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The Times, 1824-09-01T00:00:00

MIANS tON.HOus11.-JoknBecn waa brough~ before the LoanD AIIAYoss,charged with having robbed Mr. Chamberlain, agent to one of the Gas Light Compuiniest, oni the King's highway. John Barnes was charged with having, with steveral others, attemipted to rescue Beacon from the hands of the vwatchimen. Al r. Chamiberlain stated, that as he was waiting in Leadenhall.. street, at I I o'clock at nighit, for one of the Blackui'all stages, six or seven fellows stet upo'n himn, and one of themn snatchid his gold wa;ch, chain, and ~se... He was niot intimilated from pursuing the mnan who had seized his watch, but he aulferetd considerably in thle gurmuit,having received numeroust kicks and blows, and the ruMans a.ving set a furious dog at himn. He called for the watch, and Bea- con, whom the prosecutor now identified as one of the gang, was ap. prehendedl. He was, not long In cutstodly, when a desperate attempt was made, by persons who nio doubt formed part df the gang, to res.. cue him. The watchmen at first declaredI louidly that Barnes was one of the reECUers, bout for some reason or othier, they afterwards be- gan to entertatin scruples on the subject. When thie Loan MAlYO itasked who saw Barnes attempt to rescue, all th,, wutchmen were silenit. His Lordahip, who suispected tatthe guardians of the night had ventured to compromige the lesser ofece, theni Insisted uipon being answered directly andl fatithfully. Oeof the watchmen thien said, "1It might he he; the prisoner might hiave struck somebody, but whio that siomebody was, or liow the blow took place, he couldl not at all sany." Great sturprise was manifested at thiei change of to-ne fromn the po. Sitive charge, to the hiesitating suspicion. Tue prosecutor did not conisider the Pubslic safe when watchimen were found giv-ing up the testi mony of their ewni eyes so easily. When he was beset by the gang, and in a situation of extraordinary perl no moe than one watchman approached to give himn aid, nh a bie to solicit the favour of that watchman to spring hsrtevryfenbefore the necessary alarm was given and st was onyte ie ner the in- fluence of a threat. When bieacon was tae otewthhue, after the attempt trescuehimb, thecharge was taken with consiiderIehesi- tation; anpadt dringthe delay,sorncore whiispered in Mr. Chamberlain's ear,that it' he would leave the watch-house and walk half way down thie street, lie wiould find htis watch. The object of suchi a communi- cation could not be mistaken, but Mr. Chamberlain persisted in giv- ing cliarge of Beacon, of whose person he had no doubt, Ile could niot swear that Barnes was one of those who violently attempted the rescue. The LoaFD MAl,YOR expressed a great desire to have the indivi- duals who kad acted sn the manner described painted out to him, as, if the charges were substantiated against themn, their removal should certaiiily take place ; but tse confusion anid tumult which prevailed rendered it quite impossible to aacertain their persons, and the watchi- man who was so tardy in springing his ratttle dleclared that his bands were confined att the tiine, arid lie was uniable to do ai he was requested. Taylor. one of the officers of Portsoken Ward, stated, thlat a pool wvoman fouind .11 r. Chamberlain's wvatch in Duke's-place, and brought it to their watch-house. Wlitness hiad at the moment heard that a rob- bery hiad been gommitted in the opposite ward, and he took the watch there to ascertain whiether it could be identified. When lie pre- seiired himself thiere, he was told to get away and he d-d, and th~ey refuised to receive the watclt, because he belonged to the oppo-. site ward. There was, indeed, so strong a jealousy between the watchmiien of opposite wards, that one watchiman wvould not on any accouint step across the street Into another ward to assist a brother officer in distress, or eveti to apprehend a felon. Indeedl, casses oc- curredi nighitly, wiiere thie watchimen refused to stir at the sound of a rattle, because it came from another ward. The Loan M11AYOR said that suchi conduct Was an absolute en. COuragervietitto thieves. TAe wat'ch niight exercise as much emula- tion as they pleased to p reserve the peace and prevent robberies, hot such a mischiievous jealousy as that