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;MELANCHOLY STATE OF DESERTION.

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HATTON-GARDEIT, duo. 31.—Two poor miserable looking
children, who gave their names William and Sarah Lambert, were
brought before Mr. Laing, the sitting magistrate, by the watch-
man of St. Sepulchre's parish, to whose care they had been con.
signed last night, by Mrs. Mary Buxton, who resides at No. 7,
White Ilorse-alley, Cow-cross, and who now attended to state that
on her return home about half-past ten o'clock in the evening she
found the two children seated on the step of her door, where it
seems she had repeatedly seen tbrent before. Their forlorn appear-
ance induced her to question tetra, when she learned from their
answers that their mother hataidcf-kiiinit three months since, from
which time their father had abandtined them, nor had they seen
him now for a considerable time, but had wandered about the
streets, sleeping where they could, and subsisting upon any thing
edible they could find. The worthy woman, therefore, who gave
evident proof of being strongly affected with their situation, gave
them at once in charge to the watchman for the night, and now
came forward to ask his Worship's advice as to procuring them an
asylum of some description which might rescue them from the
fate which tee:1111 otherwise so inevitably impending over them.
The boy is only eight years old,and the girl six, aid both were
wretchedly squalid and almost naked.
The worthy Magistrate gave Mrs. Bnxton all the praise which
her humanity deserved, and sent a few lines to the overseer of the
parish of St: Sepulchre, which he said he had no doubt would
have the effect of procuring them that assistance which their des.
titute condition required, and committed them to the care of a
'constable, with directions to convey them at once to the officer al-
ludo! to.
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John .iforrrll, apprentice to 31r. C. Byrms. a watchmaker, in
Manchester-street, Gray's Inn-lane, was brought up by his master
for neglect of his work, and using insolent luzguage to him when
required to be more industrious.
Mr. Ilyrma stated that the boy could work very well when he
liked, and that for his encouragement he had repeitedly given him
pocket money, for working at over hours ; when he would do as
much in an hour as now in a whole day. Since he had discontinued
the practice, of paying him, the boy had become sulky and idle,
and besides neglecting his business, had lost and spoiled him se.
veral rubies. _ _ _

The lad, in his defence, said that his master now employed
him So much in running of errands, cleaning dishes, and other
. menial offices, that he had not half the time to work which he bad
at first, besides which, he was in the habit of treating him with
great cruelty, and ! • yesterday beat hhn so sevetely with a broom,
that he was yet unaute to raise his arm.
The master not denying this statement, his Worship repri-
manded both parties for their mutual misconduct, and dismissed
the charge.
QI,ECN-SQUARE, AVOUST 31.—Mr. B-liamy, belonging to
the House of Commons, attended before D. W. GILIGORIE, Erg.
to prefer a complaint against a watenuan named Patterson, be-•
longing to Greenwich, for impudent extortion.
Mr. Bellamy stated that on Monday se'pnight he arrived by the
City of Edinburgh steamboat from Scotland, at Blackwell, where
he engaged the defendant to convey him and his luggage to West-
minster-bridge. The defendant pulled alongside the steamer, and
he, two gentlemen, and a man servant, besides a large quantity of
luggage, were Liken on board his boat, and he proceeded with him
to 11 estminster-bridge. ()n arriving there he demanded for his
fine 14s. ! lie (31r. Bellamy) took a deal of trouble to convince
hint it was an extortion, but he persisted in demanding that exac-
tion, and he, without hesitation, paid him the money. Mr. Bel-
lamy said he had taken the trouble of going to ‘Vaterman's Hall.
and, on making inquiry there, he learned that the defendant had
charged him three times too much ; his legal fare being only 3s. W.
Oarao RIZ referred to the IVaterrnan's Act, and found that
the offence subjected the Waterman to 20a. fine or in default of
payment to be committed for seven days to the treadmill.
The defendant admitted the offence, and expressed his contrition
for his conduct. He was ordered to pay the line, besides costs,
which athounted to IL 9s. Gd.

