Star.
London, England, 1825-04-09 00:00:00

INQUEST ON MR. HATHWAY,

An Inquest has been held on the body of Mr. Hath-
way, of I'ockenham, who mtt with his ceatb at Malmes-
bury fair, in the mysterious manner mentioned in► our
Piper of Tuesday last.—The Inquest appears to have
heen conduced in a very irregular manner, and a good
.leal of rather irrec6ncileahle evidence was adduced, but
that id the Medical Gentlemen seems decisive. •

Mr. Player, surgeon, in conjunction with Mr Ro-
ans, 'u?genn, of Malme,bury, opened the body of Mr.
Harry Hathway, but by the closest attention, nothing
like laudanum or any other rarcotic with which he was
a( qu-.inted, cr,uld be perceived. Th• coats of the
.t,,niach were in a perfectly natural and healthy st rte.
There was nothing indicated that could lead to the sus-
ic -n of the exhibition of any poisonous fluid or sub-
-t a nee No ma'ks of external violence were found about
the head or body, but t 1 e face and neck were very
high' y suffused wilt venous blood.—The Jury returned
veidict of Death by Apoplexy.

LAM.—Sittings appointed in London and Middlesex,
Wore the CHIEF JUSTICZ of the Common Pleas at
Westminster, in and after Easter Term, 1825 :

Thunday
Wednesday .
Wednesday .
Tuesday

IN TEAM.

April 21 Friday .
April 27 Thursday .
May 4 Thursday .
May 10 Wednesday .
AFTER TERM.

April 22
April k.ll
May $
May 11

Tuesday May 17 I Wednesday . May 18
Tile Covirt will sit at one o'clock on April 21. 22,
27, and 28, May 4 and 5, and at half-past nine on
each of the other days.
.Sittinis appointed to be held in the Eccles'astical
Couits in Easter Term, 1825:

ARCRIS-Ist Session, Monday, April 11 ; 2d Session, Monday,
April 25;3d Session, Monday,•May 2 ; 4th Sesslon,Monday.May 9.
Anssiaarmr-Ist Session, Tuesday, April 19; 241 Session, Wed-
nesday, April 27 ; Id. Session, Wednesday, May 4; 4th Session,
Wednesday, May 11.
Pasaocialsve-Ist Session, Thursday, April 21 ; 24 Session,
Thursday, April 25; 3d Session, Thursday, May 3; 4th Salon,
Friday, May 13.
Dasoaess-Ist Session, Friday, April 22; 241 Session, Friday,
April 29 ; Id Session, Friday, May 6 ; 4th Session, Saturday,
May 14.
Cousirrour—lst Session, Saturday, April 25; 2d Session, Sam-
day, April 30 ; 3d Session, Saturday, May 7 ; 4th Session, Tues.
day, May 17.
A Meeting of the Vestrymen of St.Luke's,Middlesex,
took place onWednesday, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
pursuant to a public notice signed by the Churchwar-
dens of the Parish, for the purpose of Petitioning Par-
liament against the Roman Catholic claims. After
some discussion pour et centre, it was decided by a ma-
jority of about 40 to 16, that Petitions should be pre-
sented to both Houses of Parliament, net to grant such
further concessions to Roman Catholics as may lead to
the exercise of political power.
A Meeting for the purpose of considering the pro.
priety of petitioning Parliament against any further
concessions to the Roman Catholics, was held at Wey-
mouth, on Wednesday last, when a Petition against the
Claims was unanimously agreed to.
The Earl of ELGIN having learned that the striking
epidemic had made considerable progress in his exten-
sive coal works, and that in a few days the workmen
would make a stand for advance of wages, was resolved
to be beforehand with them, and on the 29th gave
orders that all the men employed in his different pits
should be immediately dismissed, and ordered to quit
their abodes.
.. Some few years since, a house, situated on the cliffs
at the back part of the Isle of Sheppy, was ingulfed by
the failing of the cliff; the occupier of the house was
owner of it, and of about five or six acres of land ad-
joining, from the produce of which he maintained him-
self, a wife, and six children; the family slept in the
house on Friday night, and on Saturday being alarmed
by a partial separation of the walls, and the near ap-
proach of the cliffs, they removed with their furniture,
and on Sunday the house entirely fell down with a part
of the Cliff. Although the family thus escaped being
buried in the ruins, the total destruction of the house,
Ithe demise of the owner, his wife, and one of his chil-
dren, all happened within the short period of a week !I
The only remnant of the plot of ground now left is a
corner of the orchard, with three worn-out fruit-trees.
Pactsawr —Yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock,Probert
was visited by his wile, Mr. Noyes (her brother), and
the prisoner's mother. This is the first interview Mrs.
Probert has had with her unhappy husband, and the
meeting between them was truly affecting. On entering
his apartment she approached him in a flood of tears to
embrace him : Probert coolly desired her not to fret.
and to bear herself up under her aSictions with forti-
tude. Mr. Noyes was also very much affected. The
prisoner's mother, his wife, and brother-in-law remained,
by the permission of the Sheriffs, some time longer than
usual with the prisoner. He is pet fectly composed, and
converses with those about hint very cheerfully.

