The National Register.
London, England, 1823-04-13 00:00:00

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• z.VsoLnuir DIIIITCrItS afell.
W ILSTM Ils STU al EIpIING.
On Thursday lasi, a uteeting'of the merchants and
trader. of Westminster, was • held at Willis's Booms.,
pursuant to public notice, to consider the propriety 44
petitioning the legislatwe to amend the acts fur the relief
of insolveut debtors.
J. C. Host-louse, Esq. took the chair. Sir Francis
Burdett also attended.
Mr. Bosom/so mentioned in a kw words, that he
attended to take the chair at the desire of-his constitu-
ents, whose wishes he was always ready to runty.
Mr. LON& then read the resolutions, which declared
that the acts intended fur the relief of toe honest unfor-
tunate debtor, were comerted into an instrument by
which utiprineipled men defrauded their creditors. The
petition prayed, that the detaining eretlitors of iasolverits
should be exal ' •d in the Insolvent Goom,antl if fanned'
IC be in collusion with the insolvent., torero subject ten
punishment. It also prayed, that insolvent debtor,.
ahotild be deprived of the benefit of the Rules of the
King's Bench anti Fleet Prisons; and that the Insolirede
Court should be empowered to decide nit the claims of
creditors, who might sue their debiorsin dialtotert fa
stains not miceeding 111. in the same manner as the
Court of Requests nosy decide in debts under 51. This
suggestion appeared to Meet. with general apptolitimi.
Mr. Long then noted that the resolietionstaird petitiviut
should be agreed by the meeting. '''
Sir Frankis seconded tf-te minim). • i
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Mr. SLOPtle said, he thought the petition affisield bo•
printed. •
Sir F Bit averr eiforided' the dihti , land prilpost
the appointment of a commit tee..to whom itiyriiimitilk
iatiort in'the preseut • petition might be suggested, and
who might prepare a petition. of which the 'present
might form the ground wink, which would probably bir
approved•of at a futuromieling.-
Mr. FORBES expressed himself strongly in faicusr Of
the proposal Mr depriring'insolveret debtors tf the holes
of the Kiwis Betichood Fleet Prisons.
The resolutions for printingthe 'Killion was then put.
and agreed to unaniiiiously. •
A conneii:Le of 19 was appointed to receive commu-
nications on the subject, and salami the result to the
text meeting, which was appointed to' take place o'll
Thursday, the 24th inst.
Thanks were voted to the chairman, after Which the
nieeting dissolved.
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' The litriol of Joseph AforMi'd —ills retnakists of shit
wretched being. who at•easpied to ismisittaie Sir C.
liannifyltle, and it the same moment pit A 'iresirol to his
own existence, and. agailta -.ebony the Clitinier's Jury
recorded the verdict of " Filo de' rs;" was removed tioas
the Worcester Arms, George Streit, Portman Square.
on Tuesday Ili;:;11, to hlarylehnne Mel ki?ouset and from
thence, at 4.o'clock on Thutsday morning. a procession
consisting-of the headlesa.and -oilier parochial called',
conducting a cart, upon which the body lay. They
proceeded to* John's Wood, Chapel Road. Ridding-
ton, and a pit of considerable depth and lengtli was dtht
in the centre or crossing of the •foid roads leathog ili
Paddington, Ilighgete, Marylehone and London ; tea '
surface of the buttons of the trench, or pit, was strewed
With slackened lime; the-body seas then thrown in, and
...instantly chyme!' with titter, lime, soul sand; a stake.
to (11161 the aomeni liiee; wits diet' driveri thintiob the
apirtli 'nil body', and tfie growlass filled up. Very few
persons attended; a strong patty of constables were ots
duty mood the grave. . • . • . .
At a ginner in three o'clock •on 'Monday moiniog ''''•-••
an alarming fire broke out at Mr. Giles, the Maiden-
head public-house; its ItAilleCtillit, Fleet-street. Tim
-whole neighoottrhOsmi was in alreedful stile of alarm.
