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*Winn, Beritat, and Chidger, were yemierday brought
opr charged wish studio* • silver watch, she property of
Petei. Reynolds.
the Pre/mentor stalk!, !hal is be *ongoing into his bungle
in Angel-alley, with a pot of beer in his baud, the Prisourr
Waldron eanie by, and sostelinig his watch froin his fob,
bawled It to ore of the other Prisoner., *ad they then ran
of in different directions.
The Prisoners being auspicious characters, iere appre.
headed.

Vraldma sad da►tlett were (ally cotrtnitted for trial, ►at
Chester was dtecloarlred, with a caution from the Lord Mayor,
to be careful of his Attire conduct.

GUILDHALL.
Joseph antilnge► and Plisobeth Ssflinger were charged
befure Mr. Alderman Cut with an assault un Elisabeth
Watenn.

The peoseeutrag, • well-deemedlllo,llßn of the town, stated
that She was walking along Chcapeide, by the end of the Old
Jewry, about ten o'clock on Saturday reeding, when she met
the femme Prisoner, who assailed her wish a torrent of
abusive sod indecent language, mad after continuing it lira
ohnet lime, struck Ler ; she then called the watch, mid the
male Prisoner came up and also struck her; some persona
passing by rearmed her from their violence, and gave the
Prisoners in charge of • coustable and of the watchman.
The male Primmer staled, that be was a 'Prussian by birth,
but had served massy yelp in the service of this country,
front which he was discharged at the conclusion of the late
war, and slate that period bad gained his lierlikoeed by deal-
ing in fruit. Ow Seturday ensuing he saw the Prosecutris,
with two other females who were in Court, beating the female
Prisoner, who lodged with him, and whom he intruded to
make his lawful wife, sad lie interfered to rescue User from
their heads, whew he was takes lulu custody by the coat-
stable.

The female Prisoner said, she lived with Sul linger, tad
went by his USW, her real name being Hanson. She said
Berne gi►ls demanded money of her, sod because she would
not give them •any they threatened to tear her feather, and
lateen off. Os Saturday night the Prosecutrix demanded
halts-crown from her, and because she retailed to give
it called her all the vile names she could lay bet tongue
to, and abused her is • shin of aunts so shockingly
ander-eat, that she (the Prisoner) hoped his Worship
would, fur decency's sake, excuse her from repeating
them. Scarcely, however, were the Prisoner's delicate
lips closed un this iuvoe•tioa of decency, when the mo-
desty of her reserve all at otter forsook her, and sud.
drolly breaking forth s►e proceeded with the glibbest vulu.
Wily of the most practised familiarity with the Billingsgate
school to pour forth • litany of the must attuunding epithets
which its toeabulary affords, and the choicest flowers which
could be culled from its rhetoric, every one of which she
solemnly asseverated had been applied to her by the
Prosecutrix.

Mr. George Watts, green-groecr, in Honey-lane market,
constable of the Ward of Cheap, mod John Aldridge, a
wetehane in Cheepaide, corroborated the account given by
the Proseentrix, and several of the officers said that the
Prisoners were well known to the police, the elan always
follusieg neer to the female, and assistieg her in every
squabble in which she might be et/waged.
The Prisoners were both contained for want of bail to
answer for the assault et the Sessions.

Joke Frazier, a very genteelly dressed young ma., a
compositor in the odice of a Murniag Paper, was chariest
by Newry &worthy, a journeyman painter, brio& at No. I,
Glourester-courl, Beer-law, Tower-sired, with having ad-
dresses' him in language of She grossest description, with-
out Illy provucarsuss, a• he was mending at she curlier of
Brisieroalreet, lilackfriars, a !lisle after twelve o'clock on
Skinsday night ; and wills knocking him down sod violently
assaulting him when he remonstrated.
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The Prisoner said, that the stature of ►is business obliged
him to pus at all hours of the night through Bridge-street,
the corner of which was the constant haunt of a crowd of
women and user of the worst descriptiou, by whom every
person its the oMce to which he belonged had beta repeatedly
insulted. That en Sunday night, as be was passing the
corner of the street, the Prosecutor, who was sur-
rounded by • parcel of women, wide whom he. was
eating pies from ■ piemau's basket, accused him ..f ad-
dressing him in indecent language, and upon Ins de-
nying the charge, pulled his legs from under Wan and
threw hint down. A sciatic ensued, and the watchman took
him into custody. He bad been desirous of having the
affair made up, but being informed that the Prosecutor
demanded five or ten pounds as a compositiou, he pre-
ferred appealing to the Magistrate.
The watchman staled, that about a quarter past twelve
o'clus IC he saw route little demur at the corner of Bridge.
street which occasioned I • to stop, and presently hearing
• cry of " Watch !" he went up and saw the Prosecutor lying
on the ground and the Prisoner 'bison him ►aving hold of
his collar. He took inns into custody. They were bulb a
little intoxicated.

