Several of the Gang of Robbers who were implicated
in the recent murder of the Rev. Mr. Hollest and the
burglary at Uckfield-house, have been committed for
trial by the magistrates at Horsham for another burglary.
The prisoner, one John Isaacs, the captain of the gang;
Samuel Harwood, the brother of Levi Harwood who
has been executed; and James Hamilton, the approver
in the case of the Uckfield burglary. On their
examination, Mrs. Stoner, whose house at Kidford, in Sussex,
was broken open on the night of the 8th of June last,
gave her evidence as to the manner of the burglary,
from which it appeared that her bedroom door was
burst open about two o'clock in the morning, and five
men entered, two of whom were armed with pistols,
and another with a chisel. She jumped out of bed, and
ran into another room, when they seized upon her, and
made her give them a pocket containing her money,
and they then left the house. A voluntary confession,
made by James Hamilton, was read, in which he stated
that the burglary was committed by Isaacs, the two
Harwoods, James Jones, John Jones (alias Smith), and
Hamilton himself. Besides the charge on which the
prisoners are committed, the police have other charges
to bring against them.

On the 9th, William Gray Smythe, a surgeon of
seeming respectability, was tried at the Central Criminal
Court, on the charge of Felonious Assaults on three
young girls whom he had enticed into the house for the
purpose of debauching them. The evidence disclosed a
course of conduct of the most infamous description. He
was convicted in one of the cases, and sentenced to
Transportation for Life.

Smythe was then tried with Frances Taylor, alias
Foreman, who had been his servant, for a misdemeanour
in conspiring to entrap another young girl named
Catherine Stacey. Both were found guilty. Smythe
palliated the guilt of Taylor by stating that she acted
under his orders. Taylor was sentenced to two years'
imprisonment, with hard labour.

An inquest was held on the 8th, on the body of Mr.
Charles Mayo, a young man of nineteen, who Drowned
himself on the 20th of last month, by leaping from
London Bridge. He had been paying his addresses to
a young lady at Rotherhithe; a disagreement occurred,
and the lady desired in a note that their correspondence
should cease. Mr. Mayo left a note for her, declaring
that "she was all the world to him—it was too heavy
for his brain to bear, and she would only now see the
wreck." Verdict, "Temporary insanity."

In the same court, John Adams, a regular Trainer of
Boy Thieves, was convicted of complicity in robbing a
lady of fifty-six sovereigns. Two boys were engaged
with Adams, and one of these (not in custody) picked
the lady's pocket; the other boy was admitted evidence
against his trainer. He said that Adams received the
purse, and gave the boys only 30s. each of the plunder.
Sentence, transportation for fifteen years.

Another most revolting act of Poisoning with Arsenic
has been brought to light in the neighbourhood of
Eastwood, Nottingham. The victim was a horse-dealer,
named Barber, a man who had amassed considerable
money by his speculations. He built a row of small
houses near Langley Mill, in one part of which he
resided with his wife, a woman of colossal stature, being
six feet three inches high. They lived on bad terms,
and it appears she became notorious for her intrigues.
About eighteen months ago she collected all the money
she could, about £500, and eloped with a man to Paris.
She remained there until her cash was gone, when she
wrote to her husband in a penitential strain; and he,
forgetting her past conduct, went over to Paris, where
he found her in a complete state of destitution. They
returned, and passed their life in the same state of
unhappiness as before, until about seven months ago,
when he was attacked with illness. A man named
Ingram was introduced into the house for the purpose
of "nursing" him, and he died on the 30th ult., under
circumstances that excited considerable suspicion. The
wife and Ingram were at once apprehended. The fact
that the wife of the deceased had caused arsenic to be
procured was fully proved by several witnesses; the
evidence also went to show that both the wife and her
paramour Ingram were implicated in the transaction;
and the jury returned a verdict of "Willful Murder"
against both.

At the Court of Inland Revenue, on the 16th, seven
publicans, residing in different parts of the town, were
each fined £200 for Adulterating their Beer with a
deleterious composition prepared for the purpose.

A Swindler, calling himself "Captain," or "Sir
Richard Douglas, of Orpington House, Kent; Ascot
Villa, Ascot; and 6, Belgrave Terrace;" was tried at
the Central Criminal Court on the 18th, together with
his two sons as his accomplices. It appeared that he
had proceeded very methodically, and that he kept a
regular diary of his transactions; a most extraordinary
document. It was prefaced by a list of people to be
victimised. The first day of the New Year for 1851
opened with a prayer, asking Providence to bless the
exertions of the writer and his sons, and make them
more prosperously productive than they were last year.
It proceeds:—

"Took possession of Ascot Villa. Got phaeton, dog-cart,
horses. Looked about Guildford, Staines. Ordered goods, coals,
and beer, shawls. Got a great coat from Skinner.

"Jan. 3.—Nothing came in. Charles hired dog-cart and
harness of Liley. Went in phaeton to Guildford. Ordered
carpeting, shawls, coats, &c.

"4.—Nothing from Guildford but an impudent letter. Sent
Charles to station for carpeting. Williamson there, and stopped
it. Fear there will be a row. Got shawls.

"5.—Phaeton and horse seized. Fear exposure at Ascot, and
all up with chance there. Fear we must cut.

"6.—Coals and beer came in. Made as merry as we could.
Went to shop in Curzon Street. Ordered brushes, &c.

"7.—All day ill. Row about stable. Forcible possession
taken of it. Row all day with one person or another. Fearful how
things will end. Three boys at home idle. All ordering things.

"14.—Not a shilling coming in. Eleven mouths to feed.
Would not order goods except to keep my children. They have
found out my address at Guildford. Dreadful rows. Got
carpeting. Fearful row with man who brought an iron safe. Row
all night from ringing door-bell by boot and shoe man.

"16.—Row all day with people. Mob outside of house crying
'Swindler.'

"17.—Very nervous. More rows.

"18.—Went to boys' to dinner—champagne—very merry.
Providence not quite deserted us."

A begging-letter written by him put an end to his
career. It was put into the hands of a police-constable,
who assumed the disguise of a charitable visitor, found
the "destitute" man lying on straw, and conveyed him
to prison as an impostor. He was sentenced to twelve
months', and his sons to three months' imprisonment.

Mr. Charles Mathews, of the Lyceum Theatre, has
petitioned the Bankruptcy Court under Lord Brougham's
Debtor and Creditor act. His present debts are stated
to be about £9000, and his proposal to pay his creditors
in full is founded upon the hope he entertains of
realising a large sum from a forthcoming entertainment
during the season of the Great Exhibition. Mr. Mathews
had numerous processes in the county courts out against
him at the suit of employés at the Lyceum Theatre,
and hence the necessity of his petitioning the court.
On the 12th inst, Mr. Commissioner Fane did not
appoint an official assignee to realise the estate, but
sanctioned the appointment of a creditor.

At the Middlesex Sessions, on the 22d., a Child of
seven years of age, named Keefe, was indicted for
theft, but the grand jury threw out the indictment.
He was brought into court before being discharged.
An officer mentioned that the child when taken into
custody, had said that his father had bought him new
boots and trousers with the money he had stolen. The
Judge observed that it was clear from this fact that the
father had drawn the child into the commission of the
theft. There was no defect (he added) in the criminal
law so severely felt as the want by courts of justice of
the power to compel the parents of such children as
this to maintain them whilst in prison; for, if this were
so, the great inducement such persons now had to let
their children get into the habits that ended in conviction
and imprisonment would be done away with. The
child's sister, a decently clad girl, said her father was a
journeyman cooper, but she did not know what his
earnings were. She herself had not resided with him
for five years, and she would willingly take her brother.
The boy was then discharged, and he left the court with
his sister.