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London, England, 1821-10-04 00:00:00

BRIGHTON POLICE REPORT

It4Yr Viet—
On Therm's, Mr *Dadll44leott, T. R. Kemp, and 1. 4.
Bates, loom were on thebencli.
A . ,
eassmisiat Mllli preferred by Eicher Pelre, the landlaffy
it the Kitt George Nee &meth public-totem, on Ca •
aspeast Aforowsfer 'Co/no, for riotous mad
dielosiimar is bar homy ea Monday night.- The
bads with two other...who were ant in eattody, refused M.
go, whew r•quested by heater do an at 11 &thick, the hour at
oil pardie bloom we ordered to he closed.
Gowen Pitt *potted, that be west to moist Wm. Price.
when the three sea knocked him down, and beat, and
kicked hive ; mad m neirbliour who, on Muria* the swim. bad
woe isms the house gate evidence to a similar effect.
The Primmer was bUttod over to keep the peace towards
A rase.? a most affecting nature nest rum mt. A Mm.
C. stated to the Beach that from motives of busnaaity, she
had takes hues her service a girl who had been ma the town,
and ev.deetty is the most abject state of prostitotioa ;
her father (a bricklayer of the ammo of Baker) had, aistwith-
maadiag, gone to the Isedlarly of the boom in which Mrs.
C. lives, and actually caused her to iasisr that if Mrs.
kept the girl, she mast quit her home.
The Magistrates, iodigaant at the osmatoral cawrlnct of the •
father, reproved him in the severest terms but Baker in.
thews that Mts. C. herself kept a bootee of no very
reputable character, the case assumed a very different cont.
plexion, and several of her michboars were scut for. Their
information broiling little to clear the character of Mrs C.,
the Magistrates horned to Baker, and Sir David Scott moat
pathetically besought him to take his daughter again *oder
his roof and care, that she might Not be driven back into
the haunts of prostitution. The man, however, reseed,
saying that he had already repeatedly received bee; and, is
spite of the earnest etioreaties of the Bench, reutaiued
flexible. Mewling him so ant.ding, the Magistrates directed
(at her own request), that the poor g;rl should be takes
into the work•house. It is impossible to appreciate, or
praise too highly, the betieroleut and patient atientiou of
the Bench to this ease. The poor girl was in tears the whole
lime. and we believe there was many a wittistesed eye is
the runes.

PRLONS &WA PRO.

Toms, seretw ash 20.
Early raterday morning William Deaf, aged 40, Asian
Gassop, acc.l22, a..il dohs, Wilson. aged 10, prisoeen ems-
filled in the Vosk City Gaul, .rl•ceted their escape in the Ad-
lorriwg nianster :—TMy each al. pt in different cells, aloes
with other prisoners. Wilson, uu Laviug made an aperture
through the waft beneath the h d, gin triton dark cell, lute
which the light was owly admitted through a hole in the
door. By putting his baud through duo hole he was ens.
bled to force the lock, by whirl. means he was admitted
into the parrage. lie then wrested the locks from the domes
of the cells its which Gomop and Dent were. A spike
at the top of an iron vkitre 11141111 next filed uiT, and wee of
them got over iota the they-room forced two sore locks so
as to open the door. The step which lead+ from this room
into the day-yard was the.. taken sip, so Mat they could get
'wreath the door into the yard It is worthy of remark here,
that ibis step was only replaced a few months acu, after it
bail been removed by some nonvicts, who made au ensue.
maul attempt to escape. They then reeled the wall sad
gut into the gardens, where tlu•c tore up a flower staud,a seat,
Ike. with which they made sit complete a ladder as to rustily:
them to get to the top of the outer wall, from whence they
lowered themselves with a rope made of an old bed-tkk,
and this effected their escape. The nous of two of theta
hawing been lied off were left Mike prison. The other had a
strong irum era MS leg. They were ail observed shoot Ave
o'clock iu the mounting going up 11"illing•te, in the direction
to Hull. Wilson, although young in yeses is old taiquity,
having been in several oilier prisons before, sod was sow
tinder a charge of pocket-0111.g its Pavement. Dent, who
is a native of thi► city, and well known here, is seder err.
tepee of transportation, fur stealing cloth at Sedate fair,
and ha■ been brfure transported. Gomep was ruder a
charge of burglary its ‘Valineate, and • hen takes at Hall,
and lodged in the prison lie made a iiespesate
attempt to escape, and hail orally affected his purpose.
A reward has !men offered fur thei► apprelteusiom.—(YorA
Merritt.)

IOKI4JBLtfs MURDER.
0.1 Wednesday a ntela-clioly affair occurred on
the PasS .ge-road. Om that morning John Moore,
one of the constables, received a warrant from Al.
Berman Newsom to arrest II :ICrYillll named Michael
Lehone, of tioclie.town, within the Itbertie., fin a
charge of Assault at the stet a Denis Driscoll...,
lie neeOrtlingly ponertdr4l to the 'dace. accompas
ailed by his son. Julia Maitre. join. and Driscoll,
who wetat for the purpose of hlentifyiug Lehane.
(limn arriving on the land-, they saw a man
at a short distance, and hosing ascertained that
he was the pereun they were in search of, the
party went towards ham. De was standing on a
(latch with a musket and a lwayonet its his hand, in
a position for charging. XI also bad a musket
wed a short stick, and when within six or seven
yards of Lehaste, called to laitu that hr bad a Kiag'ii
warrant for his arrest, and requested him to sur-
render, sayistg that the offence was bailable, and
not to give any opposition. At the same time, to
show that violence was mint intruded by his party,
Moore dumped his ililtsket to an order position,
and put the stock under his arm. At this time
Moore was upon the &telt, opposite Lehane, and
Isis son was in the rear of Lehane, farther off, be-
ing also armed with as inti Art, which he had got on
his way, in a house which had heels searched for
arms. After the elder Moore had rested his mus-
ket on the ground, Lehane suddenly turned round,
and deliberately fired at the son,. who, exclaiming
"Oh God, I •tu shot !" instasatly fell dead. An
inquest was held on the body by James O'Brien,
Esq. one of the Coruners„ and the above as briefly
the substance of the evidence given before him—
( Cork Southern Reporter.)