The National Register. — London, England, 1821-09-09 00:00:00

HIGHGATE MURDER The circumstance of Barrett being apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mr. Hale 's watchman, and afterwards involved in a charge of robbery with his wife, on Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild, excited considerable interest. Thursday was the day appointed for their re-examination, and they were brought front the House of Correction. Dr. Owen and Mr. Belville attended to the case as early as 9 o'clock. The Justice-room was nearly filled with property, which was found at their lodgings, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild, and conbisted of bed furniture, decan ters, tumblers and wine-gfasses, silver plate, china, knives and forks, wearing apparel, table linen, valuable ti iikets, and other property to a considerable amount. A box was also produced, which was found at the pri soner's lodgings, containing a crow-bar, a screw-driver, and two tremendous hammers. The Officer who brought the female prisoner, Mar garet Bairett, front London, stated to Dr. Owen and Mr. 13elville, that she had conducted herself in a very troublesome mannsr in the House of Correction, and ever since her confinement had disturbed the other pit soners. _ . . The whole of Mr. Rothschild's servants attended to give evidence. It appeared in evidence, that the pri soner had lived as dairymaid with the faintly . about two years, and her daughter held a situation in the same family, during which' interval the prisoner contrived to steal the property ; and her husband at his last exami nation was found to have one of Mr. Rothschild shirts on his back, which he was forced to strip off: Tile whole of the servants ideutitied the best part of the pro perty as being their master's, and sinne part 1.11 C;• own. Mr. Henson attended for tile prisoners. The female prisoner said tioil;itt,t her (I, fence ; but on her former examination, t•ite said some of the pro perty was given to her. 'hie male prisoner said, he had the property before his wile went to Mr. Rothschills. lie always supported an honest character, which he was desirtitis of main. tattling. Ile had never before been in coutinetnent. Mrs. Barrett was hilly committed to take her trial, and the parties bound over to prosecute ; but further evidence, which may tend to more important purposes being expected, Barrett, the husband, was remanded, when both will be lirought up together. The neighbourhood of Highgate for sum^ time past has been mfested by a notorious set of thieves. Wm have committed the most daring depredations with im punity. On Thursday, whilst Dr. Owen was busily employed in the above case, a Mr. Green attended to state, that during a short interval his house had been repeatedly bset by robbers, whose dal - Mg acts became at length so audacious that lie was urged to pursue some mode of imimidation; but not vvision; to take the life of an individual, he recommended his set carts merely to put some powder in the pistols to frighten the thieves One of his lief :MIS did so, and on beholding a thief armed with a bludgeon, he let the pistol off. The thief apparently unialantied, rushed 011 his servant and beat hint unmercifully over the shins until he disabled him, mid lie escaped. Similar attacks bad recently beet' made. THE NATION , SIIUGGLING. The following account of a despernte smuggling affray near Margate is taken from the Kentish Chro nicle :--- CANTERBUR Y, SEPT. 4. _ AFFRAY NEAR MARGATEs—On Satur d ay night, or rather Sunday morning, the whole coast in this neigh bourhood was thrown into confusion by successive dis charges of fire arms ; die flashes were seen distinctly the pier along an immense line of coast. It ap perred that a bully of simige , ,lers were taken by surprise in the act of their illicit practius. There is a degree of caution observed ale tit the affair which rentlets it diffi cult to collect the circumstances, but from report we learn that mere was a very large assemblage of smugglers, the greater part of whom were armed, with the excel). don indeed of such only as were employed to remove the goods. In the affray there were three sailors and a mid shipman wounded, the latter with an extensive sabre wound over the head, and of the former by a gun or pistol shot through the upper part of the thigh : it is not expected that either case will prove fatal. The extent of injury to the opposite party is unknown, but from the quantity of blood in the direction they took alter the affair, it is feared that some hate beets severely, if