The National Register. — London, England, 1818-09-21 00:00:00

11WDLESEX SESSIONS. WEDNF.SDAY: .1: Bromley, a grey haired, rather rtpectable looking old man, was Milts:nil for obtamins 5.)1. by fraud and falee pretences, from Mr. Denny. Mr. Adolphus Mated the rare for the pv s'cution, and as tMstri sorter admitted the truth 1 his gateman, he was, therefore, relieved fri.tin the notessity of calling :lay witaina in support of it; we are therdote censUained to give as eb.tract of the ease train the opening speech contrary to our general practice. which is nicely on the evidence. rather than on the spe,:eho of Counsel, who are often mieled by the instructions furnished to them. or by the excess of their own imagi nationa. The Lens of the case, therefore, as stated by the Learned • Counsel. were as follow :—The lima:cuter was one or the taingrega • 'eon of Ulundi, the Preacher, who was convicted some time ago before Lout Ellenborough, at the Surrey A ssizee, for an attempt to commit an unnatural crime, and sentensed by the Court of King's Bench to two y ears. imprisonment. Denny had so strong an opinion of Cliiireh'e integrity that he believed him perfectly innocent of the herriisle efienet of which he trai declared, by an unprecedented Jury, to be guilts. He, therefore, bail a Memorial drawn up, with a yli - w to its being presented to the Piinne Regent, through thescflice of is. Secretary of State for the Home Department, soliciting a par don fo: :lie very Ite , errui Mr. ('hatch. This Memorial was shewn to the prisoner by Denny. on which occasion the former pronounced to be incorrect. He also told Denny that lie (Bromley) had great iminewe with the Clerk , in land Siihnouth's office ; and that if the prosecutor would give 51. for Mr. Capper. a principal in that office, i. for the inferior Clerks, and 61. Mr himself, he would immediately draw another and correct Memorial, and get it laid before lord iii titionth. This requint the proprietor complied - with. Soon after E: returned to the prosecutor. and told him that he had etpended all the money he had received from him. and that the Petition was proceeding in as foutina , e a train as could be expected for so small a smn ; but that still Sol. was wanting, 451. of which were for the f eta required on granting t: pardon, and the other 51. for Mr. Capper. Zhe prosecutor expressed his aatonislitoent at this intimation, and said. that if he had been aware that so math money would have been necessary to carry the plan into execution, he would nut have entered into it at all. lie added, that he had not so much money by him, but as he was embarked in it be would go and borrow among hie friends, which lie immediately did, and gave the required sum to the prisoner. On the subsequent days the inner returned to Denny, always telling him the tiring wo winning uncommonly well, but stall* few shillings were vitiating to t,eat the Under Clerks. in this way lie got from the prosecutor several rhos of nos. or vas.; at last he brought the joyful tidings that the pardon had been granted, and that all that was now witutiog was a further small sum of 151. to obtain Lord Siihnouth's signature to it. To this information the prietwer added —n I will then bring you the pardon, and : you w ill have the pleasure of giving it to the onkrtunate man yourself." Still the credulous prosecutor oemplied with the extra. Ordinary dernandi of Bromley ; but at last be came for a few more shillings to treat the Clerks, and then the prosecutor's suspicions, which had taken so long and unaccouutable a nap, were at length awakened. He therefore complied with this last demand, and then watched the prisoner into a publicsbouse near 'temple Bar. Having sem hits anugly housed, he posted off to a friend, who returned with him to tt:c public-boas( in question, where they found the pricoacr kteady asleep and intoxicated. They awoke: hint, and he was asked hshw he came to deceivz the prosecutor out of the several sums, which .he then read over to him from an account he had regularly kept of them. The prisoner admitted the *hole of them to be true and correct. and also ackiiowlcitied the ju,:ice of the charge made against him by the prosecutor. These were the facts of the case; but the Learned Gentleman said it was principally important tribe publicly reale known, that no fees of any sort whatever, for obtaining pardons. were allowed to be taken, or, indeed, were taken, in the Secretary of State's Odin'; and that if any perims did get money from others under suds pretences, they were gross and mere extortibris. Mr. Andrews, for the prisoner. admitted the guilt of his client to the fullest extent He also acknowledged that all his client had said abourthe taking of fees in Lord Sidmouth's Office was unfounded and false. He rested his client's expectations of mitigation of punish ment on his extreme poverty, which had urged him to the commission of the (nun& of whirl) he had confessed himself The Court then Sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned foe one yeas in the House of Correction. His Majesty's .11410 i -ohm has Ilia% ed at Portsmouth from St. Helena. She sailed fiiim thence on the 2d ot August last. 