Star. — London, England, 1829-06-18 00:00:00

Obit- the injury bad blip Mad by a straight lustrii nsedt oboist six bathes krbga Cross.examisielliOn ponsing the abdomen when be 'first examined the deceased; he found that it was tender. This-was not a symptom :of peritoneal inflammations. For two days successively they thought it right to bleed V* patient, and leeches were also applied. After his death witness found there bad been an adhesion of the intestines to the upper part of the rectum. The length of the rectum was generally from seven to eight inches. in witness's opinion it World be improper, in a similar case, to use any unyielding straight boogie of six inches in length. He bad paid particular attention todiseases of the rectum, but did not know.how many cases he ball intbe course of one year; dideot suggest the propriety of scathe" ter tome medical man at the sultriest ; in many lastatiees thecoat of the rectum was Tory strong and thick. • lellainmation, in its ordinary coterie, produces ulcers don; witness could not tell what the particular state of the deceased was before the Sunday in question; opera tions would sometimes fail, in spite of the skill of the operator; ,bad operated upon a woman named Kent, in St. Bartholomeres Hospital, and she died soon after- Wards; she been previously diseased; Mr. t3mith, who examined the part with witness,leas not a member ,ef the College of Surgeons; thought a person might walk a, quarter of a mile with a perforation of the illsetum ; th e perforation was on the front side of the' leptons, above the bladder. - Reexamined by Mr. ADOLPHVS—Considered that. the death of the patient was caused by the injury done the tedium. • Mr. Baron Huu.ocz here stopped the case, and said that there did no appear to be any evidence to support e charge of manslaughter. It would be a dreadful state • of things if a man who had - performed an operation tu: 'the best of his skill and judgment could be !objected to ; such h trciosecntion as this. . Mr. aoatc" produce here said that he could evs , deuce to show that Mr. Van Butchell was a man of very ,considerable skill; and although be was not a member of the College of Surgeons, he had received a regular education. Mr. Baron HULLOCK said that that point was not at all material to the inquiry, and he was tearful ofleteing it go "forth to the world that when an operation was not avended with success, an operator was liable to a .charge of mantlaughter. The learned Judge then told the Jury that the indictment could not be sustained. These was no evidence to show with what instrument the operation had been performed. nor. Abet the patient had actually died in consequence of it. He could also tell the Jury, that there was no principle of law which subjected an individual to this sort of inquiry, and it did not matter whether be was a regular practitioner or not. If there were, persons in remote parts of the country would not be able to get assistance, as many men would eor venture upon an operation from the fear that they were nor skilful enough.Therc had been no decision upon the legality of such cases. and this was the first time that such a charge had been brought before a Court of ,Jostice. Though an action for damages might per haps be sustained, yet where no malice was apparent. a teen could not he found guilty of felony. The. Learned Judge concluded by stating, that the piisoner would go from the ha without the least imputation, as the cir commences which had transpired to-day did not affix any criminality to him. The Jury then returned a verdict Not Guilty; and the prisoner, on tithing from the bar. shook hands with several of his friends, who congratulated him. Before Mr. Justice Lerrimacs. trostoaleX. Adtsnrd Martell", aged 25, and Henri Jubile Con way. 23, were indicted for forging ancrutteting a check for 1005. with intend to defraud Mesas. Drummond and Co. the.bankers. of Cbaring•cross. The particulars of this case appealed not long ago in the police reports. The prisoners contrived to get possession of blink checks belonging to the banking - house of Messrs. Drummond, one of which they filled up for lODS. and attached to.it the forged signature of Mr.BenjaminWortbyHernahis check Martelly carried vi Messrs. Drummond's, and succeeded in obtaining the money.