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, irJ , Ib foot. Ai .I_,bad . ..zetwayed 4e sravcri. I cried out "Ikea. this has bet* eione on purpose, and I'll won /Lind out , ' n." Jell:eys, at this **arm brought a bowl of water, Set It for tbe tier r. end. said. " Herc's some Viler, Mr. 0101146 n," and then sent away. I put a little water on the Ike, ant k inatantly. After breakfast Jeffreys •nere I was. She tame in cry Mg very Rpt ,would toll me the truth. 1 Intted;atcly Ito the factory, and then she p.kl all. in the place ; she wanted a holy. ... no other motive whatever. I have been st• the factory since Easter last, but I mean to quit ti wnn•as .the trial is over. The children work twit: , think manner Sir? No answer. that you can force him to -The Itererena wisher not giving me an an. .acuity. I shall ask him no more questions. . have been in satisfied by the neighbours, and statestients made to me. that I did not think It to go oftener thin twice since my appointment as 1 have beard that Mr. Not:age and other gentlemen have the f ntory c but I do not know that of my own knowledge., isd Alleo—l tun niece of Mr. flanks. I ace how the childeell d employed. They did get up at six o'clock, in the morning, yid sacked till half past seven in the evening They have stated tasks, • , .d it they fet their tasks done before the time appointed, they leave a 1 tier perhaps leave off at seven in the evening. Tb,y air: to their no, kin figuring lace. There is • medical man sent far whenever there is cry thing the matter with them. In general the ketliftee are rtry healthy. Ling-onamined—l am ouly came to learn the business; and i) - -erifore I don't know much about the treatment. - ally the Jury—There to uo Milysley or liall.huiyday allowed the eighttea. Tele wan the case fir the prosesu'icn. —Mr. Apotriits then addicts:xi the Jury on behalf of the pd. eat,at Jeerers. in • most affecting speech. lie recalled the ahem., lion of the Jury to the statement made by his Learned Friend, that i tier protenution was instituted merely for the tike of example. Two tato: a, of the tender egos of twelve and tourrm, bad been brought tree, • prison cell and placed at the bar of justiee_-crying, groats. fag.sereaming, and tainting, from a sense of their heart-rending miseries—end this hie the sake of example! Dreadful example imieed--and salt:pity he trusted it would he, in the disclosure of these sufferings, to which the helph-sa infe r s immured in Mr. Ballies walls were reposed. To all parents, masters of work. houses, and those who had the care of young children, this case bald out • terrible example. In the heart of the parish of Bee. iseadsq, sixty five female children, beginning as low as the age of nine, were brought up to drudge all the:r infant days, at a trade, dek+Ctl. according to the prosecutor'. own showing, would be utterly Waller to them when grown up; for after arriving at maturity, they Most be left without rea urces, with health broken, and prospects blighted, fuesatucti, as women. they could lind no employment at this' baneful trade. In this very factory, according to the evidence, but tire women found occupation. With what feelings, then. must 're situation r wretched children, who edit front it? To what things exist ? Why, e his bsppiness and and the blood and enabled to roll in ..c nuttily yearn past. attention, and excited was negro slavery It had spent some :ion of the negro'', such slavery as this e was perfect Paradise hapless infants. %Fell ement allowed them, Bat what was the 'orking with unremit. and summer (no dia., and retiring, between oral period of buittincr), and tended to cramp their limbs, d lay the weds of prema i recollected the distaste trudgery of the writing. released him foe a time ,ithout exhilirating his of these helpless in. ad but one and a half being devoted to the sedentary posture, thcir bodies ? But Simpson (who appeared notion of giving up his was over) that a cys. bride. Dud work and mates. To these tender 'sr exertions, and goad with t b Aintree commenced to-day, Mr. Justice PARK presiding Prius Court, and Mr. Justice Hummer.; on the Uri : cases dispoied of tomlay were all of a very petty nature. and' ' of no sort of interest whatever. n TUESDAY, CRIMINAL SIDE. Before Mr. Justice HOLILOYD. Lueeock, aged 17, was Indicted for having, on 24th July twin, near Birmingham, stolen six tame rabbits, and a '•:e property of William Richards. Rowley deposed that he livid near the house of Wm. • that early on Sunday morning, the 2itk of last month. disturbed by a noise; he looked out of his window, and r Aix persons conic out of a ilia. Cupner's garden, and go /r. Richards ' s ; three of them went into Richards's garden, remained is the road to watt h. He dressed himself, took called up a neighlwittr, and pursued the persons in the o, on seeing the witness. whistled and retraway ; witness overtake them, and on his return he saw the prisoner boy, who, on seeing him, began to run away. lie gun at them. and called out to them to stop, or he : them. As witness approached them, he saw the mi_ something from him ; he went to see what it was, and t be a live parrot, which was twining slong the ground. oeprisoner mimeo! hn had thrown it away, but that he had found it in the road. IVitness then took the prisoner, his corn. pan'on Andrews, and the parrot to Mr. Richards's. Witness could not swear that the prisoner was outs of the persons he had ot of bis window. Richards deposed that on the Saturday night he left the the yard with the parrot in it. De was called tip on the, morning by the last witness, whom he tumid with die pri. ' another boy and the parrot in the yard. The The cage had been removed from the place *bite the preceding night, and it was much bent and injur#4.l found six rabbits gone out of three different pens. He • seen the rabbits since, hut the parrot he had got with him. _ to value of the parrot was about 10s. and the cage Gs. The prisoner, who was a sharp intelligent-looking lad, requested ‘Lordship to ask the witness whether he saw him take the par. and whether It was not possible that the parrot might get out by itself? „ese could not say that the door of the cage was fastened on -.sturdily night. l'he prisoner said he was returning home from a party, and that ie found the parrot in the hedge. The Learned J ermE, in charging the Jury, observed that whether the cage had or had not been stolen admitted of some difficulty ; that it had been removed was clearly proved, but whe ther with the intent to steal it, or only for the purpose of getting I the parrot, was a question for their consideration. A parrot kept for pleasure only was not such an animal as could be made the subject of a charge of larceny. This was the case with many other kinds of animate, for by the Common Law it was not larceny to steal a dog, but as dogs in many cases were very valuable property, a particular Act of Parliament had made it larceny to steal them. With re gard to the rabbits, the taking of them was felony, and supposing them to hare been taken at the time the parrot was stolen, although they were not found on the person of the prisoner, yet if lie were in company with those who actually stole them he was equally guilty in the eye of the law. The Jury found the prisoner guilty of stealing the parrot and the cege. John Lawrence and Thomas Taylor, both aged 19 years, were charged with having on the 26th of July last, at Birmingham, feloniously stolen from Daniel Powell a puree and two one-pound none, his property. Daniel Powell examined—l am a boatman, employed by Messrs Pickford, at their wharf, at Birmingham. I arrived there with my boat on the night of the 2Gth July last. I went to seek for a lodging. As 1 was going by the Ouilett , a young woman looked I out of a house, and asked me to walk in, which 1 did ; there were young women in the heuse. I sent for some beer sod we drank it. I then went to bed. The woman of the house said. " You hen no call to be alarmed, I shall come to yop presently." I