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POLIC.

MANSION-1101'SE.
31essrs. Robson. Blades„ and Co., Stationers, of Abchurch-lane,
came before the Loan 31•YOB, to request his Lordship's inter-
: terence for the punishment of a very serious fraud which had been
committed upon them by one of their servants, who was, they said,
abetted by • number of persons, considered to be as respectable
copper-plate printers as any in London.
Mr. Hobson stated, that the firm of which he was a partner, was
in the habit of printing a large quantity of bankers' checks. and
that in consequence of the numerous forgeries which had been
effected by discharging the ink marks with an acid, and substituting
other numbers, their attention was turned to the best means of
preventing such alteration. The printers' ink generally in use
withstood the common acids, but common writing ink did not, and
therefore the latter might be discharged, and an adequate space left
for the forger to write over the common engraved ground in che-
goer. To frustrate this temptation and opportunity to do ill, the
complainants made and obtained a patent ter a printing ink, which
acids would discharge, so that if a•iy attempt were made by a
forger to discharge the writing printed with such ink, he would
discharge the printing ink also, and render the attempt pal-
pable. A recent forgery, to a considerable amount, attempted
upon a check of the description alluded to, was not very long
ago detected, and the importance of the invention as a security was
unquestionable. They had engaged a Frenchman named La
Roche, to grind and mix the patent ink for the use of the workmen.
This min had been in their employment, at weekly wages, since
the year 1823. On Friday evening last, when the printers were
quitting work, a person who had frequently before been seen on
the premises, inquiring for La Roche, was stopped, and interro-
gated by one of the partners, es to his object in coming there so
frequently, when, after much hesitation, he admitted that he came
from a highly respectable firm of stationers and printers, residing
near Cornhill. On pursuing the inquiry it was discovered that
this firm bad been supplied by La Roche, without the knowledge
of his employers, for nearly twelve months. Mr. Robson then
showed to his Lordship, in proof of this statement, a number of re-
ceipts and orders, to a comiderable extent, that had been found at
La Roche's lodgings. On the next day they recelved,from the per-
sons they accused of abetting IA Roche, a letter in justification of
their conduct ; it was to the following effact :
" Messrs. Robson and Co.--fientlemen—We beg to hand you a
copy of a memcrazulum given to us by Mr. La Roche, ink-maker.
The original may be seen at
" Sirs,Vours respectfully."
Copy of the memorandum.—" I hereby undertake to supply
Meastr. with printing Ink, but promise and undertake not
to delver any ir.k like, or similar to, that which is specified in the
piee.tt of Illessrs. Robson and Co.
• May 10, 1821. (Signed) DAVID LA Roma (his mark)
IVitness, William A Roche."
Mr. Robson stated further, that they had ascertained that a
number of highly respectable houses (or houses considered as such)
had (:e& in a similar manner with respect to their property. lie
further stated his belief that La Roche had made use of their cons
i 0 supply the orders he had obtained, and iequested a
iwarant against him.
The Loan MAYOR said, he did not see that he had sufficient
kygnl ground for granting a warrant, although he had not the
slightest doubt that the conduct of the servant had been highly
dishonest. In his opinion, the conduct of one tradesman in buying
an article from the servant of the person who made it, without the
knowledge or consent of the latter, was as unjust as it was disre-
putable. Although, in consequence of the failure of legal proof he
could not interfere as a 81agistrate, yet he had no hesitation in
saying, from the facts as they append to him, that Messrs.
Robson might have their remedies by civil actions.
Mr. Robson, before he left the Justice Room, observed, that the
conduct on the part of a number of the trade was the more unjus.
tifiable, as the firm did not wish to monopolize the invention,
but were ready to give licences for the use of it.
A young man; named Lea, who was clerk to Mr. Lewis, a sta-
tioner, was charged by his employer with having embezzled several
sums of money which he was intrusted to receive.
?.Ir. Lewis said he had been plunged into the greatest dif ieul.
ties by :he conduct of Lea, who had been most confidentially em-
ployed, and who he had just found out, had been constantly in the
habit of receiving money for which he never accounted. Upon
several of these occasions he had given receipts for the money,
and those receipts were proved in evidence.
Lea stood at the bar with his anus folded, and said, upon his
word he had no recollection of the thing at all.
Mr. Lewis said, there were 20 or 30 other cases which he had rot
had time to inquire into, in consequence of having been obliged to
attend so much to th:: inquiries of his creditors.
The Loan MAYOR asked the prisoner whether he had anything
more to say?
Lea--M, my Lord ; I have nothing else except this t when I
went to Mr. Lewis's, he agreed if it should ever be contemplated
that I should part from him, to give me three months' notice, or
my salary for three months. Now I'd be glad to know whether
I can't come down upon Mr. Lewis for remuneration ?
Every one in the office was astonished at this request, upon mak-
ing which the prisoner stood erect and folded his arms.
The Loan MAYOR told him the agreement presupposed intr.
grey upon the part of the prisoner, and that he (the prisoner) had
taken very good care of himself, if a judgment were to be formed
from his activity in collecting money for his own use.

