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with hies., antenpt wlon wag Benjamin, *bent be carried
b' ova arlow, lit owl on the gems*, when a lady CAW to
Mae. asked him whether that was Omicron's-place, sod
if arm was any cake shop io the aeltzhoorbood ? She seat
asked him whether tie child iu his arms was his brother ?
UPON I.l+ SIWIIf Yes, she took it front hie arms, gave him a
eh
Noir, Wm to get three-pennyworth of cakes. He
for :he cakes, mad on his retura the lady and his little
`,other were gime.
Hondgate, who resides at No. 4, Golden-hill, Shack-
• aad keeps a gree.s.voc•r's shop. said, that the Pri-
a.i.ser '..4,11e there ou Set ui .14y last, asked fur tome (suit, and
appeased reach fatigued and (hurled. She had a child wraps
Wee shawl about the IVA, but the Midst was dirty compared
wish the lady. Tice Prisoner asked where she was gain,
0.'14 she ned loot tier way, and wished to get a coach.
tCtt-
Oa, dot wqlt pis inneis attention to her as it wag her busy
iv. The prisoner w4lited away, and soon after a person
thorte to the witness, and said she believed the lady who had
;:oat WI with a 01,14 had stolen it. The witness sent a sailor
:her Orr tllO,, and lie said, upou his return, That she had
P. 1.. pun it was out hi r child. The witness herself weal
then, hut roots) not seethe lady.
Captain Ridding applied to the Magistrate to postpone
he eoultaltruent of his wife, until a Solicitor, who was us..
aeoidobly alt4ent. -1 Id attend.
lie Nl,icisitate sail that he should be glad to comply
w noir re4;1.0„ provided it did not intro...se with hie
H. dnl ....t know how delay cool., serve the
May, ...out it was b., &let mination, even if the whole bar
•hatolii attend, to commit her for.trial.

THE RANK KEYS.
Ytirnbell4 Dunham, the poor maniac, was examined a
,resent One on litursday, uaors the charge of stealing the I
DMA kVII4.
raw °Seers brought front her apartment another chest o
ker., which were moat of them ticketed. Amongst them
were the keys of the Ilimes of lord. and Commons, Carl.
ton-tionewous4 the Tremor,. rot the 1111111 ealuabte, in her
ofe town, were the keys or Lord Sidmoutli'll wine cellars, and
..f these of the Doke of York, which cootarosol, according to
estimate, se much oine as would, if learned into bread,
a..isfy the ermines of a distr.-seed population Hut justice
eras not, die said, to be hail even where the bottle was must I
abaitriant. Many other sentiments escaped iu this uproar of
her faculties, which ,hewed something like method in her
osarinees The number of keys was shout 3,000.
Her son.in.law attended. He mid she was a woman of 1
rood education, ate! had married to great advantage. About 1
fore years ago het husband disci and left her a competency.
✓ie took a house, and had lodgers, amongst whom was i
WM man, who, by a series of villainies, deprived her
of lie means of livehhood fur herself and children,
terse of whom ore now helpless and &Most unprotected.
She endeavoured to recover by the law, hut she fell -
into the hands of persons in that profession, who made •
her oproiori of men still worse. The excess and variety of
her mist-man lee were greater than she could bear, and her
senses were lost antidst the RV UIIIIIIAtrti miseries by which
At wits storrountlrd. A good-humoured levity succeeded to the •
leer, which used to flow at the pimpret of her children's
mord expeciazions ; and from that mimeo, she became !
pmee.sid of a utrt of happiness which was only internals-
od by the schemes and terrors of a will imagination. She
frequented the Cowles of Law, a•id upon nue occasion lucked I
the twelve Joshes in the Each' quer Cliamber,•where they
were il li'seratiog spots a question of Isle and death. This
eetrnorhivary act performed fur the perpose. she said,
0; ki eping justice wider tuck and key... that the thostisande
who had been looking for it in V3lll might feud it at last,
nod be supplied with it fur nothiog. Soon rifler it rte.
sawed to her, that her own case demanded some of the !
powerful iiiterfererce of her Learned Prisorcre, hut on
eying back site found that even they hail violated the prin.
p'es which they were bound to protect, he breaking prison,
not that they had left not on atom of justice Iwhind them
ce.•et their trip. She had arriusizst other strange fancies
suoposed that every place of which she obtained possession
of keys became from that moment her own property, and
Lad determined In leave them as an inheritance to her rela.
tiv.a. She was to be sees at all places of public resort.
line imams of memory are crest. A risimh.er of the keys
were not ticketed. Upon glancing at them shc mentioned
frietzi what particular rooms in homes she had taken
them, nod at what time. She was food of getting bold
of' tee keys of a lady's dressing-room or trunk, with
the view of preventing the owner, to whom nature had given
ere face, from making Iseistif another. Upon one occasion
she slobs the keys of Iliireemunger.lane gaol, and canoed the
most extraordinary sensation amongst those who were 'oder-
es'ed. for it was generally supposed that another lack Shep.
I-ere was in the prison, and all the ingenuity of the keepers
was set to work to prevent an attempt to escape. riotwith.
mewling her frequent attention* to this system of plunder,
'O4 was ties er known to ueglect her children. In superin.
tending their edecation the seemed to have recovered the use
ui her reason, fur .be performed the duties of a mistime
with great ability, suit with a power of diecrimination which
it would be well to use imitated.
Te lord Mayor said, the poor creature must not be set
re large. Her unfortunate propensity was likely to mime
re...el. mischief. Sersaols were liable to be suspected. and
twine who were deprived of the keys were put to great ex.
prose in supplying their losses, as well as pot to serious sp-
ur. lictisioes diet the keys were token fur felonious porposies.
• e ars remanded for a week, that some provision may he
',mile for her, and a security provided to prevent any more
twilit' depredations.
SUILtio/leh.

