The National Register. — London, England, 1818-06-29 00:00:00

:ITTNE 29 oflire fo the sberiff before 4 o'clock.—[The taidertaking was •put in and read iu eiideuce.]—The Baileys wished and re. commended Mr. Ramsey to go to town immediately, as some of his creditors were troublesome, and they offered lbetr , e h a i se . c . set , I tu..ey observed that he had a pony of his own, on which he carat away, with their traria and as•istance.- -On Sunday, March N, the witness was at Mitswell-hill again ; 'the Haile" with two other men, came-to arrest the plaintiff*, -and about 8 o'clock in the evening rushed into the room for that purpose. Noel asked what they wanted; they replied, that thank they were satistied with Noel'. undertaking, they bllnfiki insist upon locking up Mr. Ramsey, as they believed *that Mr. Noel hail been deceived by him. fiord said, if they 'took him and locked him up, they would be .responsible.— After some dispute it was ail:red that the whole parry should go to town. airs. Ramsey hail laid in shortly beft)re, anal the plaiutiti went into all adjoining room to take leave of his wife one of the Baileys opened the door anti peeped in, but Noel •remonstrated. The two BMleis, however, insisted anti rushed into the room with much violence, and behaved with great brutality. They ultimately took Ramsey to town, to Wilson's •in IVarwick-court. There Noel and the witness-signed a hail bond, Ramsey being released a few minutes before 12 o'clock .at night. _ Cro - ss.examined.—Noel had not previously signed the bail 'bowl in pursuance of his undertaking on the Info of February. lionise) , we, now within the rnlee of the King's Bench prison. Tole arrest the first day was about six o'clock in the evening. Noel offered to give lois howl tu any amount. Noel lived in Gray's-inn-place, and Mr. Ramsey took lodgings nearly oppo site. Mrs. Ramsey had been confined 10 days ore fortnight • before the lust arrest. The undertaking Witi given before Ramsey won away; the Baileys remained in the house three ,quarters of an hour afterwards, talking about their basing liven suspended. The witness afterwards walked in the open day with Mr. Ramsey and on the week day. Shoe of the men •who accompanied the Baileys on the Nth of March was a ere ditur oitise name of 114whins. !qr. Justice Abbot asked, if the whole case must taro upon whit he had 'lone ou the 17th of February, iu order to ascer tain whether the plaintiff had e4capcJ.. _ _ Mr. 'topping a& fitted tlmt that 'a, t h o most material part •of the facts. The witness continued--Ramsey wever attempted to esoapo woo the etth Mai ell, but the Baileys cried "a rescue" to some persons stationed on the outside, fur there seemed to be a conspiracy: ho did not see the. Baileys receive a blow: was hart in the affray. When coming to town in a chariot on the Bth of March, and one of the Baileys was riding be. they had never attempted to get away from him. . . Mr. L: J. J. Noel confirmed the evidence of the last wit ness. The otlicers required a lee of 101. on taking the wit •ness's undertaking, but consented to take M. Between the •27th of February and Bth of Match the witness saw Bailey, who after some explanation agreed that it was not yet neces sary tot him to give the bati.bond pursuant to his under ,taking. Cross.examiseel —He had been twice a limrik mint, and had • obtained his certificates ; lie had never been discharged under the insolvent act. The plaintiff' might. perhaps tale the benefit of it. An indictment for an assault Nom the Baileys on the Bth of March was pending against the witness and Mr. Young. Miss Eliza Fnsor proved that one of the B iileys hail direct ed that the pony should be brought round to a back dour to, take Mr. ILimsey to town on the 17th of February. John Wilson, the officer, also corroborated a part of the story of the previous witnesses. Mr. Topping addressed the Jury in mitigation of damages, anJ a verdict was found for the plaintiff, 1. 