The distress was, indeed, e react thin we hare witnessed
on similar occasions, owing.to the latelleSS of the hour,
the narrow entrance to the court, god the COllttlitlet:t
diffieulty of egress and tegress; Women amid men half
rimmed, were Seal trashing impetuously threuals the
crowd : some anxiously looking for :heir families, :An I •
others, in the violence df their anguish, exclaininiz
that they had lost their all I, Two pariah engiaiesatrti .. .1
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instatitplentiful, and there was plentiful supply of wilier;. tit
the inability of their condoctois to bring them into ; ar
added to the confusion. The arrival of the mirse efficient
fire•rdlice engines al length stayed the'progiess of 'he coo-
flagration ; but not till it had comptesely:destaoyeil the
Maidenhead o'l,llk-home, where it origmated, and Sim
the house of fil r. Potts, in Sergeant's bin, situated to the
'rear of it ; three other himself are alto ~hush. iiijorck-•-
We are happy to add.that tus lives hive been lost. T 1.4
(flames had communicated to the staircase in the house
of Mr. Potts before thejiimates (coustattine of twoyootta,
•gentletneti ;SKI ate housekeeper), „jt ere apprised of their
danger, and they, with weak-difficulty, escaped over the
roofs of the houses; not a vestige of the properly has
tern saved.
Lou of Ike Alert Packet --It is with sincere regret that
-we feel ourselves obliged to annoutice to the friends of
the sufferers in the alert, that bu; little holies can be
entertsilied of the recovery of any more of the bodies ;
although boats have been constant/pint, none has Irmo
found shier the first daymid it is SUppeSeil troll& thesseung •
sisterly winds which have lately prevailed. they. muss
have driven them put to sea.. We have seems two gentle-
men who have jou returned from Holyhead, where i het
have been fur the list four days% engaged in an effeetual
search fur the lekiiiS Of Alessi's. Hots sod Liodsay„ the
only two vital ti passcogers (besides Ms. Al'Master), w lune
names have been ascertained.
In a gentleman's garden, in the vicinity of St.
Anne's-street, Liverpool, three land tortoises, which
bad buried themselves in the earth at the beginning
of October last, rose from their earthly sepulchres,
about two o'clock on the Ist inst. within half an
hour of each other, to the no sinall astonishment of .
the observers. The sudden transition in the atmus- .
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phere from cold to heat, is presumed to have bean
the cause of attic almost simultaueous itesurrecCoo.

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OLD BA ILKY SESSIONS.
III'EDNISSIDAY. A: at 6 o.—This mornMe the trillions
commenced. before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, she
Reconler, Alderman Cox, and the Sheriffs of Lyndon
and Middlesex. The Juries having been swori.,-Lord
'Chief Justice Abbott, Cie presiding Judge, entered the
Court at ten o'cluek.
James Rogert, a young mall of respectable appearance.
,•by business a broker, stood indicted for stealing galls• of
stripper, the property of•Cliarle.liershaw and ahem
'The prisoner (who is extremely deaf) listened to the
evidence through the med. of a winding trumpet.
Mr. Itershaw, the prosecutor, deposed, that h. *as a
• partner in-the house of Stewart, Marsh, and CO. Prisoner
cause to him and said, that he heard that the cable, &c.
of the ship If rUirlt. lying at Black wall, was for sale, and
made an otter to purchase it. Prisoner paid 201. in cash
and a Inn fur but. which was duly li4Maureil when due,
and witness gave hens an order so go on hoard the Vtikl,
damn whence the copper was. stolen.
A witnes,, who stated himself to be a rigger on board
the ilieUish.tleiroiett that the copper in queslimi was
stowed in the hold of the vessel, part of which he after-
wards missed; but, never saw the prisoner on board.
Harvey. she (Omen of the labourers employer' to un-
load the h:trg., saw ills prisoner there, but never between
Odle decks of the Meade; he told the witness tie came to
-purchase a cable.
The prisoner made sin defence. Verdict—not gutil c.)
TMOIIIIIDAT. APRIL 10 —John Fatillner, aged 20,
-was indicted for stealing a Blass carboy, value 204. the
ropertv of str. J. bite.
john White, the'pros- cutor, depose:l that he lived in
~+Syr threet, Manchester Square, where he praoticei as
AO apothecary. The chrboy (a large stone bottle) stood
. • ist the window, front which it was taken by the prisoner,
•whis was observed, pursued, and overtaken, when he
Are* the loitle down, and broke it. WinICAS had no
jet& of the prisoner's identity.
'The. Jury, returned a verdict, of guilty. accompanied
-17 by a reciamihendation to mercy. Discharged on paying'
a line of Is.
