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above the. value of 40s. The Noiecuttie said, that
hie prop.ety was worth 61. It he was above to
pur .ha .c .;x spoons from a silver •s nith, pernap•
ire
mast gibe that sues for their, on a: count of the
fah its, the cy;.-tern, and the workmat.solp ; but Mete
the Jury were iinly to eitesider the intriestc value of
the silver; and perhaps. some of them were better
ledges iin that subjea sit i Mr. Incletlon void be.
The qii:stion then would be, whether the silver
stolen was worth 40s
0 te of the Gentlemen of the Jury requested. Mr.
Incledon to stand up Again, and asked him if his
door was open at the time the robbery teak 'dec.
Mr. Incledon said, it certainly was ; and he mutt
take Warne to himself for having gone out and se-
gle led to shut not only the front door of the house,
bit even the parlour door.
The Jury then found the Prismate of •l-
ing to the •-allse of 395. which takes I say the c ,etal
part of the charge.
It appeared in evidence, that when the Pris ner
was taken, a reit of currant jelly was found in hit
pocket; and that he could give no account of the
i.ause of his having had sucn a thing in his possessl. •,
Thema, William! and Yore Null were india, d for
having burelariously entered the duelling house of
'homes Eldridge on the night of the *th inst.
The Prosecutor keeps a public house in White-
cross-street, St. Luke's. On the night in question,
he and his wife went up stairs about eleven o'clock,
in order to go to bed, after fastening all 4 !e•es.
*s'aile Mrs. Eidridee was undressing het se f, a d
fore the candle was put nut, the -ash of the sal tether
window, which turned on hinges, rid which had
been shut up close, without being fastened by any
b it, was pushed open, and a mast put his head and
shoul ters in; but on seeing her, pulled himself back
immediately. She was sure this mats was the pri-
soner, because sht had seen him that very day at her
house. The prisoner had got up to the window
upon some tiles that covered a building attached to
the house.
Mr. Eldridge mid, that as soon as he was alarmed
by his wife screaming out, he got out of bed, went
into the street, and saw the man and the woman
(prisoners) standing close to is house. Two nights
before that, between twelve and one, he saw them
lurking about near his dbor. lie had them taken
into custody.
The Prisoners declared they were innocent, but
called no witnesses.
The Jury found them Noe Gaily.
Marie 'porker, a girl only 14 years of age, was
tried and conriaed of stealing '25 yards or cotton,
which hung outside the shop-door of a linen draper.
Judge GRAH•S: tom: th:s opportunity of censur-
ing the negligent and improper conduit of shop-
keepers in placing their goods io a situation so pub-
lic and exposed, that there was a constant tempta-
tion held out to the vicious and the indigent to be-
come thieves.
The linen-draper said that was a common custom
among people in the trade.
Sir Nests Goose said, the custom was a great
public nuisance, which ought to be put a stop to.
Mars Walt, who had lived as servant with a Mrs.
M tg4ll, was tried for seating two silver spoons, and
two gowns from her mistress. on the 26th of April;
e trly on the morning of whic't day, she left her
place without giviny any reverts,: notice, and offered
the things to be pawned. The pawnbroker, to whom
she offered the spoons, kept them in his possession,
while the Prisoner said she would go to fetch her
mother; and afterwards returned them to Mrs. Ma-
gill. The two gowns were taken in pledge, by
another pawnbroker. To this pawnbroker the Judge
refused to allow his expences. The Jury found the
Prisoner Guilty, but nut capitally.

SUICIDES.

A melancholy instance of self-destrutflion occur-
red yesterday. W illiam Ellis, a young man, twen-
ts-two years of age, the son of a respe&able grecer
in Holborn, terminated his existence by shoot" -
himself through the head ; the circumstances whit h
led to this fatal and dreadful ail, it is said, originated
in an attachment the deceased had formed to a
young woman, whom his family did not esnsider a
suitable match for him. Between eight and nine
o'clock in the morning he breakfasted with his father,
during which a quarrel took place or. the sub3eft allu-
ded to, and the young man rushed out of the room, ai a
patently in gt eat anger; bit no suspicion was enter-
tained of the horrid design he meditated. Within
a short space of time after his departure, the report
of a gua was heard, and the alar.ned father rushed
to his son's chamber, which presented a sight too
distressing to describe. The unfortunate youth
lay lifeless on the floor. It op ears, he had taken
his rifle piece, the muzzle fwh ch he placed to
his left ear, and touching the trieg.v the puree wet t
off and the ball went through his head. Surg.ectos -
were instantly sent for, and came with all possible
expedition, but assistance was useless. The Cor -
ner's inquest :s summoned to sit upon the body this
day at the Red Lion Public Haase. The deceased
belonve.i to a corps.
Yesterday morning, about five o':;tsck, a
voting woman alssait seventeen years of age,
Ift her servitude (the Smyrna Coffite-hmse,
t. James's-suer. ), and proceeded thrmagh the
Palace into .he Park, when the sentinel addressed
her, saying she was paying an early visit.—
She proceeded on without taking any notice, to the
Green Park, where she was observed by two per-
sons in Piccadilly, to walk gradually into the Bairn'
and was seen no more till near seven o'clock. She
was taken out lifeless, and conveyed to St. Martin's
Workhouse. There was nothing found in her
pockets, but in her bosom were deposited some
!tat:pence wrapped in a piece of white paper, on
which was written Fanny White, Lambeth." It
is reputed she committed this rash a& in conse-
quence of haying beer. married (a few days only) to
a man who af-erwards proved to have a Wife and
family. It iveuld be well it' the bacon of water in .
the Green Park were inclosed with an iron railing t
similar to that round the ('anal in St. James's Park, :
as it would prevent misforturps, accidental, and :
- I sometimes wilful.
he

1/owAao Mooaa, Esq. of Muoresfort, in the:
county of Tipperary, was on Monday sennignt
killed by a fall from his horse, immediately after
muuntiug, for the purpose of going out to dine.— I
lie bat left an amiable wife, now is England, and
numerous family.