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London, England, 1842-03-09 00:00:00

their heads and backs put over the r heads to prevent
their necks from being hurt by what they may be carrying
knots have been facetiously termed " Porters' wigs."
The prosecutor commenced in the first place by informing
the Court that he was a rig'lar porter at Common-garden
market, vich he vos a standin in the market atween seven and
eight o'clock last night, with his precious knot a layin by his
side ; the prisoner was also a standin by, and seemed to gaze
' with a longing eye upon the knot, vich vos a beauty, k-rite a
new un, so thick and so soft, and rich had cost him only 'tother
day 3s. 10d. and a pint o' beer. Veil, as he had said,
the prisoner vos a standin by vich he (the prosccu-
ter) vI nt away, for about five minutes to the best
o' his knowledge ; yen he comes back the knot vos
6, non est WENTUS" (inventus)—the knot vos gone. He says
to his mate, ses he, "Jim, I've lost my knot." " Ah," saye
Jein, "and you won't never see it no more."
Another porter was then ailed, who expressed himself with
great dignity in the following terms:.—" I see this wery man,
yer Veriship, go avay vith a knot from the market, vich, he
ar'n't no porter o the market, ho ar'n't not a lit or, it; I
hidentifies him, howsomdever, as a comin' werry hoften to the
market a cadgin' aboet, and a seem' wot he can catch. I cer'nely
see him with a knot, but vether it vos his'n or tether it vos my
mates vet stands here I v..ii't undertake to say, cos I can not.
The prisoner, in defence, stated that the facts was, as these
here porters had entered into a conspiracy most foul ae,win him,
cos he went to Common-garden sometimes to try and yarn a
few pence, they got jealous on him and vos always a finding
fault with him ; as for the knit he knowed nothink whatever
about it
Mr. JARDINE---There is not sufficient evidence here to
commit upon ; the prisoner is discharged.
SEDUCTION AND DESERTION.—A respectably attired, and
very good-looking young girl, probaLly about twenty bears of
age, who stated her name to be Emma Dufour, was brought up
by a police serjeant of the A division, under the followin; cir-
cumstances :—The policeman stated that about half-past two
yesterday morning, as he was going his rounds in St. James's
Park, he saw the prisoner sleeping on a seat. He asked
her what she was doing there, and after a good deal
of hesitation-she stated, that she belonged to Hull, where she
lately lived with her aunt, Mrs. Smith, at N. 17, Parham, nt-
street; about six mouths ago she became acquainted with a
gentleman e (lull, a master brewer (whose name we abstain
from giving at present), by whom she became pregnant ; the
gentleman persuaded her to come to London with him, promising
if she would do so, that he would protect and support
her. On the faith of his promise the poor girl
consented to accompany him to the "mighty liibylon,"
where they arrived last Monday week. They took up their
abode at a house which the girl said she believed to be at the
corner of York-street, Whitechapel-road. Her seducer re-
mained with her four days (until Friday morning), when the
unfortunate girl was ireornard by the landlord of the house
that he had left the place. Upon this the p' girl who had
no money nor one artic'e of property with her, save the clothes
upon her back, also left the house, and from that time till the
policeman found her she hid been earelering about the streets.
In answer to an inquiry from Mr. Jardine the girl stated
that her case, as related by the policeman, was strictly true.
Mr. JARDINE said he did not think that at present any thingbetter could be done with her than to remove her to St. Mar-
garet's workhouse, until the matter could be inquired into,
and it could be ascertained whether her story were true. Of
the result of this inquiry he should be happy to hear; and if
any difficulty were made as to receiving the girl into the work-
house, he should wish the overieer to call upon him, and he
would explain the case to him.
The girl was then removed in charge of the policeman.
WATILBOR UG STREET.
AN IMPOSTER.—EIiza Lovelock, a good-looking young
woman, but very poorly clad, and without bonnet or shoes and
stockings, was charg,d under the following circumstances :
Pelice-constable No. 56 C, stated that about eight o'clock
on Monday_ night information was received at the police station-
house in Vine-street, that a female itt a deplorable state of
dcsti!ution, was sitting at the step of a door in Piccadilly, ap-
parently in such a state If extreme exhaustion as to be unable
to walk. Witness proceeded thither, and found the girl, who
pretended to be very ill, and steed that she was starving and
utterly destitute. He therefore conveyed her to the station-
house.

