The National Register. — London, England, 1811-09-01 00:00:00

_ Hackney day of the Sadler'e On all important occasions, that is, when multitudes of people assemble together to behold objects of public curiosity, these troublesome gentry act systematically. When crowds are ex pected the several clans forget their party animosities and com bine for char general good, as Was proved on Thursday. The better to disguise their intentions they went to the scene of setion ui all sorts of dresses, and in vehicles of all kinds; and the more effectually to furthetr their object, thepromotion of confu sion, great parties of them proceeded to Hackney in coaches, chalks, gigs, Sic. which they left at the entrance of the Church yard, bridge, Zee. By this manccuvre the road was completely • blocked up, and, after the ascension of. the balloon, a complete and systematic confusion ensued. Thus, then, was their preli rimary object obtained, and the several parties immediately 4 seimmenced their depredations upon the unwary and almost de fencelees passengers. To call for Officers wa.l vain; for in conse quence of the immense crowd it was impossible for them to ren 4t•r assistance where it was required. The pickpockets were aware of this fact, and knowing their own temporary security, they were daring and audacious in the extreme. Hundreds were robbed, and though many of them felt the hands of the . depredators in their pockets, still they were unable either to secure them, or to get assistance for that purpose. These knowing rogues prowled about in parties, and consequently acted in corcert ; and the endeavours of one or two spirited per sona to secure a pickpocket, when detected in the act, proved futile, so effective was the co-operation of these fellows. One gyntleman wa; robbed of his pocket -hook, containing '2Bl. in • rtes, which he saw to th'• villain's hand. The gentleman seized • him by the collar, and called for the Officers; but while thus callit3g 4 the culprit bit the gentleman so severely in the hand that he was compelled to let go his 11013, and the co-operative friends of the rubber immediately promoted his rescue by push ing about and hustling the wounded gentleman. I'OLICI;. --.000-- NI A NSLON HOUSE.. A well-dreesed woman was Charged hefore the Loan MA T OR attethpting to impose upon the Society for the Relief of the &c. of Wounded Sailors in his Majesty's service. The Secretary of this Society, which is held at Lloyd's Coffee-house, attended, and prosbiced two letters given him by this woman, which letters he suspects, from several reasons, are all forgeries. The prisoner said she had these letters from Cox and Green wood's, and that she was the wife of an Officer of the 58th re giment, and that she was just come hom6 from abroad, and gave a very incorrect account, either from a, dirordered brain, or the unhap y situatkn in which she was placed.—She w;!s re /Banded for further examination, and the Seel etary ordered to take these letters to Cox and Greenwood's, and make further inquiry about her. 5,14 - THE NATIONA PICKPOCKETS. As might naturally be expected, the pickpockets were not idle at Hackney on the day of the ascension of Mr. Sadler's balloon. GUILDHALL. Yesterday morning, Mary Robson, alias French, was con victed before the sitting Magistrate (Mr. Alderman A . :v.lN s), of keeping a Little-go, or private Lottery, and sentenced to six weeks imprisonment in Bridewell. MORE MONSTERS. Wednesday, Francis Osborne, examined on Monday, at the Mansion House, on a charge of exposing himself indecently te several y9ung girls in Moorfields, was ag a in br oug ht up for a final examination. The circumstances ofthe prisoner's shame ful and infamous conduct. were detailed by two children, and after the case had been clearly made out against him, he was committed for trial. Miscreants of the above description Kaye lately infested various parts of the metropolis. A wretch of most diabolical propentities has, within the last few days, created considerable alarm in the neighbourh o od *of Knightsbridge and Chelsea by most atrocious conduct towards two or three females, whom chance had exposed to his brutal att;cks. On Thursday evening Miss L. of Chelsea, whilst re turning from a friend's house, in Mount-street, in her way across the park, was accosted by this villain, who was then dressed as a clergyman ; he addressed her in the most insinuat ing m Inner, and from his general demeanour, not the slightest suspicion could be entertained of his intention. When about half way across the park, and at a distance from any passenger, he