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must, however, take a little time to consider the subject, and if, Mr.
Tanner, you will look in on this day week, we shall be able to give
you an answer.?
Mr. Tanner bowed, and expressed himself satisfied at this ars
gavonent, and retired from the Office with his bag of pamphlet',
+miming. " I am the only, man that can bring Government to
genie of its duty, and save this great nation from ruin—from Ache-
! hits, Deists, and all other abominations."
BOBBIN° GARDEN/I.—Two lads, named Osborne and Taylor,
were charged with stealing a quantity of pears, of the value of Ibis
from the garden of Mr. W. Smith. of Chelsea.
Mr. Smith stated, that his garden was surrounded by a wall
eight feet high; notwithstanding which precaution he suffered se-
verely, in common with his neighbours, by the depredations com-
mitted by a gang of boys, of whom the prisoners were most con-
spicuous. On Tuesday night, being on the watch, he saw the
prisoners scale his wall, and help themselves to a quantity of fruit
from hie choice trees. Having tied it up, they decamped, but he
followed and took them with it to their possession. He particularly
identified Taylor, the younger prisoner, as being up the tree and
handing the fruit to Osborne.
The prisoners denied the robbery, and in so denying It, Taylor
declared that he was nos up the tree, '• for he shook it !"
They were ordered to pay three times the value, in the course of
the day, or to be publicly whipped.
A respectable-looking man, named Hoyle, brought up his act.
want, Grizel Mungt-r, and charged her with receiving certain
monies, knowing them to be stolen.
Mr. Hoyle stated, that he frequently had missed money from his
till to a very considerable amount, and at length his suspicions fell
eei his own daughter, a little girl not more than ten years of age.
On questioning her very closely, she admitted that she bad stolen
money on many occasions, and that she had given as much as
font or five pounds to the prisoner, his servant, and about 157. to
other persons, all of whom had ;educed her to the commission of
these robberies.
The girl was produced, who admitted the facts as stated by her
father, but could not prove one individual case.
Mr. Dyes, the Sitting :ilagistrate, after examining the girl,
could not fix the prisoner with any one case in particular, and
asked if the father wished to charge his child with the theft
Mr. Hoyle said, certainly not, but he %biped the persons who
bad seduced her to the commission of the rob! _ry to be punished.
Mr. Dyer said he could not do that upon the present evidence,
and therefore discharged the prisoner.
MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE.
Mauro ASP EITRAORDINAMY Bt aowaT—Yesterday,
/leery Ferree, the young man who has undergone several exami-
nations, charged under very singular circumstances, and upon very
conflicting testimony, with the burglary in the house of Thomas
Lindsey Holland, Esq. York-place, Regents-park.
The thief, in endeavouring to obtain an entrance into the houses
broke the flat part of the button behind his coat, which was found '
in the area ; and on the prisoner being apprehended, Starks the
odicer, on examining a blue coat of the prisoner's, one of the but-
tons behind was found broken, and the bit found in the area eras
sway fitted the shank remaining on the coat, and this singular tit-
cuinstance causes his detention.
It appeared from the evidence of twelve witnesses, that, on the
Bth instant, about eight o'clock in the morning, Mr. Holland left
his house in charge of sonic female servants, and about that time,
the coachman's wife, named Catherine Hathewell, heard some per-
son knocking or pulling the coach-house door. She opened the
ir.adow, and -a man very much resembling the prisoner asked her
when her husband would be at home ? She Informed him she
could not tell, and he went away. Very soon after this, the see.
vents in the house heard some person forcing an entrance through
the parlour window, but they were so overcome by fear, as to ba
prevented giving the slightest alarm until the thieves left the pre-
mhos. On Mr. Holland returning, he ascertained that the
robbers had broken open a bureau and seeretalre, and had
stolen two biUs for 58111. each, some sovereigns, and a bag
containing lig. in silver. In the area, nn the following morning,
was found the flat of a button, which was placed in charge of the
officer Staples, who, on going to the prisoner's lodgings, found on
comparison that this bit fitted exactly the shank on his coat. The
prisoner said he bad broken the button in getting into the West
London theatre.
A watchman named Bush proved having seen the prisoner near
Mr. Holland's stables on the night of the Uth of June, about the
date stated by the coachman's wife.
The other witnesses, one a girl named Lewis, who was acquaint-
ed with the prisoner, was in his company the day after the robbery,
and beard him say, " dlr. Holland's house was robbed of a
great deal of money last night, and I am suspected I" and he also
asked if it would be prudent to surrender. This circumstance had
occurred before Mr. Holland had made public his ices, and could
nut have been thus known to the prisoner.
The Magistrate observed, this circumstance was very extraordi-
nary, and asked the prisoner if he had any questions to ask.
He replied not ; and called a girl, who declared be, on the night
of the robbery, was at a Mrs. Sheppard's, in Hanover-street, from
half-past eight ecluct. until yearly nine ; but on bee being qua-
tiered, her story varied eortslderably.
The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial.
Several respectable persons attended to give him • chariots;
they were refereed se theSassiocs.

