Star.
London, England, 1828-08-01 00:00:00

FURTHER PitRTICULARS.

Great exertions were made to rescue the picures and
furniture from the ravages of the destructive element ;
but the success was by no means equal to the exertions
of the persons employed in this laudable duty. Amongst
the must distinguished of whom was Sir Edward Vara-
sour, who, after three attempts, succeeded in recover-
ing a number of the most. valuable pictures, one of
which was a portrait of his departed Lady, in early life;
the late Mrs. Fox ; a full-length portrait of Lord Rivers,
kith robes; a splendid painting of the death of Ger-
manicus; a family group, by Guest. of the present
Mr. Fox's eldest son and his two sisters; a whole-
leftgth painting of Queer. Anne, and several other pic-
tures; but the portraits of Lord and Lady Bingley, by
&Joshua Reynolds, and the painting of the celebrated
horse, by Haytor, with several other valuable paintings,
were Either totally destroyed, of so much scorched and
injured as to be rendered of no value. While these ex
erttons were making in the gland entrance ball, the
drawing room, and the picture room, the flames were
rapidly extending themselves,and had already enveloped
the centre of the house in a dense and almost suffocating
smoke, w hen f c-h engines arrived ; and the energy dis-
played by the Tadca-ter and Parlingtnn firemen, with
the great force end efficacy of the Leeds engines, over-
came the fire,.which about six o'clock was completely
subdued, but not till three•frurths at least of the house,
were destroyed, and more than that proportion of the
plate, china, furniture, and other effects either burnt ur
rendered entirely useless. It is impossible t eitionate
the amount of the damage done by this ti ernendous
confligration ; but we feat that the sum of forty thou-
sand pounds will scarcely replace i ~ while the amount
insured f .tms only a small fraction of that sum. Ar
the title of this cata-trophe, Mr. Fox war in the neigh-
bourhood of Basingstoke, attending the funeral of his
late uncle, Lord Rivers, but he was expected at
Bramhans Park on Wednesday, and it was understood
tha: the Earl of Harewood had, with his accustomed
kindness and condescension, undertaken to meet him on
the way, and to break to him tie disastrous intelli-
gence. The cause of the fire ha, not been accurately
ascertained, but it is conjectured that a lighted candle
mast have been left in the butler's pantry, and that the
flame had communicated to the tow, oil, or spirits of
tine, deposited in that room. This splendid mansion
was built by the first Lord Bingley, in the reign ot.
Qbeen Anne, and has been always considered one of
the most superb residences in the North of England,
The surrounding country sympathises very rt. ongly
with Mr. F-x and his family ; and the Doke of Rutland,
Lord and Lady Harewood, and many of the distin.
guished families of the neighbourhood, were at Bran--
ham Park the day after the fire, making such offers of
service and accommodation as they had to afford to the
the distressed inmates.

Lreruntanir OF ST. linioe's.—The long pending
laestion of the Sunday lectareship for St. Bride's bas been decided
in favour of the Rev. J. F. Dammam, B.A. of St. JAW, College,
Cambridge. and Curate of Fpwortb, Lincolnshire. Eleven can-
didates bad preached probationary sermons, but three only entered
into the contest with spirit • and at the close of the ballot the
bombers, stood 33 follows—For the Rev. J. F. Denham, 209;
J. IL Alt, 130; J. S-odttart. 43. The inhabitants of this great
Penh have thus closed a contest that has been regarded wiih the
greatest anxiety by every well-wisher to the Established Church.
A hackney-c• act'. in which were Mrs. Newton, of
lladdorstreet. and her two children, with a youth about fifteen
Yeats of age, was turned over in Milord-sus-et yesterday morning,
b. the coachman negligently driving against a broad-wheeled wag.
Inn, whilst racing wick another hackney-coachtnan. The coach vids
turned over with such violence, that one of the children, a Far b
"NIT five years old, died of his fracture.; and the other youth
I'laa au much hurt that his life is in a city precarious state. The
einchman is seeurod.

