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      1 LAXSI 0 _X-H 0 USE . Satcbdat . —Thomas Howell , Frederick Smith , and Robert Franklin ( a mulatto } , an fashionably attired , were brought before _ijie LorjLMayor , charged with burglary at the George and Vulture Tavern , ConiMll . —Eliza Ann Hughes , housemaid at the above tavern , deposed that on Friday night she _went-up stairs to light a fire , when , on arriving at the chamber door , she found it shut _^ bnt not fastened ; on pushing it open she . discovered tvro of the persons at the bar , Howell . and Smith , in the room . She asked them irhat . business they had there , upon which thejrushedpartner down stairs . She then alarmed the household . Mr . G . Warren , -proprietor of the tavern ,

      who appeared with his arm . in a eling _, deposed that hearing the screams of the preceding witness , he went to her _aifl , and met the two prisoners , HoweH and Smith , coming down stairs ; in rapturing them his arm and wrist were much sprained . An inspector deposed that the two prisoners , HoweH and Smith , were given into his custody at the _station-houee . Having secured them , he proceeded to tho George and Vulture _Tarern , and in the yard he found a cab waiting . " lie elicited from the cabman that he had been engaged by three gentlemen , and that he was waiting for them . He then took Franklin ( the Mulatto ) , who was waiting in the cab , into custody , and took the cabman to the station-house . Henry Taylor , a cabman , deposed that he was called off St Paul ' s cab-stand b y theprisoner Franklin , about nine o ' clock the previous evening , * Three persons got into the cab . He was ordered to drive to George-yard , Lombardstreet . "When the cab arrived in the yard , two of the gentlemen got out—tho man of colour remained in the

      cab for a considerable time , he then got out of the cab and went away , but shortly returned , when he said , "they are keeping us along time , but I will see that you are paid , " The inspector at length came aud took him to the stationhouse . He would swear to Franklin . The prisoners were asked what they had to say , when HoweU replied that be was walking through ihe city when , seeing the George and Vulture was a coffee-house , he went in to obtain some refreshment . Hearing a scream , he went up stairs , when he was seized , and dreadfully maltreated . He did not know either of the other defendants . Smith said he was very tipsy , and did not recollect anything that tnok place last night . Franklin said he was also tipsy , and had no recollection of any circumstance that took place . At this stage of the proceedings Mr . John Finch , of 23 , Tung-street , Golden-square , stepped forward and said he was last night robbed of everything he was possessed of in the world . The prisoner Franklin ' s father some time ago took a coffee-shop of him . The prisoner _Franlclin at that time held a situation tram which lie

      was discharged . On the previous evening his house had been broken open , and a money-box , a quantity of -silk scarfs and other property , had been taken away . He believed the prisoner Franklin to be connected with a gang of thieves , to whom he imputed the robbery . The prisoners werc remanded , Robbekt bt a Sebtast . —Mary _TYalcrofr , a very respectably attired middle aged woman , was charged with robbing her employer , ~ 8 x . Jyer . The case was not gone into at length , the prisoner being remanded till Wednesday next .

      Tuesdat . . _—Fjeioxious Assault os a child . — The lord Hay or was occupied a considerable time in investigating a very serious case of alleged felonious assault upon a little girl , named Mary Ann Lee , by her master , A . V . "W yatt , keeper of an eating-house in Tower-street . In addition to the girl's evidence , which had been given on Monday , the testimony of Mary Lynam , the e _& k in the house ofthe prisoner , was addnced in proof of his guilt . — Mr . "Wbolf , from Mr . Flower ' s offices , crest-examined the girL the cook , and the father of the girl , and at the conclusion of the examination applied to be aUowed to give in bail for Ms client . —The Lord Mayor said he could not think of accepting bail under such circumstances , and stated that he should commit the prisoner for the felonious assault on Friday next .

      " WJEDXESDAT . —Fobgebt . —Thomas Griffiths , who was some days ago charged with having forged a cheque ln-¦ ihe name of Michael Myers , fishmonger , of St . Peter ' s alley , Cornhill , upon the banking-house of Messrs . Bar nard , Dimsdale . and CoI was _brought np for re-examination . At the request of Mr . Bush , the depositions of the several witnesses who had been examiuad . were read over . Theprisoner was tben ' charged withhavingforged a cheque upon the same firm for £ 10 , which check had been paid some days before the check above-described was presented . It purported to bear Mr . Myers ' s signature . —Mr . John Manning , cashier in the banking-house , stated , that npon ttnamimng his books he found he had entered thepayment of the cheek now produced by Mr . Hush on thc 13 th ult ., to the best of his knowledge . He paid it in sovereigns ,

      but he did not know to whom . —Daniel Forrester , the officer , stated , that he found in a box belonging to the prisoner , which was in the house in which theprisoner resided , in Finsbury-square , a piece of paper that had been torn off the check produced , as was quite evident froni comparison .-rMr , Myers declared that the check was i jurgcry , and he had never authorized any person to sign it . —The prisoner , was taken from the bar . —Mary "ffaldrop , Mr . Myers ' s servant , was brought up for examination , charged with being concerned with the former prisoner in the commission of the forgeries . She wept incessantly during the investigation . — -Mr . Myers stated that the prisoner had lived in Ms service for several years , but not for thirteen or fourteen , as he had on her first

      examination supposed . On thelOth of January hetoldher that he had been given to understand , by a gentleman , that she had something to do with Thomas Griffiths in the forgery , and after she was informed that Forrester would he sent for she begged that witness would not send for the officer , and stated that she h » d found the check in cleaning the counting-house , given it to the prisoner , and showed Mm bow to fill it up . After some conversation with Mr . Goodman , the chief clerk , the Lord Mayor said , that whatever course the prosecutor might consider it necessary to adopt with regard to theprisoner upon the trial at the Central ( _Criminal Court , he felt it to be his duty to commit her for trial as an accomplice with Thomas Griffiths before the fact .

      TmmsDAT . —Buhclaey . —Howell , Smith , and Franklin , the men who were on Saturday charged with having committed a burglary in thc George and Vulture Hotel , were brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination , and committed for trial .

      GUILDHALL . Satcbdat . _—St-jcrra asd Attempted _Mubueb . — - "William Flood , a travelling hawker , was charged before Mr . Famconibe under the following singular circumstances : Police Constable Scott , 448 City force , said , that about four o ' clock on the preceding afternoon ( Friday ) Ms wife came to him in thc Poultry and stated that the brother of a deceased friend of the name of _Jfoah Flood had entered the late residence of thc deceased , and was carrying off the whole of the property therein . _VTitness immediately went tofhe house , but before he could get there the party had succeeded in getting away with £ 1115 s . 44 ,, a silver watch , and a couple of gold rings , the property of Catherine Flood , the only child of his friend , who , it will be recollected , committed suicide this day fortnight , after having

      attempted to murder lis daughter . Ihe matter , the officer continued , had on a- former occasion been brought before Sir James Bnke , who ordered Mr . Baker , the ward beadle , te keep charge of the keys , and allow uo person to go into the house without his being present . It was also arranged that letters of _auministra-4 ioa should be taken out by the child , through her grandfather , which had since been done . The money , £ 119 s ., was left hy the deceased ™ a drawer , £ 2 Is . in a till , £ 4 10 s . 4 d . in the back parlour , and 5 s . in a purse , making a total of £ 1813 s . 4 d . The household goods h 3 d been valued at £ 11 ; plate , & c , at £ 3 Cs . Cd . ; wearing apparel at £ 9 2 s . ; and the stock in trade ( a circulating library ) , £ 30 2 s . 4 d ., making in the whole £ 72 9 s . 10 a . Afterwaitinginthehousefora quarter of an hour the