LAMBETH-STREET.
CAUT 1 Olf TO CAR Mr Callus. of the naproanh* ATM
of Collins and Co, sugar refiners, eked * ma* a ansplaint
against a carman who had left his elagliogislitoot doe soil.
The complainant mated, that the belllei but a short
time in his employment. On Rid* diet tire kale befeetned him
that he had got a bettor situation, sad that he shield have the fol-
lowing day. The agreement nn either side *a, us adva a fortnight's
notice, or forfeit a fortnight's pay. lie therefore sroonstrated,
which, however, had to effect on the wan, seed is
he had him brought before the 31agistrates. with se =D:
punish him, in order to protect has poverty, as wen as to deter
others from following his example. as se* amino would leetita.
bly subject him to incalculable and severe loss.
The Magistrate informed the defendant, that by his highly fin.
proper conduct he had made haunch liable to three months' impri-
sonment and kept to hard labour ; but as it appsuid he had & wife
who had been very lately COTIRIbiki and entirdy aspeuest op his
labour, Mr. Culling humanely desisted pressing the matter further.
lie was accordingly discharged, with a suitable reprimand.

WORSHIP-STREET.
TAT SILL TlAlDE.—Yesterday Mr. B. Watfin, 1'110.43, Sewlo-
street, silk-menufacturer, appeared before Mr. Twvroan, in
answer to a summons, obtained against him by W. Leonard, far •
deficiency of three-farthings per yard on the weaving of one piece of,
cabinet silk.

Mr. Twirroup observed, that from what he understood of the'
case, the point was, whether any agreement had been made or not.
Leonard said there was no agreement as to price, and he had two
journeymen present who could prove the value of the work.
Mr. Wattin said, that he understood the complainant had sworn
on Saturday last, that there was no agreement as to price.
Leonard—l now again swear there was no agreement.
The caste was heard at some length but Leonarl still persisted
in his swearing, and Mr. Wattin paid the demand.
After the money was paid, Mr. Wattin requested Leonard to
carry home his books, to which the other cheerfully acceded. This
drew from Mr. Twyford a smile, at seeing them leave the office in
such apparent good humour with each other.

UNION-HALL.
Beccesno•st I axis it.—Yesterday Thomas Coombs, charged
with the murder of Mr. Goodhue* gardener, was again brought
up. for the examination of further witnesses.
The evidence given applied rather to robberies committed by the
prisoner about the time of the murder, in the neighbourhood of
Langley Park, than to that fact.
%I &ant Kingston, gardener to Joseph Wiesen, Esq. of Ekkaal.
In Kent, stated, that on the night of the 2lst of June, Mr. War.'
ren's hothouse was broken open, and a thermometer sod about
a hundred weight of paper stolen. The thermometer produced
was that stolen. This was the thermometer taken from the pvi-
soma's lodging.
Coombs was asked whether he had any questions to put to the
witnesses, or to say anything for himself?
He appeared to be in a state of despondency, and said he had co
questions to ask, nor anything to say.
lie was again unleaded, as further evidence is exported to be
produced.
Ekinoe Regan, a woman of the town, was brought up in cus-
tody, rather for the purpose of making her a witless, than of pro-
secuting her.
Mr. Grant, of the Customs, stated that on Saturday evening,
about eight o'clock, he was passing along Bankside, opposite
Messrs Barclay and Co.'s brewery, and received a dreadful blow,
which strut!: him to the ground in a state of insensibility. On re-
covering, he found himself supported by persons who had found
him lying on the ground, and taken up. His gold watch, which
was a valuable one, was gone, and he bad no doubt it was for the
purpose of robbery that he bad been kirocked down. His face ex.
hibited strong marks of the violence of the blow.
The shoptnan of Mr. Kirkman, a pawnbroker in the Borough,
stated, that the watch had been brought to the shop by the pri.
toner, who offered it in pawn for 31. and said it was the property of
Mr. Murphy. il'itness kept the watch, and desired her to fetch
Mr. Murphy. She went away, and did not return.
The prisoner stated, that she received the watch from a man of
her acquaintance, of the name of Murphy, who promised her
eighteen-pence for pawning it.
11Ir. Grant identified the watch produced as the one of which he
wait robbed, and said it was worth fittl. or guineas.
The prisoner promised to give every information in her power
respecting Murphy ; in which case she was given to understand
she would not be prosecuted.

There is great reason to fear that many of the valuable
horses stolen from Essex and other counties, have been
taken to the water's edge and sold to go on board vessels
upon the point of sailing for foreign parts. The result of
the vigilant search made by the Her. Mr. Searle, of Kel-
vedon Hatch, Essex, for two horses stolen from him, gives
strength to this suggestion. After tracing them to the
water s edge, upon the Essex coast, opposite to Woolwich,
Mr. Searle discovered that they had been sold to go on
board a merchantman, bound for Jamaica, which sailed
from that place two days before.—Bury Poet.
On Tnewlsy last, Joseph Moyse, the coachman of the
Regulator from Exeter to Launceston, was suddenly seized
with a fatal illness at the latter place, and barely spoke
after.