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London, England, 1822-10-11 00:00:00

POLICE,

MANSION-ItIOUSEi
Wks basis was brought op le the rnsiody of Mackey.
the officer, charged with robbing I dabing-boat lying off
From the evidence it appeared, that Thomas Imam, the
mast., of the Prince Regent atuvt le.boat. went on shore oil
Tbunolay, shout ID o'clock in the Moraine,
host afloat or Billingsgate, and the cabin lorked up, and
on his return in about two hours, he found the cabin tied
hers broken loin, and all hir clothes taken from his chrvt,
lirviden a silver watch, 51.105. in mosey, and the register
of the Mot.

John Ryde►, a boy who attends lie market, saw the Pri-
some collie cm shore from the Prince Regent on the morn-
ing of the rohhery, about balf-paat eleven o'clock, drtased iu
lincrasn's clothes.
The Officer took him in custody the neat morning at a
public-boose i■ Darkhouse-lane, but none of the property
was foaled on him except Meek/thee in whicb Ist'was dressed.
The Prisoner VI tered a few Incoherent seuteucest NV*,
trolly with a view to induce a belief of insanity.
He was fully committed to take hie trial at the tillt
Serious.

GUILDIia
Testerasy ices Parsons was dialled with socoli..g a
small goaistity if flannel, the property of Mr. Swigs, too,er,
Mt, Flcet•sarbet, and Samna Pomona was charged *till
►eceiving it, knowing it to he stolen.
The Preseeetee stated bat the female Prisoner was I 1!1.
pluyed by him to nurse his wife, who bad been put to bed;
tie male Primmer, whom she called her nephew, was in tbe
habit of coming to see her two or three times* day. On last
'vomits he came, and asked fur her, and, beirg informed she
was not within, he sold he would not les►e the bootee until he
did Bee her; on which the Prosecutor mut him to the *Web-
batter. On his being search►d, several doplieates ',mu found
on him, one of which was for the banel belonging to tl.e
Prosecutor.

They were remanded until Tuesday next fur further
examination.

sow-sTatEr.

Yesterday Edward M'O'inieser sad diary, bid .ire,
were brought in custody of William Baud and John Davis,
Iwo of She patrol of the establishment, and underwent an
examination before Sir Richard Birssie, Ibe presiding Magi-
strate, charged on suspicion of being concerned in a hur-
tles), cornswitted on she night of the 15th ultimo, in the
bout. of Al, Samuel SkeltoN, of No.!, Upper King-street,
Bloomsbury, silversmith and jeweller. _

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It appeared that on the 'mein preceding the robbery
Mr. Sk..ltun had himself, previous to his relic tog to bed, ex-
amined that all the fastesiags of his house were areure.-
0a hie condo./ down stairs about eight u'elnek cm the fol-
lowing moronic, he was much surprised on being usable to
unlock the door leading flier the parlour into the shop;
there beiug no other communication, Mr. Skelton went out
at his private door into the street, and there discovered that
the window shutter had been broken open and she shop door
left s-jar. On entering the shop Mr. Mello' foetid that it
had bees completely ransacked; articles of small value,
which the thieves had sot thought it worth their while to be
encumbered with, were strewed about the .or in every di-
rection, several finely carved boodles of silver punch ladles
had been forced off and were lying me the coveter, and or
the whole property to the mould of 2001. and upwards bad
beeo carried off. Immediate application was made at Row-
street, and several officers were sent to examine the premises,
and for several days were engaged in makiag inquiries, but
at that period soiling material was elicited.—The matter
had rested until lately, when Bond and Davis succeeded,
after extreme difficulty and exertion, in tracing nut cit.
cuoisiances which nflected suspicion ors the Prisoners, nod
it having beta ascertained that they were living in a court
railed Drapers-place, leading out of Burton-crescent, the
officers, in company with Mr. Shelton, were proceeding there
for the purpose of searching for the stolen property, when on
'Meier at the house the male Prisoner came out at the in-
stant, Davis directly 'secured him, and took him into Olt
license, and on searching hint found several Sorts of keys
mid a screw driver. In the first floor, willeh was the apart.
event occupied by the Prisoners, a 'umber of skeleton key,
and other housebreaking implements was discovered, sad
also a member of duplicates relating to articles of jewellery
of a desciiption similar to those stolen, a pair of gold ear-
rings. which Mr. S. had no doubt of being his property, were
found concealed in a cupboard, and several other insist
Things, such as black led peacila, winch had appareulle ho,r,
taken out of eases, and pieces of wire on which Jewellery is
usandly bang, were picked up by the officers.
The Primeers declined saying any thing is their defence
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present, sad they were both ordered for resexaminati.in
on Tuesday next, but application twillc afterward,' made to
the worthy Magistrate on behalf of the female Prisoner, who
is the mother of five children, all under the age of seven
years, he humanely consented to her liberation, on as
undertaking by some of her friends beiag made fur bee sp.
pearaare when called two.
• private rxami•atiou took place before Sir R. Birnie re-
spectiag Parker and Hauler, two privates of the 5111 regi-
ment of foot, charged with the commission of a crime, of
which it is justly said amongst Cbristians is not to be
Named.

