Police.
The Times, 1824-10-30T00:00:00

MIA2fsrox0.ousu.-Yeeterdayanman,named Jacobs, was brought before the LORD-MrAYoR, charged on suspicion of having been ac- cessory after the fact to the robbery of the bank-notes, and other securities,to the amount of between 13 0001. and 14,OOL,tha property of M\essrs. Edmeads and Co., ofthe Ilaidstone Bank. Mr. Brown, the M1arshal, stated, that he had caused a great num- ber of bills to be distributed, offering a reward of 2501. fror the ap- prelhension of the persons who stole the parcel out of the coach-offlc- at Alaidstone, and deuribing the property. He ordered the officers to keep a look out in their several districts, and see that the bills were aU posted. They had reported to him tltat the bills had been properly posted, but that some person had goxe round, and with the meat auspicious industry cut them aU down. Unlder such circumstances, he caused the bill-destroyer to be apprehended, and brought before his Lordship. The bill.sticlcer who was employed by the Mlarshal to post the bills stated. that he was followed by the prisoner, vrho took down the 6il13 an fast as he could put them up. Witness saw himn at this work in Thames-street, in Foster-lane, in St. Martin'sile-grand, and in Tooley-street. The LoRD IMAYOR told the prisoner the charge against him as- stumed a v ery serious sbape, plaCng lhim in a degree of responsibi- lity for the late extesive robbery. The prisoner sald he had nothing to do with any robbery. He wa-s a bill-8ticker as well as the man who testified against him, and his only object in pulling down the bills was to make room for his own bills, which wereofmore importanceto the public. The LoBtD AiAYOS. asked the prisoner, why, if this were the case, he followed the other bill-sticker so assiduously, and only took down the bills in question ? Why ceuld he not ge. places for hls bills, without pulling down those which were put up at the moment, and under such circumstances ? The bil-sticker who gave evidence,said,he could probably answer that question. The printerof the bills usually employed the prisoner to notify to the public on the walls; but Air. Brown had ordered the witness to perform that offlce, and the prisoner's jealousy induced him to stick to the beels of his rival, and spoil all his work. The prisoner denied that he had done any thing more to the work of the witness than had been constantly done to his own work. The fact and truth was this :-He did not belong to the Bill-stickers' So. ciety, and therefore the members of that society did all they could to dispayage his labours, This, he was sorry to say, was the case upon most literary occasions. If any man dared to set up in the teeth of any society, he was sure to be attacked by the whole body. (hiere the prisoner produced a number of the bills In question, together with those under them, to prove that the witness had carefully covered the bills of his sticking.) A respectable printer in the city came forward and gave the pri- soner an excellent character describing him as the only honest bill. isticker he had ever met wlth in the course of his long experience. Those fellows, he declared,.doubled the expenscs of this very neces- sary nmode of advertising. He mentioned several very recent in- stances where he had sent five hundred or a thousand bills to be posted round the city, upon pressing occasions, and he found, upan caubing the men to be followed, that not one half of them bad been stuck up. They fornied a society, which was regulated for the good of trade as they described it; a proof of which was, that one of their frst rules was, that no bill should be suffered to live (remain upoIn the walls) longer than three days. It might be stated as a general rule, that little niore than halt the placards given to thiose fellows were posted and that the rest were appropriated as waste paper, and the masterdefrauded. The LonD MAYOR congratulated the prisoner on the explanation that had taken place, but told him that those who defaced or re- moved bills of this nature rendered themselves liable to be placed in an extremely awkward situation. Ills Lordship said he knew that much depreation was committed in the manner alluded to by the printer, wvho had spoken of the prisoner a5 sn exception to the num- ber of offenders. He stated for the infornation of those men, that those who made away with bills or placards in the manner described were guilty of felony.-The prisoner was thern disclharged. TiHE SPAN'sse RgrrnuEEs._Two Spanish officers, Francisco j6omez Vinegas, Captain of cavalry; and Jose Alatica Prat, Lieute- nant of Infantry, applied to the LoRD DIAYOR under the following circumstances :- They stated, that they had long served in the Spanish armies, and fought under the Duke of Wellington. Captain Vinegasirad, he said, been at the battle of Talavera, and obtained honours for his services on other great occasions during the campaign. (Here he produced an offiC testimonialof that fact-a patent allowing him to wear the cross of one of the orders for his services on that occasion.) They had afterwards fought.under General Mina und the Constitu- tlonal (Govrenment recognized by the Einglish Govrrument againstthe oppressors of their country; but now they were unsupported and destitute; they were proseribed for doing that which had previously been considered a test of patriotic devotedness-,tbey wiere not only plundered of their property, but driven from their homes to another land, in a state of nakedness. At Gibraltar, they had obtained a Slightand temporary shelter, and they readily laboured for a morsel of lread ; but, compeled to quit that refage, they were now wholly destitute, ana actually had no prospect before them but that of pe- rishing in the streets. The person of the gallant captain bore