Star. — London, England, 1818-11-05 00:00:00

•„. 4 • : 1 41; 1 • i • • 1 a 1 4 i/ • • 1 . 4, 1 1 01 • 1• 1 ' [ . f f 1 1 oi f .. , I f ... ~... 1 I 1 4r. 1 g • I 1 i t ;I J. .xi . . 1{ i 0 10 . 1i • " • 41 / 4 4 10 • OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. yesterday Aka Warner and James Warren, two seafaring men, were put to the bar, being indicted for having stolen eight bushels of ba rley. This trial occupied more than four hours of the time of the Court. The circumstances of the case may, however, be stated in a very few words. The prisoner Warner was a mariner on board the Union sloop, and Warren was master of the sloop Prospe rous; both these vessels were lying close to each ether in the river Thames, opposite St. Catherine's. The Union was laden with barley, and the Prospe rous with flour. _ _ John Powis, an Officer, being on duty on a Sun day late in October, was in a boat off St. Catherine's, and observed some sacks handing from the Union to the Prosperous. Suspecting that something was wrong, be went on board the - Union, and both the wisoners disappeared from the decks. Warner was oil board the Lnion, and Warren on the deck of the prosperous, when the sacks were handing from one ship to the other. He looked into the hold of the Union, and saw it was laden with barley. He then went to the Prosperous, and asked Warren, who at this time came on deck, what he had done with the sacks ? Warren said he had none, but upon lifting up the hatchway he saw three sacks there, and upon examining them ibund they were full Of barley. Both the prisoners were taken into custody. • The Jury retired for about twenty minutes; and found John Warner Guilty ; but acquitted James Warren. Warren was a man of very respectable aprance. D pea aniel Lorileurst was indicted for stealing, on the night of the 10th of October, 100 pigeons, the pro perty of Mrs. Valentine Snow. The prosecutrix resided at Sunbury, and had been for many years accustomed to keep a great number of pigeoas, somaof which were of a very rare kind. On die night of the 10th of October, the servant who had the care of the birds saw them all safe, and on the morning of the 11th they were nearly all stolen. It was discovered that a great number of the pigeons had been killed, and the blood was traced from the house of the prosecutrix to the river side. An in quiry was immediately set on foot, and it was at length fouad out, that the prisoner had 'offered a great number of pigeons ir. a sack for sale to a Mr. Cattail, bird-seller in Hampstead-road, the very day after the robbery. Mr. Cartan declined to buy any ; arid on hearing of the robbery, endeavoured to find the prisoner. The next day the prisoner was seen crossing Tottenham -court-road by Mr. Cartan's son, and the father being immediately informed of the fact, the prisoner was pursued by Mr. Cartan; when he came up with him, he asked the prisoner whether he 1144 sold all the pigeons, as he had a fancy to some of them. The prisoner said that he had sold them all; and, upon being questioned as to where they were sold, he hesitated. Mr. Cartan gave him his option to tell him, or to go to Bow 'street. The prisoner at length consented, but on the way he got loose from the hold and made off. He was, how ever, pursued and overtaken. It was ultimately discovered that the pigeons had been sold to Mrs. Stevenson, at Battlebridge, by the • prisoner. The basket in the Court containing the pigeons was now opened, and Joseph .trnold, the footman of the Prosecutrix, and whose duty in her household was to attend to the pigeons, was called on to exa mine the stock. The first he laid his hard upon was an Opldhabaia pigeon, which was what the Fancy would call a fine green-tailed carrier. The witness held him up with rapture, and exclaimed he should know him among a hundred i—the poor pigeon, not withstanding his diseased vision, seemed to reco b anize his old attendant, for he clapped his wings with ap parent joy. The next the ss itness took out was the jilTking dove, which always bore in his broken and bruised feathers the marks of his frolics ; but alas ! he was dead—He with concern observed, e he died last night—the poor bird—of a broken heart!" The. Prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, contented himself with a denial of the charge. The RECORDER desired some person in Court to affix a value upon the stolen property ; but the wit nesses declared themselves unable to do so. One said that a good man of the . fietcy would give any thing for a real green-tailed carrier; and 2.5 guineas had been given for such a bird. The value was according. to the liking of the purchaser."