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The Times, 1824-11-19T00:00:00

MAVIS 0o2.,HeszS.-Yesterde.y an Italian,nameaDB artploZnCo fa- izzo,and his wife, ormistre2ss, Carolina Lavizzo, wcre brought before the-LoRD Al AYOn, chargedwithlhaving for,red the names of .Messrq. -Smith, Payne, and Smith, the bankers, to a parchmecnt, for the pur- ose of obtaining charity Mr. Nlanning, the Bank Director, an l several other men of coamercial eminence, attended- the exanlina. tion, the prisosers being suspected of having extensively impssed upon the public, by counterfeiting the recommnendatory signatures of some of the first people. Alr. Samuel Cotton, of Basinghall-street, stated, that on Tues. day, the female prisoner (who is under 20 yeaisof age, and a p)erson .of sowe attractions) called at his house, and presented the following petition, neatly written on parchm-ent :-_ Gentlensei,.-Me take the liberty most particularly to recom- mend to you Mlr. Lavizzo, and his familr, late banker and mer- cbant at Paris, who, since the month of October last, has had the mrisfortune to lone ail the propierty he posessed, in expeditions that he made to the Indies, and which have unfortunately failed. The intention of -Mr. Lavlzzo, if he is able to raise sufficient mneans, is to repair with his family to Rio de Janeiro, where he has a brother, who has resided there for 16 years, anid all his difficulties would immediately cease, could he once have the happiness to reach that p lace. In this deplorable situation, and having been reduced to the greatest distress, as weU as all his family, these unfortunates addrems themselvex with confidence to the bankers and merchants, as well as allpersonsof consequence to whom this rhall be communicated. Gentle en, if any wish to make an ofrering on the altar of (od, who relieves all iunnerited affliction, they dare hope that they will not be ingensible to the misfortunric of a family otherwise, by their virttes, rendered to truly worthy of commiseratioin and relief. We are, with the highest consideration, Gentlemen, "Your most hamble and obedient servants, "tlttTU, PAYNE, AND SM'ITetH" The signature was in the writing of some extremely illiterate per- 0a1rr, and no Daniel was nece,sary to detect the impo3ition. Ir. Cotton in the conviction that he had to deal with an imnostor, quei. .forred Lit petitioner, and ascertained that sonmebody wavi waitine for her outiside. IIe detained her, placedher in the custodyofan officcr, and went to the house of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, from whom he leamred what he had so firmly expected-tbat the sig-Aature wasAbfrery, and the petitioner and his family were strangera to llrt ,rorrester,. the officer, was ordered to take MIr. ILavizzo into dA,O;,,y, and as the Italian had hired a servant to assist in the plan for aising the w,jnd, the latter was likewise required to be appre- lhended Lr. Cotton said he was convinced that some other person .7as in the back groundi. In fact, he believed that Lavizzo a.d his -wife were the dupes of inlividuals who werecommitting very exten- sive frauds by working upon the charitable feelings of the public. Innumerable applications of this kind were daily made to him by persons vwbo were evidently associated together for the puirpsce of levying contrlbutions upon the public; and he considered it probable that if the writer of the petition could begot at, a very high scere of immature would be exhibited to the view of the town. John Forresler, jut., found Lavizzo and hiiservant Pietro Massi, im ahouse near Holborn, amongst a number of Italiass minstrels and beggars of all descriptions in the musical line-very extraordinary company for a Parisian banker. The banker started at the appear- anco of the officer. Indeed, his astonishment was sich, tbat lie for- got every word of English with which he had been before acqnaint- ad, and of couTsedid not eomrit himself by letting fall a word that wagqn:efllgible to the officer. Before they werebrought into the presence oftlietLonD AlAyot, Pietro Massi pretended to be very eommunieative respecting the ptrisoners, and said that he had accompanied his mistress to more than 20 houses of persons of wealth and distinction. No further, however, would he state. e did not know her object, lIte aid, in maning those vi-its. He had otly to wait uyon her and his sasler, and it waS not his business to inquire whatls rs. Iavizzo was doing at the houses at which she celled. It was his practice to walk up and dovwn outside the houses slie honoured with her visits. pietro in answer to aoqxe questions as to his habits oflife betbre he Was exaltea to the service tif the banker, snijI he used to play a little on the barrel organ; and Forrester judged that this was highest-re. commendation to the banker and his wife as lie waa one of the nmost likely persons to know to what Foint to direct a petitioner in conse- cuenFeof thaaervices rendered to himself in that character. When Tav]Fzo vas first questioned, he said that the lady 'was his slster, but afterwards Jle said she was his wife. He was disposed, to Fay more, w4en she staincd, and angrily told him inilFrench to hold his tonrue. e was obedient to this authority. 'In his-certificate from the Allen-office, ho Sot himsdef repteented as being knon to Mr. PROthschild. and this certiflcate MArs. tLavigzo brought about with btr, -to iexhibit In addlitional c6ttilination of her husband's calams. The LoRD AMAY6OR interrogated thie prisoners through the me. diam of anioterpreter. Lavizzosaidhseknewrnothing abouti.hepe- titionastall. Carolina, his wife, went oatat r.ineo'clockinthemoer.-. Ing, and retarned- inteatonwth the parchimenit, w'hich she said bad been -given oe ypro who interested himiseIf greatly in hier behatf,andpentdhrih twoguineas. MArs. Lzvizad statd haabevlet gentleman ment her in the streets and took ptonh.HeIidytook hier horne to hMs houise, whereeke t her iehor,adten he -sent her away with two guiweas-ip e ossin n ti lcma,o h ceitent8tind natture of which sh elrdseWsucrygoos The LoRD IAYO skdwether h ditdta shie went to Mri. Cotton's -withteetto gave thep i shac ad h lsd said, '.that the gentleman who thve rhea p ntiton erk pt a paer whichi shie had. representing Co ea ndition ofsrhsadand herself. * Trhe Lo-D MAYORaske her how she couldl accotztlt for going ,about to present a paper, of the nature aind coxitents of wvhicfi she was eatirely ignorant. Slie heiltated a little, and then observed, that the gentleman hav- ing kepl hner paper, shie concluded that thte pirc.hment fie gave her contained some representation of a similar description" which would prove as servicable. Lavizzo confessed, that he knew nothiing of Air. Rothschifld, that he was of a very different line of buisiness froni that of it banker, anid that his object in coming hiere was to get a guta 'e isl,With which he uiight accompany his wife's voici in thie streets for the amusemient of the public, from whom he thought hie minght pro- cure as much money as st'ould ena'ble hilm to go to the Brazils, where he had a b-other. ffe had called hils wife his sister, because lie thoughit himself too old to be called her husband. The servant was next examined...iHe had been living eor fourtzeen ears by playing on the organ in the streets, and he regularly attended KIs in stress when she went upon her day's work. 'The paper which was suibstituted by 'he parchi-went is believed to have been so cram- med with the names of contributors as3 to require to be replaced. It appeared from the Investigation, which was conducted with muclh abiity tht te risner'beon toa toopofforeigners, who have recntl coa veras scaours an threIs reason to believe they hav comited eryconideabl deredtios.At the present mo- men Itwasperapsconidredtha th pat o afallen banker with a ditresed amiy ws on ofthemostproitale to select for e,c. The LoanD MA-YoR said the operations of thle frauds might be much more extensive than was supposed, and he thought it h:s dtitty to remand the prisoners until Mlonday, in ordter that the public mighit be apprisedi of the circumstances of the case, and that if any, other persons had cause to suspect the conduct: of the prisoners they mighbt comre forward.-The prisoners were remanded till Monday. GuILDIIALL.-.J-1enry Syring, a decent-looking lad, about 16 tears of age, was brougyht into the office yesterday, before the sitting magistrate, Mlr. Alderman NVAITHMA-:, by Smith, a constable 6f Cheap Ward,.- whosaid he hiad been senit for that morning to take chairge of the prisoner, for stealing a dozen of' stockings from Mtr. Kipling's, the hosiler, No. 47, Cheapsitie. The genieral-postman of that district saw the prisoner sake the stockings, and give them to a man who was with him, whio ran off, and escapeA. The boy, how. ever, was pursued and taiken. Thiey haa not been. able to procure thte attendance of the postman), but if his wvorship wvould rema-nd the bo,they wvould be sure and get him there to-morrow. Mr. Alderman NVAMIM 5SAN.-I must know something uso-e about this first. WIhere wvere the stockings taken fromn? * Jamnes B3rassington, Mvr. Kipling's shopman, said he hadl put the stockings out only ten minutes before he m-issed them. They were a dozen of Angola.s, and worthi 22s. dIr. Alderman WVAs'THaANA.-What do you mnean by "1out?' Were they put for show outside the sliop-door ? dorasi ton s aid -N. They were placed about a toot withiin the Mr. Alderman. WAITItMIAN.-..SS that any body passing by could stretch out his arttn and reachi theni ? l3rassingtorn.YIes, Sir, for they were niot fakstened. Mr. Aldermnan W% [TrHMAsr. This is most abominable. It is really holding ou rmu o obery. You place a temptation in the way ofisrsepeon,at I verily believe it is the faci- lity alone thatindue thssr arbery. Why., I will venturye to sav, Sir, that there are a thouisand theves passing up and dlown Cheapside everv (lay of your life,anyoplc property within thi rah, witheut even fastening t,adhtin so public antI crowded a situationi. I wish heartily thtteewstome punish- ment for those whio platce property 4is so ungudd a mannier. Brassington allowedi it was improper; but they mutst show their goods like their ne-ighbours, and the stockings were within thseirown shop. Mlr. Hlerring, the Insnector of the City Po'iet, who happened to be presenit, ssiidl he had spoken to several tradesmen upon this very subject, and fromi all he could learn, they were perfee lv aware of the danger; indeed, he had beenL told that they woull rather run the risk of losing goods occasionally, than not expose thecm in that open manner. Mlr. Alderman WATTHIMAY.-I am afraidi that is the case. I have reprobated this practice when I was at thic lansion-housc, in the hope tiat it mtight go to the public, antI act as a caution,; but it seeras to have produced no effect. The judges themselves have ex- pressed their strong reprobation of this practice from the bcncli, and the Recorder uniformly refused to allow aprosecuxtor isis expenses in suchi cases; and ye-t all steems ineffectual. The mother of the boy said he was an honest hard-working lad, and got his living by selling articles of turnery-ware in the streets. He hmself protested that lie itad never been in confine-,nent. or brought up on any charge any where, in his Iif~ before ; and neither the officer whio attends with the prisoniers from tie Compter, nor any of thie cltv police, recognized his person. .T'he Alderxoqan told the prisoner he was very gorry for hint, hut if he would commit dishenest acts he must take the consequences. Then turning to the shbopman, said, If it shall turn out thiat the boy fs really an honest boy, I shAll feel great difficulty and uinwillinigneiss in committing him, tbr I sihall not be able to tlhink otherwise than toat it was the temptation alone that induced him to commit the robbery, and that lite probably would have never thought of doing suth a thlrig'but for the facility whichi presented itself to him at the momenit for effecting it. The prisoner was thein remanded for further examination this day. BOW.STREPT...Yesterday morninig a printed bill, of whichi the following isa copy, was received at this office insa blank envelope, throuigh the channel of the twovernny post-office It weas addressed To the MVagistrates of Bow-s'treet." "THE NEWV PANDlEMONIUMa, OR THlE DEVIL'S COUNCIL- CHAMBsER. T're devils concerned In sjsis convocatiqo of infamy, beg leave to make it known that No. 35,Tal1-mall, next door to Air. Adair's (with a back entrance into St. James's-square), is now openedI every night for the admnission of all true admirer, of diabolism, with cards reedy prepared., for the gamne of rouge et stoir,-...ine, deuxr, ciitq, &C., wrhere noblemen and gentlemen, who bring mToney atbroad anti leave caution at home, are initiaited into the mysteries of being plundered in a style peculiar to the Panthlemonium system. "The underlingsi ermployedI in theste regions of darkness aye all expert lads at legerdemAain tricks (taughit by a usotoriou.: Greek, well known for years in the I lower hells' for his jUggling arts at all gamnes of coance-and cards.) 11It is only necessary to observe, that the mani who cani escape from the dintiiplez of this Pandemoniumn (whecn once admittedl) with a heart unipolluted will be invitlnerable to all the ills entailed on mortalsi since the d;ay of Adatm. HeI may, without "ever, gripes, or vomit, drinlk scalding lava fromn the bowvelst of Vestiviuis; make hi3 ev-eninig posset of scorpions' yellow sperm, and toast his morning's muffin in Charon's deadly cave. N. B. Choice wines antI suppers gratis." At the bottom of thie bill, two other houses in this same vicinity were mentioned in writing, as being opened at stated houirs for the games of rot/ge el voir, hazard, &e, rTue bill was carefuilly print- ed on flne paper. We have given the words in italics as they ap- pe-ar in the original. A lad abouit 15, of the name of Carroll, antI a man named C'ox, were brought tip on, suspicion of having sitolen a gold watch-chain in the shop) of Mlr. WVheatley, a watchrraker, at Hammersmnith. At duisk, on Wetdnesdasy evening, the Prisoner Carroll went into Mlr. Wheatley's shop, whiich is son1e distance from his dlwelling. house, and whiere hits sisters were attending the goodst, and asked to look at some gold seals. One of the young girls showed hiim an as- sortment, and after looking at them he walked behimitl the counater and requested that slhe wouild showv him somie gold cliains whichi lie staw in the window. Shet placed four upon atray for his inspection, and ho asked the price of' them. Site then lesired her stister to go for her brother, and as soon as sihe had got outside the tloor for that puirpose, the prisoner said, "1I have not money sufricient to par for a ch1ain, but I am go- ing to a friend's house hard by, sand, wi l get enough ; so hiave the goodness to tell youtr brother not to go away for I hall he back in a few milnutei." In, a mninute after he had leAt the shiop, she missed one of the gold chains, and her8sister, as she was returniing from call- ing Mlr. Whbeatley, saw Carroll, with the othier prisoner Cox, in a cart, driving at full speed towads lonadoin. iMr. Wheatley, upoin hearing what hazd happened, followed with a conistable to. wards town, and they overtook the prisoners at Phlfllimore.place, Kensington. Mr. Wheatley sprung into the cart, and Cox at the same moment leapedouxt, but was seized by the constable atsoone distance and searched ; but no chain was; found. Air. Wheatley also searched Carroll, but wasn equally, unsuccessful. Carroll, however, when in- formed that lie was goimig to the watch-houise, said, " If you will let me go, I will give you miy watch, great coat, and ten stnillings, wvhich you may keep, if youir chain, or more than the value of it, is no ort msng to-morrow morning." They swere both secured. The prisoner C~arroll, who was an exceedingly initelligent lad, cross-examined the prosecutor -with great acuteness, with a view to show that he lisdsitmistaken his re'ise words, gad( consequently hiad misinterpreted his nmeaning. fe averred that lie mnerely said he wudleave the thinigs mentioned as a security for his appearance in- the moming; anid that then, sooner than' go to prison, lie would, altlhough innocent, pay even more ttitan the value of this missing chain. . Ie failed, liowever, in establishi,ng thfis point. Cox declaredk he knew nothing about the clhain. Sir R. BXR.azIrE said, ta a ease of strong Circumstantial evidence had been made ouit, and lie should commit the prisoners for trial. The,y were fully committed to Newgate. On 5tonday evening last, , genteelly dressed man passing down St. Alrtin's-lane, somewhat intoxicated, was attacked by a stout woman oF colour, who knocked him down, and as it afterwatds ap. peared, robbed him of a sovereign while pretending to assist hirm in getting up. She, was taken to the watchllouse by some per- sens who saw the transaction, and being asked what money she bad abotit her, she said she had none at all. On search. ing her, however, thev fbaind a sovereign and some silver in her stocking. The gentleman whonma she had knocked down stated that she hag pickedida pocket of a sovere'ign. He went away, leav- ing her in custody, and the constable, after bringing her here, and getting her remandedl, emsdeavoured -to find out- the person robbed, but taied. She was again brought up yesserdayv when Sir R. Bit- xale observed, that such a robbery was too serious a matter to be passed over, and be should remand her till Mlonday next. In the interim, perhaps the newspapers would notice the case, and the gen. ilema.n might be imluced to come forward and prosecute in a case so much requiting an example as this. The wonm:n's name is Mlary MARLaoioRoUsRTREET.-A. geFtleman residiuig in Norfolk whor wihed his name not to be mentioned, came to the office, and inquired of Sir GE.ORGE F AUIANT, the magistrate, if the state- ment he hacd seen in the public papers relating toan unfortunate girl named AMargaret Sullivan, were correct. Sir George replied. that it was perfectly so. TIhe tlentleman then handed to the .Magistrate a piece of paper in which were folded 30s., which he egged-might be applied to the use of tlie poor girl in wbatever manner thme Maagistrate thought best. The Miagistralte also received yesterday morning a letter by iost. from rgecalcmah'tesliling at P,yehe, in the Isle of Wigbc,. stgned1 RoberrLIorrg, jun." enclosing a draught-on htis banker for 21., tc- quatuing it might be laid cut in the.pssrchase?of clothes for the un- happY girl Mfargd'ret Sullivan, whbose casO he hadl seien statedin,the - papers;, anid that- had he not observed that a ben evol tnt gantlemam named Shephdrd had undertaken effactuallj to provide fit her; his. remittance should not have been confined toso smaldl-asua. SirG0. FxasteA-rThas alsoby thetwope;ny poit received an anonymous lel. ter incluiding a oveyeign forvhesame humilne-purpose. - i1ATTON.OGAHnlEw'DaEvstom o O~rnzT5t- sv. 4sNrxsnv'a (llOL1tosrw) TXTHE QtrEsTsox_-Yesterday beingtbe dlay napmeid for the final dtdviery of thte Magistrates' opiPions on'tbls moment9up question, the o$lce was thronged at an early'. howr tby the. more we. spectable part of the parishioners. 11r. Sergeant-SuLLON, jjr~ 1,. ROGERs, and S. LAtzc,Enqrs4- took theiif selts-on the ~1ench at twelye o'clock; and A1r. Griffithis axfd Mlr. 'Taylor, vestry clerks, soon -after appeattd-tbe formher on behalf of~ the rector (Dr. Beresford. - - MrI.- MEaEWETXIER, who conducted the Rev. Geaitlertan's wea on thie fo-rmer-discussion, slid nct Attend; neitbet *as It -inndeustoo& that he should ; for every argument having been exhausted as to-thet absolute merits of the point, the parties -consented to abide the decision of the MVagistrates, and merely cani forward to bear that, decision made. -c Mlr. HAR.1ET attended on behalf of the parishioners, At a quarter before 12 o'clock Mfr. Sergeant Slmxox ccn~unenced by saying, thiat the timne was now arrived When he and.his colleagues were called upon to deliver judgment on a question of great magni. tude ani4 importance-a question whihb -was involved in great ob. scurity and dioubt. It was a question in regard to a certain tithe claimed by the RectoT of Sr. Andrewv's parish, Holborn, the ay- ment of which was disputed by an individual named s. Afte sttin atconsderblelenth is view of the question, the leared srgent sid,thatthereveendplaintiff, issyhig -failed in caryin hati th exsteceof rihtto the period required by" law,tha he fo on, mst ay hatit -had not been sufaliCently Mr. RoGEiss followed, and stated, that after the very lucid view? taken of the case in All its bearings by his colleague (the learned Sgageant), he f-elt it unnecessary to otfer any futsther observation, andl perfectlY coinciding in those views, andl resting Ihi% judgment on the same point of law, namely, the non-existence of right, under .he statute of Edward VI., he must come to the'same conclusion, that the claim hiad not been sustained.- Mr. jatis hen aid tht he asoneof the Mlagistrates, felt it a dutywhic he wed o hiself as lsoto tlie rector of. the pariph, to dsset fom he jdgmnt ive byhis worthy colleagues for the aymnts avig ben tace so ar ackas 108 years, with6ut anyIntrrutio, ws, n is ind a uffciet-proof of the justness UIeow.wALr.SerOCae}4a MIUltDx.-Yee terday, asssoon as th sttn AMaltrat, A. SwAzEy, .Esq., had taker, his seat on the ei , Snow n ov h ontbe, stated, that a man named WWit'm Dewdrs as taen ino cusod n ta moring, oentfro susp- The Mfagistrate, before he commenced hearing the evidence, di- rected Mlr. Swift, the surgeon t-o call dlowns at the prisoner's house, in order to ascertailn whether diechild was still in existence In the intrimit as tatd that the prisoner had formerly kept a carpet and ip bsines abut sx moths go, nd sbseqentl. wet tolive at No.16,lirnt-plcs,W'lwoh, t hic plce sice isbank- In he oure o thee-quarters of an hour,Mr. Swift retUrned to the offie, nd ifored te mgistatethat the chiild was (lead. The prsoner as thn ordeed tobe placed at the bar. Ile is ra- ther a genteel-lookn mnapretly about 35 years of age. He was, dressed in a Suit fblc. hen he was put Into the bar, he sat dorn, and holdine his head between his knees, remained in th~at position, witli h's handkerchief to his forehead, until thje ma- gistrate desired himn to sitand up, and listeni to the evidence given aga-inst him by thte witnesses, on suspicion of haying murdered his child. Upon earilhg this dreadful fact, the -prisoner did not betray any visible appearance of horror, but attended to the directions of the magistrate, whien the following evidence, ast well as could be collectedl fromr the hasty mranner in which the witnesses gave their evidence, was adduced againstt himi: Jothn Adams, the first witness examined, stated, that hie lives in WValworth-gardens, very near to Bronti-place. About half-past 11 o'clock, the niglht before, Amr. Dewhirst, the wife of the prisoner, c-aine to his house, and knocking at the door, begged for protection, sayin that her husband had threatened to mutrder her, and that he had bae her; she at that time appearedl to be in a dreadfuil state of alarm. After she had mentioned these circutmstanices, shle ran out of the hiouse; witness immediately followed her, but missing her, hie returnedi homne again, anti found Mrst. Dewhiest there, with three of her children, quitenaked. Shte then told himf that she wras afraid to enter hier hiouseL, as she was certain that she should be mur- duired if she attempted It. During the time of this conversqa- tion, a watchman came running into witneik's house, and said that the rascal (meaning the prisoner) was beating one of his chiildlren to death. Upon hearing this, they nil left the houge together, and proceeded towards that of the xrlsoner. After som-e difficulty, thley got into the house, an uponi witness going up stairs into a room on the first floor, he saw a female child, apparently, about a year and a half old, lying dlown com- pletely naked in one cornier, and entirely covered with blood from head to foot. Upon seeing the dreadful state in which the childI was, andi the moZther almost frantic, he (witnesa) ran off for surgeon Swift, wvho Promptly attended, and who, uponi entering the room where thje child was lying, mnet withi much opposiition from the prisoiner, who refusedl to admit him to examine the state in whiich the child was. After considerable altercation between the surgeon and the prisoner, the forme, found it necessary to give him in charge to twro watchmen, who had by this time (the whole neigh- bourhoorl beitig In a desperate xtate of alarmn) got into the house. The~ surgeon then proceeded to examine the injurieis the child hadl recive fom ts arnt, atnd while the witness was describn-tm ~lee ofblaketthrwvs carelessly over If; lt lne a tee In loo, ad wen taken off, a horrible rspectacle presnem tef theinfnt as tretched along ithe bare boards, covered ithbod whih ws sillflowing froin its nose and mouth. On lfigI p itappeared1 to be dead, but on closer examination it wasdcoed tat there wr.sa sb'ghstpalpitation of the heart. Various parts of the rom harfmarks of blood upo:. the floor, and against the wall. The witness added, that his wife nursed one of the prisoner's children. Jamnes AM'Laren, a private watchman, of Bronti-pLice, 'Walworth, stated, that between 11 and 12 o'clock the previouis night, Mrs. Dew.. hirst camie to his watch-box, and requeated hirm t6 go aloing with her to where she lived, remarking that she was fearful some persona had got into the house. He accordingly accompanied her, and went over theI premibnses. At that tirre there were no persons in the house, excepthercildren. She then desired witness to remain as close to her house as he could, observing, that Mir. Dewhirat was nlot c6me home, and that she was frightened to remain there by herself. In about an hour afterwards, IMrs. Dewbirst again camne down to witness's box, and btgged of hiim for God's sake to come up as near to her housie as possible, that hier husband was then at home and that he had threatened to cut her throat. Witness advised her, if she war so much alarmed, to go to one of the neighbours' houses, and remiain there until his passion abated. Slie did so. and witness went with her to Mlr. Adams's housze. Wit- ne ssattedirection ofAMrs. Dewhirst, then proceedletl to her hotuse in. orde,r tcee if there was any light in her husband's room, as by that means she would be enabled to judige whether he waLs gone to bed. He saw no light, and returned again and informed Mirs. Dewhiirst of it, whio accompanied himn back. They knocked at the door several times, and at length one of the windlows up stairs was thrown up, and two or three children put their hearls out, and, dreadfully frighitenedi, called ouit together, "1Oh, mamna, my father is beating and kicking little Carry I. The children then ran down naked Into the street, and their mother hastened with thiem off to Mr. Adams's house. The witnesas then entered the house after having procured a light, and on going up stairs lie sawv the p!,isoiter lyingr down on a bed with his clothes, on ks one of the roomis. WVitness looked about to see if he could observe any child there, hut could not. 'A7hile he was thus engaged, the prisoner startedl up, and asked him whiat he wanted there?P to which the wit- ness replied, that ho wantedtio stee the child whomhe was ill-treating. At this period another watchman, having heard what lhad occurred, "came ustairs, and they proceeded togetier Into a room next to that in whichsthey saw the prisoner. Upon entering it, they observed marks of blob-d all over the place, And inonecorner of it, lying ap. patenitly dead, was an infant, covered with blood. The prisoiner, whio followed themn Into this room, on seeing the lilt of blanket which covered his chiild removed, saidi, that they (mceaning the watchmen) had no right to enter his premiises;, andi when they remarked with whbat barbarity the infant bed been treated, the pristoner observed, "Oh,JI havee alwvays done my duty as a father by that child." I.'homrss String, another watchman, after having described the shocking stae in whichi he saw the chilfd upon going up, stairs, stated, thatt he asked the prisoner how hie could have t-reate -an infant in such a cruel aniuner. He replied, that the bruisesi on the chiild did not proceed from a beating, but from a fall it had down stairs; about a week ago, The witneot?here prodnteed a 'quantity of linen clothes, ,which were covered with blood, some of which, he stated, were usied by the prisoner wvhile he (witness) was in the room, ini wiping up the blood in different parts of it. Hei added, that as soon aN the surgeon arrived, that g-entleman gave the prisoner in charge, and be Ivscneyed off to Newington watebhhouse. r.Sift, the suIo,walhnexmnd e stated, that when he was sen or, which was between two and three o'clocek in the morning, tupon going: up stairs, he saw the prisoner standing in the middle of the, room, who, upon seeing him, used very strong lea.i rage, intimating that he had no business there, and awearing that would turn him out, if he did not leave the premises Immediately. He at that timec appeared to be in aL dreadful rage; and witness, fearful of the consequences, gave hiim in charge to the two watchmen whiowerethien inthe room. The witness then proceeded to examine the child, which was lying in the state desicrbed by the foregoing witness. "In fact," said the surgeon," I everbeheld sue a mass of violence lb my life as that which the body of the infant pre- senited;: the whole length of the spine and legs were covered with dlesperate bruises-blood flowed copiously from Its moteth and nose.- no feature in its face was discarnible-the head presenting the appcarance of hiaving bcen reocatedly dashied akainst a wall or some hard substance, The pupils of the eyes were-dilated, and the infant heen draggetloffi. Wlitnes8slost notlimein adminitaerpnigbothim t er. nal and external applications; and' - after haviiri used fomentations for sometrime, the child showed ItYmptomg of difficut and painful respiration. o T he child at ithat tyime was in a dying state. After- wards, the witness procecded to examine the room in which such horrible barbarity had been comniitted, and perceived on the wall a quantity of clotted blood, with hair intennixed with it. These marks lie discovered as bearing the appearance as if the child's head had beens beaten against it. 'There was also found in the roonl a thick leather strap, about a yard in length, which hadbeen evinlently used, as It bore marks of blood, and some heavy weals. which lie obeerved on the child's back and loins, appeared as if they had been inflicted by sucha weapon. The witness added, that during the time he was exatining the child, the prisoner reriadned in the room, in custody between the two watchmen ; and at the concictision, lie (witness) spoke to him, ohierving on the horrible state in vhich his child *as, beaten; to whicil tIhe prisoner replied, that he had done nothing; that the child fell down stairs and braised its face. Mr. Swift said that he had visited the child Again that morning, by the magistrate's direction and found ltwas dead. The external violence on thg body of the deceased, the witnest proved, was sufficient to cause death. Snow, the conEtable of Newington, stated, that the prisoner was given into hhi charge between two and three o'cloek that morning, upon suspicion of having murdered tihs child. He 'proccedel to search the ptisoner, and took from his pocket, amongst other things, a penlmife - When t4e prifsoner sa the. Wife irt th-econstable'a on ~ . .. .. .hbnc W-9I, "1 heJe'vou did not tliink I was going to cutt M~v owb a wIit. thien ex~pressed a wish. to send for. Dr. Sibree td,see his child,, 'a observed that he sfho6ld- be then: satisfied. - . '. . Ahr. ?WA22,t hfter havingheard theabov0 evidence, now asked the prisoner vhether he wisihed to gsay any thing with respect to this cbl;%rc', which are'ted- his life... He was not bound; the magi4tratc. bgervted, to utt.er.one ayllablS, If hepleased, as, whatever he now said mith~t, on a tiutuW becasion, be itsedl either for or aant hhtn. WMitlvehir cautiiii,-thernoree, he (the yrisoner) might now use his 6Wn discretipn,aiid either proceed to gWve an account of the dreadful The p.nsotierappeared r.ot to pay the slightest attention to the ma. gistratrs sugge3tuon; upon whbich MSr. Staples, the chief clerk, ap- proached the bar, and having repeated the magistrate's caution thze prisoner, in asullen tone,' said he did nst theh wish to say atiy tIling. He waf mens remanded for further e::aciinatitn. POLICE.