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London, England, 1816-11-18 00:00:00

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-With Wing offer or ;he principals of the riotous ai-
med* "fin paraded the streets on Friday evening:
Jeremiah tdardment, one of the patroles befotiging
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the Office, stated.- din he observed the prisoner
among the crowd On Friday evening, Iro to the Strand.
up St. Martin's-lane, to MG Monism's, the baker,
• the corner of Oceen•street and Castle-street, Leicei-
ter-Again ; alto in Leicester-squire ; and from there
to Mr. James Wetib•s, a baker, in Little Sr. Andrew-
sweet, Seven Dials, whose shop was attacked by the
mob, breaking the windows, and taking. lovies of
bread out. He observed the prisoner takinit an ac.-
titre part in attacking the house ; but as .li, knew his
'person well, and where be lived, hedfilMer think it
was necessary to apprehend him then, the numbers
of the mob being then su very numerous, and their
:Conduct .so extremely violent. On Saturday morn-
ing early, he went to the prisoner's reiidence in Wild:,
street, where he lodged with his mother, who, on
being told the charge against him, said he was at
home and in bed between nine and ten o'clock; but
un Maidment 'elfin; her it was for what he did be-
tween seven and eight, she then said he was at borne
and in bed much, sooner than she did at first; how-
ever, Maidment having no doubt of his person, took
him into custody, and brought him to the o:lice.
Richard Wilson, another of the parrole, rdeutitied
the prisoner as being among the crowd, and opposite
to. Mr. Webh's house.—Mr. Webb attended and
stated, that on finding his house %vas attacked, he .1
determined on giving his bread away to any of the
toots who would have it, but that did not satisfy them,
they pioceeded to break his windows, and broke
eleven squares of glass, and a number of loaves were
taken through the broken windows ; he saw the pri-
soner take we loaf, which he believed. to be a half
quartern. It was about halt.past seven o'clock when
his house was attacked. 'lire prisoner was commit-
ted for further examination. He had the appearance,
from his dress, of a sailor.
Manimmoucii-stagicv.—Saturday several persons
were charged with riotous and disorderly conduct on
Friday night in Drury-lane. Among others was a
boy named Cole, whose father keeps an eating-house
in Russell-court. Mr. Gearing, ad 0:11:i:4:aid that
he was alarmed by the shouts of an immense mob,
which had gathered round the windows of an eating.
how:, which they entirely demolished, taking away
all the meat, &c. He went out, accompanied by
Parker, Fuzman, and other Officers. They went
into the midst of the crowd, who were surrounding
a man with a quartern loaf upon a jole. This man
they could not get at, but s ieing the prisoner very
active, they a.ked where he was going? • He replied
very loudly, We are going to the Lord Cbencel-
lor's, i l3cdford.square, will you come ?" On this
declaration the mob began to move forward, every
voice shouting '• The Lord Chancellor's." They
immediately took the prisoner into custody, but were
assailed by the infuriated populace, who belonged to
the Spa-fields mob, and who kept' up a constant
shower of stones and mud until they arrived at the
.aratch house. The Magistrate said the prisoner must
End most eonflient bail for his appearance; in the
mean time he would ordet the parish to prosecute him.
Sqansvet.o.—Yesterday Mary Smith, alias ilaril.;ng,
was charged with stealing a female child. Mrs.
Verlin deposed, that about fourteen years back she
kept a lodging house in East Smithfield. She I
three children, one of whom was a girl, 41 mot s
old, the other two were older. On the 18th ef
the prisoner obtained )ermission to sleep with a. Mrs.
*Canby, who was ont witness's lodgers, ard the
child in question-was altuwed to go to br-d with her-
In the 'miming witness 'went our early, and on her
return she was informed that the prisoner had pro-
posed to take the little girl out to walk, but did not
return, nor had witness heard any thing of her hr her
child, till she toet the prisoner. it. Ratcliffe-highway,
oa Thursday, when she gave her in custody to an
9.fficer. The prisoner ddnied that she knew any
thing of the child, but her identity being established,
she was committed for stealing the chili's cl~tl►es.


CITILD DROPPlNG.—Yesterday morning a basket
was found inside of the gate at the Foundlinz Hos-
pital, neatly picked up, and covered with a piece of
green Wise, on which was written," An unfortunate,
friendless, crplian child." On exmniniation the
contents proved to be a fine Male child, apparently
twelve months old, fast asleep. He was dressed in
a light drab•coloined great coat, with silk cuffs, white
cambric muslin frock and petticoat, calico stays, pin-
afore, and leather bouts. A note was pinned to .his
bosom, containing the following lines :
1 hi oak Institution, with mat charity abounding,
And benevolent distribution amongst the hapless foundl'ngs,
wai, no doubt, far plifs sake, receive this beloved darling,
Left to.their kindprotecticrn thus early in toe morning I B.
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• he poor infant was carried • off to St. Pancras
Workirnite, and the Parish Officers have offered a
reward for the apprehension of the parents.

Thursday as elderly lAbouring man was Imam to
death in the oeighbourhood•ot Churcheaton, in Staf-
fordshire.

Friday se'nnight, the wife of it respftetable rpecha.]
nic in Academy-4'mm, Belfast, left three children iisl
her house till she would go an errand, and on her re.
tern she found the llothes of the youngest, a fine hay
about thice years old, in flames. The poor innocent
was 40 severely burnt, that it only survived till the
;aext day.

Early on the morning of the 10th inst. the dwelling•
house of Mr. J. Allen, clerk to the collector or Excise,
in Sun-strret, Lewes, was burglariously entered by
some robberaw robbers. who stole therein in Bank
Notes to the amount of al, together with bed and
body linen, and divers other articles. which they con.
!rived to carty off undiscovered. 'Fire Bank Notes
and most of the other property were taken from the
chamber in Which Mr. Allen, his wife, and two chil-
dren were sleeping, the door of which, after getting
up.in the morning, he, to his. great surprise, found
locked, and the key missing.
The. number of convicts at Sheerness attracts a vast
concourse of. bad characters to that place to see their
assotiates4 and scarcely a day posccs without some
depredations
.. being committed. The residence of one
et the inhabitants was not tong sineebroken open dur-
ing the time the Jingly were attending div tae.worship,
and,upwards °E, M° in rnosterand effects carried off:
this 4 the bec004111) bbely within a lbw% time.

. • . • at; us told