Police.
The Times, 1824-11-15T00:00:00

MANsrrO-l.TOusrE.-After the LonD MAYoRl had quitted the justice_roolm on Saturday, Captain Francis Gomez Venegas, a Spa- nish refuigee, in a desolate condition, appeared at the Alansion-hoise, to eitreat. advice as tn vwhat he should do to Xeep himself froSn pe- rishing of hunger. He was a Captain of cavalry in the Constitu- tional army; and had fought in all the battles in the celebratet campaign of WVellington, under whom he led on his troop to victo- ries. The arms of tIhe Bourbons hall, however, been destined to crush hiim and his countrymen, and he had fldl for his life to Eng- land, where nothing nowv presented itself but a lingering death in the streets.About six wveeks agohe and his friend, also an eoficer in the Spanishi service, lhad applied to thelate Lord Mlayor, frotn whom they received considerable relief, and by whom they were advised to apply to the Spanish Committee. Unfortunately, they had nobodty to recog- nizethens as having seryed under tie Duke of Wellington, and were therefore disentitled to assistance. The Duke himself was absent from town, or they wvould both have waited upon his Grace, and presented their testimonials, which would, they say, give toill satis- faction, and no doubt cause a charitable attention to their claim.i An sceount of their application had appteared in the public prints, but it has been presumed that they would receive relief from some charity or othzr, and therefore they ceased to be objects of compas- sion tvitli those wlto are in the habit of rea(ding of the distresses of theiT fellw-,creatxsres. Fromn no qutarter have they obtained tl,e slightest. In conmeomenceof tie publication of the aceount, a lettcr was sent to Oeneral l\[elans, of Somers-town, directedl to Captain Francis Gomez Venegas. The General sent to the Captain, de. siring to see him for the purpose of delivering to him the letter; but. unluckily, when he waited upon the General, he ascertained that the letter, vwhic he supposed might have contained some advantageous ititelligence for hini, was either lost or given in mistake to some otl.er person. Uader these eiTcumstances, Captain Venegas, as Iiis only resource, applied at the Mansion-house, tn the hope that throughi that means the person who addressed thc letter to himn mighit be infornmedl that it had not reached him. Mlr. Hobler, who pcrceived that hanger hadl made its ages upon the fraHei oi'the utnfortunateoflicer, intimated taiiin thfflere were public journalists whio never omitted the statetnents of' the calamities of titeir fellow-creatuires whetn they believedl that an appeal to the public would protduce thte desired effect. This case appeared to be one of a calamitous nature, indleed; and he was cenvittced, front what he had observed with respect to the transactions of the office to which lie belonged, that there could be no hesitation ttpon thliS topic. Captain Venegas said he and his frienid, who woutId have accom- Fanie(d him to the '71ansion-house had he not been obliged to stay at tl.mr to eadeavoUr to cobble his shocs, sould not express in adequate ternms their feelings of gratitude to the late Lord Mayor and Alder- maan Crowther for their generous kindness upon the first application. But the means of supporting life Were now quite exhausred, and wtlitout some help in the natie of the God of tuercy, titey must cer- tainly perishl of starvation. The officer's countenance bore ample testimrony to the trtit of tftis -tumunai preclction. lSut tnere was also in it an expression of internal agony proceeding from other causes, which was ca'culated to excilte as much compassion as the picture of famnine that presented itself. Mlr. 8obler put into his hands the means of support for a (lay or two; but he slated that the Lord Mayor had, he feared, no power to grantrelieffrom any funds over which his Lordship had any pub- lic control. CaptaibY Venegas, upon being asked where he lived, said that he and his friend, who had Rerved under General Mina, lodged in a garret in a public house, No. 9, Richmond-street, Leicester-filcds. The poor offlicer then bowed, with his hand upon his heart, to Alr. Hobler, and withdrew. MAltAILBOROUGHcSTREFT.-. Margaret Sullivan, the little girl examined on Friday, wma on Saturtlay brought again to the office from St. Oeorge's UWorklhouse, under the following cir- cumstances:1rt appears that, some days ago, the officers of St. Giles's parish preferred a charge at this offce against a person named Lane, an aactioneer, in High-street, St. Giles's, vwho last year served the office of night constable in his own right, and is serving this year as a substitute, of having been in a state of in- toxication in the watchliousc, and incapable of performing his duty; and upon that occasion it was" stated by the Watchhouse. keeper, that he had reason to believe that Lane on that night used very improper violence in the watciliouse towards a young creature who was brought in in the course of the night, having been found, wet and exhausted, sitting in the street by a watchman. This charge appeared to the magistrate, Alr. DYERt. to BO fullV demand an investigation, that the case was adjourned until the cvi- dence of the girl could be procured; and Saturday was the day appointed for It. It now turns out that this poor young creature, AlargAret Sullivan, was the person brought upoR that occasion to the watchouse, anti alleged to have been ill-used by the constable; and she was therefore brought up on Saturday to state all she recollected