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London, England, 1824-12-07 00:00:00

rect ; • witness had heard that Messrs. Capper had loss
a check for . a different amount, therefore he advised
Mr. Vye hot to take it; Mr. Capper declared the check
to be a forgery in the presence of the prisoner; at the
instance of Mr. Vye, witness went for an officer.
The prisoner, in his defence, made the same statement as he gave
at the banking-house.
Two witnesses deposed to seeing the prisoner at the 14ew York
Ogee-house, in company with such .a person as be described. One
witness spoke to character.
Mr. Justice Balm's- summed up the evidence adduced.
The Jury, after consulting for ten minutes, returned a verdict
of Not Guilty.
Levi Abrahams, a Jew, aged 25, was indicted for a
burglary in the house of Mr. Frazer, No. 37, Norfolk-
street, Strand, and stealing therein a shawl and a ta-
ble-spoon.
On the night of the day mentioned in the indictment,
two servant girls 'were awakened in their bed by the
barking of a little dog, which was kept in the house,
near their door. One of them got up, and on her going
out, the dog went and lay down on the mat at the foot
of the stairs. She then returned to bed, but in a little
time she was again alarmed by the noise of the dog,
and she heard some person snatch up the dog, as it were.
There was a borrowed window-light over her bed-room
door, through which she perceived light, which moved
down towards the kitchen. She got up, and going
down she perceived a full light in the kitchen, and heard
some one sty, " Hush." S!re immediately made to.
wards her own door, and screamed " Murder ! thieves!"
As soon as she got into her room, she. shut the door and
leaned against it, while, by her desire, her fellow-servant
threw up the window and called " \Vatch !" The watch-
man came up and seized the prisoner, who was in the
act of climbing out of the area. Same Geatlemeo.and
other watchmen came to his assistance, and, on searching
the premises, they found a stock, three centre-bits, a
crow-bar,- one of the servants' shawls, and one of Mr.
Frazer's spoons, in the area ; and the little dog lying
dead in the kitchen, with his head nearly severed from
his body, whilst a carving-knife lay on the dresser drop-
ping blood. A dark-lantern was also found on hi) ;.
dresser; and a bit of wax candle in the waistcoat-pocket
of the prisoner on whose right hand and handkerchief
there`weresmarls of blood.
lir his defence, he said it would be only adding false..
troiidvi crime, to say he was not an accomplice in the
robbery, but he had not been farther than the area. He
bad come to town, being out of work, about four weeks
ago, and meeting with a person whom he at first took
to be a Gentleman, be promised to serve him, but he
only led him away. With respect to the marks of blood
on•his hand and kerchief, he said, they had been occa-
sioned by a bleeding of the nose, with which he has
afflicted every day for the last 18 months. He had
no friends to call, his parents being in Manchester, and
he not having the means of bringing them up to town.
.I)een
He therefore threw himself on the mercy of the Court.
—The Jury unhesitatingly returned a verdict of Guilt y.
James Sergeant was charged with stealing a gelding,
the property of R. Baker, Esq. of Thames Ditton. Se-
veral witnesses were called to bring home the charge,
but there was still a doubt, and this aided by the excel-
lent character the prisoner received, induced the Jury
to Acquit him.

On the 14th ult. the first Session of the Prussian
States-General was opened at KonigsSurg. At nine
o'clock all the Deputies, in number 175, were ::asem-
bled, and after attending divine worship, the Royal
Commissioner solemnly &elated the Session com-
menced. The same day, the Deputies of the Civil and
Military Authorities dined with the Commissioner.
The S • iss troops in the Ft ench service have protested
against entering Spain, alleging " that it was contrary
to any engagement that they had entered into, that their
services should be transferred to any other Power, and
that they particularly protested' against entering into
the pay of Spain." This protest has been signed by
every officer of the regiment at Bayonne, and they
in a body waited upon Baron JANIN, the General com-
manding the subdivision at Bayonne, who stated he
would instantly transmit the important document to
the Fr...nch and Spanish Govei nments. Notwithstanding
this protest, the Swiss regiments will probably enter
Spain, on a guarantee of their pay ; but their devotion
to the service cannot be of a very animated nature.
The 2d regiment marched from Bayonne on the 18:11,
19th, and 20.11. The 3d and 4th remain under order
for the same destination, and continue on their march
to the southward ; the two latter were expected to
reach Bayonne early in December.
SINGULAR FANATICISM.--The following important
communication, as the writer terms it, has been addressed
to the Editor of the Dublin Patriot. The writer promises
him the remunerationof many blessings for itsimmediate
publicity :•—" A pilgrim in sackcloth intends forthwith
that a placard shall be exhibited in our sums, in order
to protect him from the gaze and obstruction of the
idle and giddy multitude, in the great work he medi-
tates for blotting out his own sins, which ate manifold
—for imploring blessings on his family, consisting of
a wife and step-daughter, and for averting the wrath
of Heaven from his dearly beloved country. convulsed
by Ribandtnen and Ora:.gemen, and by Biblicals and
Roman Catholic Priests, as the infliction of the MOST
HIGH for the wickedness and degeneracy of the peo pie
of all ranks and professions. To pi opitiate Heaven and
to restore all his countrymen to favour and benedic-
tion, he is resolved to fast, to pray, to clothe himself in
sackcloth, and in all humility to walk barefoot through
all the streets of this sinful city." The following is a
placard he intends to exhibit :—‘• A pilgt im in sackcloth,
to his fellow-citizens, greeting mercy and benediction.
He requests they sill not impede his passage, or fol-
low him in crowds through the streets. He is prepared
for the scoffs of the wicked, but they will depart from
iniquity when he will be heard promising mercy to the
repentant—therefore let them not contribute to a pub-
lic nuisance by their molestation. The pious lovers of
their country have an ample opportunity of co-operat-
ing in the great object of his call, before the several
altars in the kingdom, where petitions to the KING of
K trios may not be altogether unavailing. Ad majorent
Dei glorious On behalf of my wife, my family, and
my nation, I humbly, penitently, and publicly confess,
that we have all been justly scourged for our offences
against GOD. I solicit health for niy wife and dying
step-daughter ; the power of discharging my just debts,
the reconciliation of all my countrymen, and an eternal
perseverance in faith, hope, and charity."
In the Old Priory, in Carmarthen, on Tuesday last,
the clothes of a child of the name of Elizabeth Wilson,
four years old, took fire, which the mother perceiving,
seized a pail of water hard by, and threw the contents
over the child with the view of extinguishing the
flames; but the united effects of the shock and fright
were so great as to cause her immediate death.