The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-15 00:00:00

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EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.

CORONER'S INQIJ EST.-A most strange and affixting
circumstance was the subject t/I. 111Ve4lIgAtilPII on Monday,
and again by adjournment on 'Tuesday
The ClrellillbWllCeS that gave rise to the inqairy was an
anonymous letter, which B 'swell. the a 1111 l miming
oihcer of MaryLbone, received WI who iii-
mediately cournieticed an inquiry into the mat er.
An inquest was accordingly summoned at the Sawyer's
Arms, Al arylebone, upon two bodies, one an old lady,
and the other a young W0111:111 mimed Mary Pule.
Several witnesses were examined on tae sitting of the
inquest cm Monday, from whose evidence it appeared
the old lady died a natural death, and that the ypung
woman (Mary Pule) was deliveeed of a still-born child
on Sunday week, and she died from the effects of the
I premature delivery on Tuesday. It also appeared she
had made some bargain of a very singular nature with a
younj medical practitioner, who attended her during
her aCClßlChelliellt, ou condluiriii were the child bun'
dead, he was 10 have it for his attendance, and if alive,
one guinea and a week's inediciiie. Oii the cuild
Maud to Ile dead, it was sent away in a la isket by the
surgeon ; the young WOlll.lll deceased wis taken in by
the other, acid aided deceased iruin IllilLlVeS of hu-
manity.
The inquest was then adjourned until Tuesday night,
after some strung observation on the conduct of the
seducer of the welortunaie deceased and the surgeon.
Mr. JSIIICS Harvey, physician, proved hating examin-
ed the child ; it was lull grown, and had no marks of
violence, or any blemishes On the head or body.
Mr. Cusack, the celebrated surgeon, to whose school
of anatomy the ciiild's body was brought by the surgeon,
that lie might study from it, moved to the same effect.
The body of the child, in a mutilated state, it hating
been dissected, was here skew') to the Jury, and given
up by their command to the deceased's mother for in-
terment.
A medical gentleman gave the gentleman who at-
tended the deceased the highest character, and said he

well understood his proless—ion.
The brother of the deceased proved her wish to con-
ceal her stale, and the refusal of the surgeon to iniOrm
hint where the chilit's body was.
After some other conversation the Jury then retired
for about 20 minutes, and on their return, the foreman
said it was the decided opinion of the Jury, that Mrs.
Plumber (the old woman) died a natural death, by the
visitation of God, and the inlant being still WM, they
did hot impute blame to the medical gentleman, but
extremely censured hint for having made a contract to
hate the the child for dissection if still born, instead of
his fee.
The verdict being registered by the Counsel, the bu-
siness terminated.

Loss OF TILE LIVERPOOL AND ELSESMER?
STEAM I'ACICET. Übe 1011/wing melancholy particulars of the
loss ur a steam packet are from the Chester Guardia.. :—" This
packet left Liverpool about three o'clock on Thurstiay afternoon,
having 23 persons on board, including her crew. The wind
at this period blew fresh, and was a-head of the packet, and
there war no appearance in the weather to juatily a suspicion
of danker. About live o'clock the wind had greatly increased,
and at six the packet had reached witliin a (mite, or a mile of
Ellesmere port. kWAS now blowing a complete bUrrielilie, the
captain found it impossible to make the port. Ile then con-
teniplated a return to Liverpool, and steered the vessel round
for that purpose, but was soon convinced that it was impossible
the tide having so far receded.- The vessel then beat about for
several Lours, it being impossible to steer for any particular
point. At nine they cast anchor, but she continued to drift ;
and about twelve ran foul of fiat, whose cable was also cut,
dragging her anchor. 'I he concussion was tremendous every
person on board expecting she was going down. Several of the
passengers were at this time iu the cabin, and were violently
thrown down by the heaving of Die packet. one side of which
was under water. The confusion and alarm were now at their
height. As the Rat remained some short time alongside the
packet, four of the crew and two of the passengrrs caught
hold of the side of the Rut, and got on board her. There wan
now one foot water in the cabin ; it was determined to cut the
cable, mid let the vessel drift with the wind and tide, the sea
dashing over her in all directions. About one o'clock the tide
began to II .w ; mad the packet was,driven about two miles
above Ellesmere port, where she ran against a sand-bank, con-
tinuing fur several times to recede from and approach to it. At
length she stack fast in the sand, nearly opposite Stanlow-house,
and the feeble glimmering of the moon discovered the shore at
about seventy-yyrcls distance, most of the intervening spe-ce
sand, or rather loud. It was now nsar four in the morning.—
Captain Dimond here pressed as many of passengers as he
could prevail on to make the shore, when Mr. 11. Whittle, sou
of Dr. Whittle, Mr. William Leatherbarrow, of the Exchange,
and Mr. Nixon. a farmer, near Stauney. leaped into the water,
and succeeded in gaining the land. There were now fourteen
both Waal, on board, uuly five of whom reached the shore in
safety. The captain with his son in his arms was washed over-
board, while in the act of disengaging himself of his great
coat ; Mrs. Deakin, a stonemason's wife, of Flookershrook,
with her 'infant in her arms, 'and her niece, about sixteen years
old ; the blind fiddler who accompanied the boat ; the son of
Mr. Bart. a promising youth about nine years of age ; Mr. W.
Davies, millwright, of this city ; and an elderly person—all
perished in attempting to gain the laud. The packet has been
got up, is found to have sustained comparatively little injury,
and has been taken to Runcorn.

