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The Times, 1824-10-02T00:00:00

MIASTLBOROUG5t-5TItET.--MR. PAUXTL-EPoY..-ince the first public examhination of Mlr. Fauntleroy at this office, a fortnighit age, the utmost anxiety has prevailed in the public mind, atnd con- sitant (taily applications have been made to know on whiat day the next investigation ofhis case was to take place. On tleclay of lisaformner examination he was nominally remanded to the followiing Saturday, %iha perfcct undlerstanding, however, among all the parties, that it was not intended to bring himn up again uponi that day; but, an.. other week hiaving elapsed, it was pretty confidently expected that this would be the tiay for his second examnination. To all inquiries madeupo thesubect o oher nswr was given, nor indeed could thee b as oher thn hatno aywasfixd,because, we have whos frend, weareassred,didnotexpect it to tk lc ni ever, weigigwith the Magistrate, and upntencay canisiu.. nicatn wit the Bankh of England uothsbjc,it was on Thursdlay determined that the prisoner shudb r ugtip yester- day for a second examination of his eae. Sorme sppEcat.iona, we understand, wvere miade on the part of the prlisoner, who did not himself wish the examination so suddenly, to alte this decenWasltion ; but they were not. auccessful., andl accord- ingly Plank, the chief officer of thnis establislinent, proceeded to the House of Correction, Coldbuth-fields, where the prisoner was confined, accompanied by Wescott and Clements, two other officers. They arrived at the prison at lhalf-past 101 o'clock, and imamediatelly received chiarge of the prisoner from the (Governor, Mr. Vickerv, and he was conveyed by those officers in a hackney..roaci -to tuec office. in the stame unres'trained and unshackled irtianner that he has been from the moment of' His apprehension. Plank amried with the prisioner back to the office at about one o'clock, and placed M5r. Fauintlerny under tile charge of Clements and Weacott, in the strong roomi, until the hour of examiinationL shouldl arrive. In conisequenice of its not beinig at all generally known t1tat this examination would takce place, there were very few persons in atten- dancoe during the rmorning, indeed, none but those who appeared upon other business, until one o'clock ; when Alr. Hums, Mir. Good- chIld MAr. Graham, anid one or two other gentlemen, entered, and took their seats in the private room, from which the three former neyer mnoved durin.-, thie whole proceedings, except when called into the public office to give and sign their depositions. In a short time after, the Governor anid Dephtty.Governor, and several other Direc- tors, of the Bank of England arrived, and took their stations. at tile rear of the miagistrates' chair ; and besides these there w ere about two dozen other geaitlemnen, either friends of the magistrates, or of somi-e of the parties presient. In the private room there were also two ladiesi observable. from whose state of agitation and apparent anguish, it was anot difficult to, conclude that thecy bore some intense interest in the procedings about to take place. They, wexe under the care of A gentleman, wlho seemed to use his best endeavours to sooth their aLnguish. Air. BaODERsCsY, the barrister, who, with MVr. Forbes, the so- licitor, anid Air. Butler, the chief clerkc of Mir. Hzrmer (who c-ould not himiself attend),made their appearance, on behialf of the prisoner, about hialf'past one ;, and in a few minutes after Idr. Freshfield was in attendance-, oti the piart of the B3ank of England. At precisely within a quarter to two o'cloc'k, tie Magistrates, Sir G. FAitANA-T, DIr. CONiANT, and Mir. DYER~, havin g taken theit seats upon the bench, Plank was dlirected to produce his priso-ner; but Mlr. Butler said, that as Air. ilanner, wvho had heard the formey examination, was not present, perhiaps the mag-istrates would allow Mir. Broderick tq look over the depositions for a few minutes in the private room. Whs wisli was seceded- to, and the clerk of the office took the depositions into the private roomr for that purpose. In a very short tirae Mlr. Broderick returned, andI a finial order wag now given to Pfank to bring in Mfr. Fauntleroy, and within five minutes to two o'clock the prisoner wasi introduced as before, leaning on the arms of Plank and another officer. The prisoner entered, not, as on the first occasion, with a hurried step and agitated manner, but wvalked firmly into the office, and with. out being directed thereto, inistantly took his istation, leaning, as at the former time, against and outside the bar, within wvhichi prisoners are usually placed, but which now coatained some of the witnesses9 to be examined. Air. Fsauntleroy was dtre-saed precisely as on the former examination-blue coat, blue trousers, and white waistcoat; but nowv wore a black handkerchief round hiis neca, whaereas, at the firstexamnatin, h wor a wite ne,Fie leanied with hiis left sidte aganstth ba, hs eftelow n i, nd ishead resting on his hand. Hiarghe rm e plced eroa hi brest,hold!n lis liat in that hand an ou ofthi peitin h neer ncemoved or stirred during the hol oftheexanaton.Hiscoutenance betrayed a miuct more settled state of mind than when w last saw hiim : lie seemee, in good health, not at all agitated, andt altmost, in point of appear. ance, indiff'erent to the whole proceeding, for the most part. lie. however, occasionally heaved a deep sigfi. The depositions, which were already prepa-red, were nowv handed to the Clerk to be read : and before conmmencing, Mir. Fresaifield, addressing the magistrate, said, that on thxe former examninatiool there wasonecas, tat f awarantof ttoney for 10,0001., completed on he ar oftheprsectio; nd heylid also gone, in part into the videce espetingthre oter wrrats of attorniey I"or othier sums-amel, on for46,001.,one or 1,000., and one for 5,3001.; and h woud nowuroced tocompete tis eidenc-e iii their cases George-Edward Oraham, late par(ner with the prisoner in the bank of Alarsh and Co., wau then sworit, and the following deposition read over to him:-"1 That on tlie 0th of October, 1820,he received from the prisoner, Htenry Fauniteroy, the power of attornev now produced for 46,0001. 3 per Cent Annuities, with directions'to sell the same, which he accordingly did on the -2d of November, 1820; and the signature of G. E. Graham to tile warrant of attorsecy, as having so sold the samne, was signed." This deposition, Mlr. Ura- hiam said, was true. The deposition of Jamies Tyson was next read, anid went to 3ay, "that the signatuire of this depoxtent, sigrned as an attesting witness to ttile names of Hfenry Fauaitleroy and J. D. Hunie, ox this poer of attoney wastheproper signature of' tis tdeponent, and tat h did so'witness the said Henry Fauntlemoy subscribe hiis name to this document, but that the words "1Clerks ii the banking.house of Mlarsh, andI Co," also witnesstes to the signature of J1. D. Hume, were then written ; andl that they, as well as the signature, "1J. D. Homne," are in the proper hand.writingof the prisoner, and deponient further saith, that hie never didl witness the signlature of J. D. flume to any instrument whatever." This witness was swvorn, and signed lila deposition. Joseph Golightly, being sworn, deposed, that he, as well as thec last deponent, was a clcrk'in dlie baitkiigh.iotvqc of Marsh and Co. that lie had examined the power of attorney now produiced, anzd that the signature "1 Jost. f?oligzlitly," attache-d thiereto, as an attesting witness to the name of Henry Fauntleroy, is the true and proper signature of thils deponeiit, antii thiat he did so witness the signature ot the said Henry Fauntleroy I buit thiat ttile words I Clerks to MeIssrsi. Mlarh andE Co., bankers, also witnesses to thie signature of John D. Hlume," were not then written ; and that thiese words, as well as the namie "J. D. liume," sigcned to thle power of attorney, are in the proper hand-wriiting of the i,risoner at thie bar. John Goodeliild, surgeon, of the Blin-Trec-road, Rcgent's-park, deposed, " that in the maonth of' May, 1818, this dtepionent, together with J. D. flutme, of Pinner's-park-, in the county of Kent, and Henry Fauntleroy, of Bemners-street, banker, were appointed truis- tees to the suim of 48,0001. 3 pe Cnt. Imperial Annuities, vested by Frncis illim Belis, f Oxfrd-cttage5,in thec coiinty of Str. rey inther fnds tobe or he se tidbenefit of Susanniah Bellis, hiswif, ad hr hilren tht te aidt seurities were depositeI thecreit f te sid ranis illam ehhs, a Iis ccont,with Fautleoy asa bnke; tatthesai dvidend were regularly ac- couned or y th prsonr unil he eat of the said Fr'ancis WVil- lian Belis,in Jittary ast tha prceedngshave lately beeni coin- mened n he our o ~,haner, t srag all the funds of the estae o thesai decase FraeisWillam ellis ; in consequence of' whIch this depotient, in conijuncetinwt the ether trustee, .1. D. Hume, has had several initerviewsvith the prisoner, within a few weeks, on the subject of theair treat; n on all these occasions thie prisoner sitated th'at tlie saidt stock was still standing iii the names of the said trustees, in the B3ank of England. And dleponenit fur.. thier saith, that he hattil examine&Lthe power of' attorney now pro- duced, purporting to be signed by htim, giving alithiority to (lie said Henry Fauntterov to dispose of the isaid 46,0001. 3 per Cent. Au.- nuitiecs; buit that the tignatime I'Joln Goodehild,' attac-hedI there- to, is not his proper signautee, nor did he eve'r give any auLthority whatever to the siaid If e'hry Fauntleroy to dlispose of the said 8tock.1' Mr. Goodehild tsignied his disposition. Alr.FILrxSseIEILI) next ptrodAuced a warrait of attorney for 17,dOO1. Navy 5 per Cent&s., and calted C. E. Grahamii, who, as in the former ease, depose-d to his hsaving sold out this stoels under the directions of Air. Fauntleroy. The attesting vjitisesses to the signatures J. D. Home and Henry Fauntleroy were, James Tyson and WVilliani Price, clerksi in thie iasikitig-house; andl these depositionis went, as on the former occasions, to say that, as regarded the siignature of Mlr. Fauxntlerey, their attestaion was genuiine, but f'alse as to that of Air. litmes, whom thley never saw subscribe to any docuinsent. Mr. G~ooslchild again deposed as to the signature "1John Good- child," to this warrant of attorney, not being in his hand-writing. Another power of attorney was p reduced for the suns of 5,30D1. 3 per Cent. Consolidatedl Funid, and on this documient the same evi- dence was given by Mr. Goodehild. as to the forgery of his signature, mnd the attesting ivitnesses, Tyson andc Uolipgntly, as their having witne.ssed thie signfstuare "1 Henry Fauritleroy," but not that of J. D. Huime, as they were made to do and this last isignatuire they de- posiedtobeIn thisehand-wxriting of the prisoner. Alr. Grahami,when giving his depositioii as to the sale of the stock under this last wvar.. arat of attorney, said, that he had noow to correct birn6elf as to the fact of fisis aving received this powver of.- attorney, as stated in the derosition, att the bikiskng-house, in Barn ers-street, from Mlfr. Faunt.. leroy. lie could not positively say whether he rreteived the power of attorney from Alr. Fauntleroy, or fromo his broker in the city by, the diretionis of Mr. Fauntleroy, but he was sure that one or othser was the ease; if fromi Mr. Fauntieroy himtself 1hecertalhily did receive it at the banking-tiouse; -and if fromn a broiet, it Must be from either Mfr. Simpson or Alir. Spuring, WhO mnust bave accompanied hinm to niake the transfer. DI1r.Grahrama said, tiat thisaglteratiois in hisdte- ostitions applied to all the otlier c&set'on which he had befome given These depositions were accordingly altered by the clerk, assd Mlr. Uraham re..swomn to thiema. James Tyson, the clerk, was again called, andl aked to look at a request to act, writteni on the beck,of this powter of~ attorney : it ran thu,:- 11We shall feet obliged by the within being aeted upon to-day; as the money is warned for a particular purpoe, 'yesterdav being a holydav. " AIAR$H, SIBBALD, an'd CO." 11N~vembcr 2, 1820."' The witness Tysion depased, that the whe(le of this request to the Bank of' England was in the hiand-writing of the prisoiser. Dir. FR.ESrwFIELD said, that havinkg now eumple,ed all the cases connected with the trust in which Air. Humse and Mr. Goodchild'ss namnes were concerned, fir should proceed to another flew charge agiSt the prisorer. aTlhe first was a wqarrant of attorney, purporting to be Signed by Mliss Frances Young authorizinK the prisoner to dispose of 5,000L. 3 per C-ent. Consolst, 3ated the 31ist day of Mlay, 1815. James Tyso)n, clerk in the late banking-house of Marsh arnd Co., deposed, that the signature of James Tyson, as attesting witness to the namne ofr Frances Young to the warrant of ustworey nowv produced, was not his signature; nor did hie ever see Mliss Youtng sign ber name to any irnstrumenit. thatthe ame,Joh Waton, s anattstin wItessto the migna.. tareof issYoug, ws nt i hi had-writing. A dman fo pemisionto ct,onrise back of this power of at- torny, he wol~c itnesesdepsedwasin the head-writing of the RoetBrownin, in. deponsed, that in the month, of Mlay, 1815, he wsalerk ~Iunthe3 er Cens. Consuls Transfer-office, in the Bank of England; anl 'that the prisoner applied in -that mtontb, with the power of attorney now produced, to, have the 5,0001. stock mentioned therein, transfered fromo the name of Frances Younig to that of WVilliam Flower, ef the Stock Exchange, 'which was accord.. ingly done. Aliss Frances Young, of Christchurch, in thle county of Sussex, a lady of middle age, who seemed in great distress of mind5 was now led into the office by the geiitleinan who accompanie ber, and being sworn, deposed, that in the month of Alay, 1816, the suim of 5 45G1 her property, stood in the Batnk- of England in ber nLame, ino t he per Cent. Consols; that Henry FaunEleroy, banker, of Bemxers.. street, had received from her a power of attorney to receive the di- vidends due thereon, and place them to her account in the bank or Alarsh ancl CO., andl that he always continued regularly to account to her for the'amount of chose dividends; that ahe never gav'e the stad Henry Fauntleroy any pennissiga, by power of attorney or otherwisee, to,dispose of the principal of the said satock; and that the signature " France Young,"1 to the power of attomey niow produAced, is not her hand-writinir 'or Proper signature. Mir. FiLEsurirsLD noW produced another power of attorney, for the sale of 5,0001. of other three pet Cent. Consola. purporting eoi be signed by Elizabeth lirhartn I oung. James Ty.;on, clerk in the Bank of Marsh and Ck., deposed, that his name, as signed, as attesting witness to) this power Of attorneyr, was not ini his handwri ting, nor didl he cver see Miss Young sig-n her name to any docuMentL John Barber deposed, that in thie Year 1815, he wass acerk in the banking-house Of AMarsh, Sibbald_and Co., but was now a victualler in Little Newpnrt..street; that be recollecus having been repeatdly- askc by Alit..Fauntleroy to sign his name to papers, which he slid, wihu nowing whbat cney were . that the namne John Barber, at- tached a. a Subscril9iag witness to the signature " Elizabeth Whar-. ton Young," he believes to be his hand-writing, but he never didl see Alias Young sign thit, or any other document, nor did be know that he was witnessing any signzture at the time. Miss Elizabeth WhTarton Y oxng, formerly of Hertford, now of Chichester, in the county ofSue, deposd.. that in thelmonth of Mlay, 1816, there was deposited in the Banlk of England, in her name, the sumn of 5,3081. 19s. ii per Cent. Consels, her property; that Henry Fauntleroy-, of' Berners.street, banker, had from her a power of attornev to receire the interest or dividends on this sumi, and place the amouint to her credit in the bank- of Mlarsh and Co.. where %be had an account ; that the said Renry Fauntleroy did Cont'Inue to account regularly to her fot the dividends on this Stock 4 but that deponent never did give the said He-nry Fauntleroy, osr aLny other person, autborityr to dispose of the said stock; and that the signature, "Elizabeth, WhartonYkourg," to the power of aLttorney now pro-. duced, was not the htand-wri ~ing of this deponenL. This lady, whlo is the sister of~ the other Miss Young, a witness int this ease, and both, we understood, the sistersi of Alrs. FsanrIteroy, was so deeply affected while in the office, that it was with diiZculiry site could be'supported fromn fainting Wben both ladlies were re-. tiring, -it was managed by the gentlemen who escorted them to and fromn thle office, that they shoiuld not have a view of t-he prisoner. Samuel La2rdner deposedt that he was a clerk in the Thiee per Cent. Transfer Consol..office in the Bank of England, and that it was hiis duty to examine powers of attorney. That having ex- amineg the power of attornev now produced he recollects its having been brought te hint byea person who stated 6ii name to he Fatintle.. roy, and that on the application of this person the 5,3081. IfIs. stoelt, mentioned thierein, was transfe~rred from the r'ame of Slizts Young to thlat of Wm. Richardson, of tfse Stock Exchange, Gentlemian. Tihe. witness wad now desired to look at the prisoner, And say if he waxg the Person whlo made that application. After viewing lir. FantR.. leroy's person for somne mninutes, the witness said he had no doubt it. Was thejerlion. lltr. i:tESrrIELD now said, that for thepresenthe didrot mewn to go aniy farther on the pare of the prosecution, and therefore should not Occupy any longer now the attention of the Magistrates. Mlr.CoNA VT ask-ed Mfr. Brodetick, if he wisthtea sk say ques-s. dions, or mnake any observations, on the part of the priseser ?-Ai.-. inogE, fel Ksdid he did not, in the present sta of' the proceed.. ing, felit isduty to do so, but he should wi'she the next cxaru~. nation to he deferred to as late a day as cony'enient. Air. COseANTm ask-ed what time lie felt disposed to wish irbr ?-...Mr. IBstongsttcK said a fortnight. 11Ir. CONrAYT said, that it was9 not usual to remand a prisoner, ex.. cePt from week to week.-AIr. BILoDxErCY Sairl,he Should niot wishb the magistrate to deviate from his usual course. The pr-isoner was titan remanded until Fridlay next, with an un-., derstanding that it was not improbable but thae*xamiz&jtu mighlt be further deferred. The prisoner was conveyed back again to the Houseof Corr.ection by Plank, immediately after the closing of the office Thisisseconta examnination lasted about an hour and a half. It s udertoo tht tosememersof his own family, who came forwrd n tis ainul ccaionaganstthe prisonier, do so writh thte utmot rlucance an tht itis he ishof the prisoner hiimselC tha al o thm ho ayhav sffeedby, hi proceedings shoe The Bank of England is determined not to bke rCspoati:ble to eny persons who hold back fromn the prosecution. The prisoner, in hig confinement, is wodndrfuly at Ihis ease; he cats and stleeps well, and hiis spirits are fis tbetter than coutld he sun.. posed in his si tuation. Thle only charilse thatt took place in Itiis appearance,duting this e. amination, was vitien the Mlisses Young were railed, and entered the oflice-a sudiden flushi at that inoment pervaded htis wbole counte-. nance, but in a miomnenit subsided. AIANSIO-t o ~usr-A yourng man, niamed Mairtin, was brought before the Loan MAIYOI, charged with having, in conjunction, with another person, broken inito the lhouse of Mtr. Robson, a rta.. tioner, residing in Tower-street, at thiree o'~clock in, the morning,. witk inatent to rotb the house. Alir. Rtobsons said, there was a hulk in which a tailor worked, whichi was part of his premises, anid that thie prisoner and hisr compzniozn first broke into the hulk, aned theni proceededl to break down the par- tition between the bulk and the shop, in whiceh there was consider-. able property of value. He had no doubt of the gang to which the prisoner belonged being a most desperate one, in gin* from the ap-. paratus withi which the pri'soner was prep2red to put his object into, execution, and withi which fatal violence mighit easily be committed. Upwards of 100 picklock-kevs were produced. There were also, brought into the justice-room a crowbar, several chisels, a dark.. lantrn,witha pece f wx-cadleiiiit a double-.edged knif'e, as shap a a azo, ad hatmos efectveof all instruments used in A wachmn sated tht a itewaspasingby 5!r. Robson'2s hous, h sa tht gntlmans srvat sdel open the door, enda cal fo th wach.At he amemomnt e aw two men rush out of a. bul which was in front of the house under the shop.. window. A soldier scized one of themi, and struggled to holdl himn, and in the struggle, whiich was very violenit, boib felIL The other tthitt ran as fast as he couldi down St. Duustan's.bill, leaving his hat behiind hilm. Witness assisted the soldier in, tatking the prisoner, who wvas the mian he saw struggling with the 8oldier, to cthe watch- hiouse. Upon examination of tile bulk, it was found that the pserti.. tioti, which was miade of wood rnd iroii-.sork, hiad been brok-en through, and thiat an apeerture to thec shop had been tiade. Mlr. HuNsp~itsgis, for the prisoner, asked whether any pattof the hiouse was so broken into as to admuit an ctitry ? The watchman said, that the aperture was nearly large enouglh so adlmits b and. The iron li,,ing within had beent broken, and an en- trance no doubt would have been effec-ted in a very short time, had not the robbers; been interrupted in the rnidst-of their labour, In the hulk were strewed about the pickloek keys, andi the seyeral other housebreaking imyplemients. Williami Alason. a so-ldier, deposed, that as he was passing altong he was alarmied bythe cry of watcl," and saw the prisoner and an.. otlier person rushi from the hull.. Be seized the orisonrwh fouglit and struggled desperately to get away.nr h One of the pa~trol stated that he also ran tip tot the purpo3e of ap.. prehiending the thjieves He found that a piece of wax candle was ltint t the lantern, and upon looking intio the prisoner's hat, befband thtthere were nearly, a dlozen smallI pieces of wax caodle in it. He applied the chisel to various marks on t'he partition between the shop and the buil, and prereived that there was an exact corresponidence between those niiarks and the irstruments. Air. Robson's se-rvant deposed, that lie slept in the shop for the seciaty ofthe 'homkse- He bad gone to bed at hiue uual hioot, but w.as' awknd by a noise which appeared to be very near. The noise ceased for a short timie, and upon hearing it repeated, he jumnped up, ranx and opened the door, anat railed the watch. The tailor who works in the bulk in the day-time dleposedi, that he locked the built door at half-past fouir on Thursday- evnt UJpoll going to it the next niorniing, he f'ound that it had been brokea open. The LOan AMAvoa.-Look at those kteys and instruments, and say wbether thecy were in the hulk when you left it. Tne talior toleted witth astonish-ment at the apparatus, and lifing up kis hands and eyes,protested that le had left nothing behtind ihim in the bulk but his professional instr.sments._his thimble, his ds. sors. and his knife for ripping seams. Alr. Robson said the prisoner, it was evident, had for some time concerted the plan of breaking into the house, having beet ubserveg about the premises under circutustances of the greatest SusDicion. The LORD DlAyoon asked whether he could be ideatise Us lhay- ing appeared on any former occasion on tbe remises? Dir. Robson said one of his men cou*% awear te the person of the prisoner. weho had, he understood, called one morning very early, about three weeks ago and ordered a thousand cards to be printed off. (Hle here produceA one of the cards ordered by the risoner. It contained the following natne and address:_"..t Y. J. ~Villiamson, Dale.stteet, iverpool." Upon sending to LiUeeptl; witnehs ascertained that there was-no such person to be fouad there. The LORD AIAYOEt asked whether the prisoner wished to say any thing in his defence. The prisoner declared that he knew no- thingabout the cardl; and es for the burglary- hiere Mr. stNirrannEs desired that notbing taore sthould1e said in explanation, expressing a doubt at thesamnetimeas to theoffenee supsosing it to be traced to the prisoner, beitiga burglarty. lheLDiuD nlAJyoR said, hat whoever made the attempt, vo&t certainly there was the strongest testimony of skill, experience, and deternmination upon the part of the hoEisebreakers. Perhaps thete never was a more complete collection of desperate instruments found after a routcd igang of thieves. No inen in hits senses couEl supposxe that if an enry had been effectually made into the shop resistanje upon the part of the inmates would have been met witu violence. One of the weapons was caculated to bethe mesas of immediate destruction to an opponent. The thieves, it appears, had broken into the bulk when thewnecl'., mani was iomng his rouuds, antI himedimeliy tbsWiit &fie dour s:pa - 1heingeeveg, 21nti wenit to wozik in cutting away the partition, a't whici 'thOY coulid not have beenl labouring many minutes when the appren. tict!40oY he rd thei~i~...The prisoner wa3 sent back to prison jor an, ODther examisietion. Edaar 6y~d crthe driver of a cart, was cbarged b? a gentle. Thnnae opkirnson unider the Ibllowinig circurrstances_ J5ls. Hopkinson stated, that as he wa-, driving his gig, in whichl its sevanOt alsq sat, ilong Coenohill at six o'clock; on the previous '-imvs, he beitted aL uolse behind Itim, ado okn ai,sv Crn-rudtiovi(fo hes catbtwe rptwoil Gardner paid nio regardI to hi.9 tsiratin (fr h wa beteenfwolarge earts); but lashed on his horse, WhichI riapd Witness apprelhended that the wheel If i[. gig woluld Drein contact with thAt of the cart, and pulled hishose lttitothe other side, hi doing which he came tinder the 'whel f alare crt,whihel broike his gig-in pieces, anid greatly en- elagerd da nd isservant's lives. Hejumpeel down, anid finding thatthddefndat'scart was stopped by tke crowdls of coacbes in the tret rn u tohim to get hiis number. Tfhe defendant called him nsn} hoiblenaies, and thireatened to whiip himi, The deendan herecried. outt thlat it was all false, AIr.Hoponsn'sservanit deposed, that the danger was imminent, mn hthstaster hald-been i'rossly ztbused. Thi de edant said there was plenty of rom to pass, and that hie bad little'more than w'iked his horse, which was blinid, broken kneed,. broken windeo,, anti spalvineel, anid could not be expected to go faster tSIan four uileiia and a lhalf an hour. A witness' for the defendant said, that the dlefendanit had not threatened to whlip Mlr. lHopkinson, unitil that geintleman hiad taken hiold of ?heekorese' reins. Me thien was going to jump down sand put the threat into execuitiont. The Loas) lMAYOR linetl the dlefendant the full penalty of 20s., aind OrdEred thim to find bail for the assault, telling hiim at the same time that he was; also liable to an action for the damage. Hl,Jopkinson said he was resolved to prosecute the defendant, anod to bring an action against the ow-ner of the cart. The i$oRn AMAYOR Kgratly condemned the neg"ligence of the street.heepers,in not preventing the carts from beinz drivent in such a mnanner as often to mak-e it im-possible for any vehicle to pass be- tween them in the street. This negle&t was persevered in, notwith- standing all the pains he lhad been at to enable hits fellow-citizens to transact business. liHe wished that the complaints were more fre- 'luedC and, was convinced that not one case ouit of fifty aggravated oc,tes of this nature was publicly complained of. GuSLuttAim:.-.Ciiarles Geo'ge -roster, the young man whose Vrevicus exaniinationi on the charge of having stolen a card-case Sromn his master, Ilir. Sm1'0,n of King-street, Snowhiill, appeared in ouir paper of yesterday, was again brought up before the sitting ma- gistrate, Mfr. Xldc'-,,n WOOD. Ir -Smith, tfre prosecutor, being called, the Alderman, addressing bim, sad, 1' y a letter I have reccived fromn you,! I find yen would 'rather 11ot pursue this prosecu tion. -%ir. 3'smith said, under all the circumstancei of the cae, he did laOt 5.'itentl to proced any further. Mr. Aldermani Woon.-Then I take It for granted that on in- 'lutiry you think that you would rot be able to mlake out a sufficient case to so before a jury. Mlr. Smith said he was notq nie sure of thiat. Mir. Alderosan Woo)...`..Why, then, do YOU not proceed ? You seemed q u ite anxicous~ yestyerda -to prosecute, and appeared to thiink that I did not enter int you viewv of the bu-siness. If you hiave evidence to produce, we are not In the habit here of letting Prisoners ,ecape eaxily a-gainsit whom a cae of felony can he establishedl. Vhat are your ieasons fur now declining the prosecution?I Alr. Soutth sad the prisoner had cnnrtfsed his contrition, and pro. mi,ied to amiend his conduct for the future. This contritiox oni the parn of the prisoner not having been ex- pressed to Mlr. Smith himsRelf personally, but througlh his nephew, .01r. Josiah Smith, the Alderman desired the latter to stand forw'ard. Mlr. Ald~Pnan'WOOD.-It didi appear to me yesterday that the f'acs YOU 'were about to -swear to ivere such as requiredl much consi- sfrr atioln, and it was almost impossible thlat you coulel swear pesi- 'tvl otes withiout a very, minutte exainination to ascertainh re%act number of those articles inanmifactured fromn youir stock-book, the precise quantity that YOU still have in yotur posseassion, and a careful Investigation of your book of sales. Have you macie such an exatnination)? WlTttlesto.-.No, I have not, Sir. Air. Smith thiinkcs thiat the pri- soner has become sensible of his misconduct; h e has so expressed himsaelf to mne and to hits own friends; anid under these circuim. stances;, my uincle thinks that the punishment he has ailready unider- gone is smtifficient to make suich an impresion upon him as will in- tluence his conduct for the futulre. The Alderman then addresed the prisoner at some length upon his folly atnd misconduct, and upon his profe-ssing himnsclf fully sen- ,.ible of his impprppriety, antl his contrition for what had already oc- curred, the Aidierman permnitted him to be discharged. Ma'r. Aldermnan WOOD then, taking up the Mlorninig Ch.'ronicle of yesterday, said-"1 I1 think it necessary just to notice the obser- vatne?1s of some reporters or writers in the newspapers, with respect to) thie present case-not that thev fin(I any fault with me, but thtat I Tamquite surprised that they shaild have appeared, Thieyecannot, LI ami aure, have been written by any one that is a lawyer. It is sel- dom that I have time to read the papen; and I have not red a. esingle report from the Guilfihall offi-e during thle whole of thie week before; but my, a'ttention has been dlirected to the following remarks which have appeared this mornjing." Mlr. Aldermnan Wood now read tromi the leading article in the Mlorning C11ronicke the f'ollowing pas- -age:-` Now in this cae, in whicht the worthy Alderman was not r,atisfied with the evidence, wlhy was not the prisoner aisked, whether or not he took the card-case? The probability is, that he would have acknowledged his gu-ilt. What better evidence -Lan there be of guilt than thle confes%ion of the criminal ?" 'Who could have sent sucht an ari'rcle to the press I cannot conceive. It could not, I should think, have been written by the edlitor, and I tshould hardl supj)ose thec writer to be an Enghlimainn. This I can atssure hi t,r . M rver findl me to be the parson to drag a confes- sion Oet Of an1y Pl'noner. We are forced occasionally to have re- cors o etn, means for gaining informnation, but confessions snust aiwaya, be the voluntary act of' the prisoner. If' the writer of' thlis article had been a native of France, I should not have been sur- Prised; but though there may be some timings in the laws of France -OTU hy of our imitation, I hope the extorting of confessions from eiso7nerwitllneve becintroieuced into the criminal jurisprudence of ihi enultry. I have been- in France, and when there, was permit- ted to be present at some criminal examinations, and I felt quite dis- guste at the questions put to prisoners, and the manner in which answers were extorted, and confessions draggedI from them, crimi- oarinl themnselves Mir. Smith here stepped forward, and assured. the Alderman that lie had no knowledge of the article he had alludied to till he saw it in the paper that morning, and disclaimed having in any wvay suggested the questioning of the prisoner. Mr. Alderman WooD-... do not suppose you had any knowledge o.' it. It is not likely ; prosecutors are generally moat unwilling to prmceed agzainst ofFendlers, and in alinost every case desirous of' qhow. jug everY lenlity towards prisoners; indeed,. generally, they are too lenient - but whoever wrote it, I shiould think, was no Englishmani. flOW.SRttET.-Mr. Austin, a livery-stable-keeper, in Wind- mill-street. Haymiarket, applied for a warrant to apprlireed a youn.g mnan, residing in thie city, fur stealing a horse, gig, and harness value tio guinecas. The namte of the young man was not mientionedi pub- jicly, but he was stated tu be the son of a widow lady of the Ihighest respectability, in the vicinity of Clieapsidle. It was stated by Mr. Ausitin, that several weeks ago the y-oung 'man in question applied is4 him to I,ire a horse and gig for three days, abserving, ,that he wanted to go a little way into the coun' etry, and would retumn within the time he specified. The applicant consenited to let the hiorzse and gig for thiree days at 15.s_ per day. A considerable time elapsed, andi the horse and gitz not beinig retuined, Mlr. Austin began to make inquiries, and ap- plied to the uincle of the young mian, a restptctable merchant, who laid,I ipiwws he would take care to ascertain where hi-ehwws nd lie a,,~ured Nlir. Austin thait the hiorse anid gig were perfectly safe, and 'wouldI be retuirnedl, anil the hire paint. Day after dlay anti week alfter week elapsed, and till Mr. Austin could herntigether of the horse and gig, or of the person who hired i.Thunl put him off from time to time with various excuse,tels of whiich was, that his nephew was gone to Brighton, whiere he was ini a very delicate state of health. He assured Mr. Auitit,, lhowever that be need be under no apprehension for the sariety ofhis property, n,r that he would guarantee its safe return. At length he learned that the horse and gigt had been sold by the young man who hired it at 'Brightoni, in 3 or 4 days after it was iaken from Mind-mill-street. The excuses made by the uncle were sub-l sequent 'to the time when the horse and gig were actuaUy sold in) Brighton. Mir. Austin, after a great deal of trouble, traced Che y-oung inan to) Londlon ; and he ascertained that he wvas; con- czealed in the houise of his uncle iit the city. lie had tried in vain to get a sight of him ; he was still cooped up in hirs uncle's house, and he believedI the intention of his friends was to send hini abroaa, ouit of the reach of many persona whe hadl simila-r claims upon him with iMr. Austin. Mr. Austin Ihad watched, and had em- ploycdl others to watch, time uncle's house, hut the young fellow wxas too securely caged to be got at. hllr, Austin ascertained that the young mian had, wvithin a very short time, sold two other horses and gig "BighOn. He had been livimtg foesa considerable time (at in. tvals t lrgt n was well known thecre as a dashing young inan, 'who ui, a very short time hadl squandered a large sum of money *here. The Magistrate, upon this staLtement of Air. Austin's, imme- diately granted a warrant for the appreheonsion of' the young man, a-ad it was put into the bands of Holman, a patrol. The warhmnt -vas backed by the Lord Mlayor, but it was founjd Impmossible so gcet at the YOUn delinuent, ad he still remains atu secret. He is only ~21yerofae The is no hope of apprehendling him, and L'.Irn n weblee, must rest conatented with his loss ; for he has severaltierfud offers of compromise made by the family of the younig man. MAse'LrDOIvns,s-OrrsCn..-.JeA Tenant, toll collector at the Bell Gate, Battlebridge, appea red to an information for illegally taking t-all for a horse and chaise pa.ssin through thsat.gate en Sunday laSt. Me.Hfewitt jun., son of the chief officerof this establishment, stated, that on Sunday lst he accompanied his father out of' town in a single bore chaise. Th7 Ipaid toll and rece-ived a ticket at the Yorkshire Stingo Gate, Paddsspgton, whidch clears the gate in question ; on -passing through which out of town, no objection was made; but, en the return In the evening, notwithstanding the tic-ket wvas producedu, the collector insisted on be-ing paid a fresh toll. After some debate, the toll was paidlpand the chaise suffered to - r6ceed. It was also - at!aed that the colector behaved with great insolence. The collector in aefence said, the taking of the second toll arose froms mIntake. -* .. : Gtess'a'FxTs having ascertained that le had been collector t that gate for two yeara, observed, that he bad been there long enough to know his duty,which. if he did not know,he would now be (aught, . s he shoald fine him 2Os. and omsts. He hoped the present lesson -'wouid teach him betier manners, and not to interrupt the public in this manner in future. Cobmplaint are continually being made at this office of the conduct- f many of the dzivers'of jhe short stages, who are in thc habit of passing along~ the New-road; and the consequence has been, that the Mtagistrates vae come to a deternmination to inflict heavy penalties in ail ases of furious driving wbich may be proved before them. WIrltarn ChandLer, driver of one of the T3ettenhamn coaches, was yesterday summoned on a charge of furiously driving. A gentle. mTn awho went to town by the coach driven by the defendant stated t,hat the coachmhan, notwitligtanding the remonstrances of imself and other passengers, persisted in galloping the horses all the way. He also took up a colmmn female, whom he placed on the box, and kept all the vway paying that attention to her whieb he ought to have pald to his cattet, The complainanlt gave it as .his opinion that the defendant vwas in liquor at the time. flur. C63cead, proprietor of the coach, attended, but ofered, no de. fence beyond seqaking to the man's general character. AMr. ORtusITY s declaredisia determination to protect the lives of the public by itiflicting full penalties in all eases of the present kind which might be establisheel before him after tlli9 nOtice. The case then before him he should visit with a Penalty 6f'ot0. antI costs. Two njen were brought to thiaofhice, on suLspielon of having stolen : *uantity of pples and dansuspen which, were found upon theni p atso a clothes.line. The prisoners were temandea tli to.morrow. witein any person having lost property of this kind may be renderini a public service by attending. D Q5E2x.s4UA15-.._.. Wiliamn Oliver, the son of Toi Oii'ver: the ugilist, whose examnination on a chargc of knocking down apd lobbin a poor fellow namned Hepburn, In Delabay-street, MW-est- tninster, we gave in out poiice report of Saturdisy lasti- ivas yeater- day brought betb.re E DWABDl fAUKLAND, Esq., tbr final eCxamni. A cor.siderable number of females of a certain class werenssembled ncat Lbh ohisce for the purpose of learning the decisioh of the nagis- trates in his case. Hlepaurn, the prosecutor, who is a man nearly sixty years of age lecapitulated his former evidence, as to a man conring behind hi0 on tie night of the 21st of August Inst, in Delahay-street, wih knocked him down by giving him a violeni blow on the head, and robbed hlm of his watch, as he lay in an aalost- senseless state. lr. Harris, a pawnbroker ot ofothill-street, produced a watch which the prisoner pawned at ils shop an the 10th of September. Ilepburn identified the watch as the one of which he was robbed; but le could not positively swear to the personi of the prisoner. I lr. AIARtLAX n._V6ujg OliVet yod stated on your former ex- amination that you bought this wascb of a person name(d TurpIn, and thlat you had evidetnce of that fact ? Oliver. ..I have a witness to prove what I asserted what true. A YoUng fellow was brought into the ofce, and said his name was Edwards (who recently was in cuttodv hiimself on a charge of bur- glary), and he, on being. interrogated bIy the Al agistrate, denied that ever lie saw the prisoner buy a watch of'Turpin or any otherh person. Votng Oliver here declared thiat the witness he had called had sworn falsely to save urpin, who was his companion. T1ree Poeple, the ethicer, stated that there was a man confinled in gaol for an assault, who was ready to make oath that he wasl presenlt when the prisoner bought the watch of Turpin. Another officer stated that when he apprehended the prisoner, Ire said that he purchased tie watch of a man in the street, to whom he was an uttet stranger. Alr. AIARXLAND said that he lhad made up his mind to commit thle pridoner to Newgate for trial, and expressed his sorrow that the father of the prisoner should have sst him :o bad an example, and have led himn to asseciate with the worst and most viciou2 of charac- ters. 'The prisoner, on leaving the efrice, declared his innocence of the roibbery. Alr. M jRXtAVD said that his connexion with such well-known characters as Turpin was a prcof that he was leagued with reputed thieves.-He was then conveyed to Newgate. Three men, named Parton, Morgan, and Mlartin, were charged with being concerned in comnmitting a burglary at the bouse of Alr. Naylor, St. Ornond's-hill, We4tminster. Part of tlle stolen pro- perty wes found on the tiay eflei the robbery at Afartia's house Pye- street, Westmsinster. Pople said the house was what by the thieves was called a fence, and produced the property, which was identified by alr. and aMrs. Naylor. lartin said that his wife, in his absence, bought the property of the prisoner Alorgan, who left a dark-lantern alt the same time, and she did not know the property was stolen. AlMr. AARXLANIl..Yours iS a very curious sort of a house, &r. lllartn; for if any thing is found, it Is taken to your shop for sale; if any thing is stolen, or Iost, the parties go to your shop to inquire for it; and your house could not have obtained this notoriety with- out some cause. Mfartin was committed to Newgate for trial for the robbery, and the other orisoners were remanded. UJr0ni;HcrALr.t-Jo7nI Collins. alias Swayee, was hrought up by Price, one of the Bow-street palrol, who stated, that about half paet 9 o'clock the preceding evening he sraw the prisoner running after a car- riage in the Kent-road, in a manner which excited hlis suspicions, andi took him into custody. On searching him, he found on his person an instrumeent calculated to open the fastening ef the boots, and other parts of carriages, in which luggage is depo'sited, rlso a Bank of England note, No. 8,531, dated Aug. 10, 1824, for 51.; and a Spaniah silver medal, without a date, but evidently struck during the tonstitutional Goveniment, having an inscription, of which thc' following is a translation :_" Let us arm for the security of our altars, our glory, our wives, our children, . and our nation." On. beigthe prisoner ofredthe witness r. sovereign to al-' A Solicitor attended for the prisnenr, who saitl he could account for the psossressin of the Bank-note. The MUagistrate remanded the prisoner for a week, to give time for the production of further evidence. POLICE.