So many accidents have happened by foot. passengers
falling off the pavement since the alterat;ons have taken
place on Blaclariars-bridge, by which the cart iage.road
was lowered, when it was Macadamized, that the Com-1
mittee have determined to raise the centre of the bridge
again, but not to its former level ; and yesterday, seve-
ral men were employed in raising the carriage•road. It
is at present intended to heighten it about eight incites.
The Bill to relieve the Hebrews in the State of Mary-
land from she constitutional disqualification to hold
offices, has passed bozb Houses.

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tiPlat/No teritatiGEN. ck.
• iiintai CRAVEN MEETING:
pfoasior ATILIL S. .
hnessannnareti ter this Meeting Ilks enabled Hie
Stew** tiliniSiod *eft Attars over the whale week—a grasilca-
don Witreh his nik always in.fheir power to 400 the votaries of the
turf. This Circumstance, together with the peculiarly propitiottO
state of the weather, has (Veen the prevent occasion .a brilliancy un-
known before; for there are more. of the sporting world here now
than era ever remembered - and, in fact, no man of any name is
absent. To-morrow is the last day.
As there were but two Races to take Plait, the running did not
begin late hour in the flay. The Races were decided thus—to
call it a day's sport would be a islanomei, as the bones did nut ap.
pear to be matched :

Subscription Plate for 'SO, for t*o year* oldi carrying but. ylb.
Ire, Mt. 51b. four. B.t. 31b. five, 9st. 4111. six and aged, Sit. 811).
D.ll. Winner to be sold for 390 gs. if demanded.
Lord Rieter's cb. e Conviction 1

Mr. Pettier ch. 1. Verbena

Duke of Grafton's ch. f. Gavotte •
• SClrrll tuned, but the judge placed but three. It was a mime-
Lit race, and there was not an appearance of a struggle,, 'except he-
twtrn the three first. The winner was claimed after the rate.--10
t., 1 art Conviction ; 2 to 1 agst Gavotte.
The Pun Stakes of 100 sovereigns each, h. ft. colts, Sat.
fillies, Bat. 41b. T. M. hl.—The owner of the second horse to with-
draw his stake.
Mr. Batson's Saab • • 1
Duke of Grafton's ch. f. Pucelle 2

Lord J. Fitzroy named Reformer

. 3

This race afforded seine sport, but it was won by a full lengib
5 to 4 apt &rob ; 2 t• I asst Pucelle.

At Catterick Bridge Races, on Wednesday, the Craven &Asia
10 +ova. each, was won by Mr. Daroelrs Cacciapiatd, beating two
others. The Produce Stakes was won by Mr. Jaques's ch. e. ibr
Walton, out of Comedy.
At Barham Down., an Toesday, the Annual Raster Flail Vile
run for by Mr. Carter's Nimrod and Mr. Beachcroft's ch. at.
The race, though woo by the former horse, is disputed.
At Exton Park Races, on Thursday, the Noel Stake's oC 13 sal.
each, was won by Mr G. Noel's b. f. beating two others.
The Cottennore Stakes of seven sovereigns each, With 10 lova.
added, was won by Mr. W. Lowther's b. nu Reserve, (1 1) beating
Mr. Long4en's ch. m. Precocity.
The Ranksborough Stakes of 10 son. each, with 10 ion added,
(six subscribers) was won by Lord Howth's Fiddler, beating
three others.

