The Sun. — London, England, 1821-09-14 00:00:00

THE'LONDON JOURNAL,;. DA-lET 'EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS; Seplenzber 14. [MORNING POST.] Letters were received in the City yesterday from Constantinople to the 11th ult. and from Smyrna to the 3d. They are evidently written with a disposition to present, what their authors conceive to be the most favourable aspect of things ; that is to say, they endeavour to throw a pacific character over every passing event, however little it may suit its nature. Yet not withstanding this industrious, and in commercial men, this not unnatural anxiety to prevent the be lief of approaching hostilities from gaining ground and interrupting their operations, facts do come out which they cannot suppress, and which prove that little else than war is expected by the Turks themselves. However desirous to conciliate the favour of the European Powers, the Porte is still unable entirely to repress the excesses of the people. Murders and other out rages continue to be committed, and the fury of the rabble increases with the disgrace of the Turkish arms. The departure of the Baron Strogonoff, it is admitted, had excited some symptoms of fear in the Turkish Government, more particularly as it was known that the Ambassador had sent off instructions to Count Wittgenstein, who was on the frontiers, and to the Russian Admiral in the neighbour hood. The Porte has at length, after - a consi derable detention, allowed the numerous vessels laden with grain to pass down, as they are not wanted by the Government. Indeed so immense have been the supplies of wheat since the com mencement of the differences between Turkey and Russia, that the overflow into the Ports in the Mediterranean will, it is said, have the effect of considerably reducing the prices,. The Dar danelles are now open for vessels of all nations, but on condition that they shall be accom panied by a ship of war of their respective countries, and that they do not hold commu nication with any of the Creek Islands, thus prohibiting the Greeks from receiving the as sistance of Foreign Powers. Two Austrian ves sels from Trieste were boarded by a Turkish ship of war and carried into Scio, where their papers were examined, and having been found correct, they were ordered to be released. This, how ever, the crew of the Turkish ship would not permit, and forthwith began to pillage the ves sels, in which they were opposed by the Aus trian crews, and in the rencontre four of the lat ter were killed. A violent outrage had also Veen committed upon a British subject (an emi nent merchant), on the evening of the Bth ult. at Constantinople. He was returning from on board a vessel about seven o'clock, and had no sooner stepped on shore, than he was shot at and wounded iu the thigh by the sentinel. Lord Strangford (to whom the affair was duly repre sented) applied instantly to the Turkish Govern ment, and the soldier was arrested. • On Wednesday Sir Robert Baker resigned his situation of Chief Magistrate of the Metropolitan Police; and yesterday Lord Sidmouth sent for Mr. Birnie, whose long and active services every way deserve such a distinction, and immediately ap pointed him to the vacant situation of First Magis .trate of the Bow-street establishment. This state ment scarcely requires any comment. Had Sir H. Baker's conduct on the day of the Queen's Funeral met with the approbation of his Majesty's Government, we should not have heard of his re sining a situation of such high trust and im portance. Sir - Robert was, commanded to convey her Majesty's body by a particular road, and the amplest means were afforded him to carry that command into effect. The whole civil power of the metropolis was under his authority, and the military, to an unlimited number, were placed at hiS disposal. Yet with all these elements of strength, his first act was to give way to the multitude. Because the legitimate authority was daringly opposed and insulted in his person, he suspended the execution of his orders, and con sented to follow a road in which he had •for leaders a seditious. mob, wondering at the plia bility of his temper, intoxicated with unexpected triumph, and growing •at every step more dis posed to consider themselves invincible and re. sistless. To this disposition, which concession alone could create, may be attributed in a great measure the unfortunate scenes which ensued. Had the first attack of the people been firmly re pelled, a second would not have been made. Defeat would have precluded the hope of future victory, and instead of actual battle being given to the military, of gates being closed and walls pulled down to supply the