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CHESTER CIRCUIT. eItEiHIRE A8817.E8, CaErma. Aug. 29. Was. Johnson stood charged with killing and slaying Nathaa Joission. NOIR the statement of the A.troaxer-GENtriat, it appeared that dips:lmer and the deceased had bad a quarrel, and that, in the course of the tight. (which had been encouraged by the priso nee'asiother) they were wrestling, and the deceased falling, the riecisser jowl him, when the deceased said, •' thou hart hurt me. bo• if' thc%li wilt stop till I am better, I will tight thee." The tight atterwards took place, when the deceased received some kicks on hiestiunach,, of which he died. A surgeon proved 'that he was called In to attend the deceased on the Bth of June, and that he had died on the Iltlt of the urns mooth 2 In conscquenee of the bruises which lie had received: fbe Cnitr Jusa tet said, in passing sentence, " Prisoner, you henebeen found' guilty of the crime of manslaughter. The death of the deceased, it is clear, wits caused by a wadiea which must be put a stop to. It appears, however, that ;Pie deceased bit and kicked you, and gave the challenge to light first. Taking into ronsideninoe the length of imprisonment that you have sot: feted, the judgment of the Court is, that you be further tonal foe the period of three months, and kept to hard labour in the Noun of Correction." Muscly Brave stood indicted with having stolen two beadles of wool, the property of Messes. Oakey and Co. of London. From the statement of the AT TOUNEY-OENERAL, for the Crown,.it appeared, on the examination cola paean named Win. Tait (a clerk in the anploy of the above tirm), that on the 16th of April he packed up 36 parcels of wool, and directed them to Messrs. Plekford and Co.. Manchester. The parcels were put on board a boat called the Charles (No. 71), on board of which the prisoner "t. employed. It farther appeared, by a witness, that the prisoner was observed to take the parcels from the boat, and secrete them us a. held sear a book, arid on being detected be said he was nut the most guilty person. The Jury having found the prisoner Guilty, he was called on for his defence, when the primmer said, he did not see what Use it was to make any." TheCnisr Jtt art CIE. in parsing sentence, said—" Prisoner, you hare been found guilty of grand larceny and a breach of trust, in rot protecting property committed to your custody. You have ob. reeved that you were not the most guilty, which Is very probable, u the receivers are worse than the thieves. The judgmem of the Court in your case is, that you be transported beyond the seas lot the period of seven years, to such place as his Majesty, by the ad- Mao( his Privy Council, shall think proper." CUTTING ANI) MAIMING. Wu. Brooks stood capitally indicted, under Lord Ellenborough's Act, with having, on the 21d of April, at Stockport, in this county, indicted with a certain sharp instrument, on the body of .3largaret Rhodes, divers wounds. From the statement of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on the part of the Crown, it appeared that the wounds (four in number) had': been indicted by a ocn..knife, at the door of her house, when the' prisoner made use of the following words:—" Peggy Rhode-4, come out, a-n thee, turn out, thou w—e and thief; my name is Brooks, and I aim come to seek revenge ;" and then inflicted the wounds as described by the witnesses for the prosecution. M. D. G. Jowts. on the part of the prisoner, endeavoured to show that the proucuirix lint gave the provocation, by striking the pr sorer over the side of his head with a patten ; that she used se veral words of a provoking nature, and that she called him a rogue and a thief. Mr. Lacey, the surgeon, described the nature of the wounds, but wwl none of them were or a dangerous kind. Atter several witnesses had been examined nn the part of the pro mo. ..:;;en, and on the part of the prisoner. his Lonlvinp •untmed up, acd 'he Jury found the prisoner " Guilty of doing wine grievous and betide harm."—Deeth. (Ann , JrSTICE—Put the prisoner back. I shall not pass sen tence now. I captive him very little hopes. SURREY SESSIONS, W coNEsDny, AUG. 31. HORS/MONGER. JAYE, Ja—c.: Fern NI was indicted fee stealing a pair of shoes, a gown. sad other article'. from the Rising Sun public-house, in Kent-street, Borough, the property of James lAoyd. It appeared by the .tatement of the witnesses, that the prisoner eatery the house of the prosecutor for the apparent purpose of lark. tr.o some refreshment, but that he took advantage of the short ab serce of the wife of the prosecutor to go into a small back room, ttorn whehee he took the articles named in the indictment, and then left the house unperceived. The robbery war stalest immediately discovered, the prisoner was pursued, and token in the street he lore he had time to dispose of the articles in question. The evidence was, of course, an clear as to the guilt of the pt 'saner. that a verdict to this effect was returned without &littera- on Li, by the Jury. The prisoner, who appeared to be a man very far superior to those wbu are gencraliy found in his situation, then gave in a writ ten statement to the Magistrates, which declared that he had been soldier in the army, in the East Indies, where he had rewired many wooed', that he had also fought the battles of his country, at several placoson the continent during the late war, but he had been obliged, in consequence of Ul health, to return to England, where. on his arrival, he found his mother in a state of great distress, and so supporting her and himself he scan got rid of the little monev he Lad saved. Being unable to obtain any employment, he was soon reduced to the most abject poverty. While suffering under those privations, and bohc:ding his mother in the greatest want, he was induced to commit the offence for which he now stood at the bar or 3.ot:ice. But, during his confinement, he was informed that he had barn left s proporry . which would enable him to pass his life in corn fort, and to maintain his aged mother. Under these circumstances he besought the merciful consideration of the Court. The Fleecier was this morning brought up for judgment, and the Ch. n non inferred him that the Court having made inquiry into, u d considered his case, was inclined to give credence to it, and Lodes] leniently with him. A society had been formed for giving relief to persons circumstanced as he was, after the expira tion of the term of their punishment, and if their funds permitted them, they would no doubt do their endeavours to enable him to regain the situation be had !oat. His sentence was, that he be con. Laed 14 days is the House of Correction at Brixton. Jahr Dona', the elder, John floridly. the younger, and Pat. DO , VRAtif three Emeralders, stood indicted for creating riot and disturbance at New Cross, on Sunday last. John Eddie, a watchman of New Cross. deposed that on Sunday last, at eleven o'clock, he heard a great noise near New Cross-mad ; Le proceeded to the spot, saw a number of Irish, men and women, assembled, who were fighting with poke's. sticks, and large stones. and apprehensive that murder would be the result, he sent for ossietanee. The cries of " Murder I" &c. were uttered loudly and re pasted ly. Sarah Chapman saw Donaghue with a poker in his hand. The prisoners were in company with two men, Ready and Fry, who sse:e taken into custody, but the mob rushed upon the officers, and they were rescued. John Wilson. a brickmaker, stated that on Sunday night he was gaudy walking along, when he was suddenly and brutally attacked by the mob, and the prisoner Donoghue strue. him in the face with the poker he carried in his hand. The Chairman summed up the evidence, mid the Jury returned a liana of Guilty against all the prisoners. The CHotamow addressed the prisoners—lt was much to be lanaeoltd (he aa.cl) that riots so frequently occurred in the vicinity of London; of late ton they had arrived to such a pitch it was 0- solace,' necessary the Logislature should interfere to prevent such infamous and demoralizing occurrences. The Court therefore sea. teaced Donagime to three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction at Brixton, and to be kept to hard labour for die whole potiod ; the elde: Donelly to two months and hard labour; and the younger to one month and hard labour. Marks Cape!, the person who described himself as a Russian merchant was placed at the Bar to take his trial, for defrauding Mr: Gilbert, of the Borough. When the prosecutor was called he did not appear, and his re cognizance was ordered to be entreated. Shortie after the proserotor came into Court. and Mr. PIATT applied to the 13:nrfi on his behalf, in order that the recognirance trijht net be immediately entreated, on the ground that an 'Aneroid.' aoie appointment prevented his attendance. The CuaiaNsx, in refusing the application, said he had also that morning particular appointments to attend to, but he felt. Woad not to suffer them to interfere with the duties he owed to the public. The Jury were discharged, and the Sessions ended. STAGY. Coscars.—A change has been recently intro diced in the plan and management of stage coaches here, which promises to be a considerable improvement. A coach sins started to run between Edinburgh and Glasgow about a month ago, which, though drawn only by two horses, performs the journey sometimes in four hours, and rarely excw,ls four bouts and a half. The secret of this extra ordinary expedition is -Ist, That the coach is of a very light make, EIS weighs rather leas than 12 cwt., while the common stage coaches weigh a ton-2d, That she carries stuly four inside and seven outside passengers, and a coach man ; in all 12 persons, while the others carry six inside, 12 outsidelaassengers, a guard, and a driver; in all 20 persona3d, That the horses, instead of being changed iipor times, as in the ordinary coaches, are changed six times, which reduces the stages to seven miles each. The horses hare thus little more than half the weight to draw, . while the distance they run is shortened in the proportion of two to three, and the work done is still nearly in the proportion of the animal strength employed, for the quicker eosch requires but 12 horses, while the slower one re vises 16. One consequenze of this new system will ne ces.sarily be, that the coaches which adopt it must en.ploy, horses which have a large proportion of blood in them.— CaleAmies Mercury. 11.!:. 'Montgomery, of Fulton, undertook yesterday, for • 200 sovereigns, to drive his mare Phenomenon, in harness, u.. the sot, seven miles and a half in half-an-hour, on the Ey)ism road. II: did tile first mile in 3 minutes 58 se conds ; the second in 3 mih. 69 sec. ;' the third in 3 min. 67 scc.; the fourth in 3 min. 59 sec. ; the fifth in 4 min. ; the sixth in 4 min. G sec. ; the seventh in 4 mie. and the half-mile in 2 min. 50 sec. ; losing the mad. by several seconds, the mare having tired culler thaw was expected. Sr: GEORGE'S Nosprva. TREATMENT OF THE PATIENTS. A Board of Governors met yesterday at the Hospital, pro. tosioaly foe the transaction of ordinary businen relating to the Institution, but ostensibly for the purpose of ascertaining the justice or injustice of • charge Trade upon one of the servants of the establishment, and another person now on the books as a I patient. Thq Rev. Mr. II uunks, Chaplain to the hospital, was called to the Chair. lice. enflames said, that the first object to which he sheatd beg to direct the attention or the Board, was a charge made on one of the nurses (Armstrong) of cruelty and inattention to a poor man named Daniel Taylor, who had been brought to the Hospital with a wound in Ins band, and who had since died, as was erroneously alleged before the Coroner's Jury, fitom some im proper treauneut he had received whilst in the Hospital. A charge of another nature had likewise been made against a patient named Allen, for gratuitously interfering with the economy of the esta blishment, in such a way as was likely to be prejudicial to the re covery and comfort of the deceased, Daniel Taylor. Charges of this nature, though levelled at individuals, fellintlirectly an the , 1 Bard of Management, who were bound to correct such abuses, and he behaved he might venture to say, that so fir from shunning. investigation, it watt st all times their most anxious wish to promote any. investigation which had fur its objeit the . great cause of Ipi rnanlty and public justice. (The following are the leading features of the case which brought about this inquiry :—A poor man (Taylor) was brought to the hospital some time back with a severe wound in the hand, which was treated in the usual way by the House Surgeon : dressings were applied, but as the parts about the wound displayed symptoms of strong inflammation and swelling, a poultice was put on by order of the medical attendant. After the poultice hadremained on for some time, the patient complained of pain to a female who visited him, and she thereupon remonstrated in rather angry terms with the nurse on the impropriety of not changing, it oftener. It was al leged that the nurse refused to doemeted that she (the nurse.) be. ing hurt by this interference of. a visiter what all-. she deemed her - prerogative of judging in such case, got Into a violent passion, and said, •• that to enniisli him (the patient) it should be kept on six hours lunger," end finally turned the patient's female friend out of the ward. The charge against Allen, the other individual Complained of, was, that he had asked the deceased , to assist in carrying coals, his hand being at that time in a dangerous state, which deceased refused, and that Allen thereupon made use of some severe and irritating language to him. In conse quence, it was said, of this ill-treatment the patient was induced to elope from the hospital before his cure was ef. retied ; but as his wound began to aniline a more alarming character after he left the house. he again applied for ad missiun, and was received, but in spite of every effortaubsequnitly made on his behalf, he died in the hospital shortly After. When the Coroner's Inquest sat on the body, these circumstances came out, partly in evidence, and partly in desultory conversation. The Jury commented in termS of strong reprobation 011 the internal eco. non y of the hospital, and these remarks coming before the Board of Management, through the medium of the public press in