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OLD BAILEY SESSIONS; Sirr. 19.

OLD COURT.
Indere Mr. Serest A lIABIN, Alderman Sir R. C. GLYN, wad •
.Dlidslleses Joey.]
Dr frAR Y.
f. mg( 31organ, aged 23. and Charles Harroft, aged 16, stood
acted for mailing out of the direllinphouse of Juseph Heely
233 smelling-bottles, value %fl*.
Joseph Heely resided at Senor-hill. OP the night laid In
the indictment he war reused from his bed by a noise; on going
down to his wc.kshop ire found every thing in confusion; some of
the hottlet we-e ;meted op in a basket and sack ; those produced
4111 ^re 'demote'''.
Another u.ittlet.s saw three men In the a-ca of preset-times house;
..ne of them had • pair at boots iu his hands; had a sufficient view
Ct them to recognise 11,ein ; the two prisoners were there; was
qu;te certain that the prisoners were removing a seek full of goods
flem one trl another across the yard wall; Morgan sat fin the wall
to %the it up; gave the &amt, whereupon the three ran off; the
pros-enter% family were reused ; saw the prisoner Morgan in the
tmtrhlwroote the same night. _ .

Jo Pottinger saw three pentons together about five o'clock on
the 'tier laid in the indictment; the prisoners were there; he appre.
hcnded them ; the other effectetfhis escape.
Mr. Sergeant A SIADIN summed up, and the Jury immediately
found both the prisoners Cluilty-eDerth.
Milne Mr. Justice Irrrotsenat.e and Mr. JUltiZe GASELEE.]
MANSI.AUGHTER.
Henry Rs:der, a smith, aged ad. stood indicted for killing and
elating John Nicholas cm the 48th day of August last.
Henry Seymour, a surgeon of AI estminstcr Hospital—l knew
John Nichols... deceased. lie was brought to the Hospital on the
Yllth August, in a Lit of intoxication. He bad a wound on the
back part of the bead, and also one on the under lip. This was on
Monday. On Tuesday he was better, and began to review his
'ewes ; on Wednesday he was worse, became delirious. and died
on. Thursday morning, at four o'clock ; his head was subsequently
opened, and the cause of hie death was from great injury dnne to
the brain, occasioned, apparently, by a blow or fall. A blow of
the test could certainly not occasion it. it might have happened by
Gil ; a man falling by himself would occasion it. or it might
I are een occasioned by a fall from a violent blow struck by another.
Every attention was paid to hint.
Cross-examined by Mr. Haenr—The deceased was very much
totekiented ; whether his b., of senses was oceasier.ed from the
injury in the head, or the drink he had taken, !don't know. The
injury might have been much increased from the intoxication.
By the Cot ev—l t is impossible to tell whether the deceased
died from inflammation increased by the intoxication, or the fail it.
self. The injury from the fall was such as might have occasioned
until, independent of any inflammation from intoxication, but
isn't say whether the deceased died from that alone, or from in-
flammation increased by drunkenueee.
George Swambleton—l knew the deceased ; he was a bricklayer;
a remember seeing him on the Leith of August in Vork-aireet,
Westminster; he then appeared to me to be very much in liquor;
I rethember also seeing the prisoner Ryder la I ark-street ; I did
r.ot krow him before ; it was then nearly seven o'clock in the even.
Ine; they both spoke to each other; Ryder spoke first; he said
" Hine are you, old thelecia ?" He was not a Chelsea pensioner;
Ryder said. " you arc drunk;" deceased said. " what's that to
you ?" After some farther conversation, deceased put himself into
a fighting attitude ; the prisoner pushed deceased down ; I told the
prisoner ta go away ; the deceased was going away, and the pri.
timer told him to' come into the middle of the road and he would
Oyu him a good one; they went accordingly, and the prisoner hit de.
t.-seed in the mouth, whir's knoci:ed him down and fractured the
back of his head; h;s head bled ; he I,:came quite ir.eensible, and
was taken to the hospital; the prisoner was then detained.
Cross-examined by. Mr. BARRY—This was on Monday after.
I knew the prisoner for thirty years; I nattook of a pot of
bee, with him on that day ; he was intoxicated in the earning, but
was tot. en when I left hiss. The prisoner spoke first when he and
deceased met; he spoke in a friendly manner; deceased answered,
you are every dui"; but one thing;" deceased us qd the word frln.
ro k lint, and also lust showed fight. Prisoner in fact, desired de.
teased to go away, and was called back by deceased. The pr.rdem
were not near enough the curb-atone, when deceased Cell the last
arts., !set deceased's bend to bare struck the stone.

