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London, England, 1813-10-29 00:00:00

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taken one of his poeketbi the prima. Priathi
had never seen the watch Since brlost it.
Samuel Millar, an Officer, accompanied the 410.
'senior in pursuit of the primers', wholn heft:outset&
the Princess of Wales ,peblic-house, sitting izt eye!
compliny of some ((Iris ;be accused-them of robbing'
theyrosecutoe.of his-watch, which they denied ; they!
said therbadbein striking an Irishman, and Dor-
hamkpointing to a rent in Eli coat, skid; i 4 See where
the Irish thief has tOee my.jacket—l wish he bad got
more of it." He searched the prisoners, but did not
find the watch.
Thomgs Bailey, another officer, who accompanied+
Millar in pursuit of the prisoners, corroborated his
brother officer's testimony.
The prisoners, in their defence, said, they were
walking with a girl in the street, whom the prosecu-
tor struck several times, because she had inadver-
tently knocked some halfpence out of his hand. One
of them, exasperated to see him abuse a woman, com-
manded to fight with a men, and a battle of a
quarter of an hour's duration commenced between
them, in which little advantage was gained by either.
He went away without saying a word concerning the
loss of his watch, of which they knew nothing.
I A man of the name of Walsh saw the commence-
ment of the dispute and scuffle between the prosecu-
tor and the prisoners, at the door of a public-house.
The former ran against a woman, the woman in re-
turn ran against him, and he pushed her, which one
of the prisoners resenting, said, he ought to strike a
man. The witness conceiving that the prosecutor
was an Irishman, persuaded him in the Irish lan-
guage, that the prisoner with whom he had quarrelled
was a Jew, and therefore he ought to give him a
threshing. The prosecutor complied, and throwing
aside his great coat, knocked his opponent down with
his fist, and then kept him down by kicking him with
his feet—the landlord pushed them out of the house.
The prosecutor and his opponent entered the house
again, and the former knocked him down and kicked
him with his feet. The other prisoner then attempted
to assist his comrade, -upon which the witness pre-
vented him, sayings let them fight it man to man.—
The landlord again separated them, upon which both
the prisoners went away ; the prosecutor remained,
and some time afterwards he complained to a. Gen-
tlemmt of the loss of his watch.

Patrick Connell accompanied the last witness to a
public-house, where he saw the scuffle between the
~prosecator and the prisoners, and described it in the
same manner as his companion.
John Roper, Elizabeth Powell; and Ellen Mac-
earthy, described the scuffle in the same words of the
preceding witness.
Two persons gave the prisoners respectable cha-
ratters.
Sir ALLAN CHAMBrat wmmed up the evidence to
the .lury, who immediately Acquitted the prisoners.
.If. Bishop and 7. Turner were capitally convicted
for stealing a sheep, the property of T. Wood, Esq.
N. Chamber: was indicted for stealing from Wm.
Burdon, a gold chain and three gold seals, value 45,
The prosecutor was coming down Fleur-de-lys-court,
in Fleet-street, on the 18th urt. about half-past pine
in the evening, when he was' hustled by four sr
oue of whom snatched his chain and seals.
Carlisle, an officer, was passing at the time, and
saw the prisoner, whom he had known as a bad cha-
r3cter for five or siz years, pull the chain and seals
from Mr. Burdon, and put them in his right-band
breeches pocket. He endeavoured to seize him, but the
party were too strong for him. He was however, taken
at the Golden Key, in Fleet-market, after a consider.
able resistance made by the regrectabh company there
assembled.—Verdict, Guilty.
'fits TAYLOIM—The Grand Jury have thrown
out thirty-eight of the Bills of Indictment against the
journeymen taylors accused of stealing a quantity of
cloth, the property of their employer, J. Maberly,
army clothier : The following are ordered for trial :
T. Rafter, IV. Brown, J. Banner, 7: Hinton, J. Dixon,
T. ilsgnith, F. Sleigh, and J. Stevens.

At the Petty Sessions at Stroud, Gloucestershire,
a few days since, J. Berryman, a juggler and for-
tune-teller, who has for a long time preyed upon the
credulity of the unwary, was committed to the House
of Correction, as a rogue and vagabond, for obtain-
ing I4s. from a young woman, under pretence .of
making known her future destiny, atc:
In the Recorder's Court, Dublin, T. Meehan, for
the indecent exposure-of his person, in Merrion-square,
was lately sentenced to be pablicly pilloried, between
the hours of twelve and one ; to be imprisoned in the
common goal for twelve months; and not to be dis-
charged until he gave security for future good beha-
viour, himself in £2UO, and two sureties in £lOO
,each.

Wednesday evening, a gentleman passing along
110 Worn, near Red Lion-street, was. saluted by a
female, genteelly dressed in black, who persuaded
him to accompany her to a house in the neighbour-
hood of Leather-lane, when, after stopping with her
about an hour, he went away. After walking seine
distance, he missed his pocket-book, containing Bank-
notes and bills to the amount of between £7O and
£BO. He immediately went back to the house, but
the woman had left it, and the persons of the house
denied any knowledge of her.

A MONSTER.--The inhabitants of Sunderland and
Bishop Wearmouth have been thrown into consider-
able alarm by a villain, in a sailor's dress, attacking
several females at Wearmouth walk, on the evening
of Monday se'nnight, and cutting or stabbing them
with a knife, or some other sharp instrument. One
young woman, residing in Dunning-street, was stab-
bed in the side, between the ribs, and lies in a dan-
gerous state; another had her clothes cut through,
but the progress of the instrument was stopped by the
whalebone of her stays ; a third had her apparel
pierced, and her side slightly wounded ; and the
gown of a fourth was cut through on the shoulder,
but was not othervAse injured. The Magistrates,
with a laudable'zeal, have instituted inquiries, to lead
to a discovery of the monster, but hitherto without
effect.

On the morning of Thursday se'nnight, a female
infant child was found by a Mr. Stagg, floating on
the water, within three or tour feet of the shore, by
the side of the river Aide' in Holiesley, which was
taken out of the water by Mr. Stagg, and conveyed
to the overseers of that parish. This infant appeared
to be about two years old, and to have been a very
lovely healthy child.