the first instance, and being further confirmed by an official communi. cation to the Secretary, from Mr. fliggs, the Coroner, this investi. gation was ordered. The Weekly Board, at their ordinary meet. ing on l'edriesday the 24th ult., had the Coroner's letter laid be. fore them, but as they could not properly go into the investigation of the charge in a satisfactory manner, without the Coroner a mi. nuns of evidence, and other necessary information, it was ad journed to the next Board Meeting, which was yestirday I. Two patients, who had been In the sante ward with Taylor. were examined very closely as to the nature of what passed relative to the removal of the poultice. From the evidence of one, a man named Cree, who slept in the opposite bed, it did not appear that the nurse had used any expression of marked severity ; in reply' to the patient's remonstrance, she merely replied, that she could not make any alteration but on the express authority of the! medical officers, to whom she referred him ; the Woman, his friend, then manifested a great deal of ill.temper, which was highly calculated to irritate the patient, and in conformity with a standing order of the hospital she was turned out of the ward, Three Gentlemen, Messrs. llollar.d, Hawkins, and Sleigh, were then appointed to go through the wattle, for the purpose of ot• lining any further evidence from the other patients that might have known any thing relative to the matter, but these gentlemen could not elicit any thing beyond that was already stated by the other witnesses. . . . . . . . hi r. SLrlax said, that he thought the charge against the nurse was entirely without fiundation. Mr. KEATE, the Hospital Surgeon, said, he had mere than once been obliged to speak to the time-tacit on the impropriety of his leaving his bed at a time when he was really in a dangerous state, and he also reprimanded him for taking off the poultice fre quently, to show his hand to his friends. Sir. BRODIE observed, that unless the standing orders of the hospital were attended to, the medical oaken could not be held responsible for the lives of their patients. A Gorernor here remarked, in proof of the necessity of a strict observance to internal economy in such an establishment, that a short time back a visiter was detected bringing in laudanum to a patient who complained of broken rest. Mr. HOLLAND said, that if the charge made against the nurse, relative to the poultice, had been well grounded, she would have merited expulsion ; but in Isis opinion it had not been sustained. There was always great exaggeration in matt; s of this kind. Sir. Rose moved, that the correspondence which had passed between the Coroner and the Secretary, on this subject, should be read ; which was agreed to, and entered on the minutes. Sir. BRODIE then adverted to another subject of complaint made by Juane, as to the want of proper attention on the part of the hospital porters in showing the bodies. Sir. Ilor.LANnsaid that it was the wish of the Board that every facility should be afforded by their servants, and trusted that this complaint would not be repeated. The final opinion of the Board was, that the nurse had escaped the imputation or blame merely because she acted only in con. fortuity with her instructions, but that the conduct of Allen was highly reprehensible. (in the motion of Mr. ROSE, it was agreed that the Secretary should communicate officially to the Coroner, in reply to that gea tleman's last letter, the result of thin investigation. The following correspondence, above alluded to, forms a perfect l epitome of this interesting case : •• Cloisters, Westminster Abbey, Aug. 22, 1825. " Sir—At an Inquisition taken before me, on Saturday evening last, on view of the body of Daniel Taylor, then lying dead in St. George's Hospital, the Jury, on delivering their verdict, re. quested ine to acqueint you, for the information of the Managers of the Hospital, that the misconduct of two individuals there was the occasion of the deceased's elopement from the house, which it seems led to his death, as it appeared that either from want of pro. per medical assistance, or due are, symptoms ensued which ended to his death, notwithstanding in five days time he was again ad. itnitied into the hospital, where he received every attention and kindness. •• The perions complained of, were a man (Allen) said to be an inpatient, but who assumed an active part in directing the other patients, and a feinale nurse (Armstrong.) Mr. -, the Hoe pital.Apotheeary heard the evidence of the deceased's widow, and can give you every information, and to whom I beg to refer you ; or if you wish me to explain as far as I can, on a subject in which I do not like to presume to interfere, I would wait on you some evening, about eight o'clock, on receiving two days' notice; as I am, in the main part of the day, engaged in important, and a kind of public buainesa, which I cannot neglect. •, I am, Sir, yours, '• THOS. /Dons. Deputy Coroner •• fur Westminster. " To J. Gunning, Esq . " Secretary, St. George 's Hospital." • St. George's Hospital, Aug. 23. " Sir—l have laid your letter of the 22d inseam, Vlore the Weekly Board of Governors of St. George's Hospital, and nm di rected to convey to you their thanks for the communication respect. ing the Intinest held before you on the late Daniel Taylor. The IVeckly Board have carefully inquired into tb'c alleged misconduct of the patient Allen, and the nurse Armstrong, and have collected the best evidence which they could obtain on the subject. " They learn from your letter, and from other sources, that the ,wife, or female friend of the patient. Taylor, expressed herself to the Jury and others as perfectly satisfied with the surgical atten,, lion showh to the latter, while in this hospital—hut that she coen- 1 plained of some ill-treatment from the nurse and patient above. mentioned. On further inquiry they are informed 1. That Taylor was admitted under the careof Mr. Keate, with a wound of the land; and that Mr. Keate, although there were nu! urgent symptoms at the time, being apprehensive that such might occur, directed him torenniin constantly in bed. "2. That, in oppositidi to these directions, Taylor left his bet'. on the day preceding that pe which he quitted the hospital, but the I nurse (Armstrong) having remonstrated with him he returned to I his bed previous to the hour of Mr.' K eate's visit. "3. That on the following morning, having persisted in disobey. ing the orders as to keeping his bed, the patient (Allen) who meet him in the hall of the hospital, called upon him to assist in carry- ing sonic coals into the ward, which .Taylor properly refused to do. 4. That Taylor immediately after this occurrence returned to his ward, and went to tied ; and that Allen, on observing this, used some harsh expressions towards him. " 11. That upon this the wife of Taylor persuaded him imme diately to leave the hospital!. " 8. That the nurse Armstrong strongly opposed Taylor (in the situation in which he was doing diis until he had been seen by his surgical attendant*. •• 7. That these circumstances led to an altercation between the nurse as the other woman, when the nurse ordered the latter to leave the ward, after which Taylor quitted the hospital. " 8. That titer the lapse of five days ; Mr. Keate, on the earnest application of Taylor and his female friend, and on hearing that dangerous sy mptoms had shown themselves, directed that Taylor should b e se-admitted, although the rules and images of the hospital roll:bit the re.admiatton of a patient who has quitted the hospital in &I irregular manner. " 9.