The Farmers' Plate of So son. each : Mr. Hall's M. g. by Bald-
bury, (1 1) beating another.

At the Bath Spring Races on the sth, a sweepstakes of S see.
each, with 20 added, was won by Mr. Phillipson's Uncle John;
two other sweepstake. of 3 soy. with 30 added, and 3 soy. with 40
added, were also won ; the latter by the same horse, and the fohner
by Mr. Fisher's Dottye.

ROYAL HUNT.

The Stag Hounds met yesterday, for the last time this Mason, at
Wooburn Green ; turned out at eleven o'clock, and after a tremen-
dous run of six hours, caught at Stoken Church, in Oxfordshire.
The Melton Hunting Season closed the other day, with a good
run of thirteen miles, from point to point.

The anticipated match between Gene Cooper and 1.,. Ward is
off for the present. Cooper .hewed 'at Hoit's on Thursday, but
Ward forgot to come.

RUTHIN-(DENBIGHSEURg).
CURIOUS CASS.

George Edwards, of Wrexhatn,labourer,(better known
as the Dandy Pig Max,) was tiled under 43d Geo. 111.
(called Lord Ellenborough's Act) for stabb,nlz, cutting,
and maiming Thom is Yates of Wrexham, nailer, with
intent to kill and murder him ; and there was anther
count in the indictment charging him with st
cutting, and maiming the prosecutor, with intent to do
him some grievous bodily harm. It appeared in evi-
dence, that the prisoner ran out of his own house.
stabbed the prosecutor (who was endeavouring to take
away his father from the sister of the prisoner, 4IL II
whom he was engaged in a quarrel) in the 1 It ear,
a shoemaker's knife, dividing the ear downwards, and
inflicting a wound of four inches in length, extendinz
down the neck to the throat, and dividing the external
jugular vein, as well as some branches of arteries; hat
the prosecutor had been confined to his bed for about
eight weeks in consequence, and his life depaired ot.
'The trial occupied more than nine hours, and the
Chief Justice having read the whole of the evidence,
charged the Jury with his usual ability and precision.
They retired for about 10 Minutes, when thtir Foreman
pronounced a verdict of Guilty, and added, atter a short
pause, "but not with intent to murder."
The CHIEF Alarm then rose, and again addressed
the Jury, observing he had helot e told them, that there
was another count in the indictment, c',arging the pri-
soner with stabbing, cutting, and maiming tine prose-
cutor, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm ;
they would therefore consider whether he so cut the
prosecutor with intent to do him some grievous bodily
harm ?
The Foreman, in a few seconds, answered " No."
The CHIEF Juance observed, " Then you find that
the prisoner cut the prosecutor for his own anius
for such is the effect of your verdict?"

The officer of the Court sown afterwards asked the
Jury the usual question of " Guilty, or Not Gulty ?"
when, to the astonishment of a very crowded Court, the
Foreman exclaimed, " lvot Guilty!"

A fine regular-rigged stiop of war, we are told, is
now fitting out at Blackwall. Her destiny is to c.ruize
against the Mahratta pirates, who infest the coast of Ba-
tavia. This extraordinary ship, the first of the kind
made is Europe, unites the powers of sailing or steam-
ing, separate or connected, at pleasure. The paddles
fold up like a Lady's fan, and with great facility.
As Mr. Pitcher, of Blackwell, was crossing the River
on Thursday, the boat in which he was was run down
by a steam-boat, and Mr...P. was di o.vned.
A small piece of ground, used as a twine walk, near
the Church-walk, Ulverstone, which was not long aF,o
sold for 251. was last week put op to public auction,
and fetched the enormous sum of-6951.
In consequence of what has appeared in the public
prints, and an order issued by tie Magistrates of Queen-
square Office, several respectable licensed victuallers in
Westminster attended the office, for the purpose of de-
liveiing up the constables' staffs, which they have for
many years been in the habit of having
hung up in
their respective bars, being convinced that it was illegal
to have such an instrument in their possession at all.
Licensed victuallers are exempt from serving the office
of Constable by Act of Parliament.
Several horses have, within these last ten days, he en
stolen out of the paddocks of Gentlemen, amt. the
stables of the farmers in the county of Lincoln, btt. am%
Spalding and Spilsby ; some of them very valambt.
ones ; and such is the systematic plan laid &slab?
the depredators, that not the least trace of ;Asa has
been discovered.
Mr. Fox was passionately attached to the bountie► of
nature, and, among others, of his Iluwer-eardee, as& particularly:
his geraniums. to which he could always retort' wiihoilished interest
amidst the most violent stormier pane rage. Ont.*, after malting;
s warm harangue in Pahloplard, he came immediately. to the..
Home of Commons, reeking from the mob, anti Ong up en the.
Speaker (Lord Sunimes), who emoted mime violent toothy.
calmlytold him how sorry he was tMt his gemolmos(seese commis of
which he bad promised him) hid bean an *timid etas. Aosseli Hill..

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Mr. Awnaawa appealed against a conviction of Mr.
Griffiths; in fining Mt. Longsdale, the proprietor of a
Had ey siege, the sum of 101. for carrying more
p.useageri than the Act allows. ft appeared, the c•iach
was driv;ng in Tottenham-court-road with only two
horses. On arriving in town, the driver took rff the
leaders for more safety to the people in the streets, as
he could manage two hor'es beiter than four. While
thus driving towards the C;ty, Byers, the informer, ssw
it, and lodged an information against the proprietor of,,
the coach, on which :lie Magi.trate fined him in the
penally of la The driver was not known.
Mr. ANDREWS took several objections to the convic•
lion; first, that doe diligence had not been used to'
find out the coachman, and that, therefore, the pro-
priqror• could not be considered liable—next, that the,
allegation in the conviction was not right, inasmuch as I
it stated that the coach was a Barnet coach, whereas it
was a Hadley stage—further, that thevoach was repre-
sented driving towards London, whereas it was in lac-
4, in" L•indon at the time. _ _

The COURT overruled all these objections, but said
that it was certainly a 114 rd case, as it appeared that the
coachman had only taken off the leaders for the public
safety, While he went to deliver his fire in various
parts of the town.
Anocenus, in support of the conviction said, that one pan
of Mr. Andrews's observations in recommending the leaders to be
taken off, would, no doubt, be very acceptable to many Gentle-
men in the Court, who would like to see many " leaders taken off."
—(Much laughter). Conviction affirmed.

LENT ASSIZES.

GLOUCESTER, APRIL APRIL 5.