- • The case was proved by an accomplice • sinned George Coombe.. The Jury. after about five minutes deliberation, re 'turned a verdit of Gailly of 2 . tiering the check knowing it to have been forged. SEW COURT. Before Mr. C-ni utopia e. The Court, and the avenues leading to it, were crowded at an early hour with weever; from Spital fields, anxious to bear the expected trial of five of their body, which was appointed to come on this nstirainx. At ten o'clock, John Chaired. aged SS, Hasty Dote s" 26, Seised John Awes, 30,WilliaasJoseph Mutk land, 28. and Betijancia Stone, 2Z, were placed .at the bar, and indicted under the Act 7 and 8 Geo. IV. cap. 30. sec. S. for wilfully and maliciously destroying cer tain silk goods in the loom of th e value of 201. the pro pet ty of Messrs. Stephen Wilson and Co. and of Mesas. Francis and John Gales. To this indictment they pleaded “ not guilty.” By the 3d section of the above act, the offence of ma. liciously cetting and destroying goods in process of manufacture is punishable on conviction at the discre tion of the Court, by transportation for life, or for a term of notiesurlitan seven years, or by imprisonment for tour years, and public shipping. on Oil prisoners belng ranged at the bar, Mr. ADOLPH us stated that he understood it to be the whit of their masters, on the present occasion, not to try tfio indictments against the prisoners, but to lair t4sem to depart the Court on their entering into their creole eognmances to appear to answer the charges against them if called upon. Mr. ALLev, for the prosecution, copsented to the _ . application. The COMMON StRORANT obsereed, that the .Court could do no saber than accede to this application ; end was,highly gratified in being spared the painfuL duty ot Whig to pass sentence on men who hue been long M , OfttOlNOd to habits of industry. The Court hoped they wweldlease the bar with feelings of gratitude tp theie cougars. and a disposition of mind which would ,A 'pally restrain them, from the commission of any IMOINIOM in future. " You ere now discharged.' DI rilimrs bowed very regretfully to the Court apd retired. The ticutioation of the business seemed to Agin general satisfaction thtooghout the Coot,. Thsi.euluolgoecitly entered into dim owaniosaisiocits to Pep tit pisce fpt tee year:. , sot.sic ACOUtILTION. *Om alaim, a, sesgectablo looking young twin. ' apprentice to a calm** mikes in Tottothaoi-couri-rords wiisplawd at dm bn'. 4P O O rir irdirtrreot charging him with stualiago silk, pocket liaadkerchist from therm= •1:611040 GlFYDeites falif . 'Thip poOmOtol,ltAtC4. that about Wu o'clock on ,the g *i • 4 the 10th iwitlllit he tr 4. 1 101106111 Prrajuiwiw *l.O of his threaSh SYdrrer,r4eY. :Lfielleter!, Out ititfrited iploggb,4 0* thOt 11 (elk* .044 his pocket; WigPir&WORI wolowlcanci okwrigit; 4whieitkeiEble.f Oft OROMPS I N" 11/44* rh • 7 oner ataedies near it; be atinopted to seise him. beti he socemided in getting sway; whom pursued and came up With him in Coventty-street; he struggled to get away, but be did not, and be gave him into the custody of the watchman. The COMMON SZIONANT—Mid 700 feel the hand kerchief leave your pocket ? Witness—No, I did not, Sir; I should not have known it had not my friend named it to me. Mr. Robert Carter, the prosecutor's Mend, corrobo-' rated his testimony, adding that he mw the bandkerehief. go from Mr. Gwynette's pocket, and pointed the pri soner out as the thief. The prosecutor proceeded after him and appreSeaded him. The COMMON SUOICANT (to the prisoner)—Have yein any question to put to the witnesses? Prisoner—No, Sir; I shall reserve what questions have for my defence. The. COMMON SONORA NT—lf if my duty to inbuilt' you, you are at liberty to cross examine the witnemesill you please. Prisoner—Thank you, Sir. William Alcock, the watchman, proved taking the prisoner into custody at the desire of the prosecutor. The prisoner then banded in a written defence, which among other things, stated as follows : "As I was pass.' ing through Sydney's Alley on the night in question. 1 saw two Gentlemen before me very much intoxicated; .. one, who gave his name George Gwynette, turned round Ind struck me a violent blow in the mouth, which knocked me down; be then commenced kicking me, end gave me into the custody of a watchman. On our way to the cage he began beating me again, and- hie itooduct wai so boisterous from drinking, that the night constable ordered him to be locked up, and not till then did the gentleman charge me with a robbery." Mr. Gwynette was again called, and askedif he had been drinking on that evening.? Mr. Gwynette admitted that he hpd been drinking. The COMMON SIROZANT—And were you locked op fa .the watchbouse for being in-a state of intoxication ? Mr. Gwynette said it was true be was locked up. The COIIMON SIBRUIIAIIT—YouCaIIMt swear tile ea. r sorbet stole your handkerchief? Mr. Gwynette—d cannot, my Lord. Mr. Carter recalled—l had also been drinking with Mr. Gwynette on the evening in question. The Cosmos SaaoaawT.—Then, Sir, being in liquor, can you take upon yourself to swear that the prisoner is the man who took the handkerchief from your friend's . pocket ? Witness (after some hesitation)—l certainly should not like to swear that I clearly saw him do it. The Cosmos SUeZANT therefore ordered his ac quittal. A Verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly returned, nod the young man left the Court with a host of respec• table persons, his friends. The prosecutor and his witness were refused their expenses. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Jun 17. The Court was occupied nearly all the morning in trying cases of stealing from children in the streets—an offence which has become very prevalent. particularly in the neighbourhood of Shoreditch. where there are numerous gangs of juvenile depredators. William Moore was convicted of stealing a cap from a lad named George Plumber. In this case the prisoner had several companions, to one of whom he threw the cap. after taking it from the boy's head, and the whole gang escaped *mpg the prisoner. He was teaseneed to three months imprisonment, and to be whipped. Thomas Davis was convicted of stealing some butter from another boy. In this case the prisoner had several companions.—He was also sentenced to three months' hard labour. John Johnson was indicted for stealing a handkerchief hom a person unknown. The Court sentenced him to one month's imprisonment. Several persons who had appeared to prefer bills of indictment applied for their expenses, the biUs having been ignored. The CHAIRMAN refused to grant expenses to any persons, unless proof were given of their being actually entitlede INOZIIIOSII NiUierts Thvissom was indicted for falsely pretending to one John James, a servant to Messrs. Brown and Co. cheesessongers, that be bad been sent to them by Mt. Howard' for two firkins of butter, value 151. and thereby obtaining the . same, with intent to defraud them thereof. The prisoner declined saying anything in his defence, and the Jury. without hesitation, returned a verdict of The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to be trans ported for seven years. There were five other similar charges against him ; two in Sway. two in the City. and one in Middlesex. It appeared that the way by which the prisoner ascer tained with what wholesale houses the retail shop keepers dealt, was by seeing the names on the carts of the former standing at the doors of the latter while goods were being delivered. He then called the fol lowing day, representing there was a mistake in the invoice, and afterwards obtained goods by means of this information. He was taken into custody on one of the above chat Res in rather a 'jugular manner. Having succeeded in obtaining some grocery goods floss a Mr. King, in Tooley-street. in the name of one of his cus- tomer% be had the impudence to go to tbe customer with a note, at from Mr. King. requesting some cash. on account of his bill. His tricks. however. had by this time become known, sod an officer was accordingly sent for. The Cantamau, is passing sentence, observed it was almost impossible for tradesmen to guard against the arts qi such fellows. Thursday lastoome boys having loOsened and got into a punt, eat the-stone patty wharf. Maidstone. al wampum named ,Walker. the employ of Messrs.: Bunted. to whom the .peat belonged, called to the! boys to get out. They-accordingly got into a barge, with the exception of a boy about eleven years of age, . mimed Thomas Butler, who. in his busty. snisied.,his _bold, and fall into the water. Walter, seciog the sled: deist. immediately jumped imo.the river. and. after several minutes exertion, got the lad out, The poor boy lid not appear to be dead. and was . imatediatkly taken 40 the Now Inn, hay aotettltitanding the medical anis mace called in. it-was baud .that,he was pastrecoxery. A coroner's inque.t was held on the body next day 'before the Mayor (C. Stacey, Esq.)•and a verdict of " accidentally drowned" pm returned. Great praise is. 4,40 Widtstr for hiseoedtuten Abe occasion. He is linable to swim, but &skim an instant hesitate to riik ,his Ilfe v and in ,eutkoeourinz to wive the boy was very . ,oexr beim i l eum toglfilinselr. The fliartis of he de. games ..pamou •was 4ssoliosly mime' the *Whir l haeinse laits its bat si-furtaight ; and-the father. who is .wmNitg man liefnirtsper 4re bar . saeks, leo a4O (* . heat% 0•11/40 14 4,4 1 e4i hip 01 1 4. * 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUI I4L. Putman Baer elm VlstreCT.. l eiterday Jails Conner, one of the 'viva, was charged IdforitSir-C. T. Ileum, with soliciting ad- Illusion into Whieecroesoteeet prison, with a bottle of whiskey con cealed about his person, contrary to the rules and regulations of the same. Mr. Douglau, the principal turnkey, was the person applied to by the prisoner for admission to visit one of the inmates. but Mr. Douglers. suspecting from the enamel swell Glebe boy's boiom that it contained something not allowed to be taken in; had him searched, when the bottle and its fiery contents were discovered. Conner r who certainly wore a very dal); appearance. being asked what he coold say in reply to this charge. answered, that for the