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had purchased five or pig years ago, but from whoni he, the pri-
soner, could not recollect. Pl'itness then examined the timber, and
found part of it marked with the name of " Plow," in chalk ;
therefore the witness suspected it to have been stolen, and in con-
sequence seized and brought it to this office.
Mr. Blucher, foreman to Mr. Ayres. timber-merchant, in
Houndsditch, being called and sworn, stated, that he examined the
timber lying on the flour, and that that part of it which bore the
name of " Piator" upon itl had been marked by himself, and that
the same had been given into the prisoner's custody, to be delivered
on Mr. Pistor's premises, loot whether it had ever come into that
gentleman's possession or mot he (the witness) would not undertake
to swear.

Mr. Pistor then came roman!, and stated to the Magistrate that
he believed that the tinibeallying on the floor was his, but he could
not on oath undertake to itiontify it, neither had he any witness to
produce that could do so.
Magistrate to the prisoner—Hate you any satisfactory account
to give me of the timber lying on the floor
Prisoner—No, your Vroiship, nothing further than what I stated
to your officer at the time I was taken into custody.
Magistrate—That aceoutt is by no means satisfactory, therefore
I convict you of a misdemeanor, and I adjudge you to pay a
penalty of SL, and in desalt I will commit you to prison for three
months, there to be kept to hard labour.

UNION-HALL.
CAUTION TO WoMaretw.—Yesterday a journeyman glass-
blower, named Thomas Asko, in the employ of Messrs. Green
and Pellatt, proprietors of the Falcon Glasshouse, in Holland-
street, was brought before the sitting Magistrate, M. SRABEY,
Esq., on a charge of having threntersed to break the articles of his
agreement with th- firm, and abscond to America.
Mr. Green, the nanager of the business, stated that the proprie-
tors were under the necessity Of bringing the defendant Forward on
this occasion, in consequence of the various Acts of insubordination
which have for some time put prevailed amongst the men employed
in the manufactory. 'the delkodant, he observed, had entered into
an agreement for the term of three years with his employers hav-
ing absented himself foir • fter days at the commencement of the
week, which he admitted Colo not very blameable during Christ-
mas, the defendant appeared at the factory on Tuesday last, rd.
dently tipsey. He stated on the occasion that he had come to work,
and witness having directed him to a particular job, Aston became
insolent, declaring that he would not obey theurder, and finally
istfrting that he would break through the articles by which he had
bound himself, and &bacon{ to America. This threat was de-
livered in the presence of 'tither men in the factory, and was
obviously calculated to do mischief. Under these circumstances
Mr. Green added, the ptopriittees were necessitated to make an ex-
ample in this instance. .
The agreement entered totally the defendant was here produced,
with his mark attached.

On being shown the document, he declared that he was induced
to sign it when he wits intexlsated.
Mr. Green repelled the defendant's Insinuation, declaring that
there was not the tightest truth in it, for he was perfectly in his
sober moments when he executed it. The firm, he trusted, was too
well known to be suspected of inveigling any num ihto their ser-
vice ; and it was a well-known fact that their house gave as high
wages, and as great encouragement to the individuals in their em-
ploy as any house in the trade in London.
The Magistrate observed, that he did not give the least credit to
that which the defendant had alleged, and as the facts stated by
the complainant appeared to be eompletely established he (the Ma-
gistrate) was Convinced he should not he doing his duty to the pub-
liens well at to the firm but by making an example, which he
should accomplish, he trusted, by sending the defendant to hard
labour at Brixton for fourteen days.
Some time after the above conviction Mr. Green interceded with
the Magistrate for the defendant's discharge, on the ground that
since the case had been decided several of their workmen had made
application to the firm, expressing their regret fur what had taken
place, and promising in future that no cause of complaint should
from henceforward br necessary. Under these circumstances
Messrs. Green and Pellatt were anxisatt that the Magistrate would
consent to repeal his conviction and liberate the man.
Mr. SWANEY observed, that he had bestowed much pains in the
investigation of the conduct attributed to the defendant, and he
saw no reason why he should curtail the punishment that he sen-
tenced the defendant to ; however, as the man now seemed sensible
of his misconduct he should, upon the application of the firm,
mitigate the term of his imprisonment trout fourteen days to one
week.

T3e defendant was then conveyed to Fan!.
In consequence of the delendant having a wife and two children
the Magistrate directed that the firm should continue to pay his
wages to her during his imprisonment.
Mr. Green, upon this suggestion, replied that it was the Inten-
tion of the firm to adopt it.

A trunk containing property to the amount of more
than 100!., consisting of trinkets, linen, apparel, &c. was cut sway
from under the travelling carriage of Mrs. Montgomery, of May.
f.tir, on her return from Tunbridge Wells, on ‘Vednesday evening,
notwithstanding it was megureg by patent sides. The robbery was
committed between the Green Ma turnpike and Charing-cross, It
being all safe at the former place.
HORSE STEALING.—Another neat of horse-stealers in
the West of England has been traced, by the apprehension
of a man of the name of F'ou'ler, on Monday, on the cross
road between Oxford and Dunstable, at a place called
Chirwood, near Tring. The prisoner was driving a mare,
and leading a horse, both stolen from a pasture belonging
to Mr. Meard, near Evesham. His story was, that he was
servant only to a man named Sanderson, who hail some
stabling and a small farm at Odsey, near Royston. Fowler
was driven to the place in the custody of a constable and
a person who had traced Mr. Ward's horses, where they
found in a close stable four others, so doubt stolen, as Mr.
Sanderson was not to be found, and no one but an old
woman in the house, who knew nothing of the matter.
On the 29th ult. as Mr. Septimus Dromby, of this town,
was returning from Wytun, about seven o'clock in the
evening, having Mrseßrombll and a little girl with him, in
a gig, soon alter passing the enny Bar, he heard the sound
of two horses approaching at full speed, as if racing. In
order to give as much room as possible, Mr. B. drew near
the drain, leaving room for several horses to pass on the
proper aide of the road. On coming up, one of the persona
attempted to pass between the gig and the ditch, the conse-
quence of which was, that his horse came in contact with
the vehicle, which was upset, the shafts and traces were
broken, and Mr. Bromby's horse completely liberated. Mr,
8., his wife, and the little girl, were thrown out, and Mr.
B. much stunned. The horse of the person who had occa-
sioned this mischief died a day or two afterwards. So vio-
lent had been the contusion, that part of the shoulder-hone
of this animal was found in the hole at the end of one of
the gig shafts.—Hull Pocket. _ _

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT StITCIDE.—On Wednesday
night, about half-past twelve o'clock, as a hackney coach
was proceeding along Oxford-road, the notice of two men
was excited by the screams of a female, which came from
the vehicle. The men instantly alarmed the watchman,
and then pursued the coach, which had pulled up at a
short distance, the coachman having iiho heard the screams.
On opening the door a dreadful spectacle presented itself;
a young man, seemingly about 2U yeas of age, was lying
on the straw, huddled together and bleeding in torrents
from the throat. He was taken out immediately and car-
ried to Dr. Collett's, in the neighbourhood, where it was
found that he had made a very desperate cut in his throat ;
but fortunately the penknife with which he commits d the
act had missed the windpipe, and therefore saved his ex-
istence. The incision was sewn ui;elzeDr. Collett; and
after remaining seine time in the he was carried
home to hisfamily in Wilson-street, Edgware-road. The
young female that was with him is his sister; they were
returning home from Drury-lane Theatre when he com-
mitted the dreadful act. On inquiry at the house yes-
terday we arc happy to find that he was in a fair way of
recovery.

CAUTION TO MOTHEM-011 Tuesday, the Gth inst.
the wife of a workman in the vicinity of Paisley observed
her youngest child, about six menthe of age, somewhat
uneasy; on examination she found a piece of sewing thread
sticking in its back. She suspected that a needle, or
piece of a needle, had entered the child while lying in her
lap. The thread was pulled away, but nothing came along
with it. The child was pretty well on the remainder of
that day, and in the forenoon of Wednesday, but towards
evening it became rather fretful and uneasy and passed a
very restless night. The mother became alarmed, and on
Thursday morning carried the child to a surgeon, by whom
an incision was made over the part where the needle ap-
peared to have entered, but no needle could be felt there.
The child grew gradually worse on Thursday evening, and
expired before mid-day on Friday. For several hours be-
fore death it laboured with distressing and violent palpita-
tions of the heart. On examination it was found that a
slender needle, about an inch and a quarter in length, had
entered between its shoulder blade and spine, pawed be-
tween its third and fourth ribs, and penettated the heart,
thus occasioning the death of a fine healthy infant. The
struggles of the little sufferer seemed to have forced the
needle deeper than at first, and the thread, which might
have prevented this, and been a guide to its extraction,
had unfortunately been removed. This is not the first
instance where we have known a needle plunged its whole
length into the flesh of a child, and we hope the know-
ledge of such fatal instances as that now related will make
those who have charge of infants more cautious in having
pins or needles stuck in their clothes.—Paisley. efdvertirrr.