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.iniloneot the Prisneerbad twat acweral sloplieales to the Prr
restur, staitog that he had pledged the property seder the
ih►ections of Harg►eaves, the clerk ; whirls statement he wow
'repeated In his defence, adding that be wile mauler that per.
ash's direction, and believed at the Ham that ►e ►ad the Pro.
♦ecYtor'a aailsority fur pledging it.
• . The Jury immediately foond bins Gully; but trews-
' • wooded loon to nierty, on the ground of the earelleot eha-
~.rt•r gist n by his I otployer, and also of the distress of his
Inuerstruns fussily. The Prosecutor also j0in.4.1 in the re.
•rommrndaltow ow the same growsida, and added his belief
unit the Prisoner bad acted under the inflators of Har-
greaves.
Me. A►or.letrs stated that the Prosecutor, who was in an
eateusive *ay of hunioess, io addition to bssitig bees robbed
in this way to the anionsit of several hundreds of monads,
had suffered greatly in his character abroad, in cuaarquesee
of pieces of Bluth and hessersere, shipped by his for raper.
1.110., being found defieiessa both its weight sod measure,
usti•o received by the consiguetw.

SURREY SESSIONS, JANUARY 15.
,1116/411111Wel Hauler !Cession fer the County of Rom,
bwinelellealtithis day at Newington, Wm? C Harrison, E.q.
tyr bibitHisisn, ands foil Beach of Magistrates.
0 HI, Grand Jury brier sworn, Ilse Chairman addressed
them is wtotipatulatitry speech ma the state of the Calen-
.l44.ollllell rompsralively light. This be mainly attri-
tinted to the Brixton and other Houses of Correetina gists.
tilitilmel is. the roomy. He then explaised the law as it •p-
-plied to yahoos emirs which would come hangs them.. and
sdverted fri one, No. dtt, is this Calendar, of a loathsome am
lure, which would require their serious attentino mid inquiry.
After Rome g I remarks, be dismissed them to their
diav—ilorrefoniiiag Bills.
The High Constables of the several distillates of the comity
then presented their Reports of the slaw of the places in
.heir joriadietioo. blsoy of these detailed the save of the
late floods, in blowing up bridges. and washing away foot-
paths, cud the various injury they had done to .he roads is
Reaves!, partientarty sheds of the hundred of Godley. from
Gitildford to Wiodmir, and about Riekford sad Cobham,
where the Rev. Mr. Roberts was detaised twenty•foor hours

be the water. Several road., plates, mad fetters, were pre-
.ented being is bad state, and considerable diersmion
took place smorig the Magiatrsey as to she measures which
should be matted to for the repairs mad She revesalson of
eristiaa abate•, which ■ere marls corarweeteel ea, especially
those iu the uric►►ourbood of Maielsaas.

The Grand Jury thenreterred tato Court, when the usual

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prorlsimetiolae were read.
• The Repurt or the Visitors to the Pelson was then pre-
rented, when Mr. Trotter moved that the Coed should ad.
juurn op stairs to bear it.
, This was opposed by Mr. H. Sommer, when the worthy
Mover withdrew his motion, observing, that it was front
motives of delicacy he made it.
The Report of the Betides House of Correcting was then
read. It stated the reanimation of the Rev. D..lonea, Chap-
lain, and reettmeseaded that a larger salary should he al-
lowed to the Chaplain and Surgeon. It next called the at-
l•oliou of the Collet to the present Governor of the prison,
whom they slated to be deficient in talent.
Mr. Ronne Sumner thee proceeded to comniest on the
Report. and moved that the resignation of Mr..ileoes slaiold
be received, and that the election of Chaplain should be
considered at the Reigate Sossioos. The salary arse the nett
cuosidrration, and he should therefore propose that instead
of :dd., 1001. should be allowed.
The mama, after some &abet cassideratioa, was
agreed to.
Mr. Hobos lesser fibre proposed that the salary of the
Aro aboalld be raised from bid. to lON —Agreed to.
Member nest moved that a female tarn-
Ira
Earlilliapposiseml as as moistest to the matron, at e
almumiamil..4svessed per verb.
of the butchers' and bakers' cookers.
.werfr thriiisiersTip;ta.
~ Mr. Helm, awn sow alluded to what he observed was
the most painful emselderatioN in the Report, tamely, the re-
uioval of the present Governor, who was iacompetetst to his
tueee; be should, therefore, move, "That the worm Gu-
venter of the Urixttaa House of Correction should he removed,
and one elected ad tedefias till the election at the Reigate