(ensue Pawn—l saw the prisoner and deceased on the nightie
lues,Um ; deceased approaching the prisoner in a fighting attitude;
sae is.trr struck the former in the month who immediately fell
end, his heed on the curb-.tone. I heard the fall forty yards off; I
came tip to the deceased ; Luken went to the prisoner and said, you
have eons the deed and must answer foe it; deceased was Imnietli-
ottl; •,,Itts-1 to the hospital; prisoner very calmly said,
_`• had we
;,at 'eater go to the hospital, to ;echoer Nicholas is ?" We went to.
Let het t I gave him Into custody.
Cross-examined—When we got to the hospital deceased was
bbsedirg. The prisoner scented to regret what had happened, and
to feel tor the situation of the deceased. I did not know either of
the *twigs. I hue ascertained since that they were known to
i (tom White Deieased had tot the power of striking prisoner after
i sew them, he having been knocked down at that time. Did not
hear prisoner any, " if that's what you want, come on !"
William Westwood was present when the *Cray took place.—
Deceased strnek at the prisoner across my arm twice before pri.
"'out, /Muck Itiot. Prisoner knocked deceased down by the blow on
toe mouth. tly opinion is, that deceased's intention was to fight.
. Other witnesses were called, who corroborated the above states
meet.

"•Hite prisoner, bring row called on for his defence, put in a writ-
tet..yraper. which stated, that on the night in question having met
ueceased. and knowing him, he said. "Is that you, old boy ? I
sae yot. leave gut your load, and you had better make the beat of
jmir wsy home." Deceased then said, " Ton areovery thing but
nce—you are not
.;anhock," meaning, you are not good in every
*pee; ; and deceased smock hint twice on the breast. Thinking
he was in joke he went away, as somebody advised him, without
.4itin Nether notice of him. Dotard followed Mm, and hit him
; 4 a:: more on the neck. He turned round end asked him if he was
:a estmeg ; deceased said yes, and then he Milted him on to the
wad, of the pavement. When they got there drce.red attempted
to strike, but he (ptiomer) knocked him down. lle had no ani-
mosity tweeds deceased; wet softy for what had happened; never
had any intention seriously to hurt him ; had been in the army 'for
tag!..t years. and an honest workman fur twenty years, and had a
wise and family wholly dependent on his exertions; his wife saw
deceased on the following day in the hospital, who told her that he
%a. sorry for prisoner's ceninement, as he iiiinbalf had been
tc blame. . . . _

Mr. Justice LITT LE DALT!, in summing op, thought the Jury
ought at once to discharge the prisoner from she capital charge in
the Mai:Uncut of murder ; but that it would he for them to consi-
der ithrthet, upon the whole of the evidence, the prisoner wee
guilty of m tnalaughter. The provocation had clearly been given
in the first instance hy the deceased, but the law did not authorize
a ,?,an to do u tic prisoner had dote.
Tlie Jury retired for ten minutes, and then returned a verdict of
Net Guilty.
BURGLARY. _ _

Jo4n Frei. W awl; antiil/4;na;ioiliker were indicted for break-
arid entrring the dwelling house of Samuel Hader, 6t the pa-
rish of. St. bukr, and staling four tea-spoons, two gold rings, and
other lrLlc s.

Kernel Harley deposed that he was a paddler, Ilviog at LW,
Pur!!utt.mw. On Sunday, the all of July, he lefihaine with the
tot his family ; ott his way home. about eleven o'clock at
r.tght, h.. was informed that ilia house had been broken into and
ent,ht.rt. ()it entering the house, he found that the articles specified
r. the indictment had been token may. The cruet-stand and
3-toss were his property ; the rings were his daughter's. 1k Si.
tile a hole of the articles oriel wards r.t the wateh.houle.
Cioss.axierrined by Mr. lerir—WitneiiVs family consisted of his
aikeaon. wed two daughters; had 'no lodgers in the house at the
rune id eteriehm ; was sure Ito flicked the door when he went away.
Marianne Heid is a stream to Mr. Young; residing near to the
praiectisor ; on the night in question was standidg at he: master's
',savor window ; this was at 20 'bionics pant sit; saw the pdanner
Wil.en and some one else come out br a pulillichoure, and went to
Mr. Harley's door ; there they shook hands and pared. Wilson
orassed the street, and returned a short way where he met two other
?triton., one of whom was the prisoner Walker. Al! three went to
Ifarley's house, wine, one of them took something out of his
picks', and pot Soto the key-hole, and Walker knoeked eery loud
:ewers times.. I went to them and told them that 31r. limier and
his family was all from home. I then left *cm and went to the
Public house. where I told what I had seen and done. The land.
lord said, Nonsers.s." I nfterwards went to a person's namtil
Dicke, to whom I related the story. Mr. Dicks soon-afterwinds
Ventlo the In of the prosenitor, both bells of which he pulled
loofas:Ie. After the bells rung, Walker rim out of the house, and
Wilson-was waved iu she pawsuge.
H'.ry 'latches' took Walher. whom he saw come out of the
Loose, to the watch-house, and saw hint searched.
Jane. Duffle searched the houie, but could lir.d no third person.
Ziltrito ttaeht trend ills four suaous in :he passage.
The proticzutor : '...nt.tied the cruet and spoons, and his daughter
the, rings.
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fliefirigon•rs rwlc no defenee
Alte Jul innendely retuned a cotlict of Guilty against Loth
theyttiunf,s_Dent:,. - •
. .

