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POLICE. AN ENIIMIED APON;O. SlAsstiow-iiousE.—A young Man Stoiman, who to in 4.e ;term e of some connnercini b -- are in she l'ity as porter, was 100.41141:1 Leh re tke Lott` . ..fOR under the following circum. &twice. ';ell-alley, stated that on the previous night, I, alter his !smiler bad retired to bed, he was alarmed by a violent kliptkiag at the door. The blows were redoubled. until he beard Mile'Phetels succersirely give way. On going down he found the !Manner streagihig with a neighbour and a watchman, who sue ',idyll with great difficulty In securing him. lie hail conic pre. timid fo r d,, ta late work. lle was armed with a terriblalN /air , and r large pokcr. object appeared to be to gct at iier. van e Iv o, a re hvi.m, with whom he was in lore, and who was in the employment of ?Ir. Jut,non. In fact he confessed that such was histro C. 1 young mss, in his defence, admitted that he had been in t- vi d e vermele ahh lils cousin, Sally H who was in Mr. Johnson's E mployment. She had encouraged Ilia addresses ; lie hid beta reptatediv invited to the house, and had taken both herself and ha master's daughter to the play, whilst Mr. Johnson was Wien Some. When he was too late, they accommodated him with a bed here. Ile mentioned other instances of good will towards osi the part of Sally Norris, who had, somehow or other, be llow cold towards him, and had refused to speak to him. She tad &unwise ill-used him, and he could not bear it. He knew not what he did. 14411 y Harris, a smart flippant servant girl, who appeared very Ihkely to Mire a young man like the prisoner to distraction, came and spnk! of him as a mere stranger. She admitted that she had received :Mention's from him. hut as her aunt di-liked him, and as site was always oheditnt, she had declined to have any thing more to say to him. For this he had threatened to take her life, and his own aloe it. She pretended ignorance of his visits to the house, did also the other young girl, who vas in charge of it with her. The Loon MAYOR censured t"e two females fur having im properly introduced the prisoner into the house during Mr. John son's absence. At the same time the ptisoner must not be allowed to manifest his disappointment by breaking Mr. Johnson's door to pieces, or disturb the whole neighbourhood by so violent a din. play of passion. His Lordship sentenced him, under a late Act, to pay 41. fer the damage done to the door, and ordered him to tintt sureties to keep the peace in future. IMPORTANT DECISION. Davis, a waterman, was summoned before the bond Mnyor, tor raking a pat :tenger from one of the steam-boats out of his turn. The derision in this case is of some importance to the public. Davis. the defendant, called as a witness a gentleman, who stated that he was on hoard the steam bout in question, and wished to some on shore. He certainly telt the danger of which frequent complaint had been made to his Lordship, in going on shore in a wherry, harthened to within three or four inches of the water by sight persons. and in that condition forcing a way amidst a crowd of boats and watermen, who were struggling to get foremost. Ile saw the defendant on the outside 01 the crowd, and call:•d him to take hint on shore. For this purpose lie waited a Considerable time, and in no case would he not he ready to wait an Muir, rather than go on shore in the usual manner. 110 submitted that whatever might be the regulations with respect to turn-keephy, he had a right to go on shore in the manlier lie found most convenient, or thought to be most site. The Lotto MAYOR. on looking at the Act, with the advice of ' the City Solicitor, decided in favour of the defendant. The latter would have been liable to a fine if he had plied for a fare out ot his turn, hut it was perfectly competent for any passenger to engaite him in preference to (nose who were in turn. No passenger could be forced to take those who were in turn unless he thought proper. 'I he complaint was, therefore, dismissed. rite complaining watermen declared that this decision would be tte ruin of tuns-keeping• FORCE OF EXAMPLE. • Yesterday a woman named Shook was charged with having atolen a watch, the property of a working man. The prisoner wit a pauper in one of the City workhouses. She met 3 gin-drinking old woman, the mother of the prosecutor, at a pubic-house, and having told the latter that she had been dis charged from the workhouse, and knew not in what bed she could sleep that night. was invited by her to take a share of hop bed. Inc old woman's son came home drunk, aad threw himself down to the floor to sleep. The prisoner disappeared: in the morning, and the son, when he awoke, found his watch gone. The prisoner moss soon after apprehended, but nothing was found upon her. Tile LORD Mavol, as there was no pesitirm evidence that the prisoner had taken the watch, discharged her. and his friend entered the room, the latter was assailed by a fa" with a wooden kg (supposed to be the notorious duffer, Dowers), Dowers), who struck him a violent blow on the back of the head. which threw him across the table, whilst the other fellow ran out of the room, but being closely pursued, he was apprehended at the top of Chancery-lane. The other prisoner was soon after taken 1140 custody by an officer at the nbi haunt in Fulwood's-rents. This statement wAit fully corroborated by two other witnesses. The prisoners denied having used any violence to the young gen tleman; and Is to selling th e they were only employed by another, (;decent SELLON asked who it woe that employed them? One of the prisoners mid that his name was Lesanges, and that they believed the goods to be of foreign manufacture, as had been represented to them. They were both held to bail in good securities, one for the con spiracy to defraud, and the other for assault and conspiracy. They were locked up, no bail appearing. James Neely, a shoemaker, was brought before the Sitting Ma gistrate, to answer the following charge:— Webb, a watchman on the Skinners' Estate, stated that between eleven and twelve o'clock, on Tuesday night, he heard the cry of " Murder !" proceeding from the residence of the prisoner, in Claremont-place. On approaching the house, the door was opened, and Mrs. Neely, without any covering but her night clothes, claim. ed his protectinn. lie went into the house, accompanied by some neighbours, who had collected on the spot ; and found the prisoner brandishing a poker in his right hand, with which a portion of the bedstead had been demolished, and clasping a common knife in his left. He appeared to be in an ungovernable fury, and threatened destruction to any who might oppose I. n. (lie had been brought up on Wednesday morning, but In