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DIVORCE.

ALLARDIEB V. ALLARDICE.
This was a suit of divorce promoted by Mr. Allardice, who
was surgeon of a Ring's Regiment in India, against Dorothy,
his wife, for adultery, committed by bcr ie this country, with
Alexander Hog b Johnson, a Captain of Native hammy, in
the service of the East India Company, during the absence of
the husband is India. The marriage took place at Whitby.,
in Yorkshire, in May, 1813 ; after which the Lady acensipaul. d
her husband to India, living and cohabiting with hlm on the
most affectionate terms, sod having several children.—
Captain Johnson accompanied the lady on her return from
India on board the Woodford. On their arrival in England
she went to live at Prompts's, and Captain Johnson took
lodgings in the same house. From thence she west to York,
■nd he afterwards joined and accompanied her on a tour
through France. As adulterous lateseu•rse was thence in-
ferred, bat the principal evidence was her own (vanities to
bee husband, on his unexpected return from India, to Nov.
last, when be found her living at Drompton. The husband's
alfectins towards bithrife was usabsted by abuser; but her
affections ■he candidly confessed bad become irresistibly cold
towards him ; sod since be had been an kind and indulgent
a booboos' to her, abs scorned auy longer to deceive him,
and therefore laid before him a full dutch... Pure of her adul-
terous intercourse with Captain Johnson, by whom it fu. thee
appeared she was then three namithe gone with child. The
husband upon this betrayed great agitation and distress of
mind, and even shed tears. Vise allegation alleged, that he
intruediately ordered a post.ebefae, sod quitting ►is wife,
had not since seewar cohabited with her. It further ap-
peared, that she. ferni•bed the husband with a number of
letters that had passed between her and Captain Johnson,
confirmatory of the adulterous. intercourse; and in addition
to this was the evidence of her being subsequently delivered
at at Omer's, is France, of afull grown perfect male child.
The Court observed up** the ono-access of the husband,
his wife being i,n Englaud and be in India, and the credit
which was due to the witnesses ; besides, b'r acknowledg.
.ent of the adultery to her most intimate sad confidential
frieuds, could leave no doubt on the mind of the Court that
the husband had made out the fact of his rife, adultery, and
that be war entitled to the object of his prayer. The Conn
accordingly pronouueed sentence of divorce.

POLICE.

now4TRItT.

Yesterday a IVOISISO, who give her name as Jane Jones,
was examined bofirre George Rowland Miasbull, Prq the
'Wits; fdagistrate,elsargrsi wilh stealing ibrte pieces of lace,
of the value uf 30s , Use property i f Mr. Wm. Reed, of H igh-
oreet, Hampstead, draper sod hsberdasher, privately, i■
Its limp.

It appeared that on Thursday, about twelve o'cloek, the
Prisoner went to Mr. Reed's shop, and asked to look et some
lam, bud various patterns were 'hewn to her, but %war
wisigh.she appruted of, and after several other different or.
tides bad been taken down fur he► Inspection, she declined
purchasing any thing. Mr. Reed, wbodhen began to suspect
that her luteraion was to rub him, told her very plainly
his oPttiion, mid requested her to leave his shop, which, she
did moat noddy, and in a few tninules after ber departure
three pieces of lac, were missed. Mr. Reed immediately
went io pustule( the Prisoner, and came up with her iu the
fields at a sinisit distance firm Hampstead. She vim sitting
by the 'kb of a high bank, and did nut evince the least
surprise at seeing Mr. Reed, who cheroot her with the rob.
bery, which she pusiiively denied. Mr. Reed proceeded to
a-areli her, but not ending tbe articles on b.- r permit. it oc-
curred to him (bat she had hidden them somewhere on
the 'poi, and after searching some time, discovered the
lace concealed under a bush on the top of lire bank. A
cousial.le sir, soon pruenred, and she was plea la charge.
Fully committed td Newts.e for trial.