Jaftn King, aged 53. and Eleanor Kiwg, his wife, aged 32, were
inixtett for so.t.ulac.g Frances Smith on the KinWA highway. nrd
••sesiitrtt from her person one reticule, and 'other articles, her
•:'a'r'ty.
rite prsecterix d.po,ed that, on the 13th of Augnlt lest, as she
al< coming from ,t. J Ala-street-told with a beg, she met the pri.
• mere, who robbe.l ut• it ; they 'track her set eral times before
•try teak the hag; witneas called for help, upon which John Day
civic on to ber neeiefiere.

:ohs. Day teats called, and corroborated the testimony of the pre.
r ding witness,

Mr. Justice GaIEJ.EE, in summing tip, Niid that the wirnan
(Jule not be Woad guUty, as the law lied that no married wnir.an
•.arIJ be responsible. for any felony committed by her while in
c.unesar with her husband, being then supposed to be acting under
:its dirastion.
Verdict—John King, Guilty ; Eleanor king, Not Guilty.
.14'ary Anne Kiwi', aged 21, Louisa Kin aged 17, and 3/ary
(.41.-tet, aged 21, rtzre indicted for assaultingZ4usannall I.angfi,rd on
KirT:is highway, aed staling from her person thrac sovereigns,
and VMMI other articles, her property:
Verdict—Not (kitty.
( Bcfore the RECORDER.)
/dm ShackleA was indicted fur stealing six pieces of calico,
soue 7!.. the property of Hasa. Brewer and Co., his masters.
Mr. Boxt.ANla stated the case to the Jury, as it was afterwards,
orsd In evidence.

Jahn Wile:lton deposed that he is a calenderer, and is the part-
ut of John Brewer. The prisoner was in his employment.
Robert Ford deposed that he is clerk to Wheelrnn, Brewer, and
Co. The prisoner was also in their en-ploy, and his duty was to
go nut with light carts and collect goods to he calendered, and to
return them when neighed.
Another witness proved that the goods were given to the prisoner
to he returned to Messrs. White and liimeowell, who IiCVCI received
them.
The prisoner protested his innocence, and called two respectable
witnesses, who gave him a good character for the•last eight years.
The R COltDEll then charged the Jury, who, alter a short con-
eukatinn, returned a verdict of Guilty.
There were .also other indictments against the prisoner, bot they
were not pressed.
HORSE-STEALING.
Jarnr. Field was indicted lot stealing a mare, value 81., the pro-
perty of William Head Johnson.
'Tbe prosecutor depoied that he sent his mare to Smithfield to be
sold on the Ifols of June by his servant. who was instructed not to
sell her less than for U. The next time be saw her she was in the
possession of the officer.
Ileorylicearton said that he overtook the prisoner on the road to
Smithfield. who 'pretended their he had got a porellittor for the
mare, and wished to show her paces. Witness allowed him to
mount, and he immediately rode of with the mare.
Joseph !sole deposed that lie rurehased the mete from the pri-
inner, and took her to Liguori/Ind-street. He paid for the mare
61. lis. as won as she was taken to his house. . .

The prisoner in his defence said, that lireartm had given Kim
the horse to sell, and he had sold her for N. 15s. lie lost the
money the same night, and was tirade to make it op again. lie
then called a number of witrussrs, who gave the prisoner an excel-
lent charade,. _ . _

The Ittcbenta summed up the r•vidence, and the Jir‘y re-
turned a verdict of Guilty; but recommended him to mercy on the
ground of his previous good character.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SEPT. 19.

Sarah Ckments, a woman with an infant at her breast. was in-
dieted at the instance of the parish authorities of Hounslow, for a
series of ill treatment to May Album, a child of four rears old, she
had had by a auto before she was married. The elithi is u puny
little infant, and was held up to the box for the inspection of the
Jury.
*John Hawkins lives at Hounslow, undet the same roof with
the prisoner; a ilia wall divides their two houses. Mary
Allufn is a child the prisoner had before marriage; it had been
living with her up to the time that the parish removed it from
her. On the lath of January, he saw the mother strike the
child do the r,ght temple, and then kick it into the door-way of
her own 'house • she then went in, and witness heard the child
crying. The mokessasked the child why it cried, and paid if it did
not leave off she mould kill it. There is not a day from the 13th of
January to the 11th of August, the day of its removal. but he has
heard the child beat, more or less. He has known the child shut
up in the house for a fortnight or three weeks together. It is not
up tire minutes in the morning before the mother hegira to heat it.
Has heard the father ask, whit has " Polly-Dolly" (the child) hcen
crying about T when the mother has told him there was nothing the
ma: ter with her, it was only her ill-humour. The mother used to
beat her with a strap. Could hear the blows through -the wall; it
was like's man thrashing in a barn. On the I lth of August, Thos.
Farnell,arho lives next door but one, called his attention to the vio-
knee with which the mother was beating her child. lie heard the
child say, ". Pray mother don't beat me," three times. Witness
went to the patrol and told hint, and next day went to the. Magi-
strates at lirentford; to whom the child was taken and her marks
shown. She was all manner of colours—blue, green, and yellow,
, all over her person. There was something the matter with her left
shoulder, for if you only touched it she cried. The child was then
taken away from the mother, and had since been kept by the
parish.
' Martha Farnell—On one occasion saw the prisoner lay hold of
the child by both legs, and bump its head on-the floor; she sew the
child go out of one room into the other coveted with blood.
The prisoner sail nothing in lice defence.
Mr. Cows., strongly censured the conduct of the prisoner, and
'aid, he hoped the parish would keep the child from her barbarous
hands.

