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POLICE.

in, and on its being shown tbhint, tithe
lected what he thought proper, he pulled out .a
ful of foreign coins, resembling Pagodas, saying he
bad no Engliiii coins, and requesting the shopkeeper
to take some of them in payment, throwing down
two or three on the counter, desiring tney might be
taken to a jeweller!s to ascet tain their value- On this
being complied with, the answer returned generally
was that they were,worth from 7s. 10d. to Bs. upon
which he has usually been allowed to take away the
goods ; in the instance, however, in which he was
detected, he was not content with this, but requested
the shopkeeper would give him bank notes for up-
wards of thirty of these Star Pagodas, he allowing
them at a price somewhat under their value ; this the
shopketyer agreed' D do, having first satisfied him-
self by sending three' given to him by the prisoner to
a goldsmith, to asiertain their real value. After
winch he gave the prisoner t 9 in bank notes for 37
Of them. The prisoner was to call again on a future
day when, if they were found to be.tiorth more he
was to hive it paid to him. The prisoner howeter
did not call any more, and the shopkeeper, on es.
quiry, found that the Pagodas fully justified the old
-proverb-6, That all is not (gold that glitters," the*
not being worth so many shillings as belled give"
pounds for them, This transaction becoming public.
and the prisoner attempting to ttiteat the trick itt
the same neighbourhood he was stopptd, and the ogiri
tor sent for by whom he was taken. into custody. He
:was committed for it-examination.

• STREET ROBBERS.
Bow-srarar.—Yestei day no less than eight well=
. known thieves, who are suspected of being concerned
in the late daring street riblierief, were placed At the
• bar, and all the per sons known to have been robbed
• in theabore manner bad notices to attend. • -The in-
.fiesSiration occupied nea,rly the whole of the morn-
.iinge • The parties who had been robbed examined the
watches, chants, se*, and other property found A;pon
theni, but Wine of diem were able to identify any of
,them. The followittr is the tatbstance of the evidence,
andthe circumstances th:it : •
Mr. Baxter, who resides at.'l ornliam-green, said,
that.abnitt three weeks since. 'on an evening, as he
teas 'passing along Piccadilly on his way home, he
was beset by a gang of Men, under the wall' of the
A lbany, when ho washustled. androbbed of his Watch,
ttiain and seals, and 6e believed the prisoner Brash,
alias Lindsay, to be one ot the robbers, but would not
swear positively to his person. He was- one of the
gang of seven whom Nichols apprehended some even-
trigs since,,in Hemmings's-row, in company with the
well.knovm Jame: Bainbridge, • and Janet ,l-lamilton,
alias Fuzgeraid, alias roues, Sae: •
• $ Saturday afternoon J. Limberick and Godfrqt
went to a prize-fight at Paddington, in expectation elf
finding some thieves who are suspected of beingg coo:
cerned in the street robberies. They PIO*.
well-known thieves ; they ender:oured to secure the
but they made off among the crowd; however, their
afterwards laid hold of two, but one of theni was res-
cued ; the one they secured was George .Roes. He
was placed at the bir yesterday, but none of the par-'
ties having any knowledge of him, Limberick • and
Godrrey gave evidence against him.' They stated,
that they observed him attempt to pick four pockets,
at the fight, go in and out among the crowd as pick-
pockets ahtays do, and bad frequently seen him in
the corn; thieves. Mr. Rr the Sitting Ma-

MURDERERS OF Mn. MAIM'S FAAlLLYembitt b stated
by a Gentleman who left Kirkwall, in Orkney, On
Wednesday se'nnight, that, immediately before his
.departure, information was lodged with R. Nichol-
son, Esq. Sheiiff-substitute of the County, that a
sailor on board a sbip.of war at Stromness, had be-
trayed great disquietude of bind, and was overheard
speakingtq himself of Mr. Mart and his family, and,
upon being questioned, bad acknowledged accession
to the murdapk• Mr. N. instantly caused the - •to
'Kirkwall,

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estrate, very properly convicted him as a reputed be carried to , for examination before him.
