Star. — London, England, 1821-09-22 00:00:00

• -- OLD BAILEY SESSIO VS. Yesterday, William Dalton was indicted for bur glarionsly breaking and entering the house of Mr. Turton, of Chester-street, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, on the 4th inst. Susan Salmon deposed, that she was cook to Mr. - Turton. On the night of the day mentioned in the indictment she went to bed, after having previously fastened the area and kitchen doors. When she rose the next morning, between five and six o'clock, she found the kitchen door open, and there was a hole in the door large enough to allow a person's arm to be passed through. The area door was unbolted, but not open. It was bolted on the previous night when she retired to bed. The pantry door was a-jar. She did not know whether it had been left in that position on the night before. Two iron candlesticks belong ing so the house were usually kept on the mantle shelf of the kitchen. There was only one of these candlesticks in the kitchen when she went to bed. Thomas Edward Mitchell Turton deposed, that the prisoner was hii servant, and was to have left him on the day the robbery was discovered. The witness had directed the prisoner to call him at a quarter before six, on the morning of the sth of Sep tember. The prisoner did not awaken witness, who rose at a quarter past six ; shortly after which, he was informed by Mary Clinch, his house-maid, that the house was 'robbed. Witness went down stairs, and found the prisoner, and Susan Salmon the cook, in the kitchen. The prisoner pointed to the hole in the kitchen door, and said, " There's the way they broke in; they have taken all the plate, and my silver watch, which I left in the pantry last night." The pri soner had the care of the plate. The prisoner pointed to a cellar, where an iron candlestick was found on a barrel, which had the appearance of a candle having been burnt out upon it. The prisoner said that it must have been there, where the thieves must have hidden themselves. (The door was here produced). The hole was certainly made on the outside. It was enough to admit a man's arm to remove a str..ng bar and draw two bolts. On asking the pri sor.Cr when he went to bed? he said at two o'clock,' a-Id that he and Mary Clinch were the last up in the house. In the course of the morning, witness, having ro , :tispicion at that time of the prisoner, told him, that as he bad no place, lie might sleep in the house, and earn a few s!lillings if hecOuld. The officers then came, and the pieces wood were compared with the hole in the door. The servants weie searched by the officers. Witness had no suspicion that anything but the plate was stolen; but he had occasion to go to a drawer in his dressing-room, in which some money was kept, and he found that two bags were gone, one containing about 4.48, in notes and so vereigns, and the other about £lO. Witness had left the keys in the drawer by mistake. Some sovereigns were found with a bag in the prisoner's box, and being asked by Gilmore where he got them? he answered, 41 Worked for them, to be surer and being farther questioned, said be got them forwages of Captain Lausanne, and a Mr. Howell. From the Captain he received 1.7, and Mr. Howell paid him in sovereigns. A box of phosphorus and some matches were found in the piisoner's drawer, and a hrass candlea iek.— Witness had a chest of tools, in which was a gimlet and a chisel These had been taken out, and were found to correspond exactly with the holes an: marks in the door. The box in which the toais were contained was not locked. The tools had not, to the knowledge of the witness, been used for nine mouths before; but on looking at them, lie blond s ome saw dust attached to the gimlet, which appeared to be fresh. The holes in the kitchen door precisely corre• sponded with the gimlet. When the prisoner was' asked whether he had locked the pantry door on the night of the robbery? he replied, that he had locked huh the drawer in the pant' y, and the door itself, and had taken the keys up to bed with him. The wit smss examined the pantry door, and saw a small mark about two inches above the lock, but not large enough to cause it to be supposed that force had been used to break the door open. The bolt too had made no mark upon the catch, as he thought it woidslha've done, had the door been forced. Crms.e.raminal by Mr. linonearox.