lest four tumults be was unable to work through a severe attack of the ague; that his medical adviser recommended him to infuse a certain osedicstes of Peruvian bark in a bottle of whiskey, and that he bad pronged the whiskey for this aid no other purpose ; but jobs et some distance from home, and having to call upoo a prisoner in Whitecrom.street, he deposited Abe bottle in his bosom; but he begged to assure the Alderman that he was too apaiostato.recover his health to part with a drop if it in Saint Peter. The Alderman thought the defence a 'very ingenious one. and would remand him for a day or ;wo to give him time to procure emblems? of -what he stated. as, if it were Due. it world have the effect of at least mitigating his punishment.—He was accordingly remanded. . now-STREET. Yesterday a simple looking young female, named Etisobtes Dewie r was charged with having practised a most iugessious fraud upon - several pawnbrokers. Samuel Sheppy deposed, that he was sbopntan to Mr. Cameron, the pawnbroker, in Chandos-street. About ten o'clock iso Tues day morning, the prisoner _pledged two silk handkerchiefs at his employer:lt shop for 31., Tbe . primmer Came in the evening to re deem them, and offered to leave a shawl in lieu of them. • The shawl not eing worth more than half the sum tent upon the hand kerchiefs, her request was not complied with, and she wenr away. The witness then discovered that the prisoner bad talon away the pared oentainiog the handkerchiefs, and left in its place a parcel grass, rolled up Ma similar manner. The witness, upon discovering the fraud, followed the prisoner, and gave her into custody. Mr. -Hetes said there would be some difficulty in framing an in illettnent against the prisoner. The question was, had she stolen the handkerchiefs, or the sum which she bad obtained upon them? Mr. hlnunutt.—She stole the handkerchiefs, most undoubtedly. Mr. HALLS said he should nut he at all surprised if,". putting the cam in either way, the prisoner should get acquitted. A similar thee was tried some time ago ; and although the indictment varied the natdre of the charge. the prisoner was acquitted by two separate Juries. Arne indictment was for stealing the goods—the other the ittoney. le ITt. Maui= asked if there were any other charges against the prisoner? Several pawnbrokers here came forward, and produced bundles of rags, which bad been substituted by the prisoner for different articles which she had pledged at their shops. T. Race deposed that be was 'hornets to Messrs. Townsend and Page. pawnbrokers, Little Russell-street. The prisoner offered witness two handkerchiefs, upon which she asked 4t. but witness refused to lend her mute than 3s. 6d. upon them. She demurred to this, and the parcel was given back to her. Seeing him. how ever, engaged in serving another customer, the prisoner shoved over to him ahundle which he conceived to contain the two haudker. chiefs, and consented to take what he had offered her. Not sus pectiog fur a moment the species of sid3lat of hand which she had premised, he gate the prisoner the matey, rad upon putting by t b a parcel which he supposed contained the handkerchiefs disco d *hat it was made up of rags. It appeared further that the prisoner had practised a double fried, for she sold the tickets of the supposed bandkerchiefa to dif ferent poor persons. Several other charges were ready to be gone into, but Mr. Alm- MOLL conceived that the above were sufficient to answer the cues of *Lice. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. MA RI. BOROUG H-ST BRET. A respectable looking female of the name of Pastel was brought before Mr. Cortex:, charged by the parish officers of St. George's, Hanover square, with deserting her three children. Mr. Grist deposed that the prisoner had a dales on their parish, and upon the =oth of May last two children were brought to the workhouse which bad been left in the street. One of the children had the following letter in her possession :—" Gentlemen, I am very sorry to inform you that I have sent James and Henry Pavitt. Want has compelled me to it. Me and my children have walked the streets for three nights. I have a situation for myself. One of the children I win put out, but the other two I cannot."