—The footman of the Prosecutrix said, that his mistress would not stop at from two to five guineas for a bird she liked. The Jury found the Prisoner Gaily. Mrs.. Stevenson, at whose house the pigeons were found, asked the Court for her expenses, as she had been subpceued to attend, though she was not czar mined. Mr. ALLEY—" No, you shall not have a halfpenny. If I had known as much as I do now, you should haveireen indicted as a receiver of the stolen property; for you only gate 50s. for fifty or sixty pigeons. You very well knew they were stolen. Mrs. Stevenson vehemently protested against this imputation upon her character, and said that she had not bought them. Her son had been induced to allow the prisoner to leave them in the shop, but he was paid nothing for the birds. The RECORDER, however, said she certainly should not have her expenses. It appeared that the prisoner who had just been convicted was an old offender, and had turned King's evidence in two separate cases. Michael Levy, an old man about 70 years of age, was indicted for receiving, on the 4th of October, a great variety of plate, knowing it to be stolen, the property of Mr. William Clulow, of Camden-town. 'the prisoner is almost bald, and what little hair he had on his head was gray, his face was haggard, and his cheeks were much fallen in. He was dressed in a gray great coat over a brown coat. He ap peared to be very attentive daring the whole of the trial, and during the cross-examination of the accom pike, Joseph Braid, by Mr. Adolphus, he had a continued smile on his countenance. The witnesses examined to support this prosecution were the same as those who had delivered their evi dence on Monday last, en the trial of Daniel Morris, and the facts they related were to the same effect.— Tbe accomplice, Braid, underwent another long era suinafion, and cross-examination. When the plate was taken to Levy, Morris said that the person to whom it belmsQ was got to Prone, Levy laving asked whether he was dead. Levy also enjoined Braid to say nothing about it. The prisoner made a long and incoherent address to the Court in his defence. He however admitted that he had had some dealings with the convicted Morris. Five or six gentlemen, of the Jewish persuasion, then came forward to give the prisoner a character. Joseph Levy, one of tlv•se gentlemen, said that he had kncaen the prisoner 55 years. He himself, he said, had never had his character impeached. He was as honest a man as ever lived. He, as , well as the prisoner, was a dealer in old silver and gold, and had lived in one house for 55 years. The Jury retired for about half as hour, and re turned a verdict acquitting the prisoner. An indecent expression of joy was manifested in the galleries, as soon as the verdict was pronounced, by clapping of hands. The COMMON SERJZANT, in strong language, re probated such conduct. Mary Brown was capitally indicted for stealing from the person of James White, proprietor of the Windmill public-house, in Leather-lane, his pocket book, containing different Hoak-notes to the amount of £l7o.—Guilty. At the Norwich Sessions held last week, Francis Alntan was indicted for stealing a thread-case, con taining a pair of scissars, knife, &c. the property of a: Miss Illackbunte. He was found guilty, and sen tenced to seven years transportation ; upon which the culprit exclaimed, " Thank you, Gentlemen; I ani young—the world is wide—and I can go through it !" A man, named MO, has been committed to Dur ham jail, by the Magistrates of Sunderland, on sus picion of being concerned in murdering the servant maid, and setting fire to the house ot Miss Saturn, (now Lady Pear), at Herrington, some years ago. Tuesday sennight, fifteen of the Barnsley Linen Weavers were committed to the House of Correction at Wakefield; by a Bench of Magistrates. on a charge ' of leaving their work in an unfinished state. The men urged in their own defence, that they had sent each master a written notice of eight days previous to quitting their work, and that three of their fellow , workmen, who had finished their work, had been te fused payment for the same. The weavers were nut committed till after three distinct offers had been made by the Magistrates to liberate them if they would return to their work; but this offer being con sidered by them as an abandonment of the object of their turn-out, they decided to go to prison. A short tinie since, the windmill, at Penenden heath, belonging to Mr. Buxationa, of Maidstone, was broken into and robbed of 11 bushels of 'flour.— It appears the thieves took a cart to the mill to con vey away their booty, which was traced across the heath ; and, to avoid detection, they emptied the flour into sacks of their own. Tuesday night some robbers contrived to tear three hundred weight cf lead from the house of Mr. SnAw, landlord of the Tower of London, in Westminster road, and conveyed it away without detection. The house of Mr. BRADLEY, watchmaker, in Lam beth-walk, was brniten open on Tuesday night. The robbers stole a glass-case, containing gold rings, watch keys, seals, and various articles of jtwellery of considerable value. The case was observed, at an early hour, yesterday morning, in a field, near tlw premises, by a watchman, who also perceiving that the earth near it had been recently dug up, was in duced to make further search, and discovered the whole property buried' about two feet under ground. A female, of genteel appearance, was, on Monday evening, at six o'clock, forced by two fellows, into one of the recesses on London Bridge, and robbed of a considerable sum. Slie aas also treated in an ex tremely indecent manner by the ruffians. One of them WAS taken into custody. All the parcels sent by the mail coach, on the 'Nth ult. from Liverpool,. were missing on its arrival at York, and have not since been heard of. It has been ascertained that all the parcels arrived safe at Man chester, and were regularly forwarded from that place to York, near which place the robbery is sup posed to have been committed. • , Tuesday se'nnight, the landlord and landlady of the King's Arms public-house, at Deal, were appre hended by Adkins and two other officers from Bow street, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of one of the crew of the Severn man of war, on the 24th mut. They have been conveyed to London. In speaking of the great Irish Fair at Ballinasloe, it was well said, that in reckoning up the heads of cattle, they omitted the brcken heads of their owners. MA RLBOROUGII-STREET.--•-•YeSterday Lieutenan t Brooks was charged with disorderly condnct, at a late hour on Tuesday night, at 97, Pall Mall, other wise the if atelluo Assembly Rooms, in knocking at the door tumultuously, and ultimately squeezing himself through the iron grating which barricades ,the doOr.—The defendant stated that he was a fre quent visitor to these Assembly Rooms, which he understood were licensed, and he had been let in at all hours in the night. A constable, as he under stood, with the insignia of his authority, attended at the door, and he 'had no idea that he was acting wrong, as he had given many half-a-crown to the watchman to procure a coach. Matourtt.try.-- ,, discharge you, Sir, and let a warrant be issued against the keeper of this hap, which, 1 am quite sure, can not have been licensed." James Can nigan was charged with disturbing the house of —. Mackarel, under pretence of seeking his wife —lt appeared the prisoner bad deserted a wife and three children, who had become chargeable to the parish ; that he had married anotlier at Saint Ann's, in 1809, and that he married his first wife St. Paul's, Bristol, in 1807.—1 d defence the prisoner said, his first wife was living in adultery with Mac. karel, and went by his name—This was not denied by the first wife, who said she did not want the pri soner, and that the second wife was welcome to him, for she had had enough of him, and did noc wish to punish him.—Remanded on the charge of bigam N . litmus Hair..—Yesterday 11. Austen and W. Dun gate were remanded, on suspicion of breaking into the house of Mr. Hall, in Inman's-buildings. New Kent.road, and stealing three notes for £2O each. R. Af.bosald was also remanded, for embezzling £2, the property or - his master, vilth which he was entrusted to pay a baker. R. Lowden, a baker, in Union-street, was fined five pounds, for hariog alum in his possession, to adul tege bread with., CORONZR INQUESTS. Last night, an Inquest was held at the sign of the Crown and Cushion, Russell -street, on the body of Mr. Charles M , Carthy, formerly an Officer in the service of the Emperor of Austria, who fell down in the Pit of Drury-lane Theatre on Monday night last, and expired just at the moment Mr. Kean was represent ing the dying scene in Richard the Third. Mr. James Cole, surgeon, corner of York -street, Covent Garden, being sworn, said as follows :—" I was sent for to at tend a Gentleman who was said to be dying or dead, in the Pit passage of Drury-lane Theatre, about half past ten o'clock on Monday night last ; I attended immediately. and found the deceased supported on a stool, near the money-takers office; life appeared to be extinct ; nevertheless, I thought proper to open a vein in the arm, and also the temporal artery, but could not produce blood; and I found it useless to attempt anything further. My opinion is, that the deceased died in a fit of apoplexy ; and since I have viewed the body at the request of the Jury, that opi nion is confirmed." Henry Edward Church, Devon shire -street, surgeon, attended the deceased with Mr. Coles, and confirmed in every respect his evidence. James Davies, constable, assisted in carrying the de ceased into the passage of the pit, examined his poc kets, and found the envelope of a letter, on which was written—" Chac. M•t;arthy, Esq. Bull Inn, Bishopsgate-street." Upon applying there, I found that was the place of his residence. Major Albert D'Alton, of the army, residing in Conduit -street, ,stated, " The deceased is distantly related to me, he had been lately at Paris, and was on his way to his family at Dublin : but remained in London for a few 'days for the purpose of seeing a few friends. I re ceived a letter from him a few days ago, informing me that he had a fit of the gout. Deceased was not a married man : he was a dentleman of a Light,' re spectable family, and formerly was an Ofiker in the Austrian service." Verdict —Died by the Visitation • of GOD. An Inquest was last night held at the Crooked Billet, Ratcliffe-highway, on the remains of 31r. lionnen- and his son, the former aged 27, and the lat ter four years, who were burnt to death on Monday morning last. The following evidence was given : R. Edwards.—" I am a patrole of this parish. On Monday morning, about three o'clock, I saw a smoke issuing from the shop windows of Mr. Bonner; I sprung my rattle, and heard a female voice cry aloud, save my child r and saw a woman leaning through a window, holding a child by the clothes ; 1 looked through the crevice of the shutters, and saw that the shop was in flames, and that it was impossible to go in ; and on turning round, saw something falling from the window ; I had just time to extend my arm, and the child fell upon it and on the flags ; I picked it up, and gave it to a woman standing by. Mrs. Bonnet then put one leg out of the window; I en treated her not to drop, and she drew back; I then rapped loudly at the neighbours' houses. but could not get assistance : I thought of taking off my coat, to extend it, that she might throw herself into it; but before I could take it oil she fell from the window, dressed only in her night-clothes. At this time the fire had not reached through the roof of the shop. An engine arrived in ten minutes alter I saw the fire; I cstn form no opinion as to thecanse of the fire. There was no smell of gas at the time ; I had no con ception of any thing of , the sort." Juryman.—" A quantity of gas escaped from the tube at my house, a short time ago, but the smell was so offensive it :woke the whole• family ; and I am convinced it will not set tire to any thing unless confined." Maria Foster.—" I was servant to Mr. Bonner I slept in the two pair bask• room ; I was awoke by my master crying out' File, fire!' I leaped ont of bed directly, and felt the boards hot t. I tried to get out at the door, but could not find it ; the deceased child slept with me ; I got upon the leads, and called for assistance; Mr. Piggot's men assisted me upon the counting-house, from whence I leaped into one of the men's arms." Mr. Bonner's brother-in-law asked if she did not take the child out of bed before she got out of the window herself? Witness said she did ; but was afraid to throw it through the window, and put it into bed again. Coroner.—" Is there any reason to suspect the pre mises were wilfally set on fire ?" Juryman.—" It is rumoured, that there was some explosive substance in the shop and cellar, and that the servant set it on fire by accident." Witness.—" I could not set fire to any thing ; there was nothing in the cellar but coals." Juryman,—" I have been informed that there is a communication between the cellars of Mr. Bonner and Mr. Piggott' Witness.—" There formerly was ; but at the time of the fire there was no communication whatever." The Coroner said, that it was impossible to have the evidence of Mrs. Bonner, for she was so unwell, that the knowledge of the death of her husband was . kept from her : there seemed to be no ground for sup ,posing that the premises were set on fire otherways than by accident. Verdict—Accidentally Burnt to Death. An Inquest was yesterday held at the Golden Lion, Dean-street, Soho, on the body of J. Villats, who died suddenly at the house of a friend, in Gerrard street. He had held a situation in the Barrack De partment. Verdict—Apoplexy. Thursday se'nnight an Inquest was held on the body of Mrs. Donnell, wife of Mr. Doswell, oil and colourman, of Boston. Her death was occasioned by the boiling over ef a kettle of varnish, which bursting into a flame, communicated to her clothes, and burst her so shockingly, that she expired soon after. Ver dict—Accidental Death. Mr. BARTLEY, a master tailor, in the west end of the town, was taken ill on Tuesday, in Exeter -street, Smand, on his way to his customers with some clothes. Ho went into a shop to rest himself and there expired. Saturday se night a fine boy about three yea* old, son of Ralph Edwards, a labouring man, resi ding in a cottage near the barracks, on Shorncliff, while playing with a lighted match, unfortunately set fire to its clothes, and before the flames could be extinguished, the little sufferer was so dreadfully' burg that he (spired on the following Honda/. Tuesday sennight, at oat ♦ered in the warehouses at end of Messrs. EDWARD mists, Darlington, which far two hours, before the t continued for six hours be dued. Nearly two-thirds of consumed. The greatest I saved by much exertion of were extremely enterprisin from the flames. It is st 4 the property will be lost by deposited exceeded £30,00( is not clearly ascertained, b for suspecting that it was tl By this disaster fifty men a the present. The late Rev. ADAM .ke queathed the following leg payable one year after his been already settled by hi and WILLIAM ANNANDS, 1 To the Scots Episcopal frier Infirmary of Aberdeen Lunatic Asylum ditto Shipwrecked Seamen's Fund Sick Man's Fries.ds Society d Female SuClety ditto - Kirk Salai4ll 4.f Abrrdeen, Ditto ditto Old Machar, dit; Besides sever.d legacies BIAT, At Woolhampton. Basks, o ri of a daughter. Sunday, at Datebet %learner., a Rev. Isaac Cox et. of a daughtac. DTE' Saturday, aged 90, Mr. Join' for many years kept a boarding v Oct. 19, at Gloucester, after a •of the Rev. Robert Foote, Recto Prebendary of Rochester. _ Wednesaay aennight, at Top Tickell, master of the Tiara, a cur SARACEN'S HEAD, SNI WILLIAM MCA.' N' Four Inside Coaches, best Ho T iiE liMOWing Post , Cua set out from the FAl.llOlllf, Plymouth, 1 Dorchester, Dartmouth, and Solis Morning at Seven; throulth 11. Blandford, Basingstoke, and lit the next Evening at half-pan vigil SOIJTII A M ['TON, Lymintz( Basingstoke new Fussr Inside Cc intsrakt. arrive; at the Dolphin I five. This is a most delightful cc Havre de Grace, Jersey, Guernsey BATH and BRTSTCL penham, Caine, and Marlbornup! Mr. May's, the Grelhnund Inn, E . . Thumarstreet. and the Swan, lki to Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, I The 1711P18.F., a New LT VI aft night on the road, carrying four out daily; through Ihinstahle, Nr, too, Welford, Lutterworth, Hint Stone, Rugely, Newcastle, Knutsfc SHREWSBURY, Wellington es/try evening, at five ti clock—tit WEYMOUTH, Dorchester. 13 and Basingstoke new Post-('oa th, mouth packets to Guernsey, Jersc LEEDS new Light Coach, ca morning at eight; carries Four Ii easy, with a Guard throughout Newark, Retford, Doncaster, an Lion, Leeds, next morning. Non expedition of this Coach, it is allo , and complete public conveyance ut equalled by any other. GLASGOW, Lonrown ' Girt!' Brovrnhill, Thornhill, Sanquhar-Kil all Parts of Scotland, a Post-Coach YORK, Scarborough, Whitby. castle, :. std Edinburgh new Four throughout ; sets out every monist ford, Tadcaster, Darlington, North and Berwick. Passengers finding journey, may rest what time they i without any additional fare. !MARLBOROUGH, and Swin , Coach, through Aldbourn, Rtadinj dington, Pewaey, Wootton Basset, 1 Newbury ; every morning. BRIDGENORTII and Walsall BOSTON, Spalding, Peterborou Royal Mail-Coach, every evening And Hull. CARLISLE, Penrith, and WI Coach, and a Guard all the way. pithy, Greatabridge, Richmond, C therby,Aberford,Doncaster, and Gr ing, and performs the journey with gers detained on the road by holm+ liar advantage of their seats being a KENDAL, Lancaster, Presto: Cborley, Ormskit k, and Garstang P LIVERPOOL. Warrington, K Litchfield Post-Coach, the Defianc racen's Head Inn, Data-street, Live WAKEFIELD Post-Condi, e, CHESTER, Newport, \Vhitc6 Northwieb, and Hiddlewich Post- SUNDERLAND, Stockton, an ing, to the George Inn, Sunderianc MANCHESTER, Winslow, CI and Wolverhampton Post-Coach, e SHUT/FIELD and Rocha ham 1 ingham, every morning. BIRMINGHAM Post-Coach, noon, and reaches Birmingham ce Warwick, Leamington, and Dave Bull-street, Birmingham. HULL, Northcave, Howden, Coach. every Morning, at half past ket-plaee, Hull. DOVER, Deal, Margate, Sands Faversham, Chatham, Rochester, morning, noon, and night. I LER TFORD, Ware, I loddesdc murning. TOTTENHAM and Ealmonto half-past two, at five, and at sight. rr W. MOUNTAIN and CC ' reloads aad the Public, that they w Parcels, Passengers Luggage, Weil Five Pounds value, if lost, stukii, as each and the Insurance paid for ; Head Inn, Suuw-laill, Luattou. COAL MARKE Ship at Market. Ships Sold 1535 N.twcastle 126 44 Sunderland Si 1 Elgin 2faiu 0 t Cinders 1 HIGH WATER at LONILIDN Morning Afternoon INDON: Elated a•d pdbtiVt Flue, Imp