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WILMA ESTM I NW ER,
• TaU*IDAY, (Yeyoant 22.
BefulliAttapT, Bitten, Esq. wad a Bench of
Magistrates.
The Gram, Juiy having. been called over, Were
charged by the lorrsidatig Vragistrate. Ile was sorry
to lot oliiterl to inforrit "Ern, thut the outtd. was in
Mn unusually crowded state, and shut them was*
viht quattlity of business to he Kra through. It wits
satiolisctorY, however, to este, that no eases of psi-
tieular enormity were to come 'afore them, or of
inueltdifficitit*. The fullness of the prism 04,
to he attributed to any increase of crime, but to
accidental cirmintitances ; amoug which, the most
. prominent veils the (recurrence of the Westminster
election, whic4l, afforded such it temptation mid op-
portunity to ail the thieves und pii•k-porkets to iiss
mush's,. thrt itt a very short time after the last
Sessimethe prison was tilled. He hoped the Jury
would enter itPuit their duties with promptitude,
rind get through them with as 'much dispatch as
would he cuidost.oit with justice, and that he might
be enabled to dismiss them before the end of the
wee It.

Kolbe could not suffer them to retire without
saying a Ceti Words on another subject—the state of
the prison (Tothill-fields. we stoderstootl.)
In consequence of the Report of the. Police Collll
usistve eP the• House of Collllllllllfi fleet. g that
something was necessary to be done to render it bet.
tee and more controllable, the Magistrates had not
been imatintive to the subject. and thought it their
duty, twlrritig it under the consideration of the Grand
Jerry, at tlnt.lost April Sessious. They hail accords
itigiy visited the prison, and described it as 1111:011.
vritietil sued itsaufficient in occults ttttt dation. At the
July Sessions, it was determined. that the subject
should be regularly examined by the Grand Jury
al the present Sessious ; and, pursuant to the pro-
visions if the Act of Parl:runeni, Itubli. advertiae-
'swot 114 beets given of this. A part of their duty
wol,kttherefore coimist in considering anti adopting
whatelrer alterations might be judged necessary for
suitable isecteumodation of the unfortunate in.
ninaea.of the place. lie had no doubt, that; even
ins site short spare of a year, it would be changed
haat Ponwtliiiiic altogether different from what it was
at present. The expense required would probably be
very coiseiderable, but be was colifident no conside-
senate or that sort would deter the geitiletnen head.
dress...4lmm doing every thing in the care humanity
siroakildictate. Justice demanded; he should add;
that whatever cause of complaint might lie iii other
respects, no imputation whatever could be brought
against the conduct of the Governor or Surgeon, or
on the general interior maitegement, than which
nothing could.be more excellent. He had himself
visited it it very few day; ago, Hint out of 170 per-
sont.thot it contented. but was was' in the infirmary,
sod thediserder 'soder which lie laboured was caused •
by his fully and iudiacretion.
LI
4. Zdtaards etta indicted fur a misdemeanor,
is caerpogiOg, writing. and publishing a libel
against Nathaniel Lireaves, owner of the Brown
Bear public-house, Bow-street.
The fisctt of this case, as disclosed in the evi-
' (Noce or 'hi Prosecutor stud his brother, were as
fallow :—The Prosecutor hid married a woman
sousetlaing younger than hit self ; the Defendant,
and a youug man called Wilkinson (who had been
tried last Sessious for the wine offence, convicted,
and fieuWtwed to 12 months imprisonment). were in
the habit of frequenting his house; the former
composed a paper, impaling incontinence. in the
moat grow terra% to Mrs. (beaver, which Windt).
sin brought to the tap-room at different limes,
handed round to those who could read, and read
for (bose who could not. The Prosecutor's brother
found Wilkinson so engaged, stud got the paper
from him,. which he gave to his brother. Mr.
Gresives sew the Defendant passing his house the
nett night, called him in. brought him to a room
up stairs, curd asked him if he was the author of
the paper. and what he meant by it. He allowed
he was, and said he slid it " for a bit of ruin"—
Cleaves (who is a powerful matt) fell on him, and
gave huts a severe beating : be ran out, (heaves fol.
looted, and brought him to the watch-house. where
he gave him in charge. He remained in prison.
three weeks, till bail was justified. Ile should
bare beers tried last Sessions, but did not mower.
The libel was not read, but handed to the Jury
stud Bench fur their perusal. It appeared that Sr.
vend attempts towards a compromise had been
mails by the father and grand-father of the Pri-
mmer, and u leltei was put in and read from Iwo to
Mr. Gear's. Wherein, after acknowledging that he
had compose 4 the liner, he professed his sincere
repentance and contritiots. lite Jury. after ass ad-
dress front Mr. Arabi'', for the Deleitilailt, wherein
he dwelt on the punishment lie had abeady received
in the istsprisuntnent anti beating, his apology to
Mr. Greases, and certain offers of pecuniary cons-
peuastion made by his friend*, in a fee ter
found the Defendrut Guilty. Scutruce, one year's
imprisonment.
VAGRANTS. _ _

