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!Which was in truth the crime of which she 4apd been
guilty, he proceeded to call his witnesses to prove
the fact.
As the circumstances of this case have already ap-
peared before the public, in a detailed report of an
exam nation before the Lord Mayor, it may be con:
sidered unnecessary that we should enter into a
repetition of them now, we shall therefore cOnfine our-
selves to a simple detail of the facts.
Thomas Dellow—The child who was stolen, is
an infant but three years of age, the son of indus-
trious but poor parents, in the vicinity of London
Bridge. On Monday the 18th of November, he, to-
gether with his sister, 5 years of age, were sent by
their mother, who was in the last stage of pregnancy,
to.an Old 'tomtit named Cox, who keeps a fruiterer's
shop in St.Martin'adane, Cannon-street, in order that
she might take care of them. At about half-past 10
that morning, a lady, genteelly dressed, came into
Mrs. Cox's shop, to purchase s ,me apples. The old
woman who was then nursing the children,.put them
down, and proceeded to serve her customer with
what she wanted, who seemed to pay particular at-
tention to the children, and gave them each one of
the apples she had been buying. A young woman
coming in just at the moment for soma potatoes,
Mrs: Cox's attention was diverted from the children,
and it was not till about five minutes afterwards that
she missed them. She instantly went in search .of
them, and after some trouble, met the little
turning towards•herhouse, with a little plumb-cake
and an apple-in her band. She asked her where her
brother woe and the child said the lady, meaning
the lady that had been in Mrs. Cox's shop, had sent
her home, and had said she would take her: brother
to his mother. • Inquiry, however, soon proved this,
story to be false, and the .whole family being alarmett
• at the circumstance, they all went different ways,'
and some learnt that a lady and the two children had
been seen to go into Mrs: Snare's, the pas:ry-cook's
shop on Fish-street-hill. Hither proceeded the dis-,
tracted parents, and there they learnt that their child,
whose dress was exactly described, together with his
lit& sister, had been there in company with a lady,
dressed in a blue- cloth c10.,k trimmed with fur, a •
straw hat, and a blue flower, who had purchased -
four penniesworth of buns. It was also ascertained
that the same lady had taken the boy to Messrs.
Payton and Co. a hatter's, on Fish-street-hill, where
she seemed in a great hurry, and bought for, him a
hat and feather, for which she .paid ids. ; here all
struaetccst
tool' theischild days
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the uwnerecle loofst.thelnchtind hreehe
l)xisuro..r, who bad been detected in stealing an_inf ant
tan some former cecasion, lived in Trafalgar-place,
Lock's Fields, and ths ish e wore a blne cloak and
blae featheror flower. in her hat. To her lodging he
went, in company with an oflicer, but will nut able,
!ter considerable finesse, to find any proof confirma-
tb.ry df his suspicion, that she was the kidnapper of
nephew. He proposed to her, however, that she
ould accompary him to the pastry-cook's on Fish-
atreet-hill, to which she agreed with apparent readi-
tress, and on going there one of the shopwomen im-
., mediately pronotiaced her to be the woman who had
brought the childreruo that shop, and a shopsvoman
in the hatter's shop in like manner said, she verily
believed her to be-the woman who had purchased the
hat for the child, on the 18th of November. It also
appeared, that the lit.le girl, the sister of the infant
stolen, poinied out the prisoner from amongst eight
other women at Union Hall, as the person who had
bought her the cakes, and taken away her brother.
'I hese facts having all been proved in evidence,
Mr. GURNEY, on the part of the prisoner, called
her landlady, who positively swore she bad nut quit-
ted her house on Monday, the 18th of November.—
She also deposed, that she never saw the prisoner at
any time with a blue cloak in her possession.
• In these facts she was supprhted by Mrs. Wright,
who saw the prisonerentheday inquestionatherlodg-
ings before: one o'clock, when, from her appearance,
having been ill, she was convinced she had nut been
out of the house.
To these witnesses were added a considerable num-
ber of persons, who all spoke in the most flattering
terms of the character of the prisoner, who it seems
is wife to a Surgeon in the Navy. •
The RECORDER then summed up the evidence with
great. ability and impartiality. He observed, that
• the only proof against the prisoner was, her identity,
and he called upon the Jury, this being the only eta-
dence of her guilt, to consider maturely whether, as '
had often been the case before, the witnesses might
not be mistaken ? If they had a doubt, the character
as well as the alibi she had proved should induce them
to lean to the merciful side. If, on the contrary, they
were satisfied most clearly that she was guilty of the
crime that was imputed to her, their verdict, however
paini:ll, should be to that effect.
The Jury, after a short consultation, acquitted the
prisoner.
The Court leis so thronged with females, that in
several instances they were carried out in a state of
insensibility. The trial lasted from five until nine
o'clock.
The following prisoners were convicted of felony,
viz. Thomas Weston, for stealing certain tokens,
value 20s. ; Ann Powell, for stealing a shawl ; and
Elizabeth Tibbles, for stealing four yards of serge.

Commursow.—To preserve the constitution from i
diseases and disabilities, is of the greatest importance.
We cannot but lament how many suffer their consti- I
Lotions to decay merely from motives of delicacy :
afflicted with a secret disorder, yet afraid to discover
it, they allow themselves gradually to sink into the
grave. To rescue such persons from a premature
death, and to give relief to the afflicted in all diseases
of the human frame, Dr. LAMERT, jun. steps for-
ward to assure them, that in all the following ditor-
ders, impurities in the blood, generally comprehended 1,
under the four following heads, viz. Scrophula,
Scurvy, Gout, and Dropsy, for which he has reme-
dies that have never yet tailed of success: his practice
and knowledge are so extensive that those who suffer
`from them may rely on a certain and speedy cure,
by applying at the Dispensary. It is advisable, that"
all who are afflicted will make immediate applica-
tion, as the earlier the disease is attended to the
sooner it can be removed.—Dr. LAMERT, jun. may
be consulted at Isis Dispensary, No. 36, High-street,
Borough, from ten in the morning till eight in the
ievening :if by letter, post paid.—Medicines sent to
any part of the kingdom.

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MIDDLESEX G.

J. Puingos and IV. H. Wilton were indicted for pick-
ing the pocket of W. Reader, Esq. the Barrister. It
appeared, from the evidence of Mr. Reader and that
of his son, that on the evening of the 28th tilt. their
notice was attracted by two men standing in Fea-
therstone-buildings, who appeared to be looking hard
at them, and, that when they got into Red Lion-
street, one of the prisoners made a full stop, whilst
the oilier came up close behind Mr. Reader, sen. who
felt a sudden jeric•at his pocket, and saty his pocket
handkerchief lying upon the ground. He attempted
to seize the robber, who, with his companion, ran off;
the one down Bedford-street, and the other into Hand.
court. The two Mr. Readers ran after them, trying,
" Stop thief !" when one of them was stopped by a
watchman, and taken to Eagle-street watch-house,
whilst the other was pursued by Mr. Reader, jun.
into Holborn, and was at length knocked down by
him, secured, and taken to St. Giles's watch-house.
The prisoner who Was taken to Eagle-street watch-
house denied the charge; and expressed indignation
that he should be stopped, he having pursued the
real robber, with a view of securing him. He de-
scribed the person he had been pursuing as having a
chip hat on, white stockings, and light breeches.
During these proceedings Mr. Reader went to St.
Giles's watch-house, where he found his son, and the
other prisoner iu custody.—Upon examining the
deaths of the person secured, they precisely answer-
ed those described by the man first taken. The Jury
found them both Guilty ; and the Court sentenced
them to two years imprisonment insNewgate.

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MALICIOUSLY SPIOOTINO.

J. Dixon was indicted for maliciously shooting at
Mrs. Earl, in the parish of Clerkenwell. The prose-
cutrix had been frequently annoyed hy the prisoner's
discharging loaded pistols at and about her house
after nightfall. She had frequently remonstrated
with him, and intreated him to desist, in pity to lief
husband, who was confined by illness. However;
on the evening of the day mentioned in the indict!,
ment, the defendant dischatged a loaded pistol, ap-
parently with intent to injure the prosecutrix, she be-
ing then sitting in her room, and directly opposite the
window through which the piece was discharged
she, however, escaped unhurt, but the contents of the
pistol had broken the glass, which was scattered in dif-
ferent directions, as was also a part of the frame
work. A little girl, daughter of the prosecutrix) had
only a minute before left a chair immediately under
the window. The prosecutrix then took out a war-
rant for the apprehension of the prisoner, and when
Wood, the Officer, went to serve it upon him, the
prisoner threatened to shoot him if he came near him,
and the Officer was obliged to'burst open the cl-cor of
a room in which he had taken shelter: The moment
he entered, the prisoner presented a horse-pistol, and
sweet he would shoot h:m. Wo(ld, however, pushed
the weapon on one side, and secured his man. The
pistol was afterwards examined, and was found to
contain at: ounce and a half of shot. _

The Court, finding the evidence of so serious a
complexion, were of opinion that this was a case very
fit for a higher Tribunal ; and after some consulta-
tion, directed the prisoner to be acquitted of the as-
sault, but ordered him to be detained, to take his
trial under Lord Ellenborouglo Act, at the Old
Bailey.

Jane Spinks, a pretended prophetess, was yesterday
committed for trial for defrauding Ann Morrell of
three pounds and her apparel, under pretence of tell-
ing her fortune.
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PROVINci BoxING.•—A sangu'rtary- battle was
fought on Beechy Common, about five miles from
Dorchester, on Wednesday, for 50 guineas a side, be-
tween Henry Johnson, a miner, from Somcrsetshire,
and Wm. Thorn, a scientific man, of notoriety at fisty
cuffs. Captain Hicks backed Thorn, and Mr. Varley
the trainer. During the first fifteen minutes of the
fight the science Thorn possessed gave him a decisive
advantage, by hitting his antagonist flush on the head
right and left. Weight, added to extreme gluttony,
however, were ultimately successful. On the first
symptoms of weakness exhibited by Thorn, he was hit
about the body until Ire was to all appearance lifeless,
and when he resigned he was unable to support him-
self. Several hundred spectators were present.
PEDESTRIANISM. —A gentleman residing in Air,
street, Piccadilly, undertook on Thursday morning
for a wager of a hundred guineas, to go on foot from
Knightsbrige to Maidenhead Thicket and return, a
distance of-fifty-four miles, in eleven successive hours.
He did seventeen miles in three hours and ten mi-
nutes, and after eating part of a chicken and taking
a glass of Madeira, he arrived at the Thicket in ten
minutes less than half the given time, bur he lagged
at Smallbury-green on his return, and broke down at
Hammersmith, when lie had three, miles to perform
in seventeen minutes.

The stage of the new Theatre, Drury-lane, is al-
ready laid, and the main walls a•i!l soon appear above
the paling. They are faced with Portland stone.

Beautiful White Teeth may be regarded as one of
the greatest blessings Providence can bestow, without
which the finest formed face is imperfect; inattention
to the teeth and gums is the principal cause of an
offensive breath.—Bumta's VEGETABLE. Itr-sTon.t.
'JIVE Toorti POWDER is' a most elegant and certain
remedy for all diseases of the teeth and gums ; its
particular qualities are not simply confined to clean-
sing the teeth, but will preserve them in the highest
state of perfection; it will render them beautifully
white, fasten such as may be loose, and restore them
to their original purity, entirely eradicate the scurvy
in the gums, cause them to adhere close and firm to
the teeth, render them of a healthful red, and the
breath delicately sweet, relieve and cure the most
excruciating tooth-ach, gum-biles, and swelled face.
—Sold wholesale and retail at Mr. Butler's, 4, Cheap-
side, corner of Paternoster-row; and retail by Belam

and Sharp, Portsmouth; Hall and Johnson, Gosport;
A Ilnutt, Weston, Mallory and Jones, Portsea ; 'new,
man, Exeter ; Cookworthy, Glenville, Gilbert and
Holland, Plymouth ; Newbury, Dublin; Baxter and
M'Donald, Glasgow ; Smith, Manderston, Scott and
Cargil, Edinburgh ; Crutwell, Bath ; Ross and Peck,
Hull ; Gregson and Mine, Liverpool ; Stains and
Lynch, Manchester ; Bowen, Norwich ; Knott and
Lloyd, Birmingham ; Gregory, Brighton ; Edwards
and Penny, Liverpool ; and of most respectable Me-
dicine Venders in the United Kingdom, it) Boxes at
2s. 9d. each.

