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London, England, 1827-09-13 00:00:00

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yesterday Canterbury.
• delsellisho bedewto doe Oltio 110= Foot arrived
um' yaw* hum Leeds, cm route to
A dosohmeot heisoarlog to the ildtit lishisset of Infantile
math this rienlimi from WeeesiMostriler Messy aseracks.
A ditatimost hotamilog to Amelia Regimen of /set. 'marched
this swain from Wommimohor, for Pertammushm es rests to
C4De seento belonging to the Pith mod 40tAlteliments of In.
faotry, ellbarked this reerekti es timid a stem vessel in the River,
on route to Chatham.

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Janes Shorter's evidence- wee tolietfeßowing effect s
He was a constable of, the wave 4 Fertsoken, and be
was on duty on the 26th ofJune. He bad watched the,
defendant for three hours in the neighbourhood of :lst
Minories, and at last saw him and another person s
ing at each side of a young man. The defendant h 4
a watch in his hand, and wae‘reeommesiding it, as
duffers generally dojo the stranger. The witness told
the stranger what it appeared he knew very well, that
be was between two duffers. The defendant called bin
In d—d robber, and told him that he had hanged many
oes
man. The witness then showed his staff, and desired
him to go on, but the defendant refused, and uttered a
nerent of abuse. The witness then-seized him by the
boiler, but he resisted, and kicked else witness, and they
reeled to in the kennel. The witness, however,
dung to fetish: Lagged him into a shop, and called foe,
assistance. Before, however, the defendant was pro,
perly secured; they had another tumble and roll hil
the kennel together. 4 number of Jews, from the
*ghbouthold of Petticoat-lane, assisted in insulting
and abusing him.
cross.examined by Mr. CHAIM= Puma's—Upon
T6r oath, did•you not receive .ss. front bis wife ?
1 .. Never, upon my oath."
Mr. PHILLIPS—Upon your oath, did you not receive
ss. from himself?

Witness (after a little hesitation)—Why. yes, I did re-
ceive 51. from him in prison, and this was the way ; He
told me when he was in prison that I had a good deal
of trouble with him, and that if I' would go and get him
bail, he would give me 51. so I took the ss.—(A laugh).
Yes, and I would have taken 101. if be had offered it—
(Loud laughter).
Mr. PHILLIPS—Pray did you tell the Lord Mayor
that you took the 51.
Witness—l did : 1 told the told the Lord Mayor that,
he gave me the ss. He gave it to me for going for bail.l
A shoran stated, that the officer dragged the de-
fendant into his master's shop, and demanded assistance,
and that defendant tripped up the officer's heels.
The RICORDSR said, that the officer certainly was
not justified in collaring the defendant. There had been
no proof that the defendant had been gating with a
fraudulent intention.

The defendant was immediately acquitted.
Mr. Putuart--.1 understand that the officer still
holds a sovereign belonging to the defendant.
The Recommits—lf he is wise he will give it up. It
is a question which we cannot try here ; but if he is
prudent, he will immediately give it up.
A coal-merchant named Ana was indicted for har-
ing assaulted a coal-meter in the execution of his duty.
Convicted, and fined Is. and dischaiged.
As soon as the last-mentioned case terminated. Alder-
men TH01! and LUCAS, upon looking towards the
Jurymen, said, ei Why, we have been trying all this
while with no more than 11 Jurymen." All eyes were
then directed to the Jury-box, and certainly a twelfth
Juryman was wanting. There was a general laugh in
the Court when the discovery was Inglis known to the
public.
The Rattanoins asked Mr. Clarke, the Clerk of the
I Arraigns, how it happened that the Jury was not full?
1 Mr. Clarke replied, that 12 Gentlemen had answered
to their names, and be concluded that they bad all been
sworn.

The Swearing Officer stated, that be took it for
granted, when he administered the oath, that all the 12
had stood op to be sworn, as every one of them an-
swered to his name.
A juryman said, that one of the Gentlemen sacs•
mated was Mr. Bennet. That Gentleman bad answered
lo his name, but he sat at the other side of the Court,
%nd probably did not thick be was required, and there-
fore retired.
Mr. Bounann said, that the 11 had done the business
in a very satisfactory manner, and did not require a
12th.—(A laugh.)
The mistake arose from two 'eases. The Court was
held in a very small room (the Exchequer Chamber),
where jury, attornin, witnesses, and defendants, were
all huddled together, so that it was very difficult to
ascertain who *ere, or who were not, the jury. The
keeper of Whiteeross•street prison, who attended in a
case of assault, beppened to take, upon entering the
Court, a vacant seat close to the jury. and be was con-
sidered by the jurymen as one of themselves. When
he rose as a prosecutor, the eleven found that they bad
been all in the wrong.
A person named Maltby was convicted of having
assaulted Mr. Spencer, the keeper of the Whitecrose-
street prison. The keeper bad pardoned the defendant
as an individual, but the Court sentenced Maltby to
imprisonment in the House of Correction for one snostb.

PISRIR •. NOLKARD.

This was an appeal from a decision of the Lord'
Mayor, imposing a conviction in the penalty of 101.
on the defendant, for charging more interest as a
pawnbroker, than he was entitled to by law.
John Hugh Fisher was examined by Mr. Boax.Awn,
and be stated that on the 22d of May, 1826, he pawned
Wthe defendant's shop, its Son-street, Bishopsgate, a
sil►er wine cooler and silver spoons. for 21. 15s. On
making the pledge, he did not ask for any specific suwil
of money, but the pawnbroker said he would advance,,
21. 15s. He did not ask for two duplicates, but be
was surprised at receiving more than one, and on
inquiring the cause, the defendent said be had a reason
for it, but be did not wish the public to know it. On
redeeming the goods on the 9th May last, the defendant
charged a greater sum than he would have been en-
titled to, had he only given one duplicate, and therefore
the information was lodged against him.

Cross-examined by Mr. Apo- mans—Witness was an
attorney, and lived in Finch-lane. He gave his name
when he pawned the goods i‘ John Fisher, No. 9, Corn-
hill." It was very common for persons to give fictitious
addresses. He pledged the property for *ant of cash.
He had never sworn that his name was John Fisher...
Mary L-e lived in his house; she was the informant
against the defendant, and he was the witness. Should
the conviction be confirmed, she was to have the
amount of the penalty. He did not know that if the
appellant succeeded he would have to pay the costs;
but he Might. The goods when pawued were all wrap-
ped in one parcel. He did not ask for two duplicates,l
as it would have been more convenient for him, when
he might need them, to take them out all together.
Mr. Au ILPHUII addressed the Court far the appellant.
IHe did not wi.h. to east any reflections on Mr. Fisher
because he had pledged goods for the trifling suns of

great the
statement of the appellant, that it was at Ashei's per.
titular request two duplicates Were given ; and he
trusted the Cooft would not affirm the conviction.
The RacOaDita said that the Court bad listened with
attention to the etidente and the statements of dui
Counsel, and they were of opin:on that the contiction
had been rightly, made..--Conviction affirmed.
The Loath_ MAToR said, that he hoped this convictiod
would be a warning to pawnbrokers, and pat an end to
the imposition which they practised by giving two du;
plicetes for one pledge.
BALLOON ASCENT.
We have received the following *meet of the
voyage of Mr. &town Having formed a Merin..
nation of ascending from the town of Pontefract on
Wednesday, at seven o'clock, I cordineneedietterating
die gas front the decolnposition of waits, which west
IS suseaslaily well. hie morning was cloudy.- My
'soma was to have taken plate at twelve o'clock, bet is
ffFtof a number of (leadsmen hieing made
s for the AMU to oceassasoce et tint.
requested sot to ascend until half:past
this time the roads and adjoining
Iwri At
lidealware lined with peoples At half-past orte. 1
eilenlieneed attaching the car, when the balloao was
I.lllkrise, so that the ho restrained it. The sight
was most striking, the balloon being not more than
ounthird inflated, which nearly represented the form of -
a parachute. The gas being very pure, buoyed the
balloon upwards; forming neatly a flat surface on the
lower side, the aperture being upwards of nine yards
from my head. To the spectators this sight would
appear dangerous, the valve cord being so distant front
me. It was my intention to have taken a Gentleinan
with me, but on trial I found there was not soffineint
power. I then took in about eighty pounds of ballast,
and left the earth, at five minutes to two, amidst the
shouts and cheers of thousands. In two minutes I lied a
most delightful view of the town of Pontefract, race.
course, atc. In four minutes and a half I lost sight t.f the
earth, and was in this dark and gloomy state for seven
minutes. At one time I had the curiosity to ettend my
band beyond the edge of the car, to see whether I could
discern it at that distanee. which I could but very
faintly. The pelt of clouds which 1 passed through
was, according to my calculation, three traders of
11 mile. lat last perceived a shade of light above
the balloon, and in a moment was soaring in an lama
sphere too brilliant for the eye to bear. The balloon,
get, Ste. being very damp, and the nth shining in its
greatest splendour, caused a powerful evaporation to
commence, which gave me considerable buoyancy. It
is laapossible to describe the grandeur which presented
itself to my view at this trYise, the clouds forming a level
surface, only varied by shades. The reform of this apa
pearance was my being so much above them. At the
time I rose through the surface, they appeared is
mountains of snow, only with much more splendour ;
so that I could only bear the sight of them at intertala.
The heavens above me appeared of a dark blue; withal*
the least vapour. The sun appeared as a bright=.
the eye having no power to look on it, only *hen
by the bottom of the balloon, which it was *ben *barn
the hoop which supports the car. The reason of my
being above the car and hoop was, the bottom of the
balloon being btroyecrup out of reach, to obtain the
valve string I was compelled to lease the car, and rise
above the hoop, supporting myself by the net with one
hind. In doing this I bad to lean baekwatds, bearing on
cords of the net, in which situation my cap fell flints
•y head pressing through the Cords. Having obtained
the valve.string, I spin descended to the car. It bells
half-past two, and the balloon nearly expanded. I de.
termined to reach the highest altitude in my power,
which was at three o'clock, bring one mile and a half
above the clouds, and three miles above the level of the
sea. Atthis time I began to descend. At SE() minutes
past three I,again reached the clouds, and was seven
minutes in passing through them, at whi2h time the
town of Barnsley presented itself tgmy view. My descent
was extremely rapid; 1 was obliged to cast overall my
ballast; and in three minutes male my safe descent in
ate:Able field at Burton Smithies; near Barnsley, 14
*Se from Pontefract. I was soon attended by many
ilimireds, amongst whom was Mt. J. S. Metbley, of
ilaiton, which Gentleman conveyed the balloon to
his 'rouse, where I received necessary refreshment and
attendance.'.Sheafeld Iris.