witness to thecorrectnegs of this nielanclsoly account. his face was an ashy pale, and his voice had the weakness of pulmonic disease rather thian uf exhaus. tion in it. His lips were colourless, and looked as if they had not touched.food4for days; and there was a hollowness In his tigure as he stood, from which the Idea of famine was inseparable. His com- panion was younger, sad the horrors of unsucceastul warfare had not marked hIm so awfully. The LOURD AAYOSt regretted exceedingly the misfortunes and sufferings of the poor soldiers and their. companions in arma; particu- larly, as he har no resrurces from wlich to supply them with anyefficientor perinanent relief. Governr tenthbad bumanelg and%n- sistently given relief to a number of the proseribed refugees, but he lad leayned with surprise and sorrow, that the allowance had since been confined to those who were on the Dake of Wellington's list, whicb regulation deprived more that, one half of the means of sub.. sistence. 'He did not knovi that that list was masde up, but he be- lieved it consisted of the names of those who were known to the .Dpke during the war. Serices such as the gentleaman alluded to were too freruently fborKttcn in these times; but if the applicants presen(ed their testimonials, he hoped and trusted that they would be considered as having some claim on the humtanity and generosity of Govenmet. 'ro theeapctalonthat relief would be given Govrciallynthen subscptio for the suffertehrs hiad been but inconsider- able,mand he did not know, if no furter ort were made, wh_a was to bcomeof ten, Themean at he isposal of the Italian Comu- mitte wra lmot ethaste,au heas nfonned that slter the next week's scanty allogance had been paid, dleirltaW.Wta:beanV*. The miserY which must ensue to so great a nurnSbrMxea ra. be frightful, If nothing were done to alleviate theirdUtes",- JAeijad had variou, applications, whict proved that the nunsber-d iti here _h 'ersecutiton was incre.sing to a dreadful extent. His LoRnsHr? then gave the unfortunate Sp iards a severeign for their tenporary relief, agd ditected tbem to prodstic*their testi. monials at the office of the Secretary of State for Fsreign-Al5ir Alderman CaowrLEr, whe awas present an other bnsincss, also put into the hands of the exiles a mneorial of his compassion. The refugees took their leave, expressing in warm termbstheirgra- titude for tht reception they had met with. S7JARYL2E0?;E_OFFYLcH.-Thursday evernig, A lay nacuedr Bayfield, attended by her daughter, lIady Gregory Page Turner. appeared before John RAWL5N-SON, Esq., the sitting magistrate, charged with assaulting her servant. Esther Oldland stated, that she is the servant of L3dy Turner, and that on WVednesday morning last, between two and three o'clock, she was awoke by a dreadful noise; the huewmid ran into her room, and said that the constable micd s3ne watchmen were at the door. WVitness supposed that thieves were in the house, and became so terrified as to be unabled to get out ef bed. At this moment M11rs. Bayfield entered the room, and demsanded her instantly to rise ; she stated her inability, on which Mir. Bayfield took the pillow from iunder her head, and struck her with al the pos. sible violence she could. trs. Blavfield here interrupted the witness vehemently, as well as her l,ad vslp, suiting that the was telling fal.ehoods. MN r. RtAV; LrSON beggedl the ladies to hear the witness, after which he would hear any thmng that they might wislh to say in coR. tradiction. The witness then proceeded to stute. that she went down, ill as she was, to Lady Turner, and hnmsbly begged nf her to go to bed: her Latdvlhip said. - I will as coon as Iplease." 2rs. Bavrield here again interruDted. Mr. RAWL1oNtSOs.-BUt you, rl m Bavfield, had no right toass. sault yonr servant, and strike her uwith a pillow. Mrs. Bayfield.-Yes. but I had, Sit; she was only a gervant, and In my service. Mr. RAWLixsOr._ lladam, I differ very much from your mode of proceeding, and I think that you have acted vwith toe much rashness. Lady Tuiner.-Was it not correct, in the situation in which I was -dsaippointed in love, and all things very much to my dissatisfac- tiOil-that mv maid should attend me?' MIrs. Bayfield here rose and said-Sir.I w ll tell you that at the time named hy that person (Oldiand) every person wac in bed and ll asleep. Nlothing mnoved in thle hocee, uo even a fly wa' to be Alr. RAwLrwsoy.-...Madarn, I do not quite b&lieve :hat aasevc- ration. Mlrs. Bayfield again stated, that ghe was in bed, and thal her SeT- vant had left her gruel and rush-light, when she heard a terrili( knocking aRd ringing at the door. She looked immediately out of the window, and perceived several vstchmen at the door, wh,o saated that some persons had got down the area. She then became alar- ed, and ran up stairs to call Lady Turne:r'c servant, who wo-uld aot eet up. Mr. RAWLrxsox.-But why did youso abuse her with the pil low?p Instead of answering, her Ladyship and MTm., Baylleld beame violent. Mir. RAWr.rxTNSO2.-But, Madaso, Imnuatbeg you to be quiet. You have attacked your servant, and therefore, as she has taken her oath that you have assaulted her in a most improper manuer, I now heg, Mladam, to say, that you must fnd bail to answer foer the assault. nrs. Bayfield.You may do as you please; rll never pay a far. thingz. Mlr. RAWLItSOX hoped that some arrangement wsid be made, or otherwise she must find bail. rs. Bayfleld said that she wais answerable fcr berself, and called MUorris, the of ficer, to prove it. nfMr. RAWLISS?so asked if M rs. faayfield was a ridow. Mrs. Baydeld declined answering; *ad on SMorris being asled the question, he said she w as not. lr. RAWI.IXSON.-I will take your ovwn recognizance, as- you mustappear at the assions tn=wer any charge preferred against you. POLICE.