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London, England, 1818-08-27 00:00:00

STEALING IN A SHOP.

Lydia Greene, a respectable looking young woman, was
charged with stealing eight pole of storkiugs, the property of
Williams Dew, hosier, Cliespoide.
John Davis, @holmium to Mr. Dew, stated, that between
three and four o'clock yesterday, as he was serving a
customer, It saw the Prisooer come iota Iheshop, aud lake
up the stockings', and walk away with darn ; be followed her
sod brought lire bark ; ►he did nut attempt to ran away,
but carried the stuckiugs openly in bee bead. He delivered
bee into the comedy of as vane.
The Prisoner being called ors fur her defence,. said she howl
nothing to say, as the witness was correct in every titan' be
lied raid.

The otlicer staled, that on searching the Prisoner he bad
found nit ►er two lettres from her ►ssbatd, who is on hoard
the hulks, soder arnomoce of trasisportatina ; the k►te►s
were produced, sod merely contained commus-place ve-
rminous edaffection, sad regrell lag his separation front awe.
Mr. Davis, doorman, said it was sot the sigh of that
gendensan lo peureesite the Primmer. as he thought distress
weight have helm the cruse it hercommitliwg the theft.
Alderman Ifiergaie observed. dot the rubbery had been
eotimpivlrly proved, and that it Sal 3 duty that Mr. Dew
owed hi She pohile to prosecute she Primmer, and it was his
duty as ■ 3brigisirale to compel Mae He wait the last man
that would p►ess proserntious fur bilks, Mailers. Hut this
was a rubbery rurnenetted en apes day, sod sot deleted. to
ern sllemp►rd to be juistilled. Voder every circumstance
he considered it his duty to commit the Primmer fur trial,
awl baud She parties ovt r to prosecute.
The Pristooter unseated, with the greatest appearance of
anxiety, that her bushators letters might he restored to her ;
they were accordingly returned to her, sad she left the bar
with an apparent air of triumph.
is one old of the mu, eases where unfortusale
wives have committed theft, is loupes of joiuirg their has.
beads who have been trassememeal.

Yesterday -limp& Mond,. was broacht to the Ogee. east
rhar^nl ow estepteion of elealiag a deck, the property of
surne person ur perms' uselmovsso.
li appeared that rrierselay about lealtpatt eigist
&clack, Thomas 11.41411eame, • petrels.. liele•ging to the
Office' was parsing tierowith as.gsw-wrik. Melees, whets
be üb:rored the Prisoner. whom be knew to be • suspicious

character, prune...ding ep MaaaersatreN, whieh is bring
a thoroughfare, he Ita.l au ihmeht bat hr weal Users la avoid
him; he pursued him up Nasaers4Novel. aisJ when he
came lop to him he i brew away a huailie be bail li.d op Iw all
Spsele and fell OR. Thy cry of " Slap fliirf'." was raised, mid
be was atioppesl and recount The boodle hr had thrums away
',fovea to lie a Ow lc, which the Primmer nut being able to
give n satisfactory accusal of his possession of it, he was
roranoiliell for farther exainheal .

Richard Prince, 0".. "miler, and Fdrn►d Sleeentost.
Arrr aulderna, farm rhairval wills rublnew flit Black Lion
pulette.l 16e, w Vtantaa-yard.
thren, she iinith./J or the Now, left all Hy doers
awl rotctt'y waft uo Und.ty mitt. Vu Lis eutpill

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dawn rlairs e• genswinc lie.cliac.iv.red the staple of
his spirit-cellar &OallM been forted open 0. lady the
constable aeorehiog the sleeping room of the Prisoners, Prince
and Rowdier, who were "metered in the house, lee fossil
then. intoxicated on the bed, and the Prisoner, St. veusioo, •
iriNiplia jib* of theirs, asleep on the how, more is Sinner
than they were; a hustle of brandy under ilia binloa lures
bottle of gioger-beer, and a three pubis bottle about half
full or brandy.
Mr. Nadi:mitt Graven Who keep. the Wean Rear polder.
Isom is. Buw.slreet, staled, that hr had tried the brassily
Rend in the Prisoner). room will. a hydrometer, and he
fumed it to be of the strength of that in Mr. Owea's
•
The Prisoner* were committed to Newpte for trial.
UNION-HALL.
FORGED FIVE POUND NOTES.

A young man of fashicroahte appearance, named Josep4
Simpson, the •on of a reapeetahle tradesman in Southwark,
was charged with uttering • forged five pound note, pur.
porting to be issued by the Hank of England.
The Prisoner was with some ladies of dissipated habit* at
Vauxhall, and crde►ed a supper which came to two pounds;
he teadered • live pound mite in payment. An Inspector of
the Bask being at the Gardens, was requested to state whe-
ther it was • good or bad one, and he pronounced it to he a
forgery. The young gentleman was asked from whum hr re-
ceived the note, and he said he received it in payment of a
wager. He had me mosey to pay for the slipper, and be was
given ism, the commit, of a coustAle.

