Police.
The Times, 1824-09-25T00:00:00

MA NSIONXS1ousE._A woman ofTrepectableappcarance cama to the Justice-room a fcw days ago, and in lears comnplained to Dir. 1IOnLER, in thc absence ofthe LonD MAY0ol,tat the-bhurchrar. Iens and overncers of a parish were detcrnmined toleparate her from a little girl whonm shc had brouglht up from infancy, and loved as her own child; and that the calamity of such separation was aIgra- vated by thc fact that they meant to cast the unfortunate child an it were, amongst the dregs of thc workhouse. Mr. HOBLEa adviseC her to nientioni the particulars to the LORD IAYOR, who, he was convinced, would interfere toprevent what the waru-bhearted crcature anpeared to consider the grcatest mnisfortune that could befall her. Vcsterday the parish-ofJicers having busiieas to trnsnact in the Justice.eoom, she attended, and made a statement to the following effect. Thie little zirl is the illegitimate child of the sisterof a gentleman of rsectability in the city, and a memeber of the Corporationi. Soon alter ner birth, the parish to whose care the father thought proper to intrust her, and to whicl he had given the sum of 100 guineas as a recompense, put her into the hand(s of the cotnplaisnt to whom they allowedl a certain weeldy sE3m for her malntenanc, ihat allow. anee sustained somc tinic ago a considerable diminutIon, but the attentionsofthe affectionate nursc increased in proportion. The oarlshl officers, observiig tAt strengtd of td cattachineat, calculated (and they gave tltemselves credit for their sagacty) thlat an attempt upon titeir fart to drag the child from heir fricnd, would have the efct of' li ding them altogetlier of the burden. They accordingly canic to a rcsolution at a mestry to take the child into the hotse, as they call it-a proeceding by wilich all the advanitages which she'iad gained in a carefil edueation would be totally destroyed, anel to retc to pay the comlplainanat anly further aums towardrs her future upport, anti maintenance. Remonstrance wat usele8s. Theofficera, sithougis they perceived that the little girl was very unlike a puarish uhild. were inflexible. They were ;31etermined to separate her from tl3e c.hild, and she would p art with her life first3 The ILOnD alAv oi asked the officers whether they liatd any rea. son to suppose that the complainant neglected or ilH-treatdthle cltilid? lhe Cltitrchwarden replied, that they were iot awarre of any, thsimgof that kInd11. On the contrary, they belleved tldidt the cfiltt was treated with all the tenderness and care wshici a mothcr Could bestow. His LoDnsen'r then asked whetier it was true that:he parisli had received 100 giiinea3sfor the maintenance of the child? The Churchwarden adismitted thisalso. The complainant here said, that if before the child grew into ans affeection for her, and into a maturity of usnderstanding whicl mane her so very engaging and valuable, the parish officers had taken h1r away, the less would have been comparatively light: but tbey waited till she had attained her sixth or seventh,year, asedeould work its that mauner-(shlowlng s sample -which was exceedingly well workedi.l The LOsers MAYesn requsested to knote wlsy' if oiliberal an al. lowvanee had beenl made to the p.arish, atid the woman lied rated so lilme- nlothee to the poor Cti1dil~5 pari~ cwvi tWJI L$ lIsgpg a .~ ~~~M -ha ; tds flepaaflohA whict misut provea injutious to the child, and give preal pain to the womrn ? The Chuirchwardels gaid, ini a low tone of voice, wbich he seemed to Wish nobodY shouild bear excet the Lord Mlayor, that the fact was the parish. vitihed to get rid of the expense of suipporting the chilk~ and they thought that the best way of effecting thiat, was by -tbreaten;rig~ topp~thle child in the house. The LOirD MATAoI repro-bated this plan of -economy. He con- sidered it nothing Ies tbein a scheme for extorting money, and ex- presed his surprifee that so disgraceful a snanrenyvre s fheuld be udopted. Credit was due to- those officers who wished to diminish the expenses of the parishi, but the inhiabitants could never sanction the transfer of a child fromr such a woman, Lndl under suchi circum- sacstottie disgusting society end education of a workhhouse. TeChurchwarden seemed to feel this reproof,and respectfiully said, that he-should consult the relations of the little girl upon) thle subject of her future welf'are. aThe