suddenly stopped, and seizing her round the waist, drew from his pocket a sharp instrument, with which he stabbed her in the thigh, and immediately ran off. Her screams drew several per sons to her assistance, but it being nearly dark, the villain was soon out of sight, and effected his escape. Miss L. was taken to the house of a Gentleman, in Park-lane, where the most humane attentions were paid to her; a surgeon was sent for ; her wound, which was not dangerous, was dressed, and in the course of the evening she was removed to her own house in a coach. The same wretch, it is suspected, stopped a female servant to a gardener, at Brompton, as she was passing along Gore-lane, soon after dark a few evenings since, and, whilst conversing with her, took an opportunity to wound her severely in the arm. The most vigilant exertions are making to discover the villain. IMM•1•••••• On Monday afternoon, about - five o'clock, a sailor, in a state of insanity, mounted the lamp iron upon the centre arch of West niinster Bridge, and, to the no small surprize of the spectators, who stood and looked on, be took his hat off. Rung it into the river, and immediately leaped after it. He at first sunk, but, after a short interval, rose, and swam remarkably well. He was picked up by some boatmen, and conveyed to the Red Lion public-house, where he partook of some brandy, and when asked the reason of his jumping into the river. he said he did it with a view t•i drown himself, as he knew he should be hanged, having committed murder, and various other crimes too numerous to de tail. In the course of his observations, he was found to be very incoherent, and in a delirious state ; he was conveyed in a coach to one of the receptacles for lunatics. Ex ECU 110 N.—Tuesday morning, Joseph Antonio and Joseph King, for various robberies, and Thomas Mann, for forgery, were executed at the Debtors' door of Newgate,. pursuant to their sentences. They met their fate with becoming fortitude. Antonio and King were attended by a Catholic Clergyman, and Mann, by the Ordinary of Newgate. Soon after they were tied up, they were Lunched into eternity. John Francis, who was also tried with Mann for forgery, received a respite the night previous to the execution. ~ 'REGISTER. g - - 411.11ir OFFENCES, ACCIDENTS, 4c. UNION-HALL. Fier' riot/ s BA NK-No - rr.s.—Willitnii Sutton, a man who was apprehended in the course of last week for pitsing a fictitious note, purportine is be Bank of England note for five pounds, underwent a final examination at this office last N.-clic. Airs. Hill, the person who received the note, and who was the land lady of the prisoner, attended, as did the persons through whose hands the note had passed afterwards, and by their testimony it was clearly traced to the prisoner. In his defence, Sutton said, he had received the note from a man in payment for some books on the Greenwich road. He could not, however, describe this man, nor could he tell where be was to be found. Under these circumstances, the parties Were bound over to prosecute,.liut the prisoner will not be fully committed till the opinion of the Bank Solicitor can be takcn, whether he should be committed for the fraud or for a forgery, It being apparent, that the note hod been designedly defaced in suet a mannerns to make it resemble still more a Bank of Eng land %ate than wbat it did inks original state. ROCHE, and Published by JOHN FISHER, No 5, Pickett-street, Strand, near Temp the Clerks of Roads, and Booksellers throughout th United Kingdom, free of postage, int• • - itu v i e lZ e d Printed and Fdired by E. 11 by all the Newsmen, Cotilitry st. lOs. Sidi per quarter. ,1111.....4;Ailleivvrw' 111 P' uftworaup rer....-4sma‘g‘ 11,,..opliboOMINWIAMOr941 BIRTHS. On Thursday last, at Whetstone, the Lady of Charles Neate, Esq. of a daughter. On Thursday last, the Lady of J. Flower, Esq. of Friday street, of a son. • MARRIED. Lately, at Walcot Church, Bath, Mr. T. S. Meyler, of the Abbey Church-yard, to Miss Daman, niece of Mr. Geary, of Fountain-buildings. _ _ Yesterday, at St. James's church, Miss I.ouisa Roberts, only daughter of Mr. Thomas Roberts, of St. Alban's-street, to Mr. W. J. Capharn, of St. James's-street; after which the happy pair set off for the Isle of Wight, to pass the honey moon. DIED. On the 10th of Nov. last, in the East Indies, Lieut. Watson, of the 56th Regiment, youngest son of the Rev. Dr. Watson, Rector of Rothbury, Northumberland. On the 24th ult. at Paris, Elizabeth, the wife of Adm. Tehitch goff, youngest daughter of the late Commissioner Pruby. ;,,