Mr. Meirev, on looking at the prisoner, immediately re-
cognized her as having made application to him at this Court a
few day s since, stating that she was then in great distress, and
wished to get to St. Alban's, where she had a sister living,
vs horns she had no doubt, would receive her into her family,
when half-a-crown was ordered to be given her out of the poor-
box to assist her on the toad.
The prisoner said she certainly was the party, and had, as
she promised, proceeded to St. Alban's the same afternoon, and
arrived there late at night, but on applying to her sister she
refused to assist her in any way, and hut the door in her face.
She therefore had no resource but to wander back to town, and
after walking about the treets all day was at last so overcome
by weariness and hunger, that she sat down on the steps where
the police-constable found her.
Mr. Ma vrev-1 have reason to believe that you are a very
gross imposter. I ha-re received a communication from Mr.
Itawlinson, of Marylebone Police Court, of the fact that you
were apprehended on the sante afternoon that I gave the half-
crown to sou, for being drunk and disorderly in the pubic
streets, and that when brought before hint on the
fellowing morning he was induced, by your tellic.g
a pitiful tale, and allegin that you had lost the money 1 gave
you, to give you another half-crow n, you then stating that you
should immediately proceed to St. Albat.'s, which it has been
ascertained you have not done.
The prisoner rersisted that she had been there, and ulti-
mately :he was ordered to be locked up, Mr. Maltby observing
that he was determin .d to make an example of her.
WE S TERN CIR C T.— Salisbury, Mare!, 5. LAMBE TH.- STR EE
All the nisi prius business having been finished y; sterday, Yesterday Mr. nomas Garr, a flashily •dressed ysung man,
Mi. Justice Erskine sat in the Courts of nisi prius to try pre- who described himself as an articled clerk, was charged before
sailers. Another Court was also opened, over which Mr. Mr. Henry, with assaulting his wife, to whom he had been
Rogers presided ; so that three Courts have been engaged all mart ied scarcely three moAtIP..
day in trying prisoners. A great number still remain to be The complainant, a modest and re pectable-looking woman,
t rind. deposed that ,since her marriage, which took place three
CROWN CO UR T. i months ago on that very day, her husband had continued to
W Clark and Richard Townsend were indicted for have treat her wile the.greatest unkindness and harshness, and be-
ing burglariously broken. open the dwelling-house of a Mr. yond this, he inflicted even personal chastisement. On Sa.-
George Gumtn, who resides in the Chapelry of Seend, near turd ty night, after she had .waited up for him until a late
Devizes. This case presents, perhaps, one of the most open hour, he came home drunk, and alter assaulting her, he
and impudent burglaries that we have had to record for many • e
, obliged hems. leave the house, and walk ;bout the street for
years. - I several hours. On Sunday night he again assaulted her while
Mr. Hodges conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Ball defended in a state of intoxication ; h • also assaulted her even in the
Town,end ,• Clack was undefended. presence of the police constable whowt she had called on to
George Gurnm, the prosecutor, was first called. He stated protect her, and she was ultimately compelled to give him
that he -lived in the Chapelry of Seend, and that he and his into custody.
sister were the only inmates of his house. On the 4th of Janu- In reply to the questions of Mr. lIEN Rl', Mrs Carr ackaow-
ary he was disturlsed by hearing a noise at the back of the house, I, deed that she was aware her husband was much given to
as if some one was breaking through the well. His sister also drink before she married him, but added that her property was
heard it, and got up. She went down stairs, followed by wit- , vested in the hands of trustees for her own exe usive interest
ness. When they got to the passage they heard the parties leave le evious to her marriage. She exp.-essed her willingness to be
the back part of the house, and come round to the ft ont separated from the prisoner for life, and to give him up all the
door. They knocked and demanded admittance, which being things belonging to him then in her house.
refused, they immediately inserted an icon bar under the , The prisoner said he was willing t-s part from his wife on
dooe, which by this means they tore from its fastenings. An the terms she proposed, and an ()Riser was sent to see that his
entrance h sing thus been gained, a little dog ran in, followed clothes were delivered up to him, and to prevent any breach of
by the prisoners and another man. Atter using some violence, I ths peace between them.
Clark went up s airs, followed by witness and his sitter, who ; llr OR Sll IP- S TREE 7.
were followed by Townsend. It was moonlight, and witness Robert Ramsdale, a young man of my stylish at pearance,
was able to see the prisoners distinctly in his bed-room. Clark, vv as charged with having annoyed the inhabitants of Durham-
with a chisel, broke open four boxes, and took all the money he place, Hackney-road, by knocking at their doors, and also with
could find; among which there were some guineas, which having assaulted a policeman.
witness's sister had hoarded. Having secured all they thought From the evidence of a policeman of the K division, it ap-
'wooer to take away, they left the house. On examining the peared that at a late hour on the preceding night, his attention
wall the next morning, at the back of the house, a large hole I was attracted by a loud knocking at the door of one of the
was found not nuite through the wall, by which the prisoners houses, and, on going to the spot, he perceived the prisoner,
had first intended to have effected their entrance. Witness who, on being asked what he wanted, said that "he was a
gave information to the police, with a description of the men, gentleman, and would knock at any door he pleased."
and the prisoners were apprehended, with another man, who is The prisoner then saluted the door with another
supposed to have remained down stairs, and whom the witness volley
of knocks that resounded through the neigh-
and his sister were unable to identify, and who was therefore bourhood; and the owner of the house looked out of the
discharged by the Magistrates.
windox, and desired the policeman to remove him,
This evidence was confirmed by the witness's sister, who, hich he attempted to do; upon which the prisoner began to
ts gether with her brother, presented a true picture of the abuse and threaten him, and finally knocked him down. The
simple-minded yeomanry of olden times. policeman called for assistance, and two other constables
Wm. Hall, Inspector of Police, proved that he had seen the having arrived, the prisoner was conveyed, with much
prisoners on the night in quest,,n, about eleven o'clock, at difficulty, to the station-house.
Nlelk‘km, accompanied by a little dog, and that they proceeded In answer to the charge, the prisoner admitted having taken
towards prosecutor's house. He had apprehended both prison- more wine than prudence dictated ; and said that having left
ers. lie found a little dog With Townsend, which prosecutor his umbrella at one of the houses, he went to recover it, and
identified as the little dog that had entered, the house before aecieentelly pocked at C.e wrong door.
theirste men. Tt dog was carried before the Magistrates, and on Mr. BING HA M said that had the prisoner been a poor man
g Clark immediately gave signs that he knew himeby he should have fined him 20s. for disturbing the neighbour-
jsmping about him, and exhibiting other marks 'of canine hood, and an additional 20s. for assaulting the policeman ; but
affection. Witness had intended to have produced the dog in as he was a " gentleman," he should make a distinction in favour
Court, but although it had followed hiin very well for some of his rank, and require him to pay the sum of 40s. for each
time previously, just before he arrived at Salisbury the dog offence.
against
h master.
Miss Mary Care, a dress-maker, living in Beauvoir-place,
Clark, on the day after the burgpg, p
hat at his Kingslan l-road, was brought before Mr. Bingham upon a
shop, and paid for it with a guinea. lary, had bought a
warrant charged with having violently assaulted Susan Sells, a
housemaid, in the service of the Rev. John Simpson Surgrove,
Mr. BALL addressed the jury in behalf of Townsend, and
of Dalston-terrace, whereby one of her ribs was fractured.
call. d his son to prove that at the time of the burglary his Mr. Wadson, a solicitor appeared for the defence.
father was at his own house.
The complainant stated that the defendant had been em-
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up the case in his usual ployed to make a dress for her master's (laughter, her charge
clear and perspicuous manner.
tor which became the subject of dispute, her master declining
The Jury, after a very short consultation, found both the
prisoners Guilty. to pay more than 18s. for the dress, while the defendant de-
mantled 11. 2s. On the 10th ult. the defendant called at the
'I he Court sentenced them to be transported for life. house and requested to see Mr. Surgrove, who came to her in
the hall, when she urged her demand, and on his refusing to
give her more than he had previously offered, she became very
abusive, and called him by several opprobious epithets. He
requested her to withdraw, and on her refusing to do so he re-
tired into the drawing-room. Witness remained in the hall
with the defendant, and as the latter positively refused to leave
the house, and continued abusing her master, she opened the
street door for the purpose of calling a.ppliceman, when the
defendant pulled her glove off her right hand, and struck her a
violent blow on the left side. She suffered severely all day
from the effects of the blow, and as she became worse next
morning, Dr Rogers was sent for, who ascertained that one
of her ribs was broken, and she had been ever since under the
care of that gentleman, and of Mr Robinson, a surgeon.
A certificate from Dr. Rogers was handed to the Magis-
tarte, to the effect that the complainant's rib had been frac-
,tured, and that she had sustained other internal injuries pro-
duced by violence.
Mr. Robinson, the surgeon, then stated that he had attended
the complainant since the 16th ult., who had not yet recovered,
and was likely to continue ill for some time longer.
In answer to the charge, the defendantdenied most positively
having assaulted her intentionally, and felt the utmost regret
for the unfortunate result.
The MAGISTRATE recommended the parties to settle the
affair among themselves, and the defendant ultimately agreed
to pay 101. damages.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Li consequence of the application of a woman of respectable
appearance, named Langford, the Loan Alnyok sent for Mr.
John Porter, commander and owLer of the ship Joshua Carroll,
to account fur the absence of her sun, who had gone out in that
vessel to the coast of Africa, but never returned to this
country.

