The National Register.
London, England, 1816-12-30 00:00:00

BOW- ST EET.

Friday morning a men applied to Mr. Birnie, the sitting
Magistrate, for permission to see Mr. \Voisin', sin. who is con-
fined. in the house of correction ; say ing be had several things
to convey to him. The Magistrate declined granting the
. permission, hut referred him to Sir Nathaniel Conant, who
committed Watson to the house of correction from the S..ere-
, tory of State's noire; this being the customary etiquette.
The applicant, after lie had left the office, was recognized by
Murray, the constable, to be Prestos, of Spallehts unto
rim y.
The proceeding,' of. the Magistrate were sever.d times in-
terrupts(' by persons applying in consequence of it.great
'number of tradesmen having refused to tale se spent-es of any
deseripti )))) „although they were the-regular cults of the realm.
Tlie Magistrate lamented that it was not in his power to give
them any redress, as he did nut know of any law to compel
people to part with their goods for ony coin unless they CIPL.X.
It is feared that some poor people went without the common
=ossifies of life ip cossequtuce. Upon e.

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to tike then (row the letter carriers.

A prisoner of the name of Jolla Gods, a eabisiet-ntaker,
was brought up, charged with robbing theta/Dia Kenn.
Starch, Boobhyer, and Stureb, Ironatoigers iu 4tinhops-
street, Clare-market, where be had beewhis the babk if deal-
ing for la years past.
Mr. Boobbyer stated, that they had long suspestad that
they were robbed, particularly since the month oflllay LW,
Out could not detect the thief till the day the priiidelr was
stopped the act of robbing them, In the alt 4 'Re plin
duced a lint of articles which filled a large sliest of papir„
which he positively swore had been stoien from bla praises;
particularly from part of the sbop-marks remainbps, and they
never selling them in that slate. He prodocectiticidier lbA
list, which lie very humanely declined sweating to aslis and
partner's property, although there Was siarefy a tfoupt
upon it.
Clarke, a constable of St. Clemeat's, proved his finding the
stolen property upon the prisoner at the time of his ,detectile
as well as a very large assortment which was found on Ms
premises in Porter-street, ou searching them. The affluent
(mind in his house was not leis than 01.. The prisoner wis
committed for trial.

The prisoner was carrying on business in a respectable line
as a cabinet. maker, and had three apprentices.

MAR LBO ROUGH-STREET.
EXTENSIVE Roman If.—OnTuesdayeveniugJames Denis
the foreman of Mr. Lee, carpet manufacturer, Aibeinarte-
street, was charged with stealing a quantity of yarn, fringe,
and other property. The prisoner bas been two years in
the employ of Mr. Lee, and had the care of the *town:men
stock. A few days ago Mr. Lee applied to the Magistrate
for a warrant to search the prisoner's house its Tash-street,
Gray's-inn-lane. Plank and Jeffery. searched the premises,
and found forty pounds of yarn for weaving, in a back rams,
and a loom at work, also I hearth-rugs, which the pri-
soner had manufactured at his house, with his master's ma-
terial, and had also sold several to a Mr. Weaver, of Loup
acre. Mr. Lee estimated his losses, daring the two years
the prisoner had been his t, at several hundred pounds.
The solicitor for the prisoner wished to know how Mr. Lee
could swear to the material after it had been wove, when
there were so many manufacturers in town who worked the
same kind of material. Mr. Lee said be could swear to the
property.—Reinaoded.