assailants With missiles, the only artillery used would have been that of groans and hisses, and the only result, the com plete execution of the.orders with which Sir Robert Baker had been entrusted. A different course was adopted, and though the error was momen tary, yet the mischief which 'it produced was too" great to be afterwards repaired and re trieved ,by the utmost firmness and decision on the part of the military, who were thus forced into contact with the people, at a pe riod of unusual audacity and exasperation. We do not therefore wonder, though we sin cerely regret, that so distingaished and generally so useful a Magistrate as Sir Robert Baker, should have had occasion to think it his duty to resign a situation, ih which, at a moment of particular - difficulty and 'danger, he had not en titled himself to. the thanks of thOse whose orders he had been commanded to execute.---ibid.) [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Sir Robert Baker resigned his situation as Chief Magistrate of the Police on Wednesday last ; and Mr. Birnie was yesterday appointed by Lord Sidmouth to succeed him. It is said that the friends of Sir Robert Baker complain very much of the treatment he has received from Government. As we have been every day looking for this event, the news of it did not surprise us. From the rancorous manner in which Sir Robert was assailed by the tools of corruption, it was pretty evident, that he had been • guilty of an unpardonable offence in the eyes of Ministers. Sir Robert said, on his recent exa mination, " I allowed the intended line of the procession to be altered, in obedience to a force which, in my opinion, I could not resist, with out serious mischief to the soldiers, to the crowd, and to the persons attending in the procession, many of whom were females, who had been shut up for hours in the carriages in a state of alarm." But the' safety of either females or males, was the last subject which, in the opinion of Minis ters, he ought then to have considered. The ridicule cast on them by the defeat of their mag nanimous scheme to defraud the remains of her late Majesty of the honours intended for them, was, no doubt, of far more importance in their eyes than the lives of the people, and the glory of the triumph which they promised themselves would have been deemed a cheap purchase with the` lives of thousands. The transac tions of Manchester indicafed to all authorities, ' in a pretty unequivocal manner, that a regard for the lives of the people was not the most in fallible course for obtaining their favour. It required only the tteatment of Sir Robert Baker to remove every shadow of difficulty with respect to this point. On the 16th of August, 1819, a peaceful assembly of men, women, and children, were consigned over to military execution, and five or six hundred persons became its.victims.— The thanks of his Majesty's Ministers were in stantly and cheerfully given to the authors of that dreadful day. On the 14th of August,lB2l, a humane Magistrate took compassion on the females and - Others in the funeral procession of the Queen,- and hesitated to shed the blood of his fellow-citizens. That Magistrate, so far from receiving thanks, has been insulted in the grossest manner by all their creatures, and has at length been forced to relinquish his situation. Further observation on this suPject is unnecessary. [THE TIMESI Our sentiments respecting the verdict of Wed nesday last we have already described. That the Coroner should have closed his charge with recommending a verdict of justifiable homicide, would have surprised us considerably more, if, in the course of that charge,he had ever entered fairly upon the law of the question as it affected the destroyer of Honey. But his premises and con clusion were worthy of each other ; for the Ist being inapplicable,the2nd was of necessity absurd. By whom was the first violence offered ? Say it was by the people, in shutting the gates (which we deny as a monstrous misrepresentation) that, we assert, was an offence for which, had there been a peace-officer present, he could only have or dered the Guards to take the offenders into cus tody,--not to strike at or ride them down. But without the presence of such a civil functionary, the Guardsmen had no right either to take men prisoners or to strike them down. The right of self-defence against personal violence is the only one under which, by the law of England, a sol dier in arms is authorized to use those arms, ex cept in execution of the commands of a Magis trate, given to Mtn or to his officer on the pot ; otherwise we live under military law, and at the mercy of the King's forces. [NEW TIMES.] We