Grove Ellis, a compositor in the same office with the
Prisoner, stated, that he was arcumpaneiug his felted home,
lie being railer intoxicated. Go passing the Prosecutor his
friend addressed some words to bin, which witness ■t the
time did out comprehend. The words were repeated two or
three times, when the Prosecutor without any other provo.
cation knocked the Primmer down. The watch was called,
and his frieud was taken iota' custody.
Mr. Alderman Cox reconsuiroad the parties to agree upon
some method of making op the difference between them, and
they retired for that purpose; but shortly afterwards they
returned, the Prisoner statism that the demands of the Pro.
Getout. were too esorbitaut to he complied with, where.
upon he was ordered to hod bail fur his appearance at the
Sessions. A friend of the Prisoner, who NM irs Court, suffered
himself as true of his bail, upon whose recognisance and his
osio, with a promise to produce another bail lausurrow, the
Prisoner was discharged.
Peter Jonas, a pauper of the parish of Christ Church, who
had evidently been in decent circumstances, was charged
with a fraud 011 that parish.
The Prisoner applied to Mr. Claridge, one of the overseers
of Christ Chinch, with a note, purporting to be signed by
Mr. Seward, the other overseer, and expressing his consent
that the Prisoner should be supplied with suudry articles
of clothing, therein specified; in consequence of which
note Mr. Claridge gave him orders opera the trainmen
who supply the parish with those several articles, fur
osll of each; which orders the Prisoner afterwards al.
tered to fro of each, and by those means saecteded in ob.
'silting two pair of stockiegs instead of one from Mr. Ran-
dolph Nutt, ■ busier, but the fraud being discovered, be was
prevented from getting the other articles.
The worthy Alderman said be felt it necessary to make
an example of the Prisoner, because it was such conduct as
he had been guilty of which made parish officers so rigisl in
their distribution of relief to those who applied for it, as oc-
casionally to overstrain Ilse point of justice iu the refusal of
relief, whereby they incurred much obloquy, and were Co..
stonily animal of harshen, and injustice. He therefore
committed the Prisoner for want of sureties, and ordered
that he should give 24 hours 'Mice of bail.

ROW-STREET.
Yesterday Lewis Barnett, a dealer ia clothes, reviling in
Rosemary-lane, Whiseehaprl, appeared at this office before
Sir Richard Burnie, the sitting Magistrate, on sesmnions, to
answer to an information exhibited against him for an of.
(rime tinniest the proviso's' of she Act of Parnattiest 54th
George 111. e. 110, fur Os protection of the charity of
Greenwich Hospital.
Mr. Bicknell-, solicitor to the Hospital, attended, and on
the openiug of the proceedings be staled, that lbe Defendant
was charged with purchasing several articles of wearing ■p-
parrl from James Hurst, an oet•petsiouer, the same beim(
at the time marked.. preecribed by the Act.
The information was then read over, ■nd the Defendant
pleaded Not Guilty.
The witness Horst was sworn, and be deposed, that on
the sth of September last he was proceeding down Rose-
mary-lane with a coat on his arm whea be was accosted by
&meet Levi (sliopsnass so Ik-readmit), who crossed over the
way to him, sad inquired if be had say thing to dispose of
Witwuas replied he had, and ►hey went together into Ilhe De-
feotlaat shop, sad Leri persuaded witness to sell his waist.