consequence of the illness of his wife from his usage, and her being in an advanced state of preg nancy, lie was remanded until yesterday.] Mrs. Neely, an interesting-looking woman, apparently in a very weak state, stated that fur two years past she had been subject to every species of ill-treatment from her husband, and that he had been twice incarcerated on that account. On Tuesday night he came home partially intoxicated, and insisted on her getting up ; which she not doing so readily as he wished, he drew all the clothes from the bed; and flourishing a poker, swore he would be the death of her, should she dare to replace them. Mr. Sergeant SELL()); said that the prisoner's conduct had been gross and unmanly in the extreme ; but as no distinct assault had been proved, he could tint bold him to bail on that charge. He then asked Mrs. Neely if she thought her life in danger from his tit - pierce ; and being answered in the affirmative, said that the prisoner must find good securities to keep the peace towards his unfortunate wife. ROBBERY AT THE DUKE OF YORK'S NEW 91ANSION , QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday the sitting Magistrate was occu pied till past four o'clock with investigating the circumstances of a robbery at the Duke of York's new house early in the morning. Two respectable looking wen, IVellians Redmond and Richard Jackson, the former of Claret don street, Welworth-common, and the latter of the Shades, Charing-cross, but formerly of the Warren Hastings East Indiaman, were charged on suspicion of stealing a quantity of tools belonging to the carpenters who are employed on the Duke of York's new mansion in the Green Park. The first witness, George Ilitchiner, deposed, that he lived at Howley, hut slept in fiwailow-nreet, in order to be near his work, at the Duke of York's. Ile locked up his tools at half-past five on Wednesday afternoon, but on going to work yesterday morning he found them gone. The toolthouse was under the care of John Jenkins, who had locked the outer door up. Ile could not go to work for the want of his tools, which lie han since found at a gene ral sale shop, at Charlotte. terrace, near the Coburg Theatre, where one of the planes was placed at the door to he sold, and where lie challenged it. A t this moment the prisoner Redmond came up with two planes to sell, when an officer (Herring). who had observed a crowd surrounding the door, came up. Thomas Tube, another of the workmen, who bad accompanied him, stopped Redmond with the two planes, and gave hint over to the officer. All the four went into a hark parlour, where the witness saw a basket which eOntained more of his tools, Edward Herrieg, a constable, deposed, that he was coming past the Coburg Theatre, at one o'clock yesterday, when he saw the last witness and Robert Sawyer, the ahopman, talking, and Ilitchiner observing that he would send for an officer. Ile went up, and while they were in the back parlour. where the basket was found, Jack son came in, when witness took charge of him. Sawyer then pointed to Jackson, an being the person who received the money fur the tools, There was a Bow-street patrol who came up, and who found can Jackson's person a number of tickets for pledged tools. Thome, Newberry, a carpenter. mow identified the basket as his property, and also some of the tools. They all agreed to get Hit chiner to go about the town to inquire for the stolen •nols. Thomas Tube, also a carpenter, said. that llitchiner came to him and told him of the robbery, when he advised him to go to wank the New-eut, so the most likely place to find them, and he offered to go with him. Ile met Redm and at the moment he was offering the property for !tale, and took Aim. Redmond said, that if the tools were stolen it was unknown t o him, and he would take him to the man that sent hint. Just at this moment the Pow-street patrol came up, and went with them to the Rose and Crown, here Jackson was sitting, and was pointed out by Redmond. The pater': searched the prisoner, and found thirteen duplicates and a quantity of silver in his pockets. Mr. WHIT 11—Will you have the kindness to inform me what induced you to take Hitchiner to the New-cut? You must have ad sortie reason for it. Tube—Your Warship, I had reason enough, I assure you. I have been robbed of tools to the amount of 71. and upwards, and I found many of them at the tame shop. Pollens your Worship mar recollect that I have been here before on this same kind of business. Mr. WHIT E—l thought I had seen you hem.. Redmond. In his defence, said that he had met Jackson by acci dent. who hailed him as a brother chip, and they had some beer together. Jackson at last asked him to sell some tools, which he said were no use to him, as he should never go to sea again. He went with them and told him he could only get six and sixpence for them, and he had better go'and get the money himeelf. Jackson said that he had bought the tools of a stranger that morning. Mr. Richard Lawrence, the proprietor of the shop, corroborated that part of the testimony that related to Jackson's taking the money. Mr. Winter —I shall expect you both (Lawrence and Sawyer) to find very good bail, to answer at the Sessions the complaint of receiving tools, knowing them to be stolen. Ths prisoners were then remanded, in order to trace out the pledged goods. KNIGHTSBRIDGE TURNPIKE. NIAHLBORocuit-sTnEET.—Yesterday Thomas Bond, the toll taker of the Knightsbridge turnpike, as it is entitled in the Act of Parliament, but generally called the Kensington Gate, appeered to a summons, at the instance of Mr. Hayes, surgeon, of Charlcs street, Grosvenor-square. Mr. Levy, who farms those trusts, and is the employer of Bond, was desirous of making short work of the question, by offering to waive all legal technicality, and to discharge his servant if he had done wrong. Mr. WILLI...Ma was the Solicitor for the toll-taker, and took several legal objections; first, that in case of conviction, the in. former must be a wholly disinterested person, which Mr. Hayes could not be, to entitle him to half the amount of the sum a de fendant was convicted in; secondly, that the Act says half the money shall be given to the informer, and that the Magistrates have no power otherwise to distribute the fine. as a return must be made to the Sessions. to allow an appeal, and Mr. Ilayes must sign a regular stamped document so to entitle him; thirdly, that Mr. Hayes had made himself bable to a penalty for passing through the gate a second time without showing his ticket; and fourthly, that the position taken by Mr. Hayes on the first examination, that die po.t.hoese ticket freed him from the charge of toll, passing through any gate without showing that ticket made him liable to a fine of DI. for every offence. This was a protection to the revenue, as any person known to possess a post-horse ticket, and suffered to pass through a turnpike without showing it, might lend it to ano ther, and thereby defraud the revenne. The first and second objections of Mr. Williams were not enter tained by the Magistrates, and the third and fourth were sot mooted. Judging from the angry feeling on both sides, the two latter may yet be heart. of. Mr. Hayes was considered by the kfi- gistrates a competent witness as well as informer, and ultimately received half the penalty. Mr. !Iwo' said he should ale. don the first point of his complaint —the illegally taking Is. 91. for pea:.liorse duty, and confine btu'. self to the second, which makes it a peniLlty not exceeding Al. for a toll-taker refusing or omitting to give a I:Zilei• when the tell le he toll-taker paid. On the 7th instant he was driven through ;2,e Knightebridgc turnpike in a one-horse chaise anti paid threepence; ! neither gave nor offered him a ticket, nor gave it to his earn, ohnima,sillorbSner giving him occasion n a w t i kk tness et I gave it :ol ß d o it il t d m r d ep t i h i a e t c lie ,, th r ost es ld , 'summon on whom witneter's eyes were the whole time. As a proof of to you ;" witness told him that was a falsity ; then Bond said," If I did ntveit to you I did to the cosehman." That was a se. cond Falsehood, and he should call his coachman to prove it. The coachman stated that his master went through the gate on t tioh h ien e d ti h c ih k me et has t e il k l id is ha m ios a t : in ter al: al ater i thigoi gh if ted be the 7th instant, and paid threepence. Whores did not think of hataitdahadtahoukereetnheingSltireznenettor witness as s an taser d usual. On their return whom went through the gate trident looicstation, Or paying Apia, of being asked for the ticket. Mr. Unsaid he believed the ease to be this, for be had bad no ottarereadwo with his tcHslostp. but es the door of the Ogee_ , hawing tkPlinendiSgstotisolhali Hoot. Mr. Hayes no dimira boll a ticket gine to Ids esadreis, as It is the practice with riii.ralmos to give the ticket wills osnan t nod nisoy ladles sad 011111111110 would be Oroldeli bg Wong a isil.rirko dorm into their roes it ins a wry maw day, meths tidos might Invsfiswa hotiter or ass. Mr. Hans was oat lined is dap a,Lies. V lindasti or seissord is say war. Tito IsZsbosissoad NUeim a ossa ts bso la • IsdAst saibisslitis we pro as mooned, sigent .A. t . ft,r Too or Alm post.dsrse deka, aid. asirtailigra, was yHn we as bot tat how lfid wear ne seg gs n b u et dg be annee din Odielt Mr. V a w tries,lo sod ilsaisadad dig Is. Id. toil as Nara ids n. ld.. P the sane day; and to- ATTEMPT AT EXTORTION. GUILDIIALL.—Vesterday Sir Wm. Blisard attended at this utta e, before Mr. Alderman ATKINS, to prefer a complaint against Mr. Waterhouse, the proprietor of the Swan with Two mitts. Lad-lane, whom he had summoned for an overcharge in the carriage a tta.. - 2 partridges, for which the porter charged 3s. 2d. The game had been pain fh: at thy: place (coin which it was sent, and Sir William resisted the imposition. A Clerk attended to answer the complaint, and stated that the racket had not been made out by a regular porter, but by a person rintatoyed by the porter. They bad 173 br a ce of birds yes terday, and on such occasions they were forced to employ other psi eons. Scholey, one of the porters, stated that he would be liable to a pettily of ate. if the parcels brought it, by the mail were not de livered by one o'clock. Ue had employ ed the before-mentioned mac. whom he believed to be honest, but who had absconded. Mr. Alderman ATKINS severely reprimanded the practice of sending the parcels. which might be of the greatest value, round the town by carts, under the care of persons who were rot engaged by the establishment. The porterage allowed by the Act was quite etlegnate to the expense of tending them round in districts, of which regular ',erten should each take one, and sign their names . to each ticket ; atter a severe lecture on their mode of transacting business, the case was settled by their paying the expenses. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT. . H AT r ow.esstariEn•_Yesterday, Coro/lee Firntlion was brought el for final examination, charged with stealing a Mk Bank of kagland note from her late master, Mr. Brooks. ot high-street, lieutoo-crescent, the particulars of which have already been fully reported. It will be recollected that the note was exchanged by a woman named Stanley (the wife of a tailor with whom the primer lodged) at Mr. Pastel's, landlord of the Golden Hart, Brick-lane, Spital. fads, from whom it was taken up by a Jew money-lender, named lieseann, the object of which was evidently to mar the prosecution. Mrs. Stanley having admitted that she received the note fro ii the pawner, all that reni:ined to complete the case was to prove the identity of the one exchanged by Pastel', now in the possession of Isa,esoit. The prisoner was therefore remanded merely for the prod-le:ion of this person. who has contrived to elude all the in. quotes of the prosecutor and the officers who bare been in snack of into. Mr. Brooks yesterday informed the Magistrates (Sergeant Belton ' m k tt Mr. Laing) that as Isaacson timid not be found, it happened , ep fortunately fur the ends of justice that the note could be idea. oi le d by another witness, from whom he (Mr. Brooks) received it tu„parratent. J Revelt, fists. of Burtneuereuent, stated, that some short period erect iti• to the time when Mr. Brooks was robbed, he received at ..c Molt of England six notes of 3411. each, one of which he paid tur. B wo bs g having taken the numbers at the time, lie was en abled to trace five nut of the six which had cone back to the Bank, are the Dumber of the note which Postal changed fur 3lrs.Stanley, so the instance of the prisoner, corresponded with that of the sixth, wiarcb was not yet found. The prisoner was asked if she had any thing further to say, but she declined making a detente at present, and was fully committed tria• DUFFING. Two ( g ni, ws named John and Thomas liar,ooghs, the latter hoeing the appearance of a sea-faring mail, were placed at the bar iftwaMr the following flagrant charge : Mr. Henry Milbourne, a young gentleman, who had recently come up to London tor the purpose of completing his studies in the .... u a aivai p os seated,. th i lthe was p i ny up Holborn, between the lours of pis soil seven o c l uck on wednesaay evening, when he was accosted by one of the prisoners (lobo). who asked him to pinclutio same real navannah cigars. ale 3111bourr.e told the fel low several times, that he did net want them, but he stuck close to biro s still extolling the quality of the cigars, which would be sold tor almost nothing. Tired of the man's importunity. and believing him to be in distress, he at length agreed to take a ehilling's worth, and was with much appearance of secrecy conducted up a dark pas. saw In Fulwood's Rents, where he was shown into a room, and the other prisoner stood up to receive him as if pee-informed of his ass B. The person who decoyed hint hither addressing his ass sedate, said," Weß,•'-itptairt, her is a getitleittau teloftill buy same' f your cigars ; show them to him, and he'll find they are the right sort." The pretended Oppugn observed, In reply, " Oh, I have none that dArgt recommend so a gentleman, as they have been dannaged by thaw.