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London, England, 1826-09-05 00:00:00

ASSAULT„

Minhael Conway was charged by William Shepherd with an as.
s o It.
Shepherd (a street-keeper of St. Pancras) stated that at half-
past II o'clock on Saturday night he saw the prisoner at the end
o Grafton-street, Tottenham-court lloacl, in a state of intoxica-
tion, with a parcel in his hind, containing a new hat. Having
known him for some ye.rs, lie advised him to go home. As Con-
way was not disposed to tike this advice, Shepherd called in the as.
sistatice of the sericant of the watch' and they got him es far as
litzrny.squatie. Ile then ctiMplained that they hurt his arm, by
holding Mtn too tight. Shepherd had no sooner let him to than he
turned round, struck him in his far, and knocked him down. The
teed, ant of the watch hearing Shaph2rd man, litted him up, and
found one of ribs was brnken„ whether from a bl"w against a post
at the corner, or the curb stone, they could not tell. Shepherd was
taken to the Middlesex Hospital, and Conway to the watch.honse.
Mr. Broughton said it was a most aggravated case: the street-
keeper was endeavourer g to render him an t siential service by
tilting him and his property home in safety, when he was incapa-
ble of doing ci her for himself, and he had returned it by doing him
a most setinus injury. He rot cninitiiited.
John Harris was hrought forward by Mr. Stephen Litter, on a
charge of assault and (minus driving.
Mr. Litter stated, that lic purchased three loads of hay on Satur-
day last, at the Haymarket. The prisoner drove one of the cite,*
in which part of the hay was. lie was tipsy. and when he came to
,the complainant's yard, he was thriving so furiously that if any
children hapitened to be on the road, the cart might pass over them.
The complainant checked him, upon which the prisoner struck
hint very severely. and knocked him down.
The prisoner admitted the whole charge, but stated that he was
not in the habit of getting drunk, and that he hoped his Worship
would vertical him.
Mr. BROUGHTON, after sevetely lecturing him, ordered him to
lind bail.

James Ernmrrion. a dissipated looking fellow, was brought up
by Mr. Berry, No. tsi, Upper Illarylebone.street, on a charge of
briag found in his area, under auspicious circumstaoces. Mr.
Bury stated, that about eight o'clock on Saturday night, his
brother.in-law came into his room, and informed him that there was
somebody in the area. They then got a candle lighted, and west
into the errs, where they found the prisoner. The complainant
asked him what he was dning there. lie answered, that lie did rot
mean to make any resistarce, and that 6c would surrender; upon
which the complainant sent for a constable. and gave bin in ems.
tody. They searched the prisoner, but he had nothing.
Mr. lkrry'a brother-in-law corroborated Mr. IL's testimony. and
added, that the prisoner said, when they came up to him, that he
was glad they discovered him, as he might have done worse, and
I that it would be a warning to othera.
The prisoner said that he was a tailor from the murky ; that he
had been out of employmint for the last six weeks, and only came
to London on Saturday mottling. As lie was walling beside the
omplainant's house, his hat accidentally fell into the urea: he
jumped in for it, but could not get out again, there being t.o ateps
to the area.

Mr. Buovairrox, suspecting the prohatility of this story, con•
victed him as* vagabond, and ordered him to the House of Cur.
ration for a month.
lAI PORTANT TO LIGHTER NI EN.
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THAMES -6F-I; of George I

cap. 26, whereby the penalty is nut ii flirted on the offemlim; party.
—A Mr. Hamilton Coaleve Millatry, a respectabte lighiernian,
appeared on a summons, founded on the info mat ion nt Witham
Neville, to show cause Why 11., apprentice, Thomas Moote, did. on
•he 24tb of August last, between Greveseml and Il'inthor. take
chaste of and work s craft, contrary to the statute in that awe mnde
and p,ovi•led, and in viols ion e the 2d of George li. cap. 26,
which stater " That for the better security of the lives of Tamen.
gets, and the safe, y of goods, be it enacted that from and atter the
20Th of June, 1719, it shall not be lawhil for any apprentice to take
upon laim,elt the sole management of any boat or other vessel upon
said limits afcr said, unt'l such apprentice shall hsve attained the
full age of 16 yews, it he be the sun of a waterman, end the age of
17, being the eon of a landman, and unless said apprentice shall
have worked upim the said !liter, with same able and skilful 11.3.

