POLICE OF Lou9re. — JEws 'remits —Several Jews were fined at the
Man- sionhouse, on Monday, for having sold clothes in Cutlerstriet, in violation of the law. It was ascertained after they had departed, that each of them hid offered to give as much money to the officer as had been paid UrTtt the deci- sion of the Lord Mayor, if he would consent to overlook their oflence. It is the practice of those dealers in old clothes to pretend, when they are in the hands of the Magistrates, that they have large numbers of children. They are able to procure the loan of half a dozen or a dezen little boys and girls, who are taught to call any man pointed out to them " father," and who would swear, if necessary, to twenty new parents in a day &MBE RY.—At Bow-street, on Tuesday. Charles Phelim. awl Julia Pleenin his wife, were charged with stealing a bank of England note for 1004 the property of Mr. Humphreys, of Craven-street, Strand. The note was stolen in September, and was only discovered on Friday. A female servant named Cullen was suspected of having taken it from an iron safe. The defence was, that Phelim had received it from tide woman, who owed him some money. He was detained, but his wife was allowed to go away, as she had a young child at her breast.
The Losr Iindeat.r.e.—The Lady of the Hon. George Mills dropped her gold bracelet at the King's Theatre the other night. It was found by Scone, a soldier on duty, and sold to Harris a clothesman in Pimlico, for 30a. on the understanding that if it was claimed within a fortnight it was to be returned. Mr: Mills brought Harris to Queen-square Police office, on Saturday, for having illegally disposed of the bracelet. Ennis was ordered to pay Si. the price of the ornament, and 5/. for having disposed of it.
Calmat...As DamtNa.--William Cobb, the driver of one of the Hammer- smith stages, was on Saturday charged at Marlborough-street, with wantonly driving against the carriage of the Duke of Newc stle, se as to cause con- siderable damage to his carriage, and nearly to endanger the life of the Duke himself. It was proved that the ileferelant was on the wrong side; and though the postillions called to him several times, he did not pall up, nor endeavour to get out of the way. The Itiagistrate fined the defendant 10s. under the Highway Act. The Duke's servant was informed that the remedy for the injury done to the carriage was by civil action.
RECORD ER' S RaponT.—Charles Goddard, Thomas Birmingham, Joseph Redgard, and William Kelly, convicted capitally at the Old Bailey Sessions last month, are ordered to be executed on Tuesday next. The otherconvicts are respited during pleasure.
Monosta.—An inquest was held on Tnesday, on the body of Frances Con!. pin, aged twelve years, the second victim to the cruelty of Esther Hibnur and her daughter, both of whom are in Newgate, charged with the wilTril murder of Marearet Hawse. 'Re evidence weet directly to prove, as in the former case, that the deceased's death had heen teasaioned by the continual ill-treatment end the want of proper and necessary food end nourishment. A verdict to that effect was returned.
James Hailea, and Sarah Pailea, his • mother, were apprehended on Friday. for the nuirder of James Harris, egad at:ray-two, at i.loar-talley, Not Falgate. It appears that Mrs. Hales and Harris lived together, thoagh.they were unmarried ; and that, on N,Vvinel,-ty thy had eu.rvehied, aehen she attempted in scald hiar wPh wtiter frtm o taa-Lerile. In the course of the quarrel, the son interfered, and cad-dine:1, " 1-ca — old rogue, you are going to kill my mother." He then struck him over the head with a piece of wood ; and such was the severity of the blow, that the floor was found co- vered with blood and brains, and the officers 'blind Barris lying in the agonies of death. The young man admitted that he hail struck Harris with the wood, but with no intention of killing him.
John Crabtree was committed to York Goal last week, charged with that murder of Charlotte Beedham, a young woman with whom he cohabited; her body was found in a mill-dam at Otley, near which place She wasiest seen conversing with him, 'PORTSMOUTH MOROI:FM—The murderer of Mr. Langtrey and Charity Joliffe 'has been discovered in the person 'of John Stacey, an apprentice to a hair- dresser. On the day when the old people were buried, this youth was seen driving from Portsmouth in in open chaise in company with two loose erns. As his wages were only. 2s. 6d. per week, this circumstance'td suspicion, suspicion, and the more so as it was also known that he had been in
kabit of shaving Mr. Langtrey. • He was followed to Porchester by three officers ; and when he saw them approach, he exclaimed "I am done." It appears that on the Saturday previous to the murder, he had ,been to shave Mr. Langtrey, and .promised when he next came to bring him a small pamphlet. called the Book of Martyrs. On the day of the murder, Stacey came into Portsmouth with a companion, whom he desired to buy the Book of Martyrs for him with his own money, and he would pay him another time. Stacey left his father's house for a short time' on that evening ; and vs.rhtn he returned he was observed by the person who bought the book to be agitated, and his clothes bloody. His knife has been found—very bloody, with some hair sticking to it... On these and other circumstanees of suspicion, , both Stacey anti his father were apprehended. On Thursday morning, when the gaoler entered the father's cell, he said, " I have in the night been visited by
• someone dressed like a' gentleman, with a white neck handkerchief, who said to me, 'Stacey, tell the truth! Stacey tell the truth !*-1 have been miser- able ever since, and can hold no longer." The Mayor was immediately brought; when old Stacey 'confessed that his son had informed him that he had murdered Mr. Langtrey, and robbed the house of 6301.; that the money was first concealed in a dunghill, and afterwards buried at. Copnor, a place nearly three miles distant from Portsmouth. Old Stacey was taken to the spot he described, and the sum of 627/. and a watch were found tied up in a , silk handkerchief: Young Stacey brazens it out in prison with the most . hartleniti impenitence:
. Rommants.--The fellowingelventure occurred a few nights ago, at Mr. Smith's, a silk-mercer, residing'at the corner of Halt-moon-street, Piccadilly. It appears.that one of Mr. Smith's young, men sleeps in the shop, for the security of the property.;, and on the evening in question, after all the doors were fastened; apdhe had retired to rest, he was alarmed by a loud crash, proceeding from the fan-light of the street door. He immediately arose, and, baying armed himself with a drawn sword; approached the door, when he ob- served that some person outside had introduced his hand through the broken ,pane of glass of the fan-light, and was then in 'he act of withdrawing the tipper bolt. • The shopman instantly cut .the fellow's hands and- completely seveted three.of the fingers, which fell mithe floor; The robber effected his • retreat, and the fingers remain in the possession of Mr. Smith. - On Thursday: eight, a banket's parcel, .containing notes value 3000/. was
• atelen from the pocket of the guard, of the Globe, Sheffield coach, while he ,warstandieg in. the ,yard. of the Bell inn at Leicester. The expert thief is supuosed, to have watched. and followed the guard from the banker's where
• he received the pareel4 which Was to be conveyed to Loudon. There is no
, trace of him. ,
A elemi.—A.stack cifseorn and a barn were last week wilfully set in flames" at Coke Engaine, Essex. Another attempt to 'destroy some agriculture property af•Witisamlieasstlefeated•by the vigilance -of the nightly Watch, whichthe people have established for their own. protectiod. ' • • • es - 'Rh believedtthat only one: individual, a notorious sheepstealer, has been eencernetlein the remelt firessin . Essex. Itsis supposed, thtst his motn7Osisste- _Tense on ccount, of two of his brothers having been transported for. sheep- stealing. Those who were witnesses against these criminals have been suf- ' ferers by the fires ; and a letter from the banished brothers has been inter- cepted, in which a wish is expressed that the fires may go on. A large pile of wood, containing thirty thousand faggots, the property of Lord Palmerston, standing at Toothill, near Romsey, was on the night of Fri- day the 6th instant wilfully- set on fire and deskoyed. (His Lordship supports the Catholics ; and faggots were dangerous in such hands.)
hiversetous Box.—It appears that the Chancery suit concerning the mys- terious box is still pending, and the most contradictory reports are circulated concerning it. An affidavit in answer to Captain Garth's is expected to be filed.—Globe.
In the mean time, the Age asserts that Captain Garth misrepresents the estent of pecuniary compensation that be was to receive, and that he violated one of the conditions—secrecy.
The Duchess of Richmond, Mrs. Wilmot Horton, and other ladies, were in the roof of the Flouse of Commons during the debate on Wednesday night. The petition et' the Protestants of Ireland, presented by the Duke of Cum- berland, occupied eighteen hundred skins of parchment, and, if extended, would have reached a mile and a furlong in length.
HUMOURS OF via Apart-Cartiotics.--A few mornings ago Sir Thomas Lethbridge received a parcel by the Western mail, accompanied by a note from his former adherents at Taunton ; and on examination, it was found to contain a halter.—Slaadard.
It is immured that Sir M. Lopes, Bart is to be called to the House of Peers, by the title of Baron Roborough—Plymouth Herald. Last week, 150/. was paid to the credit of the Consolidated Fund by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, received from some person unknown, and transmitted /or conscienee' sake. The remains or the late Countess of Carlisle were last week removed front York Cathedral, to be deposited in the nlausoleum at Castle Howard.
The Marquis of Cleveland, while on his way to London last week, was taken alarmingly ill at Bedak, in Yorkshire. Sir H. Raiford was immedi- ately sent for by express. The Dowager Countess Stanhope, who died on Saturday, has bequeathed 300/. to St. George's Hospital. Dr. John Young, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics, in the Belfast Institution, died last week, after a protracted illness.
Louis Von Esch, the composer, died last month at the Palace of Visconti, in Milan, after an illness of three days. He was of an ancient and noble German family, and came to England at the commencement of the French Revolution ; and availed himself of a peculiar native talent as a composer and teacher of music. At the general peace of 1814 he left England to prosecute his claims for the recovery of the family property.
The learned Martelli, author of the Flora Raman°, and several other es- teemed works died a few days ago at Rome, at the age of ninety six years. Garrick's works, chair, which was purchased by Mr. Rowland Stephen.. sou in 1823 for 1451. 8s., was on Wednesday sold by auction to Mr. Firth, a Merchant, for one hundred guineas,
Lord Cloncurry and Sir Thomas Esmoude have published letters to the people of Ireland, congratulating them on, and expressing their gratitude to the government for, the Relief Bill now before Parliament. They both advise the people not to petition against the disfranchisement bill, because, though the measure be unjust, opposition might annoy the Ministers, and endanger the juster measure.