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iboved the Court to examine each ease as it came tie.
fore it, and to decide exactly as the merits of each
appeared to require. What was the Present case 3,
Was it a fraud upon the contractor, by the remo,4
of dust from one man s premises to be applied to the
uses of another, or to be made a profit of, by
or application as a distinct commeiJity, from ,h_.
tight the informing,
which it originally was?—\o such thine; it lea,7_
in a state of delivery as dust, but actually passi"ut
through an intermediate process of constimptioanat,
fact
ahned must be therefore quashed.
fuel, in a manufactory where that fuel was wed.,
could Such nbeing e thesustained,
Mr. ALLEY said that he was ready to bow too*
decision and clear distinction which the Clia;rgm
drew between this case and others which had he*
decided under the Act.

The CHAIRMAN observed, that the law nerer colt
have intended to give the dust contractors tit ri.
vi
1g
it became
e ofsayingwhat was dust and whit was not
When dust it certainl y became his vovelit
on removal, but not otherwise.
MIDDLESEX SF.SSIONS.
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The business of this Court commenced yesterart
before FRANCIS CONS?, Esq. and a full Bench
Magistrates. On the Grand Jury being sworn, the
Learned Chairman, in his charge, took occasionti
regret the great number of cases that would he pm.
sensed for their investigation ; that circumstance
however, be said, materially softened by the Mkt.
tion, that there' was no case marked with any extra,
ordinary turpitude. On the Jury withdrawing, the
Court proceeded with the Traverse Paper, ithich
contains an uncommon number of cases of amok;
there are none, however, of any public importance,

MANSTON-lIOUSE.—The LORD MAYOR yesterday
mentioned, that in consequence of the publications'
a rotbery committed upon a poor orphan girl lie
had been labouring hard for some years, and at lengi
accumulated the sum of 36 guineas he had receini
letters proposing a subscription. He heartily age
in the proposal, convinced as he was that the unfor.
tunate ci eature was one of the greatest objects olds.
rity he ever beheld. She was subject to fib of I*,
and had found it a matter of great difficulty to ga
employment on account of that desperate visitaties
She was now without a penny, or a relation °tidal
in the wnrld, and the loss she had sustained
was apprehended, affecting her mind in a manner de
most alarming. Some benevolent individuals at Ho
merton, who had been deeply interested by the phi
statement of the facts in the papers, had already
transmitted £2 15s. to him for the benefit of thegirl
He should himself subscribe two guineas, andshoull
readily receive any donations.
Bow STREET.—Yesterday, a person who has Welt
borne a respectable character in society, was hroegk
up, and underwent a long private examination, on
charge of defrauding the Stamp-office of the sum d
£3O, under circumstances of rather a curious can
The examination being private, we can only gives
short outline of the facts.—lt is the custom at tie
Stamp-office to make a certain allowance to de
holders of damaged or useless stamps, upon their bong
returned, and some time ago the defendant, who his
occasion, in the course of his practice as an attorney,
for a considerable number of stamps, returned one
such as is used for the probate of a will, and the value
of which originally was £3O, and claimed the allow.
ance money. The stamp, on being examined, as
found to have marks of ink upon it, and it occurred
to the clerks that it had been used, and the ink afar
wards obliterated, in order to obtain the allow°
money. The stamp was shewn to the Comniissionn,
and a farther inquiry being instituted, it was ace.
mined that the stamp had been used, and the"
writing had been almost entirely obliterated ht
chymical process. The defendant was, in cos%
quence of this discovery, taken into custody.—k
ANDREWS attended for the prisoner, and it was dr
mitted by him that there was no proof of fraud—A
ter an investigation of nearly two hours, the deftsi
ant was ordered to find heavy bail for his appearal
on Monday next, for a farther examination.
Wm. Mitchell and Daniel Taylor were re-examiriel,
charged with plundering a waggon of the whok I
its contents, at the White Lion, on Epping Fo
When the prisoners were first apprehended a
portion of the stolen property only was found
them, and a reward way offered for the discovery
the remainder. On Sunday, a man named Breve,
told Mr. Wai son, the owner, that having dreamed it
certain goods were deposited in a particular parts'
Epping Fore t, he had gone to that spot, and del
found several trunks, &c. which, from their app
ance, he suspected to be some of those stolen from*
waggon; and Mr. Watson, on going with thepoll
to the place, found the goods. Ihe witness mildest
say that they were placed there by the prisoners, ime
would he confess that he had any knowledge oldies
The patrol, intimated his suspicion that thedreiwe
was concerned in the robbery. The Magistrate, how.
ever, after a long examination, in a privatetoomalr
charged him, and remanded the other two.

BIRTHS.
Tuesday, at Elstree-Hill, the Lady of William Irving,
of a daughter.
At Roebuck•Hnuse, the Hon. Mrs. Peter Lateuche, dans
On the Bth Instant, the Lady of Sir James Fellowes, al
bury-House.

I%IARRIED.
Tuesday, at Dumfries, John Ilyndman, Esq. Adauter,*
Maria Lemaistre lacrae, daughter of the late Jams
Esq. of Holmains.

DIED.
At his father's house, Knowle-Lodge, Warwickshire.Thils
Knight Blyth, Esq. Scholar of Worcester College, Oxford.
Tuesday, at Greatbridge Cottage, near &musty, the Ligl.
Lieutenant Bradby,ll. N.

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