-water; but I ran show him something more worth his attendee. teal French cam% tic worth a guinea a yard; there is Matting at all like it In this country :" and at the same time he opened a bundle, producing the matchless cambric. Mr. alilhoume declared he did not want any, but the prisoners insisted on his buy ing one piece at all events, measuring full seven yards, which he should have fur two guineas, being less then the third of its value. From the significant glances which rimed between the fellows,' Mr. M. knuckled that they were deertutned to rob him if he perr. sorted in refusingto buy something frtnii them: however he told dam . toilette had not so mach money about him. The prisonerssaid they would take whatever aunt he had about hill, and call at h . hal I! ging, ill the meting for the remainder. (Mail to escape at any price, he gave than a guinea, declining to take the cambric, but they life. 'she forced it into his hat, and 5.141 they would show Mg ague French musical - Cohorts t.- - On I.' beautiful French musical boxes, anti some Choice Cognac brandy, ilSiel It 7asitieryitArray ...." at the same time. On his return home to Mr. Shepherd's, the sue. away ; but whllier at wet, 1 geon, of Mown-garden, with whom he was then residing. he men- td den, Warn was Mobil Ironed die circumstance. and exhibited the cambric which bad truth less. Mr. Hayes bins j b e ,. w ea l „ tan hi m . " Mrs. Sisepbesi declared that it was ass ticket, the pressmadee 0 w des shilbsp. but out shoeing fit te a kneadcaper its Holism, duty-free, lito est esiLdrilos it a to be common beat osselia, worth . sheet IC er H. s slated to cos of th e vow vflonved The seat muralist, Hellitephaell. being detertidaill owl to Hayes wee asked his pm si • @ b a wd a trend go =rid** sees a ti e d Mr. node se_pty lo N. *.• 111 111111smose to if they wild west the Ossoeie, tied em walk. lost. The sea.i s i a 4a y leg also tom e Wog" elm set the eons fellow that had se. hire If he le et d else Mr. M. tbs evades befit% tied as beleg sharig y witl im 2 mste ms rsal* lb a frisil t be said that the mom sheold be yeretded • eaty olko. at pealed hiss late the CAWS Wilie. When be hie s. tall-taker way props* ph 101 Sep: seas midi. fee his 1 lot the berm ohm MA Milbeame OM tick Ismael 'boot tel I THE BRITISH PRESS. Mr. Hayes had not the original ticket on the day he paid. There was no such thing es purchasing a ticket for half-a-year; he was connected with half the posting in the kingdom, and paid 3 , 0001 . annual? to Government for post-horse duty. Mr. Viniesets said he shookl call a disinterested witness who saw the whole transaction, atid who would swear that a ticket was given to the enecliman. Hayes—lf he swears that Bond gave the ticket 1 will in dict him for perjury. Mr. WILLIAMS told Mr. Hayes it was unbecoming th, chit rector of a gentleman to intimidate a witness by threatening to in dict him for perjury before he speaks; he ought first to hear what the man does aweer. Francis Cater is inspector of stage.cosclies ; is appointed by the Cemmissioners of Somerset House to take the numbers and , notice the times of the stages passing through the Knightsbridge-gate; has nothing to do with the toll; is placed there daily by the ("cm missioners. Recollects the dey on account of a discussion about the post-horse duty ; saw the ticket given by Bond to Alr. Hayes's coachman ; it was on Thursday, the 7th ; has no doubt whatever, because he was close enough to hear and see every thing; it was a one-horse yellow carriage ; the coachman had not a livery; he had a tlrah box-coat. The coachman said the carriage was yellow, and he had on his box -coat, but the ticket was not given to him. Sir GEORGE FARTIANT and Ale. CONANT agreed that the Case was proved on the testimony of two witnesses to one; and that it was in their discretion what sum they should fix under W. for omitting to give a ticket. Mr. Wite.rams hoped the Magistrates would fix a sum suffi cient to enable them to appeal against the conviction ; 40s. would not be sufficient; if they would fix the penalty at 41s. they could appeal. Mr. Levy said. the ofrence his servant hail committed was e very trifling one, and he thought Ml. enough. Ile would sooner have a conviction foe fel. than .1 Is. it might do very well for Mr. Williams to hove a job at the Sessions; that was his opinion, and he should be off. So saying, Mr. Levy immediately left the office. Sir GEORGE Fan RANT said they should not be guided by what Mr. Williams had said ; lie might be guided by a wish fo r have the decision appealed against, but they were hound to appoion the amount of fine to the magnitude of offence, and therefore sentenced Itt tul to a fine of es. and 3s. fid. come. Mr. Hayes took his emit., and left his moiety of the fine (2s. W.) with Mr. Fi zpatriek, to be given to the next deserving object he stvold meet with. The father of Withers brought to the Office the livery which had been worn by his son, and for which application was made a few days ego by Mr. Searle. Mr. Withers was referred to Mr.l'atinan, the Solicitor. SUSPICION OF THEFT. John Salrr:, a fitter-up of gas pipes, was brought up on suspi cion of steeling 39/. front the till of Messrs. Jeffries and Mill, pawnbrokers in Berwick-street. where he was employed to repair a gas pipe. The money ICUs safe in thetill at one part of the time he was at work near the till, and was missed directly he was gone. His lodgings in Sealitight-street, Betlinal.green, had been searched, but the money was not found. Some tools belonging to a former mas ter were found there, on which he is remanded till Monday. FORGERY. Ihnry Sal m, for obtaining five pounds worth of silver from Mr. Burn, a fruit.salestnen in Covent-garden Market, by a forged let ter in the name of Reason, an acquaintance of Mr. Burn's, was fully committed for triad. The prisoner denied being the person, though all :he parties swore to him. FRAUD. MARYLEBOVE OF tint —On Wednesday, a young gentleman named John Edwards. living in Belmont-place, Vauxhall, made a charge of fraud, at