• That Taylor, when re.admituad, was in a state of eetremr danger, which terminated in his death. " From the tonsicterati.in of these eireemstarees(of which they are informed that many were stated to 'the Jury, on oath, by the , beadle of the parish, who happened to be accidentally present at the dispute between the nurse and Taylor'e (fiend, as well us by the nurse and others), the Weekly Board do not find reason to impute blame to Vie nurse , Armstrong. Neither can they itp-' pate any serious • blame to the patienY Allen. the latter not having ' been aware of Taylor's real situation, and having no reason to ap- ' pretend that his disease was dangerous, from seeing him out of Ms bod, and even out of Iris ward. It appears to the Board, that if blame is to be imputed to any one, it should be to the uniettunate patient hinrseV, and his wile %or &milli friend, either of whom waist hare been atrlte.;,that if there had been any real ground of t complaint, such complaint would have been attended to if statetTsto the residedt Chaplain, or any one of the medical officers os Governors of the Charity. •• Moreoeer, it appears to the Weekly Board, from the anxiety manifested by Taylor and Isis friend ter the re-admission of the former into St. George's Hospital (instead of hie Bing sant, as he Might have been under his peculiar circumstances, into some other hoepital), that the patient must have been conscious he had not nattered from ill-trilatment. " From the observations of the Jury, however, conveyd by your letter, the Weekly Board must suppose that you and the Jury have obtained some intOrnlitiOn to which they have rot had access ; as they cannot believe, that otherwise any body of men would have considered the observations as warranted. I aiti directed, therefore, by the Weekly Board. to nosiest that yoti will layout them with a eopy of. the minutes of evidence taken by you on tine occasion, a s wel l as any observations which you may have to make upon them ; the Board being anxious thoroughly to investigate all the circumstance. of this transaction. " I am, Sir, etc. ••Jos. GUNNING, Secretary. "Thomas Higgs, Esq. Deputy Coroner for NVestminster." " Cloisters, Westminster Abbey, August 2(1. " Sit—l feel much obliged by the favour of your letter of the 2ith'insrant, detailing such information as had been obtained by the Governors of St. George's Hospital, as to the alleged 'Macon. duct of the persons there, towards Daniel Taylor, deceased, on which I wrote to you at the request of the Jury. " You inform me that the Weekly Board du not impute blame to the nurse, nor serious blame to Allen ; but they seem to reflect on the• Jury. • " I am not aware that the Jurors were acquainted with the die of St. George's Hospital. They heard on oath, that the deceased had been scolded and sworn at. because he could not carry coals ; that his wile humanely iaterfcred, and blamed the man fOr speaking its that *ay to a sick person ; that the nurse then forced her out by the shoulders, end told the ',after not to admit her again. If such conduct wad not sufficient to tempt' the deceased to elope, I do not know what could ; unless the cause was increased by the tame nurse having before told the deceased, when he re quested her to put a fresh poultice to his hand, (which had been ordered two - hours belbre) that she, to punish him, would keep Mtn six . hours without it ; that circumstance was also sworn to before the Jury. " I presume on the above being stated to the . Board they will re tract their observations on • fury both respectable and impartial. " I send a copy of all the evidence I took as liar as it. regards the hospital. " I ant, Sir. &c. TU031.411 HIGGS, • Deputy Coroner fur Westminster. " Joseph Gunning, Esq. Secretary to St. George's Hospital." (Notes of evidence follow here, as already published.) " St. George's hospital, August 31. " Sir—l am directed by the Weekly Board of Governors of St. George's Hospital to thank you for your letter of the 26th of August, and for the copy of some notes taken by you at the inquest held on the late Daniel Taylor, with which you have been so obliging as to furnish them, and which you state to contain • all the evidence which you took, as far as it regards the hospital.' " In these notes they find no other evidence than that of Mr. Cowell, the house surgeon, and of Mary Taylor ; and the Weekly Boardobserve, that the statement of the latter Is at variance in sonic essential po'nts with that of the persons who were examined before them in the very carotid investigation, which I have already informed vou that they had instituted. The Board have this day proceeded to consider to which of these accounts they ought to attach the most credit upon this point ; it appeared to them, first, that, other things being the same, the testimony of many is to be preferred to that of a single individual; secondly, that the testimony of Mary Taylor is to be received with some suspicion, because it was at her persuasion that Taylor left - the hcspital, to which cir cumstance the poor man's death is attributed, and it is not unlikely that she would be disposed to represent what:occurred in such a manner as to cause the blame of this very imp.uilent action to be transferred from herself to other persona. The Board moreover cannot help observing that the decimation of Mary Taylor, that Taylor was delirious when he left the hospital, besides being op. I posed to the evidence of Mr. Cowell a:AI others, is in manifest con tradiction with her own story; and they consider that the anxiety of Mary Taylor for the re-admission of the deceased into St. Georges Hospital, instead of taking him, as she might have done,: to another hospital, affords a strong presumptiun that she bad no Just grounds to complain of his having been there ill-treated. The Weekly Board have been made acquainted with a complaint, which some of the Jurors made at a late inquest, of a want of proper attention to them, on the part of the servants of the hospi. tal. They are fully aware how much inconvenience a large hos pital necessarily entails on all persons in the neighbourhood, who are liable to serve as Jurors on a Coroner's Inquest, and they would be sorry nut to contribute all in their power towards rendering that inconvenience as trifling as possible. They have given such direc tions to the porters, as will, they hope, prevent there being any grounds for such complaints in future. •• I have the honour to be, &e. " Jos. GUNNING, Secretary. " T. Higgs, Esq., Coroner for Westminster." POLICE. DESPERATE YOUNG THIEF. GUILDHALL, Ago. 11.—It is seldom we hate to record a more lamentable case than the following:— Mr. Madden, a last-maker in Long-lane, Smithfield, had taken the prisoner, a lad only fifteen years of age, whose name Is Wm. Dobson,' into his employ. from motives of charity, about five weeks ago, and on I. tacky last took him to sleep in the house. On rising early on the Sunday morning the boy had disappeared. His absence, however, occasioned no surprise, his master conjec turing he might have got up early to take a walk. Shortly after ward the key of the stable in Red Lion.yard was missed. Mr. Madden went to the stable, and finding the horse, the cart, and every thing else safe, changed the padlock, and thought no further of the matter. The absence of the prisoner at night ex. 'ci:ed some suspicion. and Mr. Madden sent again to the stable, and all was found safe: but on tile Monday moving it was dis. covered that the new lock had been wrenched off, and that the horse, cart, and harness, together with the whip and an umbrella, stolen. Mr. Madden's suspicion im:nediately fell on the prisoner; and having, by inquiry at the Boswell-street turnpike, learnt that a person of his description had passed through in a cart, be tween one and two o'clock in the morning, hired &horse and chaise, and taking Harrison, a constable of Aluersgate, set off in pursuit. At the Woolpack, at Barnet, they learnt that the prisoner had arrived there about six o'clock in the morning; and after giving the horse a feed, during which time he loaded a pistol in the pee. settee of theshostler, observing, he would fire at any one interrupting him, resumed his journey. Mr. Madden and the officer again pet forward, and on reaching the Peahen, at St. Alban's, saw the cart in the yard, and on calling the hostler found the horse in the stable, and learnt that the lad had gone for a walk through the town. Harrison shortly met him, and aware of his having a loaded pistol about him, seised hint suddenly, and instantly draw the pistol front within his jacket, and he was brought to town. To show the deliberation with which the prisoner had planned the robbery, Mr. Madden produced before the Magistrate a letter which had been delivered through the twopenny post at his house, on the Monday morning, which purported to give him a friendly hint that his own father was plotting, with three or four other men, to rob the house, and to steal the horse and cart, and go off with their homy to the smugglers at Dover. This letter, which was evidently intended for the purpose of sending Mr. Madden on a wrong route, the prisoner now admitted was his hand-writing. The pistol, too, turned out to be Mr. Madden's. Among his lug gage also was found several pair of clogs, Mr. Illadden'e property. l'he prisoner, a fine-looking lad, during the examination evinced some emotion. When called on for his defence lie made no reply whatever, and was fully committed for trial. BOR•STRYET, Ago. 3l.—An auctioneer named Peek, de. scribing himself as of Paddington, has underdone several examina. tions at this Office, before Mr. 31zwanget, charged with unlaw fully pawning divers article. of plate, of the value of 2131. lls. the property of Mr. James 'Warner, the latter being the bona-fide owner of the plate, and he having given the defendant no sumo city to pawn or otherwise dispose o. it. The final examination was postponed to Tuesday evening, on account of the absence of Mr. Barker, the person with whom the articles had been pawned. The facts, as they appeared from a long train of evidence, were these :—Mr. Warner, who described himself as a merchant travel ling with valuable goods to and from France and this country, being a short time ago in want of an immediate supply of cash, applies, to Poole, whom he knew, for his advice how to raise it. Mr. Warner had at that time the plate now in question in pledge at Mr. Purse's, a pairnbrokerat Locdon-wail. Poole recommended him to Mr. Moses, a respectable bill-broker, at Harrow, to whom Mr. Warner applied to advance a sum of money upon the dupli testes. Mr. Moses declined lending money, but offered to pnrchase the duplicates, and to coasent to a stipulation, that Mr. Warner should be at liberty to re-purchase them within a month, on the payment of a fair amuunt of interest. This was agreed to, and Mr. Moses gave 1101. for the duplicates. Mr. Moses removed the plate to Mr. Barker's, a pawnbroker in Holborn. Mr. Warner's &di. mines increasing, he was arrested and obliged to go to a lock-up house. Poole called upon him , and said, " Why, Warner, the month is very nearly out, and you will lose your plate altogether, unless you raise the 60/. you received from Moses. What the devil will yon do i" Mr. Warner wrote a letter to a friend, a Mr. Budd, of the Custom.house, requesting the loan of 100/., and sent it by Poole, with an authority to receive any answer that Mr. liudd might give,• and he further authorised him, if that gentleman advanced the money, to go to Mt. Moses, pay toe 1101. with intetest. and get the duplicates of the plate, and bring them to him. Alt. Budd advanced the 1001. without hesitation, and Poole, as he was leaving that gentleman, said he Knew Ina friend Warner would have occasion for about 41. le.. mote. as there were some expenses which must be paid, and Mr. Budd gave him that additional sum. Poole then went to Mr. Mmes. and having paid aim the BUI. together with 41. 10.. for interest and expenses, the latter went with him to Mr. Barker's, and lTAnsferre:l his right to the property to him (Poole) on behalf of Varner. When the matter had Len settled thus far, Poole said, " It will be inconvenient to me to take this plate away now— what shall Ido about is ?" Mr. Moses said, "0, leave it here foe bl. and you can then fetch it away whenever it suits you." Poole accordingly received 111. upon it, and left it, promising soon to redeem it, but the uert day he called again at Barker's, and ob. I twined a farther loan upon it of 2bl. This, and the 5/. lie obtained. the day before, he kept, and .he did not evett go to Mr. Warner, with the balance of 201,1ele)n It» heads out of the lOU 101. which be received from !dr. Budd. Mr. Warner, who was still io con finement, got very uneasy, and be employed a man named Kearney, *tailor. in liseen.coart. Tanapha to wait upon Poole on the sobj-ct. Kearney Arend Pool*, tad asked him what Ito had I done With the Mato irelongtrg lo Mr. Warner she replied he bad 'pawned it again. liesniertoldtim he had done very wfong, andi that Wanerr could punish him ; to which he replied, " 0 d—n hint, he is locked up safe enough, and I know he can't get out, so he may do his best ar.d his worst." Mr. Warner, however, did " get out." and liming found where the goods were in pawn, he instituted the present proceeding. Mr. Axnntws took several objections, the first of which was that the Magistrate had no authority to proceed hi cases where the value of the property pledged exceeded 101. This was over-ruled. The next was that there was uo proof that the plate was the bons tide property of %Varner. Mr. NVarner swore that he purchased the plate of Mr. Lee, of Ilucklersbury, for 2131.; that he had paid 1301. of it, and that Mr. Lee had ample security for the rest. The second objection was therefore set aside. Mr. Moses sail lie considered that he was yielding the property to Poole on behalf of Warner. . Mr. Warner swore that the goods were pledged without his. au thority, consent, or knowledge. The defence set up was, that Warner owed Poole a sum of money. which the latter had advanced to him while he was in eon linementat the lock-up hcuse, and that Poole had recommended Warner to a tradesman, from whom he obtained goods which he never paid for. These transactions it was contended gave Poole a lien upon the plate. In answer to the first allegation a person employed at the lock-up house proved that he saw Mr. Warner pay Poole the money the latter had advanced before they left the ;house; and the second charge was positively denied by NI/artier. Mr. ADOLPUr s having replied, Mr. MINSIIIILL said, he considered the charge fully made out, and a more dishonourable transaction had certainly seldom come under his cognizance. He should, under the Act of Parliament, order the defendant to pay the full value of the goods, 2131. a fine of 20s. and all the costs ; and in default of payment. to stand cont. 