The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-05-10 00:00:00

Wsaiity tbing said about the Lord-Lieutenant ?—t don't remember. Was there no observation made at *H is that respect? Sheriff Thorpe muds one. What was the nature of it ?—He said he wished the Marquess of Wellesley at the Devil. Was this before or after playing at cards ?—Just as the Sheriff was going away. • Was this said loudly enough to be beard ?—These who were at a distance could not hear it. What was the size of the Room 7—Fourteen feet ware. Was nothing said about the riot, of the bottle ?—I don't recollect. Witness continued.—l heard nothing •aid about the panel—if it had been said, I think I must have heard it. By Mr. R. SMITH. —The Sheriff said nothing about tie riot until this observation ?—He never heard the She riff say any thing about the Lord Lieutenant before. He did not bear any one else say arty thing *pima the Lord Lieutenant. By Mr. SC 4 RLETT.—There way a conversation about the riot?--Sheriff Thorpe took a part in it. He gave no opinion upon the sub , ject of the riot. In answer to questions from Mr. JONES. the witness said that observationa might be made in one part of the room which might have escaped his observation. • Col. BARRY.—If Mr. Sheriff Thorpe bad said he bad a panel in his pocket, would he not have accompanied tiro remark with FUCII a g , s:nre as to aura x" your notice?- 110 answer. The witness withdrew. Wo.6redves was called in, and examined by Colonel BARKY.—He said be was a Police Magistrate in Dub lin; recollected persons having been taken up for a riot at the Theatre; he did not commit them. He recollected Forbes having been apprehended at the Theatre for the riot, taken to the watch-Noose, and brought before bias the next dar. Being asked if Forbes had not been accused'of a seri• ous charge. Mr. GOULBURN said this question bad no reference to the conduct of rlrrstitseeift Colonel BARRY conceited the question to be very material. Air. GOULBURN had no objection to a general in quiry into the conduct of the Irish Government. His ob ject stow was to save time ; and that was his reason fur objecting to the question. Sir .1. MACKINTOSH said he wished for the utmost latitude of inquiry; but he could ant conceive how the conduct of his Plight lion. Friend (Mr. Plunkett) bore upon the case ; for that conduct had nothing to do with the conduct of the Sheriff. BE'NNET thought time question now pot to the witnessing oar which ought to he put. c o h ne l BAItItY askp 4 l what hal the evidence given as to an ex-otficio informa•inn, filed by Mr.-Saurin ele. . Ten years ago, to do with the conduct of the present She riff of Dublin? and yet that feet was given in evidence in the course of the present inqniry. Whatever objec tions tuicht be made by Hunt:wattle Gentlemen on any side of the House, lie nay determined to go on- in his own way, and would not be stopped by any man in putting a trestle - in, unless tie Committee came to a resolution that he should tint put it. Mr. PLUNKETT said that he had never introtteed into this inquiry the fact of an ex-nffu.io Infortnati.m baring been tiled by his predecessor in office. if that fact titi been given in evidence, it was not in cdosequence of any' itui-tions put •by him. All he bad done was to t mention it incidentally before the present inquiry com menced. Colonel .BARRY and another Hon. Member Tat against stopping the examination. Mr. WYNN thought it irregular, and was of opinion they were net ant' Orised to enter into it by the instruc tions the Committee has received. The !louse, if this had been contemplated, would have directed an inquiry into the whole of the late transactions, instead of confin ing the committee to an investigation of the conduct of the High Sheriff. He thought the Honourable Gentleman, Colonel Barry, had taken a higher ground than he was authorised to take, when be declared it to be Lis resolution to persevere. He did not see how the present examination could be made to bear on the manner in which the High Sheriff had selected the Grand Jere. fdr. BRIGHT observed that there are many other par ties connect' i with this question besides the Wand Jury, and Sheriff; and as toe result of this investigation might lead to an equal administration of justice in Ire. land, he thought euery sort of inquiry ought to be per mitted. Mr. GOULBURN was willing to hear the examina tion, If it was any way connected with the conduct of the Sheriff. The witness was called in, and Colonel BARRY pit his last question to him. The witness said the charge against the prisoner was a conspiracy to murder the Lord Lieutenant. In a state of exasperated feeling, he thought it would he difficult to find an impartial Jury. Do you think the charge then made against Forbes ' tended to create that exasperated feeling? Tbisquestion was objected to by Sir J. MACKINTOSH as being a mere question of opinion. ' • Mr. U. BENNET observed that almost all questions put to wi:nesses were questions of opinion. The witness was then called back ; and, in answer to the question he said the exasperation might he so in creased. He did not sign the committal of Forbes. He had taken the information against him. Witness sub scribed one information, which he believes was as se- 1 riot's as any against the traverscrs. Witness would not have received a capital charge on any information sworn before him. Witness understood that three of the traverser. were committed on a capital charge. The order for committal came from the Council Chamber.