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rie case, it is undirstooil, wdl undergo further consideration.

STAlint it While the cougregetion reeve aatiemblial at
the chapel at GI 're an Sunday, a loanoche, a tinnier,
who hen in the neighLourhood, was callea out and inforuied that a
'Add of his had limn killed by a buy employed it. his service. Ile
imnietliately pracee.led home, accompanied by rev. Sal others, and
on arriving tart. Portal that the story was true. The boy. it ap-
peared, had ntarle itn O. kill one of his lambs, and bcing
Observed by the chid, who said he would tell inn lamer, he plunged
the kiiut he had for the purpose in the child's throat, and immedit.
may f 1,31, and has not since tern discovered, although the most
• MEArCII has botn made. Ercry necessary surgical fart has
Leen taken of the eh ihl by Dr. 1:11is of tilantitire, but bale hope is
eaten:tined of ill recovery.—rusk Sortherls Reporter.
Dr Ai it t• no II Fit i(: T.—( Imlay last, J. l'ierson,
(ken., Coroner tar the hundred of loighronatuue, held an inquest
upon the body or James Papworth, of Alconbury, in this county 4
who, it maw:a at evidence, had for some time been in an ill
state of health, and was inc si on al I y in the habit of going to the
stabling' at the diflLretit farmers and other places, to lima away his
time ; and on Saturday last he went into the stable of Mr. James
Dove, anti nu:weeded it, give the horse some hay, when tine at II ein
taming round obilappial at him, and caught him by the arm. lle
wits take.: home. and espired in the course of the night. Verdict—
• That as the alecemsied aas ins bad state of health at the time, his
Reath was lia.tened by the bait and fright reel.ved final the bite of
dee bartellasesittrivis Ciaactie."

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ROW.STI2 KIT.