True bills for a Conspiracy were yesterdily fbund
by the. Gould Jury of Middlesex against Gook;
//artisan, and Cowl!, thsee of the persona on
whose accusation TIIOMAS JAY, the helper sus the
King's stables, was recently tried at the Old B•i•
ley, and acquitted of the charge of pickings Oen..
'lemon's pocket of a guild watch. Ike. on the night
the KING went to Druryslaor theatre. Mr. Ex.
Sheriff l'AsciNs was the principal party iu pie-
(erring the bill of indictment against these persona.
‘Ve uader.taild that there are at this moment bills
of indictment, some of which hive been already
found,l4,minst no less than 16 persons before the
Grand Jury of Middlesex, all preferred by one or
more of this trio. The Ex-Sleetiff l'Amaims has
acted most meritoriously in being this vile business
to light.—Gook is not connected with Bow-street, or
any of the police estiblislimenis, but is alertly •
substitute constahle of St. James's parish. hired
by a housekeeper to avoid serving the office. The
other two were in no way connected with the police;
but were friends of Gook.
The landlord of the two Spies pablit•house, is Cattheviise-
street,Straud (Chitty was lately Warn luta, and robbed of
yam" rtaierday received ■ teopeassy.peat Muer;
statioig t►at a wood tin( ovoid be soon paid to ►I.-a
*airing aeionipsale4 the lever, descriptive of the articles
that the thieves had stoke. Ora waders will remember lhet
use of the alleged robbers was tried ow Thieved, et the
Old Bailey, aid acquitted'

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OLD 1341LbY, FIIIDAY, JULY 5.

reasor aged 19, Bridget Dart, aged 29, aid
Phone Elisabeth Donee's, ard 22, were tried oa an in-
dictment charging them with stealiog six yards of lace, the
property of Mesdames Nicholls sod Markham.
The Prisoners Dart and Douglas west first late the shop
of the I"roserutrixes, sod were followed by the other Pri-
Boner, wit h a pretext of purchasing some lace. The parity
stolen was missed while t►ey were is the shop, ■ad being
inspected they ware gives in charge to Hifi, the *Seer, who
toot them tut boreditch watchhouse and premised *bens, but
found Nothing on their persona. ♦ third perigee, however,
picked up the lace, which bad bees dropped at one side by

The Ftwebsibut, I■ eiessming up, said rii.) doubt could
MINI Of the pill of Collies, but the question for the Jury
to consider was, whether the other Prisoners were with her
for ooscummon purpose.

TRe Jury acquitted Dart and Douglas, ald (wood CuHine
DARING ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.
Elizatretli Capp, Catherine Carroll, and Nary Slain,
were 'inhaled for assaulting, oa the Kill': highway, about
hour o•r of she in the morning, Jose', Read, carpenter,
and taking from his person, withrinlester, tn..
. .

The Prisoners lise.l in that sink of vies and abortiinalba
Wellington-place, Drury-lase, and had long been the terror
of the neighborhood. _

The Prosecutor stated that be was a carpenter, residing
al Pentonville. He was passing WeMottos-place on the
16th June, about a quarter before nice is the morniug, when
Capps came up to him and seized him by the collar of his
waistcoat; the other Prisoners were a few yards up the court.
Sbe then put bee left hand into his waistcoat pocket, and
took out • balf-erown, a shilling, and • aiepence, at the
same time pulling him about a lout into t►e lineage. The
Prisoner Smith at that moment struck bum on the side of his
eye. He could only speak to Capps and Smith as haring
committed violence. The blow was so forcible that tie fell
down. Scott, Abe constable, was newt fur. He had never
known either of the Prisoners before, •or bad he been IS
their company that moaning. Two respectable inhabitants
rescued him from their violence, suit Scutt took the Prison&
Capps isle cu.tudy.
Cross.examiord.—He bad not bee• drinking with any
female that ; be bad not been talking to as, female
near the spot ; had not been up the court with any female.
John Veutuito lived opposite to Wellington-place. Saw
the Prisoners, Carroll sod Smith, beating the Prosecutor
veuy moth; be did not see the commencement ; he weul to
the assistaace of the Prooreator.

Cross-ezainioed—He saw the Prisoner., Smith and Car-
roll, strike t►e Prosecutor, who did out appear to ba in-
toxicated.

Johu Scott, the officer, saw the Prisoner, Capps, in the
custody of the Prosecutor; he took charge M her, 81111 a short
time Cite took lie ether two Prisoners. The Prosecutor
said be had been rubbed of half a crows, • shilling, and a
sixpence. Capps denied that she had any money, but be
foetid half • crows in her band; the Prosecutor was much
marked with blood, much beaten about the head, mid had •
Week eye.
Cross examined—The Prosecutor did not appear to be in
the least intoxicated, be saw Smith and Carroll in the mob.
Benjamin Smith went to assist the Prosecutor; Capps
had hold of him by the collar i abe followed him oat of the
Corm. The Prosecutor waa very much marked with blood.
Nadia.' ?Whim, !twin opposite to Welliugtou•place, saw
the Prosecutor pluming down Drurylaoe; us biscumiug usar
the cruet, • girt laid hold et him by the arm, and forced
him Into the court; she thee pot her baud into the waistcoat
pocket of the Prosecutor; hectic' sot see bee lay buld of him by
the collar; ill was not Capps that pushed him up the court;
•he was there as well as the other Prisouers. The Priamiers
accompanied their violence with vollies of oaths ■ad the
most horrible flips...alerts. Cnrell and Calms come out of
the court with their bands smeared with blood, and newt
down to a wise•vault.