Richard Sewell, 4,11441C;;:was indicted under
the Act 17111 Geo. 11. for refu.ing, when acting as
constable of the eight, on the 12th May last, to
take charge of * prostitute brought before Min by
a watchmen. from Cuventry.street.
The prosecution was carried on by the prirish,
who had suffered great annoyance from prostitutes
at night, to establish and rusks known the piirici.
pie, that persona in such situations had, in such
cases, no clOcretion to exercise, and that similar
refusals I mitt not be justified by the law. flow..
ever, Irons the technical error of a misnomer, the
Jury were obliged to acquit the
Mr. ALLEY, the conductor of the prosecution,
meted, that the Learned the broth
were clearly of opinion the Or leurlinit lied octal
wrong, and that men in his situation could not act
in a magisterial capicity.
George Worejiald and Niehard Knott, indicted
for assaulting J. Russell with a wallet, mi the 27th
May tag!. Verdict—Guilty. Sentenced to be fined,
the former 6s. Ad. the latter 11.

Illtchuel committing a riot
on the 27th Awl; lAst, itr3r thr I se of Cornelius
Lee, tu, Peter-strect, IVartluin-street. Verdict--
AO Godly.
William Switzer, indietrd for mormlring Jene
AIM, wile td George Smith. on the 11114 Ahoy lost,

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in the yard of St. Martin's thtircli. Verdict
Gai/ty.
James Turtle, indicted for staling mitt card.
case, vulne four-pence, and one inemorandom case,
value stapettee, the property of Lieutensut•General
John Gustavus Crosby, from his person, orr the
16111 October lust:, The Defendant was seen to
follow the General, down Lund-rtreet, about ten
o'clock of the diy, stated in the indictment, open
his pocket with one hand, and take the articles out
with the other. When lie was apprehended they
were Initial about, half a yard froil lum. Vertlia—
Guilty.

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1,1111!.131fALT
before Mr. Alderman J.ciltue. 1. Sierra, presiding
Magistrate.
SWINDLING.
Isaac !larding, who was, brought from Worship.street.
Polsrt Office, was yesterday patio therbu.
Mr. Henry Roebottom, pocket.back-mattufactorer' Al.
dersgate-street, stated, that use Saturday Mr. Crew of tbe
same sure., umbrelia.mtaufseturer, seut foe him. and . . .