thief, under the Police Act. At first be refused to give any information, but the
. Saturday evening, about a quarter before seven Sheriff-iubstitute at last got him to confess, that he
o'clock, as Nichols and Humphreys were out in pus- , was One of the actual murderers; and that there were
suit of more of the above description of robbers, near three others. He also said, thatteever since the hoe•
the corner of Old Compton.street, the spot where they , rid deed, he had been haunted try the deepest remorse
bad received information that iirobberyhadlatelybeen and horror of conscience, and that he frequently ima.
committed, they met H. Chambers who had lately been gined he heard Mr. Mars's ghost commanding him
committed as a reputed thief, and J. Pcobani in his to give himself up to justice. He is now secured in
compaiiy. They took them both into custody, and Kirkwall gaol.
yesterday they were placed at the bar among the rest, Sunday seenight, about six o'clock, D. Wray, of
when Mr. Suuon, of Southampton-street, Blooms- Willerby Hags, was stopped between Hull and An-
bury, said, that on Sunday evening was se'nnight, laby, by a footpad, who presented a pistol and de.
between 8 and 9 o'clock, he was passing through mended his money; which finding no way of escape
St. Giles's. It being very foggy, he kept his handker- he was forced to deliver; the villain swearing that if
chief to his mouth. He crossed the way io go down he stirred a foot, or spoke a word, he would blow his
Denmark-street : when be got to the gate of St.Giles's brains out.
Chdreh-yard, he received a violent blow on his sto. Saturday afternoon a smart dressed middle aged
iniach from some person or persons at his side. The man went to the shop of a watch-maker in Bishops-
blows he received were so violent that he shoulcbhave gate-street, and asked the pi ice of some gold seals,
fallen against the iron rails, had it not been for a and afterwards bought a paste ring, for which he
female passing at the time, who kept him titan fall- paid 15s. ; but after he had left the. shop it was
ing. He immediately discovered that his wateh, found he had purloined two gold seals and a broach,
"chain and seals were gone. The female. pointed to a value Al, with which he escaped.
linen Who was running across the street, as the peeps- On die night of the 6th instant, between ten and
tracer, who he believed to be rowq Siff He also eleven o'clock, a daring robbery took place near Li.
believed Gheeiberrstaken by Nichols and HuMphreys, verpooL As Mrs. Beason (formerly of Kendal,)
''On Saturday aight,"and mother of the prisoners, to be with several female friends, were xeturning home in
two of the Mau I but he had got the address of the' her carriage, they were stopped near the end of
*male who was present at the Mlle he was robbed, Lodge-lane by an armed banditti, consisting of five
and had a full view of their faces, and he would pro- 1 or six men, with veils on their, faces, who took from
mug her attendance on a future day. Restated thael themAheir gold watches and about 1150 in cash. Ini-
beaaw the gang run away across the street into a ; mediately atter this, a Gentleman passing upon the
Yard that went parallel with Dyet-street. The watch, i same road, was in like manner robbed of his Watch,
chain, and seals, were worth 35 guineas. Mr. Nis. I and the cash he had upon him. Fortunately, no fur-
" bett, of Cursitonetreet, said, that on Saturday seittel ther violence was offered to the parties, who were all
night, about a quarter past seven o'clock in thierien.l of the Society of Friends.
ing, he was passing through the Tenaple, accompa-1 John P,hillift Wright (an old man), formerly cake.
nied by a female ; when they got into/ the coed victed of stealing dead bodies, was on Tuesday morn.
where the Middle Temple Hall is, he was iliSTOen., ing, about two o'clock, detected in a similar offence
'tied by a number of men, and received a violent blow 'r at Edinburgh. He had a corpse on his back
.when
horn one cif them, which would have knocked hint i apprehended, which, along with the culprit, was safely
down, had be not been saved by the Lady who vias deposited in the black hole. '
'in company with him. He at the same time had his I Sunday night a melancholy accident occurred
gold chain snatched at, which broke, and saved higi about two mites and a half from Winchester, on the
watch, however, he lost part of his ehain with serves! Andover road. As Mr. Maud and Mr. Marcer, 9f
sold seats and part of another. The robbers ran off !' Andover, vitae returning home in a gig, it unfortu-1
an diffetent directions. A man came up, who he has nate!), overturned, and, we are concealed to say, the
now no doubt was one of the gang ; he offered to latter was killed on the spot, and the former severely
shew him the way the man was gone who had rob- bruised. The deceased was to have been married to
bed him ; he accompanied him for a short time, but, . the .aster of Mr. Maud, whom they had that'day vi.
