At the Middlesex Intermediate Sessions, on Monday, John Thorpe, a

respectable-looking man, an old soldier, and now a corn-chandler in

Chelsea, who received a very good and long-established character from several respectable-looking people, was sentenced to be transported for seven years, on a charge of stealing a carter's whip, value half-a- crown, which was left in the road by the carter, and which the pri- soner said he had picked up and restored to the owner when applied to. [If the report of this trial, which we take from the Morning Chronicle, is correct, the sentence would seem to be a savage one. Lord Mel- bourne's interference is certainly wanted here : Mr. Botch ought not to be allowed to "play such fantastic tricks before high heaven."] Solomon and Henry Levi were examined at the Mansionhouse on Saturday, on a charge of robbing Charles Davis, an Irish shoemaker, of a watch and seals. On a previous examination, Davis had sworn very positively against the prisoners ; but having been evidently tam- pered with, refused now to say any thing against them. He declared that all he wanted was his property back again.

The Lord Mayor—" Aye, you are to have it when the bill is thrown out." Davis--" I ho" pe I may „.-et it. Believe me, my Lord, I don't want to hurt these poor men; and whether I get any thing or not, I won't say that either of them robbed me."

Henry Levi solemnly declared that he knew nothing in the world about the watch. The whole story from beginning to end was a fabrication. Lord Mayor—" You can say that, and prove it, if you can, at the Old Bailey." Henry Levi—" I hope you will permit me to bail."

Lord Mayor—" To bail, indeed.! No, no, you won't get an acquittal on the that ground. HI had not sifted this case, the secret tribunal of the Grand Jury would throw out the bill but now I defy them, supported as Davis's reluctant evidence is."

The prisoners were then fully committed for trial.

The Justice-room was crowded yesterday, to hear the decision of the Lord Mayor respecting the 11,000 pounds of British Leaf, prepared by Mr. Heale. Mr. Sergeant Bompas, for Mr. Heale, mentioned, that about a twelvemonth ago, a quantity of this leaf had been seized on Mr Heale's premises, and the "broad arrow" placed upon it. But Mr. Mayow, the Solicitor to the Excise, was to consult the Attorney- General on the subject; and, subsequently, the "broad arrow" was re- moved. Dean, an excise-officer, confirmed this statement ; and admit- ted that the manufactory had been allowed to be carried on since. Mr. Faraday, and Mr. Burnett, Botanical Professor in King's College, said that the preparation consisted of elm, sloe, maple, willow, poplar, and rose leaves ; and that the sloe-leaves contained prussic acid. It was un- wholesome and astringent. Doctor Birkbeck, Mr. Pereira, of the Aldersgate Dispensary, and Mr. Daniel, Chemical Professor in King's College, gave directly opposite testimony. Sir Peter Laurie finally condemned the "British Leaf." Mr. Heale said he should apply to Parliament.

Michael Brockleby Smith, who in the Police reports of the Daily Papers is called a gentleman, was charged before the Lord Mayor, on Saturday, with being found very drunk, lying in Thames Street. The Policeman, who took him up, more than once expressed his regret at having exposed Mr. Smith, seeing that he was a gentleman ; but Sir Peter said—" Not at all, not at all ; bring me all the drunken gentle- men you can find, and I shall be able to assist many starving families." He fined the drunkard five shillings, and discharged him.

James Gill, a shoemaker, was brought before the Hatton Garden Magistrates on Thursday, for an atrocious assault on his wife, whom he almost murdered. Ellen Gill, the wife, presented herself, covered with marks of violence, and in the most debilitated state. She stated, that the prisoner, not satisfied with her account of some money which she had laid out in articles for the burial of her child, seized her by the throat and beat her violently. He dragged her about the room by the hair of her head, cast her on the floor, and trampled upon her, exclaim- ing, "Are you dead yet ?" She pretended not to hear him; upon which he bit her finger, to ascertain whether she was sensible or not. Finding that she was, he lifted her up by the hair of her bead, and ordered her out of the room. She crawled into the street, and then fell down in- sensible. The dead child was in the room where the prisoner conducted himself in so unnatural a way. He was held to bail to answer the charge at the Sessions. His wife was taken to the workhouse.

Mrs. Hamilton, widow of Captain Hamilton, who was Judge-Advo- cate at Sierra Leone, where he died in the year 1827, was brought be- fore Mr. Chambers at the Marlborough Street Office on Thursday, charged with robbing her lodgings of some articles of plate and linen. Mr. Mackenzie, the prosecutor, deposed that Mrs. Hamilton came and took furnished apartments of him in the month of May, and which she occupied until August; amongst the things in the room were several articles of plate. On the 30th of August, Mrs. Hamilton clandestinely went away, owing him Si. for three weeks lodging; at the same time he missed a silver mustard-spoon, tea- tongs, two spoons, and several articles of linen. Mrs. Hamilton, in tears, de- nied taking any of the articles named. She was unfortunately obliged to leave her lodgings in consequence of being unable to pay her rent.

Mr. Chambers—" The prosecutor states that you not only went away with- out paying him, but that you robbed him also."

Mrs. Hamilton—" I declare upon my honour, Sir, that the charge is false. I am incapable of acting as that man has stated." [Mr. Mackenzie here handed a letter to the Magistrate which he had received from Mrs. Hamilton.]

Mr. Chambers, after reading it, observed—" She says she will pay you as soon as she receives some money from the Treasury."

Mr. Mackenzie—" I do not proceed against her here for the rent, but for the felony."

Mr. Chambers—" Were there any other lodgers in the house when the lady lived at your place?"

Mrs. Hamilton—" There were a Major and Captain living in the house at the same time ; and those articles which that man states to be in my apartments were for the use of the house."

Mr. Chambers—" Have either of yob' any witnesses?" Mr. Mackenzie said be had no person present. The servant of Mrs. Hamilton stepped forward, and deposed that her mistress had only one silver spoon for her use. Mr. Chambers—" Have 3tpu ever kept a house, Madam ?" Mrs. Hamilton—" I have, Sir, at Reading, in Berkshire." Mr. Mackenzie—" When she went away she left three empty trunks behind her.'

Mr. Chambers—" How came you, Madam, not to say you were going?" Mrs. Hamilton—" Because I was unable to pay my rent ; but, as a proof that I shall receive some money, I will beg of you to read this letter." Mr. Chambers—" I see it relates to an application to the Treasury for the Royal Bounty Fund; but this is dated 18J0, when you received 1001. Mrs. Hamilton—" It is only given once iu three years, and I shall have that sum very shortly." Mr. Chambers here observed, that under all the circumstances, there was not sufficient evidence to insure a conviction to follow, and therefore he should not think of sending Mrs. Hamilton to prison. If he could obtain further evi- dence, the female could be again brought forward. Mrs. Hamilton said, that upon hearing of the intended charge, she had conic voluntarily forward ; and she could assure the Magistrate that she was incapable of acting so dishonourably as to convert any other person's property to her own use.

She then left the Office, still in tears.

William Nairne, an ornamental painter, was charged at the Mary- lebone Office, on Wednesday, with an assault of a very singu.. lar and dastardly nature. A young female named Anderson said, that on Saturday evening last she was passing along Osnaburgh Street, when the defendant seized her by the shoulders, and having ' given her a violent kick in the back, ran away. He was, however, pursued by a Policeman, and apprehended. She had given no provo- cation to the defendant, and could only account for it by his general antipathy to females, for which reason he went by the name of the " Woman-hater." A respectable married woman said that she had been frequently kicked in a similar way by the defendant. He always dis- played an unaccountable aversion to the fair sex when he met art un- protected female. Several " unfortunate females " gave similar evi- dence. The defendant declared he had never kicked a respectable

woman. He was fined Si. and held to bail. •

Benjamin Hancock, who was convicted at the last Surry Sessions of horse-stealing, and on whose behalf an application was made at the Home Office, was liberated from Horsemonger Lane Gaol on Saturday last. The prisoner's counsel having alleged that the conviction was illegal, a case was prepared for the opinion of the Attorney and Solici- tor General; and, in consequence of their decision, Hancock was par- doned.

Ashburnbam House, the residence of the Russian Embassy, was broken open on Wednesday night, when an ecritoire belonging to Prince Paul Licven was wrenched open, and bank-notes and cash to upwards of 150/. in value were stolen. Information was given at Marlborough Street Office ; when Goddard and Schofield, two active officers, where sent to inquire into the circumstances under which the robbery was committed.

On the night of Friday week, the shop of Mr. George Buck, No. 211, Regent Street, was entered by thieves, who obtained admission by means of skeleton-keys, and carried off a quantity of cloths of various colours to the amount of 1501.

A robbery was committed at Mr. Brand's, in Harpur Street, New Kent Road, on Saturday evening. Between six and seven o'clock, while the family were in the lower part of the house, two fellows came with a ladder, and entered a first-floor window. Some of the neigh- bours who passed thought the sash-frame required repairing, and took no particular notice of the matter. The thieves gut clear off with the cash-box; which contained a gold watch, a silver watch, some silver spoons, and other articles, of the value of 601. Two other robberies have recently been committed in the same manlier in that quarter.

A Coroner's inquest was held on Tuesday, at the Crown and Sceptre public-house, Douglas Street, Westminster, on the body of John Bickerton, known about Westminster as an "old miser," who died from want of the common necessaries of life : a rumour was afloat that the deceased had poisoned himself, and the inquest in consequence at- tracted much notice. It appeared from the evidence of two young men, who were acquainted with the deceased, that he was most respectably connected, and had been educated at Oxford for the Church. For years he had been addicted to the most penurious habits ; and he would frequently only allow himself a crust for twenty-four hours. His ec- centricities were well known in Westminster, and many of the jurors had given him food. On Saturday, he took his rounds as usual, and brought home with him a few potatoes for his sustenance. On Sunday, he was taken suddenly ill ; and some of the neighbours brought him up some tea. He lived in a wretched hovel called the Five Chironies, in the Vauxhall Road, which, with three other houses, belonged to him. Shortly before his death, he gave Rice one of the witnesses, an old bag containing some documents ; and de- clared that a lady named Wright, of Wem, in Shropshire, was entitled to his property. Among the papers were found, in a dirty state, two letters from the Earl of Liverpool and the Duke of Portland; the latter nobleman desired him to go to Oxford, where there was a situa- tion vacant for him. It did not appear that any money was found in the hovel. Mr. Hastings, a surgeon residing in the neighbourhood, attended just before his death; and in his opinion he died from the want of common necessaries. Mr. Bickerton, a surgeon of Adelaide Street, claimed the property as next of kin ; he said he was for years ignorant of his residence. The Coroner said, he.should give the High Bailiff notice of the property : he would take possession until a claimant was discovered. The Jury viewed the body in the hovel, and re- turned a verdict that the deceased had died from want of the neces- saries of life.

Mr. Arthur Ford, a medical student, fell out of a wherry, in which he and a Mr. Routledge, his friend, had been rowing on the Thames, one day last week, and was drowned : Mr. Routledge also nearly lost his life, as the deceased clung by the side of the boat, and upset it. A Coroner's Jury returned a verdict' of Accidental Death, and levied a deodand of forty shillings on the boat ; which, like too many others let out for hire on the river, was said to be a very'unsafe one.

On Saturday last, the crews of the shipping in the Thames were thrown into much consternation by an alarm of fire on board the Hiram, of Dartmouth, lying at Horsleydown New Stairs. A quantity of grease had by some means been fired, and the flames burst forth with violence. Great exertions were made, and the fire was confined to one part of the ship. The whole tier was at one time in danger.