The National Register. — London, England, 1822-02-24 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL. On Thursday a Common Council was held at Guild hall, which was fully attended. Mr. \Voucher attended at the bar of the Court, and expressed his thanks for the kindness exercised towards hint in consegnence of the serious accident he met with, Mist in the (119r:barge of his public duty, on the Kith of Novembet last. The Court then, upon the motion of Mr. Alderman Bre wit, agreed unanimously to present Mr. Wontner with a sum of 3001. in testimony of their approbation of his conduct, and of their sympathy in his stiff:flogs The Court then proceeded to consider the report front the Bridge House Committee, recommending an appli cation to Parliament for an Act to repeal so it of au Act, 29 Geo.ll. respecting London Bridge, as far as relates to the water works, which was agreed to. The Court agreed to petition Parliament for power to raise monies elleetnally to repair Blackfriars-bridge. PftEntsiTATION OF THE MEOW' OF THE CITY TO MR. HUM E. At three o'clock Mr. Fayell addressed tr.e Lord Mayor, anti annotinced that Joseph Hume. 'Esq. was then in attendance to receive those hotionrs that the Corporation had voted should be conferred on him, a vote, lie said, that conferred equal honour on the Corporation, and was approved by the whole country, and already imi tated by other corporations.—(llcat I) Mr Favell then begaed leave to introduce Mr. H dl r. Fayell, and several other members of the Corpo ration, retired, and in a kw nomeuts roomed, leading in NIL. Home, who vva. greeted with the loudest ap plause, the members all standing. Mr. Hume, who was in full court dress, was led to the char, and intro duced to the 'Lord Mayor; after which the Chamberlain read the vote of the Corporation tin bestowmg the free dom of the Cttrpooetion on Mr. Hume, and adminis tered the frecuian's oath, %violet' Mr, Runde took. The Chambeilam then presented Mr. HUII/C with his free- Loot. Mr. Home returned thanks in a speech whieh was heard with die deepest attention, the members all stand ing, and•on his coot:hiding there was a ouiversal burst of applause, which continued fur au unusual length of time. Mr. Hume then retired, attended as he entered by Mr. Favdl and several other members of the Court, all the members still standing and testifying their appro bation by the clapping of hands. Tne instant Mr. If left the Council Chamber, and could not be seen by the multitude who were assetn. hied in the flail, he was hailed with shouts of applause, that seemed to shake Guildhall. On AI r. flume's retiring most of the members left the tun rt, which soon alter adjourned. FAILURE OP ‘VORSWICK'S LANCASTER BAN4I-- A correspondent of tlici'reslon Chraniele, 'writing from Lancaster, says, " lie is unable to depict the effects already nianitested front this distressing occurrence. Fa. toilw6 who have moved in the respectable and higher circles are in tale day soilk below Me common level of tradesnien ; indeed, there is scarcely au individual throughout the whole town or neighbourhood who is not one way or other affected. Our agriculturists, 11161• nutacturers, aunt commercial men, a:e all heavily in. hut it does lint stop even here; mechanics, single own, and widows, have trusted their little all. It could not have taken place at a more unfortunate time, as there had been extensive lodgments made for purchases of land to he paid at Candlemas. I believe it is not yet fully known to what amount they have stopped, but I am under the mark at 335,000!. Lancaster, in all its dis tress, never met with :Itch a blow as this. Creditors have offered to sell at 4s. 6.1. to ss. In tile pound." Outrage at • Gliesgow.—The house iii Clyde-street im itaanately to the east of the town't hospital, which has 1, eat occupied fur some time by Mr.Provand, partly as a itvelling, and partly as a manufactory for paints, was 'iunday night the I jth instant, attacked by an tofu riaied molt, every p.ine of glass being broken, and the whole furniture turn down and bussed into the river.— The cause of this otrrage is discreditable to the intelli gence of the populace, bur it is said they wer, collected together, and ing,,tl on, by the report th.,t a number of children had been seduced into the house from time to time, and made away wiih for the purpose of making red paint with the,r blood. .Some who were above be ing gulled by such nonsense, got an idea that dissecting operations were carried on in site house, and they be came equally indignant at the unfortunate proprietor.— There were four previoticattempts made, three of them on Sunday evenings, to raise a mob about the hoo,e, but the boys who then collected were easily driven away by the inmates ; however, on the night above-men tioned, there was a deteimined point made against the house, and the assailants were of them well-grown men, who commenced breakii:g oi.en the doors acid vviudows, tearing down the futnittire and throwing it into the street, from wnruce was 4,lbeCdily eon% eved into the Clyde. It was limr o'clock when the snobbe gan inset, and atone of the magistrates being immedi ately at hand, it was about five ultra, the master of the Police arrived with some infantry, and soon after the Lord Provo'', who had been wet iously on the spot, returned a-Ph a party of cavalry. Before this some po lice officers had come to the place, and carried off a few ;wieners, but they were totally inadequate for any effec tual resistance. floe attital of the military put a stop to all hunter attack ; indeed the mob had left them no thing to do in the way of demolition, Imothere being little appearance.of dispersion, the riot act was read, but nut acted spots. Upon the arrival of the-military a number of prisouers were made, six of whom were taitett in the house. The magistricy have offered a reward of xOO guiwas for information which may lead to the apprehension and conviction of the offenders Rear Adm. Sir Edward Berry has been invested with the Star and Second Class of the Most lion. 'Military Order of the Bath. THE NATIONAL REGISTER OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. WEDNESDAY, Fab. W.—These Session. commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Common Ser geant, Mr. Hiroo Graham, Mr. Justice Best, and Mr. Justice Richardson. EXTENSIVE BURGLARY.—W. Osborn, E. Cochrane, alias James Morrison, and John Clare, were indicted for burglarionsly breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mrs. Maria Kelly, at Harrow, and stealing a great quantity of plate and other articles, her property. Mr. Alley stated the case for the prosecution. \Vitt. gardener to the prosecutrix, stated, that , his mistress, in the month of December, went to Lou don. On the Isth of January he went to bed, leaving every thing fast—he slept on the first floor. About 12 o'clock at night he awoke by a tipping, and observed the glare of a candle pass the door. He got up and asked who was there—a voice answered, " never you mind." He got to the door and met two met', one of whom had a pistol. They asked where the plate was? Witness replied, his mistress had it in town: they then went into .. Mrs. Kelly's bed-room; he heard them breaking the lucks; he heard another in the house; one of them sal.l to the other, " D-11 hint, blow his brains out," wealt h% witness. They then went down stairs., leaving one. person in the room with witness. One of them, from the bottom of the stairs, called out, " Richard." The man then left his room; he shortly after returned, and asked "is all right'?" Witness replied he was there. After the man had left his room a second time, witness got out of tile whitlow and went to a neighhourina farm house for assistance. On his return he found all the doors he had lastened on the previous night open. lle found they had effected an entrance by the easement of the scullery. A great quantity of things were packtd up ready for removal. Is quite certain he heard their voices; had known the prisoner Cochrane before; he had lived with prosecutrix. .Elizabeth Brown, one of the servants to the proven ma, described the siate in which she found the house, after she was alarmed by the I Ist witness, after:his return 1 1 from the farm-house. Ann Bowen, another servant, stated, that she had put into a drawer a watch, which her mistress had left on the mantle-pieee when she went to town. Mrs. Kelly stated the articles of plate, Etc. she missed, when she returned to H Arrow. Among other articles were some ribhand, which she had pre-creed for a consi derable time, in consequence of Its hem; part of some property saved when site was shipwrecked. It was much stained with sea-water. The officers who apprehended Osborne and Cochrane, in .Chandos-street, stated finding a watch thrown away by Osborne, and another on his person. - Cochrane at tempted to escape, and a skeleton key was found upon him. A 'patrol of rilthand was found by another offi cer in Clate's lodging:, Verdict—Osborne and 'Cochrane guilty; Clare not guilty. Richard Baldwin and John Pay. two lads, were capi tally indicted for