'ARCHES, COURT, JTINE 20. BURGESS V. BURGESS. his was an appeal from the sentence of the Consictory Court, in a suite instituted by Mrs. Eliza Burgess, (daughter of Mrs Barrett, formerly proprietrix of Vauxhall) against her husband, for restqlstion of conjugal rights. A connter allege. tiers was given in on the part of I.loyre..Burgess, Esti (a pas t tier in the house of Moffit. Lathe, and Co. bankers), in Isar of his wife's suit, which charged her with an adultesous inter course with Mr. Lane, juu. a young iti.sn,2•2 years of age, and a partner iu tbachuisse. . . . . Sir J. Nichol, after reviewing the whole of the evidence, is decidedly of opinion, that the adultery was made not to the sat.sfaelion of the Court, upon the circumstantial evidence Adduced; and, ther. , fore, affirmed the sentence of the Ccurt .below, by pronouncing for the divorce. POLICE. MANSION-HOUSE. A youn g man of respectable connexions was on \V eins.Ala} , • brom;lit up; when Mr. Mooney, of Threadneedle-qrect, tutted that he left his house on Saturday at noon, having previvasly examined a box, in which was deposited Pll. in notes, which was put in a secret place in his own apartment, known only to the prisoner (who was in ttls einpley) and ht.nself. On his return at night, un going through a lower room, he found the 'breeches, in the pocket of which the money had been placed, lying un the floor ; and ongoing to his room hi. discoverial his box had been broken open. Ile leari,el from a s servant, that the prisoner had been limo:: beveral tier s in the course of the day, and had gone to bed early. Ile searched his Mills and trunks minutely, but found aceneng. He then had him taken. into rustudy. The Lerd Mayer thought the grountirof suspicion very slight. Mr. Mariner, a gentleman being in the same house, said, that the fastenings to the dour were very insecitie, and any person . ;Men gi t in. Mr. Mooney said, no other but the prisoner knew the hitter t,la-e. and bounty could he the thief. The Lord rslayor said the asserdin was rash.. and he could not think of detaining the young man upon each slight te.,thitony. Mr. Mooney.—" I know he is the thief; aid ti yea do justice yon will keep l.mi in custody." The Lord Mayor.--" I will do no sucht.,ing, and I would advise you to behave more respectfully." Mr. Moon , y.-- lam sure my evidence. would be witticie.n in a Court of Justice. and ' , at:ought to etaninit him." 'roe Lard itq u e.--".!.1 you repeat that .ac.xrtilio,, Sir, I wdl commit you, depend on it. and I ilm.sire you will instantly quit the room." Mr. Moony went away grumbling; (bd. tile Lord Mayor imitantly tlitnsr r - eI the young man. lOW srttur.r.. Monday a man of the 'mine of Ctidunt was _brought np by two ut lice utlietta of time Sin tety for the Suppression of Alen. dirity. a tul rxae.iutr.d before itir. lime nie ittemii 4 Charge of vac' Jaey. It Nip' reed that the maim was oteirtvuil begging fiodm door to door in the Steanil, and when laid hold ut hied • tee eselpe. He haul en d eavoured to excite emmanni.sei Minn it) wearing Iwo Criel.:iws, w hich, howetel, hi 'rel_ feetly able to rail away without. Aare. a mom and I,lw:ions resistenue, ice was at tc mgllt scented and In might to this °thee, where he wits ininiesindely sec intiiimmt , l by time Ater in .in attendance ; in Addition to his cruielies, lie tr.ore.e. 111C1141 41111 :•hulor ' s clothes, with a view to support the prufillible trade of. begging. I.:pow examination, the groaatat ?HE NA.TIONAL REGISTER. prevarication wet munifested on the part of the prisoner, who was committed Uy Mr. Birnie as a rogue and vagabond to the Westminster seswiens, (nearly 4 months), who recommended that the Society skould further prosecute the man as an in corrigible rogue. Weduesday (I. Aston and Edmond Grove were brought to this office, and underwent au examination before Mr. Hicks, charged With robbing Mr. Benjamin Carry, of George- street, Westminster, in the in r u ing iu the Stratal. It appeared that the prisoners had been seen loitering about the bank of Mr. Coasts, in the. Strand, tot the purpose, no thnibt, of robbin„; persons coming from thence, coucludiog they would have sums of money possession. The prosectitor passed from Mr. Coons's along the Strand; and when he got near Norfolk-street. he saw the prisoners run. ning down Norfolk-street; he instantly missed his pocket book, and a fricad of his having seen Aston take the book out of 11;%, pocket, they pursued the prisoners, came up with them in Howard .sti eet, and secured them ; and on taking them to the watch-house, Aston produced the pocket-book and begged for mercy. I fetcher, a constable belong ing to the Duchy of Lancaster, went to the w a t c h-h ouse , too possession of the pocket book tad the prisoners, and as he was conveying them to the office, his pocket was picked of the pocket book.