Police.
The Times, 1824-01-20T00:00:00

BOW-STRvEET.-A t'cwvdavs ago Ladv Erskine (wihlw of the dis. tinguished nobleman lately deceased) called at this office, and in a private intervievw with Sir R. BIRXIE, requested his assistance to recover a laige quantity of weating-apparel, which, she said, Was ille- gally denained by a lr. Adams, the keeper of an as'luni for luna- tics, at Bayswater. Ier ladyship admitted that she had been con- 6ined there, but said that she wvas properly discharged, and Air. Adams therefore, cohld have no shadow ot right to detain her appa- rel. S&r R. BD antE lamented his inability to afford her any ass:st. aucev observing that it was a mattcr ertirely of a cvil nature, and a magistrate could exercise no authority whatever over Mfr. Adams. Lady Erskine departed with this answer, but reneweii her visit on a subsequent day, and pressed her suit so earnestly, that Sir. gichard said he would desire an officer to call upon .Ir. Adams, and ap. pris hirn of her application, and he should theh hear what arswer that gendleman hadl to make. to it. In consequence of the visit of the officer, MllT. Adams came yester- day to the public office, and havin stated his name to Sir R. Birnie, and infonmed hiti that he was a lsicensed keeper of a madhotuse, he produced a bundle of papers, consisting, he said, of testimonials of hbs character and respectability, and his fitness for the calling which he followed. Sir R. BsR2xtn said, it was quite unnecessary to produce any such documents, forhis character was not at all at stake before hiim, nor did he in the smalest degree .questiou his respectability. Iady Erskine called upon him, and re presented that he (Alr. Adarns) de- tained a large qusntity of apparel. which slie (having as she declared been leftin a greatmeasure unprovided for) stood greatly in need of, and although, strictly speaking, a magistrate had no .urisdiction in such a case, he had, to oblige her ladyship, stepped a little out of his way, in the hope that an explanation 'and arrangement might be brought about. Aitr. Adams said, the fact was, that she was placed under his care 't the late lord Erskine, and was most decigedly a fit subject for this asyte. ALord ntity of clothes was of course sent for her use, and they wee -si! in his possession. On the night before the noble Lord departed this life, Lady Erskine made her escape from hBi5 (Ur. Adams's) house and he had ever since been in vain endeavour- ing to find her. She lad never been discharged from his custody, and she was not fit to be at large. Sir-T BiRsrKE said sAe did not appear to him to have any symp- tGms of insanitv about her. Hje conversed with her for a consider. able time at each iftermiew, and jrie was, as far as he was able to Judie, petfectly rational. DIf. Adams isad, she might appearso Lo the worthy magistrate, for the mostuConflrscd 1unaties had It,r lucid iittirvals ; but he could xsurehim that ste o\ghfbe in confinement, anE he would ven. ture to ask Sir Rieha5d if he could give him any inforoation which would assist him in finding her ItaJystip, as he was deteniined to R1cc her into his custody wherever he might meet with her. * X .ButI~RS mai he uhould give no nformation upoIS the - Mr. Adams said hd had learned that she was running4 a4boZt weli very wild tor- of camspany, and he wished to find her if potriblg. WVould Sir '1 1iimie order ai experienced oflicer to sa3lit 11m en ., "~~~sid he should give no orders upon the subject- Alr. Adams no domibt Inew his own power, and he would exercise t as'lie thought proper. - Alir. Adams ssad he had 3ade his application; It had been re. fUsed, and there was an end of it. Withsrespectto the wearing aps arel, ht should certainly keep it, as there were considerable arTears y tlu f to bin c e tboard5 &C. ere th ation ended, and tr, Adams left the offie - tte said, o3DS*ZDulitN beusolo hi.-In the course of thbet morn- wing, air U..utremaeid publaic a lstter which be hadreceived from the ev. but Lhoydpokthe visiting magistrate of Hertford gal, con- inthb mos. clal whithasto biastoor the High Sheriff and the vhole was' im ofsible toshat count,f hable asistance which they had heceived l'roeu hi m (Sir H. Birnicanzt the offieers (Bishop,nuthven, antihIjo;sn Intd the investigatioe, connectend with the atrocious mur- deisr o nr.weare The conduct him-.to trethe officers, the reverend gentemant waid, dfcould not be too h , anad hejustice oftecunria under the greatest obliaiosto themr, UlIsw119UOV-STiiEET-41 very m ltary,.looking personage. warg a tremedidous pair.of whiskers and maustachios, who stateid hineaci to be a .native of Ililboa, in Spain, %nit Ks name Gatoree Cacia. hut who spoke such a str.-nge mixtuxe of bad Spanish. French, and Itaiian, with a.. strong bias to the lrish accent, that ii ~wa imossbl to'sa wat atin ad the honour of clsinnin wet ith ij~cl~yremoedfcm te bar. jotr Frisby, a young l a n dthe sdtlce of Mtr., WOO? 'la Yi atab6 eeperin the&eru.newi? sCcharged ,with fraldnenty obtairiing 20s. fromt thelandlord of theG o1icpub1ic.btonielireore--g.. steiitF;ltzroy iuare It appiear tfllt the prisoner went; -in the name of ffts. woodi his mistress, and sikedafor change of a sove-K raign, saying tbat-be-would bring the -govereign the next time hd called, as-,Mr WVood had not onrjnitLthen. The change was ac- corditiglygven to him; but nothing m* -was seepof him untll he; :was appreuended on thiachesge - The p.arties expressed thenmelves unwjiling to prose6te, as the boy's nmetbierwas a poor widow, who h>stber husbaind by his being- run over by. a cart ire tbe street. - Sir GE9utok FARRAgT said chit ua,s an offSence that oaght not to be passed over wtthorsepunishmenttt and remanded the prisoner for, lurtberr examinatlon. sNoI-m-ATr.L.-Yeaterday information was received at thi of.. fiee, by L. B. ALLEN and IL J.-Ci;AmBEns, Esqrs.,ehat an exten- sive stage-coach robbery had7been committed on the road from Pe- terfleld to London. The coachman, Tholmas Fauilner,of the Hero Portsmouth stage- coach; in~ driving tbrough P~eesfield on Fricday the l&b.inst., took up a parcel of Bank-noles directed to theeljus of Williams andCo, Birch-lane, bankers, and. as tha safest place, deposited them in the driving-box under the cushion of hib own seat. There .was a patent lock of Bmamah's manufacture to the driving.box. At Portsmouth four seats on the ftont of the coach had been engaged in the nasrre of' Hughes, and four very respectable men, to al3 appearance, ocCu3 pied the seats. One of them 'sat on the box with the coachman, andI the otherthreeb'eindbim, so that the wlolefront oftbe coach was taken up by-the party. One of those passengers gisbed the othera farewell at Kennington, and proceeded towardsWVestmineter-bridge. 'The three others aliglhted at the Elephant and, Castlc. The coacb- man did not think it necessary to examine hia driving-box until he arrived at the coacn-yard of the proprietors, Mlessrs. Boyce and (Chapln, in t3racechurch.street. The ffrst thing he then discovered wssa skeleton key inthe lock, wihich had, although patent, been opened. The tare of noteswas, as mightbeexpecte, gone. The parctl cnentine , besides the notes, 150 sovereigns, and 20i. in silver. Onephnndred poSnds has been offired for the a,prehension of the pausles POLICE.