      prisoner returned , when he was arrested and taken to the station house . A portion of the missing properly was found on his person- Mr . Baylis , the vestry clerk of Cripplegate , attended on behalf of the prisoner , and told the alderman he was much surprised at the charge preferred by tho officer . The premises in question were situated in "Whitecross-sfcreet , and Baker , the constable of the ward , had charge of them . Soon after the deceased poisoned himself , Scott came to Mm , anditwas agreed that the matter should rest until some of the deceased ' s friends came forward . The brother , who was the next of kin , had since arrived in town , and supposing he was the proper party to have possession of the property , ne directed Baker to allow him to go into the premises to receive the cash , which had since been given up to him for aafe custody- The prisoner intended to take out letters

      of administration on behalf of Ms niece , who was onlv nine years of age , bnt Scott would net allow Mm to have access to her , and without her signature to aparticular document the Prerogative Courtwould not allow the prisoner to ad-minister . Mr . Alderman Farncombe : I have no doubt whatever , the officer is doing what he thinks is . best for the poor child of the deceased ; but if some amicable arrangement was not come to , the lawyers would get all the money and the poor child none . I would therefore recommend that the property should be sold , and placed in the hands of disinterested persons for the child ' s benefit The custody ofthe child mig ht be left for after consideration . Both parties agreeing to this , Alderman Challis and Mr . Baylis were named as trustees , and the case was dismissed .

      Tuesday . — "No Go' "—A Knave _Foiled . —William Flood , brother of _Koah Flood , who lately committed suicide M 'WMtecross-street , leaving an orphan daughter -nine years old , again appeared before the magistrate to Claim possession of thechild , or at least to have £ 6 , which "he had expended while staying in London to prosecute his claim to his brother ' s effects , repaid to Mm . —Scott , tiie City policeman , said he had also expended money , " but he was content that the money should be wholly invested for thc benefit of the child _.

      —Mr . Alderman Farncomb thought this was completely arranged on Saturday , and that the applicant had returned home . —The applicant asked if the Alderman would not let him have a bit ofthe stuff ( cash ) .- —Mr . Alderman Farncomb said , _"Ifot a bit . " —The applicant said he was in a pretty state , as he had spent aU his cash . —The Alderman replied , this showed the poor child ' s money would have been in a pretty state if it had fallen into Ms keeping . —Tie applicant then asked for Ms brother ' s watch , but the Alderman refused to give it up , and the applicant retired much chagrined .

      _Thursday—At-tekjted _Bcbglaey . —John and George AxtelL two youths , were charged with burglariously entering the chambers of Mr . "Wise , a barrister , iu the Middle Temple ; who _statedthathe was in bed about nine

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      o'clock on Sunday evening , when he heard some person open the door ofthe outer chamber with a latch-key . He called the name of Ms laundress , upon which the intruders ran out of the room and down the staircase . He jumped out of bad and pursued them to the door below , calling " Stop thief . " In three or four minutes the prisoners were brought back , and a candle was found on John , and a box of lucifers on George Axtell . —Mr . Alderman Muserove committed the prisoners for trial .

      BOW STREET . Saturday . — Stbeet Begging . —Thomas Clark , for being found b y the police begging in the Strand , was sentenced to eight days' imprisonment . The prisoner , in bis defence , said he had not broken his fast for nearly two days , being out of work ; that he was soliciting a bit of bread to keep him from starving , when thc constable took him into custody . Pickixg Pockets . —Two youths , named Matthews and Grays , Were brought up on the suspicion of having picked a gentleman ' s pocket the pievious evening in Exeterstreet , Strand . Tho charge was proved by a police constable who had watched the prisoners take an orangecoloured handkerchief fr _« m the gentleman ' s pocket . They were severally sentenced to three months' imprisonment .

      Smashing . — Charles Gouing was charged with attempting to pass a counterfeit shilling on Friday evening , in a tobacconist ' s shop in New Turnstile . He had gone into the shop and asked for a quarter of an ounce of tobacco , for wMch he offered a half-crown piece . The female in attendance at the shop not having change , he said he would go out and get it . He immediately afterwards returned , and tendered a bad shilling for payment . Apoliceman was called , who took theprisoner into custody . The prisoner denied all knowledge of the shilling being a bad one , and said he got it in change for the half crown in an adjoining public house . He described himself as a coach painter , residing in Chapel-street , Oxford-street , and working at Bed Lion-yard , Mount _Fltasant . The further hearing was adjourned in order to make inoniries .

      Ootbageous FBOCEEorxGS . —John Hawkes , cabinetmaker , was brought up at the instance of Mr . Chamberlain , a master cabinet maker , with refusing to give up a large amount of property which he had in his possession , and with acting hi a violent and outrageous manner . — Mr . Chamberlain stated that he had been in thc practice for several years of giving out work to the prisoner , especially picture framing , having to alter aud repair ; latterly , however , he had acted in such an extraordinary manner that he was obliged to seek the protection of the court . At present he held in his possession articles he had given him to do , of the value of nearly a hundred pounds . Finding that he did not send them home as usual , lie

      ( Mr . Chamberlain ) went to see the defendant about it , when the prisoner assaUed him in a most violent manner . A day or two after tills the prisoner sent to the prosecutor ' s warehouse a large picture frame , smashed into small fragments , so as to be not worth a farthing . The previous evening the prisoner attempted to throw a gluepot into his show-room , filled with night soil . A gentleman was called as witness to the latter fact , and stated that he was passing Mr . Chamberlin _' s premascs the previous night , about seven o ' clock , when he saw the prisoner throw an iron pot into the shop . He was opposite the door at the time and received it on lus breast . It was filled in the manner described . The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday .

      Conviction . —John Rhodes was fined £ 1 , for attempting to force a way through that part of the Strand where the fire engines were playing , on Friday evening , duriDg the progress of the fire . Tuesdat . —A _Checksellee Checkmated . —A man named Denis George Connell was charged with defrauding Mr . Davenport , ofthe Olympic Theatre , by using and distributing false checks , or tickets of admission to the gallery of that establishment . The circumstances which led to the present charge wero somewhnt unusual . The prisoner had been employed originally as a painter , and afterwards as a general workman iu the theatre . While in this capacity he had met with sonio loose checks , wMch he turned to account by presenting them to his friends , with a caution to avoid the _monay-taker . On tho 6 th of January , the discrepancy between the treasurer's cash _nnnnnnt and the number of checks taken the

      same evemng , led to an investigation by Mr . Sylvester , the cashier , who caused the prisoner to bo taken to Bowstreet , and on tiie following morning ( the 7 th ) ho was placed at the bar to answer the charge . But no one appeared against Mm , and he was therefore discharged ; the proprietary of the theatre having , in fact , declined to go ou with the prosecution . The prisoner's case was then taken up by an attorney , who commenced an action against the prosecutor for instituting a false charge , & c ., _, whereupon the latter turned round , took the man again into custody , and now attended with Ms witnesses to proceed with the case . The evidence went simply to shew thc possession of the checks by thc prisoner , and their being tendered by parties who said they had received them from Mm ; and Mr . Jardine , after some little hesitation , arising from an inquiry into the above circumstances , committed him for trial at the Middlesex Sessions .

      _GLERKBSWELIi , Satubdat . —A " _Bbotiieb" ' fob the Nonce . —John Kcmpson , alios Shirley , was charged with numerous robberies on housekeepers . He refused to give his real name and address . Eliza Sich deposed that on the previous night the prisoner called at fhe house of Mr . Gregory , ofthe firm of Gregory and Faulkner , No . 1 , Bedfordrow , and gave her a parcel of books and a note for the cook . The cook knew nothing about either , and when she returned the prisoner was gone , and S ) was- a barometer which hung in tho hall . Lucy Anne Martin , cook at the house of Mr . Faulkener ,

      solicitor , Ko . 41 , Bedford-square , deposed that tho prisoner called at her master's house with a pares ! of books , and a note for her . The note began "My dear Jane , " and ended "Your affectionate brother , James . " Ioimediately suspecting a ruse , she prevented a robbery . The prisoner had stolen a cloak , the property of the Archdeacon of Tan Piemen ' s Land , in a shnilar manner . There were no less than twenty cases of this nature against the prisoner , and Sergeant Doddsaid information had reached the police of numerous others . —Mr . Greenwood told tho sergeant to select three of the strongest to send the prisoner to trial upon .

      "Wednesday . —Stealing a Penny Loaf . —A halfstarved , half-naked looking man , named Catlin , was charged as follows , ' : —He wen _$ nto a baker ' s shop , in St . John-street , on thc previous evening , and asked for some bread ; he was told there was none for him , upon which he coolly took up a penny loaf , saying— " Then I will help myself , " and walked out . He then went to the shop of Mr . Ashley , 50 , Goswell-street , and after surveying the contents of the window for a moment , smashed eleven large panes of glass with his clenched fists , thrustin" "both his hands through separate panes at the same time . When arrested , he said he wanted to get into prison . He was fully committed for trial for stealing the penny loaf .

      MARSLEBOliE . Tuesday . _—Ccbious Case . — " Teaching the young n » EA . " —Shortly after the disposal of the night charges , a woman named Hester Ann Bates attended at this court , accompanied by her son , a boy about 13 years of age , when she made a statement , to the effect that her son had for some time been employed to clean knives , shoes , _& c , by Mrs . Emily Grattan , a lady residing at No . 15 , St . John ' s Wood-road , and that his said mistress had pulled him on to the bed in her chamber , and there induced him to submit to her unlawful desires . The magistrates , after listening to all that had been stated , and receiving replies to numerous questions put by him , came to the conclusion that the case was ono in which he could not interfere , and the mother and her son then

      went away . At about three mthe afternoon Mrs . Grattan was driven up to the front entrance of the court in her carriage , and on _ahghting therefrom and proceeding into thc justice-room the woman Bates was placed at the bar charged with having , soon after her application , as before given , had been disposed of , created a disturbance at Mrs . Grattan ' s dwelling , and also with having sent letters to her ( Mrs . Grattan ) with the view of extorting money . Mrs . Grattan aud Mary Cliff ,, her cook , proved the disturbance in question , and the former handed to the magistrate some letters which she had received from the prisoner ; they were couched in such terms as to lead to an inference , taking all the circumstances into _consideration , that money was the grand object sought for . The boy had , it appeared , been dismissed from his employment a week or two ago . Police-constable Maddox , of the S division , produced a letter which was found upon

      the prisoner when searched at the station-house . It ran thus : " It is with shame and disgust I sit down to inform you that at last I am fully acquainted with the most disgraceful connexion , if I may so call it , between my child and yourself . Little did the transport's sister tliink when she heard her boy speak ofthe kindness of his mistress , thc price that was paid for that kindness ; little did she think that her child , not 13 years old , would be a bedfellow to his mistress , little does Ms lordship know that the time when he asked admission to Ms bed-room , mychild ' was there . You may make what you like of tMs" Mr . Rawlinson ( to Mrs . Grattan ) : Who do you imagine is meant by "Ms lordship ? " Mrs . Grattan : No doubt the Count Batthyany . Themostpositive denial was given with regard to the disreputable allegation as affecting Mrs . Grattan , and the prisoner was ordered to find good bail for keeping thc peace .

      MARLBOROUG H STREET . Fbtday , —The Italian Boy System . —An Italian beggar-boy , named _Benedato , was charged by the officers of thc Mendicity Society with begging in the streets . The hoy was shirtless , without stockings , and "is feet covered with sores . When questioned , he said he had been brought over to this country about ten months ago , and sent out by his padrone to get money , ne had quarrelled with Ms master , and had been turned adrift . As he knew no one here , and Ms consul ( the Sardinian consul ) would do nothing towards sending him back to his own country , he was forced to beg , in order to

      procure money to buy bread with . Lacy , the messenger of St George ' s , Hanover-square , saia the sufferings of these boys were not generaUy known . Indeed he wondered many were not found dead with cold and starvation in the streets . A morning or two ago he was passing the park , ! when he saw huddled together under the wall four shivering Utile creatures . He went up to them , and on learning that they had passed the _whole of a , most inclement night there , and were half dead with cold , he took them into a coffee shop , and gave them a meal at his own expense . —A person in court s » Id , beneath the porch of a chapel near where he lived one or

      1laxsi0x-H0use. Satcbdat.—Thomas Howell,...

      two boys might always be found sleeping at night , —Mr . Hard-trick could only lament that no known law existed able to reach the authors of this most infamous system . He directed one of the constables to take tho boy to a surgeon , to know the nature of the wounds on his feet . As the surgeon reported that the boy had two bad wounds on his feet , which would take some time to heal , Mr . Hardwick decided on sending him to the parish . Tuesday . —A Pbeciocs Wife . —A smnrtly dressed woman , about thirty-five years of age , was brought before Mr . Havdwick , ' . charged with having stolen £ 132 in money , a gold watch , and other articles , the property of Thomas Southall , of Reading . The accused , when put to the bar , said her name was Martha Johnson . Richard Webb , of 40 , Eagle-street , Red Lion-square , said he saw

      Thomas Southall last Friday , who told him that his wife had absconded from Reading on Christmas-eve , taking with her upwards of £ 130 in money and other property . Southall begged witness to endeavour to trace out his fugitive wife , and if he found her to give her into custody , and send him word that he might come up to prosecute . Mr . Hardwick asked the woman if she was SouthaU ' s wife ? The woman said she was lawfully married to Southall , and she had her certificate at home . She had given the name of Johnson , because that was her maiden name . The witness Webb said he had been since F viday last occupied in tracing out the woman . He had at last found her in a shop in George-street , Foley-place , which

      shop she had opened as a potato warehouse with the money she had taken from her husband . The chief clerk inquired if the husband suspected his wife of having absconded with any man 1 The witness said the husband believed that Ms wife was with a man named Morris , but this was not the fact , as he found her living with a man named Nixon . Mr . Hardwick said the affair appeared to be one betwixt man and wife , and he had no authority to act . The witness said he believed the husband had proof that his wife had _eommitled bigamy . He hoped , therefore , the magistrate would order her to be detained until he had power to send to Heading for the husband . Mr . Hardwick declined to detain tho woman , and she was immediately discharged ..