— However,.the .charge was au satistieterily proved, without the stalest property, the alagistrate fully committed the pri soners for trial. Another pickpocket was committed for trial for robbing gentlemau in the Strand. - Several were brought to the once for picking pockets opposite to the hustings in Covent•garden, and wine commit. ted fur BORDITG/I STEW FT. Mary Mye, a girl about verirs of age. wakeleirgeti cm suspicion of stealing a quantity, ofjeweliery, of the value of upwards of 501. the property of Nlr. Jacolss, of Nassau-street. Mr. Jacobs stated, that having promised to a female friend the loan of a gold watch, chain, and eight se.ds, and also right rings, one of vzhielt was set round with diamonds, arid anc:ther with pearls, he .sent the prisoner, who was, his servant, to deliver them. In about a quarter of an hour after her ; departarc, she remittal and declared she had lost them. Suspecting that the account she gave was untrue, and that she had dishonestly disposed of weal, he caused her to be taken into custody. The Ma gistrate inquired in what way.articles of so valuable a descrip tion were packed up.; and being inti‘ r m e d th at they wereltiosely.put ma piece of paper, with some wening apparel, he condemned the carelessness of the complainant. 'f he prisoner persisted in her former account; and thane being no evidence to prove a felonious appropriation, the Magistrate ordered that she should be discharged. QUEEN SQUARE. information was received at this office that the child cf a peer man. residing in the Broadway, Westminster, had been stabisol between the shoulders by a man in tile employ cf a butcher, in 'l'othill•strcet. The child had strolled from her father's house to the door of the butcher, when a fellow ruched out, with his butcher's knife in 116 hand, and stabbed it. There was a wound in the child's head besides; but by what means it war inflicted was not staid. An ellicer was dispatched to apprehend the °Cinder, who, on his return, reported that he had absconded. The child was stated to be in u precarious state, and is now under tilt care of a medical num. UNION HALL. Monday information wasivth)at this office, that Satiric! Agar, a stock-broker, had absconded with 1,0821. les. jo trnsted to him by Mr. H. George, of lieddington, for the pur pose of purchasing in the funds. W. Carpenter was charged will obtaining money under false pre tences. Yr. Templeman. a Pottier in the Navy, stated, that in Feb ruary last the prisoner called upon him, and offered to make him a cheap suit of clothes, representing himself tobe a partner in the firm of Petersgill and Co. Angel -court, Tluegniorton-,treet. Mr. T. was induced to give him an order, and agreed to pay fur than on de livery. The priaoncr returned a few days afterwards, and stated that the clothes were not quite - finished. but !having a bill coming due, for which he was not provided, requested Mr. Templeutan to advance him 21. The money was delivered, the clothes never vp , peered ; and on the ...ompLtinant making enquiry at Petersgill and Co.'s was informed that the prisoner loud no connection whatever with that concern, bnt.ha3 formerly beer, employed as a journeyman bq them.—lfe wet committed. _ _ J. Field was fully taimmitted, charged with picking the pocket of Mr. Wilks, of Magdalen-street. Bermondsey, nu Moudo.y, gearing the Election in the Borough. Heron stated. that while Sir Robert Wilson teas addressing the Electors, htrebserved the prisoner among the crowd, and knowing his character, he secured him, and fot.nd in his possession a pocket-book, which, upon enquiry, he ascertained to • be the property of Mr. Wilks, whose pocket was cut completely cut: . Birch. toe Constable of Christchurch, brought on a young woman named Ann Smith. She had lived in a family residing in Great St. Helen's, whom she accompanied to Portsmouth, where they em tanked for the Continent, having previously discharged her, and several other. servants. She corn:mud at Portsmeuth until her :motley was expended, endeavouring .but ht vain) to procure a situa• don, in consequence of her former mistrew not being in the kingdom to give her a character. Destitute of friends,moncy, Red employment, the was compelled, by distress, to comply with the illicit overtures of a gentleman ut l'ortsinotiM, and continued to reside with him. until another gentleman appearing to sympathize in. the misfortune' , of utwillirtb prostitution, promised, that if she would accompany him to London, he would procure her admission into the Magdalen.. She eagerly cnibritc.xl the offer: bat, within iefew hours atter their.ar.