—Un &math this was written—" The children belong to St. George's, Hanover-square." This letter was perfectly conclusive as to whom the children belongetLand they were taken is, although on the pre vious day she had been to the Board, when the Gentlemen gave her 15s. and which was the sum she asked for, and which was a direct contradictios to the letter; for the above sum would have enabled her to propeu:e a bed for the children, and also to provide seine food for them. Although repeated inquiries had been made, no tidings could be pined of her, and nothing more was heard of her or the other child until last week, when a female, who 'stated her name to be Tatnalb. residing in Upper Ground -street, came to the workhouse, and stated that the prisoner had some time before called and got her to take her youngest child to nurse, but she had weer *tiler any thing towards its support ; being a pour woman, die was unable to keep it. on which she was paid 3s. and which awinehe was desired to call for weekly. Nothing further occurred mil the night before last, when Reeves, the messenger, met her in lbe Park, and took her into custody. The female, in reply, said she was in great distress, and that she 4res totally unable to keep her children, when she thought it was better to send them to the workhouse than to keep them at home starving. Mr. Cowes in Moog terms animadverted upon her unfeeliug tooduet in deserting her poor children, when she was committed to the House of Correction. LA hl BETH-STRERT. A master builder was charged with violating the person of Mrs. Catherine Glascock. The prosecute ii, a yams and elegantly dressed female, on being Bra brought into the *Moe fainted.away, and was in consequence obliged to be removed for a time, and restorative. administered to her. On her recovery, she proceeded to depose as follows : She said she was the wife of a journeyman bricklayer, and lived in Bot son's Buildings, Aldersgate-street. On the morning of last Mon day week she left home for the purpose of looking out fur work for her husband ; in pursuit of that object she passed by some buildings which were in progress, and asked who was the master builder?— One of the workmen told her it was the prisoner. When she saw him he asked her her business? and having told him, he said dust be retold eaU at her lodgings in the course of the evening, and see her husband. He called as he appointed ; but he not bring at home, be desired her to send bins to bins the next morning. He went accordingly, and continued to work with him until last Monday, when she received a message from him by one of his workmen, requesting of her to call on him on particular bassi. less. She did so, and met bins at the buildings, when he re quested her to accompany him to a public house to avoid the sun. Ske consented, and they went into a house in Parliament sweet. wince she took a glass of wine and water. After stopping a short time, but without any business being spoken of eacept the subject of a letter which he had written, by her husband's request, to his father for sons, tools and clothes, they left, and she came home. On arriving there she was told that the prisoner had called, and in shoat a quarter of au hour he returned, and walked into her apartment. and sat down on the sofa. At this time she was ens. ployed in washing some plates; and when she had finished them, and was about placing them in the cupboard, he started up soddenly, and pulling down the window-blind and locking the door, he threw her on the Sour, and placing his sleeve over her month, mom plidsesithis purpose. The Prosecutrix, who gave her evidence with a great deal of modesty and distinctness, was minutely questioned by Mr. Hard wick, as to . whethei in any of his previous meetings, he had intl. naissdhisineentions ? She replied positively in the negative. . The priermenin &fence, declared that the liberty he had taken with the prosecturia, was by her own consent, and was not the first, as apace which he addressed to her on Monday, would prove, and requested that it might be produced, and be remanded to another day, to give him an opportunity to show, that not only had she gone by difereat names, bat had actually walked the streets u 'a common woman. The husband said, that if what the prisoner asserted was the fact, ' there world be no necessity for his using violence to effect his pur pose, but as aiwoof **the bad forcibly violated bar, ber arms and .sides were bruised, end blackened in resisting his attack; but ,beeldp, when be called on bias for his wages, on Monday last, and charged hint with an attempt on his wife's chastity, he declared, In the pigmies of several witnesses, that she was a virtuous woolen, and that he knew it, for that be bad tried every means to seduce bar, het without semess. Thalileglatrate.ashad fee the note alluded to by the prisoner.— . The igegrescstriz replied.thut the bad burned it; adding, that all it contained, was a request from the prisoner to call ipso him. The prisoner's request was compiled with, and he was remanded untillianwaynext. WORSHIP—STREICT. • Yesterday Esliserd Das* a :;reaver was charged Wog* Wag. Boom, En. vsla breaking out of the dirtagine Mr.