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London, England, 1819-02-08 00:00:00

1•d LICE.

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Saturday a respectable jeweller and lapidary was 9111111111011•
NI 1,0 answer the complaint 014 gentleman, named Harper,
under these circumstances:-
31r. H. hail his pocket picked of a porkel-book, contain-
ing, uniting other ankle/. a Scotch pebble, for whirl' he lied
pant 31. He soon after saw it 111 alas 1N.G1,111,11% aindow,
where it was ticketed fifty trainees. The lapidary persisted
in refusing to info, tit him of *how he haul obtained it, but
asserted, that lie had got it Lunourably. Ater much alter-
cation he at len.th offered it to Mr. II for 31. a proposal
which the latter resisted. On living brought before Mr.
Aldermen Smith, who sat for the Lunt Mayor, he still re-
filled to psv any explanation as to the way in which the
pebble lied got into his poseessitm, end said he w3i deter-
mined to keep it. The Defendant's slinponan, however,
slated, that it had been bought of a pi rsou who offered It
for sale fur eighlernopeure.
The Magistrate expressed his surprise el the extraordinary
value pot upon the article, *hen its pi Ice was at unce raised
from is 6d. to fifty guineas.
The Defelidant said, that this was all matter of little, end,
in fact, that the value of nu, stones was merely ideal, some
defining if pebble to be worth 20/. while another pally isnuld
not give 2,1 fur the seine article,
The chief cleik suggested that, as the Defendant was so
little disposed Io accummodatton, it would be 4:toile tau fa I
for the Magistrate to grant a search warrant against him,
the Complement, of coarse, swearing to the rubbery of his
pocket-book and of the stone.
After considerable diseussion this course was adopted, and
officers were dispatched to Execute the a art ant

CEII.IIIIIAI.L.
COMMENCEMENT ON MR. COBREITS PLAN
FOR ANNIHILATING PAPER CURRENCY.

It was Annealed, a short timesiuee, in one of the Political
Registers, as the musts 'refloat means of stony ing the credit
of frank notes, and of wholly hilating paper currency,
that methods might be contrived by which the poorer
classes of society should suddenly lie put in possession of
any given quantity of forted notes. without danger to the
circulators of them, by conveying them in !ems., o► pine.
mg them so as to be (towel by the poor, whose wants would
immediately bring them into CirElli411"11 ; shin the emiti.
awed detectiou of the forge' ies would moire every Sank
note an object of suspicion, and compel a return to cash
payments. From the circumstances which transpis vd at this
"dice on Saturday, it should seem that the system is alsessly
in action. s

Theopftifor Brotrn, a labouring man, who acts his living
by WIWI is leo sued following the markets, attending at Co-
vent.gaeden, Smithfield, mid Neogate markets, early in the
morning, for the purpose of carrying home goods, &c. was
brought before the sitting Slagisti ate, Mr. Alderman Ansley,
on Saturday, in custody of Yoiiall, the officer, on the
citing, of uttering forged notes.
By the evidence produced it appeared that the Prisoner
went to the• shop of Mr. Blackest, clothes salesman, Nu. 31,
IVest Smithfield, between right and nine o'clock on Saturday
r•urunig, and purchased what, from the state of Isis apparel,
he second to be in great want of, viz. a jacket, a frock, an
apron, and a red rap, for which he agreed to give 10i. 641.
and tetukred a U. note in payment; 5, Loccuck, Mr.
Blackett's sliopman, suspected the note to be a forgery, and
Kent it up stairs by the shop-hoy to a Mr. Stevens, ass inmate
in the house, to ask his opinion of it. Stevens came down
into the shop with the note, told the Prisoner it was a bad
now, and asked him if he could change it foe another; the
Prisoner replied, 0 yes ! lie had gut some more, and pro-
duced three others, detarilig Stevens to take his choice. Ste-
vens took them in his baud, and pronounced them to he all
forged. He then inquired of the Pi miner whoa- hr got them ;
at the moment lie replied he had them of his mode ; but im-
mediately •flerwards acknowledged that Ise found them.
Sityrui then lift him in the care of Litectiek, and went out
far an unite r. Prisoner expressed no emeriti, osion, but re-
mained quietly be the shop till the aro Issi 01. Worrell. In
the interim, Luccork asked his tootle and address, which he
gave readily as Theophilus Brown, arol said he had me re-
gular lodgitia, but last slept in I/tory-lame. When Stephens
veto. ned with Worrell, the lallir smelled the Prisoner,
and found upon him silver, and Sit. in copper ; also
• new pair of worsted-stockings, and two new cotton printed
►andkerchiefs, fur ■ll of which the Prisoner thus accounted
to hint:—He said he was coming thimigh liner-street from
Lung-acre to Covent-garden, un his way to the market, for
the purpose of looking for a job, at about six o'clock that
morning, when lie observed a small parcel, wrapiwd up
in a bit I.f rag, lying on a ledge where they put shutters,
near to the two houses of ill-fame in that street; lie took
hold of it, and on opening it foimil it contained six If.
rioter; • strange man was passing id the time, to whom he
said be had found a prize; the itranger replied be had a
right to half of it. Primmer aoswerid lie should not stand
that; but if he knew any house °lwo where they could get
liquor, lie would not mind treating him with a glass; the
stranger said, that Wingfield's, No. 45, Strand, would be
open, and lie wroth' get change there; they accordingly pro-
s, riled together to Wingfield's, where be got a note changed,
and they had each a glass of brassily. He then parted from
the stranger, and pursued his way towaids Smithfield, and
stopped at the shop of Mr. Miley, hosier, No. 159, Fleet-
street, where lie changed another note to pay for the al ti-
cks found in his possession, and the silver and copper were
the change lie bad received out of the notes MI parsed. At
the slesiie of Worrall, the Pi isoner most willingly accom-
panied him to Mr. Ottley's mid Mr. Wingfield'', where he
found his story confirmed ; Mr. Wingfield adding, that he
knew the person of the itemizer who bad been wilt. the Pri-
soner, by having frequently drank at ills Ina.se. They
thence proceeded to Rose street, where the prisoner pointed
out the precise spot where be found the sautts, which tallied
exactly with the previous description he had given. The
no ten were then produced, and were at follows —Ni,.: 71,522,
72,051, 25,712, 71,252, for 1/. each, and were all dated 10th
December, 1b18; two of them were signed Bishop, one
Leete, and one Gardner. Mr. Freeman, ass Inspector, who
attended with the Batik Solicitor, declared the whole four
motes to be forged in every respect.
Vilna called on for his defence, tlw Prisoner said, with
great coolness, and every appearance of Mims:. sc•, that the
officer had told them very truly every thing that had hap.
petted ; lie found the notes that morning ; he could read
and write, and therefore knew what they were, and thought
he ►ad gut a great prize, haying no suspicion that they were
forged, and was willing to answer any questions, anal gave
every information ill Ins power.