She was sentenced to Mx months' imp/Witmer lo the Rouse of
Correction. _ _

Carr and Thomas Trearlarray, were Indicted fora vio-
lent assault on Jeeay Fuller, a constable of Brentford, in the exe-
cution of his duty.
3lr. A Docrtios opened the pleadings.
Jessy Fuller Stated, that he went to disperse a mob of sixty or
seventy persons, who were rioting and fighting at 12 o'clock at
night. Carr was one of the number, to whom lie showed his staff,
and endeavoured to persuade him to go away. Treadaway came
up and struck witness, who told him if lie did not depart he would
►uck him op in the rage. Carr then gave him forty or fitly blows,
and beat him with the statiover his head. The two afterwards
(bagged him down a dark alley, where they beat him till he was
bleeding in five or six places. One of the horn patrol came up
and rescued him; he was taken to a *chemist's, and bled for six
hour; atierwards. This was on a Saturday night. He was sent
by ,Dale of the inhabitants of New Brentford to put a atop to. the
riot.

_
Ouilty—Three months' hard labour in the House of Correction.
Initial* Mayo and Jaws Loyd were indicted for assaulting
Thomas Cope, the sttreet•keeper of Isliagton, on the 7th of
August.
31r. E. QUIN stated the ease. The prosecutor was assaulted in
the execution of his duty in endeavouring to disperse a mob who
had atraernbled in witne•.a a pugilistic contest between two women
in Britannia-fields; the women were stripped to the wain, had
their bottle-holders and seconds, and all the apparatus of a pitched
battle. The Jury must expect that men who could go to witness
Rick a scene would not be very orderly in themacirm. Cope was
not only obstructed, but struck anti beat; even some of the party
wanted to throw him into the Canal. All taints to take the pri.
sorters then, who were part of the most active ofthc rioters,were un-
availing, and he gave up the attempt. However, the prisoners
were taken to Bunbill-fields watch-house on another charge, where
the complainant heard of them. The prosecution was instituted by
the parochial officers. . . _

Ope proved the opening by lds Counsel ; that being called on to
disperse the mob, he got hold of one girl, who had merely a hand.
kerchief tied round hog head and another round her bosom, and got
her dut of the circle; be told Ms he did not want to hurt her if she
r.ould go away. hliyo came up and struck him for interfering.
Witness had got :infer as the bridge, when bowel struck and kicked
him ; seven or eight ethers tell on him at once, so that witness was
obliged to let thent go.

Richard Pa:dim:ll;s :letk in the Bank; Will crossing the Shep-
herd and Shepherdess-fields, whrn he saw three or four hundred
persons assembled at a prize-fight. Shortly after he saw Cope and
tg..otitorgoingeowards the ring. Witness said to Cope he was happy
to see him come, as it was a most disgraceful outrage. Cope parted
the women, and Lovel threatened • him in shocking language to
serve him out for preventing the sport. Mr. Venneur, the person
;n company with Cope, went into the ring with him. When the
prosecutor had parted the women, the mob set upon him, knocked
him down, threw his hat and his truncheon into the ditch, and
dragged him to the Canal to throw hint in. With the assistance of
Mr. Venneur, who W 95 also knocked dowu, the prosecutor got away.
air. Venneur, goltli-mith and jeweller, corroborated theprevio us
testimony.
I%IARRYATT sentenced them to four months each, hard
labour, in the (louse of Correction.

Thomas and Eleaniv Hays were prosecuted by the Watch Com-
mittee of st. Giles's for keeping a disorderly house. There were
two counts in the indictment; the fleet, for keeping a common
brothel; and the second, for keeping &disorderly house.
11lr. Quirt conducted the prosecution.
The prisoners kept a low lodging-house at No. 2, Church street,
St. Odes's, the trunntor, resort of prostitutes of the lowest class,
and where thieves often took refuge after committing depredations
in Cbarlotte•atteet and Pultenev.rtreet.
The witnesses deposed to node g buys and girls about the fluor at
All haute, and to their singing ohsccnc songs on a Sunday ; thievte
wella known to run into the house as a place of tefugc, where the
Officers, twelve months ago, had beta refused admittance, but had
not been denied within that time.