had wet beet in bed above a quarter of an hour, when up came the two prisoners. Taylor, the short one, as fierce as a lion, rushed his hand under the pillow and took my breeches. He put his hand Into my right-hand pocket, took out a handkerchief and pure, l and anew diem down stairs. During this time, Lawrence was standing at the foot of the bed. Taylor then gave me my breeches, and told me to get op, or he would throw n.edown stairs. I had two one-pound notes and five or six shillings in silver in my purse ; there was a watch Abend, a key, end a seal, also in it. It was two o'clock in the morning, when this happened; there was no light in the room, but what was reflected from the fire below stairs, but I could swear to the prisoners very confidently. I dressed myself, the priaonen remaining in the room during the time. When we all went down stairs; Lawrence then picked up a It:ktehief, and masked if it were mine; I told him it was. It was the ',time that Taylor had thrown down stairs. I said nothing about my purse, but was about Ito put on the handkerchief, when theytrod me and dragged me out of the house. The woman of die house came out also, and she and the two prisoners went up the pullet. I then ran down towards Thomas's-street, where I saw the night constable, anti told him that I had been robbed. I have never got my parse since. Paul Lee, the night constable of Birmingham, examined—The last witness called on me early in the morning in question, and gave information that lie had been robbed by two men. I went wish hiss, and found the two prisoners in another disorderly house, about 200 yards from the one in which the robbery was committed, and apprehended them. They were in company with line women. Powell said, " Those are the two men who robbed me, but Lawrence gave me my handkerchief again." I asked Lawrence if he did so, and he said he did. I then took them to prison. I searched them, but found nothing upon them. The Coeur —This prisoner is indicted for stealing from the person, but the evidence goes to show that it was a stealing in the dwelling-house. Considerable discussion ensued between Mr. CLARKE. as Coun sel for the prosecution, and Mr. li test r it mElr, the prisoners' Court ' eel upon this point, when his Lordship said he would refer the question to 'Mr. Justice Park. His Lordship then wrote a note to the Learned Judge. who gave it as his opinion, that the fact moved was not a taking from the person. This opinion coinciding with that of 31r. Justice Holroyd, the Court decided that so far the in. dictment must faiL His Loansnie-then summed up the evidence, observing that as the breeches were separated from the person when the money was stolen, he was of opinion, that in strictness of law, die prisoners could not be found guilty to the extent charged in the indictment; namely, that of stealing from the person. The question, however, was whether the prisoners or either of them were guilty, of simply stealing the property, if so they were still liable to be convicted. The Jury found both the prisoners Guilty of stealing, but not from the person. NISI PRIt'S. Before rile. Justice PARK. FENNELLS V. MOLT:R. This was an action brought by the pleintiffs,wlirt arehorse-dealers, against the defendant, the landlady of theAVarwiek Arms, to recover damages fox a breach of warranty, on the sale of a horse by her to theta. Mr. CLARKE stated the ease to the Jury, as it appeared by the respecting the terms OTritiliCilr in e defetloo co t n e tr o a ld di f t hehotilt. Their evidence, however, only went to show that they did not hear the detendant warrant the home ; but they were not vaunt during the whole of the transaction. Ths Learned JUDGE shortly addressed the Jury, who return.. ed a verdict forthe plaintiffs—Damages 221. being the value given by the plaintiffs for the horse. OXFORD CIRCUIT. • MONMOUTB ASSIZES, TUESDAY, Ace 9. Before Mr. Justice BURROUOII. CHARGE OF MURDER. William Thomas, aged 64, was indicted for the wilful murder of' William Jenkins. The prisoner was a Welshman, and did not understand the' English language, and the iodictment and critique were ex plained to him as the case proceeded, through the medium of an Interpreter. Mr. C. PHILLIPS observed. that it was a case of very serious importance to the prisoner. The deceased and the prisoner were both inmates of the poor-house, and on the 13,h of May the de ceased, whose age was 28, and who was rather of wesk intellect, kid just returned from his daily labour. The people in the poor. !Ouse were4n the habit of bringing fuel into the house, and on the day in question the deceased brought in a rail, land as the de ceased passed to his room with this piece of wood, the prisoner said, " so you have born stealing wood, have you ? 'Nothing but a rail will satisfy you." To which the deceased said, " No, Mrs. Evans gave it to me." The prisoner said, " I havq a great mind to knock yt UT brains out," on which the decease's mother said, " get cut of my room, you old murderer," on which the prisoner snatched up the rail and gave the deceased a blow on the temple, of which he died in an hour and • half. The prisoner then went' away, and the deceased's family fastened the door ; but in a few minutes the prisoner returned and threw the pole on the threshold. and said, addressing the deceased, who was then seneelees, you had not have quarrelled with me I valid not hare struck you." These were the facts. The great question the Jury -would have to consider was, whether the blow was given in malice or in the heat of passion ; for If the latter were the case they ought only to find the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. Catherine I'homaa said, I live in the poor-house or St. Atelier, and have done so for five years. The prisoner had lived there as , long. There is a passage from the outer door leading to the pri soner's room, and also to ours. The deceased, and his mother, and aunt, lived in a room further on. The people in the poor house bring home wood to burn. On the Ith of May the pri loner came house from work about eight o'clock. The deceased came in half an haw afterwards. The prisoner was in my room then. The prisoner went out of my room ; but I could hear what passed in the passage. I heard the prisoner say to the deceased, " thee got a rail to night, Nrill ;" the deceased said, " yes, I've got a piece; I had it from John Andrews." The prishner then said, •• you area liar, Andrews did not give it to you,' At this time they were walking up the passage. The prisoner said,. " what Johnny Andrews ?" and the deceased " Johnny An drews, the son of Thomas Andrews, the semen of Airs. Leans, of Pynypyl." The prisoner and deceased then went into the de ceased's mother's room, and I heard the prisoner say, " Jenkins, you stole the rail from somebody, and 1 should not care if I gave you a blow with it." Mr. Justice BVITROUGH observed, that this was wholly dif ferent from the deposition of this witness. A deposition before a Magistrate hardly ever gave a narrative of a transaction, which was the only thing wanted. Examination resumed—The deceased said " take care what you do to me," and then I heard the blow, and seine one fall. Before that I beard the deceased's mother say to the prisoner, " get at t of the room, you old murderer." That was before the blow was struck—just a moment before. The prisoner then went into the passage. and I went to Margaret Morgan's (the prisoner's mother's room.) I saw the deceased on the aloor ; he was like a man dead. I saw a mark on his temple. His mother and aunt were there. No one else. - Mary. Harris, the aunt of die prisoner, a woman in the ex treme of age aid decrepitude, said, I remember the deceased coining in. The witness appeared almost entirely to have lost her intellects. could only answer yes; and would sometimes repeat the very words of the question without answering it. Mr. C. PIT ILL I PS asked her, how old are you? Witness—Yes, how old art you ? • If spoken Welsh • at Waif a piece i long, a.._ ,e been tbAtspper r a gate. Mr. Rimier, a surgeon, said .F l O%. called to attend the deceased. I exams hip head ; there ink little external mark, and the skin was IsMisiken; but, on openlog the head after death, I found the lllimited 1111111nred near the left temple, and a great quantity of blood on the brain ; there is no doubt that caused his death. prisoner declined, saying any thing in his defence. liam Phillips, Esq. a Magistrate, gave the prisoner a good chniseter, but said he was a very passionate man. My. Justice Butane:snail captained the distinction in law between 1021 1 111 Cr and manslaughter, and gave it as his decided opinion that this was a case of manslaughter only, because there was not the slightest evidence of malice panviously existing in the mind of the prisoner, nor did the manner of the death at all go to imply it. Ills Lordship then recapitulated the whole of the evidence. The Jury having consulted together for about ten minutes re turned a verdict of—Guitni of riunolaugitler. The Learned JUDGE inquired if the prisoner understood Eng lish, and was told that lie did, though be could not speak it. his Lordship complained that the depositions before the Magistrates had omitted material circums•asces of provocation, and which hail come out on the trial, and observed that it was a very bad ease of manslaughter. On account of the great age of die prisoner his Lordship sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. . • .... i... a thellooii.AVinCei e i re.li bad-remnant 4e tunas, I cried out " 1 know this has beta dune on pe.pase, end I'll won and out who did it." Jell:eys, at thin *ram, brought a bowl of eater, y id it 'e l ' lei 1.1 wet it On- the dtrsser, end- said, " Here's ;tome 'eater, Mr. flimpaon," and th en went away. Imu a little water on the . Ire, and it was catiugpialted instantly . After breakfast Jeffreys same into the pail Our where I was, She tame in crj, nig ver toll', Duel esid, tie valid tell me the truth. 1 Ininiedi A the women to belonging to the factory, and then she told all 'edit she ems tired of b.:i1,6 in the Owe ; %he wanttal a holy- aniiaithakelte had no other motive whatever. I have been Cu. their joy . the opportunity of diamisring these unhappy infants fro , Mr • f. cw then addressed the Jury for the other prisonte, at coi r i r ir t ir len g th, and with great power. Rene* summed no tiro:lol , e at great length. ser l ed he ; f o u t rFfound Lein prisoners Not Guilty. and they were del nos, theta tors. eirMetbers, fey the purpose of being returned again • . —. --,_-_- .8f1DIANI) CIRCUIT. aident of tap rectory sinee Easter last, but I mean to quit the WARWICK ASSIA7i, ll'ahwics, A.:c. 8. tilloatiate as soon •as the trial is over. The children work twelve --, w. how* a slay. I don't think there is much to complain of in their These desires commenced to-day, Mr. Justice Feria presitlii ka aktaftonent, except that Mr. Banks'. brother is too fond of using the at the Nisi l'rius Court, and Mr. Justice tioeuoyn on the CI ..netinnntibeen. I here never seen Mr. Berke himself at the rectory mina! Side. . . e been there. His brother is .uperintendant OreT me. The eases disnoied of to.dav were all of a very petty nature. at rlt , was ft SCanl-1 have lived at the factory' two years ne z partook of no sort of interest whatever. em and( ahem. I remember the a i trm of fire in Sep. TUESDAY, AUG. 9. her. in the women** room. ll'ho id it was not found CRI3IINAL SIDE. ftt till July. In that 'Month I heard both prisoners accuse each Before Mr. Justice HOLIOYD. k nT. and each denied it, At the same time Jeffreys said that she John Lacrock, aged 17, was Indicted for having, on 24 th Ju .44 erwreed Abe lire in July. The children of the fitztory are well last, at Aston, near Birmingharr, stolen six tame rabbits, and tn. aatd• I. know of no rause of oompLaint whattirer in their mode piton. the property of William Richards. ref troatmeot. William Rowley deposed that he livid near the house of WI Whelk,. Dr.Plarrison—l am well acquainted with Mr. Ranko's Richards • that early on Sunday morning, the 2.ilth of last mom USI-If y. 1 suit it by th e directions of the Alagis , rates at Quarter he was disturbed by a noise; he looked out of his window, at L I -11Aee viaited it twice sine June, Int. I give Mr. jaw flee or eilt persons come out of a Mr. Cupner's garden, and 1 • _ire stake of my delta. I hove never seen any cause of toward,' 111yRichards'a ; three of them went into Richards's garde 'he th e contrary. The children have b een ', tote m at and two remained is the road to wattb. He dressed himself, to TEMA. . I , esaurieed by Mr. Atiot.rwtm—l wan appointed visits littlitt toe twelventopth. I have taken the children spat to con. could not overtake them, arid on his return he saw the prison k".yhmietr s n . . ho c , al o led n sce op in a or nei the gh w lr tn u es r, s. a w nd his p o n ed rsu an ed d r t tn he .u p w erso ny ls s in itn t e l Ilr with them, without other venues bearing what they had to say, sad another boy, who, on seeing him, began to run away. I It t.l base asked them, and also the prisoners, if they had any levelled his gun at them, and culled out to them to stop, or I ' b mingleitite to make, and they said they hod nut. I have may been would shoot them. As witness approached them, he saw the pi sillorr to lila factory since my appointment. lam the tether of a loner throw something from him ; he went to see what it was. at Jan I r oilrialt. . found it to be a live parrot, which was running along the roue It . Teen being the father of a family and a clergyman ton, I ask The prisoner cottoned hr had thrown it away, but that he hl whether employing children in the manner which has been found it in the road. IP itness then took the prisoner, his con prat, Kir twelve boors continuously, it; a proper mode of treat. pin i on Andrews, and the parrot to Mr. Richards's. Winn int ? (With oposidaable beaitation)—They come within the amid not swear that the prisoner was one of the persons he hi it Parit.towirt. i ?ern out of his window. • owe. a father, a Clergyman of the Church of England, as a Wm. Richards deposed that on the Saturday night he left t' ret that Chapel whir* teaches peace, charity, and comp... cage in the yard with the parrot in it. Ile was called up on t lel von fellow-castors, is that a proper mode car trea t ing these Sunda y morning by the last witness, whom he found with the pi e„Au rootee b oo snaton4 l am not concerned i n h ae i. lower and another boy and the parrot in the yard. The parrot w A. • Titre's's. The cage had been removed from the place where ammo ? Have you the humanity of out left it on the preceding night, and it was much bent and injure Ooh, / If yew base, 1 ask you upon your ottb whether Witness found siz rabbits gone out of three different pens. I 7t. it las prow mode of treatment fur infants of such tender years to bad never seen the rabbits since, but the parrot he had got wi fteeP *MG twelve hems at work, and allow them only one hour and him. The value of the parrot was about 10.. and the cage ss. shelf fee refreshment and repose ?