It was said the other day, that Bish's fame for
selling Capitals had extended over most parts of Me
Globe, to which a by-stander replied, I should not
be surprised, if Next Tuesday he could cover the
Globe itself with his good fortune.—On explana-
tion, we found it alluded to the 91 Capitals now in
the Lottery Wheel, 40 or 50 of which most be
drawn Next Tuesday, and it is well known Llish's
Office in Comilla is next door to the Globe In-
surance Company.
private letter from Newcastle-upon-Tyne says,
—" The keclmcn who have so long been eut of em-
ployment have at length returned to work."

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The near approach of the festive season of Christ-.
mu, when the juvenile branches of families return home to
enjoy the school vacation, induce Messrs. Rowtero and SoN
to recommend their celebrated MACASSAR OIL (of which
they are the Sole Proprietors) as tending to embellish sod
strengthen the Hair, eradicate the scarf, end add a superlative
beauty to that ornament of the human frame.—Pnpe Clement IV,
on seeing • child with beautiful Muir, exclaimed " There is a
Cherub."
Rua staY or THE 131•MtNoHAM COACH•--0.1
Thursday last, at about five minutes after four o'clock,
the Birmingham Balloon Coach was robbed of two
parcels, containing between 7 MOGI. anti B,oool.—At
four o'clock the guard of the coach, which was about :o
set off for Birmingham' appealed in the yard (rinse Swa
with Two Necks Inn. Lad-lane, in preparation for the
journey. The horsekeeper, who had just put to the
cattle, observed a man walk up iu the door of the coach,
with a great coat, and threw the coat upon the seat, as
if he intended to follow it soon after. The guard, who
also saw the stranger throw in the coat, asked the hore-
keerrr who the person was, to which the other rephed,
" Why, he's a passenger of your's, to be sure" The
guard taking it for granted there was nothing to be ap-
prehended from the man who had been the oljeet of his
enquiry, proceeded to load the coach. lie had in his
possession three parcels of the notes of country bankers
which had been paid in London by their agents,. and
were enclosed to them. One of Mel-a! parcels was ditect,ll
to Messrs. Gibbing, Smith, and Co Birminetam, ad.l
and another to Nlessrs. Taylor and Lloyds, Birmingham,
and contained promisory notes of their respective banks.
These two were laid by the guard on the seat of tht
coach, opposite to the seat on which the coat lay, the
guard imending to deposit them its a place of wore secu-
rity in a few moments. He had not turned his back tor
many seconds when the two parcels and the great coat
disappeared. lo the hurry of the business of the yor•
nobody who could be supposed to be interested •in the
safety of the property saw the person who committed
the robbery, and who must hare been watching the
motions of the guard from some part of the yard. The
guard had put the third parcel in his coat pocket. He
immediately ran off to Sir James E,daile's and Messrs.
Hanbury and Taylor's banking-houses, from which he
had received the parcels, and informed them of the rut
bery, but could give no description of the person who
threw the great coat into the coach. Placards were to
mediately posted about the city, offering 2,0001 reward
for the recovery of the parcels, and conviction of the
offender or offenders. Judging from the manner its
which the thing was done, the police are of opinion that •
the tunes are in the ring—amongst the 111:111•COdC3

thieves.
On Friday last James Davis, a man who was convicte
of stealing carpenters tools, was lartnihe (rom) the
House of Correction to I)orset-square, New-road, at,tl •
being tied to a cart, was flogge‘s, amid an immense coo-
course of persons, a distance of 100 yards 'lnc fellow ,
on the punishment being completed, challenged any one
in the crowd to light; but he was put into a hackney-
coach and taken back to gaol, to undergo his sentence

