The National Register. — London, England, 1812-11-01 00:00:00

686 it was r so„ went down stain and tell asiee, - ). In the morning wrier h. got up he Mums tIE- hatchway fastened down upon himself arid the Mate ; and when they gut on deck, they lotted the hoy had been plundered In fat!, as had been prec-ncerted, the ernspiratori• had been aboard, and carrier: ill the cego. A robbery to this amount, of Course, created a Lon .1 etable sensation arid, after many enquiries, it was discovered a quantity of silk, ,d the de, er ptiun of that stolen, had been sent to the throwieg nulls of a Mr. PerLeval, at Bruton, in Somersetshire. It was of a Rik vu I r se , rt, bring law A licant silk, are! of which sort there had lately been none it t market. M r Pct c evil! immediately said, on eequiry, that he h,,ti it team one G teen ; G tent: as readily 1 roduced the person of e hom h , purcha:ied, one Gibbs, al•c: the latter gave up the prisoner Cooper, as the person twin sviiain It. bvugt't it. Caoper gave no account 4:f %ratan helot it, but time e. i• dente would prove him to be one of the eriginal conspirators. Mr Guetiev having conclude , ! this statemint, and ohserved upon rile mature et time testimony lie was about to praluce, chiefly rely ing I•r the detail of the facts on the three accomplices, Browt:e, Bamptot:, and Fenwicke, calico a 'limber of witnesses to prove the case. Th. cause occoineo the att ntiou of the Court the whele day, and at eleven o'clock last night, not one quarter of the' witnesses being examined, the further procee 'kg.. were inijouttled to Saturday. The witnesses amount o upwards ct fifty • Severil at the jurymen remons! rated against what they thought the hardship of their case, in heir g kept from their families all night, a d their business to morrow ; but tilt J udge int . ortird them it vsas not in the power of the Court to grant them any r'dress ; at the same time every . facility would be aftirded them for informing their families of the circumstance. A juryman ai•keri whether, supposing the trial should not finish to-motrow, they would he confi•ed all Sunday, amid was mtermed they certaiely would. He reterrcd to the trial of Hardy, in which he said the Jury had been allowed to separate on the Sabbath ; hut upon looking into the records attic Court, it was found that on that occasion they were kept together over the Sabbath, nor were suffered to separate till the trial was finished --After a little snore dolorous declamation they submitted to their fate, and four officers were sworn to see that they were not permitted to separate, nor in any way to infringe upon the rules laid down by the law on this head. The Court then adjourned. On the rising of the Court, the Jurors were conducted to the London Cotlee House, where refreshments were prov-ded them. They were again brought into Court at 9 o'e lock yesterday, apd the examination of witnesses was resumed. The proceeding, altereZontinued till fair, when the Court adjourned V:r an hour tc give the Jurors an opportunity of taking some neeesary refrestimeilt, • At five the Court assembled again, and the trial went on At a late hour last night, on account of the number of witnesses who were yet to be examined, au adjournment to Monday was Ili:night unavoidable, and the trial was not expected to termirei , e b- fore Monday night. The evidence given yesterday w, nt generally to corroborate that given on Friday. The Jurors cannot separate this day. They are stow in the saute apartment, and must remain so till the trial is brought to a close. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Thursday, an appeal which had excited considerable interest. was beard before a full Bench of upwards of tory Magi,trates. The to.