The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-04 00:00:00

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Girtr.nifAr Delobout and Sarah Gibbs, charged with hay.
ing a„.",e,, in the „mmi,,ion of a rape on the person of a ehdd, only
11 years of age, were ye•terilay, dist hart,-ed, twin a defett in e vi•
deuce, and *tom prinif ad.'nectl that the former did not {oche iii the
image at w hich it was alleged the crime had been committed until
of er the time specified by the prosectitt ix.
I. Solomotis was charged with cutting a cold seal and key from the
watch ribbon of Mr. (.i:ad, in Sinithlit;:d, on itieh•. Mr.
Guad hail gone to view the prep•trainii,s lUr BA1,1101"IDCW talr, which
commenced yesterday ; and wink! in the cr.•wd fell his watch rdibon
pulled, lie looked d. wn and missed his trinkutt. Seeing the prisoner
%vas near him, lie si.teed him, and towni in his hand a pair of scissor ,
'at feet he, found his stag and key. "Ile prisoner was fu ly commit.
.ed for tri.d.

J hit Richards, with Hoot ih his reporel wire, stood charged
en Wednesday with coinieg. Upwards ot 300 pieces of ceuntel kit
Money were protith ed against ;hem by the Gificers who took theirs
biro custody, toget her w ith several phials and earthen vessels con.
ia;ning the various ingredient; and implements used for the purpuse,
e Kell were tomel in their possession.
lobo Drink water, police officer, stated that, having a warrant to
t,pnelienct the prisoner Jobe, beiog concerned with others m
robbiog their employ et, a shoemaker, he went to the s!‘op ot a per-
son in Fleet street, by whom he nutlet stood the prisoner was then
emplosed The prisoner was not there, but this per-or. agreed to
accompany the witnyss to his residence ; accordingly thee went to a
place called tare Cual- yard, 'writhe tn}m Heleorn into Drury-lane,
where in the peal of an obscure old house the pi iso: se‘vere di-eo-
verel. Before entering the room the witness thought he smelt aquae
t. rtis, which lie suspected had just then been enivied out on th6r
aeptoach, and to avoid deter:nen ; having at this roe irdurne 'ion
that this practice was carrying on to a yet y great extent in Lohdon,
cktermintet to search the premisese upon which was tOund the pro.
duced vessels, together with copper coin, si me trefin sited and others
washed over and in a hquid state. On search tug the prisueers' per.
son, sorer:: icaderi shilling were likewise found upon them.
A Int reran Ansley ordered, that as this offence was not committed
within the City jurisdiction the misoners should be remanded, in
order to be -eat before the comp), Magistrate.
HATTON- GARDFN.--H Brooks and E Dillon,two notorious chaise.
were cii:trt; d cynic of the blackest dye Jane Ballard, an in.
wresting child of 12 years ot ag,, stated, that on Thursday eight, the
Ast of eist July, ;bout the hour of 12 o'clock, she was going c% ith
• the key or the street door to het father, who was at a public-house,
his beeefit club ; she met the prisoner, Henry Brooks, in Gray's Ihn-
Loteoand he gave I cr an cightrenpennv piece to shew him tee way to
Feathers-court, in Hinbern, near Gray's Inn-lane ; she ace, mpanied
the prisoner to the cod et tie_ court, and said that is it. Ihe prisoner
then took her up in his arms, catcatrled her into a house in the hoist r, and
having brought her up se.irs, threw her on a bed in the triune in
wh ch the rental. prisoner was at -he time. When the prisoner Brooks
c:triied witness into the room, the prisoner Dillon said, " What,
Harry, another ?" He said, " Yes." Witness sete,..rned, and the
prisoner, Elie. Dillon, held the poker over her, threatening to kill
pc. rlf she matte a noi,e, dby force an i threats the prisoner executed
hi, internal purpose.—The house where the otFence was cenenitted
being in the City, the Magistrate ordered the prisoner to be taken
• before the Lord elayor.

UNION respectable inhabitant of the Iloroutdi was on
Thursday biought before AI r. Chambers. the Sittiog 11Iagistrate,
charged with attempting to iolate the person of a girl wider 13
years of age. The circumstances fit the ease, as stated by the girl,
were supported by the evidence of two or three other girls, her emu-
paid/ins about her own age. From some 'fait rot their testimoey,
however, the Magistrates was led to Nit.pect the milli of the whine,
and under that impression, had them separately into a pri% ate
room, where he at length litiaaJit them to confess that they
wholly ignorant of the ti nth of the circumstances they had heen
stating, the mother of the complainant having histructed them hi
what they were to say, and pi (anise(' earls of them a new gown, in
ease they succeeded in getting some money Iron, the deletidant, as
they expected they shotild. Upon this statement the Dilagistrate
immediately in ,lered the deteiniant to he set at hoerty, and advised
him immediately to prosecute the mother of the complainant, who
had preferred this charge ag,iiiist Lim. It also appearing th .t the
girls, although so young., wei e common prostitutes, they were sent
as such to the 'louse or Correction for a f.
AlUtil)Elt AND SUICIDE.
UNION-HALL—The attcution of the ate at this Office
was, on Thursday afternoon, call( d to investigate a shucking fif•l` sit
murder awl suicide. A Mall stun ed Joseph Hark, about 3.) years
Of age, %vas Inutignt op Irvin hospital, in the custody of May

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