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BOARD OF EXCISE, JAN. 5. THE KING t. VorSPY. This v. , 48 HII itsforutAtion exhibited against the detunclAnt, who is grocer, for obstructiuLt . J. iit-tritu, an Excise officer, in the execution of his (intr. ,Tl 4 tutortnattou, ‘vhich is founded upon ;he 1011 Cieel.• 1. cap 10. StwiliectS the accused y. on conviction, to H penalt y o f 1001. or iiot less .1s ti one•fourth it) mitigKtion. _ _ T- -7 - 1 . 1;• Mayo having stated the short facts of the case on the part of the Crown, produced the fol lowing evidence : f';urton, the officer, said, that on the day stated 111 the information, h e went , i n pursuance of Nl . * duty, to examine the stock of the defendant. The latter is a tetad ~ , rocer, living in Ratclitfe•high way. fie art ived at his house about two o'clock in o , e afteinoon. 1! was on a Sattrrday, and their 44 ere one Of two CuStOttlerS in the shop. As soon as he could speak to the defendant he told him tie was 'come to 'take his 'ock. The de fend -tot expressed great surprise, refused to a!•:,iSf hint, and turned.his attention to the Cue fowlers. lie again requested him to proceed iu s taking ae stuck, but 'he was only replied to with abuse. The tieltuldrit manifested every degree of opposition, :and to toe course of their conversa tioti cilled him " a liar, scoutidrt I, thief, and bit.Hwayin'an." and tole: him lie would " physic I,im tor corn:tug on u Satuiday." After consider able delay and oppnttion he succeeded in getting tome of the teas into the scale, hut the deteild3ilt SheNt tri no dispoilion to vs-isi in getting them out. The taititess desired that the !uutiples whi,h 4rt7re in the witidows might b e taken ou t, hut the d,1‘..!, hint would not suffer it. fie proceeded in s: t i ' to take them out himsell, bitt was ai.o tet,iste; in this by the defendant, who de- . aired th,,t tin theql out. After for t,F r altere,:tion and delay, witness was at krigii, eotol;efled to svels the aid of an officer, iti ot der to 4:itahie him to perform his duty, He v'as d e tained there 'ogre than two hours ; but htid the proper faeili.ies beet, • A iven him, be would Lave ;ken erialded to take the stock in about 20 tite9. tvitness underwent a lung cf-(r,ts-examina lion the drte7 , dant, in the course of :which he admitted that !here were at (tines a number of customers in the shop, to whom of cantle Mr. Vokey could not pay atteurienf, if he applied him selt solely to the taking tile stock. S'epbeir Kittgslord he was headborough cif St. (ieorg,',--tu-tbe E.ist. O the day srcsted in the inform4tion, Burton applied to him to go to the storp of the defendant. U'poo. arriving 'bete, the officer proce , rkd to take -'o-k, and desired Voisty hake the satrapies Out of cite window,: Ti)e dettlideni replie , ', ;hat they stroc.l4 not be taken out. Ti were at the time least two of torct customers. :qr. Voisey arpeared to be very mad) oi,! at temper ; but witness did not hear 'Hirt u stay opprobrious language towards the of er. witness was alfo cro-a-examiner! with soniv ingenuity by th e defeutintly. Ele repea , rd, that he lieard tin foul I.nguage iron hint to Bur• trbn. Nit Mayo said, the charge was not for foul or eittrsi , e langoege, but tot obstruction and delay. The officer nad sworn, that he could, if not inter rup!ed, take the stock in 20 minutes, but was un able to do so within two how, He contended th-t the offence was clearly established. The defendant said, that his case was rather a erne' one. EIS was a retail glover in a populous neigeitontheott, and on Saturday, as might be exltected his shop teas constantly supplied with cwooffien. (in such a day, however legal it Intent be, it must vilely be inconvenient in the extreme t• be call (I op •If to take stock• The boor too, he considered, added considerably to the inconvenience, for he contended that the Officer did not artiste until full three o'clock, when his mint busy time commenced.—He had then, it was tree, some custonscrs in his shop, but he did all he could to facilitate the stock taking. He denied in the most solemn manner, having, abused the Officer, or used the language attributed to him. As to the taking the samples ou of the window', he admitted that he did ob ject to it, but when it was considered that it was Seturtisy, and that the replacing of them would take up ne trly the whole of the evening, he thought Ire was about to he put to an unnecessary incon venience. It lie had in this instance acted wrong, be was sorry for it ; but he again assured the Commissioners, that he had neither resisted the takitie of stock, 'tor used improper language to the Officer.—This he should prove. L wis Jones said, he was porter to the defen dant. and remembered the Exciseman coming to the shop on the day mentioned. He did not come until three o'clock, e hen his master and himself immediately got the canisters and scales. The books were also got out directly. The stock taking commenced in five minutes ; he was not site it w,as not 20, nor was his twister entirely en gaged with the citoomers, so as to compel the officer to walk about and wait ; he never beard his employer say, that he would " physic the' officer for a scoundrel for coining on the Satur day." The Exciseman, he thought, might be there an hour before the officer was called in.