The National Register. — London, England, 1820-12-25 00:00:00

411 - I•' VOI(Ce• '11) , • BOW•S'i It EET. On Thursdry Mr. Frederick Accurn, the well-known lecturer tin practical chemistry, was brought to the office by Ilishop and Nicholls, the officers, from his his bonito: in Coolinowstreet, Soho, where he has re sided lot about 3t) CAIS, charged with sobbing the lloyal Institution, in Albemarle-street, to which the prisolier was a stilneritwr, and hail been so tor a number of years. lie underwent an exammation before lhritie, the sitting magistrate, froin tt Bich it appeared that the talualile library or the II byal Institution lad been considerably deteriorated tor some years past, on Bs:count of the books having been mutilated by bootie persist' who had torn out part of their leaves. Thli dos. graceful practice is supposed to hate been carried on fur stone stars before it was discovered. At first, when one Imiek awl then ;moth r was pointed out as imptirlect, it was conjectored to bate been by accident; but at length in Win. dt.:LOVVit'll that books, acculeutally found to be im pel:eel, hail been completely oerlect but a very shoo time be: ore. Ni. dolt lit, thereiore, was entertained sh the books having come two the instittstaei iii a perfect state. The discovery of the defective books increased, particularly Joilsolug scientific and rare boosts--so nitwit eo, that Mr. Jelin Sten, the assistant librarian to the Royal 1 aistitutiolo, made a formal statement on the ihnO• jeel in tile tlianaitelS, and, at the same, slated that no tenon but a sideerilser could have carried on the de predations for seek a length of time, as no occasional wisher could have had the upeortunity of co iiiiii 'tong such repeated thefts, and lie at Ir quit tnenuotied the prisoner's name as the gentleman whom he suspected— ullegh g, as the ground of his suspicion ; that the books which he had discovered to be mutilated were books that the primmer was iii the habit of reading, and that. alter the prisoner had left the Ilistitution,he had examinsd the same books which lie had seen in his hand, and found leases taken mil of them. These circumstances, how ever stoma agalinit the prisoner, were not, in the mind of tile managers, soillicitait to justify ally proeeedinas. against him, especially as he was considered a gentle man of rack and ccesecittetice in the scientific 5% odd.— it yeas therefore ,•ectititl necessary that every precaution should ire taken formic such ;111 ellenee should he charged upon a gentleman of ti.o pristine:es respectability ; and Mr. Siert was directed to watch the conduct of the pri soner %viten he ['line to the 1 listitistion, which he ac. cordingly did. The prisoner's boor of visiting the lot saituteas were generally from a little after live o'clock in the afternoon till ;test seven, i ;e hours certainly best Calculated fur his purposes, as there are fetter subscribers there at that hour than at any miter. On Weanestlay evening the prisoner was at the lostititutel as usual, between five and seven. .11r. Steil watelied him very closely, and he had no doubt bin that he had torn some leaves out of wine hooks which he had been reading but, owing to a pile of hooka which was between them, be cuttld not be positive, cud therefore he was afraid to interfere. After the prisoner had left the Institution, Mr.Stert proceeded to cXJunne the banks which toe had particularly noticed in flue prisoner's baud , . when he found a periodical scientific work, called " N wholson's Journal," defeeti%e of lite leaves, which he was positive I had been entire last wet L. lle sire aaly suspected that , the prisoner had taken them, and determined tat taki ng steps agates; hint. lie alit:titled, thcrefOre, on Thursday wonting, at the ogle:, and repelled the whole of tile ceiraordinary and suspicious circumstances to Mr. 'Strum, the sitting magistrate, who issued a warrn,t to search the pneoner's house, to ascertain if the prisoner had taken the five leaves out of sNichulaun's Journal tin NVedtwial ty evening. Mr. Siert had expected to find them in the house, as it was supposed that Mr. Accuites object WIS 10 assist hull I i his scientific publieatious, and save him the expense of purchasing books, the ieaVt taken out of the different books being the most interest ing and important part of the works. llishop and Ni cholls, the officers, accompanied Jlr. S. to the ',rimier's house bi C plots-street, with the searclowaraint. and :bond the ;disinter at home. On the officers cool nittiticaling to iiim their business, he appeared