The National Register. — London, England, 1821-02-18 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14. The Sessions this morning commenced before Mr. Baron Graham, Mr. Justice Best, and Mr. Justice Richardson. _ _ . John Collins was capitally indicted for stealing, in the dwelling-house of Richard Adams, silver spoons and other articles of plate of considerable value. It was proved that the prisoner, a lad about the age of 17, stole the plate out of the kitchen in Mr. Adams's house, on the 24t4 of January. lie was pursued by a soldier who was on the spot, and he dropped the plate : he was o'•ertaken and brought back to the house, and he begged to be let 011, and promised never to do so agtin. The prisoner made no defence which was satisfactory to the Court, and no witnesses were called. Tue Jury found a verdict—Guilty. lie was recommended to mercy on the ground of his youth. The learned Judge said that the recommenda tion should be attended to. Charles Wilkinson was indicted for cutting a port manteau from behind the carnage of Mr. NViluerforce, M. Y. on its way to Gore-greet. The fact was proved distinctly by one of the servants of Mt. Wilberforce, and the prisoner was apprehended with the trunk upon THURSDAY,hut, —Guilty. FEB. 15. William Fell was indicted for stealing in the dwelling house ut Sir William Draper Best, lint., a quantity of wearing apparel, Male value of between 151. and 201. Thls prisoner was a chimney-,weeper; and on the 23E1 January, lie was seen by we butler of Mr. Justice Best to go down the area of the prosecutor's house, in Betiford Square, and take hold of a bag, of foul linen which had been put into the kitchen to be washed.— The butler then prestipted himself, and as soon as the prisoner saw him, be threw the Lag down upon the step and ran off. The butler pursued loin, and for a moment, while he was getting up the step, lost sight of hon. im mediately he reached the top of the step, he saw lice prisoner riannini , very hard, and then all at once stop and pretend to be buttoning up the knee Mitts breeches. Only one witness was called on the pint of the pro secution, and the prisoner in his defence protested his innocence. Two witnesses were called to give him a character, bout of them waver chimney sweepers, in whose employ the prisoner had lived—with one I l years and the other s;x months. After a good deal of consideration the jury returned a veruict—Not Charles Mott, who was tried last session forging a bill of exchange, and convicted, was now brought up to the bar—a point of law having been reserved in his (avow on the trial with respect to the competency of two of the witnesses to give evidence against hint. It ap peared that the prisoner had forged a promissory mute worded in a most illiterate manner, and commencing, " I promise Iwo pay," St:c. and the acceptance written across the bill was, " excepted by," &c. The judges had sonsidered the case, and it was their unanimous opinion that built the witnesses were competent. 'lnc conviction of the prisoner is therefore sustainzd. FRIDAY, PER. 16. This day the London Grand Jury came into Court with their last bills, when • • • Mr. Baron Graham discharged Mein with the usual compliments for their services. BANK PnosEctmons.—Seventeen persons were ar raigned on Maximums, charging theta trim having in their possession, and uttering, certain promissory notes, well knowing het» to be torged and counterfeit, pin- Borting to be those of the Governor and Company of the ank of England. Thirteen pleaded Guilty to the minor offence of having them in their possession, which sub• jects them to 14 years transportation ; and four pleaded Not Guilty, who will take their trials for the °Hence. DARING GA NO or Bu R•LA M—William Robinson and William Powell were capitally indicted for borgla rionsly breaking and entering the dwelling-house of J. Manton, E•q. at Sawn: all, and stealing therein a large quantity of ;yearn/ft apparel, linen, and other articles, his property. Sarah %Valliant.; and Alary Jones were also put to the bar, charged with receiving part of the pro perty, knowing it to have been stolen. The two men were fauna Guilty—Death ; and the two women were convicted of the crime of receiving the goods with the knowledge that they were stolen. Robinson and Powell stood again indicted for a bur glary in the dwelling-house