The National Register. — London, England, 1816-07-22 00:00:00

JULY 22. Cloy might sandy make the inf.:vim et' the house of a li irad of hi'., Mr. Segar. an iro 111111 l nger, in Gray *s•inio-lane, vulture lie would take ride there shoal.' lie no interruption. Tho plan be ing laid, Vaughan went to Air. Segar. :nod told hint he haul pri vate information that hi: house was to be broken open on such a night, the Isth of,) and desired him to keep his slog tied lip, and quiet in the !muse, us lie and his party should he um the ratelo 88111 apprehend them. This was agreed to, and Drake and Hubbard provided their party again•t night, and encourag ed them by telling them the job ssaa easils accomplished, mid that they would he sure of at least 1001., hesidea a great gran. tits of locks and other articles of value, which they could get as if given them a'. a present. Ifidthert, Vaughan. Brown, s:a .kay, and Drake met•at night at the watering-house at the earner of the King's-road, where they concerted the plan : Hubbard, Drake. and Brown, then went to the persons who they were engaged with to commit this beret:try, and Vaughan tie give them a better opportunity, went to the watchman, .slio is as nearly opposite, a nd told tali he Wa. , n Itiow•street ollieer, and had information that a burglary was to be committed in the bootie of Alr. Segar, and that lie and his party were in wait to apprehend them, and lie desired the watchman to lout out his candle, anti to ;lint liiinsell up in his box ; the wateliman re faseil, saving, lie would do his ditty, boot he would not either pat ont light or quit his post ; and lilal lie would assist to ap prehend any person as well as Vaughan. Vaughan, finding lii:nself in this plan, contrived to give eh tree of two girls of the tow.' who were disputing, that whilst lie and the watch man were zone to the watch-hnute, the party might make the attempt. Iliobberd cause afterwards to Vanglian and alitekay, who generally accompanied him as an officer, and said. the- - JaY: ris oat. Vattglian answered and said. 1 told them it was 1 , 1 fir out of the way. In consequence of this disappointment, the a ffair was postponed to another night. Vino:Mtn waited sou the gentle-mu - a of the watch-W.lld, and made a complaint against the In monsequence of whirls he was sus pend:ll. The watchio el, fiir h.• knew, confirmed the altos e evideace, lie la:lying seen Vaughan several times before Sitg.lC4 41,0 r. Alt. Nares desiteil the watchman to call on him, and he should be paid for the tine he was snapeoulsol; and the watelimaa produced a petition, which was signed by several respectable inhabitant. of the neighbourhood, and which also deposed In his character. lie has since been restored. Pre •bons to the night fur makiug the second attempt on Mr. Se gar's house, llulthard was taken into coostody,chargeil with tub bing a gentleman of his watch, and was under examination at l'ision•liall. Hubbard's presence being necessary to ciiima'A the burglary, exerted himself to have hint diaehargeil, and he went and paid Mr. Hunter a guinea to go to Uotiomball mid plead fun him; al'honglt he, on Ins oath, before the 31agi•- tutu% of liatton-garden, denied !lasing ever semi Hubbard, or known him by: ally name, or employed any person to plead Air 1 ;in which he was refutes) by Mr. Banner's clerk, who. on his malt, declared that Vaughan paid him a guinea to plead thr a man of t6ti 11.11 MC of Gct.rge Hubbard, alto was to be examin ed at Union hall, for robbing a gentleman of 11:. watch. 'floe Magistrates paid the greatest compliments to Head and Lim brick, fur their being the principal instruments in bringing this conspiracy to light. fle conviction,' upon this man's evidence, which are pretty numerous, will, it is supposes!, upon the re p-escalations of the 3legistratea to the Secretary of State, be gnashed .Mr. Nare- attended the next day for above three hours with hood further to investigate the abuse chargea; but Vaughan di l nut attend, nor was its• to be found at any of his usual places of resort. Wednetdav Navels proreeilial in the investigation of the copsluct us' Vaughan, and those concerned with him. Mr. Noires takes a particular interest, and devotes a considerable pot of his time to the investigation Of this extraordinary and safamosts lousiness; nut only ots aceoollt of the e x- • ;ilium of the