—The witness had a good character with the prisoner when he took him from Captain Lausanne. He came from the country to the service of the witness. The witness believed that all the marks on the kitchen door were made from the outside of the door. There is a mark on the lower part of the door which appeared to have been made by a poker, or some such instru ment, from without. The prisoner could get into the kitchen from the place where he slept, without passing through the area. The witness had a ser vant in his house named Griffiths, who assisted in cleaning the plate on the day before the robbery was discovered. Griffiths knew where the plate was kept. Ile thought it was not likely that Mrs. Turton would take money from the drawer in his dressing-room. The witness never possessed a phosphorus box. Mary Clinch, a servant to the last witness, de posed that Salmon, the cook, went to be about half past eleven on the night of the 4th of September. The witness, the prisoner, and Griffiths, remained up in the kitchen. Griffiths went to bed about a quar ter past one ; about half-past one the witness heaial a noise at the kitchen door. The prisoner was with her at the time in the kitchen. The noise appeared to proceed from something boring into the door. The witness told the prisoner she heard a noise. lie re plied that it was only her fancy. Just after the wit ness heard the noise she went to the housekeeper's room to fold up some liner. Whilst she was there, the prisoner came to her. This was about a quarter to two o'clock. The prisoner asked her whether she was not going to bed ? She replied, " Yes, when she had folded up the things." The witness went to bed just alter the clock struck two, leaving the prisoner up in the kitchen. The prisoner had a lamp and an iron candlestick with him in the kitchen. Her master bad two iron candlesticks. The witness heard the prisoner go i nto the scullery, and put the candle stick down. There is a door at the top of the kitchen stairs, which witness shut when she went up to bed. The prisoner was then standing near the pantry door, which was open. The witness got up at a quarter before six o'clock, and went down to the kitchen, which was in confusion. After she had looked at the place, she went to call the prisoner. She called him three times at the bottom.of the stairs. He did not answer, and she went up stairs and knocked at the door. The prisoner opened the door, and when she told him the house was broken open, the prisoner re plied, " Is it possible ? I have the keys of the pantry in my pocket." The prisoner came down stairs, and looked at the pantry, but did not say anything. The pantry door was standing wide open when the wit ness came down in the morning. The witness men tioned that on the Saturday before the robbery Mrs. Turton asked the prisoner to lend her a sovereign. The prisoner replied, that he had neither a sovereign nor silver. On the Sunday the prisoner asked the witness to lend him a few shillings, which she was unable to do. Cross-examined by Mr. BRODERICK.-It was after the witness told him that every bit of the plate was gone that he answered, " Is it possible? I have the key of the pantry in my pocket. Hannah Hunt deposed, that she was a servant to Mrs. Gambier, Mrs. Turton's sister. The witness was at Mr. Turton's house with her mistress on the night of the robbery. She went to bed about half-past one, and lighted hetself with an iron candlestick, like that in-Court. She placed the candlestick on the drawers, and fotind it there when she rose in the morning. Thomas Griffiths deposed that he was groom to Mr. Tinton. He does not live in the house, but sleeps over the stable, and the prisoner sleeps with him. On the 4th of September the witness assisted to carry up dinner There were some visitors at his master's on that day. The witness went toted about a quar ter after one, and left the prisoner and the house maid up. The witness helped the prisoner to clean the plate on the 