going to him he told him he had customer fur hint, and
introduced hi a m
to the Prisoner. 21r.rrew said he had taken
a good deal of goods of his, .which he was to ship to Cal.
cutta, and that he wolthl take a few of the. winners'..
The Prisoner said there would be. no time to execute the
order, as the ship would be off on Monday or Tuesday ; but
he would walk with the oilmen to his bowie mid look at his
goods, which lie acc.o.linsly Ilid.and picked out some pocket-
books as patterns, and Najd he wuuld call at ten o'clock
on Mueday worsting and give an order, if he approved of the
patteins on examining them. Oto Meads!, morning he
brought hash the patent% and ordered a quantity of pocket-
books, silver thimbles, "meats, and cases of inatru metals for
painting, to the amount of 32./. which were to be delivered
at the Prisouer's resideece,
.No. 2, Paol-streel, at twelve
o'clock. The order Mr. Crew bad to execute amounted to
1001. i. he bad sent io part of his goods before, but, wee to
seed the remainder at the same hour as the einem", when
they were both to receive their money. They were going
together to Paul-street, when they met the Prisoner in
Wilson-street, Finsbury-square, he told them lie Was going
to draw the money fur them, and that they had better deposit
the goods at his residence; one of theth might accompany
hits and receive. the money fur both; they accordingly deli.
erred the goods at No. 2, Paul-street; Mr. Crew accompa-
nied the Prisoner to get the money, and the witness Went
biotite. When he left home he was determined not to leave
the goods without he received the money, but he thought he
was secure, as the Prisoner said he world pay it to Mr. Crew.
A duplicate was found on the Prisoner of articles similar to
those lie bad froth the waterer. On the next day, bring
alarmed, be areal to No. 2, Paubstreet, mid saw the Pri-
mmer's wife, who said he was out of town ; that she had re-
ceived a letter from hint, iu which he add he would tint re-
eurg for three or tour days.
, Mr. Wni. Crew corroborated the evidence of the last wit.
ben, and stated. that after treeing Mr. Rot-bottom, he oe.
*compantert the .Prisoner to Lloyd's Coffee-house, where lie
inquired for Captain Kirby, sod was told be wen not there;
Prisoner then took him to the Jerusalem Coffee.house, made
the same inquiry, and received the same answer; said from
thence to a ship-broker's in.Rerchitmlane, where the Prlvoner
Made some inquiry, but what Kona the wanton did not hear;
gentleman in the couritiog.houee answered he would he
ready next morniug. Witness gut tired, and proposed to the
Prisoner to take some refreshment ; they weld into a bootee
and bad a glass of ram and water, after whirls they went
again to the Jereoakea Coffee-botme,but Captein Kirby wit
not to be found. The Prisoner said it was five o'clock, and
he bad given up all Impel; Of avian him that evening, but
be would write a saute to Captain Kirby, to meet him pre-
eiselt ten o'clock next morning, alter which he would
Immediately tall mad pay the witness and Mr. Roebottum.
The witness told him, as be had Mentioned several marvel-
"able names to him of peepk litiug the country, he was not
so anxious about the amens% fur his epode as that of Mr.
Itoebottost's, as be bad introduced him to that vaticinate),
and wished be would give him some wearily Mr. Roebut-
turn. The Prisoner answered be would satisfy him, on that
head, aqd took him to the house No. I, Paul-street, and said
to the landlord, " If I do not pay this gentleman and Mr.
Roebuttum for their goods at ten o'clock tomorrow mint-
ing you will deliver them to whoever they shall send for
them.' This satisfied the witness, and lie waited at home
the next day until one o'clock, but the Prisoner did not make
hie appearance. He then Went to the lattillord ias Paul.
"heel, who told him the Prisoner was out, and bad taken
the goods with him. He said be hoped all was right; if not
he advised the opines to be diligent. He then went to a
brother et the Prisoner's, a most respectable linen.d. awe,
who gave him a very had character of the Prisoner, and told
him he had been transported, sod was Itet lately refereed.
The Primmer in a toed voice exclaimed—" I acknowledge
I was transported, but that is no region that the laws of my
country should sot uow protect the. Although I Was trams.
ported, I am now in the service of the Crown."
Mr. Crew, in continuation, said, that lii had not seen the
Prisoner sleet Modal until that morning, at three o'clock,
when he returned home intoxicated. He believed the wife of
the Primmer was not a participator in his guilt ; she told
the witness she expected hilt home last Med, and gate hint
a bed in the house (in which be and his slopman slept), to
give him an opportunity of Meeting the Primmer. He came
home in a coach, and because he refused to pay the coach-
man he gate him into the Charge of the watch. The witness
afterwards lodged the prom* charge. 'the wittiest had tint.
thee seen nor received information of where his goods ee1....

