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130w-etntet —Tuesday evening find *-ednesday
morning, Janus Moorhorne, a young man of a respec-1
table appearance, a schoolmaster, underwent long
examinations, charged with •an extensive robbery,
particularly in the article of plate, in the honse of
Captain Crompton, in, Beaufort-row, Little Chelsea,
who is in the West Indies, but whose establishment
is kept up by his lady and her cousin. On Monday
evening the prisoner went to Mrs. Crompton's house;
he knocked at the door, was answered by a chair.
woman employed in the house—he enquired for Sally
the upper-servant, to whom he paid his addresses.—
The chairwomen told him Sally was out, but she ex-
pected her in shortly, and asked him to walk in and
wait tor her return, which he agreed to, and went
down iino the kitchen. In a short time after the
chair woman went to fasten the window-shutters, the
prisoner e ent with her as far as the parlour to assist
her, but did not proceed up stairs. On the chair-
woman's return down stairs she missed tour gravy
spoons which were on the sideboard in the parlour,
the prisoner gone, and the street door open ; and she
being positive about the spoons being on the sideboard
when she went op stairs, she had no doubt but the
prisoner had made off with them. She inconsequence
raised a hue-and-cry in the neighbourhood, but the
prisoner had made his escape. The circumstance I
became generally known in the neighbourhood on
Tuesday morning. About three o'clock in the after-
noon of that day, as Mr. Henry Jackson, who re-
sides next door to the Goat and Boot public-house,
in Little Chelsea, was passing through Tottenham-
court-road, he saw the prisoner enter the shop of Mr.
Lowther, a pawnbroker, and knowing his person
well, and that he was harged with having robbed
Captain Crompton's house of plate, &c. he followed
him, and found him in the act of pledging the gravy
spoons which had been stolen from Captain Cromp-
ton's house on Monday evening ; he charged him
with the robbery, when the prisoner rushed violently
out of the shop and ran off full speed. The cry of
66 Stop thief P was sung out, the prisoner was in
consequence soon stepped, secured, and brought
to the Office.
Yesterday, on his re-etamination, it was proved
that he had pledged plate, and other property, at
four different pawnbrokers, by various names, and at
different times ; the pawnbrokers, or their servants,
identified the prisoner as the man who had pledged
the property, which they produced, and which Mrs.
Crompton proved to be her property.
Sally, the servant girl, to whom the prisoner paid
his addresses, was interrogated as to her connection
with him, particularly as to a scene at which she
fainted, or pretended to faint.
The prisoner, at his own request, was committed
for further examination.
MANSION.HOUSR.—Yesterday, Tate,, one
of a gang of old notorious offenders, was brought
before the LORD MAWR, and underwent a final exa-
mination, charged with picking the pockets of Mr.
Ruben, the merchant, of Birchin-lane, at the Royal
Exchange, on Saturday last. It appeared that the
prisoner was observed, during the hours of business,
upon the Exchange, rather active in trying the
pockets, and even the chains of the watches of seve-
ral individuals. The prosecutor at length became
surrounded by a crowd, and the prisoner connived
to reach his arm from behind two other persons to-
wards his pocket, and drew forth his pucketsbnok
and handkerchief. A gentleman well known upon
the Exchange, who observed the transaction, imme-
diately seized the prisoner, and gave him in charge to
Harrison, the officer, who having searched his person,
discovered, concealed in different parts of his dress,
(independent of the property taken from the prosecu-
tor), three pocket-books, several handkerchiefs, Stc.—
The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
GUlLDHALL—Yesterday, Mr. Bennet, who keeps
an office in Cheapside for supplying masters with set-
vants, and servants with places, was summoned be-
fore Mr. Alderman AINSLEY to answer the complaint
of a young man just arrived from the country, who
alledged that the defendant had taken three shillings
to procure him a place, and that lie.bad neither been
able to get a place or his money returned. It ap-
peared that the defendant having taken from the
young man his usual fee, sent him to a gentleman
who had advertised for a servant in a Morning Paper;
however, when the advertiser understood the lad had
been sent from a register-office, he declared that he
had made no application-to any such office for a ser-
vant, and that he would hire no person coming from
that quarter. Disappointed in his expectation of a
place, and finding the defendant had only sent him
according to a newspaper advertisement, he sent
his sister to demand a return of his money, which
was refused.
The defendant, in answer to the complaint, admit-
ted that the young man came to his office on Mon-
day last, and having paid 3s. lie sent him to apply,
as before stated, but added, that lie told him he was
not sure the place was not engaged ; it it were, he
was to come again to the office, and he would send
him to another: as he did not come again it was his
own fault that a place was not obtained.
The worthy Magistrate said he did not approve of
offices similar to that kept by the defendant ; they
were not such as he wished to encourage; they had
no right to take advantage of poor young men com-
ing from the country, but in this case he did not see
any ground of complaint : the complainant should
have made a second application.
It was intimated that the defendant bad no places
to send his applicants to but what he selected from
the daily papers.
The Magistrate said he could not inquire into
that : if a person chose to select advertisements from
the papers tiF the convenience of others, he did not
see how he could prevent them.—The complaint was
dismissed.
UNION-HALL. BIGAMY. •••• UAW IitHOIN was
brought before Mr. Serjeant SELLON, by Coiling-
bourn,' the Officer, charged with feloniously inter-
marrying with Mary Villa, his former wife being
living.
Sarah Hessom, sister to the prisoner, was present
when he married, at Spitalfields Church, on the 26th
of October, 1801, a young woman named Sarah
Chatterton: she had seen the said Sarah Chatterton
alive about two or three weeks ago.
Mary Davis was also present when the marriage
mummy took place between the prisoner and Sarah

