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she confirmed the state.
t the knives and forks, &c.
been delivered, she called
rd to pay her on returning
the goods should not be
_.e was not the slightest pre.
reeling. 't'he goods had been
't, and credit was given for the
nothing was lett but a card
out went the goods imtne.
that the charge of felony
the Jury to acquit the
of Not Guilty, and the
take his trial at the Al iddle-
compirser.
-nd the persor.s who had been
thr.t they would obtain
_ them not to trust people
Jackson, was indicted foe stealing
- diamond brooch, and other
prosecution, and Mains.
prosecutor, stated that Mr.
a pawnWeossr. „ . 21, Green-street, Leicester_
scours. •13n the 7th of March the prisoner came to their shop, and
lenuetie duplicates of property previously pledged by himself, upon
whim he had received 341. He clinked that the property to which
they related might bisproduced, and required theta light might
De procured., as he wanted to use war to secure some diamonds which
be bad brought to.pledr, to redeem the articles the duplicates of
Wlficb he bad irqntreil after. The prisoner then produced distil°, de,
upon which witness agreed to advance 11104 they were given back
to the prisoner to seal, which he accordingly 'lid, and delivered a
paper which witness supposed contaMed the diamonds he had just
seen. This done, witness carefully deposited the packet in his
bosom, and then delivered the prisoner the former pledges before
shaded to, and gave him the difference in notes and sovereigns to
the amount of 1601. in the whole, when the prisoner went away,
a:!d witness almost immediately repaired to the iron chest to de.
posit the precious stones then put in his possession, where they
rttqiiined until the beupuning of June. when the parcel was opened.
and found to contain some rubies and emeralds, of inconsiderable
value.
Mr. Cr RWOOD, for the defence, submitted to the Court that
tbF charge of felony could not be marsh:led for, to say the most of
it. it only amounted to a flllll,l.
Mr. Sergeant A/tattle said, that he had some doubts as to whe.
this the objection was tenthle t but In ease of necessity he would
reserve the point for the consideration of the twelve Judges.
The prisoner, on being called or for his defence, denied that he
Pad been to the shop of the prosectvor for the purpose of purloin-
pissperty, and called one witness to speak to his character.
Jr. Sergeant Altair w summed up the evidence, and the Jury
t;:itravd a verdict of Cailtp.

I'OLICL'.

MANSION-HOUSE.

On Saturday, a hisal;l47i, —nearly7o Teari of age. with a
Pad p grey OS 11011 01 a bsJger, was brought before the Loan
'Maros, by the Overseers of a parish, charged upon a case of
haste r 4.
Tripp, the beadle of the parish, stated that Llnyd, the prisoner,
hart no idea of casting a doubt upon the alleged paternity, and
I is 'ifs, so far from feeling as most wives would probably feel
under such circumstances, bad determined to nurse the child her-
self. pro i,deci it bore the colour of her husband, who was as yet
childless, and who had a very great desire to be a father.
The LOlllO MAYOR asked the defendant whether he bad any
thing to say upon the subject ?
The Bird: grinned and shook his head. " I've no objection,"
said be, " my Lord, to take care of de young one. so that it hap-
pen to be my own, and we'll soon see dat." He then leered at his
wire and Iris frail companion, who seemed to be on the best of
tonna with each other.

