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THE CIRCUITS.
(From the Londou Gazette of Friday.)
CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 7.

Days and Place 3 appointed for hording the Lent As3l7.

1849.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.

Thl night Hon. 'Thomas Lord Denman, Lord Chi(

Justice, and Mr. Justice Williams.

Southampton--Thursday, March 1, at tho Caitle o

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Winchester.
Wiltshire—Thursday, March 8, at New Sarum.
Dorsetshire—Tuesday, March 13, at Dorchester.
Devonshire—Saturday, March 17, at the Castle 0.

Emetcr.
City of Exeter—The same day, at the Guildhall of the

same City. - -
Cornwall—Monday, March 26, at Bodrnin.
Sornersetshire—Saturday, March 31. at the Castle of
Taunton.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Lord Chief Justice
and Mr. Justice Maule.
Rutlandshire—Saturday, March 3, at Oakham.
Northamptonshire—The same day, at Northampton.
Lincolnshire—Thursday, March 8, at the Castle of Lin,
coin.
City of Lincoln—The same day, at the City of Lincoln.
Nottinghamshire—Monday, March 12, at Nottingham.
Town of Nottingham—The same day, at the town of Not-
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Derbyshire—Friday, March' 16, at Derby.
Leicestershire—Tuesday, March 20, at the Castle of
Leicester.
Borough of Leicester—The same day, at the borough ci
Leicester.
Warwickshire, War wick Division—Tuesday, March 27,
at Warwick.
NORFOLK CIRCUIT.

The Right /1013. Sir Frederick Pollock, Lord Chief Ba

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Buckinghamshire—Saturday, March 3, at Aylesbury.
Bedfordshire—Thursday, March 8, at Bedford.
Huntinudonshire—Monday, March 12, at Huntingdon.
Cambridgeshire—Wednesday, March 14, at the County
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Suffolk—Tuesday, March 20, at Bury St. Edmund's.
Norfolk—Monday, March 26, at the Castle of Norwich.
City of Norwich, and County of the same City—The same
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HOME CIRCUIT.

The Right Hon. Sir James Parke, one of the Barons of
the Court of Exchequer, and Mr. Justice Wightman.
Hertfordshire—Tuesday, February 27, at Hertford.
Essex—Monday, March 5, at Chelmsford.
Kent—Saturday, March 10, at Maidstone.
Sussex—Monday, March 19, at Lewes.
Surrey—Saturday, March 24, at Kingston .on-Thames.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Mr. Baron Alderson and Justice Coleridge.
North Lancashire—Tuesday, February 13, at Lancaster.
wi-stanoreland—Friday, February 16, at Appleby.
Cumberland—Monday, February 19, at Carlisle.
Northumberland—Thursday, February 22, at Newcastle-
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Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne—The same day, at the
Guildhall of the said Town.
Durham—Tuesday, February 27, at Durham.
Yorkshire, Saturday, March 3, at the Castle of York.
City of York—The same day, at the Guildhall of the
said City.
South Lancashire—Saturday, March 17, at Liverpool.
CIRCUIT OF WALES AND CHESTER.
Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Justice Erie.

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mbrAeshire—Thursday, March 8, at liaverfordwest.
Town and County of Haverfordwest—The same day, at

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Cardiganshire—Tuesday, March 13, nt Cardigan.
Carrusrthenshire—Saturday, March 17, at Carmarthen.
County of the Borough of Carmarthen—The same day,
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Brecknockshire—Ft iday, March 23, at Br( con.
Radnorshire—Wednesday, March 28, at Presteign.
Montgomeryshire—Monday, March 12, at Welshpool.
Merionethshire—Thursday, March 15, at Bala.
Carnarvonshire—Saturday, March 17, at Carnarron.
Anglesey—Thursday, March 22, at Beaumaris.
Denbighshire—Monday, March 26, at Ruthin.
Flintshire— Thursday, March 29, at Mold.
Cheshire—Saturday, March 31, at the Castle of Chester.

EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY AT
ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE.

A robbery of a very mysterious character has been
perpetrated on the directors of the poor of St. Pancras,
by the abstraction, on Thursday evening, of the sum in
silver of 1551., and 201. in gold, making a total of 1751.,
which had been deposited in the "strong room" of the
newly erected vestry-rooms adjoining the workhouse,
in the King's-road, Camden-town. This money had
been deposited in the place from which it was taken for
the purpose of paying the permanent weekly poor on
Friday, and it was not until the assembling of the board
on Friday morning that the robbery was discovered.
The following facts relating to this affair may be re-
lied upon as accurate:—
In order that the plans for effecting the robbery may
be perfectly understood, a slight description of the
building known as the new vestry rooms is necessary.
The front of the building faces the west, where
of course is situate the principal entrance; imme-
diately on entering which, on the right hand, is a
passage leading to the closets and wash-hand stands,
from which there is a small window looking into the
front court-yard. On the left, as you enter the building,
is a passage and door leading down a flight of steps into
a front garden of the workhouse, and immediately ad-
joining the lodge at the workhouse gate. This door is
invariably kept locked, and the key deposited with Mr.
M`Grahey, the vestry clerk, and clerk to the directors of
the poor, and kept by him in his private room to pre-
vent communication between the vestry rooms and the
workhouses. From the grand entrance is a long wide
passage with apartments opening from it on either side,
used as offices for the vestry clerk, the accountant, and
various officers employed in administering relief to the
poor; the vestry clerk's public office being No. 3 on the
left-hand side, and his private room communicating with
the public office by a door in the south-eastern corner.
At the extreme end of the main passage eastward is the
" strong room," a large fire-proof vault, entered from the
passage by a massive iron door. In this was a cup-
board, or rather four cupboards in one piece, and in
these it was the practice to deposit the cash brought
from the bank for weekly disbursements.
It eppeara that, as was customary, Mr. M'Gahey, the
clerk to the board, accompanied by his son, a young
man about twenty years of age, who acts as clerk in his
office, proceeded on Thursday afternoon to fho Blooms-
bury branch of the London and Westminst,-r Bank, and
brought away the sum of 1551. in silver, in three bags,
and 501. in notes. Mr. M‘Gahey had previously placed
the 20/. in gold in the cash box, and on their arrival at
the vestry rooms (keeping the notes in his pocket) he
went away, leaving his son in the office to count the
silver, in which he was assistcd by another clerk, Mr.
Flews.

Mr. M‘Gahey, jun., stated that when he had counted
the money he went into his father's private room, and
took from the drawer of the inkstand on the table the
key of tl►e " strong room," this being the place where it
was usually kept, a fact known, it is stated, by all the
officers of the establishment. having got the key, he
wont and deposited the money in the cupboard in the
" strong room," locked the door, and put the key back in
the place in thejukstand drawer in his father's room. It
must be here remarked that it was the custom of
Mr. M'Gahey, jun., to request Mr. Plews to assist him
iu placing the money away in the " ktrong room ;" but
on this occasion he did not do so.