were prepared for some expression of dis satisfaction on the part of The Times at the ver dict of Honey's case. That. verdict, given after six hour's deliberation, recognises the provoca tion given to the soldiery, and tends powerful ly to counteract the impression which may have been produced by the different result of another Inquest. That The Times should be angry, because a degree of guilt, sufficient to answer its purpose, had not been charged upon the soldiers, was natural enough, but we did not expect that combined stupidity and malignity could have put forth any thing so profligate and absurd as the remarks in that paper of yesterday. First we are told, that it was desirable " some one " should be found guilty—that a victim should be provided at all events. This was going pretty far in defiance of justice, but as yet the object to be gained was not avowed. Yesterday, however, the mask was thrown off, and the pro ject proved to be 'more ingeniously monstrous, than even the most diligent and constant reader of The Times could have conjectured. It was nothing less than to place his Majesty's Govern ment under the necessity of throwing the shield of the Royal Prerogative between the infliction of the sentence of the law and the convicted offender. God forbid, that our whole national character and political system should ever be so changed as to enable this preacher of a new code of expediency to inculcate his diabolical les sons with success ! God forbid that British Juries should ever be so lost to every feeling of virtue and of honour, should so far forget the ob ligations imposed on them, by their duty to their Creator and to man, as to listen to those perni cious doctrines, the aim of , which is to substitute a hatred of authority for a love of freedom. Of freedom, indeed, the insidious inculcators of those doctrines are the most constant and deadly enemies, for they strive invariably to degrade the sacred institutions on which its permanency must depend. This is peculiarly shown in the present instance. Can a more flagrant insult be offered to Juries—can a more gross attempt be made to bring them into contempt than by urging the propriety of their being influenced by consi derations independent of evidence and of law ? To what must this lead, but to the utter disgrace of that invaluable bulwark of our liberties, and the utter corruption of the very fountain of jus tice ? The purpose for which this sacrifice of truth and equity is to be made is worthy of the means proposed. British Jurors are to be urged to charge on their oaths the crime of Wilful Mur der against some persons or other, whether they believe them guilty or not, because it is thought desirable to force the Executive to an invidious exercise of the Prerogative of the Crown. Our fellow-citizens, the soldiers, are to be put out of the pale of the law, and forced to seek shelter from the Government ! Oaths are to be despised, and truth and justice set at nought—and all this merely for the purpose of keeping up popular . excitement, and affording to seditious writers and mob-leaders an opportunity of endeavouring to disturb the public tranquillity. [BRITISH PRESS.] A report prevailed yesterday in the City that the Turkish Government has, by a public Pro clamation, offered a free pardon to all the Greeks who will return to their allegiance within three months from the date of the Proclamation. The report, however, does not seem to have exer cised any favourable_ influence upon 'the state of the Funds, and yet the intelligence is of a nature which might be regarded as a strong indication 'of a pacific disposition on the part of the Turkish Government, and consequently would, we think, if generally be lieved, have caused some improvement in . the appearance of the market. The Russian 'ultimg turn is said, among other things, to have required upon the part of Turkey some proceeding of this nature, which might operate as an assurance to the Greeks that their persons and property would be respected by their barbarous masters ; if therefore any such offer of a general pardon has really been held out by the Turks, it would im ply a readiness to acquiesce in the terms of the Russian requisition with respect to this particu lar, and proportionally diminish the probabilities of war. The accounts which we have lately pub lished, and more especially those which appeared in our Paper yesterday, exhibit the Greeks as exulting loudly in the success of their arms. If those statements give us a correct picture of the present posture of their affairs, it is not likely that they will readily accept the proffered mer cies of the Ottoman Government. We fear, however, that the