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that Mr. Hawley<
bankers; or as any
such a thing ?
The shopman said, as a proof of their respectability, that they
had been recently made jewellers to his Majesty. The property in
the shop waft worth upwards of WOW.
The Solicitor contended that Ma Hawley had ens:fitted a very
sound discretion in not taking the woman Into custody. The Bow-
street officers, in the case of Wagstaff, had aretieed that the messen-
gees whoebrounht the order far money which Wad been deposited
should Marta taken into custody, but that he should be told
he must come himself. The answer was' given; he came—and
was hanged.
After some further discuesion, in ',bids no wew fact was ad-
laced (excepting that the 'Clerk, who changed the notes at the
Bank, declared he had no recollection of the person who brought
the note,, Mr. Alderman Atkins declared that bethought there was
sufficient ground of suspicion to hold the party to bail tb appear
when called upon to explain the transaction before another tribunal.
Magi,trates, in the city at least; were but tradesmea, and it war
the duty of every other tradesman to aid them by the exercise
of caution in that transactions. and by using all the efforts in
their power to bring the offenders to justice. He thought
such caution had not been exercised in the present instance. He
would not prejudice the case of Mr. Hawley by declaring more at
length his opinion on the ease, of testing the •particutat reasons
for the conclusion Ittihad come to, unless; it were called for by the
Learned Counsel. lie did not think there was sufficient to commit
Mr. Hawley, though there was sufficient before them to hold him
to bail. He set aside the evidence of the shopman, as If he had
never heard it.
Mr. Leovu declared the bankers did not believe the shopman's
account.
Mr. Alderman Cnowonn, who had, duriag the investigation,
given his opinion more at length, declared, that he could scarcely
believe that when a lad of ekencen presented himself at the tamp,
not well dressed, and nia,de a display of such profusion of money
for the purchase of gewgaws, any, eational mind could have be-
lieved what that lad said as to the mode in which he became pos-
sessed of it. Such an astonishing profusion of money, and such an
outlay, ought at ones to lure excited suspicion. It was said,
that other tradesmen would not have hesitated to have taken
the money. If it were to, he would in every instance con-
demn it. He considered that Mr. Hawley had by no means
used due discretion in not detaining the *man who brought
the o der ; still less in having had any thing to do in the first
instance with so large a sum as 390/. from such a youth. He
concurred in the view taken of the case by his brother Alderman,
and thought it came as one of htrong suspicion within the words
of the late Act 9f Pediment, which empowered two Magistrates,
under such circumstances, to bold a party to bail.
Ten bail were ie attendance, and they gave bail in the sum of
100!. each, and Mr. Hawley emceed into his own recognizance for
300/. to appear and answer any charge which might be preferred
against him at the next Sessions.
Alderman ATlil NI expressed his hopes that nothing which he
had said might in any way be taken to the prejudice of Mr. Hawley.
Mr. Cope, we understand, is threatened with actions for false im-
prisonment in this case.
M'ontettir-svunne.—Yesterday an extraordinary interest was
excited at this offers, by the examinatinn of two men, named
Richard Loltb and Thomas Ft indey, the former a grave-digger, and
the latter a day watchman, who were charged with robbing the
graces intrusted to their guardianship.
It seems thut lately a public footpath, which crossed the church-
yard of St. Matthew, Belie:if-green, has been closed, and, to guard
seeing the attempts of resurrection-men, watchmen have been
stationed on the ground night and day. _The prisoner, Frimicy,
was a day watchmen, and from the evidence adduced yesterday it
appeared that on Thursday evening, tame 2t) minutes before six,
he was relieved by Joseph Meyres and George Hall, the night
watchmen. On entering the ground they saw the prisoner hobb
and a strange man leave it be a door at the oppoeite side, which was
locked by Frimley, who put the key in his pocket and advanced to
meet his fellow-watchmen. They observed a confusion in his man-
ner ; and lileyres, telling hint that be suspected all was not right,
demanded the key of the noel-house. Convinced by the evasive
manner of Frimley that their suspicions were not ill-founded, the
two watchmen proceeded to examine the ground, and beneath the
wall discovered a large basket containing a human body covered
with straw and shavings. The grave from which it had been disin-
terred was again filled up. Fowles. was immediately taken into
custody, and the erave.digger was apprehended yesterday morning.
The prisoner, Frimley, protested Ms innocence of any concern in
removing the body, and lie said Lobb was the only persou on the
ground, who, by virtue of iiis Ake, had a right to be there. There
was no man with him.
