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William Richardson, an assigned sor-, vant, was charged with hoing drunk, in the street at' midnight, with a basket in his possession, which had some how or other bocome an absentee from its owner's premises. The prisoner'said, " as to the basket, why he full over it, nnd being at tho time in Queer-street, could not extricate himself. His ho- nesty, ho begged to assure his Worship, was alto- gether indubitable." . - <

Ann Hosie, a married woman, was charged with atea'ing a watch' from the shop of Mr. Davis, in George-street. Arcording to Mr. D.'s «tatemeut, abo carno to lm house with his wife, and in course of conversation, took, up a silver hunting watch, which she plaood to her ear, and remarked that it wss " going." Of this friendly hint, however, he took no particular notice,- till sonny time after her departure, when the truth of her observation struck his mind very forcibly on discovering that it was " gone," and not suspecting any body e'.so as the carrier, ho obtained a warrant for her apprehension, as well as to search her promues. Nothing, how evor, was found, and. the Bench admitted her to buil to Mi3\ver tho charge when called upon.

Denis O'Rafferty, a rare boy from the finest gem   of the sea, was charged with threatening to alitt rate half a score of constables, because they advised him to go to his home, instead of breaking the peace of the King's lieges, in which he was busily occu- pied by singing at the top of his voice;

" Down the lane o'er the way,

There's a little whiskey shop, Where you know very well.

You may get a little drop."

The " lane," and the " whisky-shop," however, had no existence but in his fertile brain, for he was reposing at the time on the middle of the race-course.   Denis now tried to look as tame as an Irishman could do, and walked off very contentedly to the stocks, to undergo a couple of hours ablution in the

rain, of which, by the way, his clothes stood in some

need.

Anne Horton, a would-if-I-could but-I-can't sort of body, one side of her face laughing, and the other endeavouring to oty, was charged with being

" All for love, and a little for the bottle."

Anne acknowledged that she certainly did lnbonr under that dreadful malady, love, " but still'' she

exclaimed,

.* Love is pleasing, although 'tis teazing,

" And pleasure gives as well as pain." i " Well, but what has that to do with tho drunken neesl" said his Worship. " Why» kind Sir," re- plied the damsel, " under such circumstances you know one's spirits will play a little at times, and I only thought to keep my spirits up by pouring spirits down, so I hope you'll not think no more aboutit, and then I'm sure I shan't." It was " no

go" however, and poor Anne was ordered to visit

Mrs. Gordon.

William Hawson, stood chnrged with interrupt- ing the peregrination of a hard of pigs, who moro sensible than himself, wero affrighted from the path they intended to pursuo, by the sight of his unusual carcass, stretched right athwart the pathway. Who evor engages a lodging must pay for it, and that pretty dearly too sometime as Mr. R. thought, for

although

" His lodging was on the cold ground," , he was obliged to pay five shillings for it.

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