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London, England, 1820-12-07 00:00:00

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honest ma% after dirk, with a felaniw► iatest.
though only by ►he lifting of a 'stele, tile,/
mach guilti of a capital *Offence et If they nircad
the door with a pick-ate or any otlie► iiistregue*
He thought it of the but importance the/ this eft-
planation of the law shookl be promulgated as re-
tentively at poptible.
Mr.. Watkins recommended the Pritoneet to
mercy/and
Mr. Baron Gaitatow said, he would forward the
recomwirmlatson, but he hoped the Prnwisiera would
not indulge in hopes which tune was but too moot
reinion to untivioite *Milli be di a;t9pal sitt:ll.
James Reeves Hod Joseph ✓ohnsmt, two bore,
age.' 17 Nod Is. were capitally indwted for asse.ii.-
ing George Salt Turk no the highway, and tak:•ig
from hie verso!, a watch. moil., Ste. his property.
Mr. Tuck waa passing aloes; the Sironti, one
morning in (Moller, when he wet surrounded by a
gang of eight or ten felloitt, amoogst whom i.tr*
the two Prisoners. One gout, ionii a 1):11.11, a. i•u
loaned hum **vomit two (Mien., who melted his ar,!--.
and the Primmer Reeves drew out hi. soitrL and
hvnd•ii it to Jnh(i•rut: Mr. Tuck teetotal the Pei..
toilers, iis spite of the rfrutts of the others of the
who beat hum severely. Johnson had the
witch caner:tied between Ins wajr,reat owl shirt.

The Juiy found the Pri.o.iero Guilty pewit.
Jame. Hues, it boy of 16,. %lift next tried nprin
an indictment charging him with highway robbery.
John Garrod, a workman to his Ilajesiy's
stated, that a* he was azilk:vig along Lernati.streer,
Goodmsn's-fieldo, allow .0 o'clock in the eve,i-
.iug, he war attacked by a gong of 'shout 15 pat-
inas, some of whom held lii• alma, while the P•i-
golfer; who appeared to be one of the moot ortive,
thrust his fiend min stitufraff', rtomacts, and match-
ed his watch from his lob. lie introuetl and secur-
ed Into, but not wad lie had h,inoelf been kouelPd
down by the others.
The Jury f d the Prisoner Guilty —Death.
hot recommended him to mrriy on account of his
youth.
Mr. Baron 171ARiloW having ordered the ril.loOl,r
to let 114.1) at the bor., uhaffraeft, that although it taffa
his duty to give all the weight to the recionmend.,-
lion of the Jury to which it woo
tied. I e at the some time felt himself bound to
state, in pity t.. life Prtiforfetr, as well as to oar.,
others, that he had better not indulge 1114V...cif us
any *linguine hopes of mercy, for the metropoh.
wao now in such a state, that its Nloysty's subjects
could not walk the public streets without imminent
danger of rohlsery and perooriol and the
tiecesoily of an awful public example was never
inure otrongly felt than at the preeent moment.
The Prisoner, to 141 from being at all moved by
the solemn warning of the Learned Judge, rrtirql
from the bar inutteriii4 curse* upon Provecutoo.

MIDPLESEX SESSIONS.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6.

ASSAULTING THE ITALIANS.
Jacob Sienese, landlord of the Coach and Horses, Taro-
ham Green, stood indicted fur assaulting Peter Heaver,
Charles Galley, Peter Tyronie, and John Montages, four
Italians, ow the 26th of September.
-at ;list-wed from the evidence that on the day stated in
the indictment, Galley, one of the Prosecutors, Wailinne
ilbng the road with a box of hardware, which hi bserkeat
about, and 11314 the other Proseentors, who are likewise
hawkers. They told him how ill they had been treated on
the road, by persons who were prejudiced 11‘1111141 the.e
' couutrymru, in cousequence of the Italian witnrsees who
gave evidence 41[111111 the Queen. They offered their good.
for sale at the door of the Defendant's house to 44/14e per-
suns assembled theie, hot imtead of buying, they were at-
tacked by the ostler and others, and the hoe of Galky,
thrown upon the pavement and trod upon, and bis goods
broken and destroyed to the 311101141 u( 351. The Deferidaut
came out of the bowie and struck Galley a violent blow be-
hind. Twu Gentlemen olio were passing, endeavoured
to intercede in their behalf, but were themselves threstened,
and obliged to leave the poor foreigners to their fate. thin
Of the Hammersmith roaches coming sip, the gentlemen ap-
pealed to the coachman and passengers to interfere on the
behalf of the poor Italians, but the coachman's reply was,
D—n them, set them under the wheel and ni rids over
them."

