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London, England, 1818-11-14 00:00:00

TH-E STOLEN CHILD.

BOW SILVIA.

The subject of stealing Mr. Horsley's boy, and who is
net yet grand, bas become of so much public iittereat, that
Mr. Boesky has net only received every possible assistance
from the Police, but fauna the Post.office and other 'Govern-
ment establishments The question of the loss of Mr. Hors-
ley's child was resumed by Mr. Bernie on Thursday, with the
greatest promptititate, ectivitv. and persiverance.
The Magistrate seta tor Elizabeth Holbrook, the servant,
and examined her privately and very minutely as In the
I whole of the transactions abe tool with the Tall calling him-
self George Faulkner, ahe made her a dupe, fur the purpose
adorning possession of Mr. Harsh y'a buy, and that sending
Mr to tinitingham was ahem ly to get her ont oaf the way till
he oft to such a distance with the child that she could nit
tostat in iiirsiiiiig him, by description, dm. Upon a full
exisniusti 9999 of the girl, it, turns out nut to be trne what was
generally understood and believed at the investigation be-
Alit Mr. Hiekt, on Wednesday night, that an improper or
criminal connexion had taken place between bee and the
supposed George Faulkeuer, which is • very great satisfac-
lima taller father, mother, and timily, who are very discreet
pftiplr, as well as to Mr. said Mos. Horsley, and utheis,
anal although nothing criminal is attached to her, they have
-a,
ma to lament her itenurance, and the way in which she hail
been duped, so as to allow the little innocent infant
to be retried off by a malignant and unnatural assassin.
She promises to render every possible issi.tance to recover
the child, and to bring the robber to condign punishment,
alll gh the insensibility upon her countenance remains the
some, and she appears unmoved by an) thing that takes
place, or that is said to her. The first thing Mr. Birnie em-
ployed her 340111 was to send her tit eudeavone to find out
the Mouse in Severn's-row, Islington, where Mr. Faulkner
(Mehra the umbrella from, which we alluded to in our re.
port of the case yesterday. She was accompanies! by God-
frey said Goodwin, the constables; they proceeded to
KeYellef•reW, hibachis', and after making inquiries at a
dozen of houses they entered one, and examined it, when
Elizabeth Holbrook, extraordittary to relate, observed an
umbrella hanging up, which she recognised as the same
the raga whom she stated as having duped her fetched shout
two or three weeks since, when be was going to walk out
with her and Mr. tfuraley's children, when the weather had
the appearance of rain : it being red silk, and of French
Inassutacture, it was nut likely she could be snistakea, and
she positively led it to be the same to the constables;
they, in cousequelice, pun-et-did to make strict inquiries.
They learned that the umbrella belonged to a female lodger,
whose husband had left the house to gun into the country,
last Sunday; and on hie person being described, Elisabeth
Holbrook bail no doubt but that be was the man who had
imposed upon her, by the same of George Faulkner The
constables proceeded to interrogate the woman, sad from
her answers they suspected her to be ah acemupliee ; they
iii conarepteure took her into custody and brought her to
Ile offer. as also the umbrella, which bas 'proved such an
essential feature, where she underwent a long investigation,
and it appeared that her huahaud's name is got Faulkner,
hat Remelt, that he was of no regular profession, but lfre.
fluently went to France and other foreign parts; he was
inanetintex away from her months at • time • he had. lately
returned from Aix-la-Chapelle, and was iu time;
shout
two months, and at that time he hail taken the lodgings in
Severies.buitalings, which it is supposed wag fur the purpose
of being in the neighbourhood of Mr. Ho rsky's residence,
to enable him to carry into execution the carrying off Mr.
Hursley'a son. She acknowledged that they lived very •o.
comfortably together, but that on/3%lllday, when be went off,
they parted friends, sod he took leave of her between one
said two o'clock, taking with him two portmanteaus and It
aura of money, when be said lie was going to France, sad
should not return for two months. She denied knowing that
he was going to etrey off Mr. Horsley's children, or that
he hail any scheme fur that purpose.
Mr. Horsley was sent fur to the office, and on his arriaal
and seeing her, be appeared extremely shocked at seek;
tits 'elation, at least his wife's relation (we understand they
stcouoins) suspected of any knowledge of such a himiskd
colors, bat confessed that it dad not altugethila 'aim
him that her husband, Charles Sennett, was lies
;who committed the aborniushle deed; in fact, ho
tressed that he thought he was the man who hail car-
ried off the child, from rancorous malignity, combined
with dreadful threats that he bad made use of toward*
him and his family, and assigned as his reason fee think-
ing so was, that some time slime. be had a lawsuit with
Charles ll'uneit, respecting the heirship of an tidal
and cast him I said his sun, which he had now by a deep-
laid stratagem carried off, was heir to the estate.
About four years since, at the time Mrs. Horsley was preg-
nant with the said boy, she received • letter, stating that
Mr Hanky bad met with a must dreadful accident near
Lonibm-hridge, that in consequence he could not survive
and If site wished to see him alive, she must hasten to
He spot instantly, which she NI coralingly dial tit the greatest
'boleros and anguish of mind, when she agreeably karat to
her great satisfaction that no accideut had befallen Mr.
Homey, and 'hit the controls of the letter were wholly a faus
bricatitat, sod the said Chariest Ifeimett was suspected to be
the author of at ho answer the diabolical purpose of Cates-
iug a mi. lege, lest the child might prove a boy ; how-
ever, if this was the base design, it was provideutiaily frus-
trated.

