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THE HARVEST.

diem and four other persons,in • box drinking pewter awed playing gt
dominoes.
The woman, in defence, admitted that they bad been playing at
dominoes in the early part of the night, but net then—that they
were lodgers, lac.
Mr. HALLS said, that her excuse only aggesysited the offence,
and fined her 51. mid costs, obrerving—the third time her licence
should be stopped. Ile wished their were no such persons as cont.
mon informers; the patrol and watchmen would answer the
purpose infinitely better, under the direction of the Parish Com-
mittees.
HA TTONMARDEN.
The manner; of the ladies of the neighbourhood of Gray's Inn.
lane and Saffron-hill wire peculiarly dieplayed yesterday in •
morning visit to the sitting Magistrates. fruw the court circle of
these quarters—Tesh.street. Gray's Inn.lsoe.
Mrs. Marah Lath was placed at the bar to explain her conduct
to her husband.
Miss Emily Leech, the daughter, stated, that on Monday night,
when her father returned home, Mee. Leech made a modest demand
on him for a little of what used to be genital pin money, but now
is better understood by the name of gin money. On his refusal to
grant this favour, Mrs. beech swine that she would stick to him
like • keel, s then seising hint by the collar vowed she would
" tale it out of him in malt cc meal." This attemi t to extort
money not being approved of by the landlord, lie attempted to
check the process, upon which she swore that she did not care a
pinch of snuff for anything about hint, and in confirmation thereof
knocked the snuffers and tray at his head. On Miss Emily Leech
expressing her dissent to such conduct. she assunsl her she would
skip the mouth of all, rater,. to effect which she seized Miss
Emil 's " pretty Poll,' stud flung it in its cage into the open
world.
Mrs. beech, in defence, assured his \Vorship that she (like other
great personages) was the victim of a gross conspiracy to deprive
her of her lawful spouse, by charges of incontinency; and that if
he felt her really guilty, he should hare manfully come forward to
accuse her at the office and not send these hirelings.
The weight of her defence had its effect, and the further hearing
of the case was postponed until when the husband is expected to
appear in propria persona.
JUITENILZ Duos AMITY.—Johrt Chapman, a boy of SlboUt 12
years of age, who, it sill be recollected, was brought to this office
about three weeks ago, with others. on a charge of robbing their
parents, and who was discharged through want of evidence, was
brought up rimmorning, charged by his mother, a respectable
woman (who appeared deeply affected), with stealing ii. his. from
her bed.rootn, where she had deposited it for safe custody on
Thursday last, about half-past seven o'clock, front which period
• until last evenin.t, when the constable took hint into custody, she
had never seen him.
The officer stated, that he had searched the prisoner and found
nothing on him; but, en questionieg him, he ackrowledged hay.
ing taken one sovereign sod three half.crowns.
The prisoner, duritug the examination, displayed great Indiffer.
race, and said nothing in his defence. His conduct, when taken,
was extremely insolent. lie was emended.

thii way, that he row airs forward with a determination to follow
up this case. and make r.n example of the offender.
Mt. Smith then stated, that its consequence of strong dreum.
stances of suspicion excited against the prisoner ~nd another shop.
man (who had since absconded, taking with him a quantity of pro.
petty out of the shop), the prisoner's box was searched, and in it
was found a valuable silk veil, also • shawl, and a piece of silk,
which he (Mr. Smith) now identified es a part of his stock, which
had been stolen from the shop. Mr. Smith added, that he was
convinced that the shopman, who h:-.d since absconded, and the psi.
woe:, were in league together, - nil had robbed hint of more property
than he was now prepared to state.
A constable deuosrd as to having searcheillbe
and found the articles mentioned in it. •sr.
The prisoner, in his defence, declared thelbe was innocent of the
°Terms with which he had just been charged. lie admitted that the
articles specified by his employer were found in his box,
_but he had I
not put them there ; the young man who had absconded was the
person who took advantage of his (the prisoner's) absence from his
bed-room, r.r.d placed the things in his box. lie was cot aware of
the circumstance until after the individual fled, and then he (the
prisoner) was afraid to give them up, or mate that he had found
them in his box, under the apprehension that he world be accused
as the thief. The prisoner added—" Your Worship, you may
think this a lame account, but I declare it is the truth. and if the
other shopman is apprehended, it will be round that I have bad no
participation hi the rJhbery."
