Police.
The Times, 1824-12-10T00:00:00

IMIANsio1-liOusE.-Yceterday a young msn, ofgentleminly ap. pearance and aidress, named James Archdeees Rlchardson, a peared before the Loit, AIAYOR, upon a summons, to ac*34~ti or theapossession ofa abill of exchange for 501 wllich bad beenstolen. Air. Dent (the ovtner of the bill) stated, that on the might of the 15th of November last as he was passing down Ludgate-hill, at the time the premises of ilsessrs. Wilkinson were burning, his pocket was picked of his pocket-book, containing the bill in question, which was drawn by a flr. Taylor, and accepted by a Nr. Sprigg. There were also other securities in the pocket-book: of those he had some time since received infsrmation, but he learned nothing about the bill of exchange unitil within a few days, when he was told that it was in the ossession of the defendant. Air. J. laylor, of No. 1, Rood-lane, Fenchurch-strect, stated, that on Saturday a person called at his house, and represeatei that he came from Alessrs. Faweet Brothers aied Co., of No.1 10, St. Swithin'g-lane, to acquaint him that they had in their possetsion a 601. biU, which they learned had been stolen. On Monday witness went to Alessrs. Faweet and Co.'s, and was informed by them that they had given Poyals bonds for the bill, and that it was brought fromn a gentleman at St. Paul's coffee.house by a porter in a white a ron. Mr. larold Stanley, solicitor, of Chatham-place, Poultry, stated that he accompanied the last witness and another person on the occa- sion to the house of Ilessrs. Faweet and Co. He related what took place iniore minutely. '*Vhen theholder-ofthebill ofexharnge was inquired for? they..were introdtuced to Mr. Richardson'who was sitting in an inner room writing. Upos being questioned, idr. Rich. ardson stated that the bill was brought to hin bya orter, enclosed in an ano klny s letter from a gentleman atS.Pu ofehuse, requesti tknow if be had any -PeyiPsabnds-to dispos of and ae. siring, if e had, to send by the mestenger the amount of the se rity in that stock; that he replied to the writer, that he could not take a bill without knowing from whom it came; that in a day or two afterwards, the porter again came with a second letter, which be- gan inthese terms_" Mr. Bramleyb compliments, and he again encloses* the bill, &c;" end requested that it Might be taken for its amount in Poyais stock, and that having made inqui- ries of a particular friend who was respectable in the same - lineof business is tlhe acceptor with respect to the cliaracter of the latter, he took the bili, and enclosed in return Its amount in Poyais bonds. This, he said, sas the manner in which he became possessed of the stolen property. 'When asked whether he could supply nn account of the wSates and numbers of tbe bonds in order that the parties might be enabled to trace them, he re liea that he could give no account ofthien, as they were old bond. -wit. ness expressed his surprise, that if old boads came back into the contractor's hands, they were not caneelled, and- asked how that happened not to be the case In this instance. Ho replied that they were some bonds of his dwn. He added, that he senthis-brother to the house of the acceptor to ascertain wlhether all w"s right respect. ing the bill, and was then informed that it had been stolen. -revi- ously to that, bhbad applied to a llr. Lutwich, lit-respectable leather- seller, whomo he knew, for informgtion respecting the acceptor, and' received a favourable aGecunt ofhIiin.- - Mr. Carpenter proved that on Saturday last inquiiry was made at the house of the aceeptor, as to the validity of the bil5 anld that in, formation that itwas stolen was immediately given. -The defendant,,upen beingealIed. upon) to account for-theliossession' of the bill, stated, that he was informedon.the 16tlh of TNovemnheir;y Mcssrs.Fawcett,that a-gentleman -had calledat tbeir-oflice with a bl, forwhich lie wished t ogetPoyais stock; tbntheafterwardirerivedtlie anonymQusnote, on thich he declin'ed treatlng; that et'en ireeiv. ed the secondnote with the name of Brasmley in it,' ind eialbsing thoe biltl n1rseurn for which he enclosed 2,5001, in,bonds; or 95 - The LORD M&yoith? asked WXI s beWrt t oa - Thdefgdatrelied thatAbey w~e at. tii i rthW themn for the 501. biie-nat 21 eacho ThewiLtRi *U'AIoR._..And did you Ktaad no:numbeis ditrid nor! make any memoranda by which you cou'd,f it w4tre scessiy idehitify.tbem?P: - ' - .* 4; The dafindant renlied that lip didh'ot, that 1h'dy y'w`r6dVjonidi of 'his-own, that he was nbt a .contrar.torFfdr thle PoyAin lkhn butian agenct, end thatt was iot bs, pSractice ,t,o,ol !then diimbbtofbonds, always unde stood thAtit wasti-he atiiprac'ic of r,or145 in which be registered alli~ nes-ctir,giieg, tlhdiFa,oudbts;>t, Andf flwnbe , together with t6e names of those to whom he might sell tlelnte te cEnfiat tsajd he ilei/ diddso.:' A.ltte wZher-hgdei*:n *d,th. IUrd fIsyor fioni-(N tortizm plainant. I was dated-fbe7th of Noiembet, and-we believe-was a nDottei d.givess t tbe,pattie itthe bill, thet the .due,idarit ' haid nego,. \`'TherLoRD MXin asked whether thii notcY was written tafler nolice baa; beea-received-that the bill hsd beeb stolen? - The defendant replied in the affirsstivei but he 'saidWthat the date.was;n ianifetlJy by mistake NZoveniber Instead oF December. ik6added thit hIe had recived no specific nbtice--not tolsnegotiate it. 'Thb'LoRb~M.&Y0!~No-~,,?qcid notibe I Why, Sir,lhild you not been inferrned -6at itf'ag stole; and.iwould itnot havebeen *he duttYcfany honest man urnder tbose circumstances, at leastio wait uititihesaw what tt~iteph6 -paty 'gd taken '? Th-d fenddt replied, that he had given his property for the bill, andcertaidnly as no;,positite -aotue had been given him not to part Wit it, he thoghtilmacif entitled to negotiate it. :--The e'orplainant. said,' that perhaps tbe defendant conld produce thebtill....he defendant made no observation. Trhe LORD iAlOR: oa..Yes, Ixhould- wish to see the bill. -The,defent?ant satid he hid not been able to get it discounted, as it was,kown to-be astolen bill;nnd hccrtainly had it at thatnoment it bis:posiessibn. and had-naobjedion to produce it. Tho paf~tieeon thc other side her stated some contradictory ac- counts tha,t had been glven with respect to the endeavour to get th bill discoanted, as well as with Tespect to -the manner in which it was brought forward in exchange for the Poyalis bonds; but as those statements were made by other persons, and in the absence of the defendant, we abstain from noticing them mnore particularly. ThIeLoUtDAIAYOn afterhavin"gconsulted with MIr.Hobler,said that the cIrcumstances bf'Nlie bill-having been sent in the first instance to the defendarnt anonyraously_..of hbis having taken it from a person of whorn he knew nothjng..f his'having sent the bonds without taking any memoranda of their dates or numtbers-and lastly,-of his having erideavoTred to negotiate -lte bill knowing- it to have been stolen, combined to form so strong a presumotion in his mind that it had been im-properly obtained,that he felt it 'his duty to order the defend. ansto find two bail for 1001., and to enter into hisown recognisances for the sum-of another 100!., toappear and answerany charge thatmight be made against him on the subject.. - The defendantrepeated his conviction that he had a right to ne- gotiate the bill, having given his property for it. The Lojus IIIAYOft said, lie hai never heard of a transaction of Bo unmercantile a nature. It was the duty of every person who re- ceived a bill to take care that he knew the person feam whom he had taken it. Defendant._What ! my Lord, have I not a right to negotiate a bill for whicht I have given value ? The LonIs MAYOg..Ccrtainly not, under such circumstances. The dbfendant said'hoemight have acted erroneously. The fact waa,- heas not a comamercial nan. He was an offAcer in the arm v, and like many'othlers he dealt occAsIonally in the stocks. Comnplhinant said-that perhaps the defendant would be willing to give ttp the bill. T.'he defendantsaid he was, but not on condition of a compromise bf his character. He would give it uptprovided itdid notgo forth that he did-so toavoid-the consequences of a refusal, for he was anx- ioustbathis conduct should beiuovestigated. It was not obligatery upon him to inform the acdeptor'that he had received the bill. If it were pualicly stated- that the defendant did net consider that he came by the bill improperly. he woultl consent to