The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-26 00:00:00

DEOREDA7IONS.

As a melaneholy proof that the uni,reeeOented pre-
♦alence of robbing, at the present lICAPOII, is not con-
fined to London lir to Eughtui, we girt rile follow-
ing extracts from a single E linhurgh paper, the
Ediaburfh Slur, of the a:her day, remarking, ‘eith
regret, that almost every paper received of late, nut
only fr.nn that, but other paprika, tutees, hare heel)
occupied r.•ith similar details to nearly an equal
cxtsnt

STIFET SAVINDLINO.•.-One evening !ately, a tout;
girl was sent from a straw-hat shop on the Nor:lt
bridge, to a lady in Union-place, with a black ciiip
bonnet, full trimmed, for mourning, in a basket. Ott

her goin.e.to tl:e !time, a girl earne ■p to her and
asked her where she was going ? She replied,
Mrr. -- with a bonnet." The girl then told h. r.

that Mr.. - and all the tansilywere ju.t une out;
but if she would give the bonnet to her, she would
give it to the lady when she tame 11,puir, as she gut
her *errant; which the little girl nusaspeetinglv

. .
The whole, however, was an imposition ; the bonnet
has not been heard of, and the basket has since beeia
offered for sale in the Cowgate.
Ott Saturday forenoon a boy bad the audacity to
snatch a ridicule from a lady at the Trott Church; he
was immediately apprehended and carried to the
Mice-other, where he Irma sentenced 11- the sitting
Magistrate to6o days confiuement in and
to he fed on bread and eater.

A few days sr, a girl, who had been sent from h.
milliner's with a parcel to go by the Delkrith enach,
on coming near the office was met by a man, wbo
pretended he belonged to the coach, and talsing the
parcel trout the girl,said, ac the coach w.lll just going
away,she need not book it, as it would be safely de-
livered. The girl not suspecting any deception, al-
lowed him to g., away with it. and lie has not since
been heard of. The value of the root+fined in
it, we uuderstentl, amounted to about 611.
On Saturday night a fellow arm into a shop in
the Coltgate, while the shopkeeper was in a room ad-
joining, and wit 4 in the act of carrying away • kit of
butter, when he was observed by the shopkeeper,
who gave the alarm, and the fell's' was seised
by some persons in the street, and takento the Perlin-
office.

011 Saturday evening as one of the inmates of Vie
Bl:nd Asylum was passing up a close in the Canon-
gate. a fellow made a violent pull at his wane`. bat
only succeeded in carrying o[ the ribhaod and key,
which was scarcely a snlficiest compensation for a li-
beral salute which he received over the head front the
stick of the_ ri son attacked.
We lately mentioned, as en instance of the activity
of the police officers, ►hat a entlemaa's watch, of
which he was robbed, was recovered almost immedi-
ately after he had given information at the Ake. 44e-
s.tles the two other watches found then on the two
young men, as they were entering a ionise which they
had been in the habit of frequenting, we •sderstatd
that five more have since been recovered i■ the same
As the offwers maid sot get rid of the suspi-
cion that such articles were concealed there, they at
to work, and actually proceeded to dig op the ffoor till
they found the number mentioned! Owners have ap-
peared for all of them excepting one.
Frequent depredations continue to be committed is
the back greens of houses in every quarter of the
town. About the latter end of last week washings of
clothes were taken away from the first and second
houses in Duke-street, and similar robberies bare been
committed at four different places.
On Thursday week, a man and woman went into a
house in Dumfries, and galled fur • gill •f whiskey,
which having discussed and paid for, they were suf-
fered to depart. In a abort time, however, it was di.-
covered that they had contrived to carry with theta
the landlord's watch; but the woman being lc/awaiilr
head mark, the parties were scented to hiaxwell-teww,
and the watch ultimately recovered, though not with-
out considerable trouble and some expense.
Last week, William Yonng, garJener at Iloqnhan,
was lodged in Stirling jail, charged with abstrattlng
141. from a chest belonging to a person who skpa im
the same room with him.

An Exciseman was taken into custody, on Satur-
day, for stealing three pounds and a half weight „t
candles from a tallow chandler's in Mart-le-boor,
where he attended in performance of his duty. HP
was taken to the watalsbonse to be brought up this
day for examiaatios.
Thou COURT Or JCSTIf tIT.-011 Monday the Ccurt
met for the purpose of hearing Counsel in a case cer-
tified from the last western circuit. T. Steel, mate of
the ship Hariesooy, accused of murder, alleged to have
been committed at sea, on the voyage between tire:-
neck swA thelsland al St. Thomas, in March or April
last. Upon the diet being called, the Counsel fur the
prisoner passed from his objection, when the Coon
de-
elared the libel relevant to infer the pains of law, and
adjourned till Saturday newt, at 12 o'clock.
Ltaraatcu, Dac. 16.—This morning about oat
o'clock, during a violent storm from S. S. Z., the
large chimney of Captain Flicktuan's house, is Cfarr-
-street. was blown down, which, falling upon the riot:
broke it in with &dreadful crash, and carried down
all the back mono to the ground fiuor. euptaio
Hickman's family are in England, and oho home
was occupied by a cook, Mary O'Connor, too chil-
dren belonging to Mr. Hichman's servant. and Mary
Kiely their grandarother. The cook was dug out
wf
the ruins, dreadfully braised, and there is bat little
hopes of her recovery ; but the pour old woman, silk
the two istaatsewere killed.

MARRIED.
On the Mai inst., at Rt. Wools Raekehnreh. by the Res. J.
Grose. Cha►les YarrGld, Esq., surgeon. of Great It. He-
llos; to alto Loggia Mary Teseloonseher, of Itood-loor.

OWN&
IIhoINA

DIED.
Os Thersday. the 7th Lamaist, at Newbury. flush Cashes
the Weird sad oldest daughter of the Rev. Jabs livaassil.
Hear of Resat sa. Berks. alter a oast sayers illness of
they sore than these wt eke. which she was n!ieliled to best
with tbeirsitsst fortitude end resignstios. aged & yews._
OeTtlibg. the aid last., aired I yews, Nay &ea.
ihsighlat Mr. W. V suable!. Queen' tate.
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