Police.
The Times, 1824-01-24T00:00:00

Gu!LTDnLrL.-Little .Waddiagton, the once far.famed radical stadrdard bearer, after nmany vicissitudes offortune, includingamong others a durance 'vle in the Cold Bath.fields prison, bas at lengtt resltmed Ms folrmer profession, but in asmore dignified situation, ria longer hinself a' placard.bearerj but a master and diiecror of placard-bearers, having got himself engaged at what he terms " a comfortable salary," as a sort of placard-master-general, to one Pool, a rofessed chcap coal-merchant, of the nature of whose dealings thepublichave heardl so much sometime ago, oninformations against hinm at this and another public office, and *vhose immense plaeard-boards present a continujal annoyance not only to the eye?, but to the heads. and shoulders of the passengers in Fleet.street and on LudTa-tehli'd. The feows who cerry these boards, as might be expected, are eontirually coming in contact witli the street-keepers, the essential partof whoseduty. itisto prevent the obstrsction aud annoyance they occasion. All this opposition on the part of the officers, Wad- dington of course holds to be injustice and oppression, and loud and repeated have been his complaints both at the Mlansion-house and at this justice room ; but as the statute forbids not only the fixing, but the carrying or holding these sort of annoyances in thu public streets, his applications for redress for the supposed injuries have been ineffectual, to the great indignation of the little orator, who upon the last ocecsisn, gave vent to his feelings byt cxclaiming, i' I am not Diogenes to be going about with a candle and lantern to hunt for an honest mran, but there is a new invention of compregst gas lately. I must buy a lantern f ull of it to deek out for justice" Undismayed, however, by his repeated defeats, he again made his appearauce at this office yesterday, to support a complaint against I Snow, the street-keeper of Ludgate hill, for not having complied I with the wording of the statute, in giving him notice, verbally or in writing; wherc he deposited two of these placard-boards, he having seized and carried aavay a couple of them, without giviilg him any notice whatever where they were. This complaint wYas obviously a mere feint to procure an opp-ortunity to deliver a long oration on the hardships and opprnssions his poot feUlows were subjected to, some of whom bat folught for their King and country, and vere willing to fight for iheir Sing and countrv again, if necessary; but the Alagis. 'tra}e, Mk. Ala.; A,esLEr, havirig probablv no taste for this species of 6tatbiry, insisted on confinlig' him to the specifle complaint, and cut short hs speech by cailing upon Snow, who decared that he told the linen at the time that he should take the boards to the green- yard, and broUtght the so'll.taier biA bgaa te-hill, wbo also substan- tiated that fact. Waddington5 on his partw, produced the two men trom whom the bdltcis Dadl been tatcen, aliE wMas proceeilng tO qUe&. tion thent ac to the who1e-&ar, how they bad bcen assaulted, &c., when the Alderman again ;interps.,d, by obseiving that it was no. torious that every thinig seized as obsirti,?ns by the officers of the city were taken to the gretnyard; that it -aa'ld not be eveu lpre- tended. that the complathants did not know what had be.,yi done With their boards; and he had no hesitation in believing the tol1-tnler,who had no interest in tbe akfair, that Snov had stated he should inke thent to thb greenyard, and accordingly dismissed the complaint. to the great dissatisfaction of littlea laddy, who expressed h1is deter- i:ination to eirnlilo a solidtor. gad file tcgular informations anew, for he would have Jastite. QUEEN.SQUAIZ.EO-n Thutrsday iMr. John Gyse Sleroart, a yotng gentlenma, a native, of the ast Indies, was charged with having threateuedthe life of Henry Westmacott, Esq. R. A., res,id- ing at 31, Cadogan-plaee, Sloane-street, -Chelsea. It appeared that iliecomplainant, the celebrated sculptor, is the uncle and guardian of the defendant, wbo at.the age of 16 (soon af t.r he canme to this country) was articled to his uncle for thie tersr of seven years, during which time he was treated with the greatest kindness, and allowed a salary of twenty shillings per week, exclusively of his boarn and lodging. On hig Attaining the age of twenty-one, whicd was about tive inentbs since, he absconded, and went to a entleman, in tie nhme of h,is uncle, and obtained 41., wvhiclh he alptro iatod to his own use. Subsequently he wrote a letter to .edr. IVestmacott, saying that lie had, throu&h necessity, bor- rowved the 41. in Iis name, and expressing his cuatrition ; tl,e letter concluded by aceta intin him, that lie had, since his ab- sence, got married to a lady of ioitune, and that thev were living in Douglas.street, Westminster. 