The National Register. — London, England, 1815-08-27 00:00:00

AUG • DfSTRESIING CAI .--A lAdy of respectability, the Wittosii - of . an Orficer, who resides, at Camberwell, but whose 'name from remises of humanity we tortieor to mention, applied to the sitting Magistrate for the asiltance of an officer, under the following circumstances : The complainant is the parent of one child, a daughter about seventeen, %t hose perverseness of disposition has for some time past occasioned her mother the greatest unhappiness—though treated with the utmost tou i erti es., she about ten days since withdrew herself secretly from her mother's protection, and notwithstanding the strictest search was made after her, Nile remained undiscovered for a week, at the expire tim, of which time her mother received information from a friend that her daughter wss at a common brothel in St. George's Fields ; she went there insniedintely and discovered that her information was cor rcct,wwwith some di f f i culty she obtained admission to her, hut the sight 4f her - child in such a situation was too much for her feelitigs to sap r, and on entering the room where she was the unhappy mother fell do* it in a fit The wretched daughter took advantage of the conk,• s. t: occasioned by this circuinst slice again to escape, and her miserable t .-nrent had once more discovered her at one of those receptacles of v i c e in Dover street. Previous to her going there, however, she now an!:rd to the Magistrate fur the aid of an officer, by whose assistance sf e hoped to be able to prevent her daughter's again escaping. —The uortily Magistrate apprehending that a breach of the peace night he committed, immediately complied with the unhappy another's request; the huse was visited, the profligate daughter discovered, and though against her rwm inclination, she was once more lodged under her mother's roof. Loosest.—Mr, Watley. of Tottenham-Court-Hood, was stopped by a footpad on the Kentish Town rued, on Thursday night, and robbed o.` I.:s watch and lbs. in tponey. POLICE. MANSION HOUSE. Thursday,/ Ann Surgey mid Samuel Hart were for the second time brought up to this Office, charged with robbing Mr. Askey, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, of nearly '.;0001. in guineas and bank notes. The grounds of charge against Ann Surgey were that she lived in Mr. Askey's house, and having suddenly left home, suspicion arose, the property was boat, and the prisoner traced to au apartment in Charles•erirt,• St. blartin's.dane, where Hart, the guard of the coach by which she came, resided. In her defence, she denied the rubbery in the most positive terms, and said she was merely induced to quit Grantham in eonsepience of the violent lore that bad been made to her by the prosecutor, whose affections she did not choose to cultivate.' NOne of thepiOpetty iiiikeivered, and the parties are %remanded till a future day. SAlLost's Fitoucs.—Yesterday Sa,e IA Perry, charged with steal ing two (1. and five 11. notes from a mate of the Surrey East In dianian, was brought up for a second examii.ation. The prisoner, it appeared, was taken to an improper house by the complainant, who had just arrived from a voyage, and who took her to a house of ill fame in Whitechapel. where . she contrived to pick his pocket. There tieing no positive proof of her delinquency, however, as the complainant acknowledged himself to be drunk, the prisoner was dig charged. GUILDHALL. THE Gnoar OF Sr. ANDREWI3.—James Carness, a youth of about 16 years of age, was brought before the Magistrate apart' the following cl.arge. Lee, the Officer, stated. that for a considerable time past the neigh bourhood of St. Andrew's, Holborn. was kept in a constant state of inquietude and alarm, by the nightly assembly of a number of the lower order?, N Ito fancied thee had seen or were to see, 6 'a Ghost ; " attd so fir bad their credulity been imposed upon, that many of them were ready to make affidavit of the appearance of this 2erial form. The crowd and di•turhatice, however, had increased to such a degree, and the hglitfingered gentry had become 60 numerous and successful, that it required the utmost vigilance of the Police to prevent these disgraceful proceedings. Oa Thursday nigbt, as usual, the place became nearly impassable, and about nine o'.clock shouts of terror and alarm suddenly burst forth nn every hand, and the cry of g‘ the Ghost " became general! Hundreds now fled, while others braving the superaiatural horrors of the supposed spirit, kept their ground. The imaginary Ghost, who had been observed skiupiag from one tomb stone :o another, now advanced to the gate, and having ascended the railiov, gave first a hysteric laugh, and area three sepulchral 4roans. The Officers, however, were not to to be imposed upon, and the pretended shadow was summoned Tito the street. To this little attenfion 'w . sic paid, but sufficient assistance beiag obtained, he was dragged down and secured, when at length the spell was