this Office, against one Captain John Campbell. Air. Edwards slated, that feeling a desire to promote the cause of freedom in Greece, and to further his own advancement in life, he had been induced by the high pretensions, and the apparently official documents in the hands of the Captain, to advance him GIL, for which consideration the Captain undertook to secure him a mid shipman's birth in the Greek navy ; but he had now reason to suppose that the Captain's pretensions, &c. were not genuine. From Mr. Edwards's statement it appeared that a Mr. Curry was also in some measure interested or concerned in the transac tion ; a summons was therefore granted for Mr. Curry to appear and give evidence. On Wednesday evening. in compliance with the summons, Mr. Curry attended and gave his evidence, whereupon a variant was granted for the apprehension of the person charged. We forbear at present to enter into particulars, because the seen sation has been made in the absence of the party accused ; but the cdse is now an far ma!ured that it must underg o a judicial inquiry, I after which we shall have an opportunity, with justice to all par. ties, of laying the particulars before the public. STREET ROBBERY. Wort SIIIP-RTRFET.—Yeaterday George Houghton, alias " Pr.lly George," and James and Henri/ Jfnycr, two brothers, were charged with stacking and robbing a Mr. Fuller, a surgeon, of Cambridge-heath. It appeared that on Monday nig ht l a st M r. Fuller was p roceed. i n ,- home from W hilechaPel ' when, on reaching Fleet-street-hill, we twelve fellows, who demanded his money. ailed, than a signal was made, and no One of the gang then secured hmeowsosson‘etop,proftibcytrL surn::. :,he prisoner, .1. Boyce, took less than twenty Lthers came u his arms, and while thus pinioned, from letpersone care of surgical imisrasene:B. two aoreseigna, and neckhandker a small key. The prisoner Ildughton then too . c hief and his hat : and James Boyce putting hi': 11,t. hie face, said, " If you say a word I'll kill you ;" he then han,'led back the key, and said, " If you attempt so follow us, we'll do , t or you. The gang then took to flight, and Mr. Fuller, without bi:"lit t r went home, and gave immediate information to Goodwin's par.! of Bow-street patrol, who fortunately succeeded in apprehending the three prisoners, all of whom were fully committed. FRAUD ON THE CUSTOMS. TIIAM es Orrict.—Jolin Daniel, a mate on board a vessel from Valparaiso, appeared on a summons to answer an information ix. Whited against him by the Commissioners of Customs, and to show cause why he illegally had in his possession 2141b5. of foreign bis cuits, upon which the King's duty had not been paid, contrary to the Statute in that case made and provided. Mr. THACRIERAY, the Solicitor for the Commissioners, attended for the prose. tion. He stated, that this was an information, under the lith Gee. IV. am. 10E, whereby it is enacted, that any person or persons having in their IKYMVPIIiQU any foreign biscuit, corn, or flour, without having paid the duty prescribed by the Act, are sub ject to a penalty of three times the value of the said biscuit, corn, or flour. John Galloway, the constable, stated, that on the 29th of July last, he was on duty at the Regent's Canal, and be yaw the defen dant land from on board a vessel three bags. He asked him what they contained ;he replied, biscuit . lie asked him why he was landing them ; the defendant said, it was foreign biscuit, which he had been made a present of. Witness then seized It, and lodged it in the King's Stores. The defendant was then called on for hie defence. He stated, that he had been made a present of the hiss uit on board the vessel by a passenger, who had conic from Valparaiso. where it was made. lie was not aware that there was as harm in landing it. He had not been in Engird four years , and was ignorant of the laws on the subject. . Mr. BA LT.AN T g inquired whit was the value of the biscuit ? Mr. Thackery said about Ins. Me. BALLANTIxr observed, that the penalty in that cast. would be Hs. ; but he seid that it was not proved that it was foreign biscuit. A gentleman in the trade said, that he had showed a simple of it to several b.scuit.makers, who wen: decidedly of opinion that it was not made in England. Mr. BALLANT INZ said, that the Act hail invested him with a power of reducing the tine, and since the mate had erred from ignorance, he would reduce it imp . ; be, therefore, only con. vitted him '.v 'e instantly paid, and wan'', lase n the them nekli i gn in before the sitting breathing open her n The complainant as boosahaepee. On ii tis alak vI alaal at Oa Ns ri *al& d mamba, I ii i i n 7";;• , busies SW) two ' whom she invited into the office, and while they were in converts lion with her she observed that she smelt the fire burning in the kitchen, and hastily ran down stairs, leaving the two etrangera in the mom where the desk was placed. Being absent in the kitchen above tire minutes, she added, that she strongly suspected the strangers of having opened the desk and taken the money In the interim. This account, however, instead of creating an impression in her favour, told aeainet her; and she was permitted to remain still in his service, in order that the matter ahould be sifted to the bottom. In about ten days after the rubbery, none of the money i having been traced during that period, the prisoner expressed a de. sire to leave the house, saying that the work was too hard for her. 1 l'revious to her departure her boxes were searched, and on exami nation were found to contain a vast number of articles that appeared to have been recently purchased. This circumstance added to t h e suspicion already entertained of the prisoner. How ever, she was permitted to leave her situation, and she then entered into the service of a family at Clapham, promising to call occasionally at the complainant's house, to ascertain whether any thing had occurred to throw a light on the mysterious circumstances of the rohhery. She kept her promise, and did tall twc or three times. Dlr. Nettlethorpe having stopped the notes at the Bank, he received a letter on Saturday last from thence, stating that one of the numbers had been paid in. Ile immediately traced this note to have been paid into the hands of Mr. Jenkins, a respectable linen- draper, residing in Bridge-street, by the prisoner, for articles our. I chased at his shop. the this discovery, Mr. Nettlethorpe applied I for a peace-officer, and Hammond proceeded to the house where the prisoner was then living, and having expressed the nature of his visit, proceeded to search her bozo. While thus engaged, the prisoner, who appeared excessively alarmed, requested to be allowed to go into the garden ; she proceeded thither, and was observed to enter the privy, when the officer followed, and who, after having some work which he described as none of the cleanest, at length discovered a purse containing two 51. rotes and nineteen sovereigns. Hammond produced the notes and sovereigns, when one of the former was identified by the complainant as constituting part of the money that had been taken out of his desk. The linen-draper's shopwornan attended, and identified the prisoner as having passed the note now produced at her employer's shop, in payment for various articles of linen-drapery. The prisoner in her defence merely stated, that on her trial she should satisfactorily explain the manner in which she became pos sessed of the money that was found in the purse. She was committed. . . . timed him in the penalty of 2: is. which the mate nstantly paid, and then left the office ROBBERY ON THE RIPER. A men of the name of John Thompson was put to the bar, charged wide stealing farm= board a barge in the London Decks rills& of coffee. Thomas Thompson, rem of the Officers of Esau, stated that he wns stationed on nosed ale brig Argo, and the btu^ No. Witty alongside her. About padre eclock on nenakti ftweeting, he au on the deck of the Arta, nod he heard a noise,Mlich proceeded from the barge, and it appeared as if there was something running out on canvass. He looked into thobrge, and theta saw tbe Foams ' pull a ping out of one ) f' the bands of coffee, and the es or ran i on a ta, paulin, aftr.r whWite saw the prisoner go to snot er patt I of the barge, and bring 12 small bags, which ha fined pith the I coffee, and remorld to another part of the bil ge . Witness , then went into the , and asked the prisoner what; Mae doing 1 He said its• i n was a watchman, arid Hann dies I rig;;l. He risked thinp ?c olter how he came to open 4,W of add, oll‘ so fti e p The prison. him no ODOWCf. flefis p z ior the oak s r o the ;Sing's* , subsequently tooktite, Into custody. '. Mr. &kraals-I'lw* iSkw4 talw fthiner what be had tooff. he hie defence? The prisoner s e ppol : Shat- all this had bees sworn solais,Piss was false. lie was fikw *milted Lot We!. ... , - - RofpWejt BY ASVLYANT. . .. _ t FATAL EFFECTS OF PASSION. I From the Warwirksldre rltronicle.l CORONER'S INQUEST ON THE BODY OS' A lON SHOT DT FATHER. Last week Ryton and its neighbourhood were thrown into a state of considerable agitation,occaaioned by one of the most tragical events which has occurred in this county during the recollection of the oldest inhabitant—that of a father, in a fit of ungovernable passion, shooting bin own son. The perpetrator of this unnatural crime in 31r. Eburne, a respectable farmer and miller, of the village of Ryton, near Coventry, and the victim wan Francis, a son about twenty years of age, and much esteemed by his neighbouts and friends, The melancholy circumstance took place on Thursday night last, about half-tut nine o'clock, in the house of alr. Eburne; and the young man lingered in much agony till half-past nine on Saturday night, when he expired. On Monday last an inquest was held on the body of the deceased, I at the Cock public house, at Ryton, before John Woodcock. jun. Esq. one Of the Coroners for the county of Warwick, and a highly ! respectable Jury. They assembled shout half-past nine in the morning, and, after being sworn, they repaired to the house of Mr. Eburne, to view the body of the deceased; they then re turned to the public-house, and the Coroner proceeded to take the depositions of the witnesses. From the statements of a boy named 'Wright, and a young woman of the name of beard, both in the service of Mr. Eburne, it appeared that, on the morning of Thursday last, the deceased, in company with Mr. Thomas Han. cox, his cousin, went on horseback to W arwick races, and, after enjoying the sports of the day, they set out together from War wick, and reached the village of ilyton about nine o'clock in the I evening, where they spent a few minutes in company with each 1 other at the Cock (where Hancox resided), after which the de ceased mounted his horse, and repaired towards home. Mr. Ehurne, the father, had been spending the evening at the Cock, with a few friends, and left there on foot a short time before the arrival of his son. The deceased, being on horseback, overtook his father on the road, And passed by him without speaking, or noticing him in any way whatever, and reached home a few minutes before him. On knocking at the door he was admitted by the servant girl, Izzard, who had just gone up stairs to bed. deceased being asked to come into the house and change his dress, as his clothes were very wet, he said he would nor, but would go into the stable, and help the boy, Wright, to clean hit nag. Imme diately after the father reached home, and was admitted by the servant girl, who, at his request, drew hint some beer for his supper, and then went up stairs to bed. In about a quarter of an hour after the son's first arrival he and the boy came into the house to gether, when the father intercepted the eon in the passage, and or. dered him to go out of the house. The eon replied that he would not. A scuttle then ensued between them, and the boy Wright, being frightened, ran up stairs to bed. T he noise, it appears, at. tracted Mrs. Eburne to the spot, who, it is supposed, becoming alarmed at the violence and rage of the contending parties, called the servant girl down to her assistance. On her entering the room where the father, son, and Mrs. Eburoe were, Abe . weal-up to the Accessed, and entreated Isimmtgo bed ; he Said it was no business of hens, and he would not. At tins moment the deceased wasetand ing with his back towards. the copper in the kitchen, and his right side towards a door leading to what is called the 13614 Se—the place wherethe family dine, &c., and in the diromion towards his father; the servant was standing within a few inches of the decanted, and Mrs. Eburne next the servant. No conversation rite heard by .the :avant t d o e tr au s d be sa tw id ee . n ., t h tf h at i h m er sh a m nd t so m n e at if t h in:►t i a ii ht " in .