The complainant said, this defence was at complete variance with
the story the prisoner bed told when he was apprehended. The
articles enumerated, and found in the prisoner's box, he (Mr. Smith)
had shewn to a lady in the shop, the day before the prisoner was
taken into cusi.xly, and he had after w anis given them to the prisoner
to put away on • certain shelf, close to that part of the shop where
the prisoner aenetl ; to this particular shelf the man who had ab-
sconded had no access, his situation being at the extremity of the
shop. Therefore, from this circumstance, as well as from litany
!others, he hail so doubt the prisoner was implicated in the robberies.
Dlr. Cit A:1 II E n s obserriAl, that the case was certainly very strong I
against the prisoner, whom he should now commit for trial, if the
prosecutor pleased; but as it was the wish of all the parties, the '1
shopnum was remanded ; and in the interim, directions were given
to apprehend the other shopman if possible.

DREADFUL SUICIDE IN A WATCHNOUSE.

Coacnta's INQUEVe--:tlondav afternoon, an Inquest was
hell at the Three Tuns, Belton-street, Long-acre, before Tnoons
Sr mown, Zoe Coroner, on the body of a young woman, who
committed suicide in St. Gilt?' watchhouse, on Friday night last.
The beadle delivered the name of the deceased to the Coroner as
" Jane Bennett," but intimated that he had been unable to pro-
cure an information for the Jury relative to her connections.
The Jury-room was excessively crowded, and a number of parish
officers attended, who seemed to feel the greatest interest in the in-
vestigation.
Joseph Riley being sworn, deposed' that he is a patrol belonging
le St. Odes's parish, and parades Ileoad-street. He did not know ,
the deceased before last Friday evening, when he was sent for nil
take her into custody for being riotous and disorderly at a public.
beuse in that strce.. On his arrival there he found the deceased
woman, who was inebriated, surrounded by a crowd of persons, and
ehe was making a great disturbance, vocifenting that she was de.
itermined to have a woman out of the house with whom she had had
I some quarrcL It was then twenty minutes before seven o'clock.
Witness remonstrated with ha, and advised her to go home; but
this seemed to make her more violent; and after he had requested
her repeatedly to go away, and not to make a disturbance, and she
refusing, In tack her to the watchhouse. where she was locked up
until the arrival of the constable of the night. Witness called at
the watch-house at nine o'clock, and on files. Furzemen unlocking
the door of the dungeon, she discovered the deceased hanging, ha,.
dog suspended herself by a shawl, which she had torn auto small
stripes, and tied ingeniously together, to answer the purpose of
banging herself. Witness cut her down, and sent for Mr. Burgess,
the surgeon, who arrived, and rendered every assistance, but to no
purpose, as she was quite dead.
Samuel Funetnan, the watchhouse keeper, deposed, that the
deceased, after being in the watchhouse some time, made a great
*one, but was afterwards 'Bent. 'l'he door was opened twice while
she was there, a period of two hours and twenty minutes. Witness
elated, that upwards of twelve persons had suspended themselves
Bering the last twelve months, and one the night before, which he
tweed by cutting him down.
Ann Smith deposed, that on Thursday night last she was charged
with being riotous and disorderly, and confined in St. Giles's watch-
house. The following they, on being taken to Marlborough-drat
Office, she was fined a shilling, but not having one to pay, she was
locked up by order of the Magistrate, in the bank part of the
(Hike, in which she met with the deceased woman, who had also
been locked up in detach of payment of that sum, and in the course
of conversation she informed witness that she had been charged at
St. Anne's watchhouse fur being drunk and disorderly in the street.
On being discharged in the afternoon, witness, deceased, and an-
other female, proceeded to liroad-street, St. Giles's, where they
had some porter together, and the deceased became intoxicated,
and wanted to quarrel with witness, and she was ultimately turned
out of the house and taken to the watchhouse. Witness had not
seen the deceased, but understood her name to be Jane Bennett.
Mr. Fendon, the Foreman of the Jury—l don't mean to impugn
the parish as having any bad motive, but 1 really think, Gentle-
men of the Jury, that this watchhouse is a fit subject for our ma.
turc consideration ; the safety of the public demands it. We hear
that dericr, the last twelve months frequent instances of this kind
have occurred, and the watchhouse must be an improper place of
confinement. Nally do we not hear of such frequent instances in
edict watchhouscs ? it is a tit subject fur representation to the
parish.
An assistant Overnice here rose and remarked, that he was de-
puted by the 'Watch Committee to attend the inquest, in order to
state to the Jury that they might visit the watchhouse, and any
suggestion they could make for its improvement and safety would
be attended to immediately, and a deputation of the Committee
I would, after the lepresentauon of the Jury, give directions for its
alteration.
Mr. Fendon thought It would be highly important to visit the
Matchhouse, and have it immediately altered.
The Jury then proceeded to the watchhouse, with the Coroner,
Be. They were first conducted into a cell, where the deceased coin.
edited the act, a close confined place, with a window fcr the pear.
pose of ventilation with bars, to which persons might easily reach
if dis to hang themselves ; and to one of these bars the de.
had tied her shawl. It appeared that this room was appro.
primed for the reception of drunken and disorderly characters. The
Jury, after complaining of the place, and saying that " it had ap.
parently been built with an intention to facilitate suicide," were
led into an adjoining place of confinement, of exceedingly small
dimensions. Furzenum, the keeper of the watchhouse, stated that
they frequently hail GO or 70 persons confined in this wretched hole,
in which the Jury felt great inconvenience during their inspection
of the place. '1 he bars of the windows were separated sufficiently
to admit a silk handkerchief or string, which could be adopted
by ary person disposed to commit suicide. The Jury, after
passing their observations on the place, returned to the Jury.tcom,
when
Mr. Conan, the landlord of the public-house in Broad-street,
together with his servant, were called, to prove that unnecessary
violence had not been used towards the deceased.
Mr. Fendon here remarked. that it was highly important that
notice should be taken of what they had witnessed. it frequently
happened that the most outrageous qu..rrels took place in St.
Gdes'e, when the watchhouse was consequently full of the lowest
rebble. If more respectable persons wore eaken to the watch.
house, they were obliged to remain in this place till the morning,
which was sufficient to suffocate anybody. Ile also contended that
the place where prisoners were confined ought to be more spacious
end in an airy situation, and that the windows with the ban, which
they had seen, should be placed beyond the reach of the prisoners,
which would render the idaCJ more lofty, and encourage greeter
ventilation, and that the watch-house should be without anything
to which a rope or handkerchief might be attached.
The Coroner thought that there ought to be several watchhouses
in the parish, and in more airy situations, especially as there were
so many persons frequently confined in the present one.
Juryman—'That would incur too much expense uron the parish.
blr. Fendon.—The expense was trifling compared with the pro.
tection of life; but, according to his conception, a spacicus was.th.
house, built on an airy spot, would answer the purpose. He re-
quested the Coroner to draw up a document fur the vestries of the
parishes, and the ll'atch Committee.
The Jury expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the evi.
' dente, and returned a verdict—" That the deceased committed the
act in a 'tate of temporary derangement, brought on by excessive
drinking."
The Coroner then drew up a dccument to the vestries of the
unted parishes of St. Giles's in the Fields, and St. George's,
Bloomsbury, which stated—" That thcJery inipannelleil to inquire
into the death of Jane Bennett, who hanged herself in the watch.
house of the said united parishes, having in consequence cf a
message, vidted the watch-house, and gave it as their opinion, that
the watch-owe was inadequate to the confinement of sixty persons,
which number they wide/stood had been frequent!y confir.ed therein,
and that numerous instances of suicide had taken place in the
watch-house, which In the opinion of the Jury, ought to be built
on a larger scale, and in a more airy situation."
Funtuan the officer raid, that he was viscid in an awkward
situation, as blame might Le attributed to Lou for not preveuting
such catastrophes.
The Jury expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with his
condnitt.
