The Statesman. — 1815-01-31 (London, England)

RDEN.-A young woman, of the wee of Ann Rose, was brought up and megabit oe a charge of unlawfully pawning. a sheet, a towel, bolster, three smoothing irons, and a oonotterieme, eel of her ready furnished apartment in the house of Mrs. Sarah Urns, in Coram-street, Brunswick. square. The stolen property was ordered to be re. stored to Mrs. Urns, and the Prisoner was fined 31. 4s. beiug double the worth of the articles pawned, and 40s. penalty, and in default of payment, she was committed to the House of Correction for three months. Quece-seuArte.—Edmund Whiling and Amt his wife, were brought before P. Cor.euunex, Esq. on a charge of having received various articles *wee from the Westminster Workhouse. It appears that robberies to a great extent have been committed for a aeries, of years without any detection taking place At length, however, it was diicovered that the surge belonging to the workhouse had been in the habil. of taking articles of wearing apparel to the Prisoner's,. where they were purchased by the female Prisoner. Two of the nurses were made evidence againstike receivers, and one of them, Catherine Burrell,Mated, that she had known the female Prisoner for saw time; was in the habit of taking 141iitg, other apparel to her and sold them at reduced  Captain Milner sworn. Q. What situation did you hold in the army of Catalonia ? A. 1 was Military Secreta A: n,  One thousand pounds bave. been subcciibed within t slunk space of waik,"for the relief of Mr. Mons and his distresced.fau►ity, who were burnt out by tha fire in St. Paul's Church-yard, on Wednesday iiebtaltht.  II AN EXTRAORDINARY AQUATIC fluirr.---On Sa. turtlav a barge, containing 50 barrels of turpentines sprung a leak, and sunk in the river, near Black• friars-bridge, so suddenly, that all went to the bot. fern: Ili about a minute afterwards up men barrel, then another, and another, until the whole of Lb. ' barrels -ose, and the tide being very rapid on thll ebb, they floated down the river with great velocity; every boat about the place was immediately maaned, and went in chase. The sight ssas one of the plea.. santest witnessed for a considerable time, sad afar& ed much amusement to several thousands of spec. tators on the bridges. Several of the barrels went picked up before they reached London Bridge, and; many of them out-stripped the boats until they went as far as Deptford. George Page, the accomplice of Hart, in the lasi attempt to rob Mr. Parton's mill, at Teuterdert,, Kent, and who was wounded and escaped, has beet; apprehended at Shipton, in Worcestershire, of which place he is a native. His true name is Phillips, silli it is now ascertained that he had deserted from thei Worcestershire Militia, after having committed a robbery sometime since, near Exeter. A ferdeyi ago a little girl, about twelve years of sgeiviked' deliberately into the sea, near Sunder. land Pen and attempted to drown herself.' A pilot obptt7ing' her, rushed into the watery element, and brought her safe ashore. On questioning the child as to the 'cause of her attempt at suicide, she de. dared that it was in consequence of her mother in. slitting upon her kerning to write, and obliging her to provide money to pay for her instruction, by, gathering and selling sticks !  A letter from Calais, dated Jan. VI, says, on the 19th instant, on the application of Messrs..FEaroa and; MINETT, of Dover, one CrOZClcar was arrested here, who had been principal clerk to Messrs. SAccarc and Co. bankers at Margate. This man had carried alit° the amount of 36,0001. in Isle of Plana bank notes, besides a quantity which were still unsigned. He was arrested at the Kingston Hotel, and Immo., diately gave up to the officers of police almost all the property. his wife was arrested in ogland at the Moment when she was about to join her husband.— His breach of trust is ascribed to stock-jobbing.  I,ON DON • Pribtett nnei Pintlistwd by 9. LovitLL, tit STATESMAN °Wilt r% Fitet--,Nctl.