'Meted to the House of Correction for three caleut.-.r months ' the full term allowed by the statute. Mr. ANDREWS immediately said he should appeal to the Sessions, . . . Mr. MtXSUULL said the Act certainly gave the privilege of an appeal, but he should demand two sureties in double the amount of the sum awarded, and should require proper notice, that inquiry might he made. The names of five persons were then given in, and the defendant was allowed the indulgence of going to the watchhouse until the necessary inquiries could be tnade. This day was appointed to examine the bail, but when the hour arrived it was reported by the proper officer that three of the persons named by the defendant had positively refused to come, and that the other two, although they did not give a decided negative, had neglected to attend. Mr. M xsuut.t. consented to give the defendant a little more time, and he remains in the watchhouse. Samuel Wilson, a journeyman plasterer, was placed at the bar, at the instance of Mr. Kitson, plumber, of Little Tor rington.street, Russell-square, charged with stealing a saw, his property. It appeared that the prisoner worked for the complainant, and had pawned the saw in question. Mr. Kitson stated that he had been plundered to such an ex tent by his workmen, that he felt himself compelled to make an ex ample of some one. The pawnbroker's man, with whom the saw had been pledged, appeared with the article in his hand. He said he could not determine whether it was a Man or a woman who brought the saw to his master's shop. He could not say it was the prisoner. A woman, who declared herself to be the prisoner's wife, here step:ed forward, and avowed herself as the person who pledged the saw. Upon being further questioned as to how it came into her possession, she declared that one Miles, who was present, had given it to her for the purpose to which it had been applied. Miles now produced himself to the Magistrate. He was sworn, and stated that be was a carpenter, and had been employed as such by Mr. Kitson. Wilson bving distressed for money, he had give., the saw to his wife, telling her to pawn it ; •and as soon as he to er his employer after that, he (witness) told him of what he had don e , saying that the people could not starve. Mr. Kitson himself the n borrowed nee shillthgs, and gave four of them to the prisoner fo r Iris red ef. Mr. Kitson denied that he had ever been informed of his teas having been pledged. Alr. 311s:sat:Lt. t)ld the witness, Miles, that by his false ge. nerosity in thus disposing of his master's property, he had sub jeered himself to the chnrge of petty larceny. At *nevem, hi must hold them all as implicated in the offence of unlawfully I pawning, and the lowest fine he could impose upon him was 20s. and the value of tue article wrongfully pledged, which it appeared was 3s.' - - . . . - Aliles thought it a very hard thing that he should become the person charged, merely because he had come forward when called upon to speak the plain truth ; and the truth he would al wave speak, although it should be the means of hanging him. Mr. Kitson said, that if Miles would come back and work for him, he would withdraw his charge. Mile+ consented to do this, if Mr. Kitson wou.d promise, in the presence of the Magistrates, to pay his wages on Saturday night. The master and man thereupon entered into a solemn league and covenant to this effect, and departed apparently well pleased with this mode of settling their business. i~ ~: ;MELANCHOLY STATE OF DESERTION. ~....-......,.....------- -- -____ _...._ HATTON-GARDEIT, duo. 31.—Two poor miserable looking children, who gave their names William and Sarah Lambert, were brought before Mr. Laing, the sitting magistrate, by the watch man of St. Sepulchre's parish, to whose care they had been con. signed last night, by Mrs. Mary Buxton, who resides at No. 7, White Ilorse-alley, Cow-cross, and who now attended to state that on her return home about half-past ten o'clock in the evening she found the two children seated on the step of her door, where it seems she had repeatedly seen tbrent before. Their forlorn appear ance induced her to question tetra, when she learned from their answers that their mother hataidcf-kiiinit three months since, from which time their father had abandtined them, nor had they seen him now for a considerable time, but had wandered about the streets, sleeping where they could, and subsisting upon any thing edible they could find. The worthy woman, therefore, who gave evident proof of being strongly affected with their situation, gave them at once in charge to the watchman for the night, and now came forward to ask his Worship's advice as to procuring them an asylum of some description which might rescue them from the fate which tee:1111 otherwise so inevitably impending over them. The boy is only eight years old,and the girl six, aid both were wretchedly squalid and almost naked. The worthy Magistrate gave Mrs. Bnxton all the praise which her humanity deserved, and sent a few lines to the overseer of the parish of St: Sepulchre, which he said he had no doubt would have the effect of procuring them that assistance which their des. titute condition required, and committed them to the care of a 'constable, with directions to convey them at once to the o ffi cer al ludo! to. __ _ _ John .iforrrll, apprentice to 31r. C. Byrms. a watchmaker, in Manchester-street, Gray's Inn-lane, was brought up by his master for neglect of his work, and using insolent luzguage to him when required to be more industrious. Mr. Ilyrma stated that the boy could work very well when he liked, and that for his encouragement he had repeitedly given him pocket money, for working at over hours ; when he would do as much in an hour as now in a whole day. Since he had discontinued the practice, of paying him, the boy had become sulky and idle, and besides neglecting his business, had lost and spoiled him se. veral rubies. _ _ _ The lad, in his defence, said that his master now employed him So much in running of errands, cleaning dishes, and other . menial offices, that he had not half the time to work which he bad at first, besides which, he was in the habit of treating him with great cruelty, and ! • yesterday beat hhn so sevetely with a broom, that he was yet unaute to raise his arm. The master not denying this statement, his Worship repri manded both parties for their mutual misconduct, and dismissed the charge. QI , ECN-SQUARE, AVOUST 31.