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London, England, 1824-10-13 00:00:00

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BOW.STREET.

.Tohn Cramer was charged with stealing two silk shawls from the
shop of Drake and Co. linen-drapers, in Long-acre. The prisoner,
whose countenance bore evident marks of the most poignant mi-
sery, had, it appeared, last night run into the shop of the prosectt•
tor, and snatched the shawls. He was pursued and taken in James-
street, Covent-garden. When informed that he must be delivered'
to the custody of the watchman, he said," that's just what I want;
here's your property ; I meant nut to -keep it." When called upon
for his defence, he said, " Nothing at present."
Naw Mona os Swomitszo.—A decent, pretty girl, named Lucy
Martin, appeared to make the following complaint :—She had been
living for three years and a hair in the service of an Irish Lady,
with whom she had gone to Brighton. There the Lady died; and
site came up to town to look for a place. She came by the Charing-
cross coach, which arrived in town, on Monday, at three o'clock
in the afternoon. Having alighted some few paces before the
coach got to the yard, she was accosted by a plainly dressed,
genteel-looking lady, who asked her if she wanted a place 2—The
poor girl, pleased at the prospect of so early obtaining the object of
her mission to London, replied in the affirmative. The lady then,
told her she wanted a eti Taut of all-work ; she kept a cook, a
house-maid, and a footman, and that she was the only person
wanting to make up her establishment. An agreement was made,
and the girl was raising her bundles to follow the lady, when site
called a coach, and said, if she liked, she might put one of her bun-'
dies in the coach. The girl, glad of an opportunity to lighten bee
load, accepted the offer, and at the same time expressed a wish to
ride outside with the coachman, as she was a stranger in London.
The lady said no; she should not do that. She lived in William-
street, Temple-bar, to which place anybody would direct her. The
poor girl went in search of the abode pointed out to her; but in
vain o neither William-street, nor her new mistress could she find.
While walking about in the greatest anxiety as to the coarse she
ought to pursue, she very fortunately applied to one of the Officers
belonging to this Office, who brought her before Mr. HALL& She
stated, that she had neither father nor mother alive, and her only
relations in existence were a brother and sister, now in the East
Indies.—The worthy NAGISTIUTZ then directed' an Officer to fol-
low the information given by the complainant, and endeavour to
discover some clue which might lead to the apprehension of the
offender. 11. also said, that as the place where this unfortunate
occurrence had taken place was in the Parish of St. Martin's-in-
the.Fields, he might be able to obtain her relief from the Work-
house
in that Parish.
George Frederick Salt, an Irish Frenchman, who gave his name
at the watch-house to be " Stater and Cream," was taken up for
disorderly conduct in a public-house in Drury-lane, where he had
gone on Monday night, demanding beer, but which the landlord re-
fused to give on account of his extraordinary appearance, which
was altogether very whimsical. He wore mustachios, but no shoes;
his stockings were cut off at the ancle, and his look was very fo-
reign. He passed himself off as a foreigner in distress, soliciting
charity, and had been repeatedly in St. James's watch-house' front
which he had only been discharged on Monday morning. While
et the public-house, he attempted to stab a person with a sharp in-
strument, but before being searched, he contrived to throwit away.
His behaviour was extremely insolent at the office. He charged
the watchmen and constables with being perjured ruffians, and said
he would sot be silent for the King himself. The Magistrate com-
mitted him for two months to the House of Correction, on which
he replied—" I don't care: you may do as you like, Sir."
QUEEN-SQUARE.

BURGLAST.—Aterander Burgess was charged with committing a
burglary in the house of Mr. Howell, architect, Vincent-square,
Westminster, on the night of the Yid of July. The robbers were
disturbed on breaking an inner door by an alarum. One of them
left his hat and two handkerchiefs behind, which were said to be
the prisoner's property. It was also proved that he was seen near
the house without a hat, directly after the robbery.—Pace, the
officer, said he met the prisoner, and a young man named Cook.—
Witness was in company with Pople, tracing the burglary com-
mitted at the house of the Rev. Mr. Haggis, Rector of St. John's,
Westminster, whose house had been entered the night previous,
where the perpetrators had killed a fine Newfoundland dog, and
after cutting off the animal's legs, and quartering the body, placed
the remains at the bed-room door. He took the prisoners into a
house and examined them minutely, and particularly noticed that
the prisoner had on a black silk hat, and firmly believes the one
now produced to be the same.—He was commkted. •

J. H. Counter, dressmaker, of Somerset-street, Portman-square,
and Matilda his wife, were charged with- having a quantity of pro-
hibited lace, silk, and crape, in their custody, which subjected them
to a forfeittu e of the goods, and a hue of triple the value. They
pleaded Guilty; in which case half the fine is generally remitted;
but they having attempted to bribe the Olken to withhold the in-
formation, which was considered an aggravatiot,they were ordered
to pay two-thirds of the triple value.

LA NIBETHATREET.
J. Abrahams, J. Wheeler; and B. Wooffe, the two former charged
with stealing a bale of goods from Pick fords' waggon, and the lat-
ter with receiving it, were re-examined, and fully committed. The
driver said, that since the prisoners had been in custody the waggon
bad been again robbed, and the culprits committed front the Thames
Police Office.

HATTON-GARDEN.
Tunes.--.lt will be remembered that an application was made on
the subject of Tithe! to Mr. Serjeant Simon, by Mr. griffitha,one
of the Vestry Clerks of St. Andrew, Holborn, appearing on be-
half of the present incumbent, the Rev. Mr. 13eresford, but the
Magistrate declining to give any opinion, unless in the presence of
bosh parties, yesterday was appointed for the hearing, and some in-
timation thereof having obtained publicity through the medium of
the •Police Reports. the office was crowded at an early hour by some
of the most respectable inhabitants.
Mr. Griffiths, about twelve o'clock, came into the office, and
stated, that in consequence of the absence of the Rector, who is at
present out of town, he was unable to procure certain books and do-
cuments, which he considered necessary to support the demand.
Mr. LAING, the presiding Magistrate, observed, that the import-
ance of the question suggested the expediency of affording suffi-
cient time for its consideration to both parties..
Mr. Hyder, one of the Gentlemen summoned, observed, that be
was only desirous Mr. Griffiths would specify tke particular statute
under M hich he meant to proceed for the recovery of these tithes?
Mr. Griffith.—! know of no statute for the subtraction of tithi.s.
lir. Hyder—But, Sir, in you' sunemuns, I bud the words—
" agreeable to the statute."
Mr. Lama—There is an Act fur the recovery of small tithes,
but there is no necessity fGr the specification of any particular sta-
tute in the recovery of tithes, the right of which has been esta-
blished from time immemorial; in fact, long before statutes were
framed or thought of.
Mr. Griffiths—l submit, Sir, that the payment of tithes by those
very persons now summoned hilly establishes the right, and throws
the onus completely opoo their shoultlem

. Mr. Lanso—As the Rector is out of town, I shallcerraluly tufts
the bearing to be postponed.
It was ultimately decided, that the Vestry Clerk should call on
Thursday, to name a day fog the finardeelsion of.the okmotiou.

UNION-HALO • -
A young boy, named Jac& Page, who, although only between 12
arid l3years of age, has been repeatedly brought to this office, on
various charges of theft, and committed thence to each of the
county prisons, was yesterday again brought before the Sitting Ma.
gistrate for stealing a rope of onions from a stall in the Bototighlriae.
ket.—The Magistrate observed, that be really did not /now what
to Jo with so incorrigible a rogue; the punishment even of the
treadmill, it appeared, had not made the slightest change iti his
habits for the better ; and he (the Magistrate) was persuaded, that
until an Act of Parliament passed for adding the punishment of
!Legging to that of imprisonment. on all delinquents under the age
of sixteen, very little beneficial effects would be produced from jai.
ptisousnent and work at the wheel alone.
The Governor of Brixton Jail, who happened to be in the office,
expressed a similar opinion. Stout robust nu m, he said, milk reel
fatigued by the exercise of the wheel, but this never uccu r.. 4 ww,
active and slender youths, as they defended from the machine as
little exhausted as when they commenced the wink.
The Magistrate made some further remarks on the necessity of
inflicting corporal punishment on young uifendets, as well as imps I.
sonment, and committed the_prisoner for one month to Brixton.

WEAVERS ASSOCIATION IN PAISLEY.—Last week a
numerous meeting of operative weavers, amounting to
upwards of 1,200, met in St. James's.street Chapel, to
consider of the propriety of forming a union, to pre.
vent, as far as possible, the reduction of prices, and to
obtain a uniform and fair remuneration for their labour,
Resolutions in accordance with the objects of the meet-
ing were adopted.
Au MORITA, OF THE SCOTCH NOVELS.—In the cm, se
of a trial at the late Assizes, for concealment of preg.
nancy, Mr. M'Niel, the Counsel for the prisoner, argued,
that although no express declaration of her condition
had been made to any of the witnesses who had bee,n
called by the prosecutor, yet it was fairly presumable
that such a disclosure had been made to the wotn.m's
parents, whom she was proved to have visited frequently
(luting her pregnancy; and he contended that.the pri-
soner was the more entitled to the Lent& of this pre-
sumption, as by the law of Scotland parents mete
inadmissible witnesses for their children, and he hzd not
therefore presumed to offer them for his client. With
reference to this part of the prisoner's case, and in his
very eloquent address to the Jury, Lord liermand said,
with much warmth, " I reject my friend's law. I say
that in such a case, a patent would be a good witnes',
and I am .sure that the Learned Gentleman would not
have scrupled to put either of the prisoner's parents in
that box, if their testimony could have been of set vice
to his client. Can he have forgotten the case of Effie
Deans, in 1736? If parents and sisters were' not ad-
missible witnesses under this statute, is it to be believed
that the great lawyers of these days, both on the-bench
and at the bar, would have allowed Jeanie Deans to be
examined as a witness ? I say no, Gentlemen. The
prosecutor would have interposed, and the Bench would
have paused ; but the witness was admitted without
question on either side, although it was known that her
evidence was to be decisive of the case. Here then is
an instance, Gentlemen, where a near relation was ad-
mitted, and I am sure many more might be found."
This part of the address excited some merriment at the
bar, but k was admitted that his Lordship's opinion
was perfectly sound.
FATAL Occunnesce.—A Coroner's Inquest was held
a few days ago at the mansion of J. GARDEN, Esq. Re-
disham Hall, Essex, on the body of Robert Evans, a
set rant in that Gentleman's family, whose death was
occasioned by a wound he received in die belly with a
knife. It appeared in evidence that on the Roth of
September last, John Stolger, a fellow-servant of the
deceased, was in the servants':hall, and quarrelled with
the deceased whilst he was laying the cloth on the table
for the servants' dinner. It commenced by the deceased
going up to Stolger, and shaking him by the collar of
his coat, &Adger resisted, and the deceased then kicked
hint. Stolger had a dinner knife in his hand at the
time he received the kick, and in the heat of passion he
thrust it into the deceased's body, and wounded hint
shockingly in the lower part of it. The deceased seized
a poker, and struck at Stolger with it, but by stooping
his head he avoided the blow. Surgeons were called
in, and pronounced ,the deceased in a dying state, and
Stolger was taken into custody. On the following
morning the deceased died. The above facts being
sworn to by different witnesses, the Jury returned a ver-
dict of Manslaughter against Stolger, who wits cont.
(bitted by the Coroner to take his vial for the offence.
Lours the XVIIIth once went to Bath, labouring
under a violent paroxysm of the gout. Dr. PARRY, who
attended him, asked what kind of appetite he possessed?
His Majesty replied, " Very good, very good; I eat as
much as foirr !' With this answer the physician was
satisfied. Dr. PARRY then prescribed a very severe
regimen, as well as a long course of physic. He became
greatly reduced in bulk, and at the end of six weeks was
completely recovered. The physician, calling to take
leave of the re-invigorated Monarch, was told by him that
he wanted to put an advertisement law the Bath papers,
which he wished Dr. PARRY to see properly inserted.
The advertisement, added the Km, shall be short, and
may run thus: " Lost—great part rf my telly. Who-
soever finds it and brings it back, shall be duly re-
warded." The doctor laughed, enjoyed this ebullition
of pleasantry, and they soon after parted.—Mirfor.

The 4th current, at CampsallFark, the Laly of Sir Joc:pla
Radcliffe, Bart. of a sou and heir.

DIED.
Oa the Stith of September, Alfred, son of the late James Bowden,
Esq. of Edmonton, aged 17.
At Edinburgh, on the .1d current, Esther, the wife of the Rev.
Christopher Anderson.
At Acra, West Coast of Africa, on the 21st July last, Aksander
Mackay eddes, M.D. Assistant-Surgeon Royal African Coloni..i
Corps, youngest son of John Geddes, Esq. late of the Adjutant-
General's department, North Britain.
'n Tuesday se night, Mr. Thomas Walkey, a shipwright in his
Majesty's dock-yard, Plymouth, from a trifling injury which be
had received a short time before, while following his duty in the
yard. It appears that the deceased knocked the skin very slightly
off his leg, and that it was dressed by the doctors at the time; tail
so little was the injury thought of, that the man has since been to
his work; however, mortification followtd, and on Tuesday lasts
notwithstanding every medical advice, the man died. This is tip:
thirteenth or fourteenth shipwright whosei death has been caustd,
apparently by trifling injuties, within these two months, in the yard.

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