The Prisoner was remanded for farther examination
Saturday next.
When the Prisoner was first put to the bar, he asked the
Worthy Alderman's permission to have a private conversa-
tion with one of the desks, which was refused. After his
examination was over, he addressed the Alderman, and said
he wanted to lodge au information against a person iu Hot-
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born, wile kept a backgammon-board with raise dice.
The Alderman observed be could not lishn to his ish.r-
matiou, audit mac with some difficulty be was removed from
the bar.

•UW.STAEET.
ATROCIOUS RORRERY.
Yesterday &spiels Morris, Joseph Bra4d. ✓aces Dennis,
and EIROM Owen, underweut their brat public examine,'
before J. E. ColNAser, Esq. charged with being concerned in
robbing t►e "rouse of William aulow. Esq. of Nu. 4, Cam-
driostreet, Camden Town, and stealing silver plate and
other in openly, to a considerable amount.
The circumstaucea attending this atrocious robbery are
of an extraordinary and alarming nature, particularly to
per.uns leaving their homes, &c.
The Prisoner Joseph Braid was a footman in the family,
Emma Owen was the cook in the family, James Demos
is uncle to Joseph Braid, soul Stephen Morris was a watch-
man employed by Mr. Clulow and twelve others of the
neighbourhood, W protect their house,. and property, he
was also much respected by them, and frequently great ti uKt
reposed in him. Ile was also employed at the pottery at
Battle-bridge.

Some time since Mr. Clulow left England fur France, and
is not yet returned. Mrs. Clulow left tome about the same
time fur the country, on 4 tiiit to some relations, leaving
her plate, of I hundred pounds value, packed up in
chest, nud the %%hole of the property in the house iu the
care of the Prisoners, Emma Owen, her cook, and Joseph
Braid, the footman, considering them to be good steady ser-
vants, sad trust-worthy. Mrs. Clulow relurord home the
beginning of the present month, and early in the mottling
of the 7th Mat, she was awoke with mu alarm of thieves
being is the house by the Prisoner, Stephen Morris. The
account Emma Owen then gave of her being alarmed was,
(bet when she awoke she lOW two men in her bed-
room, with their faces evidently blackened, to answer
the purpose of a disguise, sad each of them were armed %viol.
pistols. She was rumbled to see them distinctly by a candle
which one of them held in him hand. She was cell., swirly
terrified at their appearance, and was about to scream foe
assistance, when one of them loesented a pistol close to her
head, end swore that be would instantly blow her brainy

out if she nude the least seise. She in consequence laid in
bed perfectly quiet, and one of the rubber. contuse...l iu the
room tit kilip her quiet, while the other went and plundered
the bane of plate and other property. In elan. 1'61111611
stale she enotolued &r some time, till she knot the watch.
• wen's rustles apringiug; else then had wo data bat it hail
Inn discovered that the house had been broken open. The
min who was steadier over her then left the room liree'Pl•
tritely. fibs Gam after ventured to go down stairs, when she
fouuri Joseph Brant and James Dennis in the house; and her,
mistress, Mrs. Chaise, up. in nmenmenee of the alarm. All
the rioter doors of the house were epee, the plate cheat broken
Open, en.l• quantity of plate distributed iBl different parts
of the destriog.noes, of she vales of shunt 3001 and a
large quantity of considerable vole* missing, with, other
property, %Phi h, it was supposed, the rubbers bad creative!
lu carry off with them.
John Smith, out of the coodueon Of the patrol, helono.
ing to the office, slated, that se the mooning of the arip•
mind burglary and robbery is Mr. Clolow's Loose, he was
rolled op stout half-past two o'clock by Stephen Morris, ilw
Prisoner, who was the watchman, hsforming.hins of what
had happened, and solicit algid. athislanee. He gut up and
wrist to render his maistance' mod on hie arrival he proceeded
to examine the house, whets be found some violence had
leen used at • the doors, windows,, plate-cheat, and other
places, bat not in that manlier which is Clifton', (Line
thieves, nor were there any marks of friontips 10 Or from
the house sufficient to satisfy bin that robbers tourbrolei
in; his slopicions therefore were that the house had been
rolled by those withits, or some persons comented with the
',eremite, and after some deliberation he toonasoniested his
suspicions to Mr.. Vetoer, who agreeing with Smith in his
euilelosious. the Prix:tan, J. Braid find E. Owes, were in-
formed that they weir respected 'of hoeing a knowledge of
the Indies who robbed the boom, sad after long pressed
very close, E. Own confessed that leer gluey of die twu men
coming into her bed-room with their fail blackeued, armed
with pistols. die. was a fabricated statement which she had
been desired to say by the Primness anal the fattiest', and
Morris the watchman, and that the house bail not been
broke. open or robbed at that time, hut on the night of the
14th of Septembers whew she sod the Priatiaer, Joseph
'Braid went to Astlers Theatre.
This is now believed lo be is itatenient, but on
*erousst id list fabricated story of tfie robbers being in her
heil-rooni, he ale is considered accessary to the robbery.
'he was takeu into tweedy, and is still detailed. This led
to she det. mien of the other Poisosert. One of the patrole
belonging to the Office was stationed in Obeisant., to pre.
vent any intercoms, rir private commode's taking place
bet WI en tier and Joseph Braid, the footman.
Stephen Marie, the watchman, suspected of being con-
ct r net in the rubbery, *as taken lino*eneteily..
John Smith, the Cindnctor of the Petiole, anted, that en
'the 14th inst. be went to Stephen Morris, the watelmisn'a
/mow, in Caralinestrive, Camden Town: in the drawers all
▪ beilrous, lie found • shirt narked C, which Mrs. C 1111.11,/
believed to be her beshaners, but was 1101 positive. On the
"lilt lost. be searched Us house summit! time, 'elicit be found
right handsome tea spoons, testa them withC tin them, three
'with the eerie of a lion on thew, and three with the martin
*eased off, but they were all of the same patens. Ile had
sheen them to Mrs Chaos, who identified Owes aster pro-
perly, and believed them to be pan of the plate stolen. Smith
stated, that Mr.. Chaos, Sas prevented from attending by
indisposition, but hoped to'be dble to Weed al the next ex-
amination. Smith pnifilieed `several bank notes which had
been found by Mrs. Clulow's ma, buried in en earthen jar, in
the garden, by the contetsion of one of the Prleaters, 'being
part of the produce of 'the mile of the plate.
John Davis, the petiole, who was stationed iu Mrs. Ctn.
low's bone. to pretreat any private Intercourse between
'Braid, the foolenau, hod Emma Owen, the cash, stated,
'that mi the 14th inst. when Mr. Smith knocked at the dour,
both the Prisoners appeared much alarmed, and Owen asked
him how be tleal4tht she should get one to whirls lie replied,
far tbiloght the cireentstames were very mill opium them.
to about half an hear afterwards,Owen asked him, se • favour,
is allow her and Braid to speak together, to consult sled
woe best for them th do—he hesitated, but at length eon.
bested : they convened about five minutes in the kitchen,
*lwo they parted, and'Owen told him Braid wished to speak
with him privately; they walked into the garden, and Braid
tattooed that the robbery of bit toaster's house fool hero
ennonitted by the Prisoner, James Dennis (11i• Inlfiel, 31111
lltephen Morris, the watchman, about a forlitight previous to
the alarm. One wished to take the whole, but the other
iabjeeted He also added, the Whet was robbed on Its., night
that he and the cook went to the play, sad left his uncle in
charge of the house. About a foresight after the robbery,
be met Morris, the watchman, at a mildie.boust, who said
he bad somelhiog very particular to tell him, but was afraid
As would spilt ; and further observed, that it was him (the
watchman) and his stack who committed the robbery; and
it was from the Prisoner Braid's information Thal bet soled
that his each was at Cbellessford, iebrie be weal the next
day and apprelseuded him.
• The PriiolMPlll were aft reminded for another examina-
tion, wises it is hoped Mrs. tlaten will fie suMciently re.
coto:rid frum her hiclisposition to attend.
Mused Levi, sob is in custody on 'a charge of receiving
the Plate, bowing tt To have been Stolen, was placed at 51w
bar, bat no evidence gone into. He was wean remanded.
Lady Brows was brought to the enact in the custody elf
Humphreys, on s charge of felony.
It appeared by the evidence of two young men, of the
home of Harding and Co. late Hyde slid Scribe, in Pell-
etal], that last 'Friday a muff and some fur trimming were
ordered to be went to Indy Brace, at her house, No. S.
Lipper George.street, Mary-le-bone, aud in consequence a
muff .if the value of OL and for trimming, of the value of
7! were tea accordingly in one box. winch on its snivel
at the house a servant mid sbe would take to Lady Bruce,
and in a short time after the servant returned with the box,
with the snuff is it, saying bee ladjabip did not like the
muff, but walla keep the tenoning, and desired that a fur
tippet might be sent the next day. The man who was seat
with the box was desired not to leave the good, without the
lniniry fur them; however, the message heirs,; • plausible
sine, he wrist away., The seal day the tippet was rent. with
sus injunction that it was art to be parted with without the
mosey, which Dot being Riribrunsing at taily Ihure's boom,
to Laity Brace to 'be seen, the tippet was slot parted with,
red the 'showy Wan insisted epos for the trimming, or the
trimming to be returned, but neither could be obtained.
A young man of the hoists' of Harding., went :leis. mid
desired to see Lasly Bruce; he was informed she less out ;
he isisi4ti 4 upon it that she was nut oat, sod he ovoid wait
in the lone till be ilia see her, end after some time the it, i.
miner presented herself es Lady Bruce, when he iiiieatril hi.
&mend for the money, or the trimming ill he
when the Prisoner informed him that it wa. impossible be
could have the trimming again, as it was rot op and put ms
a altsse, and it was nut in her power to pay then, hut
would pay in a few days. This was nut agree) to by the
young 111i11), who proposed taking the trimming again, el
tl oti it was -art up and eiti a pelisse, but her Ladjship
noosed to let him have it.

