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GCILMIALL.--Yesterday J. Tenser and J. Wild
Were charged with a most violent assault Limn C.
Shelll.rd on the preceding evening. Shallard stated,
that he went tete the Bull's Head, the corner of
Smithfield-bars, for. some liquor ; that he there found
the prisoners, who were drinking at the bar. When
• the witness asked the landloid for his None; the pri:7l
saner threw the contents of a glass of wine, which he
was drinking, into his face, and began to abuse him.
'llhe witness retired, and Wild followed him into the
street. using the most dreadful imprecations, and
beating him about the head most unmercifully. At
length, the watchmen came, and they were both se-
cured. Mr. Wootton, the landlord. corroborated
the above statement. Turner admitted that he threw
the Wine at the complainant, but denied that be as-
saulted him in any other way. Being asked. what
business he is he replied, a ginger-bread baker,
living in Peter's-line. Wild said, he is a costermonger,
that the complainant had greatly ill used him, and
that he stood in his own defence. This assertion the
complainant and the landlord both confuted, declar-
ing, that not a word passed from Shallard. One of
the police officert then informed the Alderman that
Jonathan Wild is a notorious thief, there bring seve-
ral capital charges. particularly one in which the
parties were present in Court to prefer. He then
mated that the prisoner had passed to Mr. Scarr one
. 115 note and boar Al notes, all forgeries. Upon en-
quiry, however, it turned out that this offence was
' committed out of the City, and the Alderman de-
ired the officers to take Wild to Bow.street. Shallard
was then bound over to prosecute far the assault.
Ma imatutousiu-starer—An information was heard

yesterday against the preprietor of theWatford coach,
hr carrying them outside* snore than allowed• by
Act of Parliament.
The proof, however,wasdefective, as no evidenced' ,
the defendant being licensed was adduced, nor that
the words 44 licensed to carry," &c. on the foot-board
were seen, which has been construed .into an admis-
sion of ehelicence. The inforsnatioth wanwtherelore,
dismissed.
Quemt-sottane.—T. Caper, 'of Harrow-road-lane.
Paddington, iron-monger, appeared yesterday in con-
sequence of a very great seizure having been made on
Wednesday night on his premises, by Pace, Laven-
' der, and Cobhans, officers, of large copper urns,
kettles, &c. on suspicion of their having been bought
in an undue manner. Lavender stated, that in con-
, sequence of information they went to the premises,
, and after passing through the shop, in a passage
leading to some back shops, their attention was at-
tracted by a door, which was found to lead to exten-
sive and concealed passages and cellars ; and on en-
tering, chiefly behind bags of potatoes, were found
most of the articles seized. Cooper not satisfactorily
accounting how he came by two or three of the ar-
ticles, the Magistrates convicted him in the penalty
of 40s. the property seized being forfeited to the offi-
cers, which will fetch nearly £l5.

Tn a ease which occurred on Tuesday last in the
Insolvent Debtor's Court, it has been erroneously
stated that Mr. WlLan, the father of the celebrated
Painter of that name, was one of the Prisoners re-
manded. Mr. WtLEta's father has been dead two
years : He was a respectable Scotch Clergyman; and
of the occurrences alluded to in the above report, hia,
on, the eminent artist, had no knowledge whatever,
lonia be saw them related in the public Papers, with his
name connected with them, by some unaccountable
mistake.

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• ,
zotterway 'mow Marley and Malawi Ilea& were
indicted' for stealing a p.gt As property of Barnard
Hiles.
Thei4frolleCUtOr, its IM!, kept a public.house
in the' ackney-road. n the night of the day sta-
ted in the indictment, he was alarmed by the bark-
ing of his dog. and, on going down to his pig-stye
he mined a pig, '
The prisoners were proved to ha4e been seen tak-
ing away the pig.—Guilty.
Itiltrt Stewart was indicted for stealing six tea-
spoons, two table-spoons, a pair of sugar-tongs, a sil-
ver watch, and several articles of wearing apparel,
the property of R. Scowler.
The prisoner lodged in the prosecutor's house, in
the Commercial Road. The articles in question were
missed out of the parlour closet on the morning of
the 6th of July; and when the prisoner was appre-
hended, a pair of trowsers belonging to the prowess-,
tor was found on him, but none of the other articles.
When taken into custody, he said he would pay the
prosecutor for the things he had taken.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that the prosecu-
tor and his wife lent him a hat and the pair of tross.-
sets ; and all that he said, when taken into custody,
was, that he would pay the prosecutor for his lodging
when he received his pension.—Guilty of stealing to
the value of 393.