itail and breeches aim, sail (tamed to Rise trim 4s and some
old clothes into the bargain ; tenors. consented, and retired
Mi. a MOM beiniml the *ill litrt to change bso clothe% •bil
there saw the Di-fe•Oeut, and beard Lest ask for some Monet
to make up 16e 4s.
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James loaf, first riortnr at the Hospital, on oath tdrro-
&vetoed the statement of Merit.
Sir R. Birale asked the Defesdast if be had an, 'him( to
say why the *malty specified its the Act shoaling sot be inn,
Ward or him
Defeadant began hilt defence by an iriloninel or his
honesty, which he said he always considered as if he watt on
his death bed; he minuted all knowledge whate•er trf thk
irausactioni and his showman, Lent, had rot airy rernllee-
Iwu
of tt ; he was sure the pally must have been mistaken.
Sir R. Bernie rematked, that it Was rather unfortunate
that his testimony was einitratit led by two witnesses ; tlic
credibility of one was rualiopearhable; tad Ire must there-
fore restrict tke Defender, su the full penalty, as the Act
shat rot admit of any mitigation, and be hoped that Hurst
also would not escape punishment.
Me. Bicknell said he certainly should not; there were
certain regulations fat the observant* of the peusiosers, and
the slightest infringement of tiaras subjected she olressstee
to • rigorous punishment. file should make it his busiurss
to report the case to the Commissioners; and be bad not
the least doubt but that Hurst tread hive chose to re
member it ; he IN joined, that the firdpieut occurrence of
ibis "I"cies Or rra tad had caused a delta uiluatiosi of the Coon-
ou.siunera to piuseeute in every Case.
Time Defeatist soon after It fs Ilse office, muttering at the
undue severity which he said had heed etereureti ninon Sim.
Sir H. Airfare allowed the Prisouce lout days to pay the
penalty.
MARY-1.6410NC
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Yesterday James Itodbwrw, who styled himself a waiter at
• eoffee.shop, was brought hefore Edmund Griffiths and
John Rearlinson, Esqrs. tor the followiog charge of felony :
A young man, named David I.illey, stated, that abort ten
minutes before Ave o'clock oil Sunda, moraine he went Inly
a might cuffeedrup, in St. James.strett, St. Georg., H
tower-square, kept by • man named George Gray, and called
for • half pint of coffre, which was served him. After be
had drank it, he laid his head on the table, and being very
resigned, fell asleep, at which lime she Prison. r was awing
at the same table, directly opproile him. Oil his (wiinrsa's)
awaking, he discovered that Ids list, Which was pole new,
had disappeared. He made his loos known to the landlord,
who only laughed at hirer. The Prisoner being the person
who sat near him, he charged him with the rubbery, and
gave him in custody to the watchman. There were twenty
sober people in the shop at the lime, some of then" the must
noted thieves, in the disguise of soldiery.
Mr. Rawlinson, the Magistrate, asked if Mr. Gray, the
proprietor, was present ; when a man of rather. low appear-
ance stepped forward and admitted that be was the gentle-
man alluded to.

Magisirrle—" Pray, Sir, how is it that you keep your
shop open at such unseasonable hours for selling coffee?"
Gray—" Please your Worship, I sells ley o'•becf soup till
six o'clock, and then I makes coffee."
Magistrate—" You may try to evade the Act of Parlia-
ment as long as you like, but yours is a flight cotlee-.bop,
sad comes within the statute; therefore I strait inflict the
Waviest penalty the Act allows."
The Magistrate then convicted hiss is the full penalty of
IN. which he wii4 not able to pay, and he was committe.d
for three months to the Hou.e of Correction.

There •ot being sufficient evidence against Redbuen, he
was discbuged.

