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      _r . _rWia _** _- '" _** "' from tne _^ _- " _^ _iJentenant all f t \ L , frfon 3 were called upon in the electoral - > " ¦ " •'_ _gf _Kiilymasner _, . Seacor , and Caravaddy in p ' 1 _'T . n oi Le _' uerkenny : the electoral division of _S - ' ' _roa -rb , in the Union of Stranorlar , to de-¦ _^ -- ' _jlj _. V _' arm * - which they may have in their pos-«¦ _•"* ¦ ' * Vor before the 7 th " inst . _?' _- _W -rSATlO >* of the 5 ew Lord Mator . _*—The l _" _- * * ' I Mayor of the new corporation of Dublin , iri- f _^ _i-juan B . L . Guinness , principal in the enii'•" 'V . _ia of tbat name , was swoni into office on ; t :: r ii . i v . _^ -rE _!* ' ' ES ST _Proclaimed . "—Under _thishead"*' \ _Zdonderry Standard contains

      thefollowi 1 _? - Without the knowledge of a single _lnhabiir- * * 7- „ ei owu . Letterkcnny has been proclaimed _tat _f * ., ' d . Licutenant in Council , at the request ¦ ?" fc ?* . _** al mag istrates . Into this small town a : 1 ; 'force of twenty police has heen ordered , in ¦ _•^ _- vi ' io the ordinary force which is quite _suffi' . _^ _-l-re- ' rvc the peace . Tin ' s will involve an _'* l ° . of iJs . in the pound of the Poor-law _valua-^" _vuich we are assured will be utterly ruinous . * "• V ' ' j : mar be asied , is such an Miction ' ¦ _' ' . V ' on Letterkenny ? Has it become such a '" % t -U-ers and murderers , that this _extraordi-^ _viii . anireis necess ary to keep the inhabitants ' 33 ? '* « _~ -. « _rttTini' ? -On flinnnnfi-irr fni " another ? On tbe contrarytor

      _? i . h ' - 'r « v ii" * one , * - _-VwJiitv _years , the town has heen uniformly _fended for its peaceable character . There was r 'e-1 ere r ISIS , and there have ce _.-n two or _S ? _« _, _^ ulis since , but these were the deeds of c , _^ " rs- and it is a monstrous injustice that the _^ i _^ We ' iidiahitants should be thus enormously ' _&* A on t _* ' - _-ir _aesom-t . A meeting of the clergy , ntttt _" rm- < " traders , and ot ' ucr inhabitants was held « _llc anv ' s Hotel last week , to express their _sur-* ri _* r ~ a > d ~ re < nei at t he course his Excellency has Zen adviWto take . The llight Rev . Dr . M'Gettie presided . " T _...,...., Ulsteh The

      ( iMrH _tVEMEXT IV . — - Londonderry i _( . iiriM , in its agricultural report for the month of [ _peci _-mber , gives a highly satisfactory account of ftiic deoi ' . ' ed ' tendency to recovery in that part of \ _n-K-r . The winter-sown wheat , which has been ! pl anted io a considerable extent , looks thick and [ _jas ' ihy . _Xotwithstaiidiug the serious failure of the poiai oe crop last year , the farmers , on account of i re duced rents and the otherwise considerate concnei of many of the landlords , have been enabled to accommodate themselves to the altered circumaanees of the country ; and it is stated that the rural population have shared to some extent in the jeneral prosperity of the rest of the empire . " Abolition of the _Ticeroyalty . —Preparations are iu progress for a " demonstration" of the publie hostility to the comteroplated measure of abolition of the Ticeroyalty . Several of the Irish _aieuibers who , but a few brief months since , were

      favourable to the extinction ofthe " sham Court , " ' hive , somehow or other , changed their minds , and become ardent worshippers at the shrine on Cork-Mil . A requisition tothe following effect , addressed to the Lord Mayor of Dublin , is now in course of signatuie in this " city : — "We , the undersigned , request that your lordship will be pleased to convene a meeting of the citizens of Dublin , and of snch of the nobility and gentry of Ireland as may think proper to attend , for the purpose of petitioning against the contemplated abolition of the Irish _Vicerayalty , and of placing upon record their protest against the 3 _ystem of centralisation adopted towards Ireland , and which has already been so destructive of her hest interests . "

      TnE " Catholic University . "—All efforts to generate a storm seem to be nearly fruitless , and by the poverty ofthe subscriptions it would appear thai tbe "faithful" are not in the mas 3 inclined to abandon tbe Queen ' s Colleges for the shadowy _prospect of an exclusively Romish university , which , to judge by the prevailing feeling in its favonr , promises to become one of the institutions of the country some time about " Tib ' s eve . " The week ' s contributions towards the project amount to _aloat £ 10 , not a layman being amongst the docors .

      TirsrircTiON . —The _JAmfrick and Clare Examiner has a statement of renewed destitution iu some pans of Glare , and instances are mentioned of deaths from want of food . Snch cases , fortunately , have now become exceedingly rare in every district of the west or south . " Tho Limerick union , which abuts on Clare , is still suffering severely from the burden of pauperism . TnE Land Question . —A landlord memorial to tho head of tLe Irish Government , upon the present admittedly defective state of the laws affecting the relations between ihe owners and cultivators of the soil , and specifying tho measures by which the memorialists consider that such relations might be improved , has , it appears , emanated from the

      leading propr ietors in the county of Wexford . The document bears the signatures of the Earl of Courtown , Viscount Stopford , Lord Carew , and others , who ( says the Nation ) " are not the mere _squir--s or shoneens upon whose shoulders it is fashionable to lay the whole weight of extermination , and any document with their stamp is a genuine landlord coin , and entitled to unquestionable currency . " It purports to come from the Wexford _Landlord and Teuatit Association , of which "Lord Courtown is chairman , and the memorialists pray Ida Excellency , " that all legal impediments might be removed , and that facilities might be siren towards the improvement of the relations between landlord and tenant . " Thev

      pray him "to exert bis influence" with the _legL-Jatar _*? for his pnrpose . They pray that the _statuies affecting the relations between landlord and tenant be " revised , amended , simplified , and consolidated , " as well as made " simple in form and pcedy in operation . ' ' They state that" the Landlord and Tenant ( Ireland ) " Bill , introduced in the last session of Parliament , is faulty in principle and deficient in meeting tbe requirements of these clas-es . " And , in fine , they deplore " tbat a great portion of the land—even in this more favoured county—is deserted , tbe produce being carried off io other shores , whilst the ruinous effect is apparent

      in all classes ; even shopkeepers , tradesmen , and labourers , deprived , as they are , of the support hitherto derived from agriculturists , share in this distress , " and , " still worse , " the tenants are " completely exhausting the soil , " thereby inflicting " a great and widely-spread national evil . " Visit of Cardinal Wiseman . —The Xcury _Examiner has a letter from _Armagh , which says : — " In select Roman Catholic quarters , it is believed that Cardinal Wiseman will , ere long , visit Dublin and Armagh . His eminence , some few years since , previous to his appointment as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District in _England , visited Ireland , and preached on several occasions . "