a 110,iti tleal surprised. Mr. Steel proceeded to to:amuse the thr krent papers in die house, and identified a number whom bad been tofu out Of the books beloilaing to the Roy to histitution. While Mr. Siert Was pursuiva this 111%%•.igation, the prisoner was walking up and down the room ill great agitation. The officers seiziel thy kites, eicc, iollinied by Mr. Siert as leeonaitta to the ruin-weirs of the lleyit! I issidattion, and brute:Mt them rod cur pri,,utier to due office, before Mr. thrum, when Meet again identified somilry leaves, as correspond inewith books belonging to the Ronal 1 nstitution, which which had heel mutilated. All tile woks which. Hail been plundered of leaves were those which the prisoner -wasp the liahit of reading wilco he was at hit: Halal initlitnitni• nree leaves found iu his house, corres- Jponded with the tint volume of NV illieit's I)oinestic oicyclore.lia, which Air. Stern hail no doubt belonged it, the volume be bingi og to the Itu) al itstitut iiit ; :16/ three leaves e()Ill4111111g, 110111 p. 16.: 4:!I to .46 ui Cullen's Materia .14telica, which had been atlases] ROM that work belsiogiag to the Institution. The officers lotallored a number of other leaves, amounting, in the whole, to satanic thirty mind, and large, st hien Mr, Stern said he It id nu t:einht belonged to books in the library of the J listitution. : pre:rater, in his defence, said, the leaves seised by oliieers at his house, and produced before the •strate, belutiged to books much lie had at liume. ise Magistrate, after hearing the whole of the case, oleicrved, that, how esti valuable the books a l a the h• which the leaves 'ousel id tee prisoner's house him Lieu taken, yet tiir leaf Chi scpat.uetl lentil oleo) were only wasu ptaiterg if they had wuglted J pound, he WOWil hat e ColllMilied hint inr ties 1:Inf tn . a putineatf waste i.aper ; but is that w n nut the Lit 4* he 81,LC11;1r;,...(1 A111.1i0:1UU G! I i A trustful , came before the l tl..gistrates en Thursday of some imput toucc, espial the cu..)ttuctititi 01 Ow l'll L . , NATIONAL /I.EGISTICIt nee-coach Act, otie. although it may appear singo. lar, the question was aujourned for a week. I t was thus : a gentleman took a coach from Palace-yard to Nlitry-lc-bone. New.rmal, and there was tio dispute about the distance, being above two mile:, winch is a three-shilling fare , but the coachman insisted on ano ther shilling, as he set down his fare a few yards off the blows , anti the claim was lor getting on the stones again, or to the nearest coach-stand. . Tits Rescue PLoT.-I • ue re-examination of three of the prisoners who wounded Marsden, the gaoler, took place on Friday bx•iitre Me►srs. Conant and Farrant, when evidence of importance to the ends of justice, not before disclosed, was adduced. The depositions of witnesses well acquainted with facts having been taken, Jones, a principal in the rescue party, was brought sop singly. Ann Maxfield stated, that she had cohabited with Jones, the convicted burglar, before his apptchettsion, and on inc day he was examined at this office, site waited until he came out to he taken to Newgatc with other a:•contplices. They lived together in Duck-lane, and the prisoner also went by the name of Ludford.—• Soon alter four o'clock the wvness joined the pri , onera. under the care of Marsden, and Jones, the burglar, told her that a rescue would take place on the ►pat where it did actually happen.—ln Great Russell-street the res ent-is 14.1:ao to stew themselvo, and wimess observed that William Jones, alias Country Rill, was for ts a.ll in the attack. Several females were present, and he Inividished a stick amongst then], and said, "IVomen, go away;" and s fellow, not yet in tenstoty, and two others, were also present; and witness saw Marsden attacked. Witness knew all the persons named before this, and could nut be mistaken. _ _ . Gilsbv, the publican in the Borough, who was fetched to the office by warrant, and at the request of Joiics, the rescuer, to spv.k to his behalf, stated, that on the night of the rescue the two Jones's castle to his house, and also Stanley, OW Jack Jolly. Wm. Junes asked for a bed for Sam Jones, with which the latter was accons dated, and in the morning of Friday, at ten o'clock, Won Jones went up stairs to the bed-room Of his name sake and advised him to go to Kenningtou, as he would see something in the newspapers about the rescue and the danueroits state of Marsdeo. Win pr:letit at the house, and in a cons ersation in the tap-room, it teas stateil,amongst the reset'. rs