los- his bonds and give it up. - ' 'The-LOUD MAYOR.I advise you tb do so, as the most.honour- able course. The complainant consented to say the words. TheLLoRD MAYOr said, that theleastthatcouldbesaidwas, thlt Air. Richardson had acted most incautiouslv. The defendant complained that the l.ord Msayor had used some strong terms towards him, which he felt severely. His Lordship did not retract the words,but repeated that the giving up the bill was the most honourable course. The bill was then put into the hands of Air. Hobler, where it is to lie until the day before it becomes due. Mr. Richardson saidl he would do all he could to trace the thieves. HeI had, he said, more Poyais bonds,!and he hoped he should get rid of them, and he never would take one agaiu. The LORD IIIAYOt of course required no sureties, and the par- ties left the office. Bow-sTREET.-Yesterday arespectAble.lookling man, who re- preserted himself to be an assistant at a private madhouse in the vicinity of rWindsor, came to this office, accomapanied by a lady, and the proprietor of Knight's Hotel, in Dover-street, Piccadilly, and sought the advice and assistance of Sir RICH.&RD BIRNIE, tinder thefollowingcircuis.stances :_ He said that the name of the lady now before his Worship was Blenkinsopp, and that-she had been for a considerable time an in- mate of the asylum to whicis hebelonged, and that on Wednesday she made her eseape from the house, and caine to London. He followed and found her,and his request was,that Sir RBrRNIE would empower hin, by his authority or warrant, to convey her back, she having refased to go, andplaced herself under the protection of the proprietor of the hotel. The Atagistrate would perceive by the do- cumont which he would produce that every thing was quite correct, and that he(the applicant) was properly authorized. The applic ant produced a paper, whi?h he said was a certificate of the insanity of the lady. (We had not an opportunityr of perusing this document, but we saw that it was written i amsuerablc hand, and was headed " Alc- morandum," and sigseed by " Dr. Fergusson." Sir R. BINxie said he did not know of any law which authorized him to interfere. If the lady were a lunatic, the Lord Chancellor was her proper guardian, and applieation might be made to him upon the subject .Eie verv nmuch doubted the power of the applicant to touch the lady upon the document whichhe hadproduced. lie thought that where the liberty of a British subject was at stake, some more formal document than the one before him shoeld be furnished. It ought at least to have two signatures instead of only one. He cer- tainly should not, even if lie had the power, interfere upon such a certificate, or rather memorandum, an that. The applicant.-But you may rely on its being perrectlv correct. Our etaLblishment is well known, and is visited and sanctioned by the maistracy. Sir John Chapman (the late Mayor of 'indsoBr) often %sits us,and (we understood the applicant to say) is acquainteu with the present case. - Sir R. BIRu IE.-That may be; but you cannot, in my opinion, have any power to act here; you are in another county. A phlcanL-Yes, Sir; but yoa know she escaped from us, and we could but follow her wberever she went. The ptoprietor of the hotel here addressed Sir R.BirNiE,and said the lady wag extremely anxious to solicit the protcction of the magis- trates against the exercise of any such power as that clainscd by the applicant. IZaias Blenkinsopp, who appeared to be about 30 years of age, and vwhose deportment was that ol a perfectly well-bred woman, said, in an earnest tone, and with considerable agitation, that she hoped Sir RWCHAID BiRNIE would protect her, and not suffer her to be taken back to the asylum of svretchedness and miscry which she had just quitted. She could assure the magistrate that she was perfectly in her senses, and she hoped that now she should, by the shield of the law, be protected from a renetition of tl)e sufferings which she had endured from her earliest youth, and the detail of which would excite the compassion of the mnost obdurate heart. There was no pre- tence whatever for keeping her in confinement now, and she had every reason to believe that the document produced was not a genuine