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-;VARA'ETS.

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01SPECT01t'S RETURN AT UXBAitiCt,
Wheat perload COI. —I. to 321. Os.
New ditto 061. Os. to 301. 101.
Barley, per quarter 435. —d. to 495. —d.
Oats 325. —d. to sus. —d.
Beaus /us. to tisp. —d.
Ityo 445. —d. to 525.
Peas 608.--d. to 66.. —4l
SMITHFIELD MARKET.—Doeember 6.
Beef 4s Od to Ss 6d Veal 51 0.1 to 61 Od
Mutton Ss Orto his Od Pork Ss Od to 6s. Ud
litAo,oll CA 111. t TIIIS DAY.
Beasts, aboot.lolo7Sheep and Lambs, 6,200.

Calves, 110—Piss, 230.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALI. MARKET.
Beef 3s 8d to 4s 8d Veil S 9 01 to 6s sd
Mutton 4s 4d to ss. 4d Pork Ss Od
PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW.
ST. JAMES'S. WIIIT[CIIAPEL.
41. 10s. to 61. •435. Hay 41. 10a. to 6s. Os.
21. Ss. to 21. 17s. Clover GI. 10s. to 71. 19s.
Straw 21!„ 2.5. to 9.1. 10s.
PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW IN SMITHFIELD.
Hay 41 Os to 51 104 New Clover 61 Os to 61 lip
New Hay 01 Os to 01 Cs Wheat Straw 21 Os to 21 168
PRICE OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH MARKET.
Bags. Pockets.
Kent 41 6s to GI 10s Kent 41 104 to 71 159
Sussex 41 Os to 61 Os Sussex 41 Os Ps GL 104
Yearlings—Kent, Bags 41. Os. to Si. 10s.
Ditto Pocket., 51. Os. to 61. 6s.

PRICE OF LEATHER IN LEADENHALL MARKET.
Butts 214,23 id Calf Skins' 30.1 34d I
Ditto 244 26d Ditto 884:1 42.1
Merchants' Backs 20.1,92 d Ditto 36d 40d 1
Dressing Hides 161,1 18t1 Small Seals 2s 9d to 2s lid
Fine Coach Hides 18.1 19d Large ditto 1101 160 s
Crop Hides for cutt. 16d it3id Tanned Horse Hides 14d 20d
Ditto I9d 234 Goat Skins 241 621
PRICE OF TALLOW.
St. James's Market 43 lld Town TAU
Clare Market 4s 1 lid Yellow R9Mt
Whitechapel Market 43 91 White ditto
per stone of gib. ----m Soap ditto
143 74d Melting Stuff
Average 4s 1044. Ditto rough
Graves Ws ud. Good Dregs 91 Od.
Yellow Soap, 928 Mot t led, 1021—Cerd, 106s.—Palm, 925.
Price of (Indio, per dozen, 12s CA—Moulds, 131 61.

ass ed
77* od
76. 17d
75s od
68s od
40s ud

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COAL-MARKET, Dec sst sift 6.
Ships at, Market • Sold Prices.
5111 Newcastle 4s SOs 6d to 529 ed
1 Stone - 0 00.. Od. t• Os. Od.
9 St. David's 2 70s Od to oos. qd.
2 Culm . 1 48s. Od. to 00s.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Patenni), 12.1 Pence per oz.
Leghorn, 58
Genoa, 54
Venice, n. C. 52 Liv. Piccolo
effective per!. stet.
Naples, 411
Lisboa, 68
Oporto, 67i
I Effect. Dublin, 9
45i Effect. Cork, 9,/,
Affect. Jew Dollars, 6s. lid.
Rio Janeiro 67, Malta 59, Gibraltar 39i.
New Doubloons, £4 14s. 6d. Silver lo bars per oz. Os. Od.
Portugal Gold in Coin £4 14s. 6d.