FkIIALE ORPHAN SOCiCTlG—Yesterday the Election
for Nlos wog Pse.tchet ot this Charity came on. The
C.lndida et. were the Rev. Messrs. DILLON and HAnars.
At the close ot I. e pole the numbers weie—lor ti.e tor.
over Gentlemen 302..—kr the latter 184—Maj, r 118.
I.M.Lom oar theietore steclattll duly elected

CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, AUGUST t.
In consequence of the favourable change in the weather, and the
letter* ft ons all the different counties agreeing that the damage door
to the Whcat crops has nut been so great as was at first imagined,
our market was in stagnant state this morning, and fine samples of
Wheat were ineffectually offered at a reduction of is. per qu rter
under the prices of last market-day, as the consnruera appear
un-
orriling to purchase at the present mires ; prices, tliertfOrr, niu-t be
quoted nominally as on Wednesday for all descriptions u( Grain'
SMITDFIELD MARKET, Aimless 1.
• With the exception of Ltef, which -is 2da psr stone dearer, all
kinds of Meat remain as on Alontlay. The finest Stots are beasts
4.. fol. per stem, and the finest Downs bear a similar price.—Beasts
422—Sheep 10,280—Pigs 100—Calves 353.
Reef a. ad. to 4.. 64. Mutton 4s 04. 10 .6lla IA Vial 41.10
ss. ed. Lamb 41. td Ss. 4d.

AgSIZE LNTELLIGENCI%.

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OXFOltli CTRCUIT-SrAFFORI), JuLt 313.

Caowt4 Slug —l3er.re Mr. 11.4 rim V410+4041-
FIIBEzzi.imENT— NIII PEEL\ NI V' AC
Edward Hodson. a decent I "lng yo..e.g man. Ida
indicted under Me. P .el's New Act., the 7th and 8C"1.
Geo. IV. c. 29. sec 47, f.r em'sezzlint; thr..e diffeee t
sums of money, the property of lei, ma,ier, J. crttt.
Mr. RICHARDS was aboat to .Late the case for ire
prosecution, when

Mr. Cunwoon. f►r the prisoner, applied to ti►h Couit
for an order upoh the pfnsecutor, to furnish the
saner with a p'articillar account of the charges. Ile
made that applitation upon aifislaviti. alleging that the
p►i,oner was unable to prepare a proper defence, he.
cause he was unable, from the indictment. to ascertain
what were thy specific eh srges brought against him
The Learned Counsel supported the application by .a
reference to sevrral cases in 4. Carrington's Supplement
to the Treati,e on Criminal Law."

Mr. Baron VAUGHAN thought the prosecutor ought
first to be applied to, and, if he refused the particulars,
an order should be made to compel him to grant them
He thought the Act inflicted a very great hardship
upon prisoners, as in cases of this kind they may have
received money from five hundred different people If
the prosecutor telted t give the names of the people
from whom the money was received by the prisoner,
he should certainly feel it to be his duty to postpone
the trial.

Mr. R tcit RIM said he had no objection; on the par:
of the proseCsitCP, to give an ..,count of t e w.y to
which the m •isey was alleged i h .ve 'teen rereived.
Mr. Baton VAUGHAN, u irhn la, ing down any pr.-
cedert, th-u4ll at least that the ioosecutor should give
much more into' m Ition than wis contained in the in-
dic,ment.

Mr. Ricua ens then proceedei to state the case for
the prosecution. The prow( ucor i, aen .ch propriercu
residing at N•wcastle. The prisoner entered into his
.ervice Ahura wo years ago as a clerk. The Liverpoil
and Loudon mad being hors .d by a number ot proprie
tors, of whom die pro ecutor i. one, it was usual to trans-
mit the proceed, r ceived upon this road every week to
Liverpool. For a shot t time after the prisoner entered
M. Scott's service, the accounts were kept correctly;
hut some irregtilai it es being discovered, Mr. Set tt be-
came satisfied, upon inquity, t •at although the money
was entered correctly in the b oks and way bill, it was
nut transmitted as it aright to have been to Lever-
pool. As the money was revived f um the passengers of
the coach, it was impoisits:e to state correctly from
whr m it had been received; and it hail even been de-
cided in the case of the King v. Beacail, 1 Car, and
Panne 454. that it WAS not necessary to state in the in-
dictment f orn whom the money alleged to be enibezzled
had been received. Tne Learned Courvel concluded
by observing, ;hat it tie. pre.eht Act could nit be made
to extedd to a description of f. „rid like that he had nilv
explained to the Jury, it arl.led very little to the interests
of that society it W 4% in ended to protect. . .
Mr. John Scot-, the prosecutor, was then examined—
He had formerly kept the Roebuck Inn, at Newcastle,
but was now a coach propvetor. It appeared that on
the 13 h cfJorn, the !pr./ober had received from the
Mail a sum if 11 6 . 6J. on the 15,h,11. 17s. and cut the
20th, W. 18s. These slams he had eirt...ted in the book,
but they were not tratismi,ted to Liverpool, as they
ought to have been.
In croo-eximination, the witness admitted that the
prisoner had charged himself with mote money than he
had paid.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN immediately interposed, and
said that if the prisoner had charged himself with these
sums as a debtor, there was no fraud. Under these
circemstances, it was his duty to direct the Jury. to give
a verdict of Not Guilty.

FOIiGED NOTES.

Thomas Lowe and Moses Smith were indicted, charged
with utterine a lorp,ed note, purpoe ting to be a promis-
sory not • uf t le Governor and Company of the Bank
of England. for the payment of 51. with intent to de-
fraud,.&c &c. •

Mr. TaLeounia. having stated the case for the prose-1
cution, called the following witnesses :
Martha Broadhurst safe!, she is in the service of Mr.
George Bentley, who keeps the Castle Inn, in Staff 'rd.
On the of 23.1 of July, the prisoners caine to her mas-
'ter's house, and having lead a colt* cf pot. of ale, the
prisoner Lowe produced the note in question, and
asked for change.
Mr. Bentley said, he received the note from his wife.
and sent it to the hank to ascertain if it was a go -d one.
Mr. John Webb, son of Mr. Webb, the banker of
Stifford, said that he remembered the note now pro-
duced being brought to their bank. It had net been out
cf his possession since he received it, and lie had at that
tine written his own name upon it.
• .Cross-examined by Mr. C. Prirt.tres—l wrote my
name upon it last ihnrsday, because I knew it would
be taken before the Grand Jury. The note is so good
an imitation that any one might rake it without suspicion.
Mr. Morris, the landlord rf t.ll-! Vine Inn, Stafford,
apprehended die prisoners 'the same evening, about six
nides fr&m St ifford. L- we said he had received the
note from a man he had sold a horse to; and on search-
ing him, he found five IL country bank notes, and 235.
Smith had in his pocket U. 6.. 6illin silver.
Maria Brown resides near the apt t where the la.t
witftss. apprehended the prii,nerc. On being taken"
into custody Lowe dropped something, which on CXA
minatiork proved to be another forged note for 51..
Mr. G orge Carey, a bank-note inspect 'r from the
Bank of England. proved the notes to be forgeries in
every respect. They were not on bank paper. The
impressions were not from a bank plate, and the signa-1
tures were not those of any of the signing clerks of the
Bank of England. •
A statement of the prisoners, taken in writing before
the Magistrate who committed them, wherein -they
stated that they had found the notes, was then put in
and read.

The prisoners, who are boatmen, then called several
boatmen, who gave them a most ercellent character
for honesty and good conduct.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN having"tummed tap the evi-.
dence, concluded by observing, that the main quettion
for the consideration of the Jury was, whether the
dente was sufficient to implic4e Smith with a full
knowledge of the conduct vf Lour?
The Jury having returned a verdict of Guilty,
Mr. TALFOURD, on behalf of the prosecutor, recom-
mended the prisoners to mercy.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN said, that, recollecting the good
character the prisoners had received, he should in this
instance permit the sentence to be ircorded ; but he
&sired it might be distinctly understood, that it iv had
appeared that the prisoners had been dealers in firged
notes, he should have felt it his t uty to pronounce upon
them the heaviest sentence of the law.
. . GUILDFORD, JULY a.
Cams Swe—tiefore Mr. Boon 6•anow.
Edward Bird. aged 21, William Jartnine, aged 2`2,
and Charles Bennett, aged 99, were indicted for burg-
larimisly entering the dwelling house of the Reverend

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Vi. Willlama'. at Malden, mind feloninuskste
therein vaijuo I a: tislet, his property. Jahn
monger, aged 20, was charged with beim! In •Icersiiiii+
before ti .e fact. .The ptintipal evidence against thetii
a• 1114' of the approver, .
S vowel isk.n, s.lio depo Id follgws—l hay*
been nrueight froiii the Hoose of C ,nection at
Kingston. I know all the pio!nets. 1 •aw them, with
the eiception of Holden, at the Si.! LiOgit ReaS Lent'
curet, BoiouAh, on the 10th of y. Begliers then
told me, he had a person •ho would give la for the
hoise 4ud C 4“ belonging to ridden the elder, anti
Asked me if I would go with him and get it. fir
added; that he knew Holden, and that he kert
the Plough at Malden. I said, I was not,accut+

toured to horte stealing, yet I consented tsi ge with
him. I told him, if I went, Ottd and Jarman* should
.ao also, which was agreed tot We all set off early in
the evening, and reached Nlalden about eight o'clock.
lit mien said, when they *ere near Maiden, that he
would not go Ili the Plough for refreshments, es Hol.
den knew him; and it was arranged that I and Jittniae
.iould go there, and Bennett and Bud to the Red Cross.
We had a stock, a centre.bit, a small crow hat, and a
lantern, and several pick-lodt keys; with us. These we
hid in a hedge, about 100 yards from Holden's house.
It was agreed that we should as‘emblc at t' e
where these were bid precisely at 11 dclocknt night.
We rhea parted, and 1. went to Holden's, a here 1 got.
some refreshment. 1 had not been there long belose
Holden the younger entered into converse' ion with me.
Hr told me he knew may face, and asked: my name;.P
said it. was Robert Williams, and he replied he knew
At when I was in Hoe semonger-iane Ga 1 with him.
I 'Old him he was mistaken, woich was the truth. He
a ked me if I -knew two young am) who were trains
sported, named .Tailor arid Bartlett, and whether
c• uld sing the song one of •them used to do ? I said
I mad, and sang it, and afterwards several others,
in a t. theatrical style." . After we had conversed some
I me, he asked sue if l had my tools with me, as if I had
he c, uld put me up •to a job. I asked where it wan?
and he replied, it was at the old parson's close by,
and that if. I would do at, he would give me 61. and
would lend me his father's horse and cart to bring the
goods to London, or he would come with me hirnsa`f.
1 had never seen him bef re to mrrecollection. 1 went
out with him, and after walking about half a mile we
came to the house, which he pointed out to me, and after
telling. me how I.was to manages we returned. I told
him, as we were returning, that I would go . and dolt.
that very night. He then again asked me whether I had
my tools with me? and I told him I. had, and what
they consisted of. He asked me if I knew Bennett? and I
told him I did, and that he was in the neighbourhood.
The prisoner Holden further said, that if I did it, I was
ti tap at his windowf and he would get up and let me
have the horse and cart. He said he would give me
anything if I did it, As Mr. Whams had tiled to nail
him and his Lather ever since the corn job happened. I
had heard previously that old flulde a was *smuggle-,
and that he had .been tried and acquitted at the last
Croydon Assizes on a charge of stealing 16 quarters of
oats. Bennett, when he proposed going after the horse
and cart, had told me that it was likely we might find
11 Di. worth of goods in the stable with the hot se, as that
was the smugglet's plant. I left Holden's house at twelve
n'clock,and found Byd,Bennett,andJarmine,at the place 7.
appointed. 1 told them what had been said aboutMr.Wil-
hams's, and as it was not late enough m go there then,
'A e stayed some time in a farmyard. 01 arriving at
Mr. Williames we got over a pate, and by means of
the cm tre-bit b red its holes in the shutter r f one of the
windows. We then wrenched out the piece with the
crow-bar, and 1 put its myband, and undid t' e fasten.
ings. After collecting to...ether all we could, we am
to Hol, en's house. I proposed calling up young Holden.
but Bennett objected for fear of waking his f toe, ; and
it was agreed we should get the horse and cart out
ourselves, which having dune, we drove ff to Londnn,
and took the propertysto the house of one Simmons, who
is a batter in Petticoat-lane. We had some coffee there,
and afterwards went t.) the Sea Lion, near Ker t street,
1 proposed to send back the boric and ca t hut lima
ett slid be should wish to keep it for the party who was
willing to give 101. for it. . While we trete talkiug on
this subject, .an officer came in, and after qoestioniag
me about a hat and umbrella, part of. the stolen pro-
perty which L.had nen w it..i me, took me into tustody,
and I was sent to Horsemonger-lane Gaol on suspicion
of felony. : • •
This statement was corroborated in many. ef Its parts
by a numberof witnesses.• .

Messrs. ADOLPHUS and CLARKSON appea'red for
younger Holden. The other prisoners had.no Counsel.
A number of witnesses were celled, on the part of
Holden. Among others was his. father, who swore
positively that his son did not leave the house with the
approver on the night of the burglary„ and that
throughout the evening he was only once outside the
house,.and then for . my two minutes.
Mr. Bruin GARMOW summed up with extreme mi•
nuteness..With respect to Ho.den. hi, li.ordship observed,
they had no evidence beyopd that of the approver, and
he.should therefore advise them to acquit him.
The Jury consulted for shout ten mi• u.e,, and then
returned a verdict of Guill against Bennet', Bird, and
Jarmine ; and of not Giatiy against Holden.
The trial lasted fro 11. nine o'clock in the morning till
eleven o'clock At night. • .
J'eler Mown *as found guilty of stealing from the
person .f Thomas Warren, at Epsom, two IW. notes.—
Sentenced to transportatiun for life.

William Lewis. alias itiontagne, a young man of Most ,
respectable appearance, stood- .charged wic4 ste.ling
three silver spoons from the house of Mr. Salmon Henry,
at Lambeth,

The prisoner went. to the hou•e under the pretence of
his ing lodging.. He was• shown into the dining room,
and atter inquiring the ierms, asked for a pen and ink,
that he might put them down. Mrs-Henry retired to
procure them, and •in the mean time the prisoner se•
cteted the spoons. which were Jying on the sideboard.
He was afterwards apprehended with the duplicates in
his possession.'

Verdict—Guilty. Sentenced to seven years' trans..
pot tatinfr.
Num Paws COURT—(Before Lord Trarrraoral).
'ORD v. BELCHER.

The defendant is she late pmprietor of the Castle
Tavern, Holborn, and the present action was brought
in recover the amount f stakes deposited by the plain-
eff la his hands, to abide the issue of a badger fight.—
The stakes were given up by the defendant to the party
in witosc favour the .decisiou of the referee had been
given. The plaintiff now sou&sW impugn the justice
of this decision.

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On the case being railed on.re, ~
t .
• Lord Tawrantiarr, alter ascertaining that it telated
to a bet. ordered it to be stiuck out. observing, that he
was not going to have the time of the Court sasted. or
s dignity impaired, by trying trifling actions about bet'.

JULY 51..—Before Mr. Baron GARROW•
William Pill, Goadman Levi, and Samuel Cratp/itrd,
tvere indicted for stetting boot the person of

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siss.
Donkin, at Moulsey Hurst, two notes for 1001. each,
one for 501. one for 901. one for 201. one for 51. and a
purse containing 4 sovereigns, the property of Richard
Mugginson Donkin, her husband.
Mr. LAW appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Atiotasous for Pitt; Mr. CLARKSON for Levi, and Mr.
RTLAND for Crawford.
Mrs. Mary Donkin gave her evidence as
went to the races at Moulsey Hurst the 25th of March,
in this year, and as I was looking for my husband there,
I met the prisoner Levi, whom I had known fur some
years before; he invited me to drink with him, which I
refused at first, hut I afterwards went with him to a
booth called by the name of the Coach and Horses, and
which he said was kept by a friend of his; I asked to
have something to eat, and in consequence some sand
wiches were brought, which Levi offered to pay for,
but the master of the booth said that he would take no
money from a friend of Levi's; after this I refused to
go any further with Levi, as I had so much money
about me; I had brought this money out.with me be-
cause of the fire in Stamford-street ; I had placed it in
my bosom, where it could not be seen by any body; I
saw Pitt walking to and fro in the booth, and after a
little he asked me if I was seeking my husband, men-
tioning that he was a butcher in the City, and was
acquainted with my husband ; he advised me to
walk higher up on the heath, in order that I might
have a better chance of seeing my husband ; he did not
however distinctly say that I had better walk with
him; I walked with him, however, and we shortly af-
terwards met Levi again, and they appeared to be familiar
with one another; I asked Pitt if he knew Levi, ;se-
cause he was a neighbour of
.mine ; Pitt, on this, asked
me where I lived,and when I t'ld him in the Waterloo-
road, he said that in that case Levi could not be my
neighbour; I told Pitt that I bad to meet my husband
at the White Hart at Hampton, at half-past six, and I
asked Pitt to come and take,a glass of porter with him
before we seperated; we then went into a booth, which
I thought was the same that we were in before, and
while we were there a thimble man came in ; that
thimble man was the prisoner Crawford ; Pitt, and se-
veral others played with him ; the last time they played
was for two sovereigns ; Crawford then asked me to,
play, but I refused, till some one told me that I could
not help winning ; at first I betted five shillings, which
1-lost; laben put my hand into my bosom to take out
a 51. note, which I thought.was the first on the roll
.rof motes, but. in this I sas mistaken, for I took out
a fifty poqud note instead, and gave it to Crawford,
but as soon as (saw nee mistake I asked for it again,
and Pitt said "Come, ill nut have that." Crawford
accordingly returned it; but while I was replacing it,
I perceived-that close conversation was taking place
between Crawford and Pitt. I overheard Pitt say,
" Tom, we shall have a good stakes by and by." In the
Meantime I gave Crawford a 51. note, and he gave me
the chanar, tour sovereigns ef which I put into my
purse. While I was looking at Crawford, Pitt put
his arm round me, and with one hand took away niy
parse, while he thrust the oilier into my bosom, and
got the roil of note,. I instantly turned round and
said " you've robbed me." He walked up the booth,
sod I followed him, saying, " You've got my notes—
you've got my purse; let me go after him." I saw
them in his band as he went out of the booth ;'
Crawford put his foot across my path, and said, " Look
about, Ma'am, and you'll find the notes ; and then
another man sat down upon my lap, and pre-
vented my stirring. At lenth I forced myself horn
them and was going after Pitt, when Levi caught
bold of my arm, and asked me what was the matter? I
told him that they had rubbed me, and he replied," Oh,
it's only.a joke." I asked if he knew Pitt ? and he said
he bad never seen him before; I then got away, and
saw Pitt outside, but he soon disappeared ; immediately
lifter that I met some police officers, and told• them what
. bad happened; they advised me to go to London ima
tnediately, and stop the notes ; Levi and his brother
tut me into a boat, and when I crossed the river I got
a chaise to retnn 40 town. The next morning I went
en the Bank by nine o'clock to stop the notes, and before
Iliad been there many minutes, Pitt came in. When
be saw me, he held out his hand; but I accueed him
of robbiog me, on which he turned to run away. On
my calling oat he was secured, and taken up stairs and
searched, but nothing wasfound upon him. They said
that the man who had tome in with Pitt had the Money ;
and that I had given him an opportunity to escape.
Qn her cress-examination, the witness said that she
had been married sic years, and had always lived with
Tier husband; he was for nine years in Apethecaries'
Hall, and since that had kept a wine vaults in Fieet-
inasket; •she was never taken up on any charge to
Guildhall, nor does she remember that she ever raid any.
. money to the parish clerk of St. James's f .r keeping a
disorderly houie; she had once been at Marlborough-
street about a dispute which had taken place in her
house; there was do one in Con, t that knew she bad the
notes in her possession ; she had them from a broker who
was since dead; about two months before receiving
them she pawned her watch, and had the duplicate
of it in her purse. When she was at Moulsey, she
was (vice sober: On this point the witness was
pressed very warmly by all the Learned Gentlemen
a..a7ed against her, and she confessed to drinking
• porter, ale, and brandy, but still persisted that she
was quite sobet. She would out take upon herself
to deny that she had introduced Pitt, whom she saw
that day -tor the fist time, as her brother; but she
had no recollection of the iact. She did not tell the
Magistrates that the Officers laughed at her; but
they certainly would not believe that she had lost
so much money, She did not, .befne the .Magis-
trate-, make -ny chi r'e against Levi; and site would
not spear thetLevi had not advised her te goys* Bank
and stop the notes. In coming back to town. she,
lay down oa the floor of the chair, but that was from
iUuess, and not from irsoxication. She did latterly.
snake a charge against Crawford, but not at first ;:rdie
went to Fairlop.Fair, and saw him with the thimbles!
there. W.hsu he Saw her be ran off, but he was,putsural
sad overtaken ; she had the money uoknown. to .her
husband. and slower she went opt.she used to take
the money out with her in her bosom.—The.seitness
appeared generally very disieclined to ansexceahe ques-
tions put to her, and the-Learned Judge animadverted
frequently on her anwillingness.
Grossrnith, the police officer, stated, that he was et
• Fairlop fair, ten days after the Hampton Rates; Craw-
ford was.pointed out to him by Mrs. Dookia, as oneot
the oleo who had been concerned in robtriog.her. This
evidence was ccniobrated by another officer, and the
ease tot the ptosecution closed.
On the prisoners being called on for their defence,
Pitt moldy declared that he was innocent, and Craw-
ford did the same, accusing Mrs. Donkin of great
im-
ropritty of behaviour while in the both. Levi entered
into the whole history of his meeting with Mrs. Donkin
- race ground, and said, that while he was in her
company, she was decidedly intoxicated.
William Hill, the driver of the fly in which Mrs.
Dean retailsd Cu t )wn, stated, that when she got IMO

the fly she appeared to be something the worse for.'
liquor, and lay at the bottom of the carriage; he did
not choose to tell her husband (who asked him) that she
was drunk, but in his opinion she was very far gone.
-- Gardner, another driver of a fly, also spoke to
the intoxication of Mrs. Donkm; on which
Mr. LAW slid, that he thought he could riot carry the
prosecution any further; and the Learned 11.sooN having
,expressed his concurrence in that opinion, th'e Jury
acquitted all the prisoners.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LINCOLN, JuLY 29.
Before Mr. Sergeant D'Onte. .
RAPE.

John Datvzox was indicted for having, on the 15th of
October, 1827, feloniously assaulted Mary Coney, and
being present, aiding, and assisting William Robinson
feloniously to ravish Mary Coney, at the parish of.
Owersby, in this aunty.
Mary Coney stated, that she was at the feast of
Owersby on the 15th of October last; she was at ,
public house there; several persons were present, but
she could not say that the prisoner was there; there
was a dance,and about eleven o'clock she lett the house
to go home; upon her getting up, a man in a whit:7
smock-frock said he would walk home with her;
said that she did not want bis company, and went out;.
he followed her, and then she returned; whenever she
rose to go home the same man still followed he•r; she
asked a neighbour, who was present, to go home with
her, but he was fresh, aad laughed at her ; at leni;th
she walked towardi home, and was overtaken by two
men; one of them threw her down (witness here de-
scribed the nature and extent of the felony imputed to
the prisoner, as required by law); while she was lying
on the ground, two men came up. One of them then
conk hold of one leg, and the second of the other : she
lay then until a man came up, and assisted her to get
up; she was very faint, and the man helped her home.
In cross-examinati,so, she said it was very late ; there
were many persons about ; she did not see the prisoner
there to know him.

From the testimony of two other witnesses, it appeared
that the principal, Robinson (who has nr t been appre-
hended), was interrupted and pulled from the woman
before he had completed the crime charged in the in
dictment ; and the Learned Judge, under these circum-
stances, having previously conferred with Mr. Clinton,
wbo was Counsel for the prosecution, directed the Jul y
to find the prisoner Not Guilty—and that verdict was
immediately returned.

William Draper was indicted for a similar offence,
committed on the sth of this month, at the parish of
Clay pole, in this county, upon the person of Esther
Squires.
Esther Squires, a girl of pleasing appearance, and
peculiarly modest deportment, said—that on the day
'in question she was returning from the market of
Newark. She had been there to sell some butter for her
mistress; on her return home, she asked John H :p•
kinson, a man whom she had known, if he had
seen a waggon going in the direction of Claypole?
He said Mr. Shield's waggon, of Frieston, had Just
gone on, and if she male h iste she would overtake it ;
she ran on as fast as she could, and came up to the
waggon, which the prisoner was driving ; upon reaching
it she asked the prisoner it he would let her tide? He
asked her how far she was going, and she told him,
Raid he then helped her to get into the waggon; nese
were some boards in the waggon, and prisoner three
or four times got into the waggon to shift them; at last
when he got in, he threw her down; she cried out, and
threw his whip from the waggon, thinking he would
stop to take it. He called to h►s horses and stopped
them, as soon as she told him that his whip was gone;
the horses stopped just beside a field where beans were
growing ; she screamed " murder!" but he continued
his •iolence towards her, and at length effected his
purpose; when he had accomplished his purpose, he
jumped from the waggon, and walked beside it; she
'got down at a close, which led to Mr. Roberts's house;
a man assisted her to get from the waggon, and carried
her bundle; when she got home, her mistress said,
" Well, you've got home in good time to-day, I hope
you ode e. witness said, " Yes, and it would be better
for me if I had never rode;" her mistress said, " was
the man impudent to you ?" and witness replied, " he
had been," and in the course of the evening she told
her mistress what had occurred.

In the course of a long cross•esamination, she said
that the road was a public road; she had not spoken
to any person while riding in the waggon; not certainly
to any one about the price of butter. She continued to
ride in the waggon atter this had cccurred ; she had
thrown the whip from the waggon, because she thought
that while the prisoner was engaged in fading it, she
naigi t jump from the waggon.

The part of the prosecutor's story. which her mistress
was capable of corroborating, was fully corroborated.
For the defence several witnesses were called. The
owner of the may bean•field between Newark and Clay-
pole, said he saw the waggon pass at the hour of two
o'clock, and the,prisoner was walking beside it. No
scream was heard by him; and bad these been any, he
must have heard it.

In cross-examination, he said he knew Mr. Shield's
waggon; h r he had the be%t team on the road, and he
was in the habit of seeing it every week.
The Learned RIM' left it the Jury ti say whether
they could, under such circomaances, s. fcly convict the
prisoner of a charge of this serious nature? -
The Jury returned a verdict of not Guilty.

FEMALE HORS, STEALER.

Frqqcga Stephenson, aged 21, a single woman, was
iimiicted for stealing a bay mare, the property of E.
Lindsay., of Raitiaby, in this county.
Mr. Fun conducted the prosecution, and Mr.Warrre.
,
uu.aar the sleferice.
It apPeared from the evidence in support of the pro-
secution, trait, the prisoner had lived in the service of
'Mr.Lindsay, an elderly farmer, until about three months
! age, when he discharged her.. At about 8 o'clo:k on
the murrain 4 'Kiss ay, the 19th inst. (on which day
the prosecutor muse the mare from his stable), the
prisoner bad her is her possession at Holrord, a vii.
gage about six or seven miles from Raithby, and
there employed a man, named Greenfield, to take
her tea seighboutiog market and sell her, giving him
to un'derstand that she belonged to a Mr. Taylor, of
Astley, who availed himself of "a moonshine flit" to
dispose of, her, to prevent her front falling into the hands'
of his creditors. Greeo‘eld sold her tar El. 10s. h'ut to
avoid any risk, the puraaser paid the money into the
hands of a publican in ibe town, who was to retain it until
he ascertained whether or not she was properly disposed
of. The prosecutor, in the mean time, procured the
, assistance of a constable,_ who succeeded in finding
the mare, sod the prisoner was apprehended for the
felony. In hercitfence she declared that the prosecutis
had taken famtliarities with her person, in consequence
of %hid' she was at present mow, and that he had
soade her a present of the mare in return for the favours
he had sec:lead of her. The prosecutor swore must
positively that he had Gaither given liar the mart' nor'

ewer taken the slightest liberty with bet in his lift. She
tepeatedly asseited that he had.
The Jury, alter some hesitation, retuned a verdict
Hof civilly, but recommended the prisoner to mercy.—
Judgment of death was recorded.
The other cases tried to-day were uninteresting.