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London, England, 1825-10-17 00:00:00

THAMES OFFICE.

UNLAWFULLY PAWN two.—George Wall, a mechanic, was
put to the bar, before Thomas Ittchbell, Esq. the presiding
31agistrate, charged with having rubbed his lodgings, and the
following evidence was adduced against him.
James Perkins, the prosecutor, being sworn, deposed as follows—
I am a lodging house-keeper, and reside at 91, Charles-street, In
the parish of St. George di the East. On the eleventh day of
August last, the prisouee became an inmate in my house, by taking
a ready furnished apartment: in his absence, a Eta days since, I
missed from his room the following articles :—One counterpane, 3
blankets, one sheet,- two pillow eases, two feather pillows, one bed
tick, one window blind, and a tea tray, in consequence of which. I
caused the prisons to be taken into custody, and by that effort dis-
covered where the property had been pledged, and the different
pawnbrokers are now in attendance to produce the same.
John Johnson sworn, deposed as follows—l am in the employ of
Messrs. Salt, pawnbrokers, in Charles-street, St. George's in the
East; I produce one sheet and two pillow cases, which were pledged
at my employers' shop, ou the lath of August last, by a female, in
name of Ann Wall.

Thomas Coombs, a second wimess, described himself as an Qs.
Biqa' to /11r. Smellie, a pawnbroker, residing at No. 90, Ratelid.-
highwa and gave the :Aiming evidence-1 produce a counter-
nepa, pledged with me by the prisoner. on the 12th day of August
, for 4a.; also a bed tick, pledged by the prisoner, on the 20th
of September, for 2s. Gd. and also two blankets pledged by the same
person, on the 14th day of August, for 4.1.
John 11'illistn Field, an assistant to 31r. Reynolds, of High-
street. Shadwell, Pawnbroker, rated, I produce two pillows, which
were pledged with me, on the lath day of August, by a mac in the
name of ./ :in Wa/1.

Magistrate to the witness_ Can you state that the prisoner was
the man who pledged the articles you produce ?
Witness—Your Worship, I cannot.
James Perkins, the first witness being sworn, the Magistrate de-
sired he would examine the property produced, and state, whether
he could ideutify it to be his.
Prosecutor—Your Worship, I have examined the pmperty pro-
duced by the pawnbrokers; it is mine, and the same I had lost.
Magistrate—llid yon ever give the prisoner liberty to pledgeany
of the articles before you ?
Prosecutor—l never did, your Worship.
The prisoner declined ottering any defence, and after receiving a
severe reprimand, he was adjudged to pay a penalty of 30s. and to
satisfy the pawubrokers. and in default, to be committed to the
House of Correction tut one month, there to be kept to bard
labour.

UNION-HALL.
On Friday, a gentleman applied to the sitting Magistrate. M.
SWADRY, Lag. to issue his warrant far the apprelieniaion of a per.
son named Cliffued, residing in Temple-place, Blackfrian-mad,
against whom some complaints pretty similar to that which we are
now about to relate were mode at the office a few months back. The
gentleman stated that he attended there sit the part of Mr. Isaacs,
who, a short time since, put on advertisement in the daily papers
of an annuity that he had for sale. Soon after it appeared, the ad-
vertisement was replied to by the person against whom the appli-
cant now applied for a warrant, shying that a client of his would
advance the money if the prnpetty was of ample value and the title
unobjectionable, an abstract of which vas at his reqttest furnished,
with which he expressed perfect satisfaction. After the receipt of
the document, Clifford sent a letter to applicant, who treated for
lanes, requiring the property to be surveyed, arid requesting three
guineas so be'aent to hint, to pay his surveyor, statnig that if the
report was favourable the money would be umnediately forthcom-
ing. Upon receipt of this letter, the applicant said, an answer was
returned, strongly remonstrating against the necessity of any vale-
atien, the property producing 1041 niter, and the proposed annuity
charge would be only 2111., as also against the MD demanded for
the valuation, being tar too much, as one guinea was quite sufficient
for that purpose. This, however, was objected to by Mr. Clifitrd,
urging, as a reason, that his client would not he satisfied with any
other surveyor than his own, and he Uhinlatcly agreed to take two
gwreas. The applicant said that, pending thin transaction, he
heard that complainta rather of a dangerous nature were made at
this office sueinst Mr. Clifford, and on that account lie was anxious
to break off all further negotiation, considering the whole to be a
mere pretext for obtaining the two guintaa. Applicant lied an hi-
terview with hint for the purpose,. but on the former mulling two
must respectable surveyors, Mews. %Viet' and Manstiekl, of Gray's
Inn lane, as always employed by hint on such occasions, and would
now be referred to. applicant, beliering the persona so named were
actually to take the survey, confided in the assurance, but, tiotwith-
standing, refused to pay over the two guineas until the surrey was
made, and informal Clifford that Mr. Isaacs would meet the Rile.
vevor on the premises, and pay the money for the veloatien him.
self. Mr. Isaacs did meet a person whom Clifford represented to
have surveyed the property, to whom he paid two guineas. Not
hearing floret Clifford after the two guineas were paid, and witness
feeling assured that the report must be favourable to Mr. Isaacs,
wrote a letter to Clifford pressing him to complete the hutment. the
answer to which at once exhibited the improper manner in which
he obtained the two guineas ; for instead of employing the eminent
surveyors already named, it appeared he had engaged a man named
Marshall, who valued the property at 6581., which applicant re.
marked
to
o tshvaavleue.
the
moneyH oweveard, fromvar advanced,
thator
marked was surely enough to seem the advance of 400/. but this
tese eseapldr,tnOnt c
SidheLard bi
day to lie
to

to give up eithet the two guineas or the ahltract of the title, alleg.
ie sbat be has a tight to be paid foe his trouble. •The applicant
added that be had hentd that Clifford, who was a prisoner in the
rules of the King's Bench. had hit upon this mode of raising the
wind by sametiate selvertisements,.and so levying a contribution
of some hundreds a ycer ul o:t the public. The applicant said, ti. .4
whenever Clifford's 'boy called a his office, be always observed o:s
hat to of letters. _

