Police.
The Times, 1824-09-03T00:00:00

DIANst0g.lious..-A number of personis were siammoned be- fore the LofRD MlAYOSt for the non-payment of the pavement rates. Some pleaede povetty, and obtained timne others comphained that the rate was not properly appropriated, andi declared that the pave- rmunt before their doomt wvas in a break-neck state; whilst othiers re. probated the rate merckv as a rate, and objected to pay) it because thev considered theniselves sufiicientlj' burdlened with other rates. T1he Loecn MAAyo5t observed, that the patvement rate was the last rate to whichl he should expect a shiopkceper would object. It was grea"l to be lamlented that the pavements generally throughout th cit were in) such a deplotrable suite. The neglect of the iaha. bitants to the sLxb.ect wats highly injurious, to their own interests, and it would soon be founrd (isnless a mnote general at,en tion were patti to the condition of the streets) that the sanpefior order and comfort of thle public ways at thie wvest end would in a great mneasure drain the shopkcepers in the city of their customners, fie wvas giad to see that in som-e of the streets the Ml'Adam systern was going~ forward, and that the inhabitants took care to widlen the pavertnents---.an iimprove.. m ;nt'greHtly neededl in. many crowdtxl thorougisfarces. In one in.. stance.-that of Chathatn-place-sonce respectable individuals coasi.. dered theirinterests injured by thie publicinmproxseinnt,and tlircatened oppositioin WVith respect to that spot,he lhad receivedI a letter some days ago confirming the vieww,vwich he had been lcdIto tAkeof it. The writer alluded to aletter whichihad appeared on the subject in the public pa- per4,froin Mr. Bousfield. It stated as followsi:-" A comiplecte refu tation of hlis arguments may, be fotund in an acci 'ent which happenedi this morning; a gentleman's gig being dashed to pieces, and him- self bein tira gea several yardIs, htis horse rain away alonig B rddge-I 4t.r.eiet and bro -e one of thie rails wlitere there is a quantity of' sOil e- psted. If anly one hsad been passinig along the footway at the timne, a fatal acciden)t moiist have happened. The hor,rc fell dawn, so ad was much injured. If youir Lordlship will cause inquiries to be made of the street-keepersi, antI make public the result, it would b el timed act of charity to tltose who pass over the bridgre; and,Isol thiink, to the Chathami-placeites themselves, who rmutst havehert as hiard as the veerv stones if theycase be silent witnesses of thienum.. berless accidtents whicih take plate here." GUILDHAL.L.-..AlthoUgh variouts penial statuttes relative to mas- ters and workmner were repealed duiring the last session of' Parlia- nment, it is highly impoirtant thxat persons in those res-petiv,e asttions shiould be aware that thiere i2 an act still in force, which gives great upuivrc to the magistrates; for thie protection of masters, anid for thteI punishment of negligence and misconduct in workmien,. This sta- tuite, 4thCeo.j aIV. cap. 34, whiichi was passed in June, 1823, pio- vides, taifayrisan, handicraftsman, labouirer, &c. &c. stiall contract with-any master to secrve himt, and shall niot enter s nto or commence this service according to such contract, where cc rann tract is in writing : or having enitered, into suchi service, whetcier thec contract respecting the sam-e be in writing, or n~ot, shall absent hirmi sclf befsre thie termn of his contract is completecl, or neglect 'a fulfil the stame, or be guilty- of anv other miiscondluct or mnisdemecanor in the execution thiereof, or in 'thervise rt,spp'eeinz the same, the rra" gistrate, on comnplainlt and Proof before him upon oathi, is. autho rize.) to commit the party offtrnding to hard ILbour for arny timec not exceeding three months, or in lieu thereof, may punis~h the off ndler by abating the whole or 'anv part of the wages due ard owing to lint Under this statute, William Mlarson, ajourneviniaic letter-lounIC was brought upl before the sitting m tagistrate, 11r. Aldericiiat TJ. T. SMSITS, utpon thu comnplainit of his5 Master, Mr. Figgiris, of. West- street, Smnithficld, for neglecting