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London, England, 1821-03-11 00:00:00

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that she had struck her, and from a concern for the
safely of her soil hereafter, she did strike her, that she
might not incur the dreadful guilt of perjury. The de.
Prudant %V.ISo howet er, convicted, and sentenced to be
iministmed for one month iii tile common poi.
LAMING ATTACK UPON TX AUBREY roues BY •
IiF.sCUG GANG.
. . .

Two men, named Davis and Dail, were tried upon an
indictment liar having assaulted Lawrence, Blackburn,
and II erring, officers of the Surrey Police, with intent
to rescue a prisoner in their custody under a charge Of
felony.
Mr. Barrow stated the case to the Jury on the part of
the prosecution. The case was afiet wards more fully
detailed in evidence. The learned Counsel remarked,
that it was fortunate for the prisoners that the attempt
which he charged them with having made, had not
succeeded, as their punishment would have aren of a
much more serious nature than could be inflieted undo
the present indictment for the misdemeanour only.
G. Blackburn, a Surrey Ponce Officer, stated, that
he was on duty its I(6h-street, on the 14th of February
last, whew he met a thief, whom he knew, canted
Jones, with a boy upon his back, in company with the
pristmer Hall aml .another matt, whom he believed to
he Davis. The witness pursued Jones, and overtook
bin) With the box upon him, which he was afterwards '
cons icted 4)( having stolen. Same other officers came
op, and they attempted to take the man and the property
before a Magistrate.. They had gait as lar as the White
Bear Gardens, in Doverhasad, when a party of men
came up to them, and one, who appeared to be the
leader, cried out, " Here they are, kill or murder the
h—s, for we'll have him away." The cry of Rescue
was set up, and a most thrimisadack was made upon the
officers, who drew their cutlasies to defend themselVes.
They were attacked with large stones and sticks, when
the whites, received a severe blow Irons liall;whom he
instantly made a blow at with his cutlass, and cut him
down the face. The edge of the cutlass was turned by
the ace% hof the prisoner. The prisoner has a sere
w °mid across the face. Seeing their associate wounde
s. hey retired. The party were not strong euoug h tit to
any of the gang, which consisted of upwards of thirty
persons; but the two prisoners being knoaen, they were
afterwards taken into custody.
David Herring, another police officer, and George
Lawrence, one of the foot patrole..corrolioratcd the
statement of the above witness.
The Jury, wilhout hesitation, found both the prisoners
Guilty.
The Chairman said, That the attempts made by gangs
of asides to rescue their accomplices, hail of late been
sn fregnent, aid of so daring a nature, as to call upon
him to mark the offenca of the prisoners with the most
exemplary punishment that the law world allow him
to inflict. Had the officers shot any of than when the
outrage was emumitted, the law fully justified them in
so doing. The Chairman proceeded to sentence the
prisoners to be imprisoned 24 calendar mouths each in
the common gaol.
Toe Court expressed their approbation of the cou-
rageous manna its which officers had behaved during
the attack.

SINGULAR FRAUD.—There Is great reason to cupposc
that considerable depredations have been roman [red by
a prison of great ingenuity, as the following case will
skew, taking advantage of the etipidi!), of heirs expectant,
and persons respectably situated, by bringing the news
of the death of distaut friends or relatives, with the more
acceptable news of a legacy, and au order flow an attor-
ney upon a banker for the payment of it. It is for the
purpose of patting the public upon their guard that we
give the particulars of the following case:—
On Monday last a young man, of genteel address and
respectable appear.tice, waited upon Mrs. E. Stone, a
tespoctable wha keeps a boarding-school at Dept-
ford, and preseuteil her with a lctier written iu a regular
lawyet's baud. Thu following is a copy ;-
4 To Mrs. Elizabeth Stone.

" Balk, 31dICII 2, IS2I.

" Madam,—My clerk waits upon you fur the purpose
of paying you a legacy of 5 11. due to on, under the will
of this late Mrs. Mary Harris, of this place, and to take
your receipt 411(1 discharge fur the same. The lei;.• 'y duty
being pi ()aided for by the will of Mrs. Harris, there is
only the expenses of my clerk's jouruey iu attending you
bet ein to be paid.
"I
(1111, Madam, your very obedient servant.
"To Mrs. Elizabeth Stone, School-
mistress, Deptford, Kent."
Enclosed was an order upon a banker, of which the
following 4.1 ropy:—
" To Messrs. Fidler and co. Bankers, London.
64 Bath, Mai 1691.

,
"At sight hereof, pay to Mrs. E. Stone, or to her order,
the sum of testy pounds sterling, which place to the
account of
4c
The pretended civic airy charged d. the precise
aiikeiiht of the expellees of his joist el out the gOod lady
did not stint her gAtaievoAily to the precise 50111, hilt feasted
him and gave A. for the vreleonic intelligence. The
whole had ao hu ,iueee like add official an appearance,
slid the clerk too, so like a *au cit or'. clerk, that not ine
least silliieion Sias entertained, particularly as the good
lady hail a reillale aegmtintßure named Hati is, (10111 whom
she hail some remote expeciatious. It is almost needless
to say, that on arrivinz la town the next day, and rvseist-
ing the order at the bunker's for mot. the fratlll
was
lii•COVel ed. They kiitw of no such persnu at Bath, and
pi oi )))))) iced the miler to be a forgery.—'fho man iii per-
son is apparently about 31 yeals el aoi, of dark coins
pleAon,witti riaticularly dai k eyeaduiddlesized,decently
dressed, and of genteel address.