'Clic annadron 011 t h at station, consisting of the Connireior, Capt. WOW ; Ritent)ll. C swain Podaigits, Capt. Colones; and butterill, Capt Gore, With the eikei ptiosi ut the lair •i (lutfey attivtii), was extremely unhealthy, fleVetal :.f the ships having Inn ied a large portion of their crews, from dy • senttries and liver complaints. The colony also uas sets sickly, from tile prevalence of the vanie diveasc., which ale there peculiarly fatal. The Governor, Sir H. Lowe, had au alarming attack of the bowel cimplaint in thi begionioi; of ,holy last, liorn which lie had recovered. Capt. 6unti, of the Hon. Company's more-ship Mangles, died on the 21fili of Jl,ll. and Capt. l'aisely, of his Alajest 'a ship fiedpole, out the 1' ill s of the prevailing dysentery. Bioriapas le had not hi en Seen ant of door+ fur several tiloottiv, and continued very sit with the liver complaint. The (ii hurls d M r %Putout iig, of• the Couipieror. a passengi r, and like men, titi het s oy age home, all of vi hom dird• of fever and dysentery. Mr. O'Meara, surgeon to iloonaparte, ha. arrived in the Origin'. follow .i u ' nteoliiit of illionaparts , appears in a Ports- Nom Paper ;—'• Mr. 0 Mean* left Buonaparte in a very dingo:.): s si..te . he.titi:. 110 s complaint is a ellittirtlleti disease 11( the Ike', which his 'lntl, inactive life melt pion •-r -fnlly coutrihotits I , ‘ Myren r : the Ever gt catty enlarged and dbleovers a teitiloney in gieo pain, winch we lerstand is the scat stage of the disorder taw aids sill:potation cud the dt• strisction of life. lie had at length enbdned his aversion re eatoniel, and three dusts had beta ilaily.given I rot...seine tine, bet lie still p. ISI.II, in trinsibg to %rise exercise in the open air; which is nut Essential aliailltey to medicine in his eu h e. The medical care of him hind been confide,' to Mr. Stoikoe,.Singe...• w the Coigne' ui ( Admiral limo pin's flag ship), who had rill/sewed to undertake the Whet with great ealaciatiec. it•. would not suffer Mr. Baxter, oil oilier enedical persons ahuni Sir. H. Lowe recommended, tu emus tato hi , moo. Wt 'understand that the indictment prefet red by Mr. Dow. ling against limit will be lewd in the Court of King's Bench. Hunt II ui,o be proceeded against in the same C 0.,.,. by .au acli,',ls tor defamation, in (•••11ing ,1 Jr. non lin 2 a °O'er's. *eat spy, n Iso tried to so al away the hh. of Dr. 1i aison. at ttuc bi}l was on Wednesday found by the Grand Jury for the Caput / of Aliddir.rx. the. Rev. W. Platt, I'. Itenvoige, S. T etrurviint. li. Stephen Witheriten, W. ttragg, .1. G. GreenwoOti, S. s ste.es, t he younger, all of the parish of St. Mat thew, Bethnul-g: ern, for a conspiraq 40 defraud the poor-late funds of that i-Jrishs is pas.i:ig the sic.countt of Mr. Merctron, (who. it will be reeellee.eti s was convicted a short tirce since for a fraud on the parish)...., thereby enabling that geutlemort to pocket nu less &sum coin 9.. el anal upwards out of the pooraiees. for his own pri%ate potpie ire pays. a 1. 1, solicitor's bills for deft ding certain prosecu tions which bvt n instituted against Lim.; The hops mot nese ptrlrtt v.. 1 , and before they had arrived at lON though ut :tood sire, come lititt to the scale, iii.v.:• ,, .*•!l lino, seine grinmals, npwaids tit . 2.0.100 auk& 4i1:11 lti taalsc the. leads-- emiscz 4.:te-rtirsr. THE NATIONAL RLru^►ISTEU. POLICE. MANSION HOUSE. A decent looking woman was put to the bar; when the following sineutat farts trdit•pi red :—The prisoner on :Satur day week pin elias.ett goine meat from a biltelter at Kenuing. •t..n, and paid fur it with a 11. note. When she was gone the botcher fancied the note was had, and sent his sliopman to watch her. This wiseacre, ►coin{ her Kit upon a coacb, mounted air., and tut arriving in the city, gave her in charge fur tine' ing a finked note." Tile poor woman was confined twit nights, and no inquiry ts.ii made about the note until Mouth v morning, when it nos drelar.