to fulfil the verbal contract hr had entere-d into, anti upon, the perform-ance of which he had comtmencedl; and also for absenting himself from his nmater's emnploy, leaving hiis work unfinished. John Nourse, the foreman, gave evidence as to the verbal contract into which Marson entered withi h-im (Nourse) ono the part of' Mlr. Figzgins, whien he first caine into the emiploy. Mlarson was a yo,ung hsandl, and hiis engagemient wyas for two Years as a letter-ca1ster. IJr was to be paid tIme regular price for thec work, lie diid;-bitt wa4 to leave Is. per week of lils wages in his miaster's hands for the first two years. This was usual in their sholp, ats a sort of pireitijiin paid for learning the tradle; bilt at the enid of' the two Y~ears, if the joiur- neymnan believed well during the time, Mir. Figgins had lwaysrmade a point of returning! the ftill amouinL r. Bulr r.Ifre's clerk, who attended with Mr. Fig- gins, was about to prove!thefactof .lro' having lef't a founit upon whiich he was at work, not much masre than half' cast, whlen MNar- son became sensible of hlis situation), expressed his co~nt,itioni for his misconduct, and promised, if his; master would overlook it, lie wouldi return to his wontl, complete his contract, cuid conduct himself withi propriety in, futture.-Mr. Figgins then agreed to dirop furthier pro- ceedings. AlAieLaoaovGsr-STRtEET.-A yoan-g man of rerpectahle appear. acre, anamed James. I.oseli, wvas yesterday brought fromr St, Jettes's wvatchhouse, before Sir GEORGE F,ARRANT, c-fi.rgvd with creatng.1 a riot and disturbance at thle house of Mlr. Brooks, ttime anatornist, in Blenheim--street. The appiearanlce of the prisoner at the office sur- prised every person whio had any recollection of his person, becatise, about at month ago, he was brourght from St. Pancras watchlhouse, upon - charge of having been found concealed in the water-clos'tc of a house tn the New-roail, withiout either himnself or the owner of the house being able to accouint for how he got there ; utid upon thnat oc- casion he dleclared to the magistrate, tchat lie knew to a pos:itive cer- tainty that he had only two days to live. Sonic respertable friends gave him a good character, and he waLs then discharged. Air. Brooks, now stated, that thea prisoner hail cztme to his house uipon several occasions, and had written several letters, to him., clhaig- lug him with having got possessionl of the bodies of several of his relation.s; and declared that if Alr. Brooks did not give theml up., he would ta'ke an early opportunity of blowing his (Mlr. Brook-s's) brains oait. Considering the y-oung man disor(tered in his intellect, M'ir. Brooks took no notice of his threats, except to remonstrate witht him on the folly of such a supposition; bsit on Wedlnesday night, about 12 o'clock, be camei agcain, anid, knocking loudly at ihe door, inquired for Mr. Brooks ; and, uponr seeing Imm, repeatedisfre accusations, cand made such a noise tlstt Mr. Brooks Pus hiA uto the house ; but the prisoner still continuedl to knock at the door, and~ create suci 'a noise andl crowd, that at leng9th Mlr. Brooks was clorn eeldosndTim to tdie watchhoeise. Tepioer being now asked by Sir GEORtGE FAa!tANT as to he rfsion and meanis of living, said that he had been brought utotebusiness of a tailor, but having an indlependent property of his own.he left of-'tailoring as a trade whichi he did not like, and now lived as az gentleiman. Sir GEoRGE FARRAiST iniquired from whet source his incomie was derived ? He replie, f'rom a property left hini by will by his uncle, Al ajor Iovel, whose r, mains lid been interred at Acton churchn-yard, in which nei,~hbnurhcocd he had resided, and it was the respect which lie lhad tor the reainiLts of Ihis tuncle, anid many other relatives; interredl there, that was thec cause of hlis going to Me. Brooks's houtse on formier occasions, because he hiad reason to know that Air. Brooks hadt got in hiis possession, tiot ozily the skeleton of Major Lovel, but of all his othier relations". SirG(EORtuE FARRANTV asked how long!since those relatiottsalhad died ? h-c sai d, ab ou t 9, 12, ari d 14 years ago. Sir G E OittgE FA R RA s; T ithen sa id, thia t s u rel-y thea bodices of per - sons so long deadl couldt be ofnon use to art anatocttist likellr.Brooks; for it, was very unilikely that, even as skeletons-, the-y were it)enny thing like a perf'ect State. Tise prisoner assisted the Rlacistrate that he was uite mitke fo h vr etachiedboitnes thencselve,s were nowte nia e sernilceEabhls to prfsso ia usen, ~'m~because,bhy discoveries latel] to ide t cin hyo,. tr, t ie been asicertainedi that liiiniait boties were wioet serviceable in th promotion of thant scielure, Bit ttni this last occision that lie hlad ben At AilT. Brooks's hiouse, he not Onlyr went for the purpose of' recovering, if' possible, thec reticcaimsOf liiis rslations-i.it itheed.. I there were iany reiitailts undlevnured hr his vtrltwe-ebuili balso: wvert to 'outsult M1 r. Brooks professionally as, to his owii state of' hiealthi, in conisequeicce ot a.ittost extraordinatry inisforttune that had bie.1llen himi, and fron ti tefellcta of wh'ich lie didi not xPec( ever to) recover. Hie was walki;g one dusyin tile streets, titd 1happIened to iseeat accidentally a lMr. Napier-a secutlptor, w' vit-ue very wel kl known to Mlr. Brooks. This Mlr. Napier accosted hitic, aind oddhint; that heI looked exceediniglY ill, at the samne tittie requestitte to feel hits pulse. Ileie nf'ortunately pennitteieth int to do) so, and whifle pretendinei to fecel lila pulse., this Milr. Netpier muade a dccp incision wAith hbis nail iii one of thie veins oft'lis wrist, anid before he knew what hr was' about,injectedsottie other hlood-hebelievedth.it of the hyenia-into' his systetci. 'fhe thiag was done ini an instantte and fronitithat dlay to the prtesent he hiad beeni in a very danigeresi s Mate, and he wished to know front Mr. Brooks whiat Ltie ultimrate conscqitenceii were liltele to be,or ifNapie-r had told imiin anry thing on the subject. ",Notoniv.t' satid the prisoner, ,i' m Itiyleahtit destroyed by tliis new blood intre... duced into my' veinls, but nriy virtut is dci- gone."' M1r. Btnoks rteid Sir i. FtRnASeT,, thiathbeconsiderfed the Young man out of' his mind;, but he also, from the threats I.e had used. cotusidered his own life in danger, if' the prisonecr svere suffered to go at large. It was then agreed that sonic commsunication should belied wihnh pai= haboutithint, atid in thte itiean tine he wvas locked up. Ot 'tnsay ev'cting Alr. Harris, chronometer anid watch. nitaker. No. ij5, Coruhill, carne to this office, and stated to the Mla. gistrate, that on Tuesday a yousng miani, genteelly dressed in black, abou fIve f'eet eighit inches iii height, and rather satllow cromplexion' who gave his card of address, Sir Charles FATringion. Bars., Ste- vens's Hotch, Bond -streetj` came to his sihop atd pttrchased a chro. noiiceter, for 1191. lbs., which was one of hIts veer ' best tiiake. 'rite genitlemani toult out. lis regular printed chiecki-book. froiti the house of Sir Peter Pole, Bart. and Co., l3csihtholmew-lon-e. cud drew a chieek uponi that baink for thle almount. AMt. Harris s eeing the chceck~-book, and every thiing so regular, ilid ti ie. heitate to takic the cheek. The tiexi dauy, hiowever, on presenting, the check, MNr.hIlarris foutnd that tlhere were no assets at the hank,nor ens' such versoti as the dIrawer ot' the check knosvn thiere. Mr. Harris next wenit to Stevens's llotel,andl inquiired for SirChiarles Furritigton; uisod the waiter, to Me.r Bairis's great delight, said Sir Charles was at at hotete, hut not yet up ; but in this both the waiter atid Mlr. liar. vis were di3appoin'tedl; for ott knockjng at Sir Charles's room.door there was no answer, ang omi enltering it, it was fbunth that Sir Charles had not slept at housie the night before, nor lias lie been near the hotel since. Upon thiis stateenert of Mlr. Harris, Valentine, lite officer, was directed to look after the absetnt batonet.''ha offi- cer first proceeded to Mr. Stevenls, and there lie lea-ned that the assumed Sir Charles I"arrington drove uet to the hotel, end throingdow hiscur onthe coiffee-room tab) e, requestedI that his arivagn town mnighit be announced as