limier all them circeimstaners, Charles Rennett was
chart,. d with the crime of stealing the child, and Mr. girlies
issued warrants against him, tool dispatched the most active
and intelligent officers in pursuit of him to Driver, Margate,
Brighton, and oilier 1101 it, and to 'online him wherever they
Cllll VIII any information fllirt•Ciing him. They will be at-
comp: el by Mr. tinrOky and some friends, who tan
identify Charles Rentseit and the child.

FOOTPA D.
Yesterday Moines Wilson was brought before k. Btstxts,
Esq. the Silting Magistrate, sod underwent a sicund ran-
heing charged with stopping, robbing, wonueling,
and bruising Mr. George, the landlord of the Globe Tavern,
at Peckham, on Sunday evening last, between five and six
o'clarir, by the side of the Slurry Canal, twitter.' the Dept-
ford sad the Kent road. The Prisoner's person was posi-
tively sworn to be the Prosecutor.
The Pirsorter Jointed the charge, and tailed two wit-
nesses to prove an alibi.

The Magistiate informed him it was not his province to
try PrisonerA, and as he Find been pototively gonna to, he
rarest commit him; lerwrver ha would hear his 'diseases.

The first was a wider, who had known the Prisoner fur a
number of year., but could only speak to sitter he was on
Sunday week, lie having mistaken the day. The other wit-
ness swine to his having been in the company of the Pri-
mmer from four o'clock till half-past seven, at a public-
honse in Deptford, whir h completely proved sn alibi, but
he turning out to be au indiferent character, his testimony
was nut cr♦•dlta'd,

A Captain of a yew% and a cook on board an indiaman,
who have lately hero rubbed in the same neighbourhood, at-
tended, lent root., not identify the person of the Prisoner.
Thee eleserehed the rubbers who attacked them to he a gated
of three. The cook, who is a strung powerful man, acid be
received five severe blows on his bead before lee was knocked
down ; he was then robbed of Bank UOI4 a to the amount of
HI. shit+ were fureildy taken out of his pucks t. The rob.
hen failed in dialog his watch. Tiny then attempted to
thaws him into a 110111, but be made his escape ; was on his
way to Greenwich. but was an ewer, stranger in that plot
of the casalty. The deponent called at the Reel Lion pub-
lielsouse, best the landlord re fused him any assistance, or
to I, t him have a heel rur the night, ob,erying that he might
be a robber f.r any thing he knew. Ile thought one of the
rubbers resembled woe of the a eruesses then in the Whew,
who attempted to prove an afild fur the Presentee 11'alson.
The Capt.im's ease 'wised out Toile the rev, i.e ; lee is a
tall, stout, powerful, healthy mao,and possessing a knowledge
of rlOtTilia/11. lie an. attacked in China-fielvls by three
one of them twirled him by the collar, and asked if he had
got any money, and if he hail, he most have it ; to which he
answered, it was UOllllllll to him whether he haul money or
net. At the same instant he saw twee MVO coining from
:41111111.1 %MEC to es and approaching towards bun, he aa.
0 Wall, Ih, re was no time to be lost if he intended to make
:env ru moaner., he thcrefure le yelled vere blow at the
r ;!,,„ rhol, 0 „,it yin by VIC CL.1:11 which knocked him

