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      . ; .. ,. ' . .. . . ' ilASSlOS HOUSE . ^ i- P « n > 4 T > -Bl 6 HT WAT TO " PUT SUICIDE DOWK . ' | --b-HannahHafces , who was charged on Wednesday with z luwmgtotenaed self-destruction , was Brought up for re' eranrihation . The defendant had mentioned upon her - ¦ aM t- ^ imination some particulars about her husbanas - Idatlvfe / andlhe Lord Major directed that care _ shouW 0 betahJu of her by the matron ofthe Compter . B" iora-^ - tffip fe ! -l-Jie found the poor woman ' s statement wasunnagE ^ tcd , and that she was really an object of compass : " die handed her a , sovereign , wlucV °° ^ Qrc , ^ v ., 1 for her , and desired her toleavoherad ^ ess with Mr :-G-K , dman , and tocall at theMansionJ *^*™ Monday . «* . . The appearance of the defendant was much altered for the belter ..

      .- ... „ . „ pmAas . —John Allen was &™> mt — Skauso CioAM . — John Allen was tou ^ u ^ . hV rKaice ^ u . Xo : ™ , charged [ with attempt-InglhlSlsome diirs from a casern the shor . of Mr . CatDn tobacconist , of Huggin-lane . As Mr . Thomas TFilliaiiis , shoemaker , was passing down Huggin-lans last , night , he ' . saw four lads stand whispering togetJier . lie ; watched their , movements , until at length he saw the prisoner at the bar creep softly into Mr . Catlin ' s shop , and ' put his hand into the cigar case . At that : ; -. omenthc seized him , and gave him into custody . The prisoner's defence was , that he did not ileal anvthing . ¦ ¦ He went into the shop to huy a pennyworth of tobacco . He was committed to Bridewell for three months .

      A Fatheb Robbed bt his Sow . —James lee , jun ., a dirty-looking hoy , 14 years of age , was broug ht iu custody Of policeman 560 ,. chained with robbing his father of £ 3 in gold , and several articles of wearing npparcL The father , a very respectahle-lootdng man , said he had given the prisoner as good an education as his circumstances would pexmit . Since he left school he had him to sleep in the shop . Be had frequently been rohbed by him , but on prosaise of amendment he had as frequently forgiven hfea . On one occasion he had taken £ 3 , and gone to Greenwich to spend it . This offence the father lad locioa over , and placed the son again in the shop . Some ten days ago he discovered the lock wrenched off the door , a box broken open , and the wearing apparel it contained abstracted . The prisoner had absconded , and he had not seen him until he was brought home in cus--tody . The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday .

      TVedsesdat . —Exteaokdwaev Case . —A man whose name appeared upon the prisoners' list as Sinops Kent , was brought before the Lord Mayor upon self-accusation of a very serious offence , itobert Sterling , policeman So . 157 of the A . division of metropoUtan poUce , Btated that at twelve o ' clock on Tuesday night , at Charing-cross , the prisoner , after looking at him for a moment , said , "I can bear it no longer ; you must take me in charge . " Witness asked upon what ground ; to which he replied , "For sending a threatening letter to Messrs . Prescott and Grote , the bankers . " The prisoner then put into his hands a seal , with which he said he had impressed the wax on the letter he had sent to tlie hankers . "Witness took the prisoner into custody . The prisoner likewise said , upon being taken into custody ,

      that it was to serve other parties he had done it . The following is a copy of the letter which had been received St the Dank : — "December 6 . Messieurs , —A plan has "been arranged for the purpose of firing your hank , and which you cannot prevent , however strict you may keep watch / unless you consent to pay the party £ 100 within one month—namely £ 50 immediately , which you must enclose in a letter , directed to " Mr . John Wright , and send without faU to-morrow morning hy twelve o'clock to the Angel Inn , Islington , to he left there until called for . Unless this is complied with , woe betide you ; it will he folly of you attempting to discover the parties , for if you do so you will be placing your lives at stake . Avert the fete which now hangs over you . I say be warned , and comply with the demands now made . —Tours , & c , Swops Kext . Messrs . Prescott and Grote . " The

      prisoner was remanded . Thgbsdat . —Case o » PoacEav . —Thomas Griffiths was hrbnght before the Lord Mayor , in the custody of Daniel Forrester , the officer , charged with forgery . Mr . Sash , solicitor to Hie committee of hankers for protection against forgeries and frauds , attended for the prosecution . Mr . Busk stated that the prisoner had been in theemploymentof Mr . Myers , the fishmonger , of St . Peter ' s-alley , CornhilL whose service he left about three months ago , and that there was at any rate one forgery besides that upon which the evidence was ready , in the commission of Which , it would hereafter appear , the prisoner was concerned . —Mr . S . Pace , clerk in Dimsdale and Barnard ' s hanking house , in Cornhill , stated that the prisoner presented a cheque for £ 10 , purporting to he signed by Mr . Michael Myers , on Wednesday , between two and three

      o ' clock in the afternoon . It was not paid , for eight or nine cheques , purporting to be drawn hy Mr . Myers , had previously heen presented , and had turned out to he forgeries . The cheque produced was a considerably worse imitation of Mr . Myers ' s writing than any of the preceding cheques . The pr isoner did not say anything upon presenting the cheque , which the witness , upon receiving , landed to Mr . Barnard , one of the partners of the firm . The prisoner was then called into the hack parlour , and given into custody . Mr . Michael Myers stated that he kept an account at Messrs . Dimsdale and Barnard ' s banking-house forty-five years . The cheque produced was not in Ms handwriting . The prisoner had lived thirteen or fourteen months with him as Ids house servant , and lodged in the house . The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday next .

      CLERKENWELL . Saturday . —Effects or DantE . — An old seaman , named Church , was charged witli being drunk and incapable . The poor fellow had received his pension , £ 3 4 s ., yesterday , and having been watched by some heartless , artful fellow , was induced to go and drink with him , and having been drugged with liquor , -was robbed of evcry penny he had . The old man was engaged in almost all the brilliant naval encounters from 1800 to 1 S 1 G , and received a ball in tlie chest at the battle of Trafalgar . —Mr . Combe humanely discharged him . He lives with his daughter , a poor dressmaker , in Cleveland-street , Pitzroy sguare , and said lie feared that after the loss of the money she would not receive him .

      Tuesday . —The Jews is TaonnrE . —On Monday "Wilinington-squareanditsneighhourhoodwereforsomehour the scene of great excitement , in consequence of the ejection of a Jewish family , who , by their screams and shouts , attracted a mob of more than 1 , 000 persons . So great was the uproar , and so serious did the matter at one tune appear , that a man on horseback was despatched to the Clerkenwcil police-station for a reinforcement of police . Arising out of this affair , Mr . Solomon Lyons , a broker , residing in Gxay ' s-inn-Iane , a Jew , -was placed at the bar , charged with obstructing the police in the execution of their duty , and with exciting a mob against the police It appeared from the evidence , which" was very volumi nous , that a Jewish family , named Abrahams , have lived for a considerable time in Tysoe-street , Wilmingtonsquare , and falling into large arrears of rent , they wero

      served with the tist 7 : i 1 notice to qnit ^ which expired on Christmas-eve last , but the landlord , from motives of humanity , allowed the family to occupy the house until it was let Abrahams gave a written promise that he would forthwith leave the house when called upon . The house having been let , they were that morning called upon to evacuate , but refused , and were ejected by force . The whole family , ten iu number , aud amongst them several small children , assembled in front of tlie dcor , set up a dismal wailing , and an immense mob was forthwith attracted , -whose sympathies were at once enlisted in favour ofthe helpless little ones . The landlord ' s men were the subjects of execration , and had it not been for the timely arrival of a body of policemen , serious results wouldhave

      ensued , The prisoner , who chanced to be passing , interfered on behalf of the ejected family , and applied language of a very offensive nature towards tlie constables ; who , seeing that the encouragement of a respectable-looking man was likely to inflame still more the passions of the already exasperated mob , took him into custody . The prisoner denied that he had used had language towards the police , but admitted that he was much interested on behalf of his Jewish brethren , and that he knew nothing ofthe circumstances of the case , but accidentally mingled in the mob . — -Mr . Combe said , if the poUcc had been injured , he would undoubtedly have sent him to the House of Correction for a month without a fine ; he would , however , fine him ten shillings , or ten days' imprisomme * . t Ihe fine was paid at once .

      Wedsesdat . —The Battue or the Saucepan . Mrs . Ann Jarvis -was brought before 3 Ir . Broderip , charged with assaulting Mary Ann Garner , ihe wife of a penny postman , and about half the size of her a § iailant The complainant , whose head was bandaged , and who was so infirm that she was led into the office and accommodated -with a seat , gave the magistrate to understand that she and the defendant lived in the same house in Hannibal-road , Stepney . Last Friday Mrs . Jarvls came down to her door , on the first floor , and opened the window on the staircase . She went out and requested her to shut it , as it was very cold . Mrs . Jarvis said the window should be opened to have the place ventilated . From these more words arose , aud Mrs . Jarvis brought »^ saucepan , containing the hot liquor in -which a pi "' * head had been boiled , and attempted to strikeMrs . Garner

      who retreated towards her own room , and , in so doing , capsized a pail of water belonging to Mrs . Jarvis , and sent the vessel from the top of the stair * to the bottom . Mrs . Jarvis followed up the attack with the saucepan and the third blow took effect on Mrs . Garner ' s arm , and cut through a dress she was making . She repeated the blows with the saucepan on the left side of her head , whicli sent her reeling into her own room . Mrs . Jams threw the saucepan after her , pork liquor and all , and then ran down stairs to recover her paiL On her return she came into Mrs . Garner's apartment , and heat her terribly with the saucepan , knocked ler over a table , and forced a baby only fourteen months old Out of her arms , and trampled

      upon it . Mrs . Garner , alarmed forthe safety of herself and infant , cried out murder most lustily , and caught hold of the handle o * the saucepan , and in the itruggle which took place twisted it off . Mrs . Jarvis then heat the little woman with » he . saucepan without a handle , and Mrs . earner , after a ' severe » truggle , gotit under her arm ; Mrs . Jarvis attempted to regain possession of her saucepan and in doing so cut her own thumb . Thel » ttle of the saucepan was proceeding when a policeman made his appearance ,: and parted the belligerents . The complainant , who sighed and groaned most awfully , and made the most oi her case ; said she had been under the doctor ' s hands . —Mr . Broderip said there could he no doubt that Mrs . flamer had heen seriously Injured , hut her medical

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      * attendant Dr . Godfrey , certified she was not in danger-Her affectation and the exaggerated manner in which she had given her cridenpewa * apparent , but enough had been stated to justify him in holding Mrs . Jarvis to bail , herself in £ 60 , and two sureties of £ 30 each , to . answer the charge at the sessions . -Mrs . Jarvis was then committed in default of bail . WEbiresDAT . —A Mibacle . —The Blind bestobed to Sight . — -T . Lloyd , aman of very lofty stature , long visaged , and ^ with hi » hair combed over his face in a strange manner , was charged with begging . The prisoner alleged that he wasblind . His eyes were concealed hy his hair . StammeU , the street-keeper of Islington , deposed , that he saw the prisoner begging on the previous evening in High-street , Islington . He had a placard hangingon his

      breast with the words "Believe the blind" printed upon it . 'Witiiess told him to go away ; bat the prisoner refused , and became most insolent , using the foulest language . StammeU , finding remonstrance useless , took him to the station-house . The prisoner , when called upon for his defence , in a grave , puritanical tone , denied that he had used bad language , stated that it was in consequence of extreme distress he had sought aid in such a manner , and that he had come from Wrexham a few days ago , wearied ia body " and depressed in mind . He lodged at present in Tyndal ' s-buildings , Graj's-innlane ; and the landlord knew him to be an honest , decent man . He was totally blind and altogether helpless . — Mr . Combe , who evidently suspected the prisoner , directed JJesbitt , the doorkeeper , to make inquiries into his statement . Thereupon the prisoner fell upon his knees iu the box , and , in the most earnest manner , besought the magistrate to set him at libcrtv , and to have pity upon a poor

      old blind man . He said , he would not rise until the magistrate would pardon him . The affair was dramatic , but not natural . Upon leaving the court , he again turned round , aud raising his hands to Heaven , whilst the tcai'l rolled down his cheeks , again craved his liberty In a tone and manner that would have done liim ' credit on the stage . If eabitt , however , removed him and returned into court in an hour with him , and stated to the magistrate that every word he had uttered was false , and that the fellow was a confirmedbeggar . —The impostor stood erect , hut said nothing . No sooner , however , had Mr . Combe sentenced him to a month's imprisonment , than suddenly and quickly raising his long blackthorn stick , he aimed a desperate blow at the magistrate ; fortunately , it did not take effect—but the weapon slightly grazed the arm of the junior clerk . He raised the stick a second time , but was secured before he could accomplish his object . He was removed to the cell , swearing all the way .

      BOW STREET . Satubdat . —FobiousDbivino . —Tworespectablydressed persons , who gave then-names as Phillips and Griffith , were brought up on a . charge of being drunk and riotous while driving a chaise along Holborn tlie previous evening , about eleven o ' clock . They were driving in a reckless manner , to the danger of the passers by . Phillips , who offered no resistance to the interference of the constable , was fined 5 s . for being drunk . Griffith , who said lie was a surgeon , and had got drunk on account , of having lost a sum of money in a betting affair that day , was fined £ 5 , or one month ' s imprisonment , on account of his being tlie driver of the chaise ; and also having struck he police constable for attempting to stop the horse . The fine not being forthcoming , he was locked up .

      Facikg it Out . —A young man , who had every appearance of being a regular adept in the art of pilfering , named Anderson , was charged by Mr . Spervier ,. clothes dealer in the Strand , with stealing a Tweed Chesterfield coat on the previous evening . The prosecutor saw him take the coat , and shouted for tho police . A constable was immediately in attendance , and running after the prisoner , seized him with the coat in his possession . Though thus caught in the act , the prisoner stoutly maintained that the constable had taken the wrong man ; and that he was perfectly innocent of the charge . He was committed for trial .

      Toothfox Depbavttt . —George Bichards , a boy about twelve years of age , was charged with stealing a pair of socks from the shop of Mr . Hall , Holbom . —William Freeball , who had been at Mr . Hall ' s shop on business , deposed to seeing the prisoner and another hoy at the shop door , iron * which he saw them take each a . pair . of socks . He told the shopman , who went out after them , and took the prisoner into . custody . The other escaped . —The shopman ' s evidence corroborated this statement , and the prisoner was committed for trial . Tuesday . —Death fbosc being Run Oveb . —A . carman , named Joseph Hughes , in the service of Mr . Jones , wincmerchant , of MarkJane , was placed at the bar charged with having caused the death of a lad , about seventeen years of age , by driving over him in the

      Strand . The deceased , who was unknown , but appeared to be on some errand , was running across the road , opposite Southampton-street , with his head turned towards Charing-cross , from which direction an omnibus was approaching him with great speed . In his anxiety to avoid the horses , which were close upon him , he ran against the shafts of defendant ' s cart and fell upon his face . The wheels of the cart ( which was heavily laden with hampers of wine J passed over the poor fellow ' s back , and crushed him in a frightful manner , iu which state he was taken to a Mr . Davis , residing near the spot , and subsequently , by his advice , to the

      Charingcross Hospital , where he died in about twenty minutes afterwards . It was stated by a witness that the occurrence was purely accidental , and that the utmost concern for the fate of the deceased was evinced by the driver of the cart , who , at the bar , appeared much affected by the calamity . Mr . Jardine said no blame whatever was attributable to tho defendant , who had conducted himself with great propriety and right feeling in tho matter . As ho mi g ht , however , be wanted at another investigation elsewhere , he would be required to leave his address , and undertake to attend if called upon . The magistrate also directed that the number of the omnibus should be obtained .

      WOKSHIP-STEEE T . MokdA * . —Suspected Mubdeb at Twio-Foliy . —TUt and Titzgerald , the warrant-officers , reported to Mr . Broughton the result of the investigation they had been directed to institute relative to the fate of Mr . William May , a traveller in the silk trade , whose mysterious disappearance had induced serious apprehensions that he had been robbed and murdered .. The officers stated that the directors of the Regent ' s Canal Company had given directions for the withdrawal of the water from that portion of their canal into which the body of the missing gentleman was supposed to have been thrown , and a large number of workmen had been engaged during the ' preceding day in that Operation . The water on cither side of the bridge at Twig-Folly , to a great distance , embracing three sets of locks , had been entirely drawn off , and a minute examination made along the bed ofthe canal , hut the result was that not the slightest trace had been discovered of the object of their search . A number of

      labourers had also been engaged for several hours in working double drags in a large piece of water , called Sir George Duckett ' s Canal , immediately adjoining the other , but their exertions had been equally unsuccessful : The entire day , from seven o ' clock in the morning until dark , had been ocenpied in the search , during which an immense concourse of persons , to the number of at least 5 , 000 , whom the excitement consequent on the occurrence had drawn to witness the proceedings , separated themselves into clusters , and closely examined the surrounding fields and grounds to ascertain if there were any appearances of the surface having been recently disturbed , but nothing of the kind appeared to have taken place . The officer added that , from further inquiries , they had ascertained that Mr . May was in coufortable circumstances , extremely temperate in his habits , and greatly respected . —Mr . Broughton expressed his gratification that everything had been done that was at all practicable under such circumstances ,

      A Polygahht . — Thomas Bartholomew Jmbert , a middle-aged man , was brought up for final examination charged with having feloniously intermarried with one Abigail Isted during the lifetime of three other women to whom it was alleged he had been previously married . Certified copies of the registries of two of the marriages were put in , one of them solemnized at Bow Church , Stratford , in July , 1838 , and the other at St . Mary's , Islington , in July , 1842 . Both these women , who were stated to have suffered greatly from the neglect and illusage ofthe prisoner , were present in court . It was also stated , in the course of the evidence , that two cliildren whom he had had by the first of the wives had literall y died from the privation aud wretchedness to which they had been exposed through the unnatural conduct of their

      father . Notwithstanding the ill-usage . she had received from the prisoner , the second wife , Abigail Isted , an attenuated , melancholy-looking creature , exliibited in court the warmest affection for him , and evinced such a repugnance to give any evidence which could criminatehim , that tlie magistrate found it necessary for the ends of justice to make her father answerable for her appearance at the Old Bailey . Rowland , the warrant-officer , said he had made the most . diligent inquiries with a view to discover the two other women to whom it was alleged the prisoner had been previously married , and with great difficulty had succeeded in tracing the father of one of theiu , a tradesman named Andrews , residing near Kewingtoncauscway , who informed him that his . daughter had been dead for several years , and that her death had been

      solelycaused by the brutal conduct of the prisoner , who had kicked and beaten her in such a dangerous manner that shehadbeen inconsequence aninmatefor several months of one ofthe hospitals , whence she ' had at length been taken home to her father ' s house , and there , together with her child , soon after died , the prisoner having for a long time previously totally deserted her . He ( Rowland ) had also been engaged in efforts to find out another woman , the daughter of a person named Grimsdale , to whom it was stated the prisoner had likewise been married , but he had not been able to . discover her . Mr . Heritage , who appeared for the prosecution , said that the

      prisoner s conduct to one of the wives , the daughter of a Mr . Wilson , had been as inhuman as that he had displayed towards the unfortunate women referred to by the officer , for that at the very time he married tlie last wife one of his chUdren by a previous marriage was lying upon its death-bed , and had actually died two days after . 3 Ir . Broughton severely animadverted upon the cruelty of thejnisoner ' s conduct , - and said . that , ' as the evidence had established two of the marriages in the most satisfactory manner , he should send him for trial upon the charge ofbigamy , and order the depositions to beat onco taken againsthim . * The prisoner , who had nothing to offer ' ih his defence , was fully committed to Newgate for trial .

      • ' Tueidat : —A "RESpiciABiE" Thief . — Wm '' Fraser , a middleigei respectaUe-iooldng man , was placed at the bar for final examination , charged with , having obtained

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      by false pretences a large quantity of wine and spirits from licensed victuaUera in different parts , of . the metropolis . In a previous hearing threecases were estab lished against the prisoner , and to-day a fourth was clearlyi made out . They all displayed great a ddress , in . the art of robbing under , false , pre . tence .-rThemagisfrate said , . that-he had received an anonymous communication , intimating ; that the prisoner had spine time . ago . been convicted on . achatge of felony , atthe Central .. Criniinal Court , where lie-was sentenced , to six months' imprisonment .-rThe . prisoner , who appeared deeply affected ; in t scarcely audible . tone , admitted , that the . accusation in -question was well

      founded ,, but that ; the court , in consideration or the distressed state and previous character , had . sentenced him only to a month's imprisoninent .-r-A . Solicitor , who , was in attendance on .. other , business , " expressed , himself greatly shocked at seeing the prisoner , in ; such a disgraceful situation , having known him in former days . under far different circumstances , and made a forcible , appeal in his favour to the magistrates on the ground of his past respectability . —Mr . Brooghtori ' said he could not allow the former character or condition ; of an accused person ito operate with , him in his mode of adjudicating upon tlie charge before him , and he . felt it his duty to commit the prisoner for trial . -,

      Ferocious . Assault on the Poiici .--iJ * meB ; Williams and Thomas Dawson , charged , in conjunction with two others , one of whom is now in the House of Correction , with an outrageous attack upon the police , two of whom were so seriously injured • as to be incapable of duty ever since , were brought up for final elimination . The wounded officers , JTerilleand Jenkinson , were now in-attendance , and stated , that though , considerably recovered , they were still suffering seriously from the injuries indicted upon them . Neville said , that , for some reason he was unacquainted with , the prisoner Williams had grudge against him , and had several time * threatienedto punish him ; , but , aotwithgtanding , both he and the other constable would prefer

      that the magistrate should deal' gunimanlywith the case , and save them the inconvenience of attending at the sessions to prosecute . —Mr . Broughton saidj it was . a ¦ most dastardly outrage , and ought-to be sent to the sessions , as h » regretted exceedingl y the Legislature -had not furnished iim . with . sufficient powers to enforce an adequate punishment . The officer * had exhibited a very . forgiving spirit , and he should comply with their request , but was satisfied he should not'Tie doing justice if he did not impose theftdl penalty and punishment it was in bis power toinflicty—namely , ' £ 5 each , or in default of payment two month * ' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction . ! The fines were hot paid , and the prisoner * were consequently removed in ; the van . ¦'¦'

      GUILDHALL . ; Monday . —SteAhko Gbii ) . —John Nixon , a working jeweller ) was charged with robbing his employers , Messrs . Wheeler and Co ., of Bartlett ' slbuildings . —Mr . Lewis stated ; that the prisoner absconded while under notice to quit , and upon breaking open his : drawer , every ; journeyman having a . separate drawer which only his own-key would open , a deficiency was found in the quantity of gold . There was a deficiency hi the manufactured gold , also in the quantity of gold filings or dust , called " 1 * 111-mel , " and also a . deficieney'in the lemincl by admixture of brass filings . The prisoner absconded about the 26 th ' of June , and Sergeant Brannan had ; been looking forhi » ever since . —John Stockholm , foreman to Messrs . Wheeler , Stated that ttwa . S the custom to not only take the weight

      of gold delivered to each hand and that of the manufactured article , but every Saturday an account was ' taken of unmanufactured gold , articles in the course of manufacture , and ofthe gold dust . It was weighed and returned to each man . ' L After the prisoner absconded " his drawer was broken open , and upon . comparing the contents , with the hook there was a deficiency in the gold of two ounces , one pennyweight , value £ 4 Cs . ; in the Jemmelj or filings , the deficiency was two ounces , nineteen pennyweights , ' six grains . He melted the lemmel into a . bar , and it was found to have been deteriorated by the admixture ' of base metal , which the eye could not . detect , hut was discovered upon assaying the bar . — Mr . Alderman Musjjrove thought

      it would bepfudent to leave out so much , of the case as related to deteriorating the nine ounces ' of lemmeli—The prisoner said , that having met with a friend , he stopped and drank with him , and as his master , refused . bn Saturday night ; to send him the rest of his wages then ' due , ' he did not choose to go , to work ; there ' again , ,, ; if there . was a deficiency , his drawer must have been forced ' opeij and robbed during his absence . — -Mr .. Alderman ,. Miisgrove asked if there were any indlcatidns . of the drawer having been forced !—The foreman said , " JTone whatever . "—The Alderman said he should send the prisoner to trial , hut he would he remanded , that the depositions might be prepared .

      Tuesday . —Shamming Fits . —Ann Wood was charged with lying down in the pathway on Blackfriars Bridgei with her eyes turned up , and feigning to be in a violent fit . It appeared that tho prisoner was an old hand at it , and had been in custody five or six times for the same thing . She was in the habit of putting a quantity of soap about her lips to make it appear as though she was foaming at the mouth . ; Alderman Kelly said that as it appeared she was an old offender , he should commit her to the House of Correction for two months .

      MARTLEBONE . Toesdav . —A Fathbb Bobbed bv di * Daogdtbb . — Ellen Cummings , a girl 15 years of age , was placed , at the bar , charged by John Cummings , her father , under the following circumstances : —The evidence of the prose , cutorwas , that the prisoner was of such dftpraved and dissolute habits thathe now felt himself bound to proceed against her , in the hope that she might , by beingpunisherl , be ultimately brought to a sense of honesty and , propriety of conduct . What he had now to allege against her was , that about a week ago she broke open ' one o ( his drawers , and stole therefrom two handkerchief ' s having done which she absconded from his house , and lasaw nothing more of her until the previous night ( Monday ) ,. when he found her in William-street , Lissoh-grove , and then . gave her into custody . The prisoner was ' Committed for trial .

      Thursday . —Assault , os a WrFE .-T-Mr . \ Franc 3 s Tress , a coal merchant , residing at No . 39 , Pbriniaiiplace , Edgeware-road , was charged before Mr . Long with having , under cu-cumstances of a very unpleasant nature , violently assaulted Sarah . Trass , In ? wife . —Complainant stated , that on the same morning she was visited in the parlour by a medicalgentlehiaii who had been in the habit of attending the family for years ,.. anuV tnat while they were in conversation defendant , entered the room , when ho dir » ctlyfiew iiito ' a great passion , and declared that intercourse of an improper and guilty nature liad taken , place between her ( complainant ) and the professional person alluded to . The latter ' denied most strongly the truth of the allegation , and begsred to be allowed to

      say afew . words of explanation , but defendant refused to hear him , and ordered him . out ; of ¦ , the . -liousc . Complainant , added , that after the gentleman .. had left defendant , locked her in the apartment ,- and there continued for some time to , beat and otherwise illtrcat her in a , very , shameful and . unmerciful manner . , She cried ' ; Murder , " . and ,- . " Police , " as loud as she wao able , and at last assistance arrived . The . defendant said ho . had Jpng been uppn . the best terms witli Mr . Edwards .. : He nad seen his phaeton standing at his door that morning , and on going , into the parlour and observing hini on the coucfi with liis wife— -a portion of his dress being at the time disarranged—lie , before he had ah opportunity of adjiistiiiL

      it , new at him , f collared him , and'puslied him out of the place . / Defendant further , said ( mentioning certain particulars to which we cannot give publicity ) , that lie was ' quite positive as tb the guilt of his wife in the present instance , and added that he had upon a former occasion strong reasons for . accusing her of being on terms of by tar . too great intimacy \ vitli a lieutenant ; he denied having assaulted her in the violent way described . —Complainant declared that the suspicions entertained against her by her husband were entirely . destitute of foundation . —Defendant entered into security for Ms , keeping the peace towards all her Majesty ' s subjects , but more particularly towards bis wife , for tbe next six months .

      [ MARLBOROUGH STREET . Mosdat . —She will not be said " nai . "—A wch dressed . woman , between thirty and forty years of age , was charged . with causing a serious annoyance to Mr . William Simmons , tailor , 200 , Osford-street . . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Simmons that the woman laboured under a delusion that he intended , or else that ho ought to marry her . She constantly presented herself at his shop , conjuring him in- the most pathetic way to accede to her matrimonial propositions . It was in vain thathe appealed to the police to put her away ,-for ' -no sooner was she free from the constable than she came back and repeated her unwelcome solicitations . ' Mr . Maltby asked the complainant if anything had occurred to sanction the defendant ' s delusion ?—Mr . Simmons

      declared that no promise on his part nor any familiarity could warrant the prisoner in displaying the monomania of which she was evidently possessed . ' —Mr . Maltby asked her why she continued this species of annoyance!—The defendant , who appeared quite absorbed by her attachment ,-said'in a ' low voice , that as the complainant would not call upon her , she was obli ged to call upon him . — 'Mr' Maltby told her that she must discontinue her visits to the complainant . —The defendant replied that the complainant had' promised to marry her about a twelvemonth ago , and she was resolved ' thathe should not dally with her ' any longer . —Mr . ' Maltb y - Unless you promise to keep away from the ; compl ainant ' s shop I must order you to find bail . —Defendant : I'll ' keep away , but not unless he promises to come , and see me . Complainant declared there was no truth iu the statement that he had promised the defendant marriage . Mr . Mal % thought the father of the defendant ought to bo

      required to restrain his , daughter ' s behaviour , and he should therefore advise the constable to take her to her home , and leave her in charge of her friends . Policeconstable English took the defendant , to her : fathers , a tailor , 40-j' WindmiU-street , but very soon after returned with both father and daughter , she haying , ' as soon ; as released from custody , made her way once morc ' to the complainant ' s shop in Oxford-street . : The ' fathcr came forward , and said he ' was quite at a lossito accpuiit for the infatuation of tiis daughter . She was sane on all points except as far as regarded her iriah'imbnial passion for the complainant . . The origin . of his daughter ' s attachment was from the circumstance of her having worked as waistcoat-maker in the same shop '' where the complainant was fomeriy ' eiriploycd . ' . ; . 'Mr . Maltby . agaiu askedthedefendant to promise that she , would not go ' near the ^ ' complainant ' s shop again . The defendant would not giro such a promise , unless on condition of receiving from the

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      omplainant the promise of a visit to her . , After some orther expostulation , the defendant : gave a half promise hat site would not go to the shop in Oxford-street again , 'he complainant quittedthe court ^ a nd the defendant , on ; in „ Veleased ,. wa 9 seen to break away from her friends , nd , pursue ' - < with speed the . road ' i taken by 'the comlainant . ¦' ¦ ¦ '• : - ¦* - - . -: - ; :: - ' - '' . - '•" ' ¦'" , . ' " ; ' . ';' :. ' . . ; ToesdavA— A VwitANT GoAED . ^ -Michael Grogan , an rish-hodman , was charged' ' with having been ; in some ray concerned in the felonious abstraction of a great coat oin the cart of ' a - ; persoh' named Aldrich . ¦ . Mr . Aldrich iid he drew up it ' a public-house in Crown-street , St . Ues's : on Saturdayevehing , arid seeing the prisoner ^^ viin ^ fthout ' he asked him to mind his horse and cart -ggSigSgS ... : ,,,, .,.--. „ :

      while he went with his wlfeW Mend into apubli « . housp forifew ' minutes . *' When he-came outbf tho house he found the prisoner with the horse and cart ; bu t he missed agreat ' eoat out of the cart ; whicli was safe init whenih « Save ' his property into the prisoner ' s car e .-j Mr . Maltoy . Veil , what haVeyoutosayf-Mike : Sur , yerhanuer , heonly touldmetomini the horsede ^ t ^ h ^ h ^ zm the great ' coatr ^ I'll tell yer banner every thing- Mg jiutieinan calls ' but ' to me , "Paddy , do ye ; want a job ? »' Thankee > aster , » « 3 l . . '' Then , '' vsayshe , " mmdmo horse and cart ; but riot a'word about a great coat . Uut hejumpsand his friends , and sticks his whip bang upmeself nobodhan t

      rig ht in front ' . Maybee , says I to , y . stale that whip . ' So , yer banner , I tuk a hoult o ? tim wheel / and kept me twb eyes ; on the whip , and never tuk ' em off till the gentleman came from'the public-house . That ' s all I know about tho , gveat ' coat . ' ; The defendant told his story with an air of . genuine simplicity , it appearedprobabie ' that while hisgaze was fixed outh « whip some ciever ' rogue ' , guessing the / situation of matters , had slipped round to the other side of the cart , and had helped himself unperceived to ' the ' garment . The pnsonerreceived ' an excellent character fromhis master , who haU only afeViniriutes' previously paid him his . week ' s ' wages . Mr . Maltby directed the . prisoner to b > immediately

      linerated

      SOUTHWARK . . , . i SATnEDAT . - ^ PociET-PicKiNG . —John Merryman , a powerful looking fellow , a cqstermonger , was placed at tlie ' har before Mr . ' Cottingham , charged with attempting to pick pockcts ,, ih High-street , Squthwark .,, , Police-constableWM , stated , that about nine o'clock last night he saw the prisoner feeling the ' pockets of ' sevcral gentlemen in . the above street ' ; , suspecting his . intentions , he watched him , and " saw him . go behind a gentleraah at a shop-window , ' and lift up the skirts , of his great coat , and putr liis hands ' in the pocket . Ha immediately van , up to the spot and seized him . The gentleman , refused .. to ^ make any charge , having lost nothing . —The prisoner denied the charge .: The gentleman had his hand in his pocket ; he therefore could not pick it . — -Mr . Cottingham ' said it appeared he knew all about it , and was no doubt an adept at his calling . In the absence of farther evidence he should only commit him for fourteen'days .

      TlIDKSDAT . — NO " CbMFOM "— " NOT A DROP " —FOB the ' Pooa . —John M'Cannon , an old man , who had the nppeftrance . o ' f having seen better days , was brought before Mr . Cottingham , charged with smuggling a quartern of rum into Bermondsey workhouse . The prisoner said he was extremely sorry , but he was not aware that he was doing wrong . He had a severe cold , anda friend told him if he took some rum in his gruel it would do him good . That was the purpose he intended , it for , and not for any other person . Mr , Cottingham asked him where he got the nionoy to purchase tho rum '—Prisoner replied that he called on Mr . Charles Barclay , at the brewery , yesterday morning ; aid that gentleman gave him a trifle , with which he purchased the rum . ' . He ' had been formerly valet to the-above gentleman , and about fifteen years ago , left his service and ; entered the public line at Dockhead . After he had been there a ' short time his

      business decayed , owing to the bankruptcy of an extensive rope manufacturer near his . house . Other iriisfoi- p tunes followed , which ended in his being compelled to seek refuge In the workhouse . Mr , Cottingiiam said thathe was extremely sorry to see him in such reduced circumstances , whicli appearedto have been caused solely by misfortunes in business . . 'He cautioned him not to break the rules of the workhouse agaiivby srnuggling liquor into the house ; if he did , ho " should punish him severely . Ha then ordered him to be discharged . The poor , old man , who geemed much affected , then left the court with the porter .

      Charoe of Eafe . —Wm . Camplin , a marine storedealer ,, residing at . Star-corner , Bermondsey , was brought before Mr . Cottingham , charged with violating the person of Jane Matthews , a girl thirteen years of age . ¦ Mr . Roberts , tlie solicitor for the prosecution , detailed the circumstances attending the alleged outrage , and afterwards called the complainant , a very interesting-looking girl , who stated that she had lately gone to live in the service of a Mrs . Baker , at Bermondsey ; that on last Tuesday week the prisoner called on her mistress in the evening , and sent for some gin and peppermint , of which they all partook , the prisoner urging her ( the complainant ) to drink off a glass , saying it would not hurt her . The prisoner seemed to have boon drinking before ^ and lier mistress having expressed a wish that he would leave the house , he consented to go if Mrs |

      Baker would let her ( complainant ) proceed with him to the top of thestreet , on the way to Star-corner , and that he would send her back again . Mrs . Baker hav ing acquiesced , the complainant accordingly walked by the side of the prisoner to the end of the street , and was in tho act of turning back , when he caught her by the arm and insisted she should go hpnic with him . She refused , but' the prisoner forced her along the street by the arm , and when lie ' ' got her into his liouso he there produced a bottle of gin , andymado her drink a glass of it . She then tried to leave the house , and ran into the passage fOr the purpose , when tlie prisoner ran after her , seized her by tlie waist ^ and earned her up stairs to his bed-room , in spite of her straggles , and when he got her there threw her

      upon the bed . Tho witness went on to describe other circumstances , which left no dbubfcthat gross violence had been perpetrated . , The prisoner entreated her not to divulge what had taken place , and endeavoured to purchase her silence by offering her money and articles of female dress out of his shop . She , howT ever , rejected his offers , and took an opportunity of running out of the house while he was engaged witli a customer in the shop . —Mr , Cottingham , pcrceiv-j ing . that both the complainant's eyes were discoloured and swollen , asked her the cause , and she replied that it was from blows given her . by the prisoner when she was struggling with him . She further stated that on getting but ofthe prisoner ' s room , in her hurry ; she found that ' she had put on one of his siloesand one of her own , and that when she got home she inj formed her mistress of all tliat had" happened to heri That person ,. however , ' , advised her not to mention

      tho' transaction to her mother ; and she thcrciorc concealed the fact froiuher parents until within the last few days , when she told all that had occurredand "this led ; to the prisoner ' s apprehension . —Mr ! Qdlihg , ' a surgeon , ;¦ was examined , and his evidence went , to prove thafcthe ' : complainant had been recently violated . . Mri Cottingham in strong , terms , reprobated the conduct o ; f ; M * 3 . ' . Bakor . ih advising the girl not to divulge tlie cii-cimistancc of tlie . gross outrage that had been committed onhcrby the accused ; ' and tha ^ herphject in doing so ' ap ' pearcd to be a desire on her part to screen him from the consequences . The magistrate , also commented- on the impropriety of the girl ' s mother'in permitting her to enter , the , service of a woman like Baker , whoso character it was foiihd . was . far jfrorii " being respectable . . The prisoner , by . "the , advice of his solicitor ( Mi-. Isaacs ) , declined saying anything in answer to ,, the charge , and he was remanded until next Wednesday . i

      THAMES POLICE . Mohdat . ¦ —Attemptbd , Suicide . —Yesterday , Harriet Brock , a miserable-looking creature , about nineteen years of age , but apparently not more than sixteen , was charged with ' attempting ; to throw herselfinto the'dock ' at the N * w Gravel-lane-bridge . ' She was seized by a man who happened to be on the spot , just as she was about to fling herself over , and he gave her in charge to the constable 151 K . .. She had been brought up to the court a few days since , ' charged with , stealing a shawl from her own sister , but as the prosecutrix did not come forward , it did not appear under what , circumstances , On tho way to tlie station-house , ' the wretched creature , who was miserably , clad , told the constable that she had been turned out . of doors by her brother-in-law named Toiler

      , , who is abrickinaker , residing atithe corner ; of Vinegarlane , Back-road . Since then , she had got shelter and gome , sustenance from a young woman on Towor-hili , who , however , was almost as destitute as herself , arid eouldhot continue her bounty any longer . . '' Having ' rio home , no friends , no prospects , she became tired of life , and did npt care how soon she got rid of it . Wliilst tlie constable was making the charge , the unhappy girl , who wept bitterly , buried her face in her hands , and the tears trickledcopiously through her fingers . Mr . Broderip having solemnly , aud touchingly admonished her on tlie danger of rushing uncalled into the presence of her Maker , directed that she ' should be placed under the care of the parish authorities until restored to a calmer aim healthier stilts of mind .

      Bceclakv , akd Successfol Captuke . —On Monday two active-looking young fellows , who gave the names Thomas Salt and James Francis , which there is but little doubt are fictitious , were brought up by Inspector Rutt , of the K division , ; charged witli burglariously entering a house belonging to Messrs . Roberts and Brindel , proprietors of the Artichoke Tavern , Blackwall , i and stealing therein severa articles , the property of the last-named proprietor . The case , which depended almost entirely on Qircumstantial ovidaneo , ; was so well-got- „ th ^ U Broderip warml y commended the manner in which In spector Rutt evolved the very voluminous evidence it appeared tha the proprietors of the Artichoke , no hav the

      mg space on premises sufficient for the accommod ' atZt ^ F ™ ° V tUeir era P J < - ' -V rent some o £ houses . nilhe immediate nei ghbourhood of the establish nient and amongst these there is one immemateS " site the tavern , in . which Mr . BrindelhaThLfl ™ £ S ' w t ^ o or more of the servants . ;; On 'Saturday mglit , be ween seven , and eight o'clock , Sarah Brown se coiul cook a tip . Artichoke , left : this house' all safe ' tE SnT On W beiu Sfe 8 t ^ and cameacrosst n , ta > ern .,, On returmng ,,. at about five minutes ito eight 8 S ^ rSt Car li ? ° : Sim , nS ' ^ he ^ oman oS SS 3 m ? £ XT »»** WW key , but ; though it turned in Me lock , the door could uot be onened as it seemed that the lower bolt ^ J ^^ Tonkin .

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      side Whilst they ' were at the door sounds were heard as of some parties hastily .-escaping' from within ; upon which an alarm was raised , ' andMr ; Roberts hastening across , stationed a number , 'bf . bis ;; people about the premises with directions , to . [ secure the d epredators at all hazards . * , William Ellis , porter at the tavern , then got in at a front window ; of . the . house by a pair of steps , > ond undid ., the bolt of the door . On access being obtained , it was found . that , all the drawers in Mr . Brindol ' s apartment had heen ransacked , and . a . quantity of property , consisting of silk handkerchiefs , shirts , and wearing apparel , was tied up in a bundle ready to he taken away when the thieves had concluded , the rummage . . Whilst this discovery , was beinmadeJohn Carinon a ; fisherman and under-water-. , . ; , _ .. _ ,, ,. _

      g , . , man ; residing next : door but one tothe house whero < the burglary had been committed , heard a noise on the back part of the roof of his next door neighbour ; Mr . Manning an engineer . 'On listening , he-found the noise , which seemed like that of parties endeavouring to effect an escape , approaching nearer to him . He ran towards the place andthoug hitwas tbodark tb distinguish persons , he couldperceive shadowy appearances of two men , to whom he immediately gave chase , pursuing them over the fences of five adjoining premises . The sounds of those retreating then ceased , ' and he called loudly , "Stop thief , "pursuing the course which he supposed they had taken , when he foutuithe -prisoners atthe bar in custody at the house of a Mrs . WUder , proprietress of the Britannia Coffeehouse Russell-street Blackwall . . Nest day Cannon

      dis-; , covered a black satin tie arid a silk stock , recognized by Mr . Brindel as being stolen from his- bed-room ; near the place Where lie heard the noise on thereof , and which had no doubt , been dropped by the-burglars in their hasty retreat ; Mrs . Amy Wilder , hearing a ' great noise on Saturday evening ( for tho whole neighbourhood was on the alert , and joined in the chase ) , looked out at the Windowj and seeing aU ' the neighbours going about with lights , proceeded down stairs to'ascertain what was the matter , as they all appeared to be making towards her house . ; Ongoing down three or four steps she met the two prisoners , who asked her to let them go ' into a room upstairs . - She refused , arid said they must go down . They insisted on going up , and after some scuffling she got them down to the first floor landing . She then screamed

      for assistance , when one of the prisoners , but she could not say which ; struck her on the side of the head . They then said "We'll bolt in here , " and ran into a room on the firstfloor , occupiedby a Mr . Rammage , who wasbutatthe ' time . Her screams brought several people to her assistance ; the room was searched , and the prisoners were found , one concealed between an easy chair and a sofa , and tho other under a table . Four silk handkerchiefs , the property of Mr . - Brindel , were : found near the back door of the Britannia / through which , not being bolted at the time , the thieves gained access to Mr . Wilder ' s house . George Smith , one of tho waiters at the Artichoke , having on the first alarm gone round to a point where he concluded the burglars would endeavour to effect their escape , heard Mr . Cannon ' s voice calling "Stop thief ! " and

      subsequently , being attracted ¦ by Mrs . Wilder ' s cries for assistance , arrived time enough to assist in taking the prisoners into custody . "When he was removing them , the prisoner Salt said to the other , who Wis behind , " Stick the b— , Jack ! " Police-constable Watkins , , 310 K , being sent by Inspector Rutt to examine the premises , found the place broken open and the property scattered about , as already described . On further search , in company With Mr . Roberts , one of the proprietors , he found the marks of footprints on a shed of soft wood leading to a hack window , where the house appeared to have been entered . ; These marks correspond exactly with tho size ofthe prisoner Salt ' s shoes , and exhibited the complete impress of the nails with which those shoes were studded . A box and a cupboard whicli had been broken open in

      Mr . Brindol ' s room by some instrument like a screwdriver , exhibited just such marks as would be made by a small chisel or screwdriver , which , together with a candle that appeared to have been burning about fifteen minutes were fourid iu the place where the thieves had left the house . An old sUver watch , of which no trace has been heard , was missed by Mr . Briudel . Fourpenee in copper was found on Salt , and a comb , a lucifcr-box , and ashort pipe with some tobacco , upon Fraricis . Salt said nothing in his defence , and Francis merely asked for his comb to comb his hair , a request which he preferred three or four times . The prisoners were committed to take their trial at the nest session of the Central Criminal Court . The case had only just concluded when ; three skeleton keys were produced , found in the track taken by the burglars .

      HAMMERSMITH . MONDAY , —Am-eged Shooting at " The ex-Duke . " —The soi-disant Duke of Normandy , attended by a considerable number of persons connected with his establishment at Fulham , attended , at this office , and made a statement relative to the attack alleged to have been made upon his person , as detailed last week . . The " Duke ' s" narrative of the eventful history was to the same effect as the particulars which have already appeared ; and Mr , Tucker ,, and others of his "household , " went into details in confirmation . In addition , written declarations were put in from two Frenchmen , named Compellier and De Lotz , to the effect that they had overheard some foreigners say that the duke would be done for before the 10 th of January : but the language of Compellier

      was so extraordinary as to raise doubts of his sanity . On being pressed by the magistrate ( Mr . Clive ) , the " duke " said he had no doubt that the . person who fired at him was connected with his political enemies elsewhere ( meaning , of course , in France ) , and that liis intention was , both to kill him and blow up tho building in which ho was at work at the same time , inasmuch as the great light showed that the instrument whicli exploded , whatever . it might have been , was charged with a quantity of combustible matter , different from mere powder . —The upshot of the affair was , that tlie magistrate said he must have Compellier before him , and the police were ordered to continue their investigation . Atpreserit the story partakes largely of the quality understood by the term " cock and bull . "

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Tuesday , January 7 . —A Barefaced Robber . — David Recs , aged 35 , labourer , was , indicted for . stealing on the . 2 ist . of November last , a firkin of butter , value 40 s ., the property of William Carr . It appeared from the evidence ofthe shopman ofthe prosecutor , who carried on the business of a ; bacon and buttermari ' in tlio Walworth-voad , that on the evening in question , about six o ' clock , the firkin of butter ' was safe outside the' shop on the edge ofthe foot pavement , where it had been placed ready for ; th ' e carrier ' s cart which was ' to . ' call for it and for other goods . At about half-past six tlie witness received information from a lad named . Woodford , aud in consequence ho crossed over the way and found a cart standing there , and in the cart he noticed the firkin

      of butter . The witness attempted to get into the cart behind , when he was struck a violent blow with either a stick or a heavy whip . The blows were inflicted not by the prisoner , but by another man who was in the , cart . John Charles Woodford , an intelligent little hoy , proved that while standing at his master ' s shop-door watching some goodSjWhich had just arrived from the city , he saw the prisoner come up to two bags of hosiery , one of which he took up , but seeing lie , was observed by the . witness , he put it down .. again and went , , away . ; The , witness watched his proceedings , and saw him speak to a man in a cart , which was immediately driven to the opposite side of the way . The prisoner then took up the firkin of butter and carried it in the direction of the cart , but owing to tlie very , foggy state of the evening , the witness could not see , what became of it . The witness immediatel y communicated what ho had seen to the . last witness , and

      they both crossed over , and the witness then saw the firkin iu the cart . The last witness was struck by a man in the cart ,, who whipped the horse " terribly , " and went off at full ; speed in the direction of Camberwell . "Witness never saw the prisoner again until In custody a month afterwards . Mr . ;) Vilkins addressed the jury for the defence , relying principall y on the possibility , owing to the fog , ofthe witness . Woodford being mistaken as to the identity ofthe prisoner . , The jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty . In answer to questions put by the Recorder , the police-constable proved that the prisoner had for the last twelve months been the constant associate of notorious thieves , andhad once been summarily convicted of attempting to pick pockets . The sentence of the Court was that tho prisoner bo transported forthe terra of seven years . The prisoner vehemently appealed to the Court for mercy .

      _ Stealing Money , —Ellen Carroll , aged 28 , widow ; was indicted for stealing one sovereign , four half-crowns , ten shillings , one sixpence , and divers copper monies , theproperty of WiUiam Thurgood , her master . The prisoner , m her defence , stated she was so tipsy that she did not know what had taken place . The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty ; and a previous conviction for felony having been proved , the Recorder sentenced the prisoner to seven years' transportation . A Candid Thief . —John Buxton , aged 21 , sweeper , and George Brown , aged 25 , labourer , pleaded guilty to an indictment charging them with stealing , oi \ the 2 Gth of December , a coat , value £ 3 4 s ., anda pair of trousers - value

      20 s ., the property of James Stewart . The prisoners ( who on being placed at the bar exhibited the most daring effrontery ) had been observed , in company with three other men , loitering about the shop of the prosecutor in Cheapside , and at length the two prisoners were seen to enter the shop and take the property i ' ii question . They ran off in different directions , 'but were pursued and eventually secured , Buxton with the coat , and Brown with the trousers in their possession / Ori being called upon to state what they had to say why they should not receive judgment according to law , theprisoner Buxton remarked , ¦ — " AU I can say , my lord , is , that when I get a chance I Will go there again for another coat . " The Recorder sentenced both the prisoners to bo transported for seven

      years . ' . . . . - . .: Wednesday —Post-office " ' Embbzzlehent . —Robert Hobson , a respectable . lookirig ¦ person , described in the calendar as being fifty-three years of age , or by trade a grocer , was placed at the , bar , charged with stealing the sum of Is . IOd ., with intent to defraud the Post-master General . The evidence was conclusive to the jury , ' who found hiinjGmlty , and he was sentenced to twelvemonths ' imprisonment . CoiNiNQ .- ^ -John Green , aged 30 , and Ann Green ; his daughter , aged 9 ,. were indicted for feloniousl y . , making counterfeit : coin . by silvering , and colouring base metal to represent the current coin of the realm . The particulars of this case have been , very ; recently before ' the public . The jury acquitted the female prisoner , but returned a verdict of Guilty against John Green , . the father . The sentence of the court was , thathe be transported for the term of fifteen years .

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      FOROEBT . " —Michael Lambourne , ' a ' g ' ed ' « , wait er indicted for feloniously forging and uttering the L ^ ance of a bill of exchange for the payment of the &^ £ 130 , with / intent to defraud Henry . Georgo '" - Var j ¦ £ [ others . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , ntld ¦ £ Justice Erie ' sentenced him to two . years ' imprigoamentin * the House of ^ Correction ;^ withr hardkboiuv . " > Thursday . —Foboeby . —Wilh > m !) Vicks , agej porter ; was charged with feloniously forging , and utterj ' an order . for . ' the . payment of £ 10 , with intent to defrjJ Joseph Philip Sh awfand ^ therfl . -r-Mr , Clnrkion , wfoj pcared forthe ' prisoner , applied to the Court for Petns siori to ; withdraw his ' plea , of , not . guilty , and plead guiitv ThU ^' was dorie at ' the suggestfpn . of the prosecutors iu . /' - poROEBT . —Michael I ^ mbourne , ' a ' ged ' 44 , waitor ..

      case , who had every reason . to believe , . that the pri So ° had only been an instrument in the hands of others , . ^ Ryland , for . the prosecution , . said that . the , prosecutoi ' the directors of the Union , Bank ,. had made inquiri ^ aJ from the'informatiori they , received they were most aUxio torecomriiend the prisoner , to . the ^ mercifulconsidc rauon of the CourtW-Mr . Cbmriiissioner Bullock said ' tho c , had . tikeri into , cqn ^ dera tion not only , the recotmn nda tion of . tiie prosecutors ^ hut also the youth of the pri SOner " and under all the circumstances of the case , the sentence was themost leriibnt , the-law allowed for this offence ; th « sentence was that thc " priso ne r' be " imprisoned and uCpt t hard labour in the House of Correction for the spaCe f .

      two years . Manslaughter by a Dbuooist . —Peter Watkins , agej 20 , druggist , was indicted for the manslaughter of u-y lia m Watts , a cab-driver . It appeared in evidence that the deceased went into the druggist's skopkept h jt prisoner ' s brother , to purchase a dose of sodoi tan J ail | J that he was served by the prisoner with that which iv as afterwards proved ; to be tartaric acid . , The large dose which the deceased took produced great inflammation and ultimately caused his death on the 8 th December i ast Mr . "Wilkins stated that the drug had been supplied hi

      error , owing to the bottle which contained the todat fon , having been placsd by the prisoner ' s brother in iuc p ] ncj where it was the custom to keep the . tartaric acid , ail ( j hence gross and culpable negligence could not be impu ted to tlie prisoner , which would constitute tho offence of manslaughter . Mr . Justice Erie having summed up , th $ jury returned a . verdict of—Not-Guilty , accompany " ,,,, their verdict with a request that his lordship should im . press upon theprisoner and his brother . the ; necessity &; haying large labels attached to the bottles containing th » various drugs . i

      FoBOEur .- ^ ames Carr , aged 41 ; . milkmaii , was In . dieted for feloniously , forging , ou the 14 th November , 1843 , a certain deed purporting to be a deed ^ executed hj William James Carr and Peter Price ; conveying a certain freehold messuage , situated in Sharp's-alley , Cow-cross , Smitlifield , with intent to defraud William James Can- . Mr . Wilkins said that the case was a most painful one , as the prisoner ' s brother was the prosecutor . But , in order to set aside the deed which had been forged by tlie prf . soner , it was necessary to prosecute the case , it ap . pcarcdin evidence that the prosecutor , by the will of his uncle , was entitled to the property in question , and that in the year 1821 he . assigncd it to his father . In 1831 th « prosecutor was transported for the term of seven yearf but returned to this counti-y again in August last , /«

      the meantime , his father died intestate , and the pi . ose . cutor , being the eldest son , inherited his estate , the property in question ,-in addition to the , ' rest . The pro . secutor having , . concluded a treaty for the sale of this property , a search was made by the solicitor for uia intended purchaser , when the forged deed , the subject , of the present indictment , was found in th | registry-office for the county of Middlesex . The si gns . tureof "William James Carr" was proved to be in the hand-writing of James Carr , theprisoner , who , iu his de . fence , stated that hebelieved his ^ brother to be dead , ] iar . ing remained abroad two ' years beyond tho time of liis banishment , and thathe ( theprisoner ) being very much in want of money at the time , and believing he had a right

      to deal with the property , and meeting Price atthe time , he rrientioned the fact to him , who induced the prisoner to execute . the deed in question , and that he ( Price ) would get him some money upon it from Mr , Kearns , of Red Lion-square , but he ( the prisoner ) had not received up to the present time one shilling . —Mr . Wilkins said that there was every reason to believe that the prisoner ' s state . merit was perfectly true , arid that the man 1 ' ric * had siii « been transported . ' '; The jiiry returned a verdict of Guilty , but strongly recommended the prisoner to the mercy oi the court . Sentence—two years' imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Correction . The court ad . jonrned at half-past six * o ' clock until Monday , the 3 rd ot February .

      NEW COUBT . Coxckaled Bikth . — 'Caroline Lawrence , « g « d 21 was indicted for unlawfully concealing the birth of it female infant , of which she had been delivered . Tin ury returned a verdict of Acquittal . Bmbezzibmehx , —William Dixey , a young man , to indicted for embezzling the sum of £ 2 Iflg ., aud other monies , which he had received on account of Charles Meeking , his master . ' The prisoner Was clerk to the pro . secutor , who carries on an . eitensire business as a draper on Holborn-hill . In tho . month of December last tin prisoner received tho sum of £ 213 a . from some customers , which sum he did not account for , as it was fits duty to do . He then absented himself for some days , whena

      reward of £ 10 was offered for his apprehension . He returned to the prosecutor ' s establishment Von the 18 th of December , when he ; was , at once given into custody . H « said , that lie had been , to his uncle's , where he had outainei , money to , make up his deficiencies . Mr . Doane urged , in defence , the factthat the prisoner had been detained oat until eleven at night , and upon ; going to the prosecutor ' s place . he was , by the . rule of the house , refused ninnis . sion , . ., Re then went into improper society and lost the money , which ho ait once endeavoured to replace by tha assistance , of his uncle . The jury , returned a verdict of Guilty , accompanied by a recommendation to mercy . Mr . Meeking also joined in the recommendation . Tlie Common-Sergeant sentenced ' the-prisoner to be iuiprisoned in . the Cornpter for one year .

      Stealing from a Sailob . — Catherine Driscoll was charged with feloniously stealing from Henry Huuboek , a sailor , the sum of . 6 s . fid . The sailor had got drunk , and the prisoner , to use his own phrase , " had towed his hulk into port , " and there robbed him of the sum in question , The case was clearly proved , and the young latlv , who bore not the most estimable of characters , was transported for ten years . . - Uj-LAwruL-LV Disposing of the Dead . — Elizabeth Wiffins was charged with unlawfully disposing of tlie boiiy of her dead child . The prisoner had been an in-patiom of St . George ' s Hospital ,. and under treatment for a

      deceased limb . On the . 3 rd of December the body of a diseased child was found in . a box by her bedside , and it was discovered that she was the mother . No evidence was adduced to show . that the child had been boru alive . —The Learned Counsel for . the defence contended that there ' was . no evidence to prove that there was anv inten . tion of permanently concealing the body of the * infant , Thebox ' . wasan open one ; it was close beside her bed , and ' therefore the most natural course for theprisoner under these circumstances was , to place the bodv where « had afterwards heen found . The jury gave a verdict of-Not GuUty . . ;

      Wednesdat . —• Bioamt . — Thomas Bartholomew Imbert pleaded guilty to the charge of bigamy . —The Com . mon-Serjeant commented severely on his brutal conduct to his wives , arid- senteneed him to six months' imprisonmen , t . and hard labour in the House of Correction . Concealing a . Birth . —Frances Holmes , a wellfavoured girl , was indicted for unlawfully disposing of and putting away a male infant of which she had heee recently delivered , with intent to conceal tbe birth thereof . The prisoner ' pleaded guilty . Mr . Wilkins , oa behalf of the . prisoner , intimated that the unfortuunw yonilg woman had acted on advice , and the Court resp iUi the judgment to tlie February sessions .

      Oitoeb. Op True . Friends.—This Pliilant...

      Oitoeb . op True . Friends . —This pliilantliropia i order held their first Grand Festival on New Yciir ' i | eve , 1844 , ' in . theClarendon Rooms , Clavendou-stiwt , | thorton-upoh-Medlock , Manchester , for the puiT ^ I ot laying their principles and objects before tUg world , and establishing a widows and orphans' fumlj tor , the relief of widows arid orphans of deceased I members . John David Boyd , ofthe Good Samaritici Lodge . No . 14 , took the chair—and waa supported l <§ R . CHulIy , M . D ., James Maskcll , Thomas Amfrfl General Secretary , and other influential meralW ^ of , . the . order . A poetical address , ' -. wiitten for Mi occasion , by Benjamin Stott , author of " Songs ibrtWi Millions ' was delivered . Alx > ut 200 gat tfjva " 1

      tea , which was provided by Host Dobson , of * Victoria Lodge . ' After tea the chairman deJivprf . ll an eloquent exposition of the princi ples and olyecu | ot the order . The company enjoyed themselves H rational and recreative amusements for somebohft | ana broke up after spending a most pleasant ovcnM highly gratiui'd . with the ontortainment . j ^ Henrt Pottisser . —It was currently repoiW f at the c lubs , last , night , that her Majestv liash *! graciousl y uleased to appoint Sir Henry Potting Governor-General . of Canada , in the place of ^ i tj ^ m Mercalfe who ii eeriouslv indispose ^ Herald , Thursday . " ¦ &

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      ( From Friday ' s Gazette . ) ,., 1 George Edward Lanhan , Southampton , buUJer- » 'l Weishtroan , Cotton-end , Northampton , wharfinger- " *? g J . amm-Wyment Tahncr , 'Daventry , ' wine-merchant- * ; M ^ , ew Jadbury , juri ' ., 'E psom ; ' Surrey , grocer-John ><*•)§ bold , Nottingham , tailor—James Ward , Manchester , t- > m gineer—John Woodhead , Todmorden , Yorkshire , clogg"' Jg : - ' "' - ' ; : i dividends ; „ fit ' Jan . 24 , W . Cock .-Bungay , Suffolk , groccr-Ja" - f £ § : Crich , Sheffield , maltster-Jan . 30 , T . Fisher , Selby , Vor » ^ shire , lineudraper-Jan . 30 , J . Jackson , iangston- « F '; y IIull , mnkeeper-Jan . 30 , 6 . Sheppard , Thornton te ^ U Yorkshire , corn-dealer ^ -Jan . ' 24 , W : Jackson , Livcfl" ^; - ';'' Daker-Feb . 1 , 6 . Gfrantham , Manchester , grocer-Ja "' * ;; ' T . Robliison , Leicester ' wine-merchant . *

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11011845/page/8/