-- The committal of Forbes was signet). by Major Sirr in witnees'spresence. The riots took place on the 14th of December. 'f lie traversers were tineliy committed the 2:klDre•n a b e r and the Grand Jury sat nn the Ist Jann- P 7. •It is nnikelv that the Sheriff would have struck a panel on the 17th becember. leedilon; examined by Col. BARRY.—Wit eels knew James Ormsby. lie ti dead. Shortly before his death witness had a conversation with him.' The Ax IYANEY-CTENERAL wished to know what the sabstanie of the testimony was. Cot BARRY said that he proposed to show that those witnesses were wrong who stated that it was Graham who titrew the nit le. Mr. PLUNKETT said, the testimony of those wit nesses m it be impeached by legal evidence. • Mr. BROUGHAM said that answers might be receiv ol en this inquiry, nbich were not admissible according to the lire.' rules of evidence. Colonel BARRY said, lie should show- by the pre•wat Witness, that t.) mrby made a declaration before has death, that it «al be who threw the rattle. And be would show by aitither witness, that Ormsby was identi fied in gaol as the per.on a bo threw the rattle. The ATIORNEY-GENEItAL protested against the doetriugurged by his Hon. anal Learned Friend ; and thought that the evidence should be strictly sanctioned by the roles of evidence. Witness recalled-.—He called in March on Ormsby, cad Num) bins iu a danger..ue state.--Speaking with resweerto the tra vergers, he said,Vse lads have come off ben r than it could be expected ; they little knew that it 3 4 poor...lames Onwby, she is n o w go ing t o Davy that thiew th e rattle Ormsby was a low sallow was perfectly serious. Be had been long I.tioess saw Ormsby before tti. t, anal after the riot aitaess saw him in conversation, kiandwich mast STATES; have known that it was Ormsby that *sew thrtattle.---. • Witness never made any information with respect to this matter. Witoess hoe made Inquiries abbot é man of she nettle of Farrell. .Witness is intimate with Forbes, Graham, and lisridwich. Witness is in Orangeman; belongs to the system gooerally, but not to any portico lar lodge. He is a Parpleman. Ormsby was under the apprehension Of death, when be spoke about going to Davy Jones. Witness was not os intimate terms with Ormsby before that. Robert Gilbert (tinder Gaoler of Newpate, Doblin). was news called and examined by Col. BARRY.—He re. collected Oinshy having been pointed oat sod identified by a person of the name of Lewis, as the man who threw the rattle. Lewis was taken to Newgate to identify the man who threw the Tattle, and he pointed out Ormsby. Witness obseived, that he imagined he was mistaken, as Granby was not the man who threw the rattle. Major Tandy was by when this conversation took place. Wit ness subsequently poihted Out Grabens, who was in the h ums yard. Ha thought the circumstance of Ormsby , having been pointed out as the person who threw the rattle, a circumstance worthy of being communicated to persons in authority, bat he thought it unnecessary to take any step as Major Tandy was present. The prison ers committed to Newgate (with the exception of Mr. Forbes) were lodged in the felons' side of the prison.— When. Lewis pointed oot Ormsby as the titan who had thrown the rattle, be stated that he knew he was the per. son of his own Itnowledge; -bat when witness had tol I bof that Grinsby was not one of the prisoners, he (Lewis) said he was less certain as to the features than from the dress; witness subsequently spoke to Ormsby, and uk..d him whether be was the person who threw the rattle, Ormsby was agitated, and acknowledged that he was. Witoess communicated this circumstance ti all the prisoners. and subsequently to the legal agent of the prisoners. Graham and Ormsby were about the saute height. Colonel BARRY stated that there were other wit. news who had not yet arrived. The Committee would therefore adjourn to whatever day it pleased. MT. GIOULBURN observed that it was his inten tion to bring the Insurrection Act forward on Monday; beyond that slay be had no wish. Mr. Sheriff Cooper was re-produced at the desire of Sir J. MAC,KINTOSH—Witness desired Mr. Poole to go to Sheriff Thorpe ; he believed to the Recorder's- Court ; cannot say whether it was Friday or Saturday before the Commission ; it was in the latter end of the week. Thinks the panel was not finally settled before Poole was called. Joseph Henry Moore was next celled—Henry 111'Col loch ►eas his clerk; has known Sheriff Thorpe since 1817; his clerk,, M'Culloch, said he had been at the Theatre, but took no part in the riot. Witness had no apprehension of his Clerk's being indicted; did not know that more than two were, in a legal or technical sense, necessary to constitnte ariot. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Wednesday next. Ihe other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half.paet Twelve. COMMON MUNI)! L. A special Court of Common Council wag vesterday held, w receive a report from the Bridge-house 'Commit tee relative to London-bridge, and for the transaction of other business • -is March lastloud bowing no money to boy victuals, gave her the brooch to pledge for her, sad went with bet to Mr. Moncaster's, and waited at the door while she Ole witntea) Want into the sh. Qn investigation, it turned iit that Mrs. Taylor was *widow of very respectable character, and though in , the instance of Mr. Woodrow, she gave the prisoner a character which was not rorrect, and she bad been actu ated wholly by motives of hnintoity towards the girl's distressed situation, and on hearing of her dishonesty had most readily given every inform4tion in her power. A tradesman on Ludgate Hill, who had known her for many years, gave her an excellent character. The prisoner denied that she had been robbing In sm. the places she had been iii, but she did not contradict Mrs. Taylor's evidence, and was committed to Newgate for trial. Bowwragay.—Georqe Davit WAS brought before Tao- WAS HALL., Bag, oniThursday evening, ;charged with steal ing a gold watch, rhaln and seals, from the person of Mr. James John Dunch, of No. 1, Grove-street, Commercial. road. Mr. Hunch stated, that he was standing in the crowd in the Pit entrance of Drury-lane Theatre that evening, wait ing tor Vie opening of the doors, when the prisoner came pushing behind him, and at length got in front of him, and turned round and stared him full in the fuer. After being in this position about a minute, he pushed past witness, and made his way out. There was something in his manner which excited the suspicion of witness, and he felt for his watch and missed it. He instantly pursued the prisoner, eat.i'g " stop thief !" and he was stopped in Tavistock stract. Witness received his watch from the hands•of a boy. Mr. George Bowes, one of the check-takers, said he pur sued the prisoner across the road into Taristock-street, where he hit him on the back of the neck, and and brought him down. Witness saw him throw something away at the moment he fell, bat he could not tell what it was. Richard Mortlock. a boy of 14, the son of a poor man in Catherine-street, said he heard the cry of" stop thief !"and saw the prisoner run away with a watch in nis hand ; he joined in the pursuit, and saw the prisoner throw the watch towards an area, into which it would have fallen, but the seals caught the iron bars. Witness picked up the watch, and gave it to the prosecutor. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was fully committed to Newgalit for tr.al. MARLBOROUGIVISTREET.--Mr. !yielder appeared before Mr. Roe, the Sitting Magistrate, to prefer a charge of assault against Mr. Brain, a lodger in the complainant's bonse in Regent-street. Mr. Sneider being called on to state the rounds of his charge, informed the Magistrete,that on "1 hursday night he had been to lock up the street-door, to prevent Mr. Brain from rending out his s-rvant; at he hail been ac customed latterly at twelve o'clock at night. It appeared that-the parties met afterwards on the stairs; when a quar rel ensued, and Mr. Brain spit in Mr. Sneider's face. which constituted the assault complained of. Mr. Brain, who is a surgeon by profession, raid he had unfortunately taken apartments of the complainant, which be had furnished at considerable cost, for the term of 3 years. On the night in question sonic friends bad been in his company, who wishing to return home he accom panied then, to the street-door, when he found it locked and the key in safe keeping. He appealed agsihst the complaioant's method of moral dictation, when high words ensued. and, considering the whole as an insup portable insnit,he threw his contempt, as before descri bed, in the complainant's face. The Magistrate advised the parties to make up the mat ter in a friendly was', but this nut availing, Mr. Brain gave bail to answer the assault. Thus. Hammond was charged on suspicion of having robbed some gentleman unknown of a watch. He was fully committed to take his trial, on the evi deuce of Christopher Charles Hinson, a lad in the ser vice of Mr. Gill, of Brownlo or-street, who saw the pri• soner, while attempting an escape, throw the watch down an area. HATTONZARDEN.