The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-28 00:00:00

POLICE.
.....es.—

MANSION House.—Yesterday, a man named Shearnian
and his wife were charged, the husband with having
stolen three valuable diamond rings, and the wife with
having pawned them, knowing them to be stolen property.
Mr. J. Williams, of the Auction Mart, stated that the
male prisoner was employed there as a porter, and to ar-
range the goods fir the sales. He was ordered to arrange
a sale of jewellery which was about to take place, and
amongst the rest were three particular diamond rings.
The jewellery. sold was the property of Mr. Isaacs. in
the room appointed fur the reception of such articles, the
different lots were disposed. The male prisoner was pre-'
sent when they were brought into the Mart, and when the
lot of diamond rings were called for it was discovered that
they were missing, and it was found that the prisoner had
absented himself in rather an unusual manner. A mes-
senger was sent to his 110(1110 to Inquire for him, bat it was
said that he and his wife had gone to Islington for a walk.
He, however, returned soon afterwards, when he was ac-
cused of having stolen the rings. He at first denied the
charge, but afterwards confessed that lie had pawned the
rings at Sadler's, in Bishopsgate Street. It however turned
out that his wife had sold, not pawned them, and that she
had received but ten shillings for them as paste rings.
Their value, as diamonds, nas estimated as 20!.
Mr. Isaacs, the owner of the property, said he felt it a
public duty to call the attention of the Lord Slayor to the
conduct of the pawnbroker on this occasion, witia was one
that interested the public considerably. When be (Mr.
lasses) went to the pawnbroker's shop, Me. Sadler, be was
told, was not at home; and the sbopman was very uncommu-
nicative on the subject of the rings. When witness asked
whether three diamonds rings had not been pawned there
a short time before, the shopman, instead of saying, as he
was eapableof saying, that they had been sold to him at his
shop, asked in what name; and on being informed that
witness did not know, asked for the duplicate. He then
went into the house to his sassier, who came forward and
assured the witness that his shopruan hid innocently.taken
the three diamond rings for paste rings, and that the female
prisoner had offered them as paste, anti asked ttheed shil-
lings for them, but received no more titan ten. Mr. Sadler,
at the same time, said Le should have been very angry with
his shoptuart if be had taken paste rings instead of diamonds

What rendered the mistaltetpf the sliopman the more extra-
ordinary, was, that be looked at the tinge through a micro-
scope, and, it was to be presumed, mold by such means
have easily decidedasy ;doubt be might have felt as to the
equality of the material. He also said to the Woman, I f
yea could make these diamonds, now, io-tead of paste, I
weld give you two guineas, er two guineas and a half for
each of them.'
Mr. Sadler's shopmas staled that the woman brought the
rings to him to sell these es paste. The town was stocked
with ertieles made tip to resemble diamonds, end which had
deceived** best judges. He bad no idea that the rings
which had bees presented to him were other than paste. Mrs.
Shearman agreed to take ten shillings for them, provided the
party for whom she acid she sold them was satisfied at such a
Irice, but they were to be returned if the price was considered
nadequate.
The LARD MAYOR—Do you not know the difference between
a diamond dog and a paste ring?
The Shopman--.1 a u aot stall a good judge ; but if they had
been offered to see as diamond riags I should certainly have

taken the woos° up.
The Loup MAYOR—But you examined them through a mi-
croscope!
The tilhopman-1 certainly looked at them through a small
glass.
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The LORD MAYOR-,-For what purpose?
The Shopman—To examine them more closely, no doubt.
The Loan MATot—And sti►l you could not discover they

were diamonds?
The Shuman said be certainly had no idea that they were
anything but paste. He added, that the trade had been greatly
imposed upon by fabrications. When Mr. Sadie'. came home,
the things underwent another examination. and be was in
doubt whether they were passé or not ; bat it was determined
if they proved to be dlamopthi that the women who sold
them should be looked after, mud something satisfactory done.
Mr. Williams said they had had several hundred pounds
worth of goods stolen from the Mart, and be was determined
to prosecute.
Thepese was remanded tor Mr. Sadler to attend.
HATToN OARDZN.--Mesers. Arding and Co. builders,
Fleet Street, applied foe a search-warrant under the follow-