no . mortally, wounded. A man of the name of Taylor, residing in Cowell's row, Alartate, was on Sunday afternoon apprehended on the charge of one of the lIIJ hiv. as a party cum:Lin ed. He was taken below. Edwars Bur, Esq. and after a short examination remanded till yesterday. It was expected that the accused would hate turned King's evi dence, and in that expectation the CX.lllllflation was kept strictly private, so much m that our correspondent was refused admittance. It appears, however, that the idea was ill founded, as the unfortunate man was yes terday afternoon cuuunined to Dover gaol. We hear from whither quarter that the selection of Taylor is well calculated to move the respectability of the oaths of the men employeu on this set vice, so much vaunted of in recent courts of justice, as it is understood that a distinct a/6 can be proved, un the testimony of several wittleMlCE The ship Parlri•lgr, after having been supposed to be log at Madras, has fortunately artived at Cattamore, after having stlacl on a shoal, and the crew being in a situation of great peril, end the ship encountering a series of misfortunes. Governmennt, on Thursday, sold by auction, at Greenwich, 1,500 cask of provisions, two years old. The beef averaged SOos. u tierce, and the pork 40s. per barrel. I. REGISTER Volta. MANSION HOUSE. IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS OF LONDON.—TWO respectable householders of the city of London appeared to give bail before the Lord Mayor, upon an attachment in the Lord Mayor's Court, when a question arose of much importance upon the suluect of the bail admissible in that Court. Mr. Andrews attended as Counsel for the plaintiff. It appeared that property to a considerable amount, belong ing to a person in the West Indies, had been attached a the city. The defendant's wife, who is now in France, gave authority to a solicitor to defend the action, and put in hail to the attachment, and he accordingly brought forward the bail. Mr. Andrews examined the hail at considerable length. The most complete satisfaction was given as to the re spectability of the parties; but it appeared that those who presented themselves as bail had :to knowledge whatever of the plaintiff, nor any authority limn lan to put in hail. They had come forward solely to oblige the defendant's solicitor, on his promise to clear them of all responsibility: With the deli:taunt they were likewise wh.illy unacquainted and unconnected. Mr. Andrews contended that the hail was inadmissi. ble : that when bail came without the knowledge or authority of the principal, it could not be received. ['his was indeed die daily ground of rejntion by the judges ; nor could he see any reason why a dillerent practice should be adopted, as it would be monstrous to suppose that two perfect straugers could be brought forward to defeat au attachment. If bail of such a nature were ad. united, the consequence would be most injurious to the practice of the Court. Tile Solicitor put in a letter from the defendant's wife, autho: izolg him to defend the action, and to procure bail. Tins, he said, was a proper authority; but he coittended that the authority called fur by the learned couthel was not at all necessary in this Court, and it would be unjust to expect it. How could ally authority be obtained trout the defendant himself, who was in Jamaica, in time to defend the proceedings in this action ? The fact was, the defendants whose property was attached in this Court were abroad at the periods the attachments took place in nine cases out of ten. Nu attachment could be bailed for them, if such bail were required during their unavoidable absence. The tajec. Lion was unheard of before, and of a most extraordinary nature. The Lord Mayor was inclined to decide according to the general practice of the Court, which was favonrable to the admission of such hail but at the request of the profersiolial gentlemen on bout sides, his Lordship post poned the case for a further hearing, when counsel will attend on both sides to argue the point at length. The porter of the Talbot-inn, iii the Borough, was summoned by an inhabitant of Graceentoch-strect, on a charge of having made an unauthorized demand upon him for the hooking of 8 parcels. The complainant stated, that he had received 8 small parcels from the Talbot-inn, on which a dainand ui two p, lice each paled was made fur book lab. As he was aware that no parcel was received at ally of the coach °dices except the char g e for hooking %vas fira paid, he considered the present demand as au 111410516011 j and, m looking over the act, [(wad that it was unauthorized, although the coach proprietors had made at a general practice to charge a second thne. The defendant, in his defence, said the charge was the usual one a t th e office, The Lord Mayor convicted the defendant. BOW sritEET. NAPOLEON BUONAPAKTE.—Uit Wednesday a CaSe Of a bury slogan nature occurred al I;Ili Oike. The celebrated Count Bertrand, the companion of Bitotta.. parte in lus exile at St. Helena, and executor under his will, appeared before It. B . ~ Esq. accompaiind by Sir Robert Wilson, in consequence of a search warrant having been issued to search the residence of the Count for the hust of his illustrious master, wlncii it was al leged was the proiser.y or Dr. Burtch', late a surgeon oa the establishment at Si. Helena. The followifig are the eircutostances of the case : Previous to the death of Buonaparte he had given direc tions to his Excellency that his laxly should not lie touched by any person. After his death, however, Count Bertrand infected Dr. Automarche to take a host of him; but nut tieing aide to find a material which he thought would answer the purpose, he mew imied the circuill statiCe to Dr. Ilurtou , who promised Mat he would en deavour to procure some it possible. 'life Docior, in lattallnlCe of this promise, took a boat maimed, and picked up raw materials nit the island, saute distance from Longwood he made a piaster winch tie conceiveti would answer We purpose. When he slimed it toli)r. Antomarche, he said it would not answer, and he refused to base any thing to do with it ; its coosequence of which Dr Burton pro ceeded to take a blast himself, with the sanction of Alesdames Bertrand and Muntholon, who were in the room at the tune. As agreement was entered into that copies should be Matte of the bust, and that Drs. Attu marche and Burton were mo have each a copy. It was found, however, that the plaster was nut s iiiii cienity du rable for the purpose, and it was proposed to send the Ofitvnals to England tu have copies talieti. Viten Dr. Burton, however, afterw.l“l3 enquired iOr the bust, he was informed it was packed and nailed up, but a promise was made, that upon its arrival in Europe, an application should be made to the family of Biumaparte, far the covy required by 1)r. Burton. Oii its arrival, Dr. Burton Witte to the Court to hare his promised copy, but was told, as below, that applicatiou must be made to the family of litionaparte fur it. Dr. Burton, upon this, applied to Bow-street fur a search -warrant, in order to otnain the hti.t, as he con ceited he had a right to it, he having I bed me ma terials and executed it. A warrant was issued, and Tauti tuti and Salmon, two officers, went su the Count's resi dence in Leictvtel-qi.are. %Viten they arrived there and 287 made known their errand, they were remonstrated with by Sir It. Wilson and the Count, who begged they would not act until they had an interview with Mr. Birnie, as there must be some mistake. The officers politely acceded to the request, and waived their right of search. Count Bertrand had, it seems, offered a pecuniary compensation to Dr. Burton for his trouble, but that was rather indignantly refused by the Doctor, who persisted of his right to the bust, as his own property, and made application for the search warrant. Count Bertrand, in answer to the c Ise stated by Dr. Burton, said, that the bust was the property of the fa mily of the deceased, to whom lie was executor, and he thought he would not be authorized in giving it up. If, however, the law of this country directs it otherwise, he must submit, but lie should protest earnestly against it. The worthy magistrate having sworn the Count Ber trand to the fact, that he was executor under the will of Bitonaparte, observed, that it was a case out of his juris diction altogether, and if Dr. Burton chose to persist in his claim, lie must seek a remedy before another tribu nal. The case was dismissed, and the warrant cancelled. Sir It. Wilson begged to observe, that he had never witnessed a more flag -ant piece of injustice practised upon any individual than this, arid it was the more dis graceful that it should be practised upon a foreigner, whom the laws ought peculiarly to protect. lie itopedMr. Birnie would approve of the conduct of the officers in waiving the right of search. Mr. 13irilie said he thought they had acted quite cor rectly. The parties then left the (Mice. On Monday a young man was brought to this office, its custody of ;boon, the principal officer, and charged before Richard