Police.
The Times, 1824-09-27T00:00:00

AIAPMD.O5IOUGH -STRExaT. -It having been reported thlat Sctur. day was the daty in whlich M.Fausteowy west zernandexd foratrn. other examination, a numlber aof persons came to the offirct in thie eot~rsv of the la.y, to 4scertain the fact ; and for Any effect that ant answer in tlienegative ha-d on thtem, they mnight as s-ell have asked no questions, foir although they were 'repeatedly told; both by the presiding mnagigtrate and thie offcers, that there weas no intention aof bringing up Mr. Fauntlerov, yet the", continuted to.hever about thc plclote lass mnomenit of doiinc bissiness at the offce,and somelongr after the door was, closed;. indetil, thie 'rnorye positively it wasl stated ito them that thlere wvas to be noeaxaoii)nation,tbe mo-rfirmlytheyseemed of Opinion that there wvoutid be. One old v,enerab]Le.loolcinggeaitlemnais to,ok his, sear, at an eatly per, o1' the day, in a snug, corner of the office, where, no doubt, hie flattered himnself he shnould have anu oppiortuanity caf witnessing the whole prroceedings at' the examinatiton indlisturbed : bati as the timne for closing the office approached, hie was seen to be very, rtstless in his seat, ansi 1' equiently, looked at hisi watclh. When half-past twvo o'clock ensue, he could no longer beqr hi-, dreadlful state of 8sospei.se, and. approaching ithe bench, he aakrd Sir firit. FARRANT, in a low c&n5drential tone, st,t what time beeta- pected Mtr. FartaRleroy to be brought Eup that. day. Sic GEORGt told hlim thiat hie ditI not expect hhrn ati anY titne. fot that no examninasiarn was to take place, that day. Ti.c applicallt di.d Jig, see'm at atll Sut- Pfised at thi% answe r. but givir;g a significanst'lod of hiis ieacd, said that lie ut, ti5-t-roOd'' bis Worshioi, andt againi took hlis Station inL thle corner. T1he officc-Joer was now clo,ed, anel SirGao'eGE FAn- RtANT preparIng to depart, whIen tile old genj,,enian, now, a huele titrprisedl at the nppea~ranice of' thitins. again aca.!:essed the ma- wistrate, atid .asked it there really was .to be no) e-arrintttish? " Na, e I 4 saidl Sir[~roaGe, "Ltsere iS IIOL" 'God bL'eks tire! exelaitte til app icatt. ou sem vry axious On thle 81ub?,Ct~" SaidSirGeore. Yes"sai th appicat."I have comxe hcretoze- theprione,ad hat he xainaionbvthe desireofafriendofaticam in th coutry a a geat uetane, w ais. considerable attifferer b ~ hisconuc, ad te ailtreofthebak. Sir GEoR4sE F.AntiAiq-s assued im ites wa tobe o eamiatiots; but if there event had been, thte MatgisErates had niothing whatever to de with the AlEsirsi 01' the hank. 'The applicant suaid, hie was aware of that, bot still it would be a1 satisfaction to Isis t'eiend in tite country' to) know that Sconie friend of hi4 wvas pr-esent at the exatnlination. The old gen- tlemnan titen quittetd the office. !but continued fat some time wallitin in front of' the house. antI Oc.casion;illy looking up at the windows, ast if hie exuected Mlr. Fauntleroy to make his appearance at one of thica. Satturday next has, been spoiken of as~ the day for the rnext exatni.~ niation; but we believec no day is as yet pos,itivelv fixed, A, young mnan, namned Reasdinig. was tharged wizth r6ib;n9 Mlr, Grandin, a ~jeweller, in Macclcslield-street, Sohel, ot' a quasttty of is apeaed hattheprione ha ben employed as a 3areya by Mr Oranin, nd ha accss toa grat quntity of pr~operty oeca.. suiobraly;ati r' rnlr aiglti'mse eea large piciec'esmnua T!r' peraidoer olersspced the oppriton utcritan ,d gave inormctatio __ Cadetnlelra one poperthe ofcrsofi this epoesrabilet wopoedd Mto the risne ras lodginagsl, nepar eathnaidren,f~ thepre heryondth numboier w a rgem pieesof 'nafufatureday gold T,ie ptrisoner' offtere now opnoeitdonhibutfconfsscovtteoncitthat h andh. in