present. that he, Sianky, wa- picked not as a good/borer, and that It was he who made the first attack upon Marsden. There were about thiny-fwe in ramobt r, and they all agreed that Jack Jolly was a down right &tom. Previously to the rescue there were three places appoittml for the satin to meet at, and it being a re-examination of the burt2lars there was no difficulty in the al rangentents The appointed places were the White Horse, Short's Gardens; the Coach and lloraes, Charles -street, Ihury-lane ; and the Ship, at Wt suninster. John Bird, who was violently struck upon the head by the gang, on their way down Bell-yard, Fleet-street, and who before identif.d William Jones as title of the gang, stated, that Jones had a brown coat on, which he, the witness, tore in catching hold of to proem filling. The coat was produced by Jefferies the officer, who took it from Jones, and it answered witness's description both in the tear and colour. Ir.ll tint i thries, the Solicitor, who otteudrd for Jones, submitted bail Mr his client; Lut the AlaAistratos consi dered the rescue itself a felony. They also considered that another question ar•nie, whether thL, lescwia teen not accessories alter the fact of the hur;lary upon which the persons rescued were fully committed lor trial. At all events, the assault upoi. .I,itsklcir was i novecl aEainst some of the prisoner., and consequently they would be remanded fur another wed:. Solicitor.--1)o you commit for felony I Magirtiaie,—Yes, e;td fur the assault ton, Itlr. Iluteiphries simiiiiited a ease .....f4ch accured in 795 of Isdwell, he was shot, and whcr , the alle4ed felony was n o t n:a:.-Anitcd by Baron I,dwell was charged wilt' fel;Jr,y ilk the ncw prison Cler ken well, and under he a rich aunt on her w how pro:,ert ) he shotikt inherit, he prevailed on itie turokey to acetionaloy ' u. !ter bed side where a karmic, apparently sick, W 3•4 in bed, but the per.(11111 WllO . hull lite care of the sick lady began to Lind out their mistake. and iii it book isclu•ell was s and the,ino ties were acquit of wanner. and after ••. • rESCIai. 'foe Magistrate" r .111)1 conceiving the C.I6C bine any U...!‘)V In? one. as IL proLvd iii evidence that 144tvel I m:;:•. art been sho: . accident. Mr. Farm:A.—The oase is repork.d to Leaat's lot. tt . . . . thrt officer, produced the bludgeon with which Jones and Stanley bid boasted of h,ving done the trick of rescue t and that .I,nte4;:..i.atiley, Watts, and the two notris's were silayitis at tionoit•os when taken at Gilsloy's. Mr. Adams corroborated other testimony es In Stanley being on the sput of rescue, artned unit a bludgeon. Stank-yam' Watts were brought up. anti the forma sa id h e h a d n e v e r at ,, en (fi! y nor did he kostw where his house was, ~I,t wtsvu tis.t..l to otios this con tradiction, he said ..• *mold be snake his mark upon 'toper. pr. s oners were rottancled for another week, but the prtnecuturs were hound urer w ptuncute. V N LON HALL consequence ol repeated «nuitlainta from the re- Tenable itittattuants ul Saint George's Fields, a private search warrant was issued from this office, oti Thurstiay Ll,t, Cor the apprehension of all repined thieves, dia. nrderly nharacters, :ld prostitutes, ssh r ttlialit be limlid A mi n A v e 3 ineseribed boor. About o'ciuch the whole cif the officers, aided by a ittrotig detachment of special pariah constables, Om whole under the direction of the chief' clerk, set cut on their mission. They first ttocrual Dune htrevt, whets they fouutl all the silo% houses open, and heard music and dancing - ; they entereel the first, and lom i d it toll o f women , some of who m wee fidl dressed, and others had only their under garments on; there were no men, or if there had been any, they had found means of escape. Having apprehended the whole of this wretched assembly, and lodged them in the watch house, the constables returned and succeeded in seeming another house full of s •lar company, with the addition of a number of men, whom they found carousing, and dancing on the tables, many of the le. males being absolutely but half dressed! In the whole, they apprehended sixty individuals of both sexes, who were on Friday morning placed at the bar of this office. NI r. Allen , Sitting Magistrate, assisted by Mr, Harrison, (Chairman of the Quarter Sessions) examined the tle. limptents most minutely, and front their various state. ments, it would seem, that the llnrongh is theneral receptacle or head quarters of all that is bad. Many. f the women said they lived in Pye Street, and the Al. unary, in