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      The Northern Star. January 18, I^

      THE NORTHERN STAR . January 18 , i _^

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      Massion-House. Tuesday.—Felonious Assicl...

      MASSION-HOUSE . Tuesday . —Felonious _AssiCLT ox a Child . — The Lord Mayor was occupied a considerable time in investi gating a very serious case of alleged felonious assault noon a little pri , named _Jfary Ann lee , hy her master , A . » . Wyatt , keeper of an eating-house in Tower-street . In addition to the girl ' s evidence , wliich had been given on Monday , the testimony of Mary Lynam , the orj * ini in house ofthe prisoner , was adduced in proof of Jus guilt . Mr _Woolf _" . _& om Mr . Flower ' s office * , _eMSS _^ _anunCfl _tU 6 sirL the cook , and the fether of the girl , and at the _contusion of the examination applied to be allowed to give in bail for his _client _.-The lord Mayor said he could not think of accepting baU under such circumstances , and stated thai ha should commit the prisoner for th _» felonious assaul t on Friday next .

      ¦ _VTebsesdat . _—Pvzoset . —Thomas Griffiths , who was some days ago ciuujjed with having forged a cheque inthe name of 3 Ixha _* i Users , fishmonger , of St . Peter's slier . Cornlrill , upon the banMug-house of Messrs . Barnard ! _Dimsdjile _. _anU Co ., was brought up for re-examination . At ihe request of Mr . Bush , the depositions of the several -witnesses who had been examinad were read over . _Theurisoacr was thenchaiged with having forged a cheque upon Uscs-: sie firm for £ 10 , which check had been paid some U ; r , s 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 upon examining his books he found he had entered thepajment of the check now produced by Mr . Bush on the 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 lie found in a box . belonging to the prisoner , wliich was in the house in whicli the prisoner resided , in _Fiusbury-snuare , a piece of paper that had been torn off the check produced , as was quite evident from comparison . —Mr . Myers declared that the check was a forgery , aud he had never authorized any person to sign it . —The prisoner , was taken fiwa the bar . —Mary _TValdrop . 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 tho investigation . —Mr . Myers stated that the prisoner had lived in his service for several years , but not for thirteen or fourteen , as he had on her first

      examination supposed . On the 10 th of January he told her that he had been given to understand , by 3 gentleman , that she had something to do with Thomas Griffiths inthe forgery , and after she was informed that Forrester would be sent for she begged that witness would not send for the officer , ana stated that she had found the check iu cleaning the counting-house , given it to the prisoner , and showed him Low to fill it up . After some conversation with Mr . Goodman , the chief clerk , tho Lord Mayor said , that whatever course the prosecutor might consider it necessary te adopt with regard to tlie prisoner upon the trial at tin Central Criminal Court , he felt it to be his duty to commit her for trial as an accomplice with Thomas _GriiBU-s before tlie fact .

      _Thi-ksdat . —Bckglaxy . —Howell , Smith , and Franklin , the _mta who were on Saturday charged with having comTnV . icd a burglary in the George aud Vulture Hotel , _werebrougiitbcioro tlie Lord Mayor for final examination , and committed for trial . Friday . — "Laxd Shades _asd Sea Gulls . " —Two men , r . amc . l _KcUiy and Chowns , were charged before the Lord _iiayj . v , with having conspired together to defraud the mate of a vessel which had just arrired from a long voyage . ' 1 _h-z case , whicli excited the greatest interest , was _occasionally interrupted by bursts of laughter . Mr . E . Morris , -jj proprietor of the East India Arms Tavern , in Fcncliuu . - .-street , stated that while he was in the cellar some _perse _iiad gone up stairs , accompanied by a sailor , and anoth-.. ' man having speedily followed , there was

      reason to : ;; prebend that ail was not right Something was ordert-: to think by the two first visitors , and the witaessF-y .. sitenTardsheardthechirihingofaloch , and one of th- si- in the room ottered to lay a wager of £ ' 20 or £ 25 , up !> v ' '~ n an officer was sent for , and the sailor , who we :- a jolly , _op-. _-ii-hcarted fellow , and the tiro prisoner _^ , _-.. :- •» suddenly stopped as they were rising 10 depart , •« ,- ! informed Vhat they must stay a little for _thesalii - " justice . It was , in fact , seen that the two prisoii-. r .- _:. . 1 laida plan for robbing the sailor , and as _auattev .: _; : - "i _' a iiiiiilnv hied had been made about two years b-.- . iu tlie same bouse , tlie witness was _ue-Ti-iiiii :: _vU 1 _^ _utiiv an _exazuj _. le of tlie men at tlie bar if possible . "> _ _. _loikiwhig _jKU'iieulars wave collected from _tiie i ::: _*; _.-iu . ,. < and difivinlcd statement ofthe maie . . As

      tlie in ::.. ...-= goiu . _^ along 1 _cuchuvch-strect , he asked a ; :::. i 3 , ' _.-. ' . o ' .. i :: ;> eiK-d 10 he the prisoner Ileilly , the way to the _= -: _tio . . 11 _tijfc _Sliiiories . _Itidliy said lie was _goir-g thai w . ' i . humjif , aud he would show him the way , but _proposed th ; : i they should have a drop of beer together , and together , they went into the East India Arms , in one of the private rooms of which they had no sooner _bs . 1 down t _^ _tii in walked the other gentleman Mr . Chowns , who seemed _io be quite a stranger , began to drink by Iihnself , and produced a lock which he said nobody could optn : tiie mate , who never , " he declaredj had seen so fouLX ; a iofk in his life , opened it with ease , and another _ioi-ri , _equally simple and foolish in appearance , _Lh- _'isg been exhibited by Mr . Chowns , he offeredx > oneu that with as little difficulty . Then the

      _challenji- - _s to bat which had been heard by the policeman _weremj . _iij . Tiie mate happened to . Lave securities tor money ; -. bu :: lam , but no money , otherwise tlie wager would 1 ::. ' . el __ _-n , very probably , as be said himself , laid , asd tht :: _••«!; would have succeeded . Here several flash notes _aiiii cor . - . ucrfelt sovereigns , which were found in the possession ol the prisoners , were produced , as were some marked _cariis . They were both known to the police as common c _^^ ats , and one of them had been tried at the Central _Griisiiixl Court . It was not until tlie prisoners anil the male wore introduced to the Lord Mayor that the latter had any idea into what sort of company he had _unluckily go-, and if it had not been for the keenness of the landlord of the tavern he would no doubt have had to lament the incident which introduced him to their

      acquaintance although at that time he bad no cash in his _possession . — The Lord Major : Wh y , my good fellow , it was a very fortunate thing for you that you ecaped so wail out of the clutches of these men . — The Mate : 1 see they are a pair of scoundrels , but I could Lav ;; opened twenty such locks , and I'd lay any money of it . You never saw anything so foolish . Why one of these gentleman offered to lay me £ 40 . —The Lord Mayor : And if you had had the money you would have Letted I—The Mate : Yes , I dare say I should , and I'd have won too . ( A laugh . )—The policeman here produced the lock which tlie mate bad opened , aud another lock resembling it , which was made so as not to be capable of _beiEg opened at aU . The sleight of band substitution of one of these locks for the other was one of the

