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wnsTmixsTEß sEssioNs, JANUARY 9.

REMOVAL OF "lIIE PRINCE REGENT'S DUST.
THE KING V. LAWRENCE.
This was an arpe tl against a conviction which
took place before Roamer BAKER. Esq. at Marlbo-
rouugh-street Police-office, on the 17th of November,
under Michael Angelo Taylor's Metropolitan Pav-
ing Act, which imputed to the defendant, that he,
not being the regular person commissioned to remove
the dust from the houses in the parish of St. James,'
\Vestminster, did, on the 17th of November, surrep-
titio•isly remove a quantity of dust in a cart drawn
by two horses, from Carlton-house, the residence of.
his Royal highness the Prince Regent.
It was argued that Carlton-house was a Royal Pa-
lace, and that it was not, therefore, within the mean-
ing (.1. the Act. On the other side it was maintained
that the question was -not, whether Carlton-house
1‘ as within the meaning of the Act or not, but whe-
ther Lawrence had a right to remove the dust ? It
was said he h:d not, because the right and benefit
of it belonged to the Commissioners of the Parish,
%silo never aud orized Lawrence to t tke it away. _ _

The Bench :hen consulted for some time, and if
was qtii%t evident that there was a diversity of opi-
nion amongst them.
Sir N. CONANT thought the record could not be
supported.
The CHAIRMAN ordered th opinion c.f the Peach
to be taken, when there appeared to be a majority in
favour of the conviction b6ng quashed.—Quashed
accordingly. The CHAIRMAN and two other Magis-
trates were against it.
Mr. ANDREWS said the case would be heard of
again ; it would not rest here.

MANSION HoUSE.—tOBBENV.—A case which has
excited considerable interest, on account of the re-
spectability aid hitherto unimpeachable character of
the accused party, was on Saturday finally investi-
gated before the LOUD MAYOR. Lewis Abrahams, a
young man alf considerable eminence among the
more repectable part of the community of Jews, and
keeping a merchant's counting-hou.,e in Chamomile-
street, in the City, was charged with stealing a chest
of ready made shoes, containing 121. pair. value £3B
and upwards, the property of Mr. IVilliam Cooper
Goch, of Kettering, Northamptonshire. This was
the fourth examination of the prisoner, and the office
on each day was crowded, chiefly with his numerous
friends. Sarah Tag; a fine-looking young woman
(whom we understood to he in Ole service of the pri-
soner), was charged as a parliceps criminis. The
facts of the case were these :—Edward Warner, a
carman, s.,ate,l, that on the 23d of December last, he
loaded his cart with eight chests of shoes, from the
house of Mr. Hulbert, and was conveying them
through Finsbury-square, in the afternoon of the day
mentioned, when he observed a man run towards the
cart, and seize ore of the chests. He immediately
shouted out an alarm, and the thief threw clown his
booty, and escaped. Upon replacing the chest, how-
ever, he discovered that another had been previously
stolen from the cart. Mr. Hulbert deposed to having
superintended the packing of the eight cases of shoes
for Mr. Goch, ar before stated. Both prixnet s were
then fully committed for trial.
HATTON GARDEN.—Saturday, a ferocious-looking
fellow, of the name of Dagley, was brought to this
Office in custody of Dearing and Jackson, two of the
officers of the Society for the Suppression of Mendi-
city, upon a charge of vagrancy. It appeared by the
testimony of the officers, that he had been found
knocking and begging from door to door in Guild-
ford-street,ceededhlb rainndgianbgsohliumteilnytroefthuseinogstocc. moveTh ferofamathoef
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apprehended he made a stout resistance, and endea-
voured to wound the officers, who, however, suc-
ntOSnE:onlig
was about to commit him for seven days, to the
House of Correction, when Mr. Blundell requested,
on behalf of the Society, that the prisoner might be
examined as to his settlement. The usual inquiries
having been made as to his residence and place of
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The worthy Magistrate reminded
ces.of thus persisting in hie obsm
s tinh icy ; but-
an apprentice to a cabinet-maker
iilnithoefctouenctryon
he
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quen
the Quarter Sessions,
whereupon he was committed to
would be by no means preiailed upon to answer,
to be prosecutc• I according to law.
essioe.—Mr.
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papers relative
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timony of Edwards, a police officer, it appee.rcel,
_that
attendedli EssE'st
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in
he, neeconsequenceaccompanied
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paitutcheiesdOtdfircte:
Hoxton apprehend the prisonei. They met him in
by another
the road, took him into a public-house, and searched
him, when they found in his hand the fragment of a
Lottery bill, on which was inscribed the figures,
1000, 1100, and after them, the fractional figure 1,
and the letters G. P. Beneath these was the number
14200-1 G. P. This inscription Edwards described
as intimating, that the numbers in question were in
sured to be the first drawn for half a guinea and a
guinea.—The prisoner said, he had received the paper
wrapped round some horehound, which he had pur-
chased at a shop in Hoxton.—Mr. ADOLPIII'S at-
tended for the prisoner, and contended, that there
had not been a tittle of evidence adduced upon which
a conviction could take place.—Mr. 11555 E sail, he
bad repeatedly before, both in this office and at Bow-
street, succeeded in establishing cases under circum-
stances precisely similar with the present.—Mr.
Anoerutts : 44 We must consider Mr. Hesse in the
light of a gambler, who has had a tun of luck, but
this caenot last for ever. It has now changed, and
he must in future be mote cautious in his stakes r
The Magistrates (Mr. Scrjeant SELLON and Mr. Ro-
Gees) though: the evidence defective.—The prisoner
was in consequence discharged.
Dridg et Ward and Frances Sharland, who had
likewise been apprehended by the same officer, were
convicted as rogues aud vagabonds, and committed
to Coldbath-fietds, with an order to be passed to their
respective settlements.
CONDEMNED SERMON.—Yesterday, a most impres-
sive and suitable discourse was delivered in Newgate
Chapel, by the Rev. Mr. COTTON, Ordinary, in pre-
sence of the three unhappy men, ordered for execution
to-morrow. His text was in the fiSth I's lm, v. 13—
" I am in misery ! I am like one who is just at the
point to die!" the discourse was peouliarly adapted
to the unfortunate prisoners, pointing out, as it did,
the awful delusion and misery of vice, and the blessed
effects resulting from genuine repentance. It was
delivered with much feeling, and an affectionate ad-
dress was made to each of the culprits on their crimes,
and thee.consequences resulting from them. The
Preacher then addressed the young (of whom a great
.number were present), warning them of the misery
and folly of relinquishing the paths of virtue, and the
danger of in one instance deviating front them.
William Knight, one of the culprits, is a good•look-
ing young man, only 18 years of age. He was con-
victed of a robbery in Whitechapel, under very aggrae
rated circumstances, and has been one of the gang
who so long infested that part of the Metropolis. Ile
admits being present, but denies he was the person
who committed the actual robbery. He is very peni-
tent, and shed tears during most part of the service.
On retiring from t'ie Chapel he took an affectionate
farewell of two Gentlemen who were present as spec-
tators. Stephen Morris, the watchman, for the r. b-
bery at Camden Town, was much affected. lie con-
fe;ses his guilt, and declares it is his first offence.
He had uniformly borne a most excellent unblemish-
ed character, and was much respected in the place
where he resided. He is quite resigned to his fate, and
has a wife and three children. William Tinga.;,, alias
Cr i pps, for bullock stealing, is a poor illiterate coun-
tryman, and has a wife and four children. This also
was his first offence, but he acknowledged the justice
of his sentence, and seems resigned. lie never lifted
his eyes during the whole service, but was absorbed
in• deep thought. He wore a frock such its country
labourers do. Ile cannot read nor write—The Cha-
pel was crowded by a respectable audience, who seem-
ed much impressed with the solemnities of the day.
Sit IPW REC K.—Boston, New England, December 7.
—We were visited, yestelday morning, by a violent
gale, front the South East, accompanied with rain.
About one o'clock in the morning, the barque Sarah
and Susan, Merrill, of Portsmouth, N. H. 32 days
from Cronstadt, struck on Cohasset Rocks, about
eight miles south eastward from the light-house in
this harbour, and soon after bilged. At about eight
o'clock the upper part of the vessel, with the mizen-
mast, separated from the bottom. All hands on
hoard clung to the upper part of the vessel, and
maintained themselves upon it, although the sea
made a constant breach over it, until past ten o'clock.
From this time until the survivors were relieved,
persons, viz. Mr. John Wheelwright, of this town, a
passenger, C. C. Walker (son of Mr. Chalks Walker,
now residing at St. Croix, put on board by the Ame-
rican Consul at Cronstadt), Hiller[ Hellens, and
Hale Evans, seamen, overcome with fatigue and cold,
were in succession washed away • and drowned.—
About nine o'clock, the schooner Paramount, Capt.'
Ross, of Bath, from Halifax, passed the wreck, and
soon after informed the pilot boat of her situation.
Captain Ross states, that it blew so I,..erd, and there
was such a sea running, that it would have been im-
possible for him to have rendered any assistance, bad
he attempted it.—About one o'clock, the pilot-boat
Hornet, Mr. Wilson master, came to their assistance,
and by the exertions of the boat's crew, at great ha-
zard of their lives, succeeded in saving all who then
remained on the wreck, and brought them up to
town, viz. Captain Merrill, the mates, and seven sea-
men. It is difficult to conceive a more critical situa-
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swell. The vessel, and cargo, consisting of iron,
hemp, &c. are, of course,• entirely lost. The wind
nabonatned in the course of theshiftedtothesouth forenoon,I
vest,and in the af
when
the
euvaattheer-
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-became remarkably pleasant.—The ship Ann, Alex-
ander, from London, also went on shore on the
Middle Ground, in our harbour. We have not learned
that she has sustained any damage.
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FATAL 80zum..,-Last week an Inquest was held at Blet
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