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fact, the peolt slot been eitartine4ln the
Court of Eichelher, hut the outrages complained of
had'been committed by the defendants, in the preient
case, to deter persons from, appearing as witnesses in
any cases where thfy or their friends were proceedatlA
against for their smuggling tiansactions.
The Common SZRJEANT, for the defence, made an
ingenious and forcible speech to the Jury, and after-I
wards called several witnesses for the put pose of con-
tradicting those adduced on the part of the pro.
sec ution.
The Jury, however, after hearing the evidence re-
capitulated by his Lordship. found eight of the de-
fendants Guilty, who will be taken up to the Court
of King's Bench for judgment after the vacation ; and
the other defendants, eight in number, were acquitted,

Tlit KING N. SOUTER AND HOLLES.
This was an indictment against the defendants for
a conspiracy to obtain the condemnation of a sloop
called the Judith, William Williams, master, by
falsely alleging that the said vessel was employed at
Arundel, in smuggling foreign spirits.
This was another of those infamois cases in which
the Excise have been deceived by the mercenary
statements of certain persons, for the purpose of in-
stituting informations in the Court of Exchequer for
their own benefit, ar,d ruin of the unfortunate vic-
tims of their depravity.
It appeared in evidence that the defendants had
given information upon affidavit, before Mr. hod.
dington, a Commissioner, that the vessel in question
had been engaged in smuggling at Arundel, on the
26th of Sum, 1816. Upon this information proceed-1
ings were instituted in the Exchequer, and the vessel
was condemned. It turned out upon subsequent in-;
vegigation that th're was no foinidation for the in-,
formation, and the Excise being satisfied of the frauds'
imposed upon them, made complete restitution to
the injured parties, and di r:Tted the present prosecu-
tion. They were all found—Guilty.
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Gut tam A LL.-Ctry HorsL!•—The Market-house,
Fleet-market, being eenveniently roofed in, and co-
piously furnished with butchers blocks, bulks, and
stall Awards, affording tolerable accommodation for
sleeping, has become the nightly resort of the idle!
and disorderly, and is so constantly occupied for the
purpose of sleeping by that clars of society, as to have
obtained among them the name of the. City
by which title it is well known from Wapping Old-
stairs to the purlieus of St. Giles's. In consequence
of orders given him fur that purpose, Harrison, one
of the Marshalmen, accompanied by Murphy, a
City night patrule, and assistants, promeded. abut
one o'clock, yesterday mining, on a domiciliary,
visit thither ; a general scamper immediately took
place among the numerous inmates, .amounting to
ne.:rly 30, nuns• of whom were made prisoners, and
accommodated with less airy lodgings in the Compter,
preparatory totheir appearance before the Alderman,
,where they were called upon to eve some account

of themsefveS.
The first was a journeyman hairdresser, ont of
place ; he had been indulging himself with a walk
of nine miles into the countil% and returning too late
to get into his lodgings, retired to the I luiel as a
' matter of course. • • •
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The second had been. bill' way. to Woolwich, ac-
companying the convicfs drat mere &iota:ea. Wed-
nesday night, intending to sleep at the-City Hotel on

his return.
The third, a poor plasterer, who had come up from
Liverpool a i)sonth ago to seek work, but without
success t hadaseither house nor home, and had gone
to the Hotel from sheer necessity.
The fourth, a pewterer's boy, in Spitalfields, made
the Hotel his nightly residence as occasion served.
The fifth, a butcher's labourer, who said he gene-
rally earned enough in the market in the morning to
pay for a bed at night, but being quite out of luck
that day, was obliged for the first time to sleep on
one of his master's blocks.
The sixth was very indignant at being thought a
vagrant ; he was a labourer at tie water side, and
got plenty of money ; but having been a long walk
to communicate some important secret to his sister,
'respecting her husband, found his dOor locked on
his return, and merely went to the Hotel to rest him-
self a few hours.
The next, a merry fellow of a groom or helper at
the Cross Keys, St. John-street, had gut very drunk,
and on his return tome through the market, seeing
them all so comfortable, sat down among them, and
soon fell asleep ; he was very angry with Harrison
for waking him out of his first sleep. •
The eighth, a Greenwish pensioner, but in Uwork.
house dress, had discharged himself that day from a
workhouse, because the Overseers had insisted that
his pension of 1:10 a-year should he applied in aid
of his maintenance. He slept at the Hotel because
he had not time to get himself a lodging. He had
been used, he said, to sleep any how, and warn't par-
ticultr whether he was on a bed or not.
The last, a man nearly 13,3, said he had been:a sea-
faring man, was in great distiess, without a home, or
money to procure one, and craved the Magistrate's
corripas,ion and assistance.
Those in distress, or without the means of getting
a livelihood were passed to their respective parishes,
and the remainder discharged with an admonition.
Ann Farmer,-.the woman who assaulted her husp
band .so desperately, iu Chancery lure, was again
brought up.—A iirglther of the husband said,
Farmer was so ill with. the rkettesalici, as not to be
able to come up ; he -thelq presented the Magistrate
With the following lettei,,whith was signed by Far-
mer, and written at'his reifutst
" To the-Sating Alderman at the Justice-room, GuSdhall.—
Sir.-101y wife having expressed her sincere-Contrition for the
very violent assault. committed upon .me. and :ad I am npw in a
fair way .of doing well, ll have uo objection to her being dis-
charged. At the same time permit me to request the same may
be attended with a suitable admonition. I am, Sir, very re-
spectfully,,your most obedient servant, • •- .44 Joust FAZIalt.
." St. liartholomew's Hospital, August . " •
The Alderman (RoTtiwzr.l.) .saialitelvas at,a. loss
to know what would be a suitable asitoonleion to -so
violent a woman.: -Ite) however, stfotionett 14,s not to
give way to the violence of her temper; Trhich'would
otherwise lead her to commit murder, and bring her
;to the gallows. He also recommended her to be
swore particular in future in discrimiaatingbetween
other people's property and her own and not to pawn
the goods of her landlady again, irsholiadany svNlt
to remain in this country.aa.Theriseuer,avhb exhi-
bited none of the " sincere contritiou" attributed to
her by her husband, was then discharged, habit.* fiat

entered he her oini recognizance, mu
imprisonment, to keep the peace towai-ds b
in future: ,

- Eleanor Mir,
.was brought up in cu,
ofioeri, charged with
.hav mg broken the sl
of Mr. Fisher, of Newgate-street, and
:oleo out of his.shop three fine gold seals,
of £l3.—The shopman of Mr. Fisher pr
saw, the prisoner, yesterday evening, r
window—that she pushed in the glass,
three large seals of fine gold, with which
ted to make off. She was immediate]
custody.—;One of the Magistrate's Clink
the prisoner was considered not of sound
she had done many extravagant things,
the second Mayoralty of Mr. Aide% n.:
was brought before him, for having p
to the principal part of the property of
England, which claim she supported al
rather too noisy a manner ; she had
been in service, in Coleman-street.

The prisoner remained perfectly sile
upon for her defence—she then assume,
tant theatrical wanner, and said "1 ar
coveted the proterty of another; it wa:
but necessity induced me to commit thi
nn the very point of starving. What
What did I do ? Why I boldly seized a
I did not take any pains to conceal
might as well die by the hands of th,
by hunger.—(Here she went into a lon
argument to prove that a person in wal
tiled in seizing the property of another,
hided to the business of the Bank of Er
glad to sec," said she, directing rather
towards some Gentlemen who were
Magistrate, taking notes, " I am glad
hind writers here ; I must tell them t,

1817, when I was at the Mansion-bou_
state my case correctly ; and my speec
Lord Mayor, was not given in full."--{
Alderman Roruwact.—"l am sure
amends now."
Prisoner" I hope so; but the the;
frequently make long mistakes—(A I
the Bank of England, I may say, th
place, I have something there which
I am in great distress, and I have bee
business. I was early attached to lea
sons have done more in. that way, at.
opportunity. I have written some j
will read for your Worship, if you
she commenced reciting a long poem
interrupted by. the Magistrate, who
poor creature in, her situation ; but sh,
that whatever might have been her di
should lay her hands on the propert,
She was committed for seven day
be passed to Westbury, Wilts, where
The stolen property was restored to "
MEN DK:ITV-OFF ma —Frequent co;
been made at the above office by th,
llighbury-terrace, that that neighbi
listed with gangs of stout hearty me
begging to any kind of work, the
employ of the Society were ordcred
vicinity and watch. They. appreh(
.fellows, who were begging in the m,
and conveyed them to the office in
but they refused the relief proffered
and preferred going before the Magi
ton-Garden, who were so conviiced
impostors, that they immediately
From information received from varica
country, it appears that sufficient
obtained for agricultural purposes
present system of indiscriminate al.
up by the public, the.great object of
of compelling the lazy to seek emplo,
port, can never be expected to be real
AWFUL CASE OP HYDROPHOBIJ
rare but horrible instances of canine
last Monday, at No. 1, Owen's-coin
road. Harriot Locke, froiu Gloucestershi
woman in service at a Gentleman's'
bury, was bitten in the foot by
eleven weeks ago, at which time ai
vant and the footman were each bi
dog. Caustics had been applied to
parentty to no effect. On Friday
much indiirsed, and told the goo,
whom she lodged,, that she thought s
be attacked by a rheumatic fever.
was seized with symptoms of ma
creased in the evening to such a di
the paroxysms, the exertions of six
to prevent her tearing herself to pi
were most appalling, they resemble
note of a hound than any thing hum
distinctly. head at the New 'River.
lucid intervals, during which she
sensible, and-quite aware of her awF
most touchingly lamented to the -
bad not been sent to the' sea-side
perceiving that the heady of the ,
were covered with the foam fro,
said, « she hoped it iiould not hurt
them to take care, lest she should'
the fit." - She would then cry, "
on." The paroxysms would then
repeated with visitations too dreg,
four o'clock on'Monclay morning,
—a most terrific and humiliating
this sad end of 'one of the three
hoped that every precaution has
from the other two the attack of

DIED.
slr,3lr. Walker, of Chesterfield,
ele4l age of 100.
hitnyln, at Knightsbridge, James
the Cheek of Sheiroair Dock-atd.

Monday, 'Billie Rectory, Northcray,
Rev. T. Moore; aged 80.
On the in instant, at
Albanarle-street, V. 111.8. in the 71st yer

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