Pettit)lmtia,Or defended the prisoners. There had, he
said, been a great mass of evidence to show that the neiglinours
hood was vet y digedirly, but no evidence as to the tirst count. As
to the Louse being a disorderly one, that was perfectly natural from
its being a commit, lodging-house, where beggars and the poorest
could get a lodging fur a groat ; but such people must lodge some-
where, and it had not been shown that the prisoners' house was
worse than their neighbour's. The man hail kept the house nine
years, and now, for some contemplated improvement the parish was
enilearourit.g to effect, his poor clients were to he thrust out and
punished. lie dared say it wonith be a rery desirable Cling for the
parish to remove all these lixiging.houses. lle denied they had
proved it to be a brothel, except they had seen some man and
woman go in, hut that was out enough.
Mr. AistlitlTATT said the will must be aceptiited, as the law
supposed her to he acting under the direction of her husband.
the Jury found the husband guilty on the second count; and
the Chairman sentenced hint to three months' imprisonment in the
House of Correction.

Thomas 1;o1.1 M;, clerk and shopman to .Messrs. Roberts and Paul,
tailors, in Redford-street, Covent-garden, was sentenced to be con-
fined in the House of Correction to hard labour for three months
each on two indictmaus, proving him to have defrauded his tin-
ployers of various sums, as work dune by journeymen, who had not
made the garment,: charged !or.
George Clark was convicted of on assault on Mr. Davis, the
paps-master of Sr. Giles's. Sentenced to two months' hard labour
in the House of Correction, and to give security in 'M.
A good deal of mirth was occasioned in Court by a portrait of
Mr. Davis, in the attitude of giving evieence, helm: horded to the
Chairman sad Counsel. It was an admirable likmess sketched in
pencil by one of the witnesses.

M'e understand that the tunnel, through which the rail-
road is to be carried under the town, will very soon he
commenced. 'rho earth, or rock, which must be dug out
in order to form the tunnel, will be removed by means of
eyes, at 200 yards distance from each other. The ground
is marked for one of these eyes in Mosslake-fields, and it
will, in a day or two, we understand, be begun to be dug.
The tunnel will be above 2,000 yards in lengthe—Liverpcul

THE BRITISH PRESS.

POLICF.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

0 VIT.OItaLL.AVat-fie.l7lll;tty:laeitinigirl, about 17 years of
' me, whn pre hot, tame Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Was brought before
Mr. Alderman A si.tv , yesterday, charged with having atterup:ed
to drown herself in the Thames, on the preceding night. Upon
being placed at the bar. she was recognised as one
'• Of those pedestrian Paphians, who abound
In decent London, when the day-light's o'er."
Aldridge, a watchman of Britlewell Precinct, said he received an
intimation, gamut 12 o'clock, that some female was about to commit
suicide under the first arch on the north side of Blackfriars'-hridge,
anti running to the spot with some other persons, lie fount? the pri-
soner undressing herself, and already nearly naked. The water
was at that time beginning to run up. Ile desired her to dress her-
self; and as she showed but little alacrity in obeying him, another
female volunteered her assistance, upon which the prisoner re-
marked, " It is of litile line, I shall soon have them off again." If
she meant by this expression that she would not be defeated in her
object of drowning herself in the Thames, site was disappointed,
for she was in a few minutes securely lodged by him in
Jr was remembered that some months ago she, was brought lip with
time other wretched females, and that at the Ald,ratan's interces-
sion her father promised to receive her into his family again. Upon
being queatinned as to why she was again found pursuing her old
path, she said she left bcr fither's house because he upbraided Ursa
constantly with her past misconduct; she had been absent fruhi
seven months, and had latterly been living in one of the low lodg-
ing horses in West-street, Smithfield ; and the immediate rause of
the rash attempt she had made was, that Idle had failed in obtaining
money to pay for a night's lodging.
The watchman said site seemed to be rather under the influence
of spirits when he found her.
Although she hail the appearance of being nne of the most callous
of her fraternity, the Alderman was wilting to believe, that dis-
gthited heartily with the vicissitudes of her way of life, as she
seemed to have been, this was the moment t turn her aside to bet-
ter courses, and baring examined her at some length, as to her
friends, Ike., in the private room, he determined to endeavour to
procure her admission into the Female Penitentary, as presenting
the only means of restoring her to society.

Bow-avnEET.—resterday, a tall old man of respectable ap-
pearance, haring a wooden kg, who refused to give any name, was
charged with the folloWing fraud :
Mrs. Frances Smith. a widow, keeping a little chandler's 'MO in
Bluecrocs-street, Leicester-square, stated that her late husband had
a brother who had been many years at sea, without being heard of,
and who had lost a leg iii the King's service. On yesterday
sennlght the prisoner 'retired into her shop, and introduced himself
as that brother, and after condoling with her on his " brother's"
death, and inquiring about the state of her affairs, got her to lend
him all the money she had in the house (1/. as.), saying he had a
great deal of money coming to him, and would not only repay her
but assist her withany sum she might require. Subsequently Mrs.
Smith discovered that tie was an impostor, and had him given into
custody.
The prisoner denied that lie called himself the deceased Mr.
Smith's brother, but had merely said that he was an acquaintance.
Ile was remanded.