MARY-LA-DONNE, AUGUST, 31.—Henry Kirkman, a man
who, it appears, possesses an attachment amounting almost to in-
fatuation, for " flying the blue pigeon," or in other words, steal-
ing and disposing of lead, was brought up by Thomas Shillawell,
a constable of flow-street, on a charge of this kind.
Kirkman, It appeared, had repeatedly been in custody, having
large quantities of lead in his possession, for which he could give
no feasible account, and generally upon those occasions paid heavy
pcnalti,3. He consequently, unluckily for him, became so well
Known to the Police, that whenever he was seen in his. light chaise-
east, some constable or other was sure to pounce upon him and
make a search, as in this case; Shills well was crossing Cavendish.
square, when the prisoner drove rapidly by in his cart, which
front the depressed state of the springs, appeared very heavily
laden. Shlllswell inr.antly pursued, stopped the cart, and found
" three or four sacks of theblue pigeon." He consequently took
his seat beside prisoner, and desired Mat to drive to this office.
Kirkman grumbled, said something about resistance. but at length
slowly urged the horse on the cheerless mission. On arriving at
the office, the lead was found to consist of pipe, gutter, sheet, and
roof pieces, many of which were new, and evidently bad been re-
cently ;tit away from somebuildingw.
Mr. RAWLIXSON aslccd Kirkman could he account for the
possession of such A very large quantity °Plead.
Kirkthan sithl in rather a sulky tone, that he. had bought it at a
moderate profit..
Mr. ItawListsols—Well, from whom did you buy it ?
Kirkman—That I cannot' sof. I might hare bought It from a
good many. • -
Mr. RAwtswsow—Reelly this has inc-cased so much of late,
that 1 midi adopt some means of checking the facilities by which
the lead, when stoke, is so quiclly disposed of. Therefore, as

yen cannot account preperly foe its payesslone•yost are madded
until Illonday next.
Kirkman said he could give bail.
The Magistrate said good bail, himself in 1001 and two sureties
in Liel. each; would be accepted for his appearance.
Joerph ?erne, under butler in the family of Lord Save and Seje
was charged with beating a man named 'Waters, who chief but:
lee in his Lordship's family.
It appeared some wrangling arose in the kitchen upon the de.
fendarit's refusal to carry a drawing-ease to his Lady's chamber,
upon which the chief butler applied the term " fool" to him'
whereupon the other attacked and gave him a severe threshing.
TM. was reported to her Ladyship,. who, of course, wishing to
keep up the necessary subordination in her household, dismissed
Tone, the defendant, from her service, and ordered the surrender
of his liveries. He applied to his Lordship, who confirmed bee
Ladyship's decisiou, and ordered him forthwith to quit the house.
lie was doing b 0 without giving op the best liveries, when stopped
by the butler, who, on demanding them, received a blow on the
bead, which sent him staggering several paces from where he stood.
for Which assault the defendant was lodged In custody.
The defendant did not deny the charge, and was held to bail.
He refused to give up the liveries, alleging his Lordship hail made
him a present of them.

WORSIITP.STREET, Atro. 31.—A poor shoemaker was brought
up before the Magistrate, for hawking about shoes to sell at Had.
tier without a license. The man Said the shoes were of his ova
manufacture, and he therefore was not required to have a license
The Act, however, that inflicts a penalty on sny manufacture
who shall beak his goods for sale in any place not being a by.
rough, fair, town corporate, or market town, was produced, and the
Magistrate regretted that it made it itnoerative on him either to
convict the defendant in the penaky of 1101. or to commit him to
the House of Correction for three months.

A warrant of distress against the goods of the poor man, who hat
a wife and six children to maintain, was accordingly issued.

DARING, ASSAULT AND ROBBERY IN OPEN DAY,
THAMES OFFICE, AUGUST 31.—Daniel Rutland, a most
desperate character, was brought up before BRODERIP, Esq.
the sitting Magistrate, charged with having committed, in con,
junction with three abandoned females, who have for the present
escaped, a most outrageous assault and robbery on the person of
Mr. Alexander Randall, a respectable master lighterman.
It appeared by Mr. Handall'a statement, that he had been pay.
ing some money to different persons, and was returning home
rather fresh, with twenty-five sovereigns in his purse. As he
passed an alley in Back-lane, St. George's. a woman rushed apes
him and snatched off his hat. She ran with ft up she alley, vie
desired him to come and fetch it. He followed her, and when*
woman reached the top of the lane she turned scorner, and opened
the door of a house, out of which three females came, and drawl
him in ; the prisoner at the bar was sitting in the house at the titre.
On getting in he asked for hit hat, but did not receive it ; at this
time they hustled him about, and took a bundle out of his hard ;
he tried to rescue himself and escape ; upon which the prisoner
Holland jumped up, collared him, and pulled the coat off his
back ; a scuffle then ensued, in which he was knocked down, and
lie became insensible. When he recovered his senses lie found
himself in the watchbouse, it was then four o'clock, and he missed
his money ; he had only bs. left.
Mr. Bat:went e—Are you quite sure you bad the bag of nose.
reihms when you were dragged into the house ?
Witness—l am quite positive I had.
Catherine Kale stated, that she knew the prisoner ; she saw het
on the day on which the robbery was committed, but had not seen
him since. The house he occupied was not far from the corner,
he used to go up and down the alley with three women, all of
whom have absconded since the day of the robbery ; her son on
that day gave her some information, shortly after which she saw
the prisoner and the three women go down the court together, and
heard him say either " make haste" or " get on"—" let the scowl.
drel lay." A Mrs. M'Ardell then desired her to look out of her
back door ; she did so, and saw in the waste ground Mr. Randall
lying quite insensible.
Mary M'Ard.:ll stated, that she was at work on the day of the
robbery, when she was called on by Mrs. Hill to go to her back
door, from whence she saw a man lying insensible, and the pri.
soner Holland come out of the door of No. 21, and lay a bundle
and handkerchief down beside him. She and Mrs. Hill gave the
alarm. _ _

Mrs. Mary llill corroboratad the evidence of the last witness at
to seeing the prisoner depositing the handkerchief, which, on being
produced, she identified.
Carter, the officer, who apprehended the prisoner, stated, that
he did so in consequence of information he had received. lie was
a person of notoriously bad character, and only lately returned from
transportation.
The prisoner offered no defence, and was remanded for further
examination.

UNION HALL, AVG. 3l.—This day, three men, named Jona
Collins, Thomas Collins, and William Gosling, were brougat be.
fore the sitting Magistrate, .M. SWADEY, Esq. charged with ha,.
ing created a riot, by being present at a pitched battle that took
place the previous afternoon in the neighbourhood of Camberwelt.
John Clarke, the officer, stated that in consequence of informa-
tion lodged at that office, that a pitched battle was about to take
place near Peckham-rye, and requesting the aid of the police to
suppress it, he (Clarke) with several of his brother officers, pm.
ceded to the place on Tuesday ; but on arriving there, they as-
certained that the combatants, and their seconds, having bad a
hint that the officers were on the look out, moved in the lirection
of Camberwell, followed by a mob of ragamuffins of every descrip-
tion. The officers followed them, and just arrived in time to wit.
ness a mob of about 200 persons leaving a field in Cold Harbour-
lane, just after the fight had taken place. When the mob dis-
covered the officers approaching, a general shout of exultation was
setup by the former, saying, 4. You are all too late; its all over
now—the pigs may go back again." In fact, they were insulted in
the most gross manner by the persons composing the rabble, many
of whom were pickpockets ; and in returning from the field, gangs
of them attacked respectable persons who were going the contrary
directioi, some of whom were terribly beaten. The three defend.
ants were prominent in the disturbance, they were seated in a cart,
and flourished about large sticks, threatening those with broken
heads who dared interfere with their amusements. After con-
siderable trouble they were taken into custody. One of them,
Thomas Collins, was marked about the face a good deal, when on
inquiry it was discovered that he had fought with a man for 21.
after the first battle was concluded.

