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London, England, 1818-06-05 00:00:00

CURIOUS CASE

The Hun. Mrs. Rubinson rniertailied • /whet circle of Y A respectable looking man. who elated his same to he
fashionable'', sterday revising, at her house in Privy.gardens. Sohn Fagan, a carpenter, residing at No. 17, Green-street,
Pagel, Ambassador of the Netherlands, Key, a . Dublio, applied to the Silting Magistrate under the follow-
grand celesta:amens on Wednesday, at his house, White- ; lug circumstances
to his Royal Highness the Doke of Cumberland, About six months ago, his daughter, a young woman
Ms Grace the Archbishop of York, his Grace the Duke of .Moat twenty years of age, left his house, and went to live
Leeds, Marquis of Stafford, 51%1..40(6,4 Lain:down, Margolis with Captain Maclaren, who was then stationed in Dublin ;
Camden. Earl Derby, Eau I Fort...rue, Earl of :Im•benter, bat in a week of two after, she robbed that gentleman of 700 f.
Sir William Scott, Right Hun. Charles Long, Right Hon. and absconded. Captoiu Maclareu iminedietely gave in-
./ C. Willies..., the Bishop of Oxford, Mr. Bootle %Wilbraham, formation of the soldiery to the police, who searched his
6.1.. .I.e. • Lowe in hopes of lodine her, but she was tint there. Short-
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' afterwards he was told that she had ensue to London,
PUBLIC 111011U11 NT ere she had been sepia with 300/.; the remainder she had
aid out in goods; in consequence of which he followed her,
TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE. LAHATED but she bail receivs d notice of his arrival in town, and she
PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES AND SAXE but off again to Ireland. He returned to Dabble, and for the
COBURG. • second time followed her to London, whither she had gone.
Wednesday he traced her to her lodgings in Riding-house-
The Cenotaph Committee, after maturely considering the
lane, but ow his taxing her with the robbery, she took up a
var communicetions they have received, and in einifor-
mite with whet they have reason to believe is the what knifes and swore that if lie said any thing inure about it,
of the public. beg hive It, „ate that it is their tion she would stab him to the heart. 'llse applicant said that
al their funds he adequate, to construct thiposr
she was of a very fiery dispose' inn, and presented a pistol at
ef
one of her brother, who took the liberty of expostulating
Temple of the Cenotaph oil a scale sufficiently extensive to
with her on her situation—lea! he hoped the Magistrates
admit of its being appropriated to the pm poses of Dillies .
would aid him in ',singing her to justice.
%Worship, and committed • Frrc Chinch.
(For the Committee) On bearing this statement, the Magistrate grinted a
BE NJ. BOTCH, Jun. warrant against the yosin;. woman, who was soon afterwards
brought down to the Office, where a moat extreordinery scene
took place. The Prisoner strongly persisted that the man
who charged her was net her fisher, but some impos-
tor; that her name was not Eagan, but Eaton. On the
other hind, the Complainent swore most positively that she
was the Krause whom lie always considered AS his daughter,
and who lived with him at Dubloy
Under all the circumstances, the Prisoner was held to bail
—ahem finding artifice was ~him, she acknowledged being
the Complainant's daughter, and that she had bees. ',slumlord
before the Magistrates at Dtthliii, fur stealing the 7001. but
was dimmed for want of proof.

The late fine weather has enabled many farmers
to sow their Lent grain, which the wetness of the
weather prevented their belling In at the usual
time.

The appearance of the country is extremely fine,
and we have the cheering )))) Apect of abundant
crops. wheat fields and pasture lambi present
a luxuliant aspect : our orchards are in a most
promising state, and there is, likely to be a large
quantity of all other fruits, except plums.—
( Exeter Cazeite.)
Our Devinishire orchards continue to hold forth
the most promising appearances that trees can do,
%hid' labour tinder all the sterilizing effects of
moss, deadwood, and exhausted sod. It is observ-
able that oak bark conies off freely this season ;
and when this is the case, it is found the ssp circu-
lates freely in the rind of the apple-trees also—u
circulation absolutely essential to fructification.—
Westcru Luntimirg.)
The resident e of Sir W. StiitTit, Bart. at Ear.
diston, Worcestershire, was on Sunday last discus
vered to be oliare; the first intimation having been
given by of a large alarm bell which
was hung near the top of the house. By the
prompt exertions of the inmates old neighbours,
however, we are most happy to state, the flames
were subdued without effecting much flintier me..
chief than the unroofing of the house. This is
the second time these premises have been neatly
destroyed by lire.
A robbery of rather a singular description was
committed in the neighbourhood of St. Austell,
Corowall. on the night of Friday. May 4S. A
person, who culled luniself and Nan" that be
resided at l'ortloe, applied to Pam, at the
Office of Excise, at Nlits hell, and offered fur
reward of 51. to skew loin where a quantity of
smuggled goods, which he had assisted in lambi%
the night before, were concealed in a cave. The
proposal wltt. accepted, and the patties met at Si.
Austell, by appinutisient, stn FridaydOglit, ato4
soon after set out to secure tha psi 5.1,1 the ease.
When they had walked some miles, awl ham. got to
au tinfreollientrd part of the country the fellow
took an opportimity of tri!iping tip n • Acer's
heels; when seiZl,l4 1111 pistols lie kire;t stn Ise
breast, and threatened to shoot I I lit n.nde any
resisimiter ; he robbed him of 71. and I,lv-ital.,
with which, and the pistols, he mad, icf.
the untied conservator of the revenue to meliss
'way back as well us he could.

CHARGE OF CRUELTY.

Captain larkia, of the East India Cunipany's ship Mar-
quis Camden, was brought up by iVcale9 the officer, and
charged by Jams Bakes, une of the crew of that ship, with
dreadful ill treatment, he having without any provocation,
at one lime, ordered the Complainant to be flogged until he
Will; quite senseless, and then confined joining for seventeen
days; that the Prisoner afterwards directed the Boatswain's
mate to inflict twenty-four bluwa with a rattan, on the
Complainant, and afters acile kept him fur aims weeks ex-
posed to the violent heat of the sun, on the poop of the ship,
picking oakum. A n umber of witnesses were produced, and
the investigation occupied a considerable time, when the
Complainant was directed to take the ease before the uext
Admiralty &BMus.

Laid morning a Richmond strata packet heat
mil with u slight occident at Chiswick, on its pita-
sai.:e to London, owinw to one of the rods of the,
wired broiling. The iniosengers %%ere convtyol to
town in hoes. Ilappily uo injury was sustained
by tiny penomn on boaill.

Y.-derails afternoon the Lottery began drawing,
when Bastes O(fii ..1 ist.r.; distitigui-bed by their
usual pie-eminent meccas, having shared and sold the fol-
low/me evils'', vie.
Nu. 4,482 Psis.. ut X 1,010 I N... 8,*16 Prise of £1,005
401 1 OO5 13.101
2,000
1,489
The f itiOttle holders of the above in 4) , , reit.- their money
on demand, at 4, Cornhill, or 9, lbw inK t ross,olirreTiek. is
and Shares, wairanted nod fur the Second bay, loth
instal'', Art 1010 00 11111 C
LWII ORD 101 t humanely supported
p.
nearly tired c-llirrit and their fitiodies, at
Kik-ayf. • I.ftt'@, itiii who were t gri.t..ri out of
work last stimines4 to lenieetpiente of two of his
Lordship's cullierie• I,:isinz ai.•pped tip to the pre-
Stint pil•riod; some of them hat r liet:ti employed 011
the public roadiawhicli ale 1.1 4 .10..e140101Cr much
4saiiirovcd; but 11l have beef. solely dependant on
she Noble Lord's boutity, which will be continued
milli. the collieries are it,ptii opened, an event,
fortuo. s. b fbr the pour people, that will 1114,44
take place.