victories of the Greeks are for the most part the glowing offspring of some warm heads in Paris, and that a protracted war pre sents to the great body of the Greeks so little to hope, especially when they shall be left to cope single-handed with the whole force of the Otto man power in Europe, Asia, and Africa, that the mass of the nation would, we apprehend, not un willingly exchange their dreams of conquest and independence for the sober reality of protection for life and fortune under the immediate gua rantee of the Russian Government. We observe that all the London papers quote the extraordinary advance of 300 guineas in the letting of the Leeds and Harrogate tolls. The natural conclusion must be, that Harrogate has an ever-increasing number of visitors. We are glad that it is so ; and we shall be still more glad if they have a better road to travel upon. The hill at Sturdy-lane, near Harewood, which might be avoided, by a diversion, some time since projected, is a matter well deserving the atten tion of the trustees. We like to see improve ments in our own neighbourhood, but we would not have them confined to it, and, under this im pression, we again venture to call the attention of the parties concerned, to the Harewood and Harrogate part of the road.—( Leeds lidelligen cer,Sept. 10.) MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.---Sunday afternoon an accident which had like to have been attend ed with the loss of several lives occurred on the river off Woolwich. Mr. LENTON, a respectable tradesman at Poplar, left home that morning with a party for pleasure, consisting of his wife and two children, and three or four friends, all in a sailing boat, which while steering along with a fresh gale, happening to come suddenly in con tact with a ship's hawser, was upset, and the whole of the party washed overboard. The, surrounding watermen were soon alarmed by their piercing shrieks, and instantly bent their oars to their assistance, and soon rescued them from a watery grave, with the exception of one of the children, a fine girl, aged 11, who having got among the shipping, sunk to rise no more.— The poor little sufferer was picked up next day floating on the water off Blackwall stairs, and conveyed to the Globe Tavern, where an Inquest was taken yesterday on the body, before Mr. UNWIN, the Coroner, and a verdict of—" Acci dental Death" recorded by the gentlemen of the Jury. FlRE.—About half-past seven o'clock on Wednesday evening, the house of Mr. Watkins, No. 12, Windham-place, Crawford-street, Mon tague-square, was discovered to be on fire, by the neighbours observing the flames issuing from the first and second floor windows with great ra pidity. They instantly ran to the door, at which' they kept constantly knocking, but receiving no answer from within, they with great difficulty broke it open. By the prompt exertions of the firemen the flames were arrested, but not till nearly all the furniture was destroyed, and the house much damaged. MURDER.—On the night of the IGth ultimo, a set of wretches armed with pistols, assembled at the house of Dennis Murray, Nicholastown, the county of Kildare, Ireland, and demanded the immediate surrender of his arms, and on his refusing to give them, a shot was fired through the street door, which passed through his body. The unfortunate mau,lingered until the following evening, and then expired in great agony. A reward of 190/. has been subscribed by the inhabitants of Nicholastown, for the ap prehension of any of the parties concerned in this atrocious murder, and the most active measures are resorted to which have any likelihood of leading to discovery. Mr. JOSEPH PHILIPSON, farmer, of Algarkirk Fen, left Horncastle, on his return home, one evening during the fair, in company with three strangers, all on horseback. When they came to a part of the road which is much overhung with trees, in the parish of Scrivelsby, one of them called out, ‘C Pull up, don't ride so fast ;" an other at the same moment struck Mr. P. a vio lent blow over the side of the head, which brought him to the ground, where he remained for some time senseless. When he recovered himself he found that his late companions had robbed him of his pocket-book, containing 341. Mr. PlintesoN is the person who was robbed of 4001. on his return to Algarkirk from Boston Fair. Last week, the colliers round Glasgow struck work for an advance of wages, and a meeting of a great body of them took place,,on Thursday, near Shettleston Kirk. MURDER AT ITIGTIG.A.TE. ANOTHER EXAMINATION OF BARRETT AND HIS WIFE. — . Yesterday being appointed for the re-examination of Barrett and his Wife, they were again brought up from the House