broken, and. "airy nothing received a local habitation and a name." The prisoner wai dressed iu a white jacket and trowsers, and R.F.C;ISTER. . were Ott V s /lead a tithise-ctattoiveap. Upset being caned 41;10n by the Magistrate for his -defence, he stated That a fewNeverdnits *jure he had been induced, at the request of a gentleman, to enter the church/midi and asce-tain the truth of the story respect* the ghost. Fur this being liberally paid, he accepted the proposal, and soon ascertained that the object of all the curiosity and terror which had prevailed, was nothing more than a tombstone, upon which, the moon lied shone far se veral nights He was himself then induced to " keep up the joke:* more however, with a view to undeceive, than impose upon the credo. lons multitude. The father of the youth, a most respectable man, appeared on the be.. half of his son. and undertook to guarantee his future conduct. With this promise, after a suitable warning, the Magistrate discharged him. J. Davis, and C. Baldwin were brought up in custody of Ben. Johnson, on a charge of stealing a piece of printed cotton from a linen draper's shop in Blackfriar's-roark it appeared that the pri soners were seen lurking about the shop, and at length to carry otr the piece of cotton in question—The °Bence having been coat. mitted in Surrey, the prisoners were sent to Union Hall. UNION-HALL. On Friday a biker, residing in Bermondsey parish, was fined 1(4. I:is. and costs, for exposing to sale bread short of weight. Ii being iris fourth offence, the Magistrate imposed the full fine of ss. per ounce and costs. The bread was forfeited. MARLBOROUGH STREET. Peter Berni was yesterday charged with stealing several valuable' rings front the shop of Mr. Fielder, in Greek-stieet. Mr. Fielder stated, that on Friday evening, about nine o'clock, the prisoner cane into hi 4 shop, and asked to see some rings. Same were produced, and he tried them on ; but at length he sheeted his real intention, by rune tang off with a case containing twenty-eight rings, of the value of 401 Au alarm being immediately given, he was pursued and stopped with the property in his possession. The prisoner said he would reserve what he had to say ia his defence for his trial. One of the Cyprian Corps was brought up on a charge of having se. veral skeleton keys and housebreaking implements in her possession. She said she had foend them ; but this not• being considered a very probable story, she was remanded. QUEEN .SQUARE. Thursday, Alexander M•Dugdale, charged with beings detester, displayed the most astonishing strength. He was brought to the bar in the custody of three privates and a serjeant ; and on the fad being proved lie was ordered to the Savoy.—He swore he would not go, and that no one should move him. The four men in whose custody lie was could do nothing with tairu ; and he for a Wag tine foiled their efforts, aided as they were by tour police officers; nor would these eight men have succeeded had they not thrown tire pd. soner down, and then nearly strangled Wm . ! Notwithstanding this he kept his hands behind him, and even in this position it was wit,e difficulty that the spring handcuffs could be fastened on ; nor would Ire their walk , the eight men literally carried or rather dagged Jahn away. DEATIIS. On Wednesday, the 16th inst. Mr. T. Randall was seized with violent hermorrhage on the lungs a short time after his arrival at t: le Star Inn, Winchester, from the Isle of Wight, and althongli medical assistance was immediately obtained, he expired in the courae of two hours. Saturday evening, the 12th inst. died, aged 34, Mr. Win. Pollard, fishmonger, of Stamford. He walked into the Wryest field near the meadows of that town in the evening, in as good health as usual ; and taking a spare sickle belonging to some reapers, employed him self cheerfully for a short time. • He observed tbat.it was " ware work," and jokingly referring to his own strength, said be would show the reapers what he could do on Monday; but he bad not long made the observation, when, overcame with the exertion he had used he fell senseless ou the ground, and died the same evening; and on that Monday, that was to have seen his feats in the harvest field, his remains wet,• conveyed to the grave! 'What renders his fate the more distressing is, that his wife was brought to bed on the night be fore his death, and six infants are left to bewail his premature and awful end, Although only in his 33th year, he weighed twenty•two stone. At Reigate, Surry, on the 11th inst. Mr. W. Robinson, aged 01. Iu a fit of apoplexy, at the house of Messrs. I. and J. Jackson, Louth, where he was on a visit, Mr. 13. Crosby, of London, many years a bool.seller in Stationers' court. On Saturday last, at Worcester, Dr. Evans, the-venerable Arch deacon of Worcester, in the 89th year of his age. He had been a Prebendary of the Cathedral upwards of fifty years, and also held the Rectory of Severn Stoke. or. ry ny Cu. een ete Ind Pith ere eta