—A young man of respectable ap pearance was brought up for a re-examination, yester day, on a charge of robbing his employer, Mr. Kees Davis, linen-draper, of Lamb's Conduit-street. Mr. Davis stated that the prisoner had been his clerk for about eighteen months ; on the evening of the 9th of April, he locked up his cash in an iron chest at the back of the shop, consisting of a 401. Bank of England note, three 10/. notes, 15 sovereigns, a half-sovereign, and a quantity of silver. and took the key of the chest up stairs with him. In the morning his apprentice, named Lewis, went up to his bed-room and requested the key, which be gave him. Lewis afterwards went up stairs and told the complainant that the prisoner bad gone out. Ott his coming down stairs and going to his iron safe, he missed the whole of his cash, which he had left there the night before. The 401. note produced was the one he had lost. Lewis stated that on the morning of the 10th of April, he went up to his master's bed-room for the key of the iron safe, as was his usual practice, and on unlocking it, he took out a bowl of silver, and put it into the till, in doing which he left the chest open. Oo hie return to the chest lie suddenly missed the prisoner, and went to inform his master of the circumstance. '1 homes Hill, patrol, stated that on the 29th April, at night, he was called into the Queen's Head, in Ormond street, near Mr. Davis's house, by the landlady, who stated that a person had engaged a bed at her house, but his conduct was such as induced ber to think lie was insane. He went op stairs and saw the prisoner lyingia bed, covered over with clothes; on palling off the clothes, he immediately recognised the prisoner, and charged Min with robbing his employer, to which li' made no re ply. On the way to the watch-house, the prisoner said, " I bad the best master, and bow I came to do so, I can not tell." Mr. Georg Dyer,from the Bank of England, proved the payment into the Bank of the 401. note on the 22d April, from Messrs Bassett and Co of Leighto■ Buzzard. A gentleman from the firm of Bassett and Co. stated that the prisoner paid the 401: mote into their house on the 18th ApriL The prisoner declined sayingany thing in his defence; and he was fully committed for trial. limos Hatt..—Yesterday a young man named Jos. Pegh, the ostensible proprietor of a register office in o.oklerstreet, Westminster-road. for providing servants with situations, was brought before L. H. ALLEN, Esq. charged with having defrauded G. Teakle. under the fol lowing circumstances t The complainant, who is a Gloucestershire youth, stated, that he arrived io town about a fortnight ago, for the porose of obtaining.* situation. He had not been many days on the look ont, when the following Ad vertisement caught his eye in The Morning - Advertiser : Wanted; a respectable young man, who ran write a plain, good hand, in an office a't the west end of the town ; one from the country would be preferred.—Apply any day this week at No. 1, Oakley-street, Westminsrer roal." The following day hewn/lied as above directed, and was received very courteously by the prisoner, who intimated,. that before situations were provided for sp. pticautt, the usual tee of :Is. must he p.id clown. Wit ness replied he had very little•money, bat that he had a watch, which however loth he was to part with, lie had no objection to lease as a security in the hands of the person by whim he was employed, until the fee should he paid. The moment tjae wale's was mentioned, the prisoner eagerly asked to see it, and taking it out of the hands of the countryman, observed that such an articl could be readily turned into money, and induced the poor fellow to accompany him into the Westminster. road, where he said he pawned it fir llk. and gave him saying,—" Now Yon have paid the fee, you shall be soon provided for, call again on Saturday, and you will be suited." The witness walked house perfectly astir he said, With the liberal treatment he hid received , from Mr. Path. .Baturday arrived, whoa be was put off with an excuse. Stibsiluently the prisoner offered to give I!. lss. for the watch, which was agreed to, but neither money, watch, nor situation could be obtained from the prisoner. lie was remanded until Wednesday. Cottoteests' INquesirs.—An ioquisitiott was taken yes terday afternoon at the Cross Keys, Theohald's road, be. fore Thom.