The first discovery of the robbery on Friday morning
was occasioned by the demand of the ooard for money
to pay the poor, and the absence of the key of the
" strong room" from the drawer of the inkstand. The
"strong room" door was found locked, and a duplicate
key having been obtained, it was opened, and it was
then discovered that the cupboard referred to bad been
broken open, as also the cash box therein, and the silver
and gold to the amount stated stolen. Information was
instantly forwarded to the police-station of the S divi-
sion in Phoenix-street, Somers Town; and on the arrival
of Inspector M.'lntosh and Police constable Lockerby
(employed as one of the detective men of the division),
an investigation took place, and the following suspicious
facts presented themselves. In the " strong room" there
were no traces of any implements, nor had there been
any violence used to the lock ;of the iron door. Thl
door of the vestry clerk's office was found unlocked, as
was also the private room of Mr. M`Gahey; and on
search being made, not only was the key of the
" strong room" gone, but the key also which opened
the door leading from the vestry room into the work-
house garden. Whilst this investigation was proceeding
Mr. Jaques, the chief clerk in Mr. M`Gahey'ti office, had
occasion to go to the closets, and to his astonishment
found the outer door from the passage locked, a circum-
stance which created great astonishment, it having been
known that no key had ever been in that door fur two
months past. Another key, however, was found, and on
this door being opened the window alluded to as looking
into the court yard in front of the buildiug was found
half open, and on the washhand stand immediately under
it were found, ranged all in a row, the key of the
" strong room," which had been taken from the vestry
clerk's inkstand, the key of the door leading into the
workhouse garden, the key of the outer door to the
closets (found locked), together with a regular
"jemmy," or thieves' crowbar, and a screw driver. On
the window sill were discovered four finger marks of
each hand, but, on minute inspection, the officers are
convinced that these had been made from the inside, but
were intended to lead to a belief that the robber had made
his exit by getting out and dropping from from the win-
(low—a circumstance rendered impossible with the sum
of 1551. in silver on his parson.
M`Gahey, jun., states that when he deposited the
money in the " strong room" he immediately went, after
locking the door, and placed the key where he found it,
and then left the premises, the time being, to the best
of his belief, about a quarter past six o'clock. There
is some doubt about which of the beadles locked up the
place, but the last person in the vestry clerk's office was
Mr. Jeques, the chief clerk, and he, it appears, recollecting
after he had got out into the road that he had not locked
the office door, told Lamb, the porter at the gate of the
workhouse, to go up and do so, but which Lamb omitted
through forgetfulness, not thinking, as he states, at the

moment that it was of particular importance, as he had
known the vestry clerk's door left unloelted many times
previously. The last officer known to have been on the
premis':.s was Mr. Clarke, one of the visiting agents of
the poor, and he is stated to have left by the lower lodge
gate, leading to his office on the basement.
In consequence of this robbery the board of directors
had no money.to pay the poor, who had assembled in
hundreds, and they had to remain till the necessary
amount was procured-from the banker's by Mr. T.
Smith, a member of the board, from his own account.
A special meeting of the board of directors tock place
on Saturday Vternoori, at three o'clock, when an in•
vestigation, lasting several hours, was entered into. Tile
electing was held with closed doors, but, from what has
transpired, suspicion points very strongly to some of the
officers of the establishment, although everything was
very cleverly done to make it appear to have been the
act of a stranger and regular housebreaker. In order
to strengthen this view of the case, four or five skeleton
keys were thrown into the garden fronting the house,
No. 15, Cook's-row; Old St. Pancras-road, about three
doors from the front of the vestry rooms, where they
were picked up on Saturday morning, and handed over
to Lockerby, the detective constable, by Mrs. Tiffin,
the niece of one of the beadles, who keeps the house.
and who found them there. These keys, on being tried
by the officers, were found to open almost every door in
the place.
Up to a late hour on Saturday evening nothing had
transpired to lead to the discovery of the delinquent.