• •J. Mount veil was indioted for a borglar, titilitattee.H.
of Thomas D ewe, and stealing therein a' sayer mug, Alb
enshirm, replanting 50 guid pigs.
t Mr. iime. is a jeweller in Regent Street. Oxford
. and nu the evening of the egiii.ultiono, lie was
standing behind the counter, when he heard the crash)
of a pane of glais in the window. Be hastened out,
.0/011113N, the misoner running away. He pursued him
:as far is the corner or Castle Street. -where he lost sight
of hint for a moment. and continued the pinsitit,•calkng
Stop thief I"—until he was stopped at the corner of
Margaret. Street, and taken to Mr. Dawe's shop, and
the.property was handed to Mr. I). by,a Mr. Lloyd.
Mr. Lleyti stated, that he saw the prisoner throw the
•propetly upon the ground.
The Lord Chief J twice orfnmed twatse.evidence, zed
the Jury loon' the prisoner gniity—eleatit.
Wood Deneen, a youtte Irishman, was indicted for
assaulting Anne Mills on she li.glivray, and taking from
her person a silkacarf wine 21. There was a second in-
dictment against the prisoner for au assault,. with inhdit
to emu:snit a tape.
The prOf.o4lllllZ deposed, that she lived servant in a
family at Edmonton. and .about eight o'clock its the
visuals's/ at +Abe soh till. iltewifwalkiug atom ftie road,
towards diet toaster . house, when. the prisoner caught
hold of here butalie got away. lie again Caine up with
her, took buhl of her, and threw her down, observing,
," If yes say a word, I scull murder, you." He then
oouleavonrol to siulate het person ; she screamed loudly,
and was head by swine children, who ran to the house
.or iaAlr..Satulilands, who came to her assistance. 'rite
gl"..oper to on seeing him approach, jumped up, and
runaway with her scarf. Witness had wets the prisoner
before, and was quite sure he was the man.
Crass examined.-s-Cottld n swear that the prisoner
1/10it itie scarf Iron) her tuck; but was certain she had
not taken it tie and hint it down herself.
R. Santiilands stated, that on the evening in question
two,yernis eirls came to Ina house, and told hint, that a
man was murdering a woman below. He went, and
found the prisoner to the situa described by the pro-
sectitr)x. Oss going near, he heard Mills faintly scream,
and say, " Ohl any fathers" Wittiew attempted to
seise the prisoner, but he jumped tip and fall away, ail.'
he was prevented fmni pursuing him, by the !nascent rie .
throwing herself into 1115 arms and fainting. She was
iusenaible for a considerable time. mid only now and
• then faintly articulate, "Oh 1 my father!"
JesePh !ditcher's deposed so alopreturodlig the pastier
.--atitl saw him dm:, the scar'.
The prisoner, a; his defence, denied the . robbery ;
pleaded intoxication, and said, he only tripped up the
prosecetrix out of a lark.
The Chief Justice citarged the:Jury; and the prisoner
was found guilty--death.
ANI3C Norris), and Sophia Prayer, were indicted for a
robbery, upon the peflloll of Geotge Becket.
The . risouera wage .italtebitaina of Asti den of vice
and sofimy, George Yard, Whitechapet; and the pro-
• aerator, a aimple couufrysnau, was inveigled by them to
their aparuncits. and there assaulted and rubbed of
three ball-crowns. :Gitilty—death.

'FRIDAY, APRIL I --This Prowling
Charles...lames Kerloot was put tu-the bar, Lharged with
uttering a.contiterfeit order for the payment of 221. 3e.
with intent to defraud Jaiiwi Mann, au the 91.1 day of
February last, at .Weettninster.
James Mann, sworn—Witness is a riding-filmier at
Brighton ; knows she prisoner, who resided at the Sleyne
Hotel about eight or ten days. The prisoner had hired
several horses. and had borrowed 41. of witness; and on
the I tlh of February he sent a person, who had before
been in the habit or coining for a horse, which was not
returned as expected. At midnight, not hearing of the
prisoner, witness set olf for town, and auk eil betwet •1
six and seven in the n..aning ; met the prisoner io Hot-
. ts.irtt between 10 and i 1 o'clock un the horse that he

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had burrowei. Witnets seized the horse, and the poi. I John Green, a wood colter, weslallifed feemesalees
miner wastaken to St. Giles's watch-horse. The prisoner Sh , also in the wood-cutting lies, is tbe ,itimeth." • .
was taken sulhee,Stently to Mariboronghwtreet, end et a February last.