of Correction ; and at nine o'clock their examination was resumed before the Rev. Dr. OWEN, in the Justice-room, Highgate. The Court was again excessively crowded, and Messrs.,But ler and Henson, jun. were in attendance, to afford legal assist ance. Mr. Hale, the master of the deceaserl, was also present. The prisoner Barrett appears not at all to -be affected under the heavy charge laid against him ; but his wife appears to be greatly embarrassed, in consequence of her situation, and was very much altered to what she was on the last examination on Tuesday, and she was so very weak that she sat down during best part of the time. Nothing material was elicited with respect to the murder. Several of Mr. Rothschild's servants identified many articles, both of wearing apparel and household furniture, in the posses sion of the prisoners. Here Barrett suggested that one of the witnesses should look at a pair of gaiters to identify ; but as all the servants had looked at them it was not thought necessary. Mr. Butler proposed, as they could go on no further with evidence, in consequence of the absence of Miss Percival and other witnesses, an adjournment for three weeks, which was consented to by Dr. Owen, who requested the witnesses to an nounce to their mistress that the ends of justice should be com pleted, and all the witnesses should positively attend at the ap pointed time in order that they might be bound over to prosecute. Mr. HENSON, at the request of Barrett, applied for the pro perty to be delivered to the prisoner which was not identified, and likewise some letters in their possession. Mr. PHILLIPS had no objection to that part of the property which belonged to the prisoner being delivered to him, but he would not consent to ally document being► delivered to him, and John Joss, the officer, who searched Barrett's lddgings, and found the property stolen there, received orders to keep the things in his possession until the trial at the next Sessions. The prisoners were then remanded and taken from the Bar ; on going into the street they were followed by crowds of persons, who remained until they were taken back in a coach to the House of Correction. The female .prisoner on walking along complained of something, and the male prisoner said, " Keep your spirits up like me." It was suggested, after the examination, that a watch found in the prisoner's possession should be examined, and Conway, the officer, was sent for it. ------- - - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION lIOUSE.—EXT E NSIVE SHOPLIFTING IN THE CITY:—It will be recollected that last week two persons, Jacob and Rachel Aarons, Jews from Holland, were brought up be fore the LORD MAYOR, on a charge of having robbed the ware house of Mr. Lester, woollendraper, in Leadnhall-street, of a large piece of woollen cloth. It was charged that they had been to the warehouse before, representing themselves as foreign traders, and desiring to look at certain goods, but bought none. On that occasion a piece of woollen cloth, of value of thirty -guineas, had been missed. On the second time they visited Mr. Lester's warehouse, the porter suspected that the fenialepri soner on her going out had something about her, and brought her back, when she dropped a large piece of woollen cloth. It excited much astonishment that she should be able to secure so large a piece of goods, but an apron, with hooks affixed to it, has been subsequently found in the warehouse, close to where the prisoner stood. This apron is so formed as to retain with security any article that might be attached to it, though of con siderable weight. The two prisoners were brought up a se cond timelor examination, when Forrester, the, officer, stated that lie had succeeded in finding out the fodgings of the two prisoners at No. 7, Finsbury-market, where he had discovered a large assortment of goods, consisting of silks, valuable shawls, scarfs, and pieces of cottons, with the marks obliterated. The office was filled with 'shopkeepers, who stated that they had missed goods in an extraordinary manner ; bid few of them could recognise the prisoners : one of them, an extensive -silk manufacturer, who had been robbed to a great amount, identi fied one of the shawls found at the prisoner's lodgings, as his property, and had no doubt that the remainder of the shawls were also his, but could not swear to them, as the marks were taken off, and there were oth of the same pattern, nor could he recognize the prisoners. Restated, however, that since the statement of the case had been published in the Newspapers, a number of the trade had taken stock, and had discovered most serious deficiencies, which, they