A wanth,ring stranger through mart Woods I stray;
When. pensive thought re Cliff to ages Bed;
And, slow returning at declining day,
Beneath this sacred porch to rest am led! .
Here, in the calm of this sectiester'd spot,
Musing, I listen to the murmuring main,
Where terrors, now at distance, are forgot,
Like distant troubles in this scene of pain!

But, I must quit this solorn, still retreat,
And to the busy world again return—.
Leave this secithiott With unwilling feet,
New cares to combat, and new SOrrOWS mourn!
But why lament thy lot ! dismiss thy fears—
Renal thy high original and end--
Discharge life's duties and sustain its tares, _
'Moult bud Eternal PROVIDENC t thy friend!

DRIYRY LANE THEATRE —Last night the repetition
of the Heir at Law, produced for the second time Mr.
HARLEY in the part of Doctor Pansies, which he perfor-
med with much humour, spirit, and effect. Though
no one, perhaps, could give a happier Personifica-
tion of COLMAN'S pedant than we have ieen in Dow-
TON, it is eminently to the credit of that excellent actor
that he personated the ludicrous upstart lieer Lord
lltsierky, with such exquisite whim and pleasantry,
that no body would suppose his talents to have been
there at • all out of place. POWELL, KNOUT, JOHN-
STONE, Mrs. SPARKS, Miss BOYCE, and Mrs. HORN, in
their several parts of Stedfart, Zekiel, Kenrick, Lally
Dukrky, Caroline, and Cicely, acquitted themselves
with their accustomed ability, and were accordingly

