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London, England, 1820-12-23 00:00:00

5a.,61 he never wrote, woe *mild tie make lie mark apse
l'.
The Prisoner. were remanded for another week, but the
v.:terries were booed over to moment,.
Yeeleeday ifeseyeeet Kelly was brought to this oast for
r,eviansinatiow, rhsrged with rithbiog Derma of his
watch, (haler, nod wide. It appeared, frost the statement
Nike. Gleams, She lantilarii of the Flying Movie, Oxford-
that the Prosernme IP 110 have been nsotakets, as he
pewlied to her the .nerving .(ter he had mote to the Pri-
eoooe belay the thief, to knew if he had left his watch with
ker.—The Proseeetor, am receiving a severe reprimand front
vti,t Magistrate, uttered en oath, us the repetitios of which
he was tensed out of the elks.

V II lOW -111 ALL.
WRPRISING DEPRAVITY OF THE LIMES.
la consequence of repeated complainla hunt the reopseta.
1,1. isihabilauto of St. George's fields, a privy search warrant
,4211 i.sard from this office on Thursday night for the spree-
lieneon of all reputeei thieves, diaorilerly characters, and
r..ditutes, Nebo might be Nand about after a prescribed

Shout twelve o'clock, the whole of the of aided by •
etsaaig detachment of special and parish constable', the
whole untkr the direction of the Chief Clerk, set out on then.
mission. They lint traversed Dover-street, where they
found all the night-hooves Moen, sod heard music and Sauey
-
They entered the first, and found it full of woMen,
'emir el whom were full dressed, and others had only their
ender garmeuts on; there were no men, or If there-ImA
heeu soy, they had fantod mesas of escape. Having spines
hiited the +We of this wretched assembly, and lodged
al
them in the watch-house, the constables returned, and sue-
errikel in securing another bosse-full of similar compels!,
with the addition of a number of men, whom they found
ea. modur, and dancing on the tables, many of the females
h.aig absolutely hut half-dressed ! In the whole, they op-
Imrbrudrd aixly individnals of both who were yester-
day morning placed at the bar of this office.
Mr. Allen, the Sitting Magistrate, assisted by Mr. Mrs.
ri-ou (Chairman of the Quailer Sessious), essmitoil the ate.
titiqw-ots most minutely, and from their Varll/09 statements,
it would seem that the Borough is the general receptacle or
ad quarters of all that is bad. Many of the women said
;hey lived an rye-street, and the Almonry, in Westminster,
bid had Rune to the hall in Dover.street ; others had been
44:1.001 there for a similar purpose (ruin Whitechapel, Hors-
le; dawn, and other distant parts.
•Ilie °the+ rs assured the Magistrates that this was not their
first appearance in the neighbourhood, the whole of them
beiiig old offenders. They then went into a review of till
the misdeeds they had known the Primmers guilty of during
the last few years; but to follow them through their
...dentition (which was certainly euriou.), would take more
room thau our limits will admit of. They however drew
sock • picture of Dover-street, nod the other haunts of those
tieserahle beings, !last many of oar readers will he apt to
view them as lid...bites,. of another region. It would sp-
rat from this accouut, that in imosmer the girls eutertain
tin twelves is the morning, by turning out in the streets to
play 'Mutt!' cock, trareh.ll, Sec. and it is no utteummun
'Mug to see from two to thee hundrid of them eugeged in
these kind of amusements, their hair dishevelled, and wear-
ti; nothing above their waists, save mad eseept their eight-
. 10:10.6! whilst every alley stud corner is filled with skeilksug
'Alison., ready to ',mince on all whose curiosity or impru-
dence might drew them to the disgusting scene. At night
they air fmicifolly dressed (if being half naked can be
cull-
ed •,); they sit in the lower rooms on sofas, Slid Ilid 1110-
000, are all open; it a stranger p be i. Method, re-
eu,diised, smoked tout, mot plundered—for in this little
r,;;;.ne ;t is a matter of cuorse tkat " his oaths lutist be
fc!le,l" for Ike common coed.
he Magistrates exprei.sed themselves deteimined by every
memos iu their power 10 eiadirata this evil, mot they isms. -
ill!ittly committed the whole of Ilse Poisoners to gaul, to be
tad oii bread abd Witter, and kept to bard labour.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND BRUTAL OUTRAGE.
Ann salmon, :that " Voting Nan," T. Ilaretewr, and
C Towner, entre Inought up in rottenly of Robert Hall, this
officer, charged to. auspn•i.ia of being concerueil in a most
a!rocioos attack and rubbery on some Gentlemen, ma Wed-
MALL
I i appeared front the evidence of J. Fulcher. Esq. of New-
legion, and his Goad, Mr. Lewis, of the Royal ;Salty, that
ois Weilocorley erelong, an they were passing Weer-street,
to
c.mipany with :moth. r g•utlrmsn (alio was su muck beaten
so to be unable W atieniC., it occurred to thew that they
10 (W.a into the opposite part of the Itoroogh, for
stitch put pose they turned dos.. the first by-street, out
k..iiteitig the infamous thaw:rem of the neighbourhood.
%Icy had not pruceedid far before they hail 1.3*U1l to wish
tOemselves out again, as they found themselves surrounded
by a slumber of strunnnis, who strongly tri d to pertieole,
aroi then tu force them into the hoase... Ik,. tire loose-
. otois resisted, and tudeavourcd is. force them-elves sway.
wt., is a female of masculine. appearance ..tru.k one of them
biow on the eye, which bruited mud merited it dreadfnll),
'it'd at the name natant another snatched his Lai, wins attic It
61,- ran ..tr. A hind whistle was then heard, which was
im.oered by the appearance of a banditti about 40 its intim
•.- aimed •itb +•ticks and other dangerous ie (amnia,
..;!ti which they commenced a t desperate attack on
the three gentlemen, who, although unarmed, tun& a pow.
e.ful rrnuteurc. Huwave►, the most courageous tee/toms
~•chd 1,V311 nothing against so numerous a hand of ruffians,
beet us. the prpetrietitin of their object, whatever it might
cost titan,, all that the l'rorecuicitA were beaten most shark.
: but more especially the absent gentleman, oh.,
re-
vcr.•ral fractures. They were then rubbed of their
watches, and every thing valuable in their possession; but,
noforiutiately fur the ends of justice, they were enable to
I:l,mtify any of the robbers.
The ilsgisirate regretted that there was not sufficient evi.
are to he the Postai. ra with the robbery, as he should
uoiot certainly commit them to the Asnizes on the capital
Honever, they ►h•uld trot escape, as Ire 'Mould
commit this men as reputed thieves, aud the woman as a
common street.wslkcr.
They west accordingly committed to the House of Cor-
rection.

EXTENSIVE PLUNDER OF COAL IN THE RIVER

A NI IF.S.
Jew' rolling, John Thomas, George Kelly, and C. Ihea-
ihr Ildree first Prisoners lads, the *delis' about 14 yeas*
ea age, ac.e brought up in ilia custody Of Judge, a Police
lilliee , charged with stealing • large (pallidly of aunts hums
a barge iyiia 111 the Hirer Thames, brlUUXIut In Messrs.
Soussurifii•iel and Cu. coal.nsercbsuis, at Vauxhall.
The Magistrate, under all the cireumstaisce c, committed
the 60101 le for arven nays rail to the 'louse of Correction,
avid °tardy' that Kelly's father shuttle' pay a fine of Stem. fur
stet. coals found in his peovessiuu, lie WA toeing able lu giirc •
bailie At accuunt buss or because poraesseed of them.