„ eot aif e e xca t t t s li ca a r t c , c s ;uken the words before Mr. Eburne opened the house door, turne d ton ods his son, and discharged a gun, when the young man felt to the ground, exclaiming" Oh!" The moment , tie smoke e el o e casim'ad by the powder hadrs subsided, M. Eburne endeavoured to raise :71in up. but deceased said he would rather lie and die there. The dying Fula Z.:7,7e. sioga wish to have a physician, the father promptly &snatched a messenger f:•• 44e. In the interim Mr. E. walked to and fro ;;; the house, still undei:ltc effects pf passion, saying he would stand in his own defence, and addressing himself to his son, exclaimed, " you d—d rogue, lie there," &c . The unfortunate youth stretched out his hand to is father in taken of forgiveness, when the infatuated man said, " You are a rogue, and I'll see you d—d first." Every assistance was rendered the young man, which the afflicted wife and the other branches of the family could think of, and on the arrival of theourgeon ( Mr. John Edmonds, of Wolston), he was carried up stairs, the father assist. ing in the melancholy task. The wound was immediately dressed, but it was of that dangerous nature as to preclude the least hope of his recovery, and the result was AS above stated. According to the testimony of Mr. John Edmonds, surgeon, of Wolaton, and of Mr. Collins and Dr. Mellor. of Coventry (who' were both called In to the assistance of the deceased on Thursday 'night, and who, in conjunction with Mr. Edmonds, opened the body or. Sunday last), the content/ of the gun (large shot) had en. tered the body on the right side, just between the two lower ribs, which wete fractured, had passed by . and slightly wounded the lower edge of the liver, and severely Injured the right kidney, in which risen& part of the shot was found, but the greatest portion of the charge bad lodged near the spine, one or two projecting por tions of which were injured. Mr. Edmonds, In his examination, stated thatduting.Thursday night he questioned the deceased as to the manner in which he came by the wound, and be replied, " When I came home my fa ther quarrelled with me; he struck and kicked me several times, and I did not know what to do. so that at last 1 struck my ram several times; but I do not think my father meant to do me any , injury till excited by passion." And from the statement of Mi. Collins, surgeon, it appeared that Mr. Eburne's face bone reideat marks of violence; one of his ears and his nose was tticia/d" his lace otherwise injured. Daring the examination of the witness*, a smote was brat* the Jury that Mr. Eburne (who bad absconded) was Dais at d, .and was about voluntarily to surrender himself. At the ie. of the examination, shoat fouryciLifk, iLbeind spin sidtdd inter afßieded hint hint, and of waking atollte decision of tl iiteit of tie r chug" Weh he thought-poke Mot vu adjourned till rug, the At sieiriy OWN •w a 'eta of *he 3611. ht o'clock they again met ; and after waking for ewe menuC biz low ant( A half. a .receired 111_64 Mr. Ebume, to surreder himself dote and pea appointed, *wait no where moor then toad si r , . Mos ti f iltdittely, Nt4 *lid oat the nattre of the liw in easeful -eh* ituat r . In, after consulting about half an how, gift, s el awood of .. M'llful Murder" spina Ms. Meddle, the Whet teased. bar this nudity had been teturarei t Mr. Tabun*, who Meted himself, was brought in In iiveiculito.dl of II can ltd wee i shortly after taken belia4 the Jury. and the de read ogee to MM. He was thtn ommieted oa the warcanr, and yesterday %porting cooreyed . to Warwick 1 oak his trial at the nest Mores. " • ie. 'tholes Corral Ramp; an *antra Magistrate of the ma raga' ciariog the e,aart!ination of dte voltam before J pada* •peeurresl op 'MptiOay,, pertjght to Mr. ifs Chasten; OtMenilhirb, iallat VlO4l rts the spat e old. tre-hatt riisehargea anal kotilotit a deal& t! rya in thy.' AM of rateaantr: witintbrAct barrel . ' M ':*fr . MURDER OF JOHN DI'FFY. (rCRTRER PARTICI:MARX.) tFrom the Dublin Frceman's Joistroll Mondat• After a long investigation on Friday, and the examination o f number of witnessen, by Mr. Alderman Fleming and Mr • Gab bett, at CollegnAtrect O ffi ce, these Magistrates were fully o f opinion th at this unfortunate man had been murdered ; the a ff air, h owever, snit continue, involved in much mystery; nothing is known of the map. posed perpetrator, except that he was a sailor, but no one his yd been found to give information who he was, or whet vessel he be, longed to. The circumstances, In far as they are known at pren ett, are thesethee:— About twelve o'clock on IVednesday night, a sailor came ain7e the quays from the directicn of Ringsend, and going up t o Fi t : geraid, a watchman that was s'ationed near the Marine Schein!. asked him, why he, the widchiran, did not do his duty, and shp those men that went down the Quay with rope; the watchmal went to look in the direction Feinted out, but could not see any per. son. In a few minutes after Duffy and this man were heard en, gaged in a quarrel' the sailor then went en b oar d t h e Elizabeth, and challenged Duffy to follow him, which the letter did' the man on watch ran down into the cabin to acquaint the mate, and whila below they heard the cries of" murder, murder, blood, blood ;" oa Ireturning to the deck almost immediately afterwud a , h e heard a splash in the water, when he found Du ff y overboard between the Elizabeth and the Lune, a vessel which lay alongside of her. Every excl.:ion was made by Mr. Longridge. the master of the Elizabeth, and his crew, to extricate Duffy, but his mm 11 which the, held him and kept him to the surface, having slipped off, he sunk. p a I the body being found on the following morning, several deep Rem " were visible on the face and head, which had the appearance of being inflicted with a knife. At the same moment that the cries of murder were h ear d . the man with whom Duffy had been engaged jumped from the Eliza, beth on board the Lune, where he was instantly seized by a l ate watch-dog, which held him fast until the mate Came upon deck; the animal then released his hold, and the mate observed that de man's face was bloody. At this instant he heard the spluh in the water, and went to the ataistance of Duffy. The nun, on hei ey fried from the fangs of the dog, van down into the cabin, bat intuits diately returning, he jumped Into a lighter that was lying Wen of the Lune, and from her succeeded in getting on shore. We stated on Friday that Alderman Archer, (me of the city Comm, had been engaged the entire day, and until a late hour at night, investigating the circumstance, and we gave the verdict of the Jury, This verdict, however, was deficient in the most maid point ; it did not stare whether the deceased came by his death from the Wounds lie had received, or by drowning. Thin omiasiosiscon, sequent upon the state of the law, which makes no provision for procuring surgical opinion in each cases. There was no vorgtou examined on the Inquest to ascertain how Duffy came by his death, . and to this circumstance may be attributed much of the doubt in which the &lair is involved. There is a possibility that Duffy might have received those wounds by fallinic between the two vessels when in pursuit of his antagonist ; and it is quits uncertain . whether the wounds were the cause of his death, or whether he was drowned. it must be obvious how important such a distinction