Cil FOR 200 SOVEREIGNS.-MF: HolldeSWOr
Illy's Imre so' Pit Oli TilUrsday, upon a wonderful U• 1
dertaking, per•ornl 21 miles, upon the trot, in aii hour
and a 'tali'. Toe watch ti'ok place in ssshheit Par's,
over a One.: wile cirele. Time was• backed at six to
lour, and the match was lust by the intemperance of the
mare breaking into a gallop five times, which occupied
ciussi erably inure Than one minute and fourteen seconds',
by winch nic Match was lost.
On Sunday evening last, between seven and.
eight o'clock, as a resident member of the Cniversity of 0r
ford, was returning from his ministerial vocatiuns at At log.
dou, the post chaise in which, accompanied by an academical -
friend, the gentleman was travelling, was stopped on the cre►t
of the hill, between the third mile stone and the Lodge of
Itatlley House, by three desperate villains. From the moi.e
of proceeding, their plan appeared to be- well and deliberately
organiznl, for one stopped the horse on the of or right side,
whilst the other desperadoes approa lied the carriage at either
door. The post-buy. to whom great praise is doe tor his cool-
yet energetic conduct, perceiving the design of the viliain,
resolutely whipped his horses, which most fortunately being
more fetegnerix than post horses usually are, instantly piun. ing
and prinicing, overthrew the wretch who had seired the reins,
and as it is supposed the wheels of the vehicle rolled over his
body. The iufuriated animals rushed onward, and continued
their course with nnabat•-d speed, until they arrived at the sum-
mit of Ifinksey Hill. To the courage of the driver and the
mettle of the horses mast be attributed the fortunate escape of
the travellers from pillage, if not from assassination. Iwo of
the villains it appears were seen lurking shout the same spot,
by the driver of a returning post.chaise belonging to the King's
Arms hum. They were dressed in drab frock coats, were
armed with tremendous bludgeons, and the stamp of villany
was imprinted on their countenances. It is remarkable that
the chaise just alluded to, was inimedintely (allowed by a
cabriolet, containing another clergyman and kis servant. who
however passed the spot unmolested. ihe Police of Oxford
and Abingdon, more particularly the University Marshal, who
is ever indefatigable in the performance of his duties, have.
since the occurrence, used the most active, incessant, ai•d
unwearied exertions for the discovery of the persons who made
this during attempt on the lives or property of gentlemen,
whose profession should render them respected and sacred,
particularly when returning from the perforivauce of their re-
clesiasti ill duties.
Si EEPLE CUARE.—Mr. Morrison, of Tooting, Lnd
caw. Jaques, a hold rider of the Farley Hunt, started on Tues—
day front Monkey, to cross the country to Beggar's 114.6.
Surrey, shout 14 miles. Mr. Morrison rode the Eagle none,
bought of Mr. Forrester, and Capt. Jaques rode a horse belong-
ing to Mr. Drown, the lamest of the Farley hunt. At going off-
the gentlemen kept together, and in the first seven milos they
had to encounter many bold leaps, which the wetness of the day
did not cinch favour. They were in sight of each other when-
near Mahlon. Mr. Morrison taking the open country I erging
on Epsom Downs, and Capt. Jaques taking the straight line
across the fields. They were seen together gallopping up the
hills towards Bumstead Downs, when they separated again,
Mr. Morrison verging on Wallington Park, and the Captain
pursuing the regular track. Mr. Morrison reached home ten
minutes before his opponent, iu 42 minutes, t►e Captaiu•s horse
laving recwit cd a slight hurt in the fetlock joist.