burglanously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Edward Hopkins, and stealing therein a looking-glass, value 31., Ins prop, ny. About six o'clock in the evening of the day stated in the indictment, the housekeeper of \lr. flopkios was alarmed ti) a gentleman knocking at the door, and in forming tier that he had SeCII a man leap front the win dow. went inio the parlour and found the window open, and that the looking-glass had been taken fsoin the mantle piece. In about a quarter of an hour after the alarm the prisoners were stopped in Whitcootl►street, with the glass in their possession, by Nichols, the Bow. meet officer. The Jury found both the prisoners John Nuns, aitother boy, w.,s indicted capitally fur a burglary in the house of S. It Lushmgam , L q. of the Treasury, and stealing two books. A person passin4 tile house of Mr.Liishington, about six o'clock in the evening, saw the prisoner looking up at a window, and heard him say, " Now is your t i me, jump." At the same instant a mail jumped Into the street front the window, and both ran ()trim° Si. James's Park, but they werepursoed, and the prisoner brewed. I t was found that the library had been entered by the win dow, and two books stolen. . ___._... Tice Jury found the prisoner —Not Guilty. THURSDAY, FEB. f.'l.—Williatn was in dicted for breaking and entering the ionise of William Tuck, and stealing wearititt apparel to the value of 151. The prosecutor is a litillia iu Leg-alley, L°lll4- acre, anti in an afternoon in No . :ember, lift% ms apartments were broken into while he was absent, and a trunk, containing all his own an.l his wire's apparel stolen. In the course of the last a lltllttcr a man, who was acqiiainted with the prtsoner, called upon him in prison, where he was confined fur some tithe' offence, and the prisoner begged of him to take a shawl front a pawnbroker's in Fleet -street, for if it was found, lie should be hanged, as it was got by breaking into a house. —The man arise of this clisclostue so an officer, and w twit tile prisoner was released he was ap- . relic:Med, and it was f ound t h at the shaw l was rart of the property siulen I 11111 l the pro.,,ectitor's room, and pledged by the pritotier's wite about three loos after tuat robbery. The Jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner guilty—death. Martha Bettelly was indicted for stealing 40 gold so vereigns, six 101. notes, and other property, in the house of her master, Charles Atwell. The prosecutor is a bookseller in Mary-lc-bone, and the prisoner was taken into his svhslee on the recom mendation of an acquaintance. Slit: had been lit the family only ten da)s when Mr. Atwell missed a ti it containing the prop efiy stated in the nhdtcumeut, Irmo his chamber. This was in the evening, and not beinz able to get an °dicer, he rein the prisoner to bed, aim . in ord. r that she might not have coiniiiiiiiication w lilt any outer person, he sat - tip all night. The following ItiornM; he went for xn officer, and while be was art-, scut the lIISVIIt.f atteuipaetl lo.e,win:, but was II:0 It When he returned he taxed her with the robbery, and urged her to confess it, but she fell on her knees, and in the most solemn manner protested her innocence— adding " how du you think I could make such a return for the kindness of so good a master t"—Mr. Atwell gave her in charge, and procured search warrants, with which he searched two houses, where the prisoner was in the habit of visiting, and where he found some letters which led him to the house of a Mr. - Bowles, uncle to the prisoner, at Woolwich. There he questioned Mrs. Bawles and Mary Bettelly, the prisoner's sister; but they denied any knowledge of a box having arrived there. Subsequently, however, Mr. Bowles prevailed upon Mary Bettelly to acknowledge that she had re ceivef such a box from her sister, and he got it from her, broke it open, and found it contained 871. 6 L Ile returned it to Mr. Atwell, who identified them es his property. The prisoner was still in confinement. and Mr. Atwell went to her, and again asked her if she knew any thong of the robbery; and again she denied it. Ile than produced the box, and skewed it to her; upon which she said she did take it, and that she packed it up and sent it to her sister, at Woolwich. She added that she had thrown a gold pencil-case, a pocket-book, and sonic private palms, down a water-closet; and there they were found. - These facts were proved by several witnesses, among whom was the prisoner's sister and uncle. The prisoner, when called upon for her defence, • she must throw herself upon the mercy of the court. Mr. Baron Graham summed upthe evidence, and the Jury found the prisoner guilty—death. Francis Hatfield and William Parkins were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Daniel Collins, • ' and stealing therein a siatitity of wearing apparel. The prosecutor lived in a room over a stable in Che nies Mews, Gower•street, and one evening last about seven o'clock, on returning home, as he entered the stable, he saw lying there two bu n dles of linen and other wearing apparel, w nick looted to be his property, tied up I'tr the purpose of being taken away. It was - dark, but he had a glimpse of two men running out of the stable. He gave the alarm, and saw the two men turn into Francis -street, and there lost sight of them:— Two persons who were passing up Francis -street, hear ing a cry of " Stop thief !" and seeing two men run ning, pursued them and brought them back. These • two men were the piisoners at the bar. On Hatfield a crow-bar was found, but nothing on Parkins. A great number of very respectable persons spoke most favourably of the charac:er of both the prisoners. The Jury almost immediately found both the pri- S011erS11011(1111ty. MURDER IN CHARLES-STREET. FRIDAY, FEIV 2'2.—Thomas Burrell and M. Angel were indicted for the wilful murder of J antes Thayer, ou the 24th of September. The facts or this case have been frequently detailed during the did'erent examinations at Bow-street and at the coroner's inquest. The prisoners, when called upon for their defence., protested their innocence ; but no witnesses were ex amined either to fa st or character. The Jury found a verdict of not guilty, as respected Maria Angel, and found Burrell guilty of manslaughter. SATURDAY, FBI. 23.—HORRIDMoRDER.—Wm. Abbott, a wretched creature, upwards u: sixty, was put to the bar on an indictment charging hint with the wil ful murder of Mary Lees, otherwise 1)11gal), generally town by the appellation of " Long Poll," on the gtil Tor circumstances of this case, as detailed by Mr. Andrews, excited ilie utmost hurfor. inisotter, by I,eatiii i4 , kicking, and otherwise mat. • treatiti4 'tie deceased, caused her death in a few hours. After which, he expressed his intention at sealing the body to Mr. /3rooks, the anatomist, for dissection. Ann Smith, Sarah Nichols, and Edward Morris, mumr out a clear case asoitist the wretched man. Mr. Baron Graham sunuued up, and.the Jury returned a verd lei o: Guilty—Death. The Corn 1111 l n Sergeant passed sentence upon the un happy iiidi%idll,ll that he Ire hanged on Monday nex;„ • and his buoy afterwards anatout+zcd. How TO AVOID A TOLL...-.A bffill ten days since a party iii eight getitletticii front town uiet oil Kennington Co in tIIOII to play a 11141tC11 at foot-ball, which was contested fair several floors. At the conclu s ion of use B..ute, and after taking solute tiecess iry refreshment, a motion was made to return. Mit as tour of the parry were wit hunt horses, and greatly ;m t :tied front ex anon, it was agreed that thershould ride 'enable. They accordingly, alio their whimsical appearance t xcited nitwit mirth on the road. They juaged oil vet./ 'pertly over W3lerloo-bridge, chuckline at We thought of sae', mir the toll as well as their leas, when, on reacitioa the gate, the toll•keeper insisted Ott tits r 4 iit to a pettily for e,.ctt person mounted in the rear, which, atter some sharp its caesium was paid, with a threat on the part of the gen tlemen to take ad% ice on the sobieet, and try the question. For this purpose another match wss made, to be played oil Friday, the 15th, and, after their game, they were to • .proceed to town as Iv tote. Abuts fiv e o'clock the whole party weie seen app 101(111 Waterloo-bridge it' gram' under, when, within 100 yards of the bridge, thee halted and took up 4 third person each, Ailii then proceeded forward. (,)o reaching the gate on the S: who side, the toli•kreper, It appeared had al•so taken advice on the subject, soldered our whole party to piss throuvzh ky payitta tile cucotwry toll of 2il for each 14011 C, %vote's was considered a % tctory, and hailed wiah cheers. Toe' poor horses were then relieved of ,heir extra Intrilien„ and the party separated. The toll-keepers, however, lost nothing by the trick, as all iniuteme number of per sot,, flocked on the bridge to witness the worn led ruttiest. . . • William NIIII,-1, gamekeeper to Matthew .Ittis.e:l. E. orikaneepeth Castle, lately allot a hare thr:v.igla the heart with a ball, while ruhoinz, at a tlii tallf.* : .of I GO yard'. .-