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abandon his religious vocation, and go to church for lemma= ;
and as Mr. Dowding did opt wish to press the amp, be was dis-
missed with an admonition.
Saturday, Mr. George Editors( 411.i5, the Postmaster of Green-
wich, was finally ex..itnitte4l on a charge of feloniously secreting a
letter, containing a post-office ordet for 21.105. and also with embez-
zling the sum of Is. 641. the amount of the postage of the said
letter.
Mr. Allen was asked, if he had any thing to say for himself?—
He replied—" No, Sir, I leave my defence entirely in the hands of
' my solicitors."
The prisoner watt ordered to be committed to'Newrate, from
whence he will be removed to Maidstone to take his trial.
Perry was charged with a burglary in the dwelling-horse of
Mr. Ross,thapropriesor of a public-house in Little Guilford-street,
and stealing shard,' cash, yalue,43l. including a cheque /dr 81. 14s.
The prisoner was apprehended a few days ago on board the George
the Fourth Nast Indiaaran, lying off Gravesend. He is the brother
of the late wife of Mr. Ross, who was buried on the 7th of De-
cembez,and on the same night the robbery was committed. It is
believed that the.prisoner,-during the funeral, concealed himself in
the premises, and in Abe night he let in his companions, who assisted
him in carrying off the property. He absconded, and was not
heard of till a few days ago. It was ascertained that he had lodged
with a Mraltiman in Poplar, and had paid her a cheque for 8/.145.
A man named Murray was also charged with changing the cheque.
Both prisoners were remanded till Thursday next.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Saturday a clerk in the employ of Mr. Basil George Woods, oil
New Bond-street, was charged with robbery. It appeared that
on Thursday morning, Mr. Coates, another clerk in Mr. Wood's
counting house, missed a U. note and some silver from his desk:—a
1 he prisoner went out that morning, and upon his return, the rolo•
bery being mentioned, he said that when he came to the counting-
house that morning, he found that bit desk had been broken open,
and three 104 notes stolen. Clements and Goddard, two officers,
were immediately sent for. and upon examining the desk they found
that no force had been used to open it. They also found. upon
searching the prisoner, a key which fatted Mr. Coates's desk, the
three 101. notes which the prisoner said were stolen from himself,
and the 51. note which had been taken from Mr. Coates's desk.—
Prisoner made no defence. He was committed for trial.
MARY-LA-BONNR.
SatUrtlaj James Simms, a watchman under the Commissioners)
of Woods and Forests brought Robert Louse before Mr. HOSKINS,
to answer for a misdemeanor.—On Friday evening the watchman
saw the defendant creeping on his hands and knees within the tence
of the plantations in the Regent's-park ; and whether his object
was to catch wild ducks, or intrude upon the privacy of a 'soldier
and his lass, who were seated upon a neighbouring bench, he could
not tell • but he knew that trespassing upon the secluded property
of our Lord the King was contrary to the statute, and he took
into custody.—Now it appeared by the defendant's answer that he
was not a poacher, nor a designer against lawful courtship, but a
disappointed lover, who, not having found his chosen fair one where
she appointed to meet him, used the means to discover whether it
was her with the soldier, which caused him to be locked up in the
watchhouse, and Mr. llosians ordered him to he discharged.
Joseph Smith alias 1101111 ox Smyth was charged with bigamy. It
was proved by certificates and witnesses, that the prisoner was
niar:ied at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, on the 27th of
Ocsober. 1817, to Cathetine Duffel, in the name of Joseph Smith,
and no the 27th of August, 1827;at St. Mary's Church, Bryanseone
Square, in the name of Witham Smyth, to Ann Fawdon, a very
pretty young spinster.
It tattlier appealed that the first wilt was a party to the decep-
tion practised upon this unfortunate young woman—that she was
introduced to her by her husband on the eve of their marriage as
his landlady and f,iead, and the delusion was kept up until the be-
ginning of last week, when a quarrel took place, Mad she avowed
herself tube his wife.
The prisoner admitted that every thing stated was true, and be
was fully committed for trial.
Jones Welch, a labourer, was charged with causing the death of
his child by neglect. .
John Martial, the beadle of All Souls' church, in Langhara-place,
informed Mr. Hoskins that on Friday morning the prisoner's wife ,
went out to work as a charwoman for the day, and left him, who ,
had no employment, to take care of their two children, one of which
was two years old, and the other seven months. Two hours after
she was gone, be fastened the room door and deserted them; they
were left exposed for ten hours to cold and hunger, and when their
mother returned the infant was dead.
The prisoner was remanded until an inquisition shall have been
held upon the body.

TO WNTIIA Lt.
Mrs. Charlotte Blake, a Surrey widow, was summoned for at-
tempting to break the neck of a broker. named Fitzgerald. The
complainant went to the widow's house to distrain her goods for rent,
'And was proceeding to seize the chattels, when, she having an inve-
terate dislike to such summary process, seized him by the throttle
with one band, and with the other gave him a punch in the pro-
' vision closet that unsettled him, and made him reel to such a
tune that he must inevitably have fallen backwards down stairs,
and dislocated the isthmus between his head and shoulders,
but for the circumstance of his follower being at his heels, who
prevented his transit from this bustling world to the next. " And
what have you to say in your defence ?" said the 'Magistrate to the
-widow.--" Say, your Worship ?" replied Mrs. Blake; " I have
enough to say—that abominable brute (meaning the good mass, her
accuser,) made a vile attempt upon my hotrour."—" Loma! your
Worship," said 'he complaioant, 6' nobody will believe it f' neither
did any one present, and the widow was held to bail
WORSHIP-STREET.
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Ifrelb was brought up, tu have a child of four years old,
affiliated to hint.
The defendant stated, that in April last, the Parish Officers of
Hackney brought him before the Magistrates, and be appealed to
the Sessions, and having attended there three days without any ap-
pearance being made against him, he withdrew his recognizinces.---
A week or two afterwards, however, he was taken again, and
brought to this Office. but the Magistrate dismissed him, and now
he was once more taken into custody.
Mr. Humphrey* submitted, that his client having been already
twice dismissed, ought not now to be called on again.
Mr. Bases—The parish must not be saddled with the child,
cv*4h the female swears to the defendant.
Woman—l have sworn it six or seven times. _ .

Ur. Aefeadant was ordered to pay 2s. 6d. a week from this time,
but not tie arrears for the four years, which, therefore, fell on
the parish.