*.lacgit ' die proprietor or the i 0•60 a the Bedimblimusek *eldest dew • , 41. *pewit try Um ailurfeal Nu t Willeguesi, ffellfhdB7 1110 1 1181 L aritell two 444141.14.11 1" solos lowa stakswbi pt a* i th r k e el af4s 7 .7a sto er p ."; di tal e y f ia : n im nfre :" etat th o e f*; : 6 ) ll 4sin 'biC t iiirk r . W giGattligNil 'at t ' a l l w iih iciffe t h la wl t: 49 Frm' nl l ll44 4 op yrtt n. a Bow-street patrol, who happened to be on the spat ; afterwards saw that Use haroloor had been forced one% bet letns. mulling she but some ; lump war had been taken from • basie,Q which was found In the prisoner's pockets. There weir no m ar t, on 'the back dour, which be bolted before he Went to bed. The r ,h , toner, therefore, must have cisneesled himself in the bowie (. 4 h e had been in the taproom drinking only a few hours beim/),i t t when the family were all in bed. Let the ocher men In at the b id door.—Tbe prisoner said nutting in his defence. lie was committed for trial on the capital charge. James Noakes, a young Married man, was charged With tinytt fti the person of ilarrient Morgan, a smartioshing girl of 16, serv ant en Grlmsdak, who keeps a potatoe warehouse in Whites: mi . street. The prisoner, at the time the transaction was alkgrd to have taken place, was engaged in palming Mr. Grimsdale's house. The statement of the prorteecutrix was to the following effect About seven o'clock us Monday atoning site was washing in tkt back parked the shop; and the prisoner, who was painting hi the . front part. began a conveitution with her. lie remarked, that bac should like to know which was the window—meaning, as she sup.. posed, her bedroom window--aad afterwards asked her to tak e t walk with him some month* ; but the told bim that the could' not, for the had her business to mind. She went into a seal p.eo.ir" at the end of the shop, for the purpose of lighting a fir.., and he m a k• a cbnir and sat near bet, and began stirring In. paint. seer 4 414 him atbat be supposed her master would say if he found him site,,; . there? end the pl i aoter engird, that be should not care if tier mast Lrhind • did are him. After sonic further conversatieleonalsesedadbervaneedand gruel her, seised her unawares, and completed the crime with which he was now charged. (Tbe girl here gave evidence to estMbsh a capital offence.) She was deprived of the pow e r o f g i ving any ' alarm at the time, but the prisoner having r the place, she.wein up stain and informed her mittressof what bad= occurred. The Matistrate was informed that the hoax is situate at did corner of Glotwever.cmitt, in Whitecruss.uteet, and the whole nt the -front unglazed and completely exposed, the abutters being down at the time. Mrs. thimsdale said that the girl came to her room early in the morning, and informed her of what had occurred. A surgeon tvhia had examined her found her injured in the way de ses ib e d. 'Me prisoner, who declared he was innocent, was ream tdied for a further et sminat ion. Two officers who were sent to inspect the premises, said that thp small parlour in which the act was said to have hero committed,was tittle more than twenty feet in the rear of the shop, t h e ft/natant sides of which are completely open. UNION-HALL Stioeummeo.—Yesterday a respectably dressed woman, named Marie Elea, way charged befnre Mr. Swasitv with baying stolen A cape thaw, value PI from the shop of Mr. Davis, a itneadraper, in Newingtun Causeway. It appeared that the prisoner bad concealed the shawl in her basket. and it was found in her poyseadon after she had quitted the shop. Bbe denied all knowledge of how the shawl got into her baker, blot iv.. committed for alai. Jbesky, who form-sly held a situation in the anima Mu*, wa4 bonight before Mr. Cataluna,. ! b arged with a dt.cription of felony which has become extremely prevalent of late, an I by which several tradesmen and shopkeepers in the metropolis have suffered considerable losses. Mr. William Ives, a cheesemonger, residing at Britton. seated that on the 221 ult. the prisoner came to his shop, and having q. lected a ham and eh . the price of which amounted to 9s. Ljd, desired the articles to be sent to his residence. Grove Cottage, Tuise.hill, together with the difference in bilver for two sovereigns, adding, that on delivery the mkt would be I. mediately settled. Nothwithstanding the prisoner's respectable appearance, the cheesemonger instructed the shopboy who was sent with the articles, not to leave them at Grove Cottage without the money, and cautioned him to be most particular on the road, if the prisoner or any other person should meet him, not to part with the goods until the price of them was put into his bands first. The lad having received kis instrac. dons, then proceeted towards Tuise-hill, and on arriving near that place he was met by the prisoner, who, affecting to be in a passim about the delay in sending the go ods, then took two sovereigns ow, and throwing them into the boy's basket, snatched them up quickly, and transferring them again to his peeket, said " Those siweret* are not for you—give me the basket