Mr. Rooker, the Solicitor to the Bank, attentded, and
asked the Prisoner (who was Heavily ironed), from whom
be hail obtained the note, when he said that he went
lately to a light between Painter awl Spring, and Ave po Is
to (Cu was offered iss favour of Painter's opponeia. He took
the het, and woe, and received the note from the stranger
who het with him. He hoped the Magistrate would uut
commit him, as he had au knowledge that the mite was •
forgery.
It appeared from a variety of evidence, that the Prisoner
had been clerk to a Barrister of considerable eminence. and
had been discharged for improper conduct, and had lately
become connected with • gang of swindlers. He promised
to leave his eunspauionr, and requested the Magistrate to
discharge loins, as he bad an uppoilsoutty of going to Ame-
rica.

The Mseistratr, after a most feeling sod Impressive ad-
monition, discharged the Prisoner.
FORGED ONE POUND NOTFS—SINGULAR CASE
Catharine German and Soma Vows, Inaba whose hus-
bands wire seat a few months ago to Botany Bay for utter
ing forged notes, end who were themselves discharged last
week from Hattoo•gardrn Police Office, after being in cus-
tody upon a charge of uttering seem al forged If. notes, were
yesterday brought tsp by Xhrrgoltl, n consiable, charged with
uttering a It forged Batik
London-road, linen-draper, mid with baring twit others in
their posses
Mr. Fish, the inspector of Rank notes, deposed, that the
notes putisiced (the one paid by the Prisoners to Mr. Hour,
and the two °Ours found upon them) were all forged.
Upon one of t►e Prisoners was found a copy of a petition
which boatmen presented by her to Lord Sidmouth, request.
tog that she might be suffered to go along with her husband
to Botany Bay.
The Prime:vs avowed that they committed Ike offence
they were charged with fur the purpose of being convicted of
uttering, that they might follow their husbands.
They were committed fur re-exansivation.

QV
A PITIFUL CASE.

A young woman. about IS years of age, was brought be.
fore the Magistrate, by an officer of Chiswick, i■ order to
be passed to her parish. On being examined, she stated
herself to be an orphan ; she bad no friend in the world ex-
cept owe distant relation residing at Stratford; she gained a
',Meanest at Lambeth by servitude, and the last place she
held was is Fleet-street. Some young torn in the bootie be-
having improperly to her, she eummunitated the circum-
aligner to her mistress, the consequence was, she wasobliged
to quit her place at the end of the month; she engaged wish
smother lady, who went after her character ; her last mistress
said she was sober and honest, but that character was slot
satisfactory, and she would not be taken. The people where
she lodged turned her out after she bad spent all ber money ;
she wandered about three days without food, and strolled into
the country with the intention of getting into the woods and
starve herself., but this mode of ilepri•iug herself of life be-
ing too much to bear, she thought the most expedient way
to deprive herself of life was to drown herself, and went to
a pond for this dreadful purpose when some person met her
and brought her to the workhouse.—She wept bitterly, and
her tale excited the commiseration of all present.
The Magistrate commended the girl fur her virtue, and
diterted the °Meer, who indeed appeared to he a eery hu-
mane man, to take proper care of her, sad übtaiu bar such a
situation as will restore her character.

EARLY DEPRAVITY.
A girl, apparently not more than IS years of ■ge, was
brought up, being found about four o'clock lying iu the
street at Whitehall. She ackuoirirticed to have absconded
from her father, who is a corn.eltauiller at Putney, iu issue
last ; that ewer since she had been in the most wretched
state of prostitution, is, general sleeping in the Park ; she
was in the most pitiable slate covered with rags.
The Magistrate committed her as a vagrant, and desired
her father to be made acquainted with her situation.

MARLBOROUGH STRICT.
Yesterday Major Eccles, of Heichett's Hotel, Piccadilly,
and a young female of respectable appearance, were brought
to this Office, on the following charge:—
Thomas ►ally, superintendent se St. James's patroles,
stated, that between ten and eleven o'clock on the preceding
night, as he was ou duty in Piccadilly, he observed the male
Prisoner talking to a female, and it being the strict orders
of the Vestry dud nu peruses should be permitted to be
lounging about the street. at night, he civilly requested the
lady to wait on. This the Defendant opposed, observing,
that she should stay with him as long as they were inclined,
and threatened to knock witness and three watchmen who
came to his assistance down if they attempted to interfere.
After many fruitless enileavosis to mike them go forefoot,
it was found oecessary to resort to force in order to lake
them to the watclikhuuse.

This lest issuuy was supported by the 'widow* of the other
watchmen.

