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LAW INTEafGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Almost 14. DICKINSON 1. ROBINSON. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this cause. The facts upon which the case depended appeared to be, that upon the marriage of Mr. Braithwaite with his wif•. her fortune, consisting. amongst other property, of 2,1001. stock, was settled Upon certain trusts, for the ultimate benefit of the children of the marriage.— That marriage took place with the consent, as •it was then supposed, of the guardians of the Lady; but it baring beeh afterwards discovered that the Lady's mother a'husbandliVing, and that his consent was neces sal y, and had not been obtained, a suit was instituted, for the purpose of trying the validity of the marriage. The result of the trial was to pronounce the mar riage to be null and void; and thereupon the con tracting parties entered into another deed, by which they stated the facts that had taken place, and de clared their intention to revoke and annul the former 'settlement, and they then entered into a new one, and then they were regularly married. Mrs. Robinsun was the party to the present suit most interested in this question, being the only issue of the marriage, and being entitled under the last mentioned settlement to the pro perty which was the subject of it. A point had been raised as to whether the revocation was complete, and whether the substituted settlement could be carried into effect. The decision of this question, as it affected the parties, was a very important one; for under all the cir cumstances which had happened, if the settlement should be vacated, the claims of the nest of kin would be ;et in. The case of 44 Boughton and Sandilands" had been relied on in argument against the settle ment, and it was contended that the parties to the first settlement had no power to make the revocation which they had clearly intended to effect. His Loidship thought, however, that that case did not go to establish the proposition it was adduced to support. The settle ment there had been of real property, and had actually vested the legal estate in persons from whom it could not be divested by the parties to the revocation. That was not the case in this matter, the subject of which was different. It should be remembered too, that " Boughton and Sandilands" was a decision at law ; and admitting that the principle of law was well laid down in that case, it did not necessarily follow that this Court would not have relieved the pasties interested; their intentions and the equity of the case being made, apparent to the satisfaction of the Court. To decide' contray to this view of the subject, would not only be directly contrary to what the pasties in this matter had intended, but would also be at variance with the prin ciples by which Courts of Equity were guided in their decrees. His Lordship was therefore of opinion that so far as it went, and was intended to go, the second set tlement was an.effectual revocation of the first, and he decreed accordingly, ordering a reference to the Master ttemake -such inquiries as were necessary. 1 1 8 • • • ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK, Awl. IS. • Before Mr. Sergeant D'Ort.r. Isaac Circe's, aged 35, a mar lied man, and the father of five children, was indicted for a most aggravated assault. with intent to conintit a capital felony, upon Sarah Elizabeth Chute, at Birmingham, on the 28th • of July last. Mr. READER, on the part of the prosecution, briefly opened the case to the Jury, and then called the follow ing witnesses: Sarah Elizabeth Clarke, an extremely delicate girl, in appearance about 16 or 11 years of age, was assisted into the witness box, where, however. it was evident, from her stale of nervous agitation and debility, she could not continue many moments. She was therefore placed in the crier's seat, and with the most unaffected modesty, and obviously painful feelings, related the following circumstances: She is now fifteen years of age; her father keeps the Wheatsheaf public-house at Birmingham. Oa Sunday, the 27th July, her mother and. father went from home on a visit to some friends .tpr a few days, leaving her in charge of the house. and requesting the prisoner, who had been known to them for several years, to assist in attending to the business. On Monday evening, the 28th, there was a meeting at the house of the members of two clubs, or benefit so cieties, Ind.at about seven o'clock,when the witness was in the bar, the prisoner came to her, and asked her for Bs. to pay to a sick member. She at first hesitated to give the money until her father retuned ; but upon the prisoner saying that he would see that all was right, she went upstairs to her father's bed-room to procure it.— For that purpose, she took a drawer, containing the club money, from under a chest of drawers, and laid it on dressing - table While she went to fasten the window, as it was growing late. She was in the act of pilling down ti.e blind when the prisoner came into the room. He immediately shut the door, vat kb closed with a - spring-lock. The witness went on to describe a very *gross and violent attack committed on her by the pri soner. She shade every possible effort to scream for assistance, but could not make herself heard, in conse quence of the meaner in w hich he stopped her mouth. At last she fainted. When she redivered her senses, she found herself lying on thefloor. She got bp. and went down stairs, and met the prisoner on the last step. He acciisted her, saying, Sarah, give me a kiss. You mm 4 rot tell." She pissed on, and the house. being full of company, she went out at the back door and throuAli tl e yard into Mrs. Stringer's house, which is next door. Here she was only able to utter, "0, Mrs. Stringer, a man—Mr. Green," When she again fainted. Mrs. Stringer sect out for Mrs. Rogers, Mr. Clarke's servant, arid as soon as the witness came to herself. she stated how she had been ill used by the prisoner. She felt very ill nest day, and bad been extremely ill ever since. (Indeed this was but too apparent.) On -I:er cross-examination - by !sir. GouLuwiw, she said, that to go from the bedroom to the ro oil where : Vie members 01 the clubs were assembled, you had to descend two step., and then go along a passage. She could not -say how many yards long the passage vva.. Toe tap-room was full of people. She made all the efforts in her power to call out. but the prisoner pre vented her. She was in the act of pulling down the - blind before she saw tire prisoner coming.. She was out next day, hec ruse she was obliged to go and pay the Excise he'ore 12 o'cinck ; but she was extremely The prisoner was to have paid it, but he did Lot come near the house. (The witness was carried out of Court in strong convulsions.) Mrs. Stringer and Mrs. Rogers corroborated the pro ' secritries statement. Mr. Evans stated that he is a surgeon at Birming ham, and was called in on the :30th of July to visit •▪ ' hi* Clarke. He discovered marks of violence. He • haccontinuecl to attend her ever since. Her health has teen m;terial4 injured, and she has been subject to hysterical fits ever :once. • " Ittr. GOCUSURN addressed the Jury on behalf of the •pi soi,er, admitting that he had been guilty of gross misconduct, and a utt be cow/lewd on - the count tor the common assault; but contending that it was impos sible he could have intended to commit the aggravated offence imputed to him. It such were his intention, he ' would not choose an occasion when the house was filled with people, and in a room only removed by a short passage from the common tap-rnom, where the slightest cries must be heard. The fact was, he had nmely gone up for the money, and observing her, upon his entering the room, pull down the blind, h- was, on the itnpul , e of the moment, induced to toy with her, and try pet baps how far she w' old allow him to go, but desisting the moment he found she was unwilling t• go father. He again admitted that the prisoner had acted mroi culpably in even doing this; and no man lamented more sincerely than he did the consequence of his mo• mentary error. •He felt the deepest contrition fit t' e in jut y he had inflicted on this young woman, whose con duct, he was now anxious to state, although he had been misled by appearances at the moment, was perfectly free from all teproach ; and he should continue to deplore his error to the latest moment of his existence.— Still, however, culpable as he had b, en to a certain ex. tent, be ought not to be convicted of an offence which he had never contemplated. It had not been, and it could not have been, his Locution fur a single moment, to commit the crime of rape. A common assault lie certainly had committed ; and of rut, but of t!iat alone, ought the jury to convict him. In weighing this case, they must endeavour to guard their feeliogs against the effect of the painful scene which they had witnessed in the witness box; however melancholy were the conse queaces of this unfortunate occurrence, they were bound by t .eir oaths to do justice between the parties accord ing to the facts as they were proved in evidence :And if any doubt arose, to give the prisoner the benefit of it. As to the measure of Funishment which was to he awarded for the offence of which they should convict him, that would be a question for the Learned Judge afterwards, who no doubt would extend all the indul gence in his• power ti) the weakness of human nature, when encountering a sudden and violent excitement of one of its most violent passions. The Learned JUDGE, in summing up the case to the Jury, said, it would be an outrage upon common sense to suppose that in making this assault upon the prose cutrix in the manner described, the prisoner did not intend to