speedlily as posisible in the fashionab-le arrivals in lice newsnapers. This was only- a few days ego, and since then he 'had had all sort of tradlespeo. ple waitting upon hiisi with and forf orders, and aliy thilngs thlat were left ite contrived to take away., as thec trunk lie~ left hehlitid wvas no)w so light, that it sreciisd to conuitin very little. Valentine, learning that there wast a Sir CharlesB Farringtoa in the army, went to Miessrs. Cox and Gireenwood's on the subiect,cand tferehe was toldthat sir Charles Y rriogton is is captain iri the 31s Regimzent of Foot, now quartered at Portsmouth, and about to em- bark for lindia; but that lie is a gentleman of the first respecta. bility, the highest character, z,nd strictest honour, and in no respect answering in person to the above descriptioni ; and here the case rests at present. * DIARYxnEROE-OFFsCE.-Several fireitten belonging to the County, the Pheenix, and othet fire offices, yesterday applied at tllis ollhce to get their orders signed, to enable them to obtain the custo- mary rewardsa for priority of attendance. In answer to inqairics from lr.RAwLINsoN, tlieystated thatthe fire occurred olt Saturday, at No. 134, Oxford.street, and was Owinlg to the gas-light in the sliop-window corununicating to some haberdashery that was iuad. vertently placed too near ie. The damage was v'ery inconsiderable. Ir. RtAWLI NSON inquired whether thle turncock had, on this occasion, turned the water on from the mr.in I The turmicock an. s=vred in the affirmative, and was confirmed by the tireticen. MIr. RAWLDI,O(N, without further inquiry, signed their orders, observing, however, wlhile doing it, that owing to the frequeiit cono. plaints of- wait of water lately, he was determined, in future, to sign xo oiders for the tserncecks, unless they could prove the water flowed immediately otn their turning it etc. HATTo0.GAItDEN.-Yesterday Alr. Henchall, clerk to thie trustees of the Hamnpstead-road, antl Mr. Mortlake, surveyor of roads, attended before Air. Sergeant SELLON, to preferchargcs against the drivers of several stage and hacknes'coachmen, for vin. lations of the act of Pqrliamettt, against interruptians in the public streets, roads, or highways. Dir. Hene}hall stated, 'that in consequenee of the repealed accidents occasioned throuth tthe obstinacy (isgorance it Vag no_) oszmiy of those persons (coachmen), the trustees had referred thie matter ru AMr. Aoitlake, who, as strveynr, was the proper person to remedy the evil so generally complained of. 'ihat gentlemtan had in con- sequence employed Alerry, one of the Bow-street patrol, to take no3 tice of the deportiment of the stage and hackney coachmen, at some of the most critical parts of the roads, where sinterraptiona were re- ported to have frequently occurred. Mlerry, being sworn, stated, that on the 25th of August, he took tne nubmber of flivc stage coaches, which stopped up the way so that no other coach could pass, at thse King's. Head, corner of Tottenhum- court-road, nearest to St. Pancras; informant ordered thern to go on, and nut block up the way, but thber refused; and the danaer to pis.- sengers was here very great, for they seemed to take a pIeasure in terrifying those who endeavoured to cross the road, by wbipping on their horses when tbev did move. The driver ofNo. 4;013 was then called and pleaded :'not gailtv -" the case svas gone into, but as the act of Parliatnent only says, that in case of any hindrance or interruption such driver sbaU be liable, &c., Sergeant SP.LLOSe conceived that he bad no power to convics there being no actual hindrance or interru-nion proved. The fouer 7ther infozmniations being of the same nature, were not pressed. The Iriver of the hackney.conch No. 1,111 was fined in the mitigated penalty of twenty shillings. for exceeding the number of coaches iaited by the trustees in Gooweli.street_roakl stand. AMerry stated Lhat onlv nine coaches were permnitted in one linie at the left- 'land side, in place of which there were thirteer. ; and defendant end another found a second line at the opposite side. The driver did not deny the charge, and paid the