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London, England, 1807-11-24 00:00:00

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This was an allion lot wink dont. The rlaintif
was a widow and a laundress ; she hail washed for the
Defendant, wt o was the brother cf her huchand, for
three years; she had mare Irrquent application; to
him for payment, and had its:tired a variety of
letters from the Defendant, w.tich, although they
admitted the astual enjoyment of the luxury of
clean shirts and mended stockings, still pleaded, by
numerous L tters, that incompetence was the only
cause for not liquidating a just debt. The De-
fendant in scme short time became more comfort-
able in his resources, and endeavoured, by legal
and other evasions, to aviiid the payment of tl.e
debt. It, hosiever, appeased on the adasision of
t"e Plaintiff's evidence, that a sum of 41. 10s. 6J.
was paid since the delivery r t the biil.

The July found a •eedi.R of '. 191. rd. heing
the balance after deducing the money paid cc ac-
count.

Wednesday the Lutd Nlagistratcs, and
Council of Edinburgh, unanimously voted an Ad.
dress to Lori VISCCUIIt CAI fIC A PT, commauding
His fdrusssv's forces in Scotland, to he preented
in a gold box, Congratulating his I.,nthhip on his_
sale zeturn to that metropolis:, ;the' his tccessiul
services at Copenhagen.
Yesterday, about eleven o'clock. as one of the
Greenwich stages was passing, thiGui,lt l' ii rnent•
street, one of the springs broke, and two feeihtics that
were oa the outside were thown oil, and, we are
sorry to say, one of them had her leg broken ; the
other much bruised. They were caitied to the
nearest su►geon. The inside pa►scodess fortunately
diem% d without hurt.

IN'eciLegdAy. the Lours rItC.VOIIT, Magistrates,
and Council, in consequence of a representation
Lom the Meister of the Trinity House of Leith,
suspended James Noels front his office cf harbour-
pilot, on account of misconduCt in bringing the
American brig F.'era into Leith hat bour.
Jerhatah Carbon (under sentence of imprison-
ment fur two years), one of the five conveds who
escaped from Chester Castle on November the 3d,
surrendered himself on Sunday, November the Bth ;
and Thomas Caope►, alias Wright, who was under
sentence of transportation for life, vas apprehended
at Manchester, on Thursday, the 1 gth, by the per-
severirg aAirrity of Mr. NADIN.—It appears, front
the confession of thee, men, that they passed five of
the Chester guardians of the night, in their gaol
dresses, and chains oe ; that they seemed themaves
in the forest of Detainer, all the nett day, and that
It took thee seven hours to cut their chains of;
g•t which they proceeded through Northwich to

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POLICE.

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N A MSION•NOrSt.

AP*, P. a very genteel looking young woman,
was charged before the Logo MAYOR. with having
robbed a Gentleman of his pocket-book, containing
351. several memorandums, five. shares in the Ale
Company, ten shares in the S^uthampton Canal,
and several other Companies, at the door of Batsan's
melee-house, Cnrnhill, on Thursday evening last,
between six and seven o'clock.

It appeared, that on Thursday last, the Protect,-
tcr.was accosted by the Prisoner, at the end of
Pope's-head-a:ley, who asked him to accompany
her home, which he declined, and proceeded to
Batson's coffee-house. On his arrival there, he
called for some sealing was to seal some letters for
the post. While be was in the se of sealing the
letters. two men came into the coffee-room, and
called for some brandy and water, and when the
rws•cutor left the room, they followed him, though
they had not drank their brandy and water ; outside
the door he met the Prisoner again, who familiatly
took hold of his arm, and he had not gone far with
her, when he missed his pocket-book. returned into
Batson's, called the landlord out of the bar, and
told him he was ruined, as his pocket-book was
stolen nut of his pocket. The Prosecutor could not
swear the Prisoner took the book, nor that he felt
her hand at any time, except when she took hold of
him by the arm. On Friday evening be went in
search of the Prisoner, about the hour at which he
was robbed, and also on Saturday, having first
changed his dre-.1. The Prisoner came up and
snoice to him, and he had her taken into custody.
She give the Officer the keys of her box, and told
him wll,•re he might find it.
The Waiter Batson's stated. that about ten
minutes before six, he saw the Prosecutor and Pri-
son- conversing at the end of Pope's-head-alley
the Prisoner he had seen frequently.

The Prisoner, its her defence, stated. that she
was innocent of the charge. She had never seen
the Prosecurer until Saturday evening, and had
drank tea at the house of a Mr. Roper, where she re.
mained From five o'clock, until saven on Thursday.
Mr. Roper corroborated her statement. and gave
her a very good charrSer.
The person with whom she lodged, in Ch:spel-
street, Goodnsan's-fieLds, stated. that the Prisoner
had lodged at his house for three months. 'lle
greater part of the tithe the was sick. He, during
that time, never saw any thing improper in hereon-
duet, hut the stria-st honey and propriety ; if it
had been otherwise, she should ant have remained
in his house.
The Lona MA YOlt asked the Prisoner how she
supportwi herself ? when she informed hi.; Lordship
she had lived wish a gentleman, who left her, with
a promise of future support ; having been sick for
some time, her finances heir: expendod, she was
obliged, for her support. to walk out now 2,1.1 then.
She had taken part of her things from Chdpel-
street. to Cradhwcourt, St. Mary-Axe, where site
now resides. intending. whoa her finances became
better, to return.

Upon 'hit evidence, and the Prosecutor not being
able to swear positively to the identity of the Pri-
soner, the Lo yo it ot dered her to be discharged.
Mr. Lewin, a woollen.inaoutaaurer. was sum-
mimed betore the LORD Mayon. by some Excise.
Officers. who bid sewed some woollen-yarn. sent to
the Defendant, which was not marked according to
Aft of Parliament.

It appeared that two package a, containing IV
pnundi of woollen-yarn. were sent to Mr. Lewis,
from his ',wise in the country. and net having been
marked with Cie word "wool," they were sciarl by
the Officers.

An Attorney attended on the part of Mr. Lewis,
from whose cross-examination it also appeared, that
the yarn aas packed in mat ing, through which it
was perceptible ; and he contended, that as there
was no intention of concealment, it did not come
within the meaning of t.ie A.
On tlie other hand it was cont:rded, that the
packages in question came fully within the Ae,
and that every package that has not the word
" wool" written upon it, is liable to Le seized.
Mr. Alden 'tan Lea, who sat fur A short time
with his Lordship, was of opinion, that the packages
were not seizable, inasmuch as the intention of
the MI was to prevent the exportation or smuggling
of wool out of the kingdom ; and as it appeared
the pickages were of such a construftion, that it
could Lot be supposed Mr. Lewis wished to have the
wool brought by stealth ; nor did he think it was
possible the manner in which they were tied could
allow them to be called packages.
Mr. KING submitted to his Lordship, if any per-
son near the coast WAS to put yarn into an (yea
eau, without any thing teed round it to keep it tn.
Nether, and intended to convey it to Portsmouth,
whether it would be seizable.

The Loan hIsYOR wished to mitigate the fine ;
lux the Prosecutors submitted it was not in his power
to mitigate the penalty.
After a great deal of argument on both sides. the
offiers agreed to restore tl:e yarn to Mr. Lewis, on
teceiving which the other agreed to pay.
Ghat Irs Cooper and Iftigienx scrie charged
with picking the pocket of James Henry Custen, of
an India silk handkerchief, on Saturday night.
It appeared Mr. Custen was passing through
Whitechapel, when he heard k man call out, "stop,
Sir, you are robbed," he immediately turned round,
and saw Ward drop a handkerchief, and an offices
holdipg him.
The officer who took them into custody, was on
the watch for them, as they had made a praaice of
robbing carts ; he SAW Ward pull the handkerchief
out of Mr. Custen's pocket, and hand it to Cooper,
when he collared them, and called out to Mr. C.
he was robbed. •

Cooper was recognised as a returned transport.

They were remanded for a second examination.

Upwards of eight young men Were taken up on
Saturday eight, in the Tarn Jolly Weavers public-
house, Houndsditcb, supposed to be part of a gang
of thieves who frequent that house, and who bad
committed a burglary in the neighbourhood, a few
days before.

The friend, of the most of them attending, and
giving them good charaaerg, they mere discbarrd,
it appearing thatthey had met there accideatally.

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eon...motif. woo. ft.. t
The Suflsere, 74, Capt. Cone, is fitting with the
utmost expedition, to receive The flag of ftir Jobe
Borlase Warren. It' is expelled that Sir John will
sail in a few days, to assume the command on the
American station.

The Neribenikrla4tl,74, Capt. Hargood ; Diane
frigate, Capt. C. Grant; Tepeve. Capt. Griffiths
and Alilbrook schooner, Lient. Leach. are in dock
at this port ; and the Belle Peek and La Moire
frigates, are also in dock, repairing for commission.
The Sum/Arab frigate. Sir George Collier. icor-
dered into dock to be examined. She grounded in
turning into Kioge Bay, in consequence of the
Danes cutting away the buoys.
Arrived His Majesty's .hip Lavinia, from Oporto;
she sailed from thence on the Sctinst. with a fleet of
95 sail, for England, and parted in a gale, on the
9th ; only two sail now in company, one of them
the Gosport, Ford.
Put back, by contrary winds, His Majesty's ships
Croeod,k and iliendence, with a Beet, far the Cape
of Good Mope.
Dropped down to St. Helen's, His Majesty's ship
Pamper, to join Rear-Admiral Keates.
Came into Harbour the Malta, —, for Malta,
having received damage in the late gales.—
Wind S.W.

PLYMOCTII, NOV 21.
Arrived His Majesty's ship Fortun, e, 38 guns,
Captain Vansittan, front the Rochfort squadron ;
"woo sloop of war, Capt. Browne, from a cruise ;
and the Hazard, 111 guns, having sprung her bow.
sprit in the gale on Friday night.
Came in His Majesty's ships Shannon and Pomona,
from a cruise ; and the Avon, Streather, from Peters-
burgh, for Bristol.
Sailed L' dig fr, 96 guns, Capt. Wolfe ; and the
Betsey cutter, for the Channel Beet.—Wind N.W.

DEAL, NOV. 22.
Remain in the Downs, the Prp.ees, of Orange.
Candy H'nd•oen, and Plairga, men of war; Clyde
frigate ; Man r, Ilikl, Monlav, Lynx, and Speculator,
Run-prigs ; Harmony vietualler; Samuel. Seigleone,
for Trinid.id; Mena, Aylward ; and Eelipie, Far-
riman, for Jamaica.—Wind S. blows hard.

TRURO, NOV. 21.
A Messenger arrived here last evening from
Crantock, about seven miles north of Truro, with
information that a brig, laden with hemp, tallow,
and otser articles, had been driven on shore there,
and that three of the five men which composed he/
crew, had been drowned. We could not learn the
name of this brig, nor any further particulars con-
cerning het ; but the messenger reported that two
other brigs were also embayed, at a little distance
from the former ; that one of thew, which was
within the range of the breakers, was in imminent
danger of coming no shore, and that the other
would be fortunate if she escaped. There was a
tremendous sea beating is dead upon the shore.
A party of dragoons were immediately dispatched
from l'rurn, to assist in saving and protefting the
cargoes, /cc.