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London, England, 1814-01-17 00:00:00

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Saturday nomers Smith was indicted for uttering
four di 1 --notes; purporting to be issued by the Bank
of England, wen knowing them td be forged. The
fact was proved by several witnesses.
Joseph, Harper, Engraver to the Bank, looked at'
the tour notes rsitied by the prisoner, and said they
had not been engralved at all. They had beat exe-
cuted principally with a pen and ink, and the other
parts with a camel-hair penal. They were all ex-
cellent imitations of a genuine noses he had no doubt
they were all made by the same hand; the signatures
and dates were the same.
Mr. Justice BAILEY !laying summed up the evi-
dence. the Jury withdrew, and after a short absence,
returned.with a indict otGuilty-,-Death.
Jena was capitally convicted of privately steal-
' ing in the s'iop of Mr.. Craig, a linen-draper in Hol-
born, "a, piece of cotton, or the value of I Is:

H. Douakkon, J. NBMani, and J. Pahtriek, were
capitally indicted for assaulting J.Nading in his dwel-
ng-house, and taking from his person a silver watch,
two gold seals, a steel chain, &c. The prisoners went
to the house of the prosecutor, who is the landlord of
the Butchers' Arms public-house, in Carnaby-market,
at twelve o'clock on the night of the 16th December,.
and after having remained till four o'clock, the pro-
secutor persuaded them to go. As*they went out of
the House they hustled him, and took- from him his
watch and seals. He pursued them, and took Do-
naldson and Millbank into custody; -Petherick walked
off. They were searched, but nothing was found in
their possession tD confirm their guilt. A hiend of
Donaldson and Millbank afterwards saw Petherick,
and told him the publican would be satisfied, if he
could get his watch again ; and the watch was re-
turned by a-young man named Burton. Petherick
was afterwards taken. Verdict, Guilty—Death.
Benjamins and Lewis Beljatnins, the father and
son, were indicted for &leafing '233 promissory notes
of RIO each, and other notes to the arnoun3 of ,'252
10s. They'were also indicted for-stealing paper and
_stamps value £2B, the property of Mr. Cripps, of
Stroud.
- Mr: Cripps was a banker in Stroud, and did busi-
ness with-Messrs. Mastermass, of London, at whose
house his notes were payable, and consequently re-
turned to Stroud. •

On the 4th of November last, Messrs. Mastiormus
transmitted a package containing a considerable •
number of the Stroud notes to the coach office. The
guard put the parcel in a side pocket of the coach, but,
had not proceeded far on his journey when be rniised,
it. He 'wormed the landlord where he had just
stopped of this circumstance, but they agreed not to:
notice the loss until they made further observations.
A person of the nape. 'of DJ vis, a fishmonger at
Cirencester, in Gloticestershire, was is the habit of
sending fish to the elder prisoner, who keeps a coffee-
house in Duke's-place. In the month of Nrvember,
witness came to town, and happened to mention to,
Lewis Benjamins that he wanted to get some bills dis.
counted ; the latter immediately said he Would do
them, and he accordingly received the morsel-, the pri.:
soner adding; that he would lend hint it he
wanted it. Witness accordingly accepted this loan,-
and gave a memorandum. in return fur the amount.
Soon after his return to the cou ;try, Lepaid away
a £4O note, one of those he received from Benjamin s ;
soon after he beard of the robberrof the coach, and
by the advice of his brother he returned the remain-
di" of the notes in a parcel' of fish to the prisoner.
A clerk in MastetsinanN house *oyed the entry of
the notes.

Mr. Mastermn, job. who had the care of these
notes, after their entry, was produce.f, but beiug cue
of the Society of Quakers, retused to take an oath,
Ow the notes produced were the same he had for-
warded to Stiosid. •

Mr. Gurney, fOi the prisoners, contsncicd, that the
evidence was insufficient to go to thsp.lm y.
The Common Serjeant, for the prosecution, con-
curred, with regret, in the opinion of Mr. Gurney, and
the prisoners were acquitted.
,R?beri Bye stood indicted with luting embozded
various sums of money, amounweg to nearly 4:3000,-
the property of the East India Compsny.
The first count was for the embezzlement of 4C137
12s. Bd. and to this the prisoner pleaded Guilty,. and
said he was prepared to abide the,sentence of the law.
He appeored to be more than sixty years of age,
and had been tiventy years in the Company's service.

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MYSTERIOUS FlRE.—Last Thursday we mentioned
a fire to have broken out in Half-moon-street, in the
house of 'Mr. and Mrs. S. who, it appears, let fur-
nished lodgings; an inquiry into it has taken place
at Bow-street. Mr. Denham, the Secretary to the
Globe Insurante Office, stated, that he had ascer-
tained that a Lady, who had formerly lodged with
them, wished to go to their house again; and to enter
on Tuesday ; but they had declined raking her, and
she had. gone .io lodge in Piccadilly% 'Mr. Denham
making a charge against them, on oath, that he sus-
pected their to have been concerned in setting fire to
their house, they were ordered to be detained in cus-
tody, and to be kept separate. •
Saturday se'nnight, as Mr. Chandlee, of Clogheeo
(Ireland), was returning to Lismore, he was stopped
on the mountain by four marauders armed with a
{blunderbuss and pistols. and desired to deliver his
money. Two of the fellows stepped up to seize the
bridle of his horse ; but Mr. Chandlees fearing if they
got h.old of him they would ill-treat him, cried out-...
44 take care of the horse, he'll bite you ?" when the
_fellows drew back for an instant, and Mr. Chandlee
put spdrs.to his horse, and galjopped off triumphantly;
and although the robberi discharged two shots after
him, he escaped without receiving the smallest injury,
LIMERICK, JANUARY 5.--Saturday night last, the
house of JOHN DEE, of Clonshire, near Adare, in this
county, was broke open by an-armed banditti, with
white.slih.ts and hatbands, wbo demanded a gun he
had for his protection, with which demand he was
obliged to comply. Having luckily recognised the
faces and persons of two of the fellows, next morning
he proceeded to Captain' Srarrn,. of Smythfield, a
magistrate, who instantly called out a party. of
the Waterford Regiment of Militia, quatteted-in
Adam- and set off towards- the Chapel of Kildimo,
from whence the principals cane, and there suc-
ceeded in apprehending t*o of the fellows, (in pre-
sence ofhto or three hundred) wham he lodged in
the-guard-house of Adare.