did not doubt had been occa sioned by the depredations of shoplifters of no ordinary descrip tion. The LORD MAYOR thought it would be nnnecessary to mul tiply cases against the prisoners, and that the charge made by Lester would be sufficient to send the prisoners to take their trial upon. The two;prisonersewere therefore fully committed for trial on the charge of having robbed Mr. Lester's warehouse, and the parties bound over to prosecute. On the examination of the twoprisoners, nearly all the known receivers of stolen goods in the city were bout the avenues, and such a, degree of anxiety upon the case was evinced amongst this class, to induced the officers to suspect that the ease had exten sive ramifications. When they searched the lodgings of the Aarona, they found a card with the address of a man named Goulston, .No. 23 a Old -street, St. Luke's. Forrester and For ster immediately went . there, and gained a sudden admission.; The greatest confusion was excited by their appearance. They: apprehended Jenark Goulston, to whom the premises belonged;' they found but one piece of silk with a roller, on which the mark 'was unobliterated. This mark led to the discovery of the owner, who had been roblSed, but by another pair of foreigners than those who had been brought before his Lordship. Jenark Goulston was then placed at the bar, and the evidence against him was-as follows':— Sarah Chittam, warehousewoman to Mr. New, of Paternos ter-row, silk-manufacturer, stated, that on that day a man and woman, who appeared to be foreigners, came to the warehouse; a piece of silk was stolen, but it was not missed until the police officers brought home a piece, which was ascertained to b e the property of the house; she was positive the silk had not been sold, and she had seen it on Thursday. enry Forster, an officer, produced a piece of silk, which was identified as Mr. New's property. He stated, that he had, in consequence of information, gone to the apartments of the pri soner, at 23, Old-street, and that he met the prisoner's wife coming out of his apartment, on the second floor, with a bundle containing the silk ; the prisoner said he knew nothing at all about the property upon heir% _first interrogated, but he after wards said that he purchased it at an auction. The parties were bound' over to prosecute Ooulston for the misdemeanour of having in his possession stolen property. Joseph Smith was charged with haVing passed a forged £lO note upon John Griffin. ' Griffin, who lives with Mr. Tueker, of Budge-row; stationer, stated that the prisoner came to the warehouse between four and five in the evening of the 28th of August, and asked for a ream of elephant paper, aaying that it was for Isaac Lyons, of the Kent-road. NVitness said he understood Lyon's name was Moss Lyon's, to which the person replied in the negative ; hut that the name of Mosey was given to him by the boys— Witness gave him change for a £lO note, deducting 30s. for the paper. Mr. Christmas, for the Bank; stated, that the £lO note pro duced was a forgery ; and requested that the prisoner might be remanded, as many other cases were expected to be brought against him. Moss Lyons, paper-manufacturer, of the Kent-road, said, that the prisoner had been in his employment about a month. He stated, that he had never sent the prisoner for the elephant paper to Mr. Tucker.—South was then sent back to prison. Ou ILDHALL.—JUVENTLE DEPREDATOUS.—A ragged little fellow, about 11 years old, named Robert Banbridge, one of a gang of pelfering little urchins that infests the neighbour hood of Long-line, - Smithfield, was brought up yesterday be fore Mr. Alderman BRIDGES, upon the charge of a Mr. Hodge, who keeps a toy shop, No. 03, in the lane. Mr. Hedge stated, that the neighbourhood was perpetually annoyed by a number of dirty boys, about the age of the pri soner, and some of them younger, who appeared to have no other visible mode of getting their bread, than by committing depredations, and pilfering every thing they can lay - their hands upon. Their practice is to watch their opportunity about dusk, and break the panes in shop-windows;' and in the hours • of, business they lurk about, two or three together, remove the' broken pieces of glass, and rob the windows of any small ar ticle Within their reach. In this way he had hiMself no less than eight squares broke in his shop window within the last fortnight. Expecting depredations in consequence, he had been almost continually on the watch, and on Wednesday afternoon, while a female was looking at the goods in the shop-window, he observed the prisoner, and two other boys, place themselves beside her, near to one of the squares of glass that had been broken. He watched them, and saw the prisoner remove a piece of pasteboard that had been put against the broken pane, and steal a box of colours and another small article out of the window ; his companions the while so completely covering him on each side, as entirely to preclude the observation of passen gers. On seeing him, Mr. Hodge, come to the door, they made off; he pursued the prisoner, who set up the cry of" stop thief," and after a pretty long chase took him into custody. The boy cried a great deal, but had nothing to say in his de fence ; and the Magistrate, thinking him a fit object to be made an example of to deter others, committed him to . Newgate for trial,. OLD BAILEY, SEPT. 13. CUTTING AND MAlMlNG.—Yesterday John tOne and Benjamin Bone, two brothers, were indicted under Lord Ellen borough's Act, for cutting and stabbing James Au stirs with 3 sickle. It appeared by the evidence, that the parties were labourers , and were drinking together at a public-house of the sign o f.tho Itobin Hood. They had all become rather merry with liquor , and John Bone attempted to quit the house without paying 111 ' 4 reckoning. He was followed by the prosecutor, who endea voured to stop him ; a scuffle ensued. and Austin was wounded by the sickle, which Bone had in his hand at the time. After hearing the evidence of the prosecutor, and of the land• lord, and the servants of the public-house, Mr. Baron fillet' HAM stopped the case. It was proved that the prisoner Jowl Bone had misbehaved himself ; but yet it was impossible to convict him under this indictment. It was not proved th 3t there was any malice between the parties previous to the affruY , and therefore the prisoners must be acquitted. The Jury returned a verdict immediately—Not Guilty. Ann Davis, aged 65, was capitally indicted for uttering as true to John Newman, a forged one pound Bank of England note on the 4th of August. This prosecution was not at the instance of the Bank, but 4 Mr. Newman, to whom the note was given in payment. The prosecutor is a grocer, residing at No. 11, Churclazol l i Islington. On the 4th of August the prisoner came into big shop and bought some tea and sugar. In payment she tender- ed a 11. note. The prosecutor, not suspecting it was bad, gave 16s. in change. -Being asked what address should be pat 0: 1 the note, the prisoner said, " Oh, Robert-street, Covent-care den, if you like • or, if that won't do, put Mrs. Martin: 46 f Cross-street ;" and she added, " I was recommended here - by that lady." The prisoner then went away with the change' On the 6th o August another woman (Sarah Leech) came leo the shop, and asked for change for a 11. note. The prosecutor had, after the prisoner was gone on the 4th of August, di"; covered that the note was a forgery ; and when th e secoll'; Bank-note was shewn him, he immediately perceived it WO 1 1 the same plate. Mr. Newman askedthe wo ma n w h ere s he ha' it from, and she immediately answered, " From Mrs. IVlarti tt ' of No. 16, Cross-street." An officer was sent for, and the Wo man was taken up. It appeared, however that this female l u = " nothing to do with the tr a nsaction, and that she had been ern' ployed, innocently Oh her part, to obtain change for the note by the prisoner. The prisoner gave in a written defence, in which she stated that she had received the Bank-note in the course of her ne , ,s as a seller of old clothes. The Jury found a verdict Guilty, but recommended the prir, t i soner to mercy,'on account of her a ge, a nd th e b e li e f that ," was her first ()Knee. Joshua Roebotham was indicted for stealing in the &we'll: house of James Hascutt, wearing apparel to the value of ed and upwards: The prosecutor, who is a labourer, had lock up his house, leaving no on e w ithi n , an d h a d gone t o his trg On his return he found the house had been broken open, the property in question stolen. Having some intimation bit or as to the route which the prisoner had takerr, the proscc u , i , pursued him to Colnbrook, and there found him with -1 1 j 5 prosecutor's) coat on his back, and shoes on his feet. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, without hesitatio"' BEFORE THE COMMON SERJEANT AND A LONDON HIGHWAY ROBBERY-James Dacey, a youth of Wl' he able exterior, was indicted for assaulting Samuel Lindall o° Vic , King's highway, and taking from his person a go ld watch,' „ 5 . The offence was committed in the neighbourhood of Bisl l ' e r gate, and the evidence clearly proved the assault and robb er ,' to ' The COMMON SERJEANT, in passing sentence, observe', j a the prisoner, that though young in years, he was not yOU 3 bl offences. He had before appeared at the Bar of the Cuur t ' i , e en had not the capital part of the ch a rge i n th e pr ese nt case ) 0 0 abandoned, there was but little doubt the law would have, t he - its fall course; for the repeated and violent robberies neighbourhood where the offence had been'committed, perhaps, have induced his Majesty in Council to order the,iiiip execution of the law, as an example to oth els . His 14°"`. a ee then observed, that for the protection of th e p u bli c , and to ' ,ea , the prisoner from an early death on the scrifibld, the Cou r t tenced him to transportation for the term of his natural ',„id James Biggs, aged 21, w a s c o n vi c t e d o f s t eL lir 3 oto' watch, seals, &c. valu e 151. 'f rom 'the person of Mr.v'Ci'r. nee phee Crishop, 'Attorney, - of Child's lace ; . - Fleet.streets 31st of August. bae The COMMON I -SERJEANT--" Prisoner,*you 'nave been yaa before ; it is evident you have got your living by thieving' must leave the country." The Learned JUDGE observed to the Gentlemen of the . 0 1 0 1 fr of that what they had seen and heard that ni g ht ga ve full pt the state of the Metropolis. t he William Martin, aged 20, was convicted of stealing person of John Streek, a box, containing sundry valuab le, des, thepropertof Miss Mary Ann Robinson. tiou fOr The Coulur immediately sentenced him to transporta life. from. When the Assizes for Merioneth came on I Dolgelly, there was neither prisonernor cans(' The Commission was next opened at Carroartl°; where there was not one prisoner for trial, eith° for the county or borough. At "Whittingharn fair there were a great nu of her of Irish shearers, wh e n, on o ccasion of 00 0, them having received an affront -by a Sc, breaking his pipe while smoking, the " Wi ; the Irish rose and paraded through the' fa knocking down men and women i n discrituj oa ' e g t, f, with their shilelahs , for some hours, whe n `, 3 'to Ker of the Coquetdale Bangers, threaten'n'; t o bring his troop of horse, they thought Pr 4:•, .0 7 decamp in small parties in various dif e rid --- after• several people , .-were seriously wou n 'l We are happy to say that.no lives were I° s " oe t FEMALE liEnotsm.- 2 ln a trial at the'Sonier'ict Assizes, the prosecutor's daughter, 113 , r e t c Tovey, an interesting girl of 17, stated thn 'hoe prisoner came to her father's shop to . l 3 n, r , l ,iist pork, which he requested h e r to chop• lar d doing so, she observed him put a bladde r of into his bag ; upon which she seizgl strong powerful man) by his smock frock, hi°" locked him in with herself, where she kep t ho ar iu spite of his threats and entreaties, for an and a half, until the return of her father. , dree k A man of the name of Hogs:flesh was las t : ge o. committed' to Hampshire gaol, for steali n g We are happy to.find, says The _Leeds I 1 ,0- gencer, that a considerable sum has been,V,iards ed in London, to reward the brave Life 1 -' 0 t he men who were the victims of popular fury o w rs, 14th of Auguit. 'We see, by the coun tr Yi P ; - ; that the subscription will not be 0:41110° oral 01 metropolis ; but that it is taken up i 0 se the principal towns in the 7-....--- BIRTHS. k 7 Lady 61/4/r) Yesterday, at Earl Spencer's, Wi m bledon-Pa r don-PO ie s.. Lyttleton, of a daughter. l lt e ' Yesterday, in Cumberland-street, the Lady a t he Clayton Glyn, 'of a son. DIET). „ Lo ss P . ' G ~1 41 101 . 1 9 e nday, the 3d inst., after -----------a bor t ) Crane, n n, u leigh Salterton, llillaototleibn:spnteocsepslaatscle,,iri!,. a th g e etl 3 . s 6 - t .1 1 , 1 8 . xe.: l3. °fofb'iCs gaiton-c: shall, and Samuel 11.1-vp .bbq , Friday last, at B d illness, the Rev '. S. Pidsley, Rector of X./pl ow - . ford ieverel. ... - ,79,' mat LONPON : Printed by J. B. CARSTAIIIS, of Nu* "V. l '‘ Ormond -street, Queen square ; and Published by , sus . SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molten-street, at .I'll'i r: s•rs , OyFict, No 112, Strand; where A IrciERT 1 sO l ~d. °IMMO, LETTERS &c. (post-paid) must be addrcb, Devon, afte r aarilciinsgc:,,opri'l:g. j-- . _ :HARRIED. sqt °e' On Thursday, the 13th inst. at St. Geor e , co pnover - 04',. by the Rev... W. Wilcocks A.M. Italian MV,,:liter`° of Hanover-street, Hanover-sq - u ' are, to Jane, only ----t' • FY' Thomas Lane, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn. 1) 114 i Yesterday,• at, Mary-le-bone Church, Cant. George /3 ,0. 0 Igf ILN., to Elizabeth, only daughter of Sr Jolinlfatb, .. JO Wartield, in the county of Berks. A tll , gr . p e ter . Yestrday, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields , to of Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, Solia w ' r ' only daughter of the late John Roake, Esq.