commit the higher offence. The Jury returned a verdict cf The Learned JUDO/ sentenced the prisoner to be im prisoned for two years, and kept to hard labour; telling him at the same time, that he ought to consider himself most fortunate in having escaped with his life. Isaac Parkes was indicted for forging the Goldsmiths' Hall plate stamp upon several pairs of spectacles, made of base metal, and selling them as plate. In consideration of the prisoner's pleading el guilty', to the minor offence, of only forging the Birmingham plate stamp, there was no evidence offered against hint, on the part of the Stamp-office, on the capital charge. ' John Hunts, a respectable looking young man, 22 years of age, was indicted for stealing from the Post Office, at Birmingham, a certain letter, containing a 501. bank note, a .51. bank note, and divers promissory notes and bills of exchange, the property of George Sheppard and others, his partners. The prisoner pleaded 46 guilty " to the minor charge of embezzling the property of Messrs. Sheppard and Co. and no evidence was offered against him on the capital charge. He was sentenced to be transported for seven years. Before the Lord Chief Juscee THE BASTARDY LAWS. Sara& Gibbs was indicted for wilful and corrupt per jury.—The defendant, who was not the most captivating in her appearance, becoming the mother of an illegiti mate child, the parish authorities where she resided threatened to remove her to her own parish, and she' threatened to swear her child to the first man who would attempt to do so. Both parties were as good as their word. Mr. Gude, a parish officer, obtained an order foe, her removal, and , she went before a magistrate and l swore the child to Mr. Gude. Mr. Gude most solemnly swore that he had neither band, act, nor part, in the getting of this child; while the defendant as strenuously persisted in fixing the pa ternity on him, and expressed her astonishment at the very ungrateful return he made her for the many favours she had conferred upon him in the course of his frequent visits to her house, where she lived alone and inde pendent. She was found Guilty, and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. WESTERN CIRCUIT—WELLS, AUGUST is. The Civil Court was employed througf}r►ut the day in deciding upon cases of ejectment and of right of way, and no cireurastance occurred that possessed the slightest degree of public interest. Stos—Before Mr. Justice Pair. Charles Best was indicted for having assaulted, with intent to, &c. one Mary Harris. A second count charged him with a common assault. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty to both charges. Mary Harris, a fine looking young woman, stated, that on the evening of the 13th of July, she was return ing to her home at Dalkon, in this county, when the prisoner, who was accompanied by one or two others, came up to her. The others walked away, and the prisoner then accosted her, and asked to walk home with her ; she refused, and he then proceeded to take improper liberties with her; after considerable resistance on her part, the prisoner was defeated in his object, and was obliged to quit her; as sown as she got home she told her wither whit had occurred, and the prisoner was almost immediately pursued and apprehended ; she bad suffered considerably from his violence, and her clothes were disordered and torn. A witness, named Baxter, proved, that on the evening in question, he saw the prosecutrix with her clothes disordered, and exhibiting much alarm and agitation; he also confirmed her as to the fact of her having im mediately communicated the matter to her mother. Mr. Ronicuts, who appeared for the prisoner, con tended that the evidence only. made out the case of a common assault, which he feared he could not deny had been committed by his client, who was very sorry fur what be had clone, and on ahem he trusted his Lordship would inflict but a slight F.unishment. The Jury found the prisoner .guilty of the common assault; and Mr. Justice PARK, after animadverting on the grossness of any man thus attacking a woman, sen tenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment. Thomas Paw was indicted for having, on the 41h of this month, assaulted, with intent, &c. Ann Lever, a farmer's set vent, who resided at a place called Dawlish, in this county. The prosecutrix deposed, that on the evening of the day in question she was returninghome,when she was attacked by the prisoner, who 'at first pretended a wish to accom pany her home, but who, upon her refusal to permit him to do so, attempted to obtain by force what he found he could not obtain by other means, but was at once repelled bithe determined resistance of the prosecutrix,who struck him with her um!). ells, and also kept calling out ig niur , der !" in ord'hr to try and give 04 alarm to any person I that might br. passing um the spot.' The prisoner was at last obliged to desist from his attempts, and a he wit . going away, the prosectltili eold him she .would have him taken up for what he had done. He muttered what she believed to be curses upon her, and she made the iitnnist possible haste to her own home. The prisoner, in his defence, alleged that the prose. cutrix was a girl of light character; that she had al ready had a child by another man, and that she was ready enough to have permitted him to do what he liked with her.—The Jury found him Guilty. Mr. Justice PARK then observed, that Ile line of de ferce adopted by the prisoner had materially aggravated his offence, which in itself was one that called loudly for punishment. His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to melee months imprisonment, and hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION nous& EmirzzißNENT.—A warehouseman to Messrs. Brookshank and Co. of Lucklersbury, woollen factors, was brought before the Lotto .lAvoa, charged with having embezzled sums of money which he had been authorised to receive for that firm. The prisoner bad lived some time at Messrs. Brookshank'a, and was occasionally sent to receive the amount of bills. On the 27th of March he was paid the sum of 471. 16s. by Mr. Francis, a slop seller 'in the Minories ; and on the Bth of May he received from the same person, for the firm, 261. 10s. On that day he paid in to the cashier the sum of 401. which be said he had received upon account from Mr. Francis. He had not accounted for any part of ei•hrr sum before. There was also a charge against hint of having embezzled the sum of 41. is. tvhich he bad received for his em ployers.—lle was remanded. The dt over of an Edmonton stage coach was charged witkhaving assaulted a Mr. itaikes. The complainant went to Allersgate-street, took a seat on a coach . for Edmonton, and put his cat on the top. He, however, thought proper to change his rnindi and go upon another coach, and be took down his coat. The defendant, however, seized hint by the collar, and demanded his fares The complainant pulled out some silver, and desired the defendant to take what he pleased. The defendant again seized hint by the collar and shook him, and then took 2s.—The defendant was otdered to find bail. GUILDHALL. • Snow, the street keeper of St. Martin's, Lodgate, was summoned fur assaulting a poor Irish fruit woman named Ryan. The complainant stated, that Snow came suddenly upon her, and without speaking, gave her two punches in her side with his stick, and kicked over her basket of plums, half of which were lost or crushed, and the rest spoiled by falling in the dirt. A Gentleman named Jackson, who was passing 21 the time, said his feelings would not allow him to pass unnoticed such tyrannical and disgraceful conduct, and he therefore caused the woman to' make the complaint. Snow said, that all he did was to driveller off the pavement, by pushing her and her basket with his stick. If Mr. Jackson had not Interfered, she would have been satisfied with making bet escape. Mr. Alderman. Armee said, he was averse to encouraging these complaints against officers, who had a trying duty to peefurm.— Snow had for many ye Ali enjoyed the confidence of the Gentlemen of the Ward, and be could not believe he had misconducted him self in the way described. Mr Jackson said, saw the violence of the officer, and was de sirous that he should compensate the woman for ber lons, and un derstand that be should do his duty with mildness and moderation in fir ure. After some conversation. Mr. Alderman Armen said, that the women, by their competition, kept down the prices at the shops, and the officer had no business to turn the basket over; he there fore advised Snow to make the woman some recompense. The woman estimated her loss at Bs. Soow offered her is. The poor woman asked for another sixpence—upon which Snow pocketed his s. and marched off.—Mr. Jackson communicated the result to the Alderman, who replied be would not again interfere in the matter. _ _ _ A man, named Axes, was charged with a fraud on Mr. Barns by, an eating house keeper in the Old Batley. The prisoner having had no di remittances ' from his friendi for a fortnight, and being in excellent appetite, went to a barber's shop, where he got his hair fashionably trimmed, and his face "clean shaved," and afterwards told the barber that he must trust him till. he saw him again, as he was without money. He then went to Mr. - Barusby's, and called for a plate of .roast veal, two plates of pota toes and a slice of bread. He soon dispatched these, and then called for a plate of apple pie. After this, he very coolly told "mine host" that he had no money,an el neither could not would.pay. Alderman Ammer —This must be put a stop to. You know this is the third time you have been brought here for the same trick. Prisoner—l had not a halfpenny to help myself with. Alderman AMALIE—You must be remanded to see if you cannot find the money. HATTON-GARDEN. Mary raft was charged with robbing her master, Mr. Potts, of the Royal Oak, Red Lion.street. of ten sovereigns, and various articles of wearing apparel. Suspicions fell upon the prisoner in• consequence of finding a piece of riband in her trunk, which was evidently cut from a roll that lay in the same drawer with the money. Duke, the officer, discovered various articles belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Potts in boxes belonging to the prisoner.—Committed. James Harris and Jaen Peltier were charged upon suspicion of being concerned in a burglary and robbery in the house of Mr. Samuel Scanlan, Chalton-street, Sumer -town. The prosecutor's house was broken into late on Tuesday night, and robbed of pro. poly, consisting of .cloths, and amounting in value to between 1501. and i WI. Harris was seen near the prosecutor's house about half. past ten o'clock on Tuesday night, with a coach, and talking with two men of suspicious appearance, one of whom was suspected to be PeUier. The prisoners were remanded.—The prisoner Harris is the same individual who, about two years since, was condemned to suffer death, for robbing Lord Cowper's Steward; but being proved to be innocent, was reprieved, and set at liberty. WO RS P—STREET. Sarah Raise, of Dillon's-court, Petticoat-lane, was put to the bar, when a Mr. Mapkson said be accompanied a female to her house, and being shown into a room, be ph.ced his coat on a chair, in the pockets of which were 12 sovereigns, one WI. and two Si. nutes, when the prisoner and another ft male entered the room, and forcibly took it away —Fully committed. J. Harris, silk. weaver, in Spitaifields, was charged with receiving a quantity of silk, with a guilty know/edge, and was ordered to pay a line of 201. or suffer one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. HEAVY Suez COACU PIMALTIES.—Mr. George Palmer, put proprietor and driver of one, of the Colchester coaches, was suns-. moved before Mr. Benerr, on the information of John Biers, 'charging him with having carried fourteen outside passengers, besides: luggage, on the roof of his coach—the number being limited by Act of Parliament. The penalty in such cases becomes a matter of very serious import where the driver happens to be a proprietor also, as in the present case, being double the amount of that im., posed upon a driver only, viz. 204 for each extra passenger, with a discretionary power in the 'Magistrate of reducing it to Mot less than one half. The information was supported by the evidence, but the defend ant's solicitor raised several legal objections to the proceeding, and the Magistrate, seeing the importance of his decision to the de fendant, took a week for consideration. Upon a re-hearing of the case, the objections already stated, and some others newly raised, were argued at considerable length ; but they were finally overruled by the Magistrate, and the conviction confirmed. The defendant was fined Forty Pounds (101. for each extra pas senger) and the costs. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday Thomas Higgins, a fishmonger, who bas been. its cus tody for about a fortnight, upon a charge of maliciously stabbing, with intent to kill, a man named Killdillon, one of the inspectors of nuisances for the pitish of St. James's, was brought before Mr. Roe, the sitting Magistrate, for final examination. Wm. Killdillon, who had hitherto been unable, from the nature of the wound, which has confined him to Sc. George's Hospital, to attend and give his evidence, and who now appeared with his head bound up, being sworn, detailed the facts u already have appeared. Mr. Edward Dixon, a surgeon, residing in Wardour-street, de posed, that on Friday, the Ist inst. he returned home about two o'clock hr the afternoon, and found the complainant at hie house waiting for him in a wounded state. Witness examined themound, which was of a transverse kind, inflicted by a sharp knife, which entered the cheek near the ear on the right side, and penetrated to the mouth. Witness dressed the wound, and had the wounded man conveyed to the Hospital. The Magistrate asked if the knife, with which the wound was inflicted, was forthcoming. One of the constables said that it was not ; it was a knife which. the prisoner had snatched up from a butcher's block in the street, and the butcher had got it back, and refused to give it up again. The Magistrate asked the prisoner If he wished to say any thing. The Prisoner-1 have nothing to say beyond what I have already said. The prisoner, who is a short thick-set man, about slaty years of age, was then fully commuted to Nvwgate for trial on the capital charge, and the parties all bound over to prosecute. Yesterday, the coachman to the Reverend Dr. Moore, of. (lower street, 8%4110rd-square, was brought to this Office. on a charge of violently assaulting James Datrow, a butler also in the service of Dr. Moore. It appeared, front the evidence, that the priseoeroms Tue,day night last. brought home a friend tosstpr.r. Pod intim, 44 that irwa. his intention to provide him with a Ind In the 'mee t To this the butler objected, hr bring a confidential servant, a n y . having the care of Dr. Moore's plate and other property. The visitor, in consequence, left the hoteie, hat he had se.aci ly „, When the coachman foseed him Into the kitchen, tore off hi- d o t e: and beat him in a mint shocking manner. The Alagiatrates finy the prisoner 21. to the Kim and W. to the butler, far the assault. M A RY- L A- DON NR. Mr. Kean, of the Britannia, Browiuntrert. Maryla-berme, int convicted, on the evidence of a watchman, of supplying a woman with three cans of beer, after the hour prescribed by law and is beinj his third offence, he was fined U. but gave notice of appeal. 'QUEEN SQU A RE: Yesterday Byers, attended by his witness .(Rawlins) .p peend before Mr. Maaelorr, to support a new sprties of info rmat i on against stage coach proprietors, under the 15th section of the A n tif Parliament. The information ;barged John Price, owner sad driver of th e Ba'ham-hill stage coach, with stopping more than a reasonable f i n* on the road to take up passengers. Ity . ers said thatibe had laid the information on account of .the treatment he had received from the defendant. Howling deposed. that ton the 31st of July, hiniselfratid netts got on the defendant's coach to come to town, and on their a e rie ,' at the Elephant and Castle, Kent.road, Mr. Price stopped, eon ., persons pointed them out, and a crowd assembled-round the conk exclaiming, "There is Byers the informer." Byers frequent* asked Price to drive on, but he refused, and they at last gut off th e coach and went to town on foot. They bad waited on the coach 13 minutes, and the mob assembled so fast, that if they had not gee off he was sure they would have been iU used. Mr. Hendrick, a solicitor, contended that Price had not stopp e d beyond a reasonable time; the crowd that had assembled sm e merely to see Mr. Byers and his man, who bad =de themselves persons of notoriety, and was nu fault of the coachm in. Byers—The coachman only stopped that should he ill.msed. There were various threats used, and if I bad remained longer my life would have been in danger. The ostler at the Elephant and Castle was called by Price, w said that the common time for the coaches to stop was ten minutes Mr. Maaatory said he thought the offence provcd, and hoed t h e defendant in the lowest penalty-4/. and costs. Byers said he did not profess to lay those sort of informations for Ms own profit—he bad laid that for the public good, anJ he should therefore appropriate his part of the penalty to a public charity. .UNION HALL. A female, named Anne Murray, was charged on snlittion witt stealing front the person of Mr. Parsons, au infirm and Odra, Gentleman belonging to the East India Company's service, a watch and seals. The complainant stated that on Sunday night, between teh and eleven o'clock, as he was proceeding home along the Kent roa4, he was accosted by three women. one of whom, a tall dark-haired woman resembling the prisoner, pinioned his arms behind his hi c k, while her companions drew the watch from bit fob and ran away. From the time he was first accosted by the .wmnan until he was robbed scarcely a second elapsed. and his agitation, ari•ing from the suddenness of the attack and infirmity of body, rendered him •is. capable of either pursuing the offenders or giving the ilarm. Keyse, the constable, having had. information of the robbery, sp. prehended the prisoner. and a pawnbroker produced the con. plaioant's watch. and identified the prisoner as having pledged it at his shop on theiday subsequent to that. oil which It had ben stolen front the.complainant.—The prisoner was committed. Four young men named Jones, Gran, Bennett 411/1 Currey. woe charged with breaking into the house of Mr. Amer. a publican at Lewisham. on Friday night last, and stealing therefrom a vanity of articles, among. which were two single•baerelled guns, scone spoons, and a pair of spectacles. The evidence was, that the home was fastened in the usual manner at night when the family retired to rest, and at five o'clock in the morning it was•discoveted that the parlour had been forcibly entered, and the bar robbed of the articles in question, which were valued at more than .51. The pis toners were all apprehended on Saturday morning; two of them had the prosecutor's guts., and the others different article* which had been stolen from his house.—They were all fully committee. TOWN.HAI.L. We stated the case about a week since of an intelligent child d twelve years of age, being found between twelve and one at night sleeping on a bulk in St. Saviour'sChurchryard, by Wilkinson, the watchhouse•keeper, who confessed to having run away from kit parents in Belfast, fur the purpose of gratitying his ardent desire to see London. Yesterday a letter was received from Mr. Patric! O'Neale, the father, conveying his mo.t grateful acknowledgments 'for the information afforded him from the Office, as weltasthrooglt the medium of the Newspapers: and after stating that his story was true, requested he may be conveyed on board the Erin %tem packet, now in the River, the Captain of which wilt take chaise of him, with an assurance that his childish folly will be overkoked,,in the hopes that he will have sufficiently seen his eiror. A request Wilkinson was desired to see complied wish. LA 31 BETH—ST R EET. _ _ Twofemales appeared to lodge a complaint against theld father; be had, they said, almost starved them, and when they applied tra him for food he beat them severely. The father shortly after entered, saying, he•understond daughters had a complaint to alledge against him, which he we ready to answer. gr. Wvarr asked the youngest bow old he was?—She replied that she was 18. He then asked if she had been starved and hen. A person,who introduced them,answered, both one and then:kr. Mr. 2darruuse said, this unnatural parent is a Purser in tbr Navy, and in the receipt of dr72 a-year, and from what I 4, nerd him, if he does not change his conduct I wiN apply to the Aritniraird The Father—Don't Sir, they are light girls, and keep badness. Play- The Person—Ws a d—d lie, they are well conducted gieleallut they have a bad father. Tbe MAmaunava—We believe him so; and for the assask mots to, we convict him in the penalty of £5, and in default of payment. to remain for three months in the House of Correction. • The Daughter—Oh don't, your Worship; for Goo'. sake! do not. He is our father, and we are willing to forget sad forgive A —do not, do not, good Gentkerien, send him to prison. At an after period of the evening, we believe be was liberated as paying the fees. THAMES-POLICE. • • Afar, Ana Morley, a decent.looking woman, was yesterday brought before Mr. Ida tumults, charged with a rehtney. It appeared in evidence, that the occasionally engaged s the house of Mr. John hlorgan Thomas, shadwrll, at charwmae. However, upon the =nice of her latest visits, a variety of pre petty was missed, and a brother of Mr. Thomas was oheeti hit begshead to keep as rye upon her movements an Wedt:esr!.,-, when she was again employed in the house. During that da y ths witness observed her (when auperson, to all appearance in ha imagination, had any view of her actions), approach the mene t till and abstract mine silver, whith she pocketed. She also, M similar manner, disposed of several small parcels of sugar. Mr was immediately pounced upon, and in great dismay fainted awn upon the discovery. The money, 3s. and the sugar Wert 6/41ffil of the constable Into whose custody she was given.. The woman wept bitterly, and piteously implored mercy. as Sit bad four helpless young children entirely dependent on her or support. She said it was her first offence. Mr. BALLAN7I)II said, he was afraid not; money and goods were before missed from the very place from which she had been 11 °' teeted in the very act of stealing. The prisoner again repeated it was but her first offence, la begged Mr. Thomas, dropping upon her knees, to have it UP" her little child nre. , 4 Mr. Thomas, storm this appeal, appeared effecter!, an d said. hr will not prosecute, Mr. liallantine ; I would rather Mt Let go : she has these helpless children, who will be thrown upan..lli world : give her an admoultion, at ' td in Gab's name let her S n Mr. BALLANTINV.—I cannot do it, Si: ; I have no P ° " r d such a thing. My duty is to commit this woman for trial. so.. am bound to perform that duty to the poor as well a, the am and therefore I cannot discharge her. Mr. Thomas—ln mercy to her children. 1, ai* Mr. Llatzerreisa—That I cannot help ; it cannot W ei; me. If my own brother were there, I must and would co:": him, if the accusation wdre made out. I would rather not c o n this woman, Indeed would sooner pay the money 'lllici t. ' bl % have no alternative left to me. I am surprised at p eo p le 0 before Magistrate*, and making charges against other' proving the accusation beyond the shadow of a round and saying they casinot prosecute, they could because, Smooth, aft that stage, their feelings over They must not suppose that because a deaf ear turned by the Magistrates to such applications. humanity than themselves. Mr. Thomas said he did not think but the Magi with discretion. Mr. Baztaierrite sutured him in such cases they sue one course.—The woman was then committed 411F.D. The 21st ult. at 141 ton, ht the Isle of Wight, Ft the late Edward Maxwell, Esq. of Bomb()141's Wit; The 10th inst. in her 30511 year, of a rapid consul on by a cold caught at Margate, Mary Ann, wife of Senuners, Bartholomew•ciose. 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