The Al agistrate, afte• patiently heating the above statement, oh.
served. that !lir. Clifford was lawyer enough to know that he steered
clear of a criminal proceed trg. lie (t 1 Magistrate) recolleciad the
complaints that had been made against the mitre person tt.ire urt,,t
ago, and 'defiled the applicant to apOy to a •Court of Law :ur
redsema.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Surer t.—At there o'clock on Friday afternoon an loan:sit:vs
was taken before J. W. l."Nwite, Esq. the Coroner, at the :Ship
public-house, Flunt-street, Mile-end New Town, on view of the
body of a young man named henry Potter, son to the proprietor
of the house, whose death was occasioned by taking a large quan.
tidy of arsenic. After viewing the body, which lay in the house
where the Jury were sitting, and whither the unfonunate demised
lied been removed (rota Hackney, where he had swallowed the de.
lett-lens draught which terminated his exiscerate, returned to eke
jury-room, and the following evidence was submitted for their con.
stderation.
Hannah Willing, a young and lovely looking female, in an ad.
vaned state of pregnancy, was the first witness brought forward.
Her testimony was as follows t—l ant a servant, and live in the
family of Mr. Howie, at Hackney. I have known the deceased
for nearly 7 years. Hr paid attentions to me as a lover, they were
constant and unremitting; some time since, in a moment of weak.
ness,.l yielded to his solicitations, the amsequence of which was
that I became pregnant. I informed him of my siteadon, and re.
cora ed him to fulfil his former promises of martin.? ; when I dui
so I told him that unless out union took place I must be sacrificed
to shame and disgrace, not alone in the eyes of his friends, but also
in the opinion of all those who knew me. He became much ale.
jectrl at my pressing him on the subject, and replied that by his
complying with my wishes he would incur the displeasure of his
friends I have frequently renewed my entreaties, but when I did
so he used alwayi to introduce something quite incite' to out con.
venation. The effects of my pregnancy on his mind were very
risible, and from day to day he became more depressed. On Tues.
gay last I received a message from him; requesting my attend.
ante, I immediately went to where he then was. On entering the
room he called to pie to approach near him, I did so, and he said.
flannfth, I have taken poison ; I have tut a few minutes to
live ; I hope you will forgive me." When he mentioned havieg
taken poison I immediately sent for medical assistance. On the
following day he etas brought home in a hackney coach, but still
very ill. There was also a very great alteration in his marine?'
latterly ; I have no doubt but he took arsenic, and am =tinted
he was deranged in mind, memory, and understanding. when he
did so; he with about 21 years of age. The unhappy girl while
delivering her testimony was overwhelmed with grief, her anguish
was extreme, and excited the sympathising commiseration of all
who were present.
Mr. J. Messenger examined.—l reside at No. 6, Triangle.plsce,
Hackney • I have known the deceased for some time past ; on
I Tuesday last he called at my house, and requested me to go, and
have something to drink; I did so, and there was another yourg
I man in company. We had some beer at the Wellington public.
house ; the deceased went away about ten o'clock, and at halt-past
two I heard he had taken poison, and went to a front room in Chat.
ham-place. where I found him sitting, but he never spoke utter I
entered. lat once procured some castor-oil, and a medical gemh.
man Goan arrived ; I was obliged to go to town, and'did not see
him again until II o'cloek ; I brought him home to his father's the
next morning about II o'clock ; he had been much agitated and
disturbed in his mind for some time past, in consequence,sa I be-
lieve, of a young woman being pregnant by him ; I have 110 doubt
but that he took the poison, and that he was, at the time of doing
so. of unsound mind.
Mr. Thomas Ravin examined.—Before this gentleman gave his
' testimony, he asked the Coroner whether he was not entitled to a
remuneration fur his attendance on that day, particularly as he hail
come front Clanton, where he had left his business itnattended to.
' The Coroner regretted its not being in his power to make any order
on the subject, aral added that his personal attendance was not re-
quired, for that a certificate would have answered all the purposes;
if a dissection was necessary. and had taken place, he eoald thin
order hint his fees. The conversation here dropped, and Mr. 11.
proceeded to give his testimony. lam a surgeon, and reside a;
Clapton ; on Tuesday last, about two o'clock, I was called on to
attend the deceased. I immediately went, and having ascertaired
that he had taken poison I administered strong emetics,. witidi
brought up, I believe, the greater part of the arsenic from his sto.
mach • but from the length of time it had been in the system (I be-
lieve three hours) all attempts at recovery were useless, and he dird
io consequence. I afterwards analysed the substance discharged
from the stomach, and found it to contain a vast quantity of dele-
terious matter.

The Coroner recapitulated the evidence, and said that no doubt
existed of the deceased's having committed "suicide," but it was
for the Jury to determine, whether, at the time of his doing on, his
mind was in such a state as to enable him to judge of the crimina-
lity of the act. They, without hesitation, returned a verdict u:
•' suicide, committed while labouring under insanity."

IMPCDENT ROBBERY.—About six o'clock, on Saturday
evening, a daring robbery was committed. at the shop of Mi.
Elliott, a grocer, residing in Cmwn-street, Finsbury. Mr. ElFon
was sitting at tea with his family, in a parlour adjoining the shop.
in a situation which commanded a view of the shop. Hill attention
was attracted by two suspicious looking persons who were loitering
about the window, and shortly afterwards, observing them In the
act of stooping, it occurred to hint that some of his goods were in
danger, and running into the shop, he discovered that a bag of
ginger, weighing 40 pounds, had disappeared. He went in pur-
suit of the robbers, and overtook them at about 20 yards distance.
Finding 'they were detected, one of the thieves ran off; and Ma
companion, who had the bag on Ina shoulder, instantly dropped it,
commenced a desperate fight with Mr. Elliott, and would have
effected his escape, but for the timely interference of Mr. Medealf. a
cheescmonger, in the neighbourhood, by whom he was secured and
delivered into the custody of a constable, named Cheshire, who
conveyed hint to the watchhouse. He there gave hie name G.
Thomas, and described laianstif as a weaver, residing in relliatn•
street, Spitalfields.
FlltE.—On Saturday night, about 12 o'clock, as a gen-
tleman wits passing the house of :11r. Moore. King-street, Holbcrn,
he was suddenly alarmed by a considerable body of tire bursting
through the window.shutters; he immediately gave an alarm, and
several watchmen were anon on the spot, who attempted to farce the
door, but failing, they burst open the shutters, and after alarming
the family, who made their escape by the back part of the preinises,
they succeeded in extinguishing the flames. A number of engines
soot% arrived, but their assistance not being necessary they returned,
after waiting a short time. The gentleman who first discovered
the fire, said be had no doubt it originated in the gsa not bring
turned off.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS,
AT THE COURT OF COMM/HONER! OF HAKIM:PM
BASINOIIALI,STREET.
TO-MORROW.

THIRD MEETING. •t.
Barnes, W. Queen-street, Cheapslde, cheesemonger

BIRTHS.
At 3141t5, on the Pith of Augu.t last, Lady RIMS, of n sot:.
On the llth inst. the lady of H. Boldero, Esq. Royal Ellin;lees
of a son.
On the 12th inst. the Lady of the Rev. George Preston, of L
Ikon's yard, of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 26th ult. at Gretna, the Rev Thomas Cston. to Louis
Francis Lumley, second daughter of the Hon. and Rec. John Lulu.
fey Saviie ; and on Wednesday, they were re-married at Wine,-
ley, in the county of York.
On Saturday, at West Wickham, Rent, Henry 13enwell.
Greenwich, surgeon,
to Mary, second daughter of Mr. John Wil-
*On Davis, of the former place, and Deptford.
On the 13th inst. at Leyton, William Edwards, of Swansea, 6'11"
morganshire, M.D. to Miss Fulcher. of Woodbridge.
On Wednesday, at Twickenham, Lieut. Roltilliatd. et' his Me.
jesty's ship Britannia, to Rebecca, eldest daughter of Wet. Dm ice,
Esq. Surrey square.
On the 12th mat. at Lambeth, John Gray, Esq. of Edinburgh.
to Miss Caroline hlordaunt, daughter of George Monlaunt, LK'
of South Lambeth.

DIED.
On Friday, at Burrough's Hill. Hendon. Mary CATIOTIUT 11 il•
lie, the infant drighter of Mr. rood the Right Honourable Lady
Mary Willis.
At 3fargate, on the 12th inst. after a severe illnes, Mrs. Eliza-
beth Leech, relict of the late John Leach, Esq. formerly of SHIM'
ford-hill, Middlesex, aged IN.
At Bath, on the 7th inst. Letitia Cecilia, relict °tithe late Jolla
Bull, Esq. of Kingston, Jamaica.
On the 13th ult. at his house, in Prospeer-nlace. Etillwan'T°3d'
Wnt. Hanson Dearidey, Esq. and of Shinfield, Beats.
On the 13th inst. in Southampton-row, Russell-square, TheotlGTl.
H net, Esq. aged 72.
On the 14th inst. at Windsor Castle, in her filld year, Augusts.
the second and youngest daughter of Me. Wystville.
Lately, the Rev. Samuel Prosser, M.A. of St. John's Collage.
end Rector of Southwick. Sussex.
On l'utzsday last, at Hertingfordbury. aged 72. Rev. Henry Rid.
ley, formerly of University College, Oxtord, Rector of Ilettilt"
fordbury and St. Andrew, IiCTCIOTLI, and of Kirby Undettlale,
Vorkshioe, Master of Mary Magdalen Hospital. Newcastle-on'
Tyne, Prebendary of, Gloucester, and one of !us Aluicotill J
~ur
tices of Peare fur the counties of Herts. and Gloucester. Dr•
ley was brother-in-law to the Lord Chancaller. 31. A. 1776, 11°'
D.D. grand compounder, is IW/3.

MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGM THIS DAI,
Alm-fling, 47 min. after & I Everting, II mitt. abet 6.

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