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two of the Mentlicity Society's ofikers, charged u commonvagrants.
Richard Chevill, one of the Society's Officers, stated• that ha
found the whole party begging in Westminster, and lodged them
In Eagle-street watchlionne. This man and Ida wife had been re.
(erred to the Society about four years ago, when it was stated
by Hamilton that be wan an edge-tool maker, out of employ, and a
native of the county of Antrim, in Ireland ; that he had a largo fa-
mily, and wished his wife to b 4: passed home to her friends, in
Northampton ; in consequence. of which, the: society contributed to
their immediate wants, and invented means to have the woman re-
moved home, agreeably to her with. However, after getting some
additional advance of money., they contrived to get away, and have,
no doubt, -tieen since prowling about, seeking relief in the same
manner. When brought to the Jim the woman denied ever hav-
ing been at the Society's Office, and professed herself to be a native
of Banibury„ in Yorkshire.
The woman persisted in denying having ever ireceived relief, all
stated, and accounted Tor theirbaning been found begging on this
occasion, by the most absolute distreta.
Mr. LINO said, that lie considered this &year flagrant (lac, and
ordvied the prisoners to be committed to the House of Correction
for one month.
A letter was then written to the Overseers of the pariah, desiring
them to take charge of the children.

MA RIAU-MOT-7G 11-STR
ROSIT •Ith AT Tl:ltr TAT A asox.—Yesterday, Mary
Connor was brought up fur re-examination, on die charge of steal.
ing in a dwelling-house, and also with attempting to set fire to the
premises.
Mrs. Rhodes. of Fluk.row, Five Fields, Chelsea, deposed
that about three weeks ego, the prisoners who stated herself
to be the wife of a private m the third dragoon guards, took an
apartment in her ho e. and, up to last evening, there was no
reason to complain of her. In the room, on the second floor,
there lived a Mrs. Armstrong, who, about • week ago, had
missed front her room a large bundle of wearing apparel. Not
the least suspicion was at first entertained of the former, and it
was thought mute thief had crept tip stairs, and committed the
mbbery. On Tuesday evening Mrs. Armstrong went nut, and
left the key in her room-door. The prisoner at this time was
in her own room. About live o'clock some of the neighbours came
running in, and said the house was on lire, and that the flames
were then tanking out at the second-floor window. Witness anti
one or two others ran up stairs, and on going up into Mrs. Ann.
strong's room, it was found to be in • body of fire ; the bed, bed-
ding, window-turtaine, cupboards, &c. were all in a blaze. For.
tunately the flames were confined to the room, which, together with
the furniture, was entirely destroyed. Suspicion now fell on the
prisoner, who chewed peculiar composure. It was said in her pre-
sence, " that the party who committed the rubbery had set the
house on lire." The prisoner then, in agitation, excl:;itt,ed, "If
you think I bare committed the robbery, you may come up stain
and search my room." This was agreed upon, and the prisoner
ran up stairs first, the window of the room was wide open, and
whilst the search was being made, the boodle containing the stolen
wearing apparel belonging to Mrs. Armstrong was picked up by a
little girl in the middle of the road opposite the house. Coles' •
constable, was sent for, to whom she was given in custody. Before
he came she confessed her guilt, and begged fut mercy.
It was stated by the prisoner that Mrs. Armstrong's husband had
promised that he would not prosecute if she confessed, and in con-
sequence she did so.
The prisoner was again sent hack to prison, and ordered to be
brought up on a future day, when Mr. Armstrong is to be in at-
tendance. She is a very decent-looking woman about 30 years of
age; and during the el/0141%1WD appeared quite unmoved at her
situation.

New BAII.EY COCRT-lIOLSC, OCT. 15.—BAre
Norris and James Brierley, Esqrs.—Aid important deci-
sion was to-day made relative to Retail Brewers. Edward
Booth, a retail brewer, at lisrpurhey, was summoned by
lie Excise, for selling ale to be drank on his premises.—
Mr. Jonathan Andrew had caused the complaint to be
made to the Excise, on account of the great number of people
who assembled about the house on the Sunday. Joshua
Lee, the witnets, proved purchasing a quart of ale at
Booth's premises at half-past eight on Sunday morning,
the Ist of August. There were several other peopledrink-
ing in frontof the premises, and the vessels were furnished
teem the house. The liquor was drunk on the flags before
the house. It was proved that these flags had been placed
there by the owner of the house, and were not part of the
highway, although they were not inclosed or separated
from it. After considerable discussion, the Bench held
this case to be liable to the penalties of the Act ; and that
the flags, not being part of the highway, were a place ad-
joining to the premises on which the brewer bad permitted
the beer to be drank in vessels that he had furnished. The
mitigated penalty of 141. was imposed upon Mr. Booth. In
the discussion on this case Mr. Norris intimated an opinion,
that if a case was brought, before him against a retail
brewer, where file liqu* had been drank actually in the
highway, he should be inclined to convict, particularly if
the krewer furnished the drinking vessel.-31 unehesece
Chronicle.
During the night of Saturday se'imight, Thomas Smith,
under sentence of imprisonment in the Worcester city
gaol, and who was to have been whipped before the expir-
n don of his sentence, made his escape, and has not yet been
re-taken, though diligent search has been made. It appears
that he contrived to get a brick out of the walls of his cell,
and by dint of perseverance Made a hole sufficient to get his
hotly through. The brick-work being new, was of course
its his favour.