Samuel Robson, living in the neighbourhood, ran out of
his house in consequence of a general cry of "bring the mau
out." He then saw the Prosecutor much smeared wilts
blood.

Joseph Read, callecLagsin—He did not leeway oilier wome•
until Capps attacked bias; be was so immediately knocked
down that be hardly knew what was done.
The Prisoner, Capps, in bee defence, said, the Prosecutor
asked her to give him somet►ing to drink; and she told him
s►e could not afford to treat meal upon whit* be mimed bar
cap,and she struggled with him in her own defence.
nista and Carroll said they saw the Prosecutor ill-using
Capps, arid they went down to Mute him to desist.
Mr. Justice BIIIIOIIIIIH ausunsed up the evidence to the
the Jury, and amid the question for their decision was, as re-
lated to Carroll and Smith, whether they were privy to the
intent to rub. if the; were of opinion that the Prisouers
were co-operating together they would find t►em all guilty;
but if they were of •f opiates that Capps Daly wee emotes-ord
is the robbery, and t►at the other Prisouers had merely come
to her asaistaaee after the fact, they would had accordingly.
The Jury cossetted together for a few 'Moults, and the■
found Carroll and Smith No! Guilty, and Capps Go/Up—
Death.
Mr. Ellsworth, cheesotosger, of Drury.laae, said the Pei-
totters were must outortolie abandoned chaructele, and the
man who formerly lived with Capps was tranepuned at the
last February Session,.
Mary seater was tried for steeling in the dwelling bowie
of Mr. Gould, of Mary-la bone, dawn:4er, fear pair of
says, and and a large quantity of Jean. The Plisouer was
employed by the Pruseeutor as a char-woman, and from the
exteusive losses be had sustained, hie wife Wes induced to
watch her mottoes. One day in Me, last, she observed the
Prisoner, after having takes sway toar pale of stays, go to
the desire.' aid attempt to take out some jean. ♦ conside-
rable quantity of property voles by the Prisoner from Mr.
Gould, which was Nut lueluded in the Indictment, bad' been
given up. by different pawnbrokers with whom s►e had
'Hedged it. The Primmer made •o defence, and the Jury,
without hesitation, pronounced bor Mary.
Joins Alms, was indicted for Meshes' is the dwelling-
bowie of Samuel Reid • quautity of lace, • female's dress,
a table spools, a set of razors, a petticoat, Ito lace caps,
and various other articles, the property of the Prosecutor.
Hannah Turvey, seivaut to the Prosecutor, saw the i-
maser come down the stairs of her toaster's WNW with a boo-
dle containiug part of the property describes iu the
iudret-
meat, about *even •clock iu the reeves'. The Prisoner
was given tutu the esatudy of a patrol, who searched him,
arid fouiad r led about his person I of the ari ivies
mentioned. The Piestraier told him be had gut tile things
trim a young person is Porilwert-street.
The Prosecutor idestified the property, "Web be valued
at 31 18‘. iu the whole.
The Pilsoner, i• • written defence, pleaded inioxicatiow,
• total eneunscuessume of what he was

The July Nand him, Guilty of stealing to the amount
of 39e.
lam Welch was indicted for siPalibk forty-41re yards of
bed.ticking, she poop ray of Mr. 'I lunar. 31rudows, of Nur-
Wu !Pulpit..
. .

The S-butimais, who produced she property sod identified
11, swore that its prune cost was slot less thee 10.6 d. per yard.
bk. Justice Busaovert, ice suenialugstp, said, he dui mot
see bow the Jeri coaki possibly do uthervrive Shea Sad the
Prisoner gasify s 4 the whale charge, atter the evidence they
bad beard.

TAE Jury, alter a kw minutes' corieslislion, found ll*
Prisoner GitiVie *finial, to thip assoani ej9e.

A mail was taken into custody in Lincoln city on
Sunday cretin% last, on suspicion of being impli-
cated in the late horrid murder of a young wan
near Huriicastle. He was drinking at a small pub-
lic-house by the water-silo, and the landlord and
windier person being in enure/1411ton on the subject,
he contradicted them, and said, he oaght to know
wore than they, for he sees the hut person in his
company! This assertion, and his eccerately de-
scribing the wounds and mirk, of blood on the
deceased, induced thew to cense his apprehension.
He underwent an eatimseatiou en Monday, and it
is hoped that a sufficient clue will be afforded to
Wing to justice the perpetrate,' of the horrid deed.

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