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London, England, 1821-10-16 00:00:00

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plug/lead by lain *mimeo was far beciailli AC.I al y-perawa
would !caddy conceive. jai one year he hail been rubhtd of
efroperly to the amount of 2001 in the ur oink slime.
The Prisoner was remanded for fiarther exasuinathiu ua
Thursday nest. •

BOW-sTREET.
taibledito4•An thigh, a most notorious thief, Was t Iritited
before Sir Richard &me, the sitting Magistrate, with steal-
ing from the person of Thomas Hall a pocket-book, euu-
Mining Girt sovereign, one abillitig, and one sixpence.
The witness, who is a respectable tradesman miffing in
Getrard-street, Sohu, stated that no Saturday right last isfi
bent into a yoblic-house in Long sere and castled fur a glare
of liquor, and Murk out bm pucke—book, which contained thp
shove stated money, to pay fur it. At this lime •lineals
observed the Prisoner standing dive to htin, and in a mi.: 1
put, after felt his pocket-blok mire in hi/stoat poCket; be
directly turned mood and saw the Prisoner draw his hand in
the direction from his pocket, the Prisoner immediately ran
out, witness mimed his book and pursued hint, crying ant
se *top thief r Some watchmen succeeded i.e stopping
On witness coming up to hint the Prisineer replied forwaid
end thrust his band agaisist witness's bream, sari* at the
" Here it is in your breast." Wittiest put Sp his hand
mid felt his pocket-book, is sure that he did not plum It
there himself. He, witness, accompanied the Prisoner to the
"Nab-house, and here examined his porkm-lsouk, said found
the contests all safe; be afterwards renamed to the public-
haute, for the purpose of psyitig fur • glass sloth he had
broken is the harry of parsuiog the Pfiftleet, mid finding
the house closed, he was reit/runic back wheat be oat hustled
Iry tiro men, nue of whom blrock him a violent btu* us the
41111 thee made off; has no doubt thq were (tirade of
the Prisoner, as be bed observed them lurk iug about the
public-bootie dour orlaes he first catered it. •

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Maurice Quilt, one of the *Mclnnes of the pariah of St.
Gibs, stated that %butt twelve o'clock on Saturday night
tail, he saw the Prisoner retro down Nottingham-rood, and
Pessirestor after him, he laid hold of bins and demoted bin ;
the Procreator came ny sod charged the Prisoner with hay-
lag stoles his pocket-book. He saw the Priloner thrust his
bawd against the Prosecutor's breast, and beard him say that
the book was theie.
Robert Cooper, a watthtnan of St. Marlin's, corroborated
theevidenee of Quill.
The Prisoner alleged in his defence, that be only went into
the public-house to hive balf a pint of beer, and observed
the Prosecutor place his pocket-book he his bream-pocket,
and after kaviug the public bowie be saw the Prosecutor
footslog, crying out, " Slop thief !" and supposing he had
forgot where he bad put it, be merely rag after him, to re.
mind bins of where he had deposited it.
Sir R. Birnie remarked, that it was rather unfortunate
that the Nieuwe could not give a better accented, its be did
nut think it would avail him any thing oar his trial.
About a twelvemonth ago the Prisoner was apprehended,
with three others, on a charge of highway rubbery on the
Edgwarcroad. Prisoner was armed with a loaded pistol at
the time; they were all three committed for trial at the
Old Bailey Sessions, when, owing to some doubt as to
identity, the Prisoner fortunately escaped the capital charge ;
he was however sentenced to six numstbs• imprieuotioesit as a
rogue and vagabood, is battier the pistol In his poses-soon
with Weal to swoosh sense prism. liebsequest to the ex-
plratios of his sentence be has repeatedly beer in custody fur
Mossy.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
STEALING COFFIN INSCRIPTION&
noire' a grave-digger, of St. James's parish, and Wien,
www of the sextons, were charged with steal Ng SOlb. weight
of lead, composing the inscriptions oa comic.
Gook, a constable un duty at the watehhosse, detected
the grave-digger leaving the chords-yard on Sunday night
with al much lead as he could well sia,il under, and he look
him Into custody. The ponderous lead turned out to be
soMe plates wrenelierl from comas.
Wyatt came forward to prove lbe his friend the grave.
digger, that the lead was Its perquisite, and by sine. of
his ensploymest be had completed it to the grave-digger.
The detente ilf Rowe was that in digging graves the shovel
was impeded *tits lead separated from roan which were
subedit Bat ',profaners negatived this aseretiwoh, as aurae
of the plates were of dale as recent as ISt,, aunt ',steed of
failtiog off the ruses, the metal hail bees wreathed off the
depositaries in the vaults.—The Prasuuers were reinauded
. Ilarawaisbes leafing.
. . U. lIIINTABLI OCCURREN C g.••••• 011 the 3th inst. at
I edp race,
__ in the neighbourhood of Auglinaclue.
THOMAS Moose, Esq. of Dawn, a moat worthy nod
respectable character, was killed in the following
lamentable manner :—After the first race was over,
• gentleman gallopping over a field, ran his horse to
• ditch—the animal bring unmairsgeable, took a
contrary direction to that which the rider iistended,
end having made his way over, came in contact
with the horse on which Mr. M. set—both horse'
and their riders fell ; arid, awful to relate. the gen-
tleman's horse trampled our Mr. Moose's bead, stud
in a moment the vital spark was extinct !
The injury received by the labourers in conse-
quence of the falling iv of • hoes. in Mitre-street,
on Thursday, is more serious than was sit first sup-
posed. The boy is nut expected to recover, and
Mr. SHORT, the mister, is severely hurt, and not
able .to leave his mom.
General Eons, who was obliged to have one of
his hends amputated. its consequence of the burst-
ing of his gnu, whilst shooting a few days ago on
Lard Bucelsionam's maoor, is Dow rapidly reco-
.eering.
Orr Sunday last • lark. pursued by a hawk,
lighted for shelter oar a woman who was anteing in •
field near Torthorwald. The hawk was so rapaci.
oats es to make several atteuspts on its iHteittiEd
before it could be driven off. The lurk, ogee
ponnotly sensible of the protection it hurl received.
remained with the woman, and is now lively sod
cheerful, though confined iii a cage. ( AdinbergA
Star./ .
Rartairr or Boit.oixo..--Witlia the laid three
months the buildings on the east side of %Vineries.
Bridge-road, have increased so much that they now
consist of several streets. The principal is just
seamed Bond-street. Four or five shops nre erected
next the Feather., and, in short, persons whit were
on the spots few mouths since would recugn Zr but
few of the old features.
A large eastern window, which was completely
covered, has
_just been discovered in the church of
All Saints, Bristol. It is said, by very old people,
to have once contained a mug beautiful specimen
of ancient stained glass, but of which not a vestige
now remains. The mistoiry appears still to be
sound ; beneath the window was discovered an an-
tique altar-piece.
THE COORTSHAT ESTATES.—These vast, value..
ble, and beautiful domains, its the county, of Lime-
rick, were rooted by Queen ELtZaßsTel to SIC
.--- COURTRNAT. His descendant, the present
Lord Viscount COURIIRMAY, resides in some r--
mote part of Amerce. mud. we believe. has server
even seen his immense Irish property. lie has been
belles g this old forfeiture fur some years—and his
sales hare produced him 200,0001. which, at 6 per
ceut. would bring 12,0001. per annum—but lie
loss still remaining 42,000 Irish phonation acres,
let, it is stated, at au average for Dearly 4Us. an
age, sad. which, therefore, yield barn so.OOOL a
year or. upwards.—Tire COV &TIM A T property ime:
been for some time under the mausigeoseut of truest ..
setts, who reside iu Buslond.
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