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London, England, 1806-09-20 00:00:00

POLICE.

• ■OW-STll &CT.

Yesterday, Messrs. BOND, GIAHA:4. and Rea n,
the three Magistrates belonging to the above Of-
fice, held au adj.4urned Petty Sessions, tor the pur-
pose of granting Licenses to the Viauallers of the
parishes of Covent Garden, and St. Martin's in the
Fields. Those who had been ref used on the fir►t day,
on account of their Louses bring wholly devoted to
the sal: of spirituous liquors, were re-considered by
the Magistrates; when some of them fi3ding rc-
speiftable security to aim. !heir conduS, their licenses
were renewed; and those of others were refused.

• • Ilvir elsliteipeeitte as a severe Lass to the landlords.
one of whom lately gave ICOOI. to go int-. a house:
but however hard it may be upon the individuals,
it is necessary that what are generally termed gin-
shops should be suppressed, being so extremely in-
jurious to the lower class of society.
MURDILR OF ANN WEST, ALIAS WINTERFLOOD.
Our leaders will recoil d the barbarous murder
of this young woman, a short time since, in li:g:er's-
lane, near the King's Bench prison.
Yesterday, a young man, who was brought from
the Borough, by desire of Mr. Oa ana ar, under-
went a long examination before that Magistrate, cn
suspicion of being the murderer. We understand
the grounds of suspicion are s•;rne expressions which
he made use of, in the presence of two witnesses,
relative to Isis Icr.owledre of the murder.
The Prisoner, in his deteuce, s,,°:J, if he did use
the expreisions he is charged with, be was inti!xi•
Eil
cared, did not know what he said.
He ordered to remain in close confinement,
the wo Dear public-house, opposite the Office.
~,,A HOUSEBREAKERS.
At elate hour on Sunday night, the house of
Mr. Cairns. in Tottenham-court-road, was broke
' r,i.20, ani robbe I ot 220 pieces of Irish linen, mus-
iis, tinni,ies, and other property, to the amount ot
aiwards of 0001.
Information being given of the robbery at the
Otte, and the watchman near the house descrih.
ing two men whom he saw near the spot, on the
night of the robbery, the officers had no ducbt of
their btinz the men, as the/ answered the descrip-
tion of Bill ke,..:y and Pied Edward:, two notorious
hoiscbreak,:rs, and they have been in pursuit of
them all the week.

Yesterday, Young Crocker, R. Limberick, and
Blackman, were attending at the Old Bailey, to
give- evidence ores sonar trials, and oa choir going
into the Bail bock, they found these two fellows
conversing with their wives, who had just been con-
?idled cf uttering forged Bank Notes. The o.lE,:ers
took them into custody, and in the evening they
were examined before Mr. Ga•n• sr. The watch-
man attended, and idertified the person of Kelly.
t:riwardr, on being called upon to give an ac-
count of himself, told a tale about his being a
hawker and pedlar ; but ►Zivett, in answer, said, he
was one of the most notorious housebreakers in
England. They were committed for further ex-
amination.

It was intended that the remains of Mr. Fox
should be privately interred in the family vault, in
Wiltshire, but a request was made to Lord Hoc-
L AND, by a number of the mo,t distinguished per-
sons in the kingdom, that the remaii., of their ale-
ceased friend should be deposited in Westminster
Abbey, that they might have an opportunity of at-
tending the procession—Lord Hot t AND acquiesced.
The body was therefore removed to the Stable-yard,
yesterday evening, where it arrived about eleven
o'clock, and from thence will be carried in pro-
cession to Westminster Abbey ; but the ceremony
will be conduaed with a simplicity suited to the un-
ostentatious charader of Mr. Fox. •
The Court of Common Council met on Thursday,
fur the purpose of determining, by ballot, which of
the models should be adopted for a monument to be
crened in Guildhall, to the memory of the late Right
Hon. W. PITT: The five models recommended by
the Committee were in.peEfed by the Court, and on
the these of hands, instead of by ballot, the model,
No. 12 (by Mr. J. G. Buss, of the Strand), was
adopted, and it was referred to the Committee to
give direaions for carrying the same into ex icution.
The one chosen by the Corporation is plain but ele-
gant, it is principally composed of four full-sized
figures, the one on the top is of Mr. P/ Tr, in his
Chancellor's robes, holding out his right hand in
a speaking attitude, with kfrisdorn and Prudence on
each side, and &stannic' on a sea-horse, at the bot-
tom, with several appropriate emblems. Th.: price
given in with the estimate was 3,6751. it is to b.:
placed at the east end of the ball, opposite the late
Earl of CHATHAM.