charge has ing been before him, which lc dl to the my estiga• tion of the con , piracy; butt it sit happens, that he reeioninenit (l George Vaughan to the office, to be employed a• a pat role on the streets and road+ in the environs of London, and he ha: now been employed at the office in that capacity fer topwards oil two sears: ;tail during that time he has been a very active yonng time ; so much so, that he has been employed by the agents of the Hank and the Atha, to discover and detert ruiners of coanterfeit money, the makers of bank-note:, and the utterera of them. The Magistrate was justified in his re commendation, as he had been employed by Ale. Christian, the Judge of the Isle of Ely., we understand, in the capaeity of clerk. After he was employed it i • the office moil attached to a party of the patrols. who go into the neighbourhood of Islington every es ening, he gut connected with an infamous set of men who hang about the different Police Othet'•. and the public houses near them, who are called Nasea, and who, from their connection with thieves, cis e information of robbeues that are In be committed, as well 24 those which base been committed, for the purpose of being rewarded; and anlumg !hoar of this .1 cription was Mackay, of whom s• much has been said. This 'Mackay was the mar in the discosery of the great and V•tuilsive sills robbery which was committed atom the River Tll2lllOl MOM' time since; anti by the bye, it was tlthough him that the pet petrators oh' that robbery users. discovered, and the offenders brought to eimilien punishment. George Brion u, who was connected with Vaughan and :Mackay, was appre hended by May, (hue °diver belonging to I:Mon-hall, on Tues day night, and brought in the office on Wednesday morailug; after int:leg:Moog an examination bethre 31r. Nitres, he was committed for further examination. . . . . Mackay has made lutenist awl a pplUal several times to be ap pointed a nitrole attached to this office, but he has aistays been rejected. Wednesday Mr. Nares rereived s letter, signed Hubbard. from the roan who was erroneously reported front Hatton .gartlen office by tile name of Herbert, and about a Motu so much has been said, as to Vaughan ha‘lll,4 given the Solicitor's Clerk a guinea. for Mr. Harmer to go to Union-hall (ewe, and defend him against a tiliargc of felony; which was insisted upon by Mr. I larnier's ('lurk, ;Ind as positively and solemnly (lonia' b'' Vaughan. The lettir is dated from I lorsentonger dor prim), where he is con:ined on a charge of stealing a watch, chain and seals, but has not yet heal tried. In this letter 1w confesses him self to have been guilty of a Iniqcbtry. but for a kWh he has not been or even suspected of it t but his ohjea in the communication was to implicate antalser of the patrol,: Isedniginr to the cave. of the 1111:11.! of Archibald Rutile), in conducting himself immoperly. .tltbonglt fie information came fnen towbar:Lana-ter as Ilubluall. and no inotiv.i Null be assigned tbr his emotion in this instance. Mr. Saws acted upon it whit the greatest promptittitl:, and slim for Archibald Ruthen, who has belonged to the office IG years. and has always beenvonsitlerel steady and to - have acted with propriety. Ile gave a very frank and candid accouat of the trausatiion Minded to by lUthbard. and did not a; pear to keep any thiug btaik. Ile ottteil that in the month of March last he received information from I lubbanl, whoa:kid as a woe to Mat, that a watch auut'seluck-tuaker's shop in Bermondsey-strwt wr.t. to he broken open about a certain time; when he went to lie in aa.. to end:avow to detect the enblt:rs. taking with hire Mackay. who, its we already twisted, is ate of the hangersmn about the Police-olliars. and frectointly attends the patrole to bissixt them in their duty. similar to !tallith: tidlinvers, but who are not at all sanctioned at any of the olte e s. Th e robbery s perpetrated Oa Iluldwitt had informed Archibald ltutiteu it would kr) by three robbers; whereon Archibald THE NATIONAL REGIsTEIt Ruth:en and Mackay. endeavouring to secure the robbers, they only succeeded with one, two mule tlicir escape—one of the two they ap prehended a few 'lays after. Their names were Nl:irs and Flanagan. They were examined. tried. and twnvictecl of the burglary at the last Surrey Assizes, but were not executed. The reward tit the convictions of these two men was divided between Archibald Ituthen, Mackay, and Ilubban:. It now appears. that H thbard was not only the now% but lie was actually the third robber in the burglary of the clock and watchmaker's; and Archibald Itutlicti knew that liiibbard was one of the robbers, he having received intin , :nation to that effct; and for this neglect of duty, Mr. Nam ordered him into custody, and committed him. We have used the christen name of Archibald, in alluding to ituthen, as he has a brother belonging to the office not connected with him. Thursday, Mackay made a full and shocking disclosure of the various cases in which he had been concerned. and of others which had come to hi• knowledge. (Inc ease which he sited W 44 that of a poor sailor. casually found at a public-house, who was sent to purchase a loaf with counterfeit-money, and immediately afterwards seized by Vs ughan. who was in waiting, tried, and convicted !—Vaughan is still at large. Friday. Messrs. Naas and liimie again resumed the business ; when %V. Drake and G. Browne were put to the bar. The former confessed that he had seen Mackay. B. dolmans. Brown (the other prisoner), and lluhbard, in company with several of the Patrole. They were all in possession of a great many counterfeit Bank-tokens, which he un derstood they had purchased of Ryan. Slice, and others. Tiwy paid for each 3s. token Is. 3d. mid some of a better sort Is. each. G. Hubbard's practice was, to pick up persons whom he met with in the streets, and engage them to carry small parcels, which were made up ' tier the purpow, their contents beingof little value. When they had carried the parcels a short distance. he woald give them a counterf e it token, desiring them to go to a public-1101.e to get themselves wane thing to drink with it, and at the same time contriving to drop other counterfeit tokens into their pockets ; when the circumstance of - having other counterfeit tokens found upon them makes the offence double that of uttering. Wilde Hubbard was IRITIVIIing these practices, Jo! n son, Mackay. and Browne were following them in league; and when they tendered the counterfeit tokens, . Johnson and the others then ap peanrl.:md. pretending to be PoliceOtficers, searched thou, and find ing others of a similar manufacture upon them. they secured them. and made a communication to the agents of the Bank, when the victims were emismittedfas agents of coiners. They have sometimisi pat as mane as six counterfeit tokens into the unfortunate people's pockets. Drake stated that he frequently heard them rotate these dialvalical ad ventures. While they pursued this infamous practice, they alai detected and prosecuted guilty utterer. Some of IlubbanCs companions, when not occupied with transactions of this deseriptiim, used logo out thieving with hhis. After they had convicted people, and had received their re wards from the Agents of the Bank. they used to meet at a public-house in Coleman street to divide it. Drske stated himself to have been pre sent when these transactions were going on in the public-houses. hard in general had a larger proportion for his share, for his ingenuity in procuring the people. The li:limos of whom they bought the coun terfeit tokens were admitted to share in what they got from the Bank. ()rake had hitheno been in custody only on a charge of bastardy : but on Friday the M:onstrates committed him on suspicion of divers otfences. Browne was also committed again. M tNiTON.HOUSE. AlocutY • JULY 13.—ANOTHIM INFAMOUS CONSPIRACY.— On S lama:ay hist, our readcta will recollect, three poor illite rate Irishmen, viz. Quin, Connolly. and Iteorilan, were capitally convicted at the Ohl Bailey, for comiterfeiting the coin of the realm. In their defence they stated. that bring out of employ nient, and destitute of bre id, they were wandering about for work, and were engaged by a man, to whom they were nil known, to itecept of " a job." The person iii question then brought them to a two-pair of stairs waste room, in Angel-alley, Moor-lane, Cripplegate, where, having given them a le•snn, lie set them all at work rubbing piecel of metal, the size 0 1 .01 01in:16, With sows white composition, sod left thesis, itroLr tr.. 2 pre tvnce. of going out to procure them something to eat and drink. While waiting for his morn, however, the I.trit'Vr+ arrived, and they were taken into custody. l/iiring their trial also it was aniiiiimeed to the Court, tha: the actual person who had *in employed them, was• a;mrelienile.l. Block and I'm Iliani, two of the officers who apprehended the prisoners. suit who w ere bomtd over to appear upon their trial, had absented them selves, and had forfeited :heir rerogiii4allePA, In enn•egn.