certificate. The proprietor of the hotel said that the lady came to his house in a post chaise on Wedlnesday evening. He was absent at the time, but his. waiters accommnsodated her with apartments and every- thing she wanted; and when he caine home she sent for hinm, and communicated to him exactly the nature of her situation. He gathered from her that she was a- sister to. Lady Newbold, and that she wfas tonnected with famIlie.s of the first respectability; and by inquiry bc had satisfied himself that this part of her stateraent was true. She had, from the moment she entered lii2 hoase, conducted hcrselfGn a perfectly rational manner, and no one who had attended upon her could discover the slightgss indication of in5anity, in word Sir R BlnNiE asked Mliss BlenkiIsopp if' she had anv relations in London? Mliss Blenkinsapp said there were two gentlemen, her cousinls, of the naneof Winatanley, whoresided at 25, Devonshire-strect, Port- land-plaee, and were there still, unless they had died, or were gone abroad, within the last 12 months. This she could not tell, for any letters addressed to her where she had been were intercepted. One of them held a situation in the AudIt-office. Sir R. Bin_rE.-AtaU events, IshbaU notinterfere in this niatter. There is nothing at al in the manner of this lady to induce in my mind the slightest suspicion that she is insane, or any thing like it, but quiteh tcontrary. You are at liberty, Madam, to go w here you please, so far as I am concerned. The appSicant asked if he could not take her away without a warrant? Sir R. BrsNrx.-I shall answer no questions; but I wiU sav thus much, thatcif you meddle withithe liberty of a British subject, It iS entirely at your own peril: you must take ll the conseauences upon yourself. liss Blenkinsopp said she wished to remain under the protection of the hotel proprietor, until she could have communication with some friends. The proprietor ssid he was quite wiUling to take cbarge of the lady, and that every kindness and attention should be shown her. The applicant seemed displeased with the result of the inquiry. Missi Blenkinsopp retirod, leaiiing on the arm of the hotel-keeper. Sir R. BitNitHE afterwards looked at the list of physicians in -the Court Calendar, and said he could find no Dr. Fergusron. AMARLO35T1O.UGH-TgTE5X.'T.homaa.Bsaoid, 16 yearsof age, in the dress of a livery-servant, was brought to the offlce under the -following circumstances :_ - Air. Stanley, a hatter, in High-street, Islington. stated, that the prisoner came to his shop and ordered a livery hat for his own use, which was accordingly suan lied him when he directed it to be sent to his mistress's h 'bi , ite Conauit-terrace. Mir. Stanley sent his young man with it and on its being shown to his mistress, she approved of it, bqit tohi thd shopsnan to go back and bring a gold band. When the shopman, however, returned, boils mistress and prisonier had decamped, and nothing was heard of them until Mr. Stanley saw the prisoner on Wedanesday night bv accident, and charged him with tiraud. The prisoner ran off, lInt Mr. Stanley pursued him up stairs into a house -which he. entered, atid obtaitling the assistance of a constable, gave-the- urioner into his custody, but not before he bad a'ssaulted Sir, StarJey' The offlcp was. crowded with tradespeople of every deseription- butchers, bakers, booksaelers, &e., all of whomn stated tlemselves to havebeen taken in, in precisely thesame thalmer. This woman used to be driven about by -tc prisoner in a handsome one-horse chaise, ,auad"topping at t le-eloors of the various tradespeople, 6rdered home every thing she wanted, pas if slie were alady.of fortune, which site passed for. It appeared she had, carried on the sanic practiec in Clifton-street, City-road, and otherplaces, under diffbrent names. -A poulterer said, that sbe -ad obtained from hiim the day before she,started, a goose and two sets of giblets. - The prisoner who iniiled'duritlg thbe recia bf the grievances by the various traaespeople, on being questioned by the magistrate us to his acquaintnacewi,h this female, aud her present retreat, said, thatindeed he, knew very little of, hes; he had only been about-V foitnlghttmi herisiMce,nnd wheresheiwasatpresent he could n6t tell, eXcept that she told hIim she was leaving town to go to Bristol, as she had been disappointed in moneysWe6uIdnosXpyheriradespeople itntilsh-retturned. -The hat, in question he &sild his. mistress gave hitn Itn lieu 'of, hls wages, which shec ocdidnot pay hiim. H e hiad; he sa.d,hbefore hieiseaato Mri VB 4deldgteii9'edTm the aervice of-tCaptain- 'DSvis, wvhio is now -on the contlnent.