would be, if the man with whom Duffy was engaged were brow to trial. On Friday night Alderman Archer, the Coroner, took into tzu tody a man of the name of Roland Jones, belonging to the brig Venus, of North Wales. This matt underwent a long investige. tion on Saturday. before Mr. Oabbett, which was protracted twit ten o'clock at night, but there did not appear the dightestgroonde to warrant hie detention. and he was accordingly discharged. It may be worthy of remark, that, about a fortnight back, Duffy took into custody two bows, whom he observed with a bundle of clothes, which they had stolen from one of the vessels in the river, and he was bound over to prosetwe them at the mum Sessions. INVERNESS CIRCUIT COURT. [From :he Editt'trxrh 06server.] On Saturday the Circuit Court was opened here, by the gm. Lord Aleadowbank, with the usual tiwmalities. James Ross was put to the bar on the charge of murder, having. on the night of the 2d of August last. discharged a loaded gotta; William Clark, blacksmith, then residing at the Bridge o. Can, by which the latter was k I'd. Rem pleaded Not Guilty. The circumstances or that case were shortly these:— I Jam a Grant was raised out of bed on the night of the 2d of August last, by William Clark fdort•imtlj corning to has house, and calling to him to opm his door. lie did 30.. witness did hot then see any third person ; but Clark told hint that Rosa, who was the worse of liquor, watt outside, and that he (Clark) had followed him to endeavour to get a fox-hunter's gus front him. ‘Vitness then went out, and saw Ross with the gun; he asked it from him, but he said he had it to defend himself against the Bridge of Carr people, who were going to rob and mu:. der him. Ross at that time told whores that there was a shot it the gun. Ross asked wimess to go home with him. Witnessed. vise] Clark to keep sway trim Ross; but he said that he wouldnot leave Ross and the gun long together; they all then went on the road convetsiag together ; witness telling the panne' to be wise and keep up the gun. Russ appeared at Clark ;he was muttering curses. He was either mad from drink, or from passion, but could walk well enough. Clark kept back a li tle, and Ross seemed to keep his eye upon Clark, but no angry words passed between them. Winnow teen went towards a bruit, where some masons were asleep, to get wire assistance. Clark being then 5 or 6 yards ahead of the panel, r witness hawing almost retched the barn, looked round and raw Clark turn towards Rosa. IVitness then looked towards the ban. and instantly thereafter he heard a shot tired. When the gin went oft'the two men might be a few feet from each other ; but the night be dat khe could not speak exacly of the distance. After n• ceiving the shot, Clark stood Cr a moment, turned round, and fell on his back. Rosa then slid, •• d—m you, did not I tell you to keep °trot 1 would ahooT you ?" Clark never spoke after he wJ wounded. The leading facts of this witneses testimony were corroborated by other witnesses, and Dr. Grant deecriled the nature of de soo.d. •which was in the left breast. The dtclwatior s of the pannel sated that he had been instated intoxication for several days, and the/erre did not know %Lobe was doinic. Mr. NV OOD addressed the Jury on the peat of the prosecution, and Mr. Sat Y THE for the pannel. The ease was summed up will nrda terspieutty by Lord EADOWBAN ; after which the Jun retired . for upwards of an hour, when they returned a verdict af guilty of culpable homicide. The weld was sentenced to mew portation fur life. MEETINGS OF CHEDI7 ORS. LONDON LlST.—[From the London Gazette.] AT TUT COLITT or COUTISTIONSTS Of IAN/LKOTTII, SAISTOTAII• ATTEST, ON MONDAY NETT. Cartwright, S. Dower road, Southwark, coal-merchant, sell tarn—. ,1 " Powell, J. Wellington-terrace, Waterloo-road, draper, tat ..... Rutlidge, K. Weedon Beck, plumber, 9,90tt1. contruit • • COUNTRY LIST. Boond, W. Altrlncham, calico•manufac. Hotel, Manchester, !et ex. Brown, G. Kidderminster, stoneutswion, W. Hart, Harttebury, lot es. 5 Calvert and Hirst, Beeston, corn-mts. 31anelmoter, 3 Dodwon, N. Nottingham, lace-manufac. George IV. Not. dir Farmer, W. 13-th, Ironmonger, Greyhound, Bath, Ist es I Gill, T. Stourport, corn-deafer, White Hatt, Iltutlebtuy, Ist es.. • Ingelow, W. and W. Boston. bankers, Peacock, Boa. jt. sad oep.dh. if Latham, J. Liverpool, grocer, George, Liverpool, last es Nicholson, J. C. Liverpool, merchant, Georg*, Liverpool, to os•••• Bothwell. J. Salford, publican, Star. Manchester, Ist CZ" •. Tucker, B. jun Belotol, carpenter, Busholtristol, proof dm. • Turner and Gungtr, Salford, cotton-op. White's, Manchester. 0 1 1 . 01 : Windsor and Co. Manchester, machinists, Whits's, Ranches. pf. dto. Asraowomv.—The planet Afercury is, on account his being situated nearest the sun, vary seldom seen to ad. vantage ; but to-morrow morning a most favourable oppor tunity occurs, the planet being then at its greatest elonga- tion, or angular apparent distance from the sun, as vievtd from the earth. He rises at four minutes pact four o'c'.o:k, preceding the rising at o ilka 4111) by one bone and forty minute,. •. itsteisciont ACCIDENT.—A few weeks since there was a mojt rernakable occurrence on one of the Whitt Mountains (United States). A heavy rain having loosened the atones and soil on the peak, a mass descended with rapidity, accumulating as it rolled, tad carrying with it hundrads of tries and other obstructions, and spreading is WiOth as it progressed. It nvded only to have bet n inixtd With a molten mass to have resembled the lava of a voksto. It can half ti mile to the valley at the foot of the mountain, where it farmed an almost perpendicular embankwelg sbOut 3y (1 jar fourteen feet high. It paused near the bast est the rivet; If it had continued, it would have dammed it up to a considerable height, and probably call" great destruction when the water broke the barrier. No person or building was injured. This phenomenon is per' baps unprecedented on those mountains, and may never. occur again. Yet the traces and results of it are matter o f inquiry and astonishment.—Bortna Gazrtte. BIRTHS. on the 18th lest. the lady of R. Wynne Williams, Es+ HO"' gardeii, of a daughter. Oa the 11 tis lam. at Bulham,Mre. Richard Welitl i t i tr er. At Moths-place, Southampton, the lady of Jets tgq- inst. Met LIrED mod Jean Baptiste de eldest &genet of the loon* DIED. On the 11th inst. Alicia, idle of Wesel Anketell hoes, Be* ef 81. John's Wood.road. Regest's Pitt. on the 10th lest. sal* Moots, in the Old liest.eatat Baur, Newly of the listotigh, aged AI. • WATNA Tile PAT AT LONDON BILIDGE. bioraift avOsi Ph. Printed at IITHE BUITIBII PRESS Olb CAee, by J. W.CAII . tread, aid published by 11. NNON. Saill•pfs“. .~ ~ • I _6d.!