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• ,t, - - it YioLrct. MANSION-IIOtISE. • / Yesterday a young man of respectable eppenranle, named liedvore. was brought before Rlderman Coa,.who. sat for Iho Lerd Maiter, charged wills havens stolen live fowls, the Property of a butcher residing in the loeighbourhood of renctrurch -street. The son of the butcher u he was going up stairs, saw the prisoner enter the st-up with a great mot mum kiln at half pa.,t $ o'clock in the morning, and deliberately take five fowls one after the oilier from a high shelf and deposit them in a hsrge pocket its the side of the great coat. Wilnue mu down stairii and called afire the prisoner, who ran with great apecd, •• Stop thief!" The witness looked cootly at the prismser *abate he was taking thermals, to ice what stet of a consei eneelie had. When the prisoner was liken he threw down his cut and desired the people to search him. They pro. lerred searching the coat, and found in the pocket the properly. The Prisour's wilkiMer said the fowls kid been sold, and RS they were not producible, lire case must go to the ground. rise Alderman was of opinion that the Jury *veld be, neverthekss, satisfied of the robbery, and oommitted Rod grove for trial. A man named Midge who has been obtain' about the wharves in Thames-street for some time, was comsnitted as a rogue and vagabond, fur having stolen some rap on Mr. Smith's IsberE OUILDHALL. BENEFIT SOCIETIES. • ._MHteth . it is now gesterally WM that the introduction int o of .Immelit monistic* of a Meuse referriug all nsellmagf dispels the members to arbitration tak es vamar a r MelPotrate, qpiestyous are coeti rhi eeriest be odierwies decided than by as . • it hie ssibsoity. lassisoribut Sorge cases of Ibis de mos spier tho bisso_l4.lo•4l el Le James Bbaw atil AldevenneWailimmew at title dim yedierde• In the first is., the Pstg e asd Stewards of t h e United Brdistr amok SOsietys, a t the Peoreek. Whilecross le Meese I pee/mord against them by Hz It V ir ondimis, as lbe executor of 'W M thelobe st rottoolies, Tbe Wises* lbo smillessel f l a kes lobe pat sti itirtZeloW tbs Os So ciety, s assessed bpi boos free fog be immi . lol oessivad elbow* for Aim or 'Us ewes dere seissoh his roprossota- Joe bit entitled In Ws Uwe Oowenso IN ordi • noel eases bele; only VP Mr. Neap had been a free mesa* to yews, wad last, within the first is years of tie time, received from the Illeelety so smelt as live guineas. Had he died then, it wen witted his representative woeld have been entitled le so seines'. Subsenosetly, however, he bad declared upon the boa and bad received more than the limited sum, and ties Society, therefore, soldelideli his repre sentative was *My earlitied to the used sum of ro gnineas. 'rise President, alio Was the spokesman upon the occasion. did sot offer any argooggigto show that his was the true con struction of the class., but seemed to rest his case upon its belie so iebisdod, esderstood, and meted upon in the Society. The Magistrates, however, were decidedly of opinion that they could net wander in search of what might have been the intention of the eociely, but must look only to the letter of the regulation. if it were the intention of the society that the sum of eighty guineas should not he paid to the represen- L,ltive of a member who bad, under any circumstances, re ceived more than live pounds from their funds, they should have so provided, but as the clause now stood, the represen tative of Mr. Kemp was, in their judgment, entitled to the full amount of his claim. A case uf a very different nature followed. James Law rence, watchmaker, Windmill-street, claimed from the soci ety of Associated Brethren, the sum of llama guineas, as the next of kin to his deceased brother Edward. There was, it appears, no intimacy subsisting between the brothers at the firmer Edward's death, and his mother, with whom he re sided, bad been at the expense of his funeral, bud had at tended the society with the certificate of his interment, the document upon which the society usually acted, and had, in onampenc-e, received the money. As proof of the deceased's intention, the stfidavit of three or his personal friends was put in, who all swore to having heard Edward say that his mother was to have him buried, and to receive this money from the soeiety, espressing at the same time his regret that he had nothing more to leave her. The complainant, who appeared to be acting under the guidance of a shabby, leer ier-looking friend, stood to his claim as next of kin. He had protested against seaward of the arbitrators who bad been appointed, and whose deoision was against him, open the ground that the award was nut made within the time li mited by the articles, and that the Magistrates atone had no jurisdiction in the case. The Aldermen were of a different opinion, and, by their advice, the parties agreed to refer their disputes to a fresh arhitratioe. The Secretary rif the society of The Sons of St. Lake" applied for sumiammes against several members, to enforce the payment of arrears due from them. lo cases is here in divider's have been expelled from a society for non-payment of their cootributiens, the Magistrates have held that they were not liable fur arrears, as they would thereby be subject to two descriptions of punishment ; but is the present in stance the nimbus had withdrawn themselves, and the Se. cretary urged, that as they bad not regularly been dismissed, they might still claim upon the funds as members, stud therefore, to he compelled to contribute. No discussion upon the subject could, however, be entered into, as Mr. Secretary . had ant come prepared to exhibit a regular information of the facts, and consequently, ,tu use a lege! expression, took nothing by his motion. Yesterday three boss, part of a gang of young robbers, of whom the Wilder, earned Buckley, was apparently not more than twelve years of age, were examined on a charge of hav ing committed a burglary in the house of an old man named Herbert, and stealing all his wearing appa rel. It appeared from the evidence , that the three prisoners, Buckles, Broad, and Redwood, were seen constantly lurking shout 'the neighbourhood of White Croes.street and Moor lane. The prosecutor is an old man, who lives in one of the courts near Moor-lane, gets his hiving by hawking fish, and fifes alone. The prisoner, Buckley, it was proved, laid a plan for robbing this old man, amid before lie spoke of it to his ssociates he wet and carefully watched to see how the a house was sh u t up, and, in order to find out where the old man kept his money, he went and asked hits for change for a shilling, and observed well from what part of the room he got it. The little rubber on the following day raid to his associeles, " I'm going to crack the mils of lhis old fellow, sill you be in it ?" The young thieves immediately assented, on learning the nature of the enterprise, and at night they watched the old man out. — Buckley succeeded with his assistants, after an ineffectual at tempt to force the door, in removing a shutter ; he then pick ed out a pane of glass, got through the hole and handed ant to Use others all the old man's elethes and other articles of pro perty to the value of upwards of M., but he was disappointed in not finding any hoard. He succeeded in patting his plun der in a place of safety, and the Police have not been able to recover any part of it for the poor old man, who had no other property that was portable. A boy who staled that he was a mere spectator, related the Sets of the robbery . . Be seeing this wares come foe ward, settbat they were in some danger from his testimony, the prisoners Broad and Redwood, who. tire Buckley, were mere boys of between twelve and thirteen , began to show compunction, sod a strung desire to give evidence against Bear leader ; and the Magistrate allowed them to ho sworn. They related the facts as farm regarded Buckley, to be much us we have stated them, and laid the guilt npoim, but said they knew nothing of t he n-h intention to rob the old man, un til li,iettley handed nut the goods to them. They swore that they had not been in his company more than three days, but an officer declared that he had seen the whole party upon the prowl together for above a month before. They did uut know Low the property was disposed of. The prosecutor proved that Buckley bad milted, and asked , change for a shilling 'irides a few daysbefure the robbery. The friends of Redwood and Broad came forward to answer that they should be taken from the streets. and the Magistrate discharged them upon the condition that they should be forthcoming to give evidence against their leaders, who was evidently a most dangerous young thief. Buckley; who behaved with great coolness, and 'betrayed none of,threse ' signs of apprehension displayed by bis associates whose de • fettle° he treated with coutempt, was then committed to the' Oil Bailey for trial. MiehrielTuruley, who was some days since charged on suspicion of having robbed the shop of Mr. Morris, the linen drap.r of Fleet-mariet, was convicted as a rogue and wage hoed, and sentenced to three meths' imprisuument in the Mouse of Correction. ROW-STREET. FRAUD. John Smith, a limn of decent appearance, one of the frater nity of runnier-skipper s, _ out of_piace, was brought before the Churl Masistrate, Sir Richard Bienie,tharged with commit ting a trawl upon the Arm of Roberta, Griffiths, and Crick, wholesale silk-mercers, Cliamlos-street, Covent-garden, Thomas Getrstt, shiipatan to Misers. Roberts 15541 Co. stated, that We prisoner came to their house on the 3d of the present inautli, and stated that he wanted some silk of the same colour as a pattern which he produced, but that it must be • f tirseperior quality. Witness fetched lase pieces of silk limn aback warehouse, and skewed them to thu prisoner, who said that be thought occur the pieces would he " quite the thing." The prisoner thee stated that the silk was far Hs dins arid Co. silk•awircers, whose employ ho had bees is for some years. Witness replied, "Then you know Mr. Davis, who was Conwerly at Harding and Tse winnow said that ho did, avid that be had fre . quently sees the witsess same to Harding and Co. to re-, olive money. Witness hawing been frequently to receive money at Hardiag mid Ge. bark so asspients of the truth ofthe prisoner's representatios. The prisoner. obi Is eausistiog one of the pieces of silk, asked the witness to out him a pattern tie; but affisswerds said, " I may as self take the whole pima to skew the lady, amid lwill borne, a ywd saaalts., as I can out off Use iantity the Way .111 have, mad nun with the remainder." Witness aihrwed the priessief is Ib6 the' silk and t u awasuce, irOt bathes he RR HIM shop b paift,' .• *NUM lie was going lo gentleman's honse Botocesetf place with the silk, and that the lady who was going to have two gawnomade of the silk ism the wife a gentleman in one of the Government offices at Somerset House." In corpse gamma or a coesiderable • 'Unto haring elapsed, and the I prisoner not returning, according to promise, illness cnl to Harding and Co.'s in Pall-mall, and upon inquiry found that the prisoner had kit their employment for three years t •and that they had not authorised the prisoner to obtain the silk. Mr. Smith, a junior partner hi the firm of Harding and Co., said, that the prisoner was nut authorised by them to get the silk, nor had it ever come into their possession. Sir S. Birnie asked the witness what art of a character the prisoner bore, and what lee had been doing latterly Witness said, that it was the brat fraud he had eenunitted in the name of Harding and t 70., but he believed 'that it was not the first he had attempted in the name of Hewettlnd Co., of Regentritreet, in whew employ he had been since he left Harding and Co.'s, and who bad felt it their duly to caution the trade against the prisoner. The prisoner declared that be obtained the properly upon Meows wle resposibility ; he said, that since he left Howell and Cs. ho had been doing a little business ou his own account.. A gentlemen belonging to the irm of Roberts and Co. said, that on the Saturday preceding the day the fraud was com mitted they received a caution to be on their guard against the prisoner, who was sinus shoat committing frauds upon the silk mercers, but unfortunately this caution was nut ...—. _ , given to Mr. Oerratt. - The witness Oerratl Bated, that the piece of silk obtained by the prisoner wu thirty yards in leugth, and value at the tie& "pride's!. The prisoner wait fully committed to Newgate for trial.— Re afterwards admitted that be pawned the silk scion after be o btained it at two differeat pawnbrokers for 41. We. L evi, id that e subsequently sold the doplicates to a Jcw named L who "asides in the Now-cut, Lambeth, for 165. , r ASSAULT. Mrs. KINK of Wood-street, Cheapsitle, appeared before the !Magni:Verged with assaulting Caleb Tilt, the money taker on iddlesex side of Waterloo-bridge. Mrs. • was attended by her huiband, and, from the , fiery Introment of the lady's disposition, it was very eti ,.‘,„it 4, grey mare was the better horse." Caleh's statement was, that the lady and gentleman came Id his pats. turnstile, or money.taking machine (which those mho - ireeeed th e Bridge know very well goes with • sr hil ls o l die% sod, at every penny taken, gives a click ; so that II machine is a patent for honesty on the part of the made! reesivers), red presented (Anisettes, to pay a wAie each for eteseieg, Aso, by some mischance, the lady dropped something trim her 'Weide. She insisted upon Caleb's taking down a lamp to look fiir what had fallen ; but, as Caleb told bet, that ewe impossible, for it was a fi xture, and lighted with gas, Mr. Stubbs took one of those useful papers, called Lottery Bills, out of his pocket, and Caleb set it on tire, tied refereed it to Mr. Stubbs, to enable him to find the lost property. What it was that raised the ire of the lady we cannot pre tend to say ; probably it was the very ungallant behaviour of Caleb in not looking for the lost property himself, and thereby causing Mr. Stubbs to crawl upon the ground in his spik and span new Christmas togyery, but, from whatever cause, she was very indignant, and gave Caleb such a ranter upon his iroriesax would have done credit to the lint Sstio tactician of the fancy. Mr. Powell, the clerk of the Commissioners, witnessed the " douse" Caleb received, and mentioned a few terms of reproach which dropped trues the mouth of the lady during the heat of the conflict. Caleb declared that both lady and gentleman were primed that is mellow, or full of spirits. The Magistrate thought it was not a case that should be persevered in. There was a want or gallantry on the part of Caleb towards the lady ; but still she bad no right to assault him. Mr. Stubbs said, that his wife was locked up several hours is the watch-house, and as be was quietly and peaceably walking uo and down in trout it, a watchman seized him the collar, dragged him into the watch-house, and Rai° eharge . of him ; but the night constable eery properly refused to receive the charge. Sir R. [finale said, the conduct of the watchman was abo minable, and that he ought to be indicted for the uffeuce. The lady was ordered to And bail or be committed. thiy. QUEEN SQUARE. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT. Yesterday John Thicket,*a lad about 17 years of age, was brought up, charged with robbing his mistress of a sovereign. It appeared that the prisoner, about three weeks ago, was employed by Mrs. Fowler, landlady of the Three Brewers, in Dartmoult.street, as pot•boy. When be was in the situation shoot II week, he told her that Mr. Churehil, Smith-square, one of her customers, wanted his weekly bill, rod change for a sovereign. She nut having change gate him a sovereign to change at a neighbour's shop, and desired him to take Use bill i but he absconded with the money. and was not met with till Wesley night, when Cooper the ullicer met him accident ally, and took hitn into custody. The prisoner ssid he had been brought up in the Refuge f the Destitute, at Horton, from which he had been sent to is., but was discharged about lecke months ago ; since that 'thaw he had no regular emlent. Ho admitted having giviivt the sovereign, and beg gedfor forgiveness, promising to pay it when lie could get emp optical. He was a poor friend less buy, and had nu person to come forward fur hire at pre sent. Mrs. Fowler had no wish to prosecute him, but the Magis trate committed him fur further esainimition. RESURRECTION-MEN. inlays New and Jolts Crisp, stated to belong to a notorious gang of resurrection-men and body-snatchers, residing in the Borough werebrought up, charged by William Allen, watch man in t he New-way, under the following circumstances:— On Christmas-night the watchman was on his beat, near the burial-ground, when he was accosted by the prisoners, who, after asking him a few questions, offered him two pounds to permit them to take up a body recently buried in the church yard. The watchman spurned at the offer, and told them lie Would take them to the watchbouse sinless they departed in stantly. After abusing him, they loitered about. lie was un• certain whether bo would be justified in taking them into custody, and he went to the watch -house. The constable ordered hies to take them by all moans; and be has iug pro cured proper force returned, and on tindiog them on the same spot .gaiu, took them in charge. They were provided with a sack and proper instruments for opening the grave and car rying off the dead body, which, no doubt, they would have dune during the night, only for the activity of the watchman. The Magistrate applauded the watchman for his vigilant conduct ; but as the prisoners had not committed the offence, he only sent them to Bridewell as idle and disorderly charac • tens for a limited time. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Hugh Ball, a watchman of St. James's parish, charged Deue/and, a wat , lonan of the same parish, for assaulting liira on Wednesday night. The accused was so much in liquor as to he unable to perform his duty, and the Serjeant of the Watch ordered the complainant to do Donaland's duty, which gave rise to the assault complained of. The Magistrate, Mr. Roe, on referring to the book, found: the accused had been twice before charged with similar con duct within a short time, and therefore ordered him to dteli hail, and told him ho should write to the Watch-Committee I. discharge him. Mayo, a watchman of St. Giles's, appeared before the Igo gistratc,_acconipiiiiied by Catherine Pitt, alias Baker, alias Terrijic Kit, to lodge a complaint against a woman fur hay- , lag rubbed her of a basket, containing wearing apparel, ow Tuesday night. Terrific Kit was followed into the office by a little worn!. who gave her name Sarah Johnson, and who appeared to be quite equal to Kit in point of tongue, amid charged her with loving stolen the shawl which was wrapped round Mrs. Pitt's This cress indictment • little interrupted the regularity 44 the proceedings. The ladies were most uproarious, and at last a man named Joseph Taylor, who, it appeared, kept the owe end intrigued with the other, was asked what he knew of the business. lie said the shawl lielonged to its present possessor. I Joe, as each of his ladies facetiously called him, was unlisted to quite a new version of llfaeheath's song, lbr be told his w u r a hip he was heartily sink of both his dcarya, and had gone, on Christmas night, to the Carpenters' Arms, near in Berratt-court, where they all live comfortably together one room, " to get rid of two troublesome caslousers." Alter the cross indictment was disposed of in hor favor, Mrs. Mitt became vastly mild, and would nut press her charge I against the prisoner, an elderly woman who it appears wad a crony of the complainant, and who had , taken, on the night in question, a little drop of comfort with her. The basket and its ,relents were, by the Magistrates orders..delivered up to Pitt, as be saw no reason, limier all the circumstances, fur detaining the prisoner. Mary Junes was charged by Jesse Philips, who keeps a china slop in threat Queen-street, I.ineoln's Inn-fields, wills having rubbed him of two dishes. The prisoner, in her debunce, said she was a good deal I tossicated. Fully committed. Carnegie, the boy charged by his master, Mr. Donovan, the fishmonger io Oxford-street, with an eatenslee robbery on Sunday, was brought up again yesterday for a further bearing. Thomas Griffiths, another boy in the employ of Mr. Dono van, mid Mr. D.'s daughter, were examined, but nothing was elicited from them that brought the rubbery home to the pri soner, who was again remanded. Rafael Bartodano, who told the constable of the night that be was attached to the Spanish Embassy, Joseph Hermit, and Charlea Braldell, three swells of the first order, appeared to answer the charge of al least half a dozen Charleya, for be ing disorderly -lie Monday night in Regent.street end Water. 100-place. For the purpose of carrying on the war with ri gour,the disorderlies purchased • shilling's worth of turnips out el a waggon passing •losig to CoventGarden.whirhplaiod .watt viulsetly areuad the worsted mighteapsof the St. Jaime's sad altar a good many more 7 ow aitel Jerry tricks. Waly tottgettii the' . dungeon keep" ' or SLJanim's . The Magistrate inquired why they bad out _ 4 ~_ been brought up on . tnewlay i when a watAttettn answered,,l that one of tho germane. had left 301. for his appearance, which Mr. Roe remarked upon as being highly irri-solar. A con• stable of the night iebound to take hail, which in the present instance Gould have been estreated; in this ease he should overlook the irregularity, alit on the licensed paying 6s. for being in liquor, and giving the watchmen half a crown each, be should discharge them. The boy who was brought up nn Monday last, for offering a bundle of ground ash plants fur sale at a shop in Osford street, was lined es., the value of the sticks, and discharged. lIATTON-GARDEN. GAME. Me. George I.llzlon, landlord of the Orange Tree public house, In Orange-street, Red Lion-square, was charged with unlawfully having three hares in his possession, contrary to the Game Act. In consequence of information being given at this office, that the defendant had a large quantity of game unlawfully in his possession, he not twilig a qualified person, a search will.- rant was granted, and the two Reads and . Wainwright, officers, were deputed to put it into execution. They accordingly went.on Christmas-eve and searched the defendant's house, wbivb WI searching they lowed a hare hanging up in the bar, another hare in a room above stairs, and a third hare and a turkey below stairs in the cellar, besides several boxes and bagels packed up, each containing hares, pheasants, turkeys, and other luxurious presents of Christmas fare. The (icers brought the three first named hares to the office, but those packed up, as already described, they left behind on a supposition that they were intended for or belonged to some qualified gentlemen, and on those three hairs only the penalty (which is five pounds for each so found) was sought to be recovered. The case was proved by the officers. Mr. Luxton, in defence, stated that all the game found in his house belonged to qualified gentlemen, with the excep tion of the single hare famed in his kitchen, with the turkey, aback was a present he received from the country, and which he intended tor his Christmas dinner. That his house was frequented by porters from different inns and coackmilices, and that the game was left by them till they called again, to deliver then as directed. The Magistrate remarked, that the officers behaved very lenient to the defendant in not Isrii!gialt away all the game they found in his Wassw,ws they might have *ON gad fur which he eertainlywonli be convicted, as his house was not an °Mee where parcels are hooted or delivered from; but as the game left bellied did not farm part of the present charge, he would convict him only for two hares, passing titer the hare he intended for his Christmas dinner. The defendant was accordingly convicted in the penalty of ten pounds, being al. each . A young gentleman, sun to Lady Perrot, was brought up on a warrant granted in August last, and remained since un executed for a common assault. Lady Perrot attended and made a very forcible and argumentative defence in behalf of her sou. The Magistrate stated as two Sessions were suffered to pus without the eomplaitiant preferring an indictment, he should discharge the warrant. Yesterday Mr. Gough, of Shoreditch, timber-merchant, preferred a charge of felons apsust Ann Duels. It appeared that the prisoner was the servant of complain ant, and ou Wednesday last ooeplaiaaot and his family went out to spend the day, leaving the prisoner in charge of the house; on complainant's return, a watch was missing, and as no one was in the bons*, euespiainant doubted not the pri soner was the person who onneeled the watch away ; but though every search has bees made by Armstrong the officer, it has not yet been found. The worthy Magistrate observed, there was no evidence naiad the prisoner, 'bough strong suspicion; he therefore should discharge her, us finding bail to appear at any future John Steers, alias Moody, an old offender, was charged by Mr. Chantey, of Stepney Green, with felony. Mr. Chaseley. was attended by Mr. Williams, solicitor, and stated that the prisoner for the last six months had boarded and lodged with complainant, for which the friends of the prisoner paid. A few data ago complainant went out on bu siness, sud on his return - ound a new coat and a pair of shoes missing; complainant with the assistince of en officer, dis covered the coat pledged at Mr. Dexter's, Whitechapel. Mr. Dexter identified the prisoner as the person that pledg ed the coal. The prisoner it: a very wild and incoherent manner, plead. ed innocence; and the manner of conducting himself war to all appearance so similar, that the Magistrate was at first 'educed to think him insane, but sufficient proof watt offered that he was an old offender, and welt known by a different same at the Old Bailey. The worthy Magistrate fully committed the prisoner fur bid. • LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday Jacob Levy and his wife, William Somers, Peter Anderson, Elizabeth Price, John Webb, Samuel Lasers's, and :Wary Marney, were brought mp front the a etch-house charged under the following circumstances:— It appeared that a sailor owned Roberts met a girl on Tues day night, and accompanied bee to ber lodgings in a house in Blue Coat-fields. The landlady, Mrs. Levy, told him loins° the room, for which ho had just paid her, but he refined, when she Instantly seized the poker, with which she gave him a tremendous blow on the bead. Roberts instantly left the house, and obtained some officers and watchmen to take the lasNlada into custody. A party proceeded, and upon enter ff. use found all the prisoners above mentioned. Levy is landlord, and has been long known to the police as the harbourer and•trainer of y (mug thieves, of whom he .con- Moistly keeps a great number in the house, who prowl about at Yahoos WIRY, sod pilfer every thing they lay their hands on ; the plunder is taken to Levy, who disposes of it, and reaps a plentiful harvest for his share. Of the above prison ers, two of them, viz. Webb and Lazarus, are ofa very ten der age, but upon being questioned by Sir Daniel Williams and Matthew Wyatt, Esq., they appeared to be very har dened, and particularly attached to their profession. When the officers entered the house, one of them was struck by Elizabeth Price; a great confusion took place, but of the whole of the inmates only one escaped. A orow-bar was found in the room, besides a quantity of articles of plunder, such as a roll of filmed, two pieces of pork (one with the hook in it by which it had hung from the place it was stolen), a turkey, a great quantity of raisins, a tailor's pattern-book, and some pieces of canvass. Webb was found concealed un der the sofa. Webb and Lazarus said they had never been in Levy's house before Tuesday night, but in the watch-house they ac knowledged to having slept there several nights. Anderson said he MIS a sailor, and had recently been in a collier to Shields, but having recently met Somers, the latter took bin, to Levy's to lodge. Mary Marney said she lodged at Levy's ' • she was an unfor tunate girl, but would readily work for tier livelihood if she could obtain work. They were disposed of as follow : Somers, Webb and Lazarus to out month's imprisonment sad hard labour iu the House or Correct io.a. Levy, to three menthe' imprisonment and hard labour; and hi's wife to find bail for assaulting the sailor. Marne', to be sent to the workhouse. Price, to find bail for assaulting the officer in the execution of his duty. Anderson was ordered to be detained until the correctness of his story can be ascertained. USHERING IN CHRISTMAS DAY. Six of the Dallies oh the Emerald Isle, by profession mace bearers to builders, named Fturenee Mar earthy, Charles Mac earthy, his brother, Charles Mac earthy his cousin, Ti mothy Sullivan, John Sullivan, and /knit! 'M ehony, were brought up from Whiteohapel watch-house, where they had been since Weduesday morning, charged with kicking up a great big row. It appeared, from the statement of the officers, that on W sday mor ning, between three and four o'clock, a cry of Murder! was beard to proceed from a house in George yard, which was an frequently repeated that it was necessary to procure a posse to storm the house. They accordingly ee -1 rived at the place, drew up in order, and commanded all the inmates to surrender. The summons nut being obeyed they forced a breach, when the alio% e defendants were perceived, [ several of them stripped to their shirts, drinkiug and lighting together, a thing not very uncommon among the heroes of that long- tailed monkey board yeleped a hod. The intrusive , visages of the officers were no sooner perceived by the Irish I boas, than, for the honour of Ouid Ireland and St. George, they determined to resist a capture " with all their veins," as Lady Morgan has it. Accordingly, they resorted to their arms—the shovels, which they used pretty freely about th e officers ; nutoithstanding w limb they w ere all taken pri soners, and toddled off In lie rowndeken by the conquerors. One of the prisoners stated that the men bail been drinking in his apartments ; and when the officers catered the house he was vial prating I hem to bed. They were all ordered to find hail. Heavy Samuels charged his sister with stealing a hat. [ The complainant stair tl that the prisoner was a very bad character, and was constantly in the practice of stealincpro- I party from his father's house and disposing o f it. O n l y a few data ago she broke open a box of her Mother's, and took out the contctits,although her mother is in the last stage of a protraeted illness. Oa Monday she stole his hat and pledged it at r pawnbroker's for live shillings, after which she con fessed the rubbery, and gave him the duplicate. She was convicted in the penalty of no., besides the value of the hat. But nut being able to pay it, she was sent to the House of Correction for 14 days. Samuel Bickered Fitch was charged with a highway rob bery. the Mile statedo' clock, he was thalgoin on Wed ne sday along edneay night, belt‘wiedielnizinjinar:iidCutinmienon'eg•oc End-road, with his child in his arms, when two women went up to hint, and w ithout ray provocation struck him ; upon whiohe persoe passing took his child out of his arms, and a man at that instant knocked him down. When he got up be (Wowed the man Into a publi c -h ouse an d secured him, and gave him in charge of th e wa t c h man; hut the two *omen escaped. He lust his haadkenshief and sixpennywoeth el' 11141_1,0am Mrs, Minim& Hairkins stated that her husband and she were Onsidpc and saw he complainant struck, when she was indueed to take the child out of his arms, lest it should be hurt ; she saw one of the women then bring the prisoner from a public-home, who knocked him down; and witness saw him put his band to the complainant's pocket ; alter that they went into the public-house. The primuner was fully committed fur trial. THAMES-OFFICE. 1 6 s • i FRAUD. ...- - - muter all in his apartments ; and when the o ffi cers catered' : John Smith, a man of decent appearance, one of the crater- M iti c r i;e . u.dnealitvitnercedes,ururtodePtiatit,ntasng thlisiewilprWison:i;err.ealiuil, lie was post prating I hens to bed. i . i• arty of roomier •sloppers, out of play!, w as bt oug a b e f o re th e Mary Jones was charged by Jesse Philp s, who keeps a They were all ordered to fi nd hail. 'leafy Samuels charged his sister with stealing Chief Magistrate , Sir Mir bard Barnie,•ebarged with commi t- china shop in t+reat Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, w ith sing a fraud upon the Arm of Roberts, Gri ffi ths, and Crick, having rub b e d him of two dishes. The complainant / tit d that the • , . prisoaer was a character, and was constantly in the practice of ate • wholesale silk-mercers, Chaedes-street , -gerden, The prisoner, in her deli:nee, said s h e was a good deal Thomas Garrott, stoilinian to Misers. Roberts soil Co. ~‘ . .„.4 1. d . pert from his father's house dd . • ' an 'spotting of it • . &feted, that Use prisoner came to their house on the ad of the '"lF ully — comm i tte d . few d ays ago she broke (yeti a hos of her mother's, `.s &present mouth, and stated that be wanted some silk of the out the contents,although her mother is in the last t ' - whichheproduced, but th a t it oas t Carnegie, the boy charged by his master, Mr. Donovan, the prolnieted illness. Oa Monday she stole his hat an same colour as • pattern . , Leaf Ssuperior quality. Witness fetched two pieces of silk fishmonger io Ostord-street,an eatensire robber • on with d . a further hy. it at a pawnbroker', Wive shillings, after whit,' trim a hack warehouse, and skewed time to the prisoner, Sunday, was brought up again yester ay for caring. ti me d t h e ro b bery, sad gave him the duplicate. who said that he thought once( the pieces would be" quit e Thomas Griffiths, another boy in the employ of Mr. Deno- She was convicted in the penalty of 20i., besides d Mr. D.'s daughter, were examined, but nothing was of the bat. But nut being able to pay it , this, thing." Toe risenerthen stated that the silk was far van, an rum em kelicited f Them that brought the rubbery Harding and Cu. Pail-mall , silk•nwircers, whose employ be bad been in for souse years. Witness replied, " Then you sower, who was again remanded. home to the pet- Ho S ls o le ates or l e gers t rt ol l r • 14 w as days. charged with a If Alt know Mr. Davis, who was formerly at Harding and Rafael Bertodano, who told the constable of the night that beer. it c p ac ip s i" Tile prisoner said that ho did, and that he had. be was attached to the Spanish Embassy, Joseph Hermit, and William Jacob Cummings stated that on Wednes frequently seen the witness 90INS to Ilardieg and Co. to re- Charlie Drildell, three swells of the first order, appeared to between nine and ten e'eloek, he was going along veivt• money. Witness having been fre‘yeattY to receive answer the charge of al least half a dozen Charley., for be- End-road, with his child i n hi s acme , w h en two was , . money at Ilevelieg mod Qs. ha* ausampteiies alba tenth oft ing diserderlyne Moodily night is itegeot -street end Water. up to hint, and without ray pro voca ti on s t ruc k t ! 4 prisoner's representelies, The prisoner, witilesmamiaiag one 100-place. For the purpose of carrying on the war wi th vi- which a person passing took his gild out of his in 1 , 1 of the pieces of silk, asked the witness to oat hies a pattern gunr,.the disortleclies purchased a shilling's worth of termite man at that instant kooehe t t him d own . When It aff ; Int analwards said, " I way as volt Wee the whole out of i waggon pessing slong to Covent Garden, which plated Ise followed tho man into • pitblimlouse and securei • have to awe the lady, mid I win borrow a ye/rill measure, as mast viukatly areuadtbe worsted eightcapsof the St. atalflea's gave him in charge of the watchman ; but the Is I oaa tut of the nuantity the lady will have, mid reboil with searshaes; and after a good maul more 7 oni ondJetry tricks. escaped . He last his baadherebiar an d a j a p ean itio remainder." IVitnew sikiweal the primmer to take the Osaywerewifel y todgeitta the" dungeon keep" or St.Janies's halfpence. AR end the measure, him loan he lea She alms he mid, watch.boum. The Magistrate inquired wisp they had sot Mrs. glizabeth Iliairkhts stated that her beeline . . , . ~ _ r - , ........... - ._ -..- ot. • ..... - ---•_ . _ _. or" - A NEW WAY TO OBTAIN GAME AND ELUDE THE LAWS. Adolphus Bosant was yesterday brought to this office, hav ing been *topped in Brjad-street, Rateiiff, with two brace orwoodcocks, and nibs. of beef, by Jeffery, an officer. The Defendant said the beef was bought in Calais by the Captain of the William, to which ship ho belonged, and he had ordered it to be brought to his house, where he was going to take it. The Captain proved the statement to be true, and I the beef was given up. Mr. Pettit, the Captain, then said the two brace of wood cocks be also bought in Calais market, and gave three francs and a half for them (as. t td. sterling money). He was going to make a present of them to his friend. The Magistrate considered the birds being foreiga, and not having been killed in Britain, the English law was evaded, and lie consequently ordered the birds to be restored Cto the aptain. In point of fact there is a duty of not less than es per cent. on the value of game coming from France into this country. CHRISTMAS WORKHOUSE BROILS. DireWs Beeson, a pauper, of Shadwell-workhouse, was brought before Captain ' Riol,bold, for a most violent and out rageous assault on three or four of the tither inmates of the workhouse. John Hammon., Master of the workhonse, stated that on Wednesday night he heard the cty of " Murder!" three times ; he proceeded to the prisoner's apartment, where be found her dreadfully ill-treating a poor woman, and firmly believes she would have murdered ber, had lie not goo. to her assistance. They had been enjoying the fruits of a charitable donation until they bad got somewhat inebriated, nod fell out with each other ; but the prisoner , he said, was a complete tyrant, and the dread and terror of the house. M t Pogg, an inmate of the workhouse, stated that the prisoner was beating an orphan when she interfered, and was assailed and used in the manner that presented itself.— , The marks of the prisoner's fi ngers were on her seek, each side of her windpipe, and her lips were as black as a sloe. Altogether, she looked more like a person that had been roughly handled by a Cribb or a Randall than by a female. The - Prisoner, in her defence, said they were all quarrel some together. and that the witness fell on her drat; she thought herself justified in the defence. The Magistrate maid a more desperate case than the pre sent had never come before him, and he thought he should not do jostice if he did not indict the strict letter alto law, by committing her for the Sessions, and ordered the Master to prosecute. UNION-lIALL. Chertesihastin, Mines Cornball, and Jesus Porter, were op prebended on Wednesday night, by Snow, a constable. of Newington, one uspielma of basing committed two burglaries, on that evening, in the neiglitiorrhood of Walworth. Robert Blane, ofdratiam-street,stated that he kit his house safe in the afternoon, and, un his return to it, at half-past eight o'clock, he observed Austin walking backwards and forwards nearly opposite his dour; on attempting to unlock which, he found it bolted inside. Blanc had double locked it when he went out. Some person Game down stairs, and un bolted it, upon which the prosecutor opened it, and dis covered Cornbill and Porter, wherein down a hack-yard, and kinsped over a fence, on the other side of which was a ditch. Porter fell into this ditch, which accident ultimately led to his apprehension. Cornbill was pursued and taken by Blane, and with the assistance of the watchman was carried to the watch-house. On his way to the Match-boine, a coral seek lace and two bruoelies fell from his person; Cornbill made a desperate resistance. Snow stated, that in returning from church ho saw Austin and Combat together near the prose cutor's house, %Inch excited his suspicion. On Cornbill being brought to him, and by the prosecutor's description of his companions, be went to Austin's lodgings in York-street, London Road, and there found him and Porter, the latter having every appearance of a recent escape from a mud bath, and was drying his stockings at the lire when the officer enter ed. Snow look Austin and Porter into custody immediately. Another case of burglary in Walsworth, was brought against the prisoners. They robbed the house of oranges, nuts, three shillings in halfpence, and a vice, which was found in a cup board in Austin's lodgings.—Fulls committed on these two charges, and remanded on a third. TOWN-HALL Joint Satires was charged before the presiding Alderman, Joshua Jonathan Smith, Esq., by Mary Riley, with commit tint a mast aggravated assault upon bar person. The prpseeutriv stated that she resides at No. 47, in the Maze. Yesterday evening she was told that her husband was being killed by the prisoner, whom she found fighting with her husband in the street, with the most desperate ferocity. In the attempt to separate them the prisoner turned upon her in the most savage manner, struck her to the ground, re peatedly kicked and trampled upon her, and lacerated her hands and face with his teeth (the presecutrix bore evident marks of the unexampled brutality of the attack, one 01 bar bands being in a sling. Hugh Riley, the husband of the proseeutriz, and severs other witnesses spoke to the atrocious conduct of the pe r sonar, who was acknowledged by all to be a nuisance to the neighbourhood he lived in; be had been fregueutly placed i n the same situation lie then stood, by nearly similar conduct. The primmer, on being asked to account for such wanton violence, exclaimed with much composure, " Faith, I never did the like ; we were all comfortable, so we were—going to and fro ; end myself knows I got the worst of it." Ile was ordered to Slid bail, to answer for bis conduct at the Sessions. BURGLARY. Yesterday evening, while the family of Mr. Cooper, oil man and as-chandlre, Great Suffolk-street, Rorough, were absent from home, attending divine service at the Rev. Kow. land Hill's chapel, Blaekfriars-road, some thieves entered the house by means of picklock keys, and succeeded in carrying off sev cral articles of wearing apparel, family plate, jewellery, original paintings, &c. to the amount of about tot., together with shout a. in cash. Tho drawers were all emptied of their contents, and the bedding placed ready for packing up, and every thing found in confusion on the family's taunt. In formation was this morning given at the Union and Town Halls, and the Olken are in active pursuit of the depredators A singular circumstance occurred in the vicinity of Newcastle on Sunday last. Some young men, while skaiting on J. G. CLARK, Esq.'s fish-pond, at Fen ham, observed a fish embodied in the ice. It was a fine pike, and, on being cut out, recovered, and, when put into water, dashed through its native element with all its wonted life and energy. The ice-houses here were provided with their winter stock on Saturday and Monday last, when the frost was so intense as to stop the navigation of part of the Tyne above bridge ; and if it had continued muck longer, would have given the keelosen an involuntary extension of their holidays. Fortunately, a change occurred on Tuesday, and the navigation has since been free.—Newts:Lk Courant. CAUTION TO SIIRVANTS.—On Wednesday last Joseph Hartland, the waggoner of THOMAS HALES, Esq., of Coddington, in this county, was committed by the Rev. JOSEPH HIGGINS, clerk, to gaol, for one month, for gross misconduct in beating his master's horses with a pike, whereby he so seriously injured one of them that it died in about seven days. 1t ap peared that Hartland concealed the business from his master, and continued working the horse until it be came too ill to labour. A Glasgow Paper says—" A Correspondent in the /cremes/ Journat states that the plea of redaction of rents I i:by the tioble family of Stationd us their isit ate in Sather very judicious, and well calculated to enable the tenant to keep hiogruniiil. aiihstance of the plait is this—the family have given an abatement of 13 per cent. on the rent from WA going back to 1516 inclusive; that in addition to the above 1) per cent., they had given :10percent. more on the rent of this year, being equal to 43 per cent. in all; an that is More the rest is to he regulated by the price of Cheviot wool, taking the 11141ZillINNI of five years back at 255., and the minfersou at 164„ and deducting from the current rent the difereuce between 235. and 165., being 95., out of every f6s. rent, and the swearing materials to be taken of besides, without any regard to the price of the carcass; and as the current price of wool falls below the mixiniuni, in the saute proportion will the current rent fall. '11) the mull tenants they have adopted a still more liberal scale of reduction, besides the numbers they support by labour at their exteusite coal and salt works, aid by handsome bounties for fishing, and various sources of profitable labour." ACCIDENT. —On Thursday morning, the sth inst. eleven sheep, the property of Mr. Watt, were found quite dead, and closely huddled together on a small knoll or emi nence on the farm of Auchenlick. On the Wednesday night preceding a few peals of thunder were distinctly heard ; and it is supposed that the poor animals had been struck with lightning, while poustably bivouacking on the said knoll. There was a *mall black mark on each ut Went, sot bigger than the lace of • p enny piece while the turf around was torn and rutted uif by tie teeth of harrows. Whet renders rou ain oli etn a t ainu onehe la d r . this accident the more remarkable is, that the sumo spot of s la m n i , B 7 o lli . lteaeeerylectictr fluidnnm ot loco o h e u f; ground has been struck by lightning three years in sucees natheregm manner, and last year it split a very large rock.—Ediiitire' Courant, ixEiwitom • On Monday the sentence of the law was carried into erect at Pennenden-heath, near 3/aidstoive. upon Atha Smith, convicted at the last Alaimo of murder. We hate now to record one of the t remarkable instances of mental abstrattioo that, perhaps, has seer been manifested under the awful circunsataucts of deliberate murder. About a fortnight ago the prisoner sent fur a gentleman of Maidstoue, oho. at tending the summons, received from the prisoner a vehement ih junction to make public what be called a history of his life. Tke surprise of the gentleman may be conceived, when, on examining the paper, he thstovered it to be a concise narrative of the place of the prisoner's birth—his propensities—and, finally, his motives for committing the murder, described in doggerel verse. Although the production of an illiterate man, it is truly astonishing this[ the mind of a man nearly fourscore years could, by any possibility, under circumstances so peculiarly awful , for a mo ment b e so ab stracted from his situation as to admit of so extraordinary a pp duction. The levity of the concluding lines is not the least strik ing part alibis extraordinary erosion. The original, which is in the hands of Mr. Agar, has been id lowed literateut ci rerbatim. Lines dictated by John Smith, aged 78 years, who was csomniul on Petinendea-heath, on ?doildigy, Dee. 0, HMI, for the wilfal murder of Catharine Smith, at Greenwich, on theft of October last. In the County of Wicklow I was born but now in Maidstone die its scorn I once was counted a roving blade but to my misfortune had no trade women was always my downfall but still I liked and loved them all a hundred I have had in my time Wi:en I was young and in my prime women was always my delight but when I got old they did am slight a woman from London to me came she said with You I would fti remain if you will be rou.tant 111 be tree I never want 1 o Ilan but I so— and oa her own able a Oath did take that she never wend Me forsake and during the time that I had Life she would always prove a loving wit* and by that Means we did agree to live together she and Ile-- but scowler vows and Oath did break and to soother Man did take Which ohs flaels'd home with her to lay and that proved her own destiny So as Joel Smith lay on his bed this notion strongly run ie his Head then he got up with that intent to find her out was fully beat swearing if he found out her Oathshe'd broke he stick a knife into her throat then to the Cricketers he did go to see if he eJuld I d it out or no not long been there before she come in with this same fellow to retell some Ole then with A Knife himself brought in immediately stab'd her under the Chin and i• five minutes she was no more but there laid in her purple gore Now to conclude and end my song they are both dead dead and gone they are both gone I do declare gone they are but God knows where— The body'wno taken away to Greenwich to lie for public view for oue day, and afterwards to he dissected and anatomised in Greenwich Hospital. Ile received the Sacrament just before be left the gaol, and appeared very penitent and resigead at the place of execution. Ile spoke for a short time to the peeled', say ing, " that women wore the cause of his dowufal." *prayed aloud and very f until the drop fell, saying, " t.ord have mercy upon me! Christ have mercy upon me V ` The drop fell about It o'clock. He slept but very little on Sunday night. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Dsc.23.—No arri%als or sailing.. PLysiocrs, Dsc. 28.-8 ,iled his Majesty's ships Gloucester. 74 gums; Valorous, 80; Gillette, 18; Phaeton, 411; and lades, 80: for the West Indies. Of the Port, the Coral, firom Charleston, in 22 days. FALMOUTH, Date. 24.—N0 arrivals ur SOBEINNI/1, Due. 25.—The Good Intent, Richardson, which has bees ou shore at the back of the garrison, was gut of last night, without appearing to have sustained any damage. lIAHWICH, Due. 25.—Arrived the Henry Preeling packet, with mails, from Holland. VAMMOUTH, DiC. 24.—A boat marked " Pearce, Shields. flobt. Cooper," apparently &jolly boat, was packed up at Caister, clai s 4tch damtged. Dire. 23.—N0 arrivals or mailings. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Doran, Dec. 244—The brig Pavilion, Collier, of and from Brighton to Sunderland, when of the Kent, 18th instant, saw several pieces of wreck, amongst whioh be picked up as 18 gallon cask of small beer, with R cock in the cask, brand mark FM Courage & Donaldson,—te beer quite sew. The weather tieing I cry thick they were not able to pick up any other part of the ; wreck. Blowing hard at E.N.R. The Cristopher, Cole, of and for Pool, frogs Newcastle, was L on shore hi Headland Bay on Saturday. NKWIVAITLII, Dec. 20.—The Edward, Germain, bound to Jamaica, is seised by the Customs fur having oar board two guns (12-potraders) without a Unease. The Aurora, Nicholls, from Dublin to London, mat into Water- ford 20th inst. very leaky, having struck on Arktow Banks, on the 17th, and was assisted of by several mem loseg Allaklow. She must discharge to repair: linens supposed to hate sustained woo damage. The Success of Youghall, Cummins, from Dublin to. Cork, woe stranded on Kilmieha4 Bank near Arkiow, 17th inst.; great part of the cargo saved. The Sarah, Carr:ngton, from Tenerife toTagaarock, was lost in the ice is Taganrock Roads, 18th ult. Crew saved, and hopes were entertained of sating the cargo. The Isabella, Burgess, of and from Aberdeen for Sunderland, lately sprung a leak and was abandoned near Flawbro Head. Crew saved by the Autumn of Shields. The Salmon, Alderson, of and from Annan to Liverpool. was struck by a heavy sea near St. Bee's Head, 6th lust. and nom (timely foundered, with all on board. The Diana, Jolly, from Newport, put into Scilly 12th instant with loss of top-mast and other damage, hating bees run foul of. The Limerick Packet, Randall, front Dublin to London, has put into Scilly, and must discharge part of her cargo, the rapo seed being much heated. Sch.tv, Dac.l7.—The Industry, Potts, which sailed 11th inst. for Jamaica, loot her boat, and proceeded without one: it has since been picked up by some fishermen. SWALLOWS.—In a village near this city last season, a pair of swallows, which had built in the corner of a window, deserted their young at the period of migra tion. They had previously brought up a brood, and when the general body began to collect for their an nual flight, they seemed to be carrying food for an other. These, however, they deserted ; and two days alter the people of the house took down the nest, and found three young ones in it dead. To the curious in natural history, this circumstance may occasion& ques tion, whether, in these birds, the migratory instinct is stronger than that of attachment to their young, so powerful in all animals.—Newcastle Chronicle. MARRIAGES. Oa Monday the !ad Mating, et elevate Clhoreh, by the Rev. William John Moore, M.A., Wiltieni PSI Riley, Esti. of Forest Hill, near %Windsor, to Mary Sophia Harcourt, eldest daughter of John Raraidsisttom, F.sq. of Woodside, near Windsor, one of the Representatives in Pathan:eat for that Borough. AL Salisbury, Mr. Jaunts Parsons, of that city, to Miss Anna Williams, of the Close. Unfortunately, the bride had forgotten her certificate, and they were detained nearly two hours before the knot was tied. At Annan, Mr. Welton, to Miss Snowden, both of Ilalt whistle. There were upwards 01 a dozen inarriage4 at Annu last week, front this side the border. 111,.! new Marriage Art is is fortune to the " tecksnian" of that place. DEATHS. On the sad Institut, at her daughter Theresa's house, 'lsm niersmith, Mrs. Turner, aged 73. On Monday last, at Old Brompton, William Cooper, Esq• aged tie. Mrs. Bedford, wife of a botcher, in Butcher-row, Exeter and nu Sunday week, her Isiskand, who was s t r uck speed less on seeing the collie brought into the house, and died al most immediately afterward. Mr. Thomas Graham, of Owenbreden, near Brookboreurk• Ile had attained the extraordinary age of tut years, awl what Si morn curio us , rema i ne d a ll his life in a state of cyli basy.—Diebtin J I. ()a Friday the tath imataet, Mrs. Hayward, of Clieltes._ ham. While empl o y e d i n some domestic concern, a %cis ol her leg burst, and from an unfortunate delay in procuring surgical assistance so slightly vou the accident considered. it was found impossible to atop the hemorrhage, and ske bled to death. _ _ Yesterday, at his house in Brewer-street, Oniden- 1 11 1m, P. kiendric, Esq. whose ions is sincerely lamented by ho re latives and acquaintance, to wh am b e nerolenee . ef heu t and warmth 01 friendship hod I,mg and justly endeared him. • - - HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DIl'• Mornistr 2 min. attar 1. •II Afternoon 97 ann. after I. Prided and Published at the BRITISH PRESS rdol THE OLOBE Office, No. 127, Otrnitt.l; Irk GILIBLia " I " • WELL, of the Strand. • lir, :~'