Bather a singular accident took place after the Jnry bad delivered
their verdict. An announcement was made to the Jury, that a
boung woman, who knew something of the deceased mean, hal
een found, on which she was inuoduced to the Jury, under the
name of Jane Bennett. The resemblance between her and the de-
ceased was so great, that a hoax was suspected.
The Coroner, toying hold of her arm, asked her jocosely if she
was alive?
" I believe so," replied the girl.
The witness was then sworn, when it appeared that she had been
confined with the deceased in the watch-lextee, and had beer.
thinning porter with her and Ann Smith at the public-house in
Broad-street, St. Giles's. It turned out that the name of the de.
1 rowelWaS not known, and that the Jury had been sitting upon
U NION. HALL.the body of "port Jane Bennett," who was now a witness beton
n0t01ua1,..,, se simvA,./...._y„ttrtlay three or foot moo of them, anal who confessed that she was an unfortunate womati. The
the above dew: ienen crane before It. J. CiIAMDEMS, Esq. at this Corona woe than fore obliged tensile the name front the inquisition
under. paper and the document he had drawn up, and to insect, et on
The first owe Was against a young tnan, very faihionably dressed, the body of a warm :n unknown."
raned fro. a *imprimis to Mr. Fos Smith. at, extensare habits The Coroner mad it reminded him of a late occurrence at [ding.
dash= told lacc-tranetacturer. at Stonesenel, in the Borough. ton, where an inquest was held on the body of an individual white
The complainant. in stating the case against the prisoner. ob. name was not known, but in the course of examination she was
served, that he had been robbed to an immense amount by many of . mistaken for another person, whose nape was applied to her, and
his shopmen. wean,. he teid. instead of tsarina bmucht to instim Iwas , the deceen buried be.the friends of the potion missing. The
he bed
very hviietth. di.6l.troti on detection or the eremite friends were into rociuming, but subsequently the individual for I Printed
E: Lad, laincror, eti.7cred such severe acd incalculable losses di whom the deceased was taken made her appearance. 4 I 111

AIARI.BOHOUGH-STHEET.
Joent. Roich, s man of good address, a joiner, at present in the
employ of Mr. Baxter, the builder. was brought frmn St. George's
watehliouse, charged, upon the following grounds, with an as-
sault :
Air. Mead, who keeps a rublic-house in Maddox-street, Ile-
nover-equare, tinted, that the prisoner has been for a long time in
the habit of coming to his house, and annoying himself and his
family in various ways, but in none more than by his proceedings
to his (Mr. Mend's) dauglner. The prisoner is not content with
intruding upon Alin Mead his personal professions of attachment.
which she spurns with contempt, but he is in the practice of
writing to her letters, containing the most inflammatory, and in.
deed seditious, stuff that ever was read. He also sends her the
blasphemous works of Cathie and others, to read, and recommends
than' to her perusal. Alr. Head forbid him the house, but still
be frequently comes, dashes open the door, and kicks up all sorts
of rows. On Saturday night he did so. and in addition
clenched his fist in Alr. Alead's face; and this was the assault
complained of.
The prisoner, who seemed to smile at the charge with much self.
vutisfaetn. m, assured Mr. Roc, the Magistrate, that the whole was
nothing but a love affnir between himself and Miss Mead, to whom
he was greatly impelled, and not more so than the merited; and he
had the natisfnction to know, rots idistanding Alead's assertion
to the contrary, Miss Mead's love our him was no less sincere and
unalterable, in opposition to the wishes of her father who prefered
for his daughter nnother suitor; and as to his 'editions letters to
Alias Mead, they were nothing hut love letters, which Mr. Mead
not understanding, he thought they must be high treason. Kith
respect to Carlile's works, be never sent Miss Mead any such pro-
duction in his life; he had too high a regard for her purity and
morals; but the fact was, he hind sent her a refutation of Carlile's
works, by a Mr. Ilenmarsh, a gentleman of great talents, but see-
ing the name of ('ankle in the book. Mr. Mead immediately judged
it must be en ere of his works. As for the assault which Mr. Mead
now complains of, It was most unjust and ungrateful of him to
prefer it. for many a time has Mr. Mead taken • large stick, and
given him (the prisoner) a Pound thrnshing in the presence of his
daughter g but so great was his affection for her, that he would not
even lift a hand against her parent to protect himself, but took all
he got fluivtly.