GUILDHALL.
ITALTAW AND STANISEI RETOCIEti.—The Sub-oarnvnittee
for the relief of the Spanish and Italian Refugees, held a meet-
ing on Wednesday, in the Irish Chamber, at Guildhall, for the
purpose of investigating the particular situation of each of the Its.
lion emigrants. At eleven o'clock Mr. Alderman Wood took the
Chair, there being then present a great number of Italians. Many
of these expressed their readiness to return to those parts of the
Continent where they could remain unmolested, and it was conse-
quently resolved by the Sufi-committee, that 101. should be ad-
vanced to all thosewho should produce their passports to the Secre.
tary, with the full understanding, et the same time, that they re-
nounced in consequence all further claim upon the funds now sup-
plied by the public. Numerous applications have also been made
to the Committee for teachers of the Spanish and Italian languages.
and many of the Refugees being well qualified to undertake such
situations, as well as to give lessons in music and drawing, which
they would be willing to do or. very moderate terms, the Commit-
tee resolved that the sum of M. should be given to all those who
might obtain situations of that kind in this country, with a similar
understanding as to their renouncing further claims. The Com-
mittee use the utmost precaution to prevent the too rapid diminu-
tion of the fund at their disposal. A meeting will be held to-mor-
row to consider the particular cases of the Spanish Refugees.

BOW-STREET.
Yesterday, John Leeds, a lad of about 18, was brought before
Sir R. 'lnvite:, charged with stealing eight yards of woollen cloth,
the property of Mr. Owen Morris, of Pickett-street, Temple-bar.
The prisoner rery deliberately took up the roll of chub, which
wu u much u he could conveniently carry, and walked out with it.
He said nothing in his defence, sod was fully committed for trial.
Joh■ Roberts, a young man who has been for several darn in
custody on many charges of robbing houses, in which he had taken
lodgings, sa it would seem for no other purpose,wastinally examined.
Several charges were preferred, and he was fully committed for

HATTON-GARDEN.
TEE PoeLic Lt OUTS.— Yesterday Joists fres, a lamplighter,
in the employ of Mr. John Brandron, lamp-contractor for the
pariah of St. Luke, Clerkenwell, was brought up in the ct.stody
of Waddington and Mills, of the Bow-street patrol, charged on
suspicion of having in his possession a quantity of glass, supposed
to be stolen from out of the public lamps.
Mills stated, that he and his comrade, Waddington, met the
prisoner on Monday evening, at the corner of IVilderness-row.
Doswell-street, carrying a basket which was tilled with glass of
the above description; on interrogating him as to the manner in
which he became possessed of it, the prisoner replied, that he was
ordered to take it to the house of a Mr. Eber, in Baldwin's-gardens,
who repaired the lamps of St. Luke's parish for Mr. Woods the
contractor; on making inquiry at Mr. Eber's shop, it appeared that
he never did anything in the way described. They therefore de-
tained him, and ►ubsequently ascertained that the prisoner was in the
employ of Mr. Brandron, who succeeded Mr. Woods, co contractor
for St. Luke's parish lamps, who it seemed had suffered very con.
siderabie losses by depredations of a similar nature.
The officer then fitted some of the panes found on the prisoner to
skeleton lamps produced by Mr.llrandron's foreman, and they corre-
sponded in every respect.
Mr. Brandron could not speak to the precise tosses he had
sustained ; but the foreman, whose duty it is to give out new lamps
whenever the lamp-lighters report any broken or stolen, stated,
that within the last week he gave out six lamps to the prisoner, who
returned four as having been broken by various casualties, and two
stolen. Losses in this way were of very frempent occurrence,
and witness having strong suspicion of the mew, from the circum.
stance of their being evidently cut out, and not shattered, he men-
tioned the circumstance to his employer, and at the same ume spoke
to the men on the subject, advising them to be more cautious in
their reports.
Mr. Woods, the former contractor, stated that he never gave the
prisoner any order respecting glass, and that he did not even know
that there was such a person as Eber. He knew, from experience,
that the contractor was liable to great loss in this wa► ; he remem-
bend that withiu the space of twelve mouths no fess than 1,400
lamps had been returned to him in the same manner, the greater
part of which had the glass evidently out out, and not broken as
repotted by the lamplighters; because, had it been broken by a
stone, or other violence, some vestige of it would have remained in
the frames.
The prisoner denied the charge, and stared in defence, that he
purchased the glass from a stranger who offered it for sale, and he
intended to sell it spin. With regard to the statement made to
the officers when apprehended, he said that he was so thunder-
struck, that it deprived him of all recollection, and he said any
thing that came uppermost.
The Magistrate (Mr. Lai no) said, that this was a most unsatis-
factory account of the possession, and the prisoner was committed
for trial.
Vaortawet.—George Williams, a miserable-looking young
mum, without either hat, shoes, or stockings, and in every respect
approachiag to actual nudity of person, was brought up by two
of the Merolicity Society's officers, charged with begging in the
public streets.
John Hayward, Esq. of No. 5, Cuddington-street, stated, that
the prisoner attracted his &motion near Stanles Inn, Holborn, by
asking for alms, and by the general wietchedartes of his appeararce.
More from a motive of compassion than from any wish to punish,
he referred him to the Mendieity Society's off:., where he (Mr.
H.) well knew he would meet relief if a deserving object. It up.
Pared, however, that the prisoner had been already there, and that