Tuesday, a fire was discovered in a large stall, be-
longipg to a farmer , in Cirencester; it was observed
to break out in several places at once, and as no fire
or candle had been used near the premises, it was
evident it must have been set on fire by some villain
or villains. Another person had his work-
shop and warehouses set on fire about a fortnight
since, but then providentially, as on "1 ueiday night,
what little wind there was, set from the town;
the roof being thatched, was all in a blaze before
*fly assistance could be procured, and being
very dry, probably broke out sooner than the vil-
lains intended ; water could not be got for some
tune, and whim got, many of the men about would
not lead their assistance, which 'thews clearly, the
evil extended farther. At one, however, by
perseverance, it was got under, without doing
farther mischief, although several thatched build-
ings were near, and tseaind them several stacks of
hay and coin, which, no dvabt, the villains intend-
ed have destroyed.

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OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Styr; 19.

.• -lOW:MMES. •
Janes Westwood was iildiaird for making, pnbl?sh-
:og. and uttering a forged draft anon Messrs. Bond
end Co. Bankers, 'Change-alley, f0r.1501. drawn in
the name of Samuel Fearn. -
It appeared in evitimce, that the Prisoner having
gone to the Sago Coffee-house in Hoßeim, told the e:
owner that be :peeled a latter to be left for him in
the name of Williams ; he then sent fur a Gray's
Inn porter, of the name of Metcalf, whom he sent
to the Banking-houge of Messrs. Bond and Co. for
payment of the draft in T.-slime—Upon his pie-
settling it, it was immediately discovered to be a .
feegery, and the porter was asked how,he had corn.
by it ?--He told the fad ; and Mr. Pearson, one of
the partners of the house, accompanied him to the
Coffee-house The porter seized the Prisoner, but
the latter resisted; and being the stronger of the two,
succeeded in snaking his escepo into the street, when
he was pursued and overtaken.
The Prisoner's defence was, that he had formerly
been a dyer by trade, but falling into emberrassed
circumstances, he applied to a friend to lead him
the draft in question, which he sent to the Sauk for
payment. The fear of...being aTlCgeta psade him
run away. He called seem Witnesses to speak to
his circumstances hilife, and frenereloaraSer. • •;'
The Learned Judge, in summing up. observed.
that although there wits atie evidence of his being
the hand which seasially made the tale instrument,
yet his delivering it to the Porter, joined with the
other circumstances, was sufficient evidence of bis
having tittered it.
The Jury, almost without hesitation, found him I•
GuirlJ—Death.
Ch.,rhs Loris I.'iirsuis was also Witted for a
similar offence, in making and urerine, a foreerd
Bill of Exchange for 221. purr Via:4: t ) t);-111111win by
Ann Winter, on Mr. Savage, of Gtey.'s fon-line. ,
The Prisoner, who was a foreigner. had bird as ;
clerk to Mr. Atkinson. of Fakon's-eparre, and °
about the I Oth of April last, tequestrd of his em-
ployer to discount the bill in question ; and knowieg •
something if isdr. Savage, Mr. Atkinson olalige4 "
him. Soon after. some dispute arose between the
Prisoner and hi; Master, when the honer war
charged. The bill 6-scorning due, was preseariet
for payment, but Mr. Savage wholly deirerd tee
hand-writing to he his. Upon examining the body
of the bill afterwards. Mr. Atkinson recognised tine'
whole ef it to be the bend-writing of thaserii.oner,
disguised.
'fire Prisoner made no defence, and ere Jury
found him Gri:/ll—Deailt.
Aierattike I%l•Ke.,eie, a young man, only twenty-
two years of age, sv,s also it:et:led for uttering a
forged draft, of et.sl. IS.. drawn in the name of
Samuel Frazer, upon Messrs. Down and Co.
bankers.
It Appeared, ttrat on Seteeday, the Sd of May
last, the Prisoner beerg ieu:ute f to ore James '
Henderson, a tether, residing in V.".arerlck-square, in
the sum of 181. he offered Atm the draft ia question
in payment, desiring the balance. Hisnderson has- .
ing some suspicion. desired he wound :rave it till •
the next day. But on Sunday morning, the W 1.%
soner prevailed on him to give him twenty saillings
of it. The Priioner told him the draft was OW. ""•^'
Frazer's, of King's-arms-yard, Coleman-street, or.e
of the I)irefto:e of the East lodic Company. Upon
inquiry, however, on the Monday, Henderson
vered the draft to be a forgery. Verdise—Guaes—
Death.
yaw Jones was also indi.led for making. forg-
ing, ant uttering, a false draft, ripen Messrs. Bar-
, clay and Co. Bankers, in Lomberd•street, in doe name
of Messrs. Partridge, Besidume, and Petrie, for 901.
On the part of the prnsecntion it appealed, that
the Prisoner, a young man under thirty, was clef k
to Mr. Whelan, a boot-maker, with whom Messrs.
Partridge and Co. had frequent dealings; and the
latter having their account with Messrs. Barclay
and Co. the Prisoner had frequent opportunities of
knowing their method of drawing on their bankers'
and further, a few d.iys before the timerafine
question occurred, he had received 91. upon a desk
between these parties.
On Friday, the ‘29t.h of August, a little be-
fore two in the afternoon., the Prisoner met
a boy, of the name cf George Davis, in Nicho-
las-lane in the City, and instruded ben to go tot.
the Benkees, and get four 201. notes and one 101 e •
note for the draft, and gave him one shilling
for his trotthle. The boy had not known the Pri-
soner before, but swore positively to his being the
person, having frequently met him in the streets?. -
—He told the tyansaiftion when he went homeg,
and inquiry being made, and some suspicion tall
ing upon the Prisoner, Mr. Petrie went wi '
the bay to the house of Whelan, but
Prisoner telng from home, he could not identif .
any one in the house as the person. However,
signal being fixed upon when the person should u
pear, the instant the Prisoner returned home, tt"
boy recognised him, and he was taken into custody!,
but not told upon what particular cherge. Mr
Whelan soon after returning, asked what lied hap.
petted when the Prisoner immediately aasweredes
that he had been taken up for forgery.
The Prisoner's dfetree went to prove an al.6i.
Upon the evidence .of his brother, his brother'
wife, Mary Melee, and a Mr. John Nicholls, it a
peered, that the Prisoner having been to Mr. G r ,
at Stoke Newington, upon business of his Matter's,.
called at his bro:her's h.)ne,, near the Tower et :•
London, on his way beck. The day was ettreniely
wet, and he came there about ten minutes before
two o'clock in the afternoon, and remained wish
them until after six, when be went itWArs an
returned to supper about eight. These wirelesses
underwent a very minute examination by Messrs.
Coresr and Kn+arp, fur the prosecution; but were
not found to coniralia themselves or each °elm,
in any material point.
Several other most respeaable per sons were called,
who had known the Prisoner many years, and gave
him a most excellent &oar. ease.

The Learned Judge (Baton SUTTON) in summing
up the evidence, observed, that the circumstarces
were very s:rong against the Pt isoaer. particula ty
his expression at the time his Master returLial
before he was apprised of the charge upon wh:cts he
had been apprenended. On the other hand, how-
ever, the witness-es, if believed, and they cee
stood unimpeaclied, teem to prove a complete etas ;

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and should this, coupled • th the very excellent
chandler given him for hone •ty by so many persons,
excite a doubt in the mind of :!,e Jury, that doubt
shoOld be exercised in favoar of the Prisoner.
The Juty, after some consultation, found their
irerdiet—Nw
This vase excited a great degree of interest, the
Court was exceedingly crowded. Wh:le the Jury
were consulting, an :mini silence prevailed, and the
verdict appeared to give general satistailion.

CLERKENWELI. tih,SSIONS, SUS. 19.
• Present Mr. MAINW Alt INU, and several Msnts-
rnArts.
Mark Dykr, a coachman of the Rev. Mr. Greet-
field, of Scotland-yard, was indifted, according to
the statute of the 10th of the King, for defrauding
his master of 21. 7s. 61. the difference, its value, be-
tween a load and a ton of hay.
• It appeared from the evidence of several wit-
nesses, that Mr. Greet&ld having gone out of town
in the month of May last. left the Prisoner a discre-
tio••ary power to hrder in as much hay and other
articles as should be wanting in his absence. Mr.
(;renfield remained in the country for some time,
and, on his return, the Prisoner gave in his account,
in which, aiLongst other items.was, 71. Is. 6d. stated
• to have been paid for a ton of hay. Mr. Grenfield
being a little surprised ae the quantity consumed,
made particular inquiry of Mr. Burroughs, the per-
son .from whom the hay was bought, and he, on
looking into his books, found that the Prisoner had
purchased only a Lad from him, for which he re-
ceived 41. l4s. It also appearing, from the evidence
of one of Mr. Burroughs' servants, that no more
than a load had been delivered to the Priienei, the
Jury, after a few moments consideration* fund him
• The Csiatemaw, then, after observing on the
great reek that every mats ran of being robbed of his
property, it servants, who were intrusted with it,
were allowed to plunder with impunity, sentenced
the Prisoner to three months imprisonment, aad to
be pilloried once at the top of the Haymarket.
• David Sfradbury, a turnpike-gate keeper, was in-
dieted under a late Ad of Parliament, for extorting
three shillings and sixpence from Miss Snell, for a
coach and pair of horses. when they should have
passed tree.
It appeared from the evidence of Miss Snell, and
her coachman, that the horses she drove under her
cartilage were hired for a year, and entitled to pass
certain turnpikes, on shewing a yearly ticket. In
the month of December last, when going through
the gate near Battle-bridge, the Prisoner asked the
coachman whether the horses he drove were hired ?•
and, on the coachman answering in the affirmative,
he asked him for his yearly ticket. The coachman
accordingly handed it to him, but the Prisoner said
it was not a 'roper one, and demanded Ss
which, after some sharp words, was paid by Mtss
Snell.
The Learned Counsel, on the part of the Prisoner,
endeavoured to excuse his client's conduft, by stat-
ing, that this off:nee was committed Against a late
regulation, with which the Prisoner was not suffi-
ciently acquainted ; and also by asserting his general
good charades..
The Jury, however, under the direftion of the
Cii•ligAtl, found the Prisoner Gszky ; and he WAS
bentenced by the Cosset to three months' imprison-
meat.
Mr. Sc4irf, a tradesman of respedability, was
ifidided for cernniitting a violent assault on a gen-
tleman named Clark.
it appeared from the evidence of Mr. Clark and
some of his family, that he had been indebted to
the Defendant in a sum of 601. and not being pre-
pared to pay it as scion as he eepefted, the Defead-
ant, with two Sheriffs' Officers, came into his sister-
in-law's house, in the neighbourhood of Smithfield,
where he was, and seizing hold of him by the collar,
drove him in such a violent manner against the
wall, that he continued ill for two or three days.
They then brought him to a lock-up-house in Carey-
street, where he remained until he gave in bail.—
On the pint of the Defendant, the Officers who
made the arrest, stated, that when Mr. Schief went
into the shop, the Prosecutor and he shook hands;
but as soon as Mr. Clark saw the Sheriffs' Officers
enter, he endeavoured to make away. The De-
fendant then, to prevent his escape, held him fast by
the hand, but did not offer any other violence.
After the Learned Counsel en either side had
been heard at great length, the Jury, by their
verdict, aevriterdthe Defendant.

Tuesday se'nnight, an inquest was held at Osset,
Yorkshire, home Mr. E. Ilassog, Coroner, upon
the body of FaiI:MUCK Ext.'s, who was killed by
a blow on the head, received from a person of the
name of RA/110C . It appeared, from the evidence
given before the Coroner, that the deceased and
RA SI were, on Sunday, the 3lst of August, in
company, together with several other persons, when
aa observation of one of the party respeding R:s 04 1.
DIN being a clattering shearer, irritated him so
much, that after stripping his coat off to fight, be
advanced to Etxts, who does not appear to have
given him any offence, and struck him a violtnt
blow on the right side of the head, when he fell ap-
parently lifeless on the ground; and as two awn
were raising him up, Ratnsden said, " If you its not
take him Away, I have done for one, and I'll de for
another." The deceased languished until last Mon-
day, when he expired. The surgeon, after particu-
larising the injuries the brain had suffered, gave it
as his opinion that the blow had been the occasion

of Ellis's death.—Verdia Mowlaughirt.
At the beginning of August, Prince Evosrrs,
Viceroy of Italy, inued some imputtant decrets
The object of two of them, is the union to the king-
dom of Italy, of the principality of Guastalla, ceded
to that kingdom, by tile Princess P•ut IN A, and the
Prince Busoiress, her husband, on conditions that
are known. This principality is to form a part of
the department of Crustolo. By another decree, the
new departments of the kingdom, formed of the
Venetian States, excepting the department of Istria,
have been called upon to furnish MOO men, who
ere to be chosen from among such individuals, as
have attained the age of twenty-four, and have not
passed that of twenty-five years. Of this contin-
gent, the iiPpartment of the Adriatic is to furnish
4S ; the Bacchiglionu 17C the Brenta 20(i ; the
Pa.serianu f:3'2 ; the Piave 73 ; the Tagliamento
219.