W. WILLIAMS, GENT. V. FOWLER.

Mr. LUDLOW stated that this was an action to recnver
the amount of an atm ney's bill, and the only new fea-
ture in this case was that the debt was incurred in the
course of proceedings which had occurred in a dispute
between the defendant and his wife.
Mr. Carter, clerk to the plaintiff, said—l attended
the Magistrates at Brockwell whets the defendant and
his wife were there. They had a dispute, and it was
agreed that a deed of separation should be ptepared.
It was prepared by the plaintiff; and after that the de-1
fend-Imes wife occupied a house of the plaintiff, but
subsequently went to reside with her husband. How-
ever, she very soon after exhibited articles of the peace
against him, and he was committed for want of sure-
tie!. The plaintiff was attorney for the wife against
her. husband.
Mr. Baron Gassow—l don't know whether this can be carried
further or not; but I have great doubts whether a person is liable
to pay an attorney employed by his wife to take proceedings
against him.
Mr. lann.aw—l am in a condition to prove a great deal snore
than this.
Jeptha Timbre!, son of the defendant's wife, said—l
remember being present at a meeting of the Magis-
trates. My mother had made a complaint of ill-
treatment against the defendant. A deed of separation
was talked of, but they could not agree about the
terms. I remember my mother going from the de-
fendant's house and living with different friends • she
left him because he ill-treated her, and threatened to
'murder her. She then resided in a house in Winche-
combe, but I never saw the defendant there. I took
the house. After that she went back to tt- e defendant ;
and after that the defendant was taken to the Quar-
ter Sessions.
James Soulsby said, I remember the defendant
coming to my house ; he asked me to go with him to the
plaintiff, and pay 51. for the rent ; I agreed to do so,
and we met Mr. Williams soon after, and I mentioned
it to the plaintiff, who said he would not take it with-
out some more money at the end of it.
Mr. Baron GARROW—By the law of England, every
man who turns his wife out of doors, gives her credit
for necessaries suitable to her degree and station in life ;
and by the term, turning her out of doars, they were
not to understand that it was required that the husband
should take his wife by the shoulders and turn her out
of his house, it was quite enough that the husband
should treat her with such asperity and such a degree
-of ill-usage as made it unsafe and improper for her to
remain in his house; and when that has occurred, the
hosband is liable for any moderate-sized and proper
house she may take to reside ire ; and in this case both
the rent and the law charges were recognised by the
hue•and, he was offering to pay them, and trying to get
the amount down as small as possible.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £122 for the bill, and £5
for the rent.

The four Canadian Chiefs arrived at the Castle Inn,
Windsor, Wednesday, dressed in their native costume.
They were waited upon by Sir J. CuAPMaN and another
Gentleman, who conducted tl em to the Castle ; and
after going through the State apartments, they in-
spected the improvements going on; they afterwards
visited the Terrace and the Round Tower, and from
thence they proceeded through the Little Park to Frog.
more Lodge. where they passed upwards of an hour in
viewing the d:lightful pleasure-grounds and gardens.
They speak the French language fluently, and expressed
themselves highly gratified with the pleasurable scenes
of tl,e day. They returned to the Castle Inn at five
o'clock, v here they dined and slept. Their curious
dress, together vith their painted faces, and ornaments
pending from Char ears and noses, attracted the atten-
tion of a great concourse of sptctaturs.
The follow:ing is a copy r:f a letter which was ac-
tually received by Probert, by post, a few days after
the time it is dated. As there is reason to believe that
it was not intended as a hoax, it may certainly be re.
garded as the very felicitous production of some phre.
nologist, la hose legal, moral, and metaphysical opinions
might entitle the writer to be considered a fit and pro-
per person to become a candidate for a situation ei,her
in Bedlam or at Botany BAy
Edinburgh, March 2, 1825.
Sta—Observing your name in the public prints, has induced me
to address a few lines to you on the subject of the defence which
rim will shortly be called upon to make. No truth, perhaps, can
.ka more completely capable of demonstration than the Wowing,
Ischicia I copy front the Erlinborh Phrenological Journal, article lst
r" in Number 5 ;-4. The mental character of an individual, at
oilorgleen time, is the result of his natural endowment of faculties,
ti Iltodifird by;thr-circumstances in which he has been placed;' and
It certainly app?ars to me, that a most powerful defence may be
founded on this principle ; as it may be ineonte,tibly shewn, that
r ally owe ltrisigfng the vane• natural character as yourself into the
' *weld; had being placed in the same circumstances as you have
.but, must helot acted Sii the same manner as yourself. Should you
•. shish with me that it is very desirable to adopt a defence founded
•t tioergbis principle, I shall be happy to render you every assistance in
• ••• Ist:a salif power lal &A min; item.
6: • •-•A .TO, I 131*A11T1411,,L .1
-t.k.liemoilllstosth me, addressed to A. Z. Yost Me. Edinb

`ICE.