log circumstances :
A dashing apprentice of their's, they had recently dis-
covered bad been robbing them, as ' tbey had reason to be-
lieve, to a considerable extent, he having sported Iris one
horse chaise every Sunday, without receiving funds, as
they now found, from his friends any way adequate to
such extravagance. In consequence, they bad him taken
into custody, and he was now confined in Oiltspnr Street
Compter. Since he had been there he had written a let-
ter, and given it to the gaoler to pnt into the post-office.
The gaoler, howevert sent it to his master, and from its
Contents they learnt, that a quantity of glass, their pro-
perty, had been sold to a person residing in Cottage-
court, Little Gray's Inn Lane, to search whose premises
the present warrant was applied fur.
The Magistrate granted the warrant, which was put
into the hands of Read, jun. wlio shortly after returned,
accompanied by Elliot, the man who bought the glass.
Read stated he could not find the glass, but had found
the box in which it had been contained, and which be had
brought sway with him.
Elliot stated that he bought the glass on a Sunday
morning, of a very respectable looking young man, whe
brought it to this house, but whom he did not knew, and
whom, from his respectable appearance, he could not sus-

pect.
The Magistrate severely censured both the time and the
mode in which he bad transacted this business, and which
he did not doubt he would be told of at Guildhall, where
he must appear, as it was in the City that the offence had
been committed. He was accordingly bound over in his
own recognisances to appear at Guildhall to-day.
MARY•LA-lIONNIC Oreice.—Yesterday, four piing men,
named Thos. Brown, Jas. Lowe, Iroi. irdliadas, and
John Skelton, were brought before Mr. GRIEVITIIS, the
Sitting Magistrate, charged Roder the following circum-
- -

stances :
Monday night, soon after eleven o'clock, the neighbour
hood of Grove Road, Lisson Green, was thrown into great
alarm by female shrieks and cries of murder issuing from
a house. occupied until lately by the widow of the Rev. Mr.
Wells, but since it bas been unoccupied. was left in the care
of two young females. The cries of distress, and the
sounds of a violent contest within, attracted a crowd of
persons, who, with the watchmen, burst open the doors,
and found in one room one of the females in a fainting fit,
and the other in a state of very great alarm; in the adjoin•
ing room, were three of the defendants engaged in a despe-
rate battle, the fourth having just been laid on the ground
by a tremendous blow on the face. The combatants were
secured and conducted to the watch-house; every endea-
vour was made to trace out whether the four persons en-
tered thelionse forcibly, but it could not be ascertained
from the females, until Mr. Body, the proprietor of the
house, arrived, and he discovered that the female servant,
whom he had allowed to occupy the house, and who was
in the service of Mrs. .Wells, had introduced the other fe
male, and latterly the two had made the house a place of
assignation. They had made an appointment with the four
defendants to meet at the same hour, not imagining they
would have been punctual to the appointment and to time;
Brown and Lowe came, and were not long before they
were admitted; the other two defendants, en making their
appearance, half an hour later, found, from some indica-
tioos, that they were not wanted ; and being irritated, they
determined upon gaining admittance. They succeeded in
getting over the garden wall, and making their way across
some outhouses, they gained admittance to the house, and
burst upon.the happy hour of the more early lovers ; who,
in terms more energetic than eloquent, resented the gross
intrusion, but were retorted upon by the intruders, who
pleaded their previous engagements; this was not consi-
dered sufficient, and the iutruders were about ejecting the
firit lovers when the house was burst into; this was the
weight of the testimony,as affecting the whole party, whose
appearance denoted great annoyance to wearing apparel
from persoral encounter.
The defendants admitted the correctness of this state-
ment, and apologised for their conduct.
Tfie Magistrate advised the young men to be more
cautious in future, end said the conduct of the females
was very censurable. They were not fit to have the care
of a house. The defendants were discharged on paying
the fees.

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MARLIIOROURIPSTREET.--AR application was yesterday
made to Mr. Drum and Mr. Roe, the sitting magistrates at
thit office, for a warrant against a person of the name of
Walsh, upon a charge of felony, unler the following cir-
cumstances :
Mr. TURNER, the solicitor, stated, that be made this ap-
plication on the part of a lady of the name of Tolson, who
war present, and the facts of the case were these :--Some
short time ago, this person named Walsh waited upon a
Mr. Campbell, who resides in Holborn, with whom he had
some acquaintance, and requested him to get two bills of
exchange for VOL each, which he showed him, converted
Into cash. The bills were drawn by a person named Lep,
whose property he said they were, and that he (Walsh)
was to have a certain cotnmission for getting them dis-
counted, and they were accepted by the Rev. Mr. Vatting,
a clergyman residing in Yorkshire. Mr. Campbell, anxious
to serve• Walsh, who represented the bills as of the best
kind, the drawer, Mr. Lee, being no leas a personage than
the heir and claimant to the title of Lord Lee, applied to
Mrs. Tolson, who agreed to advance a part of the amount,
and to pay the balance as soon as the bills should be
honoured. She accordingly alvanced 2001., and the two
hills of 3001. each at four month, were deposited in her
hands. A few days, however, previous to their becoming
due, Walsh called upon Campbell, and stated to bins that
bis,friend Lee was displeased at his parting with the hills
without any further security for the b glance, and urged him
to procure from 41re. Tolson her acceptance fur 2001. more,
payable after the other bills became due, merely to held as
a security, for the satisfaction Of Lee, and to pacify hint for

the present. Mt. Lmaphelt did not hesitate, from his cos.
fidroce In Walsh, to do thid, mid Campbell himself became '
the drawer on Mrs. Tolson, for two bills of 1001. each,
which that lady accepted; and were placed in the hands
of Warsh, with an express understanding, and. positite
promise on the part of Walsh. that no use what
should be made of them, and that they should
he returned to Mr. Campbell. The 3001. bills in the
hands of Mrs. 'Users soon became due. and were te.
gularly dishononted, and it has since been ascertained that
they are 'ot worth one farthing. But this is not all: it bus
been further ascertained that Walsh has negotiated the two
acceptatees of Mrs. Tolson, had converted the proceeds td
his own use ; so that Mrs. Tolscn has not only lost her 2001.
in cash, but is sow liable for these bills. Mr. Turner Gibe
mined that this oonstituted a felony on the part of Walk,
be haring applied Mrs. Tolson's property to his own nse,a--
The Magistrates, however, were of opt niu ri that Mrs Tohon
had in her possession, when she gave these bills, what she
considered good security given by Walsh, the act could apt
be considered as one of relent,. however much it was a %wrath
of faith and confislencewitb °Mr. Campbell, and upon these
grounds the. warrant was refuses!. Mr. Turner next urgrit
that at all events this transaction came under the 32.1 of
Geo. II I.—an Act to prevent embezzlement of property
trusted to agents, &e. and that in this case Walsh was fer
agent acting on the part of Lee.
Mr. Roe said, that before this Act could be broneht is
bear upon the present case. it shoula he shows that Waal,.
was as agent either of Mr. Campbell or of Mrs. Token.
from whom he got the bills; but as the egret of Lee, the
present parties were not entitled to make the applicatios
against him.
Mr. Campbell, who was present. said that Walsh was
certainly no agent of his, but he had intrusted him trills
the bills on the positive conditions that they were not is
be negotiated. The warrant was also therefore refaced co
these grounds. -
Mrs. Tolson said, that her case was a most creel one.
"
She bad been completely swindled out of 4001: ; and °neer
her acceptances became due yesterday, and she really knew
not bow to act.
Mr. Roe said he was extremely sorry, and if he had asp
power to assist her, be would willingly de so.
Mr. TeRNILR said, that both the accept inces of Ales.
Tolson are in the hands of a person in the Steam Packer- '
office, and he refuses to give any account of how he cams
by them.
Mary Aisne Pearce, better know at the Police offices by
the assumed title of Lady Barrvinore, RaSyestorday brain get
to the office by one of the beadles of St. Giles, chareet
with drunken and riotous conrlnet in a public lion*. A
month had precisely elapsed since sloe merle her appearance
here before, during which time she has been amusing her
self at the treadmill, and was only liberated on Tires hsy
last. Contrary to her usual practice, when placed in s:ers:
lar situations, she yesterday conducted herself with doe: het
decorum and respect towards the Magistrate, who on ese
last occasion that she appeared before bins she abused is
the grossest language ; her manner now appeared qeite
subdued and penitent, and his Worship aiselharged her ;Asa
an admonition to amend her habits and refrain from dre,k.
ing. She curtsied very gracefully red retired.
Uotosollehte—Yesterday two young wets, named Henry
Cockerell and James Thomas, together with two wsenea
with whom they cohabited, were brought before L. IL
ALLEN, Esq. the two former prisoners charged with ha dug
committed an exteneire robbery, in the house of William
Henry Isoutha Esq.,a barrister, residing at No. 6, Lincoln's-
inn New-square ; and the two latter with having pledged
the property, knowing it to have been stolen.
, Jusben, a constable of Newington, state!, that 01 the
6th inst. he met Cockerell with a box on his shoulder., se-
el=apseied by the two female_ prisoners near the Coburg
Theatre. He suspected them of roguery, and ma le the
usual inquiries. Cockerel' said tire box In) was c truing
belonged to himself, and he was removing it fin II the
Temple, where be slid be had lived, to his present stie.te
in Oakley Street. 'lbis account waif soon found to he a
fabrication, and the constable conveyed them to the watch
house, where he found. a great number of duplicates ripest
searching the box. In the course of the sante afternoons a
butcher named Thompson informed witness that a voting
man had left a desk at his house under rather suspicions
circumstances. The witness went to the house and °peruse
the desk with a key attached to a bunch which he bad pie.
viously taken from Cockerel!. In the desk he found snare
plate and two pocket books, comaieing duplicates for viri
ous-artieles of jewellery of considerable value. 'rime same
night the prisoner, Thomas, Ladled at the butcher's for the
desk, when he was. apprehensied,and subsequently it tae
ascertained that the greater part of the jewellery plelgiet
was stolen from Mr. Booth.
A number of pawnbrokers attended,and produced articles
that bad been pledged at their shops by Cockerel! sal
one of the, females nettled Moor. Mr. Broth identified a
gold watch, a musical seal, and several gold rings as his
property.
Mr. booth stated that lie was absent from town the early
part of this month, and on his return he was informed tb st
Cockerell was in custody. On examining his drawers, be
discovered that be had been robbed to a very considerable
extent. Mr. Booth added that the prisoner bad access to
his house in consequence of his having a brother in his
(witness's) employment. —The two male prisoners, and 01114
of the females, were committed for trial ; the other was re-
manded.
Yesterday Beeman and Cahuae the bookseller residing
in Blackman-street, in the Borough, were brought up for a
final examination ; the former charged with having cans,
mitted a robbery at Mr. Bentley's, and the latter with hav-
ing knowingly purchased the stolen property. The ;mei,
cnlars of this case were stated in our paper of yesterday.
In addition to the former evidence, a Dictionary, calletf.
" Walker's Abridgement," was producid, which was forma
in Cahuac's shop. Mr, Hensley stated, that to the best of
his belief the copy of the Dictionary was his property, and
bad been stolen from his premises.
Ciapperton, warehouseman: to Mr. Bensley, said,
that about fourteen months since several copies of the above
work were printed by Mr. Bentley, and on that occasion he
(witness) deposited two remaining copies in a particular
place on the premises; on examining that place yesteolse
he found one of the copies had been taken away, and he
had no doubt the copy now produced was the same that had
disappeared.
The prisoners were fully committed for trial. Callus
will be admitted to bail.

