The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-07 00:00:00

GU I LDHALL.

Foßctivt.-1171lia;1Sew---071 and John Cloner
were brought up for final examination, charged %ail
uttering false and counterfeit Bank of England non;
knowing the same to be forged.
The Prisoners had been apprehended, in conse-
quence of their suspicions_ appearance, by Hawkins,
a City Marshalman, Skinner-street, and taken to•
the watch-house. -Upon them were found a coasi-
derahle number of counterfeit Book dollars aud
tokens, together with about ten pounds in good mo-
ney, and.other articles. They, were remanded when
first brought opt for further examination. Since
which time five persons hive appeared' with charges
against them for uttering forged notes. Mrs. Rom-
sey, the wife of a publican:in Clerkenwell, swore that
the Prisoner, Cooper, in company with another man,
paid her a forged tw,q-pound note for ,orne. ligggr
they had been drinking, and that she gave him the
i change. , Mr. Thomas Williams, a pork-butcher it
rW,bite-cross-street, proved that Stewart passed -a
forged noti ivon Mm, on the 2d of November, la
payment of ,11. spring of pork. Mr. Price Jones, a
grocer, itt..the meigikbourh4od of Finsbury-square,
proved that Stewart.paised ar two-pound note of the
same description, upon. him „also!? on, the:l9th of
October; In eirchase or ten hhillings worth of gro-
ceries. ' Me.'Sampton, an ironmonger, in Nesvgate.
street, proved- aliO that Stewart passed upon him
another of the same sortrof notes, in purchase of fif-
teen shillings worth of,knives. Aud „Mr. Romanis,
a hosier, in Cheapsidevosoved that
,Cooper passed
another note of the same lo.indon „the 10th of January,
in payment of two highl-eaps antra.pair of gloves,
which articled were'Yound upou'ilie-PrironerWhes
apfrrehendbil:'' . .
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They ware fully-committed for trial.

kmost daring robbery was committed on. Thurs-
day morning se'nuight,.nent Line°le. Jletweem six
and. seven o'clock., whgni,K Avasquitelight, -a pri-
vate soldier of the Squtlijl.itteolu Militia, named
Thomas Walker, mho was jotirneyinion afurloogit
to visit his friends, was stopped by 'it° footpads,
the bottom of Cross o'Cliff-hall, neer the tell-bar it
the entrance into Lincoln, and after some little par-
ley, was robbed of 275. in money and a silver watch.
The poor fellow, when first accosted by the rob-
; begs, thought they were in joke, and said, " They
surely did not mean tote) et‘poor soldier;" but be
I was speedily undeceirodp,, by, On threaleaing Bpd
boisterous behavjoo,r of the bighwaymen„and obliged
to comply with their at.mandf; immediately after
which, he imprudently "AM fie should follow the
robbers—whereto:pen ttlettinetere they Sri:mid-recent
that, -and again turning upon him,roue itit them few-
! cibly held him,. whilst the:other inhetnanly cat his
I with a knife severely across the right. leg, in order
to disable him from walking. Theyi, pen made oir-
i The wounded soldieVis not likely to continue lime
from the cut, whiclN fortunately:did not.materialie
injure the tendons." '• N
Many, who will stulilenlie leap Intollargit'fortmen
on the lath instant, from thearawing of.ttte smallest
Lottery ever kiiown with 20,0001. priacsocill ha"'
jocund cause long..to remember, that they effected it
in the Leap-Year Month.
GulNc.ts.—A schoolmasiei in the nelghbourtcod
of London, who has lately published atlctionary,
1 in giving the meaning of the word GatinissOkes, that
"itis an obsolete coin, formerly current In Oen-
try, but nownetireAy unknowt."- ,
The late horrid murders in Ratcliffe-highway and
Gravel-line, upon the unfortunate" families of Maria
and Virtu.tamso,r, having justly eauseld considerib:e
'sensation and alarm throughout the Metropolis and
elsewhere; the Nobility, Gentry, and others, .who
are taking the necessary precaseion in protestant
their fatuities and property from the outrages of suck
deiermined villains, are purficularly recommended to
furnish themselves, or confidential sea vants, with wea.
:pons suitable for their defence, from iiinati•Gru.
and Co.'s, N. '6,ill'liiice'e4treet,- beicester-sqoare,
which are to be-obtained of the exact Pattern asmell
by them foroued most approved,-by, the Bow-street
.Officers andutheriPutici.,,

half as hour in the water.
On Wednesday night, about nine o'clock, as
Thomas William Carey, a deaf and dumb young
man, spoof Mr* Carey, of Crown-court, Liquor-
pond-street, was passing on the west side of Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, near the archway leading to Duke-
street,
be was stopped by a villain armed with a
dirk, with which he attempted to stab Mr. C. but
Mr. C. gave him a violent blow on his wrist, which
disabledhim for an instant ; ald some people ap- '
proaching, the villain ran off, Mr. C. not .116%i
able to make the people understand what had ha ii-;,
pened. . <
To persons of refined taste, who can extract the I
most delicious mental sensations from viewing works
-a Superlative ingenuity and science, we most warm-
Intecceerend a visit to' the British Naumachia, in
street, Leicester-square, where a treat the
lei* exquisite will be found, in viewing the Repre-
sentation of a Sea Fight, where the elements and
vappel# Jtte represented in motion, performing the ma-
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natiWise,attendant on such an event, with a bril 4
*pc), and effect far exceeding any representatioup 0w...,, _
the kind befpre submitted to view, t -
:Iv. en (if i - DIED.
'A dashing' buck, having ,just mounted a fashion 4 II
,seepsoy 110,_ tit d dealer , Jacob Boak, Esq. aged 71. ~ ,i,
Able great -oat trimmed with a profusion of fur,! 14tely,.dat
lately asked au old Geutiernan how be liked hie nem Z.::e7d4.7.,,,,,*k.
nPs'aujoitefrdraavetse'rtrigii. ilt
lkick.t !f Upon my ',word, Sir (said he), I like It ,a,r,itissbotooingv, ?gefisieyi,s sepaanu.,_,_o<,e
ter of the late Mr. Oxley, of Pontetuet, surgeon.
the lc,
for, :idolud Oxley, agvd S 2, 'toe seas and daug,,-
extremely, for; it,/ reminds me of a very excellent
torti)anutheorigtriecitn:oacst iron, Theol.bilub..loues, Fag.
fable."--rtt iWiiit. it that 2" Mttinted the interroga-
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tor.—" The Au in the Lion's Ski/V.:was the au- t.coNDON: printil—Fiailt,Thf„l4by U. • 14„,,u.. MI 1..
i sorer. I Sr% rnallAw 0/11 re.. Si, kleet.streei.

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