The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-09-09 00:00:00

OCILDIIALL.-.-011 Saturday a decent losticing man,
rnd his son. a lad of about twelve years of age, were
ebaiged with hating 'teen a bill of exeltange, to the
amount of Itsl. the property of Edward Markel. the
present prl. ter of the paper calico ..14h%
Mr. Shathel stated that on Prid•y .n4r.init he had
occasion to send' a bill of evrlitinge toe gentleman I.
Bride-lane, and hi inclosed it in • mete in the p.c.'s*
of the prisoner's son, who worked in their office. sal
gave it to bias to tarry it to the geotletuas with care.
In a mach longer time than was necessary to go the
errand, the boy returned with a message from the VI-
Ileums, that he bad (mind toothier( inclosed is the
rote. The boy when he was interrogated upon the
gni ject, prewar:cater' eonsidersbly, and admitted that
be bad been with his father, to whom he had shown
the note, mad had been in his father's company only
doting his absence. As the bill was so induced that
it could not posiibly shake out, and the wafer was wet
often the note was deli d, the witness was tinder a
vinlent suspicion that the note As taken out clan.
&sanely, and that, as it had passed only through the
bands of the two prisoners, they most know something
s.l the'fact. The father, when charged upon volition,
asked whether the bill was negotiable; a question
whirl' the witness thought extremely unpicks., and
under all the eirenmst • , that the ease ought to Ia•
derZO a Magisterial investigation.
Tie father declared Lis utter ignorance even of say
knowledge that the note bad contained a bill. He set
his see by chance, and w'sbed to talk to him epos%
tuntily matter. bnt be excused himself by shoeing the
note which he bad to carry. it was in his anxiety to
know the amount of the loss that he (the prisoner)
exited whether the bill were negotiable.
The son declared be had delivered the note precisely
as he had received it.
The father said it was at his own instance that he
came before the Magistrate. to hive the case investa•
goad, and his character r'-arrd.
The sitting Alderman, although he thought
the manner in which Mr. Sltackel described the bill
to have been inclosed, it might' easily have dropt
oat, yet conceived there was sufficient of suspicies
shoot the case to jestify the farther detention of the
too prisoners.
Mr. Shackel despaired either of seeing h:s bill again
or of any further evidence as to the way in %illicit it
was lost, but fortunately it was not negotiable and the
reWard be had offered proved that it must have bees
tleornyed.
The two prisoners wee remanded until Mouthy.
A woman was charged with having on Friday more.
in,..robbed the shops of three linen drapery. Mr. Giver
of Skineer-Street, anti Mr. Viva, aid Mr. Gibbs of
heat Sorterstreet.
It appeased that she had the morning before been
to the shops of Messrs. Oliver and Vitae, of whom the
it ad made trifling purchases, and left w ithont any thing
brini Missed, bat at the third shop, Mr. Gibbs's. she
was rfeteeied in purloining a piece of goods from the
[onkel, and on searching her I small pieces of
pint were found upon her, two of which, it was *seer.
rained on inquiry, she bad taken from the counters of
Messrs. Oliver and Vital,

$4 .4r said she bad found the article?, but the'
Ala*rose thought her too fortuttate to be honest, and
sent her to try her farther fortune at the Old Bailey,
dost:rtatax..—OasessTaas.--Asother lot of pose-
sters•wsTelitorigla fie this ogee on Saturday morning.
They were apprehended at the "minor ha," No. 10,
101 g-street, St. James-square, eta seemed, for the
most part, to be 11. P. Site., lc.ll.e.'s, idle babel.-
drillers, and others of thayrkeie, with a few veteran
legs, to make up the assortment; in all, about two
:en ; and a precious figure they did cut !—huddled
toeither hefore the bench, with their unshaved chine,
t ccoesbed locks,,reefoi cravats, and yard•loag flatma—
te:trey of them shuddering. on doubt, in anticipation of
a beg month's exercise is the Cold-bath round about.
Their fears were rale. however, for, as they were not
actually " takes in the mincer," the rogue and ru•
gutoed ;lapse of the newatl.ct could not be brought to
bear. agoa-libeis; sad so, for this time, they escaped
scot free. lied they bees caught in the fact, nut even
the gentlemunahip, to which they all laid claim, would
I:ave saved tilt m from joining the worthies is the will,
their " Here we go up, up, up," &c.
The officers gave a very ludicrous account of their
raptor.; the warrant was direettd to James John
S.i.ith, and be was assisted by Ruthveir sad Salmon.
wi:ha a 'toting party of the patrol. It was ten o'clock
on Friday eight when they cownenccd their opera-
ttonsity endeavouring to gale admission by stratagem ;
and finding this impossible they resorted to physical
free ; hot the place was so strongly barticadord, door
within door,' that upwards of a quarter of an hoer
elapsed before a practicable breach could be effected;
and wheh at length they gained the citadel they found
the garrison had dtkerted. There was the rouge-ek.
nuir table, with a few R. N. cards. two or three prick-
erg, one scraper, and ao empty pool; but all the vete
of the treasure had bees carried off; nor was thederl
either a rook or pigeon to be seen—except one maw,'
(holy Wight who sat there trying to read a newspiapet,ll
just to eltow how philosophically be could beat Alm,
plucking he bad received a few minutes before.
.He
said he did sot Lout along with the rest, because L.'
)14C1 been gleaned out (to the tens of GO!.), and haute'
nothing left to lose, he scorned to fly.
The officers began a strict search through the pre-
mises for the rime/aye ; and, as our readers are aware,
with considerable success. Some they found 'muter
the bids in the tipper rooms, and pulled them out by
the legs; others were crept into the beds with their
clothes on, and were p.etending to be fast asleep;
WWI were closeted chin deep, in foul line.; sloe or
two were 114101'10214 CellCt•led is the coal-hole, and
three were huddled together its " a little lonely place
in the back yard ;" but it is *opposed that many made
their escape through the intricate passages of •
kilt;. with which No. 10 is said I. hate a secret coin-
us filiation.
We have already said that nothing esuld be node.
of the: prosecntion when the matter ease before the
Magistrate, inasmuch as there .was go direct evidence
to show that soy of the parties were woolly. playing ;
neither wixitherst any proof of the proprietorship of
the mown ; though the dicers tall Ahoy had Do
doubt' his; that it Welled to one lieafgg g Jew.
llleters..jll.t.gt at ADO VOUS SUCIIIIhr kr the pri•
owners. sea Mr. 'Limo tor atrium/wive. I;e4.tiwg,
was little meld tee either. side ; for the ipfeclegro4

~ . ~ :~ ..