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MONDAY, Dec. 9...-Geflrge Cripps, aged 49, was
en iv kited of embezzling the stain of 81. 43. the
m 'nits of his in aster, Richard 11 .twes.
Urn:KING COUNTeItFEIT Cum—Frederick :Hid-
dl lex, aged 30, was indicted for uitermg several pieces
of forged and counterfeit coin, made to resemble the
silver coin of the realm.
Law slated the case for the prosecution.
Lyles, 3 pcl5OllOllllS lrf employment, dep
that the prisoner offered to sell lino, on various occasions,
bad money; this lie coinmititicatedl to Armstrong, the
officer, who, with Hatfield, gave him certain direcdions,
and marked ...... ley to entrap the prisoner; lie accord-
ingly dia., purchase severa pieces, which he handled over
to the officers.
Arinstrotig, the officer, deposed, that in conseqiience
of a communication, lie gave infdirmation to the allot,
and received certain directions. Wines: fornished kyles
with money to purchase bail silver of the prisoner, and
kyles went to St. J.dlin's Collee-lionse, Cow-cross, and
purchased some bail shillt dugs, in the presence of a coin-
'unn° named Vali. Du their twitting the house, wit-
'less detained the prisoner, and on searching hint mond
bs. good, which was not the money wittiest had marked.
Afier.sardls he found two of the marked ahilliugs which
he had given to Lyles.
W. I iatfield corroborated the evidence already detailed,
and produced the bad money.
The Jnry, alter a short consultation, pronounced the
prisoner Guilty.
It:corder —l'he judgment of the Court is, that you be
imprisoned one year in the House of Cortectiou, and
there kept 10 hard labour.
DARING GANG UP BURGLARS.—Mark Herd, aged
22, William %Vitus, aged '25, 111111 CS Brown, aged 33,
and Thomas Fuller, aged were capitally indicted for
borglariously breaking and entering the dwelloikhodise
of James Alexander de Reinter, in the parish of St.
Pancras, and stealing therein 14 spoons, value 101., a
petakitile, a gold untainted small-box, a wine funnel, and
other articles, his property; and Charlotte Banifield was
indicted fur being an accessary :niter the fact, and liar-
booting and receiving them, well knowing theist to have
committed the said urglary
Mr. Reinter deposed, that lie resides at No. 12, Etiston-
place, New-road, and oti the 1 Ilth of November his
house was broken open. Ile was informed by his cook
early in the morniug that the house had been robbed,
and he (timid that the back-kitchen window had I seta
forced open. There was a hole in the shutter. There I
were in irks of two men having got down by the back
wall, Yi hich was ten feet high. The k door had
one of its pannels cut completely out. The witness,
after relating some more militate particulars as to the
breaking, described the property shako, and identified it
as produced by the police officers.
Charlotte Kaye, rook to the last witness, deposed to
finding the house broken open to the morning, as de-
scribed by her master. She heard no noise in the night.
She identified an uaiiirella found in the house where the
priaotters were apprehended, as belonging to her fellow-
servant.
Pace, the officer, of Queen-square, produced the pan-
ne) of the kitchen door, and a set of burglarious imple-
ments. He stated that he went, wilts Clasper and
Ii indley, officers, to a house in Castle-strret, Seven
Dials, about six o'clock on the mortaing of the 11th ult.
Witness listened at the door of the garret, and heard the
o ices 0 . two or three persons, and borst
open the door, and Saw a quantity of lilac spread out on
a table round which the prisoners IVatts, Brown, and
Fuller were sitting. Knowing Watts, witness rushed up
to him, drew his cu lass, placed it at his breast, and told
him if he stirred he would ruts hits through the body.
Handley meanwhile went to the side of the bed, where
Herd and the woman prisoner were lying together, and
presenting a pistol at his head, desired him to keep still.
Cooper seized the property, and secured it. Witness
hatidcufled Fuller and Mown, and while doing so he
saw the gold mounted snuff box, identified by Mr. Rei-
nter, fa!l from one of them, but could not tell winch.
_Handley haudctiffed Watts, and Herd was made to get
up and dress himself. His coat was lying on the oppo-
site side of the room, and he saw the petakiii;e produced
fall from his coat, as he was potting it on. Bairleld
also got up, and dressed. Cooper asked the prisoners to
which of them the plate belonged, but neither of Mein
would own it. Concealed under the floor they fantod
several picklock and skeleton keys, a chissel, a stock Ito
centre-hits, a crow-bar, and a dark lantern.
Cooper produced the idate, &c. which were identified
by Mr. ltanier, and he corroborated the stateutcut ail
Pace, as did Handley, in its main facts.
Ilse Recorder summed tip the evidence, and die Jury,
after consultiug lora few n 11811.103, found all the prasoliers
Guilty—Death.
Mr. Renner stepped into the witnesses' box, and
tartars ly begged to recommend] the prisoners to mercy.
The Recurder.—On what ground can you reco 11111 l end
these men to mercy ?
Mr. Reinter.—Oil the ground, my Lord, that no vio-
lence was uff.:red to any protein in the house; and it
wool(' be a great relief to nay mind if I could be assured
they would not suffer.
The itecorda.—The recommendation made upon the
ground you have mentioned shall niost widiiiibtedly be
tor waraed ; but your individual feelings comm. be con-
sulted, if public justice demand an exaduple.
Et za Pitysick, a pretty git I about twenty years of age,
was indicted for robbing Mr, Baker, tallow chandler, 01
Foley-street; and Sophia Stephenson was charged with
having rec;:ired the stolen property, knowing it to have
be n illegally come lay.
The prisoner Playsick, it appeared, was a house ser-
vai.t to the prosecutor, and, alter a service of three days,
she decamped with his cash-Lox, containing certain
writings and papers, two 51. notes, eight sovereigns, and
a guitie4. 'lnc evidence avitist her was conclusive; she
WAS irorehentled at Cilatil.llll on the gsl ult. (fire days
after the robbery), and confessed the fact. Stephenson,

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who was a woman about 40, kept a house of ill fame in
Westminster. Ii was proved that she had received the
prverty from Pitysick immediately after the robbery;
11131 sue hail changed one of the hi. notes nuttier circum-
stances of coneealment, and that she had gi.em false lie-
counts as 10 the m3titter of het becoming puh.sessed of it.
Physiek admitted her guilt, hut said that Stephenson
was .1111111Cellt: She kid not known the property to be
stolen.

Stephenson said that she ondersiontl the property to
have been a bequest from Physick's grandfather.
The Recorder charged the Jury, that the offence of
the first prisoner was capital.
The .1 try, against both, found a verdict of Guilty.
St.:. Baker (the prosecutor) then stood up, and begged
to recommend Eliaaheth Physick. lie had great reason
to believe dill the whole had been done at the instiga-
lino of the prisoner StepllCll,oll, and that the bulk of the
money had fallen into her hands. When he (Mr. 11.)
had apprehended Physick at Chatham, lie had found her
without a shilling; and he heard she had been sent
away from Stephenson's house two days after the robbery
with only Ss. in her pocket.
The Recorder said that Mr. Baker's recommendation
should be attended to, and would doubtless have its
weight. For the prisoner Stephenson, he should at once
upon her the severest punishment tile law would
allow; and she might prepare herself, therefore, to be
ransporied fur a term of 14 years.
James Montgomery was indicted by M r. Toplis, of St.
Paul's Churchyard, fur obtaining money from oim under
false pretences.
Tile defendant was employed by Mr.Toplis as a fore.
mall in the painting business. Mr. Toplia was a house
:went and upholsterer; and having occasion to employ
cat venters, pa biters, and other workmen to tit tip houses,
his custom was to engige one man as a foreman, who
hired others under him and paid their wages, charging
the autumn to Mr.Toplis. The defendant Montgomery,
having been retained as one of these firemen, had hired
workmen at one rate, and charged them to Mr.Toplis as
another; and in this way (overcharging the wages of limr
men in one week) he hail robbed the prosecutor of 15s.(itl.
The four men (as to whom the overcharge was ills-
puled) were called fur the prosecution ; but they all
distinctly stated, on cross examination, that they were
hired by Montgomery as a master, paid uy him, and dis-
iniased by him; and, in fact, that they knew no other
employer.
Mr.A.lulphus, after addressing the Jury on the part
of Montgomery, called a number of witnesses. Two of
these were men charged fir to Toplis on the same ac-
count as to which the overcharge was imputed ; and is
appeared that, if the four first witnesses had received lest
titan ',Montgomery charged for then', these two men re-
ceived more. Several tradesmen of wealth and respecta-
bility were called, who had known the defendant many
years, and employed him as a master painter ; and all
gave him a high character for fait dealing and skill in his
business. It appeared further, that there wag a suit
pending 'e tweet' the prosecutor and 'Montgomery, for
money winch the latter claimed, and the former refused
to pay.
The Jury declared themselves satisfied that no fraud
could have been intended. Verdict—Not Guilty.
uLBDAY. DEC. 10.—CU It lOUS CASE.--Charles
House and James Bull stool indicted for frionioudy
MI. in Bank of Eitglanil tunes, the property to
Mr. W. Honeycottelt, from his person.
The prosecutor stated, that one day last month he met
the prisoners in a gi4 in the lidaeware-road, and know-
ing House, accepted of their oiler to ride with them to
London. Be had I yetied some batik notes to the amount
of 601. which he had in his possession, in the presence
of the prisoners, and afterwards put them in his pocket.
On arriving in town, he was stepping out of the gig,
when he missed his notes, and exclaimed, " 1 have lost
them-you must have got them." The prisoners an-
swered, "That can't be;" and one of them, be was not
sure which, said, " Tnere is a note on the i„round.“--
Witness picked it up, and found it to be a 201. note; he
then called out there were 401. more, amid the prisoners
diove MI at 101 l speed. lie ran after them, calling "Stop
thief:" and they were stopped by a W.O chman. The
notes were afterwards found on the groom!, its the mid
between the place where he Cot out of the gig, and the
place where die prisoners were stoppei'.
The W.llChllll.ll, With Buck huge, a police flicer, proved
the taking of the prisoners Olio custody; them denial (.1
having taken the notes, and finding of the 4ul. on the
road.

The Recorder charged the Jury, who instantly acquit-
ted the prisoners.
ATTEMPT 'EO EXTORT MONEY.--Wm. Baker was
indicted lor feloniously attemptun4 to extort, front Henry
G01(1..1111(1, Esq. a scut antintey, by threatening LO accuse
huu of an unnatural crime.

The prisoner, wi, appeared to have a griet ous impe-
diment, or hesitation fit-speech, applied for the postpone-
ment or his trial fur a few hour., that he might hntsh
writitig out his defence.
The Recorder refused the amine:llkm.
Mr. Alley then stated to the Jury tile particulars of the
case, as afterwards proved in evidence.
The prosecutor being sworn, stated that he resided on
an estate be had in South Wales. On the yth November
he came to London, and pot up at the 11 uttimitins. lie
was acquainted with a family tit Norfolk-street, and, on
the Ititn of November, had -been walking out with two
ladies, with w hunt he returned to Norfolk-street; he had
scarcely sat down, when a person knocked at the door,
and inquired fur witness--he went to the door, and saw
a man whom he sioottld know again, who told hint a
man was waiting in Howard-street, who wished to speak
wnh lion : eXIICCtIIIg a person from the country, he ac-
companied lion thither, and there Mond the iii isoner,
who said, " You are the titan that was in a coach with
me on Saitircay week;'—witness said, " 1 in a coach
with ;au I I was 100 miles hoot London." The prisoner
then said, " II you don't give me 101., 1 will charge you
%%Antall nonatural crime; you c.iii't g.et off, for 1 saw
go into the llumutonis Ott Wednesday night." lie