—Mr. B-liamy, belonging to the House of Commons, attended before D. W. GILIGORIE, Erg. to prefer a complaint against a watenuan named Patterson, be-• longing to Greenwich, for impudent extortion. Mr. Bellamy stated that on Monday se'pnight he arrived by the City of Edinburgh steamboat from Scotland, at Blackwell, where he engaged the defendant to convey him and his luggage to West minster-bridge. The defendant pulled alongside the steamer, and he, two gentlemen, and a man servant, besides a large quantity of luggage, were Liken on board his boat, and he proceeded with him to 11 estminster-bridge. ()n arriving there he demanded for his fine 14s. ! lie (31r. Bellamy) took a deal of trouble to convince hint it was an extortion, but he persisted in demanding that exac tion, and he, without hesitation, paid him the money. Mr. Bel lamy said he had taken the trouble of going to ‘Vaterman's Hall. and, on making inquiry there, he learned that the defendant had charged him three times too much ; his legal fare being only 3s. W. Oarao RIZ referred to the IVaterrnan's Act, and found that the offence subjected the Waterman to 20a. fine or in default of payment to be committed for seven days to the treadmill. The defendant admitted the offence, and expressed his contrition for his conduct. He was ordered to pay the line, besides costs, which athounted to IL 9s. Gd. MARY-LA -DONNE, AUGUST, 31.—Henry Kirkman, a man who, it appears, possesses an attachment amounting almost to in fatuation, for " flying the blue pigeon," or in other words, steal ing and disposing of lead, was brought up by Thomas Shillawell, a constable of flow-street, on a charge of this kind. Kirkman, It appeared, had repeatedly been in custody, having large quantities of lead in his possession, for which he could give no feasible account, and generally upon those occasions paid heavy pcnalti,3. He consequently, unluckily for him, became so well Known to the Police, that whenever he was seen in his. light chaise east, some constable or other was sure to pounce upon him and make a search, as in this case; Shills well was crossing Cavendish. square, when the prisoner drove rapidly by in his cart, which front the depressed state of the springs, appeared very heavily laden. Shlllswell inr.antly pursued, stopped the cart, and found " three or four sacks of theblue pigeon." He consequently took his seat beside prisoner, and desired Mat to drive to this office. Kirkman grumbled, said something about resistance. but at length slowly urged the horse on the cheerless mission. On arriving at the office, the lead was found to consist of pipe, gutter, sheet, and roof pieces, many of which were new, and evidently bad been re cently ;tit away from somebuildingw. Mr. RAWLIXSON aslccd Kirkman could he account for the possession of such A very large quantity °Plead. Kirkthan sithl in rather a sulky tone, that he. had bought it at a moderate profit.. Mr. ItawListsols—Well, from whom did you buy it ? Kirkman—That I cannot' sof. I might hare bought It from a good many. • - Mr. RAwtswsow—Reelly this has inc-cased so much of late, that 1 midi adopt some means of checking the facilities by which the lead, when stoke, is so quiclly disposed of. Therefore, as yen cannot account preperly foe its payesslon e •yost are madded until Illonday next. Kirkman said he could give bail. The Magistrate said good bail, himself in 1001 and two suretie s in Liel. each; would be accepted for his appearance. Joerph ?erne, under butler in the family of Lord Sav e and S e j e was charged with beating a man named 'Waters, who chief but: lee in his Lordship's family. It appeared some wrangling arose in the kitch en u p on t h e de. fendarit's refusal to carry a drawing-ease to his Lady's chamber, upon which the chief butler applied the term " fool" to hi m ' whereupon the other attacked and gave him a severe threshing. TM. was reported to her Ladyship , . who, of course, wi s hi ng to keep up the necessary subordination in her household, di smissed Tone, the defendant, from her service, and ordered the surrend er of his liveries. He applied to his Lordship, who confirmed bee Ladyship's decisiou, and ordered him forthwith to quit the hou se . lie was doing b 0 without giving op the best live ries , when stop ped by the butler, who, on demanding them, received a blow on the bead, which sent him staggering several paces from where he stood. for Which assault the defendant was lodged In custody. The defendant did not deny the charge, and was held to bail. He refused to give up the liveries, alleging his Lordship hail made him a present of them. WORSIITP.STREET, Atro. 31.—A poor shoemaker was b rought up before the Magistrate, for hawking about shoes to s e ll at Had. tier without a license. The man Said the shoes were of hi s ova manufacture, and he therefore was not required to have a li cense The Act, however, that inflicts a penalty on sny man u f acture who shall beak his goods for sale in any place not bein g a b y. rough, fair, town corporate, or market town, was produced, and th e Magistrate regretted that it made it itnoerative on him either to convict the defendant in the penaky of 1101. or to commit him to the House of Correction for three months. A warrant of distress against the goods of the poor man, who hat a wife and six children to maintain, was accordingly issued. DARING , ASSAULT AND ROBBERY IN OPEN DAY, THAMES OFFICE, AUGUST 31.—Daniel Rutland, a most desperate character, was brought up before BRODERIP, Es q . the sitting Magistrate, charged with having committed, in co n , junction with three abandoned females, who have for the pres ent escaped, a most outrageous assault and robbery on the pers on o f Mr. Alexander Randall, a respectable master lighterman. It appeared by Mr. Handall'a statement, that he had been pay. ing some money to different persons, and was returning hom e rather fresh, with twenty-five sovereigns in his purse. As he passed an alley in Back-lane, St. George's. a woman rushed apes him and snatched off his hat. She ran with ft up she alley, vie desired him to come and fetch it. He followed her, and when* woman reached the top of the lane she turned scorner, and opened the door of a house, out of which three females came, and drawl him in ; the prisoner at the bar was sitting in the house at the titre. On getting in he asked for hit hat, but did not receive it ; at this time they hustled him about, and took a bundle out of his hard ; he tried to rescue himself and escape ; upon which the prisoner Holland jumped up, collared him, and pulled the coat off his back ; a scuffle then ensued, in which he was knocked down, and lie became insensible. When he recovered his senses lie found himself in the watchbouse, it was then four o'clock, and he missed his money ; he had only bs. left. Mr. Bat:went e—Are you quite sure you bad the bag of nose. reihms when you were dragged into the house ? Witness—l am quite positive I had. Catherine Kale stated, that she knew the prisoner ; she saw het on the day on which the robbery was committed, but had not seen him since. The house he occupied was not far from