•d to he genuine. The Lord Mayor was sell intlighaut. a:;.1 tuld ilia botcher to com pensate the woman, or lie Nimilltl advise her to prosecute him. 'OIIS matter, we undo - stand, was afterwards compro_ raised. • . . Cu tRG ES OF SwtnnLla•.—Wednesday, a respectable looking elderly - man, whose name was Grey, was brought up. Mr. Ashmold, landlord of the Angel inn, at Ilford, in Essex, stated, ghat un the Bth of August, the prisoner came to his house in a gig, accompanied by a little girl, and, after re maining there some time, he said that, having driven his horse all the way (roe! Southend, where his fancily was resisting she would have a postchaise to London. Tbe chaise being prepared, the prisoner observed, chat he was out of cash, and before he could reach town his banker's would be closed. He seemed to be pondeting for ovine time, and at lenztn,handing u cheek for $Ol. to witness, requested him to advance him 151. and tie would call ;Spill in a day or two for the balance,when he would also fetch away the horse and gig. The witness complied with his request, and he went away,but did not resorts, In a few days after, lie found that the horse and gig belonged to Mr. Aldridge, lisery stable keeper, in Castle-st. Leicester-sq. where he hired it in the narneofWeston. The check upon wheels he had advanced the money to the prisoner, on being presented at the harking house of Ridsbilph and Co. proved to be of no valne.—The prisoner, in answer to the charge, declared that he had nut been ont of Condon for six months, and, in a vehement tone, hoped the Lord Nlayor would not suffer his name or character to be sported with. Will. Whiffin, hostler to Mr. Aldridge. said, the pri soner was the person to whom he had let the gig.—Thepost boy, who &use him from Ilford to London, alsospoke in the most positise manner as to his person, There were at least half a dozen persona present, with had bills and cheeks, which they bad reccieed front the prisoner, in payment tor different things.—The prisoner declared his innocence, and said he could prove,by his landlord, that he had never been a night from home fur at least six mouths.—He was ordered to he detained in custody until Saturday, when be will he examined before a bench of Magistrates at Ilford. HATTON GARDEN. Monday W. Traver s, apprentice to Mr.-Dtutard, a jeweller, in Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, was remanded for stealing gold filings and silver suldrr to the amount of 21. the property of his master. Mr. 1). had lust much more of the same articles, and sompicion falling on Travers ; he was watched, and when searched, the property was bawd un him. More than to the amount age!. was Pound in his box. Gonlden was linetl6l. for selling bread short of weight. He resides in Marehinont-street, Bruuswiek•squate. lie' appealed to the Sessioas. MARLBOROUGH STREET. Wednesday MarypWin•imore, who appeared to have bent formes - II a person of re.pectability, wits brought before thi Magistrates under the following circumstances:— Main Watford Awed, that the defecitant tired in his mother's house, but she was. so much ulklicted to excess that it was impossible to endnie her; that on Tuesday night she knocked at the door at a late hour au intoxicated and riotous, that she ni•cdt•il the assistance of a *Callealaa to Cantitiet Ljer to the [Rinse ; her adinittume was seltist d, and she was taken to the watch Ilon•e. Mr. ['arrant. —W list Is the use of your applying here '—•l recollect a similar complaint some time ago, and when she oas comnfir-ed, you interfered for her release. The prisoner said she had lived in the family the IDur of up o (IN a 22 years, and at a IPVIAId tar her *frilly, his Grails alZoned her 1041. per almni; bill Itdd shire reduced it to 60/. That Mrs. Watfoid received the money, mil that she had a right to tie admif ted at her own home. The eompluituant said could nut endure her drunken habit:—she drank a pint and a half of brandy every d..y. The magistrate :oil her she must set-k treads lodgings. Thus Ihr prisoner said she uvula./ do if she had her aunty, out she could no without. Then, raid the Nlattosote, you must find, bail for year I 114 t /001",101 lw cuunoiterd. I kiisw the envoi*. maw. wet,; you Itii%e tripod% who iiberally contribute to yell support, you PVlllet your ar..tliosile uy thus abusing their huuttiy. It you kr-, t voistscir iliceoly, your motley would be 'aria yin: ; if not, ,11,01 A e 41111411 expect it. I thit:k bit my duty to. order you to ad bail; if um, you stand corn DANDYISM! FATR SORDINARY.