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1111W.STIZE!.:T.

Yesterday Mr. Perry. a coal-merchant, appeared Kinn s sum-
mons, to answer to two inhumations, one charging hint with hav-
ing refused to allow a MA to be measured whin fni4Uitind to do so;
and the other with negleniag to cause a bushel measure so be
carried in a conspicuous place upon a waggon laden with coals, r
ordered by the Act of l'atliantent.
The informatione were filed soul signed by a man of the name
of C. King; and Mr. linultield, the great reformer of abuses in
the Coal Trade, anneared in the double Character of witness and
advocate in support of the charges.
The infonniniuns having been laid before Mr. HALL 11, the
Sitting Magistrate, and Mr. Petry being called, he answered, and
presented hinni If at the tattle.
Mr Ilan re ha aim:need as his snlienor.
Charles King, the internier, was next called, and ininctlintely a
tall, singttlar.linking man, of thin middle age, dressed in shabby
black, with silk tivllt nine, and a great iindledon of hair upon his
head, rushed through the crowd to the front of the tattle, and in
great seeming agitation sail, " I know nothing of the matter, Mr.
Magistrate, I beg distinctly to state, that I have no complaint
whatever to prefer against Mr. Perry."
Mr. aktis —lhn't be in a hurry, Sir; let me first inquire into
the nature of the we.
Mr. King—Vou may inquire as much 3% you please, but I tell
you that I have no charge against Mr. Perry.
Here • singular conversation took place between the Magistrate
and Mr. King s the latter said he did not know whether or not the
eignatare at the bottom of the informations was his ; and insisted
that he knew nothing against Mr. Perry.
Mr. lIARIECR obsessed, that there was no ground whatever fur
the charge.
Mr. Brarlfield—l repeat that I have good ground for complaint.
The practices I charge against 3lr. Perry are notorious.
Mr. Hoaxes--Str, you shall not %Mild thefn and traduce the
character of my client, who is u respectable a man as any it.
Loudon.
Mr. Bradfield was replying, when he Win stopped by Mr. HILL%
who saki he would have no accusations bandied about nut either
aisle; Mr. King bad withdrawn the informations, and that was
quite sufficient.
Mr. Kung, upon hearing this, said, ee Certainly, Sc,"i and
turning upon his heel, hastened out or the office, remarking as he
went, " I ion poor, it is true—bat lam not yet an informer."
At Mr. II AR MEWS request the informations were int nuntiolid,
in order that be might, if he chose, take steps against Mr.
Bradfield.
Alr. Bn eltieltl, on the other hand, declared that he wotilit exhibit
fresh informations, and here the matter rests for the present.

If ATTOS-G A EDEN.
EXTENSIVE FRAUDS IV TIIV 601,0 Ta►DE.—A rather re-
gm-ruddy-Messed titan, who gave Ilia none as Joints J)uvean. was
brought befime the Magistrates of this office. charged A ith Mlng '
concerned in a certain species of impostum latterly cured on to a
greet extent in the metropolis, by which several goldsmiths and
jewellers have been losers to a serious Amami.
entleman front the Ironic of Messrs. Griffiths, of 11?. Lead
en sprat, goldsmiths. appeared against the prlauncr, shil stairs%
that a few stays since Duncan ante to their house. and tendered it
small bar of gold for sale, at the same time ',teeming an assay
ticket, signed by Mr. dolunion, refiner, of Hatton-garden, describ-
ing the gold as of a Cafllliv quality. relieved Mutt any
doubt as to the genuineness of the article, by the production of this
document, they did not hesitate to port-haw without farther inquiry:
The gold was weighed, and was estimated at the valve of Nui. Ills.,
which 'OM war pain MS the price of it, amid Duncan went Wray Pa-
tislied. Ina abort time after there was occasion for this gold, when
it proved tisk nothing better than a mere mats of Inferior me, not
exceeding at the most, from Sea. to Old valise. The bar of spu-
rled3 gold being exhibited to Mr. Johnsen', the gentleman ollmled
to, he immediately 'laded baring remyed that particular piece for