      Operation " of the Poor-law . —The Limerick Union , although one of the most fertile districts in Ireland , has been one of the most heavily taxed for pauperism , and even still the ratepayers are suffering severely from that impost . The new rate , arranged at the meeting ofthe guardians on Thursday last , is much less than heretofore on the average ; but some ofthe electoral divisions arc charged with n rate varying from five to six shillings in the pound . The general charge , however , is from Is . 3 d . to * Js . Il £ -ADjrsTMEXT of Rents . —Reductions of rent are still frequently announced . The Monaghan _Standard states that the Rev . Dr . Carson , Hector of C . tran , has allowed his tenants in the county of Monaghan the very large abatement of fifty per cent , on all rents paid up to this month—that is , to give the tenants a year ' s receipt for every half-year ' s

      rent . The Flax Movement . —Meetings of a practical kind are _continued , to promote the cultivation of flax , and to secure the establishment of machinery for its preparation and local markets for its sale , without wliich tbe farmers could not be expected io embark in this new branch of husbandry . On Thursday week Lord Bernard , M . P ., presided at a numerous meeting of landlords and farmers in Bandon . It was determined to hold a general meeting in the same district on the 14 th inst ., to comp lete the preliminary arrangements . It was announced at the meeting that , if one thousand acres of flax were sown in the district , the necessary capital would be ready for the erection of a mill and the purchase of the produce . The Wexford Union

      Ag ricultural Society , at a meeting on Wednesday ¦ week , determined to obtain the services of a flax instructor from the Ulster Society . Destbcciive Fire at _Hutton ' s CoAcn Factory . —Between ono and two o ' clock on Sunday morning , a most destructive fire took place at Button ' s coach factory . Summer-hill , the oldest and most extensive establishment in ihat line m this country , aud which , notwithstanding the depression ofthe times , had continued to do a very prosperous bnsi-* e ss . The fire raged furiously during the morning , and was not completely extinguished tilllate _inJhe dav . ft is supposed that property to the amount of between twenty and thirty thousand pounds has been destroved , hut the premises were insured tor _avervlarge amount . So lives were lost . that complaints

      The Gcduav _Vmdicator mentions are made ofthe seizure of cattle for arrears of _poor""rates on lands hired temporarily as grass farms , it appears that as soon as the cattle are lora _)*" . collector pounces upon them , although tueir owner has no more interest in the property on whicn the rate is due than paying his money in advance for the grass it contains . " . . _Ixcenwaekm lv _TJisTBS . —The Armag h Gazette states that two flax scutching mills were maliciously destoved by fire at Tandragee last week . Ulster Fairs . —Tho northern fairs are satisfactory as regards prices . At Moy fair , county Armagh , cattle and sheep realised advanced rates , and larm horses were in brisk demand . & W 1 SHH 0 X Uniox . —Last week a meeting ; ofthe _tttepapers of the Ennistymon Union was held in the Court-house of that town , for the purpose , as stated in the requisition , of " considering t he very _despotic and alarminjj step taken by the _Commaaioners of tho Poor-bw _** _, ia the dismissal . ot tne

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      board of guardians of that union . " The Clare Journal . which contains a lengthened report of the proceedings states that there was a _SS _XtoS _UrTl _>* Jf A ° _& h and _^ ectcd memhe _« of the late board , and a numerous assemblage of _rate-E "' •? - ; _^ O'Brien , Bart ., M . P ? , who - aded , said he thought the charges brought against SS ? _l lther * - ntruc w f _»™ lous , or such as might hare been easil y redressed without ih _3 _™? _» l _K ? \ Mr ¦?• M . CakOtt , J . P . ( vicechairman of the late board ) , proposed some resolutions which had _^

      been adopted by the late board , and wliich , after expressing indignation at the conduct of the Poor Law Commissioners in dissolving the hoard and appointing paid vice-guardians , went on to state "that this unconstitutional exercise of power was resorted to without any justifiable cause , " and concluded by calling for an inquiry into the alleged mismanagement , ana into the reasons which led to the dismissal of the board . The resolutions were unanimously adopted by the meeting , which was subsequently addressed by Mt . Fitzgerald of Adclphi , Mr . Kenny , and Captain _Macnamara .

      Tenant-right "Meeting is the Cou . sty of Carlow . —A meeting was held in the town of Oar _' ow on Monday in support of the objects of the Tenant-League , and for the formation ofa Tenant-right Association . The chair was occupied by Captain Carter . The meeting was addressed by the Chairman , Mr . Lucas , of the Tab _' et , Mr . Hugh Cullen , Dr . Carey , Mr . P . Lalor Tinakil , and the Rev . Mr . Maber , P . P ., Carlow Grange . _Amongst the resolutions adopted , was one pledging the county to contribute £ 300 to the funds of the league . The other resolutions were similar in substance to those adopted at previous tenant-right meetings .

      The Repeal Association . —The usual weekly meeting of this association was held on Monday at Conciliation Hall—Mr , _Cranston in the chair . Mr . John O'Connell , in referring to the recent agitation in England , said he was happy to _purceive that a nobler and better spirit had been manifested in Leeds , where the Town-council declared they would uphold the principles of civil and religious liberty _, ne said there was also an admirable pamphlet from the pen of Lord St . Germans , who was formerly Secretary for Ireland . The party to which this noble lord belongs have given indication of retracing their false stcp 3 . and aiding to sustain the princi ples of religious freedom —( cheers)—and at any

      time they were distinguished by a truer regard for liberal feeling than the Whigs —( hear)—now that party has lost Sir Robert Peel , their great leader , and the moderator of their excesses . Had he lived and been in ofiice , he would have preserved the country from tbe dangers consequent on yielding to tho rabid cry of intolerant bigotry . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord St . Germans would seem to have caught Peel's mantle , and his pamphlet , from which he had selected a couple of extracts , showed that he and his party are disposed to be friends to popular enlightenment and upholders of civil and religious liberty —( cheers)—and proves Lord St . Germans to be qualified to fill a hi gh trust in the government , when Lord John Russell shall be driven from it in

      disgrace and contempt . ( Cheers . ) Tho rent for the week was £ 20 14 s . Gd . The Proposed Meeting of Imsn Members . —A letter from Mr . Moore , the Roman Catholic member for Mayo , to Mr . John O'Connell , has been published , in which Mr . Moore takes the opportunity of settling an account with Mr . O'Connell , for the charge which the latter had brought against him of assailing his father ' s memory . Mr . Moore writes as follows : — " Take my advice , my dear sir , and leave your father ' s memory alone—it can take care of itself . It is far too great to be affected by a sneer of mine , were 1 capable of uttering such . O'Connell has left behind him the memory of an illustrious

      Irishman ; a memory which I veri ' y believe that Irishmen of every party are inclined to treat with respect . Have better faith in your father ' s glory , and less confidence in tbe virtue of sucb assistance as your own petulant advocacy can supply . As for the expressions which you havo thought proper to apply to me—such as "Orange , " " paltry , " " unworthy , " " contemptible , " & c—it would be inappropriate to call them " unworthy , " or even " contemptible "—they are simply stupid ; and I should be as great a blunderer as yourself , if I noticed them further . The tone of supercilious depreciation in which you constantly speak of all your contemporaries , does , however , somewhat amuse mc ; and reminds me of an illustration which I have

      somewhere met with—of " a dwarf who bad for some time kept company with a giant , and who , from seeing his companion looking down upon those who surrounded him , acquired the ridiculous habit of endeavouring to cast down his eyes upon men , whose middle he could scarce reach when standing upon tiptoe . " With regard to the preliminary meeting in Dublin , to which you are so good as to invite me , I think it right to remind you that the penal measures which are about to inaugurate tho parliamentary session of 1 S 51 , are likely to apply , peculiarly , perhaps exclusively , to the English Catholics ; and tbat any measures that may be resolved upon , without their concurrence , would be necessarily imperfect , and possibly injurious to the causo which I believe you to have siucerelv at heart .

      " I am , my dear sir , yours very truly , " J . O ' Connell , Esq ., Ac . " " G . H . Moore . "

      Declaration Of Irish Members. The Follow...

      _DECLARATION OF IRISH MEMBERS . The following declaration against the enactment of Religious Disabilities has been signed by the Members of Parliament whose names are appended below : — " We , the undersigned , deem it our duty at the present juncture to declare our unalterable attachment to the principles of civil and religious liberty , and our determination to oppose by every constitutional means any measure tending to interfere by legislative enactment with the discipline or doctrine

      of any portion of tbe Queen ' s subjects : — M . J . Blake , Castlereagb , M . E . Corbally , W . Sharman Crawford , J . T . Devereux , W . Fagan , J . Fagan , R . 31 . Fox , H . Grattan , J . Greene , R . Keatinge , C . Lawless , W . Torrens _M'Cullagh , N . Y . Maher , W . Monsell , T . Meagher , G . II . Moore , J . O'Brien , T . O'Brien , M . O'Connell , J . O'Connell , A . O , Flaherty , The O'Gorman Mahon , G . Ouseley Higgins , 31 . Power , X . Power , E . Burko Roche , J . Reynolds , J . Sadleir , _Fras . Scully , J . H . Talbot . "

      The Late Morder Is Paris.—The Authoritie...

      The late Morder is Paris . —The authorities have commenced a searching investigation into all the circumstances of the murder of the aged female , Madame Lebelle , and the attempted murder of Madame Ribault , both of the Rue Bourbon le Chateau . It appears that after the assassin had gone away , Madame Ribault , whilst lying bleeding on the ground , feared that she would die before assistance should arrive ; she accordingly attempted to trace in blood on her chemise characters wliich would indicate tbe _assassin , but , reflecting that they would not ho legible , she , by a great effort , managed to crawl to a chimney-board , where she traced with her finger dipped in blood , tho letters " Commi 3 de M . T . " These letters are verv

      irregular , " but are perfectlv legible , ; some others that follow the letter T . are illegible . After this Madame Ribault began to make as much noise as her failing strength would allow , in order to attract assistance , and at last the door of her apartment was forced open . The courage displayed by this old lady was extraordinarily great ; for eight hours she remained lying on the ground in a pool of blood , and every hour became weaker and weaker , and , during all this time , the corpse of her murdered comp anion was lying near her . After Madame Ribault had been stabbed by the assassin in different places , he attempted to thrust a piece of cloth into her throat , hut She succeeded iu dragging it away . The cloth in question was—a napkin—was foudd ; it bore the marks of teeth and blood . It was believed that Madame Lebelle had heen strangled ; hut , on examination of her throat by medical men , none of the contusions caused by

      strangulation could be discovered . In examining the mouth of the deceased , a black pin was found , and afterwards a piece of black ribbon was seen m the throat . By tiie aid of instruments this was with some difficulty pulled > p , and to it was attached the cap which Madame itibault had worn on the previous evening . This cap had been pressed into a sort of ball , and thrust violently into the throat of the deceased bv a stick , or some such sort of thing . Madame Ribault is in a serious state , but there is reason to believe that she will recover . Tho assassin is named Laforcade , and the newspaper to which he belongs is the Petit Courrkr des Dames . He has attempted suicide by opening a vein with a piece of glass , which he took from his window ; but he was discovered in time , and measures were at once taken to prevent any new attempt . — GalignanVs Messenger . Composition of the French National

      Assembly . —Tho National Assembly of France contains , according to a statement in the Moniteur , 43 actual or quondam Ministers of Government , 22 ambassadors or persons who Lave represented France at foreign courts , 22 members of the Institute , 6 viceadmirals and rear-admirals , 34 generals , 32 _ex-peew of France , 110 former members of the Chamber of Deputies . Of the 900 members of tbe Constituent Assembly only 330 were re-elected , and form part of the Legislative Assembly . The united ages of the members of the Legislative Assembly amount to 35 613 years , g iving an average of 47 years to each member . The oldest member was born in 1769 and the youngest in 1823 .

      Kbniish-iowv is ihe last Century . —Thursday nicrbt some villains robbed the Kentish-town stage , « _31 striDned the passengers of their money , watches , and _buckles Vthe hSrry they spared the pockets 5 S _^ _fl 5 « Sj « l _« _fcP » _^ tak _* mX mwwf J _-J 6 _w « k' _G _* _1- * -

      Conviction Of A Solicitor At Norwich . O...

      CONVICTION OF A SOLICITOR AT NORWICH On Tuesday , at the Norwich city sessions , Jonathan Whitley Cooper , solicitor , aged 33 , was charged with having , on the 4 th of July last , unlawfully and by false pretence obtained the sum of £ 5 6 s . from Richard Mills Burrell , hair manufacturer , of St . Mary ' s . This case was one traversed from tho last sessions , and from the well-known position of the prisoner , caused considerable interest . Richard Mills Burrell , the-prosecutor , who was then sworn : I am a horse hair manufacturer . I was in July last in partnership with Messrs . _Ilindes . Shortly after that time , an action was brought by Messrs . Hindes against me . I went , upon hearing this , to consult Mr . Cooper , the

      attorney , and stated the case to him . I gave him my cognivit to pay the cost by instalments . I left the matter entirely to him . Mr . Cooper sent for me on the Monday following . I went to him . He said , Do you know what you promised me ? I said no . He said , You told me you would bring an action against the Messrs . Hindes . I said I could not think of that , as I was on such good terms with them . He told me I must do so , as they might transport me . I said they were the first " persona who had ever brought a stain upon my character . I showed him my books . He said , You will do anything to keep your character up . I said yes . 1 saw bim on the following morning , and gave him _nin , « ° . tiie Procuring of a writ , which was £ 1210 d

      s . ., and as he had no change , the difference I said ho might have for a glass of porter . I received a note purporting to be from Mr . Bailer , containing another chargo a gainst me . I have not the note now . I asked what the further charge was for . He said he had better give him a sovereign to go and consult a counsel . He afterward * said he went to Mr . Evans . ( Mr . Evans beiDg in in court , denied this assertion . ) He told mo I must file a declaration , and I must give him the money to do so . He asked me for one guinea , which I gave him . I gave him the money beforo the declaration was filed . I saw him again after that , ne told me of a replication , which be said was necessary . He said £ 2 2 s . would be required

      for the replication . I gave him the two guineas . I saw him next day , when I paid him two guineas more . I have forgotten the name of the document which the £ 2 2 s . was for . I have paid him about £ 21 altogether . I went to his office shortly after . I said to him , Now , there is nothing elso to pay . He said , Yes , there are the trial fees , retaining counsel , jury , « ic , to carry on the action . He said £ 5 Gs . was tbe sum necessary . He told me ho should not get a farthing hy it . * He said the money was necessary , as the case could not go on without it . He told mc he had paid all the money for the purpose of carrying on tho action . He was absent about twenty minutes . When he returned , he said he had paid the fees . I saw him on tho Thursday morning just after this , ne said he had good news to tell me . He called at my door at six o ' clock in

      the morning , and took mc into his garden . He said he had influence with a clerk in Mr . Bailey ' s office , and he could go there when he liked , to sec how things were going on . I received a notico of certiorari from Mr . Bailey . He told me lie thought the Messrs . Hindes were going to remove the action . —By the Recorder : The money was paid after you received the certiorari ? When I received the certiorari I left it on the table . Cooper sent for me , and when I went to his house the woman who lives there showed me a paper with the word tl certiorari " written upon it . When I wont up stairs I told Cooper what I had seen . He was very angry , and asked mo who had shown it to me . I told him his good lady . He said he must reply to it , which would cost £ 1 Us . Od . After I left I sent my little boy with a £ 5 note , and the prisoner afterwards brought me the change .

      Mr . Henry Miller sworn , said : I am Registrar of tho Cuildhall Court . All writs are signed and sealed by me . A writ was issued by the prisoner on behalf of Burrell against the Messrs . Hindes on the 14 th of June . No declaration was filed till the 23 rd of September , and in consequence no pica eould be filed at all . No certiorari was ever issued , or could be . And no proceedings wero ever removed . All the fees I ever received was 4 s . Mr . Baiiey entered an appearance against the writ . — By the Recorder : No replication wa 3 necessary . The case was not ripe for it , there being no plea . Elijah Ciiozieb Bailey said : I entered an appearance for the _Messrs . Hindes . I had a copy of notice of declaration served on me on the 23 rd Sept . I never entered any plea . 1 never obtained a certiorari . It was never mentioned . The jury , after a few moments' deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty on the second count , relative to the replication .

      The sentence of the court upon the prisoner was , tbat he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for tho term of twelve calendar months .

      Middlesex Sessions.' The January General...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ' The January General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Middlesex commenced on Tuesday morning , at the Sessions House , Clerkenwell . The calendar was unusually heavy , containing the names of not less than 112 prisoners . Of that number 101 were indicted for felony , and 11 for misdemeanour . Paper Sthalino . —P . Short , 25 , was indicted for stealing a ream of paper , value £ 2 2 s ., the property of James Low and others . —The prosecutors were Messrs . Low and Pewtress , whole-ale stationers , Gracechurch-street ; and it appeared that on the 2 _* > tk of November , ten reams of paper were sent by a porter to Christian-street , Whitechapel . From information given by a person who was not

      now produced , a police officer who was on duty in Union-street , Whitechapel , called upon a cabman who was driving quickly away to stop ; and when he did so , the prisoner , who was setting on ihe bos , got down , and made his escape . Inside the cab waa found a ream of paper , which had been stolen from the prosecutors' cart whilst on the way to Christian-street , and the cabman , a man named Scott , was taken into custody as an accomplice in the robbery . He was tried at the last- session of this court , but was acquitted . He was now called as a witness against the prisoner , and he deposed that he

      was called from the rank in Union-street on the 25 th of November , by two men , one of whom put a ream of paper into the cab and went away , and tho other got upon the box , and told him to drive on . He could not speak to the prisoner as the person who was on the box with him ; but the policeofficer , who bad known him for some years , clearly proved that the prisoner was that person ; and , further , that the prisoner and the cabman had been intimate friends for five or six years . The prisoner was what is termed in the cab profession a " buck . " —The prisoner was found Guilty , and sentenced to six months' hard labour .

      Stealing from a Shop Door . —George Richardson , 45 , was convicted , upon his own confession , of stealing an umbrella , the property of John Cadman . —It was stated to the court that in 1844 the prisoner was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to a year's hard labour for felony , and that he was again sentenced at the same court in 1 S 47 , being again convicted of felony , to four months'hard labour . Immediately after the expiration of that sentence he was again coin icted of felony , and was sentenced upon that occasion to seveii vears' transportation . On the 15 th of last June he was discharged from Millbank Penitentiary in consequence of ill-health , and the officers deposed that the prisoner had been known for many years , as one of the most expert and successful thieves in London was infested with , and that ho had been as successful as an imposter upon the public as he had been as a thief . —He was sentenced to one year ' s hard labour .

      Robbery bv a Cabman . —Joseph Darley , So , a cabman , was indicted for robbing Mr . Charles Thomas Hill , a mechanical draughtsman , in Leadenhall-strect _, of a watch and chain . —It appeared that tbe prosecutor was at a supper party at tho Sun Tavern , Saint Clement Danes , on New Year s Eve , and that in the course of the entertainment a quarrel arose between him and the landlord . He challenged the latter , Mr . Whiting , to put him out of the house . The landlord , however , did eject him , and when ho was outside the house he leu down in the mud . As he was getting up the prisoner ran up to him , and said he should not strike Mr . Whiting ; and whilst pretending to prevent his dninr ? so . bv _tlirowins his arms round him , ne

      slipped his watch from his waistcoat pocket , breaking in so doing a silk gu ard by which it was . attached to his neck . The potman , who was a participator in the affray , saw this done , and neat once seized the prisoner , in whose hand he saw tlio watch . Mrs . Whiting was present , and having had her attention attracted to the prisoner by his being accused of the robbery , she saw him attempt to drop the watch , and caug ht it in her hand - The prisoner asked the prosecutor if he was not _turneu out of the house . ? The prosecutor said he quarrelled with the landlord whom he then challenged to turn him out , and he did turn Jiim out .-fhe prisoner : Oh , you did , did you ? Jell , I don't think that very gentlemanly conduct , oi to

      very civil either to a man who tad treated > you a supper . ( Laughter . ) The prisoner asked the potman if he ( prisoner ) was not drunk at the time - The potman said he knew very well what be was about . He was not so drunk but that he knew very well that he was helping himself to another man s watch . ( Laug bter . ) -Prisoner : Why , how you talk ! I had drank a pailful that night . ( Much laughter . _) -The jury found the prisoner liuUty . Sentenced to six months' bard labour . Bobbing a Publican .-William Sharman , 4 . _» , n _« _a \ u * v Sharman . SO . husband and wifei . weie

      indicted for stealing three drinking glasses , the _property of Henry Tolson ; five drinking' f _flasses _andTa sugar crusher , the property of Robert < Itet : and _tw _* _driaking glasses , the uroperty of

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      W . Rippon . The prisoners , it appeared , wcte drinking at the bar of a public house in Crowncourt , Soho about half-past six o ' clock in the afternoon of the 3 rd instant , when the attention of a private m the Gronadier Guards was attracted to the movements of the male prisoner , who , whilst pretending to be intently roading tbe newspaper , was endeavouring to conceal about his person the glass from wliich ho had just heen urinKing . The landlord , upon information given by the soldier , challenged the prisoner with the ttiett _, upon which he at once dropped the _rdass upon the floor , and not being satisfied with his denial that ho bad any other _rrlass about him . the

      landlord gave both him and his wifo into custody , On being searched , there were found upon the male prisoner no less than seven other glasses each marked with the name of the owner , a su _<* ar crusher and threo table knives . Ono of these glasses belonged to the prosecutor Tolson , and the others were identified by thoir respective owners -publicans from whoso house they had been stolen , and at the lodgings of tho prisoners , _JNo . w Little Russell-street , fourteen other glasses were found , several of which were identified bv other publicans . The jury found the male prisoner Guilty , and acquitted the female . The court sentenced him to ono year ' s hard labour .

      Railway Robbery . --William Dashman was indicted for stealing a purse and two half-crowns from the person of Louisa Willard .-Edward Tottman deposed that on the evening of the 23 rd of December , about seven o ' clock , he was in plain clothes on the platform of the Great Western Railway , at 1 addingfon , when a train was coining in . lie saw the prisoner , in company with six others , go on the platform ' . The prisoner went up to a woman , and put bis hand into her pocket . He left her , and went to another woman and put his hand into her pocket . He then weut up to the prosecutrix , and he ( witness ) saw him put his hand into the pocket of her dress .

      The lady walked on and the prisoner walked by her side with his hand in her pocket ; she then stopped , and he saw the prisoner draw the purse out of her pocket . The lady turned round and faced the prisoner , and he instantly dropped the purse into her pocket again . Witness then laid hold of tho prisoner , and asked him what he wanted with the lady ' s purse ? Re said he had not got it . Witness said that he know that ho had not , because ho siw him drop it back again into her pocket , lie then searched him , and on bim found , amongst other articles , a memorandum of the times of the several railways . —Louisa Willard corroborated the evidei _. co

      of the policeman , and _s ; ated that on putting her hand into her pocket she found her purse quite safe . —The prisoner said that he knew nothing about tho lady ' s purse , and he denied that he had attempted to rob her at all . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty . —An officer of the House of Correction informed the court that the prisoner was a well kcown thief , and requested tbat he might be remanded , as he should then be prepared to prove several former convictions against him . —Tho learned Chairman then respited the sentence until next sessions . An Alien Thief . —Peter Kausman , a German , was indicted for stealing a gold hair ring and other articles , the property of Ferdinand Sehlosser . —The prosecutor ' s wife stated , through the medium of an interpreter , that she resided in Buckle-. 'tr . set . On tho 27 th of last month she went out , and did not return home until between seven and eight o clock . On going up stairs sho saw light in her room . She left the door fastened when she went out , hut she

      found it open when she came home . On going into the room she found several things strewed about , and , suspecting that somebody was in the room , she called for help and a light . She got a light , and found the prisoner behind the door . Sho told him to go away , which he at once did . After he had gone , however , she discovered that ho had stolen the articles set forth in the indictment—a ring , a pin , and a book . Upon this discovery she at once proceeded to his lodging ; and , on going into his room , she found him in bed . She charged him with the robbery , and proceeded to search his clothes , and found some of the articles which had been ab stracted from her box . —The prisoner , when called on for his defence , said that it was very likely tho prosecutrix put the things in his pocket herself , for he knew nothing about them . —The jury found him Guilty . —Tho Court sentenced tbe prisoner to three months' hard labour .

      Robbery by a Servant . —Mary Flinn , a neatly attired young woman , about 25 _yoars of age , was indicted for stealing a night shirt and other . articles , value £ 5 , the property of Alexander Lewis . In a second indictment she was charged with stealing a box and other articles , value £ 4 , the property of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company . The prisoner was also charged in a third indictment with stealing a rietoriiie , the property of Mary Anne Stiles . The prisoner pleaded not guilty to the three charges . Mr . Sirr prosecuted , and Mr , Horry defended the prisoner . Tlie first case entered into was that of the Bristol and Exeter

      Railway Company . — Thomas Smith , a porter , in the employment of the company , stated that on tho morning of the 13 th of December two ladies came to the booking-office . They had four boxes with them , which they deposited in his cave . Thero was an address upon the smaller box , " Miss Davis , passenger , _Bridgcwatcr , Cannington Vicarage , Somersetshire . " IIu placed them at the side ot the office . About ten minutes afterwards he saw the prisoner come in ; she had a small bundle in her hand , but no box . She asked for a third class ticket to London . This was not , however , given to her then , as it was too early . Shortly after the train was ready to start , and ho saw the prisoner with a box and the same bundle as he bad previously seen with

      her . The train started , and thewitnessthen returned to the office , when he missed the box in question . He then gave information to the superintendent , who at once obtained a pass ticket , and despatched witness up to Paddington hy the express train , lie arrived in London one hour and a half before the parliamentary train , and ho , and an officer who came up with him from Bristol , stopped on the platform until the train arrived . When the passengers got out , he at once observed the prisoner , who had changed her bonnet , carrying the box , and they then took her into custody , —Miss Elizabeth Braklesby Davis identified the box and its contents as her property . She was the daughter of a clergyman at Cannington , Somersetshire . —The jury found the

      prisoner Guilty , and , by the advice of her counsel , she pleaded guilty to the other charges . —Mr . Sirr said there was a further case in which the prisoner was charged with stealing property , value £ S 0 , but he was not instructed in that case , although he had to apply to the court for an order for the restoration of the property . —Mr . Collard , the superintendent of the Great Western Railway police , said the prisoner had been employed as servant in the offices of Messrs . Fox and Henderson ( the contractors for the Chrystal Palace ) , in . New-street , and had a good character up to the time she left that situation . — She was sentenced to six months' hard labour upon each indictment , each term to commence and terminate at the same time . —The court ordered the property to be restored ,

      1 — _»* i _. i * w , _ _ « i rt Robbery of Tradesmen . —Michael Morris , 16 , was indicted for stealing four boots , value 9 s ., the property of Henry Augustus Hyde . —Richard Blissett , shopman to Mr . Hyde , of Finsbury-place North , stated that on tho evening of the 28 th of December last his attention was called to the prisoner , whom he was told had just taken four boots from the door . Ho run after him and found the boots in bis _possession , and be then gave him into custody . The juvy found the prisoner Guilty . — The learned Chairman said that the history of the prisoner was that of a notorious thief , as he had no less than five convictions against him . Sentenced to six months' hard labour .

      Donald in the Dock . —An itinerant Highland piper , named Donald M'Phcrson , was plaoed in the dock , attired in kilt , plnid , & c „ upon a charge of robbing a drunken man of a turkey , in Old St . Paucras-road , on Christmas-eve . He was acquitted .

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      A Modern Jack Siieppard . — Soldom have wo had to record a more impudent and daring act of burglary than has come under our notice this week as having been perpetrated at Spilsby , in Lincoln . Tho delinquent , whose name is Stephen Allen , and who rejoices in an alias or two , it appears has been twice convicted at Spilsby , and only in July last was discharged from " durance vile" after an incarceration of eighteen months . Time hanging heavily on his hands in that rural Ideality , be conceived the idea of robbing the House of Correction —with whicli , our readers will believo , he was quite familiar—and accordingly set about his task with the utmost coolness and ingenuity . Having arranged bis plans , and weighed every obstacle ,

      on Thursday evening or early on Friday morning he proceeded to carry thorn out . He first attempted to scale the walls by the aid ofa ladder , which it is asserted he fetched a distance of a mile , but heing unable to do so , he procured from an adjoining field , * which was a plough , a " coulter , " and , by the aid of a spade , it is supposed he undermined the outer wall , to the depth of four or five feet , making an aperture sufficiently large to admit him within the prison yard . Once there , he proceeded to the under turnkey ' s apartment , which he forced open with the coulter , and , after rcgailing himself with such edibles as the place contained , took £ 11 5 s ., a gold ring , u gold chain , several

      articles of wearing apparel , and decamped by the route he had so laboriously constructed . On entering at the usual hour is the morning the turnkey was astonished to find that his impregnable apartment bad been broken into and _ransaced . He lost no time in conveying intelligence of the robbery to Superintendent Chambers , of Spilsby , and _Superin--tendent Robinson , of _Burgh-le-Marsh , and those two officers , after a strict search in tbo neig hbourhood , succeeded in tracing the burglar to Hull _,, where ho was apprehended at a pubho-hoasOj . with some of the stolenproperty in his _possession : and actually wearing ; pari ol the _turnkey ' s clothes . *—1 MI Advertiser ,- .

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      The January session of the Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday morning . There are at present 109 prisoners for trial , and it is probable that there will be about thirty additional committals before the grandjury are discharged . _CiiaIige OF _Perjuhy . —James Denton , a _policeconstnblc of the K division , surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with wilful perjury . —The indictment against the defendant , it appeared , wns preferred by a Mr . John Day , who carries on the business of a carpenter and undertaker in Hastings-street , St . _Pancra _? , and the perjury imputed to tlie defendant was alleged to have been committed b- him upon the hearing of a _charge of assault preferred by the constable against the prosecutor at the Clerkenwell I _' olice Court , on the 26 th October .

      It appeared that on the day in question the defendant was on duty in Hastings-street , near the residence of the prosecutor , when he had occasion to order a man who was selling groundsel and ehickirced lo go away , und it sct * iuc-tl that when he had done so the prosecutor oiled io the man , and purchased some groundsel of him , and this lead to an altercation between him and the defendant , and at length blows were exchanged , und some other constables were called in ; and eventually Day and another person named Sonne were taken into custody , upon a charge of assaulting the defendant , and resisting him in the executiou of his duty , and the prosecutor and Soane were both ttued by the magistrate . It was alleged that upon this occasion the defendant had falsely sworn that the pniseiutor had crossed the street to him and

      struck him and that he and Soane then dragged him into the prosecutor ' s shop , and there again assaulted him . Tbe prosecutor swore <) _isfci'ictl- that both these allegations were false , and his evidence was confirmed to some extent by other witnesses , but it was at the same lime admitted that there had been a scuffle , and that the defendant had received a blow while it was going _im . On the part of the defendant several witnesses were examined , who gave a totally different version of the transaction , and some of them confirmed the statement he had originally made as to the prosecutor having crossed the road and struck him in tins manner he had represented without his having giv _* n him any provocation . The evidence on both sides was of the mo it contradictory character . — The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .

      False Pretences . —William Paulton , 45 , labourer , was indicted for obtaining by false pretences an order for the payment of £ 15 . —On the 24 th of September last the prisoner called upon a gentleman named George Samuel Ford , a solicitor , of Hanriettasireet _, _Covent-garden , and introducing himself as Captain 1 ' aulton , produced a letter , and stated that he wished to negotiate the sale of some reversionary property . He then went on to say that tho property , which amounted to about £ 20 , 000 , would revert to him at the death of his mother , who was in a very declining state and eighty-seven years of age , and tbat the opinion of the medical men was that she could not live long . Re added that he was a captain on half-pay , and commanded in the 13 th Dragoons at Cabnol , where ho was wounded ; that his father was

      Mr . Paulton , of Maidenhead , banker , and it was upon his will , and tlujt of his grandfather , both dead , that ho wished to borrow £ 1 , 000 . After smiie further statements he left , aud called a « aiu on two subsequent occasions , when he managed to borrow 15 s . from prosecutor ' s clerk , stating that it was to enable him to go down to Colney Hatch to see his mother , who was then dying . He appeared in creat distress of mind ; aud on the 29 th he again called and saw prosecutor , and he then said his mother was dead , and requested that prosecutor would write to Mr . It . Harris , of _Rending , banker , his mother ' s solicitor , and the living trustee and executor to his fath-r ' s will , and inform him of her demise . He then asked if prosecutor could recommend him an undertaker , and spoke about many other things necessary under

      such circumstances , nnd finally borrowed £ 2 , to enable him to go down to Colney Hatch . On the next day he again called , and managed to get £ 15 from prosecutor , lo put himself in mourning , stating that he had seen his mother in her shell , and had made the usual arrangements , and banded in a list of monies coming to him . He also obtained another £ 5 making in the whole £ 27 . It then turned out that the whole story about his mother's death was a fabrication , and Mr . Harris hud been dead some years ; _but that he was the son of the gentleman alluded to . —The officer who took him into custody said , that upon examining his person he found he had been branded as a deserter from some regiment , — The jury found him Guilty . —lie was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment .

      A Jewish _Pkomotkb of _Robbi' * 'y . —Moses Barrett , 56 , a Jew dealer , was indicted for feloniously receiving four pounds weight of indigo , the properly of Messrs . Wich , Newmeu , and Company , well knowing it had been stolen by one Henry Sellers . —Henry Sellers , a lad who was _bought from the gaol to give evidence , was first examined . He said that he was fifteen years old . He had been in the servica of the prosecutors , who were indigo brokers , as errand boy , and had filled that situation for about nine months when he first saw the prisoner in October last . At that time he was standing near the Commercial Sale Rooms in Mincing-lane , with another errand boy , when the prisoner beckoned to him from the opposite side of the road , and on his going lo him he inquired if he was not in the indigo trade , and on his telling

      him that he was , he asked who were his employers _, and also what wages he received . He told him that while the indigo sales were going on be received a regular salary of rive shillings per week , but at other times he was paid one shilling a day , while he was employed . The prisoner then asked him if he could not get . bim some indigo dust , and on his telling him that lie was not allowed any perquisites , the prisoner said he thought his wages were very low , and he knew younger and smaller boys than him who were getting a good deal more money . He told the prisoner he should be very glad to find a better place , but his work was light and his master was very kind to bim . The prisoner then said that he would tell him how to get more money , and upon his asking him how , he said that he might take an ounce out of

      each sample _indigo box , and bring it to him , and if he _brought him a hundred ounces he would buy them of him . Up ' . m thU occasion he told the prisoner that he would have nothing to do with what he proposed , and he added , that nn honest penny was worth a sit * vcr shilling . He _> uw the prisoner repeatedly after this , and he always asked bim if he had made up bis mind , lie shunned the prisoner as much as he could , but he continually threw himself in his way . On the 6 th of December he was not in regular employment , and as be was standing "thinking" in Crutchedfriars the prisoner cime up to him , and asked what he was " breaking his head " about , when the golden ball was near bis hand ? And he then asked him again if he had made up his mind , and he said that he had , and he asked the prisoner if be should bring

      him some down the following morning , which was Saturday . The prisoner told him not to bring him any at that time , because it was his " Sabbath , " but he should like tu see him down on Monday morning as early as possible ; and lie at the same time told him that he lived in Grace ' s-alley , Well-street . On the morning after this conversation took place he went to the prosecutors' warehouse , as it was usual for him to do , to inquire if his & ervices were wanted , and he took the opportunity of stealing five pounds of indigo , which he weighed and put into two bags , and carried away . On the Monday following he went to the prisoner ' s house , which presented the appearance of an old clothes shop , and on his seeing tbe prisoner be put a pair of trowsers iuto his hand ; he waa confused and did not know what to

      say , and prisoner said , " Oh , I see they won ' t suit you , come this way , " and be then took him behind the counter where there was some scales , and he weighed the indigo and said there were only three pounds of it . lie told the prisoner there was more , and the prisoner then said he had made a mistake and would give him five shillings , which was a shilling a pound , and ho went away . On the following day he stole four pounds more indigo , and took them to the prisoner , and he wanted him to have a meerschaum pipe in payment . Ho told him that tho pipe was worth six shillings and ho would take six pounds of indigo for it , and the four pounds he had just brotighr should be on account , and he must trust to his generosity to bring him the other two pounds . Re icfusod to buy the pipe , and told

      the prisoner that he wanted to mako too much of a market of him , as he could buy as good a pipe anywhere for half-a-crown . After this ho stole some cochineal , wliich the prisoner purchased of him , and paid him a shilling a pound for it . The next day he stole five pounds more indigo , and when ho took it to the prisoner he told him tbat he appeared to be going on any how . On the 10 th of December he went again to ' his masters' warehouse , and stole ten pounds of indigo , and as he was going away with it ho was stopped , and he then told bis master all that had taken place between him and the prisoner . An officer was then sent for , and a portion of tho indigo was marked , and ho was directed to take it to the prisoner , and he did so . The prisoner weighed it , as usual , and gave him 4 s . ; and when he came out he handed over the money to the officer , who had followed him to the shop . —

      Crossexamined—He considered that the proposition which the prisoner made to him was a very great , insult to an honest boy , but yet he never said a worn about it either to his master or to his father or mother . Tho reason he did not tell any one about it was that he should havo strength enough in his own fortitudo to keep away from doing what was asked of him by the prisoner . _ The conversations with tho prisoner took place m the opeu streets . He spent all the money he received in "foolishness — pastrv , tobacco , apples , and nuts . —Frederick George Woo dgate , the boy referred to by Sellers , proved that he saw the prisoner beckon him across the road on the day he referred to , and he said that the prisoner , after Sellers had gone away , entered into conversation with him . —Mr , Appell , a _cltrk to the _proseoutors _, proved that he stopped the boy Sellers with the indigo in his possession , and that ho afterwards accompanied the officer to the priso-

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      ner ' s house , where he found the same indigo which he had previously marked . It was worth from fivo to seven shillings per pound . —Trcw , the officer , proved that upon his going into the prisoner ' s shop after Sellers came out , and inquiring of the prisoner bow he became possessed of the indigo , he denied ha ving purchased it of Sellers , and said that he bad merely left it there . —His Lordship summed up , and the jtirv _, after a short deliber .. tion _, returned a verdict of Guiltv . —Moses Harnett was brought up on Wednesday , ' and sentenced bv tho

      Recorder to be transported for the term of ten years—The _prisoner , who frequently kept asserting his innocence , no sooner heard his sentence , tha ' u he said ho had been f alsely sworn against , and as he was leaving tho dock , suddenly stopped , and , clasping bis hands , as if in prayer , said , with much apparent sanctity , " I am innocent ; " then , turning hio eves upward , added , " I hope the Almi ghty God— ;' he then seemed unable or unwilling to finish the sentence . —Tie Recoidci-: You had better say no more . —Ho then moved slowl y and mechanically out of ihe dock .

      Selling _St-acs in the Crystal Palack . —Adam Young , a young man of gentlemanly appearance , surrendered to take lu s trial upon au indictment for _obtaniim money by false pretences . The defendant pleaded Guilty . Mr . _Ballanticc , who appeared for the prosecution , said that the prisoner had pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining the sum of ten shillings iiy false pretences . Tim prosecution was instituted by the Executive Committic for carrying out the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in IS 5 I _, and it appeared that the committee had received information that an establishment was in

      existence , which professed to have the power of selling space for artichs to be exhibited in ihe building appropriated for that purpose , but which they were welt _a'A-aie was an imposition upon the public , as no such power was delegated to any parlies , they instituted the necessary inquiries , and the result was lhat the present charge was preferred against the defendant . The prisoner and some other persons kept a sort of office , where it was _represented they had the power of _selling portions of the space of tho building for the Exhibition , and in the particular instance which was now under consideration , ' a sum often shillings was received from a poor woman who was anxious to have a space of four feet allotted to her for the exhibition of a pair of stays . —Tho Recorder directed that the