The general feeling, both of the Magistrate and of every
one in the juvtier-room, was evidently in favour of the ' -
cence of the Prisoner, who conducted himself throughout
with great propriety, without exhibiting the lunatic:l symp-
tom of alarm or apprehension; but a. :11r. Ottley and Mr.
Wingfield were not in attendance, our the looks changed
with them produced, and as it was also neressary to make
inquiry respecting the general chancier of the Prisoner, the
worthy Alderman, with the consent of all parties, remanded
bim fora further bearing on Tuesday next (to-morrow )

The public are requested to suspend their judg-
ment in the case of a stolen watch, heard at Bow-
strett on Thursday, and reported in this Paper on
Friday. Mr. SIIEPHARD, the party against whom
the charge was made, is a very respectable, well-
conducted young man, of irreproac:iable character.
He attended at the Bow-street Office, with his
friends, on Saturday, to attest, upon oath, a paper,
of which the following is a copy ; but the Magis-
trate before whom the urigival charge was preferred
net being present, the presiding Magistrate, from
motives of delicacy, declined to interfere:—
AFFIDAVIT.

" Frh 6, ISIS.
"I, George Shrphard, do hereby make oath, that I never
said to Mr. William James that if fie wonlil compromise the
busine.a that I could get him hi/ watch again, nor had I nosy
much instruction from my employers; on the contrary, Mr.
Hawley (haired that I would offer every assistance in my
power so the apprehension of the thief who stale the watch."

MR runt.
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Lora Kennedy Lis matched a favouritr horse d 1.4 against
Mr. White's Ftnd, fur 500 guineas, h ft. to be ruu at the
cusuinf Croxtun PArk rams. . .

Mr. %Yvon loot sold bin rhornot filly, by Cerberns (*inner
Of thr Stakes, at Doncaster, last year), to Mi.
Hnuldso u. Ili, for frtlo pleuras.

THE CHASR.

The Marrsfit hi and Wakefield (Sussex) foschounds had
a famous chase last week. They msketinelled a fox on Ash-
down Forest, when he inside a grand burst, and led the capi-
tally mounted sportsmen a riser of Sn miles, which occupied
four hour., when Ittlisassi dropped Ins mush, and was killed
in gallant style.
A new stskscripssun peck of fox-hounds iS just establishril
in Cambridgeshire, under the management of Sir George
Leeds, Bart.
We henr that the bounds called the Firatnlsam Moor Pack,
which have beret kept for 30 scars by Mr. Fox, and long be-
fore thar by Isi4 uncle, laird Hingley, are stow (as Mr. Fox is
growing Inactive iii the lii Id) to be • joint concern between
him and Lord Llscelles, the country and hounds still Ming
Mr. F.'s but 11w maunzement of the I 1. :onl the keeping
of horses to he by Lord Lastelles, null they are to be
hunted as quota' from Mr. Fox's magnificent seat, &voltam
Pm k, near %Vetherhy, Yorkshire.