The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-03 00:00:00

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UNIO!F-tt r.. Mary Rogers, a ren*Ct3h!e look,
ing young wornau, was on Tuesday brought below.
the Sitting Magistrate, by the yarish Officers of
Newingtuu, for the purpose of swearing her illegiti.
mate child, she having become chargeable to the pa.
rish ; when before the Magistiate, however, she posi.
tively refused to give any account of who the father
was, and, in consequence of this refusal, she was
committed to the House of Correction.

She was yesterday agabt brought up; and refine_
tion having taught her wisdom, she stated that h...r
seducer was a servant in a .gentletnatt's family is the
neighbourhood. On this information he was Mune.
dialcty apvreliended, and brought herore the Mills:
trate, aid having. given the necessary security to the
rariJi, both he and the KVo^►au were 41;icha!eeil.

A Gentleman of the highest respectability, rNidiag
in Blaclifriars'-rnad, was brought up, charged by a
woman who had lived servant in his family, wi•l; bar.
lug assaulted and attempted to ravish her.
On investigating the charge, bower.-r, it ciesrly
appeared there were no grounds for the accttsatioo,
and the Defendant was disoltarit'ed.
M AR LBO P.OUGJI+STREET.—Ayouth, named Stoic
was charged with stealing a watch and apparel from
a boat on the Paddington Canal.
The Prisoner is a respectable map's son at Pad.
dington, and after he committed the robbery in the
cabin of the barge, he fell overboard in getting on
shore, and was thus detected.
He was fully committed for trial.

MANSlON•lloM.—Yesterday John Fencourt,
youth not exceeding 14 years of age, was brought
before the LORD Anton, charged under the follow-
ing circumstances :
Thomas Sapwell, an Officer of Bishopsgate Ward,
deposed, that ou going his rounds yesterday tumning,
at four o'clock, he observed a cart and horse drawn
up at the corner of a lane, at the lower end of
Bishopsgate-street, and the Prisoner standing its
charge of it. Upon asking his business with the
cart at that early hoar, the Prisoner seemed alarmed
for some time, and refused giving a satisfactory reply:
Being threatened, however, by the Officer, he at
length said the cart and horse belonged to his father,
who had appointed to meet him there, to carry
goods to the country. The Officer proceeded to
search the cart, when he pulled forth a large sack,
containing two iron crows, some keys, a lanthorn,
some clubs, and other articles used in housebreaking.
1 The Prisoner was immediately taken into custody,
, and the cart and horse left at an inn in Bishopsgate.
street. Since his apprehension, Fencourt has told
four or five different stories to the officers, hut de.
nies all knowledge of the articles found in the cart.
!The account which he gave to the Lord Mayor yes.
terday, was, that he resided with hie parents is
Whitechapel ; his father was at prtsent the
country lookng after a job; that on Wednesday
evening, a strange man came to his mother, and
asked to borrow the horse and cart to carry some
goods to the country early the following morning :
thiarsho-oe.first refused, but ON Pinfili*Dg tßatle
. handsomely for their use, and allowing the Pri
to go and take care of them, she consented. The
man, he stated, accordingly cure and awoke bias
`about three o'clock yesterday morning, and after
they arrived at the spot, where the eflicer found him,
i he observed the man take up a bundle of straw Irons
la dark passage, and puz it into the cart. The cart
bad neither numher nor name to it.
Under all these circumstances, the Loan MAYOIt
thought it a very mysteriocs case, and as a vigilant
enquiry might. lead to a disclosure of something
serious, he recommended proper steps' to be taken,
and the Prisoner, in the mean time, to be re.
Minded.