Thl LORD MAYOR asked the latter how, in the name of al
that was horrible, she could have evert thought of injuring the
prime of Mrs. Lloyd!'
Mrs. Lloyd answered the question with a smile. She declared
that her husband was a good tsllow, and that she felt no animositit
at-all upon the occasion. As for the babe. if it proved to be the
right colour, she would take the greatest care of it. and if it proved
white she hoped the parish would look out for another father.
Rachel Jacobs, the second or third woman who saw the defend-
ant's " visage in his mind," kissed the book, and upon being
desired to point oat the father, •` There he stands," said she,
" that 'ere black old gentleman."
Tripp said, that to do Mrs. Lloyd justice, she was one of the
roost Indulgent of wives, for the moment she heard what had hap.
petted to Rachel she said she would be godmother to whatever
God pleased to send, and was now actually employed in making
baby clothes.
The LORD MAYOR, seemed not at 01 surprised at the con-
tented manner in which Mrs. Lloyd bore the news that her
Ciishand had transferred his tivours to another woman; but his
:....ortlahip could not help again expressing his amazement at the
,:range spirit of rivalry with which Rachel had been seized.
Rachel Jacobs held down her heed, and pleaded the disparity of
yaps. wbich gave the defendant such an advantage over her.
" Why how old are you P" said the LORD MAYOR, who did
roe think she was such a chicken as she wished to be thought.
rlet.hel—Mr. Lloyd, your Lordship, is near seventy, and I'm
nn! e. tarty-One.
The LORD MAYO* admitted that there was a disparity, but he
thought that the youth of the female was scarcely an excuse, not-
waits:ending the powerful temptation to which she was exposed.
The order was then made out; but if the child should turn out
white. the parish officers must disregard the oath of Rachel, and
part bee judgment to another trial amongst the Inhabitants of
Dikes-place.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
bet Saturday, after the office was closed for the day, Mr. Conant,
the resident 3legistrate, was applied to for assistance under the
following singular circu mai anent :
It appeared that one of the Ring's messengers, Mr. Welch, had
commissioned the upholsterers, Messrs. France and Basting, of
?a,ilanall, to let his house, I\o.B, Charles-street, St. James's-
scoots, at a rent which was to be paid weekly. The house admi.
:gip salted the taste of a Mr. Goold, a tall, gentlemanly person,
etio.forthwlth agreed to take it. It did not appear that Mr.
Chad had the slightest objection to the amount of the rent,
but it was obvious that h. was by no means pleased with the
rather plebeian practice of paying rent, like a journeyman's wages,
Ri the week. Bach a mode of settlement would have given his
cadence an ungenteel rut, and accordingly for six weeks he
did net trouble Messrs. France and Bunting with any Units upon
till subject. Them gentlemen's motions upon the score of
rent hstipened, however, to be English. whilst Mr. Goold had
evidently imbibed his Ideas In Ireland; and with the subject of
net lie natutailv associated the recollections of middlemen, dis-
tress, a..aul;, battery, action, and indictment, with numberless
other Wyo.. I.llr understood by Irish landlords and tenants. If the
mausyee mirusied by his Majesty to Mr. Welch were longer,
they certainly were not so numerous or so troublesome, and un-
etwestionably much less dangerous, than the messages which Messrs.
Fiance and Panting had to send to the redoubtable Mr. Goold
and his Irish servant Dcly, to obtain the arrears of tent. At
ileildth. hoverer, Mr. Bunting contrived, by a happy manoeuvre,
to lust a diet:ens into the house, and hennaed upon a piano-forte,
unich some locking music-dealer had been induced to let out
upon hire to Mr. (bold No sooner, however, had Mr. Bent-
irg left his office. in quiet possession of the house, than Mr.
'hold, raking him by the shoulders, thrust him into the street,
Lrailing an BiLernisit gunnlian of the night, he consigned
Si:era's officer to his custody. Reid, a vigilant and active
_, was sow sent from Msrlloirough-street cffice, to apprehend
s'e r. Goold ; and, &mimes of executing his office in a manner suited
tei7lr. Cooler gentlemanly appearance, he knocked at the street-
-0104 and poi:tely asked if Mr. Geoid was at homey What was his
aloniolonsint, whom be saw a huge female heard thrust out of the
".i.c-du r. -end head it exclaim. In the tone of a Thalestris, " Yea, he
in iit hou.e, and I will see you bunged before I'll let you in." This
a: ^:.4s L-t Reis: into the accret oh the kind of people he had to deal
to:*! •ed ha aces' direly waved all further ceremony. and pro-
diii4id hie WaTTS'IS for the grimmer the body of Mr. Gould; but to
this foownan, wit!, the vt:ce of an Irish Stentor, vociferated, that
.- ilz J--4 h' ou...iit smash his head tii paces, if he attempted
tu.get in." P,midt ronembered Henke. admirable advice, of
•' adlritig the axion to the word." and he accordingly accompanied
sldshiwt with a huge poker, which he brandished so furiously, that
lit d, like • praetieal logician, drew an inference that his bead was
lig no means a match for such a weapon. However, Reid at length
taught these two opponents off their guard, and making an active
slim, ov.v the railings, he lighted, like a herald Mercury. twos
tea sill of the parlour window. Paddy did not think of executilig
1..: threat of smashing Reid's herd with the poker, but he mashed
de saw the window with such forte as almost to smash Reid's toes
4; and that ellerr was obliged hastily to withdraw his feet,
cm•triving, in s:.ite of his pain, to thrust his staff below the
window, so as to ;.r. vent its being shut. The servant now assailed
Abet in a meet ferocious manner, striking at his shins and feet with
asse poker; and bat that the crowd rescued him from his situa-
tion. and lifted him beck over the railing, it would, in all pro-
bteo.lity„ hate been the last that we should have ever read of Mr.
Jhuirf. Time , parlor'. windout were now barricaded, and the two
skits-its went up stairs, and jeered at the mob out of the two-pair
of stater windows, in ciumph at their success. In the mean time,
however. Reel had preceqd a crow-bar and • ladder, which he cau-
tlminq carried en close to the wall of the house, that it was not
teen by rte servants, .ard suddeoly raising Wunder the drawing.
moninwiritcw, he sprang up. and wrenching open the window with
bit ffiltellisr, be entered ea willitaire. But the worst part of the
ecthlade was yet to come, for no sooner bad he got the emirs, that.
bulk hie former oppnreuts, accompanied by Mr. Heald in propels
penmes. with Mrs. Cool& • gentleman, and another female, at-
bested him on anus. the Irish footman wielding the huge poker,
sad me ladies depot ding chiefly upon their characteristic weapon— ,
their Wagner. add defended himself with hie staff and crow-bar,
.19+016 the latter of which weipoos fie was eery agerly giving the
Jose thornier+ bis %winos, awl ,turtling bin to the " tomb of all
dis Camino." Paddy, Ifose...ver, avoided the blow, and Reid sue-
eselnd to closing upon him, sod is duly securing his penou, after
essiwt ;le •ppri.:hen-t,04. lir. inuold, and opening the door, sic of
Messrs. Fr,...ce and ilenting's mss ensured, and thy* brought the
el:: to a ii,.l close.. The premises were taken into the possession
at :':' Ban"nlra •Ins'and MA Uoold and Um Irish aervant trete

Mil %lila' was then examined, and
OM NI ticby Mr. Ailey.
eroanwaandnation, she said that ti
vete mut Dottie, and after the bill had bit
424.61 riziwast ; and the prisoner promi.ed
hanker's. She never said that thi
delhitted without the money.
Mt Law then submitted that there VA
serV llor charging the prieoner with resting
slalomed to bun as to another person, and I
stresunt When they were ordered. 'loth'
with the tame of '• Ireland" on it, and out
suswely after.
Mt. Sergeant Atlantic was of opinion tl
road Dot be sustained, and directed th
pather.
3wer therefore retuned a verdict
prihnatet was t 'tiered to he &Named to take
are gassiams. nn Monday, for the comoiram
Mr. AILLPY told the passecutor. and tb
defiletwled, and who arended the Court, t
;',u.stiee at Clertenwell ; and he cautioned r
by•then looks.
!war! bur Mirthless, alias Jacks**, wi
ITN: in 'tank of England notes, a diamond
very, the property of Philtp Lawton.
Mr. Atroxvltne appeared for the pee
Co *wools and Law for the defence.
"(aleph Burgess. the shripmen of the prof
Lawton% a pawnbroker. and lives at 21,

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