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London, England, 1819-09-13 00:00:00

POLICE'.

SUILDIIALL.

Tlwesete Peel underwent all examination on Saturday, on
a charge of feluily.
Mr. Owen, a painter and glazier, stated, that he took the
Pri r out of the Refuge for the Destitute, nod gave him
employ as ■ labourer, to Assisi his melt who were at work
at Mr. in Lothhitry, where lie contrived to steal
certain •irt lel,. of wearing appart.l out of one of the drawers.
No pail of the property living found, nod there 'wing no
ntto.r , vi.knce neanso the Pres •r hot his own confession,
whirl'', it app.•nred, he bail been, ilulneed Its snake tit a
promise Of f.irgiveneiis, the M's us' rale gait), lie
fr:vrd be
insist be aischargetl, unless Mr. Owen could produce other
testimony.
Mr. Owen then said, he had a further charge against the
Prisoner; lie Lail sent him to a gentleman in Thange.alley,
to receive a small hill, with whirls he absconded, and hail
not been heard of until be was a?nrehenoleil. The person
who paid the Prison,,, the money nut being in attendance,
he was remanded.

130W-STREL7.

ITANTON OUTRAGE.
On Saturday two brothers, named liNle, and a young
nem mow d Ifuud, were charged by a I uhf Jew, named
So with tweaking his head, nod 4/111CrWibe maltreat-
ing him. The Complainant was shout seventy years of age,
and Ins appearance bespoke Stir c tniseration of all who
saw him. Ile wits going try the shop of the Defeo,lnnis,
and one of !hem, tinder llT,ltllee of selling Into some clothes,
called him in, and bade him came up stairs. At the top of
tbe first llight there was a lisp. tour, which one of the Lie.
fendanta het,' tip unlit the poor old Israelite had gut within
its teach, when it w:at let down n.e his head, and he fell,
stunned with the blow. to the bottom of the stairs. While
he was lying there his aitsailatits poured a quantity of filthy
water on lion; and he rose in so deplorable a state as to be
scarcely able in teach home.
The Magistrate severely repreh-aoled the unmanly con-
duct iif the Defend int., 81111 told them, that unless Situ,'
made the Cotop!aiiiant a proper rompensation, he st Id
require them to give heavy sureties for their appearance ut
the Sessions. The Defendants, who had previously seemed
Iu 11.11(.1111 the matter as a mere frolic, now gladly acceded to
the Magistrate., suggestion, and insole the poor old man a
pre scut fur the injorir a be had sustained.
John I :Orton, a rmions looking diminutive old man,
was rhargrd with numerous acts of cruelty towards his wife,
and, among oilier things with stabbing her with a carving-
knife.
Mrs. Dobson stated, that having, for a long time, borne
the most cruel *realm, lit her husband, she was at
length compelled, fur the safety even of her life, to have
him apprehended. Some time :Igo he had a large legacy
left bun by a relation, and since that lie had not been sober
fur a single day. Every night when he came home tipsy, be
beat her in the most brund manner. On Friday night he
crone home in the usual state, and seizing a calving-knife,
plunged it into bee side. rurtnitately, before he could re.
peat the blow, some iwesons 111 liol• house, alarmed by her
cries, came in and prerviitcoi further mewhief. The wound
he inflicted was not deep enough to cause any serious injury.
—Comutitied.

llAtLlofoU6tt• ST R TET.
On Saturday Michael Heyden was brought up for se-
axamination, and fully commilited, charged on sospiciou of
having stolen, ou the :Id of May last, from • Gentleman
nams el Emlnten, a parcel containing • quantity of diamonds,
rubies, and other precious stones, to the value of ',early
VO!.
The Prosecutor 'dated that he hail the property safe in his
possession on the monolog of the slay in question, but iliss
covered the same afternoon that the packet was nsissing; he
lust nu time in making inquiries, but could never arrve at
any knowledge of the property till within the last four days,
when lie accidentally learned that a suspicious•louking per-
son was stopped by n jeweller in Oxford-street, whilst offer-
lug for sale a variety of coloured stones, for which he could
not satisfactorily accost's.. On seeing them, he immediately
r. cognized them as part of the property lie had lost. He
hAti also since discovered that the Prisoner had disposed of
a ruby to Mr. llsluny, of New Bond street, for luf. whirls,
upon inspection, he also identified as part of the property.
The Pristine', who was put to the bar on Thursday last,
behaved very sullenly, and refused to tell whiz or what he
was. He hos since, however, confessed that his name is
Heyde's; that shout three years ago be was a porte► to a firm
iu Fleet.street, hilt fur the last two years hail been wholly
out of employ; has lived as he could, and till within the
last five months had not slept in a bed fur full two years.
He said he found the property.

KORSIIIF4TR[[T.
BL.%CKHORSE FAIR.
it ws• slated last week that the Magistrates were deter-
mined, if ?assible, to suppress this fair. The Churchwar-
dens of Shoreditch on Saturday renewed their application to
the Sitting Magistrate, to r hom they stated, that notwith-
standing their prohibition, a great many booths and stalls
had been erected, although the fair does not commence until
to morrow (Tuesday). The Magistrate immediately sent the
whole pone of officers and constables to the place to warn
those who had already pitched their tents there away. *Poe
officers soon returned, and told his ‘Vorship they met the
man who was appointed Deputy by the Proprietor of the
feud, hut he haul not power, be said, to deviate from his
master's instructions; be could only receive the money of
those who offered it. The officers added, that the people
who had paid their money fo► the ground were willing to
depart, provided the money was returned, but their request
was not likely to be complied with. The Magistioe di.
reeled the officers to renew their visit that night and the fol-
lowing, and if they refused leaving the ground, they must be
brought before him by a warrant.
TOW (MAIL,
THE DRAY MEN AND THE COACHMEN.
Saturday a number of carters and slraymen were summon-
ed to the Justice-room, before Alderman 1. J. Smith, for
driving their teams with Wog reins, in imitation of hackney-
coachmen, and other acts of misconduct, to the great danger
of the public. Several carters and draymen were convicted
of sittintz on the shafts while driving. The latter contended
they had as good a right to do so as baekney.coachineu, and
expresso! a determination to appeal, in order to ascertain
that point of law.
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The General Palmer, Captain TayscoTT, for
Ceylon and Madras, has arrived at Portsmouth from

the Riper.

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oi, the opening el the Chester Assize Court, on
Monday morning, the CHIEF JUSTICE observed,
that complaint had been made to him, that one of
the javelin-men had refused to admit two Ladies
into the Court, sinless they gave him some money.
Ile wished it to be understood by all employed in
that Court, that every body had a right to enter it,
and he regretted that any one •could have had the
audacity to refuse admission, mikes he was paid for
it, as a reward. It was a most disgraceful and
scandalous proceeding ; and he requested the
Under-Sheriff• to take steps to discover the of-
fender, in order that he might be immediately dia.
charged.
The two-needle branches of Nottingham and its
neighbourhood, are still suffering extteme priva.
tions, by holding out to obtain a regulation of the
trade. The people have drugged into town from
the country, on waggon., the frames of those mas-
ters alto have not agreed to the Statement Prices.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE has visited Nottingham,
and before leaving the town, sent a communication
to the Frame-work knitters' Committee, offering
every information and facility io Isis power to those
workmen who wished to emigrate to the Cape of
Good liope. Many respectable manufacturers hove
pl4dged themselves to agree to the Statement
Prices ; and is subscriptiou has been set on foot on
brhylf of the distressed worktnen.--(Startford
Illorcury.)