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      MA 3 S 10 S BOTSE . SaIUBDAX . EiiMTSATIOX-OP WnilAM BCEGESS , tb& Bask Ctkkr . — The Lord . Mayor sat at ten o ' clock . After a . number of the ordinary charges had been disposed of , "William Burgess , the Bank clerk , who had been brought back from America by John Forrester , on the charge of forging a transfer xif £ 8 , 000 Three per Cent . Consols , and absconding ¦ with the proceeds of the same , -was brought in and placed at the bar . The prisoner is a well-dressed and respectable -looking man , of abont six-andtwenty ; and although of a healthful and ruddy complexion ,, appeared to be suffering severely from trepidation and amdetv of mind . lie walked

      lame , and stooped forward as if from weakness , and at first leant upon the front of the bar ; but he -jras immediately afterwards accommodated with a chair . Mr . Fresh-field , the solicitor to the Bank oi England , then proceeded to state that the officer . John Forrester , had just arrived in town with the prisoner at the bar , whom he apprehended at Boston , in America , under a warrant Granted by Sir William Ma £ iiay , on the charge of uttering : a fonred transfer of £ 8 , ( h « . » Three per "Cent . Consolidaifn ] Annuities , belonging to a gentleman named William Oxenford . The prisoner had arrived in town only this morninu , and he- \ Mr . Frohik'ld thought , under these circumstances , that his lordship would probaLlv Think it proper to reiuand

      ' mm to a future day . But it the prisoner wished jt , tie itas ready to pn > i-e « -il with the rase , and thouslit he Could probably conclude it at once .- ^—J oh n Forrester : " He wishes to be remanded , my lord . ' "—Mr . W . Oxenford stated tliat he resided at John- > tretrt . Bedford-row , and was an official aceat in ihe Lung-rimm at- the Custom-house , lit ; had j £ S , < hji » Thrtv per Cent . Consols in the Bank of England . On looking at the transfer-book now produced , he could distinctly state that he had never executed any transfer of tliat stock . ^ Neither of the signatures pointed out were his . Mr . Thomas Ingall stated that he was a clerk in the Bank of England , and attested the signature of the supposed Mr . Oxenford to each of the transfers . The prisoner at tht * bar was the person who

      ** identified' the supposed Mr . Oxendibru as that gentlenian . The Lord flavor , looking toward * the prisoner , told him that he uropie-ti ] 1 <> remaud him until " Wednesday next , but a ? then- was p lenty of time before tht- next session of the e heard , but the officer stated that he had m > objection to that or any other day his Icrrd-hip might think proper to appoint . The Lord ilayor ait-ordinglv im-d Wednesday next , at twelve a'dork , far the prisoner ' s being again brought up , -when he will , in al ] T'Tobabilitv . bf fnllv committed lor trial .

      ^ IosDaT . —Poksessios or Suiggled fiooos . —A creat deal of interest was eirited l > v the detail * of a case of possession of smuggled goods . nj » on an mfonnaiion tharging James and Sarah -Gregson , the latter of whom is 3 most notorious contraband dealer , in Barking Cliurchtst >^ -with zhi- oS ' -ence . Mr Potbarr . from the eiSrc •> f the s-oliritor to thf Customs , attended for the prvsccunnii . and Mr . EuMrr for the d- » fence . It was quite obvious from th * r manner in which parts of the evidence were rreeived , that a good main inrervstrd in the trade were present . The ~ Lord . ilavor and Alderman Pine presided . The defendants pleaded " Xot sniltv . "

      Mr . Potbnry stated , . that the two defend mi ts urn- incJnded in thr one information with having had in their possession , on the -5 ih of Ociotvr . a quantity of u-bacci » and cigars , a gallon and seven pint ? - uf brandy , and « ix bottles-of Eau dt- Colngne . Thr proeetfdings wrre insTlmted for the recovery of the penalty of £ l'M from each of the defendants . Colebv Atkinson Ba-ris ( Cc > loia-bou > t- officer } staled . 3 iat between two and three o ' clock on Fri-ia > . tb < - iStb of October , as he was walking up Tower-street toward * tht-Castom-iiouse , he saw a child leave Mrs . Grcg ^ . u ' .- shop with a Dtmdle under his arm . He followed the boj to Seething Jane , and then stopped airf asked him whence he came . The bay said be came from ilr > . Grcgsuii ' .-. and witness accompanied him back to her shop , a

      tobacconist ' s , which had been long known to him . The bi >\ then stated in her presence that she had given the bundle to him and that he was to deliver it to 3 man in Seethingiane , and she did not denv rh = r parcels of tobacco , Containing eight pounds weiikt . aiid two 'bortle * - f French brands . The tobacco was fall of lumps and compres « ed . and part of it -was quite "warm . Witness then sent 3 brother officer trio was with him to the Custom-house for assistance . "While he was waiting in the shop a foreigner entered and passed into the hack room , and the witness , seen .:: that lie had something bulky about him , followed and tried tt > search "hrm but as he was a powerful man he put witnes :-sside and ran out . Witness then pursued ar . d broujrhi Jiim back , and took from him two pounds vf f" > rcign cizar-.

      itrs . GregBon ' s "brother endeavoured to prevent him frt . uj Searching the foreigner , and was fined £ -5 for the obstruction , while the latter was fined £ 2 10 s . for the t ^ 'ssessi' -n . Witness afierwaxds went to search the hyuse , and found they had locked the door of one of the r- >> ms . which hr accordingly forced , ilrs . Greys- < n ran with a bundle ¦ which she had in her rrpruii : <_> the uai * T-c ] " > srt , ajjd « nneSS followed , 1-Ut Could not prevent her from j . uttinjr > omething down . Is thf scuffle the _ * tore up the seat brtween them- ^ he then took a bucket of water , and emptied it into the v . ater-cl'j ? et . saving . - Do vour « or . * t and vour best now . " Witness took a cuiidle and locked duwij . and perceived what had l > een Uiroiv-n down had ^< "iie iTit- > the stwer , which was running : bat he *^ a « umt piecr-.- < -f tobacco ab ^ . . ut the > eat- ** lit rcturr . ed !•• the buck room , and assistant lia ^ injr srri'urd- be T-roCctded in the search .

      Tpon the fire he 3 oiis < 3 a = ai ^ -rj > ai ! ¦» ith boiling water , : uit } a strainer and some tobacco rvadj for steaming—a }> r >> ce > s 25 ed to prevent the article xti-tji breaking . Up stairs he found a jar containing a gall-. n of French brandv , aiid Ms assistant found six bottles of Eau de Colosne . In his long cToss-eTaTniiiaiion b \ jlr . Ilobler the witness consifltrablv strengtheEed his ca-k . He ' staStd tLaj bthad been nineteen vears ais offictr , and had known Mr « . © regsoa the whole time . He ha < l never \ i » iti _ -d th * - hou > e but when he was watching it . iLr . Hobler . —Have ^ ou not h > ee n in the habit of sinoVrins and drinking in Mrs . 'jrt-cs"ii ' s house ?

      Witness . —1 never smoked in the house but once in mv life , tllcre witness took a book from his pocket and read ru ) It was on Momlav , latli September . 1 > 43 , abt > nt ten o ' clock in the evening . I had Wen watching it from seven Hi ! ten . and 1 went in and paid for a cigar and lighted it . Hr . Gregson was there ; and there -nas a bottle and a glass on the counter . He said - ' Will tou take a rfass of wine , Mr . Itevis V J was surprised at the invitation , and took up the glass . At that moment , in walked two men , and I followed them into the back room , and said to them " "What have you got there V Thev , snpposing that I Selong-ed to the house , replied " Only a little leaf . "" I ihfcn told them 1 was Davis , ami 1 called on Gregson , in she King ' s name , to go for the police , which be at length reluetantlj did . The men had about them 3 lb . of leaf lohacco , and I had them convicted in the penalrv of 20 s , ** rh I went into the house to smoke the cizar for mv own ptn-pose .