FATAL MISTAKE.-..-A few days ago, the wife of
Mr. George, who keeps the Union-inn. at S.ow-on-
tbc-Wold, Gloucestershire, scat to a druggist for an
ounce of salts—an ounce of oxalic acid was seat by
mistake, which Mrs. George took, and though every
cf!ort was wade to save her, she cseired in great
%way.

Elopement ix Lyi.-w 'thin the last few days'
which has given rise to much conversation in the fa-
shionable circles, and is likely to prove a source of profit
to the gentlemen of the long robe. An officer of high
family, who has served with distinguished honour its
must of the Peninsula campaigns, was quartered at
with a portion of his regimen!, and the station
being likely to he permanent, lie required his lady and
domestic establishment there. A short time ago a lieu-
tenant,. who was there on regimental affairs, was intro-
dnced to the domicile of the gallant officer, and so in-
sinuated himself into the good graces of the lady of the
mansion, as to induce her to forget her solemn obliga-
tions to her husband and family, and to elope with hint.
The husband communicated the circumstances to the

(clinic's of the lady, who immediately endvavourad to
adopt means for her rescue from a state so degrading,
and requested his aid in furtherance of their object, he
being of course the only person who could exercise any
legal authority over her. The request was at first in-
dignantly spurned ut, lint he was at length prevailed
'you, and application being made to a magistrate at
Baw-street, an active and intelligent office (Ituthven)
teas desired to assist the parties in their search. After
a tedious inquiry of several days they were traced to
Surrey, but when the pursuers arrived there, they had
fled, and ad trace of them was lost. The (Aker. how-
ever, &alined such inhumation as convinced him that
the fugitives were 410 t far off, and he disptched a mes-
senger to Hampton Court, who learned that they had
btien lodging in t'ie neighbourhood for the last two days,
but were then :tone out on foot. While the pin-suers
%%ere consulting at their inn as to the best mode of
action, the person himself was seen walking at a saun-
tering pace up the street, so/us. Tile party immediately
sallied forth, and a rencontre of no :pry amicable nature
took place, it bins with the utmost difficulty that the
injured husband (who was armed) could be restrained
from violence against the offender on the spot. Being
commanded to produce the I ady,he hesitated, but while
they were talking, the frail fair one issued from a shop •
in a view of tile whole party. She was for a moment
thunderstruck. The lady was taken from her para-
mour, and cons eyed to het faih:r's house.
FIRES.—About six o'clock on Sunday morning, a
cow-ludge, on the King's Lines, Brompton, belonging
to Mr. Freeland, caught fire, and in a very short time
was burnt to the ground, and ten cows and three horses
were burnt to death; four cows were extricated front
the flames, but dreadfully scorched. Mr. Freeland was
in the lodge, and conjectures that the candle accident-
ally caught some loose straw, bat so rapid were the
Homes, 111 c t he had not time to save the animals; fortu-
na;:ly the stoci; and preinses were insured.—Monday
evening, about sever, o'clock, the village of Lower Clap-
ton was thrown into the greatest confusion, in conse-
quence of a fire breaking out in the mansion of
Hamilton, Esq. which burned with the greatest fury.
The flames were first discovered bursting through the
attic windows, by a gentleman who was passing, and
who gave an instant alarm. In a short time the engines
belonging to Hackney parish arrived on the spot, but
were not sufficiently powerful to controul the fury of
the devouring element, which had attained fresh power
by communicating to the house of Mr. Janson, nearly
adjoining. A poor woman, who had lived in Mr. Ha-
milton's family fur years, and had saved about tool. lost
it all in the fire, and did not even save a change of
wearing apparel.
About half-past four o'clock on Sunday afternoon,
Hr. Humfrey's, mill, near Cambridge, was struck
by lightning, annd so great was its force, and so
rapidly was the electric fluid conveyed thriiiigh the
various parts of the building, that the destruction
which has been caused by the lightning affords an
interesting spectacle to the observer of the operations
of nature. The lightning first struck the sails of
the mill, and not only burnt the canvas to atoms,
but so shivered and broke the wooden beam, that
its remains literally present a bundle of splinters.—
After passing through the brick work, the fluid
entered the building, shattered the windows to
pieces, tore up the floor, singed the ropes, broke a
barrow, and in its way taking its course through the
successive stories, regularly pursued its destructive
career. Though the fluid passed.through the greatest
part of the mill, yet fortunately little or no damage
has been sustained in the machinery. The miller,
who was in the act of shutting thr.i door which
opens on the stage, was suddenly struck down by
the lightning, but being perceived by sonic persons
who were nem-, was soon removed from his perilous
situation ; and though much hurt in one eye, and
on the face, yet he is, we understand in a fair way
of recovery. A sow, which was in an adjoining
yard, was killed on the spot, and a cat in the mill
was singed on its back.
On Thursday morning, (the €2ll ult.) about
seven o'elock, two liaising boats belonging to Monks-
town, fell in with a large wounded whale, about
S. W. of Poor Head, outside of Cork-harbour. On
getting it to Monkstown it was dead, and appeared
to be a large whale of the pike-headed species, the
Babena Buops of LIMUCUS. Its body measures up-
wards of 30 feet from the tip of the nose to the tail,
and is supposed to weigh between three and four
tons. The animal is to be removed to the strand
ue..r. Mr. Hargrave's, on the (kid:fields-road.
The day after the act passed for allowing a pro-
vision of 50,0001. a year, to her Majesty to corn
mence from Jan. 18..40. she had, on application, a
daft fur 13,0001. signed by the Liras of the Tree-
asury, which we suppose, with the mimics pre-
viously advanced, make up the whisk. of the pAr's
allowance ending last January.

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