—( With hesitation.) Igo by The prisoner, who was a sharp intelligent.looking lad, request 112 Mermetions, ;tramline taAbo Act of Parliament. his Lordship to ask the witness whether he saw him take the pa lush a your (m 1210 0,31 larks th g e u fel t ts io w ns hich h: s ve m b u ee ct r: F i t: l o t : r ed. rot, and w e hLt y hr u l if t ? was not possible that the parrot might get i o Mr. it —l. h are to Ulu pit as to the witness. Ale. ADoarotta—My Lord, this is addressed to them, and to tbeffhearday night. ca g etpee could not say that the door of the re , / step wise keen etc. The witness easy tell us . what be The ;Prisoner said he was returning home from a party, and di Maus. he found the parrot in the hedge. Mr. Arrotrtive—Now, Reverend, Sir, you are the visit* of The Learned Jenne:, in charging the Jury, observed th this factory. I ask you, is that the treatment—treatment upon whether the cage had or had not been stolen admitted of sot winch you report favourably ? Conte, Sir, let us hear your difficulty ; that it had been removed was clearly proved, but wk &Sewer. the: with the intent to steal it, or only for the purpose of genii Wimess—((heat hesitation.) I can't say; I am not engaged the parrot, was a question fur their consideration. A parrot kept I as of this kind. * p leasure onl y was not pitch an animal as could be Made the subject ! r DOLPMUS—What ! can't you ten whether it is proper • charge of larceny. This was the case with many other kinds t to employ childrea of the tender age of f r om nine to animals, for by the Common Law it was not larceny to steal a do, for twelve hours a day, in the manner which' has been but as dogs in many cases were very valuable property, a particui a, Awed? Can't you tell ate that, Rev. Sir? No answer. I Act of Parliament had made it larceny to steal them. With 1 Mr. Baron GIAHAII—I don't know that you can force him to gent to the rabbits, the taking of them was felony, and supposit it give an answer. ihein to hare been taken at the time the parrot was stolen, althoui Mr. A lonian; r s—The Reverend •Isiter not giving me an an. they were not found on the person of the prisoner, yet if he were swee is just as astisCit - toty. I shall ask him no more questions. company with thaw who actually stole them he was equally guil ite-eit , lMined—l hare been so satisfied by the neighbours, and in the eye of the law. vim e atn me i tt otveoiento made to me . t h a t I d i d not think i t The Jury found the prisoner guilty of stealing the parrot at namsary to go ofiener thin twice since my appointment as thevgc. a P eiNitar. 1 Isere beard Mr. J that r. Nonage and other gentlemen, have .ha Lawrence and Thomas Taylor , both aged 19 years , we *sited the futon t bat Ido not know that of my own knowl e d g e. charged with having on the 26th of July last, at itinuinghan felontostaly stolen from Daniel Powell a pu:se and two one-pour Miss Allen.--I tun niece of Mr. Banks. I ace how the children we empleyint. They did get up at six o'clock in the morning, sod , notes , his rroperty. ... . .. • ...,..._ ,____ ...-.-A ..-I.- t frani.d Pniffell ovxmin.l-1 am a boatman. employed hr Mesa - - - --_ doe luercootemplste the situation of :Noe wretcl alter learning a trade, could derive no be,leiit fn Ind, and for wheat benefit did this state of thin to Increase Mr. Banks fortune, to promote h giliaAVrt, and by the toil, the groans, the tears, a la/row of these wretchearthildren he might be his carriage, and enjoy a splendiefort wt. For du riltat• of warm slavery had engaged the tut: tiotafaspiahy of the Britith public. But what v t slut; Ile 4241 r. Adolphot). irl his caily youtli Beene in the West Indies, and had teen the conditi but be declared to God he had never heern of yll saw disclosed is bit native land. Their stare wo compared with the dismal situation of these haph lid, well clad, botin. of recreation and anousenit thaw condition was comparative happiness. B wretch d contli.ion of these tender intents? Work tips toil from morning to night, both winter and tsamioa being made as to the hour of rising and die dreary season of winter, and the genial period thia tco, at a trade which necessarily tended to t destiny the jocund elasticity of youth, and lay tl tarn debility. Every awn who heard him recoil which in yoath lie felt log the cramping drudge, deok, and the untie:nil dinner hour, which releati tedm she itearintia of bis employment, withou tysitlm; but whet was the, to the bard slavery of tams, who, out of thirteen hours and a half. had 1 tont,heir el:Nolte+ meals. the remaining twelve bei aripmey of their tamhow frames, and this, too, in a tb.ttbuut change of pottition or exercise, t.) refrt.th I *pis not all. They had heard trout Mr. Sitar Ihave a Isom. aid lied expiated his intently digesting employment as soon as this trial was tirto.of Bogging existed in this dismal abode. Iridaa Here the portion of dwee unfortunates, i is the bash was applied to ttinnilate their ci tlitast to their slavery. Did cot th• bears bleed 1 .pod yet it was said that this will a prosecution el4Ple t 1 het was it but a farce aid a mockery was 'day p eyed off. A hin.riaitsv, forsooth, had this establisbinent, and report in. state t . . had the likvorond Fisher diacharged his ea of f Ateetara se Winn months he bad coot tory 414011. But bad he wished any b ulligs of a visite: was to examine pannaudly ipso those who might be supposed to suffer. TJtia the had not dune. Did he stomas the children spat wpantra, to givtt him an account of their dart Court If she likes. 1, however, will not reserve the point, it being in my mind so perfectly well ouablished. • • • - • ' Some other witnesses were called, who corroborated the preceding MAICSIOY f testimony u to the warranty, and also as to the unsoundness of the respectability, 1 horse. gaily detained ' Mr. Sergeant ADAM% matte a few observations oa the evidence„ named Tigou. and then called two or three witnesses to contradict the statement I Mr. Tights s It was suggested that if spoken to in the' elsh language she knew , would tell what she knew. price, The questions were then put through the interpreter, and the :7 ; witness stated that the prisoner asked him where he 'got the rail. any " and he said, from John Andrews. The prisoner replied, you stole it it. The prisoner did nothing, except hit %ti wouldilliam Jenkins until he tared was down. It was one blow. lie held the stick in both hands, to be I and struck Jenkins on the left side of the head, and he died in ii thi , minute. The 'deceased's mother called the prisoner an old mur- dealiw he (let' deter, and directly after that the blow was struck. The mother of the deceased said, he is killed. prices The rail was produced . It whin piece of wood, about live feet with lots, and appeared to have been tbsupper rail of a gate. , maim LAU' LVTELLIGF:XCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, WEDNESDAY, Antansx 10. . • IN RE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE CHARITY. The Loan CHANCELLOR stated, that he had communicated OR this SIIIIieCt with the Master of the Rolls, who was Attorney-, General at the time this Charity was first brought into Court. .I.le (the Lord Chancellor) had learnt from the Master of the Rolls, that a caveat had been entered at that period before him, against' proceeding spa,l i i the infosmation. On the atoned that the case did not come within the uteanitigiof Sir Samuel Romilly's Act. He had been of a different opinion, and had .therefore granted hisflut Air proceeding with the case. The Lord chancellor knew from this circumstance that the case came before the Court with the sanction of the Attorney-General of the period alluded to, and, therefore, be would draw up the order himself, and give it to the parties. Er-PARTE WADE IN T/IE HATTER OF WADE. ' This.wu a petition on the part of a bankrupt of the name of Wade, to supersede; a commission of bankrupt that had lent. 