Police.
The Times, 1824-11-25T00:00:00

- JAXs1oW-0J1UsoE.-.The LoaD MAYO5 has within these few days received a number of sniall sums -for the relief of the Spanish refugees, and there appeats to be a strong desire that some conmmittee -shiould be formned' or sorne prteedings udepted for the g4veralrelieft' dfo the-grounhds f-humanity.alooie.. Amnontgst the letters received by his Lordship, was onejfronm ricentlemano 7efit respectability. who,. in sending a contribution of 6ij; thus c.Presses his owvn sentcient8 antd those of bis friends!-" Deeply M1bcted by the tiEpiorable con- dition of man.rvSpanish refugecs} norw-pining in want in the midst of plenty, in this great and: loiturishing metropolis, wherein dwell so maj richf, patriotic, an(l generous citizens-moved by compassion for men waose offfence is at. worst one of error, not of baseness or selfishness-fearing that.the British Governmnent cannot extend effec- tual relief to them without dotispronhinisig its pacific views, we invite our fellowvrcitizens of all- denominations togive something towar.ls the. preventibn of thecse unfortunate men from perishilnt. In making this-call, we.expressly disclaim all political.or party feings, :whi6h we feiir obstfucts rather than tCcilitates the relief of these un- happy epC rpaitst. It is possible that some may disapprove of the cause in which they suffer, hut they now suffer to ruch a degree, as; tq make us fn?get ourdisapprobation,in emotions of pity and chairity." The IiOitD 5MAYOk wholly approved of the view taken of tle subject by the humane citizen wvho had written to hlim. anid expressied his willingness to second any thilng that miight be done in the way of ralsing a subscription for the general relief of those refugees who had received no relief from Govemient. 86n6e emigrants afterwards presenteti themselves to his Lordship, and related many cases of eXtreme suffering. They were informed that the LoRD MJAYoU would proGttre a list of those whn were re- lieved by Government, and that it was hoped that measures would be adopted for the relief of a!l those who substantiated thieir clairr's. A vounu' mnan named J. P alf wt vas brought before the LaRn AYOIR, t harged wvith having uttered a forged check, on the bnank of Sir John Perring and CU., for the sum of 2611. 18s. TRhe priSOner is the same person wh, about six weeks ag-o was brought bef'ore Aldernman WAITIIMAN\on suspicion of havingfot-ced a check for 2001. in tile naume of his fiormner as:er, Air Willians, tea.dealer of- Jewry.street. upon the house of Allr. Williams, of Bir. chin-lane. In that ease, the check was regularly uttered, and the mone obtained, but theprisoner wasdischarged, therebeing nrcbody in the banking-house who could identify him. iUr. Oliver Vine, one of the clerks 'to the finn of Ferrint an.il Co., stated, that on Tuesdav afternoon, at about three o'clock, the prisoner caine into the bankingc-house, and presented a check for 2611. l8s., signed with the names of Messrs. Capper and Stevens. WVitness hiad some doubt of the genuineness of the signature, bitt as the firm was one of great respectability, he htsitated in quiestioning it, antd entered the check for the purpose of goinig throughi the pro- cess of cashing it. He showed it, however, to another clerk for hiis opinion, andi was told bv him that it was all tight. WVitness then ga've thc pri8Oner 2601., Lut before he gave him the odd money, the clerk who hald just given a favourable opinion as tr, the check sur- gested that it would be prualent to inquire into itl correctness. WVitness then asked the prisoner whether he had received the check from Mlessrs. CapperA lie replied that lie had not, but that he had received it from fr. Purdie, of the Comnnercial Sale- rooms. Witness requested that one of the other clerks would go to .1leggrs. Capper's, to mrake the necessary inquiries on the sub- ject. In a few minutes after the chieck had been taken off to Miesss. Capper's house, the prisoner, whom the witness permittesl to re- rm,ain by the counter with the moneY in his hand, front a feeling of delicacy, observed that there was something odd about the check, and that he was out of employment. Ile proceeded to make some further observations, but the witness did not now remember them accurately. However, he told the prisoner that he toight a,s well give back the money, and step into a private room. This the pri- soner immediately did. When in the room, apparently as if in continuation of the previous conversation, he said *that he was out of place, and had given the porter of. the Royal Ex- change a shilling to stick up a notice lor him for a place: that whilst he was superintending this operation, a person of verv respectable appearanc c <ame up to him, and asked him whether he w anted emplovment; that lie replied in the affirmative, antI was then taken to the New York Coffee-house bv the gentlenian who gave him the cheek, and appointed to wait there till he should return. WVhen ithe prisoner was asked by witness wvhere he bad lived, he re- plied, that he had been in the service of ilir. WVilliams, of Jewry- street, where something very unpleasant iad taken place respectinig a check for 2001., whici halil been improperly paid by Messrs. W'il- liams, of Birchin-lane. Witness said, lie rcniembereul the circum- stance. At thi s moment the clerk, who had heen sent to Messrs. Capper's, returned wvith one of the partners of that firnm, who, in the prisoner's presence, declared the signature to be a forgery. The pri- soner then urged the necessity of sending somebody to the New Wori Coff'ee.house, as the person who had given him the check would en- tertain some suspicions from the lapse of time that had taken place. and probably leave the piece. He added, that a person who was sit- ting in the box at the same time~ ould prnbably corroborate hiis statement, if he wrere sought for In rime. The witness didI not send any one, or pay immediate attention to this request, but Herdsfield, the officer, was sent for, and lhe went with the prisoner to the New Yorl Coffe.-house, but no one was found there of the description mientioned by the prisoner. One of the firm of Capper and eo. came forward to prove the sig- nature to be a forgery, but the Attorney who attended on behalf of the prisoner, objected to his eridence on this point, atid the objection was held goo('. The prisoner was remanded until legal proof of the forgery shall begiven. POLICR.