fine instoanfer. Some others were called under similar complaints, but did not ippear. Mlr. Sergeant SELLONw remarked to lilr. Henebal and Alr. tiortlake, that they should not be discouraged in their laudable en. seavours to abate so shaineful a nuisance, by his not having gmanted i conviction in the first cases; but the act itself was extremely de. recrtive; and it would be most desirable that nmCe tiew bill, or some! smetidnient in the present act, should be fr-duced at the next s65_ nion of Porliati.ent, providine; more distinctly a remedy for an evil .f set rmucn consequence to the community at large. .ceorge (lir.cr, a hey of not mere than 12 years eld, v was charged with robbing his emluver, llr. .Toseph Beck-with, engraver and thaser N'o. 20, Ayleiburystree2, Olerken well, of a Banke foEng- lanxi note. valXue 51. Mr. Beckwith stated that he employed the prisoner as an errand- boy; and on ,lIonday last he missed the note out of a locked box in the workshop. Suspicion failing on the Drisoner. he (Ailr. Beck. with) made souie inquiries concerning it, and found that the prisoncr chatigeil the note at the Nag's Head, iB St. John's-street, in his iiaster'q name. T'he prison er wia taken in Smithfield, when he wRra riding a donky, for which, it appeared, he paid 30s.; he had sio purchaqed a sadldle, two britles, a pair of spurs, and bought four tr-sses of has, which were deposited for the donkv's use in a sta- ble t lat tie actually rented for the purpose. Only 13s. were now re- naining of the wPhsle monev. The j5tvenile delinquent adrnit ted thc truth of this statement. anti 'aid that he bought the dtnktv because he wranted to ride out to 3tcpnes'. s er. Sergeant S-ELLON said he isad no doubt there was some ael- kiser at the bottom of all this, and remanded the boy for a week, in )rder to afford time for inquiiry. li'otztStII-STR R: T.- Lesterdnay three persons of exceedingly ~eszvctaLhle appearance, -ho described themselves as Fraccis lIlcu Y Jlakson. an at-sistant-.urceoi. Satoel Hs?ulne, third mate of a free tailer, anid 7tomnas Tur-o?',dl. a comrnercial clerk, were brought be- 'ore the mais-trates, Mr. TwyVVo': i and Alr. BuntesLt, at tils iffice, charged on the oath of Tlhomas Eatogogh, one of the consta- tles of Islingtoni, and another witness, with batliittg in the Netv River. ncar Highbury-row, between eleven and twelve o'clock at mid -day. They odmitted having committed the offence, and said they hard not observed the noiiceg. Mr. TwyFGoRD said their own sense of dececty mnust have shown them. had they rer'ected but fbr a single moment on the subject, that there was a sturos imtropriety in selecting for their puLrpose a spot so exposed to ptiblic observation. Mr. BuricELi. said the spot in question being close beside a public road, as well as immediately in shrht of sev eral houFes, was one of the most objectior,able that could have been chosen. 'I'he complaints on the subjecr were grievous and incessant, and exam- pie6 must be made irn order to put a stop to the nuisance. The dertendants avere orcdered to psiy a fine of ten shillings each. li-'llian i'1WVock, alahourer in the East India Companiy's service, and Tihoma.s Farnhamat, a porter out *t' eriploy, vretc also convicted of bathing is the stnne place aS the former, between six and sever o'clock on the preceding evening. anti were lined five shillings eacl-. The Jast-named defendant was unable to pay his fine, but a tradesman who happened to be in the ofEce, and knew him to be an industrious poor man, with a wife and family, for whom he h-ad been under the neWcssity of seeking parish reliet; very humanely paid the penalty, to save hin from imprisonment. Use oisl-HA7.L--Yesterdav Mr. ALLEN, the Magistrate, vras occupied the greater part of the day investigating a charge against a; man named Tlon'as C'OOmZbCeS, Who was taken into custody that morning on vuspicion of having been cancerued. in the murder of Thomas Morgan. the ga,dener of Air. Goodhart. at Beckenhams. in Kent, on the leth of Aust. The prisoner is a stout rman, appa- rently about 45 years of' age ; he was dressed in an old light coat atnd canvass trousers. On