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London, England, 1819-10-07 00:00:00

DISTRESSING CASE.

'esterday &trek Buckley, a very interesting hank,
about 'TO years of age, was brinight up in the custody of an
officrr, charged by Mr. James lkseett, of Ne. 14, Little
ainbrigion.sireet, Mary-le-Boer, wish hasing robbed kr
reaiiy•(ursii.herl apartments to a great ea It ~t.
It appeared in evidence, that the unfortunate girl formerly
held a very respectable 'notion's isi a patient tra's 6ltoly, in
the sieighboushoort of Portmaii.square; but in consequence
•f hold ug an improper iutereuurse with one of the servasta,
she was at length sedoced by him, ma became pregnant,
rod the loss of her 111111111$0a was the result of it. In a
short time she was driven to the greatest we'll, through
which she was necessitated. from the want of friends and
reputati.in, to ha herself with persons of a loose deocrip.
tine, whose inferno.% prufessiou she pursued to procure
subsistence. 811 e lodged at several places prior to Mr. Ben-
nett's, where she a short time ago pillaged apartments, but
heal not been there) long before she atneouded with various
articles of property, consisting sit bed.eurteius sheets,
blankets, lace, Ste which she puorile.l sad disposed of at
different places. Osi the discovery of the rubbery the Pro-
secutiw, after much difficulty, traced the properly, and as.
certained that the Prisoner (whom he knew by the deacrip.
Lion) was the persou who pledged them; and the parties
attended mid ideutiied bee. _ _ _

The Primmer, who was very much affected, detailed a
series of misfortenes, no which was the km of her situation,
through her improper conduct, which had drivels her to dis-
tress, sod ceased her to commit the crime with which she
aloud charged with, belt she never had committed a robbery
before, sad she erased mercy, ■ad prommed to pay the
losses of the Prosecutor.

The ►lagistrate remanded her for a week.
Me. Martin, an officer of the Life Guards, applied for •
summons, is consequence of an attack being made on him
by a hackney.ctrachman, in the street, of the following na.
tare :.—He hired the fellow's coac► to take him a ►Mort die-
tante; and ou his arrival he raid bum a shilling (his demand)
which proved to be a bad use; having nu other, he endea-
voured to procure change fur a note, but was unoscressfal,
and the coachman refused to take hr. address, urinating on
the pavmeat of his fare, and he struck him once or twice,
sad wire it sot for E. Pepper, the constahieof St. James's,
passing by, no doubt but be would have received the grossest
treatment. A summons was readily granted.
PATTON-GAUDIN.
Jamie: Purl, ■ jonnzerman painter and glazier, was
chergrd by Mrs. Mary Jury, of SO, Bildwin's-gardens,
Gras's with stealing a valuable silver bursting
watch out of her house, the property of • boy, her son.
On this charge the Prisoner was committed for further
examination, but before he was taken from the bar, Jobs
limbriek, the officer, informed the Sitting Magistrate, that
there were two other most serious charges (and which affected
the public at large) against the Prisoner, that the parties
aggrieved were then present, and he had nu doubt but many
other charges of a similar nature would be brought against
him, of forgery and fraud. Here the officer produced •
small deal box, about an inch and a half deep and five inches
square, to the Magistrate. It had been nailed and tied up,
sad bad been sealed with three seals, and directed to Mr.
Bash, Shrewsbury coachman, Gerrard's Hall, iu which
was a piece of flint stone, wrapped up in brown par....—
The officer next produced • small brows paper parcel,
which had been tied up and sealed with three large seal ,
directed to another stage.coachmen, and which only con-
tained two small pieces of slate. The first of these parcels,
the officer stated, the Prisoner delivered to Bush's wife when
her husband was from tows., together with • bill and
receipt for four pounds fire shillings for the watch ordered.
This sum Bush's wife paid the Prisoner. The second
parcel Ire delivered, in like , with a bill and receipt
for twelve shillings, for engraving two dozen barbing This
sum the Prisoner also received; sad the officer had uo
doubt bet be would have many Ohre charges of • simi-
lar nature against him on his 'text examination. The
Magistrate ordered him to lie remanded fur a week.

DARING ROBBERY.

Sunday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, the
house .or Mr. Blake (the Turk's Head), in the New Kent-
road, was rubbed under very extraordinary circumstances.
Mr. Blake and a friend were taking a glass of wine in the
bar, when two genteel looking men entered and walked into
the irsdrey-rusim. They remained about half an boar, and
then departed very precipitately. Soon after the landlady,
un entering the bed-room, was surprised to And the bureau
broke open. Suspecting immediately that the place had
been robbed, she marched the drawers, and missed about
170/. in amok notes, and her husband's gold watch and seals.
Fromm the 'ignition of the place, one of the robber. most have
thrown the property to the other into the yard. In the same
drawer were Ave bags of guineas, and seven 201. bags of
silver, which Mr. Blake intended to wend to Sheerness, and
which luckily escaped them.

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ST. DER.

ANTONIO.
A letter front Newmarket stater, that the.Joeiter
Club have decided. that the Dot.cmiter St. Leger
shall be civets to Antonio. N.vtry
and dismtereined perauu will'ackts‘w!edg.- us-
tice r.I this