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DUBLIN POLICE.

• CHARGE OF FORGFAV.
COL IF.C.E.2T FEET Orr:cu.-0n Saturday, in consequence
of a warrant issued by the Magistrate% of this office, Mr.
o'Donsiglitie •wart taken into custody, and brought tip to answer a
charge of forgery,
Royal Irish Assurance Company.
preferred him by the Cashier of the
Mr. SIIFIL ascended as Counsel for the Company, and Mr.
Fit tracer, Solicitor, ;decoded for the prisoner.
On the investigation it appeared by the evidence of Mr. 3lad-
dea, Cashier of the Compary, that on the 5111 of the present
month, the prisoner. O'Donoglote, came to the Office of the Com-
pany, and inquired what number of shares Mr. Matthew Oafffiey
held in the Company's stock? To which Mr. Madden replied,
that he held thirty shares, and milted the prisoner if he was
3lattliew Gaffney. O'Donoglote replied in the affirmative, and
said he wished to transfer his shares into Stock. Mr. Madden ac-
cordingly gave him the neeeseery transfer docket to present to Mr.
Curtis, the Stock.broker to the Company, and O'Donoghtie signed
time tranafer.book as Marth• w Gaffney. Two or three days after
this transantioti, the real Matthew eieffeey came to the Office, and
said the money had been paid without his authority, and he would
make the Company pay it over main.
By the evidence of Me. Curtis it appeared• that on the sth of
Anguas the pocket of Mr. Madden wee presented st hi. Office, and
transfer of smelt, to the amount of 1511 f. three per cents, was made.
in the name of Matthew Gaffney, to whose credit that stock would
now stand in the Bank boaka. Mr. Curtis could not identify the
prisoner as the person alto presented the dock, t.
In answet to a question from Mr. (.;AltIll:TT, Mr. Curtis ex.
pleitted that the prisoner conbl not have sold out the stock which
hail been so transferred, because the Batik always required that a
person coining there for that purpose, or to receive dividends,
should be identified by !ionic one known at the Bank.
Several points were made for the prisoner ; first, that the Corn-
pany was not a chertefed Company, and, therefore, the mere sig-
nmure of the name of Matthew Gaffney. in the office-hook, was not
a receipt far money ; to make it a receipt, it should have been on
a stamp. This was overruled, on reference to the Act of Parlia-
ment, which said, rs receipt, discharge, or acquittal."—lt waa next
contended that the prisoner had not received one single penny by
this transfer, nor had Mr. Gaffney lost an• thing by it ; the stock
remained on the bank books, in the name of Matthew liaffiley, and
no oilier person could receive it.
Mr. SIIEIL said that it was not necessary a forgery should be
successful in cod, r to pIOSCrtFC the t aeon committing it.
It wan further stated. and, on reference to the book confirmed,
that the prisoner had not attempted to imitate the hand-writing of
Matthew Gaffney, whose name lie had signed. It was likewise
said, that Mr. Gaffney had subsequently confirmed and approved
the act of the prisoner ; that on comine to town from Trim, where
he resided, he went to the office far this purpose, and that lie like-
wise sent a letter to the Company to the 'rime effect. Mr. Madden
admitted the receipt of the letter, but observed, as did ale. Shell,
that the first act ci Mr. Gaffney, on eounieg to testi, was to go to
the office, disavow the transfer, and threaten to make the Company
pay the money over again.
Mr Gaiter: TT said there were lint two poiot% in which he could
tee the conduct of Mr. Gaffney: either that Mr. 6. had formed a
conspiracy with the primmer 0' Donoghue, to defraud the Company,
or that the prisoner, having committed the frgery without the
knowledge or consent of Mr. GalTney, the laotter, from merciful
motives, Ind afterwarffir consented to approve of the act, to save
the prisoner Irom a prosecution for a capital felony. There were
certainly some intricate questions of law involved in this transac-
tion, but these were for another tribunal ; he thought a prima /wk.
case was made out sufficiently strong to warrant him in sending the
prisoner for trial.
Mr. Fur. Last then applied that the prisoner might be admitted

to bail.
Mr. OAIIBETT dia not think he would he justified in taking
bail on a charge of this nature ; it was a subject upon which he
was not prepared to give an immediate answer ; he would, if the
panic, pleased, remand the prisoner until Monday, and in the in-
terim he would cotrader the matter. However, he thought the bet-
tet plan would be, for the informations to be taken at once, and the
prisoner committted; Mr. Fullam could then obtain a Habeas
Corpus, and make arplication to the Judges, in the course of the
day, to admit him to bail; there would be a saving of time by
adopting this course.
After some conversation, Mr. Fullam consented to this arrange-
ment. The prisoner was then committed.

AN EXTRAORDINARY FEMALE—MARGARET CARRU-
THERS.—This extraordinary woman has been employed
annually by Richard Bream, Esq., and his ancestors, at
Warcop, in Westmorland, as a reaper, from the year of
the rebellion, 1745, until the present season of 1826, with-
out one single intermission ; and such has been her athle-
tic powers, that she would exceed in reaping (nearly the
whole of the period) the performance of any malelabourer
in the county. She is now bordering on ninety years of
age, yet blessed with all her intellectual as well as physical
powers; and is to be seen regularly, every week, travelling
on foot, backwards and forwards to Appleby market, a dis-
tance of ten miles, for the purpose of vending a quantity
of wicker baskets and chairs (which she straps to her hack),
the product of her industry during the past week. A gen-
tleman, now in London, who has known her from his in-
fancy, saw her very lately immersed to the waist in a small
stream, leading into the river Eden, enjoying the sport of
fishing for trout, and actually partook of a part of the fish
the old lady bad decoyed into her net.
Decreovisio esses.—There are at present a num-
ber of fellows prowling at night-time between Drury-lane
and the Haymarket, and in fact in various parts of
Westminster, for the purpose of destroying the dresses,
particularly of well-dressed females, by cutting them, and
sometimes their persons, with a sharp instrument, or daub-
ing their clothes ores with pitch and tar. Silks and fo-
reign shawls are the chief objects of their destruction.
The police RINI watchmen, we hope, will be on the alert,
and endeavour to discover such miscreants, and take them
into custody, to be dealt with according to law.
A trial for murder is about to commence before the
Court of Assize at Riotn, which is expected to rival in in-
terest the famous trial at Rodez. The circumstances of
the case are equally atrociouc, and the evidence is in-
volved in similar mystery. The prisoners amount to
six, and were all, with one exception, the relations of the
person assassinated, whose body was thrown during the
night into a well in the public square of Martriac. The
murderers eluded for a long time the pursuit of justice,
by frightening the only witnesses who could reveal their
crime. One of these witnesses was even compelled to ob-
serve secrecy by an oath taken on the altar. More than
one hundred persons are summoned to speak to eircuine
stances affecting the life of the prisoners.
A LAS vets NON-SUITED.—On Saturday a squat pale-
faced man, between thirty and forty years of age, with a
thread-hare black coat, called at the house of Counsellor
Cratnpton, Merrion-square (Dublin), and inquired of a
female servant, who opened the door, " did .he clothes fit?"
(A suit of clothes, which had been a abort time before sent
to the Counsellor from Meyer's King's tailoring establish-
ment in Saerville-street). The servant naid she did not know,
as her master was out; but that she had seen him looking
at then. ; the counsellor and his lady hail walked out. The
Fashioner from " Meyer's establishment," we are to pre-
sume, was aware of the circumstance, for he returned again
in a short time to Mr. Crampton's house, and told the wo-
man he had before seen, that the coons• Ilor had been at his
master's establishment, and was " blood mad" that the
suit (of clothes) did not fit, and desired her to give them to
.•nilt them. This

ken. .. • .
to Mr. Ire. x Astc, to knew If be mufti take op four Elemtah women I him for the necessary alteration to be made in
wgio pnracted the street; of St. mrs's hand in hard, to beg. lie 1 It has been wet ailed - the fi of Kin .s Bench, that the the " unsuspecting maid" accordingly did : the messenger
was tell he might. and yeaterday he brought them to the office. i Rulers 'of
the „„at Y,p, ln., Awl
We had found on them nine *billings. chiefly in copper. Only one Ith 0 ermen
_t, mmany have not
.the power to enforce
g
i e penalties which are assigned by the regulations adopted by the went off, and from that good hour to this the squat ple-
at them spoke English ; she said her name was Eliza Hoffman
Courtot ofreAlciermen tobluioaenClTl the River Themes, fur breaches 'faced man from the " King's tailor's" establishment has
and point-4 to two others, who, she said, Y err her sisters, and both
"ma( Kitty; the fourth wits Mascrrrtta !Afton. Eliza said bese gulatton% t
,t,_ that the
decision authority of a Magistrate is n
emsary to be exercised. This has been the means of not been heard of—and thus has a worthy gentleman,
titer slept at Whitechapei : that they sold brooms, but had got no saving- " learned in the law," been non-suited.—Dablin Morning
the Ruler% a great deal of trouble, and increased the labours of the Post.