complainied of must he sup- pretsced by punishment whenever an instance occurred of a prisoner escaping.from an adjoining wiard, and it wastproved that such assist-] ance mighit have been rendered. Neither officers nor watchmen should hesitate to go out Of Lheir district, whenever an occasion presented itself. His Lonissitip then committed Beacon for trial for the highway robbery, aind Barnies for the attempt to rescue. By a recenit act of Parliament, the attempt to rescue a person charged with f'eloniy is punishable with twoyears' imprisonment. The reseute is punished wit i transportation for Beven years. A sailor applied to the Lord AMayor for relief under Tlhe following circumstances :.-.He was4 a British seaman, andt had been wrecked at Elsinore ; with great difficulty lie succeeded in getting a passage te Lonidon. lie had no prope-tyr but the rags in which he stood ; and could get no ship, nor relict of any kind. He prayed his Lord- ship wouild give him something for his present relief and putthimn ini the waY of gettinig home to Ljiverpool, whcre he shoula be able to ears a livelihood. The LoRn AMAYOr conjectured that after what had occurred at the justice room, with respect to the application of a poor seaman a few days ago, the "1 Nlew Insftitution for the Relief of Shipwrecked Seameni," would endeavour to make an exception to their general plan, in favour of this unfortunate object, andl gave directions to Allen, the officer, to take him to tise Secretary with his Lordship's recommenda:ion on account of the palpable emergency of the case. It was found, however, uipon the officer's return, that relief of any kind was refused upon. two grounds. It was first pleaded, in bar of the atpplication, that cthe cause of complaint had originated before the institution was fornecd. T'he poor seaman was wrecked at Christrnas, and the society was not born until AMarch-this was ia itself strong enougch to tell against the application. Buxt the sptcial plea on which relief was refused was, that which was urged thie other day, of his not hiaving been wrecked on the British coast. The bOnnD MAYOP. observed, that lie did not find that cases of the shipwreck of Britishi subjects on other coasts were specially ex- cluded fromn the benefit3 of the institutfon by any rule ; and when hie saw lahepri nted rules,which he,heldin his hand,snuuh resolutions~ as thsis, mvd by the Biahop of' London, and seconded by Alder mnan Bridges, " That such immediate assistance be afThrde tsuch persons rescued ats their necessities may require," and others of a aature no less imposing, he did not think it was unwarrantable to recomimend such a case .as that before him, in whItch a poor sea- man, thiough hie had been wrecked on ia foreign coast, yet wan thrown on sliore here in the greatest miisery and. destitutioni with hardly any alternative bitt that ot steuling or begg~ing. tWhen such aecase presented itself, his Lordship thouight, it it were not founid to fit the rules of the Society, they might be extended; and in this instance a liberal interpretation would include the case. But, at all events, it Illustrated the observations he had so frequently had occasiup to make.-thzit the benefits of most of thiese societiell,so maLL- nificently supported, were in a great measure defeated by rigid rules and nice distitictions. The daily experience of this evil was really mst painful. TVhe LOR MAO' aesm euirvrleIotepo a fromhisownpriate esom.esan weunarvrelieftoo that somecon- veyance was procured for himn. GutILrntsAL.-.EXTwnAORDi ARY AI'PLsCATrxoV.-At the clos~e of the business tat this officyesterday, Atr. Hlague, the solicitor, accom anled by an individual whose mannera and general appearance seemeS to indicate that he had seen better days, presented himself before the magistrate, Air. Alderman .t. J. S3sTtHe, andi tetidleted a written affidlavit, to whrich he was desitous the Aldertrtaii s#mdsldI per- miit the person with him to be sworn, as, uponi the facts which it con- tained, when dep,osed to upon oath before him, be had to grounid an application for the Magistrate's farther interference and assistance. TIhe affidlavit was then handled in and read by Afr. Beresford, the Chief Clerk, to the following eff'ect -.- " Thomas Cole, of Great Wild-street, Liuicoln's-inn-flelds, gin. tleman, maketh o'atlh, that on or about the 15th day of October, in the year 1804, fie did, in tloe form of' law, marry his p-esent wife, Elizcabeth Cole, at the parish chiurch of St. larylebone; aipd did live and cohiabit with her as his wife until the month of Novemxber, in the year 1800, when she dcparted ftonil his protection without any provocationi or ill treatmeint on his part, and has continuedi to live separate and apart from him ever since." The affidavit went on to say, that " tle deponetit has discovesetd that the reason of his wife's so sieparatinig fromn him was to live adulterously with William Bal- lantine, of Sergeatnt's-.inn, Fleet-.street, Es.q., with whom and where she now lives in his name and as, his wife ; and the deponent fur- ther sKYs, that he lhas heen info-rmed znd veril .believe.i, that the saidl Elizabeth Cole did intermatry with l el iiea 'V-illfamBallantine, and that siuch marriage was solemnized at some parish church either in thse county of York or the county of Northumberland, on or about the 17th of October, 1818, and In which belief he Is the mnore confirmed, be-cause the said William Ballantine end Eliss.. beth Cole filed a bill in his Afs,je.ty's Go1lrt pf Chaneer in lDe- camber, 1819, *herehi they titatea that on the 7thday o1 October aforesaid, the said F. Cole intermarried with, and becamae, and then was the lawful wrife of the sandArin. Ballantine, andl orayed the Lord Chancellor to transfer the sumn of 4,0001. to the said William Bal- [lantitie, as the hnsband of the said Elizabeth Cole, which money is part of ithe property to which this deponent, Thomas Cole, became entitled in right of his saidi wife; arid the deponent further says, that he is informed, and verilv, belIeves, .thttt 4he said.Willitim Bal- latn,Charles flick; and Rfebecca his, Wife, of Cheapside, and !t,iames' Warburton, of Oreat Charlotte-street, Blacktraiar-road, know and can state, if sumnmoned and examnined upon oath, w~hen and where the said WVilliam Ballantine didI solemnige a marriage wvith the said Elizabeth Cole, by which she rri;rrled a second tiime ini England, as this deponient baa bier'. informed and believes, which second marriage was solemitised during the life of her first husband." Upon the reading of this extraordinary affidavit, Mir. Aldernian SMIrTH obeerved, he believed he had heard something of this case before, on an application made before him some time slince, at this office, when he had declined to interfere; AMr. HAGUE...Certain,ly, Sir, there waa dn application of that kind, but it was at that time objeete4 that there were no faicts b-efore the mpagistrate to wai'rant his interference. We htave now stated mo.st materl'al facts, and the party, is now ready to swear to the truth of thert, and when they are in evidence on oath before you, they will, I coniceive, form a sufficient ground to warrant your acting, at least so tar as to grant summonses for the appearance of the parties, M1r. Ballantine MAr. Hlick, and his wife, and Mr, Warbuirtona to give evidtence, it being sworn to tho best of the belief of the depo- nent, that they know and can state when and where this second marriage wvis aoletanized. I do not require a warrant ; I only ask that the parties may be sdmmoned to give evidence. Mr. lderan S ITH-I d notseeany benefit that can arise fro sufeingths efidvi tobeswon,as In my judgment the statmen Itcontinswoud no waran meto act in 11mg manner re. quied.It eem tomeonl a ortof ising for evidenc6. What autoriy aveI o rqsirethse enlemen ipt come forward aj Milr. HAGUE._A felony, Sir, has been comnmitted, and as a ila.- gistrate the offence is most immediately under your conizance Mllr. Alderman SlfrTu.-A suspected felony at t1Xe most. This affldavit goes iio farther than to state tllat the deponent " has been inforned and believes" that the second marriage has taken place, but lie does not swear positively to the fact, nor even as to the tiune when, or even the county where, he supposes it to haye taken place; nor is it positively sworn that the parties whom you require me to summon to give evidence, actually know and can vrOVe any such facts; but merely that the deponent " is informed and believes" the can. I cannot act- npon such an aflidavit: bring your witnesses be ore me, and upon proper evidence, I shall beL read lend every assistance as a rarristrae. t y ALr. HAGUJE.-:C hat is vrhat I wish to do, Sir; but I cannot force them to come, and I ask your assistance to bring tbem. Here is the man himself ready to swear to the best of his belief, and Is ready to answer any questions you may please to put to him. MIr. Ballan- tine certainly must know, and can state whether or no a marriage has taken place; and when it is swom before you that he haa already stated in a bill in Chancery that a marriage has taken place between him and the wife of the deponent, this must surely futmish suf&icient ground for the Maliatrate to act upon. Mr. Alderman traMET.-I cabnot believe that Air. Ba'lantine has Aworn a marriage ha.s taken vlace, without stating at what parish churchrit was eolemsnized. The' Court of Chancery would not take such an affidavit. AMr. HIAGUS expleined,.that it wassnot in an affidavit, buet a state- ment In a bill filed in Chsamnery) which was not put inl upon oath. The point, however, that lie principally progesd was, that there were siong grounds for supp9tips a felotmybd4 bmee committed; and that it was the duLy, therefore, of the Magistrate to inqatire inito it, and. lend every assistance forthle dliscovery and product0on 01' the' proper evidence to establish the fact, and went the lengthl of hint.- Ing, thaV if hits application was refused, he shoula feel it Iiis duty to move the Court of King's Bencht. AMr. Aldermatn SMITH was still of opinoion that the mere belief or informnation state in the affidavit was not sufficient to warrant bia granting the a,pplication, and af'ter some consultation with the dlerk., observed that ints he present shapc of the affair, there was no evidence before himn. Proof shiould have been given of the first mnarriage by the production of the certificate, and' the depositioni of' come person whio 'cosald identify the parties ; at present that fact rested onlv on the statement of the deponent, the first hiusband, whose tesiimnony in such case could not legally be taken; atnd with re- gard to the second marriage,the evidcene of tlat rested wholly on the infoymation and belief of the deponent, whiose testinson y even to the fact. wouild he wholly inadmissible. "Yoa mnust," said the alderman, " mend your case, or certainly as it stands at present I have no au- thority to act." Air. Hague seeming dissatisfied withi this deternmination, the Al- derman said he would, if he pleased, take the opinion of' the city solicitor upon it, and that gentleman) wasq aecdrdingly, sent for, but he not happening to be in the way, the aldermian was satisfied to act uPon the judgment hie had a'lready formed, and the affidavit w-as re. turned soM.Hague unsworn. The de onent, Thomas Cale, it was stated, was A. tiatural son of' the late karl of Sandwich, and formerly held a commissionj as a Lieutenant iu the navy BOW-S'rxT ..Mrs. Cooper, thet landladly of rise liorse and Groomi publichlouse, in Bedfordibury, appeared to answer the comn- plaint of two of the night patrol of St. Martin's, whio swore rhat at half past one o'clock on Sunday miorning they found the door of her house opien, and on going into the tap-room they saw l'oot soldiers and other persons drinking and playing at dominioes. The landlady pleaded in~ defence that the persons found in the house were lodgers. She added, that there could be nohlarta in, allow. lug lodgers to bje a. littie late, and it was very profitable to her to suffer tfiem to inidulge thiemselves.I Afr. H-ArLLS said that the excuse set up was no defenee at all. Ars. Cooper had been bef6rc at this office upon similar charges, anid she mnust be taught by the inifliction of the full penially, that slite would not be allowed to 'tet the law at defiance. The defendant was fined Al. arnd costs. Mr. HALL.S observed, that hie was glad to find thiat che patrols and watchmen of St. 51artin's parish had beeni much upon the al,rt in bringing forward cases of this- kind lately. It was an important part of their daty to look after imiproper houses, and it was infinitely better that it shouild be done by themn thian left to commn-on informers, whose only object was to make their own hiarve-st. Nov'FL APPr.ICATfosr.....esterday evening, a younggentlet-nan of rather respectable appearxnce, applied to the A',ngiNtrete (M1r. HALLrS), for his advice He stated that a young man, with whose family he was well acquainted, had recently, robbed hiis mnother to a COnsirderreble am'ount, and his friends, feari'ng that he had formed siome improper connexione, were anxiou-s to stop hiis caTeer by send- ing him out of the cotu;try, and be (the applicant) wished to' know. if the 1Magistrate wvould order him to he ptivatel4y transport ed. Tue M4agistrate said, some peoplc had a srrang'e idlea of the powers Of a MAistrate ; lie had no more power to ortier the person to be grivately transported, thanI he had to go a step further, and ordter im o b prvatlyhung. Applioant.-Bttt, -Sir, couild Yon not order himn to enlist into the East India Company's service ? Mlr. HlAeLS.-fl-e may enlist if he pleases, but I have no power to cam pel. A pplicant.-Will you grant a warrant against hiim, Sir, just to frighiten hlim, and then, perhaps, he will enlist ? Nilr. IIALLs.....No, I can do no such th.ing ; if lie is broughit before mye on a charge ofrobbery, r shall know witat to do with hinn. The person then bowedl andt lelt ithe office, apparenitly muchi disap. paintedI at the result of this application. MAARr.BstonovG11STREETr._.Jacob Bolelh, a ruan of good ad. dre8q, a joiner, at present in thec employ of Mr. Baxter, the builder, was, brought froni St. George's wvatchhiouse, chiarged, upon the fol- lowing gonds, with an ass'ault:- Mr. ead, whio keeps a public-house in Alladd(ox-street, laniover- squiare, stated that the prisonerhas been for a long time irn ite habit of coming to Itis liouse, and aninoyinig himuself and his family in various ways, but in none more ttitan his proceedings to his (Mr. Mlead'si) dauighter. The prisoner is not content with intruding upon Mliss Mlead his persortal professions of attachment, wvhich she spurtis witit contempt, but he is in the practice of writing to her letters, con. taining the most influasmatory, and indeed sedlitious, stutffthat was ever read. He also sends ber ithe blasphemous3 works of Carlile and others to read, anti recom.nends them to hier perusal. Mr .Alead forbad him the hortac, but still he frequently comnes, dashes open the door, and kicks up all sorts of rows. On Saturday nighit lite did so arid, in addition, clinched his fist in Mir. Al ead's liace ;and th-s was thte assault cotuplained of. The prisoner, wiho seemedl to smile at the chaTge with much self-satisfaction, asstured M1r. Roe, the iactistrate, thiat ithe whiole wvas nothing but a love affair betwveen himnself anti Alias Mlead, tr whom hewa greatly attached, and not more than she me'ited and he had the satisfaction to know~ notwithstanding Mlr. IMlead'E assertion to the contrary, AMiss Mlead?s love for hiin was no less sin. [cere and usalterable, in opposition to tiie wisites of her f'athier, whr r', 'eferred for his daughter another suitor; andi as to hiis seditiosa ie ti -en to Niliss Mlead, they were inothing but love letters, which. Mti Aead not understaniding, he thought they miust be high treason. With respect to Carlile's works, he never sent AMiss AMead any such poduiction in his life; he had too high aregard lor her puritv and moralsr: but the fact was, he hadi sent lIter at refutation of Carlile't works, by a Mlr. Heinmarsh, a gentlemian of great talents : bati seeing the namre of Carlile in the book, Mtr. Afead intmediately judged it must be samne of his works. As for the assault whicih .Mr, Me ad now copan f twsms nutadungrateful of bitie to prefer it;franatiehs r.lodak, a large stick, and given hitn (tepioe)asutltrsigi h presence of hi., daughter; bu ogetwshsafeto o e,tat he wvould not evetn lift a Itn gis e aett rtc tmelf, but took all hi got quietly. Air. ROE asked howold M1iss Aleah was ?-Mfr. Mfead said, that Itis daughter was a mere child, only 22 years at' age. Mr. RoE siniled, and told th'e prisoner that be had no righit tr force his attentizons on the family of Alr. Mlead, if tite latter dir not wish .'t; and foir the assault now comiplained of he maust find bail. WVOt,SJPSeTREETsra.-By art act Passed in tite last session of Par- liament, repealing former acts, and providing anew " for the relie and employment of the poor, lighting and watching, preventin~ nuisances and annoyances, amending roads, and providing a chapel. house and a nett bitrial-round for the satne, within the parish Of St. Mlary, Islin ton,' it is eniacted- among other things, that any per. sen wito shall ntutrnsi loose, or'suffer to be at large, any horste oz bea-st, ar any hull.dog, mastiff', or other ferocious dog: of any othet species, niot being mluzzled, or shall permit Or sutffer any dog what. soever to go at large after any public notice shall have been, given by order of the trustees, or of any justice orjustices of rthe pecace. shall, on eonvictioin thereof, forfeit any sumi not exceeding five pounds." Seven inhabitants of Isling-ton parisit appeared yesterday', before the sitting Mlagistrate at this office (Alr. BEzETT), On summonses, to anawliet to 6onilaplaintof the parish offfcers, chtarging them with having offnde agint te aovereite clsie. In fve of these cases the [coplantsfaied,f'r wnt f poofofownership of the dogs; and in he thr to cse th paist oficrsdeclined pressing for penal. tie, o th prtis cnsetig t pa th csts of rite preoxeedin4s--an arranemen to hich,on harin themagistrate a exlanation of thecluseoftit at o Prlimet t wich they had rendred them. selves obnoxious, ithey gladly acceded. Another clause in thzesame act provides, that " in case any person or- pers6na xhall Vathe in any canal or river, or othier water exposed to public view, within tne s-aid parish, between eighit o'clock in the mornng nd igh o'cockin he venng, such person or persons shal, upn bing onvctedof he sme,forfeit any, turn not exceed. Fiveresectbleyoug mn wre estrday brought before the sit. ring lag~sraefor ofendig ag ins itis clause, by bathing in the New Rver,abou sixo'clck o Monay~ evenirng, sviho, after being admonishRed by the Magistrate, and promising to avoid a repetition of the offence, were severally dlischarge. ToWre-siAr..-.Edward Afar'in wa r uht u for re-examnita- ,tion on the charge of Mlr. Carter4 of teKn' cad Inn, in the Boog,for uttering base coin; Mr,. POWELL, solicitor of the Mfint, attended, when the evidence taken on the first examination teas submitted to himn, and in, which Mr. Carter's deposition appeared to the following eflimet:_nthat rile prisonet dame into his hoone on Saturday afternoon last, between I and 4 o'clock, and cale-d for a glass of gin and water, in payment for which he tendered a count&rfeit half-crown, when a constablet was sent for to the Town-hall to secure himi. WVild, the officer, said, he searched the prisoner, an(l found upon hiis person several kalf.crowns andl shillings, all goodI; but proceed. ing in his search, discovered in the boor of Iiis right leg six counter. felit al-facrowns and 2 shillingss, also bad ; he th~en conveyed him te the Borough Comopter. Mr. flowell, on exatnining the half-crowrns, witichi were each wrapedin isse,or s i iscaledsiler saDr, to prevent their fret. ting gains eah oter4 eclaed tem t trrall counterfeit, fromI thE imprssin ofonedie,andneve plcedin circulation. Mr. ldeman 'sr'rs Areyousatsfied. Sir, with the pre. sent ordo ou ishto podue frthr eidence ? Mr. owel.- conide tht tere s n neessty to trouble youi Worship fusrthser, the casecis sufficientlprvd Mfr. Aldermab J. J. SMIsTH then roetd to inform the pri. sdner it wras his duty to commit him, onteeiece before hinti, fot trial at the next Southwarkc Sessions. The prisoner, who bore no feature of poverty about Ihim, and wat of florid countenance, stied tears and prayed that the good mont! found in his possession might be restored to him, as he was in dis. tress There was no objection miade on any hand to this, and thi good siliver was placed in his hand as be wais takten from -he bar it be eommitted to prison for thie offence. UNtIOXs-lAL.L.-RoBIsEtEnE tBY SxsRVAXT8.-Yesterdaythr or four cases of the above description came before R. J. CHASt smitts, Esq., at this office. The first case was against a young man, very fashionably dressed, namRed Fr'y, a shopman to MNr. Fox Smithi an extensive haberdasher and lace-mnanufacturer, at Stottes'-.end, it the Borough. The complainant, in stating the case against the prisoner, observ. ed, that lie had been robbed to an immeise amount by many of hi, -hopuien, whom he said, instead of having broaght to justice, hi hd V foolishly discharged himself, on detection of the offence a vCt - uaffered such severe and itncalculable losses i; lie had, howeyer, -forward with a determination to follon this wav, that he now ca " or the owiender up this case, and make an examp.. ~49eeoucnce of trong crcur^ Mr. Smith then santeed, that, an c6'o. .'A"er and atrnothersho. stances of suspicion excited against the prisit'e an anoier sbop- man, who had since absconded, taking with him a ~2s ty P petty ott of the slhop, the prisoner's box was searched, and )n it Wam Kound a valuable silk veil also a sbawl, and a piece of silk, which he (M1r. Smith) now identified as a part of his stoek, which had beer stolets from the shop. MIr. Smith added, that he was convinced that the shopmman (who had since abseonded) and the prisoner were ir league together, and had roboed him of more property than he wat now prepared to state. A constable deposed as to having searched the prisoner's box, ann found the articles mentioned in it. Tise prisoner, in his defence, declared that he was innocent of th, offence with which he had Just been charged. He admitted tba the articles specified by his employer were found in his box, but h had not put them there; the young man who, had absconded was th p arson who took advantage of his (the prisoner's) absence from hi 5edrovma, and placed the things in his box. He was not aware of th circumstance until after the individual hfed and then he (the pri soncr) wasafraid to give them up, or state that he had found thel i2n his box, under te apprehension that he would be accused as tt thief. Theprisone'r added, "Your Worship, you may think this lare3aountt,b Iitdeclare itother sinio titan ia apprehendt'd, it will be found ) haxe sad no participation doe robbery.'? The compl nanit said, this defence wss at complete varience wi lhe story e4q pIri3s%t;r ha%4 told wlhr4 he wos apprehendeO. T articles. entmera!ed and foand in the prisoner's lox, he (fr. Stmith) had shown to a lady in the shop, the day before theveisouer was taken into custody, and he hadafterwardsgiven them to the prsoner to put away on a certain shelf, elome to that part of the sbopjWbere the prisoner servedt to tbis particular ehelf the mrta who fad ab- sconded had no acce3s, his situation being at the exteiettly of the shop. Therefore, fiom this crcumstance, as -well As from many others, he had no doubt the prisoner svasimpicatedin the robberies. M,. CISAMBEItS observed, that the case wVas certainly verystrong against the prisoner, wvhom he should nov commit for trial, if the Rrosecuator pleased ; but as it vas the wish of all the parties., the snopnlan was remanded ; and in the interim, directionswere giren to apprehend the other shopman if possible. Ayoung woman, namied Jen Baker, was then put to the bar, cbharied with stealing one dozen of silver table spoons, one dozen of siver tea spoona, two pair of silver salt spoong, and two pair of silver sugar tongs, the property of Mrs. Gates, of Glocester-row, Wd- wonth. ilrs. Gates stated that she had received a twelve years' character of the prisoner on taking her into her service; she, however, had not been six weeks in the situation, A';en one morning, the 15th of June, the prisoner called her mistresc aside, and told her that she had liad a most horrible dream the night before-namely, that her fatler, mother, sister, and brotilers, were aU led out for exe_ ctttirnn: this dream, she said, had made such an impression on her mind, that she could not rest tntil site ascertained whether any part of it was realized, and therefore requested leave to goand make inqttiries, saying that she should be bacKl in a short time. Aitrs. Gate, most willingly consented, and the prisoner hurried on her clothes atid went awav, apparcr.ety in great agitation of mind, which her mistress fancied 'was caused bv the disturbed dreams respecung her family; the liour appointed for her retturn arrived, but no ser- vant came hone: the night passed away, but she did not make her appearance, Suspitions were then con:ured up in the brain of Mts. Gatec, who, to her horror, di.covered tliat her -trong chest had bear broken open, and the abovc-mentioned articles, together v;ith mv61t more plate, taken awav. A pawnbrok;er attendel, who stated that the prisoner pledged s dozen table-spoons, a dozen tea-spoons, and some otberiroperty, at h2is shlop. luirs. OIates identifiedail the articles as her property, stolen by the prisoner. The prisoner lield dowTn her head during the investigation., and said nothiotg in lier defence.-Ske vwas fully committed. POLICE.