-. - . - 'Mt. Dyvi'saidOnat nonie-t the cl'asres; at present against the prisoner werd eognizable h' nMagstrate ;tey v/ere oMly debts. and se-eousld,--therefiora, afford the cotnplasnaptsno remledy; basth, p*isoner had asgulttd ?r. ,Scplcy, he ajiould ehejIed to bail on tbat aiucount.-The pnisoncr stalde had-iho hail, ifitiwas- comnmitted -ThIOSr4sALL.x...Yestcrdayrhissofficetwasvcrowded-withlthe ithole of-th cbfp, dbemeLfgsX 1oglngy to the SmsrreyTheatkaand thek friends, in c.onseqpence of a disturbace, arnetofthefotl&win citdxtsnxtances' as well as we could collect frola tbe clamnour.whicch prcaileadhtingthe inyestigation. -. -It'Pappiredthat Ai.=:fThrs:, thle ai,,satrte,- 71~deer'apZ ;sL'ed to tbat raofnmg,s-.asoonas he.hadmtaen l^ug leati; fan.n as-. -Sault_in.rant. against a. MIr. Grovt5 who had- bzwl the -ieatr' fromt lhWfVIlianrs; tlhe-pao itore 'fei~s.speciflc- lrJEfnig1igts WNVhen the apilicatlh-forithse watrant was made, it was stated tG th'e mag7istrate that M1r.:Grove had -violeritly- us-aultcda-afe nale ainaed Esnerv,who nwas enlployedin nammeualii taehou.'e,end ilhat' considerable resistance wvould in-all probpsbihtv beoffered by t1 heg tIeman against whoni the wa rent-wastobepi;tmiforce and his party, Us it was represented tifat he had hired itsetofdesperate 1i-sisVebeaY'rM Stf.(iles's, whio would fight through thick arnd thin, ;-ad auedthens wlth ings, blundtihuessau,pistols, and- cutlases. in ordzi pro?ect bim trom being,taken out of the aheatre, indi-madee a-risoner. -Jn consequence of tlis piece of infornmion, the magi-en4tessisrr ted the, whole -strength of theofilce-to'preeeed f.rtlilsoibe teatre, ald secure the:rieters. , tll the courseofan -hour, they returned?-btb otf' fice with.Mr. Grove and a Air. Fenbesseyi in coutods, fld1S;iil4- sEout Irislimen. One of the- officers then stated; tt oEA ' enterlst the lobby of the theatre, he abserved a number o? persoiBJ: *Th Of'f whom appeared to be Irish labourers, parading up and down, sio ' with guns, others with blunderbusses, and many of theuiar--i ette shovels and pickaxes on their sheulders. Seeing those 'wareike trer parations, he instantlv informed the men that he waisai efflcer,. and beld a warrant to apprehend a persoh in the-theitre, and-' if they opposed him in the exe^utien of his duty, he wonld inevitably blow the first inan's brains out. Ipon hearing this caution, most of them threw-down the weapong, and appeared thunder.struck, their spokesman saying, "Arrah laster, we donat want to light you, is it us ? No, indeed, we are all.poor Irishmen out of bread, and we were hired to d-o a job of work at the piay- house, and brought our shovels, and spadea,_ and hods,- but ag soo' as we got inside the doors, faith and troth they were shut- spon.us, our workin m ools taken away, and guns, and pistols, and- blundqr6. bushes, given to us in their roam; ad we had-orders to march up and down the hall, and to let nobody.in. l We were' ti6`ave 8s. a dlay for this work, and we all thonhat it too gooDnn. Deer- to be refumid these tirmes." The officer then said that he rceededia take the whole of these men into castody,,tor he,vvi'3W.-roree and VMr. Fennessey, none of wlhom offered thealightest iesistance. The officeradded, that the poor Irishmen utppeared to-bewliohlly-un. conscious of the nature of the duties they were hired toper,rsm at the theatre, somteof them imagining that they weregoing to btumade IregulIr actors," Or else, said they, whygive tts such noble wages- as Bs. per dlav? The whol] of the parties being now before the Magistste, a pro- fessional gentleman, who attended on the part of air WVllliamms the legal proprietor of the theatre, requestedf that he 'mbiglbg per- mitted to state the circumstances which led to the disgraceful dis- turbance that occurred at the theatre that morning. 'The MAGISTRATE observed, that' he would hear the assault which was comnmitted on the female In thefirst irtistaice. Mtrs. Emery then stepped forward, aond stated that she was em- ployed in the theatre: that between eight and nine o'clock that morning, Mr. Grove forcibly entered the theatre, and ran up stairs; that she followed him according to her instruc-. tions, and that he gave her a violent pus-I, which knocked her backawards, from the efFects of whihe' she was now su'flering. This being ite assault, Mr. Willams's solidtsr thea shortly stated: the facts of his client's case. He ssid, that gentleman. -who was well kniwn as the proprietor of the Surrey Theatre, let it out on hire to Air. Grove forseven nights, on condition of receiving a certain stim of nioney, one part of which was paid down at the timLn the agreement was entered into, and the remairning part was to-have been 'iquidated before theexpiration of the contract: thislattersumt was not paid, and Alr.Grovc having pocketed the receipts of theleuses that are termed " bumpers," never once thought of clearing-off tlhat which he was indeb!ed to lkr.Williams, who, in consequence, as lXr. Grove forfeited his agreement, took possession of the theatre on Nosindiylsst, ever sitnce which his "company" has performed there. The businessof the theatre, the salicitor said, was going on exceedinglywell, uutilsthat morning vwhen Mr. Grovethought proper toinsistupaongaining admit_. tance, wbi,eh was of course peremptorily refused ; and in about ar hourafternews arrivet that a strongparty of Irishmen with Mr. Grove and iMr. Feariessey, was moving down from St. ailes's, for the purpose of making a regular attack on the theatre, and expelling the persons who were in possession of it; in consequence of which the doors were well barricadoed on the inside; but the smaU party within being unable to stand against such a phalauix without, gate way, and Mr. Grove and Mr. Fennessey, at the he-ad of a body of Irishbren, armed with pickaxcs, shovels, and other deadly weapons, having gained the interior turned those who were in legal possession out, and afterwadis armed the men with the weapons belonging to trie theatre which were used on the stage the preceding night, arwd gave them directions not to allow amortal to enter the doors. When these men cs.ne down to the theatre they lad guns, pistols, and blunderbusses put into their hands. Ar. Grove being called on to answer the charge of assault rgainst Ml rs. Emery, denied that he had intentionally thrown hrr down. Shle, in fact; stood in such a situation that as he passed her, he could not help'slighly pushing her; and with respect to the origin of the disturbance, he would satisfactorily explain that to the magis- trate: then banding in a written document he said it was a copy cf the contract entered into between Mr. Williamts and himself, in which it would be seen that he was in reality the legal proprietor of the theatre until the time named in the agreement expired. The M agistrate exarnined the contract, and found that it was agreed that Mr. (Urove was to have seven dear nights, commencing from the Gth of December, under stipuiations. mr. 1Villiam's solicitor said that his client would have no objec- tion to his tenant, had the terms of the agreement been adhered to. but as lr. Groves showed no disposi to pay that which wee due, although the receipts of the house were more than adequate to defray all expenses, it was thought high time to turn hi=m out. The Aagistrate observetd that he was not going to try the le- gallty or the illegality of the agreement; it was evident a riot and disturbance had occurred at the theatre in consequence of ITr. Grove having brought a ntimber of Irishmen from St. Giles's into the county of Surrey, and thereby creating a breach of the peace. e shoul call on both Mlr. Grove and Alr. Fennessy to put in hail in the sum of 2001. each, and' discharged the poor Irislimen, having advised the olefendants to pay them 2s. a-piece for their services on tthe occasion, which was complied witb, and the Irish- men left the office, calling down blessings on the magistrate, and declaring it was the best couple of hours thev ever bad in their lives, for they were treated like gentlenien all through the piece. POLICE.