(111LENDICII COACIDDCW.—IM Satunlay, George Crew, the
drier r one of the Greenwich stages. was trought up on an assault
warrant, issned at the suit et Mr. John Charles Peter, the son of
the res,reetrilile solicitor of that name. It appesurd in evidence,
tut 111 r. J. C. Peter came to town froin Blackheath, on the even.
it.g of ,Sitnit..y, the Ith instant, h 7 one of Drivers's coaches; when
they arrived at Charing.cross, the rosele.oti: demanded more money
fur tile fare than Mr. J. C. P. thought rooper to pay ; and whilst
they acre disputing about it, the rkretiew-A. George Crew, who
had nothing at all to do with the matter., rushed through the little
cluster ef pestle who surrounded them, anti without uttering one,
single word, struck Mr. J. C. P. a viol, rot blow an the month.
The defence net tip by the Solicitor, who attended nn the behalf
of George Crew, was a very singular ate. Ile admitted that his
client had aoorithed tl:e eomplamant ; but he submitted th..t the
assault was excusable, inasmuch as his client had been struck by
somebody else, and in his hurry he reserAed it upon the complain.
arA. They were perfectly ready to pay all the expenses, and hoped
his Worship would recommend the cemplainaat to withdraw the
charge.
His Worship, however, said he should recommend DO such
thing, fur he never I:canl of a more watoon piece of brutal inso-
lence ; and as Mr. J. C. Peter expressed his determination to pm.
secute, Georle Crew was held to bail for his appeurar.ce at the
Quarter Summons.
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MAR 1,111()ROI'011.STR E ET.
Silo ri.! r• T I )14;.--- On Satunlay, a w l•andsome we-
man, who gave her name Elizabeth !tray, was charged by Mr.
Redman, haberdasher, of No. 211, New llond-street, with coon-
niiiting a felony in his shop. The prisoner. who is very young,
was in great distress, and wept unceasingly; A young man, whom
she called her hoo.baed, did all in list poorer to soothe her anguish.
Mr. Bennet, the shoporin to the protects:lw, stated, that the pri-
lamer nutted the shop of hi+ employer Mot morning, and said she
wished to purchase sonic ratbon ; winter sold Mr a yanl of co-
: homed ritheir, which she lutist for. ;Ia examined a nuntlyr of
I rolls of thlierciit kinds of ribbon, whirls were lying in a deep
drawer on the counter, before she matte her purchase. She had a
basket in hir hand, in which was a gown-piece, and alma hand.
kerchief, into which basket stir put the piece of nblion she hail per.
! chased. Witness walked towards the upper end of the shop, and
: on his roam he ntissed a large roll of nbbon our of the drawer.
On looking into the prisoner's haslet, he saw the ribbon partially
. covered with the gowmpirce. Ile did not chidlet.ge her wish the
robbery till she was going nut of the shim-dour, re.d she ticsitively
denied all knowledge of the property being in tier basket. lie
: erlW in the street-keeper, who took her into custody. IVitness
WAS positive that the robhon could not Lane fallen accidentally lain
prisoners ba.+!;et TAW was It possible that she could have taken it
j with her handkerchief on• the counter by mistake.
The prisoner persisted in her innocence of the charge. She maid
that she had purchased a gown-pinze at a linen-draper's, and from
thet.ce wed to the.prreneutor's shop to buy a piece of ribbon ;
that she examined • rihbott as it lay. on the c tee. and she nn,„(
have taken up the roll in question with the gown-piece and hand-
kerchief, without being aware of the tact.
The prisoner WAS COMlllittell to Neweate for trial.
Fa A l:11 a9U 1 'I.: LO 1' —JAN (:odirey. A man of respect:We
speractse, was C111?;:01 with obtaining money under false pretences
from Alit.: 1,1•11ritle. aid with s.saling a watch, the property of
3l•Bride's sister. The fan" ilemituit the prisoner were these.
About. a fortnight ago the prisoner, who was connected with the
Society called the Reeuge for the Destitute, went to the house of
Ales. in Peter-street. West iii Mater. aid told her that a
wt ol her's had anon taken into custody, with two other youths,
for committing a felony at Romford ; that he had got .df she other
two boys by paying thirty shilling. each, and :f 41,1 Mrs. 31`11ritle)
would atwitter him a +UM Of money, he had no doubt he should be
able to get her son's liberty. The poor woman was greatly dia.
tressed at such a communicatimo ' • wool the had only five shillings,
which she gave to the priamer, and simonised to raise mum She
then told the prisoner that her sister, who resided in White.
chapel, would, in all probability, advance the rest of the money ;
J the prisoner said, he would go to her, and ate if site would do
an; he then proceeded to the sister, and related the same story
that he had previously detailed with. such apparent artlessness to
Mr. that the poor woman was much &flirted, and went
out to raise the money, leaving the prisoner in her house; on her
return, she Miami the prisoner hail decamped with a valuable
watch from the mantle-meee. On Saturday morning, as the prisoner
was walking along Sidney's-alley, I•eicester.square, he was re.
eogni‘ed by Mrs. M'llride's taster, who called .` Stop thief."
'the prisoner instantly took to his heels, was pursued through
several streets, and apprehended, and the duplicate of a watch was
found in his paesession. Ile was corn ted for re-examinant*.
MA Ill' LAIRONE f/FFI('E.

(in Saturday, a watchmaker, named Stuadreen, who a short time
ago opened a shop in the watch and clock trade in Seymour-place,
liryanstonc-square, was finally examireil before Mr. Iltiwfinnan,
the Magistrate, on a number of charges that were 'preferred
against him.
The ofilce was crowded with prosecutors and pawnbrokers. The
facts substantiated were these :—lhe prisoner obtained .tram
different persons, gentle and simple, about fifty or sixty watches,
for the purpose of repairing and •' making them go ;" and he cer-
tainly made them g with a vengeance; for no sooner did he ob-
tain possession of them, than he pawned them at the shops of
different pawnbrokers, and then absconded ; the route he had taken
was discovered, and an OnietT of this establishment pursued him,
and succeeded in taking him sonic distanes from London, and
brought him to town. Forty duplicates of watches which the poi.
sober had pawned, belonging to his customers, were found. In one
ease the Magistrate expressed great doubt, whether the charge did
not amount to a felony, and finally convicted the prisoner upon
three distinct charges undtr the Pawnbroker's Act, in different
penalties, which the prisoner not paying, was committed to prison
fur three months on each charge, amid the Magistrate recammended
him to make arrangements, during his confinement, of restoring
the property to the other persons, whose charges had not been pro.
ceeded in.

Mr. Harmer appeartd for the pawnbrokers, and some complaint
WIM made that the watches were not given up to the right OWllO'l4.
which die pawnbrokers refused to do, without first receiving the
.urns they hid advanced upon them to the prisom r. One pawn-
broker produced ten of the watclks, which the prisoner had pledged
in the name of IVright, and the duplicates were given to the own.
era by order of the Magistrate.