•uee of the above circumstances, and nth rs which arose upon the trial. the Judges directed that a special investigation of tie affair should take place beliire the Lord Mayor, and the fol low Mg et ideace transpired: John Berry was now brought tip, and charged with con spiring, with several others, in Ittit attempt to take away the life of the three forcinentimied persons. Mr. Borgess stated, that although Pelham and Brock were aware of the circum stance, they had not yet come into Court. These persons be had seen in eoinpanv a eonsiderable time in the morning with G. Vaughan, the ()Wirer, about Guildhall. 'Clic Lord Mayor ordered awo of the M.u•shahnen to repair to the spot, and iu tbrna than ol• the neei•ssity of their atteadanre. l'elliam only could be found. Vaughan and Brock hail retreated. P. Al.l)im ll then deposed, that iii the month of Mav last, on the morning of that day the three Irishmen were taken into cos toily, lie was at:main: at the usual place in Cheapside, where they wait for work, when Berry Caine up, and after some con versation engaged them to go to a house in ,‘ligel-alley, Moor lane, for a job. On Saturd.sy last, when witness went :o the Old Bailey, to hear the trial of the men employed by the pri soner, he saw the latter waiting at the doors, when he gave an alarm, and he instantly fled, h o t was overtaken, and secured. The Lord Mayor enquired of Pelham what lie knew of Berry, and how he received information of the priwniers bring em ployed as (millers. Pelham repliod, lie knew !lathing of Berry. Ile WAS then ;asked why he fled from 041 Bailey, and agar• fi•ited his reeogniz mei., at the t inw too when 11cr•ry was ;mitre bended replied, that 'icing Brock go away, lie follow eil—hesiile, a man at the door or court told him lie would not be wanted. The Lord Mayor said, he had little iloitht of the present rase pi uving a conspiracy against the lives of innocent men, and lie was deter ' vl tii exert every means in hi• power to probe the case to the quirk. Ile therefore ordered Berry unit Pelham to be conveyed to Newgate, to be kept separate, • and again brought asp fur examination. Tuesday Berry and Pelham, rharged with conspiring in the convic tion of the three Irishint.n toe coining, were again brought ty: when Cartwright sod Leadbetter, Mats'ialmen. stated. that they had gam! in search of lirtiek. one of the tiartienstivected Of being implisnued with the prisonera. Ile, however, Wi! . . no where be found, nor was he at ins lodgings the whole of Moodily night. T. White, an ()dicer, deposed to lus knowletlge of the inthnacy between Berry. Pelham. Brisk, Browne, and Vaughan. Witmss knew a pahlic-hotne in Bar bican. where the parties were in the habit of meeting hut which was now closed. One of the principal persons, however. it •quaintAl with the r , inspirary, he wan in boo., of tracing. It. M•Donaell star..d. that he was at the market, as it is called. at Kingsstreet. on the morn ing when the three Irishmen wen, apprehended. They had twine there an bricklayer's labourers to look for euTloyment: when Berry desired to know it thl , wantNl a job." Ile heard afterwards of the eon. mitiumt of the three oten; and, k towing their innocent had gone to the Old Bailey to luau their fwte. On this oxanion he spied Berry (who had precomidy Wen walking in the lhassseard with Brock, PeL ham and another): and upon attempting to I.; s ive Lim in charge, he was knocked dawa by a tune who escaped. woile Berry flal. L:ttvr, however. wit; Elixa!)0:1 rritehard stated. that she 11 4.i W let kit; Mg. :a a hvdtne Au4ul-alley, 3low-lane: 191 about two days previoui to the apprehension of the thre• men she let room to two young men; she withl not say to the prisoners. She saw the convictal men when apprehended in the room, and thought two of them were those who took the room. The persons who did so spoke English. [This witness. who denied any knowledre of th e prisoners, u-sia h-i ac ng pressed, knowledged that Pelham lia.l called upon her utter th e - men had been taken into castody.l Being ortErisi to go to Newe' ite, and see whether any of the convicted parade were Ouse who hired the rooms, she repaired there, but was unable to identity them. Mr. NVestwood, of the house of Kave and Eo. stat:l, that he was +Acquainted with Pelham (who had gone by the naints of Murphy and Pitelinif, Brock, and Berry. They had each been with Lint respeding bad money. Pelham confessed that he had been to the house of Mrs. Pritchard; but it was, to aik what had become of a board fonnd in the room when the Irishmen were apprehended. Berry denied any share in the conspiracy; but (although he on Monday denied all knowledge of l'elliani) he now amfessed, that on one occasion the latter applied to him to watch Browne, who passinl counterfeit tokens. Ile declared vehemently, he was "as innocent of the present charge as the three 111.1 who were convicted on Saturday last." Mr. Burgess said, that it' tine were allowtid, lie would undertake M bring forward the must conclusive evidence of the (=notion betwoes the two prisoners. Brock and G. Browne. The Lord Mayor said, that the conno.ion WAS satisfactorily proved; and he could nut but consider Pelham as a principal, while Ilene had been sworn to as a party; and ordered the prisoners to he remanded, and separately confined. Brock, the companion of Pelham, Berry, George Brown and Vaughan. was on Wednesday morning apprehended in bed, at a house in Fell-street. Ile was brought before the Lord Mayor at an early hour, and underwent a private examination which lasted two hours. In the course of this proceeding, his identity was clearly rs'3- !dished, and lie offered to give certain information to the Lord Mayor upon the subject. Pelham, already in custody, has also confessed his guilty particips tion with a number of other compiramcs; and, in a long letter, has detailed to his Lordship some of the principal facts of the system of his partners in guilt, and promised to discli(se the whote. White tile otlicer also, who apprehended Broek. gave some impor tant information; in consequence of which. the Lord Mayor ordered several other persons disceireird to have been connected with the parti..l at preae.it in custody, to he seemed. lirock was afterwards put to the bar in a public manner; when he was infonited by the Lord Mayor, that he was in possession of milli cient infiwneition at chew, that he was not only a coiner of bad moony, but that he was a principal in employing the three men who haul been convicted of that offence on Saturday In t, with a view of obtaining a reward fur truth pretended service to the justice of the country. Bride: these eircainnan.vs, lie felt it his duty to reatrta l him for further cx runination. llrock then !lave to gate. that he NO gulch information to conimonicate, if his Lordsli . 2 w,iuld suipeati his commitment, and hear him in private. The Lord Mayor said. he could not hear him at present, but that wauld bz a mats 'l' of consideration hereafter. The prisoner w.ti thereistre rentanthrl. and ordered to be kept in a separate apartment from all other persons. Thlrsd ty morning eie laird 31.iyor entered into another private in vestigation of this extraonlinary and most infamous affair; in IXIIIA.- fetence of two other persons named *tarry and liyan tieing apprehended since %Volnealay. the examination sta, reatrmal in the evening, and cntinned until a Lite hour. Front the information derived from some of the parties, who express ed a wish to become evidence in the case, it was ascertainett that Barry who is 41'1 of the mis of thst name at present i:t custody. W 4 COWIN:3I. utl in an irrs in lAnib Passage, White and Hari. son, the or:. in conseluenre repaired bt the lance, at three o'clo.1: on Wedtte.:.lity morning, wher: tltui found him in bAI; and after atnir difficulty tti:e in.ut bzotg in a state of intosicatatn) took hint int* en- tody. Th.:y th:n promaterd to an oliszure. in &cattle I ighway, where. bein; compelled to break in the door of hi., apart. inent, they apprehended Ryan also, The latter. it now arsears, the person who usually fumished Barry and his son with the money. in order to procure persons who might heeccoe okoets of proseention; anti it was by them. in conjunesiou with (*hen, that Quin, Iteordan, and Connell, were selected. The examimition of the eminger Barre and Ryan took plaee in the presowe of Brock and Pelham; each (if whom has, as we alraidi t•tated, stered to develop, not only this. but other co:lspirado.. which are now not Maidly termed by the officers theurelv, •• the Estate of Blood." It is but justice, however, to state, that as yet, no regular ()Ricer of justice, save one in :\ liddhatex (Vaughan), has Sceu proved to be concerned in the gang of conspirator., which we under-Lind ,tinote•ta in /limber to ahoot twelve, and is composed chlAle of persons woo have been in the habit of loitering about the Ohl Bailey and the Po. lice (hike.. Neither does it at present appear, that in the case of the cuiners Vaughan had any share. The prisoners Brock, Pelham, and Barry the younggr, alias Daniel Browne. made full voluntary istott.-ssion of every tact within thew knoadad i re. The case ofTimuthy Riau having undergone a strict i vestigathin, and nothing sufficiently strong ling proved to warrant his detention, he was discharpd. Friday, the Lonl .\ll.iyor again retuned the investigation of the con spiracy between Brick, Pchwn, and Barry scat. unit jim. The ex aninatim was chiefly confined to the case of Brock and the ele Barry, the principal nr'ors in the scheme fur trepanning the Out* Irish. men. The plan. it appears, was first laid at the French Horn public hits near Barbican. Barry sen. his ton. anti Pelham, procured tat Victim:, and the tiwmer aho furnished Reordan, Quin, and touitell with the compositions which whitened the shillings, in which process they were engaged when apprehendod by Omt, Pelham. and Tsylor (an tillitzr respg,•• odity) whose assistanee they ohtained, in order hi give a colour to .• ..r pmeeedings. Several publicans in the toi •h -boor hood of It.trbie.in were examined at to the prisoners frequenting their houses. when Brock and Barry in particular were id:mai:id. Eel:l.-Ice has also been obtained of the same parties having before '• shammed" casts of coinleg. and one in particolar (w. bdieve an Grub-street) where an impoverished man being flunished with had money by Barry and utters, who retired into a pa:di...house while they sent him to change it in the purchase of bread aril cheese, the poor ron was deteeted. and Brock, who wit• waiting on the outside. in stantly seised him, brought hint before the Magistrate at Guildhall, trout whence he was committed. and afeerwards convicted. It i. a tmious eirctundance, that on Saturday morning last. \Vhite, the odieer, observed u!: the !tartlet: in CU:lStlitithelin and about the Ohl to tilcy , previously to the trial of the three Insbmtn. One of them ap plied to Min to lit--our sixpeocg, and, to a praa that these wretches were destitute and calcolating solely upon the tainviction money of their miserable victims, Pelham, when soon afterwards secured, was nut Mahal to be worth even so much. Previous to t'e inv.:stigation un Friday. the Lord favor visited Netvgate, and there held an examina tion hu preset • o f th e th re e nnvirtd men and Barre the elder. The larger oat fully next:Abed by Lie unthrtunate men. Lie in.estigatiun was again po.tponol. Ann Pratt was c!inrktd on sd.ineinn of lifts •et r ir, ton hortre in Gulden-lute. which had already brten twice berniel in rim 3A 1161 . • e, a w.atirlitnin, deposed. that on Thursday r.ight a limb collected round ill- door of an empty honor. in crets - rptence or ' hitlit havtng li-ren wen etercin. H: immediately entered ute pla, r, caul wand the prisoner going thimoth the a . sorments with a light,io. and being nirkitil what luotigtit her were, site said she wit . , locrirly Vsikinit n:or her Oil pro-r. s. From oth,rr evidence it aiipsors... that t.'e prisoner, her bowie: and sister, hail lived .61 the !acute. which had been twice bethre latruisi: wad that MI the last ot r cusion she was also Mond alone in the ' aittr:a hail been id:toed fur utair while little or no property Ira , in it.—lictirivoled. S ttnrd ty titisetes irecibia on. totally wino d, charg. d eiah bte.llllll4 a 1.61. 1.1.4111. u. E111:1‘..t1 Illote, the pi apt rty "rJohn %pith' by. The pi.i,cciitui aad prisoner, it a .I , Ciired acre old frie:::N. .161.1 nfi azo weir to; her nn b n.si .,l a the Thatiois, where they slept. Ou the tiriloo iog mociiiiig they C 4111.. :I•4llilrPl.lgrilliel, 11111 11.611 not et 1 4 .11 tie kni eater wit), vioeu tie lintse.:oidt da...serl Cite Jute iu giterdiet: