The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-09-18 00:00:00

stATOMASt Teeter. The Jury. aPer consulting for some time, found the two pri:oners Guilty, but recommended the prisoner Bardou to mercy in consequence of his resisting the proposal of Elder V) throw the prosecutor into the canal. Mr. Jostle/ Baer said, that this recommendation was erremely judicious. If a distinction were mode in the punishment of criminals like those who stool at the bar, perhaps it would operate in teaching mercy to those who mightotherwise act to the utmost extent of their power to irstify their cruel dispositions. Jaws Barrett was Indicted for stealing from the person of W. Powley, on the Ist July, a watch, seals, and key, Taint. 71. The prosecutor stated, that he was a yurneyman car rier; that on the night before the robhery he was locked out, and stayed in a pitblie-horse. lie was in the Ring's Arms public-house with a friend named Smith. From this riblir-liouse they went to the Fox and G oose p ublic- Louse, Seven Dials. Smith desired witness t.t keep his watch for him, as his fob was too small. Wit ne-s nut it into his pocket. The witness and Smith went to sleep in the public house. The prisoner was present in another box when they went to sleep. When they awoke the watch was gone. The watch was foetid on the prisoner. Mr. LAW. Counsel for the prisoner, s.ibtnitted that the watch was wrongly described in the indictment as the watch of Powley, whereas it was proved to be the pro perty of Smith, and alleged to have been stolen, Smith being. present. The RECORDER said that the presence of Smith made no difference. The watch was the property of Powley, as against all wrong doers. • James Smith stated that he and the prosecutor went to ether to the King's Head public house, on the morning in question. They were together at the extremity of the roam. The prisoner came towards them with a pot of beer in his hand, and asked them to drink. They did so, and then treated the prisoner. • Whtn the wen nto t oat Fox the prisoner accompan ied them, and they we y tn i the and Goose public house. Witness nail given Powley his Watch to take care of. Witness and Poe ley went to sleep on the table. The prisoner was with them when they wen slep. PwleY hail an apron tied about him, On waking.t to , lie e a ked o Powley for his watch. Powley , on exa mining, found the watch was gone, and the apron undone. The prisoner was alto gone. Witness 'gave information, and the prisoner was apprehended. The chain and twat:if tic seals were found at a pawnbroker's. James Henderson lodged at the Fox and Goose. On the morning i n questi he saw the two last witnesses and the prisoner to4ether.on The prisoner was awake. Ile told witness that the two persons asleep were his fr ting toiends, an 201. d said that one of t h e m had property amoun shoot him. The prisoner went over and shook Powley, but Fawley was too fast asleep. The prisoner put his hand under Powley's apron. Witness saw him then put his hand into his own pocket, and went away. Witness i m mediately waked Smith. Powley's was unloosed. Williatu Smith, the officer, apprehended apron the prisoner at L-g Alter, Lonr Acre. Witness asked him what lie had done critic the watch. Ile said he had got it in his pocket, anti pro laced .it and a seal. • He found a doplicate, of a setl. Tae seal was claimed by . Smith, as his. The chain was found at a pawnbroker's in Pantbn Street. Ihe pri. rioner said the chain was pawned by a friend of.his, who had the duplicate. They did not find the duplicate, but Wet faun pawnbroker's to pawnbroker's,until they found the chain at last. A shopman to a pawnbroker produced the gold chain, which was identified by the prosecutor. This witness iden tifi•rl the prisoner as the person who pledged it. Thirty sh!Dings was advanced on it. Anothtr pawnbroker's shopman produced a gold seal, which was identified by the prosecutor. Ile was certain that it was the prisoner who pledged it. Five shillings was advanced en it. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. • The prisoner was found Guilty. Before 'the PO/4110N SERGRANT and a LONDON JURY. James Smith and Rebecca Ifiatson stood indicted for stealing, on the lath of August, a qoantity of linen and calico, of considerable value, the property of Alderman Thorpe. Mr. Swart—l am warelionsekeeper to r. Al lerman Toorpe.te A quantity of roots were sold to M Mr. John Da vie, of Southatnpton, and made fore a truss, and sent to the White Horse, Friday Street, the purpose of being sent to Southadtpton, on the 2Silt of August. Win. Jackson. —Ain clerk of the waggon office in Friday Street. Recollect a truss coming on the evening of the 29th from Alderman Thorpe's. it weighed 43 , 21b5. I pat the truss into tke waggon for outhampton that even ing myself. 'the portr at Alderman Thorpe's deposed to his hay ing ca rried a tress from his master s, on the 28th, to the waggon-office in Friday Street. There were drapers' goads la it, and it was directed to Mr. Davis, South ampton. Itlizabeth Roberts—l live- in Merlin's Rents, Shoe-lane, awl know Rebecca Watson. On time 29th August 1 saw the primmer Smith come to tbe Conrt to Rebecca Watson's lodgings. She came down, and they both went away to e 1 t g her, and returbed , when Smith took out trick end gave it o her, and she went up stair& viiii it. Rebe c ci l i ved at. . 6, in the Court. oukpf, which they took the iltior ; there was also a bed which they took up stairs. Susan Barker.-1 live in the same Court with the last witness, and was setting at my tea when I saw the prisoner cdme op to Rebecca Watson's, who lived in the same house With me. She went . dowa with him, and he then brought up oat of a coach a bed and A sack, which they took to Rebecca Mason', room. I have often seen Smith there before. Thomas Wilder, a constable.-10 consequence of infor mation, I went to this Comet on the 29th, in the evening, and found with the female prisoner a piece of gingham, which was here produced. Two other officers took Smith in the same house. We found in Rebecca's lodging a quantity of linen and calico, and a bed, which are in Court. Sm'tb, on being questioned about the matter, said he knew nothing about it. Another officer deposed that be took Smith in the room where Rebecca Watson lodged. Jones, a third officer, confirmed this testimony. The keeper of the house in Merlin's Rents, where the goads were found, swore that both the prisoners lodged in it. Mr. Stewart was called, and identified the goods found as the property of Mr. Ald. Thorpe, and a part of that made up in a truce, and sent to the waggon office. The COMMON StRGIANT was of opinion that there was no evidence against the female prisoner to go to the Jury, and she was accordingly acquitted. The male prisoner arts found Guilty. . INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sari. 17. John Ellis Sutton was opposed by Mr. Beam for Mr. Silvester, clerk of the Court of Requests at Oldbury. It appeared that the insolvent was an attorney, and was the clerk of the above Court before Mr. Silvester was ap pointed. Becoming a defaulter of the suitors' money to a considerable amount. he a as removed from the situation by , the Cointnisloners, and proceeded against for the money. The Court of King's Bench granted a role for an &pedi ment against him, ordering,' him to pay over the sum of 1,7291. to Mr. Silvester, the present clerk of the Court, upon Mr. Silvester giving him security to the amount of 2,000/ for the just distribution of the money amongst the suitors to whom it was due. He was accordingly arrested, and now sought his discharge. Mr. }Couch was about to address the Court on behalf of the opposing creditor, when Mr. Pot.ocir (for the insolvent) observed, Mr th at as this debt was due to the su itors of the Court only, . Sileester or the Commissioners had no right to oppose the insolvent's discharge. Mr. MATH insisted that the order of the Court of King's Bench (where that objection was male and argued by Mr. Hawke) fixed Mr. Silvestri as the creditor ; but even allow. ing that the suitors were the creditors, and not Mr. Silves ter, then the in.olvent's schedule must be dismissed alto gether, for not one of the suitors' names was there inserted as a creditor. Mr. PoLtoctr argued that the insolvent could not owe the same debt to two sets of creditors at once ; and the Court of King's Bench deciding ii a' he owed it to Mr. Silvester, the insolvent was justified in ins-rting Mr. Silvester's name and not the name of his suitor*, in his schednle ; and then the debt having been contracted before Mr. Silvester be came his creditor, the opposition of the latter could not bring him witin the ISth section of the act, as having frau dulently contracted a debt with him. The Come called the avention of Counsel to the words of the order of the Court of King's Bench, which expressly & c it e d that the insolvent was still liable to the suitors, and to secure. him against the consequences of any demands on their part, they only ordered him to pay Ole money to Mr. Silvester, upon receiving an indemnity from him to the amount of 2,0001. The suitors, therefore, were still his cre ditors, and, although be was hound to insert Mr. Silvsster's name in his schedule, in consequence of the attachment issuing at his suit, be was also bound to insert the names of the suitors. The Court, therefore, ordered the schedule to be dismissed ; but, upon the application of Mr. Pot.Locn, they allowed the schedule to be amended on payment of the costs of the opposition. There was another creditor to oppose, but his o pposition was deferred until the insolvent be again brought up. John Evans, another attorney, was opposed by a poor mad named Howar m d.