Mr. Hot asked how old Miss Mead was.
Mr. Mead said that his il.nighter was a mere child, only 22 years
of age.
Air. Ron smiled, and told the prisoner that he had no right to
force his attentions on the family of Mr. Bleat!, if the latter did
not wish it ; and for the assault now complained of be must find
ball.
MAKY-LA-BONNE OFFICE.
Yesterday a youth, named Morris Blackford, was brought up
to this office, charged with having robbed his employer, Air.Weld-
ron, cheesenionger, of No. IQ, Oxford-street, of several tams of
money.
It appeared that the prisoner had been only in the employ. of Mr.
Waldron five weeks and two days. After his entrance into his
employ he was completely divested of all monies. The prisoner
borrowed M. of one of the shopmen the first week, and from tho
master (Mr. IValthona, on the ensuing Saturday, a sovereign.
Suspicion arose at first from the senior shopman, Wires, perceiving
the hands of the prisoner in the till longer than necessary to giving
change, which subjected him to suspicion ; and monies were found
in his pockets,which accrued every day for the last week, which was
counted by the foreman. In the waistcoat of the prisoner was found
seven half-crowns and two crowns. The prisoner confessed to Mr.
Waldron that lie had robbed him, and spontaneously delivered up
to him IL I7s. in crowns and half-crowns, and stated that he had
bought a pair of new pantaloons. a new hat, gave Iris. for a tortoise
shell cemb and other things. He did not deny the robbery.
' The young thief had a method of putting the money he pur-
loined from the till in the miff of his coat, and afterwards deposited
it in the vault below, until be retired to rest.
Remanded for another examination.

AVORSHIP-STREET.
MID hoes.—Yesterday Mr. Stephens, of Grove-street, Wil.
liam Wesley, of Park-atreet, William flail, of Francis-street,
Mr. Butler. of White Conduit-fields, Mr. gloss, of Sernion.lane,
Mr. Ilanoway, and My. Whitmore, of Islirgton, appeared before
Mr. BENNETT, in eraser to mammonist obtained against thcnt by
the parish tames of St. Mary's, Islington, for suffering their dogs
to go at large without being mozz/ed.
The first case was that of Mr. Stephens, when the beadle stated.
that four melancholy cases had recently occurred in the parish of
St. Mary, leiington, through parsons being bit by dogs. One per-
eon had died. and three others were then under medical tare. He
further Eats', that the object of the parish was not to enforce a pe-
nalty fur the past, but to guard against the future.
The loeal Act for that parish, which received the Royal Assent
the 17th Jun* last, wee then referred to. from which was cited,
'6 That if any bull-dog or mastiff, or other ferocious dug of any
I other apecites, not being closely mauler', or any dog suffixed to go
at large after any public notice given by order of the Trustees, or
' by any Justice or Junims of the Peace of or for said county. such
owners ',hail fur such of forfeit any sum nut exceeding five
pounds?'
As the summonses were merely issued from precautionary mo-
tives, Mr. Stephens and Mr. )loss paid the expense, and the rest
were dismissed, the officers being unable to prove the property in
the dogs.
I,A3IIIETH.STIIEET.
Yestenlay the avenues leading to this Office vire crowded to ex-
cess by Irish men, women, and children, who was anxiously wait.
in to know the result of the folluwingcase :
It appeared that on the day before. JrA( Ilfcgtfint-11, an Irish.
man, who is by trade what is vulgarly called a tinker, and a
brother (far and countrymen, named li.trnew O'Ftilter ty bad an
old grudge to settle, and determined to do it in an honourable man.
tier. Both men, accompanied by their friends, proceeded to Bow.
common, and, on arriving there, a ring was cleared, and the men
set-tot am!, after a slaughtering fight of ta runnels, it terminated
in a wrangle. Arthur Maguiness, a gem of no minor celebrity in
the ring, and brother more of the above, feeling himself aggrieved
at the termination, conceiving that his brother had the beet of
the fight, when the ring was broken in, he challenged any of
the friends of O'Flaberty then present. A customer soon
appeared in the person of Jean trloeson, a man held in no
small estimation among his eountrymen in St. Giles's. When
order was restored, the men set-to, and after six mods,
victory was &clued in favour of Arthur : but on this demand
news arriving in St. Giles's, hundreds of the patrons of Jera sallied
t forth, armed with bludgeons, and directed their course towards the
Fast. On arrivirg in AVentwortli-street, AV hitechapel, where the
31agitiness party lived, they vowed eternal vengeance against them.