Major Eccles, in his defence, stated, that he was return.
lag from a friend's house in St. James's, when he met the
Jy whu was the subject of this charge. He had known her
some time, and endeavoured by every argument to persuade
her to adopt a better comae of life. Whilst thee employed,
three men come up, sad is a must authoritative tour, Jeeired
them to go on. The reply was, that they were &Hug an
harm, and twofold remain us ihe Hieig's highway as lung as
they pleased, as they had committed no breach of the peace ;
upon which the men seised toe Lady in the must rediaaly
101111111ler. and attempted to drag her away. The Major re.
slated this unnecessary violence, atoll pushed the men of with
hie arms, which circumstance they made as a pretest for eela•
lilt hone. Whets at the watch house, they Weisel' to let per-
sons in to %peek in his behalf, and he was eader the Necessity
of leaving some Bank notes foe his appearance.
Major Eccles said the watchmen were drunk at the time
of this transaction, sod soared if they weer jestdied iv sets-
iug a respectably dressed lady sal geutlensan (seek. he
hooped, was the case in this trausactios), who 'Weld he
futoirieusoveosiug quietly au doe street, at roach an early hoer.
The Magistrate replied, that of dress was to distingootah
the treatment of individuals, many bad characters would
be found to avail themselves of the ciocuonsaanee ; nod
watchmen, who are too generally blamed, swill, bud it im-
possible to disci intimate between a thief and a getoileman.
The Major °loses veil, that it was tardy • relations' was
fuund to act from a conscientious motive; fur, in his opt.
0f,,,n, a small sate or mousy would
N'atchman--,, As In th3l„ I believe, you are as little
boordroied with it as I am "
Major Ertl. a--‘, Truly, I have no great deal. I have
served my country 16 years, and I eertaiuly have gut eve
great deal by it."
The Magistrate dismissed the complaint, and directed
Major Reeks how to revered agaiust doe watchineu, of he
r•ooidrred himself aggrieecol
.91r. Lomax, of No. 58 nodstuck-Strett was charged by

the keeper of (leo r sq lace, Stith disehsigihg a losilea
I pistol opposite the Girl of Itridgewster's Wove.
The Complainant stated, list shunt eleven o'clock on
Tgestlity night, as he waagonsing through Grosio•uor
he sit* the flash of a pistol nearly Apposite She Csrl
ftrWgewater's dome upon which he rau up and foniol %Ir.
• Lomax, with a pistol in his possession, nod took I iuto
custody.
The Defendant *aid that the pistol was the property of
an aged aunt in Mount-sheet, who always slept with fire
arms under her pillow, that she gave them to him to clean,
and he discharged one of them in the square, nut Intruding
to do any harm, or kuuwitig that he had iu any way
offended.

Thr Maciarnte red his conduct severely, and con.
victed biro lu the penalty of 20 rbillings.

BENCH OF if ACUSTIR4rEs .4 r CANDFIRIVELL.

Ow Saturday Snow, the Constable, brought before the
Aistrates ass interesting young woman of great personal
beauty, whom lie found moulerisne about Peckham Fair late
on Friday night, soil who cave the following 041.0001 of her.
self:.-Sbr mated, that her father W a man of issileirsilent for-
tune in Derbyshire; that a smarm mast, named Sorge**. hail
for a considerable tissue, paid his addresses to her, hot the
father not approving of the connexion, forbade hist. his
house, and eisjuiersl lwr to discontinue the intimacy. She
hum xer, Wa•t iudnred, by the persuasions of the young
man, to leave her home, cud acriiinpany him to lawn.
All the property whirls she hail brought away with her woe
Minuted to him, Withont their wasting et nosy pace its
Loudon on their arrival from Derby, her lover took her to
Peckham Fair; and 044 Friday eve e, almost nine o'clock,
u she vias ascending the steps to enter our of the *hese. ha
Aisapiwared, and she had semi authissx of him since. At the
time Snow saw her she was wanikriing about the fair in a
state of distraction. The Magistrates ordered that she should
►e nilmitted into Camberwell Workhouse, until it was deter.
tussled what steps wire necessary to he taken to Gamble bre
to return to lief frieside.

FUNERAL
Of BUCKERIDON 11.4 U, ACKIVORTIE ESQ.

The remains of this highly...respected erntleman, known
for his benevolence anal Christianity. wire yesterday after-
110111n niterred in the Swots Cloister of Wesioninister-Alsey,
the hell of which. and ghat of St Martarree.- were toile.'
iin Ike orramiuss. From his residence iu (leteen-street, when
living, the corpse was prereileil by she tiro Beadles. At the
crave the sight way iiiym pat het ic and i turmoil ; the rhildrtn
of the Grey Coat School. Westminster. of which he was a
Governor, sisal those of the New Charily School, stood on
each side. when the former sang the heantifill composition
of sacred melody, " Vital spark of heavenly a SOW," in such
a plaintive, antenna, and harmonious style, as in draw tears
from many of the eurrouudinir spectators. He was iu his
72J year.