he had received fond, clothes, and money, and wa---;—.7"..--;Zprovided
work, to which he did not think proper to go.
The officers of the Society corroborated dna statement.
The prisoner did not deity any part of the charge. He yid
was a native of Staffordshire; and being far front home, d
an con
tote of support, he must either rob or leg.
He was committed to the House of Correction for twenti.ve
days.
TEE BREAD,STEALZR.—Since the committal of poor e
Bryant, the discharged soldier, who stole the bread out of a havii%
basket, in Brunswick square Go stated in our paper of Illohdvr,
a gentleman who served with him in the 9:h regiment at the
has called at this office to know whether it was possible an).;.,.:
could be done in his behalf. The reply, of course, was, that th,
cue must go to • Jury. The gentleman expressed his detennits.
tion to visit Bryant in Newgate, and to attend, if nteessary, al tit
trial, to speak to his chsracter as a soldier. •
MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE.
Yesterday Edward Slot-bruin, the pugilnit, was brought upoe
warrant. charging him with having illegally mixed certain drugs it
a pint of beer, which he gave to a young man named Jones.
It appeared in evidence, that, on Tuesday evening, the urn
plainant went into the Carpenters Arms public-house, Jute,.
street, and drank some porter with a friend. The defendant B,irk,
man shortly after came in, and entered into conversation with lb.,
the result of which was, his offering to foss (throw up halfpmce,Q
beer. His offer was accepted, and he finally lost a pint of rote,
which having warmed, he emptied the contents of a paper in:o
observing it was ginger. Several persons drank of the porter, v.e.
very soon became seriously ill, but the complainant, from
retching, suffered violently.
Stockman said it was only a lark, and he did rot mean any hart-
be thought " as how the young man wanted ph)sic."
The blagistrate said it was a very disgraceful and unwarranttile
act, and desired him either to make a compensation to the tit.
plainant, or find baiL
The business was subsequently arranged, Stockman having gut
a sovereign, and paid the expenses.

THE MURDER AT WHADDON CHAS)

Every circumstance connected with this melancholy affair, 24
the absence sir 3langan, excites daily a fresh interest. Of Mums
as yet no tidings have been heard, and his absence still remairs,
mystery. There is, however, very strong evidence to negative
idea that Lynn, or the deceased (Hogg), were at all connected ink
his disappearance. Mangan was sent about three o'clock on ee
Sundae, walking on the new road leading from Vauxhall to tat.
berwell, and on that Sunday Lynn dined at the mother's hose,
in Kennington.lane, with his sisters and some other relatiss.
Mrs. Lynn bad her dinner sent to the house in Aloorhall-place, tea
after dinner, between one and two o'clock, Lynn went that,
Hogg had been out in the morning with Lynn, who took is
gun with him, and in the fields shot two small birds. They aped
to meet again in the afternoon at Lynn's mother's, which t*
did, but llogg did not come till some time after Lynn bad ler,
there. After this they drank together a considerable quantity of
rum and water, and 6411 rrrrained there until ten o'clock ar
night, when Lynn returned to the house in Kennington-lre,
and there slept. On the Monday he was at work part of tba
also on the '1 uesday; consequently it appears that Lynn was tx
misting, as has been supposed, at any time within which e
could have had the opportunity of disposing of Mangan;
such supposition can only have arisen front the circumstance d
Lynn and Hogg leaving their homes, u has been stated, for L.
veiyool:

