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• •• SHIREWSHURY, Amuse a.
Calasa.St,a.—lrefore Mr. Justice GAssurs.
: ESTRAORDINARY CASE or MURDER. •
Joseph Pled.frA, aged 19, Alta Car the younger, aged.
26, and Robert Cax, aged 19, were charged with. the
wilful murder ofol ser,h Harrison, obi
.hriangling his()
`With a cord.; and Jahn eox the elder,:aged 60, and Ana
Harrii, aged tO, were charged with hiring the' trier
prisoners
titO commit the offence.
Mr. ItfCARDS stated, 1.14! in the eaily'Part i f l{st
year the crime( f sheep stealingharlis needed to it grepl.
extent in the neighb•iurhood of trket Drayton, and
that rewards were offered for the detection of the offen-
ders. lt,would appear that the deceased had given some
information against a person named Elson, and the pri.
soner, John Cox the younger, the latter being the son of
.hnCox the elder.lt was pretty clear,that if the deceased.
had appeared as a witness against Elson, his conviction
was certain, and it would be in proof that offers were
made to the deceased to keep out of the way. At the
Assizes he did not appear as a witness, and Elwin' Was
acquitted. As the deceased was a friend of the C
his absence excited no suspicion, htit his not retuin•oit
to his home gave rise to, certain rumour,: no.
thing was distinctly known till Elson was again taken
up for duck!,tealing, when he became anxious to state
all he knew respecting the deceased; and, in conse-
quence of the information he gave, Ann Harris and
J obeph Pugh were apprehended ; but Elson could not
point out where the body 14, and, in consequence of
this, the woman was discharged; but Pugh rernaned
in custody, and he next day made such disclosures as
lei to the finding of the body. After this all the other
prisoners were taken int r custody, and Pugh went with
other persons to a field, and there the body of Harrison
was found ; aticl,.a:though it head been in the ground
for some time, it would be perfectly identified by the
clot' es and the hair. 'To affect the other prisoners cer.
tarn statements would begiven in evidence; •bitrthose
he would forbear tp• awe, es chili vitiold *be better de-
Laded by the ivitaesses." With respect to the elder Cox
and Ann Harris, they'arerekiiot Charged with being ac-
tually Prlient sit 'the tiaistr-ol the murder, but it was
rated that they werewere't a colitriVerilhd originators of
of thedreaatuletimetlytT been -.cum mitte d ; and
it wOrildiseprovetrisit Anii.karrii had given a jacket
to one of the other psiscineri as a part of the reward he
was to receive for the share he had in the commission of
the offence.

Henry Holt slid-44 reside at Market Drayton. I
know Thomas Elton.' In consequence of information I
received.trom him, I ordered a field at Drayton to be
dug. We dug, at two yards deep.' for a space of twelve
feet by ten. We did not find the body. This was in
June last. Not finding the body. I went again, a few
days 'after, accompanied by the prisoner, Joseph Pugh,
who pointed out a particular spot. We dug there to a
depth, of four feet, and we found a dead body, with the
cloches on. We curied.the body to the poor-house. I
know Alin Harrison; he is the tales of Jas. Harrison,
the deceased. I showed the body to him.
John Harrison said—l reside at Market Drayton;
the deceased was my son ; his name was James ; he
did not live at hoMe; I don't know where he resided;
I had not seen hint since some time in last year. In
June in the present year his body was shown to me by
the last witness; I examined the clothes found on the
body, and I knew them agAn; one of my son's boots
had a patch on one side ; the boots found were the same
he had on when l last saw him alive. (The clothes were
produced, colsisting of a tattered 'cord waistcoat •ind a
pair of snick halt-boots) I am quite sure the boots:
were his, and I have seen him wearins, the waistcoat
many times; I examined the body the hair, was requir-
ing ; I could swear to that; I ',Fs 'sorts it was 14,u:on's
body. •
Cross-examined by Mr..C7lslsigititiie bad berm
hair ; I have seen thols4nifis Of itieriaiiis ;Tith hinfrin hairs,
but none like that•,;if I. had smn a 104.0 his bait fifty
miles off I should have )tnown•it tor My *mei Ore-dart•
ceased and my other di Children,. ad.,411 esar4l;44se
' same cologedhair, • I m eann say,tl24lla *at alix times
in my house tor a year. before. his aligakearance 4
turned him 'out of thejtouse. and bid rehused td`lyi,lnts
come home.. • - . • .e.ri q
Sarah Di'rjl9l..”l4-n414: 691541.4 was .40°,1111
know the Waisteciit .thitt'Avas fOunCI on the body:, Lilac,
Ithe buttons upon it I tc&sw the bur* of tberial4,*F;
a •shierrt time before he was missing, tfie'deceasedput,khat
tmot up tar' hOw me thai.he did, not want shoes.; IiNIVI
'course of the year before he disappeared hOlasit Om*
often at our honsr;eftytimei it least ;.cfay 'husband ;is
a eloik and *itchingcr. • • .
Mr.' John Novi* i , iirgeon, exatnintlilhe.
boor on the 29th •gAgast,„ The body was thenlying
io field in the islirCe where it had been found. Toe
bOdy was lying on the back, wirli tbc.bead bent upon
the that. The body wa' reMbeed o,the fiom•lsnass.
I then more partiesilarly examined it ;. it was much de,.
composed, Ansti could not ascertain whether violence
had bilis 04'614 of the death qr not ? From imitate
it must hate beers 'many months under groenci,.. The
coat and trousers were become very rotten. The hair
was on the head, but it was very dirty.
George. Pugh said-1 am, he father of thepsisoner,
Joseph Pugh. I knearlaapcs.Hirrsiton, the deceased.
In June in the Tait year'he lodged in my house. I saw
him alive'on the 4:h of July. That evening my son.
Joseph Pugh, *as at home. I went to bed at eleven.
and after I had gone to bed I heard a loud whistle. I
think that must have been at about one o'clock in the
morning. My wife got up and looked out at the win-
dow. Soon after.l heard the shuffling of feet in the
room below. The next morning my son was the, only
person I found in the house besides my wife. I never
saw the deceased after that time. I saw the body at
the poor•house, and I looked at the clothes. . They
appeared to me t i belong to the deceased, but I caonst
be positive.
Ann Pugh, the wife of the last witness, who carried a
very fine infant in her arms, said—l knew the deceased.
I saw him on the 4th of July. When my husband and
myself went to bed, Joseph Pugh and the detested
were left' up. I heard a whistle, and I gr tup to see
who it was. I looked out at the window and star Jahn
Can the younger: He crouched under the hedge Ns?,' bat
shOuld not .see him, it being very light. *lv
heard a shuffling of feet. Whets A sient..disot _amok"
saw the prisoner, Joseph Pughy •aloneki. .1, said' bum
bow long the deceased had been ihne and. be ssid
he did not see him go. I saw the K 1546014 Clothes,
and the latter were of the same kind as, those worn
by the deceased the last time* saw bins. About a week
before this brae I went to the elder Cox's house. The
deceased same in and sat down. Cox the elder. told
him that he had been at the killing of twenty or thirty
sheep ; and if ever JaCk laid bold of him he would.make
him whistle for it ; and he added,. that if he (the de-
ceased) sle in a house of his (Cox's) a whole night he
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would cut is throat before morning. I knew Thomas
Bison. This conversation took place while Elton :was
in Stafford ga01... . .
kliaabeth Mottqtfoul at Drayton I ;Jas.
Harrison worked fcli me in the womb of July last year;

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I gave him his meat ; he left between sit and seven
o'clock ; he had not finished his job, but he did not come
the next day, and he never came for his money.
Thomas Elson, who came up in custody, said-1
come from the gaol. I have been in prison three weeks.
Last year I was in Stafford gaol. I was taken there for
stealing potatoes. When I got out of Stafford gaol I
was brought to Shrewsbury gaol on suspicion of sheep-
stealing. I was there till after the Assizes. 1 am a mar-
ried man. I married the daughter of Cox the elder, and
I am myself the son of Ann Harris. When I was dis-
charged from Shrewsbury gaol, I went to the house of
Cox the elder ; I there saw him and Robert Cox. They
took me to the Star public-house. We had a pint of
ale, and Robert Cox said, if it had not been for
Joseph Pugh and me, you would not have been here.
Nothing more was said till my mother Ann Harris came
in. She went home, and I accompanied her. I had
some apple pie for supper, and snon alter Robert Cox
came in, and said to my mother, D—n your old eyes,,
if you don't give me some more money I will fetch him
and rear him against your door. I went nest day to
breakfast with my mother. Robert Cox came in again.
My mother gave him 2s. and said he must never come
bothering her any more. Some time after this, I think
about a week, young John Cox, PLO, and Robert Cox
came to my house, and Pugh said I was the man that
enticed Harrison out of the house, under pretence of
going to steal some bacon. I took him down the town-
field by the penfuld, and we told him it was too soon to
steal the bacon, and we bad better lie down fir a while.,
John Cox and Robert were waiting for us near a stack.
Just after this time I caught him by the windpipe, and
Robert Cos caught him by the legs, and young John
Cox was digging the grave. While we were holding him
Harrison said, in dying, 64 0 Goa, spate my lite. arid I
won't do any thing against Shoolah" (a nick-mow I
went by). Pugh went on to say, we buried him in a
grass field, but thinking that the body would be found
thee, we removed him into a ploughed field. After
this I saw old Cox, and be said if it had nut been for
him and my mother I should never have been there.
About five weeks ago I was put into the lock-up house
at Drayton for stealing fowls, and about midnight the
elder Cox came to me, and he said that if I would say
nothing about the murder he would employ a Counsel
for me about the fowl stealing. I once saw my mother
and old Cox give Robert Cox sixpence a piece. Three
days after I came out of prison for the sheep stealing,
I had a conversation with my mother. We were going
to get potatoes; she said she gave 50s. and old Cox 50s.
mote for the murdering of James Harrison.
Cross-examined by Mr. C. PHILLIP3••••I know that
this charge affects the life of my mother; I don't expect
to get any money by her death, nor money's worth;
my father is dead; I don't know that he left a will; I
was at home at the time of his death; my grandmother
left a will, and under that I have hesrd that at my
mother's death I shall take some property, which my
mother has for her life; I came here to give evidence
for the sake of public jnstce, and I have always stated
so; I never said it was to save myself from being trans-
ported; I never said so to any person, nor in any place;
I don't know how Many charges of felony have been
made against me; I gave informatiou five weeks ago;
I knew about it a great while before, but I was afraid
to tell before for fear of my life; I never gave Wounr
tion till I was charged with stealing fowls.
Charles Warren said—l am an atvaney, residing at
Drayton. I r emember Pugh beiirg in custody. In con-
sequence of some communication made ts) me, I went
to Pugh. When I went into the room Mr. Holt, was
there. I said, Pugh, I understand you are anxious to
say something. He replied, I am ; I can tell you all
about Harrison if I can be saved. .1 said, If he was
Murdered, and you were present assisting in the murder,
I should rather hear nothing about it, as I can make you
ho promise; but if you were not present and assisting,
and will give such information as will lead to the con-
viction of the murderers, I think it probable you might.
He said he was not present, and 1. took down his exa-
mination.
Thomas Twemlow, Esq. said—l am a Magistrate of
the county of Salop. When the prisoner Pugh was in
custody, I saw him. This was the day after Mr. War-
ren saw him. He had sent for me. He said if he could
be let go, he would tell all he knew about it. I told him
I would make no conditions whatever with him; and
he might say any thing or nahing, just as be chose. I
had been told what bad passed. I confined myself to
telling hint that be might do as he pleased. I did not
tell ham that what he said would be read in evidence
against him. I remember the day of the Coroner's In-
quest. I saw Ann Harris, who was in custody. She
seat for me and said she wished to tell the truth. I took
down 'in writing what she had to say. I did not hold out
any inducement to her • but I did not give her any
caution. I took down the Whole that she said, and she
made her mark to it.
Henry Holt recalled—Joseph Pugh was in my cus-
tody. I had a conversation with him after Mr. Warren
bad teen him. He made a statement to me.
This statement was objected to on the ground of the
inducement held out by Mr. Warren.
Mr. Justice CAMILLE said that, after what had oc-
corred in Lmersetshire(Gilham's case), he did hope
that the Magistrates had been aware. that it was expe-
dient that they should, in all cases, not only tell pri
soaps that they might confess or not, as they pleased,
but should also distinctly inform them. that what they
said would be used as evidence against them: and he
wished that Magistrates would always bear this in re-
collection.
After the point had been argued at some length,
Mr. Justice GASELEE held that, if the confession
stated that he was present assisting in the commission
of the offence, it was admissable, as not coming within
the terms of Mr. Warren's promise.
t Mr. Halt recalled—The prisoner Pugh said that he
took James Harrison down the Mare-lane, and there he
met John Cox, the younger, and Robert Cos ; and that
be (Pugh) knelt down on James Harrison, while John
Cox put ataired string round his neck, and pulled it ,
till he was dead. That Robert Cox stocfd by, but did
not assist them ; and that he and John Cox buried the
body. Pugh, after this, went with me to the field whete
the body was found, and, going along the standing corn,
be stamped on the ground and said-4, There he lies."
At that very spot the body washund. Immediately
after this. I disected the apprehension of old John Cos
and Ann Harris • they were taken very soon; and
Robert Cox was aken in the course of the same day.
The Rev. David Edwards said—l am a clergyman
residing et Drayton. On the .30th of June last I went
to the poor-house; I saw the prisoner Pugh. I said,
Well. Pugh, you see what crime leads to. Yes (be
plied), this comes of keeping bad company. I said I
hoped he would make his peace with the ALMIGHTY,
f sr after such a crime as that it would be madnisss in
him to expect mercy at the hands of man. He clasped
his bands together and said, Fur God; sake give me a
prayer book. 1 said that I was exceedingly pleased to
beer him make th4t request, and as there was a Society
foe Promoting Christian Knowledge,
I could readily

comply with it. The nest day I took him the prayeri
book, and told him to make the best use of his time
with his Mau& He said, I must tell all. I replied,
Take care what you say, for I must tell again. He said
I must tell you to ease my mind ; and he said, It was
Jack Cox and I that did the job. Bob Cox stood whale
way off looking on. I then recommended him to make
the best use of the prayer book I had brought him, and
I came away.
Loxdale Warren said—l am one of the attorneys Lot
the prosecution. Atter the verdict was teturned, Pugh
said, Jack Cox and I did it, and Bob Cox stood a little
way off; and it wa4 Nanny Elson that gave us the mo-
ney for doing it.
Joseph Taylor said—l apprehended John Cox, jun.
for this offence. He asked me what they had done with
Pugh and Robert Cot ? I told him Pugh was in cus-
tody, but I knew nothing of Robert Cox. He asked
whether they had found Harrison ? And when I told
him that they had, and where they had found him, he
said, " This is all Joey Pugh. It was he that enticed
Harrison out of old Pugh's house, and brought him
along the lane, by the stack, and there threw him r.ri
his back and throttled him. Pugh cried out for help,
and instead of my brother Bob coming up, he walked
off another way." When before the Coronet's Jury.
John Cox said it was he and Pugh that did ir, and as
he lett the room, he said to Pugh, " ll—n pit, what
did ycu say anything about Robin for; I say tie was
net there."

Edward Simme,ter said—l had young John Cox in
custody. He wanted to borrow my knife to cut his
nails. I did not lend it to him, and he then told me he
did not want it to cut his nails, but to cut his throat !
He said that Robert Ci•z was not guilty, but that he
and Pugh committed the murder. I apprehendeJ Ann
Flitris. She begged to be let stay at home for halt an
hour. She said she was innocent of the crime. She
fell on her knees, and said she wished the earth might
open and devour her if she knew itny thing about the
murder. This was in a lane, and several persons were
present. I told her I believed what her son Thomas
had said, and that it was of no use her telling me a
parcel of lies. She said that .Robert Ca had dragged
her out of bed, and had said that whatever her son
stated he would swear to.

The statement of Ann Harris, made before Mr.Twem-
low, was read. It stated that old John Coz had pro-
posed that his sons should kill Harrison, and that the
parties had had a negotiation about how much it was
Harris was to pay for the doing of it, and that she gave
different sums to the Cos's, but t!►at she never distinctly
knew that Harrison was dead, and that old Cox had told
her that he had enlisted for a soldier at Gloucester.

Another statement made by her was also put in. It
stated that old Cox had also proposed to give poison
to Harrison, but that it was not done.
Elizabeth Elson said—l am the wife of Thomas
Eisen, and the daughter of old John Cox. I went to
'Stafford gaol to see my husband. Ann Harris wear
with me. She said to Pugh, whom we met, Oat she
would give him 5/. and a coat to destroy Harrison.—
When we got to the gaol, Ann Harris told my husband
to be content, for they could not hurt him; ani she
then asked the gaoler it Harrison did not appe it against
him whether he would have his liberty ? After
Harrison was missing, I saw Ann Harris, who said she
had placed a shovel several nights, and that it was
fetched and brought back again all over blond and
hair. The night bi fare Harrison was found, she said
she wanted to go and fetch his bones, and throw them
into the well, because it his bones were not found they
could do nothing. This jacket belongs to the phi.
caner Pugh.
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Cross.examined—lf Ann Harris is executed on Mon-
day morlbing, my husband will obtain some property.
I have heard my husband say so. It is a house and
land. My husband told me that also. The old man
is my father. The two younger prisoners are my bro-
ther?, and the woman Ann Harris is my mother to law.
Mtry Bateman said, I am the daughter of Ann Har-
ris. I talked with Robert Cox about the murder. Hei
said he would tell me nothing about it, because if he
did, I should be talking to my mother, who would tell
all. I said, people say my mother knows all about it.
He replied, your mother is innocent ; I had ncohing to
do with it. I said, if she had, do you go and move the
body. He replied, I never touched him. and I never
will ; I sat under the hedge ; Pugh and John Cox did
it; Pugh carried the body.to the grave.
The prisoners, when called upon for their defence,
said that they were all innocent of the crime imputed
co them.

Mr. Justice GASELET recapitulated the evidence, and
left ii to the Jury to say whether they were satisfied of
the guilt of any, or all of the prisoners ?
The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty.
Mr. Jti,tice GASELIta then addressed the prisoners,
and said.-. 0 Joseph Pugh, John Cox the younger, and
Robert Cox, you have been severally convicted of the
crime of murder ; and you, John Cox the elder, and
Ann Harris, have been severally convicted as accesso-
ries before the fact. It is impossible for any one who
has attended to the evidence to have any donSt of the
propriety of your conviction. The Jury have taken into
their consideration your several cues ; they have had
their attention called to the evidence which applied to
each of you ; and after the most serious consideration
have, found you guilty. The crime of murder at any
time appals the heart of every one; but no man,when he
considers the circumstances of this murder, and that the
object of it was to defeat the ends of justice, can hesi-
tate to say that it is of a description unparralleled in
the annals of crime. I need hardly offer any observe.
tions to you on the subject, as I cannot hope that they
can have any effect on those who have been guilty of
such an offence. With regard to you, Pugh, it doe,
not appear :hat you had any interest to preserve, any
relation to protect, or any feeling of revenge to justify
you in the sacrifice of this unfortunate man ; yet, having
him in your house, and under the protection of your
paternal roof, you seduced him out under the pretence of
committing an offence, according to your own statement
(whicb.whetber true or not) be would not have attempted
without your solicitation and assistance, and having
got him into your power, you put an end to his existence
without allowing him one moment for preparation. Let
me implore you all to reflect how much more indulgent
the law is to you, which affords you time to supplicate
the mercy of the ALMIGHTY, than you were to your
unfortunate victim. whom you sent out of the world
without a moment's time being given him to reflect
upon the past, and endeavour to make his peace with
his NlAgalt. Let pie request you earnestly to apply
yourself to prayer and penitence, and to seek to obtain
through the mediation of our SAVIoWI, who was sacri-
ficed for sinners, that pardon which was promised to
them that sincerely rrpent. Throw not away a single
moment that you have yet remaining, but supplicate
for that mercy which cannot be offered to you here." The
Learned Judge then concluded by passing sentence of
death on all the prisoners, and ordered Joseph Pugh,
'John Cos, the younger, and Robert Cox, to be executed
on Monday next, and their bodies to be dissected.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
m A NSTON4-I0 USE.
Yesterday an odd-lookinre Who sots up 11wa humourist,
was brought before the Luau Marna by a Boteugh Officer, upon
suspicion. upon his own evidence, of having been concerned in the
robbery of Mr. Illtton, the watchmaker, at the foot of London
Bridge.
The officer said, that the prisoner told him that he bad something
very heavy at his heart. " What is that ?" said the officer. " Why,"
replied the prisoner. " I was in the robbery at Mr. Hatton's. I
know all alutut it, and I had 1001. for my share of the plunder."
The officer, of course, upon hearing hem persist in this statemeut,
conveyed him to the watchhouse, where he gm more sober.
The Loan MAYOR— Well, I suppose you slept yourself into an
honest man ? Prisoner—l was very drunk ; I hope you'll pass over it.
The 1,0,n Mayee-i-" There'll truth in the glass," the proverb
says. 1 won't be so hard on you as to refuse to believe you, when
you were in that hopeful condition. You must go to the Compter.
PI Meer— y Lord, I was only in jest.
The Liseo alert:aft—No, no—l am sure you were in earnest.
You would not tell a lie—yon must go utitil the day after to-morrow.
The prisoner then was taken et' to cool in the Compter.
GUILDHALL.
Sir. Parse LA URIR received a letter from a young man, named
Grant. a few days since, stating that he came up Irons Scotland in
January List, and seeing a notice at an Estate Agency (Ace, on
Ludgate-hill, that a clerk was wanted, he inquired the pat ticulars,
and found that no information could be given until he had paid the
fee of 10s. Gd. This he did, and was told he should have notice of
a place in a week. The week having expired he called again, and
was taken into the service of the Proprietor, at 255. a week, until
a Netter offered; hut, as it was a place of trust, he was
.to deposit
201. as security. This he also paid; and at the expiration of two
months he was dismissed, with an intimation that the 20/. would
be repaid by instalments of 41. a month. This was in May, and
since then be had only been able to obtain 51. Ile therefore prayed
the Alderman to be allowed publicly to expose the system. The
Alderman gave the writer notice that he should sit yesterday, and
summoned the defendant before him, when the young man repeated
the statements. The defendant pleaded that he had made an agree-
ment as to the 41. per month, which he would abide by ; and on
this undertaking he was dismissed.
BOW-STREET.
Mary Green was charged by Mr. Salter, jeweller, of the Strand,
with stealing a diamond brooch, value thirty-seven pounds.
On the sist of June the brooch Was missed from the shop, and
bills were circulated among the trade. hut he received no tidings
of it until Saturday last, when lie obtained information that a
jeweller, in Drury-lane, bad the article, which he had purchased
or a jeweller, of Oxford-street, fur seventeen pounds, who said
that he had bought it of the prisoner fur fifteen pounds.
The prisoner, in her defence, asserted that her son, fourteen leave
of age, had found it in the Strand. Having kept it for six weeks,
;aid no notice baying been taken of the loss in the newspapers. she
conceived herself entitled to it.
The Magistrate asked the first purchaser how he came to buy
such a costly article from a person of the prisoner's appearance?
who replied, that he refused till the ptisoner brought him a note
from a Lady at Walham•green, certifying that it was all right.
On the prisoner being asked to produce her son, who she said
had found it, she replied, that he had gone on a voyage to Berlin.
in North Amerias.—She was then committed for trial.
Yesterday an old soldier appeared at the Office, and inquired if
Sir Richard Bernie was present?
Sir Materiel—Yes, my man, I am here, pray what is the nature
of your business with me 7
Soldier—Ob, your Worship, I am glad of it, as I wish to ask
advice of you in a very important business relative to myself. You
must know, Sir, that my name is Jim Pollee and that in the year
1301 1 served in Egypt, under that gellant Colonel, Sir Robert
Douglas, but bein; grievously afflicted with an inveterate disease in
my eyes, the Colonel felt himself compelled to discharge me, with
a strong recommendation. In my way home I went througfi Ire.
lanai, and stopped at kilmainliam liospital,where I was attended by
Dr. Rennie, who pronounced my disease to be an incura*ophthili
mia. I consequently departed from the hospital. and `came over
to England, and went to an old master of mine, Sir •Ruliert Peel
(the lather of the present Secretary). to ask his advice. He desked me
to send my docanients, &c. to his agent, who would endeavour to do
something for nte. I did so accordingly ; but be, I suppase,neglected
to take any care of them, as, when I applied to Chelsea Hospital
fur a place there, I was told that no documents had been received
by them, and they of course could do nothing for me. Some years
after this, I perceived an advertisement in tire paper, relative to
some prize-money, which was to be shared by those who bad served
in Egypt. I applied, but again I was doomed to disappointment,
as they gave me the same answer as at Chelsea Hospital. I neat
went to Mr. Peel's foreman, and be told me that some papers had
been sent lately from London to Lancashire, where was the house
of Sir Robert, and, perhaps, mine might be amongst them. I sub-
sequently received them. and I then applied to the War Office for
some relief, but they said that such a length of time had elapsed,
that it was of no use. Now, your Worship, what I would wish
you to do is, to write a letter for me, and direct me how to act.
Well, my poor fellow, said Sir Ricwaao, I will write you this
letter, but I am afraid it will do you very little good. Sir Richard,
after a short time, gave the poor soldier a letter of recommendation
to the War Office, and be retired with the greatest satisfaction,
with a full persuasion of its proving successful.
M A It LBOR OU G H- STREET.
Yesterday was appointed for the re-examination of two dashingly
dressed females, who were in custody, upon a charge of possessing
themselves of a quantity of silks, and other articles, the property of
a Frenchwoman named Este, who lives in New Bond-street; and,
in consequence cif the publicity given to the apprehension of the
prisoners at their last residence, the Office and its approaches were
crowded at an early hour with tradespeople of all sorts and descrip.
dons who had claims and complaints to urge against the prisoners.
The Magistrate, in addressing the prisoners, said that in the
course of the morning be understood that there were net only seve-
ral complainants in attendance against them, but also solicitors on
behalf of those complainants; indeed, one person bad told him
(Mr. Res) that he attended as solicitor for the prosecution; but
now it appeared that neither prosecutor, attorney, nor any one else,
came forward against them. All this he (Mr. Ros) could not bop;
he had done his duty by detaining the prisoners, and affording all
who had suffered by them an opportunity of coming forward with
their complaints; bet as they did not choose to do so, he bad aply
to discharge the prisoners.
The prisoners were then discharged ; but the Magistrate refused
to deliver up to them a box which Schofield, the officer, found at
their lodging, containing an immense number of pawnbrokers'
duplicates fur a variety of property pledged at different shops.
MARY-LE-BONNE.
Yesterday William Maimed and Joseph Hopkins were charged
before Mr. Reweutsom with felony.
At a quarter before six on Sunday morning, Crochet, a watch-
man, saw the prisoners together in Dorset-street, and knowing
them to be old offenders, watched there. He waited but a few
minutes before ltickwuod received a leg of mutton from the hands
of a thitd person, who was iu the area of No. 13, and ran away.
The watchman pursued bins, and when he brought him back to
the house in custody, the third 'person had escaped, and bad left a
short ladder behind, which was let clown by a cord into the area.
This prisoner told the watchman it *as no robbery, for the mutton
,was given to him.
Hopkins ran away at the same time, and was secured by another
watchman, to whom he said, " I am slot the right chap, and have
nothing to do with the concern."
Mr. Hunt, of Dorset-street, came forward to complete the case.
The leg of mutton belonged to Mrs. Stuart, a lodger in his house ;
'he saw it on Saturday hanging up in the area, and identified it after
It had been stolen.
Mr. RAWLDOION asked him if he did not think Its 1414 la a
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tempting place ? _
Yes, your Worship, said he, and it was temptitig inton
Itickwood declared that the evidence was LA Y& tifilW, and
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Hopkins said it was entirely so. •
Mr. RAWLIPION told them, the declarations of prisoners like
them, who had stood at that bar before, were nut worthy of much
credit; and he committed them to Newgate for trial.
THAMES POLK/Bea , •
A drunken virago was brought up, chargpd with having broken
a poor girl's law by a blow of her fist; It proved by several
witnesses that the prisoner, in a fit of Into:W..l'4)h, was striking at
every one within her reach in the street. The complainant was
quietly passing, when the primmer used 01 her, Now, Sally, I'll•
give you a turn," and struck her a blew that broke her jaw-bone.
The Magistrate expressed great indignation at the prisouer's con-
duct, and convicted her, under the new Act. in the peosky of .51.
in default of payment she was sent to the House of Coffee-that for
two months.

A man lately paid a visit to Winchester, and adver-
tised an exhibition of fire-works, to take place on Mon-
day, the 28th ult. in the srounds of the inn (the White
Swan) at which he and his wife had taken up their
quarters, and where, dining their stay, they were hos-
pitably entertained. Qa the evening of the announced
exhibition, he took at the doors, for admis►ion money,
about 15L and, after letting of a few rockets, to attract
the attention of the spectator:4 suddenly decamped,
leaving his bill it the inn wholly unpaid, as well as
various debts he had contracted in the town with the
printer, carpenter, and other persons, and has not since
been heard of.