—Howard, it was proved, employed the insolt;ent some years ago to r ecover a debt of 51. for him. The insolvent recovered the debt, but refused to pay it over to Howard, on the ground that there was a balance of Al. 12s. costs, still due to him. Howard then sued him for the 51. in the Court of King's Bench, and recovered a verdict. The insolvent suet out a . writ of error, and was non-pros'd. Ile next filed a bill in Chancery, which was dismissed last Easter term, the proceedings on it having i been suspended for the last four years. These costs amounted to 1501. Mr. Pommes submitted, on behalf of the insolvent (who, is an old man), that this litigation taking place prior to IS2O, brought the case from under the 17th section of the act, which only took Wei t in that year. The COURT informed the insolvent, that it was fortunate for him, that these proceedings ha:: not taken place subse qtiently to 1520. There was, however, another section of the act, vesting a limited discretion in the Court, under which they ordered him to be remanded for four months, and confined within the walls of the prison, for oppressive conduct towards his opposing creditor. POLICE. GUILDHALL.—A WELSH EJECTMENT.—Mr. William Turner, a carpenter, residing No. 65, Dorset Street, Salis bury Square, and Henry Hasletn, his uife'a brother, ac computed by Mrs. Turner herself, old Mrs. Hastens, her mother, and her other son, Tom thaslent, and two or three journeymen carperters as witnesses, and as many neigh • hours to give them a character, appeared yesterday before the sitting Magistrate, Alderman .1. J. Sairra, to answer the complaint of John Johns, a loder in Mr. Turner's first floor, who on his part was attended' by his wife, with her five children, one Mrs. Kusia, an opposite neighbour, Mr. Cozen, the conatable, and others, so that balorset Street s seemed come to It was expected tha D t this case was to decide whether or no a Welsh ejectment was legal—a question Of singular interest in a ne ighbourhood abounding with lodgers. From the statement of Johns and his wife, who, whatever they might do ut home, conducted themselves before the Magistrate with mildness and propriety, it appeared that Turner had some dine since given them notice to quit their apartment, which notice had expired, and on Jlonday morning last, it seems to have been determined, a+ he alien ed no intention to quit, to treat him with a Welsh tject• ment. The necessary force being assembled, Mr. Turner asked for the werles rent, which Johns immediately p iid, Turner then a.ke.l him alien did he intend to leave? — Johns could not t. II; he had not been able to find an other lodging to suit Lint. Turner went to the door, gave a sig nal, and up . rushed four or five men, armed with saws, hammers, riping chisels, &c. who, in spite of the rrsist mre of Johns p and his wife, took ont the sashcs, ripped down the nindow shutters, and took the doors off their hinges. While this operation was performing, all obstruc tion to it on the part of Johns was prevented 1w the two defendants bolding him fUrciltly by the collar. one on each side,while Mrs. Turner and old Mrs. Ilxslrm,her mo ther, were similarly engm:ed in forcibly preventitig the in terference of his wife. 'I heir eldest child. a mere giil, had presence of mind enough in the midst of all her fright, to run off for Mr. Cozens, the constable ; but by the time he• arrived the tray was cver, arid the object of the irruption completed. not a saktosheteitei or deitieNtasibileg to keep oat the stational blasts. Essiriso held eeen all abis fine avicippselfill helmet confirated'this statement. Tuner, seemingly a grist ineffenalve mats, thought toh wlae jastitied in what he • had done.: Predeold - bli 41°11 " l eteer that'll bad expired, and said consulted Me. ,Binh% th. lawyer, who bad advised him. to . adopt this 'Bietherd of getting rill of his ledgers. Mt. Aldermen SMITU welded the case very seriesesly.-- The complainant was fully justified in misting every at tempt to enter his apartments. If he held pouession of diem improperly. there were legal means of ejecting him.— It was in evidence that Mr. Jetties hail been illegally as. by the two defendants, and be required them to Rile bail to answer et the %salons. BoW•STßllllT.