of -- Parker, Esq. of Southall Green, and stealing therein a silver tea-put, a silver stand, a great number of silver spoons of various descriptions, gtc.; and Edward Drinkwater, a well dressed man, was also indicted for receiving the plate, knowing it to have been stolen. . . This runglary took place on the night of the I till of January, hut no discovery took place of the offenders until Powell and Robinson were apprehended, on th't charge of breaking into the house of Mr. Manton, and then the prisoner Robinson confessed that he and Powell committed the burglary now charged, and in conse quence of some information which be gave, a search warrant was issued, to search the house of the prisoner I)rink water, in Oxford street. . About fifteen respectable persons gave Drinkwater an excellent character. Mr. Justice B t :unlined lip at great length, and the Jury found all tin! !trimmers Guilty. The saute prisoners %vete :spin tried upon an indict ment, charging Rutinmon and Powell with stealing, and Drinkwater with receiving, a great ttttt liner of valuable articles, the proptal of Penn, Esq. of Stoke Park, near Vt, undsor. Robin,t:n was found Guilty, Ind the evidence with respect to the other two was inconclusive, and they were acquitted. In the course of these in ia:s it came out, that the pri soner, Robinson, kid fortnedy lived servant boat with kyr 411,1 Mr. Punt. THE NATIONAL REGISTER MILL EX7'RdORDIA4IIY. A Correspondent has sent us an account of a boxing-match of rather a novel description, which took place in a bye-lane about three miles from London. The combatants were a young gentleman a collegian, and a Herculean blacksmith kind of man. The young one was backed by his friend, a swell Lacier, and the Cyclop by one of his own kind. Round I.—lt was terrific to see the shirt-surrounded arm of the Trencherman opposed to the huge naked black arm of the knight of the anvil, and to have betted by appearance, the odds were any thing on the latter. They met one another boldly, both on the sparring system. — The young one showed he had no slight knowledge of ;he use of Ilk daddies. The smith thought be had, and he was wrong; it was all strength against science. Trencher politely tipped his opponent a heavy compli ment on his ear, which the smith not liking, lost his pa tience, tell-to on his shop system : looking tor Trencher, he we• soon dropped. 2.—The Smith went in at once, beat down Trencher's guard, and bored him down, Smith uppermost. 3.—:ttenith sgain on the alert, when, in coining in, he got a good straight one somewhere between his " nosegay smeller." and his po tatoe trap," which sent one or his best ivory " dinner set" down his throat He would have aeelcd down from it if Iris second had not very inifaiily shoulder'd him tip. In a close both went down on their sides. 4.—The young one got somehow puzzted, and was floored in the lie-lip magazine. 5. The battle had lasted 13 minutes, the pima; one was piping. the Blacksmith looking queerer thaii lie liked or wanted to look, but the Trencher knew lie was to throw away no chance, if he wanted to win, so in this round lie made all the play be could, got out of the way of the Black smith's rush, :god just lent lion a small teazer on the vide of his head, which turned Jilin right round, ticswell following up liis advantage, robbed his opponent seriously, and light rued him of the trouble of lotiktug out of two eyes at once; the Blacksmith grappled at riiiidum, and was thrown fur the lirst lime in a rally. B.—Sauth now came to the scratch a real Cychips, as one of his eyes was hermetically bur Led up, The young one had nothing to do but hit nay with the little strength he had left. It was all op with the Sant!), " Carltuu house to a Charley's shelter:" Three more rounds the Smith came to the scratch, but rather languidly, he st emed to be a tliortni. ; ti gluittiii, The young one had recovered his spirits with a drop of I)eady's, and insulted the Smith nicely for the insult that had led to Ili: mill. Toe swell was one of the best hitters 1 ever saw ; and the Smith lost the tight by throwing away the chance iu the beginning. The swell wrapped himself up in an upper boodleskiii coat, and di live 111 iiis Tile Smith was taken home on a shutter. The mill lasted 31 Milltlieb. Desperate asslrage, and attack on Police.—On Mon day, a countryman, who was returning h from •Id with a drove of bullocks, in going near Mile End turnpike, wits attacked by a gang of ruffians; who, after giving him a severe cudgelling, drove one of the bullocks away, and proceeded with it up the various street into Bethnal Green, treating the poor animal in the most brutal manner as they went, upsetting the different persons, hint-stalls, &c. in their career, and robbing almost every person who chanced to come in their way. Information was sent to Shadwell office, when two officers, Hewitt and Partridge, repaired to the scene of action, accompanied by five or sot special constables, and s !cured the bullock, which was much lacerated, and bleeding profusely, having one of his eyes punched out; and were proceedim: home, when they were attacked by upwards of 100 of time must dar ing of these ruffians, who surrounded the officers; and armed with sticks, stones, and other missiles, coin. mcnced a most merciless attack on them. The officers and their assistants, fought most desperately for some time with their t heons, but were knocked down, trampled upon, and beaten lit a most cruel manner.— Partridge, being an old man, suffered the worst of ally, and was carried home, having the features of his face quite disfigured, and his body and legs dreadfully beaten, and is now confined to his room most seriously indis posed. Hewn, the constable, also received a severe drubbing. Two large mastiffi, who accompanied the latter, shewed sufficient ;nook of fidelity, as they brught with their masters against their opponents, several of whom experienced their dreadful bites. Lately as sonic men were digging brick earth in a field opposite the West Irma of the Roman ea nip at Custer, near Norwich, they discovered, about fit e feet in depth, the remains of two bodies, which were, ni. doubt,. those of tt soldiers. Nothing was entire of them, except several teeth and a metal brooch of copper, (bow in the possession of Miss Dash‘t ood) excellently pre served, although they C:1111101, have been interred less than 14(10 years; the time when the Romans left thus cottony entirely, being A.l). 427. EXUCCTION S.—The following malefactors were executed on Tariday morning, in trout of Newgate, pursuant to then sentence at the Old Bailey, viz.—T. Elliott, J. Wootton, and W. Bullock, for street robberies, attended with eircum eumstances of peculiar atrocity; and A. 1 let 1111 l ingway, concerned ail ,Wi hh, who was executed Dec. 3 , 1820, for rubbing Enfield church. Elliott was the first who us coaled the Kandla ; he came up a ith li tune's and scenting contrition. Wootton and Bullock canoe next. Previous to Bodin k's comin g ou the fatat drug, he said In the Rev. Mr. Bitk:.r--• Su help me God, 1 tau 'rut of the erotic fur a Inch lam about to suffer." Beinittingaiiy air. the lust hrunglit up, lie ackuo,aledged the justness of his semenee.— Before they were turned oil', they all shook halals w itb each other, and seentril quite resigned to their fate, and, a ith au audible juice, sung—" The sinner's lamentation." The Rev. Mr. Cotton, and the Rev. Mr. Bithet, attended them their hurt moment,. The county of Cambridge "Loa' Address," after in havg been boa to, and kept open lo . r signature at the Lamb Inn, in the city of Ely, a whole f ghts received 4:s many mums as that fortnight contained days. 15 A fire broke out in the heart of the city of Wor cester, about two o'clock on Saturday, which will be deplored, not only on account of the loss of pro perty, but for the agitation and alarm which it excited in the inhabitants residing within its range. This conflagration broke out in the National Girl's School-room, situate in a confined part of the city, called " The Trinity," and whilst the children, to the number of 14, were present. The children rushed to the window, a height of nearly 20 feet from the ground, on which they alternately sus pended themselves until they were caught in the arms of individuals or in blankets which were ob tained fur the purpose. One of them was lacerated in the ann by an iron hook—the others providentially eseaped without the slightest hurt. Engines were promptly despatched to the spot, but for a short time the scarcity of water prevented their being efficiently brought into play with as much speed as the fears of many desired. The flames soon com municated to a warehouse