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was no positive evidence to shew whether be but strayed, or
was removed by the Prisoner or some other person.
The Prosecutor said, it was riot probable that the berm
would have strayed, as he had been accustomed to grass in
that field. The answers of the Primmer to the patrol who
slop him were perfectly rational, and emsveyed • connected,
-though improbable amount of his possession of the horse,
aid certainly not • tree one.
The Joey retinal, and afire being out a quarter of as hoer,
Waned with a verdict of freir/fp, but roconinseaded the Pri-
soner to merry us account of the weak state of his mind.
Meeks Yates was capitally indicted for barglariously
breaking sod entering the dwelling-bouse of Robert Pea.
croft, with intent to steal.
The Prosecutor is a coacbmaster, residing is Latham-
street, Whitechapel. Ow the 24th November, having been
out ton business. and having left no person in his house, as
he was reterutog towards home about nine o'clock to the
evening, he saw a light through the Coo.wisdow over the
done, awl looking through the keyhole be perceived two
Emu, of wham the Prisoner was oar, to the passage, with •
lighted candle. He then opesed the door, epos which the
light was tostautly extinguished, gad the Iwo ores let them.
selves out at the back-door, and escaped teem the premises.
The Prisoner was found in the privy all house two doors
from Mr. Pearroft's, to which he must have gained access
by getting over the two walla of the gardens intervening,
which were.alnint 5} feet its height. la the privy where he
was discovered were also found a candle, which appeared to
bare been recently bloom out, and a boodle of Harlem's
matches; and in the privy of the Proseentor's house were
toned • beech of skeleton keys, two of which were tried, and
forked to open the doors of the Prosecutor's and the adjoir-
)l4 ,josirt, and also • small bottle with a label " Harter?*
MCIIwo."
Prisoner, in his defence, merely protested his ion°.
Knee, bet called no witnesses even to character.
'The Jury teakettle found linter gaily, and the Promeator
ltbew recommeuded him to mercy, on ticcoual of his youth.
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NOW • STRISTs
Yesterday Mr. John Bourne, • respectable tradesman In
the ueighbourhood of Holborn, appeared to a sionstnoss be-
fore Mr. Straahell, the Magistrate, to answer an extraordi-
nary charge preferred against him by Mr. Richaml Cliff, of
Chapel-street, City-road, a Cheshire cheese factor, on suspicion
orsiranise his pocket-book, containing • bill of exchange for
40/. sad two lolls of eschange fur 201. on his way from Lone.
bard.soreet to the City-road, us the 13th of October last; the
grooml of suspicion being that the bills of exchooge had
been traced into Mr. Bourse's possession ; and stated as PM
other gaoled of sespielon, that on the 6th of the mink month
his pocket had been picked as he was passing through Turn-
stile, Holborn, near which place Mr. Bourne resides.
This was considered a very extraordioary ground of ens-
pirion aretram Mr. Bourne, however Mr. Cliff persisted in it.
Mr. Bourse had applied In Mr. Bedroom, a solicitor, of
Jobe street, to diseossul one of the bills of eachasge foe 201.
and Mr. llorivion offered to be bail for Mr. Bourse, which
the Magistrate said be should accept if the charge was per..
rimed in, himself in 54)i. and two sureties in 40/. Me.
Bourne said, hr should be able to prove from whom be re-
ceived the bills of excimage.
11ART.DOROUGH-STRERT.
The are of throwing Thayer owl of a window was agilin
inquired into, bat so wee fact was elicited, sad the parties
were remanded, se Thayer still remains is a &wrong mate.
Frogman, the constable, proved, that the wall between
the first and second floor wieder, was within four feet, and
say our suspended must have broken the windows.
Two witnesses who am eimitged easiest be fouled.
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The light horse volunteers hate offered 'their 'et-
. vices to do duty et the Horse Guards, in die erect of
the horse guards being ordered to Irelati4which is
hourly expected.—( Etreiforg Paper ' • -
The 33d regiment, of which Cork is now this
head-quartars, and which had lately received oral
to hold themselves in readiness to embark In
harbour fur the West Indies. hive been etiOnier.
minded, and are to reinain in this country.
NSW Cotivaaa Or FARTHINGS —Much iamb.,
venienve is experienced by the lower order of shop-
keepers, arising from the difficulty of procuring the
above coin its sufficiently small quantities for their
completion ; very many of them not baring it in
their power to send so comparatively largra sem as
101. to the Mint, mid tie are) 4111.11 o'er
that sum. ) •
By differerent arrivals -hi London we WOO, Not
the thunder heard no Wednesday last In the
metropolis was distinctly heard about the same
time seventy miles from town ; and in mill places
it was followed by a heavy rain, which' lewd' idtne
hours. Beery arrival brings the most onplassut
accounts of the effects of the late continued Faint.
The fens in Lincolnshire are above a foot under
water, and al small bridges have been destroyed.
On Stinday night it blew a strong gate from the
west, with rain and sleet, and early yesterday morn-
ing a heavy shower of snow fell, which covered not
only the neighbouring Intl. and those in Fifeshire,
but also the streets of the city, and gave them a
very westerly appearance.—(EdinburghiStar.)
A steam engine of the immense power of one
huudrrd and forty horses has lately beet, erected on
his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND': estate at Kirk-
by, in the county of Nottingham, for the purpose
of drui ii iii g extenrive tract of coal. The cylin-
der of this stupendous machine is 70 inches in dis-
torter, and the beam, which is twelve tons in weight,
raises at every stroke fifteen tons of water, and when
required, delivers at the surface from the depth of
the untie, which is 170 yards, between 700 nod 800
gallons in each minute.
We hear that ten ships belonging to Hull are to
abandon the Greenland bade; and nine belonging
to that pert alone have been lost this year. Great
redactions have taken place there in the wages of
the 'nosier' as well 411 of the crews. It appears lbw
trade has been overdone; and we believe we
venture to ray, that half the number of shit*, with
the exertions and success we have seen for some
years, is fully equal to the natural demand of the
county. it is in vain to look to the foreign markets,
for foreigners are prosecuting the fishery extensively,
and it would seem profitably, no less than d 0 sail
hating been at Greenland last season. la the
course of a few years. a total change will have takers
place to this brunch of bustuebs.—(Aberdeen Jour-
nal.)
On Thursday se`nnight, Inform. six and 'clock in
the evening, as Mr. F.eakley, butcher, of Weston-twos-
Trent, neer Stafford, was returning borne from Rogeley -mar-
ket on horseback, lie met • chaise going towards Rodeky,
between Shirleywich and Haywood, and the night being
extremely daik and stormy, be was unable either to see
or hear the chaise, which was going at a quick rate, until
it came full upon him. The pole of the chaise tore alone
of the stirrups from the saddle •ud strut k Mr. Freakky
os thl• groin, by which be was thrown to the ground, and
trampled upon by one of the chaise horses, and so much
bruised as to occasion his death on Tuesday. There were
so lights to the chaise, and it appeared that Mr. Frrakley
was travelling on the wrung side of the road, because it
happened to be the smoothest; and as he could not discover
the approach of the chaise in time to avoid it, must probably
be was nut perceived by the driver uutil the unfortuttate ac-
cident had occurred.

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