoeideit+Viat.
wickshire, a tJr a short illness. in the 81st year of Mr
Lady Elizabeth Stenitope, sister of the Earl of s
On Tuesday morning last. at Mansfield, Henry erect'
eordwileer of that place, after taking breakfast, SRC
into a naighbonea house. after *onto come/Odes 01"
returning, wbee In dol.'s! subs eP lie hat'
a few paces. dropped fora. and Instantly expired. jai.
On the 2241 ult. In oolley's Uospitnl, Noniadfliale'
1 101st year of her eget'ilareh Past. widow. Her hidillgV
away yearemsodeder sad silver louder to Abijak
Hub an eminent jewellormt Met Owe. ip wises@ OW IPP"
three hundred wen were employed in that hulloes, 11019.,—*
The deceased retalaed the perfect use of her facelded.
coddle* to thread a tomdle to the day of her

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ought before the' Dyke was not a passeape 2 ..
heeded a bald eV- Mr. Williams repliettin dm affirmative, ~,• ~ 'dreaded poverty, vowed that she WI never Wowed di
ral mange, a4d_ 4.14 - Sir R. Stems said eh a detente was pn!lestlept infant ill, and that the whole - afeente‘ gives by L.
to from the stabege*lff to evade the Act of Par nt, which sowshrtiot. avail husband was a fabrication made for the pommel;
al, that persons el 'lo with him. He had to do with peivateegree- citing pity, and enabling him to obtain. the 4
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ling complaining t a nrnts, aid If young teat en chose to amiss them- drinking.
Ilingsgate-markef, 1 selves hy becoming Iltit itlterants or deputies of stage The Magistrates having taken thi whole el.
sairs, as effigies of anehinen be had no obistoion, bat he should consider stances of the case into consideration, seat the ems
ace, obliging every a& them as passengers. That Act of Parliament was passed oat Of the reach of its detestablft ' parent, amJe dn
oney, and using threats for the safety of his hiajeft's subjects, and it mattered protection of a nurse, and or&fed. that the
cot immediately comply not whether the passen.es paid or not, so long as should be confined three months iss the House al tel.
equence of this info riks• there was more than the itraloonsber. ration, and to be kept to hard labour.
to the spot, where they Mr. Williams said he clikid pews by Mr. Dyke that -
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the lowest blackguards there was no luggage. ~ , .:: % LADY LAunnamma.—We copied os Saturday tied
lndgeons. and parading Sir R. Btrtnts said, thi lithium; 'bad sworn That a contemporary, a painful account of thaiiiguddiat
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