Sessions."
A Magistrate dimeateil from the asolims, and moved that
Committee.

the Report should be ►efatpd le a Spacial
After considerable diem/abet is ebbe\ Mr. Gnaw', M.P.
Mr. Trotter, •ad other Magistrates, Souk • pier. 'be mutio•
of Mr. Summer to remove the Gore/mot we. carried.
It was thee moved that Jinn Greta a►eeld be appointed
,pro tempore Covers°, of die Hoes. of Currectioo.
Alter. suave other basilicas bad been disclosed, the Court
sdpserued.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT,
TvaDAY. IAIIIIMIT 15.

IN Tlll NATTEIL Of OLIVE PRISCO. Of
cusiazatsan.
Mr. HEATS moved this morning 00 behalf al
the Lady who styles herself Olive Princess of Curta-
t►erlsed, for leave to file a petition in this Court,
prayilig for the future liberty of her person agneet
the sown debts los which she is at liniment in sus..
Cody. Her affidavit, which was reatillid es above. set
forth that she is in t►e eastody of the Wardeu of the
Fleet, where she has beet' mommitted by the style
and title of Olive Prisms" of Cumberland. That
elm has been sued by several creditors by various
Ornontioations, some odium her Olirta Sarre., some
Olive W I mot Series, rod 10111. e Olivia Wilmot. That
she had, when committed to custody. Ilse nun of two
pounds, and that she d►d oat apply to this Court
fix relief within the time prescribed by the Act of
Parliament. because she had entertained hope' that
the property to which she is entitled, and which is
secured to her by various &canteen in her posses-
sion, might have been made so available for the
payment of her debts. its to save bee from the ne-
ceseity of such au application. These hopes bare
oot yet been realised, sod she is therefore com-
pelled to pray the relief which die court alone
can extend to her.
The Cooler—ft is apparent Ora. this Lady's
affidavit that some donbie esist OS M her prope►
1110100. . Hew dam site alga her Petitiaa ?
Mr. HBANII—The signature is Olive alone.
The Comet—ht would be better if she were to
have signed it by by name of may She has
some surname. But as this will probably be made
a subject of future ioqiury, it may be suffered now
• to pan. It is foe her elope to consider whether she
places herself before the Court under her proper
risme, is should the contrite, appear hereafter, her
Petition will be liable to be dismissed.
Leave was their grouted.

We are requested to state, that the Mr. WEIGHT.
whose name appeared in our report of the proceed.
inss in tlie Court of Chancery on Monday, inserted
in THE HILITI2II ['WS of yesterday, is net. nor
ever has been, connected with the highly respect-
able house of Wittowe sud Co., Heorietta.street„
Covent-garden, as mentioned i■ said report.
GoaturetT.—The following extract from • letter
has been received at Luito's, dated Guernsey,
January 4:—" During the late gales the black
buoy of the Channel, called the Small Russell, was
carried away, ■nd et may be some lime before it
ears be replaced, owing to local difficulties and the
winter season."