Wes 11l uster, but had gone to the BALL, in Dover Street ; others had been drawn there for a similar purpose, from NV hiteglaapel, Horseleydnwn, and miter distant parts. Several of them were committed to the House of Correction. OLD &AULT SESSIONS. TUEFDAT, DEC. 19. The shots of the trials having yesterday been eon. eluded, the prisoners were this morning brought up to receive their several sentences. The hour fined for passing sentence was 10 o'clock ; but the Court ass delayed, for a considerable time, in consequence of the absence of an Alderman. The Itecoi der and other officers were ready at the appointed time. At length, at about 11 o'clock, Mr. Alderman Thomas Smith arrived, and the prisoners mete brought into the dock. The whole number of pri. %oilers brought up to seceive sentence was 19V t of these 31 received sentence of death; 96 were sentenced to tanspost:Win for life; 13 to transportation fot 14 years ; to 0 transportation for 7 years ; and 70 received various minor sentences. A great number of the latter were sentenced to he publicly and pi ' , fairly whipped. lie follow ing are the prisoners on whom sentence of death was passed ! James Anderson, Samuel Jones, and William Dunn, for burglary; JiIIIICS Reeves, Joseph Johnson, James Hunt, and Joseph Calvin, for highway rubbery; Ann Gibson, for stealing in a dwelling-house; John Head and William Lawrence, fur housebreaking ; George Allen, for stealing in a dwellitigininse ; James Farquhar and Wm. Fulham, for housebreaking; Elisabeth Holland, for stealing in a dwelling-house; James Long and Henry Herod, for housebreaking ; Joseph White, Matthew Cooper, John Mail, Su ttttt el Chandler, and Joseph Martin, for highway obbcry ; Robert Parker and William Paddock, for steal. ing in a ilnelling-lioni.e; J. Davis, for biglrwAy robbery ; Edward lliirke, fur stealing in a dwelling.house ; William Wall, tbr burglary; Thomas Monday, fur horse stealing ; Abraham Henniiingst ay, fur sacrilege; Catherine Mac. donated, for stealing in a dwelling-house; Henry Tobin and George Mason, for highway rubbery. The ease or the latter prisoner was reserved fur the opinion of 1110 Judges, and it has been declared a capital titmice. Of the thirteen prisoners who were sentenced to 14 years' transportation, eleven had pleaded guilty to the minor offence of having forged notes in their possession. The besatuus were then adjourned. .4 new mode of aifrpreneniiing i hunes.—ln consequence of the alartilitaA increase of street robberies in the 130. rough, some officers of Union Hall made a determina. him to pt amongst the thieves by some means disguised, •,„ few '•.,. Hall dressed himself . • di, old getiticitici, Hi, 4 at tpowderyd perriwtg. caul exhibiting a large buinell of st „a's, had ingeniotifly diced a littiniirr ol sharp filth. trwol.:• In Cass manner Ile travelled third bust toe most inning hart of the neighbourhood, and even met many old customers, but they would not ong/r, became it swats thq suspected the bait. t:avitig nit dovtit but that be WWI rectignized, them-at night NOM a strata4er, and he Aso returned unmolested. Ntgt the Faris!, con. stable went Itirth, attired like an rifeisiteol last(' he perform& his new -1 1Aeacter •- veil, in 'mar .Cll I n 31 11111 141111 , 11 that 4 alt vicatw, kxlged thrui *v bruu;ht t) lest, lie. sof, shop. w•o. . the heel*, alai af.er iti% tog no.. his wao:li, and a loaf with Wu.. . • ..ng to t h e house of one of his mister's customcrs, lie gave en immediate alarm, and a constable wou war ittar the spot, followed thu tulalaers, Lod apprOicoded u,w of Olean, alter a little resistance. Olt searcing hint, the (wand the watch up hie sleeve, which b.:accounted for by *01144 that tie had beat lucky enough to lock it " only" seeking hit the 641 u owner' lie Weis 15f(;1144..! before Sir Jolts' Pinnhorn, at Unioo ufied a :r.ivd ollvntler of the iielv-blreel gaud I)4KINC.I BURU LA Rv..--Stinday n 7 ght last, dui tog 11.,. :Iltse:ite tit ihe tawny t home, the theriktig•ltOuNe of Air. S. 131.:•lt, clutttller, No. '47, Horsley dowit-I,lllr, wog ettlerell by ibe:b. ptcli lock keys, and the shop anti parlour were ransack et! anti pittmlett ti. The litict ei then proceeded pp stairs, awl broke mina row,' tieliia.• "i g to one of the intlers, which they eiu.tte , l tlllll poi taiale, and gin char nil wills Muir bmity, Mittulq evettittg Ott: hott4e ill Mr. Voiles, to the City ruJii, was burglariously entered, and rubbed ut Batik. notes to at effassuerabla amount, besides a quantity at' j°*olicrY• &o. with which the thievus 41 .4 Clear ad: