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secutor, and swore firmly that the prisoner was the man
who robbed him. The prosecutor was perfectly solar.
Webb, a constable of 'Twickenham, deposed, that he
apprehended the prisoner on the 4th July on Twicken-
ham Common, where he lived. The constables of Isle-
worth mentioned his name, and described his person,
beline he was taken. Witness had understood that the
prisoner had been to his house to offer to surrender 1 ' -
self, previously to his being taken.
Two witnesses were called to speak to the prisoner's
character. .

Mr. Jii,tice Richardson summed up the evidence, and
the Jury found the prisoner guilty-- h—atted la.
J. H •rgrave was indicted for taking front the person of
Junes Holloway, a chain and seals, of the value of 30s.
on the King's highway.
It appeared by the et idence, that these articles of pro-
perty were taken from the prosecutor's person by the
prisoner : hut it appeared both on the prosecutor's tes-
timony, and on that of witnesses, that the act was per-
formed without violence.

The Judge (.Ir. Justice Best) noticed this circum-
stance in the jury, as (me particularly essential, inas-
much as it eitangtil the character of the offence from
highway robbery to stealing front the person.
the jury returned a verdict of guilty of stealing from
the person to the value of less than 40s.

The Grand Jury, basing gone through the whole of
the business assigned to them, about five o'clock were
discharged.
Henry Browne was indicted for stealing from the
rocket of Mr. T. C. Angel, a pocket.book, value Is. 6d.
The prosecutor, it seemed, lost the article iu question
at Bartholomew fair. He was not, however, consciont
of having lost it till informed by an officer, on the day
alluded to, that a person had been taken into custody for
another offence committed at the same fair On search-
ing this individual (die prisoner), a pocket-book was
found, containing letters for the prosecutor, addressed to
hint by name. The Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty.
WEDNESDAY, Strr. 18.—Mary Anne Louisa Butler,
a female of extremely interesting appearance, aged 23,
was c. pualty indicted for stealing, in the dwelling-house
of It. Conerell, in Surrey-street, a penknife and seven
51. Bank of England notes, the property of %V. Drew,
Mr. Adolphus stated the case to the Jitry.
Mrs. Eliza Cotterell resides in Surrey-street, Strand,
and receives boarders and lodgers into her house. In
August last the prisoner applied to conic and lodge and
hoard in her house. She represented herself to be mar-
tied ; she said she was married in France ; that her hus-
band was there, and that she was soon to return to him.
She was received as a lodger on Friday the 2d of August,
at which time Captain Drew, a commander of a West
Indianian, was lodging there also. There was a com-
mon room where the lodgers assembled. On a table in
the dining room there was a writing desk belonging to
the captain. On the lOth of Aupist last, Capt. ll:ew
was out, and at the time of retiring to rest witness and
the misoner quitted the dining r together to go to
bed. The prisotier's sleeping room joined thz.t of the
witness, and W3S lour pair of stairs (row* the dining-
room. Witness din not go to bed immediately, as she
had a child ill, and about half an hour -afterwards, open-
ing her door, she saw the prisoner on the .:tairs, coming
Sue appeared very much agitated, but nothing
particular passed. Ou Sunday witness went into the
dieing-room about one o'clock. The prisoner had pre-
viously gone nut. Capt. Drew'; desk stood m the usual
place, and witness took it up, for the purpose of putting
it on a cloth to press it, when she discovered that it was
unlocked. She upon this discovery put the desk into a
closet and locked it up. Capt. Drew returned on Sunday,
hut witness was it, bed, Mid did not see him, and site
dirt omit return the desk to him until Monday morning.
She gave him the desk, and in consequence of a disco-
very which took place, a Bow-street officer was Rent for,
and the house was searched. The prisoner's room was
searched, and in one ol the ornaments (the rosette) of
the furniture, two five pound notes were found conceal-
ed. Other things were found in her drawers which the
officer would describe.

Captains Wil:iant -Drew proved that, in July, he re-
ceived MI. part of which consisted of sixteen 51. notes
for a draft on Prescott and Co. He had some of those
notes in his possession on Saturday the loth of August.
He was going nut on that day, and said, in the pre.:•:nce
of the prisoner, in the dining-room, he had too much
money in his pocket to take out, and he deposited seven
five pound notes, and locked the desk. At the time lie
put the notes in the desk, a Mr. Driscoll and Miss Cot-
ierell were in the room, as well as the prisoner. Ott
Monday morning Mrs. Conerell delivered the desk to
witness unlocked; oti opening it he missed the notes.—
Ile desireu all the servants might he called up, and de-
tained in the parlour while ne went for a Bow-street
ofic 2r. All the sert anis and Miss Cutterell were then
searched, but no:lnn:4 was Mend.
Mary Anne Ashcroft, a servant at Mrs. Cotterell's, de-
posed, that on the Saturday night in qiiestiott, the pri-
soner sat tip half an hour after Mrs. Cmteiell went tip
staits she rang her bell, and witness answered it. The
primmer then said she had lost her pocket-book. On
Sunday the prisoner again told her she must look for her
pocket-book, for she had not a farthing of money except
W11:11 was in it. She said she hail round the key of the
drawers on the carpet soot) after. She went out, and
did not return until about ten at night.
dAdleSEllis, the officer, produced the desk, and proved
that force had been applied to it ; but he could not say
whether it was opened with a false key or any other in-
strument. Alter searching the rest of the Mandy, lie
went to the prisonet's room, and told her what had oc-
curred, and that he 1111 l st search her. in the top drawer
of a chest of drawers he timid roar sealed parcels, one
of which contained twenty sovereigns, one twenty
shillings, the third ten shillings, and the fourth tett six-
pences. There were also in the drawer two loose sove-
reigns and tour shillings. Be was requested by Mrs.
enttervll to search the tact! furniture ; lie heard it rustle.
Mrs. Cotterell said " what is that which rattles ?" and
put ina baud outside. Witness put in his h. ad and

took out the two M. notes prothreed. He asked prisoner
if she knew how the notes'e one there, and' she said she
knew nothing about them. The other money she said
she had had by her for three re ccks or a month. Oil the
tith of August another 51, note. came into the hands of
the witness, aud he in (nose net .tee went Ids
prison, accompanied by Mr rice • a medical gentleman,
at Kensington.
Cross exantined.—When witnes s went to the pri-
soner's room she was in bed, and she W 35 "01 apprised
why he came. Mrs. Comic!l knocks at the door, and
after some time was admitted, and sou '" alter witness
also went in. Witness did not search il, e bed furniture
the first time; some one else did, hut he ~could not say
who it was. When before the Magistrate, she said she
sealed up the money to take with her to Frai
Mr. Newport, (leek to the house of Presser tit and Co.
proved the numbers of the notes paid to Mr. Drew bar
his draft of 1801. The two 51. produced we% 0 tnn of
those so paid. The third note producer: by 1 Its, was
another of ike notes paid to Mr Drew.
Mr. George Price. of Kensington, a surgeon anti drti;-
gist, depcseil, that on Sunday, 11th of August, hr t rdd a
bottle of lavender water to a woman, whom he befit red
to he the prisoner. The price was 2s. 6.1. and she g are
I II 51. note to pay for it. He asked her address, aml
she said," No. 8, St. James's-place, St. James's•street,"
—Whets asked her name, she said she would name the
lady from whom she received the note, and gave " Mrs.
Gray, at an academy at Brook Green." Witness saw
her afterwards in Tothill-fields. This closed the case for
the Crown.

The prisoner was then called upon by Mr. Justice
Richardson to make any observations which she might
be desirous of offering to the Jury in her defence.
She requested leave to sit while she addressed the Jury,
and commenced vadinet from a paper which she held in
her hand. She appealed to the Jury in pause before
(upon the evidence which had been adduced, however
strong it might appear to be) they made up their mitols
to convict her unite felony with which she stood charged.
—Was it likely that site would have staid in the home
after commuting the robbery, when she had an ample
opportunity of going away t Was it not absurd to sup-
pose that she would not have got rid of the notes if she
had stolen them? The sovereigns, (as she would prove
by evidence) were sent to her by a gentleman who had
been kind to het for some time past, but whose name she
site must he pardoned for withholding.
Mr. Alley then called Joseph Singlesnu, a porter, who
swore, that about three weeks before the prisoner was
taken into custody, he took a letter containing money
from a gentleman at Hi.od le's Club-house to the prisoner.
Mary Ashcroft re.calle I—She made the prisoner's
bed, and the door of the room was never fastened. She
did search, as the prisoner desired her, Ism her pocket-
book, but site <Ed not find it. She did not search the
rosettes nor the biAl Ihroiture.

Mr. Justice R.chardson summed up the evidence, and
directed the July to acquit the prisoner of the capital part
of the charge of stealing in a dwelling-house, as it had
been proved 1113 t the name of Mr. Coiterell was strongly
described in the intlionient• Ile was there called
Robert Cotterell only, whereas his woe hrd declared
his name ti, lie Robert Donner Coiterell.

The Jury found the prisoner guilty ul alealing. but not
in a d well i ng- homer.
The mai hived six hours, during which the Court was
crowded to excess, and the must intense interest was ma-
iniested. _ . .

Reading, aged 26, was indicted for burgla-
rionsly breaking and enteriug the dwelling-house of R.
Westwood, in the parish of St. Anne, Sohn, on the 28th
of July last, and stealing thereout watches, chains, seals,
ire. to the amount of upwards of 1,0001.
Benjamin Solommis was indicted as an accessory, he
having received the stolen articles, well knowing them
to be stolen.
11r. R. Westwood stated, that he resided in Prince's-
street, Soho, where he carried on business as a jeweller.
On the day in question he went out and double locked
his door. On his return it was single locked, and the bac
down; and when he went in, he found that the place
had been quite ransacked in his absence ; gOo watches,
a great number of gold pills, seals, ear-rings, Over ihnn-
la es, spoons,a quantity of coral neck lac,•s, six sovereigns,
note. and 3.. iii silver, were taken away. The
sov,:reigos were marked, two of which he could swear to.
Cross-examined by Mr. Alley.—Hari Defer seen any
of the watches or seals since.
Reading was searched in prison, after being taken to
.Nlarlborough-street. A watch was found on him. Wit-
ness did not claim it, but it was returned. Witness
could swear to the two sovereigns. Left DO person in
the house when he s.ent oet.
Re-examined.—five sovereigns were found on Reading
in the House of Correction.
Several witnesses spoke to the identity of Reading, and
to having seen him on the day in question near the pro-
secutor's house.
The watchman who secured Reading found on his
person a waicAseals, six sovereigns, and two shillings.
fhe clerk at me House of Cotrecuon proved a paper,
discovered about the person of Reading, directed to los
brother, and requesting that certain articles there named
might be pill out of the way.
The prosecutor suttee to the two sovereigns.
Three witnesses, Cope, Alexander, and Green, proved
that Alexander obtained many gold pins from Solomonc,
which he sold to Green, in whose shop they were found.
Alexander, in his cross examinattoo, persisted in
swearing that he did not know what price he gave Solo-
moos for the pins.
Air. Justice Best said, that the only evidence affecting
Solommts (namely, that of Alexander 411 d its Wind)),
was not sufficient to convict hint. With respect to the
other prisoner, he feared this would not be the case.
Tue Jury acquitted Soloutons, but found Rtuding
Guilty—Death.
H KSDAY, SEPT. King, a Mail of very re-
spectable app.:arance, was intheted for stealing a silver
spoon, value los. the property of James Taylor, ksq.

William Baker. a pawnbroker, stated, that the pri.
loner came to his shop, on the event's; of the gth of
Srptembet, and oll.2red the spoon to question, which
Ills apprentice detained. Prisoner said, he had brought
it for a frieed, who resided at Camden Town, and after-
wards said "it was only a lark." Ile gave his true re. I
sniroce, where lie was afterwards apprehended.
James 13:asley, ho ler to the prosecutor, said, th
the prisoner was well known to hint ; lie frequently
called at ills master's house; was there on the evening
of the gm. The slxlou IS ills master's, and has his in-
itials and crest.
Cross-examined by Mr. Alley.—Prisoner bore an ex•
cellent character; was in liquor when he took the
Several very respectable witnesses gave the prisoner a
good character.
Toe Jury found him guilty, and recommended him to
enerey.
The Recorder observed, the recommendation should
certainly lie attended to. The prisoner had acted vety
foolishly, and would rect.ive a sligin poinsitineitt Ito his
lull y.
James Moores, and James Nicholas Moores (father
and soli) were indicted for breaking and ententig the
dwelling-house of Henry William Suuthwell, and steal-
ing theteout several articles of line'', his property. They
were (timid guilty of stealing only.
James Moores„ the father, was again placed at the
bar, oil an indictment charging him with feloniously
breaking and entering the dwellingdiouse of J..alapier,
on the 2I st of July last, and stealing thereont two gold
rings, tom silver spout's, some bed furniture, and other
articles, his property.
Mr. Alley raised an objecdon, which Mr. Justice Best
observed was a valid one, and which did away with the
capital part of the charge. The Jury found him guilty
of stealing.
Thomas Howis surrendered to take his trial on an in.
dictinent charging hint with stealing a promissory
tor LSI. Kn. tile property of Alexander Walker.
Aim W"alker slated, that she is tile wife of Alexander
Walker, who r bow a warrant officer in his Majesty's
service; she was a tenant of the prisoner's. flan the Aid'
lit last December, she sent to hint .o take his quarter's
rent, but lie would not deduct the land tax. lie then
neat away, and returned with a broker. Witness told
her daughter to take down the receipt and show it to the
Lroker and tier daughter, instead ot putting the receipt
tin the table, placed the promissory note in question
there. Howis snatched a up, carried It off, and witness
never got It back. The reason site had not indicted him
before was, that she expected tie would have gisen up
the note.
Mr. Justice Best thought this too stale a prosecution
to convert Imo a felony, and the Jury acquitted the pet-
itioner.
Mr. Justice Best.—lf you have the note, llowir, give
it up.
Howls—My Lord, so help me God I never had it.
Tile note was tiever tit existence.
Mr. Justice Best said, that after what he had heard
lie should not give the witnesses their expences.
11101113 S Gordon, a young man, was intltchal capitally
for assaulting William Clarke, on the highway, and rub-
bing hum oh a watch chain, value 21.
Toe Jury foutid the prisoner guilty—death.
William Miltim, a y It of 18, was taint:l,ly indicted
for assaulting Thomas Davis, of the highway, and tak-
ing from his person a bundle of linen, the property of
Mary Davis.
Thomas Davis, aged I I years, swore, that on the
evening of the Idili of August he Was with Ins ummer,
in Great Queen-street, laticolit's-nisi-fields, with a bun-
dle in his nand. Ilis mother was SWIM yards before
when lie was struck on the head, kiwi:lied down,
and the bundle taken front lout. lie old not kuiew the
prisoner.
Alary Davis, the mother, corroborated the boy's state-
ment as tar as her knowledge went. Site heard hum cry
Muruerl I have lost my bundle."
Bar well saw the boy uu the ground, and the
prisoner dragging him alto% by hie bundle. Ile got it
at length, and rail away, but was overtaken with it in
kis possession.
Several Wilnemle4l gave the prisoner a goo I character.
The Jury Mond the prisoner guilty--ttrath, and ex-
pressed a wish to recommend him stimigly to mercy.
Justice Besi.—l shall certainly onward the re-
commendation of the Jury, although 1 cannot, in such a
case, answer for its effict.
PERIM RY.—Edinulid Burke was put to the liar on an
indictment, chargnig him with having has lug cot 1111 l Intel
gross and wilful perjury at the Justice Hall, in the Old
Bailey, on the 3.1 0l July last.
It will be recollected thAt the prisoner appeared as a
witness on the fatal of his Limiter, Tobias Bloke, for
blgaltlYi he having, it 1815, married Miss Mary Butler,
of Cashel, his former wiie Lelllg 111111 On that
• occ:.stott the prisoner swore that lie was at Mr. Butler's
sin the day the marriage %vas sworn to hate been solem-
n zed, and that tin such ceremony took place; that his
brother was so intoxicated as not to kitow what he was
doing, amp that lie never gas e his bunker away in mar-
riage to Miss Biltf•r ; it' consctlilericeill what took place
on that I,ceeo..iutt, Mr. Justice liiiiroyd, who beam tile
Cam, (1111111.11 led the prisoner 10 INCW4aIe.
The Itecordi•r summed up tile et ic etice ; the Jury
found die prisoner godly, and the itecoroer mimed, .tely
sentenced the prisoner to Le imprisoned six months, aild
thf•tt transported for seven yea..
FRIDAY, SEPT. Jells was Charged with
stealing several bottles of wine, a piece of cheese, and
'cher articles of provision, the property (il W. Allen.
Ezabetit Udell, sersant to the prosecutor, stated, that
site went to bed about el.vell O'clovk on the night of the
llth of August, leaving every thing sire. time missed
the articles in questiuti die following morning Flom the
sate, where they had liven depostted. Tine wine bottles
were walked at the bottom with a that'll/WI, sod were
found in the prnutter's house partly emptied of their
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John Mance, all officer, searched the prisoner's house,
and found part of a leg of lamb, a piece of cheese, and
one bottle of wine, which was marked in a similar man-
lier to those in the cellar of the prosecutor. Witness
Irmo took him into custody ; as they were 1401117 towards
the office in Worsitip.street, prisoner said he supposed
Ile should gm this d—ii, so
that he escaped the " dancers."
Thomas Brno, another officer, who assisted in taking
the prisoner, corroborated the statement of the last wit-
ness; and being called on to explain the aneatting of the
term " dancers," said it was meant boing to be hanged.
The Jury found him guilty.
The prisoher was then taken from the bar, and shook
hands with a female in Court, to whom he bade good
bye with the most callous indiffirence.
Peter Doran was charged upon an indictment with
inflicting divers wounds, kicks, and bruises, oil various
parts of the body of Thomas Whalley, on the 2uth of
August, of which lie languished till the Sth September,
and then died. . .

It appeared from the evidence that the deceased, in
company with others, at a poblicdmuse. Toe prisoner
came in, when the deceased immediately accused bins
of rubbing him (the deceased) of a sovereign. The pri-
soner denied it, and threatened to knock Imn down if he
dared to repeat the accusation ; deceased did repeat it,
and challenged hint to fight; a utiler ensued, and de-
ceased was thrown a severe fall, which he did not revs.
ver. He was taken home by tie prisoner and another
person, and they partook of a bottle of wine together.
The deceased and the prisoner then parted, upon seem-
ingly good terms. In a few days after the deceased got
worse, and died on the B,h of September.
A surgeon, who had opened the wily, stated, that on
examination he found the liver considerably enlarged,
and extended (ruin the hip to the chest. There was 00
doubt whatever in his mind that the disease had been
preexisting, and a blow would hasten his death. The
wine he had taken would certainly accelerate tits death
independent of either blow or fall.
Mr. Justice Best recapitulated the facts of the case,
and the Jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a
verdict of not guilty.
‘Valter Blanchard was capitally indicted for breaking
and entering the dwelling house of Lord Barnard in die
day time, John D3VIS and others being therein, and
stealing 29 towels, the properiy of his Lordship.
The prisoner made no defence, and was found guilty,
death.—Aged 15.
Alexander Brown, a mere boy, was put to the bar,
charged capitally with stealing seten sover;igns and one
sixpence, tln. property of W. Fume:nix, to his dwelling
house.—TheJory Mood hint gniity-.-
BIGAISY.—Junn Pavey, aged 4'2, a marvellously ill-
favoured person, was indicted for feloniously intermarry-
ing with Mary Thomas, his wife Bridget being at the
time alive. _

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:Mary Thomas stated, that shy lived at the house, No.
in Carey-street, and was a widow. On the Monday
after Whitsuntide, as she was walking over Illackh tars-
bridge, and looking through the balustrades, the prisoner
accosted her, and asked her if she was admiring the
boats? She said she was, and he said he was 3 jittlue of
boats, baying been to sea himself. They conversed to-
aetiter for sOlale time, and lie walked lionie with her.
They met again by appointment on the next Monday,
and on several subs:corm occasions, and in five weeks
from the commencement of theiracmt tintance they were
married by banns at the parish church of St. Clement
Danes, in the presence of her mother, and a woman,
named Nlartlia Jones. He represented himself to be a
porter at a large house in the Strand, but she found af-
terwards that he was only an itinerant dealer in oysters.
Shortly after they were married a woman Cain: to their
lodgings and claimed the prisoner as her own lawlnl
InistLind. _

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Martha Jones deposed, that she was present at the
inarriaLte of the prisoner with Lary Thomas at St. Cie.
went DAM'S. _ _ .

k.Lzahet h Western, mother to M rs. Thomas, said, she
abv was present at the man tap ceremony.
Two witnesses then deposed, that they were present
at the marriage of the prisoner with Bi id*el Toel, in the
1111 l nth of May, about seven years ago. Site was now
alive, and in the purlieus of the Court. They lived to-
gether about six )ears, and hail several children.
Mr. Justice Best shortly summed up, and the Jury
found the prisoner guilty.

Ft E.—About half past eight o'clock on Monday
evening, a most destructive fire bloke out in the floor cloth
manufactory of Messrs. Rolls and Goulston, at :lie angle of this
Gringe and New Bermondsey Roads. It originated in the
Guilin house, and, front the highly ineammable nature of the
n:u•ertals, spread with rapidity to the extensive manufactory,
consuming tile entire building, together with a heavy stock, of
immense value. The dames next caught the dwelling house of
Mr. Rolls, junior, which was entirely destroyed. The timber
purl of Mr. Dean, adjoining, caught fire, and the whole pis•
mises were in one tremendous blaze. Aluny engines arrived,
and by the exertions of the firemen a heavy pile of mahogany
was carried off. The roof and hack at Mr. Goulston's Innis:, in
the New Bermondsey Road, wab materially injured ; upwards of
so houses in Pitt% l'luce and Chapel Court are more or less
damaged, and, being in the occupation of weekly tenants, the
distress occasioned by their necessatily hasty removal was affects
lag. Hall, Rice, Collingwood, and a large party of the ;Surrey
Fa.rol were in active attendance. About ten o'clock a shed, on
which were 50 or CO persons, gave way, and several were much
hurt, bet none seriously. 'lnc premises were partly insured.
At half past eleven o'clock the tire was extinguished. with the
exception of some piles of umber, but from which no further
danger was expected.
Monday the 9th instant. as Mrs. Wilbraham and
heir daughter were taking the air in a low fuur-wheeled carriage,
near to Ilote hill House, iii Itainault Forest, the hos on winch
the footman (ado wasdris fog) was seated, suddenly gave way,
anti the 'arrant was precipitated to the ground ; the horse
taking alarm at this eircumstanee, set oil' at full gallop no the
Romford road. The two ladies %. ere throw n with considerable
violence from their seats : Mrs. 11 ilbrahain receised several
most set ere wounds at the back of her bead, remained entirely
senseless till the Weiliiesdly eseniug, and then espii ed at her
' house in Chiorelbrinv. Miss W ilbrallani was also ***** tly
Wit, but, it is to be Loped, is in a fair wa) of recni try.

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Ace:l:mgr.—On Tuesday morning last, nine young
men, bookbinders, in the employ of Mr. Gamy. Bar.
bican, agreed to make a holyday, and clubbed two shil-
lings a piece for the purpose of hiring a boat, the rest of
the money to be spent. They proceeded to Westiniiialtr.
bridge, where they hired a 6.oared cutter, and without
a waterniait they rowed to Kew, where they dined and
spent the day ; on their return in the eveniug about dusk,
when between the Red Lion and the Eagle, use of the
parry (Bean) stood up hastily, for the purpose of re-
lievnig one of his companions at the oar, and he fell
headloremost into the river: Thomas Buchan, who sat
next hilts, in his endeavours to save him, fell in likewise.
Richard Marks, another of the party, instantly stripped
off his coat and jumped in to save them, when he grap-
pled Him hard, and the three sunk to rise no more alive.
the survivors rowed instantly to the Red House, where
they gave an alarm, the drags were procured without
delay, and several boats went to the spot; the bodies
were dragged kir till past 12 o'clock, but without success.
—Bean was about 24 years of age, and a widower with
one child; Buchan was a single young man; and Marks
lett a wife and two children to lament his loss. Tne
whole of the stirs ivors, with some of the friends of the
deceased, repaired to Chelsea on the following morning,
for the purpose of lgain draeging for the bodies.
COROlieleS INQUEsr.—Au an inquisition was taken
on Wednesday morning. by Mr. Hugs, deputy coroner
for Westminster, in Totlidficlds prison. It appeared
111.111 about half-past nine o'clock 011 'Tuesday forenoon,
the deceased, who had previously been in perfect health,
slid had eaten a good breakfast, was suddenly visited
with a violent retching and spasms, and complained of
violent pains in her inside, Mr. Nodder, the governor,
beitiB, informed that she was seized with spatula, recom-
mended some warm water to be given her, and ordered
that if she did not presently get better, the medical at.
of the prison should be sent for. Warm water
and gruel were given to her, but neither would remain
on her stomach, nor did she get any relief from her
pains. About half past twelve Mr. J. Levies, surgeon,
of Charles street, arrived, and finding her pulse very low,
and her extremities cold, ordered her some brandy and
water, which she took. Finding her no better in about
a quarter of an hour, he directed her to be sent into the
sick ward, am(' some medicine which which he pre-
scribed to be made up and administered. He then left
the prison with directions that he should be seat for if
any change took place before he returned in the evening.
Before lie git home, however, lie was overtaken by a
messenger nom the prison, and returning immediately
hound her dead. 'File body was opened on IVednestlay
morning by Mr. Lurks, and Mr. White, surgeon, tsf
Parliament-str..et, and presented nothing remarkable but
a slight appearance of disease in the aortal to which
they would not hate beet inclined to ascribe her death,
but from hearing that the deceased had complained of
what she called spasms of the heart, they thought it
possible that it might have caused those pains suit that
affection which ter aaa iii sted its death. On examining the
contents of the stomach, nothing likely to have proved
injulimis was discovered thereto.—Verdact—" Died by
the visitation of God.

AlasAseitoLY AP/AIR.—On Friday eveninr, Mr.
Walter Irwin, of Barrack-street, potshot, was arrested
on a Sneritt's writ, and tinfOrtunately refused aceoiti-
pailying tare bailiffs, who, iii eoasequence, wounded
Ulna so desperately, that he expired in the Sheriff's pri.-
(Will Lilt( lie nail been taken subsequently), oil &I.
1U.(1.1y et citing, at half-past se'•en o'clock. Peace officers
itur, Pitillips, and Tityne, of the Monntrath division.
took tnrre peisons win" w..re charged with the offence
into cii,tody ; their names are Ml2orisiack, lietherin_
ton, and li la. The wounds of which the deceased
tiled were intlxicil with a sword cane.

WAhraNG BUNDIft)LD. —A few evenings ago,
het Yirfill the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, a gentleman in
Uubhu u.idertook, for a wager for a supper for ten, to walk
likilllfulded Ilona inties's.gate,Thomas-street, to Nelson's Pillar,
bre/bide-street. After toe various accidents which might ha
expected, such u tumbling over apple-women's .tails, falling
into sloughs, which were calculated to suit animals of an 11111-
pililllJUS nature, and losing his way Many a time and oft,"
is bye Lire* and lung (mines, be accomplished his undertaking,
and won the wager a little after midnight, having sustained no
further damage than what arose from a cut nose, Which was
occasioned by his bobbing his proboscis against the rails which
surrounded the base art the pillar. He held a short stick in
hits hand during his peregrinatiOns, to guard himself from
.• moving accidemr;" but as he approached the mid of his pil-
grimage, he war thrown oil his paid by his eagerness to ar-
rive at the place of destination ; the stick was flung to earth,"
and his nose, taking its place, felt the rails out for its master.
Thus he won the wager, literally by following his nose !
Daring attempt al A.ssassivalzon and I?oihery.
Last evening before eight o'clock, as Mr. Hooper, of Kenning-
too, was returning from the city, he was surrounded mid knocked
down by sev er,.l villains near the Cohourg Theatre, and drug-
ged into a lucid ; bat having su,•ceeded in making himself heard,
so as to obtain istime.liate assistance, (though not one watchman
or patrol appeared) he escaped without being robbed or re-
ceiving mach personal injury. It is hoped the police will ba
inure upon the skit iu this quarter.
Ott ‘Veattestiny night last, between eight and
nine o'clock, three ricks of clover, the property of Mr. Wragg,
at ‘Vadde,ilun, were set on lire, and alnit,st consumed heiure
the dames could he subdued. &time cottages, only a few
yards distant from the spot, were in imminent danger, bat
were preserved owing to the direction of the wind. A person,
who was noticed lc, king a'.nit the premises ...on alter the
lire commenced, has beim apprehended on suspicion of bcitag
the incendiary.

DREARIIUL FIRE NEAR DROOREDA.—OiI Wed.
Destiny night, the 1 I :it instant, a destructive lire broke out in
the new &Jur-mills of Chanuou Rock, in the county of Louth,
the property of Faithful Fortescue Esq. of Corderry, which
consumed the machinery and roof of this valuable concern,
together with about 3,UJU bluets of grain and • quantity of
flour. l'ae Loa 11 engine of Dundalk, with several of the in-
habitants, proceeded with promptitude to the scene of destruc-
tion, hut the Ore had gut so much a head, that their caribous
were unavailin;„ and ectry thing fell a prey to the devoutiog
dement. 1 lie Me was caused by the iroct;on of part of the
machinery, proper attent.un to which h.d hot been paid by the
workmen. 'l.!!e building was insured.