SERIOUS CHARGE ~OF_RARE
AGAINST A SOLICITOR.
EPSOM, SATURDAY.—A very extraordinary -degrea of
excitement has been occasioned in this usually quiet
village, during the past week, owing to the apprehension
of a gentleman practising as a solicitor in this place, on
a charge of rape, preferred against him by a young lady
holding the situation of companion to his wife.
The complainant's name is Maria O'Grady. She is
the daughter of Lieutenant O'Grady, who was shot in a
duel, about twelve years since, by Captain Smith, brother
This alliance
of the Princess of Capua. After Lieutenant O'Grady's
decease, his widow married Mr. Waghorn, a brick and
ptirloevmedan
vuefrayctuurnehr,apopfyE, waenldl,
ainboSuturrtewyo years since a,
separation took place between the parties. Mrs.
Waghorn, some time afterwards, being greatly re-
duced, applied to the guardians of the Epsom Union
for relief, and her case exciting some interest,
Mr. ()Ades, of Banstead, charitably received the
complainant (her daughter) into his family, as
a nursery governess. Alias O'Grady remained in Mr.
Oades' family only a very short period, and when that
gentleman desired to remove her, he applied to Mr.
Thomas Henry Bartlett, a solicitor, practising at Ep-
som, who had been employed professionally by Mrs.
Waghorn in some proceedings she had taken against
her husband, to know where her mother resided, in order
that Miss O'Grady might be sent to her. Mr. Bartlett,
a married man without any family, did not furnish Mr.
Oadcs with the desired information, but at once under-
took to receive the young lady in his own house. Here
Miss O'Grady appears to have remained for some time,
in the capacity of companion to Mrs. Bartlett. In No-
vember last, during the absence of Mrs. Bartlett from
home, the offence preferred is alleged to have taken
place. Miss O'Grady states, in her deposition taken be-
fore Baron de Tessier, Mr. Northey, and Mr. Crosse,
magistrates acting for the district, that on the night of
the 6th of November, while sleeping alone, she was
alarmed by discovering Mr. Bartlett in bed with her,
and that in spite of her expostulations and entreaties lie
succeeded in accomplishing her ruin. She adds that the
next morning she complained of Mr. Bartlett's con-
duct to a servant, the only female in the house. With-
in one week of this date, Miss O'Grady was sent to
Liverpool by Mr. Bartlett, and in consequence of the
parties to whom she was sent not being discovered, she
communicated with her mother, and her return to town
was the result. The conduct of Mr. Bartlett then be-
came the subject of inquiry, and on Monday last, a
formal complaint having been made to the magistrates,
after due consideration a warrant was issued for his
apprehension.
The warrant was placed in the hands of Mr. Inspec-
tor Kennedy, the chief cfficer of the district, who ap-
prehended Mr. Bartlett at the railway station, on his re-
turn from town the same evening. Mr. Bartlett remained
in custody on Monday night ; and on the following day
appeared before the magistrate, when, after hearing the
evidence of the complainant, the bench decided on hold-
ing the defendant to bail, himself in 3001, and two sure-
ties in 1501. each
It is necessary here to state, that the female servant
to whom Miss O'Grady first complained was not present
at this examination, and it appears that she was sent
away from Mr. Bartlett's service simultaneously with
Miss O'Grady's departure for Liverpool,. The efforts of
the officers to discover` her destination hart, as yet, been
wholly unsuccessful. -
Mr. Bartlett will be brought up for examination on
Tuesday next.— Weekly Dispatch.

THE RECENT MAIL ROBBERIES ON
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