A CHARGE OF FELONY.
lesterday John Thomas Nicholls, who was remanded
&haul two mouths back, us the charge of hieing stolen
eight ounces of silver from his employers, Messrs. Eimer
and Bernard, silversmith', Ave Maria-lane, wai.sgain put
to the hair. It will lie recollected that the felony was die.
(warred in the following manner:—The Prisniwr uss the
confidential clerk of the firm, and they bad missed quanti-
ties of silver, without being able to find out the thief. Me.
Midland, the foreman of the firm, purposely weighed a guan-
o oir tit dollars, soil placed them in a room which only he
the Prisoner had access to; he afterwards, on the some
eel, in the absence of the Prisoner, re-weighed them, arid
!nosed eight ounces, otherwise eight dollies; and on the
i'ilsoner's return he was searched, and the eight dollars
• mud in his pocket. Oh his first elimination the prim I.
•ditt partite' of the house was absent, being in Scotland,
• n which account the Prisoner was remanded emit Lis re.
!ern to town, or for ill! 1161VetiOUP its to whether the prose.
s.:•iroil should be proceeded in or not.
The Pi ismier is a ',erectable looking young man, and on
brio( put to she bar sin Pi osecutor appeased.
Sir William Curtis, the presiding Altiernten, then ad.
..:•enteed him as fullowsr—" Yining man, I always reel but t
wheel s.e a person who had once it respectable t haracter
Llactd in the situation you are. You ougld to he thAtiLful
tl at Ills person appears to prosecute, and for the mercy
which your eitipioyers have *hewn to you, particularly when
yes dot riot &hew Own, Ow same mete). You were their
eJofidential clerk ; they intrusted Oust- property to you,
aid Ili; y paid you fur the trust they reposed is you to pro.
•• ct it from the dwhimerty of others. You were their guard,
you betrayed your host, not by otgli.
it to be purloin, el by others, hot by pyr-
e, This may be too steno[ larigosge tor
fur tlwre 1. out .eideeee aufficieni hi fore
theft, which you ought to be 'hint:Sol
it would be my dirty to commit you,
,cs.ion made un my mind. I understand
-t respectable, and 1 bust you feel as I
he distressed WI account of IM
into, not to give it n harsher prime.
,oat ion; you now stood on the trick
was not for the merciful baud held out
most have fallen into 11.0lorIr world
carers. iw this life, by a wretch. d death, de-
( yosir country. What a iliserace would
;Ale relatives and friends? You can.
, ',taut of education, as you bad abl-
er a ron6ilential clerk to moat re.
limps, too lenient employers. That,
; bumpers; for if they Call make their
I nut timing here, I would be sorry to
Isiut by haring them before ow. You
fur rtght weeks, you hive hail plenty of
1, and Ili see bow nii•ebteetnis the
kayo fallen into. There would be as

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