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!Juniata, though Iv certainly had another, which was genuine.
Inquiry was ilea made at served miter houses in the trade, at many
of which, it appears, he had practised precisely the saute im-
positions.
Many other pavane were preemie to give evidence to a similar ef-
fect,if required ; but the 31agistrate seemed to think it advisable
to let the case stand over, in miler that the trade might have a more
general opportunity of tonntag Ecru/it'd, and pi:Than:, sonic new
light might be thrown on the att.:dr its the internseehatc tune.
The prisoner made no re.iiiirk whatever upon the evider.ce, and
was reniar.ded for further examination.
While the investigation wan going forward. a young man, of gen.
teed appearance, came into the ohlee, and eagerly inquired the re.
*ult. i•wing informed that !Duncan would, in all probability, be
committed ter another examination, be rushed uutof the office, and,
though pursued, effected his escape.
It is understood that there is a v•vy considerable gang engaged
in this traffic, and there is 110 doubt that the grcae •platotni a of
counterfeit coin now in circulation, may be traria'. to the :ante
tourer.
Tits! Tamers Tr IlNr.D.—Vesterday War. Cribfint, one of the
local conmultics of Somer. Town, appeared on a warrant to an-
swer the complaint of lcilliant liteson, of Stinr.er.street, Somers
Tone.
The complainant stated, that on Monday evening, as he and his
friend, a I)yson, were a )))) iog thruugh the turn: ke at !tattle-
bridge, the colketor called out to them for the toll. I:o.itoolainatit
proloited a ticket which cleared that gate, and called out h, which
was the proper letter of the day. They then drove can. hut were
olwrtakett by ['Allston. who in a very 'talons manner Owing greatly
intoxicated) !.mid hold of the rt pas, and endeavoured to stop them;
however they got clear trim Loin, and after putting up the 'emu,
went to have some tea in complainant's parlour, and while the re
Calstor. wlon had followed tlcan, came in, pulled out his staff.
and raid that he wt., a ti at con.garden police officer, and wanted in
take complainant into custody ; this was resisted, and he then sent
away.
Dyson, who drove in the chaise with complainant, deported to
nearly the same efF et.
The Magistrate (11r. Rua t:ns) asked the defendant what he hall
to any to the charge ?
Cal•tOtl, who is cimaidereil kvery active nail proper officer, de-
skit haring done mere than his duty under the circumstances.
In consermence of tits many accielesns that had recently taken
place at tins particular 'plot, wnere tht.•47 gates meet wit!nto a
yards of each other, tilc trustees had employed hint to sir that
everything went Ott prootwrly, and if possible to prevent forborne
driving. On the ceiling in question. Mr. lierstin and his friend
wt Ti returning Irons a tight, bud, intoo.icated, and galloped through
tire Itattle-bridge gale in a most terrific manner, struck a poor
woman on the shoulder and tore pit gown, and never once thought
of paying toll, or giving the least satisfactions about it ; but Owe
the rollerttm called to them they cat at him with the a hip, and
drove on. The coliseum then called out." Calera', take three ti
into custody, they hare used me shamefully," and lie accordingly
foliowed them, laying hold of the rents, and telling them civilly
that they had dope miachief, but they served hint just the
woue manner that they did the tull collector, and he therefore fol-
lowed them to house, when he told them he was an oHi-
cer, but did not say he was a tlattion-garden officer, and wottlii
r:riainly have taken hint into custody but tar the violent oppesition
he met with front Beeson and his friend.
Mr. Parker, one of the trustees. who happened to be present,
fully corroborated Crlston's statement, as to the driving and whip-

pt,
Mr. °Milan, the toll-collector, &rimed to the same effect, and
tented that hie body and bhUllider: K CA: still sore, Imin the whip-
ping he had got.
The warrant was then disrharged; and the compleinanta haring
changed Maces with the defendant, by the Magistrate's order, were
commended to find bail for this uminallelrd and most unprovoked
assault.
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Yesterday a yourg lady of a pretty, simpering manner, presented
herself to the presiding Zil agiat rate, Al r. ltoc a its, and entreated his
advice in an affair of the utmost moment to her peace.
The 31agistrate, with his customary urbanity, professed his wil-
lingrins to do any thing that :night contribute to her happiness, if
consistent with his judicial duties.
The applicant then stated, that a gentleman (whose name she
was obliged to withhold) had come to her apartments in Somer.-
town Tta 'slay night, and taken away from them a portrait of in-
estimable 'MU!.
11l AG !sr EAT g—l)iil its value rest in the portrait or the frame ?
Applicant--The frame was very rich, indecd--bitt, Sir, the pic-
ture itself was inestimable, from the many fond remembrances
which acre associatial with it.
Magistrate—l presume the portrait was that of the person you
allude to—was it not ?
Applicant—Vao, Sir, it war given me b himself some eighteen
menths ago, but as he and I have q , he was resolved to
deprive me of it.
Illagistrate-11 am afraid, 111 *darn, this Is a case in which I can-
not interfere.
The lady hearod a sigh, and withdrew.