TAIO/1•11ALL.
ROBBERIES IN SOUTHWARK.
Vaneferrilk, William Alban's, Ames Lye*, W.
Caner, and Williaet Mworer, were brought before the Ma-
gistrates by Heron, the night constable of St. George's, on
ouspicion of being contented in many of the robberies which
have iccently been committed in Southwark.
It was stated by Heron, that be had, fur many
dated as constable, and fur the principal part of hie life had
been occupied in bringing thieves of various descriptions to
justice, but he bad , till the present time, known rob-
bers so considerable in number, and so daring in character,
as those of the present day. He had redoubled his own vigi-
lance, and kept the watchmen and patrole under his control
enntiunally upon tit: alert, but notwithstanding all their etre-
lions, the Borough of Southwark was still infested by an
alarming gang. On the night of the Lord Mayor's day, get.
tlemen were robbed and attacked in every direction, and from
the circumstance uf a number i.f duplicates fur watches being
found upon the Prisoners, and from their Notorious characters,
be was induced to believe they hail perpetrated several of thZ
robberies. Vanderville, Atkisson, and Lyon, be appre.
Mended at the Green Man, in Kent.street Immediately
upon his entrance into the room where they were sitting,
one of them attempted to stab him, whilst the other extin-
guished the lights, to facilitate their escape. Gillies and
Brewer were apprehended loitering about in the Borough,
at a late hour. In Gilties' kat was a piece of black crape
so fastened that it might be instantly used for a covering
for the (nee, snd removed again in a moment into the crown
of the bet. A uew pocket, recently cut from a coat, was
aloe found spun hint.
They were all committed fur further examination.
estate,-
.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

POtTIMOUTU, sovErksint 1!.
Cane into iiarbonr the EA, to be paid off.
Railed the liibberts, Peat, fur Madeira and Jamaica; and
Elbe, Paterson, for Batavia.

PLYMOUTH, NOITILINEER 11.
Arrived the Mary, Clough. from Shields, to Nantes, and
remain wind bound; Juno, Sparks, from Alicaut, to Lon-
don, out dote weeks, with loss of rudder—put under qua.

VALMOIJTN, NOVEMBER 10.
Arrived the Jane, Whitford, from London fur St. M ichae l'a,
with Ines of mainmaat and other damage; and Mary, Pid-
geon, from ditto fur Balboa.
Remain in the Roada the Lee, Heron, Shamrock, and Sea.
lark; Montague packet for America; Blacker packet fur
Jamaica; and Sandwich packet for the Brazils.

PENZANCE, NOVEMBER 10.

Arrived the John Edersois, Irinlhq, frum Carmarthen for
London. with loss of main•boum ; and Brothers, Forbes, from
Li►bon fur London, in tca days.

117.11t1/4111111, NOTFWIYR 11.

The brig Glsdwin, Clark, from Jamaica, fur Liverpool,
Wag driven on shore about three wiles from this place, last
night about eight o'clock, and is • complete wreck ; her
cargo consists of cotton, coffee, givarr, sugar, ir.c. itc. a
port of which is expected to be saved.

DIAL, NOVIIMIER I.

Came clown from the River th•s morning and remain the
Shooter, Forster, for Jamaica ; and Urania, Hutchinson, for
St Vincent's.
The 3d Regiment of Foot (or Buffs) embarked t►is morn-
ing on board the Sir George Osborne mad Aurora transporto,
and Ilse 29th Regiment is now embarking on board the Bra-
bant and Lady Nonillion transports, fur Ireland.

Fire o'clock —The Strutter and the Craws are just get-
tiog Wailer wetgb.

11.11111GATI, NOVINISTIL 12.
Came in the Catliarina Elizabeth. from Hamburgh, for
%men, with loss of ter [reheard, amber, sod cable.
Sailed sereral transports fur Calais.
LITFRPOOT., NOVEIIIII7II 11.
_ _ _

The Maria, Hilt, for Savannah, parted last night frum
both rabies in the River, and drove out to sea. She is now
bmiting off the floating light.
P.S —The Maria has been supplied with an auchur and
csb!e, and bas rime to outside.

COURSE OF EXCHANOI

Ana.terdam.... 11 8
Ditto at sight .. 11 5
Rotterdam..... 11 9
Antwerp ex. Mu. 11 12
Hainburch .. 33 10
Altua.s ......... 34 11
Paris 3 day's dale 23 211
Ditto . 24 20
Mamie:tax, tle. 24 20
Frairkfutt on thy

, Emit) Novemora 13.
Venire OS SO

Alai's' '5O

Naplts ..
Palermo
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro 661
Dublin ill pit Cl.
Cork ..... ...• "

Main 142
Madrid ...... 40
Cadiz 40
11illwa
Bare. lona . 39
.....
Gibraltar 34
gliv.
nil

uto.l.loN.
Portugal Gold iu f
Cuiu, per tot ....0 0 •
Fureitn Gold iu
Ba•s ..... 0 0 0
New Dunblouna 0 0
New Milani S S
Siltyr in Mini ....0 d 0
New