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London, England, 1825-04-13 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Arai!. It.

Michael Burley was convicted of a fraud on the parishes of it
Giles and St. Martin's, in obtaining money under lilac pretences,
by petitioning tor relief under the character of a pauper.
Sentenced to sic months' imprisonment in the /louse of Cor-
rection.

Several other cases of petty larcenies and common 'lnuits, bat
which possessed no feature of interest, occupied the Court for the
remainder of the day.

POLICE.

MA!iSION.HOLISE.

A merchant, who has been for many years in the West Indio,
came to the Justice-room in the deepest affliction, accompanied by
his son, who is twelve years of age, to submit the follotviog case and
request advice:—
He had two sons, the one who accompanied him, or rather whom
he charged ielth baying conspired with the other, to rob him, being
the younger by a year. Both had received a moat excellent educa-
tion, and could till situations of considerable profit, so great wets
their acquirements, even at that early age. He had used the utmost
industry to make them independent, but unfortunately, when ha
began to entertain expectations of assistance in his mercantile con-
cern front them, he detected a plan which was laid by them to rob
him of ingots of gold and silver, which he had brought from St.
Thome' with him to this country. What increased his horror
upon discovering that his own children meditated a robber, upon
hint was, that the person who instigated them was their owe greed-
mother, to whom he had never done the slightest injury. but who
had been some time privately ur.derniin lag their morals, and as
last proposed to them to take advantage of his unbounded reliance
upon them, and rob him of the fruits of his labour. The eldest cat
the boys was now with his grandmother, who insisted upon detain-
log him, notwithstanding the frequent applications and menaces
of the father, whom she defied, even though backed by the whole
of the city police. Upon the youngest he had prevailed to make •
confession of all the circumstances of the intended robbery, and
front hint he learned that the grandmother had been for some tints
recommending them to get I tdd of all the gold and allege and bank
notes they could lay hands upon, in the possession of their father.
The applicant burst into tears in the midst of this statement. He
held his boy's hands fast lacked in his, and said he did not apply to
have his children punished, but to have them rescued front the
danger of everlasting punishment, by advice and warning from the
mist respectable quarter.
The boy said, in answer to some questions from the Lord Mayor,
that his grandmother had counselled him and his brother to commit
the robbery. Ile also stated that be had taken down the old lady's
proposition in writing soon after it was made, being in the habit of
committing to paper any serious occurrence. His brother was kept
concealed by his grandmother, ato doubt for the purpose of being
made more skilful in getting hold of his father's wealth.
The apnlicant said, the old lady observed, upon being told that
the Lord filayorsbould be informed of her conduct, that no offence
had been committed, and that his Lordship had no control over her
or her grandson, who should remain under her protection as long as
he pleased.
The LORD MaToet then represented to the boy the probable
consequences of the course in which he had engaged with hie
brother, and endued an officer to go to the house of the woman who
detained the latter, to represent what had taken place, and de-
sire that the boy should be delivered to his father.
The applicant, in great agony, begged that the Lord Mayor
would prove to his sons that he coold punish a meditated crime
with great rigour.
His Loansarr, who felt much for the distressed state of mind
of the gentleman who made this solemn appeal to him, assured
him that he would do all he could, as a .Magistrate, in the case ; and
des'red that both boys should be brought before him on a future
day.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday evening an inquisition was held before T. litsoo,
Esq., at the Feathers, Dean.street. Westminster, on the body of
Charles Fowler, an elderly man, who was found dead at his kids.
logs last Monday.
James Gillum, chief officer of Queen-square, deposed, that he
received information on Monday aftemoon that a man was sup-
posed to be dead in the front parlour of No. .51, Duck-lane. He
went to the house, accompanied by Waller, the beadle, but find.
ing the door fastened inside he forced it open, and there found the
deceased lying on his back on the door. He had apparently been
sitting in a chair before the fire.place, and had fallen backwards
with the chair under him. Witness supposed he had been dead
for some days, as on examining the body he discovered the right
eye to be completely eaten away by rats. as also a part of the finds
I off his hands, and his upper lip; a more horrible sight never pre7
sensed itself to his view. _ _

A number of written documents were found in the apartment,
all of them petitions or begging letters. addressed to various climbsr
guished characters, viz. her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sus-
sex, Connaught-place; Earls Grey and Besborough, Lady Cam.
line Lamb, &r., airing charity, and stating that his misfortunes
arose in consequence of being wronged out of an estate of the
value of 1:100/. per annum, near Cheltenham, by mortgaging it to
his first wife's father for 1,2001.; that he had sustained a loss in a
Chancery suit, through false swearing and 'Many, and in order to
carry on the suit he had drawn up a petition, to which all the
King's brothers had subscribed, besides receiving the signatures of
above 1,200 noblemen and gentlemen, &c.; and concluding with
stating that his present wife was lying on her death-bed, destitute
of the eornntonnecessaries of life.

Waller, the beadle, corroborated the testimony of the first wit-
ness, anti further added, that pigs were kept in the next apartment
to the deceased, and the place was terribly infested with rats, which
got access to the room by means of a large hole under the tire.
place. There was a vast quantity of petitions and letters now itt
the apartment, which would more than till a large basket.
Edward Williams stated, that the deceased rented the room of
him, in 81, Duck-lane, and he had known him personally for the last
11 years, but never ascertained his name until within this fortnight.
Witness last saw the deceased (who was in the habit of obtaining a
livelihood by writing letters) on Friday last, when he asked Mop
for some arrears due; the deceased replied he was going out with
two letters, and would pay him on his return. 'Witness never saw
him afterwards alive. He was Induced, by not hearing the de-
ceased, to try the doer ; it being fastened, he bored a hole With a
gimblet in the wainscoting, and observed the deceased's face on the
door, upon which he gave the information.
The Jury, after vi.:wing the body twice, were satisfied that no
violence had been committed, and returned a verdict of " Founl
dead."

Hilt r H.
On the '23 inst. the wife of William Lang, journeyman-shoe.
maker, Parley, was safely delivered of four eliildree. Oats of Om
was ; the other three, with the mother, are doing well.

MARRIED.
Oa Saturday lust, at Ewehne, Oxon, Nevile Reid, Fig. eldest
sou of Andrew Reid, Esq. of ILionsdown, Harts, to the Honourable
Caroline Napier, youngest daughter of the late Right Hun. Lord
Napier.
On the I Ith inst. at Eltham, Mr. Charles Bishop, of Shad
Thames, to Eliza, only daughter of George Ring, Esq. of Mot-
tingham, Kent.
(Jo Saturday, the 9th inst. at Willey Church, Hants, Edward
Frest, Fag. of York, to Caroline, daughter of M. Iliteetham, Esq.
of Casino), Hants.
At Airala, on the 25th ult., Jarm:a Easton, aged eighty-nine,
to Fanny 3lacnicol, aged tiny-three, both of the parish of Larbert.
The bridegroom's account of his age is, " 1 wur nine years auld
when the Hielandmen atm through Kinnaird ; I mind o' than as
wed'. o' yesterday, an' sad della they were, they wood 'a whuppet
ye doun, and tirled the shoon ail your feet, an' ye durst as say
• What do ye, Billy ?' "