'Untied against hint, on the ground that it had been frauduldner obtained. • • • It appeared that Mr. Wade, against whom the commission was lasnefi, was a gentleman of landed property ; that in April, 18111, ebecameliable to the payment of many mortgages, charges, sad *cumbrances, which affected big recd estate; and also to the pay. *sent of several Simple *but. Underthese circumstances, he ex. Muted a trust eked, wigging tie property to two solicitors, Messrs. Rabbett and Mayhew, in trust for the benefit of his creditors--tfie deed containing a special provision that such appointment should not Th any way affect their acting as his solicitors,and charging for their fees and their time aril trouble. Mr. NV tide's difficulties having increased, an application was made by those solicitors to his •deughtsra, 40 induce them to make an assignment of their property also, for the benefit of their father's creditors. This they refused to do; and the commission of bankrupt was sued out, two illiterate tradesmen being made the principal petitioning creditors, and the meeting on which it was decided that the com. mission should be taken oat, having been auended by a few creditors whose debts were to but a small amount, after a very' limited notice hod been given. Mr. AGAR and Mr. lgooaz were heard yesterday on behalf of the petitiom.r. Mr. HART, Mr. PETS'S, and Mr. SEYMOUR were this day heard in support of the Commission. The Loan CHANCELLOR entered into a detail of the dram stances of the case, and said that there was something extremely objectionable in the solicitors inducing Mr. Wade to executes trust deed, which of itself was committing an act of bankruptcy, and of this fact lie could not suppose the solicitors to have been ig norant. It wan highly improper and unprofessional that a so licitor should be the person to take a trust deed from any indi vidual, withotit informing that individual of the effect of what he was doing, and then make it the ground of a commission against his client. The case resolved itself into the question, whether this was the onromission of the petitioning creditors or of the solicitors. At present' he was fully convinced that it was not the commission of the two petitioning creditors, and he should therefore ceriainly supersede it ; but before he gave hie final judgment, he wished Mr. Hart to infortn Min what sales had been effected previously and subsequently to the presentation of the petition. He would then at much a picture ? subsequent evidence. for t he of ex. George Wright, a post-bey at the White Lion, Stratford, eva. „._,, 1 ` Anot h er, ....., arce mined—l lived with the defendant when the transaction took place "ws' been sPP°'°``' to between her and the plaintiffs. I heard her ask one of the plain. ste to the Alagiatracn. tiff. if he had any horses that would suit her, as she wanted some • tied ? Wity, in t h e ! R ood riding post-chat/en. The plaintiff told her be thought he coetn'eod to wikkile to , bad: On the following day, which was Sunday, Mr. Fennell ~ . any body ? fie. The,' brought a black and a hay mare for Met. Richert to look at. The Penainally tat° the grievance " Ps were tried out in the lane, and Mrs. Ridley seemed to like one suffer. This the Reverend Visiter them, but thought the other was too small. She then told Mr. 'children apart from their wk. Fennell that she bad some horses to part with. Four horses were ,—. v ia, to give n.. ... _____. of their day ? No. The Jury then ordered out, and tried in a small stable yard. The plaintiffs' must hays °beer red the manner in which the Rev. Gentleman had horses had been tried in the lane, but when it came to the trial if giren iris stridence. and he put it to whether he had not die, paced. himself by his conduct' His ned Friend had said, the defendant's, she thought it would not be decent to have the horses exhibited on a Sunday. and she therefore ordered the gates that Mr. Bank. dad not wish than inaets to be punished with to be shut. and the horses tried in her own noble yard. Thei soss.rity—diat he did not wish to subject them to a bung imprison. plaintiff asked 4i guineas for his mare. A good deal of bargain. meat. Why, the County gaol was a p'rfect paradise to Me. 1 took place, and at length it was agreed that Mr. Fennell should fienks's &em. m. It was a Wes of pleasurable repose and retire- ta k e two of the defendant's horses for 201. each, and the rest in Reef. compared with the drool interior of its wail'. Would t h e motley. He asked the defendant whether her horses were sound P Jer) believe that the wretched culprits—convicted of the deepest she told him they were, and said they had always done their work Wu, so, on 1 damned to bard labour as a punishment fur their ups- since they had belonged to her, and had neither been sick norowy. Joel*, were employed in the House of Correction two hours less Mr. Fennell said he was willing to warrant his horse, and expected than these innueein infants were in Mr. Banke's factory ? To re lit*. them. therefore, by impriaonment is a gaol, would be mercy, answer. would do the same. The defendant repeated het former answer. I at the same time knew that one of the horses t , iso4 doebticeathee would prefix it to recaps sitat dreadful man, the the • defendant hail sold win unsound. The horse tad been I yannienitot's brother. The LE i.sied Conine! than spoke with on a job to Hartford Bridge, and cm his return, when record, and anindetarbiatiiLtod.gieatemelaiyge, was gouts " qtrit ,,l' i rli c abs :;, ‘ "%a ll : p . p d a• O e h tl t:: t within three miles of Warwick , till down and injured his back. Ile was brought home7and stte:ided by a veterinary surgeon tow children leally meditated the crime imputed to them. Their .several days, during which time his back was constantly fomented. whole comiuct nete.tived the sumxt.ition. Did they make ant lie had what was called a chink in his back. The defendant af secret of their tat pposed intention ? To no less this. five ocher chit. terwards had the horse turned out to grass, and then kept in a sus dter) they had COOtrt Ullica tad their design; and the hour they selected ble fur three weeks before he was sold ; but from the time of the an lcir their Pa '"—the face of da b when detection was certain— tie - eldest to the time of the sale, the horse had never done any work. uwasirstod t eas O they had no crinunal intention. It was obvious that Mr. Fennell brought the horse back a few days after, and met the their sole olives t.timi to awaken Mir task-muter to a sense of the defendant and myself, And said to my mistress, . This horse which "steering ender which they were 4 ,ol :ling. What evidence was you have sold me is Woken-backed." She slid she had nothing to Wen diet they had csospireti, enribined, and confederated together do with it, she had quite done with the horse now. The plaintiff fat the purpose alleged ? None. The object of this prosecution took i t away again, but shortly after sent it home to the detendant, Was to strike terror--to rivet the chains of these unhappy white whin too k i t in. staves, and check the 'sloe of nature, risir,g to eloquent accents aginnie their heartless tedernasters. In the riotous scenes ot Mr. Sergeant Anasts , st s, the defendant's Counsel, submitted, that iirmehednass and misery which he Wt. At.) lead witnessed, lie con. as the witnesses had shown the whole transaction to have taken ' fared be had wet beheld one se degteding to the as place on a Sunday, the plaintiffs could not sustain the action; for k i ln Dan species ecies ~thin „ as contracts made on that day were illegal and void, no right could foor wade , and abtioet ebei 1 1 14 We exhibited. Six' to -4 v 0,1 1t1P1 424/ilv fh " nu ' - daintier; of thouletioranui eni. accrue upon the warranty ; lie, therefore, contended that the plain. w orst ." Tito kuittuttare buil he sly prgv i de a ns o m i om foe tiffs must be nonsulted. sidlualoarliag the condition of rXe swat-spirmers in ths math, The The COURT—I do not agree with you, brother Adams. Be i..ting slangy slav, of 'list Ran of the wee ld had been abolished, and he sides, I will never give my sanction to any innkeepq,oriy °the/ boned to' me rthliteensonts like Lie. Banks's subjected topically perm trafficking on a Sunday, and incurring a lege l ia bility, an ringolatisee. With what feerings mast ladies of fashion eon- this afterwards endeavouring to make the contract void, by plead. . --am , t the ima..eintla by which their tailtheered angry waspro. ins that it was wrong to have made it. .I hare already decided this VICEXIIANCELLOR'S COURT, WEDNESDAY, AWOL I& iLsard 1 U. leaked to tbe manly beaus, the sobs, judgment. arid point in the case of Illoxlisni and ‘'t intents, which the parties <no uneven intinstity of the Juty, us treating this prosecution in afterwards brought before the Court of King's Bench, who con- The Court was occupied till three o'clock in hearing argyfoomip *se atenner itsieraeved, mad bs sloshed net that the, woidd seise firmed my judgment. The defendant is at liberty to apply to the on bankrupt petitions of no interest. ... •••••to cncu,ouvn a talc rtatimm. SIC wouiu men r decide what consideration that circumstance was entitled to, and what alteration it could make in the case. Mr. HART said the solicitors alluded to lived at Salmundhatn. lie was only concerned for the town agent of those solicitors, who was anxious to make it perfectly understood that none of the ob- servations of his Lordship could apply to him. The LOAD CSIAII t: 10 11--Ctittill y not. 1.