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LAW Nonces.—The Court of King's Bench will resume its sittings

in London onnonday the 19th ; on which day only undefended causes on bills of exchange and promissory notes will be tried. Special Jury causes are appointed for the 23d, 24th, and 26th. Oat the 27th, which is the adjournment day in Mid- dlesex, Common Jury causes will be tried, and be continued till the 31st. The Court of Common Pleas will also resume its sittings on Monday ; when London Special Jury causes will be tried, and be continued to the 29th. Common Jury causes will be taken each day after the Special Jury causes. Middlesex Special Jury causes are appointed for the 30th.

Richard Chick, Josiah Nathan, and Richard Gifford, capitally convicted at the ast Old Bailey sessions, are to be executed on Monday. His Majesty has respited .he other convicts during pleasnre.

ROBBElli AT A Loner NG-HOUSE,-.-A respectable tradesman of Taunton is regu- larly employed by the proprietors of the Taunton l3ank ill conveying property to large amounts from thence to London ; and his usual mode of securing such pro- perty against coach-robbery is by stitching the parcel containing it to the inside of his coat-pocket, which coat' he never takes off during his journey. Upon his arrival in London on Sunday last, he took up his abode for the night at a lodging. house in Ironmonger-lane ; and, according to his usual custom, upon retiring to rest, placed his clothes under his pillow. When he awoke in the morning, he was surprised at finding them upon a chair by the bed side. Alarmed for his property, he proceeded to search his pockets, and to examine the parcel; from the former, two sovereigns had been taken, and the latter, though still stitched to the pocket, had been rifled of Bank-notes between 500/. and 600/. value, the accept- ances alone remaining. The Lord Mayor ordered that the Marshal, and another officer should go to the lodging-house in Ironniong,er-lane, anti execute a search. warrant there. This was done without delay, but without effect. Upon inquiring into the character of the house, the Marshal. had learned that other robberies had been committed. One gentleman had been plundered there a short time ago, of one hundred and five sovereigns, which was cut from his velisse.

Thirteen packages, containing plate, &c. belonging to Lady Flint, who is at present at Sandgate, were sent by a van last week frocmi thence to the Cross Keys Inn, Graceelturch-street, directed to her residence in Queen-street, St. James's Park. The property was deposited in the warehouse. Shortly after- wards, a respectable-looking man came to the booking-office, and, pulling out a paper from his pocket, which he glanced at, said to the bookkeeper—" Those thirteen packages for Lady Flint you need not send to Queen-street, as a cart will call for them this afternoon." The reply was, " Very good," and the man de- parted. In the afternoon another man, like a carman, catne to the office with an empty cart, and said he hal come for Lady Flint's thirteen packages, and asked what there was to pay for the carriage. The bookkeeper replied, "2/. us.," which was instantly paid, and a receipt given for the money. The carman then drove his cart into the inn-yard, and received the packages into his cart, and drove away. After a clay or two, an inquiry was made at the Cross Keys by Lady Flint's servants, to know if such packages had not been received Irons Sandgate; when they were informed that they had been delivered up in the manner above described. Sir Charles Flint intends to proceed against the pro- prietors for the recovery of the value of the property.

On Friday morning, a mob was collected in Oxford-street, in consequence of the rescue of a young runaway female from the arms of an old seducer. The seducer, it seems, had insinuated himself so far into the jgood glaCCA of the lady, who has not yet completed her eighteenth year, that she eloped thous the house of her parents, who are respectable people residing in New man-street: but not without taking the precaution (confessedly under the direction of her seducer) of abstracting from her father's coffers the suns of 500/. Two young men, her brothers, suspecting her design, pursued her; and the unwilling maid was drag- ged out of a hackney-coach and carried to a place of security. Three hundred pounds of the stolen money were found on the lady, but the remaining two hun- dred pounds were missing.

Mr. Baldwin, a coal-merchant, was yesterday fined ten pounds for deficient measure upon ten sacks of coals sold to Mr. Warraker, of Little Distaff-lane. There is an action at law against Mr. Baldwits for the recovery of penalties for wrong quality by the same person. On Thursday, a young man named Barrington, who lend hitherto maintained in respectable character, was charged at the Mansion/louse with a burglary in the . house of Mr. Wilson, of the Half-moon, Leadenhall-market. The prisoner was servant to Mr. Brown, fishmonger, residing in the same market. On tine nir,•11t of Wednesday week, the bar of Mr. Wilson's house was forcibly entered, the drawers broken into, and bills and notes to the amount of 150/, besides other property of various descriptions, taken ; and it appeared evident that the thieves must have been concealed in the house over night, and broke their way out in the morning. Every exertion was used to trace the depredators, but in vain: however, it happened a day or two since, that one of the officers was applied to by a bird-seller, who complained that the prisoner had paid hins a bad crown.piece, and refused to give him another. The officer saw the prisoner about it ; and in consequence of something that transpired, was induced to search the prisoner, upon whose person he found a quantity of duplicates answering the description of property stolen from Mr. Wilson. He took hins into custody, and a quantity of the stolen property was found at his lodgings, as well as duplicates for an im- mense number of other articles which had beet) recently stolen from other trades- men's houses in the market. The prisoner was fully committed for trial.

A most extraordinary charge of assault was preferred at Lambeth-street offic( on Thursday, by a delicate-looking young lady. named Jane-Maria Wilkinson, ac cornpanied by her brother and sisters, against her own mother. The parties ar of great respectability, and the father holds a situation under Government. Tin. complainant stated, that her mother was el so violent a temper, and this nature infirmity was so aggravated by her indulging in liquor, that live of her childeet had been compelled to quit the paternal roof. She herself had been kept vvithou food, and beaten, on trivial occasions, so violently, that she had been unable t. put on her clothes. Similar instances of misconduct were described by one of tin complainant's sisters and by her brother. A servant living with Mrs. Vvilkinso said that she had frequently conveyed victuals to the youngest Miss Wilkinson who would have been starved without such assistance. Her mistress had beate her severely on Sunday last, and she intended to quit her service that very nigh Mrs. Wilkinson, on being called on for her defence, went down on her knees, ate commenced a string of asseverations; when the Magistrate insisted upon he rising, and in no very measured terms intimated his displeasure. The lady's d. fence consisted chiefly of counter statements, the burden of which was her kin disposition and her children's undutifulness. The Magistrate, after being nem pied one hour and a half its hearing family details, dismissed the parties, by hold log the mother to bail to keels the peace towards all her children.

The house of Mr. Tharghart, tailor and draper in Clifford-street, very near t Messrs. Stultz, whose premises were lately broken open, was on Thursday nigh robbed to a very considerable amount, upwards of 3,01. A person who had bee prosecuted to conviction by Mr. Burghart seven years ago, for dishonesty whir in his employ, and the terns of whose imprisonment has recently expired, • strongly suspected.

Ann Townsend was oin Thursday charged at Marlborough-street-office wri having robbed her master, Mr. Turner, jeweller, of Oxford-street, in whose famit she had resided for several years as nurse. On Monday, she went to purcha. ribbon at Mr. Williams' shop, Oxford-street, and whilst bargaining for it, st concealed a piece in her pocket ; she was immediately taken into custody, and, searching her a quantity of jewellery was found. Mr. Rutland, on hearing tim. she was in custody for felony, attended in her behalf, not entertaining, the slighte suspicion of her having robbed himself; but he immediately identified the whol

of the jewellery as his property. A number of duplicates were found on her person, all dated subsequent to December 1828. She said nothing in her defence, and was committed for trial.

Three constables of Rochdale, named John Stott, Benjamin Taylor, and James Taylor, have been fully committed for trial, for stealing the treasury-box of the Rochdale Weavers' Union, which contained the sum of 1954 9s. Ort, from the public-house where it was kept in that town. The transaction has created great excitement among the weavers, and from 3000 to 4000 of them surrounded the police-office during the examination of the prisoners on Tuesday.

On Saturday evening, as Mr. Howson, jun. was returning from Cambridge to Huntingdon, he was attacked by three fellows, who robbed him of eight sove- reigns, his watch, and greatcoat, in which were his books. The greatcoat and its contents were found in a field the next morning.

A Mr. Osgood, from Devonshire, was robbed on Monday of a eilver watch and gold chain, by a man and a woman, with whom, on a slight acquaintance, he had been drinking very freely.

Martha Geary, who had been employed as housekeeper for a considerable time at the Athenmum club-house, has been committed to Newgate, charged with stealing table-linen, &c. Several pawnbrokers gave evidence against the prisoner,

James Carman has been committed for trial, charged with forging the accept- ance of James Ellis, Esq. of Banning, in Kent, l'or the sum of 471. There was another charge or forgery against the priemmee, hat it was not entered into.

William Richard Smith, NV/10 had been some time clerk to Mr. Young. a eeli- citor, and had robbed him e145l. which had slime time ago bCCII to take to a banking-honee, on Wednesday, in a fit of remorse and state of destitu- tion, surrendered himself to justice at the °free at llarlborough-street. Ile lived unhappily with his wife, and had mieappI primed the money, in order to e-nepe from her: he then Went to Dublin, and remained there till the motley was gone : be now wished the law to take its course, as be could not leek fpr any honest employment in this country. Committed for trial.

Henry Wood, servant to Mr. Romigvmi,iit, of 1.3ury Green, Hertfordshire, has absconded with upwards of 70/. Nvorth of plate, marked with a crest, anti also a quantity of table linen, with hie master's name at full length.

On Monday morning, some thief cut a pane of glass in the shop-window of 'I. Wickes, watchmaker, of 98, Chancery lane, and stole two valuable watches.

On Tuesday morning, three thieves attempted to break into the-house of Air. Itlayden, a jeweller in Complon-etrect, Clerkenwell. They broke open the shut- ters, and were disturbed by the watchmen, Nvho apprehemleti two of them.

On Tuesday morning, tlie elelt of 2l r. [Outlet, watchmaker, Maidstone, was robbed of twenty-live gold and silver watches.

A 1Zoman Catholic Chapel at Leek was broken into on the 23d tilt. and roI)leed of a cross from the altar, two boxes containing money, and other articles. Ou the 4th inst. it was again broken into, threugh a window which vs as destroyed, and more of the property carried off. A reward is offered for the discovery of the thieves.

It was mentioned in the Sri:ore-roe of time week beftire last, that much da- mage was done to a newly-erected cttmmmze at Artlingly, belonging to the Rev, Mr. Hamilton; since which a still greater excitation has been evinced by time labouring poor of the above parish, owing to a report tbat their childreit were t be placed out to the farmers for a portion of years. On Saturday morning it wa!) discovered that the barn, corn, and hay-smeks, fifteen in number, with carts' thrashing-machine, torpauling. &c. were on tire. The property was totally con sumed; and from the circumstance of partially hornt matches being found aboe the premises, as well as certain threatening letters 'Icing also fume!, there is int t little donbt that the calamity was the Nvork a incendiaries. It. is conjectured that property to the amount of from 1200/. to 1-11,0/. has been thus eautorill; destroyed. We understand, on Mr. Hamilton's first going to Anlingly, he ointrer.1 to take 500/ a year as a compensation for his tithes: this was refused on the part of the parish, vhich offered 450a Bad feelinge have been displayed by both parties ever since. The tithes are said to be worth from 701W. to 9001. a- car. About seven months ago, a poor woman, the wire of a weaver near Kelso, was seized within fifty yards of her house, at ten o'clock at night, her mouth NVai filled -with flax, and her hands tied behind her with a cord. One shriek which sins tittered on being seized, brought a neighbour to the door with a candle, and the 'wretches fled. Her mind has been entirely unsettled ever since, and she has lost The use of one side. She is the mother of six children, the eldest only twelve ; and her aged mother toils to fill the place of the useful housewife. The whole- group are reduced to poverty by means of this unheard-of outrage. On the 7th of May IVO, a man named Gumtnery and his family were mur- dered, and no clue could be obtained of the murderer. Ott the 1st of August 1829, a man named George Stokes was admitted into the Worcester infirmary, having a complaint in one of his legs : a mortification took place, and he died on Sunday last. Ile acknowledged to one of the medical attendants, that he WaS con- cerned in the murder of Gummery and his family ; that he " mmmimbleml " one or them with a bill-hook ; and that the others who were concerned in the murder iwere now dead. " The instrument alluded to by Stokes," says the Wurcester paper, " agrees very well with that which appears to have ken used; finr on turning to our journal of May 18, 1780, we find it stated, that the evidence be- fore the Coroner led to the belief that the poor creatures were I murdered with a hatchet or sotne such like instrument.' " The practice of administering narcotic drugs in liquor, to facilitate robbery, seems to be very common in London. We noticed one instance of it last week. This week, a Mr. Porter, who had been enticed by a girl to accompany her to ati Infamous house in Lambeth, was plied with brandy ; under the influence of weed, be immediately fell asleep, and awoke minus his watch and 165/. in bank-notes and sovereigns. The landlord of the house and one of the %rumen have been under examination at Union Hall.

A slave brig, of five gulls and sixty men, with four huntired slaves, wee cap- tured on the 5th, by his Majesty'sschooner Pickle, of three guns, and thirty-.ix men. As Mary Church was supping at an eating-house on Friday night, she was attacked by a woman, who after throwing a knife and fork at her, threw her down and bit her under lip entirely oil. A reward of 1011/. is differed for the discovery and prosecution of the armed party of insurgents who attacked the house of Denis Forde, of Tubber, County Galway, and administered to him . an unlawful oath, on Friday night, and also for the perpetrators of a similar outrage at Clortevoher, in the snme county, a few nights previous.