the corn er , he used to go up and down the alley with three women, all of whom have absconded since the day of the robbery ; her son on that day gave her some information, shortly after which she saw the prisoner and the three women go down the court together, and heard him say either " make haste" or " get on"—" let the scowl. drel lay." A Mrs. M'Ardell then desired her to look out of her back door ; she did so, and saw in the waste ground Mr. Randall lying quite insensible. Mary M'Ard.:ll stated, that she was at work on the day of the robbery, when she was called on by Mrs. Hill to go to her back door, from whence she saw a man lying insensible, and the pri. soner Holland come out of the door of No. 21, and lay a bundle and handkerchief down beside him. She and Mrs. Hill gave the alarm. _ _ Mrs. Mary llill corroboratad the evidence of the last witness at to seeing the prisoner depositing the handkerchief, which, on being produced, she identified. Carter, the officer, who apprehended the prisoner, stated, that he did so in consequence of information he had received. lie was a person of notoriously bad character, and only lately returned from transportation. The prisoner offered no defence, and was remanded for further examination. UNION HALL, AVG. 3l.—This day, three men, named Jona Collins, Thomas Collins, and William Gosling, were brougat be. fore the sitting Magistrate, .M. SWADEY, Esq. charged with ha,. ing created a riot, by being present at a pitched battle that took place the previous afternoon in the neighbourhood of Camberwelt. John Clarke, the officer, stated that in consequence of informa tion lodged at that office, that a pitched battle was about to take place near Peckham-rye, and requesting the aid of the police to suppress it, he (Clarke) with several of his brother officers, pm. ceded to the place on Tuesday ; but on arriving there, they as certained that the combatants, and their seconds, having bad a hint that the officers were on the look out, moved in the lirection of Camberwell, followed by a mob of ragamuffins of every descrip tion. The officers followed them, and just arrived in time to wit. ness a mob of about 200 persons leaving a field in Cold Harbour lane, just after the fight had taken place. When the mob dis covered the officers approaching, a general shout of exultation was setup by the former, saying, 4. You are all too late; its all over now—the pigs may go back again." In fact, they were insulted in the most gross manner by the persons composing the rabble, many of whom were pickpockets ; and in returning from the field, gangs of them attacked respectable persons who were going the contrary directioi, some of whom were terribly beaten. The three defend. ants were prominent in the disturbance, they were seated in a cart, and flourished about large sticks, threatening those with broken heads who dared interfere with their amusements. After con siderable trouble they were taken into custody. One of them, Thomas Collins, was marked about the face a good deal, when on inquiry it was discovered that he had fought with a man for 21. after the first battle was concluded. Magistrate—Was the disturbance of such a nature ns to render it unsafe for the inhabitants to pass 'doll Cold Ilarbour.laue ? Clarke said the greatest danger was to be apprehended, f4r the mob consisted of all the vagabonds and thieves that general') are to be met with on such occasions. . Glannen the officer stated, that the most daring outrages were committed at moat prize fights. During the present fight a mob of vagabonds entered Lie Green Man public-house, in Cold Harbour lane, kept by a decent widow woman, and having called fur liver, they drank it and departed without paying a farthing, threatecirg to smash every thing in the house upon refusal. The defendants declared that they attended the fight merely at spictators; they had nothing to do with the men that fought, cr with the disturbance in the lane. . . The Magistrate observed, that he for one was determined. as far as in him lay, to put down these disgraceful scenes , by p un i.l ang those brought before him to the fullest extent in his power; and he would now call upon each of the defendants to find two bail of 401. each, and themselves in sureties of 801. each, to answer the charge at the Sessions. The officers were bound over to prosecute. HAZARD ♦ND Co.'s GREAT SUCCESS ! !—Yesterday Nos. 2,179, rnd 6302 (Class A) were both drawn Prizes of Twenty-five Thousand Pounds, and both sold in shares by Hazard and Co. Hazard and Co. are the Contractors for the new grand scheme, containing Six Prizes of 20,0001., all in one day, Oct. 19. ATaoctocs OUTRAGE.---On Monday night a daring outrage was committed in the house of Mr. hllerbrick, of Cutle street, Finsbury-square. Mr. E., his housekeeper, and lodger were all from home during the evening, and about eleven o'clock he returned alone, and let himself in with a latch-key, but had scarcely entered the house, when he 'au attacked by three men, who beat him unmercifully ? and one of the ruffians makirg a snatch at his watch, the chato broke, leaving two seals in the vil lain's hand. The robbers having secured Mr. Ellerbrick, locked him into a lower room, while they proceeded up stairs to ransack the house. Finding an iron chest in an upper room, they carried it to another part of the house to break it open, but after being, some time engaged, they made a precipitate retreat, alarmed, it is suppese . , by some noise in the lower part of the house. Mr. Ellerbrick, m his struggle with the robbers, received a severe cut en the heat:, and was otherwise severely injured. Infonnation of the outrage was immediately given at the police-office, Worship-street, and Attfield, Armstrong, and Eagles, three of the officers, on examin ing the premises, found a bunch of skeleton keys, a crow-bar, with which the robber; had attempted to open the iron chest, and a blud geon covered with blood, the instrument with which Mr. Elk ,- brick had been wounded. The only articles carried oil were the two seals taken front Mr. E.'s person and a dressing-case. trace of the robbers has yet been discovered. BIRTHS. On the 26th ult. at Gumley Hall. Leicestershire, the wife cf Major Grey, Royal Scota Ortya, of a daughter. On the 28th ult. at her father's house, i❑ Bedford.squarc, the lady of Robert Hawthorn, Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 30th ult. at St. George's Chute', Bloomsbury, .101)- P. Atkins, Esq. only son of Mr. Alderman Atkins, of Halstead place, Kent, to Arne, daughter of John George Children. Eeq• of the British iMuseum. On Tumday, the 30th ult. at St. George's, Ilanover.kipare , I Y the Very Rev. the Dean of Carlisle, John Alexander Henke). Esq. of Grosvenor.sqoare, to Ellen. third daughter of Wm, Blake. Esq. of Portland.plaer. On the 23d ult. at Great Daimon, Joseph Leaser Lightbourr, Msg. Gentleman Commoner of Jesus College, Oxford, to Elm, Marc / second daughter of the Rev. Almanac? Richardson,, . and mar of that parish. DIED. On Tuesday, 30th ult. at his residence in Brunswitk4quare , Francis Jones, Esq. 111011 WATER AT LONDON ERIDOE THIB Morning:l min. after 4. Evc 16 1131/A. after 4. ._ . 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