that occurred to her at the watehhousc that night. Tle parish offi- cers of St. Giles's attended to carry on the investigation, but Lane did not appear, and the Magistrate was informed that he was pre. veotettfrom doing sio by che'execution of another legal proceeding, which compelled his appearance in another place.e The caae was, ot course, adjourned until Lane can come forward, anid the girl was again sent back to the workhouse to be taken 'Care of for the present. ]Before she left the office, Mvr. Sheppard, of the firm of Sheppard and Hancock, the extensive glass,manufac. turere in CocksPur-street, entered, and, adldresing the magistrate, said, t at he had that .norising seen iin the newspapers an account of a young girl, named Alargaret bullivan, as being in a state of gretat destitution. The Magistrate said, there wast such a case, anid the girl was then in the office. All the particulars cf her ease, as we stated them in Saturday's paper, were then related to Mr. Sheppard, and condros. ed by atre young creature herself, who spoke in a mild, calm, and artless manner. She expreased the greant t gratitute for the shelter that had been gives her at her worakhoue,where she said shi received everv kindness, and was conifortable and lappy. She expressedher sorrow for having, in the agony of despair annd misery, broken mr. Gas's shop window, and hoped that gentleman woult pardon her. tior. Gas, who woe i present, adr takes considerable ifnterest in the poorgiel's fate, said, that he firely forgave her, and so fur from feel. iag any regret at the loss of his witndow-;,Iass, (whicha, by the way, was a pane of plate glnss), he was rejoiced that it was the meatis of having the poor girl, in all probability, humanely protected for the ftiture. The w rl's hands were liars examined, and found to be very little cut, which appeared extraordinary, as Mr. Gas said that she thrust bothliatir armrs througrh the glass, and absolutely fell upois her face and hands amiongst a windoew full of jcwcllery, which she scat- tered aLbout, but there was nothin)g lost. M1r. Sheppard said, he came with a view of taking this girl and pl,acing her in the Mlagdalen Penitentiary in BlacIcrars-road, of whih he was agovernor. Her case seemed t he one that peculiarly catlled for the protection of this institution, and althnough there were at present many more applications for admission than could possibly be complied wfth, yet, Alt. Sheppard taid, ha ahould make it his pe- collar care to uee that this young creature was admitted. TheAMagistrate sai,, that at present it wvould, for a particular pur. pose, be necessary to keep her for a little time longer at the work- house, wherce she is ; but when her presence there -was no longer re- quired, Mlr. Sheppard should be informed of it, and his humane in. tentiona carried into effect. Mlr. Sheppard now stated that the object of the Miagdalen Institu- tion was to protect and encourage the reformation of young creatures lilce thiis, who are really siincere in their wish so relsnquish a life of yiceandprofigay. hen heygo ito hernstitution their own wearng apare, whtevr itmay e, i takn carge of for tlhem, usn- Lii heyareworhy f bingdishared,andsitations in service pro- curd fr tem Ths, n omecass,wasInsxoeih at, most gneraly In 1 monts, duingwich tm hywr rs pecular tothe Islituion. heirow lothe r hr eundt them, and if they have none, they are supplied trith same fit to go to service in. 31r. Sheppard now asked the girl if she sincerely wished to take shelter in such an institution as he had described, aud conduct herself with propriety?-She replied with tears of gratitude, and clasping her hands, that indeed she should, and she should for ever be arateful for such protection. Mr. Sheppard then left his card of address with the magistrate, who promised himself to call upon Air. Sheppard. and Inform hinm when he can have the girl given up to him. the( days of admission, .Mtr. Sheppard sail, are thle first Tbursday in every nmonth. A boy, named WVilliam 8 Rth, was charged on suspiclon of stealing a portmianteau, containing wearing-apparel, the propcrty of thb Dulke of Ieinster's coaichman. Shapley, the coachmani, stated that the Dake of Leinster was at present on a visit to the Earl of lHarrlngten, hi the Stable-yard, but ne(te coachman) waB^ lodging in thcl house of the prisoner's mother. I He had once caught tile boy in his rooin, examining the portmanteau very closely, and on Woelnday last he founid that It and all tts contents were'carried oh- i: - enie ko this odlce; and stated his loss to Plank, the chief officer, who, to his astonishmenit, awhled hini if1 the portmanteau wid not contain a small accpunt-book, which he said i. didl. Plank then told him that lie would find his portnanteau in a certain pond near Kinightsbridge, anid sure enough tlere it was found, cut open, and every article taken out. The portmanteau was here produce-l in the state described. It ap- peared that a few minutes before the coachman came to make known his loss to Plank, a young matl had culled upon the officer, and told I him that a little boY, wlho was waterting a horse at a bond near Knightsbridge, foluitiin it a portlanitedaa, with nothing iti tt buit ia small account.book, bat they would not dlisturb it until the officer was told of the circumstance. The suspicion against the ptisoner was, hbi having been seeft ex. amining the trunk, as above stated, and liis having lately assoeiated with very bad characters. -HIe was renmanded, to haYe further inquiry made. POLICE.