ilirtsie, Esq. the sitting inagiqrate, with embezzling the suns of 111, 149, thy property of Geo. Frederick tiding, his master. It appeared that the prisoner had been some time bark employed as a shopman, by Mr. Urling, who carries on an extensive lace-manufactory, at No. 147, Strand t and in con sequence of the apparent integrity with which he discharged the duties of that statism, Mr. Urling was iudured to make hiinlois confidential clerk. Friday hot a lady, a well-known cnstnmer, purchased a sem f at Mr. Li 11 which she ordered to be sent home immediately to her htnoe in the City ; the shopmen being engagt d, 11. e primner °tiered to take it, and on his return iuf -med Mr. Urlin; that the lady buil not paid for it. On tlietallowing utorninz Mr. U. received a note from the lads, desiring a receipt to he sent tar the amount of the scurf (14 gallica.), which she had paid to the prisoner on the pre ced II ig evetiitig. Mr. fearing from t his eircuirelaiii e that he niight have been defrauded to a great extent by si milar practice', ap,ilied at !Sow-street, and procured iiie procured the assistance of Salmon, who secured the prisoner, and found tin his venom putt of the money, which be had received iu payment fur the seurf.—lie was remanded. HATTON GARDEN. ANOTHER Srota:ta Ctrum.—Patrick Moran, a poor man, tesiding in College -court, Cow-cross, gave infor mation that a child of his, just ten years of age, was stolen or enticed away from him in the following man ner:—About eight o'clock on the evening of Friday, the 24tH of last month, the child %%IS seen by some per son of his acquaintance in company with a country. looking mall, supposed to be a dealer in horses, from having two horses with him, on one of which the child was seen riding, facing the Bain-inn, in Smithfield, since which time they had no tidings of him; that he made every enquiry, but to no purpose, and that be was confi dent that man had taken him away ; that the child when taken away was dressed in a green jacket, corduroy irowsera, black stockings, half hoots, and a plain shirr, without a frill. The officers told hint that nothing could be done for him, and he and his wife left the office in a state of distraction. I)rmanro Sulcitm.—On Tuesday night, Aug. 2/f, a man 11.111101 Eu W.llll Jones, One of the light-lingered gentry, who had speculated oti the King's visit to Ireland, and come from Loulon to 1/iiblitt to see what Mei could puck op, put all end to his existence by fall lag oil a sharp pointed sword belongiti. , , to one of the watt.ll patroie, which was liatigilig in a room where he was confined. The sword went thrtmgli his heart, after which lie never uttered a word• A watchman who had • been placed as a guard over him hail been speaking to hint one minute beiorc tile melancholy occurrence took 'Lee; Lie was to all appearance a respyclaule man, and possessed a good address. It is supposed the effect pro . tweed on him icy the appearance of the Bow-street offi cers V ic kery and Bisiiiip, who recognizAl nun as an old off . i ender n Loodon, and the dread of certain punishment, were the einel causes of the shocking act vi hien he coin nutted. Wednesday morning a coronet's inquest was held on the Lindy, benne Alderman Jones, and a respect able Jury, sell° pronounced a verdict "Thal the deceased Came by his death by a wound intHiClett by a sword on himself in a lit of insanity." A 1(1.111111y ui iiimiey having heel, fun til 011 the [Jerson of Anis Junes, wile to the deceased, `hit' WjS detained from day to day for examina tion until Wednesday moriiiinr, when she underwent a final examination, anti tile unha filly WOlll.lll was COlll. milted to NeWgJiC. A nackiwy Coach WJS sent fur to take her to prison, anal as she was about to go in ill it sin: was accidentally imernipied by a man bearing her hus h sd's mein into the watch-hini , e, where the body lay. A inure d 'stressing, Seele C3llllOl. 11: iuugioeJ than ensud. wretclied woman screamed loudly and fainted ; when she had recovered the cause of ner Sorrow was renewed. A Mini per out of [lies:1111e puny, a ient.t le, wh it had been also emilin d o i suspicion, was discharged on Wednesday tudriiiiig for want 01 . prt /Of a aiilst her. From an account of the quantity of sheep and lamb wool imported into Great Britain, it appears, that during 1!; years prior to the year 1814, the annual average amount was about seven millions of pounds, and during the seven years subsequent to that period, it was no less than fifteen millions. In 1819, the quantity imported 4.XC..edca twenty-six willions of pounds.