      modes of obUiuiing plunder , and in aid 6 f that plan the counterfeit money and bank-notes were kept in pocket-books by the prisoners , who were both smartly dressed , Chowns being attired like a respectable countryman . —Tie Hate : "Why , that gentleman that looks like a former told 11 s that Le was tbe gamekeeper to tlie Earl of Pembroke ) and he said he had come to town to look for two of Lis master ' s hounds that were locked together with the same sort of lock , and that wherever tlie dogs were they must be together , as nobody could open the lock . { Laug hter . )—Tbe Lord Mayor : Did he say the Earl of Pembroke ' s dogs had been ' stolen *—The Mate : He did so . I advised him to go to the police about Hie dogs , and I did think Lstn a great fool , but I find that I was the fool

      after all . ( Ijiughter . )—Br . « our ( for one of the prisoners ) : lh : i you lost nothing by the transaction i—Tlie Mate : Xotb _. _tig at alL I gained by it , for 1 had some beer , and I never paid for it . ( Laughter . ) What an unlucky fellow I am . Here I come Lome after being shipwrecked , aud being away three years , and the instant I come ashore I get in ; . ; ' . he bands of a pair of rascals , and then I am taken uj - ; y the police and brought here to complain _against them , and I want to have nothing at all to do with them , but to call and see my relations and be off to sea again . Was there ever so unfortunate a man as I am ?—The lord _3 Tayor remanded the prisoners , and stated that lie would r . ot take less ba _' l for each of _theni tiian two good heavy _i-ecuriiies for £ 100 each , and their own recognisances in . £ 200 each .

      Assault . —Adolphus * alenfme V yatt , _^ eating-house keeper , of Tower-street , was committed to _Xtwgate for trial , upon the _r argc of Laving committed a felonious assault _uiion M ; Ann Lee , his servant _.

      GUILDHALL . Tuesday . — " _> Sol" —A _Rsave Foiled . — "William Flood , brother ... - \ oali Flood , who lately committed suicide in _Wlutaiv-ai-sirett , leaving an orphan daughter nine years o . t " , _ag-ou appeared Lefore the magistrate to claim possession of the child , or at least to have £ 6 , which he had espend-. d while slaying iu London to prosecute his claim to his brother ' s effects , repaid to him . —Scott , tbe City policeman , add lie had also expended money , but he was content that tlie money should be whollv iuvosted for the benefit of tlie child .

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

      Tbbhsdat— Attempted _Bueclaii y . _ John and George ' jxtell , two youths , were charged with burglariously en-- ? ering the chambers of _^ . Wise , a banister , in the -M _« nv > Temple ; who stated _thnthe was in bed about nine o ' clock on Sunday evenin ; :, when he heard some person open tlie door of tlie outer chamber with a latch-key . He called thename of h : s laur . _f-. -ess , upon which the intruders ran out of tlie room and do . m the staircase . He jumped out Of bed _r-xi \ pursued them to the < lcor below , calling " Stop . ui ;« . -v * In three or four minutes the prisoners were brought back , and a candle was found on John , aud a box of lucifers ou - " ' forge AstclL—Mr . Alderman Musgrove committed th- . isoners for triaL i ; _iW ST 11 EET

      Tuesday . —A f ' " - _^ _selkb _Cueckhates . —A man named Denis Gco : _^ ,- - _-iineH was charged with defrauding Mr . Davenport , of U : Olympic Theatre , by using and distributing false _chei- _' -s . or tickets of admission to the gallery of thai esisLnS" - _* -nt . _Ths circumstances whieh led'toiliepresent tii _.-.- ' ? were soniev . Lat unusual . The prisoner had been c : „ p loyed originally as a painter , and _afli-rv . _'srds as a _rt-u-: : workman in tlie theatre . While is , tills , _cawx-i-. ? I « _e ---1 met with some loose- _i-LccJ-- _? ,

      Massion-House. Tuesday.—Felonious Assicl...

      whieh h _« turned to account by presenting them to his friends with * caution to avoid the mouBy-taker . On the 6 tb of January , the discrepancy between the treasurer ' s cash account and the number of cheeks taken the same evening , led to an investigation by Mr . Sylvester , the cashier , who caused tho prisoner to bt taken to Bowstreet , and on the following morning ( the 7 th ) ho was placed at the bar to answer the charge . But no one appeared against him , 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 _mau agaiu into custody , and now attended with his witnesses to proceed with the case . The evidence went simply to shew the possession of the checks by the prisoner , and their being tendered by parries who said they had received them from him ; and Mr . Jardine , after some little hesitation , arising from an inquiry into the above circumstances , committed him for trial at th © Middlesex Sessions .

      Fbiday . — BuitGLiBT asd Robbebt _, — Yesterday , Richard Elliot , described as a tobacconist , and Richard Vincent , an omnibus-driver , were brought up for final examination , charged with being concerned in breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr . Cox , a clerical robe-maker , 23 , Southampton-street , Strand , on the night of the _2-lth December , and stealing therefrom several pieces of silk and other articles , amounting to nearly £ 200 , his property . The prisoners were fully committed for trial . —The prisoner _EUiot was charged with stealing the sum of £ 1 , 70116 s . _10 d _., the property of Messrs . Pares and Co ., the Leicestershire _Joint-stock Banking Company . The case was adjournedfor further inquiry .

      CLERKENWELL . Wednesday . —Steamng a Penmi Loaf . —A halfstarved , half-naked looking man , named Catlin , was charged as follows : —He wentinto a baker's shop , in St . John-sheet , on the 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 mysebV' and walked out . He then went to the shop of Mr . Ashley , 30 , Goswell-street , and after surveying the contents of the window for a moment , smashed eleven large panes of glass with his clenched fists , thrusting both his hands through separate panes at the same time . When arrested , be said he wanted to get into prison . He was fully committed for trial for stealing the penny loaf .

      TncKSDAT . —Indignant Justice " Putting Down " Petty Larceny . —Christina Roberts , a genteel-looking 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 . Rowdcr , in Chad's-row , from whom the prisoner rented ready furnished apartments . Mrs . Rowder deposed , that the prisoner had pawned the articles for Is ., and the pawnbrokers were present with whom 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 your distress .-1 ' _i'isoner : Myself and my child—The Chief Clerk : Attend to what the magistrate

      says to you . You had no business to take other people ' s property to relieve your distress . —Tlie prisoner : I certaiuly pawned the 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 have lent me tho money . —Mr . Greenwood then had a private communication with the prosecutrix , when he told the 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 cleric had a private interview with Duke , the usher , and Duke had another private interview with tbe prosecutrix . The magistrate told the prisoner the case stood over until _theTbJlowing morning ; and she and her baby were removed .