4th of September. After the plate was cleaned the prisoner locked it up. About two o'clock the prisoner came into the room where the witness was in bed. The- witness thought he was coining to bed, but he could not tell whether he did so, as the witness fell asleep. The witness awoke at about four o'clock, and found the prisoner was not in bed. The witness was awakened at five o'clock by the prisoner coming into bed. The witness askeJ the prisoner why he came to bed at that time of the morning ? The prisoner replied that he had been in bed all night. The witaess said that he had missed him at four o'clock. He knew the prisoner had a watch, which he had never seen since the robbery. The witness lent the prisoner two shillings on the Sunday preceding the robbery. Cross-examined by Mr. IlisonenrcK.—The witness spoke of the time of the prisoner's coming to bed only by guess. When the prisoner was informed that the house was broken open and all the plate gone,he only replied, "isit ?" The witness remained in bed half an hour after he heard the house had been broken open. The witness cannot tell whether it was five days, ten days, or a fortnight, after the robbery that he first told his master the circumstance of thepri- sutler noi. being in bed during .the night. lie did not mention it until he was asked About it._ _ Re-exanzincd by Mr. BoLL A N D.--When the witness heard Mary Clinch sell the prisoner that the house had been robbed, he thought she was jesting. There was " a correspondence in loveship" between Clinch and the prisoner, and he thought that they had been courting. James Gilmore, a police officer, deposed, that he went to Mr. Turton's about seven o'clock on the morning of the .sth of September. He examined the kitchen door, and it appeared to have been cut on both sides. The gimlet-holes were bored from the inside. 11e saw the marks of footsteps in the area, but the person by whom those marks were made could not have got into the kitchen of Mr. Turton, because a door intervened, which remained fastened. There was no mark of violence on the latter door. The witness corroborated the testimony of Mr. Tur ton, respecting the examination of the prisoner's drawer, and the conduct of the prisoner. Charles Bew, a police officer, mho accompanied Gilmore to the house of Mr. Turton, merely corro borate' the evidence of the last witness. The prisoner, in his defence, said, that what the witness Griffiths had sworn respecting his not being in bed at four o'clock was false. went to bed about two o'clock, and never left it till half-past five. He did not awaken Griffiths at five o'clock; it was Griffiths who awakened him. Mr. BnooEttict:, by permission of the Court, put a question to Mr. Turton, from whose answer it ap peared, that if any person bad concealed himself in the cellar where the candlestick was found, he might have broken open the kitchen door, without doing violence to the outward door, which he could after wards open and let himself out. Mr. Turton added, that upon examining the cellar, he had reason to be lieve that some person had been concealed there. Captain Lausanne, with whom the prisoner had lived for three years previous to his entering the ser vice of Mr. Turton, gave the prisoner an excellent character. Two other respectable witnesses also gave the prisoner a good character. The COMMON SERJEANT summed up the evidence, and the Jury acquitted the prisoner. James Cashman was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of August, a quantity of paving-stones, the pro perty of t:e Committee of Paving of St. George's, Hanover-square. It appeared that the prisoner sold four carts of these stones, which were lying in Southr Moulton-street, fur the purpose of being used in re pairing the sewers, to Mr. Southwold, a slater, for the sum of thirty-six shillings. The prisoner repro sensed in his defence that he was employed by Gar dener, a carter in the employ of the Surveyor of Pavements, and that he gave to this person the money received for the stones. The Surveyor of Pavements being called, stated in evidence, that there was a carter of the name in his employment in August, but since discharged on sus picion of practices of this nature. The prisoner was acquitted, but was arraigned again on a second indictment for a similar offence. He was found Guilty, but recommended to mercy by the Jury. Thomas Hopkins was indicted for stealing ten cast ing -moulds, the property of Messrs. Figgins and Winch, letter-founders, \Vest-street, West Smithfield, on the '2oth of August. Mr. Figgins deposed, that the prisoner had come into his employment in the year 1820; and further' that he did not sell any moulds for fifteen years. Thomas Hughes, a publican, deposed, that the pri soner lodged in his house until the last fortnight.