Police.
The Times, 1824-07-30T00:00:00

IMANSxo.r-ovus E.-It will be rec.llected that some time since ')lr Ul'Dvugal,thc lay impropri6tor of. St. Hilen's, Blishopsgate, applied to the Lo:d Mayor for a warrant, for tithes, against 31 r. Hargrave, a nimber of the Society of Friends, for the payment of tittes, under thc statote of the 37th Henry Vl[l., the decrse under which is now forming an important question, as to its validitv for want of due enrolment; and that that quetstion is nov pending in the Courts of Chancery anct Exchequer. It will al3o be recol- lected,' that although Mr. 31'Dougal confined his claim on M1r. Hargrave to a sumall amouat, yet that he statetl his title to be founde,d under the before-mentirned statute; for which reason the Lord ayor thouaht it his duty, in a euestiori of such magnitude affect- ing the cit- senasof I,ondon5 to decline granting the warrant. pending the doubtfl lIcgadity of the statute and decrce. tr. t'DoLrgal haMing, howvner, poceeded not simply for an ancient customa ry payment, but hang asserted his claat under the statute, the war- rbrt c:as dentlned, although it was understeod that the Lordt 3ayor wuld not have refused e dnanting it for the customnary pay- ment, 3S the v:holc of the p:arish of St. Hlelen's are note payinz an- dent ugmsyof thatngature, ith which fprmer impropriatort hai t beern content, and the parish thereby protected fromn the enotmlou tlaimz of . 9;l. in thre pound, save and except as to such buildings cs have been erected on vwcant ground since the datc of the statute. Zgr. Nargrave hrring denied the propriety of nosv claim for! Xthza,-i'c :sual course for the recovery of x customa-:y payment nn.ihc have been ador,ted witthout restorting to a proceeding likely to pl.cc him in jeopardy for any retserved claim for 2s. d.tin the noundl. Instead. llowever, of caking that step before the Lord yavor, Mr. W'Doagal has filed a loig biU in Chancery, for the .vavint, it is underitood, of 18s. 9d. only, to comnmunicate which fct, .vnd to ascertain in what manDer to meet the eniergency, Hergrave waited upon. the lJord .Uayor. M1r. Hargave st. ted to his Lordship, that the costs of the suit, I-,owcver heavy. reOdting frons proceedings of a compulsory nature, h*a most %vullizi to?pay, but le could not conscientiously pav the $1. in the shlape of tithes; he therefore felt, that had the C1aim been ori;'-ajly confined to a ctustoinary payment, the usual conmpul- tory process )- t have been issued against him, and therefore he a:'mplained of W6 disingenuous manner in which MIc. llPDougal h;td proceeded. The Loao MAIj,.OX stid that be was- rost willin to save all parties unnecesbary expen'se a:id Irpuble; but desireef it to be dis- fincriy undertood, ihat irom the naturef tha caim under the statute, he would not affect the rights of the cintzchs, by granting a warrant i under that statute w-hilst the question -of its legality 'was so pendUng; but would have been willing to have acted otherwise in the case of a cuiatomary paaiment, if his powers autthorized him so to do, and MIM. l'Dau-*al hadl shafed hi6 c-laim accordingly. Mr. Wlr-r5rave again comnplained oftbe course adopted by Mr.z i''Doutral, which had already put him to the exp.nse of 201 Re then retired, upon ihe suggestion of the Lupo.n M,awOa sO bee ; C city soiciter en the subject, which is now becoming every day mnore and more alarming to the citizens, end will en continue galess the l'gislature interlera tO put a .top tO the extensive litigation nov -pending. It is ell known that Parliament in severl inttanctes has al le'dy pas&ed bills for the protecion of particular ariahe6i from dte as- surned claim of 2s. W. in the potnd, -under tlic *attute 37th .}le3ry 1rIL.; andansa gst others, in theiarish.of St. Dunstas,,- Fleet- t; rect, St. Aidrew s, H-olborn and St. Bride ; Fhut thot tiet -ques. tion is-left open tinE parisih Gf Cripplcgate, AldKate, 33ishopgate- 4U flolln s' Ba-kirg; Sr.Olave-, Hart-street;.St. Botolph, Alders. Sr iulz gd-varieuis other parishes. p1r s.w^0oRGuon rnEgw.A youltg female, ab,at digteen years o_-iyg, of muci personal attraction und extrernely interesting -ianner, ind whose demeaaour atid addiecs were-verv superlor to -what might beexpeceae ffoino 0e in her station of lie, yesterday applied for tbe advi?e of Afro RoE, the sitting mavistrate, under circutnst?taeeg, the.yecital of which excited the liveliest-sympathly aud commiseration iia sill who heard-herztole, and in none more than the viorthy tllagistrase to whom she addrossed berwlf. I 'The ipplicatstasted her nant.ota be Eiza Keut, the daughtcr of ;Ir. Yent, of' tbe firzin of Kent and Jrowu. livery.qtablekrers, in 1r3stdts Mew, arid aMo its Parkahne; Sle- said, that when shle wa2S bucvier 4.6uiht-, she u taAken ius t eestablishmentof MlrL Ellis, the ladj of C)onel luis, -oftherEnnskiklea Drgoons., who n6t only baA ever I' oentitoni paid to her education aptl mioralis bht' also appienrtced herr te thc dresnmaking butsinem in EdinbOgh, in order. that che mlgstu .1 w ays beteble to Sara her,bretttl *and after serding fileyearesttthisbusittess,- sheagaliireturwdd underthe kind-prdtrction of' 1 ro Fifm'- vith ifhom ise remained until-thte fitpfly went toltaIy, wtihereheyate at pt-esnt; -butbeforec Mrs. Ellifi'sdepattire, she transferre.1 her, Witlf tthe-4skogest reorenmentlation,4 to the.care of her spsttr, lady Kmdrlaon1 the lid'o1-Ma3ur Gereral Sir- JEdwt%sd Keerfison; srd with fhdm rhe'has-fitve. ea -nuternl m bsWera y -ears. Abbitt a 'tif 1se, hoever, tlletchildrs being itll orer. gto'p*'qt tttfar r ce, Led y'Kerriion then, xetring at-Brlglb tripdrtal ~i'ef- ; siiu,atiou; - -awl- gave hur the bbibhelt' choterac ta*, in.i tsfateYzlf|Y' efo b 3tr- Alto -s lAu into Aere; Set.hc shotql 'jfti- leSt' -]3r't,8htoes- 5Itgelhff - Idy- errWl ,W.,tS or. the point of prurittg nelir .ndtlar situltiont when her fathee wrote to her c nome taolwn and he would do assy thlg tbr he, as he v2imityoVst teEFtr^f'astrcb tayyts sea ir8,itt te ittoln tfieding that hers motber had .beesi diit. camde,Lbtv lte tt tW'a4tht-hc wtta iving. wirth nother s.vei wiitl '*' Geptiesn ai ed $elnIb; atBronspton.. not; dii. lzsew i?;owevi!r 'ilaisig oaurstnt 1betwen -hetlrs;to-' lilns..tteltestt tfie)' ab*tr her -andj rftulr> 7Wyt4er waged for s'id.itc 4^ wa*t ot'bligdt tp-um1a1fl'1*irWliOA spd b1ttbrq alsc;'reedvteci' hem t iomiey7- 'ttsite r obliged to - pledge t chlet. pt of iXes idotitEeE for tjporti aDd& abc literally had not an asrlsrpc ,kfi bS'ihtt ehc -thenxtoot- 'in. , Her fstr, for- :few ttiy9';tbtt~.E srtfor her b*sd'and lodg tg the could-get r rta' it $ent'w dtty- ga-he.csled up9l, th p hexs siuaio ;`but-two 4y iga eD5sop. pg tdtb ,yiho jAr lbd'1bctsv,mat-No; Sj-YPtltenzywatreet, f rpectable wo. In-ttz tIi'Wilf&O atou ier in thcservcif -Lady. f ng, anid old her he 'ahottid pray rsWtiming for his daagltcr, aim lO to;W her into ithe treet as soon a5 the pleaed. The poor girl, who went bitterly durig tie tt;ital, ald., that she alid gone to her fater since, and entreated hIi u.t te dnvt, her to utter ruin, but to give her the W - an edeemd8 W jothss, a iady Kerrison, whi had Promised never tQ forsake her, wotnld soon_precure her wsittfatWif d *biut in her preseit destitut, 6tstoe chilla nt' gonear he%.lat. .ship. He, however, refused to give 'her a ihilling, but. told tr she: -must go and earn it in the streets. As she would sooner, she said, putt"p0Mtf. toherze;istence than'tlp.ptsucl AU Arnhjir ,*q sAe-. terwiaed-first. rwapply l'ornadiice to'his wotshinp - A1r.-Romn who said tliat he' tmfsetat the girl'sThnttioi very i;ucb, 1espatcb,64 AVesteolt; theoficervto'desire Mme' girs's fa. thor to some to the office,; Od in i ftcwinmiie Alr.- Keit nrele3f& appearance, and in ilefence .of his condud, endzavo'ired:o-tlltbw- some imoputation upon*he poorglrl'' cdhariterf,-but '`Mrs tDorve1, with whoen-she.lodges, came forward anti declaredl;-that-no girl-couiltl have coaductedherself with'mosce propricty; -andthat she was shodk- ed w1lneaJ0r.Zent told her to turn the poor breaturetiAto theastieets , whiO, howeeverqh neverwould do, whether sh'e got1iaid or tiob- 'Illr. M1sgec, of Conduii.street; with 4hom,r the -compluintnt' had lived for some time as houseipaid, hpened to beat-theoffice-on' other business,snd hearing the case, saad hst thie girl -had bever,. while with him deviated froti the strictbst. propirietyz ; lMr. Roz sai, this was a case of groat hardship end if hlr. Kent refused taoassisthis dau hter, the parish voruld very:soon omVe]hitn to do so. .Had not the gti pos$estod very- strong-moral prnciples,she .night have been ruined ere this, as there wereatwaysprowling about, female wretches keepingirnproper houw(es, whoewduld bc eager-to scize hol.d of a gLI of such pcrsonar attrticrionas thi,t. After sorne-further discussion, Mir. Kent'rcluctantly consebted- to give tiss dauglter 21. to redeem her clothes, with' wbich b-he - -Lid she wvould be satisfied, but she would notro to his -house to tecelve it and it was agreed t.hat he. should pay ihe nioncy 'to Plainik, the cZief eflice, for her. use, . A young sprig of fashion of 2he most " exquisite"-appeaYance, scented and perfumed to the'leghest degrec; was charged with khoclr ing down.a man and women. A watchman on suty in Borhd-street stated,that about 12 o'cloch thepreviour night, he heard adry of"I Stop him, stop him," lfrom a female, and seeing the prisoner runting, lie endeavourefi to do an he was desired, and attempted ta gtop hi22i, but the prisoner said, that no watchman or other 'bfficial. character in England slhould stop him; and suiting the "6 action to the' word," without.further ceremony he knocked him- down flat tipon' his face, and in the concussion the lantern was demoniished.- At thio critical juncture up came a. lady, who seized'hold'oF the'ptisoner, and<htsrged nim with having knocked her down also, not a minute bcforel nn'd he was then taken, with 'he assistance of others, to the watch. houie Thc lady in. question confiribed the watceman's staterilntne and said, thiat the assault was nost wanton, as- she had not :cven spoken to the prisoner. The latter, who gave his nan1e WVilliam- Scott, residinlg at No. 7, Upper ;'hillinore-place, said, that be -was exceeedingly- ill used by those vulgaai pcople, who locked him up in a pisce that it was really zhocking.to reiect upon. The fact was, that he was going home'on 'hisreturni from the English Opera, where he had been deli--hted-with " Webersa Mllusic," and was ru. nsilatligr on the gre;,t ipoweom of that mxn, whei.histh was cressed by this frail woman (as bejfarea sbe was), who iSI her mnoist hand upon his c,heek, and quite aisirqaed hinrt. Ile pushd her.gently from him, and shle threw- herself on the ground hlke- a tragedy. [queen, for no otherpurpose, he believed, but to kick up, a row, which she did most efTectually, and got hfim lodged in the watch. house, amongat the uiost ungenteel society he was ever in. Mfr. RlOE s.aid, that the two asaults were clearly sworn to, and he must tind bail, unltss he could. make hiis peace witlh the comn plainants. He said he was very willing to do so, and the partles rc- tired; and having shortly returned, announced that Mr Scott- had given the cimplaimaats a.sovereign, to divide between then is they thought proper, with which they exprelised theinslves satisied; and MNlr. Scott, who during -the.wholc inveatlgatiot- held a scent. bottle to his nose, weas discharged. HATToW4-GAIEN.-Yesterday Mrs. Jackzoee, a respectabWe widow lad'', residing in Kensington, appeared to an informtation, eon. taining two counts-one for having East In(lia goods in her posses. sion, the dutv on the smse rot having been paid; tte other, for hav- ing goods fromi the same country w7hich are altogether prohibited. The property discovered, as stated in the intormation were 18 forelgn-manu factured agate handled silver knives and 18 'orks (which were admnissible on duty being. paid), with crapes, silk sh4wl.s, and various artiicles of curious nianufacture, wbich. were altogether pro. hibited. The lady pleaded " guilty," but explaitted lunder what. ircum.