      LAMBETH . Fbidat . — "Love of Litebatube . "—John Crawley , William Dew and William Edmonston , three urchins scarcely higher than the bar at wliich they were placed , were brought before the Hon . Mr . Norton , charged with stealing five books from the shop of Mr . Spokes , _bookseUer , Walwortli-road . It appeared from the statement of Richard Melson , shopman to Mr . Spokes , that bo had observed thc prisoners lurking about the shop some time previous to the robbery . The books were shortly afterwards missed from the shop , and a little girl saw the prisoner Dew take the books , and hand one of them to the prisoner Crawley . The three prisoners then ran away down WMte Hart-court . Police-constable L 289 received information of the robbery , and apprehended the prisoners in New-street . The policeman said the three prisoners were the associates of thieves , and only on Saturday last they stole four books from a shop in the London-road . The prisoners denied the robbery , and said they were at home the whole of the day . Committed to the House of

      Correction for one month . Satueeay . — _Attempted Suicide . — Jane Wocd , an unfortunate female , was brought into the magistrate ' s room , charged with attempting to commit suicide by throning herself off Waterloo-bridge . The prisoner has been cohabiting with a man , by whom she has had a child , and he has recently deserted her . —The prisoner , who cried bitterly , said she was very unhappy in her mind , and the loss of her childhad prey od greatly on her spirits . The friends of the prisoner stated that she was at ' present living in Herbert ' s-buUdings , Waterloo-road , and her father said he was a very poor man , but could do nothing for her . Mr . Norton directed inquiries to be made into the character of the father , and if he was found deserving , assistance should be given hhn , on the condition of takuig Ids daughter home , © n the girl solemnly promising she would not again attempt self-destruction sho was discharged .

      SODTHWARK . Fbidat . —Stealing _Bottek . —John Mahon , a youth , w * s brought before Mr . Traill , charged with another ( not in custody ) with stealing a firkin of butter from a cart in Tooley-strect , the property of Mr . Cook , of Lambeth . From the evidence of a lad named Smith , it appeared that on the preceding day , whUe in Dean Stsect , Toocley-stvect , bis attention was arrested by secing the prisoner and another lad lurking about the front of the shop of the complainant , at which a cart laden with firkins of butter was standing . At length witness saw one of them jump into the cart and shoulder ono of the firkins , with which he hurried away , when the former gave information of the oircumstancc , and the prisoner was pursued . When he was stopped ho said that he was employed to carry tho firkin , and saying those words , he dashed it at the complainant ' s head and ran away , but being followed was secured . — He was remanded until his companion is takeu .

      Monday . —Sacrilege . —This morning information was received at the station-house of the L division , that Christ Church , in the Blackfriars-road , had been entered on the preceding night , and an iron chest opened containing several articles of communion plate , which had been taken away . From the statement of the sextoncss it appeared that about half-past eight o ' clock on Sunday night , the service being concluded and the congregation gone , she locked the vestry-room door and then quitted tho church by the principal entrance , which she also locked after her , at wliich time she left everything safe in the interior of the edifice . On approaching the church the following morning , at a quarter-past seven o ' clock , she perceived that the door was ajar , and knowing that she had secured it the previous night , she at once

      suspected that thieves had mace an entrance . On goiug into the church her suspicious were immediately verified , for she discovered the lid of an iron chest kept on the left of the entrance to the vestry-room open , and the door of the latter apartment also wide open , and everything in a 6 tate of contusion therein . The thieves appeared to have regaled themselves in the vestry with wine and cake , two empty bottles being found on the table . Iu thc room they broke open some drawers and a small mahogany bos belonging to the vestry clerk , in wliich was usually deposited a considerable sum of money , but upon the present occasioii there was but a mere trifle . From the iron chest there were taken four communion plates , one chalice , and two cups , none of which had been in use for a considerable number of years , and were only

      plated articles , but had all the external appearance ol the genuine metal . Two scarfs and some other articles of trifling value werc also fouud to havo been carried away , together with some prayer books taken from the varions pews . Inspector Evans proceeded to the church , and from his inspection it would seem that the thieves had entered during the scrvico on the preceding evening , and secreted themselves in the belfry , which is well adapted for such a purpose , until the congregation had withdrawn , and then commenced tho work of plunder . Some burnt lucifer matches were found strewed about in different directions in the church and tho vestry , and it was ascertained the iron chest had not been forced , for the key was always kept hanging up in the latter room , with which it was opened , being found replaced in its former situation . Thc communion plate , which has been in use for some years , is of solid silver , but , owing to an act of sacrilege committed in the church some considerable time ago , the various articles were uniformly removed from

      thence to a place of more safety ever since that occurrence ; and the plated ones , deemed of but little value , were left in the iron chest , from which thoy were taken by sacrilegious hands , in the expectation , no doubt , that they were composed of silver . There were no marks of violence having been resorted to by the thieves perceptible in any part of the building thoy had visited , except the mahogany box , the lid of which was prized open with a "jemmy , " or some such instrument . And on quitting the church , after emptying the wine bottles , they departed , leaving the door open after them . From the distance ofthe porch ofthe church tothe street , beyond the iron railing enclosing the grave-yard , it was impossible for the policeman on the beat to be enabled to discern the condition of the church doors as ho was going on his rounds in the night . The tMeves could not have experienced much difficulty in surmounting the iron palisades , whicli are low in many parts , and getting clear off . The polico are in active search , of them .

      Tuesday . — The _Sailob — The Unfobtcnate — _Scodndbel— _Tue Law's Justice !— Isabella Ludham was brought before Mr . Traill , charged with robbing the captain of a vessel , called the Sir Robert Sale , lying iu St . Katherine's Docks , of a watch aud guard , together with a gold pin and a cloak ; and William Simms , a man iu business , with whom she cohabited , was charged as an accessary after the fact . It appeared that on thc night of the 27 th ult . the captain of tho Sir Robert Sale was induced to accompany the female prisoner to a houso of ill fame , in Herbcrt ' s-buildings , Lambeth . When he awoke in the morning he found his companion had gone off , taMng withher the articles above specified , although he took the precaution of depositing his watch , a valuable one , underneath the pillow . Having given a description

      ofthe prisoner at the station-house , sho was taken into custody , brought _T-efore the magistrates at Union-hall , but was ultimatel y discharged , in consequence of none of thc stolen property being traced . Nothing moro was heard ofthe charge until the preceding night , when the whole ofthe facts attending the robbery wero brought to light owin g to the accidental circumstance of a serious quarrel between the two persons in custody , which will be gathered from thc subjoined account . —Policeman 33 B stated , that on the preceding night , at a lato hour , while an duty in Tothill-street , Westminster , his attention was srrested by hearing a violent quarrel between the prioners , and on his approaching the man , Simms immediately accused the woman with having robbed the captain of an Indi-frnan , and insisted upon giving her into custody . The parties were then taken to the station-house , where Simms reiterated the charge against his fellow

      prisoner , and entered minutely into all the details of the robbery , and also described where tho stolen articles were pledged . The woman against whom the charge was made did not attempt to deny what had been uttered against her , and declared that she was the victim of tho man who had divulged the robbery ; that it was owing to Mb persuasions she committed it , and that having shared in tho plunder , he afterwards betrayed _htr . The policeman added that both fhe prisoners wer « detained » t the station-house . Mr . Traill here directed Simms to be released from the bar and to ascend the witness box , in order to give his evidence . He stated that ho was a plasterer by trade , and _hved at Ho . 1 , Catherinecourt , near the Cloisters , Westminster , and that the prisoner had been under his protection for a considerable time . —He was here asked if he had any charge to make against the accused , and he replied in the affirmative , and

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      then proceeded to state that at an early hour on the morning of the 28 th ult . she returned home , and on entering the room where he was waiting her arrival sho immediately produced a watch , gold pin , a gold guard , and also a cloth cloak , and said she had robbed a captain of a vessel while he was asleep . Simms went on further to state that the articles in question were subsequently pledged by tho prisoner , and he mentioned the name of the pawnbrokers with whom she had deposited them . He added , that she had pledged the articles herself , and that he had no hand in it ; that they had quarrelled the night before , and that he determined on divulging tho circ _« mstances , and accordingly did so , and was surprised that after such a disclosure as he had made it , should have been deemed rcquisito to take him into custody . —Mr .

      Traill ( to the prisoner ) : You have heard what this man lias stated ; have you anything to say !—The prisoner , who is an extremely _weU-looking- young woman , said that now matters had assumed the aspect they did she had no intention of denying the accusation made against her that day by the man of aU others who was the last who ought to havo betrayed her . That in order to support him in comfort she had become a prostitute , and he knew it well . That on the very night she robbed the captain of the vessel , before she left home , Simms , addressing her / desired her to go out , threatening to beat her if she returned without money or money ' s worth ; that ho told her to pick up the first weU-dressed man she met , and that when he was asleep in the house where she took him she could then rob him of all he had about him , and _leavo-TBe

      house . She added that she was now aware that she was wrong for adopting that advice , but still confessed she did it ; and she solemnly protested that the man to whom she had fallen a victim had accompanied her to tho pawnbrokers ' , waiting outside while she went in and pledged the stolen articles , she giving him the greater portion of tho money raised upon them . —Simms , however , denied the latter assertion , and said that he was always willing to support the prisoner , but that her love of dress and company was her ruin , —Mr . Traill asked Simms why he had kept the secret ofthe robbery for ten days , and now came forward to appear against the accused ?—Simms , in reply , said that he was only influenced

      by a senso of justice in the case . That when ho first threatened to divulge the circumstances attending the robbery the prisoner declared that if he did she would try all she could to transport him , but that having had some high words with her on the preceding night ho thought it a very fit opportunity for disclosing the facts . The captain of the Sir Robert Sale , who was in attendance , having been apprised of the apprehension of the prisoner _, identified her as the person whom he accompanied to the house in Herbert ' s-buildings , and described the circumstance * of the robbery , and of his having missed her from his side on the morning it was committed . Tho prisoner , who seemed to be much affected at thc situation in which she was placed , was then remanded .

      _Wednesday . —violatino a Child . —William Camplin , the marine store-dealer of Star-corner , Bermondsey , remanded since List Wednesday for violating thc person of Jane Matthews , a girl under 13 years of age , was brought before Mr . Cottingham for re-examination on the charge . It will be recollected that on the former examination the girl in giving her evidence stated , that she was sent by her mistress , a woman named Baker , to accompany the prisoner part of the way home on the night of ihe alleged outrage ; that he forced her into his house , made her drink two glasses of raw gin , and afterwards carried her up stairs to bis bedroom , and , notwithstanding her struggles , committed the offence . —Theprisoner , however , contradicted the girl's statement , and he now called a lad named _NlchoUs , who worked for him , to disprove her

      evidence . —The lad alluded to stated , that on the evening in question the prisoner entered his shop , followed by the complainant , and that when she got there a bottle of gin was produced , out of which she poured three glasses of the liquor one after the other , and drank them ; that she afterwards went Into the parlour with the prisoner and stayed there a few minutes , and then they went up stairs , she following him ; that the girl came down in about an hour afterwards , went into the parlour , put on her shawl aud bonnet , and left the house without making any complaint . The witness added that he and a man named Dipnell were in the shop at the time she left . In reply to Mr . Cottingham , the witness said , that he observed no marks on the girl ' s face as if she had been struck . He afterwards

      admitted that ho did not uoticc her face , as he was engaged at work in the shop when sho was passing through . —When the complainant was confronted with this witness she still adhered to her former statement relative to the force used in taking her up stairs , and that thero was no person in the shop at the time ; that it was also untrue that she left her shawl in the parlour , for she had no shawl on her that night , and that the prisoner made her swallow the liquor before he forced her up into his room ; that in her hurry to escape from the house she left one of her own shoes there , and put on one belonging to the prisoner ; that she was _bleedine-from the nose when she got down stairs ,

      owing to the blow given her by tho prisoner when she resisted his violence . —Mr . Cottingham had the evidence of Nicholls taken down , remarking , that there was v « ry little doubt he had told the most egregious falsehoods , with a view to an indictment for perjury , if it should be considered necessary . —The prisoner , although recommended by the magistrate to reserve what he had to say for his trial , proceeded to enter into a ~ lengthy account of the whole of the proceedings of the evening in question , in the course of which he declared the complainant voluntarily accompanied him home , and that whatever did occur was withher consent . Ha was then committed , bail being refused for his appearance to answer the charffo .

      HAMMERSMITH . Monday . — Extensive _Robueuy . — . Extraokdinauy Case . —A tall man , respectably dressed , discribed on the police-sheet as Angus Gillies , tliirty-fivo years of age , who was stated to have been a constable of the A devision of the metropolitan police force , and also to have belonged to tho constabulary of Edinburgh and Glasgow , was brought up boforo Mr . T . Paynter , the sitting magistrate , in the custody of police-constable Wyness , D 43 , who had apprehended him in Invcrnessshirc , in Scotland , on a cliargo of having stolen the sum of £ 1 G 5 in Bank of England notes , the property of Mrs . Mary Lewis , of No . 3 , Chapel-side , Bayswater . Mrs . Mary Lewis , a female of respectable appearance , about sixty years of age , stated , on that occasion , that the prisoner , to whom she was

      engaged to be married , came to her on the 25 th of November last , at Bayswater , for the purpose of going to take a coffee-shop on Ludgate-hill , for the good-will of which they had paid a deposit of £ 5 a day or two previously . She had then just sold out £ 170 in tho Three per Cents ., at the Bank , which sho had in her possession . When they were about to start , the prisoner told her that she had better give hhn the money ; to which she replied , " Very well , Mr . Gillies , as you will have to pay it , I'll give it to you ; " and she forthwith gave him fifteen £ 10 , and three £ 5 Bank of England notes . They then went together to Ludgate-hill , to the coffee-shop , and after examining the property they were about to take , they went into a private room to settle the affair . While there , the prisoner jumped up from Ms seat , apparently in a great fright , and said , " My God ! I have lost tho pocket-book

      containing the money . " She immediately said , " That is impossible , for we have been nowhere for you to lose it . " The prisoner then said , " I must have dropped it in your room , " and asked her for the key of her room , saying he would go back and seek for it . He then went away alone , and she waited a long while until he came back , when he said it was not there , and ho must have dropped it on the road . They then went together to the Bank , and got the numbers of the notes , and stopped them , when they walked home together . After this the prisoner made himself scarce , but was found in Invernessshire ; there had been traced to him six £ 10 notes , two £ 5 notes , and forty sovereigns . In Ms boxes there was a large quantity of wearing apparel , fire-arms , gunpowder , shot , & c . ; and on his person £ 28 iii gold , some silver , and a bill of exchange for £ 02 . The prisoner was remanded to await further evidence _.

      WORSHIP-STREET . The Suspected Mubdek at Twio-Follt . — -In the course of the day information was communicated to the magistrate that the body of Mr . W . May , tho unfortunate gentleman who was suspected to have been robbed and murdered on the lught ofthe 9 th ult ., and Ms body cast into the Regent ' s Canal , at Twig-Folly , Betbnal-green , had at length been discovered by a bargeman on the preceding night , Onthe outer side of tho lock adjoining the last of those from which tho water had been drawn off , by order of the directors ofthe canal company , on Sunday last . It was stated that there were manifest appearances of violence upon his person , and that the mystery attaching to his fate was greatly increased from the circumstancc of money being found upon his person .

      _WOBSHIP-STBIET , | WeDNESDAT . —TnBEE SHARPS AND A Flat . —Eliza Smith , Anne Lowry , and Mary Ann White , three women of abandoned habits , were charged with having stolen bank-notes and gold of the value of £ 23 , from the person ' of a gentleman named Chinnery , holding a public situation in tho city . It appeared from the evidence of police-constable Lee , 179 N , . that while on duty at four o ' clock on Sunday morning in Francesstreet , City-road , he heard cries for the police at the further end of the street , and on hastening to the spot met thc prosecutor , who told him that ho had just been robbed of all his money , amounting to £ 23 , by some women in a house which he pointed out . On questioning him as to the robbery , the prosecutor stated , " that as he was returning home , at two o'clock that morning , he was accosted by Smith , who enticed him into thc house in question , where he also found the two other prisoners . He had only been in thoir company a short time , when ho found that his pockets had been rifled and the whole of Ms money

      abstracted ; on making which discovery he immediately accused the women of robbing Mm , and they in their turn expressed extreme surprise . He assured them that such was tho fact , and requested them to search his pockets , to satisfy themselves that all his money was gone . The women readily did so , and one of them , after feeling in his waistcoat pocket , produced from it two £ 5 notes , much crumpled , which she exldbited , to convince him of his mistake , and then , as he supposed , replaced them in his waistcoat . He was still anxious , however , about the balance in gold , and a 6 ked them to search him for that al » o , a request they complied with , but not with the same happy mult . They condoled with him upon his loss , in wMch each of them denied any participation , and then suddenly left the apartment ;; but the instant they had done so he was astonished at discovering that the two _notcB _, wMch he was satisfied he had seen securel y deposited in his waistcoat pocket , had also disappeared . ' He hastened down stairs , and there seeing the three women preparing for flight , expressed Ms determination to give

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      them all into custody . So far from this meeting with any opposition , one of the women declared that that was , just what she wanted , and that she _' would go for a policeman herself , and have the matter cleared up . The prosecutor consented to this arrangement , and the woman went out ; but , having patiently waited a long time without either the policeman or the woman making their appearance , he was at length convinced that a trick had been played him , and , going to the street-door , raised thc alarm which the constable had heard . —Mr . Broughton asked why the prosecutor was not in attendance . —The witness replied , that tho prosecutor had been compelled to leave town upon urgent business , but had requested that the prisoners might be detained , to cnablohimto attend and establish the case . —Mr . Broughton said ho should certainly do so ; and the prisoners , who all protested their innocence , were then remanded .

      Thursday . —Extbaobdinaby Case . —Richard smith , Joseph Isaacs , and Henry Coster , three _respectable-looking lads , whose ages varied from fifteen to eighteen years , were charged before Mr . Biugham with having administered a quantity of powdered cantharides to Mrs . H . Collins , the wife of a fruit-salesman in Spitalfields market , whereby her life had been seriously endangered . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Joseph Collins , the husband of the injured woman , that on the morning of the 14 th inst . his wife , while passing through the market , was stopped by the prisoner Smith , the son of a respectable tradesman in the neighbourhood , with whose familyshe was well acquainted , who invited her into the counting-house to take breakfast . She declined doing so , havine an infant at the breast which required her

      attendance at home , and left the market ; but at her return , in the course of half an hour , she again saw Smith , in company of tho second prisoner , at the door of the countinghouse , and he again pressed her to take a cup of coffee with him . She then consented , and drank a small quantity from a cup he handed to her , but hesitated while drinking it ; on seeing which , the prisoner Isaacs asked her to take some more sugar , which she declined , as it was already so sweet she could scarcely swallow it . She then went away ; but about half an hour after became so seriously ill , that she was obliged to be conveyed home , where she got gradually worse till the evening , when hor illness assumed such alarming symptoms , that a surgeon was hastily sent for , who , upon examining her , at once pronounced that she was labouring under the effects of a

      powerful dose of cantharides , and that her life was placed iu imminent jeopardy , By judicious treatment tho dangerous symptoms had now considerably abated , but Mb wife still continued in such a debilitated condition as wholly to preclude her attendance at thc court . —Policesergeant H 1 had ascertained that the deleterious Ingredients had been purchased at the shop of Mr . Hopkins , a chemist , in Union-street , by the lad Coster , who had presented an order for it in the handwriting of the prisoner Smith , but signed with a fictitious name . —Mr . Bingham said that he should discharge the youngest of the prisoners as it appeared he had merely been an unconscious agent in the hands of the other two ; but with regard to Smith and Isaacs , he should require them to find bail for their appearance on a future day , when the wife of the prosecutor had sufficiently recovered to give evidence .

      THAMES POLICE . The Kobbeby in the Bocks . —On Thursday Matthew Olarlc , James Hurley , Samuel Cantelo , William Johnson , and Benjamin Ashton , the five men who stand charged with breaking into the tobacco warehouse of the London Dock , on the nig ht of Friday , the 3 rd inst ., and . stealing M 7 lbs . of loaf tobacco therefrom , were brought before Mr . Ballantine for final examination . —Mr . Ballantine said he should at once discharge Ashton , aud commit Hurley , Cantelo , Johnson , and Clark , for trial for thc felony .

      CLERKENWELL . Thursday . —Ikdignaxt Justice _"Putti-vcDown " Petit Larceny . —Christina Roberts , a gcntcel-Iooking young woman , of sickly and emaciated appearance attired in decent black garments , and with an infant in her arms , was charged with stealing some articles of trifling value , the property of Mrs . llowder , in Chad _' s-row , from whom the prisoner rented ready furnished apartments . Mrs . Rowder deposed , that the prisoner had pawned the articles for 4 s ., and the pawnbrokers were present witlnvhom she had pawned them . —The prisoner ; I pawned them , but I did it to save myself and my baby from starvation . I was in great distress . —Mr . Greenwood .- But you had no business to take other people's property to relieve vour distress .-Prisnner : Mvself and mv

      child—The Chief Clerk : Attend to what the magistrate says to you . You had no business to take other people ' s property to relievo your distress . —The prisoner : I certainly pawned thc articles , sir , but great want obliged me ; and , if Mrs . Rowder had not given me into custody , I would have replaced them before tomorrow evening . My sister would havo lent mo tho money . —Mr . Greenwood then had a private communication with the prosecutrix , when he told thc chief clerk he wished to speak to him , and they retired into the magistrate's room . In a few minutes they returned into court , when the chief clcrkhad a private interview "with Duke , the usher , and Duko had another private interview with the prosecutrix . The magistrate told the prisoner the case stood over until the following morning ; and she and her baby were removed .

      LIVERPOOL POLICE . Entbapping an Irishman . —Tbeachehous Conduct of a _Coineb . —On Saturday , a miserable-looking Irishman , named Thomas Skane , was brought before Mr , Rushton , at the police court , on a charge of having been found in the act of manufacturing counterfeit shillings and sixpences in a cellar in North-street . Officer 53 stated , that , in consequence of information ho had received , he went to the cellar in question about seven o ' clock that morning , and found the prisoner standing close by the _fircj and papers containing twenty-nine counterfeit shil lings , ; thirty-one counterfeit sixpences , a mould , and some plaster of Paris about the grate . —Crowe , the landlord of the house , stated that the prisoner had taken the cellar from Mm about eleven o ' clock the day before , and

      thathe shortly after brought a half hundred of coals and made a fire . —The prisoner , in his defence , said he was a poor labouring man , and thathe had just returned from Manchester , where he had been a member ofthe Labourers ' Society . That society had been allowing him 15 s . a week while he was out of work , and contributed the sum of 8 s . on Thursday last to pay his expenses to reach Birkenhead , where he expected to get employment . In coming over from Manchester he met a young man of the name of'Wm . _M'D onnell , who represented that , by taking a house , and joining in business together , they might be able to make a subsistence . The cellar in Korth-strcet was accordingly taken , and the business of coining was commenced by M'Bonnell . The prisoner assured the court that he was not aware of the purpose for which the cellar was taken ,

      and that he was merely settling the fire when the police arrested him . —Officer S 3 , on being recalled , said the prisoner , on his way to the Bridewell , asserted that he was innocent of the charge , and it was M'Donnell who made the sbiUings , He then described M'Donnell . and the description answered that of the person who had given the information . —Mr . Commissioner Bowling : 1 think it right to state now , sir , for your information , that the evening before last the man spoken of , Wm . M'Donnell , came to me and asked me what I would give him if he would put me up to a Mint ease . I told him I was not in the habit of giving money to any one for information given , in that way , but tliat I must know more about the case before I could say anything . He promised to call when the thing was ready , probably the next day ; and I gave

      him distinctly to understand that I would not lend myself to anything in the shape of a dishonourable transaction ; in other words , that I would not assist in making a case . I had no knowledge of the man , but I ascertained from him that he had just come out of Kirkdale , where he had been imprisoned on a charge connected with base money . He then went away , and yesterday afternoon he called again , and told me that he and another man had taken a cellar ; that the police might take the mau at work iu tho morning ; mid that they intended to make a great deal . I asked , " What do you mean by they ? Have you both taken the placo V lie replied , " Oh , no . I have not been seen in that . The other man took it . " I asked who was to make the money , and he said , "The other man

      can make it as well as myself . " ne then said , "But _. ifhe is taken at work , I must have some money before his conviction . If I were to go to Mr . Beswicfc , of Manchester , with this information , ho would advance me £ 1 or £ 2 . " I told him that if he gavo such evidence as to produce a clear and proper case the Mint would reward him accordingly , and that I should have no objection , if I saw it was a clear and proper case , to ad vanco him something on account of the Mint , He then said he should be at the place , and that if I would send some officers to meet hint at six iu the morning , opposite the Mitre Inn , Dale-street , he would shew them where to find the man at work . He left me with thc understanding that the officers . ' should bo sent ; but I was so satisfied

      of the villaivy of thc fellow that I wan determined to havo nothing to do with him , and I did not send the officers . Ho is in court at present . Mr . Rushton : Put the fellow into custody at once . You did quite right , Mr . Dowling . M'Donnell was hore taken into custody , and put to the bar alongside the other prisoner . Mr , Rushton then Baid that he should be obliged to submit both cases , to the consideration of the law officers of the Crown , who , he hoped , would take the same view of it ho did himself . He knew not whether Skane had been implicated in matters of this kind before , Skane ; Never , your honour never . The prisoners were then remanded , and the whole of thc circumstances , together with Mr . Dowling ' s statement , were transmitted to the law officers of tho Crown .

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Fbidat . —Female _BunoiAns . —Jane Turner and Mary Ann Rumpling , two rather pretty , well-dressed girls , of the tender age of fifteen years , were indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Gertrude Mary Ryan Curzon , a lady of property , living in retirement in the vicinity of the Regent ' _s-park , and stealing therein a great quantity of appaTel , lace , plate , and other valuable and portable articles , her property . It appeared by the evidence of the prosecutrix that she is a widow , and resides in the parish named in the indictment . During the evening of the 18 th of last month she left home for a short time , when the doors and windows were fastened . Sho returned before the lapse of two hours , and entored hor cottage with & latch key . The outer door was all right , but she had not been long within before she discovered that of her store-room open , although locked when she left home . On searching further she found that other rooms had been entered and in disorder . Al-

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      though alone , she had courage to search the hou she could find no intruder . Kbt satisfied with _tlur ' _* " * tigation , she went to the police-station and pro '" ' assistance . When the officer arrived he m _^ ,. " _^ i search , and he found the prisoners and the pr * named in the indictment . A police constable , wii ° I _' r _^ r sent from the station with the prosecutrix , deposed * th * he , on bis arrival , made immediate search , aud i _¦* garden he found the prisoners huddled together sitt _- _" on a bundle , which consisted of thc valuable ai , _^ plate , cruets , ice ., already named . The jurV ( _^ * hesitation , pronounced the prisoners Guilty . Turner " _^ then charged second indictment which

      upon a , set fu n , that , in July last , sho was convicted in this court w ther name , and sentenced to three months' hard _lalj " After the Recorder had conferred for sonio time -vitj _, _tT aldermen present , he called upon the prisoners . _u- lordship told them that they had been convicted of a ««» * ous offence , and , when their age and sex wero con ¦ dered , a singular one . The Court had anxiousl y eons - ' dered whether they could pass any sentence short _'' transportation , and they had agreed to desist from u , at . its sentence was , that Turner be kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for one year , and the other J . soner for six months .

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      ROCHDALE . Mn . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , gave two lecture s on Sunday , which gave universal satisfaction . Atthe close ofthe lecture Mr . Edward Mitchell read from tho Star thc deplorable case of Mrs . Ellis , whe n seven shillings and threepence was collected hi the room after which the Female Association gave five shillings , and on _Monday at the tea party another collection was made , making in all £ 1 . On Monday , it being the great holiday for the workies of Rochdale , we engaged the A ssembly Room for a tea party and ball . Thc rodln was beautifully decorated . Mr . Edward Mitchell was chos en to preside , who , in a brief speech , introduced our old friend Mr . Christopher Doyle , who kindly visited us from Manchester , accompanied by our gallant friend Jolm West . Both these patriots delivered soul-stirring addresses which delighted every hearer . Dancing followed and was kept up te a late hour , when all departed highly delighted .

      Lecture by Mr . West . —On Tuesday evening Mr . John West delivered a lecture in tho Association Room ; Thomas Chadwick was called to thc chair , who in a suitable ' speech introduced the honest and worthy lecturer . Mr . West spoke about one hour and a quarter . At the close of the lecture Mr . Edward Mitchell proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer for his important services in tho popular cause : the motion was seconded by Mr . Wainwright , of Hebilcn Bridge . Mr . West returned thanks , and said , when thc holiday , came in . Macclesfield he would pay liis Rochdale friends a visit . He had always experienced tho greatest kindness at thoir hands .

      PLYMOUTH . Lecture by Mr . M'Gratii . — Hearing that Mr . M ' Grath would pay this town a visit on his way to Cornwall , thc friends hero set about procuring a fitting place of meeting . Unfortunately every such place in the town , save one , was pre-engaged . Tho exception was the Corn-chambers , for tho use of whicli application was made to our liberal mayor . The application was refused , on the ground that we interfered with the liberal freebooter *! The long room at Stone-liouso was ultimately procured , where Mr . M'Grath delivered a lecture on Thursday

      evening , January 9 th , to a most respectable audience . The subject of tho lecture was— " Have wc a wellgrounded hope for Mankind ' s Social and Political Redemption 1 " Mr . M'Gratii spoke for upwards of an hour and a half , in a strain of masterly eloquence , and was rapturously applauded throughout . On his sitting down thanks were voted to him by acclamation . Several cards were disposed of , and ten shillings and sixpence collected at the door . Wc expect a visit from Mr . M'Grath again , on his return from Cornwall , when wc will do our utmost to make his labours beneficial to tho cause .

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      Matschusieu.—Canrekters' Iiall.—A. Meeti...

      _Matschusieu . —CAnrEKTERs' IIall . —A . meeting of those favourable to the princi ples ofthe Charter will be held in the above hall , on Sunday evening next , Jan . 19 th , when the following distinguished advocates of the people ' s ri ghts are expected to be present : — viz ., F . O'Connor , Esq ., Ur . M'Douall , Mr . John "W est , Mr . James Leach , and the Rev . W . V . Jackson . Oldham . —On Sunday next , Mr . William Wallis Hegan will lecture in the Chartist room , Grcavcsstrcet , at six o clock in the evening . Subject—The Land . _Bvjuy . —A funeral sermon , on the occasion of the lamented death of the lato Jolm Lonnix _, Miners ' lecturer , who was burnt to death in a coal-pit , " visited by God , " will bo preached in the Gardenstreet lecture room by Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester , on thc evening of Sunday , Jan . 26 th , at halfpast six o ' clock .

      JJebdex Bhidce . —Mr . Benjamin Hush ton , _ii-om Halifax , will deliver two lectures in tho Democratic Chanel , Bridge-lane , on Sunday , tho 10 th inst . , at two in the afternoon , and six in the evening . Tuk North Lancashire Delegate meeting will take place on Sunday , January 19 th , at Bradshaw ' s Tcinncraiice Hotel , _Curzon-strcot , Burnley . Me . Doyle ' s last week ' s Route . — Clitheroe , 18 th ; Sawlcy , _lutn ; Sabden , 20 th ; Barnohlswiek , 21 st ; Colne , 22 nd ; Barrowford , 23 rd ; Marsdcn , 24 th ; Haggate , 25 th ; Burnley , 26 th inst . South _Lancashire Delegate Meeting . — Thc next meeting of the South Lancashire delegates will be held on Sunday , the 26 th of January , in the Char tist room , Garden-street , Bury , when each locality is requested to have a representative present , b j fWiom is to be sent their quota for the Executive , to be transmitted by thc county secretary .

      Dewsbury District . —A delegate meeting of thc Dewsbury District will bo held in the Chartist room , on the 19 th inst ., at half-past one o ' clock in thc afternoon , when every locality in the district is requested to send a delegate . Sheffield . —On Sunday , Jan . 19 th , Mr . LTanson will lecture in the Fi g Tree-lane room . Subject—Democracy . To commence at half-past six . —On Wednesday , Jan . 22 nd , a-special meeting of the members will be held , at eight o ' clock , to consider the best means of electing thc future Executive . The members are earnestl y requested to attend . _SusDEnLAsn . —A public mectin _? of thc Chartists of Sunderland will be held in Clark ' _s-passase , Highstreet , on Sunday , the 19 th of January , afhalf-pasfc two o ' clock in the afternoon , to nominate a new Council .

      Demit . —A general meeting will be held at Mr . Thomas Chester ' s , Temperance Coffee-house , Osmaston-road , at six o ' clock on Sunday evening . Every member is requested to attend . Nottinoham . —The next meeting of the committee for the erection of an Operative Hall , will be held at Mr . porman ' s , Tcnipcrance-liouse _, on Sunday evening , at half-past seven , where all persons favourable are respectfully requested to attend . —A general meeting ofthe subscribers to the Nortliem Star

      newspaper , m Nottingham and its Yicinitv _, will be held in thc Chapel , Rice-place , on Monday , tho 20 th inst ., at eight o ' clock in the evening . ' As many as can make it convenient are requested to attend , as business of great importance will be laid before them . —The Chartist Council for the Nottingham district will meet every Sunday morning , at half-past eleven o ' clock , in thc Chapel , _Itice-placo . Mr . Gardner will lecture , on Sundav evening , at St . George ' s Temperance-hall , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road .

      Marylebone Locality . -- A meeting of the mem _« bers will be hold on Tuesday evening , January 21 st , at half-past seven o ' clock , at thc Coach Painters ' Arms , Circus-street , New-road , to take into consideration the address ofthe Executive . Halifax . —The Chartists of this place will meet in the large room , Bullelose-lane , on Sunday evening , at six o clock , to take into consideration the address of the Executive . A full attendance of members is requested . Westsusster . —A special meeting of members auII be held at the _Clock-iiouac , Castle-street , Leicestersquare , on Sunday evening next , Jan . the 19 th , at halt-past seven precisely . The Members ofthe City of London locality will meet at thc Hall , Turnagain-lane , on Tuesday . " King- of Prussia , Tooley-stkeet . —The members of the St . Johns and St . Olave ' _slocality , are requested to attend on Tuesday evening next , at eight oclock . D

      Bradford . —On Sunday evening a lecture will be delivered in the large room , Buttenvorth-buUdings ; at thc conclusion a collection will bo made for Mrs . _Mlis . Chair to be taken at six o ' clock . The Chartists meeting m Butterwortu-buMings , are requested to attend on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , to state their opinion on the questions ofthe Executive . _BlRMlNunAM . —Mr . Thos . Clark will resume the subject of " Trades Unions" on Sunday evening next ; thc lecture to be delivered in tho Democratic Chapel , Thorp-street , to commence at half-past six . A lecture will bo delivered in the same place at eigh * o ' clock on Tuesday evening . Mr . Thos . Clark will visit tho following _plafcs duringthe ensuing week :- * Bromsgrovc , lleditch , Lye , Waste , Walsall , and Bilston .

      Rociidale . —Mr . Davis , late of Bolton , will lecture twice next Sunday , at two and six o ' clock , in the sociation Room , Mill-street .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of 17, Great Windmiustreet , Haymarket, In Tlio City Of Tfestminster, Ntd 1 *

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 17 , Great _Windmiustreet , Haymarket , in tlio City of _Tfestminster , ntd 1 *

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      Office in the same Street and Parish , for the 1 ' ° * prictor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., _audpublisa _«« _W TTilliak Hewitt , of ISo . 18 , Charles-stre « t , _Br-uuhi street , Tfidworth , in tho Parish of St . Mary , Vtvint ten , in the C « uuty of Surrey , attiMjOffi . ee , _K « . Strand , in the Parish _> f Bt . Mary-Ie-Strand , ia * Wty ef Westminster _aturday , January 11 . _} _W "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18011845/page/8/