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- ;Wit •.• :• BOIVAITIEZT.
. STREET ROBBERY.
Yeateesine a woman of the tows', Named Cbeisfiena
Ferris, well knower at the Office as being •• inhabitant of
the unionists; Vitse..treet, Christina-street, was brought up
fur an examination before Thos. Halls, E.q. the sitting
Magistrate, charged upon the °sato( a respectable Geode.
sass, Joseph Dudley, Eeq. of Peter-street, Weadmineter, with
having violently robbed hint of a gold brooch. The ci imam-
'tenets are these :
On Monday evening, between nine and ten o'clock,
as Mr. Watley was proceeding through Hemmings-row, St.
Martin's-lane, he happened to pass two worm', one of
whom was Ilse Psi ; they cause up to him, and each
got hold of one of his arms ; they at first asked him to
accompany them to their lodgings, which bfr. B. declined,
and endeavoured to extricate himself from their Hutches,
hot was unable, as they had got Duch a tight hold of hitless's,.
The Prisoner then said, l• Will you give see onmethisig to
drink ?" Pioseentor replied in the negative, and still elides-
vowed to get off. The Prisoner suddenly made a snatch at
his brooch, which was in the (rout of his shirt, and which
she tore in getting it out ; at that time the Prosecutor re-
ceived a violent blow Dear Ina left eye from some person (he
could not tell whether it was the Prisoner or her companion),
which knocked tiff his hat, and for a minute or Iwo made
him scoreless; however he got his hat, and ran to the
watchman, who succeeded in apprehending the Prisoner in
St. Martin'a-lane; the other woman gut off The Prisoner
was searched, het the brooch was not to be found. The
robbery took place almori its one misrule. and all the time
the iratehmas was only about 60 yards from the spot.
The Prisoner upon being called upon to answer the charge,
Mated, that on Monday evening she met the Prosecutor in
Leicesteesquare, and be trestid her to drink; that she
sever saw him before, and denied all knowledge of the rob-
bery.

111 r. Heathy said as to shirt the Primmer bad stated about
treating her, was ewiirely r. Ise.
Mr. Hall■ said that the conduct of the girls of the town
had come to such a pitch of late, that it was quite unsafe to
walk the 'Weis. His Illejeaty's 'abject' mast be protected,
and the worthy Normal, then ordered the Clerk to Mod
over the P.oserutor sod the waif-haute, w►ich was dude, sad
she wat fully committed for trial.

Turg I was stimnsoned upon en information
for carrying eleven outride passengers, besides lugg4e, on
• stage-euarh, drawn by four horse.., by roue Martin, a com-
mon informer, to which the Defendant pleaded Not Guilty.
William Stringlc, tile informer's 111 i Ilea% awore, that ua
Saturday, the 29th of December last, about three o'clock in
the afternoon, lie saw the Defesident's coach in Whitechapel-
marl with eleven outside passenger•, exclusive of dm
emichmen, be►ide% a quantity of Ing.Tsge on the roof.
Wastes,. here described the situation of the passeregers and
luggage.
Mr. Shearman, who attended general I y fur the Coach
Proprietors, said be should out take up the attention o the
Magistrate for any leugth of time. He Open called
Mr. Jolltfe, who paid that he gut upon the coach at the inn
and that it started with nine outside peasengers only.
Mr Sheartuan mot, if the Magistrate wee uut satin.
led with that he would cell other witaesses.

Mr. Hall. said it was neineressaiy, and intimated to Mr.
Spearman to iefowm his client that Stile& was liable to be
indicted fur perjury : he thought at times that informers did
service to Ike public in horn informations, to as much as
no gentleman would take the trouble to lay one. He the.
said he should mot admit Stringle'e evidence again at the
Owe, and advised him to be very cautious.

Ml It LBOROUGH•IITILERT.
MYSTERIOUS DISPOSAL OF A CHILD.

Jawe JohNoon, alias Grove, was brought from St. James's
watch-house, charged with stealing two shirts from Mrs.
Mole). a respectable Imundress, with whom she lodged, and
which case was mode out be proof of her having pawned
them. Another ease as to the disposing of her child occu-
pied the 'Mention of the Magistrate (Mr. Commit).
Mrs. Hurley Mated, that the Pnworee bad lodged with ler
sheet seven weeks previrour to her lying-in at the hospital.
She brought her child with her the dew after Christmas-duly,
and she called again ou tredneeday, and said it bad died of
convulsions i■ the arms of the cook at Lord Conyugham's.
Mrs Hurley bad seen bur with the child the day before she
told this story. She added, t►at Dr. Fidler bad been called
in, stud that the dead child was removed to No. 17, Wood.
stock.streei, sad Mrs. Harley discovered the whole to be
false. Wilms' said the Prisoner had neglected the child,
seal II would have bueu darted but for her.
The Prisoner was interrogated alone, and she told various
stories shout the child, but the last she came to was, that
the she bad gives it to the wife of a carpenter, of the name
of Miles, at blaidenbesd, or Braywick-road, and it died
there the seat day, as she was informed by a letter.
In sinner to questions from the Magistrate. the Prisoner
said she had knoou Mrs. Miler some time, ►et had dot seen
her for four swathe until their unexpected aseetise i• Oxford.
street. She bad made no agreement about paying, wee could
she tell where she slept ea the night she patted with the
child nor the two nights fullowieg.
The Prisoner was remanded till further inquiry be made
taco tIIU mysterious business.
SINGULAR CHARGE.

Yesterday • Mr. Plena. residing at the west end of the
town, attended before G. B. Maiowaring, Esq. die sitting
Magistrate, to make a charge of • curious descripi ton scants,
• man appareotly about seventy years of age, who had the
appearance of a gardener.
Prior to Mr. Naito addressing the Magistrate, he seemed
particular in placing so men-snag girl, about nineteen
pears of age, before the Magistrate, so that he might have
• fell view of her.
He there staled, that fur the protection of his house and
family be had been urged to call upo• his Worship, is
order that his jurisdiction should present the gross on traits
of the Prisoner, who repeatedly came to his house and pelt-
ed his doors, window, and frost of the Isolate, with mud, and
tremead•ss large stones, to Ilse great danger of those isside.
It was re later than Monday night that he cams is front of
the house, and Mrs. Nunn was coming down stairs with a
lighted candle in her hand, the street door was open, sod
the milkman was serving the servant with milk, when •
large stoma (sow produced) dew through the passage sod
struck his wife, which knocked her dusts and materially is-
jured het.
The girl before his Worship was an orphan, and had lived
Vrith-hhes ilitaimise-ood his wits from at early age, but in con-
seqoeneo of the gross maaner ire which be treated her, be
(Mr. Noon) bad taken her into his house. It appeared that
141 Primmer had extorted a promise from t►e girl to marry
►im ow the death of his wife, w►ich lately took place; but
the girl Sadism protecttu•, refused complyiug with the
promise she bad made, and the feeder path boding
himself thus slighted by big charmer, after the many
mime that had passed bet• ten diem, determined "on re.
',age," not ouly on " the object of all his hopes," hot
on the windows, walls, arid doors of her hanthoorled
master, who this Adonis imagined had acted very cruelly
in breaking " two loving hearts asunder," and pro.
tested that neither leeks, belle, nor bare, should ever debar
him from nerespundiog with his " true love." Yesterday
morwi•g he paid • meat unruly visit to the house, •ad whilst
the family were at breakfast Le seemed desirous of furnishing
them with a meat of stones sad mad, by way of • cooler;
but thinking this ileanuent tou hard le he dealt with, they
went uuuide, std ascertained I list Romeo had tome again to
visit his Juliet, who was industriously employed in liking
the dust off the windows, little anticipating the dart that took
place, wises a volley of atones, dee. were radii, flung at her
fair faro. An officer was prucured, arid it was with difficulty
he was gut away. He swore vehemently that be would mat.
der Aar, and afterwards benefit, if she world uut have him.
The girl suited that she had promised to many the pestle,
but she would; M had set •p the ►auns at Chelsea
church, and iu coasequeuce of her retinal she was afraid lie
'wild murder her.

The poor " victim to delicate love," who appeared to be
• filler subject fur Dr. Brookes than matrimonial alliance,
tottered from the bar rep►oaching hie dowry for her deceit,
sad protesting he maid ocver tot happy oilhoat her. H•
.0 ordered to Bad 110.

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4MaRICA.

PUILACIELPUIA. paccassza 10.
Yesterday arrived in this city from the city of
Washington, Major B. O'Fallon, Uoitrd States
Agent for Missouri, with seventeen delegates from
the Indian tribes, from the Passnies, Omakars„
Kan, ■od Missouri. He is conducting *beer on a
tour through part of the United States, to impress
upon their nations the extent, population, and re-
sources of our country.
Accompanying the Message of the President to
Congress, was a collection of document., which,
on examination, we find to relate to one subject
only, viz. the occupation of, and establishment of
a government in, Florida. Besides the iostructions
of the Secretary of Slate to Colonel Forbes (Com-
missioner) and to Governor Jackson, we have the
letters from the two latter, and from Colonel But-
ler (the other Commissioner) to the Secretary of
State, communicating, of course, whatever had
passed between them, respectively, and the Spa-
nish authorities in Hammel) sod in the Floridass
The last paper in the series is the paper drawn up
and signed by General Jackson ■ud Colonel Col-
lars, on the occupation of East Florida by the
troops of the United States, which his already been
presented to the public.—(Nationol Intelligencer.)

COMMERCIAL NOTICE.
The Merchants is the lluitid States soil Miters whom it
way interest, •re hereby informed, that it has pleas d his
Majesty the .King of Denmark, in cou.equeoce of the
scarcity of limber sod lumber its Icelaud. to permit the
proper department, fur skis pretest, and as lung as it shall
be deemed necessary, to great passports to subject. of Fu..
reign &nine, which will entitle them to carry timber and
lumber to Iceland, without paying she duly fitivd by the
Roy.' Ordinance of &wisher 311, 1816; ►et subject ne-
vertheless to the other conditions therein mentioned, or suds
special ours a. on application for the passport at Cu/bruin.
gen, in each individual case may lie deemed requisite.
Delilah Consulate G I at Philadelphia,
December 10, 1811.
CONCORD (MASS.) DECEMBER 8.
In Natick, on the evening of. the 6th instant,
Hllllllllll Dexter, a celebrated Indian doctreus, sear
killed in her awn house by her grandson Joseph
Purchase. The circumstances of her dead► ore as
follow : It seems from the evidence in the case,
that some Indians had met at her bowie for the
purpose of a frolic, which terminated in drunken-
ness and fighting ; that the reprove) her grand.o.,
for his conduct, and was in consequence threaten-
ed by him with death. Also, that he dune hi.
sister and brother-in-law firma the house, and put
his threat in execution, by knocking her into the
fire, and burning her to death, while they were
gone to alarm the neighbours. Sloe was betWeell
75 and 80 years of age, and sustained an unble-
mished character. She was the last of the Natick
tribe of Indians. The perpetrator was secured,
tried, and committed to the gaol in tins town to
await the sentence of the law.

BOSTON. DEMMER T.
The penitewt Martin, who is under sentence of
death for highway robbery at the prison at Lech-
here's Point, this morning made a desperate attempt
to escape, which partially succeeded. N'hen one
of the keepers brought iu his breakfast, the Prisoner,
who appeared still to be chained to hie cell, was sit-
ting in a stooping posture. He asked the turuk.y
to pick up a piece of tobacco which he had dropped,
and whilst he was in Use act of assisting him, Mar.
tin suddenly ruse, and with his:chants struck the man
to the door. He then rushed trout his room. and
readied the person-yard. Finding he could nut
scale the walls, he had recourse to the gate, and by
main rtrengtli broke it to pieces and e►c■ped into
an adjoining field. The noise attracte•l the mten-
tention of some persons near, and he was pursued.
He gave battle, but slipping (limo. be 'sus liaally
taken again, and snore strongly secured to hi. dun.
geon. Martin by the help of a ;nut of a common
case knife furnished by some unknown means, the
back of which was made into • raw, separated the
chain from the ring-bolt in the fluor; he carried off
about 141b5...f chum on his wrist, sod the shackle
on his ankle of considerable weight. riot being
able to free himself from them, his flight was not
rapid, and his resistance was feeble. lie told the
Sheriff he prayed to God twice on bi. kiwi,* than
the blow he was about to inflict might uut prove
fatal to Mr. Coolidges