—Yesterdattseveral informations; laid by Johnson; the informer, against some of the bakers in this districfirstr heard soil determined at this office. The was against JoArsGoodosav, a . baker in Covent. garden, for 01)1,w/oily **Biagio one John Byers, a loaf of the denomination of " a half quartern," contrary to the statute. The new art for regulating the sale of bread enacts, that no loaves are to be sold as " quarterns" or"lialf quarterns," but by weight only ; and that all bread sold shall be weighed in the presente of the purchaser, whetbta he re quire it or not. John Byers, the informer's witness, stated that he went into the defendant's shop, and asked for a half quarteie loaf, and a loaf was handed to bins, which he now pro duced. The defence was, that it was not sold as a half quarters loaf, bat as a loaf of 21b. weight, and that, iu fact, it was not a half quartern at all. Mr. Haws asked. Byers if be was prepared to swear that the loaf was a half quarters, and reeetriog an answer in the negative, be dismissed the ease. Sarah Taylor appeared to answer as information for the tame offence. Byers stated that be asked for a half quartern leaf at the' ' defendant's shop. anti a young girl handed him a loaf. , saying, " Here is a 21b, loaf;" but she did not weigh it as ', required by the act. In answer to this charge, it was pleaded that Mrs. Taylor being iii, her daughter. who , was scarcely ever in the shop, managed the business that day, and if she had acted wrong, it was entirely from ignorance. Mr. Haws asked Byers if he demanded to hare the loaf weighed, and was answered in the negative. Johnson said it was not necessary that the purchaser should desire to have it weighed. Mr. them; said that was correct, be knew, and.bakers ought to know that they were bound to weigh every loaf, whether they were required to do so or not. He could not, however, help.censtwing the conduct of Byers, io obtaining grounds for information in the way he had done. Hen went into a shop and asked for a half quartern loaf, when lie knew that the selling of a loaf under that denomina-' Lion was punishable under the statute. This was, as it were, soliciting a party to commit an offence, in order after wards to levy a penalty upon him; and it was a snide of proceeding which could nut be to" severely reprehended. Sir R. Sterns said, that informers were in many respects useful persons, and were entitled to support when they Wed on fAr and equitable grounds ; but they were not to entrap a person into the commission of se offence, and then turn it to their own profit. No magistrate could sanction such conduct. 'Byers said, that if he asked for a 21b. loaf, the baker would suspect him, and immediately weigh it. Mr. Hatt.s.—So much the better. The offence world then be prevented, and the purpose of the statute fully answered.-- The information was dismissed on payment of eons. David Wilson and Thomas Anderson, two other bakers, were fined fined 40s. each fur the same offenee. In these eases it was clearly proved that they sold the loaves as and foe half querierns. without any relation to weight. Anne Howl was fined ins. and casts, (or neglecting to weigh a loaf sold to Byers. Mr. hiatus said, he hoped these proceedings would operate as a warning to other bakers not to offend against the statute. Its provisions were easily complied with, and it was 'the ex treme of folly in them to incur penalties when they could be avoided with little or no trouble. Johnson said the trade bad bad warnin g enough, for cases had been published in all the papers, and his name, as the Informer, had been posted from one end of London to 1 . . e other. Sir R. Meets said he knew this was partly true, for he saw Johnson's name written in chalk on the walls at Hammer smith, alongside of " Warren's Blacking."--(A laugh.) DARING Ronautv.—William kiwis, a young fellow 21 years of age, who had formerly been a clerk to a Bar. rister in the Temple, and whose manners were character ized by the most hardened effrontery, was charged with a robbery in the dwelling house of Mr. Pitt, of Brownlow Street, Drury Lane. Mr. Pitt stated, that yesterday morning about eleven o'clock he had occasion to go from a room in Isis hoot-, on the ground floor, to a room on the first floor, in which lie kept a considerable sum in cash. As be went up stairs lie met the prisoner coming down, and although his ap pearaoce excited his surprise, yet supposing he had bee up to a lodger on the second floor, he suffered him to pus; on reaching his own room, however, he found the door open, and on looking in, saw that his book-case, in which his money had been deposited, had been broken open, and the cash carried off. He instantly ran down stairs, and on reaching the street, perceived the prisoner running; he ursued him with the