% Stirling, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Nor man M'Clond, a journeyman baker, 23 years of age, who met with his death in a pitched battle with John Lake, another journeyman baker. Mr. Stephen White, surgedn ' of 1, Lamb's Condait street, was about seven o'clock, on Thursday evening, sent for to visit the deceased, whom he never saw before. He found him in the passage of the above house, in the arms of three or four men—he was quite black in the face, and quite insensible. Witness ordered him to be carried op stairs, and laid on a bed, when he breath-id two or three times and expired. He opened a vein in hisarni, bat it gave only abontan nunceof blood ; he then opened tbeingular vein, and took about sixteen ounces of blood ; but no signs of Ft:owning life appeared. Deceased ap ' peared to be very much beaten about the head and neck, particularly under the ears, and to have received some very heavy blows. Mr. White was requested to go up stairs and open the deceased's heed. Charles Butler, a journeyman baker: working for Mr. Able, of Ave 31arialane, Ludgatiellill, deposed that the deceased was a fellow-servant of his. On Saturday last deceased and witness went to a Free and Easy Club hrl I at the Bedford's Head, Upper King•street, Bloomsbury, a house of call for bakers. John Lake was chairtnin ; a dispute arose in consequence of one of the company drink ing an improper toast, and witness and another man fought two rounds; the deceased told Lake, as he was Chairmar, he should keep order; thst he was not fit to presides Chairman. A dispute arose between they ; Lake challenged the deceased to fight, but they were pre vented. Tuesday, the deceased sent Lake a challenge to fight, for one pound or two, and sent the money ; they challenge eas aeceoted by Lake ' who staked his watch as a depositdeposit for two pounds, a nd a written agreement was drawn up fur them to meet precisely et six o'cloea on Thursday evening, in Copenhagen Fields, with Meer seconds, where they were to fight, half a minute ss as tl!e time agreed upon to come between each round. The d cea•ed, who was a stranger in town, having been only about seven months from Scotland, requested witness to ,bo his second. Witness strove to prevent him .front I fighting, hut failed. About five o'clock they set oat t. , r I the field, where they arrived at six, and met Lake az:A George Brown his second. The deceased and Lake hot.' stripped and. fought; they had several round.. '..'he ; 11.•st thre • rounds were in favour of the deceased, but I Like was getting the better of him, and witness seeing deceased had no chance, advised him to leave off, but he refused. The next round Lake struck him two or sties times; the list blow witness thoegift was on ler the left ear, and brought bins to the ground: he never spoke af terwards. Thought it was a fair fight throughoat. Mr. White, the surgeon, returned into the Jury room, and stated that be had opened the head. awl found tot r ounces of extravassted blood on the brain, which he ha I no ddobt•was the immediate rause of death, occasioned by the injury received in the battle. The scull was nt t fractured. Verdict—hlanslaughter against John Lake. the pr:n cipal, Charles Butler, and tieoege Brown, the seconds. An inquest was held on Thursday evening, before T. Stirling, Esq., on the body of Richard Gillces, Esq. 4 tlentleinan of property, who died on Totes lay last. st his residence in the Willow-walk, Kentish Town. The Jury assembled in the drawing-room. Mr. John Harding, surgeon, stated, that on Saturday morning he attended the decea;eslat his house, and foiled him with a considerable wound across the throat ; there was lying on the table a knife, which he was informed the deceased bad inflicted the wound with; he instantly sewed up the wound and dressed it, when the deceased became sensible, bat said nothing relative to his commi•- ting the rash act. He went on favourably until the Monday, when a paralytic affection seized him, and be sank under it the next day, not from the effects of the wound, no vital part being injured. The deceased was in his 60th year. It appeared that the deceased had been of late m'ic'a depressed in spirits. Verdict.—Died by the visitation of Con. An inquest was held on the body of John Randall, • the Windsor Castle, Hackney, on Wednesday, before at W. Unwin, Esq.,Coroner. J. Richard Holtier, a journeyman mason, deposed, about four or fire o'clock en Monday last he wos that the platform erected for the purpose of the ceree uncle:. layingtbe first stone of the new building of the . 10 " Y 0 . Orphan Asylum; he heard one of the stipporte Loll' l,ol platform crack; lie got a piece of wood to r rs of ill.- prop that was breaking ; deceased was assist.apport the si.id to him "come away, for the cross-piece i 'ag 'du ; It!' Deceased said "hold your tongue." He tepee' s arealdilLf- ' and deceased made the same reply. Irani& red the cruse. thecaution, piece broke, and the scaffold fell in. w : l ately other side, which dll not fall, and esa itness ran to the fell upon the deceased and killed hire .ped. The timber mil l i ie . it ra a l: n en o z i t The other: nun Joseph uw i t ß a a s i n w b e r l l i d a g s r , 1 t a i m j o s :t i n: y . two yards from deceased when the sha tn t r a b a , Was shoat he heard thg brace crack, and sae at think thanke d n e gave ff the erLgave way ; rater to send one of his Ing alarm to the carpenter; bodied carpi thenout and the nose-piece , - back i ee e atn ' d I r i t l ih e l 0 : luf iinute before the timber a again l le e t would fall ; be told the ca t : to secure the brace ; he ca bad not returned half a Er the brace broke first, an aped the scaffold to fall. 1° o the building fell ; he the' arneyrnan carpenter, assisted in put. A gat tne apricot sunk e 'i James Sitnee. a , ,i . 