underneath, belonging to Mr. Lea, chemist and druggist, in Broad -street, wherein, and in buildings contiguous, were at least SO barrels of gunpowder, 40 hogsheads of oil, and a large quantity of turpentine and other combustible property, a great portion of which, to the credit of those who so judiciously and fearlessly exerted themselves, were removed from the premises in time to avert the danger with which the city was mo• mentarily threatened. The back part of the bank of Messrs. Farley and Johnston, which adjoined, was its imminent danger, as were the upholstery rooms of Mr. Freame, and the warehouses of Messrs. Archer and Williams, and Mr. Turberville; but we are happy to learn that these premises were un injured, save by the mischief which precautionary means ever occasion. At four o'clock the fire was happily subdued, without having occasioned any further damage than we have stated. The exact cause of this disaster has not -been yet ascertained, but it is said to have originated in the school-room• Some time past a countryman sold out stock to the amount of 4,2001. all of which sum he had not proceeded far before his pocket was picked. Imme diately a reward of' 2001. was offered tbr the restora tion of the notes, but to no effect; but the Bow-street officers ascertained that the notes were sold for 3001. A negotiation took place; the holders required 1,2001. to restore the 4,2001. which the loser would not agree to ; at length the purchaser of the above notes offered them to the owner for 5001. which ac cordingly was agreed to, and a meeting took place last Saturday morning, in Brixton-fields, between the purchaser and owner of the Bank-notes. The purchaser held in his hand the identical small red pocket-book, containing the four one thousand pound notes, with the odd hundreds, and the owner of the notes held in his hand a five hundred pound note. After some trifling conversation, a mutual exchange took place, agreeable to bath parties. When the owner of the property got satia possession of it, he drew a pair of pistols from his pocket, say ing immediately, "go your way home, and I'll go mine," each taking a different direction. New Triode of Fishing.--Several years ago, a farmer who resided in the immediate neighbourhood of ►.ochmaben, Dumfriesshire, kept a gander, who mot only had a great trick of wandering himself; but also delighted in piloting Unlit his cackling harem to weary themselves in circumnavigating their na tive lake, or in straying amidst forbidden fields on the opposite shore. Wishing to check this vagrant habit, he one day seized the gander just as lie was about to spring into ins favourite element, and tying a large fish-hook to his leg, to which was attached part of a dead frog, he suffered him to proceed upon his voyage of discovery. As had been anticipated, this bait soon caught the eye. of a greedy pike, which swallowing the hook, not only arrested the progress of the astonished gander, but tiirced him to pertimm halt' a dozen sotnersets on the surface ot' the water. For some time the struggle was most amusing—the fish pulling, and the bird screaming with all its might—the one attempting to fly, the other to swim, from the invisible enemy. At length victory declared in favour of the feathered angler, who, bearing away for the nearest shore, landed on the grass one of the finest pikes ever caught is the Castte-loch. This adventure is said to have cured the gander of his propensity for wandering ; but ou this point we are inclined to be a little sceptical, particularly as we lately heard that, at the reservoir near Glasgow, the country people are in the habit of employing ducks in this novel mode of fishing. is Pedestrianism.—Mr. Young, who started upon the Herculean task of sixty miles a day for twelve successive drys on Monday last, arrived at Hunt ingdon at eight o'clock in the evening, perlbrming the sixty unites in tburteen hours. He started again at three o'clock on Tuesday morning, and our in tinanant left hint fresh and well four miles front Grantham, Lincolnshire, at four o'clock in the af ternoon. His route will be in the line of the Glas gow mail, as far as Ferrvbritlgc, through 011ertmi, Worksop. Doncaster, Ste. The match is for 200 guineas. ,~, ~ . ‘.. : • I • ...,...-".." ...,..1 Af . 4* g iv ; 4 '4 ~ .•- -.." il . • , ... --z... ‘..„ t-,5.E.:•,.-•!