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called and produced the books which are kept by the gaugers for the Ek ChM Thomas Forward—ls an Excise gauger. In 1823 he was in the habit of ganging the spirits and wines at Stevens',, in Ivy-lance The books before him contain the entries of the result of his survey, Which would enable any person to teU what quantity of spirits and wines were taken into the premises. Peter Holland—ls an examiner of the Excise, and has been so for ten Yeses 4 he knows how the gingers keep their hooka, and can say by looking at them what quantity of spirits are sent into a public.house per month. Ile has made out an account from the books of the quantities delivered at the Ship poblic-house„ from February, 1822, to 1824. The average taken for o•:- lunar month this--7 2.13 gallons red wine, 6 5-13 white wine. ale. Justice LITTLEDALE—There is nothing said about wine in the agreement. Mr. BURNET said, it was included under the word spirits. Witness continued--1 10-13 gallons Cape white wine, 7 7-13 fo reign brandy,_ 14 11-26 gallons rum, 9.1 3 of a gallon of rum shrub, 1 2-13 gal. British brandy, 3-16 gal. spirits of wine, i pint of Irish whialty. 79 2-13 British gin, 4 gals. British compounds. Fuppoßing the prices stated in the paper handed to hint to be con. rect, the average per month would Ds 821. 15. 4d. Ile could not :ay by the returns whether the business was a declining, improving, cr a stationary ot.e. Fly his Lordship—ln the Excise the general rule is to allow aye bottles to a gallon. Witness has only once found it to be less than that. Charles Henry Law, an Excise gauger, proved the average of the returns of wines and spirits at the Ship during defendant's rime, making allowance for what was returned to the distiller, to ha M. 12s. 4d. per month. Looking at the business from three months to three months, it was a declining one. WM. Eaton, Clerk to Vickers and Childs. distillers—He fur ni ihetl the selling-prices of wines and spirits to the plaintiff. He proved that Vickers and Co. had advanced the plaintiff money upon the representation made by the defendant of the spirit. trade being 18U1. per month, and that as soon as they found the returns hi he so much leas—never in any month exceeding 501, they called in their money. Sarah Archer proved that her hnsband rented the tap at '26s. per week, snaking about 671. les. per annum. Joseph Knight. pashas., Newgate-market, said, ht rented all the mtrecnises, except the tap, at the time Stevens sold the lease to the plaintiff, at 21 , 1. a-year. In his eenn-examinstion, he said that the defendant, in the pre sence of the plaintiff, claimed 271., but that he resisted it justice Liteeenaer :raid, it had been held in the case of . Heysley and Freeman, that where there was a false affirmation made respecting the rent, no action would lie, because it was com petent for the other party to make inquiries. 31r. SCARLET T said, that that case seemed to be upon a mis taken principle, for how could the person know whether the tenant or landlord told him truly the amount of the rent, when neither of them could be compelled to produce the lease? His Lordship said, that the case was certainly a very unheard-of one at the time, but it had ever since been considered the law, and he should instruct the jury tofind for the rent separately, that the defendant may be at liberty to move to reduce the damages. 31r. Ovag EY Tolle to address the Jury on behalf of the defend ant. He denied that the plaintiff' had made out a case for any damages whatever. The Jury would have the goodness to attend to the remark made by his Lordship, which he thottght was a c omplete answer to the whole of the plaintiff's ease; for if the representations complained of were false, the plaintiff had it in his power to ascertain their falsehood ; and it was his own fault if he relied upon the statements of the deferel. ant. There was no line of business where a greater facility was afforded than in that of a publican's to ascertain the extent of his trade; for he possessed documents which might be referred to at any time, end which would show what were his receipts and what were his out-goings ; and the party, theeefore, who is about to take the prenuees has no need of depending upon the assertion of any person, whether a broker, publican, or hiewer. But what was the conduct of the plaintiff? Ile had I received the rent of the tap weekly, and yet no emitpleint was made to the defendant for months and months after :he misre presentation, as was said, had been made. But the cause of the tailing off of the plaintiff's business was obvious enough. Ile had charged his brewer, his wine merchant, and his distiller; and thus, listen procured inferior liquors, people very naturally deserted his house- and resorted to some other where they could procure better. The whole of the plaintiff's case was made up of mystery. The witnesses were chosen from all parts but those where a straight ferward course would have taken them. The calculations, too, that had been made of the amount of returns were altogether upon a false principle ; they had been made by taking the liquor in gallons, the wine in bottles, and the porter in butts; whereas the publican retailed his porter in pints, his wine in negus, and his spirits in water. Take, for instance, a five shilling bowl of punch_ why, did the Jury think that there was only five per cent. profit upon that ; was there not rather four shillings out of the fts. ? lie (Mr. Gurney) did net complain of this, fur persons who go to public houses do not pay merely for their liquor, but they pay for :he fire they sit by, the attendance that is shown them, the paper they reed, and the skill of the landlady in making their grog. if the plaintiff had any just reasons to complain of the representa tions of the defendant, he ought to have shown that in one month after, or in two or three months e he inund the business to be differ ent from what it had been stated to him ; but this he did not do, he (Mr. G.) contended, therefore, that there was no ground to entitle him to damages. lie should submit the case to the Jury on the evidence they then had before them, with this observation, that as the plaintiff had the means of ascertaining the truth or falsehood of the representations made to him, there was no probability of his having been misled by these statements, and if he had been, then it was entirely owing to his own culpable remissness in not m aking the proper and necessary inquiries. Mr. Justice LTTTLCDALE, in summing up the evidence to the Jury, observed that there were several points to which he should direct their attention ; first, whether there was any such represents fleas made as complained of by the plaintiff ? secondly, if there were, whether those representations were true or false ? if true, there was an end of the case, and the plaintiff must be nonsuited ; 1 :3 t if false (and with the defendant's knowledge,) otherwise no action could lie. The third question was, whether, although false, the plaintiff ought to recover any thing ? and fourthly, if any thing, Low much ought lie to recover ? They could have no doubt of the representations having been made, for abundant evidence had roved that ; and there was also evidence that they were made contrary to the facts, and were therefore false, and unquestionably time falsehood of the tations was within the knowledge of the defendant, for all t e facts were known to him better most likely than •to any other individual. The third question therefore .was, ought - the plaintiff to recover damages ? This action was not on a warranty, but on a contract. If a man makes a warranty that a thing is so and so, there he is bound, and the other party is not obliged to make arty inquiries as to the truth or falsehood of time thing warsanted—but the question here is one of contract, in which both pasties are equally bound, and the only poine therefore, that they have to ascertain Is, has the plaintiff made all that due and diligent inquiry which it was open fee him to do to learn the truth of the detendant's statements before he entered into a contract with him in relation to the circumstances to which those statements refer red ? If the plaintiff was induced to make the contract by what the defendant stated, he had no doubt that the defendant was liable to an action ; but it did not follow that the plaintiff was entitled to the same damages as upon a warranty. The plaintiff should not be called upon to take wenecessary trouble, or unreasonable trouble, to lied out whether the defendant was practising a deceit upon him, hot the facts which were in evidence would enable the Jury to my whether he had taken those precautionary steps which he might reasonably be expected to do. It certainly appeared to his mind elmatithe plaintiffmight have done much more to have iuformed himself as to the facts spoken of by the defendant than he had done. Id regard to the damages that the Jury might eventually give for the misrepresentation as to the rent, he begged them to distinguish what they gave from that which they should find for the other parts or the awe, as he was strongly of opinion that the action would not lie for that, arid be therefore wished the Counsel for the de -1 indent to move to redime the damages. They were not to take into consideration what the business of the plaintiff had been since toe contract. but what it was at the time the representations were mede, and when the contract was entered into. His Lordship then spoke as to the mode ef computing the damages by the scale of pro tethat was realised, and no: by the gases retume that the plaintiff made—putting the point in a similar manner as Mr. Scarlett hail dorm In his opening address. The JIM, atter consulting about ten minutes in the box, retired up stairs at 26 minutes after one o'clock ; and, at half-past ten at night, returned their verdict for the plaintiff—(*ages, 1701.; •Cests, 40s. The damages were thusetppurtioned : Per the misrepresentations as to trade - - fl/10 Ditto, as to the Rent - - - - The Jury came down from their ream at the time mentioned, ap parently very much exhausted. After the verdict had been returned, tbey were told by the officer that they should attend to-morrow, on which cue of them observed, that if one name was called on (allud ing to the one who stood out against the rest on this occasion) he (Me-speaker) would not answer on his being called. 'pone time atter dark, the officer, who had been sworn to keep the Jury, was applied cob/ them for candles : he refused their re gime, amoriving himself bound by his oath to do as—They p:msed she application, and he applied to the Court on the subject. Ife was directed lo furnish candles, but as the materials tor a tire 'Nat in the grate, he ems desired to remove them before the candles were introduced, lest tbelcry should kindle a fire. We have just beard of a very melancholy oecurrence which took place last evening :—JamesApps, boat-builder, Iv-beam, on Monday evening left home, to call medical isunce from tbichester for his wife, who was in labour.' ltfr. Groggen, the gentleman applied to, took the wan in ..‘s variyhadt with him in his gig. When near Birtlham '44tige, Appe 'wished to alight, in order to proceed home by .4 tearer road, •to apprise them of the decter's approach ;,' hut she .gods fellow never reached home again with life. fr vat found atber some search, drowned in the canal, not , 4; from bridge. 'The poor woman, soon afterthe event, austner to the list of orphans (now fire in number), doer, we4risat, so ibenotice of benign hen aniy.—bi'igdtoa ?vet. A gentlman of this, neif,thbourhood was lately coursing, Alai on turning out poor puss train her form, it was ob served she ran very ankwanHy, and, of course, won fell a 'mains to her pui-mers ; on examination it was discovered that she had a deierwied foot, generally termed a posimei reef mottos Carrier. 'R` OLD BAILEY, THURFDAY, JAN. 13. These Sessions commenced this day at the Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, helnta Ate. Justice 1101.10 YD, Mr. Justice Wise. Lee, the Lotto MAYOR. ItEconDen. Aldermen, &c. The total number of prisoner% for trial Is one hundred and seventy. Mary Lioyd and Mary Lott;la were put to the bar. on an in dictment, charging them with assaulting, on the lath of November last. Daniel Allen, and taking from his person a gold pin, and one shilling and sixpence in tilvrr, his property. The facts of this case, as sworn to by the prosecutor, were, that on the evening of the day in question, t.e was passing through Chesterfield-street, when one of the prisoners forcibly drew him into the house, the door of which was open, and then both pri soners robbed him of the propt'ty in question, accompanying it with violence. Mr. C. PHILA.' es and Mr. PRENDERGAST conducted the case for the defence, and called a witness named Peter Hill, who swore that he had heard the prosecutor state that he might have dropped the pin. This was denied by the prosecutor most solemnly. The witness also swore positively. that when the prisoners were committed by the Magistrates, the charge only amounted to an assault. The witness was very closely cross-examined by Mr. BRODE RICK, who elicited from hint that be was the friend of Larkins whom he had known from • child ; and that he had moved into the very lodgings the prisoners had occupied on the day following the robbery. 31r. Justice HOLROYD summed up the evidence to the Jury, who found the prisoners—Not Guilty. Wm. Pearce and George Score were put to the bar, on an indict. rent charging them capitally with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William IA ilberforce, jun. Est;. on the 16th of November, at the parish of St. Mary Abbot, Kensing. tan, and stealing therefrom plate to the value of upwards of 60!., and various other property to a considerable amount. The prosecutor is the son of the Member of Parliament, and stated, that on the day in question he was called down stairs about seven o'clock in the morning. by a servant maid, who informed him that the house had been broken open during the night, and robbed as stated. lye searched the house, and found the thieves had got access to the premises through the garden, and that a win. dow which looked into it had been broken open, a cupboard in that room forced, in addition to several other doors, until they got access to where the plate was kept. On searching the garden, he observed footmarks which were measured by a piece of stick which would be produced. In addition to the pla.e stolen, there were two coats, and a nufnber of pairs of silk stockings, taken away. Elizabeth Pearce stated. that she lived as servant with Mr. Wilberforce at the time of the robbery. On the night of the 16th, witness fastened the windows and locked the door on going to bed. She had the care of her master's linen, and had seen some silk stockings in the care of the officers, which she knew to belong to her master, and to have been stolen at the time of the robbery— Some of the atockinga were marked 4 . Wilberforce," but the mark had been partly obliterated since the robbery. Ann Gad wick, also a servant to Alr. R iberforce, corroborated the testimony of the last witness as to the discovery of the robbery, and the subsequent proceedings. W Burrell, an Officer, proved searching the lodgings of the pri. toners, and finding in their possession a complete set of imple ments for house-breaking, and several pairs of silk stockings, which were sworn to by Elisabeth Pearce as the property of Mr. Wil berforce. The witness had measured the shoes of the prisoners with the piece of stick, and found them to tally. [From the length of time that had elapsed before the prisoners were apprehentled, and it not being proved that they were near the premises, a doubt existed as to their guilt. The defence set up was, that the stockings had been left in a small bundle at the house, by a person who came to intptire for a ledgicg, but who he was they protested they had no knowledge.] Mr. Jeetice GaseLEE summed up the evidence, and tht Jury found the prisoners Not Guilty. SECOND INDICTMENT. The same prisoners were again indicted for burg!ariously break ing and entering the dwelling.house of William Fair, at Shep herd's Bush, on the 27th of August last, and stealing property to the amount of upwards of IX less property—Not Guilty. THIRD INDICTMENT. The same prisoners were again put to the bar on an indictment charging them with stealing on the 10th of November, in the garish of Ealing, a quantity of carpenter's tools, the property of Thomas Eyles. The Jury found the prisoners Guilty. . The Court did not go into the fourth indictment, it being near tecieck. NEW COURT. Tb. CoMMoN SERGEANT presided during the early part of the day. and was succeeded by the RECORDER. IV. Keats was indicted for stealing various articles, the property of his employer, Mr. Roper. After tame discussion with the proseentor, The COMMON SERGEANT inquired if. as the prisoner appeared conseinus of his offence, his employer would consent to receive hint again into his service ? Mr. Roper answered in the affirmative. The COMMON SERGEANT said, if the prweentoegsve an under. taking to such effect, the best way would be for the prisoner to plead guilty, ant , a nominal punishment would be inflicted. The Jury accordingly returned a verdict of Guilty, and The CoMMoN SERGEANT impressed upon the prisoner the great obligation he was tinder to his muter. He should in future be the best of servants. If anything of the kind were to happen again, this could not be possibly forgotten. ' , Poetic was put to the bar, charged with feloniously reedit , . big certain goods, knowing them to be stolen, the property of Ze chariah Langley and partners. The goods consisted of a piece of woollen cloth, measuring 21 yards, shawls, &c. Mr. neon/Rice informed the Court it was not intended to offer evidence spinet the prisoner, and he should therefore be acquitted. Verdict accordingly. Martha Baker NM indicted for stealing sheets and other articles, the property of her employer. Anna Hall, the principal witness, not appearing, her recogni sance was ordered to be entreated ; and the prisoner, after an admo nition from the COMMON SERGEANT, was acquitted and dis charged. W. Brows and J. Symonds were indicted for stealing fifteen pounds of beef, value five shillings, from George Cross, butcher. The prosecutor stated that he kept a butcher s shop in St. tlar tin's-lane. The beef in questien was stolen on the 21st of Decem ber ; saw it a few moments before it NAM taken. His was an open slurp, and the meat was within the reach of those in the street. The COMMON SERGEANT lamented this. He thought that meat would be preserved without such exposure. W.Dozninico examined.—Saw the two prisoners on the day stated in the indictment, walking up and down by the prosecutor's shop ; saw the beef taken ; Brown took it arid gave it to the other pri soner ; they then walked away. Witness followed them ; gave no alarm, as there was no person handy to take them. Caine •up with them at Seven Dials, and gave them into the custody of isenritk and Goodchild, the night patrol and watchman, henrick and Goodehild corroborated the statement. Upon the committal of the prisoners, they were ordered by the Magistrate to take back the beef to the utor, who would not receive it, as he could not swear the b to be his. After that it could not be returned, as it became tainted, and could not be dressed. The prisoners, when called upon for their defence, protested their innocence, but called no witnesses. The CoMMoa SERGEANT thought the prosecutor must have a very tender conscience, from his refusing to take back the meat. If any person told him that beef had been taken from his larder, he would rot hesitate to take it, though he mold not swear tort. This doubt. upon the part of Mr. Cross, as to the beef, may justify a doubt upon the part of the Jury, as to the guilt of the prisoners, and, if they felt this conacienuously, they should acquit; but. if they were clear as to guilt, they were bound to convict the prisoners. Verdict--Gatilty. liteibte the REcoaDral T. Lathingtoa was indicted for steak tg a watch, ribbon, seal, &e. value 205., the property .f It. Sunman. The prosecutor nutted himself to be a carpenter, residing in Prince's-row; left his watch hanging over the Ore-place in his parlour; it was missed at twoer three o'clock; saw it afterwards, at the police office; was sure it was his; the prisoner was in custody when he saw the watch. Cress-examined by Mr. Bnonwa 'cr.—Prosecutor had no other name besides that laid in the indictment. Knew the •atch by its menesal appearance; did not know the maker's name; had no pri ests mark ; had it in his poseesion a year and a half. Jane Sunman, the wife of the prosecutor, deposed, that upon the 11th November the prisoner, with whom she was slightly ac quainted, came to her house a little after two o'clock. He com •plamed of cold feet, and told witness that his master came to Lin. Aso the evening before, and had sent him for a washerwoman, and be would recommend her : this, prisoner said, was good news for her ; she then procured a chair near the Ore, upon which the pri soner seated himself, and in a few moments he snatched the watch Old rushed out, saying " good-bye, I will bring my master's Ned at six in the evening." Witness pursued and overtook him behind sonic new houses ; she charged him with the robbery, which he denied; the watch was not found on him; it was found in a Lady's garden, close to the spot where Ale overtook him. Crews-examined by Mr. Rao/malice—Prisoner said he would return at six with his master's card. She did not wait for that ; did not think he took the watch to enable him to keep his appoint ment. He need not take her watch for that purpose; there were docks enouyt. it' such were his intention. Cline deposed, the prisoner was charged with the robbery by Mrs Sunman ; he gave hint in charge to a constable ; saw the week hut would not know it. The Lady in whose garden the watch was found proved the trot; found it herself: there was a noise in the street at the time; give it to the constable. The officer was examined. He proved his taking the prisoner lee custody : produced the watch. Cane being re-examined, said, there were many persons on the spot where the prisoner was taken into custody. The prosecutor hail no dontd whatever as to the watch being hi propert y. The prisoner, in his defence, denied his seeing the watch at all. Mos. Sunman had not charged him with the robbery till he left the house: she might have agcuseri hint before, and detained him. He called George Blair, who deposed as to his good character for seven or eight years. The Recounr.ii charged the Jury. He was obliged to tom plaid bitterly of the structure of the Court; it was scarcely possible is hear. He would recontmend a sounding board to be put over the prisoner's head, that the Court might he enabled to beat him, and he to bur the Court. Verdict—Gailty. Livery iriaiante was charged with stealing a book called the Court Guide. value six shiilings, from the shop of Mr. John Porter, 74, Pall-sushi. _, .... , , A. THE BRITISH PRESS The case of the prisoner seemed to excite some sympathy. The son of filr. Porter proved that the book in question was upon the counter of his father's shop; did not see the prisoner take the hook ; heard his mother's alarm; followed the prisoner, who ran up the street as far as No. 99 : there we took him, and took the book from his pocket. Absalom King joined the last witness in pursuit of the prisoner, and corroborated his testimony. E. Hanby. the officer to whom the prisoner was delivered, pro duced the book, which wasidentified by Porter as that stolen front his father. The prisoner. when called upon for his defence, said he was per fectly satisfied with the fairness of his trial, but hoped, if mercy could be extended, it would be to him. The act he committed was the consequence of distress—it was the consequence of necessity. He had suffered many severe trials in looking for work. The RECORDER asked if he had any witnesses who could prove he hail followed an honest livelihood before. The prisoner said his friends were in Lancashire, 200 miles off. He had earned • livelihood by writing fur tradesmen and draw ing for builders. The RECORDER, upon finding the age of the prisoner to be 1.2, inquired if the Society for affording relief to the destitute would receive him. It was answered that the prisoner was not precisely the descrip. tion of persons to whom relief was afforded, but if his Lordship recommended the prisoner, he would of course he received. The Recoanen desired that the qualifications of the prisoner may be stated to the Society. lle would be useful in keeping their accounts. Jame: Foley was put to the bar, charged with robbing Mr. W. Cox, surgeon, of his watch, seal, Ike. in the street , near Pimlic o. Prosecutor deposed, that as he was crossing the street near his residence, he observed two men near him ; instead of going on, one of them, the prisoner, turned of the pavement, and extracted the watch front his fob with such expertness, as led him to believe him an old practitioner. Witness missed the property, celled out ••• stop thief," and the two men ran. He pursued the prisoner, and with the assistance of two other persons took him. He could not be mistaken in the men, as lie never lost sight of him but for a moment as he turned a corner. Two other witnesses confirmed the prosecutor's statement. The prisoner made no defence. Ile was found Guilty. The RECORDER, in paniing sentence, said it was evident he was a practised thief, but he could not be allowed to act thus with impunity. Ile would perhaps see his accomplice before he left the country, and he shookl warn him that if he persevered in such con duct, it would bring hunt to hin fate, or to worse. If a struggle had taken place in depriving the prosecutor of his property, he would be liable to suffer death. The safety of the public and his own required that he should be transported for life. . John hfaiters, a striking inner= of early depravity, was in. dieted for robbing (files liadmain, 20, New Bond-street, of ten handkerchieli. The prisoner, though tried before for felony, did not seem to be more than twelve years of age. James Snmner was in the employment of Hiles Redrnsin, linen draper. The prisoner came into the shop on the 9th December, and asked for a yard of galloon, the price of which was three ball pence. He was not served by witness, but by another person in the shop. Nightingale, the led who served him with the galloon. received from the prisoner sixpence, and gave him change; he discovered he had given him a halfpenny short, and followed prisoner for the purpose of giving it to him. Upon approaciling him. the prisoner ran away, and concealed himself behind a coach ; witness went up to him to give him the halfpenny, and then perceived his master's property, which he distinguished by the private mark. Tile property was produced and identified. The Jury returned a verdict of Gailty, and the prisoner was sentenced to seven ytstrs transportion. Richard Shy was charged that lie, a servant. authorised to re ceive money due to his master, did feloniously steal and embezzle the sante, to the amount of two half-croaps, two shillings, and one sixpence. Thomas Butling, baker, of Charing-cross, deposed, that pri soner was his servant, and was in the habit of receiving money, which he accounted for according to the time he received it ; from the daily customers he accounted daily, and weekly from the weekly customer". Upon the 2d of October, Mr. Watkins, a cus fomerowed him 21.55. lid.; the account was disputed, as the party said it was paid to the prisoner; this he could not deny, as receipts were shown in his hand-writing. Prisoner left his service without notice. Margaret Watkins deposed, she paid the prisoner the bread ac count due to T. Bulling, and got his receipt, which she saw him wri e. Tne REconDFR said, the charge was for embezzling two half crowns, two shillings, and one sixpence. The last witness swore she paid him in silver the sum of 7s. 6d., and therefore the indict ment was correct, an one of these coins must be paid to make up this sum, and one would be sufficient by a late Act, as the servant who embezzled money received for his master, was to be indicted as if be had stolen it; previous to that the remedy was by action against the servant. The Jure returned a verdict of Guilty. Louis Abrahams was indicted for stealing various valuable ar tielcn, brooches, nine gold rings, gold watch, chain, scent box, ail. ver buttons, two guineas, and twenty pieces of silver coin, the pro perty of Henry Bryan. Sarah Isabella Bryan, the wife, deposed to the fart of the rob- bery. These articles, with at least 1001. were niseed in a waggon, to be carried from Carnon-street to Mile-end, on the feh of Deem. bet. The box was missed before the packing up was finished ; she saw all the property that day at the Lambeth-street office ; the pri soner was in custody ; did not see the prisoner near the waggon ; put the articles herself into a trunk. Cowdery, an officer, saw the prisoner running with the box; he pursued him into the house, 29, Albion-street; found the box broken and thrown into the fire, but it was not consumed, as he had the fragments. The prisoner escaped from Albion-street, and was taken in Bedford-street. Cross-examined by Mr. LAW--Saw the prisoner before, and knew him though running. Another officer proved the same facts. The Carman proved he put the trunk, without being ordered, into the middle of the waggon. 31r. Law lamented that the Carman had put these valuable articles into such an exposed situation, as it threw temptation in the way of the unfortunate prisoner, and reduced him to his pre sent situation. The prisoner made no defence, but be called witnesses to character. Sir. Braham, engraver, knew the prisoner since his infancy ; he bore an excellent character. The prisoner's father was a jeweller, and dealer in diamonds, of great opulence, and the highest respec tability ; he was at present confined to his bed through indis position. Mr. J. Braham, and 11r. 31illingen, bore testimony to the same effect. The RECORDIR in his charge called the attention of the Jury to the circumstance of the prisoner's taking the box from the mid dle of the waggon ; this was, in his opinion, a proof of the pri soner's being a confirmed thief. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Upon Mrs. Bryan's recommending him to mercy— The RZEORDZIL said, that more good temper and kindness were showed in prosecutions, than were useful to the public. He could not attend to the recommendation ; prisoner was a de termined thief, without necessity or temptation. lie would sen tence him to transportation for seven years. Sarah Jones was indicted for stealing from the person of Preston. _ _ . . The prosecutor deinised that he went into a rocm at the Phea sant, with the prisoner, and gave her a quartern of gin ; he was perfectly sober, as much so as he was then ; prisoner sprung upon him, and took forcibly from his person two notes of the Steroid, and one of the Birmingham, bank ; :I'm then ran sway. Morant, the brother of the proprietor of the Pheasant, swore the last witness was so stupid and insensible from lntoxica. tMn, that he could give no account of the transaction. This statement was positively denied by the prosecutor. The Constable who apprehended the _prisoner, and forced from her mouth the notes, which Win identified by the prosecutor, cor. rohnrated the statement. . . . _ The conduct of Morant appeared in such a light to the RE. CORDER, that he ordered him to remain in Court. The Foreman, on returning a verdict of Gwihy against the pri soner. expressed it as the opinion of the Jury, that the witness Abram was guilty of gross perjury. The COURT was of the same opinion, and gave orders for his prosecution, and directed the constable to represent the Pheasant at the next meeting of Magistrates, for the purpose of shutting up the house. The officer said he had rcaion to believe the witness was affected in the head, otherwise he could cot have sworn as lie did. In consequence of this representation the Court did not order the prosecutiou ; it would be satisfied with the committal of the wit ness at present. COROKERr INQUISTS Sttockixo Aectaxtres--An Inquest was held at the Middle eel Hospital, on the body of an elderly female named Elizabeth Mead, who was employed by a gentleman named Pitt to take ears of a house in Little Howland-street. - . It appeared that the deceased hod for some time past became rather impaired in her faculties, but performed her avocations regularly. On Saturday last, while occupied in sweeping the house, she by some means lost her footing, and was precipitated from the top to the bottom of a flight of stain; she fell upol her head. Immediate assistance was rendered her, and she was tkkea op in a state of ir.sensibility, and carried to the Middlesex Hos pital, where every medical assistance was rendered her. On exa. mination, the scalp of the head was found divided to some extent, the skull injured in one or two places, and the vertebra of the neck we also nearly dislocated. She lingered in a state of stupor for a short time and expired. On examining her clothes a sum of money (it was stated 451.) was found, stitched in her gown and petticoats. The deceased WM of very penurious habits, and was supposed to be extremely poor. A verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned. _ _ Another inquest was held before the same Coroner and Jury, on the body of a male child named Young, who was acsidentally killed by a cart passing over it in High Holborn. A similar verdict to the last was returned. AI an instance of the lateness of the last season in some quarters, there is to be se,:n in the valley of Strathera, Soodanti, a large quantity of beans still exposed in the, fields. POLIC. MANSION-1101'SE. 31essrs. Robson. Blades„ and Co., Stationers, of Abchurch-lane, came before the Loan 31•YOB, to request his Lordship's inter : terence for the punishment of a very serious fraud which had been committed upon them by one of their servants, who was, they said, abetted by • number of persons, considered to be as respectable copper-plate printers as any in London. Mr. Hobson stated, that the firm of which he was a partner, was in the habit of printing a large quantity of bankers' checks. and that in consequence of the numerous forgeries which had been effected by discharging the ink marks with an acid, and substituting other numbers, their attention was turned to the best means of preventing such alteration. The printers' ink generally in use withstood the common acids, but common writing ink did not, and therefore the latter might be discharged, and an adequate space left for the forger to write over the common engraved ground in che goer. To frustrate this temptation and opportunity to do ill, the complainants made and obtained a patent ter a printing ink, which acids would discharge, so that if a•iy attempt were made by a forger to discharge the writing printed with such ink, he would discharge the printing ink also, and render the attempt pal pable. A recent forgery, to a considerable amount, attempted upon a check of the description alluded to, was not very long ago detected, and the importance of the invention as a security was unquestionable. They had engaged a Frenchman named La Roche, to grind and mix the patent ink for the use of the workmen. This min had been in their employment, at weekly wages, since the year 1823. On Friday evening last, when the printers were quitting work, a person who had frequently before been seen on the premises, inquiring for La Roche, was stopped, and interro gated by one of the partners, es to his object in coming there so frequently, when, after much hesitation, he admitted that he came from a highly respectable firm of stationers and printers, residing near Cornhill. On pursuing the inquiry it was discovered that this firm bad been supplied by La Roche, without the knowledge of his employers, for nearly twelve months. Mr. Robson then showed to his Lordship, in proof of this statement, a number of re ceipts and orders, to a comiderable extent, that had been found at La Roche's lodgings. On the next day they recelved,from the per sons they accused of abetting IA Roche, a letter in justification of their conduct ; it was to the following effact : " Messrs. Robson and Co.--fientlemen—We beg to hand you a copy of a memcrazulum given to us by Mr. La Roche, ink-maker. The original may be seen at " Sirs,Vours respectfully." Copy of the memorandum.—" I hereby undertake to supply Meastr. with printing Ink, but promise and undertake not to delver any ir.k like, or similar to, that which is specified in the piee.tt of Illessrs. Robson and Co. • May 10, 1821. (Sig ned ) DAVID LA Roma (his mark) IVitness, William A Roche." Mr. Robson stated further, that they had ascertained that a number of highly respectable houses (or houses considered as such) had (:e& in a similar manner with respect to their property. lie further stated his belief that La Roche had made use of their cons i 0 supply the orders he had obtained, and iequested a iwarant against him. The Loan MAYOR said, he did not see that he had sufficient kygnl ground for granting a warrant, although he had not the slightest doubt that the conduct of the servant had been highly dishonest. In his opinion, the conduct of one tradesman in buying an article from the servant of the person who made it, without the knowledge or consent of the latter, was as unjust as it was disre putable. Although, in consequence of the failure of legal proof he could not interfere as a 81agistrate, yet he had no hesitation in saying, from the facts as they append to him, that Messrs. Robson might have their remedies by civil actions. Mr. Robson, before he left the Justice Room, observed, that the conduct on the part of a number of the trade was the more unjus. tifiable, as the firm did not wish to monopolize the invention, but were ready to give licences for the use of it. A young man; named Lea, who was clerk to Mr. Lewis, a sta tioner, was charged by his employer with having embezzled several sums of money which he was intrusted to receive. ?.Ir. Lewis said he had been plunged into the greatest dif ieul. ties by :he conduct of Lea, who had been most confidentially em ployed, and who he had just found out, had been constantly in the habit of receiving money for which he never accounted. Upon several of these occasions he had given receipts for the money, and those receipts were proved in evidence. Lea stood at the bar with his anus folded, and said, upon his word he had no recollection of the thing at all. Mr. Lewis said, there were 20 or 30 other cases which he had rot had time to inquire into, in consequence of having been obliged to attend so much to th:: inquiries of his creditors. The Loan MAYOR asked the prisoner whether he had anything more to say? Lea--M, my Lord ; I have nothing else except this t when I went to Mr. Lewis's, he agreed if it should ever be contemplated that I should part from him, to give me three months' notice, or my salary for three months. Now I'd be glad to know whether I can't come down upon Mr. Lewis for remuneration ? Every one in the office was astonished at this request, upon mak ing which the prisoner stood erect and folded his arms. The Loan MAYOR told him the agreement presupposed intr. grey upon the part of the prisoner, and that he (the prisoner) had taken very good care of himself, if a judgment were to be formed from his activity in collecting money for his own use. GUILDHALL. ITALTAW AND STANISEI RETOCIEti.—The Sub-oarnvnittee for the relief of the Spanish and Italian Refugees, held a meet ing on Wednesday, in the Irish Chamber, at Guildhall, for the purpose of investigating the particular situation of each of the Its. lion emigrants. At eleven o'clock Mr. Alderman Wood took the Chair, there being then present a great number of Italians. Many of these expressed their readiness to return to those parts of the Continent where they could remain unmolested, and it was conse quently resolved by the Sufi-committee, that 101. should be ad vanced to all thosewho should produce their passports to the Secre. tary, with the full understanding, et the same time, that they re nounced in consequence all further claim upon the funds now sup plied by the public. Numerous applications have also been made to the Committee for teachers of the Spanish and Italian languages. and many of the Refugees being well qualified to undertake such situations, as well as to give lessons in music and drawing, which they would be willing to do or. very moderate terms, the Commit tee resolved that the sum of M. should be given to all those who might obtain situations of that kind in this country, with a similar understanding as to their renouncing further claims. The Com mittee use the utmost precaution to prevent the too rapid diminu tion of the fund at their disposal. A meeting will be held to-mor row to consider the particular cases of the Spanish Refugees. BOW-STREET. Yesterday, John Leeds, a lad of about 18, was brought before Sir R. 'lnvite:, charged with stealing eight yards of woollen cloth, the property of Mr. Owen Morris, of Pickett-street, Temple-bar. The prisoner rery deliberately took up the roll of chub, which wu u much u he could conveniently carry, and walked out with it. He said nothing in his defence, sod was fully committed for trial. Joh■ Roberts, a young man who has been for several darn in custody on many charges of robbing houses, in which he had taken lodgings, sa it would seem for no other purpose,wastinally examined. Several charges were preferred, and he was fully committed for HATTON-GARDEN. TEE PoeLic Lt OUTS.— Yesterday Joists fres, a lamplighter, in the employ of Mr. John Brandron, lamp-contractor for the pariah of St. Luke, Clerkenwell, was brought up in the ct.stody of Waddington and Mills, of the Bow-street patrol, charged on suspicion of having in his possession a quantity of glass, supposed to be stolen from out of the public lamps. Mills stated, that he and his comrade, Waddington, met the prisoner on Monday evening, at the corner of IVilderness-row. Doswell -street, carrying a basket which was tilled with glass of the above description; on interrogating him as to the manner in which he became possessed of it, the prisoner replied, that he was ordered to take it to the house of a Mr. Eber, in Baldwin's-gardens, who repaired the lamps of St. Luke's parish for Mr. Woods the contractor; on making inquiry at Mr. Eber's shop, it appeared that he never did anything in the way described. They therefore de tained him, and ►ubsequently ascertained that the prisoner was in the employ of Mr. Brandron, who succeeded Mr. Woods, co contractor for St. Luke's parish lamps, who it seemed had suffered very con. siderabie losses by depredations of a similar nature. The officer then fitted some of the panes found on the prisoner to skeleton lamps produced by Mr.llrandron's foreman, and they corre sponded in every respect. Mr. Brandron could not speak to the precise tosses he had sustained ; but the foreman, whose duty it is to give out new lamps whenever the lamp-lighters report any broken or stolen, stated, that within the last week he gave out six lamps to the prisoner, who returned four as having been broken by various casualties, and two stolen. Losses in this way were of very frempent occurrence, and witness having strong suspicion of the mew, from the circum. stance of their being evidently cut out, and not shattered, he men tioned the circumstance to his employer, and at the same ume spoke to the men on the subject, advising them to be more cautious in their reports. Mr. Woods, the former contractor, stated that he never gave the prisoner any order respecting glass, and that he did not even know that there was such a person as Eber. He knew, from experience, that the contractor was liable to great loss in this wa► ; he remem bend that withiu the space of twelve mouths no fess than 1,400 lamps had been returned to him in the same manner, the greater part of which had the glass evidently out out, and not broken as repotted by the lamplighters; because, had it been broken by a stone, or other violence, some vestige of it would have remained in the frames. The prisoner denied the charge, and stared in defence, that he purchased the glass from a stranger who offered it for sale, and he intended to sell it spin. With regard to the statement made to the officers when apprehended, he said that he was so thunder struck, that it deprived him of all recollection, and he said any thing that came uppermost. The Magistrate (Mr. Lai no) said, that this was a most unsatis factory account of the possession, and the prisoner was committed for trial. Vaortawet.—George Williams, a miserable-looking young mum, without either hat, shoes, or stockings, and in every respect approachiag to actual nudity of person, was brought up by two of the Merolicity Society's officers, charged with begging in the public streets. John Hayward, Esq. of No. 5, Cuddington-street, stated, that the prisoner attracted his &motion near Stanles Inn, Holborn, by asking for alms, and by the general wietchedartes of his appeararce. More from a motive of compassion than from any wish to punish, he referred him to the Mendieity Society's off:., where he (Mr. H.) well knew he would meet relief if a deserving object. It up. Pared, however, that the prisoner had been already there, and that he had received fond, clothes, and money, and wa --- ; —.7"..--;Z pro vi d e d work, to which he did not think proper to go. The officers of the Society corroborated dna statement. The prisoner did not deity any part of the charge. H e y i d was a native of Staffordshire; and being far front home, d an con tote of support, he must either rob or leg. He was committed to the House of Correction for twenti.ve days. TEE BREAD,STEALZR.—Since the committal of po or e Bryant, the discharged soldier, who stole the b rea d out of a havii % basket, in Brunswick square Go stated in our paper of Illohd vr , a gentleman who served with him in the 9:h regiment at the has called at this office to know whether it was possible an). ; .,.: could be done in his behalf. The reply, of course, was, that th , cue must go to • Jury. The gentleman express e d his detennits. tion to visit Bryant in Newgate, and to attend, if nteessary, al tit trial, to speak to his chsracter as a soldier. • MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE. Yesterday Edward Slot-bruin, the pugilnit, was brought up oe warrant. charging him with having illegally mixed certain dru gs i t a pint of beer, which he gave to a young man named Jones. It appeared in evidence, that, on Tuesday evening, the urn plainant went into the Carpenters Arms public-house, Jute,. street, and drank some porter with a friend. The defendant B , i r k, man shortly after came in, and entered into conversation with lb., the result of which was, his offering to foss (throw up halfpmce,Q beer. His offer was accepted, and he finally lost a pint of rote , which having warmed, he emptied the contents of a paper in:o observing it was ginger. Several persons drank of the porter, v . e . very soon became seriously ill, but the complainant, from retching, suffered violently. Stockman said it was only a lark, and he did rot mean any hart be thought " as how the young man wanted ph)sic." The blagistrate said it was a very disgraceful and unwarranttile act, and desired him either to make a compensation to the ti t . plainant, or find baiL The business was subsequently arranged, Stockman having gu t a sovereign, and paid the expenses. THE MURDER AT WHADDON CHAS) Every circumstance connected with this melancholy affair, 24 the absence sir 3langan, excites daily a fresh interest. Of Mum s as yet no tidings have been heard, and his absence still remairs, mystery. There is, however, very strong evidence to negative idea that Lynn, or the deceased (Hogg), were at all connected ink his disappearance. Mangan was sent about three o'clock on e e Sundae, walking on the new road leading from Vauxhall to tat. berwell, and on that Sunday Lynn dined at the mother's hose, in Kennington.lane, with his sisters and some other relatiss. Mrs. Lynn bad her dinner sent to the house in Aloorhall-place, tea after dinner, between one and two o'clock, Lynn w en t that, Hogg had been out in the morning with Lynn, who took is gun with him, and in the fields shot two small birds. They aped to meet again in the afternoon at Lynn's mother's, which t* did, but llogg did not come till some time after Lynn bad ler, there. After this they drank together a considerable quantity o f rum and water, and 6411 rrrrained there until ten o'clock ar night, when Lynn returned to the house in Kennington-lre, and there slept. On the Monday he was at work part of tba also on the '1 uesday; consequently it appears that Lynn was tx misting, as has been supposed, at any time within which e could have had the opportunity of disposing of Mangan; such supposition can only have arisen front the circumstance d Lynn and Hogg leaving their homes, u has been stated, for L. veiyool: On the Sunday after they had taken the rum and water, I,yr. when be rose from his seat, said to his mother, " Oh ! how I Uzi my head runs round • I never felt so before." Hia sister thou this the effect of the liquor they had been taking; but the mothr explained to her the quantity they had taken, and was sure, fns his former habits, that it could not be the cause. On the Tuesew afternoon he showed some wildness of manner at the house of M. White, in Smithfield. He had been there the day before with Duvall, to look after some casks, and on his coming in. Mr. Whee said to him, " What, buying casks again to-day ? Upon whit be turned round and went away without speaking. His mother,. rived at home on Wednesday night, as may be supposed in tee greatest distress. She feels perfectly convinced that he is complete 7 insane ;he neither speaks nor looks as hitherto. On his mother& entering his place of confinement, he rose and said " Oh, mother, are you not dead ? have you seen Abraham ?" meaning Hogg, z being that familiar mode of calling each other Charles azi Abraham. He then described to her his jumping Mr the coed, and that Abraltsm ran after him, for the resurrection men, apt thz mention of which he became quite incoherent. When mat coherer t, he told his mother that when he was taken, he was tin) in a chair, and made a show of in the corner of a room. He all told her lie had shook hands with Abraham, and they had made:: up. Il'ith respect to the letter mentioned in the Cmrespondenes account, the fact is, he had made many attempts to write, but all that he wrote was, ‘• Dear mother, I am-." This he put into the tire while his mother was there, and while blazing took it out and stuffed it iwo his pocket. His humanity has always been exert. plary. It is a well-known fact that he has saved no less than fat: persons from a watery mare by going in after them, and in one in. stance he plunged into the water from the wall next the Thames, at Sir R. Burnett's premises, and brought out a child wl o must otherwise have been drowned. His father, who died stout three months si -cc, was previously in a state of Insanity, and his mother has at this time a sister confined at a lunatic asylum at Bethnal Green, where she has been three years. The presumption, there. fore, that the murder was committed under the influence of sr. sanity, is considerably strengthened. We must again refer to the pistol, which it has been said Lynn presented at his aunt; we have seen it, and it is nothing more than a pistol tinder-box, quite old, and out of repair, so much so that it cannot be used even fur its original purpose. SPORTING Nil: LLIGENCE. TATTERSA LL'S, JAY. 13. The attendance today was very thin, and the betting slack. The only alterations to be noticed are, that the two Phantom col' are going back for the Derby, while for the St. Leger Memnon sr: Cleveland remain at equal odds, and ('cowcatcher has gone back least ten points. near. 8 to 1 apt 31uleteer 10 to 1 agst Rufus 16 to I auvt Webb IR to 1 ac.t D. of York's colt TO to I agar Bolero 20 to 1 sot Canvas 20 to 1 apt Legacy 22 to 1 agst Diana 2s to 1 agst Defiar.ce 23 to 1 agst Gottanna 1000 to 3 agst 31actluffttakt-) 8 to 1 agst Sorcery 10 to 1 ngst Attica 11 to I twat Aline 12 so 1 agst Wilts 16 to 1 apt First Fly 10 to 1 apt Pipylina 20 to 1 agst Zuleika 26 to 1 agst Shoveller 26 to 1 apt Sister to Premium 11 to 1 apt Memnon 11 to 1 agst Cleveland 14 to 1 apt Redgauntlet 22 to 1 apt Homer IT. Li :011. SO to I apt His Grace SO to I agst Muleteer 4U to I agst Croweatcher High odds agst any other. It is intended to raise a sum of SOW. in Limerick and its neigh• bourhood, amongst the amateurs of the field, to preserve goo , Covert. An inquest was held on Thursday, at the Mansion- Rouse, Hull, before Charles Whitaker, Esq., Coroner, e' view of the body of Richard Vassey, who had been fight ing at a small public-house in this town, Wednesday craz ing, with one John Turner, the younger, from whom he had received some severe blows, and died soon after gettio: home. A verdict of " Manslaughter" was on Friday re turned against Turner. The stomach pump was successfully employed on Wes:- neselay, at Chester, in saving a man who had, at ore draught, drank off a pint of raw gin ! MARRIED. On Tuesday. the 11th, at the College Chapel, by the Revered the Provost of Eton, the Reverend Thomas W. Champness, Recur of Fulmer, Ducks, and Cottisford, Oxon, to Miss Langford. ut Eton College. Charles, eldest son of Charles Halsey Johnson. Esq., of Hatton en, to Charlotte, sixth daughter of the late Thomas Pierpoir , of Bureau, Siafrordshire. n the 3d instant, at St. Lawrence's Church, York, Robert Manse', Esq., of the Inniskillen Dragoons, to Mans, Wirt daughter of Wm. Armstrong, Ems., of the same regiment. On the I lth instant, at Rodborough, Thomas Adlington, of Upper Tooting, Surrey, to Mary, the only daughter of the 1..: Peter Smith, Esq. of Walbridge, tilcatcestershire. DIED. On the bth instant, in her 73,1 year, Mrs. 31ounteney : she nx, the eldest daughter of the late Sir William Barclay, Bart., Pierston, Ayrshire, end sister to the late Captain Sir James Pc clay, Bart., Royal Navy. On the sth instant, at Richmond-green, Thomas AValmesle, Esq., aged 56. On the 12th instant, at his house in Bentinck.street, Gcor;e Banking, Esq. On Monday, the 3d instant, at Newton Hall, Monmouthshire , aged 70, the Rev. J. Weddell Parsons, upwards of 40 years Vier of Wellington, and perpetual Curate of Marston and Pencoyd. On Monday, at Newport, in the Isle of Wight (at his mother's. Dowager Lady Holmes), after a lingering illness, Sir Leonard Worley Holmes, Bart, Member for that borough, aged 36 yocu Such was the respect paid to his memory, that as soon as his (fah was announced, all the shops and the greater part of the F irst: houses in Newport were closed. On the 24th ult. at Uttoseter, Samuel Brown, (lent., aged 9 3 years.. lie was a yeoman of the guards in the reign of King aeorp. the second, and attended, it. his official capacity, the coronation 01 George the third ; his mental powers remained perfect to the day of his death. On Saturday last, at Wilton, near Taunton, in the:: lehY:T re : her age. Mrs. 3lattlebuy. The deceased was foster mo ther to du Princess Real of England , the preseut Queen of Wirtemberp MOH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRHNA. Homing ili rein. after 11.1 I Aftenvole : R sera aAer 10. Matti at THE SW TIM PRES:4 01110.. by J. W. C•acToll 1$), kitzoo4l, 00t3 ribl'abed by 11,. 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