— Four or five months ago the prisoner gave a quantity of moulds into his possession, without any instruction Ito conceal them, and they were of course kept in the house in a public manner. When the officer called st the house, the articles were given up without the! least hesitation. Jobn Nurse deposed, that he was the person who made the moulds. He was in the employment of Messrs. Figgins for twenty-seven years. Several ar ticles had been missing doling the time the prisoner was in the employment of Messrs. Figgins, and also' after he left it. The prisoner called three witnesses, who gave him an excellent character. The Jury, after a few minutes deliberation, brought in a verdict of Net Guilty. The same person was arraigned on a second indict ment, for stealing fifty-six pounds of type from the same prosecutors. He was found Guilty, and recom mended to mercy. The CosrsloN SERJEANT asked the prosecutor if the losses he sustained at different times by thefts amounted to £3O, or £4O? The prosecutor answered, that his losses were con siderably greater. The COMMON SERJEANT the* said, he was afraid that, under these circumstances, it would be out of the power of the Court to act on the recommendation of the Jury, consistently with the inflicting such a I I measure of punishment as would have the effect of checking theprogress of a practice so injhrious to industrious tradesmen. CAUTION To Puaticasis.—Yesterday an informa tion came on for bearing at Mary-la-Bonne Office, against. the landlord of the Queen's Head public house, in Paradise-street, Diary-la-Bonne, for using sixteen pewter pots, not having the Exchequer mai k W. IL surmounted by a Crown upon them, a convic tion of which would have subjected him to a penalty of £32. An Attorney, however, pointed out an in formality in the proceedings, and the information was quashed ; when the informer said he would re new the application in an amended form. %n excise hearing took place before the Magis trates at '!'rum on Saturday se'nnight, to inquire into a new invention for defrauding the Revenue. h ap peared that more than ten persons hadfor some time past been in the habit of "giving awaj' beer or ale (as they professed) to all comers promiscuously. But the ale was accompanied with a certain proportion of biscuits, according to its measure. With a pint of ale, for instance, three very small biscuits, in value not a farthing, were produced ; and osteesibly for these biscuits threepence, the actual price of the ale, was paid; with a quart of ale, six biscuits at sis• l pence ; and the people dispensing their biscuits and ale, had been thus pleasantly occupied under the full persuasion that no law could arrest them in the exer cise of their hospitality. They found themselves, however, mistaken. By this unlicensed conduct, they had each incurred the penalty of £5O, which, on their conviction, the Justices were pleased to reduce by mitigation to the forfeiture of £lO for each house. ExECUTIONS.—John Wilkinson and William Surtees Hetherington were executed at Morpeth, pursuant to their sentence at the late Assizes for Northumber land, for highway robbery. They appeared to be men wholly uninstructed either in moral or religious obligations. Wilkinson, when committed, could nei ther read nor-write; but during his confinement he learnt his letters, and some of the little words in the spelling-book. Hetherington was totally ignorant of letters; and, being asked what religion he was of? said be did not know; he had only been once in a place of worship! On being questioned if he did not know there was a Gon? he replied, he had heard folk speak of it! Previous to their execution, the friends of both paid their last visits. The short inter view was peculiarly affecting, and all wept bitterly. The culprits were afterwards engaged in devotional exercise till a post-chaise, attended by a posse of po lice, drew up before the jail, and the criminals stept into the carriage. A band of singers preceded the melancholy procession. On the road a person endea voared to extract information relative to their asso ciates, but they resisted all attempts to - obtain their secrets. Wilkinson said, "it was of no use; no one could be of any service to them now, and they would make no disclosure." Arriving at the fatal spot, at . the foot of the town, they each mounted the scaffold with much firmness, and immediately bent their knees in devotion. Wilkinson was incessant in his addresses to the THRONE of GRACE, and frequently exclaimed,, had he bestowed attention to his wife's advice, who had long prayed and entreated him by day and night to leave off his wicked courses, he would not then have been standing in that situation! He looked , earnestly about for her in the crowd, and not seeing -her, he desired the jailor to remember him to her, with his dying request that she might attend to the things of a better world. He hoped the by-standers would be warned by his untimely death, and prayed earnestly for the mercy of GOD with his latest breath. The emotions of Hetherington's mind were more of an internal nature; he seemed attentive to the awful scene, frequently shook his head, and at last he ex claimed—" Good bye to you all! take warning by me, all good people!" Oa *the scaffold they twice embracedeach other, and, at parting, Hetherington kissed the Clergyman. Their passage.to eternity was short, and their struggle scarcely visible. It will be recollected, that N. J. Gard, who was convicted at the Bodmin Summer Assizes of the wil ful murder of Henry Hoskin, of Boscastle, was, by' the humanity of Baron GRAHAM, respited until the 10th instant, in consequence of the unprepared state the unhappy criminal was represented to be in for undergoing the awful sentence of the law within the usual time prescribed for the execution of murderers. At first he seemed to disregard the indulgence thus shewn to him, and appeared hardened, violent, and impertinent; but by the unreniittcd exertions of the Rev. M. FETRER, the Chaplain of the 13odmin prison, he was brought to a proper sense of his situation,.and before his execution acknowledged that he had led a very wicked life, though he hoped that he was not out of the reach of mercy, and that he died in peace with, all mankind. The time allowed for his respite having expired, on Monday morning, at ten o'clock, he was led to the drop, adjoining the jail, to which he walked with a firm step, and having reached it,l knelt a short time in prayer with the Chaplain, to whom he repeated that he put his trust in JESUS, and died in charity with all men. He expressed contri tion for what he had done, forgave all his enemies, and said he was not afraid to die: In little more than ten minutes from his first appearance on the scaffold, he gave the signal, when . he was laonct'td into etanity, an died without a stritzgle. P.4RISH OP LAmhErtr. Yesterday a Meeting of the Inhabitants of t !,. Pa:ish of Lambeth was held in the Vestry-room, 1 ,, the purpose of . considering a propositi on for ..r„,. ing the , Poir . The question CNCI;eil great inte re ,. and the Vestry was crowded to excess. ~ The Rector, the Rev. Mr. D'Ortry, i n tl:e Chi,. Captain TUCK addressed the Meeting on the ben? expenditure which the Parish had in curre d , and v..?.; still incurring, by a want of due e conomy ;a the management of the Parochial Poor. p, „ tit; .. present Parish expenditure for maintena nce amounted to 9s. per week each man, when the slime might bo defrayed, if the poor were fanned, per little in o ,, than one-third of that amount. Ile ContltQed by movi'lg, " That the Propo.ition he had breu9,ln rot. ward, for Farming the Subsistence of the P 0, ,, Ibe adopted." Mr. Scitur.rz seconded the motion. Mr. LVTT, at considerable lenßtli, opposed CAntaia Tuck's motion, which he conceived visionaiy znl impracticable. He denied the asserted espenditwe, and said that the amount did not exceed ss. ler head. This was confirmed by the Rector and me ci the Overseers. A discussion of some length ensued, and it was &ft: mately agreed to refer the subject for colisideraLion to a Committee, including the Parish Officers, who ate to report their opinion at a future Vestry. The father of the celebrated Miss FA Rum wa i ;111 actor in Sit triiEntis company, in the interior puts of Ireland, and was as remarkable fur his gentlmnar, like manners as Sit EPH ERD for his brutalitY. Mr.F, being very ill-treated by the manager, retired to las apartment, and wrote on the window of a house is Sligo the following lines: - - How different was D.ivid's fare and mine— His destiny was good, hut mine is evil; His Shepherd was the !Amu Diviae, My Sh:Therd is the lkvil! PICTURES OF THE LATE QuEEN.—There have been only four Portraits of her late MAdEsTv painted is England:—the first by Sir THOMAS I.Awm.:sc, about twenty years ago, with the Princess Crin- LOTTE on her lap, which is the pie:tire bequeathed to the Cardinal ALBAN°. Two otlit , rs were last yea painted by Mr. LONSDAGE, the larger as a pre from her MAJESTY to the City of London: the smaller, in a very handsome frame, was precentedby the QUEEN to Alderman WOOD. The four pox. trait, now in the possession of Mr. lVyval., was painted by himself, chiefly front r:•coilec:ion, as he MAJEiTY only sat once for the Sarni:. The tAk - U of e pictures bequeathed in her ll.unsres will mu painted in Italy, by an Italia:l artist of the names Bosst, and are there at present. SUDDEN DEATH.—Thursday afternoon, Mr. ions JENNINGS, a respectable watch-waker, resing is Spafields, went out with a few friends, an,. oil Ctrit way home they stopped at the George, in WhitecrA. street, St. Luke's. Air. JENNINGS, who was previnu•!r in excellent health and spirits, whilst in the act of drinking some porter, suddenly fell back and expired. Medical aid was instantly called in, but the vital spark had fled. Mr. JENNINGS has left a wife and young family to bewail his loss. AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIN FOR THE WEEE ENDING SEP'rEMBER 8, 1821. GEXERAL Avrawar--Wheat, s.ss.ttd.—Rye, 28s. 9d.--Balts .255. Ild.—Oats, 19s. Bd.—Beam, 275. 81.—Peas, aOs. sd. FRICRS BELOW WHICH FOREIGN GRAIN /S 806.—Rye,535.-13arley,40s.—Oats,27s.—Beaus,53s.--PtatA PRICES BELOW WHICH BRITISH COLONIAL GRAIN IS rItOIIIIIIEI Wheat, 67s.—Rye, 44s.—Ilasicy, 33s.—Oats, 22s.—Beass,%. —Peas, 441. NKWGATE AND LEA DERN A LL MARK ETS, Sur. 21 (By the Carcase.) Beef 2s 4d to 3s 4d 1 Veal 3l 4d to Ss 01 Mutton..• ...... ttal to 39 4d Pork 2s Od to 4s $1 PRICES or HAY aro STRAW YESTERDAY. 57. /Assn's. Hay 31 Os Od to 41 6. Od Ihy... 31 10. to 41 41a Straw 11 10s Ocl to 21 5. Od Straw 11 109 to 11 165 a Clover 31 5s 04 to 41 15 Od Clover 41 Os to . 1 3 Us PRICK OF 110 PS, per Cwt. Kew Poekets—Kent, £2 to AZ 102--Sussex, £2 to CI PRICE or TALLOW, Town Tallow 49s 6d Yellow Russia ... 4Bs Od White ditto Soap ditto Melting Stuf f SOAP, Ste. per 112/b. Di* to rough Yellow Soap ........ sh Mottled 911 Curd Palm I'll ICE OF CA NDLESFrom Tallow Chandlers Hall. Candles, per doz. lOs Od—Moulds, 11 s 6d; 6d. per dose& allowed for ready money. COAL MARKET, S' Ships at Market. Ships Sold. 70i Newcastle 51i 11 Sunderland 94 2 Culm 21. Price. 544 OJ to 474 6d 554 Oa to 40 a 2,515 Od to 281 Od COUNTRY MARKETS. Climax, Sart. 20.—Wheat, per load, £lB Os to 01.1 New Wheat, £l9 to £2O Os—Barley, per quarter, Ow 00s—Oats, 19s to 3 IBs to 21s—Rye 50s. t0.15a NISV/MatY, BCRES, SETT. W.—Wheat, 52s to 9.56---Barkl 28s to 40s—Oats, 26s to 54s—Beans, 446 to 466--Proi 3 l i to 40s.—Rye, 00s.—Bread, Is 9d to Is 11d per Calion. SALISBURV, Sir?. 20.—Wheat, 645. to 921 per 9f•—lbriert 296 to 54s—Oats Ess to 28s—Beans, 40s to 48$. Ox roan, Sam 20.—The price of the Half-peck lioaschog Loaf, is Is. 101. COURSE OF Amsterdam l2 16 C.F. Ditto at sight 12 13 Rotterdam— l2 17 2U. Antwerp, ex-mo 12 9 Hamburgh 38 2 2 U. Altona lB 3 2 U. Paris,3day's sight 25 70 U. 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