-aL roLICE. • • I Horst, Auto. 10—Mr. J. Pitcairn, a tradesman or residing in the City, was charged with basing .ille- I bills to the amount of WOl., the property of a person I , Tigou. .r. Tigou stated, that the bills, which had been futeibly detain.l ed, were drawn upon the Minerva Mining Company, and that he negotiated with the defendant tor a divideno of half a crown in the pound, to be paid him on his foregoing all claim upon them. The terms were agreed to, and the defendant signed an agreement to pay the money. He then asked to look at the bills, and on getting them into his possession, be refused to give them up. On the complainant's cross-examination by fillr. Harmer, who 'attended for the defendant, he refused to state how or from whom he got the hills. lie had, he admitted, been recently a prisoner in the King's Bench prison. Mr. HARMER said, that a partner in the Minerva Mining Com. party had become insolvent, and was now in the King's Bench pri son. Fro n thence he sent forth bills, which had been paid tor. and which were understood to be dead, in order to tutee Mr. Hunt, who was a solvent partner and a gentleman of property, to pay than! ever again. Such was the allegation of Mr. Hunt to Yin Pitcairn, who was his friend, and who had proposed to rid Was of the annoyance of a lawsuit, by compromising with the peen holders, and inducing them to forego all claim upon them, es atanorideration of 2s. lid. in the pound being given. The com gilislant no sooner got the agreement is his possession than he de *Ml it intention not to give up the bills. Mr. Pitcairn, who Media in his hands, refused to part with them, and thought Mouse* tally justified in detaining them from a person who would give tie account how he got them. The complainant said he only agreed to forego his claim upon the bills, but he never intended to hive up i ossession of them. lie WWI lea/ to return the agreement. Mr. an M E R.—So then other persons were to have them, and get money upon them in the same manner ! The LORD M AY° n said that as the complainant had not legally given up possession of the bills they still belonged to him. and ought to be restored. No improper motive could, however, he im_ pored to Mr.:Pitcairn, who had acted in the best manner for the protection of Mr. Hunt. 111 r. Pitcairn slid he readily yielded to his Lordship's opinion, and he gave up the bills to the complainant, who put theist into his pocket, and was about to leave the office, when Mr. Harmer re. minded him that he bud forgotten to give up the agreement. The complainant coolly replied, that he bad not got it about him. The LORD MAYOR—How CAO you, sir, tell such a falsehood ? but this minute you said you *ere ready to give it up. It must be produced before you quit the room. The complainant then produced it, and gave it up. Ile apolo gised, by saying he was not aware he had it about him. JEWELLERS' GOLD. GUILDHALL, AUGUST IO.—A curious expo* well worthy the attention of the public, and which may tend to hellish some information as to the value and quality of the various showy-look ing articles, such as seals, rings, &c., purporting to be gold, with which many of the jewellers' shops abound, occurred at this office this day, before 31e. Alderman Cox. One George 1(1•31ullan, a countryman by his appearance, In walking through Barbican a few days ago, was attracted by the appearance of two seals and a watch-key on a split ring, the whole of which were marked as fine gold, second hand, et the low price of 365. Four such articles, all tine gold, certainly would have been, what 31•3Iullan thought they were, a great bargain at 365., but, knowing that the London shopkeepers are pretty much in the habit - of abating in the prices they originally ask, andde termined to make assurance doubly sure, haggled for some time, and at length purchased the bargain fur thirty shillings. On ex. hibiting, however, his purchase subsequently to his friends, the genuineness of the articles were doubted, end on applying to them the usual test, aquafortis, it acted upon the fine goad seals in pre. cisely the same manner as it would have done had they been cop per; and upon applying the tile to them, it appeared that they were principally solder, with a very thin coating of inferior g dd. Application was in consequence made to the shopkeeper, Mr. Tyers, who readily allowed the articles were not line gold, and would have been willing enough to have exchanged them for any other article; but that by the experiments tried upon them they were now wholly unsaleable, and 31 `Mullen seeing no likelihood of obtaining any redress, sought the assistance of the Magistrate, and a sumn o s was accordingly issuea against Mr. Tvers for the al leged fraud, and thus the affair came before Mr. Alderman Cox. With regard to the facts of the case the parties were agreed, and Mr. Tyers, to explanation, said, that as far as related to any profit he had got upon the article, he had in tact made none; for his sister, who sold them to the complainant, by the abatement she had made, had actually reduced them below what they cost him ; in confirmation of which lie produced his invoice from Mr. George Carrirgton, the manufacturer at Birmingham, in which the seals were charged at Iffit. each. He knew the quality of the articles—he knew, as indeed every body else might have known from their • that they were not line gold, and he also knew that they not solid. Indeed, there was scarcely such a thing to be met in London as a solid gold seal, whatever might be its cost, and ..dy gentleman in the room would try his seal, he would find he would soon come to the solder, nearly all the gold seals manufac teed being merely cased. hese articles, however, he begged it observed, were cased and not washed ; seals merely gilt of this description he could buy at 3s. a dozen. As an excuse for dealing in such articles, Is uaid. that when be commenced business he determined to sell only goods of a genuine description ; but the prices he was obliged to mark them at were so high in comparison with those displayed in the windows of other jewellers. the great majority of whom dealt in these Birmingham goods, that he found he could get no customers, which, together with his finding himself laughed at by his friends for his hottest intentions, compelled him to traffic in the Birmingham articles, as well as his neighbours. Mr. Alderman Cox, who, front his previous knowledge of the trade, was aware of the great injury done to the London makers by these fraudulent manufactures, and was exceedingly desirous, possible, to put a stop to such practices, by a criminal prosecution, had in the interim, alter granting the summon*, caused the articles in question to belsasayed at Goldsmiths' Hall, and had ascertained that the proportion of gold in the casing war to the copper as one thy. of gold to one pound of copper, and that the value of all the gold contained in the four articles did not exceed one shilling. On consulting, however, with the City Solicitor, he was of opi nion, that the circumstances of the transaction were not of a nature to warrant the interference of the magistrate, as a case of fraud. The Alderman recommended Mr. Tyers, in common justice, to make reparation to the complainant. and to pay hint for his loss of time in prosecuting the inquiry, to which that gentleman appeared to as•ent.