Magistrate—Was the disturbance of such a nature ns to render it
unsafe for the inhabitants to pass 'doll Cold Ilarbour.laue ?
Clarke said the greatest danger was to be apprehended, f4r the
mob consisted of all the vagabonds and thieves that general') are
to be met with on such occasions. .

Glannen the officer stated, that the most daring outrages were
committed at moat prize fights. During the present fight a mob of
vagabonds entered Lie Green Man public-house, in Cold Harbour-
lane, kept by a decent widow woman, and having called fur liver,
they drank it and departed without paying a farthing, threatecirg
to smash every thing in the house upon refusal.
The defendants declared that they attended the fight merely at
spictators; they had nothing to do with the men that fought, cr
with the disturbance in the lane.

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The Magistrate observed, that he for one was determined. as far
as in him lay, to put down these disgraceful scenes, by puni.lang
those brought before him to the fullest extent in his power; and he
would now call upon each of the defendants to find two bail of 401.
each, and themselves in sureties of 801. each, to answer the charge
at the Sessions. The officers were bound over to prosecute.

HAZARD ♦ND Co.'s GREAT SUCCESS ! !—Yesterday
Nos. 2,179, rnd 6302 (Class A) were both drawn Prizes
of Twenty-five Thousand Pounds, and both sold in shares
by Hazard and Co. Hazard and Co. are the Contractors
for the new grand scheme, containing Six Prizes of
20,0001., all in one day, Oct. 19.

ATaoctocs OUTRAGE.---On Monday night a daring
outrage was committed in the house of Mr. hllerbrick, of Cutle-
street, Finsbury-square. Mr. E., his housekeeper, and lodger
were all from home during the evening, and about eleven o'clock
he returned alone, and let himself in with a latch-key, but had
scarcely entered the house, when he 'au attacked by three men,
who beat him unmercifully? and one of the ruffians makirg a
snatch at his watch, the chato broke, leaving two seals in the vil-
lain's hand. The robbers having secured Mr. Ellerbrick, locked
him into a lower room, while they proceeded up stairs to ransack the
house. Finding an iron chest in an upper room, they carried it to
another part of the house to break it open, but after being, some time
engaged, they made a precipitate retreat, alarmed, it is suppese.,
by some noise in the lower part of the house. Mr. Ellerbrick, m
his struggle with the robbers, received a severe cut en the heat:,
and was otherwise severely injured. Infonnation of the outrage
was immediately given at the police-office, Worship-street, and
Attfield, Armstrong, and Eagles, three of the officers, on examin-
ing the premises, found a bunch of skeleton keys, a crow-bar, with
which the robber; had attempted to open the iron chest, and a blud-
geon covered with blood, the instrument with which Mr. Elk,-
brick had been wounded. The only articles carried oil were the
two seals taken front Mr. E.'s person and a dressing-case.
trace of the robbers has yet been discovered.

BIRTHS.
On the 26th ult. at Gumley Hall. Leicestershire, the wife cf
Major Grey, Royal Scota Ortya, of a daughter.
On the 28th ult. at her father's house, i❑ Bedford.squarc, the
lady of Robert Hawthorn, Esq. of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 30th ult. at St. George's Chute', Bloomsbury, .101)-
P. Atkins, Esq. only son of Mr. Alderman Atkins, of Halstead-
place, Kent, to Arne, daughter of John George Children. Eeq• of
the British iMuseum.
On Tumday, the 30th ult. at St. George's, Ilanover.kipare, I Y
the Very Rev. the Dean of Carlisle, John Alexander Henke).
Esq. of Grosvenor.sqoare, to Ellen. third daughter of Wm, Blake.
Esq. of Portland.plaer.
On the 23d ult. at Great Daimon, Joseph Leaser Lightbourr,
Msg. Gentleman Commoner of Jesus College, Oxford, to Elm,
Marc/ second daughter of the Rev. Almanac? Richardson,,
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and mar of that parish.

DIED.
On Tuesday, 30th ult. at his residence in Brunswitk4quare,
Francis Jones, Esq.

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