Henry Clark was next tried on an indictment char-
ging turn with stealing, in the dwelling-house of Ann
Noble Simpson, Bank-notes to the amount of £27,
.the property of David hawk, together with several
articles of wearing apparel.
The prisouer and prosecutor, it appeared, at the
time of the robbery, lived servants with Mrs. Simp-
son, who keeps a baker's shop in Stanhope street,
Clore-market. Subsequent to the robber:, the pri-
soner abvonied, but wfs traced to the Edinburgh
Castle,. at Woipiez, whither he had gone with the
view of taking his `departure for Scotland, of which
place he is a native. Upon being taken into custody
by one of the Thames Police Officers, he attempted
to escape by swimming across the Thames. He was
pursued, however, and ultimately secured; and the
greater part of the property stolen was found in his
trunk at his lodgings.
Upon examining the indictment. hoWever, it ap-
peared that Mrs. Simplon, in whose dwelling-house
the robbery was alleged lo have been committed, was
described as a widow, whereas in her evidence die'
listed herself to be a spinster.
Under these circumstances, Mr. Baron GRAHAM.
summing up the evidence, stated to the Jury, that
capital part of the charge, that of stealing in i •
lling-house. had not been properly proved : the
prisoner, therefore, could only be found sulky of.
tehestling.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty of stealing,
lkst tun in the dwelling-house.
Thom": Read was indicted for burglarioudy break-
' big and entering the dwell,N;7house 0( Isaac Josephs,
in the p2rish of St. Giles's, on the night of the 31st
of August, and stealing various articles of china-ware,
the property of Peter Lyons.
Peter Lyons depse3, that he lodged his goods
lovely nigh: with Mr. Josephs, -in Ivlsaunonth-street,
lit. Giles's. On going for them on the lit of Sep-
.iember, he ascertained they had been stolen. •
ltachael Joleplis lives in Monmouth-street, st.
Giles's ; she deposed, that she went to bed on the
niklit of the 31st of August, about eleven o'clock,
having previously fasteued her doors and windows;
when she got up in the morning she found her, house
had been broken open, and the property of Peter
Lynn, which had been left in her care, and which
she had seer. the preceding night, stolen.
Charlotte Nightingale was in the house of Mrs.
Josephs on the night previous to the robbery, and
Mw Peter Lyons's property in.the back:kitchen ; the
trrty consisted of plates, dishes, cups and saucers,
utter-cups, goblets, &c.
James Favell, an Officer of Police, deposed, that
ate had received information of the robbery, and hay-
ing reason to suspect the prisoner, he went to his
lodgings, in Cambridge-place, Fitzroy-square, where
be found in his possession 6basket, containing the
goods which had been stolen from Mr. Josephs'
house. The basket and its contents were prOduced
by this witness.
Peter Lyons, on 'taint:ling this prOpertyithiimed
it as his. . .
Several persons spoke most orthb psi-
,
lamer's character.
James Faye% the Ofile*eagain stood up and pro.
sauced two latch-keys, oire-Orsihich opened the street-
door of Mrs. Josephs' house, and a pistol, which he
found in the prisoner's bosom.
Mr. Just*, summed up the evidence, mid
stated, that the Capital part of the charge had bassi
done away, as there was no positiie proof that the
!mull hid been entered in the night-time. Of the
fact of the robbery. however, there seemed to be no
dotibt: The Jury I.:until:he prisoner—Not Guilty,
tdr. Justice Hearse, upon hearing this verdict, ad-
dresied the Jury, and observed. if they expected eye-
witnesses to be produced to prove the commission of
a robbery, the property of the public would be ex-
posed to very great danger. '

Archibald 21ylsr was neat put to the bar, upon a
charge of stealing x watch of the value of 40s. the
property of John Watson. •
John Watson stated, that he lived in Bow-street,
Westminster. On the Roth of August the prisoner
called at his house, and asked him to purchase the
duplicate of a watch : witness said, 44 What do I
want with a watch, there are two hanging over the
chimney-piece r' The prisoner then said. " I must
have money, where can I and a JeW to purchase k
'Witness directed him to the residence of x Jew. nam-
ed Hyatt's. The prisoner then went out, and witness
(after getting his dinner) went away to his work.—
When he went out he left both of his watches in his
room. About four o'clock witness's wife came to
him, and told him that his watch was stolen, and
'that Taylor had got it. Witness accompanied his
wife home ; is his way he met the prisoner, and took
him into custody ; he searched him, but found no.
thing. He afterwards obtained his watch from a
pawnbroker, with whom it was pledged' by a com-
rade of the prisoner's.
Hannah Watson, wife of the last witness, proved
that after her husband had left home the prisoner
came in again. She had occasion to go up stairs,
and was absent ftorn ber room about five minutes.—

