Police.
The Times, 1824-08-30T00:00:00

MAnTLROROUTGOU-ST. ,T.Thc unconquerable ,5f1ay A'?nl Pearcer, alias Lady Barrymore, who egrtainly displavy a spirit and proweks worthy a3 btter cause, tras brouglht to this omFice, ihr about the twenty-fifth time within the lact twelve months, on ThurEat l-j evening, at the sitting of the magistrate. It seems she had lain in the watch-house since nine o'clock the evening before, to becomrie qualified, by tobrietv, to make her appearance before hi worship. Slr GFoRGE ALTEssSOX hanpened upon this ocwasion to 1side for the retular Magistrate, and on hearing the complaint against ilary Annre, whose perfe^t hbstory he waa not in posse.sion of, after reading her a long lecture on the impropriety of l!er conduct, he directexl that slie should be taken back to the watch-house. ahd brougkt up azain the next moning l,efore tome Alagis- trate who knewr her better. Upon hearing the order, her Lady- ship; who stood all the while previously, listening to his Wrorship. as calm and demure itS a vestal, withi one handcarclesSlv under her apron, now drew back, and ti,king aim at Sir QEotoy'shead. let fly at him something w hich appearetl about the size of a 12-pounder, bi tt which fortunaitely did no further damage than discompose a few of his curls, and then striking the wall, rebointded back aeain to its mistress. U pon examiniag Nhis piece of ammunition, it was found tO consist of her ladyshipls under-petticoat rolled into a hard ball, and bounrI with, a har.d1kerchief, whiclh preparatory process, no doubt. It had undergone at the watch-house. ThiR salute astonished Sir GrEORGE not a bit more than the recognition of his person by her Ladyship,who now addressed him in a most tuneeremonious stvle,and cone uded by reminding him, that if he kept his carriage and livery- servants now, she also did the sanme at one time, After the ususal plunging and kicking fit that accompannies the at. ternpt to eonflne her ladhship's person, she was taken to the Watch. house for the night1 and the next morning brought before ,M r. ROE, the magistrate, who, when he saw 5iary Anne at the bar, expressedi his surprise, having himself comimitted her ab,out a veek before, and saving, that surely he must have done so for more than seven davy. aln asked her how she yot out? Whv, out at the doer (said she) to be sure; do you suppose I climbed aver the waU ?" M r. Ro E asked her no more questiona, but inquired what was the charge against her now ? Bartlett, one of the besdlts of St. Gile's spairish, said, that about 9 o'clock on We&nesday evening he was passing through Drurv-lane, and saw Miss Mlfary Anne blind drurk, dancing and prancing in the m-td, in the middle of the street, with about 100 persons round her. He attempted to take her into custodr, but she struck him right in the centre of the forehead, and droTpped him-as if he were shot; two other constables came up, and she floored them likewise; and her hand being now in, she knocked down every man, woman, and childl that Ariie in her wayz and it was only by turning out the whole posse c^omSibuieofllrut-y.lene, ant! by ty ing her hands and feet, that she was seeured, and carried, body and bones, to the watchhouse. MIr. ROE said, that he really knew not what to de witlh her. lrhe bealel entreated that she might be confined for life, as she srotte sh- woaldennihil3te him wen she6goteoat, and alsodeclared that she oould -exterminate Sir George Alderson. Mlr. RoE said, it was quite useless to address any admaonition to her ; she must find bail. " Where the hell am I to find bail," said Mlary Anne, " unless I send for the Duke of York or the Bishop of London, and I dlon't like to do that ?" and suddenly dropping the subject of bail, she aimed a terrfic blot at Bartlett, the beadle, which, luckily for him, fell short, and only relcied the mouth of-a man who was an other business at the office, and nearly deprived him of all future power of naftlictioh# 9heb next turned round and directed her batterv against a reporter, and after accusing bini, not in the mrost gentle terms, of expsing all her little foibles in the newspapers, she levelled a blow at him, whiclh,had it reached him, would hate put him past reptrt- Uilgfor some tlme. The Magistrate thern ordered her to he taken out of the oilice but who was to approach lher first, was the qaostion. It was Bart- lett's duty, but destruction atared him in the face if he attempt- ed it. After an awful pauses however, it was joyfully announced that her Ladyship was inclined to treat upon reasonable tetins- namely, that if a wide space were left clear frr her to march out of the office, without anr one presuming to approach her, she would quietly walk after MArsden, the gaoler, tothe lock-up room. These terms were gladly accepted, andi her Ladyship fulfilled her engage- meet to the letter. Mr. RoE now addressed Mfr. Biggs, the assistant overseer of St. Giles's parish, and said that this woman was really now becore so desperate and dangerous a character, that something must be done and he would ad vise Mit. l3igg to represent to the parish authori- ties the necessity of indicttng her as a common public nuisance. AtMr. Biggs said. he certainly should follow the magistrate's ad-ice. On Satutidy twto young boys, named John Baktr and SXnt74eA Geetn, were charged with ?obbin^ thte gardens of the Riglht lion. George Canning, of Glo6eesterloldge, Brompton, and Mr. Gibbs, uurseryman, at Brompton. 't'he prisoners were caught in the gar- dens in the act of pulling apples from the trees. The boy Geens, whose father was in attendance, turned out to be a lad of good cia- racter and Industrioui habits, but seduced to the comnmissidon of this ofieace by the -other prisner, end therefore Mr. DYsER, the magis. trate, as enmpuwered by the act, directed that he should pay to Mr. Gibbs a compensation of ha., which his father paid for him, and he was discharged. The other prisoneR (Bakcr),who, while he stood at the bar, either was, oraffected to ba,in afainting [it, and was describ- etd as an old hand at robbing gardens, was also ordered to pay 5s., and not being able t do so, the magistrate gave dielctions that he should be -well flogged. -VUWN.liALl._,J iThW Saia an WIlC, n3meoti 1 awrs, app1relz to answer the fodlowing complaint:.-A womnan of very decent apDear- ance, named Hutchins, stated that she appeared for the injored party, who lay on the bed of death in Guf?'s Hospital, and whOse name was Sumannah tlatthaoa1 and was only 22 sears of age. She was the daughter of a respectable fairmer, and had been debauched under the most crmel circumstances, but retained the sense of her degradation, and wished to conceal it, and with teeling engaged a private lodging from the defendanta at the rate of h. per week, and gave a reference. as to her general coniduct to a person who had known her for two years. The inqwtiry of the defendants /was satisfactorily replied to, and they agreetZ to accept her as a weekly tenant, and took 5s. depa- sit. The following day the unhapoy girl sent two trunks, containing w7earing apparcl, -besides several articles for her domestic use, with the intimation that she herself would follow in the evening, and take possession. Within an hourof the intended timeof starting she fainted In thearms of the wimess; and after every attentionit was ir herpower to bestow for two days, whA conveyed to the hospital, where she re- mains, in the estremity of no hopes being entertained of her ever occupiying the lodlgings. At the end of three weeks her property was applied for, when a demand was made of 15s. for three weeks' rent, indepetdent of vthe 5. in advance, and although they, the defendants, had the day tollowigher attack placed a bill in the window to let Itne room;~ and' eefused deliverv unon -nv *ther terms. The def,cnce was aa cruel as.the act'which called tbr it, consisting of' a t;ssuof fabricated assertiotis which were sworn to be false by S2X wttniSte. . - fMdenActi; .J. SMtTH said it waS a most audacious attempt atimnitloti tie Ss., the eardest, they ought to have been contented wit? th, . inequitr they had tlo right to retain it; the unrighte. ouscitii of'tecic conduct was equatlled br thetr total disregard of the commonest feelIings of 'humanity. ie ordered the goods to be te. *stored; sendmngzn offie"r to see it done. lJ1o9- XL-.-Mr. Ralphe, thebbutcher, of Walwortb, a.ccom- ogtni d byhis-Wreife, in whose shop a gentlernan .complained he had ar ppvd ia 5L note,.un account of which appeared in our pLper of W'eInes4ay' lst1, -attended in this. office on Saturday. He stated that- in consequence of'the publicity given te the awenient of the eendtkle'at *Rs the newspapers several of hir. best etstomets4ame to his shop, an~d declared that tbey would not purchase another ounce of m;eat fi 'othts , i& he'.lid not produce tothemn.a.receiptfrom the gentlenza:} acknowkdging his having received back tlw 51. Mr. Ra} he 1tate. that.he-now attended 'with his wife, who cerne for- wardifth h in orderto declare most positively that she was un- ableto nt h tw the 61. note belonging to the genth.man.came into her' posqenlk Not withetaiding, he said, in co3eq uen'e of the threats of h Fomeri he wasnow r,prepared to give the gentle. man 5S. tinPtu receipt for that SUm, sh ' if she had h'r way. she woM1' Ilot give th( gentfiernal a f4irt iic; z c 5!. note had bren given to, her 'she 'wi Co0fi.&rtbv a custotoier in the way of blisines4zon theSatzuaY; b.: Troin wl2atciAtonier she could not now sav, aad1indeed she thouV.t it very harA tht they vwere forced to give up, their own monry. * r. jA:ALtev observed, thathis oionion of the case ens= non' Pre- citely the sanoe as it w&as when the eonoplaint was first ratide; S:a. is the .L. niote Was not refundeds o the gendemanr who dropped it in their shop, and who fter4nrds traceditintotheir.possesslon Lre (the AIagistrate) wDuld certuinly commit A.r,s. Ralple fsr trial. If, how. ever, the monev was r4_,wred, there'vbnild be no necssityv forarny further proceedings. ' - lr. Ralphe immedinty paid'dowvn bL. to MIr. Staples, ~fhe clerk, whom he requested lo firocure a receipt from the gentleman when, he came to receive it ; " or clse," said the butchef, " I shalllo-e all. mv custom." He atd bis wife then withdrew, thelady apparently much chagrined at the decision. Soon afterwards the gentlenrnu who had dropped the 51. notein the way described,eame to the ofice, received back his mroney, and tbanked tbe AMagistrate for the painD bestowed on thrgeae. Air. ALLE?V tjE7 occasionk to remark dn the verv important bene- flts freguently pro6iced by the exposure of cast heard before Aa- gistrates at policeo-fficer. In the course of the dAny pne of the turneocks belonging to thl South Lambeth lW'ater Works applied to the mragistrate sor th, usual rewsrd iii such cases for haviNg turned on the water at thelate fire in the London-road. Mlr. ALLELN inquired whether this was tbe fire at the ta"tioner'e on Tuesday night, on which occasion the houpse and property were destroyed before the water was turiled on ?-The turncock replied, that it was, but that he wa, not to blame. hAr. AT.T.Ex.-I Vwill give you no reward ovo are not entitled tes one halfoenny; there was a delay of nearly ani hour and a half before a drop of water could be procured from the pies. WVhat w..s the cause of thli it The mtrncock declared that it was not his fault: he liveda itulTle and a half from the south liambeth Wtatcr-works, and nearly anr hour hatl elap,sed from the collimtencement of the fire before he was called. WVhen be was informed of it, he dressed himself at once, and ranoff to apprise theengineer. who had also to be roused out of his becl before he could arrange his, part of th1e duties; and tl.en he (the turneock> had to go back again the mile and a half. These things, he said, he could not help, and therefore hoped the magis- trate would grant htm the reward. AIlr. ALLN observed, that lie wouldl do no such thing: gross tegligence was manifeot on the atbave occasion, snd under the same eireunmatancee. he (the magistrate) would never sanction a revwad tO those who bet5ayed such indiffe7ence for the lives and propeity of itdividnals. POL,ICE.