31r. Westmacott willingly forgave him for having obtained the money, and feit it to be his duty to nmake somie inquiries into tha respectability of the lady to whom he had beconme united, and whom he represented to be a lady of property. From the ihq uiries he learnt thpt she wvas very inferior to his nephew. However, 1r. Westinacott d-cl ot wish to* be the le.ans of pro- noting any unhappintss, thinking by his assiduity to his business, his nephevi mllight ba able to live in respectability upon his salary, and a small proverty vlhich lie pssessed; In order to facilitate his wislies, he wvrote to him, oflering to take him into his emiploy- inenit again, at -n advanced salary, wvhichi ofrer he accepted; but on his return lie hecame indolt-t and' lazy, and whenever he was remonstrated with, lhe swore lie would not be dictLated to by any such peri'on as' him D(M:r. Westunacomt. On Tuesdiv last lie vas so insolent, that he was desired to leave the house; and on going out he pitt his hand en sona- edge-tools, and de- clared he would make him G'tlr. Westmacott) suffer one day or otlier, and that he would "do tor imi before long." This was the threat complained of; atid he (ir. WVestmacott) was fcartul lie WOuld put it in execution, and do hinm some grievons bodily harm, sucw a2s the irritability of his dispositiov. Alonsieur Testi. in the cinoloy of dilr. 1Vestmnacott, heard the defendant make use of the threltening svords; from which lie inferred he meant to sacrifice dlr. Wi estmacott. Alr. Stewart, in answer, declared he had no -design on the life of his uncle, and attributed bis makinK use of the . iis consplaified of to lis being irritated at his (31r. Westimacott) havinr d3efamed the charactr ot' his wife, whom he has more than once designAated a strutupet. He beggedi to tell dIr. Westinacott, that she was a lady by birtis, and that her conduct had never been before aspersed, and *it woas niost ungentiecnanly in him to endeavoui to inJure hler reputatios,. Thle .Mfagistratc regretted that there should ea any discord between Mlr. Westinacott and dilr. Stewart, esps. -caiay ^s they. were so nearly related to each other. Alr. We'estnma. colt had undoubstedly a right to be protcated from any violcnce wlici; h conslidered mi;giht be olffered to him in pursuance of the threaE thal had been held out, therefoire he should Xcall upon him (.llr. Stewart' to enter into sureties of 1001., and two housekeepers in 501. each, ti keep tha puice towards'lis.uncle. r. Stewartamud tWo of his fi iend- entered into the required bail, and he was thereitmon liberated. ,A MHTt}-STP.EETr..41hr. Rlardse_y, wllokeeps a winevaultsin high-street, Sha4swll, was brought up on a warrant, charged viih assasulting - Wilson, mate of a west country trader. The- plainttftPs statement -was, diat he was walking peaceably alont the street on Sunday evening last, w-hen the defendant viuo lentf:v avssaulted him, by siriking him- several times with his fists. without the least provocation on his part." Mr. gumsey stated-that he had good reason to suspect the con:- plainaut was uising every'eXert0on to seduce his daughter, vho was only I o. and that on tie Sunday evening- he had sent her to church, under the protection of the servant, who was a married wonman, as hIe 'and jMrs. Rumsey were obliged to remnain at home to attend to the 'house; but afterwarrfsi suspectin" that the complainant would be lying in wait for his daughter, he Iollowed her at some distance iin perceived a and betbres8he got to the chiurch, he saw him get in be- tween her and the servant, and linl; her by the arm; she tiade some jittle resistance. at this, but not as much as he couild wish or ex- pected. - Upon this he went tip, and being unable to tsuppress lhis feelings, he viastised him, not in. his own opinion undeservedly, how- ever he inight havc violated the lawvs. Mr. MIATJITAS, the rc.tor of Whitechapel, told D:r. Rumsey he should never aluow fcmales so young as his daughter to go to even- ing service, uuiless i.ith a pYoper safeigard, as the churches at this tim e w.-re made places of assignation more than of-divine worship; and unless he was actually positive that the. voung man's intentions towards thehgirl icre dishionourable, he, in his opiiiion. hall acted rather rashly; his best mode would have been to disconotenance iis vis t., and chiution -him against having any thing to do with his daughter. alr. lRamsy said he hatl repeatedil done so; and here banded to thermagistiates a piece of paper whirlh the complainant had left at the bar for hi -child, bearing his name and address, evidenitly for the purpose of iriducink her tq hold a corr^spondencc withi hiim - and he was crediblv iniformed that the complainant had used these words:- " I'll be d- d if I doh't havehis danghter, whether I get his mioney or not " TVhe coumplainant, by wav of answer to Mr. Rumisy, made seve- ral asseverations thit hlis *ntentions towards Mliss Ramsey were no other titan - honoutable, and- that he had not exchangedl a dozen words with her ihen he left town for Shields; and shortly after his -arrivil there-he had a ietier from her. The Alpgistraesetoldthe love-sick sivadn he rnight as wvell have kept the afl'air of tlile letter withini his ewn breast, and that if he had had any Vat resiiect for the youtg woman, be would have rather chose to hae the onrs rest on his owii shoulders-than make her ap- pear njiar!ftecpicinithisr in the-eyes *f her father. Tbteir \!Voeshtips,iunder all Lire circumstances, discaianwd the war- - rant, at the samc time observing, that the plaintiff migFit intlict the defendanit at-the srs*if ie thought proper. POLICt.