• The complainant, however, shortly alterwards returned to the office, and informed the Magistrate that Mr. Tyers reemed only to lau gh at hint, and he leered had no ineentien to comply with the Magistrate's reconimendatioo. Mr. Alderman Cox directed him to apply again formally to Mr. Tyers at his house, snail he should still refuse, he (the Alderman) would adopt further proceedicga against him. It is, however, to be feared, that with all the good intentions of the Magistrate, the complainant's only remedy can be by an action at law. FEMALE PICKPOCKETS. HAITON•GAILDEN, AUG. 10.—Mary Keane, a woman about eighty years of age, June Smith, a woman aged seventy, and Ro bert Clarke, a dark complexioned stout-looking man, were br o u g ht up on the llowing extraordinary charge. The female prisoners were most genteelly attired, and had an appearance of respectability. Mit Elizabeth Upjohn, a venerable old lady, residing in St. John'tbsquare, deposed, that on the preceding evening, ss she was coming down Wilderness-row with her grandson (a child), she ob served the prisoners to pass her, then slacken their pace, and fol low her. She had frequent occasion to stop to call the child to her, who was wildly running about, and in every instance the prisoners were close to her side. When she reached Albemarle -street, Cletke.n well, she was asked by a man (the constable who took the prisonaes) if she had lust anything. She then discovered that she had lost a steel purse containing four sovereigns and thirteen shil lings. Angslaus Bertram, a foreigner, deposed that he is a constable, living in Soho; that he saw the prisoners with another man, shout one o'clock in she day, in Oxford -street, trying the pockets of se. vend old ladies ; lie watched them during the day, and observed the prisoner Keane, in Albemarle -street, put her hand into the prosecutries pocket. He followed the party, and shoved them all into a chandler's shop, where the prisoner Isearie dropped the steel parses A painter, named Robinson, corroborated the above statement. Mr. Roonas, the presiding Magistrate, observed, that he had never before heard of female pickpockets, and inquired if any of the officers or constables knew the parties. •Gokon, a constable, stepped forward, and gave a most amusing history of the parties. He said that they were notorious characters, and the ladies regularly attended some place of worship on every Sunday evening to commit their depredations. Two Sundays ago the party went to the Welsh chapel, in Wilderness-row. As an elderly lady was coming out she was accosted by the prisoner Keane, who begged to know the name of " the sweet man" that preached. " She had been told it, but being rather deaf she did' not distinctly hear it." The lady gave her the name of the" sweet man," when the prisoner instantly complained of being very ill from theheat of the chapel, and begged to take the lady's arm. The civility was granted, and the other prisoner, Jane Smith, got •at the other side of the old lady, and the man, Robert Clarke, walked in front impeding their progress. In a few minutes both pockets of the lady were rifled, and the invalid and her friend vanished. Cotton further stated, that on the last day of the proces sion of the Welsh charity children the same party were extremely busy in (}ray's Inn-lane. The old lady, Mrs. Keane, had got her hand into the pocket of another old lady, the depth and dimensions of which were such that she could not extricate her hand before she was detected. Mr. Rot /kits ()barred, that he never met with a case exhibiting such a well arranged system. The prisoners declined making any defence, and were fully com-, milted for trial. 111ARY-I.A-BOVNE OFTWE, AUG. 10.—john R a ke r , th e man who was fined 40,. and reprimanded by Mr. Hatrirtvit at this office on 'Tuesday, for assaulting a lady of the name of Donlon!, was- again brought up on the compl a i n t o f A s h er Sampson, ,' of Idecester-square. Mr. Sampson stated, he was a day or two since psssing through the 'l'yburn Gate, where the defend a nt I s to ll- co llector, and offered him the toll; the defendant demanded if he sou in his own gig, and was the hone his own ? He answered in the affirmative, and was surprised on hearing the defendant with an path exclaim,— " You lie ;" and without the slightest provocation, or the most re. mote idea on his (Mr. Sampson's) part of giving any, the defend ant abused him in the most scurrilous language, frequently giving him the lie, and thswatoning to pull him out of the gig. For this unprovoked outrage Mr. Sampson took out a summons against him for his applauds raday, bat said, haring obarred to %ha Morning papers of the day that he had been punished for anotbar 'offence, anffwiwcenvniitted to gaol, therefore 4te would forego his case, as he wished not to proceed harshly against a prisoner. Mr. RawListao et observed. the man, lie understood, wag onl y fined, and not held to bail, and as he was in attendance, ant! had heard the statement against him, he should like to hear his defenc e . Baker's detenoc was principally an accusation of abusive conduct egainst Mr. Sampson; with respect to the other conviction, he ca -1 tarred himself wrongfully convicted. lil r. it Aw LlS:sow said, be did not consider it any such thing, f r ,,,, ft ' the specimen of him given by Mr.Sompson, and if he were inciinsd he could not review another Magistrate's decision, although might guide him in his opinion upon this case. It was quite nuts. *rice enough to have tolls almost. he might say, in public strecs, as the New-road could only be called one, without having the nui, tree of abusive persons at them. Therefore, in order to protect the public, he would convict him it the full penalty of M. Baker declared he never could pay it, he must go to prison ; he had a wife and six children to support. Mr. Sampson interceded for him _solely on the account of ld s children. _ . _ . . The Magistrate said he would attend to the intercession so kiod;‘ , made, and mitigate tl:e penalty to W. upon condition that to should make a public apology in the Newspapers. Baker, at first, refused to do this, but at length agreed, &Ai l: 4 he had no other altctnative. UNION HALL, AUGUST 10.— Ififilant Ks/arks, a man of robust appearance, and very decently attired, was brought up i t custody before L. 11. ALLEN, Lsq. for a final examination, ellacged as a common impostor, under the following circumstances : —One of the Overseers of the parish of Christchurch stated that a few days ago as he was proceeding along Blackfriars-toad, the prisoner addressed him. soliciting relief, declaring that he was in a most deplorable state of poverty, having three motherless children dependent on hint for support, who were at his miserable abode anxiously waiting his return for victuals—that he had not a penny, in the world, and that they all must die from actual starvation unless some humane and charitable person assisted them in thei ; deep distress. The prisoner asserted that he bad a brother in at. fluent circumstances who refused to administer to their wants, and utile conclusion of his well-dissembled tale burst into tears. The overseer, notwithstanding the apparent truth with which he depict. ed his misfortunes, doubted his veracity, desiring him to follow to the workhouse, where his present wants should be relieved, and as. sistance given to him for his children ; he, however, showed a da. position to start when the workhouse was named, but was secured by the pariah beadle, who found on his person, besides vilify amounting to fourteen shillings, a bundle of letters, sitty-twe to number, addressed to noblemen and gentlemen, soliciting charity, land describing his distresses and that of his children in the moo forcible manner. The letters were in his eosin hand-writing. but copied front an original not his own composition, which wu found in his possession. None of them visaed, witlx the exception of a few intended for wealthy persons, who were known by characters of this description to distribute charity in proportion to the tale of distress submitted to their inspection, and