containing the things, sad also the change you have brought, and take this hve-pound heslk back to your master, and desire him to send the remainder of the money in lard, butter, and cheese, at the same time mitt* a piece of paper purporting to be a check for the whole NUN drawn on Sir William Curtis and Co. into the bey's hauls,. The lad hesitated at first to part with the goods no those condition. • but the pri s oner silenced his scruples, saying the check w a s s epo o d as the Bank, and that as he was about having a dinner party jet day, dispatch must be used in sending the remaining ponies pt kin order. The boy was at length induced to give op the ham sod cheese, together with the change, to the prisoner, in romp for which he got the paper purporting to be a check. It is needles* to add that the check was subsequently discovered to be deo valat, having no signature to it; and that no such person as Mr. WilliaM Hostelry resided at Grove Cottage, Tube Hill, nor was known M that neighbourhood. The prisoner eluded detection ever since the transaction occurred until yesterday, when the complainaot's boy happening to meet him in North Brixton, gave him into custody. The prisoner, who seemed to be in a very perturbed state of mind, and held down his head during the examination, was asked by the Magistrate whether he wished to gist any account of him self ? In reply to which he said that he was driven to the greates t eltremities ever since he lost his situation in the Customhouse and that Aire necessity alone impelled him to commit the uffente with which he was charged. John Grossmith, the taker who formerly held a situation I* mit in the Custom-house, said that be perfectly recollected the pl ainer having filled a highly respectable situation slew year/ .4 9 in the Customs.—The prisoner was fully committed. MR. MARIN% Pike, " extraordinary woluptuaty, the leviathan of the Walk.mill pool,.was found defunct in his native element about three weeks since. His length when dead was three feet eleven inches, greatest girth tweoty.five inches, weight 291bs. 9oz. The bones of his head, which has been dissected by Mr. C. J. Greatrez, of Eccleshall, are preserved ass natural curiosity. He is supposed to be the original " pikeirll" put into the pool in the ninth year of the reign nf Queen Elizabeth, A D. 1587. A fatal accident happened on Monday night it ' Wheal Specs is Mine to• a man named William Ham. He was at work in the engine-shaft along with two of his comrades, when something falling struck bias on the back part of the head, and without speaking he fell to the bottom 41 the shalt, in which there were twenty fathoms of water, and instantly sunk. The body was after much labour got op, and an inquest held upon it at the account house before J. H. J. mes,' Esq. coronet, when a verdict of “ Accidental Death" was returned. It iv melancholy to add, that the deceased has lefts pregnant wife and three helpless children. Western Ls. winary. ii .1111 • • : ••• 1 • 1m .r. Au ^ . se . . ti . 414 • in obi • . . .10 as • e; OI Pa - I • 3 410 0 •a 6 DIED. At Palley., on the eatb April, Andrew Lindsay, whose shaking and peculiar habits. are wen worthy of histories' record. Mr. Lindsay was born in ,Glasgow, in the month of alitensher, io tin year 17;1 ; be was baptised no the day be was born, in the Ti Church, and an that day, the female who carried little Andrew • church, either in the act of presenting for, or receiving the Wit after baptism, accidentally brought his eyes in contact with Ai' ruse of her sleeve ; this ursfeetunately produced a disorder bilk organs of vision, that speedily terminated in soul blindness. Attie age of twelve months be was removed to Paisley, where he soy dotted till his death. While young, few equalled him in detail( trees, and discovering birds nests; be distinguished odours by 1 61 smell; be was an expert swimmer, and loved every athletic es* ciao. He was fond of fishing in the neighbouring waters; oodles this purpose be dressed his own flies, and however storage k appear, the fact is no less true, that Mr. Lindsay often wlk.ow from Paisley to the West Ferry, a distance of eight miles, coke a day's &king. His taste was as reined as his intellect studio' . tuna. But it was the intellectual powers possessed by Mr. L that rendered him an object of admiration. He taught the flute, and common fife; be also could speak the Greek, Latin, French, and Spanish languages. He lem m a taught French with a grammatical accuracy that astonished individuals from that country. His religion was pure, 04 22 distant from bigotry and euperstition ; and when be fekr of his life approaching, he evinced all the magnanhnity sad taslr nation that a firm belief in a future state of mistake is aka to product. HIGH.WATJM LONDON-BRIDOK TO MORROW. 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