0 0 is inchesp; the all the rop e were sunk in•o the ground, which occasi ; were put up to he ling up the prove ground from 12 was close to the deceased when the sealflli on a dead level' ; I s i s op i nion was, that cross- p i ec e gave way ; .Itts• was properly put up. The scaffolding fell; uPtin IV i oath, as a workman, he was of • ' ; n o: - et the th su at rve t y he ors p . e w a la se a P i a p t i a: , t i m u d n d h e y r the alis misfortune; e r t e e c i t i i e o opinion that v e t e h d e i s e c l ae . i ro ;Li t , eased came to his death accid t• 11 l e a n tf:rtn ;9 which. fell and occasioned his death was not pro I sect, red. pet y "F,......................... COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Fnioxv. Amsterdam c t „it 10 Gibraltar 30! 0 Ditto at Sight It 7 Leghorn.... . 46! 0 Rotterdam.. ..... .....12 11 Genoa 43 0 Antwerp,.... it II Venice Italian Lis ' , :t h.) 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Mr. Alderman &sugs thought it an unusual thins to propose a vote of censure on an individual, for certain words alleged to bare been spoken by him, before any inquiry took place, to ascertain first whether the words were or were not so spoken. Mr. %limn said, he had warted to bring forward this subject, until the worthy• alderman should be present; but he had slipped through his fingers. ' Mr. Alderman MIDIS moved that the notice should not be entered on the Journals of the Court, which was agreed to.. On the motion of Mr. Alderman Woon, it was resolved to send a deputation to the Committee of the Housed Commons, stating that the communication made by them to the Bridge-house Committee was so important, that the Court was induced to take further time to con sider upon it; and requested, therefore, that the Com mittee would suspend their proceedings on the subject until after the next Court,to be held on the ensuing Wed nesday. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAT 9. THZ KING 0. FRANCIS. This defendant had been convicted at the last Assizes for the County of Kent, before the Loan Cuter BARON, of publishing two libels ; one upon a Mr. Foord, a re spect4ble inhabitant of Canterbury, and the other upon five or six other respectable persons of the same city.— The libels in question, which imputed to the prosecutors, in strong terms of vituperation, various acts of oppres sion, on their part, towards the defendant, had been dis tributed amongst the inhabitants who were acquainted with the parties. On the motion of Mr. Gtinxer the de fendant was now brought up for judgment. The case was of local interest only. A great number of affidavits were put in op both sides in mitigation and aggravation of punishment respectively. Mr. ADOLPUUS addressed the Court on behalf of the defendant, and Mr. Gurney for the prosecution. The COURT, under all the circumstances of the ease, sentenced the defendant to four months imprisonment, in Canterbury Gaol, for both libels, and at the expire• lion of that time to give security for his good behavtour, himself in 1,00 W., and four sureties in 1001, each. YULICE, OuttnnALL.—Hannall Pethard, Mr. IVoodrow's ser not, whose previous examination was noticed in our pa per of Wednesday, was again brought up yesterday, be fore the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Ald. Woun. Inqairy bad been made as to the property to which the duplicates foand In her possession related, and which proved to be generally her own wearing apparel. Among the duplicates, however, was one fur a pearl brooch, pledged for Is. 6d. with Mr. Muncsster, Skinner -street, Suowdiill, which had been stolen from" Mr. Jeffrey, one of the prisoner's former masters, and the person through whose exertions the prisoner had brew given into custody. 11r: Jeffrey stated, that the prisoner came to live as servant with him, early in November, 1b22, and left bins the latter end of the January following. After she bad quitted his service be learnt that the chariwter he re ceived with her was a false one, and that she had been suspected of robbing several families where she had pre vionsly lived. This information set him to examine if he had lost any property, and in the result two or duce little articles were missing—among them the brooch in questisn. As the prisoner never applied t.t him for a cmaracter, he knew not where to look for her, till he ac cidentally learnt that she was living in the service of his neliflibour, Mr. Woodrow. the brooch was produced- and identified as his proper ty b y Mr. Jeffrey, and MM Taylor, the prisoner's sup posed aunt, in whose name it sras pawnen , st a t e d th at the prisoner lodged with her when she teas out of place, .~ 1 . I. .a 1. ti t