OLD BAILEY. APRIL 8.
• Alfra•Cooper, aged gs was indicted for maliciously
cutting and maiming Philip Williams, with intent to
murder him.
The prisoner and the Prosecutor were seamen .on
board the Robert Edwards, lying is the 'London DOM
on the 24th February ; they were both on the deck of
the vessel when prisoner struck the prosecutor a blood
on the head with the hammer part- of an adze and
wounded him. He was afterwards taken to the Lon-
don Hospital, and a student there proved that the
wound inflicted was by some blunt instrument.
The Curer Jurricz charged the Jury, that the /xi;
soner being indicted under a particular Act of Parlis•
ment, for cutting and maiming with a sharp instrument,
and it being proved that it was A blunt instrument,
they would acquit the prisoner.—Verdict—Not
James Corbett, aged 17, stood indicted for commit-
ting a burglary in the dwellingLhouse of Sarah Sander,
and stealing thereout a silk gown and other articles,the
property of John Nelson.—Guilty.

W. Rickards and Edward Castledine were indicted
for stealing a bridle, value 10s. the property of William
and George Nichols.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Ri-
chards, and acquitted Castledine.

lili2abeth Doyle was charged with stealing in the''
dwelling-house of her master, Mr. George Collison,
upholstes er,en the 27th January last, divers articles of
silver plate, &c.—Guilty—Death.
The prosecutor recommended her to mercy on ac-
count of the good chaiacter she formerly bore, which
the LORD CHIZT JUSTIeg said should be attended to.

Charles Patten was charged with stealing in the
dwelling-house of his employer, Mr. Archibald Wilson,
on the 29th March last, in the parish of St.Giles,certain
articles of brass work, termed figures, Scc.—Guilly.

NEW COURT.
Samuel Turner, aged 25, and James Scrace, aged 20,
stood indicted for stealing a gallon of gin, value 10s.
the property of Dennis Healey.—The facts of the case
having been proved, the prisoners were found Guilty.
Jobs Bowerman stood indicted for stealing, on the
9th of March, one Coat, value 10s.—Guilt'.-.
Mary Edwards, aged 9S, was indicted for stealing.
on the 26:h February, two glass dishes, value Si. and
other articles, the property of James Towers.--Guilty.
The prisoner was again indicted for stealing various'
articles of glass manufacture, the goods of Ambrose
Welch ra an.

The prisoner was found May, and sentenced to transportation
for seven years. On bearing the sentence, the prisoner fainted.
Hannah Mahoney stood indicted for stealing, on the
24th February, 26 yards of stuff, value 245: the goods
of William Spooner.—Guilty.
Charles Whittington stood indicted for stealing onl
the 19th of March, one coat, value 21. the property of
S. Rakan, Esq. The RlCORbtit summed up the evi-
dence, and the prisoner was found Guilty.
Hester Williams was indicted for stealing, on the Sth
of March, fourteen yards of linen, value 28s. privately,
in the shop of R. Hawkes. The Rlicon.DEn recapitu-
lated the evidence. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty
of stealing, but not privately.—Sentenced to six months
imprisonment and hard labour.
William August, aged twenty-three, was put to the
I bar, on an indictment charging him, under Lord El-
lenborough's Act, first, with attempting to kill and
murder; secondly, with assaulting, with intent to do
some grievous bodily harm ; and thirdly, with intent to
disable William Lewis, on the 27th of February last, at
Bow, in the county of Middlesex.
The case excited the deepest interest in a most crowded Court.
The Lord Advocate of Scotland was on the Bench until the close
tithe trial. The facts as proved in evidence were briefly as follow :
On the evening of the day in question, the prosecutor
was on his way home, when he had occasion to stop at
the Three Tons, at Bow. The prisoner, whom he had
quarrelled with about a year before, was there, but no
quarrel occurred, nor did the pftsecutor stop but for a
short time. He then proceeded towards home, and
shoidy after was followed and overtaken by the pri-
soner, and they walked over one or two fields. On
arriving at the last field, the prisoner turned round, and,
remarking on what had before taken place, said, he
would now fight it out; but this was declined, and the
consequence was, that he instantly knocked the prose-
cutor down, or nearly so. The prosecutor, to defend
himself, threw down his bundle, and at length, to save
himself, retired. On getting home, he recollected that
he had left his bundle, and, accompanied by a person
named King, returned to look for it ; not finding it,
they went to the house of the mother of the prisoner,
and enquired for him, but he was denied. He was
found in a garden near, with the bundle in his posses-
sion, part of which he threw away. The prosecutor
demanded the rest, particularly a silk handkerchief,
and in the end a scuffle ensued, and both the prosecutor
and the prisoner fell. The former exclaimed, " lam
stabbed in two places," on which King ran to his assist-
ance. The prisoner immediately exclaimed, " D—n
your eyes, I'll serve yen the same," and ran at him
with a large pruning:knife, but was kept off by an
umbrella. Both King and the prosecutor at length
effected their retreat, followed by the prisoner, who
still threatened them. The prisoner had inflicted on
the left arm of the prosecutor a deep and dangerous
wound, and another equally dangerous on the left side
of the back. The arms of the two coats he wore were
more than half cut through, as was his shirt; there
was also a very extensive cut in the waistband of his
breeches, and two cuts in the coats, which corresponded ;
the shirt was literally dyed with blood, and the produc-
tion in Court of the articles excited the deepest horror.
The Surgeon, Mr. Fairhead, of Bow, described the wounds to
have been of the most dangerous nature, and such as, for four or live
days not to have left any hopes of the recovery of the prosecutor.
The ease for the prosecution having closed, the prisoner was
called on for his defence, but he declined to say anything.—His
Counsel, however, called several persons, who gave him a goad
character.
Mr. Justice PAIL summed up the evidence to the Jury, who in.
stantly found the prisoner Guilty 'on the second and third counts,
namely, assaulting, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm,
and with Intent to disable.
Samuel Avery was indicted for bigamy.
W. Paul, Clerk of the parish of St. Mary-la-bonne,
produced a book, centaininga registry of the moulage
of the prisoner to Ann Kidd, on the 16th of Match, 1819.
Ann Beckley had seen Ann Kidd within the law month.
Mary Haydon, the second wife, proved the: the pti-
soner courted her as a single man, and that they were
afterwards mArried at B imhill, in Staffordshire, on the
24th of Feb, nary last, and lived together about a month,
at the expiration of which time she found out he had
previously mottled another woman.
The C.osnion Sauseaut summed up the evidence, and the JtWy,
without hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty.

• POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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iYukli 2Sitrierffei *an ebaltail wItS a *err iinpuilentaereiff to
begirt en Oki' 'Ordnance pensionotv:nepso*3l/11Bantsi having- re-
,psivtli •his penile% five half inrereigna,.put them into his tobacco-
box forlefetyi mad &podia' that.in his bit: Of his road home be
tilleidlt publlCAsodie; in Essextetrick, Strand, to'cike a pint of
beer,.when his money this observed, as kirmeitout his.boa to pay
4ibif bit beer. He war followellout ef the house by possirmet4 who
knocked off his hat, but the prisooerPaving seised the property, was
followed by Williams through the Temple, where be was secured,
and the boa and Money found on his peribn. He was fully com-
mitted for trial.
A detent-loOking young Men, who lase his name Mann • • Geo&
was charged with attempting to' practise a fraud upon Mr. Bayliss,
pawnbroker, Akbatsgate-street. The Magistrate, in investigating
this affair, made some curious discoveries. It appears that a young
lad, about 14, named Arthur Morris, whose appearance and man-
ners afford-retain-to suspect he runway from some school in York-
shire, arrived by the Boroughbridge coach at the Bull and Mouth,
on the 19th ult. and not having money, be left his trunk at the inn,
and raised 12 at Mr. Bayliss's shop on two silver hoses, two rings,
an eye-glass, a pin, and a silver pencil-case and toothpick, and then ,
he applied at a register-office in the 'Old Bailey for a situation, but
not having money to pay for the advertisement, they lent him 10s.
on his duplicate. The advertisement was answered by Mr. Taylor,
suriey'or, of York-place, City Road, and a man from the office went
to give hint a character, and represented himself as a Liverpool
merchant, at present in town. Mr. Taylor bad some suspicion of
the Liverpool merchant,when the boy placed him in possession of
the whole truth, and then called at Mr. Bayliss's shop to have the
duplicate stopped if k should be offered; the man at the register-
office having told him that he had parted with the duplicate.—
This application opened a new scene of trickery, for in this in-
terim, some fellow had been to Mr. Bayliss's, stating his name to
be Arthur Morris, the owner of the property. but that be had lost
the duplicate, and therefore wished to have a form of affidavit.—
This waa given him ; he came to this office, and swore it, and re-
turned with it to Mr. Bayliss's, to pay for and redeem the articles.
Before they were delivered to him, however, two other men came
into the shop, and produced the supposed lost duplicate, on which
the other fellow, giving them a nod of recognition, snatched up his
affidavit from the counter, and ran off. As these three fellows were,
no doubt, confederates, if the goods had been delivered to the man
presenting the affidavit, the holders of the duplicate, as the real
owners, ovoid have claimed the property, which they might then
have valued at any sum they thought proper from the pawnbroker ;
but they were too quick upon the heels of the affidavit man, and
.111 r. Bayliss aware of the trick, detained the duplicate, and re-
fused to deliver the property at all, till the boy, the original pawner,
appeared. On Saturday last, the prisoner Gamble presented the
old affidavit, with a view to redeem the articles, and Mr. Bayliss
gave him into custody, and thus he was brought to this Office. He
denied all connection with the Old Bailey " Equitable Register
Office," and said he bought the affidavit of a man whom he did not
know, and met near the Obelisk, in St. George's-fields. A Gen-
tleman in the army, who occasionally employed the prisoner, cor-
roborated this story so far as to seeing him give some money to a
Man near the Obelisk ; and on asking him who he was? the pri-
soner said, be had been buying an affidavit of him ; but it being in
evidence that the original affidavit man had been seen waiting near
the door, while the prisoner was in Mr. Bayliss's shop, the Alder-
man considered that the prisoner must have been connected with
the gang, and committed him for trial.

M ARLBO ROUG H-STREET.
Gasszuna-Houszs.—A Gentleman named O'Leara was brought
betore Mr. CONAN?, by Robert Dotage% a watchman of Sr. James's,
for creating a disturbance, at an unseasonable hour in the morning,
in King-street, &. James's, and for knocking violently at the
door of No. 6, in the same street.
Mr. O'Leara said, that he was informed that i young friend of
his, with upwards of 601. in his pocket, was in the house, and, as
be was rather intoxicated, be (Mr. O'Leara) well knew, that in
such a notorious place for plundering, he would, at the detestable
game of hazard, be fleeced of his money.
Plank, the chief oiScer, said, that the house in question was a
notorious gambling-house, and those who were averse to the inr
proper proceedings carried -en inside, and expressed a just resent-
ment
at it, were given into the watchman's custody.
Mr. Conant desired the watchman to go to the house and re-
quest the attendance of the -mastere—The watchman returned in
about an hour, and said there was no person in the house but a fe-
male.—Plank remarked that the house was full of persons engaged II
at play.—The watchman, from his own knowledge, said there were
three waiters inside.

Mr. O'Leara went on to state, that the knocker was fastened
down, and he pulled the bell owe. The door was opened as far
as a small chain would permit, and he requested to send a note up
so his friend; but the fellow who kept the door said he should
neither send a message up nor see his friend, and the door was
shut. He rang the bell again, when the same man put his head
out of the window, and gave him in charge to the watchman.
Mr. Comae asked the watchman why he had not brought the
person forward to substantiate the charge ?
The Watchman said he charged the Gentleman on his own
account, for when he desired him to move he would net, and kept
knocking.
Mr. Cowart said, be would bring his conduct before the Watch
Committee, and at least remove him from that beat. Hs also dis-
charged Mr. O'Leara, and directed him to what quarter to make
a complaint of the watchman.