The National Register. — London, England, 1818-05-31 00:00:00

MAY IT. were equally open In this penr and rich, and all hail slot only equal sielit. hot equal chonre of redress, whatever their situ ation. Stich was the happy Constitution of thi, country. No man, theiefore, could take noon litinself to be his own aveng er ; mid if any did ao attempt to disturb the peace of soriet!., he was haute. ton severe punishment. 'the Court were %holly ttnaeiptainted with the pattieular.circninstunces. but it had been in defendant's powe.r to have explained them on osilidavit, ine hail thought pi (verso to do. The sentence of the' Cunt t was, that the defeinlant sbould be imprisoned in Horsham gaol for twelve months, and at the expiration of the tissue to like security to li.rep Use peace, himself in 3001. anti. two ouretics in 001. each. SHERIFF'S COURT, BEDFORD-ROW. GLOVER V.,TUR DRURY LA.NI THIATES COMMITTEE. Mr. 'Fully appeared as Counsel fur the .plaintiff in this ease. 'lke defendants bed suffered joilosent to go by de fault, tud the Jury was sworn to • the damages between .the pat ties. Mr. 'Faddy stated, that the action was brought by Mr. Glover, the husband of Mrs. Glover, an actress of considerable celebrity, to recover from the defeat:ants 1001. being the amount of 46151 y due by them to 'his wile; for her cervices, flow the 6th of December 1817, to zhe 7th of Feb. last, a period of 10 weeks, at 101. pet week. As Mr. Glover was tickle to the payment of his wife's JIM', he conceived himself entitled to her earniags. Several witnesses were ben examiced, among whom the peter proved that he ha.: as interview with Mr. Moot.• on the subject, who said, " We cannot look at you ; Mrs. Glover iaeur labourer, end we shall pay her her at:try—Oat is the rule of the Theatre." c.lr, Pollock addressed thetiory ou the part of tbA defend. ante. He commented in.very strong terms on the °endue of Mr. Glover, who had the. meanness and want of manhood to wish .to deprive his wifit• of the fruitsef her labour, which Isere is:tended for the support of herself and her child ren— towarda which Mr. Glover hail nut contributed one farthing for years. It was trite, that inaoint of law,heesas justified in making this demand ; but the Jury, in awar.latne 'their damages, had the power to decide how much , he was fairly entitled to. Mr. linrehell,in aunimierot up the case, observed, that if a. husband deserted his wile mid children, .and the wife con trived, by her talent anillmle•try,to support both herself and her offspring, they were to consider how far the• rights of a husband enabled him, under such circtinistaocem to ton her of the fruits of het labour. The Jury, after a short coi.solegation, round a serdiet for the vial', Lhiruages—One Farthing. Mr. flosehall said, it was dimity to the, uLtiotitf to_give -this verdict. as otherwise he would have tusaFpurt his wife and akildruu. POLICE. --•.- MANSION-HOUSE. Thursday a young man, calling himself Hobert Fraser, was brought up en thetbilowigg evidence . Mr. Pullen. an tat.iixt.t solicitor in Core -street, deposed, thatmn Nfontlay the prisoner came to him, stating that he was recommended by Messrs. Jacobs and Co. merchants, in Jew.mstreet. Ile said that be was a younger sots of the lion. Simon Fraser deceased. late Go vernor of the I:landm: Bermuda, and brother to Major Eraser, who died on hi: passage to England la the Calcutta Ear. - Indianan in t nO9 ; that he h... 1 absoonled when very yoang fern Bermuda, in irousequentv of a family quarrel. and proceeded to Air :riot. wh-ere Lc got married, and had two chihlrea. A i e months ago he saw LII advertisement in a New York Paper, stating, that the T1e..7 - !it relational the late Major Fraser would hear of something tc his ti4vantage, by an application to Dr. Stewart. of :New York; ALAI otEming a large reward for the discovery of the younger !anther of the llajor, supposed to be in America. lie intim matey waited upon Ele. Stewart.. who ex:ires..edliiinsell t ietioil of his identity, mid infotined hitt, that by the will of his br..toer, the •clecerraal • h.: was ..ntitled to a fcrtune of 3 ioXrel. The Doctor furnished Lint not only with necessaries for hi:: voyage, but money t pay his expences. Ili:Acme, that he had only bum fu P.treand three days, and wished te: employ the witne3s fur the recovc:y of the property better-And bite by his brot ,, er. Every . part hf this Igor:• was related with such an air of nes it, that. witness give belief it..nnel. 'having promised him every-assistance. prates - d to the East India .House to make some nece. , ary iuyoiri s. Hare he tns a copy of the Lote Major'e.Will which was framed exactly as des.-:herd by the prisoner. Ths prisoner having.raid he seal destitute-J.' money and odging, the wetness fiuM•Jteil him with a small stitn,eld mom • mended him to an inn ; but the following dr!, witne •• 12araed that .t!:e prisoner had been all night front the tn.s, 'saving olitaintd a tam of ino.tey bone the landlord, end person: lid !o pay for a new hat urine clothes. These cis :urnstances sweat:tied his stuipie: et, and eel inquiring at the New York Colfee-i,ouse, he fnind d.at the rued which tht.orisoner said tie had so lately arrived bad bran i Staid mo:e idar five manths. lie then recolleated that th- prisoner had said he lass only .22 years of Agl', whereas he was desm.'. res; in the Major's will.datal in ISM, to kt se had at V - 7.t perii..l two child ren. Convinced that he 10.1 been grossly imposed upon, Lc gave the taisoner in charge when he •tc':,.t Caine. Ale. I , ,ickey. another :atom ..y, stated, that the prieonet had im posed upon lain with a similar tale.. and referred h'un to the Hon. • Sri. F.a xi., of Edinburgh, for. a coalire.iation of hic statement.— • Tbiaswit%ess also supplies) lain, with money. The prisoner so far deceived another solicitor by !tit story, ea to incur e I: sat to file a bill in Ch: neery vegan. t tae executors of Maier hrtaer,. :eh.% he said, unjustly wittatc.ti the rt:.)plAy frect The lArd stneor (*sera,- 1. that this wr.s caw of the best , estei tlane he had heard fur ENZIC time; and 'lse prisoner wrn.t he }ad to sa ? . . _ The prisoner, I.ith great G7mr,es. said. he triated. in to nus kept in CUSW4 y. and br..a.fed with the. narne of impostor. Fie she.:a prove. to the cc:lfitsion ants =augers, that he was totally otttle:n.-ring .4 . so 'mil an epithet Jr. hickey said, he clarl written to :h^ Hon. Mn.s Fraser, at rdinho -gh, and was waiting ft.: an SisaWal. Wood, an officer, said. he saw the prirzos: to I Anflnit name rh:n • two months ago.—lie •was ramaadeil .tosvo:r of should arrive. BOW STREET. 'Monday a long invtaitr.it:onronk lb•fore Mr. Birnie, rettlieet ,••,r, a roililn.ry iti Palle on Monday night, smiler 0.. follonift r _o' very eatraortiontry eireino.t.torea - Ott Sunday lb:. lit Mr. 'Hoop. , geoileifiali,• who 1 ,• 5 ;,,,..1 5 , liantatuatre et, wax walla •;iu flit- Given Palk, at•t•oistitaii:e4 by Iris brothel; 11.ey re nt... l till Is r[tok "'track is-u, :rid • having no 41 - 0•10 lout thot iltr time wttaild L. gl nt. mad hying io fainted 11141 11 itt a ats.• I 4f , te• 1555- Sgibire rate wattle' onest,t-be rt snnrvtu. nut look led VP Alt hid b....tber, soil run with -.11 .ietvet h. the 0'1..4: SqlSolf ard on hia :tort rat Nrr. e, la gal Si • !ii•iipp,),loll, , ft, he 6,1.hfl •it eloorli awl rod. White /iv r..• • • wit.. •.it Via • eenticel who . 4.8 t..lioucd ot the Aset ,, „.at. to Ito% lit. rt.,. •t•I Fri 0111,a tna:n c.tote tip.,e•itierei into e inves,atioit, and asks.; Lint %that Le with; , ; give to get. uutt .. r tlr.Houper implied be TIM NATIONAL RECISTIZ would not ilk a any thin.:. The man asked him if lie would give his watch, whirl, he refused the mail said he would have it, seised Mr. Hooper by the collar, and Snatched at the watch chain : a 'a:011e ensued; Mr. H.cailed upon the suii• tin f•I to take charge of the man, which Mr. Hooper, said, he tel to do, saying he hail uu power to do it I the mail succeeded in forcing Mr, Hoops is watch, &c. fem., him, and ran Mt Mr. Hooper imisued him a short distance, calling Stop thief!" but being leas fol of proceeding along the Bud Cage-walk at that hour of the night, lest there shotilel lie others concerned with the robber, he gave up 'the poi suit, and teturiled to the sentiuel at Queen Situate gate, who re. prated that be had no power to take the man into custody, and that lie knew mottling of him. ttlr. I looper having ob served the rubber putt sionething into the sentinel's hand in the scuffle, suspected he had gut his watch, and challenged him with it; the sentinel denied the charge, and said, what the maul had put into his hand was a piece of Mr. Hooper's ueckcluth, which he had turn off when lie cultured him, and he gave it to Mr. Hooper. Lilly on Monday morning Mr. Hooper attended at the office, and gave the above moonlit of this dating transaction. About six o'clock in the evening the pot buy employed at the Three Jolly Smelters public house, in Hologram ilmiarket,. went into the.Miup of Mr. Jar. nm, watchmaker and jeweller, in the Strada!, with ..gold watch witliont a glass, and do.i red to have one pit in. Mr. Jarman, sate' examining the watch, interrogated the buy - as to ' when• he gut the watch ; the buy replied, from a Mall Ito was is thew house. Mr. Jarman stespeating the watch, which is worth 70 guineas, wes stuleti, anti it being made by Ed ward. arid West, who buts short Maumee. truin and having eeteived information that a gentlemau had been rubbed of a valuable watch a their make, lie told the boy he shoulil,not let bins have the *melt agent, and desired I to go said send the 111.1111who.badAiven hun Ike watch. The boy lett Use shop, anel in a short time after a man, who proved to have beau driuking at the 'floret. Jolty Butt hers public house till be was utorairate d,entered Mr. Jarman's shop,.aud claim ed the w.sucis. r. Jammu asking how kV in came pos sessed/W.lf, hn erplted, 4 greenmail bad given it to him in St.. James's Park,.anil produced .r.. gold-chain aud lieut., who 11, he siiid t weee.originally aftsiehed to the. welch. This nut be ing 34115144(0 . 1y aCCUIIIII, luau rinsed to deliver up sue watch, and sent for sin officer. Nilo matt became. vet-, abusive to Mr. Jarman, and made a great noise in the sikPli tons attracted the attention of those alio acre passing the shop wind", and two gentlemen looked in; when out of them exclaimed, "..float. is nue WM. 11. ho unused me of 111% watch," kumaiiing sherintoxicated oats), mid lie represented his 114111.• 10 tie Mr. Hooper, and . related the above cirenua smut eus die I..oorry of Isitti in Ihr.luu k. A. officer then ar rived, took the ul4ll WA/ custody. sod lie uught him to Hasi retire. after he was exammed. tie said lies .uaine was 11101.., Hayes ; Ile WU& notalressed in regimentals, .but lie ha.l every appearau.rel uwitsg 4 moldier. He Was ex. I ) la. e , ud, ill It. M.. itirme,..auti made use of most haul language. lie ails e. , iniiiilltai. for further examivatiou m 1 the evidence of ME J 411444. He wee .ag..iii uulti up we Newsday. Mr. Hooper was court' ailed as to the can-o ..t list UVAL4g so lete:in.the Park, on Noi.dry, whose co...patty he was wah.ing iti the P.O L, w ithout knowing it was sui4te as it was. Pulard, the semincl, who was on duty neat ilw spot at .he tune the prisoisei ...hoed the prosecutor, attended oil toesoey vs a WWI. ss, au J , I/II 1114 .being haterrogeted for nut taking hie pris.luei Imo custody, lie said,.the reason was, the van A re einoe ut s .bis ; and tie recriminotru against sit pi oseciitor, u).-C11.4.gin4 Ishii wills making an attempt ut‘a ...ust tletesiohlc nature, rod tint elute lie was dei Omitted nut ....have any wing to .t.. aWI ...the. party. . His conduct auJ evidei,ce %vas ishrtersalir rosstr4nre tort uy Alitv Smith, a getllir -01411 (so rt . Sides I % eel, IYestunustei,who at the lone u. the typo.. .00 t:aus.tel ion, was pa.ssiug ar the Spill, Pseu. sing souse ' He nem el the :ry of " Stop which me had 00 doubt pruceetled fr tiie prosecului ; he sew tilt uv lied sto doubt but the tents- Pusiarst, could have stopped, or kuucwol list down with the grea.est .e, Cite passed mose to hon. In faci,he could and rm. id have stuppei, end taken the pi isuner himself, nut f or ti,. : i,,,lie s who wei e with him, who cl. lug to him. and en treated hun nut to i•s,...rtere, or to have any thing tondo with it. Nic e•ls, the I.o.i.litetur belotteitwo We mine, on search big th prisoner's pion., noses, ,&c. found various clothe., %%Alen there.wasno doubt were fur die purpose sit wearing. as to assist him is .perpetrating Ins exinies ; and al though he is very yoang taro, 151e11..14 afeettailled th..t he had bruit charged with a similar (deuce upon a farmer (weir,- su .I,4nd lie received a ....lite. y punishment of bOo !Ashes. — was committed to Nengai • for trial. (=' :LffllU. EXTENSIVE 131:PR1.:7), , 1 :ONS.,—Rob t rt rt; go ltiford, proprietor of it hero comer.. ir. Wood-street, Citeapside, was on Friday charged wi It Lzing a receiver Of stolen property, t, Lie amount of 4001 and upwards. Air. Getheld. dealer in Leghorns, Chips, &c. In St l'aul's Churelryard..sleposed, that fur several months passed he had been plundered ,o(. property to an Caunnous extent, and he had at length, w.toao these tew days. diLzuvered that a man ozoned Clayton. In has employ. was the depisxhit mr. This person had made a fidltonfession of his gu;tt, and to whom he had conveyed the pro, perty. 0..0 tie teit-i..ss Mal eetertnined to admit him un evident' the receive:. Joh:. 0.:; um, heirs sworn. sand, he had for • tne tart fear months been :3 the constant habit of cseiveyir.g large quarldit:: of /.e t her.:, Chip.. and other artielta, the property of pus employer. to th• warematie ui. timplisouer. from *hem he received 1:-bodt one ftmith ut the ‘alueof those article.. 'flbo,Fiactier had to •hLt time paid him. uptvarJanf 10,11. Ile was pertisaly aa.src lwt itnuss WAi JA thIeI'UIVIOF tt Mr. G! .field. and that goOtk in gnesiiu.l were braiught Horn the preniLLs ut the la..tr. 'I trate o,aureil toe iaiyoner toxive. b.il hintieleir. tall. oral two sure ties in :AKA. each, to aMde We charge,.sual.m &tactic _thettof, cutu utittnd Unite prison. MAR lIOROUGII STREET RE-EXAM SNATION 4)T:NNETT FOR AB3/114ITIATtOtha. Upon De:metes placed .t: the bar, he trennialed so violently ac scarcely to be Ishii. to stand v,ithout supporting himself against the desk, and wept vet) :11161. Mr. Hodst.ll, an artist, of l'additi:„.too, ‘tt..ted, that ati,att somi 04 0 4 iu tin. , 1 10 1 he wis alarmed with the erase of wu Irr. witem he bome , :: rat into the !maw kept by llogLrs. and lonia! June. llogers co , eleo with blood, who intorni.A Mut that bite Mal oven WOUDitili by Dennett..lle believed he was one of the first persons that came to Itch a:mist:ince, but he did not see the inta:•urn,nt Ile humidly went to• woe dilierent aurg,ons, who re fused to attend, but he a: length .:trund t,vo g..iitkiil.ll having more humanity. ,The Ntagistrate :.11. I ted,ell l; name them.— Cat. 11,1411 .and Nr. WAlmgrard, came with the greatest ala crity. '1 he Magistrate received a letter from the hospital, stating that Jane lingers had improved.eonsittei ably within the last three days. but could not be propoetneza Gut a danger. He was remanded zur a wa l k. AC tiaitti - yrthe bar, lie requesual t, e Magi,uste %tumid Aml lure 1-41 t., ' f'•`nmtwPfimrhais a gemlemim often 4.44 ,, and prayed to him, hod t!...t would make some am aidment in his Nial. out lie noped also some .:ionowselat. He ',led abundance of teats. He is neatly 70 yeareof ate. HATTON GARDEN. Samuel Alexander and his wife, at No. 2, Johnson's 'Change, Rosemary-lane. were chsii 4 td with taking illegal incur- anccs in the Lottery. pr.l.ittl. go. Mr. Hess: attended for the pro secution. Wainwright and Eilvrart:s