—A scene of the most THAl crow, do,ciiinjoi l Max eidoutted at ibi% ..:Itee on Thor. I. by the appear* it of a pair of the compictept tiand.cs chat can be 'nth conceived. Samuel R. 1411, a little fellow of ailmnt 4 test 0 inches, iiohtly loved •sail decked anti a I , W r of tart ihe preteurii a filet4:l' ut assault seg.stakst Jams•A Pssisiss.t, biother ;handy, oP gigaiiiic a aides , allot most anthitlisegly genteel. The complainant plated, that Mr. Palmer can eto his lodgings. being 5, Quieel.-street, Edgnare-ioad, and accused him with using the mother ot ananyinuils letter.— Upon complainant's denying it, Palm. r /stocked hint ilu%% and located Lim in a Ve , y ust.s. ° tostis mas.ly The defendant being e-illed 11/1013 for leis defence, was a considerable time iirtii,%lll/4 hilt CIA it, VllllOl coveted his chin ; at length, t.si•itssi Lestet :11111y oil lip•oue, and 'daring. his glass to his ( - ye, he shii i .ered our that the complainant, is Theft thilll•CA 11 - .111, 11041 iiu cntly beat him an anollValuaa iii.brisjiling him %4 jilt ii% ing upon his Le acre dostitostie srtvs:sits its Lord fiflourso:, 1 . 41111 1 y ; a „„1 utc liminiir,!+ie, the, i" tin) much for a :;zri;lemai. to hear; Ihr lie hive situated. _ 31.. the state of the rase I. this and Mr. acre 1;0111 rotates:lie with Coloilel Kelle r who hav ing, other 14k:theme!, of toy acquaiiitanct,stiatuisserl rd:iiier, it hus excited hih anger am: jr«loasy. J. tt mi4h U e, a f0i11..41.11 le...sling to Newn hanrstreet, /mid, 1114110.mq ,reit rot to otictitt Mr. Rohm, he %tent to los luJ_in,s vte eel. lie (Mind Ihr tt,o ceniletorti in the attic (which Mr. H01.,n occupied), Irina a.eil a it h 'wither to log able to hi•o. At lota Mr. Palmer il. - sued him to call a coach, which he ileco dill4ty old, I,e then areolopitilied tio:in to a rropeci,ible uadesn alt's in P or tland .striect, who Palmer said could prove Rosan t.s be althgted to uauatarri ovptssitigai, %Ina we al li% Iticle, SEPT. •t 1 the person alluded to rekserd to interfere, saying, he believed them both to he infittureas characters. Mr. rarrant.—Whal. are you, Mr. Ruin ) Mr. Itolati. —I am ..supported by - voluntary subscriptions. Mr. Tarrant.—Ana what are you, Palmer. Sir, :am supported b y ivy parents. Mr. Tarrant. — W ell, I shall make yon Utah find bail, or rale we shall have a do /1, I sappoern. M r, Moe/11%-1)r re't In. afraid of a duel!, Sir, they are merely dandwa, not the s; ur a motete, theyll fight no duel. Mr. Ettrinit.— I/Itet's to be door with them ' I never saw such a pair of thbr,:s in my lite! Yon m us t find hail. Mr. Moore intterfereJ, protesting that this dandy (meaning Rohm) had preferred the charge, and that he could not its justice be tietainted. Palmer only ras f hen ordered to find bail ; be had been committed into rite rostody of the goaler but a few minut es , when Ittilan ret smell, interceded with the Magistrate, and ohtained Palmr discharge. Palmer having previously ad. sauced Itolan u me shilling to pay the fee for his incarceration, Nolan having •lsclared himself to lee peanyless. The two anisnolculm thr si left the Court, apparently in most congeaial disposition., UNION HALL. Charles Wit:Cher, a young man of genteel appearance, a student at one of the hospitals in the metropolis, and of a most resprchible family, was brought before (i.e magistrate in custody or Goff the officer, charged with stealing a case of surgical initribtatents from the house of J. M. Arnett, El. of Goklen-sq , sar I, St. James's. • • Mr. Arndt t stated, that a few Mays ago, during hisabsence from home, rite prisoner called at his residease, and express ed to the rirtrywnt a midi to consult with Isinr(Mr. Arnett) upon some business of a private nature; being informed that he was exp acted to retnin shortly, the prisoner sat down in the surger:f, apparently with an intention of weals; until he saw hint. He conthmed there alone about five minutes, when he rang the boll, and upon the ser v a n t go i ng t o hi re he said, that he cottii nut conveniently sWait any longer, bat would take another e•pportunity of seeing Mr. Arnott. He then went away. Mr. molt missed *case of lest: utnents and a book, immediately limn his returns, and the servant assured bins that no other I,erson than the gentleman whom he had Arcady informed him of, had been there. He immediately exerted himself to find the prisoner, and by persevering exertion and unremitting inquiry, he at last traced him to a house in Car lisle-place. Lambeth. He then procured a warrant from Use Magistrate, Which was given to Goff to execute. Gut deposrd„ that he apprehended the prisoner at a home in Carlisle-place, Lambeth : and, upon searching the premises. he discovered b etween the mattress of a bed and the sacking a case of surgical instruments. Mr. A rnott identified the case of instruments produced by Golf to be his property. The prisoner was committed for re examination. There is a class of men in this metropolis and its snburbs t who gain their living by the slaughtering of hurtes, dec. and. are commonly known by the name of Tract:Era or Knackers.-- Many of these men, it appears, attend Smithfield and other horse markets, and buy Muses for the purpose of killing.-- Their pnrcliase are not regulated by an expected demand, but like other dealers, they speculate in. what they look upon as a mere commodity of trade. The consequence is, that they have frequently a stock of these unfortunate animals remain ing "on hand" for several{ days; and, as they pretend the price which they obtain fur their flesh, will not allow them to give them ally sustenance, they are liSertil/y kept trithart food, either till the owner has a demand for them, or till na. titre relieves theta from their torments. Our informant 4tates, that he had been once in a yard in Cletkenvitell, where there were a number of these wretched animals ; that many of them were gnawing each othe r 's manes; that mters were absolutely screaming from the path of starvation, and that others, more . fortunate, dropped down dead. A weaver named Dowell, resident in Carlisle, exhibited IC* gormandizing powers to great advantage last week. He made a bet that he would devour, within JO minutes, an apple pie, cousiating of cue-eighth of a gone of flour and two gallons of a pples ? drink two pints of ale, and smoke two ' ripe* ut tobacco, a feat which he peril,' met! within the time. On Thursday morning the deaf and dumb brother and eldest bail of Orator Hont, went on board a vessel in the river, bound tim New Orleans: their final destination, we tinder.. atand, is to Shawnee town, in the Illinois, near the iesidence of Maurice Seebeck, Esq. where they have purchased a con siderable tract of land, foi the purpose of commencing agri cultural ptittutits, and have canted with them a large quantity of necessary husbandry implements. Whether the orator is to follow them or no, we have 110 i learnt. Wedoesisay ssssss ning, as T. Buttner, Esq, merchant, or Aldersgate.streci, was endeavouring to avoid a hackney • coach, which nas driving furiously before the India Holliie t Ilk lota slipped, and he fell with Ms legs nudes iieoth a cart, hea v ily lad en , Whitt, was passing at the 1111111111ellt, the wheel of which wt nt over both thighs, dild crooked them t.i pieces.— The unfortunate cesitleman was immediately taken up, anti conveyed to an adjar cwt politic house, and medics' assistance pi omit ed. He vs u, quite ~ iiselees; but hi. reradenee liar lug been iv.certaioed by a card rn his pocket, he w..e cooveyet. ht toe on.o litter prepared lot Ilie 'impose. The oeediral nseu gaol, that the timpotation of both legs would beindopensible, IllJt even then the reeureey of Mr. Bohner was very The number of persons who hare emigrate - 4 from Wale*, is very consoler able. Within the lust 12 mouths, at least RAJ eluct&v run.istine of tartness, their suns, and others, tHlplo)rd n 4. aericbltere, ha ve It'll Ihru residences in the neighbourhood - of Abel eavrimy , mod embarked for Aim Lice . Ire quantity of *mushrooms this year, large in WI pails of the island. On the lands round (Lein ester, they eshimt the apirearrince of a fel:Wady raised crop, and air eon by cal Uuada lulu that city, whese they eell at sixpence the goal tern. 'l'll4. new Kent County gaol is in so great a state of for. wat dill'lol, that see 111111Cloitiml it will receive pi isinurs in the cooise of too Of three weeks, This admirably plumed hididiiie, w lieu completed, will equal, if riot cares 41 any simi lar erection in the kingdom. It will p05....s ever) e i isemiqe of whit h those abodes of the auiuy and iiiiturtiloate are susceptible. A 1111 ; 11 stone wall sillsutruunds tha whole of the prison, to which these is but 0111• entrance, with the asecp lion of A ' , retail (hoot to vOUiloUltteatc with the future sessions house, for the sires Menet. of orincing up plOoroclti hi,, vial. The‘iihe of surioundiee well is unhsukrn b y any buihhiug r except in that past which fa, es 1% et 10.stirot, from ethic h ale 1,(`I n lodge awl the chaplain's Noose. The laths hos uu iatrtuat cuwneuurcahurt Weal Use 1)11,011. 111 the eOl5. .1C of the pi ismi stands the governor's house, over which LS the chapel. 'fix line of the outward %)all is about !lUD us extent, ,~ -~~ ~•,..