Tire ground of a felossionry charge strum which Messrs.
!larding brought her to the drier, was her tubing the
trixiiiiiug out of the box without their consent : her having
mi:rl she was recommended by the Arum!, d family, lint who,
upon inquiry, denied that they Lnew silty such pei•iiii, and
Mor denied that the Prisuner was the !minor she reps eseuted
tube.

A gentlonota who attended to dekod the Primmer. inaitted
that she was the person %he represented herself to he, sin,
that her mime was'llAirl) Stewart Bruce. He also routended
that the tistosrtion was a simple debt, snit That Inc Laity.
ship would pay'it in ten days. He said her I.mlrliip Itpt all
t stahlishment of servant., mid lived in respectability.
The young men taint Messrs. Harding', still persisted the
Pi isioter was taut Lady Bruce.
. . .

Thr Magistrate, iii.determiaing the intstion 11.1 to felony,
mkrd if her Ladyship had been chargrd with btrolmg lii
trimming when the muff was rents-gird; and being :111.16 IWI
iu thr se:wive, he dismissed Ihr eharzr, is betng Duly a
deb', musty or the guuds haviug.Lwels deinondvil.

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ADULTERATING HUMAN root)

Ou ITeduesday eirsaluz au int; r.unhooto wr• hulgrol at
ems Oliit r, uudrr thr statute of 55 (-e • 111. r.p 114 t, siatiug,
th tt the luf..rmrr. John FlutZina, lut.l utr.rrtrd
of au no% twit svrat JcbcttpLou bout crui.d to tilt Inc

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:ibises of Pit. elarooPeaLs, et IsietioAtrilatisls, tier t
the Asplain, SI. George's, Southwork, and that he inspected
eel believed that such segrediests were there deposited
for the Faeroes al adulterating reseal, doer, or bread.
A seerels.wareant war arearstisigly looted, risen • quautity
of
ahem, sere* pounds iii weight, was fused its a parlour cup.
beard, sod use pound in • salt-boa, Is. the shop. Thu whole
was seised sad produced before the Magistrates, wise, spun
leasing the case, convicted the Defrintaiit is the rushy of
if. sad culls, cad adjudged the slaw lobe forfeited.