public-home oppooite the office the prisoner prodated a The Jeff found Ihe defends/II rill? ; lad •Iferteort sabred
hill of exchange. Pin:mato. tile ofii.:er, was present. him_M to pay a 6" of SI. with liberty to speak t°l"4"teleelifelev
SAIGE or Psoinuay.--George Steele, a,. yorsoig. oft alt
Witness went over la the offi-e, and was lid-mooed
that
eery nwl oectahle appearance, was put on his trial for peellsel•
as he had not disposed ni the loose, lie could loot be tie- The defendant was allophone to his brother. who war to - -
mined for a felony. Witness went back to the prisoner, I pectable silversmith in Qtroni_ninet, Apr. Philip Lucas. ibi
who proposed to ply what. was doe. He was asked what prosecutor, was a respectable timber suarcloam. who Isadore.
mein. be hail to do so, to which he replied, that he hail noises behind the defendant's brother's horse, hit the oldie el
a hill which be would send to the banking-house of wiled; Anna was a psmage.to shuck bosh peat* claimed a
Messrs. Loyd, and he accordingly produced a paper.— right of !ray, which had been the canoe of mesh d•
Tilt bill was found not to Ise due, but the prisoner et• between 'them. The perjury wish which the; asas
pressed a wish to hare it presented, for the purpose of charged was confined in articles of the pestle, ethildlent •
seeior whether iheywisusd honour it. The prisoner in. heir brother, his brother'l servant, wad lainamif,
dorsed the bill ms the back. fa person was sent to secutor, his father, and two heathers is which •
Mesas.. Jones and Loyd., whir-the bill, and the prisoner 'amongst ether things swore, .• that us the slight j
was detained. The messenger returned With an answer J"""Yleek' ki looked over the. wad that eePeeised 'his bee.
sheer's yard Irons thus prosecutor a. and saw tee prosecutor sal
that Messrs. Jones and Loyd knew nothing of it. and t • ..i. • ‘,..
his father, and two brother's. in the Teed olltOted ills. else.bbs
that the hill in fact was a firmer?. . and with a dark or 'loaded lanthorn • and that:they rd
Cross-examined by Mr. Curwond.—When the Pm' there from half slier nine to tee o'clOce sat eight, sad that 1*
user Produced the bill he was in custody, and was beliesed they were waiting there fee the purpose aroisa—idiflik
aware that he would be detaiiied until the messenger as easaatt oa soon of the exhihitanee fainilyo" Oa these
[clamed. articles of' the peace the defendant and hes father het hews
'Portman, the officer produced the bill, cm which he wompeileddo ester into amority.ae die law dirleitt pewit does
saw the prisoner write "Charles JJIIICS KerlOot." to disprove the Cacti sworn ; but it proved la. esistemes 'that
The bill was put in end read by Mr. Shelton, and not any one of the parsons who were so charged by .the ilefearo
found Acbcoorterpond •with the indiottnent. slant, had been oo the preinisetAbot eight be had 4111,0111 that
were there. •
This r hosed theca* for-the prosecution, and Me Lord
Several reepectsible penons-gave the dehadoult a most wit.
Chief Justice inkormed the Jury that' the bill only °ellen' charanier.
charged the prisoner molt ass, intent to defraud :fames
The Chairman baroirgrcharged the :hey; they eamailted tes
Malin. Now-the fact as barns out by the evidence was, getherfor half an hour, and retanied a verdict--act gaits,.
that it the bill had been steepled by Messrs. Jones and .
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Loyd, the erisontr woohlvint hove pitid,it to Mr. Mann,
but have raised inotaty on it by inner means. He had . ASSIZ E 11§TELLIGErra:.
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convened with his brother Holloelt• whose assistance he - SIIIIKEY.
was happy to hive on the occasion, atoil.they both esm-o
NAVE A. ISM *Ka OTIARS.
coned in Blinking that the evidence -was not soffieient
to convict the prisoner ; they therefore directed the Jury Ltscosresi,. deism 7.—This vrts an action of replevin, for
Wrdagfolly timing the pleontilf s goods. She dekadaata,
to acquit the prisoner. • Kama. Mica sad -Co. avowed the taking, as owners of the
CHARDS or CUTTING' AID ST/ Berwc.--William Tumble-down Dick public-bees. is the lbarwesh, for met ha
Marshall, veil 49, was put to the bar on an indictment, erre* doe from the plaintiff. On the other heed she plaintiff
charging bon with cutting anal stabbing Mercy Hardy, denied the avowry, and alleged that he held the 4104111 good's
with intent tobill aria murder her, or. to do her some newts
athetlh.leti°,,roefmaistelri::97:esn'tedioall,°4onamtLirittirerefiLial 6)ffleklet.