Yesterday morning, the body of the gentleman who took
a boat at Itlackfriars-bridge' on Saturday last, and threw
himself into the River, was found a short way below the
place where he jumped in. The body was discovered by
the accidental contact of a wherry with it. It was very
little altered from having lain iu the water. The deceased
held a lucrative and responsible situation in one of the Gas
Companies.
On Monday morning the body of a man, apparently a i
bricklayer's labourer, was picked up on Soutbsea Reach,
Portsea, drowned, but whether by his own act or by acci-
dent, has not yet been ascertained.
On Sunday evening one of the outside passengers fell of
the Banbury mail, near Sturdy's Castle, and was so much
hurt that he died in a very short time afterwards. It had
rained very hard all the afternoon, and it is supposed he
stood up for the purpose of putting his great coat round
him, and overbalanced bimself.—Gluticester Herald.
On Thursday last an inquisition was held at East Grin-
head, on view of the bodies of Mary Goodwin and her
male infant, ten months old, who, on Toothy night last,
were taken out of a well (which is in the cellar) belonging
to the house, and which had been kept open, without any
lid or covering, for some time past. It appeared in evi-
dence that the unfortunate woman laboured under a tempo-
rary derangement of mind, and bad, for some days, been
confined to her bed, but taking the advantage of the ab-
sence of her nurse, she contrived to get out of bed,
with her child in her arms, to proceed unperecieed to the
cellar, and there, with her infant at her breast, she plunged
into the well, sixty fee. deep. The nurse hearing a noise
on the cellar stairs, went with a candle to ascertain the
cause, and caught a gliturse of the unhcppy women just
as she nlade'the fats plunge. Verdict—" That .the lino-
titer destroyed herself and child while labouring tinder in.-
sauity."—Susses Alluerfiscri .
Nilo:: sr Ciona.—Ott Sunday last the following sin-
gular ciretitostence occurred at North Tamertso, in this
county, whiehAsas likely to have been att.:ailed w : h serious
consAtienvs :-':.kotee cider was given to a Mr. Chapman,
who works on the Bede Canal, wh'cli he drew or in a
coarse earthenware pitcher, but, on tasting, found it to he
so sour as to Le totally unfit fur drinking. He allowed it
to remain for some time in the pitcher, and on again tasting
it, previously to throwing it away, was surpriretl at the ex••
traordinary change that had taken place in its flavour, the
cider being now as sweet and r,;-reeable, as it had Wore been
sour and unpit•asart. He communicated the circumstance
to his wife, who with him :tad a man then in the house,
partook of it. Sion after they bad drank they were all taken
so alartnin:ds ill that medical advice was instantly had re-
-1111w-went:l7r. I ;muse to. 1)11 :orient of the surgson there was every
Yestertky Mr. Trot. Ilan-e,, the public singer and di-Ntar of a ! it•iiiptatti of tin irk avin,; beer gaisonod, on which he atlini-
musical actileity in the Adtlitiki, es loo:ight bedsit Mr. ,' s,
oistereil the rettied'es usualy applied in such cases, and we
charged welt an essaitlt want out of hto pupils, •L'cub " are hen!. to say with • r;:.: t:Tect. The medical gentle-
Gear, a boy about 12 years of age.
blr. flutio:s citme ezeitimne. h.l by the Rev. fie. 11,1; he.. ooe baring eertaino.l t illness proceeded from
the Calms It., itrntiary of St. Paul's Cathedral, and mute :,:n.r the rifler titer ha:l tal- 11. sanest the pitcher in which it
gentlemen or Si. aid the Chapel ltoyal. Severai ut his ! had st9od7autt four' that the extreme acide.y of th•• cider
pits were also prevent. • ! bad extrne...l the 1-iatt with witieh earthenware pitchers are
The char g.• WAS, that twea, on Thursday last, struck di: • •
f initial y 7.azytl, and hit-se-A its pods mous quality into the
boy &seven blot across MI Willi a waking cane.
After hcariii.: eviduoce, Mr. MALI.. said he kited felt it his duty I beve:age. Meg Chapman and the man, who only partook
to !wirer llowiri to crier into the fullest explanation, alit ! sparing-1j , Div epilto recovered, but Mr. Chapman, who
had pertained hint, perhays, to introduce sante eantit,ou, mailers drank uearlv a quart, is still very il!, though Itepcs are en-
and it was e he thought taut a c!tatge of cruelty (and this tertained of'h is T,,,,,5cry,_...6,re (eau alefife.
was so preferred when the warrant was applitAl fir) attains[
the
director of a public establishment of such consi.krable cause- MC pilchard fishery at St. Ives has been very unpro-
(woes, could tn.,. he toe reirrowlc inquired into fe- the sake both of I fillet:lvo this season ; none have been taken by the Beans,
the patine and the individual. The charge hero aerated to him to I and but hula by the drift nets. On Friday week the
be frieohnts and unfounded, and ought never et have been fishermen were nut on the alert, by the appeat ince of se-
tbougle
The warrant was discharged. vend immense hodiew of fish approaching the shore; three
HATTON-GARDEN. shawls were enclosed by the scans, but they were of so
sins!! a size that they all escaped through the net'. —Per-
John Ilartiltrm. end Mary ffamit(on, his wife, together with,
three sessnible children, were yesterday brought up ir cusunls brat ~Ifereury.