• rival urtowa, he deserted her. Thus driven to desperation. idle three tunes at.euipted to drown herseli; cue she toil .taken poison ; but an antidote being administered, her life was saved. On Monday evening she went down the stairs at Blackfriars.bridge ; when a watwinan, suspecting her intention. watched her proceedings, and perceiving her ',large herself into the River, lie rescued her, and gave her into the charge of Birch. slisgistrate said, • that having, "anted a settleitiert in the parish of -.St. lielen'e, else ought to be taken to the officers of that parish, whose duty it w a s to take care of • her. She was then conducted by Birch before the l.ord Mayor, and his I.orthhip undertook to pros ire her a place of safety. FOl4 Scott, a young man of respecteble :Twat, sure, was on Titealay.bolught up fur re-examination, on a charge of tittering forged notes. It appeared in evidence, that sin the ith of May the prisoner paid a note fur il. to .Mr. Plant, linentlmper, in Blackmaii•street, tor.sowe handicerchicfs which he had purchased ; and on the Ist inst. her paid lour. ether rotes, each for th, to fur. Barber, pawnbroker, Borough, of v. hem pm...hinted a watch and about three wevlis ago he paid away to .\lr. Hancock, of Long-lane., Bermondsey, tit tualler, another 11. note. •In some instances he stated hi. name to he Williams to the parties to whom he uttered the notes; unit at other thram descrined himself as a Mr. Scott. Mr. l'iiristnias, the Inspector from Cie Bank, suited upon oath that the notes were forged. The prisoner wit , committed fur trial. TIIANIES £Ol Wednesday a person nantod Coaier was ‘ , invieted in the portidtv off-'Ol. under the rim! A. fur }vying CO 41.htpiViCrb iu chi:stash, instead of a counting-house. An .Tnrine3t wag litld at the 1.0n410n llogpind on the body .rf Kennce: v. bdiourer in the London theks : who, while unloading a h.ll into hold. and was foilowed by a bundle or unsheathed Leava, l ets, pierced hie 6,4 in varions parts and caused his Verdict—Accidental death. Or, Saturday week aahelby and. Jefferies, the Bow-street offi cer., were keeping a sharp loot out for thiev e . among the el-4,4yd in front of the Intatihga at Covent Gaid t n, th e y h a d t h e i r pocket, picked of Lieu boas audJ.acut money. OLD BAILEY. TUESDAY, Jon 23. RIGA-INV.—John James Bromley was indiPted for inter.. mart, ing with Harriet iiis lawful wile, Satab C 1111• tern, being at that time still living. Thomas Jones mated, that lie was the parish.elerk at Wo burn, in Buckinghamshire, in the year.lBo9. He produced the tegister of the marrwes of that year, an d th e entry o f a marriage between Jolm ' itroinley. tae pH:4'ler, and Sarah Chiltern. Witness was present at the marriage and knew the prisoner to he the same man. Cross-exaniined.—She was a pretty good size at the time, very far advanced in pregnancy. IVni. Smith was at the marriage. Sarah Chiltern was alive two weeks since ; lie saw her on the :id of May. Harriet l'ilcher said she knew the prisoner ; she married him oh the 22d of Fobrnery, 11514, it St. Paul's 'hatch : Ole had oat the elighteet uotiou of his being otthat URIC a flurried The prisoner did not make any defence, lint Wm. Pidsford,' Esq. of Hackney, with %shoal the prisoner lived a. coachman, gave him au exetlleau character ; he had lived wok him for tbur yi‘sirs,lll was perfectly 1/0601". LOCelt, uud iu,lartrious, nod bat for this offence he thought him a good member of society. . . The Jury, without Hie slightest hesitation, prouonueed the prisoner Guilty.—Aged THURSDAY. Richard Wilks, 4 miserable looking man, was intiieted.for stealing from the person of Richard Bartley, a silver %sate'', with its append:4es, value six guineas, his property. The 'prosecutor was near Highbior barn. looking at a pro.. Cession of charity children, when ire felt the prisoner's band in his pocket, and he afterwards saw him put his hand behind him, as if for the purpose of conveying it to soturbody else. Prosecutor seized him, and although ha was strark io the hat* several times by others in the gang, hr held bins until an offi. car Came to his assistance; he WAS searched, but the watch • was not found upon hint. Other witnesses euntirused the prosecutor's statement. In•belialf of the pri ' soner a womannasned Lary Rice, Who , stated thia she lard in Lung lane, Moorfields, was present during the time the procession passed; the prosecutor was • very drunk, and one of the officers said he did not see the • '. iner do any thing, and that he told the oth e r officers to tat him go. Li - contradiction to this assertion, the prosecutor and wife said he wa=r not in the slightest degreeAu liquor. The jury instantly found the prisoner—Guilty. The Common Sergeant, immediately the verdict had teen returned, ordered Lucy Rice into Newartte, and directed the witnessrsto be bound over to appear cgainst her, when an indictment for gross, .wilful, and corrupt perjury, should be • instituted against her. No &Wit, lie said, the prisoner was connected with a gang, and .as some of them might • be within hearing, he info, filed them, if they were brought here :and convicted, the same puuishn►ent that would be inflicted on the prisoner would await them- -viz. transportation . for Ilk: Lucy Mee was immediately placed in Newgste. ExEcnTroar—Monday, J. Drnnett, the iniserable and• decrepid old man, who was ethivieted en Friday meek of the wilful murderof Jane Rogers, was executed at the Old Bailey, in pursuance of-.. Lie sentence. He seemed much agitated when he came upon the snit fold, to which he was obliged to be supported ; and contimusl to west. ble violently until he was turned oft when his hands clasped togetiecc s and he seemed to die without the lea.t struygle. After hanging 4 e usual time, his body was delivered ever to the surgtous tor illetsaion. The executioner was prevented; by order of the Sheri": from rubbing the bands of the iles:ataal to persons atllicted with .v . c.or,•tte. Ste George Altlerson.had spoken to Mr. Carfare and other mott;cal gen tlemen, ulw.n the subject of the advantageattributed to the operstion, and having !canted that none could ix , ssthly Arise, gave the enters abovcalluded toter the sake of public dezericy. . 'fete circuits arc to be extended a ftw drys beyond their usual sitting iu each county, where nnteh business was left undone in the Last Lent Assizes ; so that itia hoped the list of causes in each will be eleat rd. Ihe Dublin Correspendeot contains the foll ow i ng e ff ect o f t h e power of fancy :--" A -consultation el seven ph)si v ians, to gs _ . ther with surgeon itichaids, was held on the Fee. W. O'Con. nor, from the county of Galway, who, on his cosch vg t o . t own upon some business of his own, was requested by a friend, residing in that county, to convey with busi a very Isrgel•urn of snoney• fur certain purposes, w hid:, the gentleman was coulident, he could not place in snore secure !mods. So care ful was the priest of his durst, that having, on Abe road to • Sown, brought it for security about his person: to Led, .lie fan cied in the course of the night, that a mats stood over,girn with a pistol in his hand, demanding the money, which cuts the entire subject of his thoughts. Determined to protaethimaelf and the money from the supposed robber, he made a sudden blow .at the imaginary pistol with such fOrt:C, Ihot he unfbr timuicly &truck his RIM ageinst the bed post so violently as to tincture it, and render assimilation necessary. The.uclor. Innate clergyman had requested dd bouts time to consider whether ur not Ise.sliotild submit to a saeritice, wideb...for ever rendi rs bins usifit-forau.ofhtto that, in his..early st:ays, he Lad solemnly l)otuui 'himself t.s perform. The following day be: suffered his erns to he amputated." 'lst 4% DER STunit.—.4 few mays ago,* storm of Monde:. and lightning burst over the village of Branston,.near.liurtun upon Trent. The liouseof Mr. Shenton, surecyoros as much injured. 'Else lightnie;.:rst struck the Oilillllley, which it threw (sown, then passed through the chamber to the pas lour • below, breaking the.c4ininey pieces, and destroying the glint of several .picture,: ..It then passed through the pat lour window ; breaking the panes, and tearing the 'raw. Fot te. timely, no pro sou,nfas ;Tithe chemise ror parlour. 2•lrs. She.- . ton, who w a; hi arkitijoining mew, was snuck ilawn,and het hatstand shun slightly btu nt, •Isat is not o th erwise thins ed. Four other atenaliels. of the. l'attii:y °were. iiiitirtie resit apart • silents, hilt ;ill pinvidoidiafly ittilthrt. At lissrourvil castle the storm was wery strums, awl the electise fluid sac tile so a duel:Mug madame ei the dosor, thd, , property ge , thr gee. 11. 1.. Prettyman.c:hick nos . ..totally etrusumeil l a short time.—ln the nriglinourbouti o f enekticlit, Isaitstusw were picked op two inches in clicamfcrence, and theysd course dirt moll, maw:tit:l. At Wol,itit: loam several w were btokrei, .111.1 UT? 1/11N , l'h , eininsly injured sty th i c hail. 3Lany mops °l potatoes were entir e ly destroyed .ia . the Nenilthoin howl o f Dods:sot s by. (hue. 411bettsusit ) of tab rain, which deluged the svoliirtl and swept away rail befine tt. . The lion also slid considerable a:image. The same saornt.si sited the county of Salop, stud did much dotimee. J., Evans, . a waggoner, its the employ •uf . ask . bun works, WAS strue4 dead lightning, while in the. 2, , lowing potatoes in his gnu din. A vein was opened 4L b o r sao.:t hillre LM:rtioits employed, bat witimult cif ct. "~'