stated, that on searching t . :.e prisoner's spat truent they found several lottery papers, which they produced. The officers further stated, that the male prisoi er ha.l been in the habit of taking insurance for numbers, in the Sta . e Lot tery and Little-go, for above 25 years, and hid at one ti iic a cumu lated about 7001. which he .lo,t by pursuing the same line Of bast. nesi; and, in.fact, his family were reduced to the greate , t sure of wretchedness. The officers here added. t:!at in the pri.nner's town they found six children nvirly naked, and :Amain perishing for a ant of mod. In consequence of this rept, xnuition, Mr. Hesse dechileil proceeding against the v. ifs. She was reprimanded, :and 0 tiered to go home to her children. The charge against the Madill; d gone into and proved. Ile was sentenced to four months' aupri,op men: in the House of Correction. 1.AM131 Ii STRF.F.T. ATTEMPT AT MURDER...I ThUntiLty. young woman, .711 i brought up in the custody of. E. Daltssn, u e eirr. cer, charged by Edward %Valkin, her husband, with stabling him with a knife in the arm, in an attempt to cut hii the at, bt wt..eh Ins life was endangered. It appeared in evidence. that the prison -1. and prosecutor had only been married abost a mouth. t.nd were in the lta • bit of quarrelling a ith each other about trades since that time. Qn Tway last, in the evening, on his return home, they being ftom home the whole (thy on business, high words arose isciwye tt t h e m. which terminated in a quarrel. un . which theprisonerseized a knife which lay on the table near her, and rushed over towards him, and made a cut at his throat, and un lifting his hands. up to win.: utfthe ir.•trument, he received a 6Lah in his ann about two incites deet i , nom which )1e bled profusaly. lie wrested the knife from the pn sorter, and had the wound dressed at the London Hospital. The day after he made the. case known at this otfice, and Halton went and apprehended thruprisoner. The man is at present .at the LOI. - don liospital..—She was committed. TOWN HALL, BOROUGH. Friday, Walter Johns, • a man of respectable apperaimee. WAS charged with hating -committed variotat ,acts of swindling aniongs: those classescfpertans chose particular • trades connected them wrtn shipping. do whom he represented himself as the master of a mer chant vessel, called the Restitution, lying in the Sorry Canal...and bound to a port in the Mediterranean. Mr. Fotioreill, of Deek. head, Bermondsey. stated that the prisoner had aprlied to hint for sailors' clothing iodic =mint of about 151., and told him that he was about to embark tar the Mediterranean in the above naiad ves sel After his ascertaining that there was• vessel so called, in the Starry Canal, he sent home the., goods. The prisor.et shortly after. wards absconded, and he had not received any money from him.—. Mr. Duthmin, of flenniaage, alopseller, stated, that by the same re presentations the prisoner had obtrtined goods thom him to the amount of .501.; and he was informed that Mr. Cateson, of Watling street, lead been defrauded of Foods to the amauntof 601. in a timilar manner, and that nearly twenty other persons who had suffered by the same metes. would prefer their charges when it was known that he was,in the hands of justice. Lie was committed for re-exam.. nation, ESCAPE. Thom rs Pearkes, charged with intrglary, and Henry Anthony Pricker, who was locked np for want of sureties, escaped Ii urn- the lock-up place at Alarlbormigh. street Pullet-office on Thursday. They had contrived. Jo remove a part • f a tl.ick si all sntficient to creep turonelt to an adjoining 'ard, and ii is supposed they had as;utanee on the - _ Thursday. night an law test eras held et tha Lord Nelsbn Tlivern, King's-roak.ChAsea. berore Thomas Stirling, Esq. on the body of Miss Elizabeth Shewin, aged forty-two, who came ,by her death limier the foliowir.g circuaistances :—lt appeared front the.evidaisee of William Jones, a sat' • r, in the employ.of.Mr. Arelibar, timber taerc:iant. King's road, tr•rt on Wednesday night. as be was standing at his rats,ter's gate, he observed Lord Churchill, with his servant, driving at rt,quick rate in his chaise, along thr. King's road; Chain.. towards Battersea. The deceased •waz In another chaise—with gentleman and lady. some distance before his Lortiabip',,aati two other chaises were corning towards London. and were withth-fiboas twenty yards of Lord Spencer Churchill's chair*, wan ilia Li rdship in an attempt to drive through between that of the.tkessied attd . another, the wheels ramie in contact, and the whole eon decesa4s party were thrown ow. coasequenee of the shoats:if the Oahe broken by going against a post, the deceasen•lokshccame r igarigii4 in the reins, and she was dragged by the .Isorse upwa 4,/ tsiej hundred yards, by which her head was dastard rhea. terr y le man ner against the wheels, &c. and otherwiss.mangled. Whag saulr the other lady from under the. chaise of .Lord Caurehill, ia* WNW condition, to Mr. Rowe, a •surgeori.of Nor 4, Smith-tareehrKinsea. road. A Mr. Flee stripped the horsitund chaise ' and had the deceased conveyed to the same surgeon. and Lord Churchill followed .1 there left his card. The deceased dial, shortly after .being...taken- to the surgeon's. Witness thinks there was some , mreln;thea en Lord Churchill's part in driving ; he was on the right side of the road.— r.'fooke, of 44, Southunipton-niw• Revell-square, and M r. Jones, of Paradise Walk, both saw the accident,, and also c.:asillered Lord • Churchill blameable. in tl.v trans ni.- -.Miss - Smith. of lieilett street, Chaos, waa.wallsiug,along the King's.road wt the tame time, antign seeing his Lordship driving.st-so furious a rate, oboe: red to a female friend, that she was sortie acri•lenpsonid happer,„ which shortly .aftcr did. The jars were.d.opiaiwi, dui:stasis' cat lessness was iiivivn on the part of Lord Churethili but were satisfied that notlimg of an intentional nature existed on the part of l:is Lord ship. Arler n..u , observations from hlr..Stirliug, the jury returned u verdict of—Aceidontal Loath. . •A few days .inee a vicious•.bltllt belonging. to-the tenant atigit:•• end. Dumfries, forced it , way into tho tome of hire. Hiddleston, rorpeetable widow aird 71, whom he itoooktd down, and in odd. • rest •c:s.bruiscd so eualfully, that she'diettotathe Sunday.follon ing. Surely it is the duty of the proprieb3rs of siteh talituals to wenn , . by every possible precaution, the reaurionee otstieh dilates-tug r.:- tidtroa. CA r'flON TO NUltararatAlDS..Friday a girl at. Semingsen, about ra.een years of age, took an infant 14 months old, fw a wale and artist/lir at the bridge, put it on the wall, when it feU G ckwards into the river, and the router ruining impetuously, it.waw orrit down the 4trearn, end was not fottod_tilitinaJaY• • 011 D!voility last, :rt Brizlit , n. ligoot er disi o yie trilk kis ante at the whthe_ a brutal fellow alrnek with Podrhfoli market, 'soddenly !hi -hie own child, ebout- tap yeas 01 I, from her arrus e reslierl rhto thee .;I with it, breast 4101, awl thew. horrible tworrlite, rist t 6, itemeeitt haSe.frora shrieks of the nieti,er a ere atom,. ecl by an aroma upon huts p.-.r.0.0. and an at whip' to fur.l4. !xi iota -the.water by the object of her leflAr, The tittegy Ititerimmitien of ti e s ond 'hoop, p, inc !pally tioatetostrit,ltowove., plitirtottl huts • mother 3411 1 . 1111,1 tlOl/1 perishing. A Flll t; ••• i t: k' Vessel waq capture 3, a few 4aFs t ago, on die of Ire! am!, ris•Ar at'rer chase rt . Axtren hours, oy! his Ai liesty's cruizer, V: n:lcleur, Llopkins. Iha c.,;•go st.pr.ire,l to L won% lea thousand pen.:!..ls.-. Tie. tn.itig , i,ler ha tulthisty-iive men on bosra, who allas•-neil on shore. In the cider countries, the apple and pear trees are now in full bloom. and so flattering u promise ef.an abundant err s ) of fruit has not been witact:e.. is ar.a.), iblls