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London, England, 1819-11-09 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

This Court nt yesterday, but no cue or any in-
terest except to the parties concersed took ',lace.

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• a• espeekiteed beguly who, far hal timerd-
f bad bet, *tweedy %wow& hew, • Court or
sTI , and beard the last sestenee of the lA.,
lh.o he hosed Will in the braid of the Crops,
was yhmauglif up by one of the officers. chsiged
with 'hairier massalited • robbery os Saturday last in die
elate of Mr. William Heyermk, is Nesellste-street.
From the ',Wince produced before the Magistrate, it *P•
peered that the Prisoner, a plausible person, came into
the shop of Mr. Hrycock cm Saturday last; Mrs. Ileyrock
was is the shop • the Primmer pretenikd that he trained to
bey several ariales, particularly handkerchiefs ; hr turned
ewer Essay of therm, but after putting ii,. laity to some trim-
Me, he declared that he would mot base the quality rah,-
hit"' at the price deolamded. He immediately after kit the
shop useuspected by Mrs. Heyeock, lint ua counting over
the articles which the Primmer had been handling, she
mimed four hasdkerehiefs ; she immediately gave the alarm ;
the Prisoner was pursued cad taken; whew he found the
pursuit was after him be dropped two of the handkerchiefs,
the remaining two were foiled is his p issessiom.
The Prisoner sot baviag any defence. be was Omsk to
be committed, when Mrs. fleyeock expressed great reluel
once to be boomed over to prosecute, mud entreated that the
Magistrate would pars over the matter. His Worship,
however, declared that though he respected the humane
feelings of Mrs. Heycock, he could cot possibly comply
with her request, the cause of public justice required that
the Prisoner should be scot before another tribunal to take
his trial for the alleged offence.
A man of the same of Maks, about fifty years of age,
was brought up, there'd with having tubbed • buy of the
name of Richardson of a parcel °minion% various 'snicks
of linen, Ise. be.
This was a very shameful case, •nd the circumstances
attending it should serve as a caution to young persona
against furnting an acquaintance with starstgers.
Richard Itichardom, • very young •ppientice boy, was
sent • few days ago ley his toaster to (we believe) a Mr.
Iletiman, in the Bormieb, fur • parett of goods; the boy
went accordingly, delierretl his or.ler, and teerired the
parcel. He was renaming home, and was met by the Pri-
mmer about four o'clock in the teeming os Londtio-bridge ;
the Prisoner introduced himself In the little
.hoy, asked him
where he was going, and when the boy issforinest hint. the
Primmer, who affeeted • sudden and warts Interest fur him,
told him that he would take him a nearer and a heifer way;
the boy crested the bridge with him. snot they weal duwu
Lombard-street together; here the Primmer asked the buy
for some beer, who willingly complied with tlw reqoest; they
went to a public-house sear floury-lase market, sod called
for some beer; they boy laid down his parcel on the coon.
ter, end they were about to sit dews, obeli the Prisoner ex-
pressed • wish to eat some black puddings; the pour buy
wither to gratify his sew friend; offered to go for them to
a meighbouring shop, sod west, bearing We handle behind.
The Prisoner went with bins a little nay, and returned to
the public Mouse hastily, snatches' op the parcel, and went
away; the boy returned with a string of black puddings,
and them (amid to his astonislimeut and grief, that lois
friend was a rogue sod • somindiet.
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The waiter of the Dolphin public-house, as well es other
persona, supported the esideoce of Richertbora.
The Prisoner wa► called on fur his defence; he coritenred
himself by declaring that he was as insuceut as a new.
born babe.
The B,.nch—You are indeed a very isnoeest babe; pray
did you ever sre those persons who hate this day sworn
against you!
The Prisoner—No, I never saw any of them
The Magisirate—Then you would have me believe that
those men who suer us you, ►ave conic here this dry for
the pursue of swearing away your life ?
The Prisoner—l am imminent.

Magistrate— Let the buy be called again. Prisoner, put
Cu your bat. Now, boy, have you any dont', that the person
before you was the nom who owl you un 1. 100-bridge,
and afterwards west with you to the pottier. house'
The Boy—l have nut the slightest doubt but that this is
the man.

The Prawn.' —1 ail innocent, yogi,. Worship.
The blavistvate—l think ”iu are the must impuilent
rogue 1 ever met. Tun most be sent to take trial before
• Jury; but fur the present wu stand rconsuderl, as the per.
sun who delivered the parcel to she buy must be ensoinstd
bete.

Oa Sunday night se'nsight, about arise o'clock, as a
ruing man, belonging to Carlisle, was returnin(• front
Arnsathwaite, he was accosted ou Wragmire brow, bee miles
from Carlisle, on the Pearith road, while in the act of ad-
j....ling 1.i% saddle, by Iwo nes, who demanded his money,
and succeeded iu tibtaisig a 11. note. The villains thee de•
camped. Proceeding oawords, the same person was again
attacked sear Newlands•gate, by three men, but the only
booty they obtained was seven shillings ; they, however, dr.
minded his watch. whit► was handed to them, bolt which
they returord on being requested to do so : our of them oh-
j.wted to this, but the ot►er two persisted, and the watch
was restored. Oise of them exclaimed, they had got too
little—the ot►ers said, necessity compelled them in sol►—
The yonag man begged they would Nut hurt hint; they said
they *sold tow, mikes he made resistattesie—Thomas Deal,
jut.. was also attacked sear the latter place last Friday
night, by two men; ►ut as one of them was rousing up to
hiss, he knocked ►im down with Lis stick, when his comps-
riots made of.

On the evening of Saturday se eight three romans went
into the house of Mr. Jon. Basks, of Maryport, Minket-per ;
two of thew immediately commieeced a flash quarrel, whilst
in the disturbance that took plate the third took am opportu-
oity of steeling several of the hitches. utcissils, with which
the whole pony walked off. Soon afterwards Catania J..ho
Tlsoaspeoo, of Maryport, watered the house, such minuted
sea bleeding very sorely—it is supposed by the above-noticed
fellows; who, after using his very ill, robbed hiss of oboist
Its. in silver, bend's other articles. 111r.Thseepsou, after
his wounds were dressed, olditimed aninseure, sod overlook
the supposed robbers is a house at Mall, at which place
they hod bees guilty of great violence, in severely rutting
an old anam of the mime of Scott, as also a &mak% Owing
to their desperate resistance only one of the gang could be
moral; and ►e has been safely lodged is. Carlisle gaol to
abide his trial foe the offence.

Last Friday morning a horse and gig were dis-
covered sBoat in our old river, nigh to Milani, by
• Gentleman who soon perceived that the louse
was dead, end bud reason to fear that his owner,
iu the event of some sad accident. might have
Awed a similar fate; but no inquiry it appeared
that as • respectable yeoman of the neighbourhood,
with his wife mid a young Lvily, who had been to
spend the day with► a friend ■t flesldingh•m, were
on their return home after dusk, the horse suddenly
took to backing, and so stubbornly, that the Ladies
were alarmed, mod jumped , but the Gentleman
kept his seat, sod eanelivoureil to whip the horse
forward, but is vain, •s the beast continued his re-
trograde movements quite into the tires, •oil was
moo drowned ; but the Gentleman, though in grew
peril, happily found miens to extricate hicrissll and
get ashore, without suffering any injury, but stet
altogether free of nor without suffering some
inconvenience, as his 116111,0 g clothes evinced.—
( Lewes /*anat.)