- lowing were the circumstas-..1s :—An information had been I:lid by the district surveyor, Mr. Kismaird, againit Mr. Somne, of No 13, tin projecting the front of his IrAtse, under the present improvement and decoration these,t, three feet six inch-s beyond the adjoining houses, and the general front of that si a of as^ square, contrary to the Building Act, of the 11th of the King. The magistra•es at Bow-street (betisre whom the information was lodged) acquitted the defendant from the charge of nuisance, on the ground that he hail a right to build on Isis own freehold—Against that de cision Mr. Kinnaint now appealed, ;.s bin contrary to the provisions of the Act above recited.—After Counsel had bten 'lewd on both sides, the Chairman,. Mr. Mainwaring, observed, it was a case of much public interest, and of great ilea.tht as well as difficulty in hi* mind, and those of several other M ; he therefore recons mcnded an application to be made to she Court f King's lituch, for their decision.—This proposition was a!opted. POLICE. ROBBERY OF THE LEEDS MAIL. The 0 y was thrown into great alarm on Tuesd,y, by its being an nounced ,t the Post Oilice, that the Leeds n ail had hen robbed cm its way to Luo ~.n. At an early hour Mr. Freelh,g, Secretar, to the General Post Office, gyre information of the robbery at the Mlosion Howie, where the deposition of the guard was taken. The ex sinina tion was private, of course the particulais have not been stifPrel to transpire; but we understand that on Monday. night, while the Leeds mail-coach was proceeding at a shar;i pace, b..!tween Kettering and Higham Ferrer*, the coachman spoke to the guard, and not bemg able, of pretending not to hear what he said in answer, requested that THE NATIONAL Rrc;IsTER. N.o\ 7 . L •s he would lean . terwaros over the coati' T: e guar(' die e so, ap ~, anted about five nnnutes in coeversation with him, and on reso le ;,,, his seat, found, to his astonishment, that the lock t,f te e lei a I I ` ; hind part of the coach, where the bees are depos i ted , h.el heeeeeric,,L He instantly ordered the coach to he st. plied, and cominui • . efeiee 1 ,, the driver the extraerdieary occurrence that had teket. prase, aid 1,, stiee;ciona that mule serious injury had been stt tabled T he „ lath havne: pulled up, the guatd and coachman proeeeeed to examine e ' delinsitafy of the mails., and missed no less than siereee eaes ; 1,0,,,i,' flelifax, Bradhed, Leeds, W kef.eld, Hudd-rstield, leon s ie%. e 1,.!, held, Rin !tertian), Chest ettield, Mans fi eld, Nof fleets:en. NI. 1::',; was/le - se, °Allele Uppinghem, Kettelieg, ;led Tleepsieer, 1 1 e ceachnian also underwent a novae: examination ; aiel the Lout Ne! ) .. l it• the aeggestiens of the Solicitor of the Post Ohio., st.if A - the mersleilsmen and 'police officers in alt direedous, to apprise • e l . :letters in London and Westnenster of the extensive robeery, ,eale; sop •te h persiins as should pr vett bids and drafts to peynteet ii.:A the towns whwe mails had not r ached Ifie Para Office ; and pimet c.reelars were the s u ite night fin warded to every p •st town le tie United Kingdom fur the sine purpose.—lt writ p...rhaps he lee. leered, that a ,ew years ego the Le:els in .11- creed'. in its iirealess from town, was ruhhed near Barnet ; bet it bell g Ihe evenne e t 4 Fast Day, there were scared) awe meoey or re 111i1tank.e3 in t, r legs. No info; meths!) has yet been received, that can le id to a •'iscovery of the above robbery. 011 Tuesel4), the Aleut!, ecaompari d ey .e a Bow-street officers, %et out heen to. n for the place w tier:- the reels •;v was supposed to hate been committed. On reeching liedtonl, thy obtained mtermation that three nen of a toe:plc.:4ms api.eaemie, is iii a oght caravan, had been seen in that and other t wits on file tete-....1 the mail-coach, for several days plevieui to the robbery. Tht ith es proceeded northwards in the tree k of the caravan, but hail leaf • te fart l:r tidings; of it so lase as AV etiorsdee mete e i ye. The eitivry vets at first said to have been te honk iee •vitile the guard was in the ad .:f !canine over the root, and ennircp,ing with the eieichio in. 1; is eared however, that the go ird t else:lied by the