The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-24 00:00:00

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• 111141.901011101 i .iTREET—Ont s DAT.)
-rap,
Rietiard Centaur was charged, on suspicion, with rob.
bingslse stables of Levi %mew, is Dever Street.
Histiritsip's ensehnean stated that, is Friday night
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last, a ace had been effected into his master's stables
by means of a swing casement over the stable door, and a
saddle/ a -whip, and other articles had hien stolen. Several
locks in the stable had also been forced. The person who
had thus obtained admittance could let himself oat at
pleasure ; the key bviog in the lock. He suspected from
the summer in which the deer had been left, that the thief
had. intended to pay another visit, and the carpenter
was sent for to repair the mischief. Is the
evening of the next day the watchman placed himself
at a window which commanded a view of the yard, and
shortly zbarreed the prisoner come reeling down apparent.
ly intoxicated. He proceeded nearly to the end of the
yard, and this. returned and placed.biruself against the
stable door, which, atter a push or two, be opened and
walked in. The witness thee went and seized him, and
had him conveyed to the watch-house. The prisoner. cried
as ~he proceeded thither, and begged bard to be set at
liberty. When called on to account for his conduct, he
mid that be was very much intoxicated, sod was taken with
a pain in his bowels, and compelled by a sense of decency
to run down the yard to ease himself, but denied all inten-
tion diming there with a dishonest purpose. Remanded
till Wednesday.
INTERESTING CASE.
About eleven o'clock on Sistocday night, a respectable
locking female, about twenty two years of age, was
brenghttto St. James's watch Wiese, charged by a gentle-
man- with ass wash ; the chug. beteg taken, the
unfortunate young creature was locked iu the black
hole in cdispany with a black woman, where with a ribbon
she contrived to stipend herself from one of the iron rails
of the window; the black woman at length discerned her
suspended, and gave an immediate alarm, on which Durk
ham, the watch house keeper, opened the Joor aoti cut her
down, when she appeared perfectly lifeless; surgical as-
sistance was instantly procured ; she was blooded, and by
proper case and attention restored to life; she afterwards
wrote a letter to some of her friends, who are highly re-
spectable.
This mornieg the young woman, whose name it appears is
Miry-Jones. together with Mary Mitchell, a woman of colour,
who had been her companion in the alleged assault, were
brotight to thls office, charged by a foreign Gentleman named
Maebe, under the following circumstances :
Mr. hlaebe stated that on Saturday night about II o'clock he
was going along St. James's Street, in company with a lady,
.whoa the prisoner Jones saluted Min with a volley of oaths for
presuming to speak in his own language. Ile requested her to go
about her boldness. which she refused to do, and called so
.Amur companion Mitchell, who immediately addressed him in
French with seine of the most abusive epithets, and atm-
almond ao attack upon him. Finding he was not likely to
get rid of them very easily, he called the Watch, and
had them conveyed to St. James's Watch House. No
smolr wakthe key of the hole turned upon them than Jones
lost her spirits and remained for about half an hour without
speaking, when the attention of Mitchell was soddenly
called to her companion, who had , made the attempt above
stated. The nolottuttate young woman apuesred this
morning much depreued, and endeavoured to shun the view
of persons in the Office. On hearing the Officer state the
circumstance of her Pinking the fatal attempt, she burst
into tears,&wasnear falling to:the floor. She war then order. d
'to be removed into the Magistrates private room, where
several persons of bigly respectable appearance were, as we
beard, to waiting to speak ia her behalf. Mitchell, the
'woman of colour, was discharged, with a severe admonition
fronethe Magistrate, as to her course of life ; the complain.
Sint uJecliulng to press the charge against her or her
associate.

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THAMES 1101,14.13.—(Teas DAT.)

ROBBERY ON THE CROYDON LIANAL.—Joseph Ragtag.
and Rich. Higgins, two watermen, were brought to this
office. charged with felony. In consequence of a search
warrant, which had been g ranted on account of a clue
,obtained respecting property stolen from shipping, &c. in
the Canal, two new tar•pattlings were found at Croydon in
the house, of a man named Gill. Gill, on being this day
sworn, stated teat they were left at his house by Higgins,
until. he shotild again call for them. The Magistrate, afire
observing that watermen were a class of person', who should
the more carefnlly abstain flout pilfering, on account of the
confidence placed in them, ordered Higgins to be committed
to Newtete for trial ; and Itobgent to be discharged, as no
eviJente appeared to criminate him.

Metaxenoew thistravre.—We understand that it was
Trout, coal. ands as is frequently used in breweries, that
were burned in the room at Ticknock, where the two voting
women were found dead es Monday morning.
dfortsisize Post.)
On Saturrlsy, between three and four o'clock, the pre.
mixes; N... 314, Pool Lane, Liverpool, occupied by :fir.
Ifigtinsie, 'diaper and auctioneer, were on fire, and the
alarm was instantly given to M`Kinaie and his family (a
wife nnd five children) who were asleep in the third
story. The front of the shop was in dames; and the
inmates immediately proceeding to the back rooms, were
met by a dense suffocating smoke from the stairs, which
were on fire. In a state of distraction and deepiir, Mrs.
*Kinzie thonght of precipitating herself and children
front the window, but the desperate idea was abandoned.
M`Kinzie now bethought him of a female relative who
slept in the attics and called her up. :the struck a light,
which-, however, as soon as it got into contract with the
smoke and draft from the stairs went out. lie then pulled
out one, of the windows, and began to knot the blankets
together, brit finding his efforts in vain to construct a hold.
fest intilicieatly long to reach half-way to the ground, this
peojeci was also given up: He sow heard the tamale in (ors.
lion cry out from Um yard helot, that she was safe, and that
the. Asks were not yet in dames: she had found her way
" she knew not bow," through the smoke. *Kinzie
caukftt•ttito one of his little ehil.lien, and rushing down
threegh the smoke, threw it into the female's arms; ran
up for another, anti succeeded in snatching down the
youngest: On running up again he found the el lest son
(ti fine lad of 13) coming down through the smoke, with
one of his sisters in hiaarins. The eldest girl, eight years,
old, with wisdom beyond her years, had seized a pillow
and held it to her mouth, while she pushed her way to the
bottom. Mrs. *Kinzie game down at the same time.—
The eldest boy, thinking that one of his sisters was yet
above, ran np again to the third story, and searched the
children's bed. He had but left the stairs for a moment
and arrived in the yard, when the:whole burst into a fear-
ful dame. The child, in search of whom be had so bravely
risked his life., was brtunately safe below, having been
extricated by the father, bet overlooked in the confusion.
The:wbele family, with the. exception of Mr. *Kinzie,were in their night clothe., and went round to the main
street, where they were 'taken in by their wighbours.
By this dreadfol accident, M•Kensia has lost every article
of his stock and furniture, and ietbus reduced to a sta e of
destitation.
A abort time ago, a girl about ten years of age:, being Left
alone at a friend's house in Eagle Street, took up some
'mow/. consisting ef half a..crown, two sixpences, and a
ehilliag, owl in order to:conceal the theft put these pieces
orioin into her month. Oti being taxed with the theft,
*belong remained silent, but at length confessed that she
had attempted to swallow them. On the nrifs, morning
Dr. Bainbrigge was sent for, who succeeded in extracting
from hee throat the half crown laid shilling; the two six-
pences bardeitended into her -ittetnach;---(Derby Re-
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