Amsterdam, 29 0 2, U
Ditto at sight, 28 It)
Rotterd‘m, c. f. 9 0 $ U
Hamburgh, 24 6 2t U.
Altona, 24 7 2 U
Paris 1 day's da. 18 1 Liv.
Ditto, e Us. IS S
Bourdcaux, do. 18 6
Madrid,
Cadiz,
Bilboa

°trona, November SO.—The second best priceof a bushel Of
Wheat war 14s. 9d. according to wkich price, and a due allow-
ance made to the baker, the assize and plea of bread are as fol-
low, viz. The peck loaf, household. to weigh 171 b. 6 oz. 4s. 13d.
The halt peck, 21 4d. and the smaller 111 proportion.
At the Dumfries annual cattle muket, on Wednes-
day se'nnight, there was a large shew of tat beasts ;
the demand quick, with good prices. Beasts in good
condition maintained their demand and price. Lean
beasts in general were not much sought after.—
This also being Jackie': Day and Jennie': Day, or
the Servants Jubilee, there appeared on the streets a
larger and more elegant shew of rural beaux and belles
than ever was remembered. The day was fine, and
was spent with the greatest pleasantry and cheerful-
ness, and the evening closed the scene with sociality
and good humour.

The Grand Lodge of Scotland, consisting of the
Masters of Edinburgh Lodges, and Representatives
of Lodges from the country, assembled in the Free-
masons-hall of Scotland,- on Saturday the 30th ult.
being the anniversary of St. Andrew, and proceeded
to the election of Grand Office-bearers for the ensuing
year, when the following were unanimously chosen :
His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, Grand Master
Mason, and Patron of the Order for Scotland.
The Right Hon. and Most Worshipful James Earl of Rosi-
lyn, Acting Grand Mister under his Royal Highness.
The Right lion-and Right Wurshipful Robert Lord Viscount
Duncan, Acting Grand Master Elect under his Royal
Highnesu
William Ingl s, Esq. Acting Substitute Grand Master under
his Royal Highne4s.
Sir James Gardiner Baird, of Saughtonhall, Ban. Senior Grand
Warden.
Richard Wharton Duff, Esq. of Ortown, Junior Grand Warden
Sir Johu Hay, of Smithfield and Hayston, Bart. Treasurer.
Rev. Dr. John Lee, Grand Chaplain.
W m. Guthrie and Alexander Lawrie, Esqrs. Grand Secretaries.

James Bertram, Esq. Grand Clerk.
There was no public procession ; but the Brethren
met in Freemasons-hall on Monday to celebrate the
festival of .St. Andrew, the Right Hon. the Earl of
ROSSLYN, acting Grand Master, in the chair.
The value of Dr. FREEMAN'S GUTTA SALIITARIS
has been so lonk proved, that nothing of the present
day can bear a competition with it, in all the diffe-
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cures and eradicates from the habit, without exciting
the painful feelings and exposure that attends saliva-
tion—without debilitating the constitution in any de.
gree, or even requiring confinement from business or
restriction of diet. Ihe radical viruses of these Ines-,
timable Drops have proved their claim to public ap.
probation for more than 30 years. In all the debility
of both sexes they prove a never-failing restorative—
whether the debility is produced by too free use of
mercury, by illicit pleasures, or the effects of a warm
climate To travellers and those going abroad, they
cannot be recommended too strongly, as they will re-
ceive a safe, speedy, and complete cure, in all old;
stulsborn gleets, and every weakness that affects the
bladder and organs of urine. By its efficacy many I
women have become mothers, who for many years 1
had been deprived of that happiness.—Sold wholesale
and retail, at Mr. Butler's, No. 4, Cheapside, corner
of Paternoster-row ; and retail, by Belam and Sharp,
Portsmouth ; Hall and Johnson, Gosport ; Allnutt,
Weston, Mallory, and Jones, Portsea; rrewman,l
Exeter ; Cookworthy, Glenville, Gilbert, and Hox-
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donald, Glasgow; Smith, Manderston, Scott, and
Cargill, Edinburgh; Crutwell, Bath ; Ross and Peck)
Hull ; Gregson and Billinge, Liverpool ; Stains and
Lynch, Manchester ; Bowen, Norwich ; Knott and
Lloyd, Birmingham • Gregory, Brighton ; Edwards
and Penny, Liverpool; and moat Medicine Venders,
in bottles, at 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d. & 225.

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