side of the c o a ctim,„, (11 the box, between three or tour nf lee, and that on re. tuning to the dekey he discovered the robbery. SHADWELL --It WAS reported, some time ago, that the captain t f the ship Adventure, employed in the South Sea Whale Fisheye, white tit the act of striking a whale, was carved overboard by ihe tai•keie and lost, and that the ship ss as afterwards lost. oft Cape Leeez, ta !ter passeee heme. The agents of the i hip in Londe!), heviee tieei that sorete men, who were known to be of the crew, had Arriv.: . tt . L iverpeol, sent down to have them exam i ned relative re the to str •he Adventure, in order to settle with the Underwrit . rs. A few ii.v.s after this, a ,twe man, named Henry Mairks, who was 43 11)Pr "flee iii the Adventure, merle his appeareoce in 1, le . 'oe, ; , :fl gye the tollovieng intbrmation to Mr . . i:eitly, the capta in's wire, eediug et Wrapping ; •—That as the ship was retureie g h• sue tint Lie South Seas, she was then near tho Isiefet of St. Thomas's, .• re ta , uese settlement, when the crew, who were compistti chi. tl • it !lanes, mutini.d e and 1n111%. 1 41:e ,1 Captain Kcith, the mate, Aar: a ..bol • boy, being all the Engti•lt then on boa d, except the wilts,,. THect also murdered two Slacks, who were natives of Cape Lopee• lies 1 eppe.es to have been with a view to possess themscivesut trees' • . i, and to remove those who might efterwards eo peer ayainst them them evidence. This cornneriication to the ea pfaiiee widow %v.'s 1 ) e warded by her on Tuesday to the magistraris at Shaitweili w!'"'" mediately sent for the boy M aides, in ereer to examit , e hied nitre particularly as to these facts. He stated that Le, as likeivese . t . !e captain, were in bed, when they !tearer a 'wise eve ieet: . . 1 . 1!e captain ran up to see what it was, Lid stone time a; , er t..e i;or H• lowed him. He thee saw them in tie act ; I throwin , the c l iti'l• - " a overboard, whom it appears thee had previou•lv inue'crie!.ey .se Lk: tee, his brains out. The first alarm was; i.e•c—iolleti , 1.; t; e ei.le . -'', supposed, by their merterine the mate and ()ti le rs, wh en 111 I -3 •, by this time likewise threwn overboard. ihe witecss w..s . 1i0,.., threefened to be murdered, as the other aeprentice had eiesletey. been ; bet tlry only enjoined him never to thy& .ve the circuinse..r....! and swore hint to that ctle;:t. On these conditionie lie was P ,1 "' L ,. 1 ' to live. The shit, wee afterwards s. otthel lA' the crew. .a. (1 ! 1 ' 1 ! when they took to the boats, being eleven in numeer,. ere!!t in ere boat and three in another. They air . ved at th e I eland of st..l home , from whence they got onoard ;met e• r shi, and c •me to I.rver aeil: where some of them ate noy in rite hospital sick, with a tow an d k; 10 ' MAR LIIOROUGH• STR Err.--I.ww., a medical student , wits custody for se:aling threatening letters to M rs. T)l ne y Lon- ‘Vell,' with a view of extortrug 1001. was brought up to thi•: • :it -• r ox - imination on A ct se It a lem.r to ridgy. Mr. Wellesl.n . magistrate, declining further to prosecute, as it )swu::', ,tf , t s prisonet's life, but requested that he natAht receive a 'nand, which was done, and Ire w t• dis4.l33rged v•.'e .Ct ICY " 4 has beet% severely indisposed trotn the alarm which th a ov. threaten. ing letters occasioned. .I.""hY morning, the Military Orderl y -rbom b:rbaging to Or Coldstream RegUnent of Guards was broken o p en, an robbc..l • ft;tt e silver collars, wrist bracelets, gorgets, sw , rtds, &c. belongtoe `O, officers of the rejment, estimated at the valtr of 9.thli Hart, one of the ass'stant clerks in the Orderly Ro , uti, has b.caar prchoutied on suspicion of acing concerntit in the rubbery. NO _-..--•-.. ~.AJI•Z Thl galo. yi.iiit 51 ie i 111 ihidg hest eiz:gar be th `IC: i'II fat' ti' teiial /~,lf:i1 ft.fl3 , rate (11:4;1 vven fiwlt lia tc tacks crew o Ti oo Th :stint ex pet up a gt ,un I1')V L t!i! ao I to or, Male , r4e 11 1 kfOte It . lilt Pei