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London, England, 1819-08-05 00:00:00

A MAD CAT.

A per run of the narnenl//art.: who reside* in Fleur.de.
hs-roort, appeared to answer to the complaiut of a young
swot of tt.e rame of rbilops.
sto:nd, tisat on going home a few nights siisee,
hr W3T, by Ha. t, who, fiuni the top of his house
threw a fi ,wer-pot on him, which hit him un the shoulder.
11.11—Your Worship, he kale,' my cat.
A+erman Heygate—.Did you throw the flower-put on

ilart—He killed my cat.
tooch—That was nervation why you should attempt
It. 101 him.
did not; I only threw down the flower-pot into
th• street, out shamming that he was with r
flu Bent h--Ithy did you throw it 6/0011 t.
Merely to crush his lasysoos lattoh.!
Davis, a w•ithinno, was next eXlinitie.l _r his state-
ttr.o• iI lipeareil, that the discreet and diArtruing pact of
the old hutua of the neighbourhood base annasetril tht• cat
1.. lie foul of her mind for sume time past : it was not suse-
lsoateinly pensive 1/111.111,611, bet aliened itself in outrageous
red oadiscriruinate attacks on the peaceful prior.:-hy. On
the night when her cart Idy'and crimes were trrmi-
weird by the avenging hand of Phillips, the cat altacl-itl :t
winnsu and a child. Phillips, who, it app. and, was a liPla-
anlknied, approached the cat about midnight (the awful
hour whim oat-tritest and mailed uttirdeirro stalk abroad);
the watchman ea ttttt toed him not to en too near, but Phil-
lips wns uot to be der.-reed. He approached the cal—her
• 5. a: Ant fury—sbe put herself in a btairgr;
towel )—{Herr he imitated the altitude of the cat.l—Piiii-
IT- remounted the attack—i.e kockcil the rol.smi !Minor,'
hp the lll, until the vital 'Talk la• elate extinct, nod this
o'..j.ct of terror became in a few iiiitiutes—'• a tail and
al 'Genet! corpse."
It apptar•d pretty clear, that under the irritation whirls
the *Moth of the cal produced, poor liars threw damn the
ti re er,poi,of course Dever stoppusing that ii email fall ou
Phillips,oistil at all events intending merely to crush his lan-
gw and by wo moss lo break his bead.
The wonky Alderman recommended the psi-ties, as they
wise reit:labours, and poor, to make the mail. r
Ire Vief4lll9l2 *OHM mil) put each of them In trouble and ex-
pense; hut sf Phillips w is not sati.beil, x icuittly 117111 Oren
to him, sod he might indict his ueiglibour.
Phillips *prat rd lis MP means disposed to drop the mat.
ter. Hemmed that his lesentmints Ind mlllBl,ll With
the Lomita his deceased for, but that they would appear in
th• shape of an indictment at tbo treat Sessious against her
duccousolott twister.

9049•5114/91`.
OUTRAGEOUS ROBBERIES AT WEST END FAIR.
Vri.tritia) ihr fifteen min oto wire rommiteril int Sitar.
day fast l,y Mr. HtiJcp, the Nagirtrate, fur • further aortal'.
gati,n, were again brought tap.
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natio', has heroine derange", in tonietreare of the iajurim
he reemeed an his bead.
The further rovemieation of the haminess commenced yes-
barley, iii coriatimeore of Jay, the evitietable. of Hampstead,
who had been 'pounded and left me.elese•lty the cruel mot.
creams, 'filming the office, h.rung joist recovered from the
effects of his ill.treatuemit. He was obliged to he supported
by two nom, being very weak hum the los. of blood. His
heart is moll hound up, and be has platters an Isis forehead
and ItYITAI parts of his bead. His left baud conti•
noes tettiad up, and he has not recovered the use of
his right. The Magistrate allowed hint tw keep hie hat on,
ippon applicatios being made to hum fear that impose. Ile
stated, that be was nn only at West Eird fair WI %1...n0b1y
ev,ning, the Stith of Jolly, when ÜbSefrillg WWI, brother
nlticer* attack"! by a gang to femme a robber whom tht y
hoot iit their cumorly, hr weut with all possible SWAYS to
flu it :assistance, when he was ettarked with great violence
by .CIVI:11 of the gone, shu held up this arms considerably
above Ina berm, an that he hail no power of resistance; ass
WNW an. wrested from him, knocked 'Men, and heat "rim
boa staff in a most crud, barhirons, and inhuman man-
ever; he remained insensible for a eausiderahle time;
He was conducted into the strung room to view fie 15 Pri-
meters, to ascertain if any of them were among thom who
attacked him, but he could 1401 idesirifF say of them; hr
suspected three of them, bolt his opinion, was not sistfirieutly
'bong to swear to them. The constables and special con-
slaloce did not dative so much assistance in the roghiful
meue of confusion, created by the numeron. Emig, of
thieve.. owing to their nut being known to each other.
Smith, the proprietor of the Hash booth, winlerwent an-
olio" long exemtuation, when it appeared that hi. booth
wa. filled with known thieves on the whole of Monday,
when the con.taltles were not inumerorm and powerful a gir
to apprehend them, moil it confirmed SO during Tnerdey
till the evening, when the member of the constables were
so increased that they surrounded the bitath, and splice.
headed thirty-tine known thieves and disorderly persons.
It was Respected that the booth was conotructed fur
the 2ccommodntion of thieves, there being a buck eft.
trance by which they might ohtrir, admismots after commit-
ling robheries. A number of handkerchief., supposed to
have been gluten, were found Us a bolt in this booth.
it was stated that they were left thereby prisons who had
no money to pay for their throe, but the Magistrate drew a
different couclosion ; and ',Himmel the Prisoner denied all
knowledge of the thieves, the ;Magistrate ',Teemed himself
strongly inclined to commit him as an *cc 00000 y ; but
Mr. Price, who attended for the Prisoner, urged that nu case
had been made out against bins.
The Magistrate agreed to discharge him. on his promising
to appear again when called upon, at the mine time assur-
ing him that if he was brought before him Will at lily
future time, for keeping a booth at that or any other fair,
mud it was the resort of thieves, he would commit him for
trial, fur a Jury to decide whether be was necessary to the
robberies which might he committed at the fairs.
A snootier of gettilenten and others attended who beer
been robbed and ill-treated, to view the Primmer', nod the
completest case against one of the Prisoners, William
/'/etcher, of any that hes bees made out yet was suborn-
hair d, it amounts to a violent assault and highway rubbery,
under the following evidence:—
Mr. ftrbert Suggate Pretyman, a linen-draper, of Wood.
stuck.street, Howl street, stated, that he, accompanied by a
friend, went to %Vest End Fair ou Ti:eselsy evening, the
27th of July, al half. past eight o'clock ;be found
himself surrounded by a numerous gnu! of men, he
supposed as many as 40 or 50, when he received a violent
blow on the back of his bead ; he did not see the man who
gave him the blow, but it was given with considerable foice ;
he was then robbed of his hat and his pocket-handkerchief
which he had put into his hot to guard wisest lowing his
pocket picked. Ile was then knocked down,and the pockets
of his pausal cut out for his money, fec.
Mr. Elder, who was in compel)! with Mr. Pretymnn,
confirmed the statement of the latter, and described the
meaner of an attack upon himself by the same gaog, and
beiug robbed of his silver, ate.
George Furian, the headborough of Hampstead, said he
appteliendill the Prisoner. William Fletcher, in Smolin
booth, in the fair, on the Tuesday evening, when he found
upon him a hat and a handkerchief, which Mr. Pretyman
proved to he has property, and the same that he was rithhed
of, and the het gave evident proof of the violence the blow
that RIO given him at first, ar the top of it wee cut through.
Hr also produced Mr. Pretyrnen'n pantaloons, with the
pockets rut out, sod blood upon them, the effects of the
wounds he received.
Mr. Pretyman applied to the Magistrates to forme., him
I fium being hound to prosecute, assigning MS a moon that
at the mime the Session in the Old Batley would be held, he
&tumid be abroad upon business and pleasure, which the
Magistrate refaced to comply with, this being one of the
completest castes that hail come before him of all the air°.
riuus offences that hail been committed by the daring gangs,
and accordingly bound him and hie friend over to prosecute,
at the same time informing him that if he applied by affidavit
on the first day of the Middlesex Sessions, he hod nu &mist
but that the Court would not object to emending his er-
r-otitis tomes to the following Session, and remold not feel any
difficulty M keeping such a fellow as the rebutter stone time
homer in prison.
A man of the name of Brown, known in Hampstead as
Spooncy Brown, appeared to a summons mu produce a hat
winch was in his possession, and sto doubt some gentleman
had been robbed of it, lie saying he bad found it, and re.
fusing to attend with it or give it to a constable. Ile yes-
terday I hired the hat, and the blagottrate ordered • con-
stable its keep it, and endeavour to find an owner for it.
Some of the Prison. us woe discharged, no charge being
substantiated against them; the others were remanded for
another examioatmo. •

M R LIOROUG 11 IT* TT

Yesterday the Iwo Prisoners, Joha freaky and Harper,
who stood charged with capital offences at West End FRII,
wale re esamisird before R. Btklr, E.g. and the Office was
crowded with roomers who had been robbed.
The aiming Met or Henley has be, is already slated, in
addition to whirls a he'd] eLarte was prtfeeird against Min
be a young man named Moyelr y, of Charltun-street,
Filtropaatuare. The Prosrentur stated, that he was at-
trathd to a spot in the fair by the shrieks of a
female, and be was knocked down by Henley's gang,
and rubl,ed of a gold chant and seals, but 'he saved his
wtdeli. Soon after Ibis lie way again attacked by Henley,
oho endeavoured to get Ina 'watch, and knocked him down.
Wetness r,-sited, and kimiked the Prisoner down in return,
arid by that meat., got away.
The Pi homers were fully committed for Iris{—Henley on
three charges, and Harper 1,11 the charge pref,rr,d by Kelly,
fur attempting to slept his watch in conjunction with the
other Pratt:wt.

There was s good supply of Wheat at Norwich
Minket oafs Saturday. but the growers were nut
willing to sebuutt to lower prices; consequently
very little business wit. dnotr.—There was a totenthle
supply of SC../. sod 14oineherds. which sold dear,
as dud the tilled the pen..

Tue.(la), at noon, William Mutley. a meat in.
conigible young thief. aged ouly f 3 years, was pub.
licly *nipped at liettitingtuti.ceoni. for repeated acts
of iltliugiseory ire that neighbourhood; he had been
only twelve data Aininerged from gaol, where be
h■d beau under rentence on a charge of felony.
Au instance of singular audacity and tidy depra.
vity of etaired at the Wigali Quarter &mons. on
Saturday the 17th ult. A youth was arraigned for
house-breaking. to which. with a aptgring smile, Ise
pleaded Guilty, and on *vintner. foe traeoportatient
for severs yams bryinol.tha seas twit% proutruirced.
he bowed to the Court. owl said. I than you,
that is whet I smiled:" and after cursiug a It.
male who was in trots, for want of courage. again
bowed to the Braid), viih that fraile.suitconce in
that recital pity •fir tu the reflecting laatt of tJ e
Court. and laugieter trout 'Almelo, he, with a fluty
VIOSCO pied, r• Cast by I when I Motu 1.111 bring
you a tong-tailed triouktp!'