      MARYLEBONE . Tuesday , —Guutous Case . —" _Teaching the youkg idea . "—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 18 years of age , when she made a statement , to the _cil ' ect that her son had for some time been employed to clean knives , shoes , _fic . j hy Mrs , Emily _Crnttan , a lady residing at Ifo , IS , St . John's Wood-road , and that his said mistress had pulled him on to tho bed in her chamber , and there induced him to submit to her unlawful desires . Tlie magistrates , after listening to aU that had been stared , and receiving replies to numerous _questions put by him , came to the conclusion that tlie ease was one in which

      he could not interfere , and the mother and her sou then went away . At about three in tlie afternoon Mrs . Grattau was driven up to the front entrance of the court in her carriage , and on alighting therefrom and proceeding into the justice-room the woman Hates was placed at the bar charged with having , soon after her application , as before given , 3 : ad been disposed of , created a disturbance at Mrs . Grattau ' s dwelling , and also with having sent letters to her { Mrs . Grattan ) with the view of extorting money . Mrs . Grattan and Mary Clitf , her cook , proved the disturbance in question , und 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 circumstancs 6 into consideration , that money was the grand object sought for . The boy had , it appeared , been dismissed firom . his employment a week or two ago . rolice-eonstable Maddos , of

      the S division , produced a letter which was found upon tbe 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 way so call it , between my child and yourself . Little did the transport ' s sister think wheu she heard her boy speak of the kindness of his mistress , the price that was paid for that kindness ; little did she think that her child , not 13 years old , would he a bedfellow to his mistress . Little does his lordship know that tbe time when he asked admission to his bed-room , my child was there . You may make what you like of this" Mr . Rawlinsou ( to Mrs . Grattan ) : "Who do you imagine is meant by "his lordship f" Mrs . Grattan ; Xo doubt the Count Eattliyany . The most positive denial was given with regard to the disreputable allegation as _aiFecthig Mrs . Grattan , and the prisoner was ordered to find good bail for keeping the peace .

      MARLBOROUGH STREET . Tuesdat . —A Pbecious Wife . —A smartly dressed woman , about thiriy-five years of age , was brought before Mr . Hardwick ,, charged with having stolen £ 132 in money , a gold watch , and other articles , tlie _pi-operty of Thomas SouthalL of Beading . The accused , when put to the bar , said her name was Martha Johnson . Richard "Webb , of 4 G , 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 JB 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 ashed the woman if she was _Soutliall ' s wife ! The woman said she was lawfully married to Southall , aud 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 Friday last occupied iu tracing out the woman . He had at last found her in a shop in George-street , Foley-place , whieh 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 beUeved that his wife was with a man named Morris , but this was not the fact , as he found her living with a man named Xison . Mr . Hardwick said the affair appeared to be o : ie betwixt man and wife , and he had 110 authority to act . The witness said he believed the husband had proof that his wife had committed bigamy , lie hoped , therefore , the magistrate would order her to be detained uutil he had power to send to Reading for the husband . Mr . Hardwick declined to detain the woman , and she was immediately discharged .

      WORSllir . STREET . Worship _stbeet , _TVednebdat . —Three Sbabpb 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 Chiunery _, holding a public situation in the 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 tlie police at the further end of the street , and ou hastening to the spot met the prosecutor , who told him that he 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 , tbe prosecutor stated , that as he was

      returning home , at two o'clock that morning , he was accosted by Smith , who enticed him into tlie house in question , where he also found tlie two other prisoners . lie had only been in their company a short time , when he found that his pockets had been rifled and the whole of his money abstracted ; on making which discovery he immediately accused the women of robbing him , and they in their turn expressed extreme surprise . He assured them that SUCll was tho fact , and requested them to search his pockets , to satisfy themselves that all his money was goue . The women readily did so , and one of them , after feeling in his waistcoat pocket , produced from if two £ 5 notes , much crump led , which she exhibited , to convince himofhismistako , and then , ashosupposod , replncod them iu his waistcoat . He was still anxious , however , about the balance in gold , and asked them to search him for thai also , a request they complied with but not with the same

      happy result . They condoled with him upon his loss , m which each of them _donied any participation , and then suddenly left the apartmenti ; but tlie instant they had done sobe was astonished at . discovering that tbe two notes , which he was satisfied he had seen securely deposited in Lis waistcoat pocket , had also disappeared . He hastened down stair ? , and there seeing the three women preparing for flight , expressed his determination to give . them all into custody . So far from this meeting with any opposition , one of the women declare ;! that that was ju « t what she wanted , and that sheVould 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 wailed a long time without either the policeman or the woman making their _appearance , he was at length convinced that a trick had

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      been played hun , auo _, going to the street-door , rawed the alarm which the constable had heard . —Mr . Broughton asked why tho prosecutor was not in attendance . —The witness roplied , that the prosecutor had been compelled to leave town upon urgent business , but had requested that the prisoners might be detained , to enable him to attend and establish the case . —Mr . Broughton said ho should certainl y do so ; and the prisoners , who all protested their innocenco , were then remanded . Thdesdax . —Extraokdinart Case . —Richard Smith , Joseph Isaacs , and Henry Coster , three respectable-looking lads , whose ages _varied-from fifteen to eighteen years , were oharged before Mr . Bingham with having administered a quantity of powdered cantharides to _MrB . If . Collins , tho wifo of a fruit-salesman in _Spitalhelds market ,

      whereby her life had been seriously endangered . It appeared from tho 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 family she was well acquainted , who invited her into the counting-house to take breakfast . Sho declined doing so , having an infant at the breast which required her attendance at home , and left the market ; but at her return , iu the course of half aa hour , she again saw Smith , in-company ofthe second prisoner , at the door of tho 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 ho 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 80 seriously ill , that she was obliged to be conveyed home , where she got gradually worse till the evening , when her illness assumed such alarming symptoms , that a surgeon was hastily sent for , who , upou examining her , at once pronounced that she was labouring under the effects of a powerful dose of cautliaridcs , and that her life was placed in imminent jeopardy . By judicious treatment the dangerous symptoms had now considerably abated , but his

      wife still continued in such a debilitated condition as wholly to preclude her attendance at the court . —Policesergeant II 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 tho prisoner Smith , but signed with a fictitious name . —Mr . Bingham said that lie should discharge the youngest of the prisoners , as it appeared he had _morely 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 foi their appearance on a future day , when the wifo of the prosecutor had sufficiently recovered to give evidence .

      3 southwark . Mondat .-Saceii . eoe . —This , morning information was received at the station-house of the L division , thai Christ Church , in the Blaukfriavs-road , had been entered on the preceding _nijjht , and an iron chest opened containing several articles of communion plate , which had been taken away . From the statement of the sextoness 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 the church by the principal entrance , which she also locked after her , at which time she left everything safe in the interior of tbe edifice . On approaching the church the following morning at a quarter-past seven o ' clock , she perceived _tiiatthe door was ajar , and knowing

      that she had secured it the previous night , she at once suspected that thieves had made an entrance . Ou going into the church her suspicions were immediately verified , for she discovered the lid of an iron chest kept on the left of the entrance to the vestry-room open , aud the door of the latter apartment also wide open , anil everything in a state of contusion therein . The thieves appeared to have regaled themselves in the vestry with wine and cake , two empty bottles being found on tho table . Iu the room they broke open some drawers and a small mahogany box belonging to the vestry clerk , in which was usually deposited a considerable sum of money , but upon tlie present occasion there was but a mere trifle . From the

      iron chest there were taken four communion plates , one chalice , and two cups , liouc of which had been iu use for a considerable number of years , arid were oitiy plated articles , but bad all the externa ! appearance o ! the genuine _nielid . Two scarfs ami some other articles of trilling value were _also found to ha ' ve been _Ciirricd away , together with some prayer books taken from the various pews , _Iiisijccior _iivuus proceeded to the _uluirtli , and from his inspection it would seem that the thieves had entered during the service ou the preceding evening , and secreted themselves iu lhe belfry , which is _w-. ll adapted fur such a purpose , uuiil the _congrcj _^ iiiou hun withdrawn , and then commenced the work of _pliindi-i ' . Some burnt lueil'ei- matches wore found strewed about !• . ;

      dinerent directions in the church and the vestry , and . ; was ascertained the iron chest had not been forced , for t !; v key was always kept hanging up in the latter room , will _, wliich it was opened , being found replaced in its _formal situation . The _cyiiimnuioii plate , which has been iu ikh for some years , is of solid silver , but , owing to an iwi 0 ) sacrilege committed iu the church somo considerable Unit ago , the various articles were uniformly removed _lroii : thence to a place of more safety ever since that oeetirreiice ; and the plated ones , deemed of but little value , were lef in the iron chest , from whicli they wero taken by sacrilegious hands , in the expectation , no doubt , that t ! : i _^ were composed of silver . There were 110 marks o .

