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London, England, 1822-11-06 00:00:00

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POETR Y.

The stillest streme descriei the greatest deep,
The clearest *bye is subject to a shows*;
Conceits most swete, when as it seems to sleeve,
.And fairest dayes do in the moralise Imre.
The 'silent groves swete nymphes they cannot raw,
For Love loves moste when love moats secrete is!

The rarest jewels hidden virtue yeilde.; .
The swete of trailique is a secret gable ;
The yeare once old dotbe shewe a barren field,
And plants seem dede, and yet they syringe spine•
Cepide is blinde ;—the reason why, is this,
Love loves moste when Love moste secrete is I •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

The following lines are extracted froth small volume of fugi-
tive ancient Poetry, printed in the year 1147, b T. Son
London Bridge:
The kaintalnes smoske, and yet no flames tliey showe;
Sturm shyne by nighte, the undiscern'd:by daye,
And trees do "tinge, yet are not seen to grewe,
And shadowes moove, although they seem to Kaye•
In winter's woe is buried summer's blysse,
And Love loves mate when love moste secrete is!

Mertstmellousz.—Yesterday, a lad about 19 years of age was
brought 'before the Loen Mavoa, on a charge of having robbed
a country lad of all he possessed.
A country youth, sf great simplicity of manner, stated that his
name was Robert Allen Mitchell, and that he came from near
St. lye's, in Cornwall. It appeared, from his answers to the
Loses MATO& that he had just left school, and that his parents
had determined upon sending him to seek his fortune in London.
On his way he fell in with the prisoner, who being apparently in
great distress he paid for him, but who took the opportunity of
snaking off with his watch, and, getting up to London before the
prosecutor, obtained, in his name, the bag containing his clothes,
dcc. from the Spread Eagle.
The Loma Mevoe was astonished at the monstrous ingratitude
of the prisoner; and asked him what he had to say to the charge
of having robbed one who so charitably fed him?
The prisoner (in a sneering tone) replied—" What I have to
say I will reserve for a future period."
The I.onn Meroa remanded him• for further examination,
that the officer might have an opportunity of recovering the un-
fortunate youth's property.
Bow-STREET.—In July, the Porto Wl° public-horse, in St.
Martin's-lane, was broken into, and cash and notes to the
amount of 3431. stolen. In a few days a 40/. and a 101. note
.were traced through various hands to one Hunt, servant toer.
Ingram, the landlord of the Rising Sun, in I3edfordbuty. Hunt,
on being taken before the Magistrates, said, he had taken them
from his master, who absconded, and no tidings were heard of
Trim till Tuesday se'nnight, when he was secured. punt, who
ffiad been discharged in the first instance, was then sought for;
but, having heard of the apprehension of his old master, he also
absconded. Ancther of the stolen notes has since been traced
to him. Mr. ISAACS, for the prisoner, contended the evidence
only affected Hunt, and if he were in custody, he could not be
evidence against his client. The Magistrate thought, however,
the circumstances warranted his detention.. Bail vas offered,
but refused, and he was remanded.
J. Harris was ordered to find bail for assaultitil tba Patrols
while seizing Ingram.
MARY-LA- Boas,. ()rms.—Yesterday Sohn Duckworths-an,el-
- man, of shabby genteel exterior, was charged before the
sitting Magistrate, F.natesn Gets-netts, Esq. with extorting
money from a poor woman, named Judith Foy, under pretence
of procuring bail for a relation of hers, and another man, who
v.. re committed for an assault to the New Priseti, Clerkenwell.
Judith Foy, the poor woman who had been 'defrauded, stated
that she Wes; on the 98th September, at the Sessions-house, when
come parties were drawing their recoguirances, and putting in
bail, Ike she made some observations, which etrractine the at-
tention of the prisoner, lie asked her whether she watited bail fee
any friend ? she answered at the of ; he then said he could
bail her friends, or get souse party to bail them. Witnessaceom-
panied bins to a public-house, where he ate and.drank at her ex-
pense, and promised to procure the bail fie a sum is: 61. she bad
other meetings with prisoner, once at her house, where he dined.
On the Ist of October, she again met the prior at a public-
house near this Office, and he then informed her that 6/. would
be wanted, to pay in the following manner, namely, 21. to
iluckeridge, the officer, to make the matters right; 53. as a fee
to the Office Clerk, and the remainder to the bail and himself
for his trouble. Ile also remarked that 1/. es. would be imme-
diately wanted to begin the affair, as he wished to give the offi-
cer half the bribe. She then paid him 255. in part, and he gave
bee a receipt. Ile called at her house en 'the following week,
a;:c1 on the Thursday brought two persons to bail the men, to
whoin she was obliged to give 7s. Cd. for their trouble. These
psemns were proved before the Maeistrates to ha what is termed
" stag bail," and were refused. Ile on another day got two
other persons, and she deposited, after paying several charges,
in the hands of a publican, 31. to give the prisoner, should the
bail be taken, but the persons on being asked did nut know
whom they were to bail, and were not accepted.
This testimony was confirmed by ether witnesses.
The prisoner, in his defence, denied he had any intention of
fraud, and said the money was received by him to pay certili-
cetes and other expenses.
The Magistrate expressed his indignation at the baseness of
the prisoner's conduct, in robbing a poor woman and leading
her about feasting at her expense.—lk was committed for trial.
Isesterra-searaw—A poor fellow, bedaubed with mud, and
having his face painted, applied to the Sitting Magistrate, JOHN
lIARDMICL, Esq. for redress under the following circumstances:
—lt appeared from the applicant% statement, that lie was a town
carter, and that he was sitting at home at his breakfast inWhite's-
yard, Rosemary-lane, yesterday morning,when a person came in
and told bins lie was winded, in i great hurry, by a person in the
lane. Ile consequently ran out, but had no sooner got into the
lane than he was seized by a gang of ruffians, who cried out,
o Sow,boys, we've got a Guy without any further trouble."—
They theq pinioned both his arms, and having painted his face,
put on his head a paper cap, and placed him in an old arm chair,
to which they strapped him fast with leather straps, saying that,
in the course of the day, they meant to burn hints as the effigy
cif Guy Fawkes, in commemoration of the Gunpowder Plot.—
Baying thus prepared biro, they ran two poles out in the arms
of the chair, and four of them hoisting it on their shoulders,
they carried him for upwards of an hour from door to door,
stirnugh the neighbourhood. lie was at length rescued by an
offieer, who chanced.to be passing.
The Magistrate said it was a most daring case, and ordered a
wit rant for the apprehension of the four ringleaders.
Wonsitri-son'sres—stiery Louisa Tkomimon, residing in Dog-
row, Bethnal-green, was charged with telling the fortune of 'a
Police-officer.. B. filleed, One of the constables of this Office,
related, that having received information of this Sybil, be went
on Monday to her 'louse, observing, that he was recommended
to liar by a person just by for the purpose of having his fortune '
told.' Prevkius to proceeding to 'busii.ess, however, the impostor
demanded sonic gin; and having each- taken a glass of the in-
spiring liquid, she asked him what was his wish? Ile replied, to
be married to a young woman who was then%vaiting for him at
a neighbouring public-house. Cards were then called for, and
after cutting and shuffling them, she talked in the usual slang,
d dark men, fair women; &c. in a manner too disgusting for re-
. petition. Suffice it to say, that the officer being tired of her ca-
balistic jargon, gave her two marked shillings, when young
Armstrong stepped in and conducted her before the Magistrate,
who to convince her that she was as ignorant of her own fate ay
that of others, sent her to hard labour for six months in thst,
House of Correction. _ •

Monday night, a fire broke out on the premises of
llodgson, iron-founder. at Shadwell, but the speedy
,rrival of the engines confined it to the part where it'
_first broke out, which was quite gutted.
The chemists and druggists of Newcastle, and
Any other places, have come to a resolution never
sell oxalic acid, except in a liquid state, which will
prevent the common and fatal accident of mistaking,
:t for Epsom salts. A law to enforce this plan is
hlydesirable.

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