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HORSE-STEAMNG.

GUILDHALL, SEPT. 20.—Jantes .fidasie, s horse dealer, re.
siding in Devonshire-street, near the Elephant and Castle, was
brought up for examination, charged with that very prevalent
otTence--horse-stealing.
The prosecutor, Mr. Neighbour, a farmer at Beaconsfield,
Bucks, missed his horse on ihe morning of Sunday, the 3d inst.
and came to the Smithfield horse-market on the following Friday,
where he found the animal is the charge of one Samuel Ranee, a
servant In the employ of Mr. Davies, the landlord of the New
Bagnigge-wells tea-garden at Bayswater. Rance asked n/. fur
the horse, and thus Identifying himself's: haring possession of him,
was immediately given into custody. At his examination before
the sitting Aldermen the next day, Mr. Davies; his master, at-
tended, turd exculpated his man, by stating that lie had ordered
him to dispose of the horse himselt. He had purchased hint on
Thursday, the' day preceding, of a man who was riding him. The
man he did not know, but be was In company with three persons
of whom he had a slight knowledge—one of them was a ill..
Manning, a pork-butcher, In (heat Chesterficki-street, Marylebone,
Ile gave ultimately N. for the animal but discovering afterwards
that his knees were broken, he Rent Rance with him to market,
directing him tp take whatever might be bid for him.
Under these circumstances, the prisoner Renee was discharged.
Mr. Blanning, one of the persona Mr. Davies had spoken of,
being iu attendance, row stilted that he was returning with two
friends in a small east from the fight on Old Oak Common on the
previous Thursday, when they *CC overtaken at Shepherd's Bush
by James Adams, who entered into conversation with them about''
the horse he rode, offering to exchange it against the one in the
cart. They all storped to drink as. the Ilagnigge-wells, but his
friends starting oil' Ilia cart without hint, by way of a joke, lie re-
mained behind lung enough to see Davies and Adams bargain for
the horse, and the wor.ey paid.
As he was, by his own recount, one of the four who arrived to.
gether at the %Veils with the stolen horse, it svis. judged proper to
detain him till he could produce Adams. This he subsequently
did, and Adams was placed in the witness-box. but not sworn, to
give any explanation he chore, being cautior.ed at the same time li
that he need dbt state any thing to critr.inate
Adams thekstated, that on the 6th instant, the Wednesday arter, :
the horse was stolen, one John Brown. is horse-dealer, broumit him
the horse, desiring him to tell it for him, es lie hid understood,
from a previous conversation with witness, that he was desirous to'
be.eroployed in selling by commission ; that he accordingly rode
the horse on the following day to the figiu, which took rdsceo•ine;
miles down the road to the prosecutor's house (but ti mile, frosts
bonder), end on his way back sold the horse to Davies. On the 1
following Saturday Brown called again on him, received this Si.,l
and paid him 13s. as commission. Brown said he put mu at the
Windmill, in St. John•street, and he (Adams) had no doubt he
could find him on any. Friday in Smithfield.
Adams teas corroborated by a man mauled Thomas Orem.
Arlon» then begged to oak the prosecutor whether his horse