Mr. Woods, the clerk, recognized the prisoner as an old ac-
quaintance, andi nn referring to the books it was found that he was
charged at this office six years ags with fraud, and again two yearn
since with robbing kis lodgings. (The writer of this report also re.
recollects seeMg him chr.rged at Guildhall nine years ago, with de-
frauding Captain Breretnn of 101., the gentleman who gave evi-
deflect in the case of the Rev. Mr. Gould, at the Middlesex Sessions,
on Monday.)
William Edward., a dashing-looking young man, was charged
on suspicion of haring been concerned in robbing several jewellers'
shops of valuable articles.
The evidence against the prisoner was at present merely pre.
sumptive7 and he was remanded till this day, in the expectation
that other testimony will be adduced. lie is well known to the
SOUR GRAPES.
•

HATTON-CiAitDr4.—YeCertialid;;rd Stec! and Mrhard
Golding were brought up in the custody of two Bow-street patrol,
charged with stealing grapes oat of the garden of the Bev. Dr.
Wilson, Curate of St. Mary's, Islington.
Mary Keens, cook to Mr. Wilson, stated, that when she was
going up stairs the previous night, between eleven anti twelve
o'clock, she saw front the window on the 1.-alding, which commands
a tun view of the garden, two men on the well, one of whom was
plucking grapes from a large vine. She immediately went anti
acquainted her master, who returned with her to the wintkrw, but
the men had disappeared, anti Mr. Wilson said that she must have
been deceived ; however, in a abort time afterwards they got on the
wall again, and commenced plucking from the vine as before, when
an alarm was given, and they jumped off the well. It was a clear
moonlight night, so that she could distinguish the apparel of the
men, though, from the distance, their features were undiatinguish-
able. One of diem was dressed in dark clothes, the other in a
light-coloured jacket and trowsers. With respect to the prisoner
Steel, she was certain he was one of them ; the other prisoner she
did not recollect having seen on the wall. The vine front which
the grapes were stolen had been very heavy with fruit on Saturday ;
it was now quite
The Borr.street patrol, who were proceeding to their station,
hearing a cry of "stop thief!" from within Mr. lt'ilttoo's garden,
proceeded in that direction, and observed a man running across the
field; towards Holloway; two others jumped oft' the wall at the
same time, and ran off in the same direction. The patrol, and a
watchman who came up at the instant, pursued them. In the
chase one of the officer:; leaped into a pond, and narrowly escaped
suffocation. The fellows, however, were so hotly pursued, that
they were compelled to tiles refuge In an tott-house, where they
were secured, after a most determined resistance. A large quantity
of grapes were found close to the wall, and several bunches were
pick. d up In the direction that they had taken.
The primers denied the robbery. They worked in Mr. Po.
cock's brick-field, and were going Lome, when they were met by
two other men, who asked them to take a walk across the fields,
and when those persm.s went over the garden-wail they had no idea
that it watt for the purpose of robbery.
Mr. Lana; said that they should have the full benefit of this
most feasible story. IVitli respect to Golding, though there could
be no moral dcuht of his guilt, yet he was not sufficiently identified,
anti should therefore only be held to bail ; but the evidence against
Steel being more conclusive, he should be committed to the llouse
of Correction for six weeks, there to be kept to hard labour.
The patrol stated that continual complaints arc being made by
the gentlemen in the neighbourhood or Islington, Hackney. and
Holloway, whose gardens arc plundered in this way almost every
night.
BCIRIZ RY.

Information has been rect.— iredWtiiis office of a burglary and
robbery committed on Sunday night, or early on Alonday morning,
at the gas factory in Great Sutton-street. The thieves c&eted an
entrance by removing the fastenings of the counting-house window,
where they confidently expected, no doubt, to have found a large
booty, but fortunately all the cash bad ig.%•n taken away on Satur-
day night, by 11Ir. Ilaseldee, the Secretary. They forced open all
the desks, but, finding nothing therein except parrs, they carried
off a writing-desk, containing some memoranda, a ne:v carpet, and
other loose articles. The Company have offered a rewa:ll for the
apprehension of the parties concerned.

HORSE STEA LING.

QV EE QUAn E. L ;y:, Jetties k, who stated him-
self working for Mr. Mackintosh, at Buckingham (louse, was
brought betere D. W. Gregorie, Esq. charged with stealing a
horse and a mare, the property of James Tooley.
Humphrey Johnson, of Lower Itanelagh-street, Pimlico, deals
In horses. On the 7th inst. he had two horses to dispose of fur
Mr. Toole y ; he met the prisoner in Westminster, and wanting
to attend the Court of Requests, asked the prisoner to accompany
and they rode together. W hen in Castle-street, he left the
horses in care of the Frisoner, and in coming out of Court again,
haringan execution against him, lie was arrested. Witness then
told the prisoner to take them to Mr. rectley, to whom they be-
longed ; after which lie scar him to his mother for to o sovereigns,
being the amount of the debt. The prisoner returned to him,
saying the money would be sent. Witness considered the horses
were left soh-, but it appeared he only left one, at,tl again returned
for that, saying, that he (witness) sent hint for it. Ile traced the
horse, which was sold for As. nod saw it afterwards at Mr. Ford's
slaughter-house, when he requested it should not be killed. Wit-
ness did not see the prisoner till yesterday, when he had him ap-
prehended.
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Thomas Moore, of King's Bench-walk, Green-street, flack-
friars-road, Mine-dealer, said he bought a horse of the prisoner, on
the evening or the 7th Inst. The pr.soner said he came corn Darby
(meaning Johmon, who went by a nickmame). Ile perchased it
for Mts. of. which he gave the prisoner 475. saying he would give
Johnson the otter 35.; and seeing him next morning, gave him the
balance, upon which Johnson said he WAS wry that the prisoner
had received any motley, as he stole the animals. Witness had
purchased a horse of Johnson the previous evening when the pri-
soner was present. The horse he bought of the prisoner he after-
!.Giti to Thomas Ford, the slaughterman, in Sharp's-alley.
The animal had 'Mice died. lie understood the mare was disposed
cf at Ilarley flush fair.
James Tooley resides in Old Pye.street, Westminster. He de-
puted Johnson to Fell the two horses ; had never seen then; since,
or received the money. Did not know the prisoner.
The prisoner, in his defence, declared that Johnson requested
him to sell the horses; that ke was to meet him on Westminster-
bridge next morning, where he went, but Johnson never came.
Mr. OREGOBIE sued, OW truth of your story must be decided by
a Jury ; and the prisoner was fully committed to Newgete for
trial.

ROBEERY AT THE DUKE OF YORK'S NEW
Al A NsION.
Yesterday this otfi-e was croard.gt to excess by the parties most
inteteated in the final examination of Richard ✓ackaon and
IVrI-
Itorc Rohnongl. both charged on auspicion of being implicated in
the late rebbery of carpenters: tools front the Duke of York's in-
tended mae•.iun.
Mr. !Inn et En now attended on behalf of
the sale-shop near the Cubnrg Theatre, at Ix
ink tools were ultimately found.
Hating first handed to the Magistrate
was entrusted to him, the constable of the
he had, in consequence, now gone to Lawrence's t.„.
instant, whete he found two more planes in the very
where the basket of earpetiter's tools was discovered.
James Barnett, a carpenter, identified one of
missed three other planes, two saws, and one 10,
The shopman of Mr. Wells, pawnbroker, P
two saws, which were identified by the last •

Thomas Newberry, another workman, lacntified a rlanc, which
tray found at Lawrence's._ _

‘l ell.' shopnisn now d:posetl to •Tachwn's pawning s,-nie tools
during the tvening of the 13th instant, which he said were his
own, and pledged theta for four shillings, i❑ the name of Richard
Smith.

h...rnas Tribe, another of the workmen. was questioned as to
the nir tin. of 31r. Lawrence's sale•ahnp.
Mr. II All MER-It is only a shop for the sale and purchase of
accond-hand to ht.

Mr. AVIIITE—Yes, we know it{; that is the complaint made
against it.
Mr. DARIUS here asserted the necessity of such shops. both for
teller, and buyers, and could sec no exception to than when con-
ducted well. _ . .

J in his defence, said, that he had bought the tools of a
pettunt, but dill not mention name or residence; and Redmond still
adhered to his account of meeting with the primmer, Jeekron, who
Naked him to sell the tools, and that he himself knew nothing of the
tobbrry.
Mr. WnlTE—t tell you what, Redmond,'! am inclined to he-
Here your Ftatement, both front your manner and from other cir.
eumatances; and, therefore, you may come down, and mike your
*to eintnt on oath.

Redmond then recommenced his deposition, by stating that he
lived at No. 16, Clarendon.place, Walwort:), and was by trade a
carpenter. At idiom half an hour past ten o'clock on Thursday
morning lie met Jackson near the Coburg 'Theatre, with a basket
of tools upon his back, and got into conversation with him, when
he told Jackson that hr was out of work, and asked him if he knew
of a job. Jackson said that he did not, but that if lie (Redmond)
would go to the sign of the Compasses, which was just by, they
would have some beer. and he then informed the witness that lie
had got some carpenter's tools which he wanted to dispose of, in or.
der to make tip his rent ; which tools, after some hesitation, lie
(witness) aireeel to offer fir sale at Lawrence's. The shopnian
offered Gs. htl. for them. Witness thought the money too little,
and told Jackson he had better go and sell the tools himself. The
prisoner went and took the menu, after which they had some re-
freshment at the Compasses, where, in the course of their conver-
sation, witness said that he was going to receive some nionetat the
west end of the town. when Jackson said that lie was going to his
brother's at the Shades, Charing-cross. and would accompany the
witness so tar. Jackson then mentioned having two malice planes
to sell, which witness undertook to dispose of. but lie was atoped
by the officer, and taken up, in consequence of which detection he
returned to the Compasses, and pointed out Jackson as the man trom
whim) ha received the tools, and who accordingly was also taken
into custody.
Mr. HARDIE P, in examining one of the witnesses, now elicited the
fact that Lawrence had given nearly the full value of the tools, and
could not he considered as at all implicated in the affair, nn
nion is which the Magistrate seemed to agree.
Jackson was then billy committed for trial, and Redmond and
the others bound over as witnesses.
A TROUBLESOME CUSTOMER.
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Alanurtonot:cat. -satitEE v.—Yesterday a dealer in ham and
beef, in Paddingtonsvreet. 31arylebone, applied to 31r. CONANT
for advice under the following circumstances:—
He stated, that for sonic days past he had been annoyed by a
man, who, cn one occasion, called at his shop and partook of some
eatables. fir which he afterwards refused to pay, stating that the
ham and beef were bad ; and this assertion he repeated daily. On
3londay he came with a placard, on which was writien in legible
chartietern a statement that lie sold stinking meat, and stood Itefore
the door, which collected a crowd, totally putting a stop to his busi-
ness. Having at length procured assistance. he gave the person into
custody, and be was taken to Marylebone office. He there stated
his charge to Mr.tiriflitlis, informing him, that if lie was not pro-
tected from this annoyance, lie shoull be mined ; but, instead of
having any protection from Mr. Griffiths, that Gentleman strong!}
censured his conduct for giving the man in charge, saying, it he
thought proper to gather round his door a thousand persons, he
could not give the person into custody. No: satisfied with this de-
cision, he wished to have the protection of the Magistrates of this
office.