.treks to make them. Cho f Magistrate in proportion. The Justice Room is frequently
Turner, the beadle, said, a gentleman went to the Committee, Si so tt LA it Ron aE It y.—On Monday, at the New Bailey,
crowded with watermen whosequarrels about in wait- as 1,
and made a long complaint of these women •se first they went by ~.
ane • •.• e h i precedence h eviancoester, Thomas Bates, a private in the 2(1 Regiment,
aig uponhpassengers ny tn it . :re nuttier us enoug to
two. hand in hand, but now all firm joined hands; one was in the
occupy t e whole time of a Magistrate, and the lend Mayor has
terrily wry. been
Queen's Bays, was charged with a robbery under the
Mr. Brits —Why do ye] go about that way to get money ? been obliged to inflict the penalty without the slightest mitigation, following circumstances :—The prisoner was billeted on
for the more effectual protection of the public. When it was first Mr. Hodgson, of the Prince's Tavern, Tasle-street. Mr.
theft (shaking ber head)—No.fmt rare Etta money. known that a Magistrate was referred to in eases of this kind, ap-
Hodgson and his wife, on Smithy last, went out of town.
They were all allowed to go away, on a promise, through their
plientions were made at the Thames Police Office against offenders
spdkeswatnan, not to do so senin.
NEW MODE OF DUNNING. against the rules, and eases were submitted there. Il'henever any
dangerous accident took place in consequence of the struggle for A little before setting off, Mr. Hodgson had placed in a till,
chestof
Just at the close of the office John liretih, an apprentice to a
cedence. ropongslehea•a• termcn, the panics insisted_ 47m the inside a
ty and sixty pounds,
almernaker named Armitage, in tit. MartM'a lane, was brought to I
.amount of between fif in gold, notes,
right of priority. The Thames Police Magistrate's, for the purpose
tide office for collecting a mob in Leicester-place, L-iceater.square, and silver. The prisoner dined, as usual, in the kitchen ;
of having something to guide them, determined to regulate 1 and, after dinner, went up stairs. He immediately came
by paradinit the street with a sheet of cartridge paper before and
." their decisions according en the time at which each boat was able
ither behind him. inscribed " Beware of sharpers at No. ii;
to reach the steam-vessel that boat which first touched having the I . had '
running down again, with the till in his hand, and stated
and "They are sleepers at No. K."
dropped it.
first claim. The confusion was not much diminished by this plan, as that he met a man up stairs, who, on seeing him, had
It seems there is a little
of here respecting' money, and Mr. watermen.who ran the greatest hazard were sure to come. in
Airstitsigs took that Method of announcing it. A warrant is out those .
for a disproportioned share of the profits. The watermen therefore, locking a door, whereby all egress was secured, but could
The brewer immediately ran up stairs, first
against a third person, Who is expeeted tot-day (Thursday).
• inmaster's d TA d it •
The boy said he did till s or ers, n was ea.iieu
t . Tenerall were dissatisfied at the arrangement, and applied to the find no person there. The till was examined, and was
,ord Mayor to suggest some rale, by attention to which fair play
till tin master tomes to release him• found to have been forced open, but contained notes and
could be more completely shown. Ills Lordship directed that. the sorer i p -/. A olice officer was sent
A FRIENDLY INVITATION. right to ply first to the steam-yeasels should. belong, not to the gns to the amount of 4s
Bort irt WC was charged by a liermart with haring robbed him boats which first reached the steam-vessels, but to those which for, who found concealed beneath
the prisoner's mattress a
of 30. in money, of his dont- 'and handkerchief from fils neck, I earliest took dteir suction at the Custom-house and Tower-stairs, bag, containing 2/. in silver. This bag Mrs. Hodgson, on
winle asleep in a brothel in Octirge.street, St. hirers. opposite to each of which the steam-vett:Oa stop to dispose of their her return, identified as the one she had placed that morn-
When he went into the house, between three and four in the_ passengers. This is simply the arrangement with respect to fares in
afternoon. he tell asleep. Be had its. in his watch-pocket, and made before steam-vessels were contemplated, end since the three- k •
gin the till, and which contained silver The haft of a
am. awoke by a twitching of the extremities. and fourd the nri- trans have been issued there has been a considerable abatement of titre belonging to the house was found in the drawer from
wear togging at 1114 sepal, elethes. She had succeeded in drawing the nuisance. Passengers are, however, still %object to great an• whence the till had been removed, the blade of which was
them over his boots when he awoke. He lumped tam and missing ottneee, in consequence of the necessity of employing such a mum- discovered in the prisoner's bed-room. A part of an in-
ht, Coat, money, and handkerchief, accused her of the theft. She ber of watermen now that steam-vessels are so constantly in requi- strument for tuning an organ was likewise found in the
dented haring seen them or him before that moment; lie however sition. It was suggested to the Lord Mayor that an interdict upon prisoner's jacket, and the other part in the till ;it had evi-
procured a constable. and gave her to charge. till steam-vessels to approach (nearer to London than Illackwall dourly
The prisoner is remanded till SAtertlay. would render the inconveniences less intolerable; but his Lordship had been for the purpose of forcing it open, and
used
EXTRAORDINARY fIIIAROE OF FELONY. would not listen tolhe hint, in consideration of the public disad- broken
. in the operation. He was committed to the
Quitir•ettoaits.—The fain/it% extraordinary case occupied vantage likely to arise from it. Sessions.