had two eyes (putting in, at the same time. a be-a-bilis 1114/1"1
the stolen horse wen described as blind in me eyes)
Mr- Neighbour declined aosereting, and appealed to the Court,
whether he was bound to do so.
The Aldermai and the clerks Raid he was; and the question
was repeated., but no answer could be drawn from him.
Mr. Amor said he could eyear that the horse which Adams had
had in bit poetereion undoubtedly hat.l two eyes.
The City Solicitor was called in ; and after a long consul-
tation, in which it appeared the account given by the prisoner
was not deemed satisfactory, be was again remanded.
lIATTOX.GARDE4 SEPT. 29.—A miterable-lonking object,
almost in a state of dity, who gave her tome Elizabeth Carers,
and ended herself to be an Inhabitant of " Wooden World," was
brought before the sitting Magistrate this morning. charged by Mr.
Thornton, a respectable eudesman residing in Clerkenwell.green,
with ensuing his shop et an early hour this mooting, and creating
a mule about the done. by her conduct, which was gross in the ex-
treioe, both in the lniguage she used towards him, and the disgust-
ingewitibition she made of her person. fle had never seen her be.
fore, and could only attribute her conduct to the influence of liquor,
under the elects of which she still appeared to be labouring.
On Lang questioned by Mr. Sergeant Seteoer as to her motive
for acting thus indecerously, she talked with much incoherence of
her residing between 4 and 5 in Wooden World." die. ending with.
"I sin a nice-looking girl, so please your Worship, forgive me !"
At this gratuitous compliment to her own charms the risible mu,-
des of the bystanders were 'weedily effected, though an opinion
which had begun to be entertained of the unsoundness of her Intel-
lectsehecked their mirth. especially when she went on to state that
she was very subject to tits, although she had " a jewel of a hus-
band." ;Dm a respectable-looking woman now came forward, and
observed that the woman, whom site knew, was really a resident of
the " work!" she descedied, which, though a " world unknown" Irk
the whole Court, and one, in all probability, never calculated on by
!Fientenelle, or any other philosopher, is yet to be found in the unt-
verge, and somewhere in the neighbourhood of Old-street. From
the deposition of this witness it would appear, moreover, that it is • '
world of spirits, and that Mrs. Chivers is an ardent admirer of
them, being, when not under their Influence, as much in her senses
as most of her fellow-denizens, without any allusion to the neigh.
bouring edifice of St. Luke's. The tier alluded to were positively
seserted to be tits of atunkennese, and Mrs. Chivers's remark that
"she was very subject to them" was strongly corroborated, while
it was added, that when seized with them, she was in the constant
101144 of annoying people by a similar line of conduct.
This statement pronuced a considerable revulsion in the opinion
of the Court, which was strongly inclintil to punish her conduct
with due severity—her miserable appearance, pleaded so strengly in
her behalf, that she was at length dismissed with a severe repri-
mand, and consigned to the care of a constable. who (the person
ON bid spoken to her character declined the office) was deputed to
act us her Mercury in facilitating.her journey from this terraqucous
globe to the ligneous sphere of which she is an Inhabitant.
A hem of dareeels named Hardwick and Derricks were then
placed in front of the bench, by John Cooper, a patrol, who stated
that he found them actively engaged in a regular pugilistic "set-to"
last frighten the middle of Holborn. Miss H. in her account of
the fray, stated, that she graces the neighbourhood of Gray's Inn-
lane by residing in it, and was on her return from tea and supper
with a friend to the quiet enjoyment of domestic privacy, when '
" that woman" (looking at her fellow-defendant sett,' all due se-
trinity of aspect)" never said nothing, but squashed my bonnet all
to SEiVelli." What made the said squashing more disagreeable,
the article squashed was a new purchase, and was worn for the first
time, in all its bravery, on the preceding Sunday. There is de-
cidedly. nosuch thing as a basilisk in nature; melds!' glance from
any animal starred kill, that which glanced from the right eye of
I Elizabeth flardwiet, in at the conclusion of her tele it glanced
front the rifled tumour* of the covering in question (now
" Like ancient Rowe, majestic in decay,")
to the visage of Eleanor Derricks, must have inflicted utter and
instantaneous ineldlatienet but the beauties °tithe latter, instead of
withering in a moment, absolutely derived fresh lustre from the
animation which lighted every feature as she exclaimed, with all
rite energy of her compatriots, " Flare your wortchip't honour,
thent's all lies rare, oh don't he after belaying& word of it, your
wortchip„ tool I so purraPile, as your worichip well knoas." A dis-
tenting motion of the head intimated that his Worship's recollec-
' tion was any thing hot clear upon this point, and ijacen Eleawor
went on to declare that the assault complained of originated in her
having, been first " shoved di the pavement" by Miss Hardwick,
when, having as much disinclination to be elbowed out by a rival,-
se her illustrious namesake of old, site certainly did bestow a
tolerably sound thwack upon this modern Rosamond. As consi-
derable difficulty existed in ascertaining the precise degree of blame
attributable to either, his Worship very properly reprimanded both,
and dismissed them, with a caution as to being again found ex-
I Whiting their prowess in a similar way, either with each other, or
with Rey other antagonist."

MARLBOROUGH-STREET, SEPTEMBER 20 —.l young EMIR
named Thomas llf darner, who keeps a chandler's shop in Calmel-
buildings, Oxford-street, and who has been aume days in custody,
upon a charge of bigamy, was brought before Mr. ROE, the *inn
Magistrate. _ .

The difficulty attending this case has been, the absence of any
satisfactory evidence in proof of the first alledged marriage.
Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor, attended for the prisoner.
The certiheate was handed in of the prisoner's marriage, about
four months age, with Miss Mary Barry, at the parish church of
St. Ann'a, Soho, and MOB Barry, or Mrs. Magner, which ever she
may turn out to be, a strong bouncing young female, of about 20
years of aSe, came forward and said, she was the lady who had un-
dergone that awful ceremony.
The Magistrate asked the woman, who was stated to he the pri-
soner's first wife, if she really had ever been married to him, not
that her evidence, if so, would be of any avail. She replied, that
she never had. She lived with him, and loved hint better than an
wife could do, for six long years; but she never was in a church
wi,h him in all her life.

Mr. Boyle, a publican,ettid, that a few days before the prisoner's
marriage with Mary Barry, this other woman called at his house,
and said she understood Magner was going to marry Barry, but
that she her herself, .was his lawful wife, and spewed him a copy of
a marriage certificate between the prisoner and Mary Cairin,
who, she said, Wes lirrsilf in St. Ann's Church. The certificate
was the same as thtttiiow prbduced.
Mr. Roe, the Magistrate, now ordered the woman to be sworn
to tell the truth one way or the other, whatever its hearing on the
case might be. evaded, and directly refused for a long time
to be sworn at all ; but on the Magistrate threatening to commit
her, she took the oath, •which was obliged to be repeated to her
four times, she having diiterously avoided kissing the book the
three tirstt attempts.
Mr. ROE now asked her her name—She replied that it was
Catherine Dwyer, anti that she never went by any other in all her
life ; and to further onestions trout the Magistrate, she said that
she never was married to any one, but she lived with the prisoner,
six years ; and on hearing that he was about to marry another
woman, she went almost raving mad, and she was so dreadfully
mod, that she would say or do any thing at the time. The reason'
she chewed the certificate to Mr. Boyle, and gave herself out to be
the prisoner's wife, was, that she did not like, after living six years
with him, to be considered in try other character than his wife.
Mr. ROE asked her if she knew Mr. Davis, the clerk of St.
Ann's parish P—She; said no, she did not I she never had been at
that church.

Mr. Davis was here called forward, and stated, that about the
month of June last, this woman came to St. Ann's Church, in
company with a man. and inquired to are the registry of the
prisoner's marriage with Mary Barry, and also to see a certificate
of the 'prisoner's marriage with a woman named Mary Cairin,
ebjcb were shown hyr.. . . .

Air. Davis said further, that although he would not venture to
swear positively to the Identity of the woman, yet, as well as his
recollection served him, he had no doubt on his mind hut this was
the same woman that war married under the name of Nary Cairin,
to the pelsonerin the menthe:lf June,' 1320.
It was here stated to the Ilagistrate that the man who accom.
Nnie4 this woman to the church four months ego, as mentioned by
Mr. Davis, was one of the constables of Alartlebone Parish.

Reed, the officer, was instandy despatehedfor this man, who soon
made his appearance, and said, that his name was Thomas Lamb,
and that he has known the prisoner, and the woman who calls her.
self Catherine Dwyer, for several years; they lived together in a
house of his, anti always passed as man and wife. About four
months ago, the woman told hint that het husband, the prisoner,
had gone otf and married another woman, at St. Ann's Church,
tha very place where she herself had been tnarri,d to him, anti she
asked the witness to go with her to the church, to see the registry
of both marriages, and he accordingly went with her, and was
shown the registry by Mr. Davis. The woman pointed out the
very day, the 11th oh Jnne,, 1820, on which the marriage of Mary
Catlin, whom she said meant herself, before the registry-book was
opened, and after inspecting it, on their way home, she told the
witness that she had married the prisoner in a false name, for that
her teal name was not Maq Cairin, and she even said so to• the
clergyman at the church, wito rebuked her for having married in a
false narce.

Mr. Roe asked Mr. Davis if he thought it likely that the
Clergyman who married the parties in MO, could recollect their
persons.
Mr. Davis said, that the most likely person to do so would be
the witness, Patrick Hogan, whose name was to the certificate, if
be could be found.

Me. Roe said, that to make out a me it would ruost probably
be necessary to And out Hogan. und advised the prosecutor to look
out tor him. The Magistrate then intimated to Mr. Humphreys,
that in the present circumstances lie would take bail for the pri-
soner's appearance on a future day, and the cue was remanded for
a week.

The woman said to be the prisoner's first wife, declared on
quitting the office, that although he had deserted her fur another,
Sheould take care that a hair a his head did not ituffer.

ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.

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11141TLEamer, SEPT. 20.--.//ffrEd Flower', Edward Flowers,
and WI/I;4m Goele.ell. were brought before Mr. 6ritnth, charged
with the fol!owing iahutnau attack upon a poor woman named
Silty SOllrar. . . . . . . . . .

i
t appeared from the evidence of the alster-ia-law of the injured
woman and her husband, that at about half-past one of the clock
yesterday morning, they were returning along Oxford-street; the
*omen were some distance in the rear. At the corner of limners-
street the three prisoners came, up, and one of them exclaiming,
" Here's one a piece, go it," commenced pulling them about, ind
taking other improper liberties ; the women retuonstrated, and the
injured woman, Mary Sullivan (who is In the last stage of preg-
nancy), told Flowers of that circumstance, and implored him to de-
sist, but he still dragged her on, end ben cries brought her hus-
band and his two friends back, and they soon released the women.
The injured woman's husband knocked Flowers down, and the/
focal Ground or two, during the continuance of which boric their
haul Fell oil; and while Sfilltran wen preparing to renew the right,
MRS seized both hats, and was running away, when Mn. Sul.
lirau copped Lim, and asked for her husband's hat ; he cadent) aa.

ove:,but .ailgreatfuteed kicked he: huh the abdomen. The poor we-1
man fell senseless to rte ground. Tlie ruffian tied. hut a gentle.
man who witnessed the transaction drew a sword from his cane,
pursued and secured him, until he watchman unto up. Edward
Flowers and Gotterell escaped in the confusion, km on coming
to the (Alice to ascertain the fate of their companion. they were
taken into custody. and pieced in the bar nest him. Mrs. Suliivan
was taken borne, and attended by Mr. Fenner, surgeon, of Castle-
street, who came to the office, and stated that 3lni. Sullivan was to.
bouring under most dreadful injury from the kick, and was in ouch
imminent peril that he did consider her present recovery doubtful.
The misoner Alfred Flowers solemnly denied the charge, and
said the complainants had attacked hint first. The others contented
themselves with a general steternent to the same effect.
Mr. Outs/Tilt otdered Alfred Flowers to be remanded for
farther examination, and desired the other two to find common
bail.