A war of blooslehed and battery was prevented by the timely ar-
rival of the peliee officers, who were obliged to remain on duty the
greater pats of the night. Purirg the affray Arthur 51apniinesa
was out into durann th;e, in consequence of threatening the lives
cf 111 r. Pea and )Ir. Thompson, and giving them proofs of his
inter 'Lys. 0.1 being preoented at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, he
presented a elloching spectacle, his face henna,' all the colones of
she ft:hit:ow., wnh Jetsam' black eves. His appearance denoted
that he had been divaditilly punished about the head.
'f he facts of the 44,3411,1.4 TC clearly proved by the complainants,
and A7ibar was held to hail for his future good behaviour.

If this day keep fair, we may safely ray that am
never was a neck of finer harvest weather than that
which has just elapsed. Except Tuesday, which was
cloudy, the days have been uniformly char, warri, bid
delightful, and equally favourable for cutting and ripe.,.
ing. The harvest work is going on berg with great
' activity. About three-fourths of the fields which can be
distinctly seen from Arthur's &at have already yielded
their produce to the sickle, and those at a greater dis,
twice, as far as the eye can reach, tell by their colour
that they are nearly in the same state of forwardnu,4
A friend, who came yesterday from the westward, brix-e
tidings equally favourable. itetween Edinburgh
liston fully three-fourths of the grain is cut, and bc:stvt,
Kirkliston and Falkirk one-half. In the ('arse the h.
hours cf the harvest are so far advanced, that he saw 41,e
barn-yard near Grangemouth twenty-two new stacks, sad
in aeveral others eight or ten.—A'coternan.
Price of new potatoes in Edinburgh market on FtWar,
sd. to lod. per peck; green peas Is. 6d. ditto; gos,:x,i.
ries loth per pint ; red and white curants eel. to sd. ditto;
raspberries Is. 61. ditto; peaches 4s. per dozen; tntlotu
Is. 6d. per pound ; apples los. to 12s. per bushel; pears
16s. ditto.

_
The wheat, barley, and oats, are fast falling bane the
sickle. There will be an abundant crop throughout thin
county. The late heavy rains have not materially irjared
the crops, though considerable apprehensions were enter.
tained a few days since. The weather has, however, now
become more settled. The hops have received a sushi
check, but a few days of fine weather will restore their
luxuriant appearance.—Kent Ileruld.
Mr. Field, of Aylesbury, has in his possession an ear of
wheat, which measures six inches in length, and 'nigh,
dw•ts. This gigantic production was grown at Little
Kimble, in a field in the occupation of Mr. J. P. Fordoni,
and plucked near the hedge of the field in which it grew.
The field had been manure,' with mud taken out of e
fish pond. The whole produce of the field is errs,
ordinary I
The sickle is everywhere at work in this neighbourhood,
and the crops generally are excellent. The late high peen
of hay and corn are rapidly tottering, and have already ex.
perienced a considerable fall. A more seuor.able SUCCCEsi(43
of harvest weather was never before known, and there s.s
every probability of a continuance till the grain is safely
housed.—Cherter Chrnniele. _ _ _

Oars.—We hare been presented with a head of cztt,
grown by Mr. Leigh, of IVoodley, near this tows, w 11.0.-.,
in point of size and quality, as an average of the crop, is
probably unprecedented. The field was well immured r
the usual season, and has affinded a striking instance of
what may be produced from proper attention to the cultic*.
don of land. A head, which was promiscuously plucked,
yielded 247 grains of uncommon size, and the crop ii
to be one of the most extraordinary ever beheld is
this part of the country.—Stockport Altkertiser.

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