applauded.
COVENT GARDEN.--Last night General Boa,
COYNE'S Opera of the Lord of the Manor was repre-
sented with these tasteful and efficient embellish-
ments which the combined skill and musical science
of Mr. Bowie, Mr. WALSH, Mr. REEVE, and Mr.
DAVY have supplied. Mr. T.svi.oa performed
_Rashley in his best manner, and sang the song
'6 When first this humble root I knew," with much
feeling and just expression. The whole Opera was
displayed to the best advantage, and was received
with correspondent plaudits. It was followed by the
Magpie, which still continues its attraction.
Quictc WONII !—Mr. KEAN took a trip to France,
at the latter end of last week. The following, as fat
as it goes, ji an accurate diary of two or three days
of the Tragedian's adventure; s—On Friday morn-
fog last he went from Croydon to Brighton, where
he embarked in the afternoon, and had a very quick
passage to Dieppe. He did not stay long there but
set off for Rouen, where he looked about him on Sa-
turday, and in the evening visited the French theatre
at the latter place. He had not been long there be.
lore he was recognised by some British Officers, who
very urgently entreated him to appear on the boards
of the Rouen Theatre that night. This he refused
to do, but was prevailed upon to give some readings
from Shakspeare at the Theatre on the next day, to
the great apparent gratification of a very crowded
House, composed of British. who undersood the lan-
guage of the author, and of French, who, the greater
part of them, could understand nothing but chat
they collected limn the silent discoursrof the coun-
tenance of the actor. He WAS rapturously ap-
plauded. From Rouen he reached London on Tues-
day night. Yesterday morning he again left town,
and last night played at Ihighton !
THIS GOAT AND TUE LOOKING-GLASS I—A very
laughable accident, though attended with considera-
ble loss to the party, occurred on Monday last in
linde.street, Manchester-square : two men who were
employed to carry • a large looking-glass, stopped 1,
where a shewman Was exhibiting Mr. Punch and his
family to a gaping multitude; they put down the glass
and placed it securely against the iron railing on the
opposite side of the street, coveted over with a sheet,
whilst they went forwaid and stood on tipacie be-
hind the crowd, attentively enjoying the exhibition :
in the mean time some mischievous boys who were
at play threw up the sheet and left the glassexposed a
at the same moment a fine he goat, which generally
ran alter the boys, crossed horn the opposite Mews,
went up to the glass. and seeing, as he fancied, another
goat in the glass, he retired back a few paces, and,
seating ow his hind legs, darted forward with all
his might, and made a desperate plutige at his sup.
posed antagonist, going head and shoulders through
the glass. 'The crowd instantly deserted Mr. Punch,
and joined in a general laugh at the mischance of the
the two untortunate men.

EDaNT RI AN ISM. —Tuesday se'nnight, a man of the
name of Ho.tdin undertook, at Tunbridge-Wells, to
walk 50 miles in hours, without any nourishment.
The poor man accomplished his task in eleven hours
and a half, without the least signs of fatigue. The
principal remuneration he received was from a collec-
tion made on the ground, which was very considera-
ble. The same pet son, about three seasons ago, en-
gaged to walk and tun twenty times round the Race-
Course, (a distance of mile and a quarter), in four
hours, for a trifling rum, this he also completed with
the saute ease in three hours and a half.
CONN untAL PERPLEXITY.-•-.A man who, some years
ago, was sentenced to transportation for seven years,
but who served his time on board the Hulks, a few
weeks since, at the expiration of his sentence, return.
ed to Maidstone, for the purpose of claiming his wife,
who, during his absence, in 66 durance vile," had
joined herself in the Italy bands of matrimony with a
knight of the thimble. Much distress ensued : the 2d
husband was attached to the lady, but the first poa-
s9isor was inexorable, and bore her away in triumph.
I3ut the fair one being equally attached to the tailor,
and he expressing himself determined to go through
stitch with the business, and prevent the thread of the
connection being cut, the first husband, who ippears
to have been as sharp as a needle in the business, was,
by proper reasons, induced to give up his rib, and on
Monday the parties all met at a public-house in Maid-
stone, and betore certain grave and proper witnesses,
a deed or transfer was duly drawn up and signed by
the several parties, and the tailor, on paying +E7 to
the first husband, received his lost wife to his and her
infinite joy and satisfaction. We understand there
was some dispute about the stamp that was neces.
say, as the'new schedule has no provision for such
VAL aL document.

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thakterton.—Mary Vint* said she was Tilaiiita nn llt! •
nOth of May, ISIS, to the prisoner, who represented
himself as being a.bachelor ; she had since heard it Cowart., OCTOBFR 4.—On Flid even;: 6
rePotted, that he had a former wife living, and that Honourable Mr. Serje int Moore .dived fee.”l) ..e.
be was married at the same Church (Spitalfields) at lin, at Captain Wilcocks's, in C vied, A„,l
which he was married to herself; she had applied fot day pr:sided, under the intnriection Ac., Sartre
a certificate of such marriage, and had procured it, Special Sessions in that city. The Learned S. ri.• nr-
by which it appeared that he WAS married as above- in a speech of considerable length; address el ee:til
stated, to Sarah Chatter ton. to all classes of his hearers, in tite.m;..st imeresee,
The prisoner stated in defence, that he had been manner, upon the extrevigent,Seight of those diee-
several years years abroad, and did not know that his wife ders tehich rendered his pristine necessary, en-
was living ; the prosecutriz had persuaded him to forcing a law of treat ripur, to which his M.itsto,
marry her; that she knew he had been formerly char- Government reluctantly resorted, 24 Lite only runt'd;
tied, and was uncertain whether his former wife was likely to effect a core of the evil. To the lee.;
alive or not, but that she expressed hetself willing classes he applied himself in a most feeling cihrri4-
to run all risks, if he would only marry her. He lion against th•ise delusions by which they had soli,z
was fully committed for trial at the Assizes. • been tempted to thiuk that a system so &spy: at;
1-Inrrom-GArtnEn.—A young man of the name of subversive.o all social order, as that to which
May appeared to a summons, on die complaint of had arrived, could any ionp,er be looked upon ytit;'4
James Moisey, a cobler, for forcibly taking away a forbearance. He apprised Olefil of the nichinclo;y
puppy, his property. The complainant stated, that fate that inevitably awaited those who shall be guilty-
about six months ago he gave a guinea for the mother of any offences against the Insurrection Act—el Li
of the puppy, that a few days ago she hail five pup- utter lolly of hoping either by dexterity to elude col:.
pies, and that he sold one of them to a Gentleman viction, or by interest to escape puniiliment •, and
for a guinea; he had eight shillings in advance, and his fixed determination, backed by the whole pc.ver
the remainder was to be paid when the puppy was fit of Government, and supported, as he holed Le
to be taken away ; in the mean time, the defendant should be, by the most active and resolute efforts of
May, called at the complainant's, and claiming a the Magistracy, to administer the law at uuce tv„h
right to that puppy put it in his boson), and forcibly firmness and impartiality.
took it away. The defendant being asked what lie Yesterday a very unfortunate accident occure.i
had to say for himself, produced the puppy, and a here. One of the P3lice Coostables having aiight..o,
dog which he said was the father of it. He stated on remounting drew his pistol out of the lA. e.,
that the complainant having a handsome slut, wished it seemed, with intent to hall-cock it. The man's
to have some of the breed, and to match her, defen- hands appeared benumbed with cold, 3,-) as to die ise
daat having such a dog, which is that now produced, him of the full command of them, and the pistol on,
lent him to the complainant, on the express condition luckily going off, shot a very honest industrious mail,
that he was to have his choice of the puppies ; the named Powe ,an harness-maker, whom curiosity 144
bitch had five, 'and in a few days after he went, by brought to the place, through the bead, of which
the complainant's desire, to his room, in order to died A.less than two hours.
fetch a puppy, but the complainant was well prepared Monday last the Magistrates in Thinks and it,
for his coming, and had put the real puppies out of neighbourhood, assisted by a military force, CallSr,
the way, and 'hewed him others, neither of which a general search for arms in that town and its env;
.were like father or mother. aving afterwards roes, when some muskets, &c. were found, and outer,
learned the deception that was played tin him by the voluntarily given up to the lawful authorities,
complainant, he went another day to his room, ac. COUNTY OF LIAIRRICN...•••THR PROCLAMATION.-4
icompanied by a friend, and found the real puppies. was understood on Saturday evening, that the Priv.
IHe pitched on the one now produced, and left it to Council had refused to subject this county to tle pr,
the judgment of the Magistrates, and all present, if visions of ge The Insurrection Act." Tlie report atO•
be was not the real image of his father. The puppy from its being known in Dublin, on Friday, that iii
and the dog were handed from one to another, and suburbs or liberties would not be included le the ti
all declared he was the very picture of his father ; he tended Proclamation.
had the same cocked up nose, a dent in his forehead STATE or'CARLOW.—As a contrast to the distro
and the ,same kind of curly hair. The other puppy sing accuunts from certain counties, which it bet
was produced, and every person declared it was not our duty to recorti,it gives lis pleasure to state,
t.
of that dog's breed. The case was decided in favour the authority of several respectable Corley .ndcrit
of the defendant, and the cobler lost the day. *rhe that this county enjoys the greattst tranquility.
whole of the examination afforded much mirth both ConK, 01.: roam s.—Yesterday Milriling, as a Fier
to the Magistrates and a crowded Court. woman was dipping her child at the Ferry-slip, Sao
quay, Cork, she by some accident let the child sl,
from her hand, and in endeavouring to save the Fie
babe, she was hurried off by tho fl rod, when (nid
choly to relate !) they both perishid Wore any rcli
could be affurded.