— During the whole time there continued to be a number of costomeis in the shop. His master never tittered a word of abuse. The defendant agein complained of the very in convenient time at which the officer visited his shop, anti said, that had he attended solely to him, lie intlat h-ave I itimed all his customers adrift, and become subject to a veey seveit loss. It was Ole unusual, he said, to take stock on a Sa turday. Court said, they were far from desiring that the offieers could set arbitrarily, or put in dividerde inconvemeece ; but they had a ditty to per torte. and the Act of Parliament was as im petative upon them to take the stock as it was upon the defendant mid others to assist them in sti doing liHomi, the officer, being re-called, stated, that on the day in citteoloo he narked the time by the cleck at Vireilelose•squate, not 200 yerds from the detendai;t's hosise. It was two "hen he arrived e, and pas . ; 'Poor when he left. The veer, eeeitte fieliheraed for some time. said, that the caso appeared to be established,and, under all the citenmstances, they felt themselves bound to inflict upon the defendant the mitigated penalty of a fourth of the" full sum, with an inti mation th:tt he might petition the Board, if he pleased, for a still Rather remission. Penalty 25 guineas. IMITATIvE PEPPER.—Mr. Beard, a grocer, was charged with having in his possession a quantity of imitative pepper. • His detente was, that the article produced in evidence was not his, and must have been con veyed into his place by some evil person, if not the officer.--He was fined in the penalty of la Mr. Dowling, a grocer, was charged with a similar offence, namely, having a quantity of spit. tions pepper in his possession. The defendant pleated that be had before been convicted by thp Court, and trusted that would be a sufficient The Court thought this rather an aggravation, and again convicted hitu in the sum of 101. BOTANY BAY. The follovviog extract Irons a Letter, dated Sidney, Feb. 21, 1819, from a convict, who was some time since seat out Ilona this town. 'lO his wife, is inserted wi:hout any other alteration than that which arises from punctuation, and a cor rection of the orthography I find, to take the weather in general, it is not much better than I have known it in Eng land ; but- just at the time we landed was very warns. We do not feel the heat of the sun here, where I am, so much as the people up the coun try, where they do not get the sea breezes. Sidney is the capital of New South Wales, where I am employed under Government, at my own trade, at a mill on the rocks. I have a very good place, and a vety good master ; we never work on Son ci,.ys, or in the night. I expect soon to he fore mail in the mill, as I flatter myself to say I am the best hand in the country; therefore, could I have the opportunity of getting off the stores, I rook, have a ny wages I like to ask ; but that I CAIMOr do matter four ~ rears, unless you Could Col l ie ov e r to take t o e OW. I o my nresrnt situa tion I get no wages, but draw 10-1-liss. flour, and 1011bs. of beef weekly, and a suit of clothes, such as they are, every six months : so part of my meat I soil to buy the tea and sugar, and to pay my lodgings, where I ant very comfortable for one s hilling per w,ok. The ship that is now coming 44, Bisgl4Da IVis got an order to the Secretary of State, in England, to send out a number of wo tter) to their husbands, by the next ship. 1 made appli:nition for you, hilt was told I had been so little while its the country that it could not be granted, toil is I had brought a certificate of my general c haracter from home; but if I conducted myself properly, by the next order I sorely ivo t ald be, which will be eight or ten months front the pree,ent date. "I think, my dear, by 'their desiring a character from home, for new comers, that if your friends and parish officers made application with a petition directly, you and the dear children might be got out directly and stating that 1 am artived safe, and have got employment at my own trade, where I should be able to support you. If you do not succeed by your application, I shall be slue to have an order for you by the trtxt, as above stated. I can as sure you this is a far better country for a working man than England. A man that will make hint self useful, and is off the stores, may earn two pounds per week ; even a man at farming clay lab.-ur will have 6s. per day. I wish it had been pos.ible for you to have come over with me : 1 could have got into business directly. Here are two mills now standing still for want of tenants : it takes but a small capital to get- into business here, as the bakers all go to market and buy their wheat, and pay the miller Is, per bushel for grinding ; if dressed Is. 6d. All grain is sold in the mat ket, by the bushel, off the carts that bring it, the same as fruit at your masker. Peaches here are Id. per dozen, and lemons three a pettily. This is a very woody country, where a great wavy blacks resort, as they are the natives here. I see sotnetimes thiity in a gang come into town, of all ages, as naked as ever they were born, for they hove not the sense of shame; and if a white man goes far into the wood alone, he is sure to be [killed] and roasted, and cat by them." ---'.(lpswich Chronicle.) OWHYHEE...—A Missionary Establishment, is about to be made on the Island of Owhyhee, &c. They lie in the South Sea, in about from nine teen to twenty-two degrees north, and. longitude from one hunched and fifty-one to 'one hundred and sixty west. The natives of Owhyhee h ave already made very considerable advanees in civili zation. Their late or present King, l'omitaz, wrote a very legible band, a specimen of which we have syn. His Prime Minister was named Mr. PITT ; his Minister of Justice was tattooed in one half of his body, the other half was of a bright and shining colour, the natural complec lion of the natives. He would sit with great dignity and hear the parties, plaintiff and &leo dant, and to whichever of the parties he turned the sable side of his conntenanev, judgment was given. The King, its imitation of European Mo narchs, gave a pompons entertainment or ; his birth-day. An American ship having been seen nit' the Island of Talliete, a canoe came alongside, and the Captain and bands were allmuch astonish ed to hear the natives speak the English lan rune. The canoe contained no less a personage than Mr. PITT. He came on board and informed the Captain of the character of his guest : stated, that he came by the orders of his Royal Master, in whose name he demanded the dona tion of a bottle of rum, which was to be drank upon his birth-day. They are a mild and ami able people, who, if they once profess friendship, are insinc:ble its their fidelity. They are pecu liarly cleanly in their persons. OnThntsday evening last the Rev. W. HOLE, of F.:etscott, near Barnstaple, a very aged an d mach respected Gen[tentan, was found litelebs on the l'Orifi near his residence ; having fall,n from his LOtse, it is believed, in an a poplectic fit. lir had Ur his wol kmun only a few tiiioules before; IV in perfect health. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-[LOUSE. An interesting girl, about 13 years of age ; was brought before the Lord Mayor, at the request of a Gentleman, who found her in one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in the metropolis, without a protector or a halfpenny. _ The Gentleman stated, that he observed her near Dover-sereet, in St..George's•fields, looking about as if she was wholly ignorant of the place. She was asking about a waggon bound for Man chester, and seemed sO desolate, that he could not resist the inclination to learn whether she was alone in such a place as London. Her answer was, that she had not now a friend in London, and that her object was to get some mode of coe veyanee to Manchester, where lien father resided. Her father had, she said, given her op to_the care of a travelling performer at fairs, for the purpose of having her educated in the riding school, acid taught to - dance upon wire, a species of exhibition for which her figure was well calculated. Upon heieg brought to London by her master, she foetid that the indulgences and encourag , mro's she received while near her father, were the pre lude to very rough performances ; and her mis tress soon began to treat her with great harsh ness, at the same time that her mas7rr neglected his promise to snpetietend her ea! .cation with care. In fact, the only talent called into action was her patience, which was worked upon by in sults and blows. At last her master determined to part with her, and made a bargain wi t h ano ther person in the same line of business, who was a great man at Bartholomew Fair. This transfer was not very advantageous to the poor girl, for the new master, aftetaa very short time, turned her off without giving her a farthing. Being de serted by every body in the metropolis, she thought the best way to act was to endeavour to obtain a conveyance to her father at Menchestcl, where she was sure of an asylum The Lotto MAYOR declared, that her father de served severe punishment for having cast his poor child into such a way el tile, and ordered Ow the two masters slecerld he sontto. - med, to account at the Justice Mount for their ceeduct. The first master oheyrd the summons, anal after havieg heard the complaint, elated, that he no Ineger considered she girl.,Jiis servant, as he had fixed her, with all she focessaty forms, upon a brother manager, who was struck with her ap• peatance, as fit for a horse or a rope,' and was very mech in the habit of training young persons it. that ere sort of a style, for public exhibition. He added, that his objections to the gill were in sermunntable, her tongue being the most slan derous diet ever uttered