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given in charge. On being asked what they had to say, 
they merely sot that ey were very hungry, and could 
nt or relie 
fi 
Metropolis, has undergone a i. ation. 
ses were brought against him; one by the Secretary to 
the Society for the Protection of Young Females, 
stated that the prisoner called on him, representing himself 
to be the steward . Fletcher, of As Park, 
Surrey ; who, h , had sent his ch for the 
amount of snyentiveos to the Society, and it ng 16 
beyond the amo Dy subscription, the prisoner had re- 
ceived the differ ren The cheque 
the prisoner’s 
g shown the letter and che que, 
risoner’s handwriting. 
upwards ne hundred begging-letters written by 
prisoner to the nobility and gentry; tha 
transported i 
th 
risoner was one 
most notorious beggi yg Setied writers in the e king- 
dom, pear that the tact and ingenuity he exhibited i 
that species of imposition were ishing similar 
charge was ata Pronght against the prisoner by the Secre- 
tary of the ndling Hospi On being called on for 
his defence, be replied that at ent he was not dispos 
to anythi g on the subject, and that he should reserve 
his defence until his trial, if it was intended to commit 
him, instead of summarily convicting hi He then 
committed.—A daring attempt at burglary was committed 
at Maida-hill, on Wednesday, in the house of a 
derson, near the Paddington Canal. It apeOnEe that the 
of the house, and i mpting 
to get down the chimney, dropped a dark Ripting into Mr. 
Asda 8 a be droom. e by the 
an alarm i 
y 
es had got off. Several serious 
robberies, it repre | oe lately ‘een committed in this 
inity ; and at one h it #s said, the whole of the 
eae worth nearly 1002, was stolen and carrie 
Fires. —— uesda ay a ser 
of life atte in the ce 
publie-house eee th 
of lodgers 
inmates were prevented fi going down stairs, and, 
for the fi pe, the whole of them must have perish 
ri were at é entertained lest the whol 
th 
- A.Goldsmid, Cay ame ish-square. 
originated through the over-heatin; 
A beam on 
ednesda 
out on the premises of Mr. Ashby, blind-m 
: Commeria-oad ; and the hou 
ne stone, reby he was thrown out with great vio- 
ence r it is said, pasha id severe inju- 
ries, but was enabled to wa Ik home. 
ortality he Metropolis. 
—The following is the 
number of deaths that have occurred j in the Met " ropolis 
all causes, registered in the week 
Tota 
the 8th inst. :—Mal es, 450; Females, 52] i) 
; tal, 971. 
Weekly average, 1038: 9-40-1—Males, 467 ; Females, 445 ; 
Provincial Neus, 
; Birmingham. noticed in our last an accident, said 
A have resulted from the incautious us fire 
whereby a woman of Pray name of Steapenhill lost her life. 
€ circumstances then ed were si iven 
On the authority of the hashend af of d d, r 
ahed ent When the alleged accident occurred. in- 
| Gest, protracted ut four days, hag 
held, when cor "ante entertained of the nepnae 8 
sta at yaa, who h 
and pistol concealed by hin r 
bed. The jury eliimeiely brought in 
Wilful murder” agai ust the _hu sband, Ezra 
onday, a solicitor applied to piece 
wn- hall, for mm 
Brighton.—On Mo 
Eben at the Tow 
J.M. Wa 
mek, called out, ‘ 
bolting himself 
in m 5 aving refused d admission to the 
vicar, ve ed Scoks open the door, and s 
whipped mob soon Bo: a a 
thought, ae inflicted summary pun 
ner, had he not mounted his acta pores e h 
«ped see iad ae been sworn Le the magistrates granted 
Mr. Wagner 
be on ore ‘the magist ates. 
a 
t were examined, and the facts of the case were prov 
in evid to be as above stated ing the ing 
e angry recrimination passed between the solicitors for 
two parties. The magistrates retired to consider their 
decision, and during their absence the Court presented a 
e of pe uproar. On their return, Mr. Wigney 
senior magistrate, said the had come to the 
and must Het the words 
that had been used by the professional gentlemen ha 
been done so jasdyertanily. and hoped they would both 
recall their offensive expressions. He considered it a 
great act of indignity to the bench whe langua 
ars d. The two solicitors then apologised to each other. 
n address to the Ar te 
forwarded to his Grace from this town, praying 
o discountenan ch as possible the doctrines pro 
sae in the ** Tracts for the T i 
fish ; some of m, it is said, having 
as 1400 atone time. Mosto em are at once despatched 
to the London ket by the Southampton Railway ; 
but a quantity have also a sold in this town at from 
6d. to 9d, each 
Bri 
istol.—Considerable excitement prevailed in this 
city during the latter part of last week, in consequence 
th named Charles Southwell, 
rial 
lishe hed in a perio ical. 
having occupied t 
the defendant’s address to alone occupying te 
hours. ictment sista ext from th 
defendant’s works whi rmed the subject of the charge 
The publi m of the articles having been brought home 
retu verdict of “ nen és 
as, after an impressive address from Sir C. We- 
therel, ‘the recorder, sentenced to 12 months’ imprison- 
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che -— On Saturday : a man of the name of Edw. 
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n his designs, ‘ad made a hasty retreat 
—On Saturday night, a young man employed 
in the ‘piste at Northwick, the seat of the no 
red an unus rik E pans 
which encloses an apparatus for 
dship’s turer. He gave the alarm 
y great shi n the f the household the 
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damage done is inconsi e. 
Chichester.— sethiied have been held ‘in this 
city before the commissioners for the ae of the 
nkrupts Messrs. Ridge of the Old Ban pre 
debts against that firm. After a long’ Remeron which 
however elicited of general est, the proceed 
ings were ad a to er gos 7 oe total amount 
-~ Be wrsetn she had a right ; and the jury, by the chair- 
irection, supposing she might consider such to be 
bund rood not guilty; after which the chairman 
ned the prisoner 
Ba trusted — all pe 
m such a proc 
a 
eting has been held of the rate 
payers of the parish of ‘Kirkben ton, ei the follow- 
Kirkh 
ing townships — eaton, Dalton, and 
Whitby, for oe purpose . ‘petitioning. against t the Ne 
Poor Law. e of the churchwardens was in the chair 
m — away that 
e expenditure of - 
sioners of t-house cessary incubus, 
their salerlel. and expenses a wanton waste of the taxes of 
the country. 4. That the whole s of union of 
pecans | is bad in itself, both for the guardians and poor, 
e former having to leave ir h gr istance 
d expense, and the latter often fail in the very attempt 
to obtai 
the constitution of our country, 
immediately to be repealed, and the 43d of Eliza re- 
t d a petition be sent to Parl t 
requiring the immediate repeal of the New P, 
bodying the aboy ions. 
t 
sentatives, to be pr to Parliament by them, and 
requesting their suppor the p hereof.” The 
bove t psaiph, form a ere portion of the Hud- 
dersfield Union expected that the whole of the 
and i 
perebes ptiatibating this union will soon follow the above 
mple. 
reds —A numerous meeting of the working-men ue 
wn has Bene held, to hear the statements of a 
hort Ti 
m their 
fa r. Fleming were ap Ese as th 
on from this ares and the agtoetinal r went, to 
_ He sho uld, ho owever, leave to Mr. Fi to 
Mr. a ing then a addressed the company at considerable 
length, detailing the conversation the 
eel and the 
n be publis 
s long dela od. cae’ in order th 
might appear yh cae the openin 
it was expected t rin ‘more a 
ter e hy moved, Proposing 
a vote of Pigmen Ag ‘the Short Time Conanitts and the 
the 
titled 
ressed the su we of the 
owes s charter upon the Ministers.” aving been 
seconded, the so put the two propositions to the 
original motion was 
unanimously, shiaas ales only about 20. hands in 
vour of the amendm ae 
—The _teaident which we reported in 
red to one of the sons of ine Her 
inated fatally. 
fav 
Liverpool. 
er isted field 
wheat bee: mitting | A 
felo: Ate al Ge cone aefence that | the 
