The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-11-16 00:00:00

POLICE.

Grunt, tr.r..—Yesterday Wog. Arerr.sion, ;lAOI
Consults, Wilt. Moore, and 'F• Urrfl, t%l Il km,
torbelowgios tdesperate gong of thieves., were hrouz!.t
op its eultody of Vaughan, of Row •sticet, and 1;,,r.
Jett, the city officer, charged with committing ds.
predations in the streets on Tuesday night.
1 From the evidence of the officers it npreared that
the Prisoners, in company with a ging of 11 1..3%t
thirty persons, were observed
about six each, from the top of Skioner.street
ilolhorn.hill. Some of these affected t• (pato
with each other, and having drawn together a crowd,
their companions came up and barrels...A the conic.
skin. A general system of robbery was the inane.
diate consequence; and pocket books, watci:es,
handkerchiefs, solidi bores, and various other :mi..
des were soon proclaimed as missing. The ging was
rather too numerous for the pikers to detect and
secure; two of the Prisoners, however, were caught
in the act of riding pockets, and the other two, ap.
prehended in attempting to escape into a house in
Field-Igoe, notorious for receiving stolen goods.
Upon searching their persons, a quantity of pro.
perty was found in their possession. This consisted
chiefly of seals, chains, silk handkerchiefs, two
valuable snuffboxes, some papers, and other articles.
The property was ordered, by the Magistrate, to
be advertised, in the hope of finding owners to effect
a proper prosecution, and the Prisoners were re.
manded for another examination.
DIAMOND RING.

Stt A ourELL-orii c.—Jalse Harrison was charged,
on the oath of Mr. J. U. Cassel, jeweller, with
having stolm a valua!sle diamond ring from him.
The Prosecutor deposed, tha► the Prisnner came
to his shop and asked to look at some fore-finger
rings ; he accordingly showed her a tray full of rings.
After she was gone, he miQsed a diamond ring oat of
the tray, which the Prisoner bad several times
looked at.

Hope, the pnlice-oflieer, deposed that he aearthed
the Prisoner, and found nothing but a few shillings
upon her ; she thrthd the theft, and he brought her
to the Othce.
BOW-sTßEET.—Wednectlay, Jribu Riley underwent an es-
nminallair before Mr. NUMB and Mr. RIRME; he was late a
clerk in the respectable of Ice of Shepherd and Adlington, in
Bedfo.(l-row, and is charged with feloniously stealing 971.
bein4 (he :mount of a draft which he h .d been sent to receive
by the min:aging clerk in the office: he pretended be had been
robbed of it in the 6tiveb.

11 rt. Willoughby, the cashier at floare'a, the bankers. in
Fleet-ktre,t, upon Irlow !p.m!: t:e &At was drawn, proved
his pay inr, the Privotter the amount of the than.
1i r. %y 0. apple, of the !tremolo:tilt General's &Kee of the
BAAL. of England. proved too 101. Bank-notes being paid into
the Rank of Kagland, one of them on ihe.ilth fistot Meter.
Fullers, the bankers, and the other one the 6th Unit. by Mears,
liettee and

Mr. Willou.;:ilsy, the cashier at Messrs. Hoares. in Fleet•
street, stated, ttita both these. WI. notes wore part or those he
paid the Prisoner forth.. amonnt of the draft is question,
I:li7aheth Corker, of hangley-places in the Commercial•
road, stated. that no the Ist instant, the day on which the
Prisoner received the amount of the draft, and preteoded Le
bad been rolihrtl, or lost the amount of he came to her shop
and purchased it watch, for a hich he agreed ta, give five gui-
neas, and in pn)etent for it be gave her a Jill. Bonk of Eng-
land note, which has been traced to he one of those received
from Mr, Wiiloogliky, and on which be wrote as his flalfle and
residence, John llorieshaw, Itoundsditcb, without beisig.tuised
so to iior.

He was fully committed for trial, and the parties Wind uv-r
to prosecute.
ELOPEMENT.
Unitow-tram..—A respectable young man was on Wednesday
brought up by Coltingtionra, charged by Mr. Friel. a :e-pect.
able tradesman in the Borough, with assaulting him, oad run.
ring away a ith his niece.
Evir. C rid stated, that his niece, who was about V, and of
whom he was very fond, res•ded with bsut. Fur the last three
week., the Defendant had been continually following her, and
at :ength, on Tuesday, persuaded her to elope with .hint. As
snout as Mr. Friel disrove, cd her Bight he counneoced a pnrsua,
and %11:4 fortunate enough to discover her and the Defemlam,
a house not far distant. lie en; rented bist Diemen resent home *nit
him, pointed out in her the ruin Wiliell most follow her funnir;
a onion a ith the Defendant against the coasent of her ft lend,,
and weured her if she would give him up, all a hich aas p t.t
should lie forgiven and forgotten. The young lady aas a'eutt
to comply with her uncles wishes, a hen the DMlelldailt et.cigrit
at being dill!, deprived of hi, prize, commenced a most fur ant
attack upon the Prosecutor, aho was with difficulty totaled
f • his violence.
The Defendant did not deny the charge, bat said he had an
affectimi fur the lady a thousand times stronger than an) uucle's
con Id be, and was determined to marry her. not tv
an) oppositior. he might meet with. and it was the fear of lastal
her which made him at t ;is lie had done. .

oas ordered tuliad hail to wooer the complaint at the
Se3sions.

A General Ccurt-Alartial has been demanded for
the trial of the Cwoui mdant of Tilbury furl, by on
inferior OflicPr at that stAion.

On the roof of a ;;?.teary in the Close, in Newcas-
tle, a 1ar4,1 rit wss lately oltserst,Sl by a perFon, who
dwells in the attic story of the opposite
frequently rerne out of a hole near the lower part of
the roof, as if to breathe the freih elf in safety, owl
go up the tiles anti sit gyms the ridge for seseral of-
notes together, and then return into the loft by tio,
same hold. One day legit seek a cat was seen eren
the house, and placed•liergell in a spout neat the
gahle, where she could not readily he observed hr
the rot. The latter soon made its a ppr 'raw..., and
went to the top of the roof AS usual, slirti Grime kit
softly slipped alow:, ttf:ti took • position betwe,'
the hole and the rat, uml completely intercepted its
retreat. Ti.s. eartie,:ly I.niked at es -h other far
some time, without rytter of them offering to ad-
vance. At letlgtb the rat fiodio4 its esoni,e ti-;•
hie wi:hout risking a {riffle, re501....1 "
victory, and advancing to the attack, srCzeil. Gii-
malkiti by the neck, which presented the cat heat
obtaining a secure ho:11 of her antagonist. Grrimalkia
therefore attempted to disentatiAle t:ersolf with her
claws, wbieh eau-ed lier to lose her.foor hull, en!
both rolled oli the roof, four •stories high, into 2
narrow lane, and were separated b, Or shod:. 'PI:
rat, *Web seemed unhurt b) the fall, mole awry
under a cellar door; but tne eau, tonate cat was
taken up nearly lifeless, and inmost tutu the Tyne
by some boys I

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late .f..ht. tri.
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