Al It LW) ItOUG fi -STREET.
A mitille-a:,•ed woman, very respectahlp dressed, and whose
manner lipoke her to be a person superior to the situation which
it subsequetly appeared she held In :mei:, e, came to the Office,
and applied for a warrant, undet the following estranrelinsry cis.
con:stances. The dreadful appearance of the applicant shored
that she had been the victim of some very unusual violerce; her
head lay motionless upon one of her shoulder', and her neck and
11010111 were covered with bandages and plasters; her fuce Pre-
sented the appearance of one conumed mass ; her mouth drawn
on one site, aid her eyes nearly closed by inflammation. She was
supported into the Office leaning upon the onus of two respectable
looking men, who her townrils the Bench, when she made the
statement to Sir G. FA IRAN T, the Sitting ilagietrate, upon which
she emended her applicetion for redrew..
She staled her name to be Susannah Altguilkin, • married wo-
man, whose husband was at present in the country ; she said that,
elilion;;Is of a respectable family and connections, she has, from ad.
verse circumstances, been fur some time obliged to fill the situation
of cook in &Indica, and some months atm went into the service of
Mr. Alattem, a grocer and oilman, residing at No. 55, Lower Orns-
venobetreet • she has frequently, since she has been in this service,
being of rather a nervous habit, been very much alarmed by a pre&
tire which Mr. Matte: pursued, of firing and lePieg off gunpow-
der and crackers all over the house' for his amusement. On Tues-
day last Mr. :Batton had a party of friends to dine with him, and
she. as usual, prepared the dinner ; and having sent it up to table,
and arranged her kitchen, she commenced making up the kitchen
fire, but the instant she thrust the poker into it, an explosion took
place, of the most appalling nature; the whole contents of the grate
were scattered upon her person, and abut the kitchen ; die place
was in an install tilled with: make, which rendered It impassible to
gee a Fad bdisre her, anti, in fact, the scene altrgether waste ter-
rific, that she senscless, and it was a wondee that she had
not lost her I he, either by the fright or suffocation. As it was,
however, she received such injuries, as it was not likely she
should ever recover the elbete of ; she was di.figured In the
shocking manner in which she appeared, and her breast and neck
were burnt so dreadiully, that it would be difficult to describe the
state they were in. She bad immediate recourse to unwind ad-
vise, but as the Gentleman she had consulted, and who had dressed
her wounds, said that it would be impossible for bee to do any work
for a long time, she wished to have the means afforded bet of re-
tiring into a private lodging, until site should be in some degree
recovered; and fooling convinced that Mr. Menem was the author
of the injuries she had sustained, she applied to him for a trilling
allowance for her bilging and board, until she got batter, and to
pay the expense of her surgeon f but he refused to do either, tent
she eras compelled to apply to the Magistrate for some redress for
the great injury inflicted upon her.
t hie of the persons who accompanied the unfortunate applicant
said, that he was her brother, that his name was Bradley,
and that he held a cominiasion in his Majesty's army, in which he
heel served for many years, and was now upon halbpay ; but he
could not disown this poor woman (his sister) because adversity
had placed her in en humble station—adversity nut arising front
any fault or improper conduct on her part : he was therefore deter.
mined to see justice done to her, and he waited ueon Mr. Mattson,
and made to him what he considered by no means an extravagant
proposal, namely, that he should allow the poor woman 10s. week
iher hoard, and 'ft. or sa. for bey lodgings, until she recoverel,
and to pay the expense of her surgeon, but Mr. :drum refused.
The other person who e.ccompatileit the complainant said, that he
was brother-in-law to the poor woman, and resided in the country
upon his private pro) -rty ; he also made the same proposal, in
vain, to Alr. Matter, as Captain Bradley did.
Mr. Matter:: was accordingly sent for, and arrived at the office in
a few minute..
After b3tlll. discussion, Sir G. F said, he thought the
terms promreed to be accepted of, on the part of the poor woman,
who certainly appeared to be in a deplorable state, were very reason.
able, and he would advise Mr. Menem to accede to them.
Mr. Marten said, he should not hesitate to tallow the Magis.
(rates advice; and the parties left the office with the understand-
ing that tine poor woman was to have the allowance she asked for.

AltY-LA-BONNE.
Yesterday GCOr re Allem, alias s'llaida George, was brought up
on the folktwing charge of daring robbery :
It unmated that tatted, very considerable depredations have been
eflie:ed by gangs of fellows who loiter about shops, and seining an
opportunity, disappear with ,whatever is next at hand, and
trotii their solroiteess in passing the booty from one to the other or
site gro.g, it very seldom is recovered, although in some cases the I
diet' has hem stopped in his eight and secured. The prisoner, on
Tuesday evening, ass observed loitering near the shop of Mr.
Foulger, .Istlien-street, I,isson-grove, linen-draper, and he aud-
it:illy darted into the shop, and snatching front the counter apiece
rf piiiitcd euvon. worth about lOs.,disdppeared with as much cele-
rity ::4 he entered the shop, not, however, unperceived, as Mr.
Frodger jutineed over the counter and pursued hint, and after •
1,0,g eli.se he was secured, but not until he had a powerful
struggle with the teremost of Its pursuers.
IL ads fully cummittsd to Nevrgate.