'bodily harks, on'the list el February last.
.-isaase ;awed. Ind the pnisatiff had a verdict. ,
It appeared the pmeemotrix had abeam partied the voila CROWN SIDE. . . .
of toe primmer; who 'had lived separate for five or six iobu I. pima°. .wit isiutsseel,tar,fergieg asreeer
years, to the house of the letter, at 'ten o'clock at night * bill of exchange for 201. draws 10, Wawa en'
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en'asteeptuteet
fro this led der
of October 1822, at three montbe,date,•....i prporties
attempted b$ one Jobe Goalies. A second count charged Wm
with uttering the same to one Thorns Pocock, kneads, it lie
have been forged.. The bill was addressed " Mee J. COilielp
NO. 15. Reggio Gleam Newgate-street,“
It appeared 111 mildews' that the primmer was a elmemekpe
-4y trade, mod bad been in the habitot deeding for many pert
with the prolocutor', a leather seller at Newiisglen Gueeemetp..
In the month of October last the prisoner wes.iedearted to him
in a ogee of 20i. For goods sold and delivered. is pawed et
which lee.gave him the hill in gasifies, whist he stated let rl
received of Mr. Gosling, one of the ovemetari of the perhibit
Bt..Faith, for work done for the parish.. Hi Mated H trot Mr.
Gosling lived in the same house with liiia,that the pied' pwpd
hint 161. for work done, and that Goalies had seised to
give him his ancteptancerer Bid. to enable him to get ferilsge
credit. Upon this representation the promontor took 41m
bill, and gave the primmer ;further orudit, ansmine.ng hit the
whole to ahem 801., -When the hill imamate due Ii meg pie-
seined Baptist Court, but no such passim *el. be
found residing there, or in any other house in thee
When the bill was dno the prisoner was not 1 vie food, and
he was. ultimately traced into Northunplogaldm, where be was
spprehended.l
Upon these fares the case west to the Jory, and they fogad
the prisoner guilty—death.
The prosecutos•aad the Jury strongly recoreausek,4•ll44-
soner to mercy, and the leaned
Jedge said be shogisl 7
take these recotaisetelehons into aonsideration.
James Dodd was convicted of steeling, at WV!
80th of March, in Die dwelling-hogse of 7
sovereigns, end other monies, the property of fiktle
William Ricketts was convicted of stealing, 44111:111
Misses last, is the dwelling-bogie of John Regllea.4ll,4lllA.
three gold seals, and a shin, the property of V. ABM*.
Jane Parrot was indicted for receiving at Lambe* is the
sth of February, bank notes to the amount of $5l. Iletpeepekty
of Henry Peal Kemp, knowing them to have Imeadbalves.
It will be recollected that, at the last Old Raley Besidose,
an onfortunate young women named, Mary Ann glee, semaps.
pi tall y convicted of stealing the Mites in Question Maw it.
Kemp, her uncle, of Harp-lane, Tower-street. Oa that *Ora-
lion strong suspicions were entertained that the present Ord-
weer, in whose house, No. 8, Hooperetreet. Lambeth, the
unfortunate young wonieri lived in a Mate of proadtetioe, bed
initi4e.rd the robbery. It was Now distimitli proved that lbsa
prisoner bad received Ake soles in questioe with a %Reedits, of
the manner in which MIRY Ale Slate had possessed bereelf of
the money. The prisoner was proved to be a woggle of ahem-
deaed character, keeping a brothel at the plea aboromee-
tioned.
The Jury fogad her guilty, wad she was sentseete4 is 14
years transportation.
APRIL B.—The business on the Crowe Bide Weed telt*,
about one o's look. There wail nothing of patio iaterest in the
cases tried. Mr. Baron Graham assisted the Lord Chief Berea
in trying causes.
SOMERSET/11111TM.
Daimon/awe SvraitsTrrion.-1 he oast intense @o-
tiosity was excited on Friday last by the appea f
the names of three female., at. the calendar, on a "arr.
under Lord Ellenborough's act, of nutlielonsly rutting air&
stabbing an old woman, a reputed " Witch," with Intent
to .order her. The Grand Jury, however, after mew nit-
ta opt
itbl thee
loetai rtnbeedeajliiiidtrale euponthe
of niiisenliti:tiontritfy"ret;l44"ithegrwslit
and relented a trite WI aginuat
rt
Lord E.tienhorougn's art,
the three prisoners for an assault.