his person were found a steel charger, con- taining sluess and shot, together with some gtnpowder. anti a gar- dener's knife. The following is the evidence at present against hirmi :_ Thomas Hook, of' Orange-court, Kennington, stated, that he is a green-grocer. About the latter end of last Dlay, or the beginning of June. the prisoner came to his house, and asked him if he would purchase two pine-apples. WVitness replied, that be would buv them if he had them at a fair price. Witness then asked him where he bad brought thegq froiii ? When he replied, fro,t Kent; but expressly declined to state fromr, what Dart, addiDg, thasc it was about seven rniles from town. 'Witness tihen looked at the pine-apples, and askeqd the price, wheti the prisoner suid he should nave themri both for 4,. Witness's wife, who was in the shop, re- marked that it would be dangerous to purchase therm, as sbe thought the prisone- had stolen them. The witness then perceived that tlhe prisoner trembled upon hearing what his wife had said. The pri- soner isninediatel yleft the shop, and it afterwards occurred to wit- ne-ss that he should have arrested him: however, he went in quest of the prisoner, butt could not rind hins. About the 18th of August the prisoner again catne to his shop, and b.ought about four pounds of black iot-hoase grapes, saying. that he wanted two shillings a pound for the lot. This price wts paid to the psisoner in the absence or witnes from home. W-itness did not hear any thingof the prisoner since, Until yesterday, about 12 o'dock, when theprisoner again made his app,araiuce at his shop, and offered the fruit (now produced\, ctssistinse of two Canteloupee nelons, a-nd 31 peaches. The prfi soner asked Is. dd. t,or t.e two melons, aind 3s. a dozen for the peaches. Witness toll hini that he could not buv them, as he was ortlered to take him into custody ; the prisoner said, " Oso not take tue into castody; you mmay take the fruit, but let me go." Witness titen called Dunnc, his neighbour, to assist him in brin"ing the pri- ioner to Union-hall : the prisoner requested that he woule. not ern ploy another muan for thispurpose, but this wa s not acceded to. On *he moad *hither, the prisoner made many excuses, in order to be permuritted to go into tte public-houses on the road, but this was re_ tiused; and on his arrival at the office, he was searcled inh ke pre- setice of t'wo constables, and the charger, contain-ng the shot and slugs. together with the other articles, found on his person. Blith.t,an and Elnmes. constables, stated, thtt whetn the prisoner was hattdfd over to theis hi the two last witnesses, hpe I- b.- h- into the prisy. where lhe siid hi wisl,ed to go. It wasz afterwas-a man.- tionel to iheimi, that sonme slugs. s5iot, and powdez, werefounil n his isoseqssion, when it ocuurred to theni that he had a pistol, or sonu other weaponI , oncea.led on his perrton. They aske hint,r the Ques. tion. hut le denied it; and they proceeded to search the bole of tlhe prvy, ,vhen the pistol (now produced) was found. The magistrate 'rleresi the pistol (a large cavalry one) to be unloaded, when it wass btuaddto containa lhecy clharge of poader, slugs, and some round pebble.stones. The prisoner galc a verywconfused and unfatisfactory azcunt of htnnself: he bad hought the fruit (now produced) f&oaLa nman that morning, on the highl road, three miles from nByde-park Corner, whom. he thinks, he should trace again-that he had heard of a gardener belng shot down at Beckenhamn when he wse at the late tamzersell. air, bu; that he had no hand in it. With ragard to the pistol, he said he never saw it before; and as to the powder and slugs, he lid not knowie I had tuoli things about himr z tfil he was searched. He wrs asked where and how lie was occupied on Monday fost- night ?The prisoner replied, that,'as evl as he could recollect, he was at honie, at his lodginps 53 lKentsctret. Allr. ALLEN observed, tnat he would defer the further investign- non of' the case; and in the interim, by the publkity given of it in thle newspapers, further evidence would be brought forward-.TIe prinoner was then remanded. PLT,rcE.