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London, England, 1817-10-20 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANslny Mum—Charlotte /ma, an intiqnated
Jewess, was charged nithhaving in her possession a
qu Iraq? of raw coffee, rhubarb, spices, canthareles.
a piece of foreign toilinet, and other geods, siipp •sed
et have been stolen from ships in the Riser. In de-
fence, slit stated, that the ceffee and oncost were sent
her by a friend at Harwich, so comfort het old age ;
the rhubarb the had had three years in the house,
the canal aides she knew nothing about, and the
iodise r belonged to nor son, a tailor in Leap,- acre.—
The sou st .ted, that he bought the article of Me.
—, in Pope's Head-alley,. but on inquiry no such
person had lived there for the last ten years..-.-I.IIC
LARD MAYOR then called on Mrs. Jonas to confirm
her statement by evidence, when she replii d, Biess
your soul, parr Lord.hip, its all nue you may de-
pend ' • I never welled tabody of nsthins in ail my I.fe,
my Lord, and 1 am all henest hard-working woman."
The Lono Mes.ott—,, Yes, we know pretty well how
h n .st you ate. Firtuitately for you the offirer's visit
was 111 timed ; had he been ail hour sooner you would
not have escaped so eaai:y as you will now do.
liar charge of a feloninus receiving catinet he sus-
tained against you, but f shall fine you trotter the
Burn-b sit Act, for having eutods .in your lease ssi:•11
supposed to have been stolen oil the River."—Cif
boas w.is fired and forfeited the kre.ds.
Meta a okOUGU-sTKLET•—•Ct HIM:, CASK ---S.itur-
day rung wale genteel in app• arance, nettled
Charit Brook, was brought up to this office, charged
with a robbery.—Maria Melvina Naughton, who re.
presen.ed herself to be a lady of fortune, said that
see bad been aslteJ to tt;ne by a friend of hers, Mt.
Ravenscroft, at the Ua on Tame, on in-
day hat. Sic we .et title with lie: servant woman,
accordieg to appoininsent, and eas inuaduced by
Mr. Ravenscroft to the prisoner, whom she had
never seen befell.. 'lntl sat together until eleven
o'clock, and either from the ::eat et the room or some
other cause e. hich she could net assign, the lady,
about that hour, tell into 3 swain. At the time thi,
accident happened, she had A pulse, containing some
silver, is her hand ; but upon recovering, she t .and
both the purse and its contents had vatished. There
being bo person in the room but her friend and the
nei, her suspicions, she said. naturally fell upon
the otter.—Mr. Kavetiscroft stated bunselt to be a
private gentleman. He had made 41appointru, tit
with Mrs. Hau,ditis to spehd the dav as the Union
Tavern. He called there about twelve o'clock, and
finding that she had not aimed, waked out tor the
purpose of passing away the time during her absence.
He went into a respectable public house in the neigh-
bourbood, where he saw the prisoner, whom he never
knew or saw before, eating sow• cold meet. They
got into conversation, and Mr Revenscreit being
pleased .with his manners and j,cut..l eye, in. tied him
to spend the evening at the Union Tavern. On them
arraital there, they met the lady with h. r servant.
They drank pretty deeply after dinner, and arum
some cause unknown to him she fainted, as before
described, and, upon recovery, began to look round
for her purse, which could not be fnund. To clear
his own character he proposed a search, and limned
all his pockets inside oat, insisting that the prisoner
should do the same. With this Brook complied,
and nothing, appeared to justify suspicion; but when
witness was proceeding to a more, close search, be
resisted, and was immediately knocked down by a
blow on the side of the bead. On rising he produced
A dollar, which was part of the money taken from
the woman, and the purse was seen after found under
a chair. Mr. Ravenscroft acknowledged that Brook
'was very much intoxicated.
The Maglarate—Tbis appears a strange case. By virtue of
your oath (to Mrs. Ifseghton) are you sot a woman of the tows?
it struck mew wben ye. commenced your story.
Maria fiaighton.s.By virtue of my oath I am not. I am a lady
of fortsse.—Mr. Ravenscroft...l can aware y.. Sir, on my
auk that she is • lady of respectability and property.
The Magistratd—What are you, Mr. ltavenscrott 2 A private
essithanse. I reside to ettarkate-plaw, hew. cut.
The Magietrate•Your conduct in this treasactbas appears
vary strange and unaccountable. You ionise a man whom you
had nem Immo or seen before to spud dm day in company
with a lady whom you represent as re.pettable.
To a question from Brook, Mr Ravenscroft ac-
knowledged that he did net attempt to have him se-
cured for the robbery, until after the prisoner had
charged him on the watch for an assault.
' The prisoner, in his defence, said dint he was very
inuch intoxicated. He had been induced to drink
almost every sort of liquor that the house afforded.
, He was sorry foe acting so imprudently as to accept
the invitation of a person with whom he had no ac-
gummier ; and as to the representation of the wit.
ness, who stated herself to be a lady of fortune and
connexion, ht was induced to draw a quite different
conclusion from her conduct while in Ms society. if
he had a dollar of hers in his possession he did net
know how it happened ; but certain he was, that it
did not come into his bands with any dishonest inten-
tion. His own character, and the respectability of his
friends, would, he hoped, secure him against any
such imputation.—A. person present spoke highly
both of him and bis connexions.—The Magistrate
thought that, under all the circumstances, it Could
not be considered a felonious taking, and the prisoner
, was dismissed.
thuoti-Hat.L.—Saturday Whaled Smkh, a pauper,
in Lambeth workhouse, was charged with attempt.
ing to stab Ann Shoes, another pauper in the same
house. It appeared from the statement of thpnurse
of the ward, that both the prisoners had contrived to
get sufficient liquor to intoxicate themselves, and in
this state a quarrel arose between them. The prisoner
was sitting at supper with a knife in her hand, when
Shoes coming up to her, she made a stab at her t—
for tunate,ly the bones of her stars resisted the thrust,
and the knife broke off short. She then struck her
and knocked her down, twice. The baker of the
house, who has the care pf the disorderly and insane
persons in it, was summoned to secure the prisoner,
..who, on hi. approaching her, swore she would do for
dam with her scissars. The baker,howester, succeed-
ed in disarming her, and taking her to a place of
safety ; in her way there she said, 4. she had broke a
knife against Nan Shoes' ribs, and she wished the
piece was in her guts." Mrs.. Shoes could not at-
tend in consequence of the injury she received in the
t..;u1.11r, the Doctor being of opinion that three of her
tits& were !stokes. The prisoner, having no bail, wai
committed,

SalisbwrysVace, Bermondsey, to the amount of near
£'2oo, which she had stolen at different tithes. • •Mr.
May stated, that the prisoner was a confidential ser-
vant in the employ of Mr. Cooke, and had the range
of the whole house. During the time she has been..
his servant he has frequently lost sums of many ;
hut from having extensive establishments, he did not
know which of hi, servants infix his suspicions upon,
as nothing occurred in cause him to suspect one more
than another. The prisoner was generally dressed
above her situation ; but that did net lead him to
suppose that she was the person who robbed him.—
Some time in April Mr. Cooke's son, who assisted
his father, discovered that from the writing-desk a
bill and a Bank of England note of 420 value had
been taken. Neither he nor his father had examined
the bills contained in the desk for some time, and the
bill might have been taken a month or inure for what
ility knew to the contrary. The prisoner had been
accthtomcd to clean the aparmeats, and young
Cooke suseected that she had taken the bill before
she left their service ; he therefore gave information
to May, the hfficer, of the robbery, and he went in
search of the prisoner. Her friends informed him
that she was gone to a watering place ; he took a
ceaen and fullewed her, and traced her from London
to Portseaa from thence by the coast to Weymouth,
and from town to town utail she arrived again in
Lond h. On Friday lagt, after a tedious watch, he
heard that she was secreted in the beighbourfend of
Bermondsey. He went and succeeded in taking her
into cus:ody. When he informed her that he was
an officer, and must take her before a Magistrate,
she turst into tears, and acknowledged that site stale
the selU Bank of England note from the desk ; that
she found the key one morning lying on the carpet
in the parlour ; that she got it cashed at the Bazaar,
in High-street, Borough, by purchasing sonic articles
of apparel to the am..unt of 12s. She had given five
'guineas of the £4i) to a'Mrs. Witberforce, a dress-
maker, at Bermondsey, to teach her the business, and
the remainder was expended in trifling articles and
an entertaiument to her friends. She remained only
.a fortnight with Mrs. Wilberforce. She had also
purchased a silver snuff-box, which she had given to
her sweetheart, a man named Cressy, and to her
sister she gave a scent-box, which she purchased out
01 the money belonging to her master. The remain-
der she spent "in travelling expenses to avoid detec-
tion, bit feeling great remorse for her conduct, she
returned to town. The boxes were given up to the
officer immediately upon his applying for them. The
prisonif was C.immitted to Horsemonger-lane gaol
tor re-examination on a future day, as Mr. Cooke,
sen. was confined by illness, and could not attend.

Saturday morning as Mr. HARWOOD, of West-
square, was passing up New-street, Covent-garden,
he w as hustled by three men decently dressed, one of
whom appeared to be much intoxicated. Mr. HAR-
wool, with difficulty avoided being thrown &ern by
them, and soon after they had passed he discovi red
that his pocket had been picked of his pocket-book,
containing £lO in Bank-notes. The villains,however,
had eff..eted their escape. with their plunder.
Wednesday evening some person broke into the
house of Mr. PATRICK, at the lower end of Chathatu,
land stole a pocket-book, containing £5O. in notes.
A junior clerk, of the .name of Richard Andrews,
belonging_ to the house of Desists, BRoTMans, and
Co. Tin Agents, Lombard-street, was sent out on
Saturday to collect several sums of money, which he
.did, amounting to £7OO. On hi: return the different
cashsnotes brought were of too small a nature to
make a payment of nearly asoo, which the firm bad
that day becoming due t consequently a cheque was
given for £487. 101. upon Lusaoco and Co. the
youth (about 18 years of age) was sent with it, and
be was requested to bring the amount in short notes.
After being absent a far longer time than was requi-
site, one of the home went to Sir Joint LUBBOCK',,
and found the cheque had been paid in large notes
agreeable to the request of the bearer. Suspicion
then arose that all was not right, and Mr. Bemuses
immediately repsired to the Bank of England, and
found tit tt Andrews had been there and exchanged
all the soles in question for one pounds. Mr. Bees-
Tunis then returned home, and was met by Mrs.
Andrews, the mother of the youth, who said her son
was at home lamenting the loss of his pocket-book,
which he said contained a heavy sum of money. Ott
this information, Mr. B. accompanied Mrs. A. to her
house, No. 27, Belvidere-place, near the King's
Bench, but by no means could obtain satisfactory
answers to his inquiries from the clerk ; he was, there-
fore, induced to send for a police officer, and had him
taken into custody. Several duplicates and other
papers were haired upon him, which, it is supposed,
will lead to a discovery of the property. It is con-
jectured he is in particular intimacy with a gang of
juvenile depredators now infesting the ueighbourhond
of St. George's-fields. He has been conveyed to the
Borough Compter.
A SUBJECT EXTRAORDINARY FOR DMIICTION.—A
singular circumstance occurred at Mr. BRooks's,
surgeon, in Blenheim street, Oxford-street, at seven
o'clock last night. At that hour a coach drew up to
the door, where subjects for dissection are received,
and a body in a sack was deposited on the top of the
stairs, leading to the dissection room. The coachman
and assistance made their bow as usual, upon such
occasions, and left
.the subject. Mr. Buourcs hap-
pened to be present, and he asked one of his men why
he did not tumble the body down stairs ? The man
in compliance with his mastes's mandate began to
perform his work, by taking hold of the end of the
sack, and having got it down two steps, a living sub-
ject threw his naked arms and shoulders out, and
begged fee his life, not relishing being tumbled down
about 20 stone steps. A scene of confusion followed,
easier conceived than described. Mr. Bilooos stoma
over the subject with a brace of leaded pistols, whilst
his attendants flew for an offiegr. Prompt assistance
was had, and the fellow, in a complete state at nudity,
was imploring mercy wish the engines of destroCti.:n
at his 'head, when that assistance arrived. The ac-
copnt he gave of himself was, that he had eeme from
Teddington that day, that he had got so drunk he did
not know how he came there. He said he had no
recollection of the person or persons who brought him
there, or where he had been. Mr. !limos observed,
that men run for wagers in sacks, and at his sugges-
tion the sack was tied round his cilia, and a hole
being cut through the bottom for his feet, he was
co;.veyed away by Needham, a constable, to the
sate v-ht Ase in a coach.

CL ER IC AI. ihnLLICZ

CAMBRIDGE, UC OBER
The following Gen-lemen were on Fr ....ay ht.
undermentioned degree':

LI•JC rout IN CIVIL Low.
Philip Fun:, of Trinity eolleee.
NA CiirL,R4 or AR
Samocl Smith, Fellow ot King% cull‘ge.
Peter Carol% of Melly coil.-,.
Thomas Burch Western, set rnity colletc.
John Philips, a Trinity coll. ge.
'I . Frere, of cit. John's replete.
William Somerville, elf :it. i'..t‘r 'n college.
Pdwartl Newcome. of leads cone e.
Charles J. Orman, of Sidi ••y ct
G. Portlier, of Eninsanuel college.
PrCI.F.SIASTICAI. PRO MOTP
Rev. John Morton, to the Rectory of Ilitigl
Rev Jattph I.Wte, 1.1-13. to thr Recturyol P
Rev. Jolla Taylor, M.A. to the Recto y of

Rev. Richard John Gel,lart, Ni A Feliew
Cambridge, to the Rectory of /Attie Billing,
Rev '.barley Jas. Blotnfithl, hr.A. Recur of
Ci..tpt3in ,o the Bishop ut London, to the it.
ham, Soft*.
Rev. George Terry Cartrithen, LLB. to the
ton tit. Cytes, is Devonshire
Rev. John rietenen, jun. to the Rectory of

MATRIMONK
Those who have lived rather g.iy and
matrimony, and who art• doubtful m
en of au ill-cured con•agi n, may have the 1,.
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site the Rev Rowland 1"1111's Chapel, blackt
Wood,rock Home, N'oodrock .s.reet, five Jour,
street— 1 he Board particular:lt e aims the atr

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ted 'throat, Palm hi the Headand Limbs, al
for Rheumatism, Nodes in the Shin-bones are syt
pear years alter, and too often destroy, tAnnt.
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cure the Pike and Fistula without burning or
advice gratis on Tuesday, .1 buraday, and Sunda,
Twelve o'Ciock•—A side door and private rooms
Ruptured Patients are radically cured wt.'
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butt.—Letters from the country (post paid) 1,-
ded to.

Saturday J. Ketchlove, a higgler,
was driving his cart from that place
fair, in apparent good health, when he
plained 61 a violent numbness and pain
his wife trw.k the reins from him, mid he
the cart a lifeless corpse !

Mennen—Another dreadful murder
near Wells, in the county of Norfollcot
night, in open day as briefly mention.
of Friday last. The unfortunme
atrocious crime is Mr. Robert Enka
and breeches maker, resident in the
man of most respectable character.
Mr Baker had, on the zu wiling of
mentioned, gone out on foot tc r the
letting the amount of some oills due

sons in thc neighbourhood, and that on
Wells, between the hours of three anr
in the afternoon, he was robbed, and al
dered in the most barbarous manner, '
villains, hitherto undiscovered, within
yards from the town, in a place called
The deceased was not discovered ill'
o'clock on the Monday morning.
Doye, who was looking for his dunke,
observed the body lying by the side
and immediately communicated the
two persons, who were passing througi
who, with Doye, went up to the body.
Lion, they discovered by the dress that
Robert Baker ; it was impossible to
features of the deceased on account of
state. The remains presented a
spectacle s the back part of the skull
beaten in, and the throat cut. Two,
lar form, supposed to belong to the np
found near the spot, where, from the ;
the ground, it is concluded their blood'
effected s one of them was broken in
ceased's walkingstick was also found
with clots ut blood, brains, and haf
seemed to have been dragged some a:
of the great coat, which enveloped the
state it was seen by some boys on Ilk
they taking it for a drunken man Wee'
themselves with throwing stones at it,
It is :a that two men, strongly 61
seen at Honingham Buck, on Mirnday
is in custody, in Norwich Castle, under
being concerned in the above murder.