On reflectiou, be declined going any farther. He pro. : sited at Lymington. Mr. M. is in a fair way of reel
seeded into the Strand, and when he got near St. covery. This lamentable occurrence is to be attaL
Clement's Church, he eoserved burnt the gang who , buted to the darkness oaf the night. , . ,
.robbed him; and the man who had pretendeAto thew el DUring the sae, which blew with such violence
him the way, when the mcn who bad robbed him; yesterday morning, a wherry was overturned in front I
- were gone, came up to him ; at the same time one ~ of the Adelphi '1 errace, and a boy. who_was, in her
r .of them exclaimed—" D—n your eyes Bill, where : precipitated into the water. Immediately hOwever
, have you been all this time ?" Mr. Nisbett at this on emerging from the deep he clung to the boat, and
anoment met with a patrole belonging to the parish was happily rescued from his perilous situation by a
of St. Clement, and told him what-had happened.— boatman who put off from the Fox under the Hill.
The patrole had noticed them before, and in conse.l A draymati belongingto the Phcenii Brewery, who
quenee went up to them again, but, on his approach. was carelessly riding upon his dray'yesterday morn.
' - leg them, they ran off and made their escape‘ The . ing, in Piccadilly, and Waring his horses to be their
pairole informed Perry and his party, believe* to own guides, while in the am of suddenly jumping off
this Office, directly after, describing the men ;'they to prevent them from overturning a gig that stood
in consequence went in pursuit of them ; suspecting near the Pultney Hotel door, was caught by the
,one of them to be of the name of William Nightin. apron, and fell in such a position that the wheel of the
'• gale, who has lately been liberated from a conviction dray went over his leg, and fractured it in a most
as a reputed thief, and onSaturday evening as Ruthen shocking manner. The horses proceeded in their ca-,1
. and Townsend were passing through Leicester. 'ear, and coming in contact with the wheel of the gig,:
- square, they met Nightingale, in company with one overturned it, but happily no further material injury.
Williams;• and as soon as they had passed, the Offii • was sustained.
cers recollected that Nightirighle was wanted for the Last week, a favourite mare,belonging to a Gen-
robbery
in the Temple ; they, therefore, followed tleman in Leeds, was destroyed by vinegar, which i
them into a public house in Ryder's-court, and took was recommended by a farrier, for the *Hedged par.
them into custody. Yesterday they were placed at pose of scaling her milk. We insert this as a cau.
the .bar among the rest, and after thcy had put their tam ea others, how they suffar empirics to tamper
• hats on, Mr. Nisbett said, be believed Nightingale to *ith die life of this useful and valuable animal. '
be one of the men ; but he was very cautious in 13 oiaNG.—The ghost. liiittle betwixt ISOWEi and
swearing against him. He also made similar obser' Chariot was won yestarday by Powell, after as san-
'rations respecting cwo others of the priaaners.- But. guinary a conflict as everwas recorded, which, apped
at a future examination the female who was In his an hour and twenty minutes.. Thsee porter ..i•s
~ . company, and the parish patrole, will attend ;—the were fought on the Satie'spot, near Ric nisissiv9stb,
Lauer has no doubt but he should know the robbers and the spores bad not Concluded al dark. ' ' ....',, •
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again. They were, therefore,remanded. 1 ' A boxing match took place on Satin* rot( five
. - Uwmta Hat e.—A. man in the habit of a sailor was g tames a-side, between two novices, nallifdtreiliis and
charged by Goff, the officer, with having committed Barater, in Harper's-fields,EdgeWareartaid, seconded:
trawls- to a considerable amount on several trades- by 74ose Jew and Dki Nd!. At tenittg.to bets weie
men in the Borough, by means of the following Inge- three to one against Bryant; but in fttlirsii totnid
Mous trick a—The prison r, who has all the appear. Chip ran back, and the odds weee exchanged. The
ante of a sailor just returned from along voyage; n former, however, came of victorious, afteli\tidbilist
going into the shop required to be *hewn a piece of of an bane and a half; during which 50. will-contest-
nloth, or any other article which the tradesman dealt ed sounds took place: