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London, England, 1827-09-29 00:00:00

he observed neteral firemen selling some of the property, Which con.
Arid of feather beds, carpets, &c. which had been partially COIN.
.tonied, and being informed that the goods had been given to theta
by Mr. Fairbrother. he bought a lot for I as.
The Deputy Foreman. to the Imperial Insurance onithiny,,4l
he was on duty on the night of the fire. and alter collecting
goods together, he informed Mr. Fairbrother th.t the men wont/
leave the premises that evening, and Mr. Art...caber then selected
some feathers and a carpet. which be pee to the firemen, that tact
might have something to drink. The goods and premises were
insured in the Albion and other Insurance (Mee, —Mr. Fait.
brother said be had not given the men an unqualified penoissiessi
sell the property.
Gllivrirn said he could not carry the case any fvrther,
ht
consequence of the explanation Nathan bad given, and the matter
therefore ended, the feathers, &c. remaining in the possession of
the Jew.

QUIERN-SQUARE
Richard Alen, a lamplighter employed at Putney Bridge, wit
charged with robbing the drawer of the tollhouse. eophia C‘snis4,
the daughter of one of the toll collectors, stated that uo Tends
she saw the prisoner trying to open the drawer containing them
with a key ; he instantly left that drawer acrd went to the
pretending that be wanted some lamp.cuttoo ; she comnisnica
the circumstance to Inir father, who stated that the mi,,,ser h
been employed at the bridge for sonic years; be 1124 fix. a cos.
-siderable length of these missed several small sums of mousy
from the drawers. On being infotnied Of the pri,oner. attempt
by his daughter, he the nett night counted out 71 in silver, and put
it in the drawer before the priioner came to the toll-house tar ha
cotton ; after he was gone oat he counted the money, and friend
32. short. Mr. Chasmore, son to the clerk of the bridge, on beut
informed of the circumstance, the next day put 96. into the drawer
precious to the prisoner's arrival, and en his departure be counted
and found its. ed. maw. He directly had the primate apirehended.
—Fully committed.
LA M BET H-ST BEET.
Ettlions Weedasest and Haul Burliest were brought up, is pa.
Cody of Norris, as caner of this esciblishmenr, and placed at the
Las before Sir DANIEL WILLIAMS, charged with the commission Of
a variety of felooks.—Norris stated that he had been lately is.
formed of their haunt, and he in con.cquence proceeded thither,
accompanied by fibelewell, a brother officer, and on 'smelling Mem,
found oa dick persons twelve duplicates, all for watches, whirl
he doubted not, had been stolen. Norris further said, that on the
night previous to the prisoners apprehension, he beard from the
„quarter from whence he bad his information, that the gang had no
less than five watches in their possession, the fruits et that day's
work, and on making inquiries at some of the pawnbrokers where
the goods were found, beard that the same per.oas who bad pledged
the watches had also pawned several quadrants, telescopes, and
ether mathematical Instruments. They are remanded for farther
examination until Thursday next.
UNION-HALL.

A young man, named Ford, dressed in a very peculiar manner,
with a cockade of fancy ribbons in his bat, presented himself before
the Magi , and applied for some relief, saying he was in great
distreu—ln answer to the Magistrates questiou be reprewated
that be had been roving abouipthe country for a length of time—
that he wu formerly an apprentice to a linen draper at Leominster,
and had left that employment and enlisted is the 54th foot. His
brother, who keeps an academy, had porehand his discharge, sal
since that period be was constantly in trouble.
Mr. Bern—What did you leave the regiment for ? you via
I have been provided for.
Ford—l did not mach like the business of a soldier; they were
too strict for me, so I bought out.
Mr. Hosea—You most apply for relief at the Office in the district
where you slept last night.
Ills friends, it appeared, ate respectable. He was assisted Mil
a trifle, and left the Office.
WO R Sl] IPST R ERT.

Canoga Cane.--Yesterday morning Mr. SmootMU gee
decision in the following case, under the Tstupike Act, between
Mr. Davis, the lessee of tolls, and Mr. Bennet, a leachinaker, ohs
was summoned for nonpayment of a certain toil.
Mr. Bennet resides in Woeshipstreet, within a short disbace
of the toll-bar, neat Cithos-etrust. On the occasion in ques-
tion be drove in a single horse anise through the gate and m
toll was then demanded, as he bad not pissed 100 yuds 'keg
the road of that trust. Having passed the bar be turned snout
Clifton-street, proceeded round into Bkhopegate.steret, ad
about half an hour returned to his own house through Wanlip
street. In the latter part of his route be entered tips the
complainant's trust, nearly opposite the Curtain-road, but the is.
lance from that part to his own residence is still less than webs.
dyed yards, and he claimed an exemption from toil under thr Act,
' on the ground that he had not at one time passed a distance of KO
yards along the road of that trust. The lessee, on the other hand,
contended that he was Noble to the toll, th*distance front Inshore
to the gate, and from the point where he entered the road the if:-
coed time to his house being together about 190 yards.
The Msouraave decided that the distance of ene hundred yuh
must be a passage of that distance on the road at one time*,
and could not be made up of parts of that distance performed a
different times. The defendant, therefore, was not liable toil
toll demanded.—The case was accordingly dismissed.