When she eiiie deini At, kip d ate ligikiff *jiff/a k
ing at the street door, he then went away. lei ten
minutes afterwards she mined the watch.
John Brown, a soldier, proved, that in a
house with the prisoner and two soldiers, he saw the
prisoner pass something to one of the soldiers, which
he could not see. •
The watch was afterwards traced to• a pawn-
broker's shop in Chelsea, where it had been pledged
by a soldier of the same of Cassedy.
• The prisoner put in a written defence, stating. that.
he had served his -Majesty for many years is
army, and positively denying his guilt.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM having SUMM the
dente, the jury foond the prisoner—Guilty of steal.'
ing to the value of 395.
James Markey, a man 'bout 4f years of age, was.,
indicted for assaulting and committing a Rape on
the person of Mary-Ann Alder, a child about twelve*
years of age, in the parish et Mary-la-bonne, on the
28th of August last.
Mary-Ann Alder, the prosecutrir, an artless look-
ing girl, deposed, that she went to live with the pri-
soner about six weeks b ick as a servant. The pri-
soner lived in. Upper Montagote-steet. On the first
day of the fair in Hyde Park, abont tour o'clock in
the morning, her master cane th her as she was in
bed in the kitchen. The pris-rier anill• her Mistress
slept in the back kitchen. The prisoner awoke her
and asked her to go with him to Hyde park yak ?
She refused and called out to her mistress, • and the
,prisoner wentaway. On Sunday, the With of Atte.-
Witness went up stairs to dress herself.; her Mistress
was out. The prisoner called her down, and she
went to him in the back kitchen, On entering the
room he seized her in his arms and threw her on the
bed. He held tier arms and completed his Marrs*.
He had previouSly offered hrr money, bui she: rera.
fused it. A knock came to the door soon afteristartleit
and deponent ran np stairs .and locked herseif in the
back parlour. When her mistress came home she
told her what had happened. S., w her mother on
the Saturday following ip the presence of her mis-
tress, and told her what had occurred Her mother
then took her away. What the prisoner had done
was against her will.
Crots-oramined by Mr. Anoortins.
Had been out tp service before she lived with the
Prisoner—the prisoner was may employed to take
care of the house. in which the offence was commit-
ted—it was not his house. She cried out violently
all the time the prisoner held her. She went to a
Justice on the Monday after she had told her mother
—had never appeared before her master in an im-
proper dress, or without clothes.
Charlotte Akio, the mother of the •pmsecetria,
deposed, that her daughter eas twelve.years of age,
last February. :She went to the country in August,
and on her return, on Saturday, the f.'rd of Septem-
ber, she went to see her daegluer at the prironor's
residence. When the girl came to the door, she was
crying bitterly, and said she had something to tell
her. Witness then went down stairs to the kitchen,
where Mrs. Markey was. Mis. Markey was in stars,
as well as the child. The child told her, in the
presence of Mrs. Markey, what had taken place
Took the child away immechately,,and on the Mon.
day following took her to a Surgeon. Mrs. Markey
accompanied her. 'nets were evident appearances
of violence on the child.
Mr. J. Howthano a Surgeon, residing in mat.
street, Hancreet-eqtraro, proved that he hair examined
the proncutrix, and found such marks of violence,
as left nn reason to doubt what had taken place.
Samuel Byer proved that he had apprellenced the
prisoner, in consequence of a warrant which had been
given him to exeoute. •
The Prisoner, in his defence, stated that the girl,
on the evening in question, had extrihrted herself to
him in a most indecent manner, after which, she
went out. He Most solemnly declared, however,
that of the crime imputed to him he was perfectly
innocent.

Mr. J. Phillips, Surgeon, of Pall-mall, deposed
that he recollected the prisoner to have been ender
his care in the Mary-la-bonne Infirmary, is 1805.—r
He saw him soon utter a surgical operation had been
performed; and was disposed to believe that it was
nextla impossible, that that which bad been describe
ed as having taken place, could have occurred.
To the general character of the prisoner ;seven')
Witnesses were examined, and they spoke of him as a
.ionoral man.
'Mr. Justice DAMPIER sat•cl• that under the peculiar
eiriumstances of this case, be conceived it would be
,proper for two of the Jury to accompany the man
into a private room, and. saiisty themselves of the
truth of Ihe evidence given by Mr Phillips. . •
The directions of his Lordship having been con.
plied with; the Jury returned, and pat some questions
to Mr. Phillips of an anatomical nature, which he
most readily. answered, and which tended to confirm
the_ possibility of the ptisener's guilt.
Mr. Justice DAMPIER then addressed the Jury
shortly on the facts of the case, and particularly ad-
vetted to she circumstance of no question having been.
pat to ihe Mother of the prosecuirix, as to whether_ •
the wife of the prisoner, upon the ctimmunicauun
being made in her presence of the Inisconhoct oi her
husband, had or had not, made any remark tending
to corroborate the defence set up.
The Jary then retired for half an hour, and on their •