a word ; and thai she had not failed to itolidge in her f..vourite propensity, in the places where they stopped to entertain the public on their way to town. On such occasions it was her practice to whisper shout, that his wile had private entertainments, to which as many gentlemen as pleased might be admitted, but no ladies, with the exception of herself. The gee Bartholomew-fair Manager had received her cha racter before he agreed to take her under his so petinteudence ; but although it was most faith fully represented, he thoaght the vices of hat tongue could be easily matte amends tot by her agility tinder his - He, however, found himself mistaken, and determined to Barr with her; a thing which he ventured to do withent the ceremony of passing her into any other hands than those of Providence. This disciplinarian had termed to appear before the Lord 'Mayor, or to interfere in any way for the girl's advan• tage. . . The LORD MAYOR was exceedingly indignant at this savage manner of getting rid of a poor child, and observed, that the two fellows who h,d ban. died her about from one to the other, deserved well what he wished it to be in his power to in flict upon them. Had not a bauilioa person dis covered her in her desolate condition, the very worst consequences _might have been apprehended —for she had by accident got into a neighbour. hood where there were women like devils, and she was without the means of procuring a meal or a lodging. The conduct of those two worthy ma nagers, who rt Heeled such credit upon the pro fession, very nearly added one to the heavy list of those whose morals were irrecoverably lost. The first master was rather disturbed at this way of placing his conduct before him and the public, and declared that he should willingly pay half her fare to Manchester if the great Bartholomew Alan would pay the other halt. The LORD MAYOR declared, that if the two Theatrical Gentlemen did not immediately make an arrangement for the protection and support of the girl, decisive measures should be taken against them, and every publicity should be given to the scandalous transaction. The positive tone in which the Lord Mayor ad dressed the Manager produced sonic effect, and a pledge was given that the girl sliiould be safely placed tinder her natural protector. Bow.sTREET. Yesterday Jamelliias,7lmtiper in Laleham Wwkhonie, and Richard Hicks, his son, al s o a panp_•r, underwent an examination, charged with stealing three heifers, the property of Mr. Charles Thonsas Matons, a farmer, ot Laleham, on the :light of the sth, or early in the mot [sing of the 6th of last December. This robbery was disco vet ed by the son-i►►-►aw of Hicks, Richn►d Cle met►ts, who is admitted as evidence for the Crown, in consequence of confessing it. Richard, flicks called on this witness on the morning of the Gth of December last, and prevailed on him to assist in driving the three heifers to London. The heifers were disposed of in Smi hfield to Mr. Valley, a salesman, for 261. hut he hesitated to pay the mo ney till satisfied whose property they actually were. Alleging that the cattle belonged to a Mr. Taylor of Cranford, they succeeded in getting their value. The evidence was made completely out, together with the division of the money, and the detection of the entire fraud.—Prisoners com mitted. for trial.. I 1 ATTON- GARDEN. t at erday John Coates, a young man, son of II respectable tradesman (bell -hanger and smith), in Leather-lane, %vas charged with uttering a forged 51. note to Mr. Walker,s the ol the White l-lart, Leather-laoe. IVIr. Walker stated,, that on Tuesday night, about nine. o'clock, the prisoitri arms into his bonte, 'and said his father would be obliged to him if he %could give NM change for a five pound note; his - wife - took the twee, end wrote " Coates" upon it in his presence, And he I grimge. i A gave the prisoner two kur erfi,veootas afterward s , toe pound n o t es i n ex c e prime soner's father came to his house, and said, 44 has my son changed a pound note here ?" Witness said he Changed a5l note for you ;th e f a t h er cc plied, " then you are done." Wit neis suspect ed then that he had taken a forged note, and took it to a neighbour, who declared•that it un til a tored one. XVitness and the neighbour went to the ‘Vllite Bear publie-hoUse, corner of Eyre:.. street, and there found the prisoner. Linibtiek,' the officer, had him in custody. Limbrick stated that Mr. Barr*t, the landlord of the White Bear, sent for him, having received from the prisoner two one pound notes, five shillings in halip en d ee and a silver watch, to take cafe of for Lint, mud lie suspected that he had not come honestly by the property, as he was in company with four so s pi., cious characters. Mr. Walker, upon examinia.l the two ooe pound notes, which the prisoner gave to Mr. Bin at, identified one of them which read been wri ten upon by his wife, to be one of the n;ites which he gave the prisoner in cheinge foe the forged 51. none. The prisoner, it) his defence, said he found the note in Le , ther-lane. A Bank Inspector proved of to be a forged one, and the prisoner was conitni.ted. WORSHIP STREET. William Penny, Daniel Jlu and John Wil liams, ;, ere hto,;ght up bei ore R o !,v eT t Eq g , the presiding Aiagistrate, charged widt bay ing feloniously stolen a table clack and a hny'll great coat, the propery of Air. Evans, of \Val- thrtm‘tow a 1 geared that the three pris-oners, one of whom, John is httle boy, were sees by Mr. Price and his servant loitering about Mr. Evans's bowie, on Wedriesday lest, and het w evn and three o'ciocii it Avas lotind by the ser vants that soi+ _. person had ent e red the house and taken away a spring 'tatty clock, in a mahogany case with brass handles, and also a boy' s great coat. Soon iffif rwards a vei y young boy, named David Hughes, residing at Walthemstow, passing s lu ng the Marsh, saw the three prisoners on the tom) leading to Lipper Clepton—they 'vented Its be hesitating what road to take. They beckoned him to go It: them, and when he came up they asitud him the way to London. Ile told theta the way, and wcnt with them as Int as tipper Cleapton.. On the rond be observed one of the prisoners, Daniel Jodgson, have something wrap ped tip in a silk handkeruhiet on his shonlder,„ and sent afterwards he saw under the handker chief the face of a clock. lie was afraid to look particularly at it, for he suspected they were thieves. When he got back -into ‘Valthatristote he heard of the robbery, and communicated what he had seen on the road. James Penn, a constable at IValthamstow, ira mediarely went in pursuit of the prisoners, ac companied by tie young boy, Dlvid The !,ext day they proceeded into Hackney parish, and at the corner of Dalston-street they saw the prisoners, whom the boy immediately lecognised, as the same persons be saw on the Matsh. Penn took then; into custody. At first the two men d en i e d any knowledge of John Williams, but af terwards .I=nigsun admitted they had all dined to gether at Walthamtow the day_befure. The boy afterwards declared, it either of the men acknow ledged dining with him - at Walthamstow, he would split, and tell the whole of the robbery,-- He appeared at the ofliec, howeser, completely hardened, and is one amongst the many hundreds of young boys who are just now trained up (iota infancy to become thieves, and are guilty of all Sorts of depredation. The prisoners were remanded till Saturday. TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK. years, who An old Woman, age d a b o ve 100 re collected the latter part of George .the First's reign and the ascension to the Throne of George the Second, charged her second lon, an old man about 70, with the followiugoffenee,— It appeared that the old lady was possessed of a little property, and on the whole in comfortable circumstances ; iter son was so exceedingly lazy, that instead of supporting himself by his labour, he was continually annoying l;er for money and food. The parish officers had sometimes relieved him, and offered him au asylum in the workhouse, which he wow(' not accept. On the day in ques tion, he came to her lodging, and i n a ine „,,i tix . tone, insisted on having some money ; and when she said she had none, he lifted his fist to la tr head, and compelled her to give him tout:pence. All she wanted of him, tvas to keep the peace to,- wards her, and to support The Magistrate no► having arrived, the youtlyttl prisoner asked his mama's ; arsion,pronai,ink never to offend again whitli Isis mother (whom ke had voluntarily attended io the office) withdrew her charge, and he tottered away to the house. BIRTHS. On Monday, in George,trret, Hanover-square, the La4y of the Sfilicitor-Gtnet al, of a daughter. ()a Sunday evening la-t, at Champion Lodge, Surrey, Mrs. Starling Btoson, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the sth inst. at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Itichargi Pow ling., Esq. to Maria' Elizabeth, eldest, daughter of ilt:Fity Gregg . , Esq. On the 30th ult. Mr. F. Cir. Banner, .to • Harriet, ti al daughter of Vr. Ilich.itd Wright. Septvoiller, .1618, at the City of. Delhi, John Lan:llns Jones, £.q. to Miss Sarah Jaques, dati4liter of the "late Major Jaques, in the East ludic Comuany's service. DI:' , ,D. TelterdlY, at hi: holm in Cecil-street, Winches ter, Esq., in the 7-2 d p.m - of his age. On Saturday morning last, in the neighbourhood of die New Kent-road, aged 60, Christina, the wife of Cart. Kidd, late to b. On Friday evening., the 3'st nit., the Pee. D.D. aired 76, Vicar of Great Gaddestone and Hem, l-Herap stead, Fleas, Cbatilain to his Majcsty, and late Archdeacon of London. On the sth Oct. last, at Marseilles, the Chevalier Charlct. Arnable De Loppinot de la Tresilliere, Licat. in the itt, Regiment of Foot, 071.1 son of Ciciieral Count De Lopitinot, of tlitc island of Trinidad. I.ONIMN: Priotcd 11.1. B. CARSTAIRS, of No. ( - ;rat Otwood•street, Qucen-squar; SCE IPPS, of No. 7, South Nitdton-strcot, •at Tint No. 11 , 2, Szraxiit ; 'when, Adveitispoonti, 0. e r ; Lettlasi Vic. (poit-paitl; must