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THE NATIONAL REGISTER

the calendar, and none of them charged with any crime of
marked iitracity.
BANK FonGeatea.—The folluuing prisoners pleaded
guilty to the minor otfence of having forged notes in their
possession, wliiell Slibjeels them to tran:poitation for 14
years a—Williatn Goltison, aged :36 ; Alfred Pink, aged 30;
John Clark, aged 50; and Sarah Price, aged 32.
Errassisc. Itonuray.—Mitlachi Thornton, aged 27;
Andrew Smith, aged 23; Joint Walsh, aged 23; John Galvin,
aged 32; nail Joim Woodaid, alias Brooks, aged 22, sol-
diers, were capitally indicted with having, on the morning
List,
of the 211 of April la, tit the parch of Purism,Ports-
mouth, feloniously and hurglariously broken and entered
the dwelling-house of Captvin James Hearne,/ White, alio
stolen therein n large quantity 01 dollars, flank Utiles, biker,
plate, wearingapparcl, his property.
It appeared from the prosecutor. Captain White, his ser-
vant, and others, that ma the 221 of April he left London for
Portsmouth, tithing with bun the property in question. On
arriving at his house, it was lodged in the parlour, where a
temporary bed wits erected fur the Captain; the room hid a
how window, and was fronting the street, so that any person
mi4ht have seen the property, and what was passing within.
On Captain White's awaking next morning, lie found the
room in the greatest confusion, and his gold watch and
w Web he had placed on the escrutoire„ gime, together
with the other articles. Tile door, a hich shut by a bin WK.
was open, sonic lundkerchit.'s having got entangled under ii.
011 searching tile house, the scullery winJow was discovered
to be open, through which the thieves had effected their
entrance. Au oyster knife, which was sit num to !rive been
in the bridlely on the family going to bed, was found in the
parlitur, but for v hal piii.po-e it was removed is not known.
A female, who sleitt iii the upper part of the house, stated
stir heard u noise ;thou( one in (lie murrain.
lit consequence of information itceived, Captain White, '
w lilt two °hirers, on the 27th of April, repaired to Cashel'',
and a 'toile sitting in all inn sew the prisoner Thilillitbilll
fie was immediately secured, and MI search bang made,
some of the stolen articles were found. They then weal to
the barracks: nail Smith aril Ilrookv wile taken into custody.
An extensive search Nas Wen made ; Galvin gave till (hell
watch and seals, W 101 l II it appeared he obtained (ruin 11
Smith, utid a large quitatity t f the plate and Ullif)111111 was
found in the possession of Thornton, It oohs, and Smith,
agahist whom the evidence was quite clear; but it did nut
materially :Meet Walsh.
Mr. Justice Hest summed up the raid:ince with his usual
Impartiality, mid adverted tip the want of sule-taid at evi-
denee against Walsh. His lordship nisi, obsti wed, it i 4 st. for
the jury to consider whether the proof of burglary hod been
made out against Galvin, who might be viewed is the light
of a receiver.

The Jury, after a short conmitatinn, pionnunced Thorn-
ton, Smith, and Brooke guilty of burglary ; (Lavin guilty of
receiving the watch, knowing it to be btoleit, and acquitted
Wsl,ll.

His Lordship then, in so impressive address, passed the
awful *entrees of death on the three first pi isoners, and sen-
tenced Galvin to twelve months' imprisonownt in the House
of Correction.

Polue.

BOWS FREET.

CONVICTION SNOBS THE NSW POLICE ACT—On
Monday, Thomas Cole, the keeper of one of the night
coffee-shops, appeared before Mr. Bernie, the sitting ma-
gistrate, upon an information exhibited against him,
under the Police Act, passed in the recent session, for
keeping his shop open after ten o'clock, contrary to the
provisions of that statute.
A constable of St. Clement's stated, that the defendant
had, for a long time, kept a coffee-shop of the worst de-
scription of characters, and open all hours of the night.
It was the determination of the officers of St. Clement's
parish to avail themselves of the power Osseo by the sta-
tute,and the constables had orders to watch them closely,
and to exhibit informations against theowners whenever
they should infringe upon the law. At two o'clock in
the morning of Ssnday se'nnight, witness went to the
defendant's shop, and found it fillcd with louse charac-
ters of both sexes, some fighting, others asleep, and the
remainder in situations that it would not be delicate to
describe.

Mr. Birnie asked the defendant if he had any thing to
stale in Ins defence?

Ile said he was very sorry, and pleaded his ignorance
of any statute as the one under which he was su tttttt oned,
and hoped the worthy magistrate would lie lenient with
hint, as he had closed Isis shop at a seasonal.le hour since
the information was exhibited.

The constable said, that was the fact.
Mr. 'lonic said, he was glad to hear that, and under
the circumstances he would line the defendant bl. only.
Defendant.-1 cannot pay 51., sir.
Mr.l3irnie.=Chen you must be committed to the
House of Correction for six weeks.

The defendant was accordingly committed but, in
the course of three hours, the fine was paid.
Hugh Rogers, one of a notorious set of swindlers who
have lately infested the metropolis, obtaining large sums
of money from different persons under the pretence of
procuring them situations under Gavernnteni, was
brought up for reexamination, charged with defrauding
George Dykes of two bills of exchange for the paytusitt
of bOl. each, which he had obtained from him under a
similar pretence. The prosecutor (Dykes) is a labouring
carpenter, residing in Fisher•s►rect, Red laomsqoare, and
by his industry !tad possessed I ' elf of the above pro-
perty: be untOrtunately gut acquainted with she Kis
soner,who represented to hint that he had the interest of
several gentlemen who could procure situations for hint,
and that there was a situation vacant in the Excise which
he would get hint for 1001.: to this proposition Dykes
agreed, and gave I ' he before-mentioned bills, which
were endorsed by his brother, who is a respectable
tradesman. After the prisoner had got possession of the
bills, he kept out of the way for s hate after, but
Dykes happened to meet hint, and watched him home,
and then obtained a warrant, on which lw was appre-
hended.—He was fully committed for uial fur the hand.

A great number of pickpockets and other thieves as-
setnbled on Wednesday near the Be:vnlete Tavern,
while the people were waiting to see the balloon, as-
cend, ann communed several robberies is the moat au
dacious 11141111 e r 1111:0113b1:.

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AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR JULY.
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There is little of novelty to preseut to the public, at this
time, as no agricultural report. The ditferent crops upon
the ground have improved since cur last, from a favourable
rim irtem the weather. wlillst ,et there has been a great want
of solar heat. Lute high winds alto, may have had some
degree of ill effect on the wheats under the flowering pro-
cess. Nevertheless, all the crops appear in a prosperous and
thriving state, and very probably at if truest, to afford a con-
siderahle augmentation of the national stock of corn, pulse,
and roots collectively. The sit ck of roots was great, and
the late rains will draw up a large aftertuark. The hops are
much mended, and is ill probably he a far greater crop than
was expected. TIM groo ilt of seeds this year has nut been an
successful. Tares will be u good (top. Fruit is in far
greater abundance tluu the early ,C:ASUII promised, apples
being the chief exception. The late rains have drawn up
the turnip phials to a size and substance to defy the fly.—
Live stock, both fat and lean, has declined in price ►tilt
further since our last, with a chance to encounter the usual
autumnal fall. Wool has experienced a trifling amendment
io price. Tae crops generally, in Ireland and upon the Con-
tinent, are reported to be of good promise.

Extraordinary Escape from &Mg Wednes- •
day a buy was riding a tine blood mare belonging to Mr.
Hughes, of liattunVaid, Hatton Garden; a waggoner,
who was passing with his team, cracked his whip, which
so fiightened the animal that he set off at lull speed down
Mutton Hill, run over a pour woman, who was sitting at
a fruit stall, broke her table, and scatteied the limit, but
also escaped with only a few bruises ; the boy not being
able to coil, the animal lie ran down Vine Street, which
is divided from Mutton Hill by a bar across the street ;
the holmt kapeil over the bar, which is about five feet
and uu lighting on the slipper, tlaggcil pavement,
oil tile opposite side, his teet blipped Jaw! Its till ; the boy
was thrown oil': the neighbours rah to his, assistance, ex-
pecting nothing less than that lie would be dashed to
pieces, but nuracidously neither received the smallest
Thursday se'nnight, at EAkenharn, a pedestrian,
named Jennings, undertook to run 40 miles in eight
hours, which lie perforated with ease, having five minutes
to spare.
Swaitharn fair was but thinly attended; there was a
large quantity of lambs which sold at eery low prices;
there was but a sinall SIICW of neat stuck, and nu good
horses.

Oa Wednesday afternoon a dreadful accident, and
which had like to have been atICIIIIM with the loss of
several lives, occurred neatthe Belvidete, Pentonville.—
A 'lumber of persons of both sexes, esausisting of men, .
women, and children, who had assembled to witness tie
ascension of the balloon, climbed on a low wall topped
with iron railing, surrounding the lawn in front of a gen- -
ilemats's house, for the purpose of elevating themselves
above those on the ground, when the railing not being
sufficient to resist the cumbrous weight ()filmic attached
to it, about twenty yards of it gave way, together with
part uf the wall, bearing all belme it into the street ;
several were seriously hurt, and many had either a leg or
arm broken, but the most serious case or ail was that of a
hue boy, about eight years of ege, who was killed no the
spot by a large portion of the stoat pillar falling on his
head, which crushed it to pieces.
LAWSISTAULE ACCIDENT.-011 Friday night Mr. R.
Parker, Ssock-broker, ul Bartholomew-lane, in the city,
who resided at Kensington, having been bled copiously
in the course of the day; imprudently went to bathe iu
Cie Serpetaine River: he had been in the water about a
quarter of an hour, when he soddenly disappeared.—A
number of persons were swimming at the tune iu the •
river, and gate the alarm; the boat belonging to the
Royal II 'sue Society's house was rowed to the spot,
and the hotly was dragged for till a late hour, but was •
not found till Saturday morning about seven o'clock.—
The legs and arms of the deceased were much coinracted, .
and it was the opinion of the medical men, that he died
of the cramp. A coroner's inquest sat on the body, and •
An awful instance of sudden death occurred on •
Wednesday afternoon, in Lower-street, Islington.—
Mrs. Whitmore, the wife of a respectable carpenter,
residing in that street, whilst standing at her own
door, looking, with others, at the balloon, which
juA ascended from the Ildvidere, dropped suddenly
down, and expired immediately, before surgical as-
sistance could be procured.
The Maria, Captain Thornthwaite, arrived in
Dublin on Thursday, having on board Sir Gregor
Mac Gregor, his lady, and family ; they sailed from
Santa Martha in an armed schooner hound to Gree-
nock, but falling in with the Maria, about 1:30
leagues to the West of Ireland, and being short of
water, they went on board, and are now at (ire-
sham's hotel Suckville-street,
DISTRESSING SHIPWRECK. The ship Essex,
Pollard, of Nantucket, has been lost in the Pacific
Ocean, by being struck by a whale ; the crew were
compelled to leave her suddenly in their boats,
(three in number), with a scanty supply of provi-
sions; shortly after in a gale, the boat in which the
captain was separated from the, other two, which
have not since been heard of. The captain's boat
moon getting out of provisions, the survivors were
compelled to subsist upon the carcasses of studs as
perished until their ntunbers was reduced to three,
when they were at length driven to the dreadtal
alternative of casting lots which should die to s.!b-
mist the others. in this manner the two lived, until
they were fortunately picked up.
Friday last a servant of the Mi4ses Fiteclurence,
of Audley-square, passing by the Qacen's house at
the moment of the servant's replying to the inquiries
of some visitors, exclaimed sneeringly,—" A happy
release, and a new recruit." A short tune after,
another servant, out of livery, gut into the hull, and
was examining the visiting book, when her Nlajcs
servant immediately turned hint out or the house