The grave-digger declared also that he was alone, and went to
the church. yard to sec that all was right. He occretioually watched
in the ground himself to protect the graves.
The two watchmen. positively swore that a strange man left the
ground in company with !Abb.
Mareelen, one of the churchwardens, and Mr. Young, a
highly respectable parishioner, attended to prosecute the prison-
ers, who were 'entered to find bail to answer the charge at the Ses-
sions.
The corpse found disinterred proved to be that of a person who
had died in a lunatic asylum, and bad been buried a few days pre-
viously.
The discovery of these nefarione proceedings caused a high de-
gree of excitement in the neighbourhood, and a thousand exagge-
rated statements were quickly circulated. When the prisoners were
brought to the office yesterday for examination, an immense mob
followed, loading them with execrations. The din, as the mob
approached the office, was perfectly astounding. The business was
for the moment suspended, and most of the persona present rushed
to the doors to ascertain the cause of the uproar.
An examination of many of the graves in the church-yards
was made yesterday, when It was ascertained that several bodies
had been stolen, and one of them, buried from the workhouse some
time since, was found without a head.
It appears that for seine time past the parish authorities have
suspected the proceedings that were carrying on, and a plan for de-
tecting the robbers, formed by a censeible named Ni eat, was to
have been executed last night.
UNIOX•IIALL.—Two young men, named Foster and Davis,
were yesterday brought before Mr. CALDWELL, by Maisey, the
night-constable of St. George's, Southwark, under the following
peculiar circumstances:—
As Maisey was startling In Late-street. Southwark, on Thurs-
day afternoon, lie saw a hackney chariot stop, and two young men
get out of it. One of them had a Liege-sized bundle in his hands,
which the constable suspected contented stolen property, and he
therefore kept a watch on the young men, whom he saw enter the
Black Horse and Swan public-house, Blackman-street, kept by the
ca-devant pugilist, Martin. The constable immediately followed
the young wen into the public-house ; one remained below stairs,
and the oßter went up, accompanied by a person named Davis (the
man who Is in custody), who seemed to be there waiting for some
one. As soon as the constable entered the apartment in which the
prisoners were, he perceived. them examining the contents of the
bundle, and apparently bargsioing for the armlet. He then pro-
ceeded to handcuff Foster, whidi having dem, he next endeavoured
to take Davis Into custody. who made considerable resistance. In
the mean time Foster ran down stairs and escaped out of the door,
but was seen to take dicker in Mr. Speed's livery stable, and was
discovered lying concealed under a manger, with the handcuffs on.
His companion, who remained below stairs, got away unobserved.
On examining the contents of the bundle, they were found to con-
sist of as many as thirty pieces of dente furniture, lined with Wa-
terloo blue cotton, and ornamented with yellow and black fringe.
Maisey stated that he was fully.persuaded that the pieces of chintz
were stolen and, if time were given, be thought he could find an
owner for them.
The prisoners were remanded for that purpose.
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THE MURDERS NEAR LEATIIIIRHEAD.

Intelligence reached Union-hall lat.z on Thursday evening,from
an inhabitant of licckenhant, in Kent, that it party of gipsies had
early that morning encamped neer the village,and from the detetip.
Lion given of the parties suspected of being implicated in the
bloody deed, an individustamong.the epees resembled one of the
people described. Newceme, an offices foam Union-hall, was in.
sternly despatched to the place pointed out, called Green-lane, in
which two tents were pitched. It was near midnight when the con-
stable reached the spot, and it may be naturally expected the gip.
ties had gone to deep. After examining their features, he was per-
suaded they were not the parties seated. He Wad that Hall and
Pople, who have been out two days searching the country for the
fugitives, had visited the tante party in the coarse of the day, to
whom they had left their address, in order to show, if any one went
to their teats. *atm hteestigaiten had been already accomplished:
The Illetterybottilrer. began to relate to Neweome that they knew
very w and the man with whom she cohabits.
They stated faeihgel they bad teen them near Guilford lately,
but on Anther log It tamed out that this was full three weeks
back. On being *hers they (the party with whom Neweeme
was eonverside winos doe is*ht that the murder was committed,h
was answerA war ,feassomks, in Kent. They said that the
murder was spoitead "sdissevne Amoy went. In addkion to this In.
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formation, -we. le Stalesiitarepplieirions [cams datiessilioe
accurate and st ibe aglow" iiiiitoilide lie
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