The Statesman. — 1823-09-25 (London, England)

POLICE.  Marmon Hausa.—Yesterday a girl named Maria Wellignex, was brought before the LORD Alava'', charged with having aPempted suicide. • It was stated that scarcely a day passed ',Wield witnessing at'empts of the kind. That on Sunday morning the .1..f-rilaut took a boat at Billingsgate, and desired to cross Il.e wa'er. The moment the boat got into the middle of the stream, she sprung no and plunged into the river, and was saved with much difficulty by the waterman, to wimps when slw was brought to shore, she declared that she woe . determined to die, and would try it agaio. In answer to the LORD MAYOR'S questions, she said she was tired of her life, which for several years had been a very miserable one. She had been atsersice in Berkshire I was seduced, abandoned, and obliged to go upon the town. She was taken info keeping soon but the man whose she lived with drank hard, ran out of his property, and turned her away, because she refused to prostitute hermit for his support. She had no hope of gcttlog into service, —wool., no longer be a prostitute, and could not endure to return home. The LORD MAYOR thought the CM worthy of Mrs. Fry's attention. and remanded the prisoner for an investigation of her misfortunes before that benevolent lady.. Csr Lion:Atte—A sturdy healthy young man, named Metro Hodges, has been before the sitting Alderman, Sir. S. U. ticaTaa, Hart. 4 both yesterday end on Tuesday, and is :till detained in custody, under ciectrinstaners which he, is ith no small display of talent and acuteness, complaint of BS harsh, unjust, and illegal. The prisoner is a Polander, in a wretched state as to cleanliness rind attire, and with his unborn beards bege whiskers, and shaggy head of lair, is sufficiently alarm-1 in g. BartholomeW Scanlan, a patrol of Castle-Daynard Ward, asured that about 11 o'clock on Monday night, he observed two persons in the avenue leading to Paul's-wbarf, and knowing it to be no thoroughfare, but only a way to the river, he tient down to look after them. One of them (the prisoner) on his approach retired into a public privythe other, a young man in the employ.of gentleman who : has premises on the wharf, told him the prisoner had been lurking about titer, for above bag an hour, and looking np at their warehoute in a way that led him to suspect he was after no gond. Ile (the patrol) did not then disturb the prisoner, linttold the young man he would look dawn again on his return, and it he found the man still lurking abont. lie would then take him in custody. He did return in about hail' an hoar, and finding the prisoner there, he took him in custody and as he refused, both to him and to the constable at the watchhouse, to give any account what lie wanted at the wharf, he was seat to the Compter. Scanlan hail taken him in custody from the same spot, order similar circumstances, the latter end of July The prisoner, app levelly an intelligent man, and perfectly master of the Enklish language, which he speaks vcraluently, though with a strong foreign accent, when asked what answer he had to this charge, replied, with a lonic & manner of much indignation—" What is my offence? I have done nothing to warrant my being brought here." Sir CLAUDIus.—You are found at an unseasonable hoar, lurking— Prisoner (hastily interrupting).—What do yon call lurkins ? I nos not lurking. The place is a public way, a,:11 I was on my own business. It is not just to say I was !tithing. What law hive I broken that !should be stopped. by this man? Sir Cs sum rs.—As yon seem to know something about the law. you shall hear what law you have broken. Mr.. Vivre, the. Magistrate's clerk, then read the clause from the last Vagrant Act, " that all night walkers wan&deg in the public streets or public highways, not giving a satisfactory account of themselves, shall he deemed idle and disoiderly persons; and it shall he la wfoil for any • justice of the peace tocommit such offenders to bard labou'r ir. the lonise of correction for one month." Sir CLavoius.—New you hear the law, and this is not the first time yes have been brought for this offence. Prisoner.—That lathe worse: this is the third time that have been brought here without haying committed any offense. Sir