11 BET H .ST REET
LOVE AND 3i IT um: VeNterday, a short time •before the
&tier dosett, an uld mail, whose appearanee was truly terrific, from
being owned all over with blood, which proceeded from a drentlfpl
cot on the forehead, cone running into the outer office. Law. tV
Dither in mend:ince being told how it occurred, and knowing ;hilt
was no time to b. lost in obtaining a warrant, he in a new moments
brought Ole person who indictedt wound, to die aka, and placed
him at the htr.
It app :aced from the statement of the =
the
whose
name Is Read, snit who is a asopmiakte, idiot the Jahrt.•
or as hr lb caikd, Jerk 81."(, who is *knight ar tbe Jut, 114

lodged with him, until his intimacy with 3lni. Read became so v't-
nil& to hMI, tic complainant, that he gave orders to Jack to quit
his house, he did, and took lodgings in tienrge;courts
beth-stree: ; lict a fcv days after his departure, Mrs. Read also dis-
' appeared, and complainant after much trouble, discovered they had
bean lisin,t mgether, and yesterday he went to endeavour to per-
suade his trail rib to return to her lawful home, but this she pc-
runiptonly refused. Finding that words hail no effect, he cum.
menceil r; log what virtu=there were in blows; he struck her a blow
wt the face, when Jack stood up, seised the poker, and gave him
one desper Mow.
The defendant was held to bail, and the unfortunate man was
sent to the hospital, where there is but little hopes of his recovery.

111N1f)N-liAlrir.
Inlet, POOR.—Yesterday Mr. W. 11. Bodkin applied to the
Magistrate. for en outer to compel the Neigh Offieers of St. ha.
vitiee's to grant an allowance to it poor Melanin, residing at Nu. 11,
rerevel-lone.
It appeared that the pone man, whose name was Darcey, had
applied by letter to Mr. Canning for relief, elating that his two
eliddren were jure dead, and his wife dying, of the small-pox.
The, letter Mr. Canning sent to the Mendieity Society for investi-
gatitet, and on the Visitor going to their lodging, he found the wo-
man in the worst state of that dismee, and perfectly destitute.
Immediate appleettion 1411 made for I,arieh ether, which was re-
berattee the man, having made a lorater application on Fri-
day, the itth inst. had r. ireettl to allow his wife to he removed into
the Sandi-pee limpiral„ as was advised by the pariah surgeon.
The man swore that the overseer gave him no relief on the nth,
and that the surgeon vent a young man to visit his wife, to whom
he gave a powder, telling him (the husband) to bring ward the
next day how she was i and on the following morning he offered
to send her to the hospital, which was objected to at her request.
eh: not being veil enough to be removed. Since that day no far-
ther not iee was taken of her.
The Nl:tele:trete reprobated this grows neglect, and gave an order
for fine shillings aewn:k, and that the surgeon should visit the
poor simian iinniethately. Ile at the same time told the overseer,
in a decided tone, that because a pauper was Irish, he was nut
to be deputed the benefit of the law.
It was etre. nained that the poor man had just parted with his
last pawnbroker's ticket to a 'bilk-memo. him a little milk fur his
wife, who wu ad c,,tailay have perrebed but for the interference of
the Society.
!'art,, John Pardue, and rdward Iber;rll, three men
belonging to a tiering gatig of burglars, who have committed
various rolibethe in the counties of Kent and Surrey, were placed
at the bar for a reeead exiiminetien.
In additiou to the ca. s already given in evidence against the pri-
tonere, the following was Liken yesterday t
Catherine Mockers, lendludy at the Horns nublic.lutese„ at Nev.
leered, stated, that on the might of the 29th of September she fennel
to bed, after having sauced the bar, &c. The following morning,
'them tax o'clock, tot proceeding down stairs. she discovered that
the beresindow was up, the shutter or which Iced been famed
open; and, on furtherer:arch, !Mind that the till, eotttaining several
snvereigne, had been taken away ; also a cupboard in the bar had
been 'ere-tubed open, and a queetity of plate taken from thence.
Th., penknife now pm:lt:tat was among the property stolen on the
night in question.
Chit ke and iloti. the Caretables„ who apprehended the prisoner!,
stated, that they took the prieoners into eitstody in Ctiet Smithfield.
On searching the house in which they lived, they found the pen.
knife spoken of by the last witness, secreted in a cupboard there
The Officers added, that the gang to which these men belonged
heti a house in ll'alsorth, in which all their robberies were
planned, without the risk of being overheard. The three pri-
!otters were convadered the most experienced and daring of the
whole gang.
The Magistrates. in committing the priennen for trial, directed
all the officers to hook sha.ply after the rest of the prisoners come
pan ions.
Snow, the constable, said, that since the apprelieneine of the mi.
annere, the gang appeared to have considerably broke') up in that
quarter.