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London, England, 1825-06-30 00:00:00

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gallosti, a native of Sicily, applied to • the 'Magistrate *llk
structloui hew to Proceed for the recovery of a Greek gem. Rag boa'
the ruins at an ancient town in Sicily, and said to br4,660 yearit/Id,
which he bad entrusted to a Mr. Freeman, for sale. Mr. Freon/as
had offered it to srveral Noblemen and connoisseurs, but they 4
declined purchasing it. dethrmining, however,io shew itto Mr.
Collins, of Charing-cross, he found he bad lost it. Dr. Gathati
doubted, and was told that his only retuedy was by action at law.
Irstfients Radford, a lad of about 17 years, Was brought up Ma
the Review ground, at Hounslow, charged with keeping one of I*
thimble and peppercorn tables, and cheating various persons out of
their money by the nimble-fingered devices of that game. .•

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UNION-HALL.
A Gentleman, named crotchet, who *described himself as an
agent to the Norwich Life Insurance Company, was chargechwiih
hawing shot at a man named Sweet. . It aPpean, that Snlet ii
placed in possession of a house And garden in Bermondsey •New-
, road, by a person named Stubbs, the supposed legal proprietor, and
between whom and Mr. Croucher a litigation had commenced to
recover possession. Tuesday, when Sweet went foto-the garden to
draw some water, he saw defendant plucking up some flowentoots,
and after warning him off, said he was wprse than a thief to
steal ' the roots. The defendant immediately fired a pistol at
him, the shot from whteh" entered the water-butt ; and when a •
dog, which was alarmed at the report, rushed cut of his kennel,
the defendant fired a second pistol, and wounded the animal... -
The detendant has a factory adjoining the premises, and Jayne:
diately after the second fire, a black man, who is employed by him,
ran Into the garden, with a pistol in his hand. lie seemed dis-
posed to discharge it at complainant, but the defendant prevented
him, and with an oath, said he had shot them both. This :recount
was corroborated by Sweet, the complainant. Two other persons
were called, who saw the second pistol fired, and the dog shot, and
they heard defendant say to the black man, " Don't fire, for I
have shot them both." Mr. Croucher then proceeded to :tats that •
he was the legal owner of the premises in which Stubbs had placed
his man Sweet; that in consequence he had gone into the garden
on the morning stated, and while in the act of picking some
flowers, the complainant bad insulted him, frequently using the,
epithet " thief," and bad actually set a large dog at him, which he
admitted having shot, otherwise be certainly should have beta
bitten by the animal, which ran furiously et him. With respect
to the charge of having fired at the complainant, be most solemnly
denied it.—Sweet said that the marks of the shots were visible is
the water-butt. He added, that Mr. Croucher walked up and
down the garden for many hours on Monday evening, and showed
his pistols, using many threats.—A man named Lever said he saw
the whole transaction from beginning to end, and he protested that
both pistols were presented at the dog.
An officer was here dispatched to examine the water butt, and
he said that the holes which appeared in it had not been recently
done.—Mr. Crouches persevered in declaring his innocence.
Mr. ALLEN observed. that even allowing Mr. Croucher was the
legal owner of the premises. be had no right whatever to enter
with fire-arms. He was, thettfore, ordered to find bail to appear
at the Sessions.

Mr. CHARLES KEHDLE played same of his favourite
characters at the Liverpool Theatre, last week.
A few days ago the ship Mangles, of 600 tons, ar..
rived from the Colony of New South Wales,with a cargo, grimes-
ing chiefly of wool, the produce of that Interesting settlement. The
ship Hope was to follow in three weeks, aden endrely with wool,
also the produce of New South Wales.
By the New Street Act which has just passed, the
hackney coach.ssand is to be removed (tom Charing.
cross and Cockspur•street, after the Ist of January next.
The house lately occupied by Mr. Mattress, in Fleet-
street, and the one adjoining, lately Mr. Carlde's, are
both to be taken down. A new house -will be erected,
partly on the site of the latter, to correspond with Messrs.
Pitfield and Ashman's handsome house, newly built, by
which improvement the public will have a fine view .
of a great pact of St. Bride's Church, and its beouti-
ful steeple.