while his attendant had quitted his room for a sew seconds, he availed himself of the opportunity to precipitate himself from his window upon the pavement. 28. Old Bailey.-William Bad. cock, a hackney coachman, was indicted for burglariously entering, in the night-time, the dwellinghouse of Samuel Benjamin, Mary. le-bone-lane, on the 16th of September, and stealing thereout a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of the said Benjamin. The prosecutor was a Jew sales man, and kept his shop in the lower part of the house, No. 64, Mary-le-bone lane, which was partitioned off from the rest of the house, and in which his son usu ally slept at nights. After this shop was shut up on the night above stated, and padlocked on the outside, as his son had not slept there for some weeks on account of illness, word was brought him that his shop was robbed, about half-past nine o'clock. He went there with his son, and found it had been broken open, and the shelves stripped of all the property. Upon inquiry, he was informed that a hackney-coach had been seen waiting for a consider able time before the shop, and two men were seen frequently passing between the shop and the coach, and putting into the latter various parcels of goods; that they then mounted the box, and drove off with the coachman. One young man, who suspected something wrong, followed the coach and called out to the coachman to stop; but instead of stopping, he drove the more furiously. The young man, however, came up with the coach, and observed that it was No. 278; and upon some that if they believed the prisoner to have been privy to the intention of the parties who actually broke open the shop and took out the goods, and that with such privity he waited to receive those goods outside in the coach, they must consider him as completely guilty of the burglary and robbery as if he had broken open the shop, and taken out the goods with his own hands; as, in such case, he must be, to all intents and purposes, an accomplice in the robbery. The jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty-Deuth. 29. Middlesex Session.-Joseph Powell, a noted astrologer, who had been once before convicted, and suffered the sentence of the law, for dealing in the mystic art, was again brought before the court for judgment, under the vagrant act, as an incorrigible rogue and vagabond. This prosecution, as well as that which followed, were carried on by the Society for the Suppression of Vice, whose clerk, Mr. Western, was the chief evidence. He stated, that in consequence of one of Mr. Powell's late advertisements to the nobility and gentry, notifying that he now vended medicines which performed the most miraculous cures for head-aches, tooth-aches, rheumatism, &c. made black and < decayed teeth sound, perfect, and pearly white, &c. concluding with a nota bene, that he continued to give his opinion in the wonderful art of consulting the planetary system, gratis;-he waited upon this wonderful prophet in Edward. street, Portman-square, for the purpose of detecting him; and having feigned a complaint in his head, he received an infallible nostrum in a small phial. After having led to the subject of his art, and given the time of his nativity, the prisoner proceeded in his magic incantations. After a short consultation of the planets, he told him that he was born under the sun, cautioned him against a dark man who was his enemy, and-promised him great prosperity in the course of his dealings. For the medicine, but not for his opinion, he received half-a-crown. Wood, the police-officer, afterwards caught him in the act of casting the nativity of two young ladies, and seized the prophet, his magic books, &c. The court sentenced him to twelve months imprisonment in the house of correction, and to be publicly whipped. Elizabeth Lawrence was also brought up for judgment for a similar offence. Her incantations, however, were confined to the mysteries of a pack of cards, upon which she told fortunes at the cheap rate of one shilling per head. Two young damsels, who had been sent for the purpose, proved her dealings in the black art; and after an able defence by Mr. Curwood, in consequence of this being the second conviction for the same of fence, the court sentenced her to 12 months imprisonment in the house of correction. 30. A most dreadful storm of wind and rain occurred last week at Moffat: the rivers in the neighbourhood came down in such torrents as were never seen before by the oldest people here. Amongst the damage occasioned by it, we are sorry to state a distressing acci. dent which happened to the mailcoach from Glasgow to Carlisle, which passes this way, at the bridge II 4 over surgical assistance, and gave every possible relief to the passengers; and by this means, we are happy to say, the London mail, and many valuable articles in the coach, have been saved. The exertions of one of the proprietor's servants is particularly deserving of notice: at the risk of his life, he went down the precipice, suspended by a rope, and saved the life of the lady (one of the passengers), and recovered the mail bags, which must otherwise have been carried down the stream. The bodies of the two passengers have been found, and conveyed to Moffat; and, notwithstanding the detention occasioned by this calamity, the mail was delivered in town in its regular course. over the river Evon, about nine miles from hence, at a place called Howcleagh, betwixt nine and ten o'clock last night. The coach had just got about half way over, when the bridge gave way in the middle of the arch, and the coach, passen gers, horses, &c. were instantly precipitated into the river, down a fall of 35 or 40 feet. There were four inside and two outside passengers. The two latter, and two of the horses, were killed upon the spot; and the other passengers had a most miraculous escape with their lives, though, we are sorry to say, they are all very considerably hurt. The coachman and guard were also much hurt; the former had his arm broken, and otherwise much bruised, and the guard got a severe contusion in the head. The other coach, from Carlisle to Glasgow, narrowly escaped sharing the same fate: it arrived at the bridge just at the time the accident happened; and, from the darkness of the night, and the rate the coach necessarily travels, must inevitably have gone into the river at the same breach in the arch, had not the cries of one of the sufferers alarmed the coachman, and in duced him to stop. By the exertion of the coachman and guard of the other coach, the passengers who survived (a lady and three gentlemen), with the coachman and guard, that had fallen into the abyss, were saved, and conducted to a place of safety, until other assistance was afforded them. Much praise is due to the proprietor at Moffat, for his exertion and assist. ance on this occasion. Immedi- . ately on hearing of the accident, he 1. A Hare chased by a flock of set out, in the middle of the night, Geese!-Notwithstanding the imwith several of his servants and probability with which the follow 31. The late fall of snow in the vicinity of Galashiels has been attended with very fatal effects. The sudden thaw which, followed, caused torrents of water to descend from the surrounding mountains, which increased Gala water to such a degree, as not only to sweep away the bridge, but completely to destroy the public road. The communication in that part of the country is in consequence obstructed. We are sorry also to add, that an extensive machinery, erected for the manufacturing of woollen cloth, was entirely carried away by the torrent; which has thrown a number of industrious people out of employment. NOVEMBER. ing account may appear to some of our readers, we can assure them that it is a fact, as we have it from the most respectable authority.A flock of geese belonging to Mr. Lloyd, of the Town-house at Mar. ford, about seven miles from Chester, set a hare on the top of that hill on Tuesday last, when puss, bursting from the cackling tribe, ran down the hill, and was pursued by the whole flock, some flying, some running with extended wings, till they overtook her, when puss slily gave them the double; and returning, was so closely pursued by the irritated flock, as to be taken alive by a servant girl of Mrs. Pate's, as she was attempting the hatch in her mistress's garden, in the presence of upwards of twenty persons. Her carcase was afterwards made a present of to a weddingparty in the neighbourhood. Chester Chronicle. The following trait of self-devotion is recorded of a Spanish officer, who commanded a detachment of 300 men, at Horsens, in Jutland, who were on their march to join their countrymen, conformably with the plan so admirably concerted between admiral Keats and the mar. quis de Romana. Having missed the road, the detachment was surrounded by a party of French, so much superior in numbers, as to leave no hope whatever, from any effort it could make, of carrying the desired object into execution. The officer, perfectly aware of the savage inhumanity of the French, and that it was not likely to be exercised sparingly on his party, halt. ed his detachment, walked up to the officer commanding the French, and declared that his loyalty to his sovereign, and love for his country, had induced him to take the step he was on the point of accomplishing; that he lamented having now lost every hope of being useful to his country in her present distress; assured him that his unfortunate com. panions were perfectly ignorant of his plan, and therefore innocent; and hoped that the word of a dying man might be taken, and would influence his conduct towards them when they had fallen, as they soon must do, into his hands. Having said this, he drew a pistol from his belt, and shot himself through the head. Police.-Singular Charge. Bow-street.-On Friday a charge of a very novel nature was exhibi ted against Miss Sarah P, a maiden lady, of considerable fortune, (for robbing her own servant,) who keeps a house in Bernardstreet, Russel-square, and a num. ber of servants. It appeared that Miss P suspected that some bottles of brandy had been stolen, and on Thursday, between one and two o'clock, she was going over her house in search of the brandy, particularly the servants' rooms and boxes; she called to Martha Kent, one of the servants, and asked her for the key of her box. The girl said she had it, and was very rea dily giving it to her mistress, but Miss P. observed, that she need not do it, as, when she was moving the box by the lid, it came open in her hand, and she was satisfied the bran dy was not there. Martha Kent returned to the kitchen, but it immediately struck her, as her box was open, to ascertain if all her things were safe, and on her examining the box, she found that the lid had been broken open, and that all her at it. It was urged by Miss Pthe improbability of her taking the money, and that all the servants, as well as the hair-dresser, who had been at her house that morning, had access to the room where the box was. Mr. Read, in reply, ob. served, that the servant had lived with her between five and six years, consequently she had approved. of her conduct, and as such her testimony was unimpeached. It was clear the box had been broken open, and she (Miss P.) was the only person found near it, and she acknow. ledged to have been at it; with these facts before him, it was im. possible for him to discharge her; however, on the application of her attorney, she was not committed, he engaging for her appearance on a future day. Melancholy Catastrophe. A young man of the name of Stringer, between 23 and 24 years of age, who was what is termed a clicker, or foreman, to a boot and shoe maker, was to have been married at nine in the morning, on Sunday last, at St. Clement's Church, to a young woman of decent con. nections, near St. Martin's Church. He had purchased furniture, and prepared apartments for the reception of the intended bride, in Deu. mark-court, in the Strand. It was found on Sunday morning that he was not punctual to his time for going to church; upon being called he answered, but was unable to open the door, and it was forced open. A surgeon (Mr. Stanton of the Strand) was sent for and ́at. tended; but all the exertion of his skill proved unavailing; the poor young man was a lifeless corpse at a quarter after ten that morning. Caution. A new mode of getting into houses is effected in the following manner:A man, dressed in female attire, and who generally assumes the character of the wife of a reduced tradesman, knocks at the door, states her situation to the servant, and requests that a note may be presented to the master or mistress of the house, soliciting employment in some way or other. He then, during the absence of the servant, proceeds to examine the fastenings of the door, as well as to measure the different distances of the bolts from the top of the door, size of the key, &c. By these means they are enabled to force an entrance with more expedition and less noise than they could otherwise accomplish it. Remarkable Occurrence.--A storm. finch, or stormy-petterel, (the mother Carey's chicken of the sailors, procellaris pelagica of Linnæus) was found at Roslin on Tuesday last, in an exhausted state. It died immediately upon being taken up. This is a bird which is seldom or never seen but in the great ocean, and then, when observed flying near a ship, is the sure prognostication of a storm. It appears that the severity of the storm had driven them in considerable numbers up the Frith, as they were seen flying off the mouth of Leith harbour, in large flocks, during the late gale; a circumstance which has not occur. red in the memory of any person here. Royal Hunt...On Saturday morn |