      defendant should appear and receive the judgment of the court upon the indictment to which he had pleaded Guilty , if he should be called upon to do so . E . M ! iKzm-MKNT . — William Gill , 2 G , clerk , pleaded Guilty to an indictment for embezzling several sums of money belonging to his master , Alfred Rosling . — Mr . Clarkson , who appeared for the prisoner , and called several witnesses who spoke to his previous good character , said a clerk from the firm of the prosecutor , who is a timber merchant , nnd one of the Surrey bench of magistrates , stated tint the prosecutor had no wish to press lor a heavy punishment . —The Common Sergeant said the prisoner ' s ( Hence was a bad one , and it w _« s wholly on account of his previous good character I hat the court passed the sentence it did . He was then sentenced to six months '

      imprisonment , A Family or Felons . —W . Weaver , 10 , tailor , Emma Weaver , 10 , and W . Weaver , the elder , their father aged 55 , a tailor , were indicted , the two first prisoners for stealing two pairs of boots , a victorine , and a cloak , the property of William Ives , and tho elder Weaver with receiving the _viclon ' ue , knowing it to have been stolen . —The boy pleaded Guilty , and both ho ami his sister , two ' wretched , squalid _, and half-starved looking little objects , cried mi Si bitterly while the trial was going on , and vcpratw ly kept _raying their father was innocent . —It appeared that on Saturday , the 21 st of last month , a little boy and girl , the son and daughter of the prosecutor , aged seveu and four years of age , were met in Church-passage , Spitalfields , by the girl and boy ,

      who having told them they would bring them some nuts and cakes , enticed them up a court , whose they robbed them of their boots , and the little girl of her cloak and victorine , and left them sitting on a step , where they were found by a constable , who removed them to the station , and subsequently found their _parents ; and having a knowledge of the hoy from the description the children gave of him , succeeded in taking the boy , and from that circumstance discovered where the elder prisoner lived . —Ball , a police-sergeant , said from what he had heard ho went to Union-court , where the elder prisoner lived , and he thero saw him and the girl , who had the vietorino on her neck . The constable tl en said ho should search the place for some coats that had beon worn by the hoy , when the prisoner became

      very abusive , and told tho ofhVer it was no use to come there with his bounce , as he should not search ) his place without a proper authority . The officer then commenced his search , but could not find what he wanted , and on turning round to the girl found the victorine was gone from _I-. ov neck . He _ai-ked where it was , when she said she Ind not had it , and folding her pinafore put it round her neck , which she endeavoured to persuade the sergeant he must have mistaken for the victorine . The _sersennt then asked the father what he had done with it , nnd ho said , " So help me God , I have not got it ; I know nothing of it . " Not being able to find it , and feci ing convinced that prisoner must have taken it , he

      searched him , and feeling something bulky under his shirt ho put his hand in and foHiid the victorine next his skin . Prisoner then said , "Oh , God , sco what dishonest children bring honest parents to . 'Tho little girl declined making any _defi'iice . — -The elder prisoner , when called upon for his _defe-nce , affected to cry , and in a canting tone pleaded his innocence , and during bis statement kept looking at the children , who seemed frightened and cried bitterly , both asserting their parent ' s innocence . — The jury found them both Guilty , and said that the conduct of the father was highly to be censured . — The Common Sergeant sentenced the two children to be imprisoned for two mon tits , and the father for twelve .

      The Sloanes' Case . —The grand jury returned < true bill against George Sloane , and Theresa , his wife , for a misdemeanour . Assault and Robbery . —William Thompson , 26 , was indicted for having , in company with two other persons , unlawfully assaulted _Aikdphus Dubois , and robbed him of a watch and chain , his properly . — It appeared in this case that about nine o'clock at night , on the 18 th of December , the prosecutor , who is a dentist , residing iu tho neighbourhood of Leicester-square , was walking along Upper Eustonstreet , _Xew-road , when ho observed three men standing in a door way , apparently to shelter

      themselves from the rain which was at the time failing heavily . At tho moment he arrived opposite to them they all rushed upon bim , and a rope or gag was placed round bis neck so tightly as almost to cause strangulation , and upon his making an attempt at resistance one ofthe men called out , "Give it him , " and the gag , or whatever instrument was made use of , was then pulled so tigbtiy as to causo immediate insensibility , and while in that state tho prosecutor was robbed of his watch and chain . Tho prisoner was clearly proved to bo one of the men concerned in the outrage , and he was shown to havo thrown the watch and chain down an area while

      endeavouring to mako his escape . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty . —Mr . Justice _I-attcson sentenced the prisoner to bo transported for life . Post Office Robbery . —William Burgess Swift , 22 , and Walter Scrivener , 21 , two Post-office clerks , pleaded Guilty to indictments charging them with stealing letters , tho property of Hie Postmaster-General . * —There were some mitigating circumstances in the case of Swift , and ho was sentenced to be transported for seven years . The other prisoner was .-entenced to be transported for ten years . _CiiAR 6 E of Wilfully Damaoi . no a Ship at Sea . —Henry Hopper surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment which alleged , that while a certain _vessol called tho Mary was upon the high seas , and within the jurisdiction of tho Admiralty ' of England ,

      tho defendant maliciously and feloniously cur and damaged the rigging of the said vessel , with intent to render her useless . —Mr . Bodkin , in opening the case , said that the prisoner was a mariner , and was employed to put pilots on board vessels coming up the river , and on the loth of December he was with his boat olF Dungencss with a pilot , and on tho look-out for an Indiamnn which was expected . Another boat , the Mary , was out with the same object ; and it seemed that it was the custom for tho pilot to be taken from the first boat which camo up to the vessel ; and when the ship that was expected came in sight both the boats n . ado the best 0 / their way towards her , and they boih attempted to lay bold of her , but in consequence of the way that was _unon the vessel they were unable to do so , and

      the pilots became entang led with each other , and while they were in that position the prisoner cub the halyards of the other boat , the effect of which was to caus a the foresail to fall . Tho object ot the prisoner in doing this was possibly to give his own boat some advantage in getting to the vessel first , but he failed in that object , for the rival boat having a small one with her , it was made use of , and the persons in her succeeded in getting their p ilot on board the ship . The question would be , under theso circumstances , wliother tho act committed by the prisoner was done with an intent to render tho vessel useless ; but it appeared to him that it would be more _reasonablo to suppose that the prisoner only intended to disable the _boad

      for a short period , to enable his own boat to get first to the ship , and that it would be straining the law very much to say , that such an act as that imputed to the prisoner amounted to felony within the meaning of the statute . The matter had been investigated by a justice residing in the district , and he had felt it his duty to send tho caso for trial , and the grand jury having returned a true bill , he was bound to appear and st ; t : the facts to tho jury ; but he apprehended that now he bad done so , their lordships would be of opinion that it would not bo _necei-sary to proceed any further . — The Court ruled that tbo indictment could not bo supported under the circumstances , and tho jury therefore returned a verdict of Not Guilty . —The prisoner was discharged accordingly .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11011851/page/7/