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threw tt into it Instvlies iliop lot Pilaf, ina cane•
nuing the Anna, overtook the prisoner, and secured
.im. gaps searching his person, two knives, a large',
and sinallione, were fount upon him. Through the
exertions of Shepperd, the -coachman bas since been
discovered, and yesterday he attended the examina-
tion, but professed his' innocence of any connection in
the robbery, which was thin effected in so extraordi-
nary it manner, he was therefore admitted as an evi-
dence against the prison', and hound over to prose.
cute. Mrs. Roberts fully identified the property, and
'the prisoner was committed for trial.
MARLSOROLIGII-STREVr.—The public are already
infinformed of the depredations committed by a gang
ormed
thieves, who have committed robberies tn a most
4normous amount, disguised'as mechanics of various
descriptions, and pretending to have hoemess in Gen-
tlemen's houses. Four of these offenders were yes.
terday brought before the Sitting Magistrate by the
officers Plank and Jefferies, and it is hoped their ap-
prehension has broken up the gang. Their names
are Barthitorartv, :Space', alias Gee, Jaws Pile, and
Richard Davidge. The gang acted as plumbers,'
equipped in form, and Davidge was the master,
whose business was first to knack at the door, and by
false representations, such as belonging to a Water-
works Company, or by any other nraive the journey
men were ,ushered in to examine the pipes, but their
object was to secure light movable% and many thou:
s4nd pounds winch of plate, kc. has thus been stolen.
Charges from Spring Gardens, Bolton-raw, Bruton-
saw, and fifty others were made. The robberies
have extended to nearly every street at the west end
of the town. The prisoners were remanded for ano-
ther examination, to give an opportunity for flutter
identifying them.
Union HALL..—}Yesterday Mary Bradley was ex-
amined on suspicion of having wilfully stabbed a'
person named Smith, with whom she cohabited.—
Upon investigating the circumstances, it appeared
that the parties were drinking till a late hour on Sa-
turday evening. They both got so intoxicated, tl.at
the man would not swear that she wilfully inflicted
the wound, which was a very deep one, in his °beck,
nor indeed was he prepared to state how he received
it. The woman, on being questioned, admitted that
she had been transported to Botany Bay ; she Mievid
for housebreaking ; that she had served out the term
of her punishment (seven years) and returned to her
native soil cn the 18th of November, 1810, since
which she had lived with various persons; that she
married on her return, but her husband, she believe:,
is dead. On leaving Botany Bay, she brought with
her 4177'2, her own property, £sooof which had beat
given her by a Gentleman in the Island, with whom
she cohabited, and by. whom she had a son, now on
the Wand, but that all her property was gone, and
she wished she was transported again. The man, on
being questioned, admitted that lie bad lived with her
one year, and that when he took up with her site bad
£lOO. In gratitude for past favours, he did not wish
to hurt her. The Magistrate, under these circum-
stances, there being no actual proof of her having
stabbed him, though evident marks appeared of a
dreadful wound inflicted by some person, was obliged
to discharge her.

An action was tried last week at the Cork Assizes,
brought by the Rev. FRFEMAN CROFTS, a clergyman
of the Established Church, against the Rev. Mr.
ENGLAND, a Roman Catholic Cternyman, proprietor
of The Cori Mercantile Chronicle, for a libel contaiwol
in that Paper, of the Ist of April last. The Jury,
after a short consultation, returned a verdict of
0200 damages and costs. The damages were laid
at £looo.—Margaret Murphy, a vagrant, was found
guilty of decoying and carrying away a fine bay,
about four years of age, the child of a silversmith in
Patrick-street. The psisoner was apprehended with
the child in her possession, at Glanmire. Ordered to
be transported for seven years.
Messrs. FRANCIS and JEREMIAH JOWL, printers of
the Cartirk Journal, were found guilty at the Cum-
herland Assizes of two libels, one reflecting on Dr.
HEYSHAM, a Magistrate, in the execution of his duty;
the other, on the Clerk of the Peace. Judge BAYLEY,
in charging the Jury, said, a production tired not
affect character to be a libel ; it was sufficient if it
tended to draw on a man derision and contempt.
At the Carlisle Assizes, last week, john Donald,
John Pe/lett, and Sarah Donald, alias Armstrong, were
found guilty of burglariuusly entering the house of
Mrs. Hudson, of Lowes Water, at midnight, on the
Bth of April last; and stealing therefrom about kW
in bank notes and specie. The burglary was effected
with the greatest audacity : the whole of the family
being tied hand and foot previous to the robbery.—
Donald was lift for execution, but Pellets, and the fe-
male, who lived with Donaldashis wife, were respited.
Monday se'nnight, two men named Gilmore, father
and son, were committed to Carlisle gaol, having
robbed the house of a person called Watson, at Hes-
ket, where they lodged, of thirteen guineas, and four
one pound bank notes. They are plasterers, and na-
tives of Ireland.
Two prisoners were left for mention at Glouces-
ter, viz. John Williams, for robbing a house in the
Forest of Dean, and Dinah Ridditord, for a similar
offence. The former, on receitring sentence, said
al My Lord, I confess myself guilty of the crimes
laid to my charge, and many more. I was led into
them by bad company ; and I hope 1 :hall k !unwed,
as a warning to others !"
Wednesday se'nnight. while the Judge was sitting,
Wi//l.a Harper was taken into custody, in the Crown
Court at Durham, in the act of picking a pecket.-:-
Upwards of 50 handkerchiefs, and other articles which
be had purloined, were found at his lodgings.
Fitame•Banansa.---Saturday night last, a party
of armed men, to the number of about 20, entered
the house of Mr. SHEPHERD, in the parish of Staple-
ford, and demolished four frames for the making of
cutup work, for stockings; and not contented with
this attacks, they carried off a flitch of bacon, and
stole and took away the childrens' clothes, two pair
of shoes, and other articles. In their anxiety after
plunder, it would appear, they laid down a pistol,
with the name of 4. Nicholson, London," engraved
mom it, which they emitted to take away with them,
sad wbich was afterwards found to be loaded with
itall..—.Nosisighast Paper.
Accmaer—Xesteeday morning a man of the name
of Monk pollinitz the party wall of an old boom
in the Bong it fell on him, and he was
bmied under rabbials. He was got out, but with
little signs of life, and taken to as tiospital.