Police.
The Times, 1824-10-07T00:00:00

MA~aI~.uoun....esterav - Lees, the beadleo otCoopers' Hall, was brought before the LoRD Kiy(ilt, charged with having given his wife a dlesperate beating. The poor wvoman, *ho is the mnotlher of a great many children, andI advanced in years, was fool enough,.seven mionthsi ago, to marry the beadlie, who hiad an eye to her little property, and never let hier rest until hie becanie master of' it, a~d even thten hier rest wvaa but of shiort duration, her hiusband hiaving d termined to distuirb it in a less agreeable m-anner. 'thley Wvere married on 8aturday h ut lie c'hosie to repe thtat niight, anA every suicceeding nighlt, ip a cot bY himself, And to lfea,ve lilt podir wife, who obseri,ed a clhatige in hit contduct the moment after the ecenemony was performed, to shift for heraelf on the chairs or the floor. lI e took care also to geo to bed punctually drunik every nizh t, and hiad a fancy for a burniing candle tie close to hiis cot as to endanger the hiouse. 1lii wife, wlhen shle saw hiint fn Ruch a conditioni, was in thie habit of takiiug away thie candle, not wishing toshare tltedanigerof beingburnsd with so worthleis afellow. This .interference withi his authtority provoked hiim to the mnost brutarl fury. Oin the Tuesday after their marriage, lie told hier to walk off withi herself; as she was: ugly, oldl, and useeless. _-Ie swore, thant if site did not pack off', he'd t~ake liet a corpse. Shle was willing enough to go, uponl condition of' the restoration of her property;' bitt he re- fused to give her a sixpence, and ttienceforwaod wreaked both liis drunkeni and sober vengeance upon hier withoutInercy. Her triends entreated her to leave him ; buit She remained tindler Iiis protection until itp rov,ed almost fatal tolher. Last Tuesdav,'nixhtthe went home full of l iquor, and being also full of valour, lie struick the poor wo. toan with hi,; fist on the shoulder and the Jaw. lie t1htri seized a sort of chisel or knife, and struck her with it on the back of the head. Site fell down in a state of- insensibility,and blood poured f'rom the wound ; upoinwteing which, the beadle walked off' to hiis bed, sia- tisfied with the result of his exeitiant. The neighbourhood, how- ever, was disturbed by lilt violence, and he was taken to prison, and his wife put under the care of a surgeon. A Solicitor ap~peared for the prisioner, and offered to siccomnmodate matters in hit client's name, -without, hiowever, saying a word in jut. tification of his conduct. The poor wontan, whose condition wat truly deplorable, assured tIleLoniitlAAYO.atlat she was convinced her howsband wouldl kill her, Rccording to a promise he lhad solemnly made, before the honeymoon wae over. Whenever shbe heard his bell ring, suchi was her dread of film, thlat she tremRbled all over ; and slite was now so weak as not to he able to Stand. True LoAD MdAYOR IMMedliately tent for the surgeon who hiad dressed the wound, apprehending from the dleathi-lIke appearattce of tile suifferer that gne was Inda dangerous state. Al r. Wad'd said he had been culledt in to vicit Mfrs. Lees, andl found that ttier6 was a bridge ott her shioulder andI her jaw ; and that thiere wvas a wound on the back of thie head, abouit two incitesi in leugth, anti evidetitly given with som-e Insituiment- .Such a wouind might hiave been produced by a blow given with t*e knife or chisel psro- duced. lie lid tiot apprelhend any Immtnediate, danger; buit ler pullse wvas at 1 00, andI fatal consequencei ouight still ensue. Hie would by no means answer for hier safety, althoughi thecre was no fracture of- the skulli. rThe LoRD )IAgioyt gaitl that the conduct of the beadle wais tnost brutal, anid must mark himn out fo5r punishment, whtether. the law would punish himor not. The unfortunate wvomanwhlom the fellow was bound to protcect, liad beeti the victim of the moest scandalouti imposition as well as cruel violence, antd was by no mneans out of danger. He lameutted that almost every day brought before himi fin- statlices of thle grossest violations of manly spirit. The 5uoor women, as if they were to be tlirown out of the pale of humianity, were con- stantly attacked. Hle was daily reprobating the practice, which was gr-owing to so disgraceful a inagnitude. Hrere tile prisoner said lie knew nothing at all aboist the kcnife. His wife declaredi thtat lie bolted hier out uf his room every nighnt withi it, there being niotliing else to fasten Site