      violence having been resorted to by the thieves porccpliuU in auy part of the building they had visited , except tht mahogany box , the lid of which was prized open with ;• "jemmy , " or some such instrument . And on quitliu ; . the church , after emptying the wine bottles , they _imparted , leaving the door open after them . From the distance of the porch ofthe eliureh to the street , beyond th . iron railing enclosing the graveyard , it was impossible i ' ur the policeman on the beat to be enabled to discern tlie _tv-n dition of the church doors as be was going on his round ;> ii : . the night . The thieves could not have ' experienced niiici difficulty in surmounting ; the iron palisades , which are levin ninny parts , and getting clear off . The police are h . active search of them .

      Tuesday . —TnE Sailox—The _Usfohtokate— 'I ' m Scoundrel—The Law ' s Justice !—Isabella Ludhim . was brought before Mr . Traill , charged with robbing tlu captain of a vessel , called the Sir Robert Sale , lying iu St . Katherine ' s Docks , of a watch and guard , together wit ! a gold pin' and a cloak ; and William Simms , a man in business , with whom she cohabited , was charged as aii accessary after the fact . It appeared that on tho night of the 27 th ult . the captain of the Sir Robert Sale wa .-induced to accompany the female prisoner to a house oi ill fame , in Ilerhert ' s-buildings , Lambeth . When he awoke in the morning he found his companion hud gone oft , taking with her 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 , she was taken into custody , brought [ before the magistrates at _Union-hali , but was ultimate !? discharged , in consequence of none ol the stolen property being traced . Nothing more was heard of the charge until the preceding night , when tlie whole of the facts attending the robbery wero brought to li ht owing to the accidental circumstance of a serious quarrel between the two persons in custody , which will be gathered from the subjoined account . —Policeman o 3 I stated , that on the preceding night , at a late hour , while an duty in Tothill-strcet , Westminster , his attention was srrested by hearing a violent quarrel between the prioncrs , and on his approaching the man , Simms immediately accused the woman with having robbed tho captain _ofaulndisman , and insisted upon giving her into

      custody . The parties were then taken to the _station-houae , where Simms reiterated the charge against his fellow prisoner , and entered minutely into all the details of the robbery , and also described where the 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 tho victim of the man who had divulged the robbery ; that it was owing to his persuasions she committed it , and that having shared in tha plunder , he afterwards betrayed her _. The policeman added that both the prisoners were detained at 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 lived at No . 1 ,

      Catherinocourl , near th * Cloisters , Westminster , and that the prisoner had been under his protection for a considerable time . —He was here asked if ho had any charge to make against the aecused , and lie replied in tho _affirmative , and . then proceeded , to state that at an early hour ' on th * morning of the 28 th ult . she returned home , and on er « tcring the _room-wiiero ho was waiting her arrival she immediately produced a watch , gold pin , & gold guard , and also a cloili cloak , and said she had robbed a captain of a vessel while he was asleep . Simms went on further to state tliat the articles in question were subsequently pledged by the prisoner , and he mentioned ( he _uami of the pawnbrokers with whom she had deposited them .. He added , that she had pledged the articles herself , and . that he . had no hand iu it ; that they had quarrelled the night before , and that be determined 011 divulging the cirfl _^ mstances ,. and accordingly did so , and was surprised that

      after such a disclosure- as he had made it , should have been deemed requisite to take him into custody . —Mr . Traill ( to the prisoner ) . : You have heard what this man has stated ; have jou . anything to say !—The . orisoner , whois an extremely well-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 all 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 wcU . . 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 ii * she returned without mouey or money ' s worth ; that he told her to pick up the first well-dressed man she met , and that when he was _as-leep in the house where she took him she couhl then rob him of all ho bad about him . ami leave the

      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 . thc man to whom she had fallen a victim had accompanied her to the pawnbrokers ' ,, waiting outside while she went in and pledged the stolen articles , she giving him . the greater portion of the money raised upon them . —Shams , however , denied the latter assertion , and said that lie was always willing to support the prisoner , but that her love of dress and company was her ruin . —Mr . Traill asked Simms why he hud kept the secret ofthe robbery for ten days , and now came forward to appear against the accused '—Simms , in reply , said that he was onlv iulluenecd by a sense of justice in the ease . That when he Srst

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      threatened to divulge tho circumstances attending the robbery tho prisoner declared that if hs did she would try all she could to transport him , hut that having had some high words with her ou the preceding night he thought it a very fit opportunity for disclosing the facts . Tho captain of tho Sir Robert Sale , who was in attendance , having been apprised of tlie apprehension ofthe prisoner _, identified her as the person whom he accompanied to the house in nerbert's-buildings , and described the circumstance * of the robbery , and of his having missed her from his sid _« on the morning it _wub committed . The prisoner , who seemed to be much affected at the situation in which she wa 9 placed , was then remanded .

      _TTedhesdat . _—TioiiATiNO a Chicd . — Ifilliam Camplin , the marine store-dealer of Star-corner , Bermondsey , remanded since last "Wednesday for violating the person of Jane Matthews , a girl under 13 years of age , was brought before Mr . Cottingham for re . oxamination ou 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 the alleged outrage ; that he forced her into his house , made her drink two glasses of raw gin , and afterwards carried her up stairs to his bedroom , and , notwithstanding her struggles , committed the offence . —The prisoner , however , contradicted the girl ' s statement , and he now called a lad named Nlcholls , who worked for him , to disprove her evidence . —The lad alluded to stated , that on the evening in question the pr isoner 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 in to 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 iu about an hour afterwards , went into the parlour , put on her shawl and bonnet , and left tho houso without making any complaint , The witness added that he and a man named Dipncll were in the shop at tho time she left . In reply to Mr . Cottingham , the witness said , that he observed no marks on the girl ' s face as if sho had been struck . He afterwards admitted that he did not notice her face , as he was engaged at work in the shop when she 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 there was no person in the shop at the time ; that it was also untrue that sho 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 bleeding 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 Xieholls taken down , remarking , that thero was very little doubt he had told the most egregious falsehcids , • villi a view to an indictment for peijury _, if it should be considered necessary . —The prisoner , although reconi . mended by the magistrate to reserve what he had to say for his trial , proceeded to enter into a lengthy account of the whole 01 tbe proceedings of the evening in question , in the course of whieh he declared the complainant voluntarily accompanied him home , and that whatever did occur was with her consent . He was then committed , bail being refused for his appearance to answer the charge .

      HAMMERSMITH . Monday . — Extensive ltonr . _EKv . —Extraordinary Case . —A tall roan , respectably dressed , discribed on tbe police-sheet as Angus Gillies , thirty-five years of age , who was stated to have boon a constable of the A devision ol tlie metropolitan police force , and also to have belonged to the constabulary of Edinburgh and Glasgow , was brought up before Mr . T . Faynter , the sitting magistrate , in the custody of police-constable Wyuess , D 43 , who had approheuded him in Invernessshire , in Scotland , on a charge of baring 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 tho prisoner , to whom she was

      enjfaged to be innrrieil , cumc to her on the 23 th of November last , at Bayswater , for the purpose of going to take a coli ' ec-sliop on Ludgate-hill _, for the good-will of which ( hey had paid a deposit of £ 5 a day or two previously . She had then just sold out £ 170 in the Three per Cents ., at the Bank , which site had iu her possession , lVheu they h- _ci-s about to start , the prisoner told her that sho had bettor give him tiie money ; to whieh sho replied , " Very well , Mr . Gillies , as you will have to pay it , I'll ' . jive it to you- . " and she forthwith gave him fifteen £ 10 , . _n-, d thvec . € 5 _iimik of Knglmiu notes , They then went ' . ogether ' to Ludgiite-hill , to the coffee-shop , and after _exainhiin g the property they were about to take , they went into a . private room to settle the all ' air . While there , the pr isoner jumped up from his seat , apparently in a great fright , and said , " My God ! I have lost tho pocket-hook

      _voiitaimn-j 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 , " aud asked her for the key of her room , saying he would go back and seek for it . He then went sway alone , and she waited a long while until he came hack , when he said it was not there , and he must have _dropped it on the road . They then went together to the Hank , and got the numbers of the notes , and stopped them , when thoy walked home together . After this the prisoner made himself scarce , but was found in Invernessshiro there had been traced to him six £ 10 notes , two _Ko notes , and forty sovereigns . In his _. boxcs there was a large quantity of wearing apparel , fire-arms , gunpowder , shot , He . ; and on his person £ 23 in gold , some silver , and a bill of exchange for £ 62 . The prisoner was remanded to await further evidence .

      THAMES POLICE . The Robbebt ia * tub Docks . —On Thursday Matthew Clark , James Hurley , Samuel Cantelo ,. William Johnson , and Benjamin Ashton , the five men who atand charged with breaking- into the tobacco warehouse of tho London Dock , on tho night of Friday , tlie 3 rd inst ., and stealing H 7 lbs . of * leaf tobacco therefrom , were brought before Mr . Ballantine for final examination . —Mr . Ballantine said lie should at once discharge Ashton , aud commit Hurley , Cantelo , Johnson , and Chirk , for trial for the felony . LIVERPOOL POLICE . Entrappino an _Irishman . —Treacherous Conduct

      op a _Coineb . —On Saturday , a miserable-looking Irishman , named Thomas Skuue , was brought before Mv . Rushton , at the polico court , on a charge of having been t ' uund in the act of manufacturing counteifeit . shillings and sixpences in a cellar in North-street . Officer 58 stated , that , in consequence of information lie had received , he went to the cellar iu question about seven o ' clock that morning , and found tho prisoner standing close by the tiro , 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 him about eleven o'clock the day before ,. aud that he 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 that he had just returned from Manchester , where he had heen a member ofthe Labourers ' Society . That society had been allowing him 15 _a . a week while he was out of work , and contributed the sum of 8 s . ou Thursday last to pay his expenses to reach Birkenhead , where he expected to get employment . Incoming over from Manchester he met a young man of the name of . Wm . M'Donnell , who represented that , by taking a house , and joining in business together , they might be able to make 11 _subsistence . The cellar in North-street was accordingly taken , and the business of coining was commenced by M'Donnell . Tho prisoner assured the court that ho 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 . —Gfiieer 53 , ou being recalled ,. said the

      prisoner , on his-way to the Bridewell , asserted that he was innocent of . tho charge , and it was M'Donnell who made the shillings- He then described M'Donnell and the description answered that of the person , who had given the information . —Mr . Commissioner . Dov . 'ling-: I . think it right to . state now , sir , for your information , that the evening befevo last the man spoken , of , . Win . M'Donnell , came to me-and asked me what I would give him if he would put me up to a Mint case . I told ¥ im I was not in the habit of giving money to any one for information given in that way , but that I must _kn-aw . more about tho case before I couldsay anything , ncpromised to call when the thing was ready , probably the neit . day ; and I gave him distinctly to . understand that I would not lend myself to anything in . the shape of a dishoneurable transaction

      m other words , that I would not assist in making a . case . I had no knowledge of the man , but I ascertained ; fl'om him that he liad just come out of Sirkdale , where he had been imprisoned on a charge connected with base money . He then want away , and yesterday afternoon hs- called again , and ; told me that ho and another awn had taken a _csllar ; that the police might take the roan at work in the morning ; and' that they iutended to make a great deal . I asked , " What do you mean bt ; thty t Have jou both taken the place !" He replied , " Oh , no . S have not been seen in that . The other man _tnok it , " I asfcc . il who was to mala tho money , and ho said , "The other man _cnu make it aa well as myself . " He then said , " But ,. if he is taken at work , I must base some money

      beforo- his conviction . If I were to go to Mr . Beswick , of _Mauaheatev , with this information , he would advance me £ 1 or £ 2 . " I told him . that if he gave 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 vance him something on account of the Mint .. He then said he should bo at the place , and that if I would send j some officers tci meet him at six in the morning , opposite : tho Mitre Inn , Dale-street , be would shew them where to find the man at work , lie left mo with tho _understmuliii that the officers should bo scut ; but I was so satisfied I uf the villany of tlie fellow that I was determined to hare

      nothing to do with him , and ! did not send the officers He is in court at present . Mr . lhishton : Put tbe fellow into custody at once . You did quito right , Mr . Dowbug . M'Donnell was hero taken into custody , mid put to the bar alongside the other prisoner . Mr . Rushton then said that he should be obli ged to submit both cases , 10 tbe consideration ofthe law officers of tbe Crown , who he hoped , would _ttiko the same view of it he did himself He knew not whether _Skano had beeu implicated iu matters of this kind before . Skanc : Never , your honour never . The prisoners were then remanded , and the whole of the circumstances , together with Mr . Dowliti « _- _' s statement , were transmitted to the law _oulei-rs of the Crown , .

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      LONDON . _Gbeskwioitasd _DfiPiroED . —At the usual weekly meeting ofthe members of this locality , Mr . _Paria in tlie chair , the case of Mrs . Ellis was read from the Star , when a subscription was entered into and the sum of five shillings collected .

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      ' Associated Trades oj ? _Lohdox . —At a special meeting of the above body , held at the Bell , Old Bailey , on Thursday evening , January tho 16 th , it was unanimously resolved , that a preliminary delegate meeting ofthe Trades of London , find its vicinity , be held previous to summoning the projected National Trades Conference . The above preliminary meeting will be held either on the 4 th or 5 th of the ensuing month ; all communications respecting the same must be addressed to Mr . T . Barratt , Secretary to the Associated London Trades , 20 , Greenfield-street , Commercial-road .

      Mahchestbr , WisDiresDAT .-ANoinBtt ojp _^ _Ladours Triumphs . —We are happy to say that owing to the combined influence of the Building Trades of Manchester , the proud and imperious firm of Pauling , Henfrcy , { and Go ., have had to bend to the just demands of their workmen . This has been a long and arduous struggle , but it has terminated in the triumph of the men . So long aa Pauling , Henfrey , and Co . had only to contend with one of the trades at a time , they easily beat the men : but when the whole of

      tho Building Trades determined upon standing bv each other , tho despots had a power , to contend with which haa proved more than a match for them . Let the other trades in the country look at this victory and learn their duty . A meeting was held in tlie Carpenters' Hall , on Wednesday evening , to take the necessary steps to support the men who are out oi work this week ; when , at the termination of the business , thanks wero voted to the chairman , Mr . _Levens , for hi * noble conduct during the recent struggle .

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      The Potest axd the _Parishioner . —Castletown , County of Cork , Jan . 6 . —Much tumult and disorder was caused in the chapel at Fires on Sunday , December ICth , by a man named Cornelius Harrington , of Fires , interrupting the Rev . Mr . Ilealy , parish priest , while addressing his congregation , in the course of which Mr . IfcaJy made allusion to the riotous and disorderly conduct of Harrington ' s son Jeremiah , on tlie previous Sunday , at Fires , at whicli Harrington took offence , and used several exciting expressions to Mr . Ilealy , tlie consequence of which was that Mr . " Hcaly cursed him at the time from the altar . On Sunday , tlie 29 th , the same Mark O'Sullivan took up his position by the altar of the chapel for tlie purpose of hearing prayers , but his presence there being offensive to Mr . Hcaly , when commencing the

      celebration of divine service , lie desired that O'SuIliYan should ieavc the place , and go to some other part of the chapel , which O'Sullivan refused to do , and was caught hold of by Mr . Ilealy and the Rev . Mr . Roche , curate , and a scuffle ensued , and it was only by the unanimous call of the congregation for Mr . Ilealy and Mr . lloche to desist , and give them prayers , that they relinquished their hold . The entire of the circumstonces were reported to the Right Reverend Dr . Egan , Bishop of the diocese , by Mr . Hcaly and the Rev . James Fitzgerald , of Castletown , and the Bishop ' s answer directed tlie latter clergyman , being vicar , to excommunicate tlie

      parties . He proceeded accordingly to Fires for that purpose on the oth of January , and , on his approaching the chapel , the congregation formed themselves into a body to prevent him from going up to the ehapel , and on his attempting to force a passage sticks were raised and a shout given that he should not enter , and Mark O'Sullivan cried out to the people to be firm , and added , "No priest ! " —No dues !" and the people who were in the chapel at tho timo were called out , and tlie doors were locked . In the meantime Mr . Fitzgerald was severely crushed and pushed about , and forced to a distance from the chapel , and had ultimately to retire altogether and celebrate divine service in the yard adjoining Mr . 1 lcaly _' s house .

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      POLICE , LEGAL AND GENERAL . _MANSION HOUSE . _Saturday . —Attempted _Scicioe . — Mary Cully was brought up hefore the Lord Mayor , by policeman U 2 , who deposed , that between the hours of three and four that morning he found the prisoner in one of the recesses of _London-bridge , apparently about to throw herself into the river , Upon being asked what she hau to s ay , she burst into tears , and in a voice rendered nearly inaudible by sobs , said she did not know what she wanted there . It having been elicited that she was a married woman , and had an infant at her breast , the Dord Mayor ordered the policeman to take her home to her hiisbaud .

      ATTEMPTikc to Pick Pockets . —Henry Doaviag , a boy , was charged by Henry Pallovcr , a _Jew'dealcr in steclpeus , with attempting to pick pockets in Chcapsidc . Fallovor deposed that he was in Cheapside yesterday afternoon , and saw the prisoner try several gentlemen ' s pockets . _Seeing this , lie exclaimed "Selpme Got it too bad , " and forthwith gave Master Decring into custody-Bush , the officer , recognised the prisoner as an old offender . —Committed to Bridewell for three months . Smashing , —Ann Campbell was put to the bar , charged by Thomas _Itichardson , a publican , wiih attempting to pass a counterfeit half-crown . He deposed that she came

      to Ins bar , and called for two pennyworth of spruce , and tendered the bad half-crown in payment . He immediately perceived it was a bad one , and told her so-- upon which tho prisoner threw down a good half-crown _^ and snatched up the counterfeit one ; which , however , he took from her hand . —In her defence , the prisoner said site had changed a half-sovereign that morning , and got the linlfcrown in exchange . She had no idea it was had . —The Lord Mayor said it was a strange _thingjthat she should come all the way from the back of Shoreditch church- into the city for two pennyworth of spruce . He should , remand lief uutil Saturday next .

      GUILDHALL . Saturday . —A Monster in Human Shape . —A eoal porter , named Ilenden Walker , residing at 19 , Fryer ' sstreet , Blackfriar ' s-road , was placed at the felon ' s bar , and charged with having brutally assaulted a pretty-looking young woman of tho name of Elizabeth Smith , a servant at a coffee-shop in Bride-lane .. The complainant said that she was the proprietress of a- coffee-stall at the foot of Blackfriar ' s-road , and that between two and three o ' clock that morning the prisoner came up and ashed for half a pint of coll _' ee , which sho supplicdto him . He then indulged in most lilthy language , and unfastening his clothes made several efforts to take indecent liberties with her . She successfully resisted him , and the prisoner being enraged at this , struck her violeutly to the ground . —A sent-email who was passing hy when this occurred called for a policeman , aud gave the prisoner into custody . At the conclusion of the

      eompl . timint ' s statement the prisoner , with a dreadful oath , declared it was all a lie . —Alderman Musgrove asked her if the marks on her face were caused by the prisoner ' s blow , —Tlie _comjilninant : They are , sir , —l _' _risonesi _' -It ' s a lie ; she would swear anything . —Alderman Musgrove : And you mean to swear that he unbuttoned his clothes ?—Complainant : I do . —Prisoner .: Now that is a lie ,, for I have not a button about me—I uses strings ( laughter ) . — The Alderman : Is the gentleman present who saw . the assault ?—Complainant : No , hais not . —The Alderman said a , more gross assault had never come before him . Ho would hear anything the prisoner had to say . —The prisoner denied iu toto all the complainant had stated . —Alderman Musgrove : I think there is-searcely a person in , court who disbelieves a word spoken by the young _worauii .. If anything would conv inee tne of tbe truth of her statement , it is your conduct to-day . I shall commit you to Bridewell for three mont ' is . —Committed accordingly .

      SOVTHWAItK . SaTUBDAY , _MAttKEHsWlTII A llOKBE , _OcitlOlTS CASE . —Mr . Edward _HawelL . _a butcher , residing at Camberwell , was charged with driving over the wife of John- Simpson , a Chartist delegate , who was far advanced in pregnancy at tho time , and was mow unable to _atteisd ; . boing confined in her accouchement .--Mr . Simpson attended , and hogged to have the case adjourned , as his wife was not able to attend . He explained the nature of tha case , which was as follows : —His w ' . fe was crossing the- Walworth-road , a few days ago , _whe-i the defendant , who was driving a horse and cart at a furious rate , _knasked her down with the shafts , when _sne of tbe wheels passed over her legs . She was conveyed home . Fortunately her legs were not broken , but she was in a dangerous state for some time . She had * however , been confined with a " plumping boy , " who was marked from the effects of the furious driving . Mr .. James , solicitor for tho defendant , asked how the chili was marked ?~ -5 _Ii \ Simpson : With a horse .

      ( Laughter . ) , —Mr . James : What part ofthe body was the j child marked 1—Mr . Simpson j On the mouth . ( Laughter . ) Yes . ' and he will cany the mark to the grave . — Mr . James said that his client had offered Mr . Simpson every support that his wife might _require during her confinement , and to make any compensation that might he required . —Mr . Simpson refused to take any compensation from Mr . Hawcll ; he had put the case into tiie hands of his friend , who would see him righted ; he , however , wished tho magistrate te adjourn the case ' for a month , when his wife would probably be able to attend . — The Magistrate said he was happy to hear that the complainant ( Mrs . Simpson ) was uninjured , and as she would be able to attend on a future day he would adjourn the case for a week , when the extraordinary mark on the Child could be _wduhitcl He must say ho never heard of a child toeing v . vavkei with a -horse before— ( much laughter ) . —Mr . Simpson : It ' s quite true , your worship The distinct mark of a horse is on the mouth . The ease was accordingly adjourned .

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      LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . _Dreaoful Sinrv , T . ECKS . — During the dreadful storm on the uijjht of Friday week , a vessel was lostill Carnarvon Bay ; she was " the brig Mariner , Captain Robinson , master , laden with coals , from Llanelly , for London . Tlie boats happily saved the crew . In the course of the same morning three vessels were driven ashore In Sandy Haven Bay , near

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      Miiford , and great doubt is entertained thitii _^ be got off . Several losses happened _i „ _ofi l 0 y c ; » ii during the storm on Friday night , a _^ wrecked off Wick . She was a sloon tlmT _* _' , v as Ann , from Finland , laden with staves _* » , _?! ** Her crew were saved . Near Scarborough 1 { 1 "' _H ' lost . It was tho Aquillon , of Newcastle _whm 11 *' were preserved . On the French coast the of Lubo . from Bordeaux , struck on . 1 ,. _«„ i . D . _" ? M

      were seventeen persons on board , eight of wL ete ished in an attempt to gain the shore , r f ho !"' f _- ing losses are those of the undermentioned _v _^' —Tiie Lucy Ann , of Bristol , wrecked ou sonio _^ , near Kinsale ; the Belle Isle , of Mary port h _t 3 Kirncy Point ; the Princess Alice , of London at shore at Southend , * the North Esk , wrecked _^ Arbroath ; the English brig Perseverance t Texas , for Liverpool , wrecked on the coast of J ? United States , * and the Potomac , from Calais 1 e in Tarpaulinc Cove . ' ' ' _" H A Vessel Run _Dowjt in the Ciiaxxei _^ 0 Ff r , Mouxn . —On the morning of Friday week at o ' clock , the Design was run down by a _hanu _' ic \ n _^ at present unknown . The Design , it _apneas ? . "

      from Terceira , and was beating up the Channel w the barque bore down upon her with _alannin < r ' _j-0 cutting her bulwarks down below tlie water ' s _cdiT ' at the same timo the barque not stopping for a ml ' ment to ascertain what damage had been done j ,, mediately the Design commenced filling , _anj L ' crew , perceiving that it was impossible to have licr took to the boats , but they scarcely had time to 4 clear of her before she went down into deep WiU _* They luckily , in about an hour ' afterwards , lnct ' whj a fishing boat , which picked them up and _l ; uided them safely at Exmouth .

      _F-mtouTn , Jax . 17 . —Tho Cadiz Packet , of New castle , arrived at Pernambuco ' _Oth uIt ., from Gibraltar with the loss of the master and four of the erew , aj Fernando Noronha , where the boat was sent asho in search of guano , and swamped .

      1 Lyxiourn.—Death Oy Dnowxixc—Ou Tlnn-Sd...

      1 LYXiourn . —Death _oy Dnowxixc—Ou _Tlnn-sdaniorniiig Mr . Jones , tlie head keeper of the Ureal ;? water lighthouse , was unfortunately washed off that structure by an immense wave whicli came in from the southward , and he sank immediately , h signal of distress was instantly hoisted , but without effect . The Shavwick Muuders . —Asotiieb Ykhbict op Wilful _Mukdkii . —Yesterday ( Friday ) the coroner ' s jury assembled at Shapwiek , to ascertain the cans , of the death of James Dimond , an illegitimate child , aged seven years , of Sarah Freeman , who died in . \ _q

      veniber , 1843 . The body was exhumed on Saturday last , and a portion ofthe contents ofthe stomach Wl _\ subjected to analytical tests by Mr . llerapatli _, who pronounced it as his opinion that the child had been poisoned by arsenic . Evidence was given which inculpated Sarah Freeman in administering the poison , and a verdict of Wilful Murder against her was returned . Five other sudden deaths of children have , it is said , lately taken place in one family j this parish which Sarah Freeman was in the habit of visiting ; and it is expected that further exlmniations and inquiries will in consequence take place .

      Fire in Marvleboxe . —This morning ( . Saiui ' tlay ) , between two and three o clock , a fire broke out in tlie premises of Mr . Rusherbrook , a tailor , _cam-iii f * 011 business at No . 11 ) , High-street , Mnrylcbnue _) nearly opposite the entrance to the policc-ofliee . It appeared that , about two o ' clock , a policeman , on diiiv jn High-street , observed a bright light , apparentl y in the back of the premises . __ Shortly afterwards smoke issued from the crevices iu the door , when ho gavo an alarm , and the inmates had scarcely timo to put on portions of clothing and proceed into the street , when the flames burst forth with considerable _IV . rv ' and soon ascended to the _iiiwfc floor . In a few _miunics five engines were on the spot , and a plentiful supply of water being at hand , the fire \ v « s got under . siiurdr after three o ' clock .

      Atovttitommtt Fcf&Nligj F^Muro

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      C-Iiy Cllautist I'Iaix, 1, I ".¦Uxaoai.V...

      _C-IIY CllAUTIST _I'IaIX , 1 , i " . ¦ UXAOAI . V-LA . N ! :. li _* _ptiblio discussion wiJi bo _rosttnio'I at _iuii ' - _' . _^ t ton o ' clock on Sunday morning , Jan . _lilt-ii . In tiie _aibrnoon of the same day the Metropolitan _Disu'L-t-Cuiutvi ! will meet for thedispatel ! of business ' . In the evenim :. at seven , Mr . J . S . _Shcri-arJ will lecture . _SoMuns To ' . v . v . —Mr . T . M . _Whoe-lor , oi ' iho _Fxenifive , will lecture—subject : "America and Ki > _irl ; iiyJ contrasted "—011 Sunday evening , January _linl ' i , at the Bricklayers' -arms , Tonbrulge-strcct , _riew-niad . COM . MKMOKATIO . V OF TIIE lilltTH OF TlIH . UAS 1 _' aISE . —A public supper , in commemoration of the above event , will be held at the Charter _Coffec-houso , _luk » ware-road , on the _L'Oth instant . Tower Hamlets . —Mr . liufry Ridley will lecture at the TVhittingtou and Cat , Church-row , Uetiinalgreen , on Sunday evenins next , January 19 th , at half-past seven precisely , The members are ' _remiestetl to attend , it boiug the last week of the quarter .

      Cambf . kwell and Walworth . —A meeting will be field at the Montpelier-tavern , WahvorJh , on _iifonilay evening next , January 20 th , at eight o ' clock , precisely . _Standard of Liberty . —The members- of the Chartist locality , meeting at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , _Spitalrields , have voted five shillings to the Unfortunate Mrs . Ellis . They will Isold a conceit at the above house , on Tuesday . ' evening , January 28 th , at eight o ' clock , , for the benefit of Mrs . Ellis . ' Souers Town * . —A special meeting of the members of the Somen ; Town locality , will be held on Tuesdayevening next , at Mr . Duddridge ' s , _Tonbridge-street _, at half-past eight o ' clock , to take into consideration the letter of tho Executive . Emmett Biuoade . —A special meeting will be held at the Rock-tavern , Lisson-grove , on Sunday evening next , to take the Executive address into- consideration .

      Mr . _Gtardxer will lecture , on Sunday evening , at St . George ' s Temperance-hall , Wcbbor-street ,. _Blai-k friars-road . _Maiivleboxk Localitt . —A meeting of the members will be held on Tuesday evening , January 21 st , at half-past seven o ' clock , at the Coach Painters ' Arms , Circus-street , New-road , to take into _conideration the address of the Executive . _Westuixsteu . —A special meeting of members _a'dl be held at the Clock-house , Castle-street , Leicestersquare , on Sunday evening next , Jan . the lOtli _. _ai half-past seven precisely . The Members ofthe City of London locality _will meet at the Hall , Turnagaiii-Iane , on Tuesday . Ki . vg or Prussia ,. Tooley-strket . —The aienil _* en of the St . John's and St . Olave ' s locality , aw requested , to attend ou Tuesday evening licit , at eight o ' clock .

      The Polytechnic. —We Have Once Or Twice ...

      The Polytechnic . —We have once or twice visited this _< excellent institution , aud have been delighted bv the beaut ' and order eviueed in the arrangement of the many siileiuliii j works of art . To detail the whole of the iunusniie » t »; would be too muek .: a notice of n . few , therefore , must suffice . The diver , with his brazen helmet , seems to Iw " his share of attention ; audit ' we mav judge bv the cash te finds at the bottom ofthe well , is not without his patr ons . The " washing" and the " _iiiaii' / lintr" seem , to he ewe * " - ingly well " done ;"" and the " wringing" or drying marfiins seems calculated to save many fair ladies' a ' _.-uis , ami tli « r caps and frills , too , from this terrible process . We i _* i «' all these new aiiO . _imiiYoveil apparatus will Do _prtyaiV't M the national " wash-tis ; " and would su ; ri- « t that _suine such person as the one- engaged at the _Volytceluue shoiiW be employed to teach the learners , or there is no tellwi '

      how they may "mangle" us in the beginning . In the superior magic circle , the proluoseopa seems to be «" worthy of _attention . This is iiiiiodeofsiiov _.-iiigopaili K objects upon r .. disc , by the use- of the- umjrie Iaiitlii" _* _- Small plaster easts are magnified _and-vepyeseutud i » to * figures in statuary ; small coloured whits appear as i : 11 | and beautiful , paintings : the effect-, produced is real' astonishing , and seems to add ; i now . uoiver to those already _possessed by the magic latithonf . The _physiost'OP * is also well worth notice , iiy this instrument the " _WN diviuc" becomes magnified into that , of a monster . 1 , i ; eating and , drinking part of the-exhibition proves _^ original of . the representation to be a- _liviistr human _&«

      but the mode of representing it puzzles even old tlii bbK * in magic matters . Tho elirouiatropu appears to I ) ' ' imitation ,, by tho magic lanthorn , of what is _Kometto' _* shown under the name of Chinese fire-works . Tlio ' 1 U'U , incuts arn much more complicated , the ehiui' _» es arc cxi * lent , anithe effect produced ia reallv pleasing-. The Itf tures on . chemistry , by Dr . Ryan , des _' erve especial notfe The niuuner ofthe lecturer is pleasing ; the lectures _hi'j'iamusing ; and the matter of tho lectures extremely L _structin'o ; wliich is more than ' can be said of cheiW' ' leet res generally . They are usually vcrv drv aii ' air .-, i which the tedium is only relieved by the finishing k . « i the lecturer .

      Miim Aiurea Bankrupts. (From. Frvlay's Gazette)

      miim _Aiurea BANKRUPTS . ( From . Frvlay ' s Gazette )

      «. , Weoi-Gc-Street , New Kent-Rood, I'L...

      « . , _weoi-gc-street , New Kent-rood , _i'l" ' " -Antonio _Jucholas Armani , Seott ' s-yard _, _ilugi-Jum-, _® merchant—TWuas Browning , -Old _Bailev , iuiiU «| ' «' Andrew Donald , St . Alban _' s , Hertfordshire ; _Imlsm ? to- . _keeper—Jiseph George Tollman , Gray's jnnJauc _, _Jic-eiis ? yictualler-Heiiry Rome _Stutchhurr , Theobald ' s- * - * Bedford-row , Bookseller— Thomas " Richard _Wi ; Ii _

      DIVIDENDS- A Feb . 7 , S . Adams , Blenheim-street , New B ond-st _* ' _- ' livery stable-keeper—Feb . 7 , C . Dulv , Ked I . _ion-c'lf •;; . bookseller—Feb . 7 , ( i . Sewnian , Scrips , Essex , _»*¦ Pel ) . 7 , J . Richards , Oxford-street , livery _stable-toT ' _,, ;; l _' cb . 7 , 0 . S . Masterman . Croydon , Surrey , grocer- * , _'V S . liillingsley , juu ., Harwich , Essex , _lnereliaiit-i _^ : ' _;^ 11 . and J . Caldecott , llanuhestor , silk-merceis—Fi'l > -i ';; _? Price , Blackburn , Lancashire , niachiiie-niaker- _tl' ? j _3 W . and C . Mather aud J . T . Sewstead , llanehcstcr . ' _^ founders-Feb . 14 , J . T . Miluer and C . Bcihbnl , K _«« _^ upon-liull _, confectioners . . _;

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowax, Of 17, Great. Vfiwl*'

      Printed by DOUGAL _M'GOWAX , of 17 , Great . Vfiwl *'

      Street, B. Ay Market, In The City Of Wes...

      street , B . ay market , in the City of Westminster , » Oftica in the same Street and Parish , for i _^ prietor , _FEAKGIUS _O'CONNO . ll , Bs _^ aiulp _' . tW _^ . TTiLi . uk Hewitt , ofKo . 18 , _Cbarles-streei , _l _' _;^ street , Walworth , In the Parish of St . _Matf _. _^ ten , in the County of Survey , at the Office .- _ •* ,. Strand , in tbe Parish _^ f St . _Kaiy-le-Strai _: * ' ' _" ' City of _Tfestminstcr » turtlayi January 1 , 1 S » 5

  • 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/ns4_18011845/page/8/