ta state of intoxication anti iii a most insolent tone demanded to knots whidt his son wvas detained for-he had done nothing, h~e lied tabbed nobody, and whv shozild lie be lacked up like a teloni? -But lie has doine osttng"aid Sil UiEoaGa PAR, RANT. "he has robbed his master." " But Isays lie bas not,'olaid the faclier." "- Then," said Sir GEORGsE, "yv&u k-now better thani hims,,elf, for he confesses thalt lie has." "R ut I stay he has nor," replied thei father - " anid I won't believe that he confessed ari, such thing." "1Perhaps you would be mote surprived," said th'c Magist,ra e, " if he confessed that you instigated hEimi to it." " Oh know nat hitig about that there," zaid the fatther, walkinig as weal as he could out of, the sffice. The Mazistrate gave directions that on no account should the prisoner's father be permitted to see himi. MART LEBONE-OFFiCE.-.A poor womnan applied to the Cfagis.. trates fot their assistance., ta) recover a great coat of the value, as she said, of 21. l0s.. which she had pledged with lr. l3ayliiss, of Great .John-street, a twelv-enontli ago, for 'Jls. The yerar expired oin Sa- turdaY the N8th ieslant. and oni the following Mlonday, shout 10 O'clock. shle sent to pay the interest, w1hen, to her dlistrescs, aht wast told tsoat the article had become forfeited, and bad been soCd by s*everi o'elock that miorninlg. Thie Mhagistr'ates (MleSSrs GRIFFITHrSs e-d. R.s%wrsiNs'x thought the case a htard one, and sent to desire the_ attenldance of Ath pawenbroke-r. Shortly' after, his 8hapman appeared. f6r Iiim, and on the case being mnentioned to him., he sad that the coat liad been sold to a 'Jew the firs-t thing on Mon- dlay morning, together with a number of other things. MrY. .RAIW LS ~S0xinqirtd, heter s ws wue?todispaseof thiogethus early afte thir eco,itt fofeied,withut hlainglittle delay for what migt b indvetetee r frgefulessin heparty plidgissg ?... The oungmanrepled,"ha heshoud n t hve be n s sharp, had sne nt theateed, nce r twce, o exhibit inforrastiona , tg.ut the. fr wat he anced o b exorrons." " And So) according to your own, conf'ession," observed Alr. Rlatlinson, *. you sold this poor wotman's coat otst of revenge." The Officer hiere remarked, that the y-oung man& had told 1dm ss thea' were coming to t1he office, that the Jew had only looked at tlire lot,' bat did nor bus'vit, and that the goods lo an after.pars of the day- Wvere sent ttt a, aetition roomn. Mr. GaRIFFrTets, On hearinig this,, asked the young man hiow be could herve ventured to sell them that the things were sold in the riorninr4 g?" Y'ou htave convicted yourself ot fasehood," addeclthe! whoist ae,po yu"areI noil tell you that you area isgrace to those ''an-you,Si, answered the Young Rian. "you are the frs Persoin thatt ever told n Ie so." Then I tell yost so for the second," observed M7r. RAWLtier- The Alagi1strateshere ixamrinedethe duplicate, which they found to, be d eflciert, i,in n ot h a vi n eithier tlie addreessof tbheparrty pl'edging, or a mark t o d isti ingu isit vw'hiet her shi e as a lodger or housekeeper. Tltiig seas pointed our to rthe young tnan, and it wast intimated to him thAt for eachi of these omissions a penalty, not exceeding 16-1., might be inflicted.; and whether it would not be betses so avoid them by re- turning she cost. Tuec youtng matii said hie would m-ake she womnan a very fair offer, tehieht was, that he wtoulsi get her coat back for her, and charge her torits orthy 2tss.. being one-hlsf of what she said it was worth. Neither the rvoinan nor tite M11agistrates seemed to approve of the liberality of this offler, and the young mian was dismissed writh a re- nouest that hiis tnaster wvould attend On the magistrates on WKednes.. day next. In the course of the hearing, Mr. RsaWLISOsr