On Thursday last the Right Worshipful the Mayor,
assisted by the following Magistrates, Samuel Kingdon,
Esq., Dr. Pennell, G. C. Holroyd, Esq, W. Kennaway,
Esq., H. Hooper, Esq., and E. Woolmer, Esq., held an
examination at the city gaol, in the case of Poole and
Nightingale, charged with robbing the mail train on the
Great Western Railway.
Mr. Mountford and Mr. George Turner attended on
the part of the Post- office authorities; and Mr. Willes-
ford for the prisoners.
The first witness examined was Mr. S. M. Cox, at-
torney, residing in Lower Northenhay-street, in this
city. He stated that on the evening of the Ist of Ja-
nuary he came up from Dawlish to Exeter by the mail-
train. He had taken his seat in a first-class carriage,
which was divided into two compartments. In the divi-
sion with witness was another
gentleman, but there
was no one in the other division. On the arrival of
the train at Starcross the outer door of the carriage next
the platform was opened. Two men came in, passed
through the division in which witness was, and went
into the second compartment. They closed the division
door after them, and pulled down the blind. The se-
cond of the two wore a Jim Crow hat, moustaches, and
a dark cloak. No other person then got into that com-
partment. The train proceeded to Exeter. Onits ar-
rival at the Exeter station, in order to get out, witness
had to pass through the division in which the two men
were. As he opened the division-door for this purpose,
one of the two men opened the side carriage door and
went out before witness on the platform, so that he did
not see his face sufficiently to recognise him again. The
other man was .lying back in the seat, which enabled
witness to see his face, for the man looked steadfastly
at him. This was the one with the moustaches. Wit-
ness also looked intently at him, with the thought that
he recognised his faco. He thought nothing more of it
at the time; but afterwards, when he saw the prisoner
Poole taken to the Guildhall, he identified him as the
man tN horn he had seen in the carriage with the Jim
Crow hat and the moustaches. Witness had previously
seen Poole about his own neighbourhood. He also re-
collected having seen him oncebin the market. Thought
it was the Thursday before Christmav-day, but was not
clear about it. Had no doubt that Poole was the man
whom ho saw in the railway carriage.
Elizabeth Towell, daughter of a plasterer residing in
Exe Island, in this city, stated that she was now living
in the service of Mrs. Hawkins, in Castle-terrrace, Sr.
David's. She h[.l been lately servant to the prisoner
Poole, who then resided at No. 1, St. Petrock's-terrace,
St. David's. Left his service on Wednesday, the 31st
January, after having lived in it four months. Witness
had seen the prisoner Nightingale at her master's house
two or three times. The last time she saw him there
was on the Sunday night before Poole was apprehended.
He rang at the door, and she answered the bell, when
he asked for her master. She inquired his name, and he
replied that his name was Mr. Smith. She told Poole
of it, who then went to the door. She left them talking
together, and did not see Nightingale enter the house.
She remembered being at the Guildhall on the morning
after the night on which her master was apprehended.
She first saw him in the cell at the back of the Guild-
hall. Poole asked her what she was wanted for. She
replied that she was wanted to know if she could iden-
tity the man that was with him. Poole then said, " You
don't know anything?" She said, "No, sir." Nothing
wore passed between them that day. In a conversation
between witness and Mrs. Poole, respecting her ability
to identify Nightingale, the latter told her that it was
impossible for her to identify Nightingale, as she had
only seen him by candle-light. Mrs. Poole had also told
her that if she said anything against her master she
would never prosper.
These were all the additional witnesses, and their de-
positions having been taken, the inquiry closed.—
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette.

EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY OF
THREE HUNDRED POUNDS.
Mark Hough, warehouseman to Mr. Walker, cotton
spinner, Chorlev, long and confidently trusted by his
master, was on Friday, the 2d inst., sent to the Bolton
bank for 5101. to pay the workers' wages. He received
there 310/. in sovereigns and half-sovereigns, and 2001
in silver. On arriving, at eleven o'clock at night, at
the railway station, he asked permission to leave the
letter-bag with the silver, as ho wanted to follow two
navigators who had robbed him. In two hours after
this Hough went back to the batik and said ho had been
robbed of the 3101. in gold near the railway station. lie
had then a black eye and was bleeding at the nose. In..
formation was given to the police, and Hough was takes
to Manchester. All search for the navigators was vain,
and Hough was the same night taken back to Bolton,
where he was locked up on suspicion of having stolen the
money. The police were satisfied that his tale was fa-
bricated, and Sergeant Beech undertook to learn the
truth by stratagem. He dressed himself in plain clothes,
and being thrust into the same cell at. the station house
with Hough, affected to be much afflicted at his situa-
tion. Hough asked what he was put in tor? Beech re.
plied that he was a rate collector, and had embezzled
money,l 101 o
t help him. Hough, but w,as determined
nedto escape, and asked
however,
lay quiet on his
mattress. Beech then spoke of several robberies he had
been concerned in, and Hough at length became commu-
nicative, but refused to attempt an escape, saying he was