terman, wherryman, or lig! terman, for the space f two yeavis at
least before 1114 attaining the said respective agrs; and in case smell
apprentice shall be convicted convicted thereof, in manner as afore-
sattl, then in such case the master or mistress of such apprentice
shall forret :Ind pay for every such offence the !RIM of IN '
Mr. M•Garry being called on to plead, he pleaded guilty ; at the
same time he observed that he was not aware of the cvstence of
such a statute.

Mr. Symons. the Chief Clerk, observed, that Mr. M'Ciarry could
not be ennvicied until his apprentice was first.
Thomas Moore, the apprentice, admitted the fact of his being
an apprentice, and was no: as yet two years so. lie also wan calhl
on to produce his indenture, which he did ; at the same time he did
not deny working the barge on the day spcifiinl in the information.
Ile was accordingly convicted, and his conviction also convicted his
master.

Captain It ICIIBF:LL said he was obliged, under the Art, to call on
11'llarry to pay the penalty of 10s. and costs. Ile observed
that it was rather a eurions statute, whereby the offending party
escapes ; nor does the Act even make the provision that" should the
offence be committed without the privity or consent of the master;"
with or Without, it operates alike. So an apprentice may at any
time inflict a fine on his toaster.

Mr. aNiarry having paid the fine and the costs, all parties then
left the office.

CHARGE OF RURGLARK.

WORSHIP-ST atne; Ingram Were
brought up by Lock, a constable of St. Luke's, on suspicion of
being concerns'd in an extensive burglary, at Dragon, near Sings_
land.

Lock, having received some information, went to a house in
Britannia-street,City.road,a here he found the two prisoners in bed.
In tile room where they were lie observed a sort of trap door in the
floor, on opening which he discovered concealed under the flooring
some skeleton keys and a chain. In the room adjoining, also occu-
pied by the prisoners, lie found three chairs, which had been stolen
from the shop of a chair-maker in Bath-street, tity.road. Lock
took both the prisoners into custody, and seized the three chairs,
as also the skeleton keys, ■ll of which were now produced and
there being no evidence at present to connect them with the burgle, y
at Balaton, they were remanded on the charge of stealing the chairs.

LIFE IN THE BOROUGH.
Uwtorr-trat.t..—Yesterday, two men, named Clarks Bevil
and Jatts Stow. together with a female named Hartley, all na-
tives of the Sister Kingdom, were placed at the bar, charged under
the following circumstances. The cruntenances of the defendants
were dreadfully disfigured in consequence of a riot they had been
' engaged in the previous bight.
A lean of itenikmanly appearance, whn subsequently gave his
name Dank] 11,4, and represented himself as a Lieutenant in the
Navy, stated that on the preceding night he called at a house kept
by the female defendant, In George-yard, Rent.street,—a common
brothel ; and havirg !entrant for some liquor, lie became rather in-
: toxicated ; and as there was other company in the room, for the
purpose of security, lie intnisted his purse, containing several SO.
Ve/eignll, to the landlady. The moment he had done so, the can-
dies were puffed out, leaving the room in utter darkness. and a
scene ensued, which lie described of surh a nature as to ban: de.,
seription. The cninpany chiey Consisted the lower orders of
the Irish, Scotch, and i/ertnan nations. As soon as the lights
were extinguished, he (the Lieutenant) was immediately laid i;ros-
trate on the floor by a thump on the nose from an Insert, hand,
and a general fight ensued in the room. Doting the heat of the
contest lie was trampled on ; and hearing a voice calling nut,
" Larry, give me a hould of the poker until I smash his skull,"
complainant thought it high time to make his escape, end luckily
succeeded in crawling out of the room on all bum.. On gaining
the street, he informed the watchman of what had happened in the
house.
The Magistrate asked the Lieutenant what could have induced
him to enter such an abode?
The reply was, " Your Worship, I have known Mary Hartley
fur some time, and I have always experienced kind treatment in
her house until the night In querition.". . . _

....
The watchman, to whom the complainant gave the information
of hi. mane out of the infamous house, stated, that when he en-
tered the room, he °blurred all the men in it covered with gore,
and lighting most furiously with one another. When be attempted
to take Annie of them into custody the others attacked him, but he
ultimately suceeetbid in apprehending the defendants, who were
conspicuous in the riot.
The Magistrate asked the complainant whether he charged the
persona et the bar wish lisvmg robbed hint ?
The Lieutenant said that he had Lint his purse and money in the
ennui where they were, but be could not swear positively to the
person who had his papery.
Maitiey, the constable, described the house in question as one of
the most infamous description in the parish.
The female defendant, who described herself a married woman,
and held an infant in her antis, claimed a very intimate acquaint-
ance with the Lieutenant, whom she familiarly called Thomas, and
appealed to him whether he thought she could be capable of rob-
long or ill treating him. To this appeal the Lieutenant, however,
turnedat deaf car, The defendant then admitted that the complain-
ant had intrusted bis pnrse to her. Before site had time to place
it In het pocket the purse vnd all were. koosked outof her hand by
In her at the har ; the candles were
ettetinnln'aniswhebtoldri4 scenelalt.i lle:CAI riot took place, during which she was
term ildy beaten by the company.
Tim otlivr deft:Llgits ;loaded intoxication, and assigned the cause

or it to Lieutenant, who was as drunk as o,o,m:elves
(nylon.
The watchman having sworn that he Ira* P6AA..:((11
fe
otnttams, tty ,icr held to hail, and the Lit trthatit aas atli,so;
nto venture into e suiM comp.iny again.

BRUTAL 011TRABE.
A fellow named if tt.'iur ,daeis was charged with having corn iniited an outrageous and unprovoked assault on a young ma,,
namtd Wigeins.
The complainant, whose face was very much lacerated, sir&
that on Saturday night, as he was returning home, the defeat
met him, and, without the slightest provocation, struck him in the
face arid knocked hint down. When down, the clefentlant, not DA,
tent with what he had dune, trampled upon him and knorked
bun
violently in the tildes. The complainant added that he had niier
seen the defenthint before the outrage. On being asked whether ke
had been robbed, he replied in the negative, and intimated his sis!.
to compromise ,he aflitir.
The M AGIST RAT E could not permit any thing of the kind. eb.
serving that he was resolved no compromise should take pat,.
The defendant was held to bail.

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ELOPEMEN r.—ln this liberal andiinproriag age the
hli„ihke classes of ,Aciey, it would appear, make re temple k,
imitate the vice,' of their betters !—Last week a p,thon named
William Painter, upwards of 30 years of sue. Ca has a wife and
five children, clerk to Aleshrh. Ilarveyof St. Day, f'ir the last three
years, eloped with a Miss Mary Tregonieg, aged 28, who had
been glop-girl in the same e•tablittliment about twelve years. The
par ice had managed the intimacy that subsisted between them
with such secrecy that no auspicom of it wut ei‘tenained toad
Tuesday moping, when they set off in a prie-thaise for Lihkeari.
It turns out, however, by some derected letter..., that their in.imary
was of homesteading. It is supposed the futtitives have taken the
route via Plymouth for Gibraltar, of which place Painter was fee.
merly a resident. The relatives of the girl are in the utmost dis_
tress, and fear that she will he deserted when the little proper,, ,b.
hail saved has been expeaded they are desirous, therefore, that
she should leave her unprincipled heducer,and return to her saxious
friends.—Cornwall Gazette.