door with. Tue prisoner's attornev saidhscinwa lngtcoeoay accommtodation. . dhscIn a llgt oet n Alrs. Lees said it was imuosstible for he-r to go near him again.. If he did not kill hier with violence, he certainly would withi frighit she was mnore afraid of him than of all the rest of the world. The vestry-clerk of Coopers'-htall. said, the prisoner was a mlost violent petson, andi its the habit of abuaing his wyife, who was a de- cent poor woman. The LjOaD MAlYAoR refused to let the prisoner go at large, until the surgeon shall have declaredI hit patient out of danger ; and ,the beadle was taken back to prisoti. The poor womian is unwilling toK rosecute, notwithstanding the cruelty whjich site baud experienced. R1r. Saunders, the water-bailiff; waitedI upon the LoRn AMAY00, to report to, and receive instructions from, his Lordship, with respect to the obstructions in the river Thames, alluded to in osir report of' vesterday. He stated that many parts of the river were in the con- dition represented in tie public papers, atid the parties had in conse- quence been served with noticea fii the first instance to abate the nui. sac.There had certainly been a partial abatement, hut now the obstructions were as bad as ever. Time difficulty of providing against so extensive and serious an anusyanre was considerable;, in fact, he believed musat therevil could be only remnedied by' the removal Of the mooring chains altogether. So long as those chains were permitted to remain, the bargemen and hlghtermien would mnost certainly duaten their craft to tiemn. Tue i,ORDs MAIAOR said, it was absoluitely -Aecessary to clear away thpe obstructions for the sake of a free navigation, as well as faur the security of those who went up and down the river Ini beats. His Lordship thien directed that the circumsitances slhould be report- ed to the NavigationCommittee,who would doubtless take immediate steps for the removal of the chains. Some weeks ago a parcel, containing the lhalves of several bank- notes, was sent to the Swan withi Two Necks Inn, Lad-lane, directed to asmercitant ir the city. It never toacdied its dlestination. Soon afer St was missed onie of the potters of the inn was observed.in Copenltagen..lields, and he afterwards disappeared under such cir- cuMstances4, that the proprietor of the inn t4ought proper to ofl'er a reward of 201. for his apprehension. A little boy, while playing in Copenhagen..flelds, saw pieces of bank-notest in the grass, and brought thieni to his father, who pasted the pieces together withlIin- finite painsi, and found titey were pgrts of Batik of Englanid anid country notes, to the amouint of 451. It lit conijectured that the portr, ronopeingthe paLrcel with itent to steal the contents, and indng tat heywere half notes, tore aind threw them away, as lie could not easily m-ake use of themn. The fathler of the boy who foutud the peces shiowed them to Smith, the ofileer, who informed Ai r Waterh0u50 of the circumstance, and applied to him for stome remyuneration for the poor muon, whio, when lie brought them to the office, believed them to be as good Lis cash. Air. Waterhouse,'how. ever, said lie was at expemise enough about them, acnd refused to pay the mnan any thing for his trouble. Under tliese circumstances Snmth applied to the Lord Alayor for his interference The LOan AMAYOR i3aid, that sinfortunately the halves of thie notes were of no value, and he could ntot give any more asslstaticee in the matter titan a simple representation to Mlr. WVaterhouse, that the pornman was justly entitled to some rewardl for hig trouble. The ollicer said, that AMr. W atertiouse seemaed determined not to thegiv O a tialfven stted that Mr. Waterhouse would, if he faied o podue te hlve ofthe notes In possession of the appli. cant, b oblige toprhs n inudemnft3~, which would cost him 11. Ide. Now,iftht sum were givren to time finder, he wouild be re. compense to his satisfaction, and Mr. Waterhouse would not be obliged to pay for the indemnity. GtILDr.ntALL..-.A decetit-looking old man, named Mrilliam Som-ers, applied to theo sitting Mlagistrate, Mr. Aldermnan A)TsLgY, yesterday, for his advIce and assistance under the following circuin- stances :-He had, he said, pledged a Bible at the sthop of Mr. Bay. his, pawnbroker, No. 41, Aidersgatetstreet, for l0s., on the 2d of Sieptember, 11123, and he now produced the duplicate to that effect. On the 4th of September last, two days after it was out oftinie, as it is calleid, he applied to redeem it, off'ering the principl a]nd in- terest ; hut he was teltn told that it was forfeited, and had beean sold. Hie had, however, subsequently seen its exposed for tale in Mr. Baylis's shop-window. maiked "1price 21 .2s." On this herenewed his application to be 'allowed to redeem it; but that had been re- fusedf, Mr. B3aylis smoanditig strictly to the Act of Parliament, that the pledge was forfeited, and not being a pledge above l0s., he was not obligzed to send it for sale by, public auction. Mlr. Alderman ANSLEY said this was certainly a hard case, but he fe-ared that under the act oF Parliamnt, the pledge not being above l0s., and out of time, if the pawnb roer persisted, he, as a Magistrate, could,not interfere. MVr. Beresford, the chief clerk, referred to the 17th clause of the Pawnbrokers' Act whicht states, that " all goods and chattels pwn- ed or pledged, shah' be deeined forfeited, and may be soldl at the1 ex- piration of one whole year, exclusive of the day on which they were pawned ; and that all goods so forfeited, on which any sum above 10s., and not exceeding 101., shall be saild by public aution, and not otherwise." He feared that this took the case out of the power of the Magi8trate, bitt he did not doubt but that the complainant might recover in an action of trover. Indeed, a decision to that effect had latelI taken pl ace in the Court of King's, Benchn. Mr. Alderman AarsaEy.-That may be all very right, but this poor fellow cannot afford to bring an action of trover. Are you sure it Isnot sold_id YOu see it yourself P Somera.-I saw it myself, your worship, In the windowv, so late as yesterday, marked up two guIneas. Mir. Alderman AtisLEy.-Well, I fear I can do yot no service; you musttSee Mfr. Baylis himself, amid state the cage to himru c and -probably he -will let you have It, Somners...-.I did sce Mr. Baylis hirmself, your worship, sa-d I told Iitim it was a family Bible that we set a great store by, and I offered him the prinicipal and in'terest, and four or five shillinIgs more, if he required it ; but he said I should not have it, and Imright go agnd lake my remedy how I could.' - It was here suggested to the 1Magistrate, that probably if he granted a summons against the pl .Wnbroker, he mnlght be iniduced, on his recommendation, under the peculiar hardships of the case, to come to sense reasonable arrangero sat with the complainant. Mr. Alderman AarSLEY...We do not usually grant surmmronses upon speculatIoni, and I fear, in this casm, it would be of no use to send to the pawnbroker. He seems to know the law, and if I were to send a summnons, he might dis-regard it, and I have no Lpower to enforce it AU I can do is, to advise and recormmendI; and r~an , d0 00 go with the poor fellow to Mr. Baylis-tell him my a trIfyou can season with him. ?ran, th marhalan, hookhis eadver,y significantly on re. cetrng he ldemans istrurios, nd milng,replied " Yes, yourWorsip wil go ithhim,butI kow iMr. Baylis, ana he udertans th Panbrkers Ac aswell as any mnan in thie BOWSv TREET.-The publication of the following fadtg will er aps serve to guard the public against the machinations of a eow who is going about practising his fraudulent tricks, as It would seem, very successfully: Amaster tailor applied to the magistrate on Tuesday for a war- rant to apprehend a young man, who, he sid, had defrauded him In a very cunous manner. Sonme time ago a young man (not the one against whom he now applied) came tolim, and requested to have a quantity of clothes made immediatelyi as he was about to enter up:n a highly respectable situation, and he should want a complete ward- robe. The applicant of course expreased his willingness to execute any order that mi ht be furnished to him, but observed that as credit was required it would be necessa that he should have a re. spectable reference as to his character and the truth of his represen- tations. He very readily ave a reference, and it was to the person for whose apprehension he now wished to. have a warrant. That individual was found by the applicant living in apparently good style, at a very respectable house; bat when the subject of the visit was made known, he declared he could not,.as a man of respecta. bility and honeur, give a recommendation to the young man, because he really knew very little of him, and that little was not of the most favourable kind. The applicati. upon receiving this answer, refusedf to execute the order or the other young man, and there that affair ended for the time. Shortly after, how. ever, the referee himself called upon the applicant, and said he wanted some elotbes, and gave a considerable order. Se stated that he was a lieutenant in the navy, and also held a eituation in the Admiralty, and, to convinco the applicant that he had isothing to fear, he would give him 31. in advance. That slii lie immediaiely' paid dowvn, and as speedily as possible the clothes were marie, and swit hiome. From that tinme to the presarit the apfplicant had never seen this liberal anti genitlemanly customen He, very soon after obtaining the gogils, left his lodlrrings; and tupon inquiry, thje appili. cant ascertained tliat he was no a iueati h navy~ and that, so far from having ever heild a situation in the Admiralty, Ni was not evern khowni there. He hiad ever since been endeavouring lo trace the fellow, n tlnt had that dlay asceritained where hre was to be fon,and if thie mfagistrate thiouglit fit to grant a warrant, he could be easily takeni. The Mlagistrate howrever said, that lie couild take no cognizance of the mnatter. By takting a portion of money in advance, he hiad made it to all intents and purposes a matter of cilil contract, and hiis only remedy wau by sriing himiifor the dlebt. The tailor departed with a shake of thie hiead, whichi seemedl to denote that lie thtought that the reimedy pointed out wouild, if pur- sued, be worse than none at all ; anid yesterday aLnother unfortunate' dupe of, no.doubt, the same artful youith, applied for awarnu- de prcsly the same circtums-tancesg, except tfhat the goods btaied were boots and shoes instead of coats and trouserm The boot. maker, of couirse, received thie same aniswer as the tailor. Two young miere of thie namnes of Iver-y anne D2avies were brought up on suspicion of having gonqmltred a robbery in the Cheshire Cheese public-house, iii Little EsscA_street, Strntd. 'The prisoners wtre eachi about 18 years of age, and very smartly dressed. 15 r. Hurmphrreys, the attorney, attendedct in thieir bVehalf. Airs. Cunningham, the landladly of the Cheshire Cheese, stated that o'n Thursdlay evening last, the prioners, who were knowrn at lier hiouse as customners, came into the bar as they had done before, and were joined by Iwo acquaintances of theirs in a psine at cards, While they were at their game, slit deposited ca'mel7 box, in which were 151. in gold, silver, and copper, in a cupboard in the bar, an act whichi they mnust, front the sittiat ilon of the bar, have seen. Thley left the houise ratlher suddenly, end in a miniute after she missed the box sand money. She would swe2r that no person wasi h bar but the prisohers and thieir comipanions and herself7 fro t he timadthatgshe deposited rhe propertyuntil alitmissed it. Baker, a patrol, apprehended the prisoners two days afterwards, and fournd nitohin;f criminatory upon thtem. The pris,orsers declared they were innocen.t. dIr. MINsWTrr.r. said, it was a question ,1luich a Jury alone could properly decide, and he stiouldl commit tire priisoners for trial. They were fully committed.I diAnt.DOaLOrroHeSTvEET.-..Yesferdsy a chiirge appeared enter- ad in tIre waich..book c-f St. George's parish, Hlanover-square, against John C/rittr,r, tor assaulting a watchmani, ard Ror&rr Al.rebrook, for endeavouriilg to res;cue Chltty f'rom- the.custody of the watehman. Lacy, a patrol, end Fox, a watchmetn, In Bondi-street, stated, that they were conVeyiirg Chitry, who' had asrsaulted Lacy, and knocked himn down, to the wa-..h.house, about 10 o'clock thti night before, whien Alsebrook camie up, and attemptedi to rescue hiim ; they could not, however, state any act er expressio-n of hit, whichl couild'show a disposition in hbiin to do so. Alsebeok,In hs defsnce, gave the 'asa Very different comi- plexon. e stted,that as lie was goingR tovards hils master's (Count St.Antnios) ous inHanover-squiare, whtre lie Is in service as footan,he sw amanin thte custody of' the watchman Fox. anti at he nsantLay, hepatrol, came running up, and struck the mana dspeateblo onthie hack with a bluidgeon ; he (Alsebrook) remonstrate against suchi unnecesasriy violence-, anid asked whiat the m-an. hadi done, bt in no other manner did he interfere ; whien lie' was seized upon bytetowatchmnen, anid dragged off to the watch- house: whl on ln,lie told them whose servant he ws%, and requeste thymgtlthmgo, as he bad done nothing ; and just at this tmhi aster, Cut St. Antonio himuself, ctame up, and asked wawatiemter, and they (the watclimen) also tookhi to tire warcirhouse btwhen-they got t:iere-, there was no charge miade against theCut C~ount St. Antonio being sworm,said,thiatats itewas crossing ,from Brook-street towvards liia own house in Hanove quare,'he .saw crowd of persons, and tlilnkring that he heird ithe voice of one of iris servants, he went up, sa-d saw Alsebrook, hit footman, In cus- tody; te iquied wat as he attr, and what his servant hiad done, nd rad, tht if ie lid comittedany offence, or miscon - dirced hmsel, b allmean to akehim- to the watehhousil. Thes tw wathme, hoeve, wuld give hiim no answer or xplnaton;bit sid f le nldnot go about hiF business, the wold akehimto he atc-hosetoo. He told them who lie was, said t hat the inan was liis rervant, and he mnerely wanted to know what lie had done, its order that hemlgght bail him or riot, ac- worning to tire nature of the offence : inistead, hiowever, of givinrg hiim any satisfaction upon the siubject, Lacy called out to the other watchman to '" take care of the other pirisoner behind," mreaning t'he Coumnt hlimself, hie supposed ; and he was taken withi the othiers to tile watchblouse, but there was no charge preferred against him ; and finding thiat his servant had been really, guiilty of no of- fence, he becamne-responsiible for his appearance. Tire watchimen denied that they took the C-orint inito custodyat all; but said that he went volunrtarily to the watchhouse, aird asked the Count, if he was a gentlemani, to streak the truth, and say did they even lay a treand on him. Count St. Antonio said, that tltey certainly did not lav liold of himn ; buit he consideredhiimselfjuistas m-uch a prisoner as if theyhad. Mlr. Davie, a gentleman wvho waLs accidentally passing at ithe time, attended at the office to give iris testimony. He said, that lire had seen the wrhole transactioni from tile beginning, etnd the account gien by Counlt St. Antonio and his servant was correct. The con. duct of the watchmen, he said, was standalone, particularly Lacy, Who, in the most warton manirer, itruck the prisoner Chiiity a dies- titrate blow, after he was in custody. .Mr. Dywir, t'he Mlagistrate, said, that this wasa case of as gross. miisconduct o the part of watchmen as ever came before hiim at this effice. Whiatever cause thecre might have been for taking the pri. soner' Chitty into custody in the first instance, thert could be none a4t all for striking him in the brutal manntr that was described, after he was secured ; anid, in constequience of this binutality towards him, he should niow discha-rge himn altogether from the chatrge of risai. As regardied tire servairt of Count St. Antonifo, thtre did not aippear to be a shadow of founidation for the charge of rescue mad; gis him, or for taking him to tire watehhotise ; andti se conducto hs Watchmen was most scanidalouts In taking him into custody in the man- ner they did. But wliat surpassed all their uniter acts of abuse in their situation wasi the making a prisoner of Count Sn. Anitonio himself, or at least treating him in ruch ii manner as gave hima reason to c-on- sider himself a prisoner, Iir fact, tire whole of their conduct upoa: the present occasioni could not be too higinly repreliended, particu. larIy that of Lacy; and for the part lie took in the transaction, he should be suspended from his situation for one month. Tire other wAatchiman (Fox), who appeared to him to hiave acted under rthe di- rection of Lacy, he (Mlr. Dyer) should, on this occasion, dismiiss, with a cautIton how liei conducted hiniself in future; for if again he -should be guilty of similar usisconduict, tire present transaction should not be forgotten. Count St. Antonio now interfered, and requested that the magis- trate might do away with the suspension against Lacy. Ile was, the Count said, highlv satisfied with the investigation that had taken place, and tire jnstice done te himself and his servanit, and he dlid not wishi the watchmen so suiffer through his means, more than the reprimand they had received. He therefore thould feel obliged if the magistrate would resore liacy to his situation. Mlr. DYER said, that as it was the Count's requxest, he should do so,and Lacy ought to feel much obliged for the lenity shown to hint; aiid he trustedi it would, in future, beea warning to him h ow he con- ducted himself. ILacy was then restored, for whichlireexpressed his gratitude to the Couint and the Magistrate, and acknowledged that he had acted very wrong, but shouldl rake care not to do so again. Mlr. .Mark Tinner, of Bermonrdsey, ship-chandler anid reformer of bad governments, apiplied yesterday, for the second time, to Sir GEORGE FASiIANT, the Magistrate, to have a certain piece of canvatss, on wvhich were printed the various omissions of the King's M inisters in their progress towards reform-ing the morals of thepen pie, restored to hitn. This placad, it seemsg, as well as Air. Tn ncr himself, was seized by one of ttre Bow-street patrol while it was being exhibited to admiring hundreds in Oxford-street, and brought to this office. Mr, Tanner was discharged, but the placrd was locked up. Sir GEoRGuE said, that he did not see what great buisiness Mfr. Tanner could have with the placard now, as he had promised never to3exhibit it again, and It would be kept perfectIy safe at ,the office. Mr. Tanner said, he did not mean to exhibit it again, but he wished to have it in his possession, to hold it in terror over the rulers of the country, and over the ungodly. There was, lie said, a great deal of danger to the country afloat at present--for instarsce, those Missionaries that are running about ; he knew well what they were; he had known them for fifty years, and ie himself would undertake to convert and reform more people in one week than all the missionaries Ins the kingdom, In one dlay he converted hID Jews; but as for the missionaries, they wee nothingz but hypocrites, and that was almost as had as atiorthey did ver well to 11'draw"people of their money. They-were somiethiing, like the lawyer. Hewas taken up four years ago, and he was threatened to be brought to trial. Rfe employed lawyers, and, al. though no trial took place, the lawyers drew him out of 2501. He should like any man, he said, to show him a missionary; he was very anxious to ree one; he would give 20 goincas to be shown a missionary; and he would soon convince him that he was nothing butabhypocrite Hewas, hesaid,theoiilyrman thatrcould save the country. Sir GEORG-E FAatR.AwT said thast this Might be very tZue, arud perhaps he -ould manage to do so without the placara ; and if not, if he would look In again in about a fortnight, tire subject of return. lag it to him should, in the mnean time, be cousidered. Mr. Tanner saidt he wouldI see wrhat he could do withiout it, and bre would call again. The applicant then made a low bow, and retired, UNrOer.UALL....Yesterday three yodng stue, named George and WWilam Purdly, brothers, anda Edwvard R,aeefl were breuglhr up, and charged on suspicion- of kavinig been enWecd in a numiber of burglaries and robberies recently committed so Newingwon and Wal. worth ; andl two young women, of the namies of Ammo C&ta,dor and Caroline Goodmaui wer- charged with receiving and. aispot:ng of the property takern bytb rmale prisoners, knowing it to be istolen. As, soon as the prisoners were placed at the bar, a crowd of perons flocked into the office, which was filled in a few mninutes with prose. craters and witnesses who had suffiered by their depredations. The male prisoners are connected with a desperate gang ofihousebreakerll, whose nocturnal adventures have excited great alarm irs 'Walworth and its nelghbourhood, and wIlch has been designated by the ap. pellatiors of the "tWalworh Gang." Several constbies have heen orn the alert to apprehend the party, but without effect-notwith- standing houses hKae been nightly entered and plundered-until ithin a few days, when, through the activity of a constable samed Snow, one of the prisoners, Widiam Purdy, was taken into custody, and shortly afterwards the other prisoners were secured. There are others of the party against whomu strong suspicions attach, and va. rious parts of the metropolis have been searched in order. to appre. hend them, but-hitherto they hate beeri able to elude thesearch which has been made. About six weeks ago George Purdy, and Russell, were taken into custody, charged mth having committed a burglary in the dwelling-house of a lady narned Keys, inn Peckiam-fields, under very susplcious dircumstances; but theproof was not sufflcient in the maglstrate's opinion to warrant him in detainiing thel con. sequently they were discharged. The first case against the pfioaers yesterday was the folowing - Sarab Taylor, a laundress residing at No. 2, Park-place New- ington, stated, that on Friday morning about fiveoo'clock, the 24th of September last, she was awoke outof her sleep by some neighbouirs who came to acquaint her that her houtewas broken open ; she irnt-e diatelyroseandfound htather parlour-window hadl beem broken open, and that some persons had entered, and carried, away a large quantity of linen belonging to several persons for who:n she wasbed, She then went to acquaint Mr. Snow, the constable, of the robbery, and having heard something very euspicious against the prisoner Wil. 11am Prurdy, she made the constable acquainted with the circum. stance, antd the latter advised her to watch a certain house, si. tuated inl Park-pIse, which the prisoner inhabited. Having becn on the look.eut a aort time, she observed William Purdy come out of the house wit.h a hand-box in his hand. The prosecutrix followed himn don a street and seized him. He asked her ! hat sAle wanted t She edswered " tkia she Wished to see Vvhet the box cointained which he was earrying,' bat he refused. She then told him, if it bad nothing in it but w1at wI'e his own property, he need. not be africd showing it: be stiM rc- fuged and tlireatenecl to knock her down, ralsingip iLs hiand far the purpose of giving her a blow * but in consequence of the people who came round the prisoner he did not strike her, and h6 then sdd if rite wonld accompany him home she should see the etntenas of the boa; but she'declined going, and insisted on having the box. The prisoner, findinR hitself pressed, repled, " Take the things, if they belong to you;" throwing the box at her whilst he ras thus speaking. He then ran away, but she raised the cry of' " Stop thief!" and giving the box to a Mrs. Hood, she puriued the prisDne? until he was secured. A constabie, who received the box in question from MTrs. Hood, produced its contenrs, which the prosecutrix identified as being sonie of the articles that sshe bad been robbed of on the rmorning above stated. A te^ond constable produced some otrer linen which he found at 'in. Pardv's apartments, which the prosecuttix likewise identified. Joseph gnow, a constable, deposed that all the prisoners lodged together in a house In Park-place and which houBe he aent to, sa=rch soon after he h.la heard of the robiery, befbre he evan lred,obtained a search-warrant. In the lIouse he found the faur tialg, & number of'skeleton keyg, a lantern a centre-bit, and a saw. He afterwards compared the marks otFthe implements which had been used to force open the prosecutrix's parlour-window, and he fbunl that they corresponded exastly. Ile likewise found a jacket Jn the same apartments which lie had seen the prisoner Russell wear, anti he also discovered in a bag a quantity of Dutch pipes, quite new. In addiotin so these things, he folid some clothes hllich belonged to the prisoner George Purdy. William Kevy stated that he knew the prisoners al' t4yed in the same hoase des'tibed by the last witness. He had frequeY-tlY news them enter toeether. The next charge-nade against the prisoners was as follows :_ Al r. Charles Scott HiEton deposed, that he was the lanidlord of the Prince ef- Wales public-houise, Beresford-street, Ner,ikton. Oil the mnorning of the 23d of September last, between five antd sir. o'clock. he 7ws caUed up by some persons who were pasaing, and told that his house was brokem open. On evamiining the prermises, he found that his bar vindow had been broken open, the shirtters forces, shd some persons had eitered the apartments. He searched to see if any property was taken, and he missed three silver tea- sprons, a table-cloth, and his hnt. A het, which was found in the street, was brought to him, and the prosectttor went out to search arouDd the place where the bathad beeR picked up- After looking about a s?hort time, he discovered some liniag which fitted irx the hat, bearing the initials E R., in large letters. The hat and lining were both given to a constable namned Gough. Keys here ac- quainted dtie presidingg agilltrate(R. Chamubers, Esw.) tlht he knew the hat wais RuFsell's, having seen hinm wear it on a former occasion, w hen he was apprehended once before. Prissrner Russetli.-How can you say so, Mr. Keys ? I wo;ea sill. liat at that time, and the one whlich you haYe now is a beaver. Joseph Snow, the witness in tie last cl, e, said that he had compared the marks of the instruimients which bad forced 0pen the prosecutor's window, a;d they corresponded with tolie implemtents that were found in the hiouse occupied by the prisonri.rS. The witness then produced pieces of the window fr'tnO, and hi? Worship examined them hisiself, comparing the marNts with the chisel tkat had been found in the prisoners' house. It was quile manifest that the implements used in breaking open the ouise iln question were those produced bv the constable. George Gough apprehended RusreclL who wore the hat proauceLd. The prosecutor identified his hat as being the one he had lost frona his house the mortling of the robbery. Thorias Cane, who apprehended the prisoner George Purdy, found in his possessien the duplicate for a table-cloth now produced.. Johi IVIurra, a pawnbroker, living in E;Est Smithfield, depwsed, that on.the 4thof Septem'ber last (the day after the robberyltbLe prisoner Caroline Goodman Pledged tie t;sble-cloth (now produced) at his shop, in the name of Purdy. He knew her very well; she had frequently pledged goods in the same name before. A shopman of Mr. Annis. a pawnbrokser, in Sparrow-corner, Alinorics, stated, that the prisoner Ann Claydon offered to pledge two silver spoons on the 24th or 25th oi September, having the same marks, crest, and cipher upon them as the one now produced. Shie said, on being asked to xrhom they belonged, that they were her mother's property. W15itness desired her. to go and fetch her mother; for he would not receive them. She went away and did uot return, neither did her mother go to the shop. rritness had Inorn the fe_ male prisoner Claydon some time- she had often pledged goods itl the nunte of Russell. The spoon produced vras one of the set frorn which the presectitor had two stoltn on the morning of the robbery. During the examina- tion, the prisoners fRFquentiy interrupted the witniesses, by calling them false swvearing men. Tlue next case against the prit0ners vwas one for stealing the very instruments by which they had eff'ected their entrance into the eousc which it wfas ailleged they had plundere-s. Snow intbrmed the magistrate, that three public-houses In the ptarish of Newington had been recently broken open and robbed,an& that in a few davs he thought he should be able to establish some additional acts of felony and burglary against the prisoners. The: Huntsman and Hlounds public-house was broken open, and a chiseE whici had been left there by the thieves had been reogznized by t mAan nained Dvmock, wvho was a carpenter residing very near th&s house which the prisoners inhabited, as his property, and who ha& lost it a short time previous. It was consequently rettored to him; - but in a few days he was again deprired of it, and he now dir. covered it among' the implements that were upon the table before his worship. The mrran then stepped forward. ant pointed out the cnisel whiclx corresponsled to the marks upon thce window of Mr. Hinton's house. He likewise isdantified the centre-bit and saw, with other inr-t_, ments, as his propertv, baving had them stolen out of hit shop. The lost charge brought forward yesterday agairst the prisonerg was, for stealing a quilt from a lady residing in the neighbourhood of Park-place. The lady stated, that on the 15th of September she missed a quilt in the middle of the day from her garden. and had not seen it since, until it was produced by a beadle named Freeby. Wim. Freebv found the quilt on a bed in the house described by Snow, situated in Park-place, which he produced- He aso ioqlua oJ pair of slheets on the same bed, which the prosecutrix in the ftirs case identified as being part or the propertv she had lost. Snow acquainted the Alligistrate that there was a witness In at. tendapce now, who could give some additional testijuony of a dr, cumstantial nature, which affected one of the prisoners and another individua; who hAd absconded. Joseph Valentine stated, that on the 24th having occasloma to be late at vork with some of his men, he observed the prisoner. Williahm Purdy, with a companior, walking up zmd down the street at a very unseasonable hour ; and when witnesse was having some refresgiment with his men, Purdy and his com- panion were anxious to join the party. Thev were permnitted to per- take of some refreshment, and when they went away', about two o'clock in the morning, they took each a pipe, which they smoked. at parting. hIre. Taylor was again called, and she said that she found two pipes on her premises on the morning of the robbery: one was cat. side the wrindow, and the other within. The pris.ners were then rem"sddc until next Tuesday. POUCE.