vre of the pTsof AII-.Hallows, Barkleng, summoned anumber of p?ihoesfor nnpyetopoors'-rates. The first case was one in which a par sliloner was charged with -not hain paid two years' arrears, amoun ting oiilsfetedd she had a house for whtch she paid 50i. per annum. atnd which she kept open as a caffee-shoit. She was unable to pay thie poors' rates ; and- if the demand was enforced, the whiole family must go to the workhouse. The hoiuse milght be let in lodgings; 'but her husband was such a drunken quarrelsome man that no~ one could be fottnd to lodge in the same house witlh him. "rhe husband is well k'nowni as a person of this character, and thie wife as a woman of excellenit clharacter. Thie LOaD MAYOR, in thiS caSe, suggested that it wouild helmru: prudent to press the claim-sof thieparish. T[he officers said, they felt thieforce of the humainerecommendation; but aruinnus practice was gaining ground in this and othier parishes, which it was requisite to supp,ress by sternly exacttng the payment of the rates in every in- stance. Thiere were numbers of persons in low circumstances rexiding in the parish, whio had been excused a long timie from the pa7menit of the noors' rates, on account of alleged inability. The effect or this indulgence had been, that the landlords were enablici either to keep up the rents wvhen every thing else was falling, or had actually advancedl them, so as to get the last farthing that was gained by tbe non-payment of the poors' rates. it was ascertained lately, that many hou.4es had been let to poor people, who were told by the land- lords, as an inducement, that they need not pay any peers' rates. These were the successors of some of thie persons who had been ex- cused ; and they declared (and with truth indeed?' that the whole of their means were taken up in the shape of rent. TLhe landlordis must' therefore be compelled to the alternative of lowering their rents, or losing their tenaints. The LonD MA%Yort ,;aid, he well knewv thiat the practice com- plainee of by the parih officers prevailed to a great extent, anti was gaining grotund. He rkn,ew% o~ne pari-sh wvhere whole courts and alleys were built upon the express sr,eculation that the tenants shiould PtLY a high rent by getting rid of the poor's..rates, in, which the-ygenei ally sticceded.H' agreed that the practice shuuld be resisted, and as a general rule1 he was determnined not to listen to the pleaeofinabilityon accountofl'igh rent; but the presentease was an exception. The poor woman wasavowedly struggling unaided to miaintain a famnily of nine children, and to save them from the worLhouse. The question, thiere- tore,fr the parilsh officers was, whether they woald forego the de- mand or masintaia the whole family as paupers ? The parish officers consulted on the subject, and we understood they wttlhdrew the prosecution for the present, in order to take the instructions of the vetry upon theea. Several other prsons.were thten procceded atainat for ncon..pav. ment of rates, inmost instances they had paid no rates at all sin;ce thyhad occupied the premises, althotigh they had been considerably under-rated in order to relieve themi. In one instance, a mnan wvho had not paict for three vears was indig- rmint that the parish officers should demandt rates of'htim, when lie paidi his landlord all he could muster. lHe mxust, hie said, quit the house if he wan pressed. The LOaD MAYOR said the defendIant mitst,then, quit the house, and find one with lower rent. His neighbours must not pay his qut, because thie landlord, exacted a high rent, 10I no instance shul person be allowedI to transfer such a burden from his own, or rathier hsis landlordl's shoulders, to those of other parishioners,upon pretence of hiigh rent, when business Nvas plentitul. GUILDrssALLr.-Our readers will doubtless recollec-t the outra- geous con(tluct of the female, named Mary A7in Pearce, (niore gene. tally known by thte designation of Lady Barrymore) at ttite Miarl- borough-street office, about a month ayo, from whenice slite was coni- mittedl to the Clerkenwell Bridlewell. Tuie termi of her linprisen. ment expired on Thursday, and she hiail celebrated the event with suclh copious libations as to get herself franticly dr-unk by two) or three o'clock in the afternoon, and in this state had set all H-olbomn in an uproar. Corby, an officer of St. Aneltew's, was called in,and withi the assistance of some six or eighit othier personis, carriedl her ladyship, kicking, sprawling, fighting, and cursing, all the way to thec Compter to the infinite diversion of ani immense mob who ac- companiesd tiem. The notoriety of her ladyship's apprehension, and the famne of her exploits when last before a magistrate, elrew numbers to the Justcice-room, in thc expectation of witnessing some similar exhibition of her Powers, corporeal and oratorical;, but in this they wvere disappointed, Theearly hour at whichi site liad been apprehendedI hadafforded sufficient time fer ier to get perfectly &ober, and witti placed at the bar before thie sitting magtstrate, Mir. Alder.. muan C ox, she curytsiedl very respectfully, and WiLth a manner that really might lhave been termed graccf'ul. Hier (tress, tiowever, thoughl tolerably clean and tidy was very far f'romn ladylike : a coarse white bedigosw, a. check-aproni, and a muslin cap, but no bonnet, together withi her sturdy figure, gave her veyv-mtuch the appearancee of a docenit kind of washerwoman. Nothing, however, could bemore decorous titan herbehaviour. She professed great sorrow for her misconduct, but it was to liquor, anid that alone, she was wlashaed to say, it was owing that shte bea uopn this and other occasions so3 exposed hierself. She entreated Isis Worship to overlook it uipon this occasion, and she would endeavoeir to avoid it for the fiAture. Mlr. Alderman Cox, fi-ading hier ladyship apparently in so con- trite and tractable a- humour, expressed his s.urpnise and~ regret that ~a female who had formerly moaved in so different a sphere of lite should not feel disgusted with the course she-had laLtterly pursued, ianda&skeel if she had no friendis living ? She replied yea; she had both a father and miother living, they were in the farming line, and respectable, in the count), of Norfolk. lHer husband, too, whose namne she bore (Pearce), wvas living; but ishe had not seeni any of them frir years. and she had so shamefully exposed Iterself', that it was hopeless to ihink of returning to any- 6f them. Slite repeated, with much earnestness, liar entrea-ty, that the magistrate would forgive her this timae, and assured him she would The Adermn, ater bstowng u in er some serious and whole- someadmoitios, acede, an shewasaccordlingly diaielarged. Her adysip, houg forerlya prttyconstant customier in) the cit, hs nt bctiincusodyat hisoffcefor nowe nearly two years. In tis nteval he apearncehasaltredvery cons~idergblifr h wrse.-yfoth AliAatLaOaOUGt-STREET.-.Yce5terdlaY a fashiionably-lookingE ehiearly lady, and iter daughter, a young woman of soinic attlactions, appeared at this office, on a summons, to answer the complaint of' Air. SwLscoe, a foreigner, one of tite late firmi of Swiscoe, Crozier, and -Swazo, harp end pianloforte-makers, No. 10, Solio-square. Alir. Swiscoe, who now resides at No. 263, Regent-street, stated, that in March, 1823, thes two ladies, who aretite wvife and dlaughter of Major WValsh, who dlid resibei at Rn-thbone-place, huit autpitesent lives at No. 2, Clhapel-street, Tottenhagi-court-roatl, causie to tie comp,lainantCs establishm-ent, in Soho-squstre, and Alrs.Walsh hiued a pi.?noforte, at tite rate of 8s. per imonith. Ti'he instrument reniamn- edin thecir possession up to the present time, wvithiout one farth ing- of the hire-money beittgever paid. A short time ago tie partnership to whicht Air. Swiscoc belonged was dissolved, and reguilarly gazetted. anti the pianoforte in question, whitl all the mnoney due upon it lhrI Ihire, fell to hiis lot in tise division of' property; so that lewsa present the entireclaiinant. Ile hiss repeatedly applicd tors ah to hiave the instrumiien t retumned to himu, anid thie sam tie ulu btitt lie cait neithier get the one nor the oUtter, and hci hta. rrfr been cormpelletl to stumnton lier, to recover h ispopr. Its opposition to thiis statement,Ais Wals t, who delivered lher- self with great flippancy, said, thathi ipoint of fact she had purcha&sedl theil panoforte in quesition of Air. Swiscoe, in t,vn moniths afe se' had ired it, antI agreed to give hiim .11. for thiC instrtutleutt, whiich was a very old and badl nne, provitded lie would drop all thatt was thien due for thle loanl of it; atid( to thlose termus he agreed, aticd co:y- sentedI to give her a certain titti to pay the moiiney in, namtely, utitil last Alerch ; so that Mlr. 8wiscoc's claimn was niothiing miore, at Intost, titana iLdebt.I Allr. Swiscoe positively dlenied any suich agreement, or evctt liav. leig had any ec,nivcrsatiomt about thte sale of thte instrumient at all. Air. COkANT, tile AMagistrate, asked Mres. WValsh if hile hadi anyv witness to thith agreement thLlat slite spoke of. She said that site hiad her dauglmtcr, wio -was present. ilr ONANT said, that it would be as well if slite had tl tiioi faydisinterestcd person, for licer daugiV.er wvas in some' Mis'us Walsh was, however, in the absence of any other witness, sworn; and she stattcd, tiat in zlie monith of March last slic was present when Air. Swisene agreed to s;ell tile piano to lher nso- titer for al., and to give hier time for tdie paymient ofthe nmoney. Mlr. CONe,stT said thiat. this accouint differed very widlely froin Alirsi. Walsh's own accounst; for sli tetated that the agreemyent to purchaser the hitirument wass in two monthisafter it was hiiredl, whichi was in Diarch, lI2W. Ailrs. WValsh said it was a tisiitakc, as to dates, ott the part of liter dauglhter. Mlr. CONANr again qurstioned Miis Walsh, but she persisted in salin that the-sale toox plitce in Marcci last. Ai. wiscoe said that it was a miost unliikely, thitig thant he would sell thec piatmo to AIes. WValtsli in Aliartlh last faGr 51., wher., in fact, there was then nea-rly that sum diue uipon it for hire. Air. CON;AXT said thapt it certaintly wvas ver unlikely; and thiere was such aP variance between the statememit of t c mother anid dau-h-. ter, whichl was very istrange, upon the subject. lie wiould advise tieparties to comne to somne agreement aniongst thecisiselve)adtk thle case at once otut of hiis hands. A gentlensats who attended with Mrs. Wmd..h said that Mrs. Walsh was ready to pay 01. for thje insotrumuent, enstoalwI.ior for the hiire. Air. COseANrl advised Mr. Swiscoce, that if this appeared to hint aythiing lilte a suifficient compensation, to accept of it, rather titan getint la upn e sbject, which tmost likely would be the etid of this contention, and cost himt more in expenlses than the whole thinig 'Alr. Swiscoc said, that as lie had a great aversion lo law ir any shape, lie would adopt the advice of the rmagigtrate, altliough he should be a loser of some pounds by doing so. I-e would therefore accept of the 7L., if paid to him; immediately, and let them keep the piano. iMlrs. Walsh end her friend said it shnuldbe pai to hitn instattly, and the parties left-tise office for that purpose. In a slit tilsie- Air. SwiscoC, however, returned, and again re- qucsted the iNtterference of the rnsgi$trate, because, he said, insteat of paying him the fi1. awas agreed upon, when they got outside, the whole of Mlrs. Wabsh's party slipped away, and disappeared in en instant, without'fmlfllUlg thdei engageuent. 'Ur. CoxA.jY said; thadlf he was so sinple-as to let tlem go off inssuch a muauner, lie could-afFord hiem iso further assistaned. Wlhy did he not insist en thc payment of rhe specificd sutit gefore he let them leave the offici ?. Air. Swiscoc said tliat lhey disappeared in an instant. mIr. CONAST said lie could not now relieve him; he had com. pletcly ruatmaedi tilenansl aedebt. Air. Swiswoe a;dd, it was a hbard case ; and he feared, fromn those he had to deal with, he should never get a shilling.besides the ex- pensesi he had been at that da. There were several tradespeople in the office, waiting the decision of thie case. QUrx:r-sQUAaE:.-Willi4ni Olivscr, the Son of the pugilist, Toom Ollver, was charged beforz Mtessrs. MARKLAND and WHITE, the A1erate,ekwIthecommittiuga lghway robbery. pbu. bStateO tlat he T?iWj?d In rotb l,wet, Westanin. ate". On the 21st of last Augut;t, about tel o'clock at edght, be was passiag aiong Delahay-strect, when some peons came bebind him and strack him a violent blow on the besa, and he fell on ths ground in a senseless state. On neovering bis senses, he found .a man standing over him, drawirg his watch from his fob pocket, and as soon as he htLd got possession of it, the robberihanded *t to a fermale who stood behind him. Witness here lookel at the pri. soner, and stated, that he could not positively swcar that he was the man, but he resemnbled him in size Ee had subsequently .seen his watk:h at the sbop of Air. Joseph HTarris, a pawnbroker, lIa 170thilllstrmet Ar Harritt, pawnbroker, stated, that on the 8t.h of September, , the prisoner Oliver brought a watch to his shop to pswn, and asked one p'und on itw itness gave him 1le He was positive as to the prisoner being the person wbo pawned it. MIr. MARrMAND, the magistrate, asked the prisoner to givesome account of his obtaining possession of the wate ? Y'oung Oliver said that he did not steal it, nor know of it' lbding stolen, and he could produce the person of whom he purchased it. I Alr. -MAtgLAND.-Of whom did you buy it, and what did yoL give for it? Young Oliver.-T bought it of a ran named Turpin, and grave him a pound for it. Cooper, the officer, here stated to the maglstrmte tCast Tnrpin was as notoriouu a character as any man in N estmrinster, and had ab- sconded since the apprehension of young Oliver, and Turpin's wife had been lurking about the police-officeaU day, for the purpose of communicating to her hutsband the result of the present examination. Mltr. MAlARLA?NI)Pray, Mlaster Oliver, what do yon do for a Young Oliver.-I go to fizhuk with rmv father, and generally mnake three or four pounds at each fight, by ,etting wsggons to the spec. tat(Ir'r. Alr. IMA RLAND.-Your father has brought vou up I am sorrr to .say. n n way not likely to promote your interes"s. I aisought your father had left off'prnze-figlacing. Yoang Oliver.-Yes, he has; but he belongs to the 7ri, and bets, and gets money by attending matches, &c. at the Fivcs' Court. ,Mr. AlAuauAsciD.-..our connexion w-ith the notorious Turpin proves to me that you are initiated into the very worst habits, and I shall commit you to prison. Yoi eung Oliver.-I can only declare that I am innocent of the rob'. bery. and 1 think it is hard to be committed, when I have stated who was the son from whom I obtained the watch. Mir. WHITE.lf you should by chance get through this charge, Iadvie you to have nothing more to ldo with orize-fighters, and such Icharacters as Turpin, or it will lead you to your ruin. Young'Oliver.-Thank vou, Sir. wounlde tOIrK..aND.. iinAd I tilink the best thing you could do would be to go for a soldier. Young Oliver made some objection to M r.Mbarkland's proposition, and was comnitted fer re.esamination on Pridey next. Towwe..sALL,..'Two days back a genteel yeoiag lady, named Davis, applied Lo Mr. Alderman J. J. SbirTrs, at this offiM to solicit his advice, statinc, that she had come to town a day er two before by one of the Richmond stages, to the coachman of which (J7'ncs 'Mflish) she entrusted a parcel, contamiuirg amonz other things, six entirely iiew silk handkerchiefs, of the value of IL 7s., the bill and receipt for which she produced: on alighting, the parcel was, returned to her, but found, on inspectioui, to be deficient of the silk handkerchiefs mentioned. Thecoachman wasapplied to on the subject, who replied he was not bound to take care of passengers" uInggage, and knewr nothing whatever of thetm. She did not mean to impute dishonesty to the man, and was content to cousider the lwa accidental; but certainly expected that loss to fall either upon the taan or his mraster. Mr. Alderman SietITl saidhe would grant a summon- for theap, pearance of the man, if that trould be any satisfaction, but he wa* fearful he could render no %ervice. Upon a summnons issuing, IVI elfish this day appeared, and being apprised of the complaint, said he left the coach in Piccadilly, to be driven into the city by another roan. He knew nothing whatever o1 the property, and for which he consi. dered he was no way accountable. Alderman S,ITTH.r YoUr master is, and liable to nn action for recovery; yet the lady is willing to considier it purely accidental, and in which light I also view it, and there is not the most distant sUs- Ipicion of your integrity; nevertheless, i; is scarcely to be expected the lady will sit down contented with the lass. So-ne adjustment t think ealled for. A boy who handed the parcel to iMilss Davis front the boot, aD.. mitted one of the corners was loose. Alderman SlIT 1r informed M1iss Dais he knew the man to heetr an unimpeachable character; and as passengers in short stages were continualliy getting up and down, he thought a compremise the most unexceptionable way of settling th,e matter. To this Miss Davis acr ceedAed immnediately; and coachec paid 13s. 6d., the one half of the value, which threw him a little into the sulks, but he got over them. and the expenses of the office were reintted. POLTCF.