A few nights ago. on emptying the cess-pool of the
house which Mr. Ark, the late Governor of the House
of Correction, in Coldbath-fields, lived in, in Sr. Pan-
eras, there were found at the bottom two iron crow-
bars, such as house-breakers generally use in forcing
open doors ; also two large keys, one a double-head-
ed kcy, which were brought before the Magistrates,
and tried by Mr. Adkins, the present Governor of
the House of Correction, when on trial the large key
was found to open the great outer gates, and the
double-headed key, one end was found to (pen all the
doors of the men's cells, and the other eld all the
doors of the women's cells, throughout the entire pri-
son. By what means they came to be in such a place,
is at present a cause of inquiry.
You•riipui. DSPREDATORS.—CastIe-street, Le ices.
ter-square, and its vicinity, have been infested for a
considerable time back by a numerous gang of boys,
who, owing to their extreme expertness in thieving,
have evaded the vigilance of the Officers. Yester-
day evening they were perceived pulling out the
drawers in which goods were exhibited at the outside
of the shop windoWs, taking part of the contents,
and putting the drawers in the same place again. An
alarm being given, they were pursued, and, from the
activity of Hardy, the constable, six of the most
forward were taken, and lodged in St. Martin's watch-
house. On being searched, several slims of money
were found en them. as well as a new hat, which
moved to be stolen from the shop of Mr. Cox, in
Castle-street, a quantity of knives and forks in pipers,
with the price libel on, stolen from a cutler's, corner
of the King's Mews, flutes, several articles of toys,
&c. Four more who belonged to the gang, escaped,
but being known, they were expected to be taken
last night.
A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE." We feel confi-
dent our Readers will not require any apology for our
devoting so great a portion of the Journal to ene sub-
ject, since there is scarcely to be found a family where
there is not one or more in it afflicted with blindness,
or with some affection of the eyes or eyelids ; conse-
quently, we presume that the information contained
in our pages of this day cannot but prove universally
acceptable. It will be recollected we announced in
our last number it was the intention of Mr.WlLLtaass,
the Oculist, of No. 3, Red Lion-square, to be in this
City on Friday and Saturday ; we find he arrived at
Mr. Room's, Draper, opposite the White Hart Inn,
on Thursday evening, but was scarcely in the house
before an old man, of the name of RORBRT BAI-
LEY (at present working with Mr. LILLIWARIIIT,
of Exton, near Bishop's Waltham, brought his
daughter, who, it seems, on that very day com-
pleted her thirty-sixth year, but who had been blind
in both eyes nineteen years, through a violent in-
flammation : and it is most pleasing for us to' state,
that the woman can now see to walk (with a little
precaution) about these streets, without a guide,
within the small compass of three days, although
her case had been (as was thought) very ably treated
by several eminent professors of medicine, without
any benefit. The whole family have been at this
Office, and evinced the most lively gratitude to Mr.
Wsu,tasss for the wonderful change.effected by the
application of his truly invaluable remedy. We find
that several others have also received benefit in this
city—one of whom, the son of Mrs. YOUNG, of
Colebrook-street, although the case scarcely admitted
of hope. We are happy to add. that for the sake of
the numerous poor, the Doctor is resolved to remain
in this city until seven or eight o'clock on Sunday
evening, and that all persons afflicted with bad eyes
or blindness, may obtain his opinion without a tee, at
any time between the Cathedral services of the day,
after which we have learnt. that he is determined to
return to Loadon."—(Wincleater Chronicle. *sober 9.)

Bullion bas fallen still loner : gold in coin
bars is now Rt. ss. hew dollars ate 3d. and sl•
in bars is ss. 411 an ouiice.
At Bridgwater (Air, on NlntuLty 1-st, every Anil
of agricultural produce telt it declining price; t
slow of horses w.is considerieble, but good thee, Ni
not numerous. C.ut horses were in bin litile do umi
and the price of colts of the ordinaiy kii
£c4Tcely asked. Ch •cse experienced *maw te,': ct
the best quality scarcely fetching So s. per ca..
beasts, and all other stock, went off very howdy,.
la considerable number rem tined

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MARRIED.
On the Stith ult. in Guernsey, Jam. s Byte Cl..itnp;B ,1'
Charlotte Ano, daughter of the late Rear-.\4!nur.:! It 4 a-. 0,

• DIED.
Monday, George, Baron Callao, one of the 28 Repre.tty
Peers of Ireland, in his 6id year.
The 88d March, it, the Wcst Indies, in his 21s•
rant lamer Sandys, of his Majesty's Lug Borer.
The 27th ult. At Genoa, in the her se year. 1. 4!y
tap', eldest daughter of his Grace the hake o: arr.

RENOVA ISD HEALTH.
IT has been too frequently the subject of jnc!
general reprobation, that men destitute of the elei,lt
medical art have offered themselves as candidates ter
tronage in the profession of Physic. Fur he purpose
tice to the result of our studies and experietwe,and to previ,
from being classed among those empirics whose linvultii:
tensions have, untortunately for society, been too !avow ah,
celved, we beg Live to submit to the Ithezal and eillighteat
faithfol statement of our pursuits and acquirt mews.
After having received a regular medical education, as ther
of Messrs. Grindal and Wizard, whose lectures and pr..rov
carefully attended, as Professors and Surgeons of the London
pital, • we entered ourselves as students in that justly celeht
school for medical acquirements, the Royal College a
burgh, and were instructed in the different branches et :Vli,
Surgery, the Theory and Practice of Physic, Chenesir, •
wtfery, Botany, &c. &c. Ste. by those eminent Profe-rs.,
Monro, Grego. y, Wack, Hamilton, Dulicaii, and Rothe'
We trust we shall not he deemed presumptuous in saying!
our proficiency and acquirements are nut ter.iiiii4e:4:
Having for a lung series of years made Ve.iertal t vial)
and the .various diseases of • Debility, the particular ehirro
our studies and practice, it will, we hope, be allowed that at
acquired superior knowledge of their treatment and Gal
slight and recent cases of infection, a perfect rr-ec,..‘b.i•lne
completed in the short period of two days, and in thox
Utmost Inveteracy, where usher practititriers have wiled
cess, a proper perseverance In our plan of treatment tapt
the patient a safe and radical cure.
Amidst the melancholy varit ty td diserders which are 1
teas of a habit long and most unhappily pursued Ity thi yi•
both sexes, there are mute more alarming or ntorr tbNtrr.,.;•
dose deficienceies and debilities which iirquently rrevt.nt t
bitter the matrimonial state. ro-sueh persons it utu4 be •
soling reflection to know that they nial now, 11' a new anJ
lible made of treatment, be restored to that greatest sit 411'
blessings, a strong, manly, and vfgorous rotwitu.ion lu at
of debility, front whatever cause arising, as well as in (see
cies of venereal Infection, we may be calisiitird by 101'
either act with the greatest secrecy and honour. liters
saltation at home (toot ten to three, and from sit Ter tee

till ten at night.
Patients in the country are requested to state the pa
rte'
their case, age, and general habit of listog, AEC. ifleihan::
tante for advice and ntedicities: when the 'sine w.ii hr
sent to any part of the kingdoot. '1 o ensure that bertil
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