NII.I.ANCIIOI.If INOTANCE OF EVDIII:14 DEATu.—
Another of those awful Massimo' of sudden 44/solution latterly.,
frequent occurred on Sunday evening. About half-pate gem
o'clock. the housekeeper of Burton, Esq. of No. 4, Uppet
fironic.street, rovitnan-voitare, returning to her master's residence,
called a coach tilf the stand, opposite the Pantbcort. Oxford-,trees,
for the porpcsef.t. being conveyed thither, anti seemed in apparel!
gond htalth. The coachman, on arriving in the square. copp„;
inquire the number of the house, and not receiving an ;newer, vas
induced to open the coach door, when the object 1,1 hie inquiry sac
discovered by him in a tante of iracnsibility. Mee ;cal araistarce
was immediately procur,d, hot life was extinct.
INTF.RPOSITION or PnovineNct.—A few days slue
a little girl between two and three genre of age, belonging to Wre.
Gay, a labouring man et Helaton, white residence nt new a large
quairy, strayed from the house, wiih some nther children, ton
path which is only about four feet wide. ditagerOusly situate Oct ill,
top of the excavation, and leading to a field beyond it,and very car,
fell head foreimnit Into the gulf below. 'rhelittle unfortunate Wan
presently discovered ; and, when taken up, was in a state of mac.
sibility : she had Several contusions about her fate aid hour, but
none dangerous; though the height elle fell Is ealeularsil to o 3b
feet. It Is remarkable that Ibis little creature, only a few days pre.
I ceding, during her niother's few initialler,' absence from the room,
got into a tub of anapsuds head foremast, where iier inn hit found
heron her return, heels uppermost, and almost sulFcca;cd.—Covit.
trail Gazette.

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT 11t6MWAT ROBPERT.--
Sunday eretdog. between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, as
31r. Edmund Nicholson, attended by bra son, • youth abeat 15
years of age, were returning home in a one.horse chaise, tram a
friend's house, at Charlton, in Kent, they were stopped by two ref.
Ban, one of whom seized the bridle, whilst the trier Amanda
their money and watches, at the same time threatening their lira.
51r. N., being a resolute as well as powerful man. on the first im-
pulse, determined to resist this demand, to which end he shipped
his horse ci lently, which rushed on, and knocked uown the fellow
who had hold of the bridle. In the mean time, the other, who was
startling hes de the chaise, ran after it. and discharged a
Nicholsonping,
forrunaely without effect. 31r. Nicholson contirned with the
ut nose speed till he r ached the Flower-Pot public-house, about
n mile Isom his tome, where he stopped. On giving information
to what hid recurred, with the description of the footpads, the land-
lord of ihe house, as wed as ante other persons. identified them as
two men who had, about an hour before, been there, and described
theti4efees as joomemen shi:iwriglits, out of employ. The patro!
stationed on the romil was made acquainted with the outrage, Ka
immediately set out is pursuit, in the direction of Woolwich.

Pates...—A pistol-shot vt'as heard on the evening Of tie
23 of April last., near the house of the family of Aubenas, and on
searching xrter. a body was observe I which had been recently in-
terred in one of the fields. The husband and wife, with one of their
sons, were taken into custody. and brought before the Court of As-
size of Drome. litre the most singular circenrstances were revealed
by the wife, aged forty-rig' t, whose 'qv:stance was by no means
calculated to excite the patisimr of love. •' It is I," cried she," it
is I alone who deserve to be punished. Crrzet timid me; I.e se-
duc«l mc. After three years of it.tinaue intercourse, I resolved to
break with him. I told him my resolution, and requested Lint
never to put a foot in my house again. The Marregy fotlemiar,
however. disregarding my request, he took advantage of the ab-
sence if my husband and eldest son, and endeavoured to make etc
break my resolution. Ile was beginning to use force to subdue my
'resistance, %nen I drew a pistol at him which I had concealed
under the table. lie fell, bathed in his own blood ;he was not yet
dead ; I feared his cries would lead to a discovery ;my other hand
was armed with a knife ; I stabbed him three times in the breast or
back. I then dug a hole in the neighbouring field, where I belied
him ; it was there only that he yielded tits last breath ; I heard the
dithering of his feet. Condemn me, but save my son and my hus-
band." NI. Victor Augies, the advocate of the wife, without ac.
cusing the husband or son, artfully threw doubts u:ion the real per-
petrator of the clime. The wife was condemned to live year.' im-
prisonment. The husband and son were acquitted.
INTELLIGENCE.—Copper ores still at Pool,
31st of August, 3,127 tons; average produce, 74 ; quan-
tity of fine copper, 245 tons, 6 cwt. ; amount of .ale,
17,121;!. si. 6d.; average standard, 106/. Is.