CHARITABLE PAWNBROKING ES...
The Times, 1824-02-10T00:00:00

UHAPIT TIBLE PAWNBROKING ESTALTSRH.tENT.-*Mi_ chael de Northburgh, Bishop of London, who died in 1361, le'ft a legacY of a thou-and narks, to be put into a chest standine in the treasurY of St. Paul's; out of which anv poor layman might, for a sufticient pledge, borrow ten poun(ds; the Dean and principal Ca.- nons twenty poends, wr forty marks. unon the like pledge; the Bishop. forty, or nearly fifty pounds other noblemen or citizens. twentv rtpunils for the term of a year: an(i if at the year'- end nay- ment were not made of anr sum so borrowved, then that the preach;eT at St. Paul's Cross should in his sermon declare. that the plc(lge should. within fourteen days, be sold, ir the borrower did not forth. with redeem it: and being accordingly sold, he apnointed that the surplusage. if th1ere were anv, shouild be restored to the owner or to his executors: but in case that he had none, then to be returned into the sai.l chest, for the health of his soul, unless the Bishop and Dean. with the warden of the Oldi Fabric. should tihink fit to em- p1oy it to other uses -Somerset.Honse Gazette. AVe f,-e! much pleasure in observing, that a Cnmmittee is nw actively employed in furthering the subscription already raised towards crereting a monument to the nmenory of the brave anil laznented Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton. That the means to put into execution this grateful testimony of respect to the gallant General should not have been raisedi long before this. appears to us to reflect discredit on the country wlhich gave him birth: we there. fcrc call on the sons of Cambria to come forward, and enable the comnmittee to facilitate a design at once so justly nerited by the signal services of the lamented officer, and so honourable to the best feelins of his countrymen.-C.amb,.ien On TI'biurlav a rnan appliecd to Mfrs. NhoUs of tht, jip Inn. Penzance, to know ir she could let him a room, in which to deposit part of a cargo of nuts, &c., which he said he had pur- chased. flaring agreed for the hire of that room, he went out, as lie stated, tt) pa: the duties, fecs, &c., at the custom-house; but he shortly rcturnea, sayinr- that he found he had not cash enough about him to pay the dlemand, and requested M rs. Nicholls to lend him Ill. for a skh.-rt time. Having no suspicion of fraud, she gave him1 the sum he asked for: but as he did not return ac expected, she be- came alanned; and having applied at the custom.house, she found that no such person had been there. Mrm. Nicholls having ascer. tained that a person answering the description given of the swindler had been seen on the sastern road, she and a friend set off in pursuit, snd were so fortunate as to trace him to this tovrn, where he was foundat apublic-house; and on being charged with the fraud, he ,ave up the 111.. anrl tas suffered to depart, Mrs. Nicholls not wishing to incur the tronible and expenseof a prosecutisn. The swindler, when found at Truro, 'was accompanied by a fellow who was seen at Pen. gance on the preceding day selling matches.- West Briton. On Sundlay evening, a party of pickpockets, in verv fa- zhionable attire, attended at St.John's church, Clerkenwell, wl;ere a charity sennon was preached. After service they commenced their depredations; and the call for the constables became general tbroughout the churc1h. Out of the whole party but one was se- cured, who was yesterday broaght to HaLton-earden Police-office. 1le was there recognized as belonging to the higher class of fashion. able pickpockets. After a good deal of hesitation, he gave his name as James .?fortimer, but most impudently refused to giver his resi. dence, nranv account of himself He was ordered to give 41 hours' rnotice of bail. Died, at Annan, on Saturday last, Wrr.George John- dtone, surgeon, aged 40 years. This gentleman fanme by his death under the following circu-nstainces, late on the Tbursday night pre. Ce6dirg -He had been vrsitinga patient residing at one of the inns, which house he left In perfect heath; in about haalf an hour after lie Vass discovered near his own door by two men, who conducted hin home. It subsequently appeared that le had been mnaltreated and albusee in a ohoclmg manner,but he was unable to give anv accounL He languished in great parin till Saturday, when he expired, leaving an aniable Vidofv with four infant children to lament their loss. D_leans are using to detect the murderers, which are expeeted to be attended with success.--Ac,wcastle Clsronice I1tPtcATIoN oP S?ntrcG.-No rreater proof, perhaps, cutbeFiven of thc mild tennperature of the season than the very early singiog of birds. ln the neighbourhood of Dleawrbam, near Mfaryport, a thrush, tn fine tong, was heard on the 6th of January - snd on Ithe 12th the mrelodioas notes of the bl.xclebltd were hadna ~bezFrnepleec.-.Car lIsc Jesersrel. heard near