The Prisoners were fully committed to Newgate for trill,
and we are informed that the evidence against them is c•ui.
elusive.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
STATF. OF WESTMINSTER.

Yeeieeday the Magistrates at this rifler were employed in
bearing charm against publicans and others fur keepitiir
disordeity house% and harbouring persons of both sexes, of
evil fame.

There were several persons brought op from the watch_
hoarse charged with petty robberies and disorderly einidoet
in the Almonry, a plare noted for many years fur being the
resort of thieves, body snatchers, and lewd women. It bits
beers also celebrated for rat catchers, legerdemain, and iti•
aerial showmen, soldiers, and rioters of every descripek.o,
and the pariah officers repeatedly endeavoured to put Joao
the nuisance by indicting the parties, but failed, and at list
it was found necessary to apply to Parliament, and during
the last Session a local Act had been obtained, sothorisiog
the creature of the habitations of these notorious chsrsciers,
and erecting a new street from Deatimyard to Pim:iro
their stead, with a view of extirpating them out of the penile,.
The Myelitis of Granby public-house. situated is the es nor..
of the Alennory, was entirely supported by such ohmmeters
as ore above mentioned, until the Magistrates found at 'Rtes_
wary le take away the heftier., but subsequently Mr. sort
Mrs. Vickery established an eating-bouse, which 11118Welf ail
Its purposes ; the moat notorious characters of both reset
meet here every night, regaling themselves with pea mid
leg of berf soup, table beer, &c. till the time art Ives for ihim
to sally out to rob the drunken sad unwary passenger., m d
frequently preemie are enticed from Rend atreet, Piecadd,y,
Oxford street, and places further off, to the A looney, oh, ie
they are webbed and maltreated.

The soldiers mad prostitutes fossil in Ma notorious !Vace
barrio' been examined, and their emirs disposed of, Malty. •
watchman 011 the bent, charged Mr,. Viikeiy, the landlady
of the eating hussar, with being disorderly ; he slated 'l.t
at midnight lie beard a noise at her house; us going there
he found her outside the door molding her loto,band, ard
using the moat vile expressions ; the horse at that time was
full of mem and women, many of them night sulkers, who
had no place of midenre. He (witness) told Ma. V. be
would take her to the watch•hoirae, epos which she attacked
bins with the most seurrilous expressions nail threats, but
be was not to be iolinaidaled, and conveyed her MI/Ay. Wbret
making his charge Mr. Vickery came ia, and charged him
with being druuk apes his duty, but the constable of the
night would nut take the charge. Ile said this was the state
of their house every night since he was made a wstchmaa.
The Magistrate sent for Mr. Vickery, and is the area time
the wife was locked up, very moat against her will.
Mr Vickery soon made bus spprarasice, and the watchmen
detailed again Ike above stammeut:
Mr. Vickery said there was so disorder in his home ;
watchman wait there every eight, as well as those he ilrs,:;-
•aled noloriesis cliaracterr,

The watchman denied having erre atwociated with them.
%1,. Vickery apiu .aid he was not fit to be a 'Patchogue,
end he would get himself murdered some •light, if be aid
rut wool.

The Magistrate told b. his house wu ose of ;be molt

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