Police.
The Times, 1824-05-04T00:00:00

GuILDTIALL.-RiChard Jones, the porter at Wessrs. Whitta. ker's, booksellers, Ave Maria-lane, and one Ed-ward Roberts, were yesterday brought before Alr. Alderman THORP, the sitting magis- trate, upon a charge of felony. Jones. who has bcen in the emplov of Aresqrs. lWhittaker upwards of fivc years, and resided in the huousc, having latterlv been sus- pected of purloining a variety of articles th.tt had disaop,eared, les- teth and J. Forrester, jun., two of the city officers, were emnployed to watch the premises, and they were thus engaged on Saturday night, when about a quarter past nine o'clock, they observed Jones ruii oit with a large baz, and give it to Roberts, who was wvaiting under the archway by the side of the house, and who immediately went off with his load in the direction of NewLate-street. The offi- cers 'ollowed him till he eitered the shop of Mlr. Lloyd, stationer, at Cripplegare, and deposited his burden, when they seized him. The bag tak:en to Dlr. Lloyd's prove-l to cantain a quantity of bror.n paper wrappins, value 30s., which was identified by Je- remiah Howe, one of the clerks in the house, as the property of llessrs. Whittaker. The prisoners w ere remanded. BOw- STREET._ Yesterdav the three artillery-men, named Cle r'c, Cotelough, and Login, who were examinedl about a fort- night ago, charged with f.audulently obtaining money from Chelsea Hospital, by personating certain soldiers of the samie corps who were entitled to prize-money, were brought up for final examination. Mr. Bicknell, thc solicitor for the prosecution, stated that the case rested almost entirely upon the testimony of Captain Stewart, the adjutant of the 5th battalion, who had received a letter froni the prisoner Clarke, containingaconfession of his guilt. This letter, fbr resisons which CaDtain Stewart ha(l entioned, he tefused to produce. He (Mr. Bicknelf) did not think those reasons sufficient, but it would be lbr the niagistrate to judge upon that subject, after hearing x aptain Stewatt. Caplain Stewart stated that he had certainly receired a letter from theprsoner Clarke, containing certain acknovwledgments; but he- (CraptaiSte,wart) considered it as an entirely confidential communi- cation made to him, with a perfect convictioa that it would never be seen by a third person. Knowi,g this, and knowing also th:it the prisoner had a nife and child, he certainlv had objected to prodtuce the letter. Sir R. BI3RXJE said lie could not recoznize any suck confidence between a private soldier and an officer of the rank of Captain Stewart. The ends of justice required that the letter should be produced. Captain Stewart was swvorn, and with a reluctance that could not escape notice. produced the letter. Before it was read, he stated, that the prisoner actedl as a clerk in his office, and in that capacity had access to the printed forms of the certificat s necessary to be presenited at Chelsea Ifospiral for obtaining prize-money. Herecol- iected the prisoner being reported to him tor absenting himself from duty without leave. When he returned to the Tower, he told Cap- tain Roper that he and the other two prisoners had been to Chelsea ; hut when witness questioned him he denied having been tbere, and said he had only walked as far as Charing-cross. Witness had always censidered that he could place confidence in the pri- soter Clarke, and he rated himn very sharply for his duplicity, and ordered hinm in custody to the guard-rooni for being absent fr. ,n duwtv. The followiing day witness receiyed the letter in question from Clarke. One ofthe false certificates bore the signature of Colonel Brough, wh;ch witness had no doubt wvas the geniuine hanewriting of that gentleinan, though he could not tell how it was obtained. The signature to the olther, purporting to be that of Colonel Douglas, was an evident counterfeit. The letter was read. In it the prisoner made a full confession of hii guilt, and stated that the other prisoncrs accompanied him to Chelsea, but that tlhey were perfectly innocent of any fraud. The letter was written in a style very superior indeed to what might have been expected from a person in the situation in life of the prisoner. The whole three were fully committed for trial. MARYLEBONXE oFFICE.-WVithin the last few days the in- flux of the Irish into the metropolis has far exceeded any former pe- riod, and consequently, from the want ofecmployment, their distress has been miost dreadful, and hundreds of themii have applied to the parishes of St. Gles and Mlarylebone for relief, in the mast aibject condirion. The policy and practice of the conductors of patish affairs being to pass them home iuimediately, accortlingly many hundreds were sent back ; and the parochial offlicers of Mary- !ebone findling, from the accounts of the poor people, that some- thing very uncommon urged them to quit titeir native country, they instituted an inquiry, and on Saturday Mlessrs. Thorpe and lThit. rington appeared before the miagistrates, Messrs. RAwLiNsoX and G(RIFFIT'I, with a crowtl of the poor persons, and stated, that they hatt a communication to make not unlike the late inquiry in the city respecting the Poyais settlement. Tihe lagistrates having directed them to proceed, Mr. Thorpe said it would be better for the sufferers themselves to state the na. ture of the transaction. Accordingly, one of the most intelligent, a woman tnamed Eleanor Welsh, stood up, and stated she resided at a place caUed Kilmhallock, in the county of Cork, where she lived as tier state of lifc enabled iher, on the industry of her relations and fa- milv, when some persons came who appeared to be travelling the in- terior of the countrv circulating accounts in the most glowing terms of t .e high wages in England, and the general want of workmen, who, they said, were paid fs. per day; and in consequence of the great denmiand for hards,women werenemployed regularly through the yearat3s. perddiem. Titis, to her, was " glorious news,"' accordiny to her ow;n words; as by the verY utmostof laborious exertion, the men of her family could only obtain from 3d. to 10d. per daLy, and they all took the very first opportunity of bettering their for- tunes in another land, urged particularly by her, as she per- ceived dailv the husbanDds, fathers, and brothers of her surround- ing neighbours led to prisoti and execution for crimes wYhich their cxcessive povertv had caused. Tlhev all accordingly sold the little retnains of their property, and walked to the city of Cork, a distance of 30 miles from Kilniallock, where the same story was confirmed among the persons engaged in procuring passengers for the steam packets and traders at that port, and she and between 100 and 200 others embarked, paying l6s. eaCh, passage-money, to Bristol,being obliged to find their own stores; but. front the shortness of the voyagre, the only privation that they severely felt was, the vwant of water for tea or coftee. which was denied them, at the saree time it beitig intimated, that by paying they could procure tea or coffee, which they could not obtain, tlie prices being beyond their means, ac the passage-money had nearly consumed their al; and they were, when latded, compelled to walk from Bristol to London, a distance of 112 miles, depending chiefly on the humanity shown thetm otn the road from those who pitied their way-worn appearance, On ar. riving in Lmndon, she found, as well as all the rest had, how grossly slie f adl been deceived; and she now, with her fantily, implored the ilagistrates to return her to her own country, where, if she could not obtain in her native village, plentv of the necessaries of life, there were those wilo would share with her their meal, and give her their sympathy. Mr. RAWLINSO X, who was much aftected at the poor creature's recital, said " Good God! is it possible that such a thing as this could be allowed in a city like Cork, xvhere the authorities are sup. posed to be so enlightened, and muist be awvare, if they chose to in- quire, of such an atrocity being carried forward in their port, and I mav say under their eye ?" Mir. GRIFFITIIS, his worthy colleague, said, from lis knowledge of the affiirs of the ports of Curk aud Bristol. he was zonfident, if such a practice had existed, it must have been very clandestiiely carried on as he was sure no respectable nmagistrate or commercial man would tolerate, nay, allow such a practice, ruinous to the re- spectability of thelir character a5 mercantile men. The passes for the pcople being made out, lUr. KA LIXSOX said, he should take care to apprise the Secre- tary of State tbr the Hom e Department of this pmctice, in order that, on its being commlunicated to the Itish antihorities, it might mnost effectually be stopphed. The woman named the ZTiro.1flio Captain Brown, as the ship that brought her over. POLICE.