Elisabeth Bryant, the mother, aged 50, Elisabeth Sq.
sat, the zottnger, aged 22, end Jaue yaist,agod•ls. sin
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when he came clown with a sabre, which he flourished
about. They had previously met him in the street, said
threatened to come home to him. it also appeared that
the. prisoner tied allowed his wife Bs. a week for her
maintenance. ,in the cross-examination it was admitted
Arpatest prosecAstrie that she bad taken up the poker.--34
was also. stated •bo the
" taken a drOp." .esa bed been made to settle
rip;
i she matter for 21. Sly', '- • .
.The prosecutor neared an excellent character, and
the Jury foood him—Not Guilty.
Earransuas Ronmaat.—Chertm Hipkius, a respect-
able looking toting unen.sva, hulloed capitally. for steal-
one 20l and Afters .iOl. Bout? of England note.; . two
Bank post bilis for 151. each. amiss° sovereigns, the pro-
perty ofjohu Edmonds, in the dwellitit3.house uf George
All.l Albon Horlock.
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Is-appeared in evidence, that, Mr. Edmonds is a gen-
denials resitting in Onuerdersisire; pod in the stimuli of
Decasnber. WWI, he mime to.Londtto with his son, who
was about heembark for Chins, and lodged during his
stay at the Dmidet Arms, Wapping. On the night of the
17th of December the prisoner, and a man named
parley, went to the Dundee Artns:and slept on the
third AnOr, immediately over the room occupied by Me.
Edmunds and his son. The latter were not disturbed
during the night; but hi the morning, Mr Edmunds,
sell. missed his pocket-book toutaining the property
above mentioned, tram his coat pocket. He had placed
his coat on a ch. 44 close to the bedside. The prisoner
and his companion went away very early in-the morning.
The neat day the prisoner met with an acquaintance of
his, named Hillier, to whom he 'hewed a great deal of '
money, and said he had "done the trick at the Dundee
Arms,' and would do the Same thing again Kan oppor-
tunity served. He treated Hillier, and an arrangement
was made for them and Darley to go lug boxing match
at NI (nosey, the neat clay. They went there, and con-
tinued together carousing until the .2tl u'llialitsry, whet)
the prisoner absconded. His friend Hillier met him
sonic time ago, and it.vias atcertaned where he chiefly
spent his time, cave information to Mr. Evans, the in-
spector of the Titanic, police, who apprehended him -:
He said when first scaturd•that his name was not Hip.
kiss. Mat Taylor.
Mr. Dyer, a clerk in the Bank of England, produced
a 101. note, which a slopeller, muted Howard Lewis,"
proved having received from the prisoner a day after the
' robbery.
. Mr. Edmunds swore, that this note was one of those
stolen train him.
The prisoner made no defence.
Mr. Prendelgael, hisCoonsel, elicited from one of thst
mimeses,. +het the second nano. of Mr. iiiewtook mete '
' Abi," and not " Albi," as stated in the indictment. •
Mr. Baron 'Bullock chariced the Jury, and said, that
this error wail tiolsi to the capital pert of the chore, no
stealing in the dwelloatt•ltouse i Itouthe prisoner might;
be found platy of the larceny. The pristmer was found
guilty of the larceny only.
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
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WRDletansp, APRIL 9.—DesPERATe ASBAULT.—Marit
Harwood was indicted for assaulting FAwL.rd Used, e sworn
broker, in the month ufJ y Let.
The proseoutor was employed by Air. Collie;, the proprietor
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of several houses in Engle.streat, Spite Melds, In distrust for
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tho. occupied by
doing, in pursuance of lois instreetionsi ibe tees "akaill at•
tacked with a poker by the defendant, wbe bid bis head open,
and was then threatened if he did not instantly bravos the house,
she would do for hint, taking up a large knife at the instant,
The Chairman sunuiied npotod the fury lowed the defendant

two damititeri, were sharp/ sift haviii
smoked Anne Burgess. .

'llir parties resided at Wiveliscoambe, in this ommity,
end the praseetitria was a very egad 00/111411. The *Nei
prisoner was a married woman, rrsidin; in the mast
neighbourhood. She had three daughters, who lived bilk
her, two of wlinm were the prisoners et tho liar. Oao of
tinge bad been Malscird by fits, and the medley,. witb 0

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