these epistles only differed front the rest in the word " starvation" being fie. quently introduced, which it seems cannot be too often repeated by impostors in their communications to the humane, as it is a phrase that unifonnly makes a great impression in their favour, and gene. rally certain of commanding a good round sum. The prisoner was remanded after the first examination, and it has been since ascer tained, on inquiry, that none of the circumstances set forth in his letters are facts, but that the whole have been fabricated for the purpose of exciting charity in his behalf. lie has been living principally by sending begging letters to the affluent since the year 1821, previous to which date he was employed ass mechanic, but having once tried the experiment of living on the bounty of others be gave up his industrious pursuits, and lies stuck ever since to the vagabond life described. Tire Magistrate committed him for two months to hard labour II the House of Correctinn. _ _ Sir Wizard attended at this Office, for the put. poise of giving information of a most daring attempt that hitt beat made that morning, between the hours of two an ! thus o'clock, by a gang of robbers, to break into a house in the occupa. San of Miss Dcnnett, situate opposite Orove-place. North Driven. One of the gang, it seems, entered the house; but being heard be some of the servants, made his escape out of the window. An alarm was given, which the watchman hearing, ran to the spot. sad was only in time to see four or five men running off, whom he fired after. A pair of list shoes and a chisel were found on the pre. muses. LAMBETH -STREET, AUGUST 10.—John lade, a respectable looking man, holding the situation of clerk in one of the East India Company's warehouses, was brought before the sitting Magistrates on a warrant, charging him with the commission of a most violent assault on his wife, as the fair complainant styled berself. Mrs. Faille stated, that about ten years since she had the misfor. tune to lie wedded to the defendant. A few months had scarcely elapsed when she was subjected to the most cruel and unmanly treatment, and to such an extent did it proceed, that at length she was compelled in self-defence to go into service. There she re. mained for a considerable time, until indisposition obliged her to leave it. The only alternative she then had was to apply to het husband for protection and support; but on her first application, instead of meetirg with which, he attacked her In the most barba rous manner. violently assaulted her, and in fine kicked her in'n the street. This it was width now compelled her to apply to their Worships. The defendant replied, that the woman, styling herself his wife. had no more chum on him as a husband for protection, than even his Worship himself. Magistrate—ls she not your wife? I have here a certificate nf your marriage, to which there is the attestation of your father as a subscribing witness. Defendant—lt is all true, but nevertheless, I am not her Wale: husband. Mrs. Faule, who during these interrogations appeared to be waxing wroth, looked angrily towards the defendant, and ex claimed, Oh ! then I suppose that you wont the whole secret dis closed, do you, and forthwith proceeded to give the following very extraordinary history of their connexion. In the year 1:107, Mn, F. married a Mr. J. Donovan, a weriltliy tradesman in Shadwell, with whom she lived in harmony and happiness until ISO, when Mr. Donovan unfortunately became enamoured with a female servant then in their service. and to such an extent did this infatuation reach, that he disposed of the entire of his sem perty, eloped with, and subse9uently married, the object of his E. tachment, leaving her (Mrs. 1..) quite unprotected and unprovidol for. The present defendant was, previous to her marriage wlth Mr. O. her most ardent admirer, and being single when her hasbtsd deserted her, he again renewed his addresses. After marked arta ticn on his part, and a serious consideration on her's, as to the like hood of her reclaiming her former husband (Mr. D.), she con. armed to their union, provided it could be so accomplished 1519 evade provisions of th at' most cruel (as she denominated it) of all England's 141 m—the law against bigamy. Iler former husband Mr. D. being then in town, he was cansulted on the subject, and, after a great deal of consultation and difficulty. a document, of which the following is a verbatim copy, was drawn up and duly executed by all parties. " August 21. 1815. " This day, it is agreed between Joseph Donevan, on one pant. and Susan Donovan on-the other. that they do both voluntarily con sent and agree. to a final separation, by legal sale in the tank market of Smithfield,' in consideration whereof, I, Josepla Thom' van, have voluntarily received the sum of ss. of Mr. Johtt Fax, purchaser, and therefore, I say, received in fbll of all demands. 4:.0 5 0 " JosEPtt DONOVAN." Mrs. F. alias Mrs. D. concluded by saying, that in compliance with the above the sale bad taken place, and they were of course married. In answer to some questions from the Magistrate the complainant said. that in 1817 her first husband, taking with him his wife and family, went out as a settler to the Cape of Good llope. and that she had since ascertained from the best authority that be was po longer in existence. The Magistrates observed, that they had heard many very extra ordinary disclosures, but that the present far exceeded anything that had ever come under their cognizance. They feared that the com plainant's claims on the defendant as to matrimony were bet very slight ; however, as that was not the question before them. nor the one on which the defendant appeared, they must decline giving any opinion; but an assault had been clearly proved. and' therefore the defendant must find bail to answer it or any otl4 charges that may be brought against at the ensuing Sessions. RTHS, On the Bth instant, in llanallton-pince, the Countess Gower, ofi daughter. • On the Bth Instant, at Hackney, at the house of his mother, al lady of G. W. Markmurdo, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. On the 9th instant. at Bmxbourn, Harts, Charles James Ba rt ', Esq. of Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Harriet Oswin, only daaghtero. John Lutyena, Esq. of Burton-street, Taviatock-square ; end u the same time and place, Wm. Harley, Esq. of Hoddesdelo Jane, only daughter of the late Wm. Capper, FA(q. On the Bth instant, at St. 31argaret's church. NVestminstel. NVhish, Artillery (Bombay Establishment), to ram' II 111, eldest daughter of Hannibal Sandys, Esq. of Great Que‘%* street, Westminster. On the 9th instant. at the parish church of Mary-la-Bonne. IPA Sandford, Esq. of Chesaington-lodge, to Agnes, third dauglar Jyhn Ewart, laq. of Edinburgh. On the oth instant, at Mary-la-Bonne church, G. Mandel. Dq' of the Portuguese Embassy, to Emily, youngest daughter 0(t late Adm. Stone, of his Moot Faithful Majesty's service. berf On the 9th instant , at St. M att h ew ' s , B r i xton , J. E. P ia'. Esq. of the Stock Exchange. to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of II A Devey, Esq. of Tunbridge, Kent. DIED. On the 18th of July last, at her house in the Minster-ysal . ' 4 ' in the 96th year of her age, Mary, relict of the late Colonel lloga Morris. At Kensington Gravel Pita, on Friday morning last, after a fee days' illness, Mrs. Calcon, the widow of the late Dr. Calcon. On the 6th instant. in her Stith year, four days after the b irth her 9th child, Harriette, the wife of Mr. G. 13. Child, of FillOg' ham, near Lincoln. At her house in Edinburgh, on the 31st ult., Lady Dabell, relict of the late Sir Robert Dalzell, Bart. of lions. ' On the 7th instant, at Clif ton , Th omas , se cond ton ° U.ln'4 Chaplyn, Esq. of Little Hadhono, in the county of Herts. At Ilythe, on the 6th instant. after a short illness, •u vr . of Brunswick-square, relict of Robert Morris. Esq. 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