      Mr . Hobler- —Did yon never send persons 10 her house To purchase brandv and tobacco ? TV"itne ? £ - —Never in my life . C . H . Sabine , a Custom-house officer , corroborated tht statements made by the hist witness . It was stated that the duty on the tobacco was £ 13 2 s . 3 d ., and that upon the spirits was £ ' 2 5 s . ilr . Hobler said , he was instructed that the principal witness for the prosecution , who was a deeply interested one . inasmuch as he would in case of conviction be entitled to a large share of the penalrv , could be proved to "have been on terms of intimacy in the family of the Gregson * , and ~ ased frequently to smoke and drink in the house . Hi . Potbury said the officer ' s character was too well imswn to the Custom-house authorities to be in the slightest degree anecteti by accusations of such a dt-scrijj--tion . Mr . Ilobler . —ilr . Davhs do \ .. » u knov ; tmt- ilr ^ Rose *

      Davis . —Perfectly well . She threaten .-d to knit ' e me . > he is one of the party . Sarah Bose ( for the defence ) stated , in ansner to qnestions from Mr . Hobler , thai she knew Davis , and had seen him several times at Mrs . Oregson ' - before that dt - fendant was fined . Witness liad ln- * -n senast tu the Gregsons , and had tnown liavis tu bi- a * une > jf the ¦ famTiy . diin 3 dBg- l « raijdy and ? m < rKini cigars as often as he thought proper to call . She knew sea-farini- people to call and ask whether they bought tobacco , and when she said " no , " thev said Davis had sent them . She knew Davis to bring parcels of tobacco . She did not recei * e the parcels , for she had no right 10 interfere with what bejODged to Hr . Davis , but they smelt of tuha . cco . The Lord Mayor asked the witness several onestinn > . the answers to which gave the lie to her previous declara-¦ nons , and convinced every person , not interested for the smugglers , that every word she uttered against the principal witness for the prosecution was a fabrication .

      Another female witness , not sansned-with denying the truth of Davis ' s evidence , swore that he used Mrs . Gregson in a most indeceui inaiiner . The Lord Mayor . —Whv , what did he do to her f Witness . —Be knocked her head against the door , and die was black about the place for a fortnight afterwards , bo help me God . The Lord Mayor asked whether the witness ' s husband Was not one of the persons who had been convicted in Penalties elsewhere ? She replied that he had been fined for an assault , bat Dot for smuggling . Mr . Potburv said , that her "irosband had been fined for assisting a smuggler . "Witness . —Mr . Davis searched the bouse without showing his warrant , and he had no right to do so .

      The Lord Mayor and Sir J . Pirie discharged James Gregson , being of opinion that the evidence was not sufficient to justify 3 conviction in This case , but thev agj ^ eed " thai there was cot the shadow of a doubt of the * guilt of Sarah Gregson , whom they therefore adjudged to pay the penalty of £ 100 . . . 3 > a"riB requested , that as such imputations had been thrown oat against bis character by the solicitor to the defendants , Ms lordship would say whether he believed * iqr part of tie statements made by the women ? Tit Lord JfaTor , —2 fo , not one word ,

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      Sir J . Pine . — ne are quite sure they have not spoken a word of truth , and we are as sure that you have done your duty most faithfully . "WlDKESPiV . FCKTHXB EXAMINATION OF * ECKGESS . This day , Burgess , who committed the forgery and robbery upon the Bank of England , was brought , in the custody of John Forrester , before the Lord Mayor for a second examination . The prisoner , who , it appears , had been a few months ago placed at the bar charged with having beaten and otherwise scandalously treated a voung woman who accused him of having seduced her , walked into his old place with what is called a doubled-up appearance , and requested the accommodation of a chair , upon the plea of feebleness and exhaustion . Mr . Weir , of the house of Freshfield and Co ., solicitors to the Bank

      of England , attended for the prosecution ; Mr . Salomon , a solicitor , appeared for the prisoner . 3 Ir . William Oxenford was then called by Mr . Weir . He said that be was an official agent in the Long-room of the Custom House , and resided in John-street , Bedford-row . On and prior to the 3 rd of September last he wus possesssed of the sum of £ ii , $ QQ Three per Cent . Consolidated Annuities , and which was standing in his name on l ) ie books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England , by the description of William Oxenford , gent . He had louked at and examined the book kept at the Bank of England for assimroeni and transfer of the Three ]> er Cent . Annuities , produced by the solicitors for tin- proiitution , and it appeared from that b . > ok that the sum < if ifi / Jy . j : 4 s . dd ., part of thi-se annuities , was on thf 3 rd dav of September

      assigned and transferred from bi > mime to the names of George Sfcum-Sujrey . . lvilvu Petty Muspratt , William rotton , and Matthew Whiting . : dl of the Pelican Life Office , L *» "mbartl-strei .-i : and that on the sam < - *' ny the sum of — l . ^ l ' i (<> . Td . Three ] K-r Ct-11 * . Aimu 3 ti * - > t . lx » rh simis making together the sum of *> .-W Consolidated Annuities ) u a * ! ransferri-ii from hi > name u > tin- name of Henry Mortimer , of the Stock Exchange , bv .-onie person who used his name . He did not execute the assignment or transfer . They were forged , and the two several signatures . " Win . Oxrnfonl . " subscribed to the assignment and transfer were not his signatures , aud he never authorised the prisoner or anv other person 10 * eU or transfer any jiart of that stock . Mr . Thomas Inpdl said he lived at >\> . lti , l \ irk-road , Stock well-park , Surrey , and was a clerk in the Consol .

      V mce of the Bank of England . On the 3 d of September the prisoner , who was then a clerk in the Bank of England , introduced to him at the counter , at the Consol Office at the Bank , a person nlxmi be vlitl not then kirnvr , but whom he nvn believed to have been one Joseph Elder , for the purpose of executing : m assignment and transfer » f tiui sums of £ « . 3 " 5 -js . f > d ., and i'l ,. s ;> 4 ]<;* . 7 d . Con-> olidated Three per Cent . Stock , standing in the name of William Oxenford . of the Custom House , gentleman , in the books of the Bank of England produced by ilie solicitors for the prosecution . liurgess reijue ^ ted him to liitnt-ss the transfers , and he aci "<>]\ lingh .- > a « the person whom he iiov \ ln-licicd to be the . Io . mjJi Kldt-r alluiitd tu sign the two » eteral transft 1- in the book in the name of William Oxcuiord . and he also -: i « tin- prisoner affix hi >

      signature To tlie loot ol the tminsiers a > The \ Mtness to The identity ol the person introduced !•• him as William Uxeliford , the owner of that slock : and lie : ifter »» anl > * ul > - scriKd his name lo each of the transfer * , as the witness to the si ^ nin- ^ and execution of these instruments . The signature > ' ¦ W . Burges- " and •¦ Wm . Oxetiford , " attached to the transfers , were subscribed by the pri .-oncr and the person olnffli » virui-5 is believes to b < - . Iws-epii EWeT , in his presence . Tht- signature , ' T . Ingall . " iva » i » » -iturns '* hnnd « riting . ThL < witness was cross-examined at some length , but nothing particular was elicited . Mr . Thomas Tokely , ol ^ o . ;> , Grange-road , Bermoudsey , said he was a stockjobber iu the City of London , and knew the prisoner , late a clerk in the Bank , for twehe months past , or a little more . A few days before thr - > A of September tin-

      prisoner applied to him , and stated that he had a friend who wanted to raise about £ 8 . 000 money . The prisoner aftcr-> var « k . loid him that his friend was possessed of i > , " .. ' 00 * t < H ' * R : and on the : id of September tile prisoner called on him , and requested him to tell iXl ' oil stock , part of the fund called Consolidated Annuities , stajnlinsr in thr public b < Kiks kept at the Bank of England 111 the name of Win . Oxriifwrd . Witness accordingly arranged with Clement Smith , a stwk-jobber , to purchase tlje stock for the sum of £ ? . 1 » 7 1-js ., aud rrcehed the directions of Mr . Smith to hart- the stock assigned ami iran ^ felTJfi in fun sums to two parties . ( Hei-e the witness named the parties described in the evidence of Mr . OxenfoTil . ) Shortly before one o ' clock on that day the prisoner came and informed witness that the stock had been transferred to the two several

      parties , and produced the usual stock receipts given by the clerks << f the Bank of England on the transfer of stock . The prisoner then stated to witness that he and his friend would go To tht- Auction Mart Coffee-room and wait for the money . Witness then went to Mr . He : irj Smith , the s-m < . I" Mr . CJt-tuenl Smith , tile purchriM-r of the stock , and sn » vv 1 .. him ;} ,, ¦ stock receipts . in a few minutes afterwards Mr . Clement Smith brought to him the cheque f .. r XSowc . ( here the cheque draw-11 by Charles Kcyser upon the hou > e of Sir Johu Lubbock anil d > . \ vas producetj ? , * « " Bank of Ensrland jioics . ojje for £ l (« i . and the other fcir £ ¦> , and C'l 1 ">> . in cash . Witness immediatth took the cheque , notes , and money to the Auction Mart Cofft-e-lious .-, when- he found the prisoner and bis friend sitting together in the i -

      otVeer-mi . He « l-hwi > -d the clM-ijue to the prisoiiiTs friend . Wb'illl hi- lwlie \ ed 1 <» -be Mr . UiellK . rd , the oWller "f tile stock , and the notes and casli to the prisoner . The prison .-r '» friend , upon revrhiiis tin- clu-ijuf . « iid it was lor £ *•>») . ami witness stat > -d \ - < him that it was for £ >( MHI . if he Would l"ok al tile l « oJ \ of the chetJUf . Tile witm-ss l » elieit-d aU was ri ^ ht , a > the prisoner was coti-Cern > - > 1 in it . Here the cheque for CSO'iii . was produced . Witness identified it . He knew it by the da >)> at the l > . The j . n-.. nt-r- frit-nd I-. njn t ! j > - chrijue aud put it in his lefi-hauil troUM-rs ] . ock .-t . He wa- in th < - habit of obliging the Bank c ' l-rks , a : ) d was fr-. juentlv obliged b \ them .

      He charged the J ^ rison .-r nothing t ">< r tlie dealing . ilt was do : a .- "¦¦ r kbroker . . John Forrester stated that he was .. n ^ .. ! " ih ^ ]« rinrip : il j .., hc- .. nic < r- oj rhe M : i « si ,, u Jb > us > - of tin- Citj -. 1 " London . In j > ur « uain-v » f a warrant issued 1 " . j lhat j-urjto * e b \ th- late L .. nl Jl : ii .. r . .. n rli . - . ' iKi of Xo \ .-ml > -r h .- aj . pr . bend . . 1 the pri-. n . r < . n a mdjI ! Island , c ; iJ ] i- ( l Brc «> ter '> Island onr of tlie dependencies ol tb < Vbited .-tale- ol" Amt-rica , and situate in tlie Atlantic I'li-av ,, al > -rui ele \ en miles fruui the main laud of America , and iu pursuance "f tin warrant brought liim to this countr ; .. The pri > oi » t-r was then remandi-d till Wi-ilmiay next . He appeared to W not in the slightest Ji- ^ rree

      aJTc-Cte-d-I'l ILIlll . KLU . Mnxiur . —StE-ili-NO Coats . —A saga ' i . » us-l .. okinK boy , siaiuni itn . r ? r Hay ward , abtjut iinrlvv . \ -.-ar- o ! ; i \ z <\ « acharired before 3 Ir . Alderman Wood with -tcaling two "real coats from the offices of Mr . Abl »> tts . a proctor , in l > ean ' s-ci . v . rt . boct < T 5 ' Commoi « . Mr . Abb < jtts stated that on Friday last he found the Wy in his lower ofiiie . begging fr <> HJ the clerks , and he turned him >> ut . At this tune the complainant ' s onice door on tin- Amir abtiit war unfastened , and the prisoner , instead of going out >> f the houst-, went up stairs , and , finding ii" jn-rson in the roi > m . to « ik the opportunity to carry oil' the two great coats . There wa- a silver = nuff box in tile pm-ket >> f one of them . In a chair the prisoner left behind him a paper la-had exhibited below in the clerk's office . The paper was .

      handed in : — " Flease to pity a deaf and dumb buy who has no tongue . " Mr . Alderman Wood asked if lie was sure the prisoner was the boy . It was necessary to ask this , as he was not taken at the time t Mr . Abbotts said he could not swear positively , but it was such a boy as the prisoner . The Alderman asked if the property had been traced ? The policeman stated that it had been . The prisoner , afrecrinjr some astonishment at the charge , said he was not dumb , liwas not him at all . Jlr . Abbotts observed that bis clerk could identify him . Benjamin Henry Brouker said he was in the lower office , and the prisoner was tlie person who exhibited the jiaper . Thi pr isoner said the clerk had identified him at the station ; but said prisoner did not wear the same hat or the same coat as now . He would call his mother to show that he

      did wear the sudp coal on Friday as now . ant ] therefore he was not the boy who stole the coat . Elizabeth Piercv , the mother , said the boy certainly wore tilt same coat Oil Friday as to-day . It was a prison dress . He was only discharged from prison on Wednesday , after five months ' confinement . Mr . Alderman Wood asked f . « r what he had been imprisoned ? The mother said it was for acting a deaf and dumb )> oy . Mr . Alderman Wood observed , there was no doubt he was a bail boy . but In ? would not pain her fceliin .-s by a > king any other questions . Policeman lieorge Wardle stated that the prisoner had been committed three times within ten mouths . Mr . Abbotts stated tliat he could produce * another witm-ss who saw tlie boy in the clerks office . The prisoner wa < - remanded till Thursaav .

      WiD . \ E 5 » iT . —snii . ; 5 , i 15 BEAD . —Th" : uas Cones a < -. juutr \ latl . ab- > ur seventeen years of age , was brought before Mr Alderman Wood , charged with stealing a 41 b . loaf from the shop of Mr . Brett , a baker , in Shoe-lane . Mr . Br < -ft sai'l the prisoner . came into the shop in the evening , and before witness could get out of the parlour the prisoner helped himself , and walked out . Witness followed him . t <> ok tht loaf from him , and gave him a knock on the head . Thi * was the rifth loaf tliat had been stolen from his shop within a fortnight . Mr . Alderman Wood inquired whether the prisoner had come from the country ? The prisoner said he had . He was in want . He arri \ ed in London the same day he stole the loaf . The Alderman asked him how he got Ids living ?—The prisoner replied by begjring . 3 fr . Alderman Wood inquired if liis parents were li-rinp ?—The prisoner said they -were not . The Alderman sentenced him to be imprisoned fourteen dnvs .

      MARLB 0 R 0 UGI 1 STREET . Wipxe 5 D . it . — DzsTrrr-no . v . — A youns woman , mere skin and txme , was brought into court hv Pring . one of the constables belonging to the Mendicity Society , and charged with having been detected in going down' the areas of several noblemen and gentlemen in Grosrrnor-street . Tie defendant , who said her name was Ann Thornton , admitted the truth of the constable ' s statement , and alleged , in excuse , that it was to beg some broken victuals for her three sick and famishing children , that she applied at the wellfurnished kitchens of the rich . Mr . Hardwick told her it was a supicious and improper mode of exciting charity to go from area to area . If she was in the distress she * represented herself to be , why did she not apnlv to the

      parish f The young woman said that no application had been made to the parish , because it was believed that sneb an application would be ineffectual , as her husband had no settlement in London . Her husband was a harnessmaker , bnt had for months been out of employ . For some time past her husband , herself , and her three children , one an infant at the breast , had endured the most bitter distress , and to add , if possible , to their misery , two of their children were attacked by hooping cough , and at that moment they stood in need of medical assistance . Xot having a morsel of bread to give her children that morning , she had slipped out" and had just commenced ] her new vocation of askrojr charity , when she was iaken into custody bv the police . Mr . Harding directed Pring , the

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      constable , to go to the woman ' s lodging , at No . 18 , Old Compton-street , and ascertain by inquiry whether her miserable statement was true . The constable returned to court , and informed Mr . Hardwick that he believed the poor woman had not exaggerated her case . He had seen the half-starved children , and had ascertained there was nothing in the shape of food in the possession of thefamUy . The landlord , when applied to , said the husband was an hnnest man , and when he coxild get anything to do , was also a hard-working man . Latterly he had not been able to get worl » , and his family were consequently reducedto great distress . Mr . Hardwick said the case " appeared to be one well worthy of compassion . He should sec that the sick . children bad an opportunity- of obtaining proper medical relief , and that someOiing was done in the way . of temporary relief for the family . Mr . Hardwick then directed Clements , tlie chief usher , to give the poor woman 5 s . from the poor bos .

      UNION DALL . Monday . —Defiucding a Kailwat Company . —William Latham and James Siinmonds , two respectable looking men . were charged with refusing to pay the difference between the tirst and second class fare from Kingstonto Nine Elms ; and the former defendant was also charged with using indecent language in the carriage , whereby he had incurred a fiu-ther penalty of 40 s . Mr . Davis , the superintendent of the carriage department , stated , that on the preceding night the defendants came Up from Kingston in Jl first-class carriage , and on

      alighting at the terminus at Nine Elms they produced second-class tickets only , and when called upon to pay the difference they refused . The other passengers in the carriage , amongst whom were two ladies , complained that vne of tin-defendants ( Latham ) had , during the journey , made use of the most disgusting language , and that when remonstrated with , lie became still worse , iind continued so nj , to their airiv .-il at tlie terminus . Mv . Tvaill inquired if any of the parties who were in the carriage at the time wen- in attendance . Mr . Davis said that the gentlemen would have tome forward , but they were compelled to leave town this

      morning . Mr . Trail ) . said lie miicJi regretted tlie circumstance of the absence of some persons who wvrc in the carriage at the time , to pvo \ e tin- uffvMT . us lie considered it was of a much more serious description than the other charge ; that the situation of ladies in n carriage with such a person , who was described as having used abominable language , must have been irksome and unpleasant in tlie extreme , and that had a witness of the fact been present , he should have inflicted the full penalty on the offender . Inspector Dalbv stated , that when tlie defendants were taken to the station-liouse , Latham ' s conduct there was ver } bad . using language unfit to be repeated . Mr . Traill said , lhat although he could not punish Latham for his disgusting conduct in the carriage , lie would line him for using Indecent language in the station-house . The defendant ^ were tin 11 asked what they liuil to say in . insui-r to the cliarire .

      Both drlciiilants said , lhat nitli respect to tin- charge ol defrauding the company , tiny had no such intention . That , as tln- . v wi-ro not in th .- hul'it of tra » filing bv railway , they went into the riret-cIavN carriages , thinking they were the right ones . ' . Mr . Traill said , that it was most improbable they could hu \ e mistaken rirst tor second class , carriages , ami that they were bound to have Known , or to ha * e paid thr difference in the fares when it was demanded of them . The magistrate thru milk-ted a nno of 20 s . on each defendant for that offence , and . 111 additional 20 * . on Litthu . ui for his indecent conduct in tin- ? tntioi ) -l ) OllSt ' .

      attempted . SnciDE . —June Ferry , a young female recently in the scr * ice of a family at Kennington , wus charged with attempting to destroy herself with , sugar of lead . It nppcnreil the unfortunate girl hail formed an acquaintance with a man named Berks , by whom she was seduced , under a promise of jn .-i 7 TJ . ige . Finding , hoive \ cr , that she was disappointed in her expectations , and that she was deseru-d by the ' man , she became verj much depressed in spirits , and while in that situation she swallowed a quantity of sugar of lead , anil was found labouring under the effects in the street by a policeman , who conveyed her to the hospital , where powerful antidotes ha \ i « g been used , she was saved from almost inevitable death . A long letter was found in her possession

      addres > ed to the man mentioned , upbraiding him for his unfeeling conduct towards her , describing her intention to commit suicide , and ending with these words— "No pen can write , no tongue can tell , my aching heart that bids you farewell . " The policeman said , that since tlie occurrence ihe defendant had manifested great contrition , aiid that she expressed a strong desire to be admitted iii-te an asylum until she retrieved her former character . The unfortunate > rir ] , when before the magistrate , eunced thf deep regret she felt for hating attempted to deprive herself of life : and as it is probable her admission into tin Magdalen may be obtained iu a few days , she was , there fore , sent hack to the hospital .

      TfESOAY . TUt LATE SilorKlNG * ArciDENT AT A MasorERADE . —Hobcrt Jones , landlord of tin- Montpelier Tavern , at Walnorth . was summoned f > r permitting drunkenness and disorderly conduct on his premises on the occasion of a masquerade , when a young man named Slade was killed , by falling down stairs , and another so st-wrely injured that his life was endangered . The case having been heard , Mr . Traill said that he should inflict a lint of £ 3 and co-ts on the defendant , : iml lie trusted ill future , that should any entertainment be p \ en at tlie Montpelier . proper arrangements would be made , so as to prevent such a dreadful occurrence as that which hap pened on the morning in question .

      WiD . vrsn 1 v—llrutal A * s * rt , T . — Tlioinax M' <; , 'i ) lo « ay , the niasler of a trading vt-ssch was charged with commuting a violent assault 011 Kliy . abeth Button , whose right ami was broken in consequence of the violence used towards her . The complainant stated that her hii- shand is matt-of ; i ship , and at present ahmad . That the defendant and another . seafaring man , both acquaintances of her hnshaiii ) . called at her h .. usi-, anil sin- treated them with kindness on that account . That they had not been long in tilt house before they began to treat U . c w it ! i great rude-in- . She , howrwr . sticccs > t ' iilly resisted their attt-ijipr-. in doinu' which hi r arm » a > Woken . The

      rLKKKEN \ M . I . L . Monday . — Ei fk * ts of Diu'nken Habits . — A ease strongly demonstrative nf the e \ i ! effects of drunken habits came this day before Mr . 'Jreenwood . . losepli Abel .- ' a haggard , miserable-looking old man . was charged with hating Iw-eii drunk and creating a nmb in the public r-tn-et . The prisoner some years ago was one of the flmst opulent jewellers in ( "leikenwell parish , and had an e > ttenshe jewellery establishment in Kosanioiid-street , and had a large number of men employed . He used to render himself conspicuous by wearing a gold watch aud a huge chain of the same metal , valued at 100 guineas . He was tht father of a large family ; four of his sous have bcOn transported , and it is said that their ruin is in a great

      degree attributable to his pernicious example . He was drunk almost daily , and his \ iulcnt conduct when sn brought him under tlie cognizance of tlie police , lie persisted in these habits until himself and bis family became so utterly destitute that they were obliged to resort to Clerkenwell workhouse for relief . On Sunday night the prisoner was expelled from the London Spa public-house , in Exmouth-street , aud to revenge the insult he struck an unoffending-man in the street . Inspector Terring begged of him to go aivay , but Vie in the grossest manner abused the inspector , who in consequence of tlie crowd attracted there by his disorderly conduct removed him to the stationhouse . The prisoner was sentenced to five days' imprison ment , without the power of releasing himself by tlx- pay ment of fine .

      THAMES OFFICE . MpKDAT . WorNDIXO A 1 'OL . ICEMAN . Ml'KDfc&ttCS AssAftr . —James Lucas and Charles Taylor , Seamen , were brought before Mr . Bruderip , the former charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Charles Macgregor , a police constable , }> o . 291 K , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm , and Taylor with being an accessory after the fact . It appeared from the evidence that , on Saturday night , at a late hour , Macgregor was on duty in Cahnon-strect-road , and saw Lucvs committing a nuisance against the door of a house , and Taylor hallooing and making a great noise . Macgregor stepped up to them , and desired them to go away . They refused to leave , but after -= onie time he removed them . A few minutes afterwards Uiev again returned , and began to abuse Macgregor .

      The policeman took Lucas into custody , and told him ho must go with him to the station-house . The prisoner , without uttering a word , pulled out a large sea knifc frohi his sheath , and endeavoured to force it into Macgregor's side . The knife was in such a position that he must have been stabbed if he had not caught the knife in his right hand and prevented it entering his body ; but it cut His lingers severely , Jind his hand was completely disabled . Taylor was standing close bv , and when Macgregor ' s hand yas cut , he took the knife from his companion , eaUffgt hold of tlie policeman ' s coat , and pulled him down , a ad Lucas was released and got away . The mob then fell upon the policeman , "kicked him in a most brutal mangier , and incapacitated him fruni pursuing either of the prisoners . On escaping from his cowardly assailants he went

      to a doctor , and got his hand dressed .. On Sunday morning he ascertained where the prisoners were , and , accompanied by Lee , a police constable , No . 2 ti 8 K , went to their house in the Back-road , Shadwell , and took them into custody . Lucas at first said he was quite ignorant of the transaction , but afterwards said he recollected having been in a row , and he was very sorry for it . He also said he was drunk , and that if he had been sober it would not have happened . After he was taken to the station-house , Lee returned to the house and captured Taylor , who said he recollected beingyin the scuffle , that it was a very serious thing to use the knife , and that he did not believe Lucas cut the policeman intentionally . Mr . George Betson , a

      surgeon , of High-street , Wapping , stated that he dressed Macgregor ' s hand on Saturday night . He found three incised wounds on two of his fingers and his hand also cut . The hand was completely disabled by the wounds . Lucas , in defence , said he came home on Saturday , and being overjoyed after a long voyage , he took a glass or two with his friends and got tipsy , but whether he had a knife in his possession or not it was impossible for him to say . : Taylor denied having taken any part in the outrage , nor did he interrupt or maltreat a single person . He had returned from sea for a long time . Mr . Broderip committed both prisoners for trial for the felony in cutting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm—Lucas as the principal , and Taylor as an accessory after the fact .

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      Thursday . —A Distressed Familt . — On Tuesday a police constable introduced to the notice of Mr . Broderip , the presiding magistrate , a . delicate , care-worn female , named Ann Carr , who is only sixteen years of age , who stated that her mother and a younger sister , only tliree years of age , were both very ill , and would perish for want of sustenance if some relief was not afforded them . From subsequent inquiries , it appeared the family were living at No . 33 , Kussell-street , Stepney , in one corner of the room was an old mattress on which the sick mother and her child were roposing , and tlie only covering was an old blanket . The remainder of the furniture in the room was not worth a shilling ; there was no fire , and the place was altogether cheerless . This day the officer appointed to

      inquire into the matter , reported that the poor woman was the widow of a respectable tanner , who had formerly carried on business at Tcwkesbury . The event had betrayed the trust reposed in him , and the family had consequently been reduced to the lowest depth of wretchedness . The poor widow had for some time past been endeavouring to gain her living by needlework ; her health sunk under this , and of late every means of subsistence had ceased . Ellis , the officer , stated that he had seen many cases of distress , but this was the most painful that had ever come under his notice . The sufl ' erings of the family , before they made their wants known , were dreadful , and the mother and her child could not have survived much longer if he had not relieved them . We are happy to state that the poor family have met with present relief .

      MAKYLEBONE . Monday . —Charge ok Foroeuv . —A > t > ung man . who described himself as the Karon Mansel ) Mortymer , and said tllflt he -derived his title from the JSmperur of Austria , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jianiinsou , upon a charge of forging a certain paper containing a promise of payment of a debt . Mr . Kattenberry , a hatter , residing at - . 'I , Southmolnmstreet , deposed , that on the Kith ult . tlie jirisunev took ready furnished apartments at his house , having with him a female whom he represented to be his wife , and on taking the rooms lie said lie was an artist . On the ' . 'Oth he decamped with the lady , having previously sent away

      his trunk for the alleged purpose of having thu lock repaired , and as he neglected to return , prosecutor exerted himself day after day with the view of finding him out . He at length traced him to 44 , Charlotte-street , Portlandplace , and on Tuesday last he repaired thither , wlien he demanded XI 2 s ., the amount ot ' a week's rout . He said Ik : wus unable to pay it thi » n , but promised that the money should he * forthcoming in the next week . He ( prosecutor ) remarked that he should not quit without the cash or satisfactory seenrity for payment of his claim , when the maid servant , who was present during -the eoim rsation , went up stuirs with the prisoner , and presently brought down it written paper purporting to be signed by Mrs . Spencer , tin- lanillaiU . It ran thus : —

      " Mrs . Spencer will see that the Barou MortyuurV account shall he paid . nrxt week . ' Emily Si-kncui . " 1 'iosecutor added , that In- wi nt to tlu- house again for the piirjio . se of ascertaining tlu- pjn-liculiu- day .. n which he should reeeiwhis money , and lie then learned from Mrs . Spencer that she knew nothing whatever with regard to the document above referred to . The sew ant admitted to him ( the prosecutor ) that the prisoner had written the note himself . -Mr . Kawlinson . —When did you give tlie prisoner into custody ? I ' losefUtov . —This morning , Sir ; and on my stating to him that he had committed a forgery , his wile offered nutwenty or thirty duplicates in payment of what was owing to me . 1 have undertood that the prisoner has hud three or tour lodgings in as tuauy weeks , ami if he is remanded for ix day or two , other cases of a similar kind may \ t-ry likely be brought against him .

      Harriett Young , the servant , said that she saw the Baron write the note produced by the prosecutor . The prisoner's answer to the charge was , that he left the lodging in Southmolton-strcct in consequence of the landlord having insulted him . IT is intention was to pay the rent as soon as he could , and he certainly < liil take the liberty of writing the note in Mr ? Spencer ' s name . lie was remanded tilt Wednesday .

      liOw STREET . Ti'esdat , —shoplifting . —A middle-aged woman , respectably dressed in deep mourning , and appearing to walk lame , was charged with the oflenee of shoplifting . She had given the name of Leah Mary Koper , and stated that she resided in Fleet-street . The evidence weut tu show that , on Monday evening , the prisoner entered the shop of Messrs . Hardwick and Co ., drapers , : V . M , High llolboru , and , after looking at a variety of articles , made . 1 tVw small purchases , at the same time expressing her admil'atiotl oi ' soilie rolls of sutincMe -whioli were laying

      upon the counter . * lie gave the assistant half-a- > overeign , and requested him to give liev a bill of the goods she had bought , for which , with the change , she said she would presently call again . Her agitated appearance on leaving the shop excited the suspicion of the young man , who then examined the pieces of sntinette , one ol ' which , forty-eight yards in length , and worth about £ '»; ., he found nu-sing . She was shortly lifter taken into custody , ami the property was vi-eovcvi-d sit a p-. iwsibrokev ' * . The prisoner U appeared was an ohl ott ' . nder , and was remanded for further inquiry . I . AMJIETH-STUEET . Tl'Ksimy . — ' A Case ok mere Deht !"—William shim ¦ , 't'itis Colonel . Scliuufts , a Iniililje-ageii roan , with fullgrown liiustachios , and altogether of a most remarkable appeal-mice , « a- placed within the felons' dock , before Mr . Norton , on a charge of defrauding Mr . Davis Lionel Uailey , a cotVee-house-keeper in King-street , Tower-hill , of £ : S 5 by false representations . The complainant stated that on the l- ! ftfi of July last the prisoner came to his house , and represented that he hail just landed from a Uoulogue packet , and that his lugg-age and valuables were seized in consequence of a lace dress of foreign manufacture b . iwj ; found amongst them . Thi .- urn- \ pected eirciiiiistaiu e he said , placed him in iin ;\ wk \ v ; n < t aiiii e \ nl « irra . s > ing situation ; fur , lmtn ithxtumliiig his hjuiiig a princelv l ' ortune hi America , he was bv it made almost

      penniless , and asked him whether , alter thus t ' rankly admitting hi > situation , he would trust him with hoard and 1 'xl ^ 'iiig until his remittances arrived . Ueliewng , trom his gentlemanly manner and the apparent sincerity of his ilciljiratinn , that he w : is what he represented hiiii > cll ' to be , he ( witness ) at once . coinplii il with his reijues-t . Tin prisoner subsequently represented that he was the owner of considerable landed property in the I ' nited States , as well as the proprietor of shares in almost every bank and line of railroad in America , and that , in fact , his income was £ 3 , 000 sterling per annum . He also wrote : i number of letters addressed to tile secretaries of several banUs ami railroads iu that country , urging them to convert his shares in their various concerns into cash , and transmit the latter , without clelav , to this country , as he hail made

      up his mind to take up his permanent resilience hen-, These letters he was in the habit of giving witness to make a copy of them , ami the originals , he said , he forwarded to America , through Mr . Beerbohm , a gentleman residing in Austinfriars . These representations , from what had since transpired , he was confident were a tissue of falsehoods , anil , so far from his being a ) i > an of fortune , lie believed the prisoner to be a penniless cheat and a swindler . Mr . Moore , an aUsbrewer , in Old-street . road , and also the proprietor of the St . Katharine Dock Tavern , said that from inquiries he hail made about the prisoner , as well as from what he had observed of him himself , he believe-d him to be one of tlie most accomplished and plausible imposters that could he well conceived . He ( Sir . Moore ) had become acquainted with him through an

      advertisement which he had inserted in a newspaper , about letting the St . Katharine Dock Tavern , and so plausible and insinuating was his manner , that he was confident he would impose on the most suspicious . In the first place , he represented himself as not only holding the rank of Colonel in the American army , but possessing a property in that country of £ 3 , 000 per annum . He stated that his object in purchasing , or intending to purchase , the tavern , was to establish Bailey , who accompanied him , in the house , and added that should they not settle on the terms , it was his intention to make Mr . liailey a present of at least £ 500 for the kind manner in which he had behaved to him . When talking of the terms npon which the tavern was to bo let , the prisoner said that he had £ " . ' , 000 in the hands of his agent in town . The prisoner' denied

      having said he had the money ; what he said wus that he expected it . Mr . Moore declared he was positive he said the money , £ 2 . 000 , was in the hands of his agent , and , moreover , he expressed himself fortunate at purchasing in at !»| . Mr . . 1 . E . Heerbohm , general merchant , of 2 « , Austinfriars , deposed that about seven years ago the prisoner was introduced to him by Mr . Elderly , a friend , as Colonel Sclioults . He then represented himself as beinp possessed of property of different tluseriptions in America , amounting in tint aggregate to £ 30 , 000 , or £ 40 , 000 ., and said , he should write to have the greater part remitted from that country , to be placed in his hands . About that time he , Mr . Beerbohm , advanced him about £ 60 , and from that period to the present he had not heard anything ; about him . Nor had he forwarded any letters for him fo America for tlie last twelve months . Tlie prisoner , in reply to the charge , said , that he was , as had been stated ,

      the owner of vast property in America , but that during the panics of 1835 , 1830 , and 1837 his affairs became deranged , and being since grossly mismanaged in his absence , he was unable to get any money from them . He was , he said , a native of Pennsylvania ,, had been n colonel of a volunteer regiment there , and had travelled all over the world . He added , that it was not his intention to wrong the complainant of a single farthing . Mr . Norton believing the matter to . be one of mere debt , discharged the ' prisoner ; but , at the same time , cautioned him againstmakingu . se of such gross misrepresentations , to impose on hard-working and industrious persons , like the complainant . The prisoner , who is rather under the middle size , sallow complexion , rather bald , speaks the English language rather fluently , but with a slight foreign accent , and is altogether a remarkable looking person , was then discharged .

      Wednesday .-D < yj Fighting .- William Benjamin , a journeyman baker , in the employ of Mr . Norris , King-street , Whitechapel , appeared before Mr . Henry ' , charged by Mr . Thomas , the secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , with having wantonly illtreated a dog . M * r . Thomas stated that on Saturday last the defendant was passing through WiuteWow , Whitechapel , followed by a black bull-terrier , and as he passed the house of a Mr . Thompson , he made a noise which brought out a dog belonging to that person . The defendant kicked his dogtoivards the other and endeavoured to set them fighting ; but as Mr . Thompson ' s dog was more disposed to run away than to fight , the defendant took up the bull-dog by the neck and tail , and dropped him upon the other . This proved successful , and a desperate fight took place , in which the defendant ' s dog sadly punished the other , inflicting several severe wounds about its head

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      and body , 4 ' under the cheek bit out a piece of flesh , making a hoie large enough to insert two fingers . Among tlie crowd assembled to witness the brutal scene was a vender of cat ' s meat , who called loudl y on the defendant to take his dog away . He , however , refused . to do so , and threatened , to knock off the head of a woman . who kindly endeavoured to separate the dogs . The' fighting continued until the dealer in cat ' s meat despatched his son for a polieetnan . This had the desired ett ' ect . The defendant putled off his dog , and , having been compelled to give his nalne and address , walked off . Mr . Henry fined the defendant 30 s . ; in default , fourteen days' imprisonment in the ' house of correction .

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      j CENTRAL CHl ' MINAL COURT . Friday , iNov . 29 tb . —Mi'kdeb . —Alfred Edwards , a man of very respectable appearance , and who was described in the calendar as being by trade an oilman , and his ape to be 24 years , was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful inurder ' of Jane Gregory , by adr ministering to her a large quantity of sugar of lead . Thedecased , it appeared wasa wonianof the'town , whom the prisoner was 111 the habit of visiting . The night bofui'C dece : i 80 d ' s death she had partakeii of some brandy bitters with the prisoner , which was supposed to have contained the poison described in the indictment . Tlie deceased exhibited before ami after death symptoms of having-been' poisoned , but the medical evidence on the trial shewed that this was at least a matter of ^ reat doubt . Under these circumstances the . Inrv returned a verdivt of " Xot ( iiiiltv . "

      HHiAMY .-r-Honry Hamilton , ajred (> S , was indicted for unlawfully and feloniously intermarrying with Anne Wilson / his wife by a former marriage boint : then and now alive . Tlie prisoner stated that having made some inquiries about bis firxt wife , and l > eing unable to hear anything <> t" her , he thought he was justified in marrying a . seebnd time . " A verdict of "Guilty" was returned against the prisoner , and he was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and liard labour .

      SatiudaY . —Maxslai'ohtek—A young man , named Samuel Sinims , was indicted for having , while in command pi' the Waterman steamer , No . 0 , improperly run 'down a small boat , rowed -by Edward Kvcivtt , a licensed waterman , ami containing four passengei-s ,- by which the said Kdward K . verett and another person were drowned . Tlie liody of the iiotnanied person was nftenvnnls found , and these procci'iliiit's wen- instituted in consequence . The evidence of tin * witnesses occupied soims length of . time , at the conclusion ! of which the jury retired , but not being able to ntrve < - upon a verdict were locked up .

      A DangKROis " Sitikk . "—A respectable-look intr young num . named Alexander Webb , was indicted for stf > ali )> £ » a < io ; it and waistcoat , tin- property of William Dicksou , muler the following circumstances : —It appeared that the prosecutor and tlie prisoner had been drinking together during tlu * whole of the eveninir . when , both parties heing drunk , the former about twelve o'clock invited the prisoner , as he alleged in bis defence , for a " spree , " who put on the articles named in the indictment . with which be walked out of the door , 'lie was , however , followed by some friends to tile prosecutor , who gave him into custody . The jury returned ft verdict of . W Huihii .

      Stkali . vo Srn . vn . —Kdward Warren , Philip Roberts , and George Howers , were indicted for stealing one hogshead of sugar , the property of the London Dock Company . ! The prisoner Warren [ pleaded guilty to the indictment . Evidence having been adduced at great length in support of the prosecution , Mr . Clarkson took a technical objection to the indictment , which having been allowed by the Learned Recorder , the jury , by the direction of the Court , acquitted the prisoners lloberts and 15 owers . K- ' inund . Warren was then placed at the bar for judgment , and sentenced to be transported for seven years . MoSDAY , 'l ) Er . •_ ' . —John Oj ; ilvie , alms W ; ir < l , aged i : » , was indicted for ( Vlonioiislv threatening Frederick Louis Mit-vllk- to i ; i < ruse him of liaviujr ittu-inpteil to commit with him an infamous offence , with intent to extort from him his j ; oo < is ami monies ; ami that lie . In iiitiinidatin ^ him . tin- , said Frederick Louis Mirville . hv the siiid

      threats , ( lidjfeloniously extort from him five st ^ ereigus , one half sovereign , a gold watch , value £ 30 , anii one guard-chain , value fs , his goods and monies . In a second count , the prisoner uas charged with higlnvav robbery . The facts ' •( " the case were brought . home to the prisoner . \ vJk > nv ;>> undefended by counsel , but who denied the statement * of the prosecutor with considerable tucl and self-possepsion , Tin' jury found him guilty ; and the Court ( Sentenced him to he transported for life . It was stated in court that the prisoner was a nephew of the notorious Ori .-cnacre .

      STRKKY AJUmKNKP SESSIONS . /> ,,. . \ th . ~ Exit nfi <'< I'lmidii- of Jinuly J- ' itniished J . 'xhiin <; . « . — Tliorfiiis Woodcock , sigetl - < l . u young man of shabby genteel a | i ] it'araiH'e . who described himself as a clerk , was indicted forifi-lnniouxly stealing at the parish of St . ( icorgc the Martyr ; Soutliwark , on the 5 th November ' last , a (( UHiitity of wearing apparel , linen , shoes , and other articles , the | iro | ' <* m <>( ' Ann . Milner nnrt others . From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner has fop a lemrth of time been in the habit of taking ready furnished lodgings f' -r the c \ pi ' e > s purpose of plunderinK them . It was proved that in till- slmrt space of four days he had taken three separate loggings , and had plundered them of an immense ifeal nf property , earning on" every possible article he could tret in . his possession . The jury , without the slightest hesitation , iimuul the prisoner guilty . The chairman int . iVUK-il tlie yvisouev that be wa ? * . <*} tlsvnpi'rous a ohsvractir to be suffered to reinai / i ill thi . s cdimtrj . and sentenced him to seven \ ears' tra importation .

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Ti ksd ir , ]) u . : l . —These sessions commenced at Clerkenwell to-dav , before the Assistant-Judge and a numerous body of the magistrates of the county . A number of prisoner .-, who had bct ' n convicted at the previous sessions , but whose sentences had been respited In order tliat some < jni | uirie !> might be made respecting them , Here brought upif'T judgment . Tlu- Judge then delivered the following sentences . —Edward Iving , for uttering counterfeit coin , transportation tor seven years ; Thumas West , for pot stealing . si \ months' inipri&uninent in the IIoiiw of t ' orrei-tij'H , and hard labour ; James VYiliiauis , for potnto stealing , to three months in the sank prison .

      Stealing . —A fine able-bodied young man , named d ' eorge Knight , was indicted for stealing a coat , of tin mi ) uc » f } : >* ., the pri > pirt \ , > f T ) i (> ni ; is M ;/ rsJ ); iJJ . It appeared by the evidence , that the prisoner entered the shop of the prosecutor , and taking up the article named in the indictment , ! ran on" with it . lie was , however , eventually taken into custody , after a sharp run . The Jury at once returned a ii-rdict of " Guilty , " and tlie ( . ' ourt , after cautioning the ' prisoner , sentenced him to tbive 111011 tils ' iuiprisoninentjwiUi hard labour . The Prisoner : My lord , I entreat of , \<» u to send me out of the country . 1 have

      lost my character , aud tor the last three y

      MIDLAND CIRCl'IT . Coventry , Monday Evening . —Mr . Justice Patteson came into court at ten o ' clock this morning . There were twenty-two prisoners for trial , but in consequence of the second postponement of the charge for murder against Susannah Jju-vis ( aged only 14 ) , the calendar presented no cases of genera ] interest . On the opening of the Court , Mr . Miller applied to the learned judge for the postponement of theitrial of the girl . The learned counsel stated , that Mr . Ilumfrey , who was retained to defend the prisoner , was , in consequence oi'his engagements in London , unable to attend the Winter Circuit : and the prosecutor , together with the friends of tli ^ prisoner , had not the slightest objection to the proposed postponement . Mr . Mellor immediately acceded to the application , and the case was postponed until the next assizes .

      Workhouse Offence . —Mary Darlington was indicted for steuKugjn gown i \ wl other articles of wealing apparel , from the Atherstoue Union Workhouse . The prisoner was a pauper in the house , and on the morning of the llth of November , about seven o ' clock , she was seen leaving the workhouse by a fellow pauper . The prisoner at once admitted that she was about ti > run away , and was taken in possession of the clothes belonging to the board of guardians . The jury found the prisoner "Guilty - , " and Mr . Justice Pattcson sentenced her to three-mouths' imprisonment . :

      I . vrBNDIAKlSM . —John k-etlitnd , aged -V , stood indicted for feloniously setting fire , on the 10 th of November last , in the parish of Kingsbury , to a stable in the occupation of Hichard Sudbury . contrary to the statute . The facts appeared to be as follows : —On the 9 th of November last the prisoner was at the house of the prosecutor , and in consequence of offence given at cards , the prisoner , who was intoxicated , was heard to say to the host and hostess of the house , " Beware something does not happen to you in three or four hours . " During the night tlie stable was set on tire , and evidence was given to show that the prisoner , who ( lived close to the house , was seen-near the stable previous to the conflagration . Mr . Inspector Hall , of the Birmingham police , likewise deposed , that when he apprehended the prisoner , and told him he was " wanted , " he replied , " What for ? the fire , I suppose ? " Mr . Justice Pattesoh su . mmed up the case with great care , and the jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . "

      BurolabY at > uneaton . —The greater part of this afternoon was occupied in the trial of two young men , named Thomas Buckler and Joseph Martin , charged with a burglary at Nuneaton , on the night of the 20 th of October last . ; The case was singular , as showing the want of wit on the part of one of the prisoners { fcn-o notorious characters )^; and the consequent conviction of both . The prosecutor is by trade a shoemaker . On thel night in question the family went to bed about ten o ' clock , and left upon the table down stairs a quantity of cheese and butter , of which thev bad partaken at supper . When the

      prisoners were taken they were found in possession ot cheese and butter ( the latter of the same quality and ' quantity ) as that stolen from Mr . Smith's ( the prosecutor ' s ) house . Another fact , as proved , was still stronger against Buckler . When ! in gaol he wrote a note to his father , in which he stated that if he ( his father ) would go to a rick in Robins ' s field , jhe would find " some things . " The police , as a matter of jcourse , took possession of this note , and upon repairing to' the place mentioned , they found a large quantity of boots and shoes , stolen from Mr . Smith ' s shop . The jury found both the prisoners " Guilty . "

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      NORTHERN CIRCITIT . York , Dec . . —Coining . —William Phillips and- ioha Maclean , who were attired as mechanics of a superior order , were charged with feloniously having in thenpossession certain metal dies for the production of counterfeit coin . The evidence was very voluminous , and left no doubt whatever tbat a most Extensive system of fraud was in contemplation , large sums of monej' hav ing been expended in procuring the dies , &c , and groat ingenuity having been displayed in the whole of their proceedings . The prisoners did not attempt to deny having liad the dies , ifcc , constructed , but they pleaded in mitigation that they were the innocent instruments in the hands of others , having no intention them .

      selves either to com or to pass counterfeit money . They alluded also to the information which tbey had afforded to the police , and pleaded hard on account of their wives and families , that they might not be transported . Mr . Justice Coleridge , in passing sentence , observed that this was not an ordinary case by any means ; it was very different from that of persons in a low condition of life with their common plaster of Paris dies . This was ' a much more serious case—that of attempting to seduce a man f rom his honest trade to make , with a great deal of pains ; ind skill , and at considerable expense , metal dies , the intention being to distribute to a very large amount base coin with so much silver in it as to be not easy of detection , and yet containing such an amount of alloy as ttiat the makers would reap great gain and the receivers

      sutler great loss . As the evidence appeared before him at present , he thought he was justified in making some distinction between the prisoners ; thev must , however both prepare for a sentence which would no doubt be most painful to them . He had listened to their story , and it certainly was painful to him , as it must be to any frood man , to separate husband and wife , father and children . ( At this period the prisoner Phillips fell doivn in a fainting fit ; on being restored to animation his lordship continued . ) The course of justice could not , however , be an-ested by such appeals—the wife and children should be a pled ge for the good and honest conduct of a man , instead of being brought forward by way of palliation after the commission of crime . The sentence of the Court was , that Phillips should be transported beyond seas for fifteen years , and Maclean for twenty-one

      years . York , Dec . 3 . —Horsb Stealing . — Edward Wright was indicted for stealing-, at Yarm , on the 15 th of October last , a bay gelding , the property of W . Shaw and R . Shaw . The jury , after some consultation , found the prisoner guilty . To be transported for ten years . Hckglaby . — Henry Hargrcaves was indicted for a burglary in the bouse of Ann . Sharp , at Mirfield , on the 1 st of October last . The prosecutrix , it appeared , kept 3 shop at Mirtield , and in the night in question an entry \\ us effected by some depredators , who removed the pavement round a grating that gave air to the cellar , and then giit through tin- flooring to the shop above . Several shelves were entirely cleared of their contents , consisting of shoes , stockings , stuff goods , and other similar articles . Verdict . Wniltv . To be transported for life .

      A Sckn-e . —Tnt Bench and the Bar . —In a subsequent ca < c which occurred , where three women were charged with stealing Is . 6 < 1 . from the person of an old man named Lee , Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoners . Tlie learned counsel commenced his address to the jury l > y observing , that something had been said to them the other night about the respectability of the police , and they were asked whether it was likely respectable men would enter the police ; when Mr . Justice Coleridge ( interrupting ) said—I cannot conceal from myself , Mr . Wilkins , that you are referring to me , and I cannot allow you to make observations offensive to the bench . Mr . Wilkins : I had no desire to be offensive , my Lord . Mr . Justice Coleridge : If you must remark upon what occurred , do it—and you know well how to do it , if you choose—in a less offensive manner . Mr . Wilkins : I had no desire to be offensive . Mr . Justice Coleridge ' : I will not have a reply made on the judge ' s address to the jury . I care as little for observations made with regard to myself

      personally , 1 hope , as any man can do ; but I have a high regard for the office of judge , and I will not allow gentlemen of the bar to make such observations . Mr . Wilkins . ; Well then , g-enth-men , I will not comment on what the bench lias said , though I am often made to put up with observations when I can't reply , and so are many of my brethren too . Mr . Justice Coleridge : To be sure you are , Mr \ V ilk-ins-, and whilst you are at the bar , and 1 am at the bench , you must put up with it . Any comments that you may please to make must be made in a respectful manner , Mr . Wilkins then proceeded in his address to the jury , and laid it down as a general rule , based upon his own experience , that policemen were prone to exaggerate against tin- prisoner . The learned gentleman made an eloquent appeal in behalf of the unfortunate women at the bar . The jury consulted for a short time , and returned a verdiet of guilty against two of the prisoners , and of acquittal as ' regarded the third . Previous convictions for felony were put in , and the prisoners were each sentenced to ten years * transportation .

      Kape . —The case of George Finley , who is charged with having , mi the 4 th of August last , at Sancton , committed a rape un Frances . Xfachon , was , on the application of Mr . Granger , postponed until the next assizes , an affidavit ha \ ing been made by a surgeon that the mother of the prosecutrix , who is a material witness in the case , could not attend without peril to her life , she heing expected to be confined in a short period . Oitbaoeoos Assaplt . —Dec . 4 . —John Wright , 27 , and John Jackson 25 , were charged with having , on the 31 st of August last , at Carlton Miniott , near Thirsk , feloniously assaulted John Clark , with intent tu maim ,

      disfigure , anil disable Mm . The prisoners were indicted along with another man named John Gains , who had been held to bail for the same offence , bnt had not surrendered to take his trial . The prosecutor is an Irishman , and he and some other of his fellow countrymen had been engaged to reap a field of corn at Carlton Miniott . The prosecutor and another of his party had gone to sleep in a stable belonging to u publican named Pickersgili , when they were shortly " . vftvrwai-ds ntUuUol by tVie prisoners , and severely maltreated . The Jury found the prisoners guilty > fan aggravated assault , and not of the felony . They were sentenced to be imprisoned iu York Castle for ten calendar months .

      NOME CinCUIT . Chelmsfoed , Dec . 4 th . — Wreckers . —Joseph Oladwcll . awl 4 * . Joseph Gladwell , 20 , and Chenery Gladwell , « . ... indicted-for feloniously stealing a . cabin door , a quantity of rope , planks , and other articles , the property nf Thomas Carey . In another count the prisoners « ere charged with the offence of stealing property from a vessel that had been wrecked . It appeared from the evidence that on the Oth of October a vessel called the Hazard was moored off Great Claxton , on the Essex coast , and while she was laying there a storm arose which drove her from her moorings , and she went on shore and broke up arid hecame a complete wreck , her timbers and

      other materials being washed upon the beach . One of the Essex constabulary was set to watch the wreck , and about three o ' clock on the followieg morning he saw the three prisoners come with a horse and cart , which they proceeded to load with timber , rope , and other articles -washed from the wreck , and on their being asked what they were about by the officer , they told him they wert only taking " shore wood , " and they considered they wert entitled to it . The jury returned a verdict of GuiltJ . Mr . Justice Williams then sentenced the elder prisoner to be kept to hard labour for four calendar months ; and the two younger prisoners were sentenced to two months of the same punishment .

      CHESTER . Tuesday , Dec . 3 rd . —ManslaCghter . — Thomas Brad bury , a butcher , aged 24 , was indicted for killing Join Poole at Ollerton , on Wednesday the 31 st of July la * It appeared by the evidence , that the prisoner aud deceased met at a public-house called the Dun Cow ; that deceased was intoxicated at the time , and some a ! t > lcarioii havm ? ensued between them , prisoner struck deceased with an umbrella , but not with sufficient force to mulct any injury ; this , however , heightened the misuuderstandii 1 ? between them ; and at length , deceased having charged the prisoner with being a poacher , the latter strucs deceased on the nose , which emitted , in consequence , a great cuuyitity of blood . Eventually , this discharge became so alarminirlv profuse , that a surgeon "as sent for > ^_ IL 111 L * J ^ J **¦ A f . 4- * MM . * ¦• & |^ *¦ J » & * - » » » . « fcj * - j * A-a v— ' — ¦ -w — — *

      ^ ^^ who recommended the removal of the patient into a coo room , and prescribed such remedies as the case manded . Deceased , however , neglected to . follow the soviet of his medical attendant , who bad U > be sent for aga ^ that night , and the result was , that the unfortunate man lingered until the following Sunday , when he died frc © exhaustion . Mr . Henry Wagstaff , the surgeon first caueo in to visit the deceased , was ri g idl y cross-examined oy Mr . Townselid , who appeared for the defence , anil w ^ succeeded in eliciting that long privation , ronseiiuei upon want-of employment , intemperate habits , and capable inattention to the directions of his medical atten - ants , joined to the unskilful mode in which two p lugs ha been inserted in the nostrils , had very largely contribu to the fatal result ; and the jury according } return eo verdici of "Xot Guilty . "

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      Fatal Accident at Woolwich Dock-yakd . -j - " Wednesday afternoon several workmen were e P Z in erecting a rack or framework for supporting Da * 5 of iron in the boiler-raaker department , when some « the rivets with which it was joined together fia * way , and a portion of the frame fell upon tour ¦ Oiw men , named Bates , Marshall , Skinner , and MWThree of the men were so seriously injured that uw were immediately conveyed to the Marine < 3 R ^ to obtain medical and surgical aid ; and Bates u » since died , owing to the severe injuries iie sustain Death by Choking . —On Thursday Mr . Baker M £ an inquest at the King ' s Head , Prospect-p lace vv » nal-green road , on the body of John ¦ &eha [ dMM » E eighty-one years . On Thursday noon the pa » F wece assembled in the dining-hall , for the purpo ^ or having their dinner . After partaking of m ^ three mouthfuls he suddenly exhibited A ^ P ^ Lg strangulation , and fell backwards ; every **** £ , # was rendered by those present , and a surgeon sen ^ before whose arrival the decease ^ had ^ expirea . diet— " Accidentally suffocated . " ^^

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      street , Raymarket , in the y , ^ Office in the same Street and Parish , for prietor , FEABGDS O ' CONNOR , Esq- andpuW Willu * HswrTT , of No . 18 , ** % «; £ * £ street , Wahvorth , In the Parish <* & » £ '' . sK ) , ton , in the County of Surrey , at the Offi * Strand , in the Parish of St . Jfary-le-Strand , City of Westminster , Saturday . December 7 , ISM .

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      8 T THE NORTHERN STAR . j , December 7 , 1844 ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct516/page/8/