added, " You had better give me the money, or you will
have plenty of our sort. Witness then attempted to seise
him, but he ran away down Surrey-street—.witness pur.
sited, calling to the people to stop him, but no person
interfered until witness called nut that he had threatened
to clvirge him with an itimaittral crime; sorra! person,:
then joined in the pursuit, and he was at length taken II
a waterman in the intid by the water side, at the bolo it
of Surrey-street he was then brought, and witness said,
You t hrea tenet! 10 charge use with all unnatural oiktice,
and I shall take you to Bow-creet." The prisorier then
said, " I base no charge to make against you, but when
I met you in the street the other day, you told me you
were a pawnbroker's clerk, and promised to get me a
situation ;"—witness denied it, not being the fact, and
the ptisoner was taken to Bow-street.
George Hill, a waterman, was standing at the stairs at
the bottom of Surrey-street, when he saw the prisoner
run down, 'unwed by Mr. Goldsmith Ile ran towards
Strand• lane, but winless intercepted him, and he then
turned into the mud, and witness followed and secured
him. Ile asked the prisoner what lie rail away for, and
he said he had done nothing—he was no thief. Witness
led him up the stairs into Surrey-s. reel to Mr. Goldsmith
and heard the dialogue between them, as given in that
gentleman's evidence.
J. Ilovgin, of Howard-street, hearing the hue and cry,
joined in the pursuit. This witness confirmed
testimony.
Tots was the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner in his defence, through 'the medium of
Mr. %Vomiter, went into a story of hat ing met a geode.
matt some time since, who °tiered to procure him a Suitt.
aeon, and who described himself as Alt.. Goldsmith On
the day in question he spoke to the prosecutor, who said
he did not know him ; and lie (the prisoner) was walk.
mg quietly away, when he heard a great cry of " Stop
thiel !" and in the pursuit was taken into custody.
The It-corder, in particularising the evidence, dwelt
on the enormity of the offetice, and said it was too true,
as the prisoner had Sabi, that there were Illany of the
satne soft in the metropolis. It was a fortunate circum-
stance fur the ends of justice that Mr. Goldsmid knew
the person who knocked at the door, as he might yet be
brought to the bar.
The J ury, without hesitation, pronounced the prisoner
Guilty.
'rite Recorder.—Prisoner; if yon have any remains of
morality or ju.tice about you, you will make proper
aumenient for what you have cointnitted. if the prose.
color had been a person of weak nerve, and yielded to
the threats, and given money to you, you would not have
haul many slays to live in this world. The sentence of the
Court is, that you be transported for seven years.
The leartied Judge then addressed Hill, the waterman,
and said, the Court not only allowed hint his expellers,
but at the same time returned their public thanks to hint
for having secured so desperate an °Wender.
WEDNESDAY, Disc. 11.-114 consequence of the fog
the Court was lighted up the whole of the mottling in
the same manner us at night.
Twenty prisoners, against whom no hills had been
found were separately brought up and severally dis-
charged.
William Thompson and W. Rutland were fined Is.
each and discharged.
Willis, the person charged with robbing
several hotels in which he had lodeed, from time to
time, was capitally convicted of stealing a silver tea-pot
Irons a tavern at Limehouse.

There were several other indictments against the pri-
soner, which were not proceeded
Several pawn srokers applied to the Court for direction
as to to the disposal of property in their possession,
which had been pledged with them by the prisoner.
The Recorder ordered the whole 01 the property to bo
given up to the sever.sl persons claiming it, who had
been bound over to prosecute.
James Slice, aged 9. and George Limes, aged 12 years,
were indicted for stealing three knivrs, value 2s. 6d. the
property of R. Gould.
evidence to the above effect having been gone
through, and the prisoners making no defence, and call-
lignu w es.:es, the Jury ►u.wntly found them both
Slice, it appeared, had been tried before, and James
was an orphan without any triends.
The Rocorder directed inquiry to he made, whether
they could he received into the refuge for the destitute,
and in the mean time their judgment was respite 7.
Henry ease was indicted our stealiog to yards of print.
ed cotton front the shop of Witham SloThard Davis,
and R. Davis, linen drapers, in St. J olties-bt Net,
_ . .

1 hompson a city police officer, saw the prisoner take
the goods trout the shop in the evening. and run off.—
He, of course, pursued him, and the prisoner dropped
a piece of printed cotton handkerchiefs, which Thomp-
son picked up, and the prisoner was at the same time
stopped and secured by a person passing.
Toe Recorder immediately sentenced him to be trans-
ported for seven years.
William Dowcett, a man of very respectable appear-
ance, was indicted for embezzling id. the property of
J. Buttress, his employer.
Mr. Alley, for the prosecution, stated to the Jury,
that Mr. Buttress was a eery extensive silk manufacturer,
nn Spitalfields, and the prisotier up to the .sth October
last, when hr was dismissed, was a confidential servant
in his employment. Mr. Buttress hail in his employ-
ment upwards of 400 men, and it was part of the pri-
soner's business to pay them every Saturday, for winch
purpose money was hillitird over to hint by another
clerk. Toe charge in the present indictment was, that
he entered in toe book the sum of 21. as having paid
that amount to a workman, named Rawlins, but who
never remed it, and that the prisoner therefore applied
ii lilt own use.
Mr. Buttress was called to prove that the prisoner was
employed by him, and was empowered to pay and re-
ceive muffles on his acci•:ott. lie received 1001. a year
salary, and was Alit/Wed to take apprentices, and had