jr.3 CONTAN'T-1 Should suppose that Mr. Griffiths had good
grounds for discharging the person.
Applicant—lle Lid no grounds on my part to give such a de-
cision.

Mr. CostaNT —You must have stated the facts differently to
him.—l stated to Mr. Griffiths what I have now re-stated to you.
Mr. Comas:tr.—Mr. Griffiths, under stub circumstances, I
should think, could rot have decided in the way you have stated :
but there must be. on your part, a missrprehension of the facts.-
1 stated none; but if I am to be ann..yed in the manner described
I must be ruined. Bare 1 no remedy against such a system of
persecution ?
Mr. CONANT-If the man comes again, and annoys yon in the
manner described, take the watchman, and give the person effeed-
Mg into custody; but I cannot interfere with Mr. Odifiths's Je-
cislon.
The applicant then left the of

INTERRUPTING DIVINE SERVICE.
John lV,ife, a young man twenty years of age, was charged
with disturbing the congregation of Gamer-street Chapel.
:11r. Gill, one of the members, stated, that about eight o'clock
on Monday evening, the prisoner came into the Chapel, and in a
few minutes after he began shouting, clapping his hands, and
tearing the Prayer-books, walking from pew to pew, continuing
In this way until he stopped the Miiiister in his devotions. On
Sundry the prisoner had been to the chapel, when he acted pre-
cisely in the same way, putting an entire stop to the Servirte.
Prisoner—Will you permit u question to be asked, wort:led it is
a legal one ? Mr. CONANT-440st certainly.
Prisoner—What I am about to ask is, is it proper and legal for
a person, who calls himself a Minister, to stop in the middle of
his sermon, and make a man a spectacle to the whole of the cone
gregation ?
Mr. Co s:.tx T—That in an abstract question, therefore you had
better explain.
Primmer-1 wan!. an answer.
Mr. CONANT—What do you intend to say ?—licur Minister
did accuse me, in a clandestine manner, and attacked my cha-
racter. _

Mr.CONANT.—In what manner did he attack your c::aracter ?
lie was speaking of a species of cunning deception, which was
rapidly spreading itself over the world.
Mr. Co KANT —What has that to do with you ?—I have been the
sole cause and issue of that deception.
Mr. CONANT—What is it then 2—Picking of pockets.
Mr. CONANT—I like plain dealing; and as there has been a
great deal of such transactions practised at the chapel, arc you one
of those persons?—No.
Mr. CONANT—III what way then did lie attack you 2—By di-
recting his discourse to Inc. which he did by stating that there was
a current deception going through the world at that moment, and
which he laid to my charge, although I can appeal to God that it is
the minister of that place who picks the pockets of his congrega.
tion ; and therefore I expressed my disapprobation at his conduct,
and which I was deterunned the congregation should know.
Mr. CONANT—But lie never robbed you?—But he began mak-
ing me a public example to his congregation, when it was himself
who carries on that cunning deception.
Mr. CONANT-1V here do you live P—l have no certain dwelling.
place, neither do I live or sleep anywhere at present ; the last place
in which I lodged was in an empty room.
Mr. CONAXT—Are you any business P—None at present. I
was one time in the straw blocking trade, but the less of money,
and the laws of oppression have ruined me.
Mr. CONANT—Where are your frienda 2-1. have but one, who
is inside of me ; he gives me all that I want, both as to food,
lodgings, and every thing (Ise.
Mr. CosrasiT—W ill you promise not togo to died:apt! again If
you are diacharged 2—That is more than 1 can promise, for
think there is great hypocrisy going on at the chapel, and which I
am determined to expose.
Mr. Gill here said that he did not wish to press any charge, when
after some further conversation, its the course of which the prisoner
said his wife wits living in White Rose.court, Wlsitecross-street,
he was discharged.