Catherine Jennings, the woman who some time sires
preferred charges of an improbable kind, against two re
spectable Members of the Society of Friends, before the
Court of Conscience, was tried at the late Assizes before
Mr. Baron Pennefather, for robbery, convicted, and sea•
tented to be transported.--(Cork Carrier.)

BIRTH.—On tbel6tti Inst., at !Heinleid-place, the lady debates
Shaw We're, Esq. of &daughter.
11,1.11tRIED.—On Tuesday last„ at Northwood: Church. isle of Wiry.
Capt. Willtam'Aognetn.Moutigwo of the Royal Navy, to Ann. third daiiik"
ter of Sir George William Leeds, Bart
Uu the RJd lust., at Stoushouse Chapel, Devon, Capt. B. Kent. Royal Na
vy, Ban of John Kent. Esq., Royal Heopital,Phmoutbi Plvelue• Pfgel,°l,,
Kent, youngesPdadatter of the late Henry Kee. Esq.. Commandeg4o'"
Majesty's ship Dover.
DIED.—At blabouse at Kelvedoll,. In Essex, Robert Torte, Est. aV "
years.
At Nottingham Castle, on the Elith Inst.,lo the 16th year of bet ago Sm.
Plrunbe, relict ot the late Thomas Plumbe. Baa. ei Low Hall. he the coot,'
of York,and last surviving grand daughter of tbe late Sir George icier 's%
of To tig Hall.

COAL MARKET, At;ousr 27.
Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Price.
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24 Sadderland. . 22 ..• .......386 Od to 41 2i
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