- stances she becarme possessead.of the articles in que,tiou, She had a son a captain of artillery, and a nephew in the. 13ast India service, and those articles were latelv brought to her bv a gentlettian as pre- scnts and tokens of her telatives' esteem, and that she undisgule.dly kept them in her possession, not conceiving that she was guilty' of any oflrence. Indeed, mot of the artieles were not meant for weanng, but rathier as specimens of the sutperiorbeauty of India manufacture. The officer of the Customs stated, that as the lady's case was one of peculiar hardship (as sbe might be exciiequered for sonme bf the goods in ber sossession), it wan referred to the onomsnissioners of Customs, wlho onlered the most lenient steps to be takenI wlhich was, to proceed on the seria'lty of three times the value adjuoged on the articles. The Mlapistrates, after expressing their aympathy for the la dy, w7ho continuedsl veeping during the whole timc d`stlring that 8hc felt most for the loss of her son's tokens of asibctinn (as the gooo's were'fcrfeited), indlicted the Ilowest miitigated penaltv whichi law] permitted, amounting to S181. 12S. 6 A., but advised h.r to petition the lIs of the Treasurv who woald probably remit the King's share. The lady immediateiv paidl the penaltr and, aftei taking a glance at Qe articles, quitted the office in great aejection, U$eOJt.-HALL.-Je/n Crolccr was broughtbetfre L. B. ALLEZr, Esq., charged with assaulting, and setting a large mas ifF dog at, Jatmes PutrceLl, wbich bit him severely in both legs, and, one of his blands. Thecomu.pleinant stated, that on 'uesday last lie wasoccupied at Work in a field at New Cross, and having occasion to take up a milk. pail, which was Iing on the ground,. a large. niastiff dog sprung upon hiu, seized him by the leg, and laceratel bim.in a desperate manner. He caught up a stool, which htappened to be in thc field. and struck the vicioues animal with it, in otdcr to dLsengage ltjiiesli from its grapsp Le, however, hung on, and the defeadant, whlo.was at a shori distauce ofF, in the same field, came. up, and although lie witnesised the feromity with which the brute had attacked himr,.iastead of calling off his dog, he did every thing in his power to exciic a.s1c_ coid attack; the dog again darted at him, and nearly ma(le bis teeth meet in the-calf of his let' leg; and in his (cotmplainait's) effvrts to save himself, he was also bitten in the hand. When he expos- tulates with defendant on the danger ofallowing such an animal to go unmutzzled, lie received a-torrent of abase, and was told, that. if he dared interfere, or co=nasit any violence on the dog, he should be served out worse than the dog had sered bIm.. The defendant ultimately struck bim. A witness proved the assault, and also the desperate attack made on the complainant by the dog, which was dlescribed at the time to have every appearance of being nmad, The. defendant denied the greater part of the statenent made against him. He said the dog was as quiet an aniial as possiblyI coald be, unlets provoked; and the defendant lhad irritated him, by I beating lim with a stick, before he attempted tobe mischievous. It| was stated, that this dog had bitten two or three other persons in the neighbourhood. The ilagistrate caile6t on the defendant to procure bail for as- saulting the coniulainant, and also for prcveniingthe`6g from going at large unmuzzled. - A poor msn cause into the office, and requested that the Mlagis. tratce ould grant him a sum2mons against a gentleman whose (log had bitten him a fesv days ago, as he was pisocceding along Oakley I street. Ever since the circutustance occurred, lie said, he h ad never closed his e% cs, such was thc terror excited in his mind by tht tlreatIful apjrehension of' an attack of the hydrophobia. A sutmmons was issued for the attsndance of the owner of the animal. Shortly after the above applicants withdrew, another mar, came running into the office breathless, and appUed for a warrant agaisbt-a man who had just killed his dog. The Magistrates inquired whether the tiog had bitten the mnw for whomn he wanted the warrant. The reply was, that the dog had. merely s::apped at the person, who instantly knocked tihe poor ani- mal's brains oLt. The Magistrates, upon ascertaining that *hc dog was suffered to go about the streets u1nmuzzled, refused to grant any order fotrthe at- tendance of the person, who had, they saiti, very properly taken the raost speedy methodl of ridding the streets of a dangerous -anitiral. POLICr.