Mrs: Langford said that her son Edward had been engagad
by the Commander to go a long voyage as second mate, and
that, open the return of the vessel to this port, neither her son
nor any one of the crew that went ont in the Joshua Carroll,
appeared. As she could not understand from the Commander,
to her satisfaction, for what reason so extraordinary a disappear-
ance had taken place, and as she naturally felt alarmed for the
fate of her child, she had, she said, been advised to represent
the matter to his Lordship, as he had done infinite service to
the mothers and widows of poor seamen whose fate was either
doubtful or dreaded.

Captain Porter said that he had alrealy 'given the applicant
a 1 the information he could give. upon the subject He had
7.-ne to the Mr of Africa for 130 or 140 free labourers, and
tell in with the Lily ;loop-of-war, of 18 guns, which mistook
the J. shwa Carroll for a slaver, and took her into the Cape of
Gcod Hope. At the Cape it was soon found that the Joshua
Carroll was an honourable trader, and she was discharged with-
out being brought to trial. The Lily, however, thought proper
to keep for the Queen's service the whole of the able-bodied
crew of the Jo-hua Carroll, and amongst them Edward Lang-
fo-d, and no doubt the men were, at the present time, in ship.
of oar, but he could not ascertain where, or anything about
them.

BRUSSELS.

MA !wit s.—The Moniteur Beige of this morning publishes,
under the dates of 2d Feb and 3d March, the following laws:-
Ist. Grant the Government three sums, amounting together
to 1,9-o,ooof. ; Ist, for completing the purchase of the British
Queen ; 2d, for covering the expense of fitting it for service ,
:3(1, for paying the interest and the redemption of the sum paid
for the vessel.

The LORD MAyox—How did you work your way home
from the Cage? Captain Porter—The Lily gave me some o'
her men to Work us home. lam a serious loser by the mis-
hap. The money lam out of pocket by being taken by the
Lily amounted to 2,040/.
The Loan Kayo ii—But if you apply at the Colonial-office
you certainly will obtain redress, upon inquiry into your case
especially ss you were dismissed by the authorities of the Cape
without even the ceremony of a trial.
Cmustapgtaonbeflo'orerter said that the p
he
couldobtainrestriotcuetisosn,thNrvoouug w
would necessarily
liich he
be extremely dilatory.
The Loan MAvoit told Mrs. Langford that the Captain's
statement was a straightforward one, of the correc'ness of which
there could be no doubt. The supply of good seamen on board
her Majesty's ships was indispensable, and it was no unusual
thing to strip vase's at sea Of their best men to sustain the
naval (haracter. His Lordship then assured the applicant
that be would write to the Board of Admiralty on the subject
of the destination of. her son, and gain for her every possible
intelligence about him and he requested Captain Porter to
scud to him the son's distinct accounts as t) his pay, Er the
at sfac.ion of the mother.
Captain Porter most willingly acquiesced, and the poor
woman went away much comforted by his Lordship's kind and
so, thing interference.

2d. The budget of the Department of Public Works for
1842 is fixed at 10,610,823 f.

d. A supplementary credit for 817,000 f. is given to the
Department of Public Works.
BRUSSELS, I.llAacir 3 —Yesterday afternoon at half-pa•t
four o'clock, the City of Edinburgh steamer, Capt. Hest, en-
tering the port of Ostend, was driven by the waves against the
Alusoir ; the shock made it recoil and deviate from its course.
About half-past seven it was got tff the sand-bank on which it
hail struck, but u happily the wind became so viohnt that it
was impossible to stet r the vessel, whic:i ran aground opposite
to Fort Napoleon. We learn that the crew and passengers are
saved, but it is probable that the vessel and cargo will be
Another letter says :—" The last accounts from Ostend say
that all the cargo of the steamer was saved yesterday It con•
sists of wool and indigo, and is much damaged. The ves,el
has six feet water in the hold, and it is supposed will be totally
lo,t. The passengers, 33 in number, were saved with great
difficulty.

An honest man's face is a letter of reconnuendation
written by God himself.
At the meeting of the County Magistrates, held in
September last, in Preston, it was iesolved to disband the Ru-
ral 'Police of this county ; but, as the Act requires six months'
notice of the intention to dismiss the force, after having been
once adopted in any county, the motion will have again to be
brought forward, at the County Meeting of Magistrates, to be
held d uri ng the present month, in Preston.—Liverpool Albion
The Maria Theresa steamer, which was built in
England for the Neapolitan Government, has arrived at Napes,
and has commenced her service as a Post-office packet between
hat city and Palermo.

130117-STREET.
A stout young man, with an interesting squint, and altogether
of a most fascinating exterior, was charged with stealing u hat
is technically caled a" knot," from one of the .porters at Co-
v.!nt-garden Market.

rout' benafit of )ur readers, who may n)t, happen know wha' a
knot is, we should, perhaps, explain that it is a.something com-
posed of straw, or hair, tightly stuffed into a canvass covering,
which men who are in the habit of (tarrying heavy weights on