cry of " stop thief ; " and he was luckily secured in the next street. As he ran he was seen to throw from him a watch, which was picked up, and proved to be Mr. Pitt's. He was then conveyed to Bow Street and searched, and in his pockets were found ten sovereigns, three crowns, two Itall-cronns, six and thirty shillings, a gold ring, and another watch; all of which Ms. Pitt also believed to be his ; nearly eighteen pounds, in cash having been taken from his book-case, as well as the rin and the two watches.. Independent of this property. a n u mber of skeleton and other keys w ere found about the prisoner's person. The prisoner, who was laughing the whole time he was at the bar, said, the money and one of the watches was his own; and on Sir R. DIRNilt expressing his doubts upon the subject, he observed. with great nonchalance, it was at his Worship's option to believe bins or not, as he thought • proper. He was fully committed for trial on this charge, and was ordered to be broucbt lip again on Friday to answer to a charge of having broken open some chambers in the Tem ple, which had recently been robbed. The witness who first secured him, having made some observations on the fate which most likely awaited hint, the prisoner pertly answered him, by saving. " he was not too old to be hung himself, and he might be likely enough to live to see it." The young ruffian had recently been three times before 1 the Magistrates at this office , unde r sus p icious circuta -1 I stances, anti each time received a suitable admonition, to avoid the persons with whom he was found associating. MARLBOROUGH Sit/CWT.—Mr. ROB, the Magistrate, was' some time occupied in the investigation -of an extensive burglary and robbery. supposed to have been committed during the thunder attain on Monday morning, at the house of Mr. Barnet, salesman, No. 76, in the Regent's Qua drant. It appeared. by the evidence of the porter in the employ of Mr. Barnet. that on Saturday night be made fast all the doors and shutters, aml secured every thing as usual, and at 9 &dot k on Monday morning, when he went to open the home. he found the outward appearance of the pre mises precisely-as lie hsd lett them; but. oo entering the the passage, he discovered that the lock of the street door had beets picked ,and the glass cot out of another door which intervened between it and the shop. into which the thieves entered, anti carried off several valuable pieces of cloth, ready wade clothes, beaver hats, ostrich feathers, fitc.—in , , ^ Hum farina ent;itiAn Rider were' inflicted for tie'. war rieldry. taldeir from' the person of Wm. Thorne, 13'. ed.. es the evening of the 19th inst. Wm. Thorne stared, that he was, a tabourer, and on,tbe 'veldt* of the 13th inst. he was walking in the Etigeware Reed. , a short distance frail the Hop-poles public l hosie, Hemet the two. "Armors. They passel bite, retu reeds an& pasted him again. The prisoner Elder then turned. short and knocked bins down. Barden then put his knees the stomach of witness, and bell his bands on Isis mouth to prevent him from coiling out. Barden then meshed hls.pocket, anal took away les. ed. Rider then 'reposed to take witness to the Cot and throw bins to. The ether skid "No, we have gilt enough of him." They then. left him, and be went away. The next morning witness returned. to the apot.hoploE to be able to meet the prison er*. He saw %Inn drinking in the Kings Arms public bouse4 and with the assistance of the watchman they were taboo into custody. crostexamineil—Wittiees did not tell the watchman on **night of the robbery whet bed happened. Witness is a labourer in a gentleman's' stables, and lived in Wood's- Miwe He bail lately worked for Mr. Johnson. glazier aid plumber, end earned es. el. a day. Witness was en abled to see. the faces of the prisoners by the light of a lamp near hint. John Barton, a watchman, was on his post on tbe night of.** resiskery. His post is near the Hop-poles public bonse. He beard nothing of the robbery till next morn ing. when the proseentor came to co m p lain of haying been robbed. His fare and clothes were at the time covered with bleed. There wu another watchman stationed near the Hop-poles public-house, but witness beard no alarm given. Witness went with the prosecutor to the King's Agnes publie-liouse, where be pointed out tbe prisoners.— At ay wahhouse the prisoners protested that the charge was false. Cross-examined.— Witness thought no straggle could have taken place .between the parties, as the watchman near the spot must have beard it if it occurred. The prisoners, in their defence, stated their entire igno. ranee of the matter, and called t hel following witnesses to prove an alibi. Thomas Whittaker stated, thet be saw the two prisoners et the Devonshire Arms, at Lisson Drove, from the hour of ten to twelve o'clock on the night of the robbery. This statement was confirmed by two other witnesses, ielto were also at the Devonshire Ares. Several witnesses gave the prisoners an excellent cha- lilt 16perty amountiag.:as diperseds...of 1004 and closed the door after them. As Mr. Bane; or his family did sot reside} 1. the. house . ; it was suspected. that sum .person s awaii.athatAiircianstance„ was concerried in the rubbery, rbtitaii yet. as )ppitic.ilar individual bas..been fixed upon or apprakeadedi -- D4r. Barnet particularly-compinioed to Mr. Kcie.of 'the. , viaduct of. the watchmen on abet bitat. *An used very abusive and issulting loop:age to bite, because , he observed that had the watchinsu beep sufficiently amnia tive to his ditty, it - wee impossible that robbery, which must have occupied so rands time, could have taken place without his knowledge. Upon making this observation; the watchman said that be believed Mr. Barn-t had robbed himself. Mr: Roe said, that this was very improper lan guage for the watchman to use, but he might have sup posed that Mr. Barnet meant to accuse him of bring con. rased in the robbery, and felt irritated. as. there was nii reams at present to suspect him. The watchman said ithat•Mr. Barnet did accuse him. In coorapience of suusq circumstances that transpired, the further investigation as adjourned. 51•111T-LA.SONNI ONFlCS.—Yesterday a very elegantly dressed young man, giving his name Joseph Aldred Faolkaer, was brongbt up for final examiaatien .on a charge of stealing gasket gontatnieg ladies' jewellery to the value of 5W., the property of two young ladies of 'the name of Brown, residing in Princes Street. From the evidence of several witnesses, It appeared the prisoner, who, it seems. had moved in the highest sphere of society, had lately become acquainted with one of the Mies Browns , / and had obtained permission to call at her lodgings, where she resided with her bother. A fortnight since he came io the middle of the day; and feigning ex cessiv• fatigue, was permitted to stretch on the sofa. where, t to all appearance, he soon fell asleep , a nd was left alone; ‘. however, on some of the family entering the room in about an Lour after, they found he had taken his departure, and Miss Brown missed her jewels, which were left in th e casket on a table. The prisoner then discontinued his visit*. When apreliended, he represented himself as a gentleman, also as en Officer of Marines, last returned from the West ladies. The officer found, alter searching him, duplicates for some of the jewellery concealed in his boot, and also a gold eye-gbe.s that watt in the casket; and, after some perseverance, the whole of the stolen pro. perty was recovered, with the exception of one or two trifling articles. It was ascertained that his story respect ing his having lately returned from India was altogether false, and alt his effects were mortgaged at the pawn broker's. The Magistrate (tlr. Griffith), finding the evidence con clusive, fully committad him to Newgate for trial. LAMZETRI-STREKT.--01,1TY Or CIIILDtt ES TO simmer TIMM PARlNTlL—Yegterday an Information was preferred as this office, by the Parish of Aldgate, Middlesex.- under 434 of Elizabeth, c. 2,5. 37, against JOtill Her. for reliwitw, agreeably to the Act, to maintain his father, Its being charge able to the Parish. Mr. WYATT. after referring to the Acts of Parliament, ob served. that the question was, whether thy father was impotent. awl the son of sufficient ability to support him t and wished evidence to that effect to be adduced ; when Mr. Themes Staples, one of the Churchwardens of Aidgatei came forward, and stated that the defendant, elms was a single young man. held a situation in the Trinity-house a lout Ist r annum, exclusive of his perquisites, which he believed stoore , r ed to nearly half that suet. The poor father was an inmate of Aldgate workhouse for the last two years. He had been a free watermau, bore an irreproachable character, and had brorezht • up a large family very respectably. He had been on many oec talons snitch indisposed, sinew his admission into the work h. are, but his son never once earns to see him, nor aff erred him the least assistance, either in a pecuniary way or oth,r wise, and the Parish now sought of the defentiaot, under the Act of Parliament. such a sum towards the maintenance of h,s father ais the Bench might think proper to award. lie was now upwards of 70 years of age, and totally incapable of gettia; his own living. Tne defendant expressed his incapability of allowirg a.r thing towards the maintenance of the old man ; he was in deft Stll. anti he tit...tight it a eery hard case that be should be Oil. ed to support his father. Mr. WYATT—I think not, but very just. You ought to be asinned, on such ample means as you have, to allow your fa ther to live in a workhouse. Defendant—lll allow my father ls. a week. Mr. WVATT—That woo't do at all ; we'll make you give him more. The Magistrates ordered him to pay 4s. ed. per week to wards the support of his father until Christmas, and after that to pay Ss. a week as long as the old man lived, and he had ability to do so. QUINN SQUAAII....