said that thie case was One of whichl Sir Wtn. Congreve wouldi be zl-ad to heavr, atn1 tirat ire wishe-d he was present then. lvIArvTsc.OAteDEx.v...Ehabeth Gidtfiths, a womnan about sixty years of age, or' mioss wretzhed appearanice, was brouight up on Se- uLrdhay from Saffrion-hill watcb-hton?se, utnder the following circum- stances :-A watchman stated that, Ont the preceding night, ahout 11 o'clock, hisi attertion was attracted to a crowd arsemobled in Coe.. yard, a stitall c-ourt off L,iouoirpond-tl.reet, Gray's-inn..lane. IlIe titere saw thris p,Oor womtan lying dosyrt, app:arently in thie last Stare of exhaustion) fromi 'ant of sustenance;, he toak liet to the watah houe, her evry omfrt as ffodedher. hut of which she was scarelycapbleof artkin, s deilitated was her frame. Thie apparace f te wmanitttheoffce xciedgeneral sympathyr. Whenaske by iteMagitrat toaccosit or er situation, she statd a folowss.-Tha sit wa enAmeicn by birth, boris ia Phildehlsia ofrespectable parents: tht many years ago she catme so ths cosntry,where %he was induacesit maTry assoldier in) a Scotchz regmn.Seaccomnpanied himi to Ireld when his reiet Was5 ordee there to quell the rebellion of' 178 when she=hdte ri. fortn herself to witness her husband, as also two brothers. being shoet in battle. General Dancain. sander whom they fought, comn- miserating her situatilon, allowed her duying his life time 51. a year. She a ioetet years in BzAth,tof the timnein service tand latterly, in busines, in whricir iavemg faitted, sihe was advised to corn6 to Londzn. Hiere h,e went about, selling various little airtidest in the~ hardware line, utitil she was taken up in the neighbousrhood of Brix.. ton, and uinder tlhe " Hawkers' and Pedlers' Act," in defautlt of' having a licence, waa broughit before the magistrate at B3riaton, what commnitted her to pyroiso for~ A month. On coming out a few days aeo siews opled to pawn the fewi articles of wearing-aplparel whichl she had left far her subsistence, and thus destitute and fa-. t-nishing she laid herself down where the watchman and others found her. Her case excited strongly the commiseration of the worthy magistrate who presided, whio, after giwtng herpecuniar' relief him.~ self", sent hear, under the care of' an OfcR , to the Meaicity Scey witih a request that they would taRe hier case under their ansti. deration. 2'hontce Bibb.v, ant elderly gentleman, was brought forom Pen.. tonville watch-house, chargea with miaking arsittient effort for the recovery of a witic. Is appeared in evidence, that the- prisoner, in a. state of raeutal distraction, which his tongue (throuagh some acel.. denit ocurigt iti public-hounse) was not well able to expaim knock-ed at a respectable house in Pentonville an Fridlay night, anc4 insisted that, his wife bring there, she should be forthwithrcstoredto him: though repeatedly asasred that no isuch person was known there, he still insisted that he was warranted in searching for bet, and made divers efforts, so gain admnissiesm. The watchmant at length interposed, an daged to the watch-hous the pssnriepartiting thie secret from the better half. An elderly lady, with whomn it-e man's wife lived, attended so show that the husbantd was altogether astray. The prisoner, who during the investifiation spoke not a word, but made various hieroglyphics with the riumerous wrinkles of hit; face and forehead to express his feelings, waz at length induacedc by the MAgistr'ate to ulse hiis tongue. He thea, gave this dlear cxple.. nathan of hisconduct :.-" [atn parsed from my wife; eshe's loot good neithee is she bad ; y'ou see what I em ; still I inrtst tbtve qlae2' The Magistrate advirsed him to talte civil means for the recovery of hsis wife, and discharged him with an admonition. POLICE.