DISTURBANCE AT MARY-LE-BONE NEW CHURCH.
Mr. George...Ml*ou, a yuuug man of great respectability,
residiug in Mulyneux-street, Edgeware-road, was brought
up from the watchhonse by Pyall and Cusses, the consta-
bles, charged with altaturbing the congregation at Mary-le-
bone New Church, on Sunday evening Wt.
Coates, the constable, stated that he was on daily al the
church on Sroday evening last, when he observed the De-
(rodent amongst the congregation In • state of extreme in-
toxication, sod staggering about; he took him by the aim
and led him out, and after rtmuisstratiag with Men on the
impropriety of his beteg at Divine Worship whilst in the
disgraceful slate he was, he (Defendant) said he would go
home peaceably and quietly. The Defendant then went
away, but had not got far before he returned, sad again
crept into Ilse church and was again turned nut ; he returned
five times, the last of which he crept up stairs into tle gal-
lery, and anuoyed several ladies who were in • pew, unit wit-
ness was seat fur op stairs, and the result was that the De-
feadent was taken to the watchhouse.

The Magistrate asked the Def. od•nt what he hail to say
in extenuation of such disgraceful and shameful conduct
The Defendant expressed his sorrow at haring so trans-
gressed; but he had been speding the day with a few friends,
and bad drank tiro freely.
The Magistrate revelled that he could only Rne tier De.
fendaat Ss. for being drunk, as he comirlured the ftsgraucy
of the offence d ed • more severe pianixliment. It was
now at the option of the parish whether ur nut they a house
to indict him.

'lle Defendant hating paid the fine, he was discharged.
1114RI.BOPOUGH-BTREET.
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

/rm. Grady was charged with attacking • gentleman of
the name of Walden, ou flateirday evening, before eight
o'clock, in James street, Osford-street, and taking from ►is
person • gold watch and its spperldages.
The Prisoner is o•euf ebelour who were liberated on th►ir
way to prison by the rescue gang, when Marsden, the gaoler,
was so violently treated. He was afterwards tried at the
Old Bailey for the burglary with which he dim aloud charg.
ed, when he was acquitted, and his accomplices convicted.
Mr. 'Walden was returning home from the house of a
lady of quality, when the Prisoner appeared before him and
looked him full in the face, immediately under • gas lamp,
sod be could not be deceived in identity. Ile struck him
twice with much violence on she breast, snatched his watch,
and made off with it. The Proarcutur felt the violence of
the blow', but be was able to call out "Stop thief!" and
pursue him.
Mark Huntley and John Dobson joined in pursuit, arid
apprehended the Prisoner in St. Geurge's market, after •
smart chase.

The watch was recovered under mysterious circumstances.
After the Prisoner had been lodged is the watch-house by
Huntley and Dobson, • man named Davis called at the shop
of the former, in the erne of the market, to know if the
stolen property had been found upon the Prisoner, and out
being informed in the negative, Huntley ascertained that
Sarah Stanfield, who keeps a shop in the market, had got
the welch, and by his ititomatioss Mr. Walden went to her
a•d she brought it to light, after having gone out about •
quarter of an boar.
Mr. Conant made much injury into this circumstance, and
Mrs. Stanfield was sworn. She staled, that she picked up
the wilds in the market, and that she took it to her mother'.
in Brook-street, as she was frightened kit harm should coma
of it.

The Prisoner was fully committed for trial.
FRAUD.

R. tee, alissJoises, alias Balder. Williams Giddoses, and
George Mellish, were charged with fraud.
Gook, a constable, saw the Prisoners together is
Castle-street yesterday omitting, Giddons carrymg a piece of
broad cloth, and knowing them, addressed them thus—
.. What ! another screw loose ?"—. No "said Giddons, "skis
is all right ;" but the other did not believe it, and look them.
The cloth was traced to belong to Messrs. Addington and
Corbin, a wholesale house iu St. Martia's.latie, and Junin
was proved to hare got it by a fictitious order, purport log to
bays come from a retail hours (Mr. Loads) is Mary-k-burie.
street. To carry on the fraud Jones first looked at patterns.
He was committed, and the others discharged, as there
curls' be uo 'creamily after the fact in fraud.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
WANTON ASSAULT.
Yesterday Shaw, au Inspector of Pavements, charged
a mean-looking man with an assault of the must wanton de-
scription, before Mr. Raiinford the sitting Maigiotrate.
Show slated, that lie was on duty in Tuthill-street. on
Saturday last, and whilst walking slung the pavement the
Prisoner came behind him mud struck him s siokut blow on
the side of the Gee, and tirl► placed himself i■ a lighting
attitude, and wanted him to tight. The Prisoner was ap-