-ROSBERY ire • ST. JAMB'S PARK Yesterday morning a Gentleman, who said his name was Adams, came to this ofhce to give information of his lo , sg robbed in the Mall, St. James's Park, about half an ho le before. He was looking at ill^ workmen employ , din ' clearing the canal, wheu a well dressed man entered mai conversation with him on the subject of the canal. Horse Guards, War Office, Treasury, and other buildings iu that quarter, comparing them, with pertinent remarks, to the public buildings iu Paris, where lie said he had been eith the British army. His name nas Burke, and he describe d himself as a relation to the late General Burke, belonging to the Irish Legion in Prance, and that be came to Lon don to sell out some stork, and join the Patriots in Spain. Mr. Attains having been' with time British army in Fowl.. found much .pleasure in his conversation, and they walked together up the Mall ; arrived at the Breen P.irk, air.. Attains pulled out a silver snuff box, an old family posse.. sion, and offered it to his companion ; he took it, admirer , its antique workmanship, and suddenly snatched Mr. Adams's watch, with a steel chain and four gold Peal., and bolted in a twinkling; no person was near, but Mr. Adams called out " stop thief," and pursued him up the stable yard, but be lust sight of him anti the fellow escaped. • An inquest was held on Thursday se'nnight before Mr. Prall, Coroner for Rochester, on the body, of Th.ime Barr, a soldier of the 9th regiment of foot, who met hi death at Fort Pitt Hospital, under the following eleven% stances :—The deceased had come into the barrette the preceding evening in aitateef intoxicetion, and precede ito bis quarters, where another soldie r, named Rainey, she ly after entered ; Barr immediately commenced a quern with Rainey, for not making his bed, which the later lu refused doing ; when Carr directly aimed a blow at hi: with his list, Rainey defended the attack, and in eta scan both fell, and the deceased received a violent blew on tv back of his head, having fallen undermost ; they both am wards went to bed. Early in the morning, the decal* complained of illness ; he was thereupon removed to tv Hospital, and sarsived but a few hours. The Jury *6 . into a minute enquiry of the facts, and it appealing ff the testimony of the medical officers who attended the de' ceased, that his death was caused by a concu.sion of ti• brain, occasioned by the fall, the Jury returned a r' accordingly. 11111,TH.—On the 12th instant, at /donut Melville, fifeabire, the WIC& Uterine White Melville, of a danght , r. MARRIED.-011 Tuesday the 16th invtant, at Warolvwerth. ReeOr' ir . DaftIIZITI, EN. of Lambeth, to Charlotte , daughter of the late Jobs chard, Esq. of Euthill. At the Abbey Church , St. Albans, on Thursday. the 11th liotantielt second son of John Smart, Esq. of Trevaltt Howe, 'Dorm Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Thanes lired.r.l i Dols. On Wednesday, the 17th Instant, at St. Moryde-hoar Chaff dfi e l Taylor. Esq., Rowel Nagy, eldest son of Joseph Taylor. Esq. late If tr ~. „,. In the comity at Norfolk , to Itarrint, daughter of Dm late Lievit,Cd. Duncan. of the Vint (or Royal) Regiment of Foot. On Wednesdny„the 17th Instant. at Meehan', Dern, 111r.Sanriel .7- . '"" i' Rasingholl•otree4, *elicitor, to Min Helena Knight, the deashier td C Knight, I t of Bleim ToP shury-square. SO Yesterday, at Hoehn. Church, Edgar Taylor, Esq of the Ism/ ," pie, to Aim, wend daughter ofi. Cbridle,EsqWlck.nouteilladon ~ Ou Toeoday last, at St. Martini Church, ttiratiuglista. b/ Ibt,..7.igit Kennedy, M. A. Mr. john Walson,of Itolboru.hill, to tiarob, thusdat•-• late al r. 111.5. Read, of the former place. egUstee teP Os the 11th Intent, . Hampden (Revision's, Esq. of Il L egP t o . inhetb, outy daughter of tbe late Robert Coninginun. SI. ...1 Osttli -6 DIEM—At hdewitib, on Tuesday. the 16th instant Cheri e 1)0 [ Req. formerly of Lovirleys, near Welwyn, Herm, iu t heme 'tinted and VlllOlO.lOll * e M Nu. Ix • by R. WARDELL, LLD. Proprittut. le tIL:?` 1- •=- • . 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