On the Sunday after they had taken the rum and water, I,yr.
when be rose from his seat, said to his mother, " Oh ! how I Uzi
my head runs round • I never felt so before." Hia sister thou
this the effect of the liquor they had been taking; but the mothr
explained to her the quantity they had taken, and was sure, fns
his former habits, that it could not be the cause. On the Tuesew
afternoon he showed some wildness of manner at the house of M.
White, in Smithfield. He had been there the day before with
Duvall, to look after some casks, and on his coming in. Mr. Whee
said to him, " What, buying casks again to-day ? Upon whit
be turned round and went away without speaking. His mother,.
rived at home on Wednesday night, as may be supposed in tee
greatest distress. She feels perfectly convinced that he is complete 7
insane ;he neither speaks nor looks as hitherto. On his mother&
entering his place of confinement, he rose and said " Oh, mother,
are you not dead ? have you seen Abraham ?" meaning Hogg, z
being that familiar mode of calling each other Charles azi
Abraham. He then described to her his jumping Mr the coed,
and that Abraltsm ran after him, for the resurrection men, apt
thz mention of which he became quite incoherent. When mat
coherer t, he told his mother that when he was taken, he was tin)
in a chair, and made a show of in the corner of a room. He all
told her lie had shook hands with Abraham, and they had made::
up. Il'ith respect to the letter mentioned in the Cmrespondenes
account, the fact is, he had made many attempts to write, but all
that he wrote was, ‘• Dear mother, I am-." This he put into the
tire while his mother was there, and while blazing took it out and
stuffed it iwo his pocket. His humanity has always been exert.
plary. It is a well-known fact that he has saved no less than fat:
persons from a watery mare by going in after them, and in one in.
stance he plunged into the water from the wall next the Thames,
at Sir R. Burnett's premises, and brought out a child wl o must
otherwise have been drowned. His father, who died stout three
months si-cc, was previously in a state of Insanity, and his mother
has at this time a sister confined at a lunatic asylum at Bethnal
Green, where she has been three years. The presumption, there.
fore, that the murder was committed under the influence of sr.
sanity, is considerably strengthened. We must again refer to the
pistol, which it has been said Lynn presented at his aunt; we
have seen it, and it is nothing more than a pistol tinder-box, quite
old, and out of repair, so much so that it cannot be used even fur
its original purpose.

SPORTING Nil: LLIGENCE.

TATTERSA LL'S, JAY. 13.

The attendance today was very thin, and the betting slack.
The only alterations to be noticed are, that the two Phantom col'
are going back for the Derby, while for the St. Leger Memnon sr:
Cleveland remain at equal odds, and ('cowcatcher has gone back
least ten points.

near.

8 to 1 apt 31uleteer
10 to 1 agst Rufus
16 to I auvt Webb
IR to 1 ac.t D. of York's colt
TO to I agar Bolero
20 to 1 sot Canvas

20 to 1 apt Legacy
22 to 1 agst Diana
2s to 1 agst Defiar.ce
23 to 1 agst Gottanna
1000 to 3 agst 31actluffttakt-)

8 to 1 agst Sorcery
10 to 1 ngst Attica
11 to I twat Aline
12 so 1 agst Wilts
16 to 1 apt First Fly

10 to 1 apt Pipylina
20 to 1 agst Zuleika
26 to 1 agst Shoveller
26 to 1 apt Sister to Premium

11 to 1 apt Memnon
11 to 1 agst Cleveland
14 to 1 apt Redgauntlet
22 to 1 apt Homer

IT. Li

:011.

SO to I apt His Grace
SO to I agst Muleteer
4U to I agst Croweatcher
High odds agst any other.

It is intended to raise a sum of SOW. in Limerick and its neigh•
bourhood, amongst the amateurs of the field, to preserve goo,
Covert.

An inquest was held on Thursday, at the Mansion-
Rouse, Hull, before Charles Whitaker, Esq., Coroner, e'
view of the body of Richard Vassey, who had been fight-
ing at a small public-house in this town, Wednesday craz-
ing, with one John Turner, the younger, from whom he
had received some severe blows, and died soon after gettio:
home. A verdict of " Manslaughter" was on Friday re-
turned against Turner.
The stomach pump was successfully employed on Wes:-
neselay, at Chester, in saving a man who had, at ore
draught, drank off a pint of raw gin !

MARRIED.
On Tuesday. the 11th, at the College Chapel, by the Revered
the Provost of Eton, the Reverend Thomas W. Champness, Recur
of Fulmer, Ducks, and Cottisford, Oxon, to Miss Langford.
ut
Eton College.
Charles, eldest son of Charles Halsey Johnson. Esq., of Hatton-
en, to Charlotte, sixth daughter of the late Thomas Pierpoir,
of Bureau, Siafrordshire.
n the 3d instant, at St. Lawrence's Church, York, Robert
Manse', Esq., of the Inniskillen Dragoons, to Mans, Wirt
daughter of Wm. Armstrong, Ems., of the same regiment.
On the I lth instant, at Rodborough, Thomas Adlington,
of Upper Tooting, Surrey, to Mary, the only daughter of the 1..:
Peter Smith, Esq. of Walbridge, tilcatcestershire.