Several witnesses were called to abew the Nikons com-
mitted the first assault upon the Defeudaut's order, ■nd
that the Defendant merely endeavoured to restore peace, and
p eeeee cot a riot before his door.
One of the Italians bad borne maths of the wounds 1s
received on his Irc, and another of th►m had tote t►e use of
oue Of his fingers, and consequently were unable to &peer
et the list Sessions.
The Jury found the Defendant Grafi,.
The sentence of the Court was, that he be fined 601. with
liberty to speak to She Prosecutors en the subject.

POLICE.

MANSION ROW.
THE OWYHEE CHIEFS.

Yesterday Mr. Todgay and the Rea. Mr. Tateaer, who
have the care of the two unfortunate rtraugers, welted upon
the Lard Mayor, in company with the eldest at dm natives
and the young Interpreter. - -
Mr. Tudgay said he waited upon his Lordship to com-
plain of and publicly contradict a letter which bad appears:l
in •owe of the public journals, tending to 'brow in inspn-
tstinn of falsehood nu the statement whith beet appeared ill
the public papers respecting the two ustivee ofclaybde, wlw
had fallen under his protection.
The interpreter, upon being questioned, said, that due nq
his stay at the ',land of :siTelleva, where he irattl4loo p•l-
-anner (it was stated by mistake in the ferm►r erect-isn't that bit
had bets taken prilliller it Owyhee) he wee riniclyTo ;leaser
upon oath, that hr had arm twelve individtwla, killed, moo-
ed, and rat lay the natives. He bad also reddeekiie several
months at Owyhee, and although there had been tad itialassen
of this kind duriag his stay, yet lit bad seen an aboiidence
of human bones, WA only of thosc who hairbefra liffert4 tip
as victims to propitiate their God, but 'she of awe who
had been taken prisoners and rosslNd.
The Lord Mayor there might have been yawns tri.
flint( inaccuracies in the Pamir, statement which hurt h....
made these, but it appeared to 14;.ii that at was
comet.

It was atated that the eldest Chief and the Intermit, had
hers Mitsui ou Nliiiiday at tbs house of Vie Right Hon J L.
Villiers to a party of Nobility sod Gentry, al:iota& wbuni
were Lord J. Fitzroy, the Bishop of 1W paved's, Consiimis
Naomi., Lady Ilwatinck, aid Mrs.
The Bishop of St.David'a was particularly enteeteiseci wilts
flou's aceoulit of the •• Great Chief abore,"auil his def
tom of the opinions he!ii by fits countrymen of .afetiare *la t,.
The party doin ***** the Chid with a haintaunii dunii•o
and the Heu J. C Vi;lier4 ha, eiguified hie iuteaii,ou of sec.
ing to the educatiou of the young Interpreter.

RIAIRLIBOROOSS STREIT.
ROBBERY AT THE MARQUIS UP dtATERPORLES.
Yesterday 'brawl Daly and Michael °linos orrre
brought to this office, and midetwent an taausiastion,
tharfoil wills having cummited a lubber, a t 4hAotahipa Ira
the Marquisof Waterfo.d.
It appeared that his Lordship, a short tam 110, bwought
with kon, from Ins sest la irelautt, a mw Ilia* Thomas