The South-westerc part of Hampshire appears to
have been a scene of unusual mirth and gaiety last eke*.
At Romsey there was a grand music meeting ; at Ford-
ingbtidge great feting* and rejoicing on the coming of
age of Mr. Eyre Coote ; and at Christchurch similar
rejoicings on the birth of a grandson and heir atke
estates of Sir George 'risen Tapps, in that neighbour.
hood.

HISTORICAL ANICDOTIL-..-On the dollars, Orem
&c. coined at the town of Dordrecht, in Holland, is the

figure of a milkmaid sitting under bee co,w, shiCh
' figure is also exhibited in tell ew on the water gate of
the place. The occasion was aPfollows t— la the noble
struggle of the United,Ptorinces for their liberties, the
,Spaniards detached a -body of forces from the main
army, with the view 40 surprising Dordrecht, Certain
milkmaids, belonging to a rich farmer in the vicinity
of the town, perceived, as, they were going to milk,
some soldiers concealed under the hedges. They had
the presence of mind to pursue their occupation without
any symptoms of alarm. On their return home they
informed their masters of what they had seen, who gave
information to the Burgomaster, and the sluices were
let loose, by which great numbers of the Spaniards
were drowned, and the expedition defeated. The States
ordered the farmer a handsome revenue for the loss he
sustained by the overflowing of his lands, rewarded the
women, and perpetuated the memory of the event in
the manner described.

Recur:. To cuss eIfOLIZA MO/2MM on Dvenfuttat
—Take Sd. worth of isinglass, and simmer it down in
about half a mutchkin of water on a slow fire, tilt It is
completely dissohed ; when this is done, add a little
milk and sugar, to make it palatable; giVe the petiens
half a capful immediately, and a spoonful every beer
afterwards. The above has been tried in many eases,
and never was found to fail:
Chaussenot, a chemist of Dijon, bas succeeded is
procuring a gas from rosin, which h said to give an hs-
tense light, without emitting any of that infections sad
insalubrious smell caused by the escape of the carbines
gee, besides being less liable to explosion.

THE A RIIT. ' LONDOS.. SESSAGNS. . . qt. 4/11‘004Withstansiitig he tiiis An iittirney in the City;
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rbearmolveresatatir st tka:"Rarral Inwrschs; the 3d WA My, fettion, the fteeininkn, add mderain TIM!, Sir his statement was false from beginning to end: He had
Ilaser. Barracks; Grd. Lod 3d R4ll* PAYER LAviti, and Ludtts. ' Owen a false name and address; and harm actsidyr.;
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Regiments' at Richtnat'd
13„„ Marks lleivd• gilt was indicted Pit hiving swanked 'edged that he went to the pawnbrokers' with
A isalikoest Issiesseag to die Sarkßagikatist or Infantry, ar- Shorter, City street.kesper, in the elteatiiata of duty. in his in wilt, it would be no great stretch to believe the
*ail. asynyttfaday treat Lod% ea sago to CarsTrbury. . . James Shorter's evidemotwas to, thefoilowing effect t statement of the evoellant, that it was at ilishee's air.

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