The National Register. — London, England, 1817-08-04 00:00:00

AUGUST 4. POLICE. BOW-STRICET.—Monday James Lake was brought to the Offlee by Adkins, one of the principal officer., charged with robbing his brother. Samuel Lake, a builder of Alfred-place, Tottenham-coart road. of 4501. The circumstances attending this transaction are of an extraordinary nature. The prisoner is a shoemaker by trade, end was in distressed cir cumstances, which induced the prosecutor to take him and his wife into his home, where they had been living for some time. Yesterday se'nnight the prisoner had been out, anti returned home to his bro ther's house, where his wife was intrusted with the keys, on whom he prevailed to give him the keys, on pretence that he wanted some pa pers out of the counting-house. He returned the keys in a short time, saying. he had found the papers he wanted, and after saluting her bid her good bye. The prisoner's conduct was such, that canard his wife to suspect something was wrong, and she went to the counting-house, and tound every thing in great confusion and the doors open, and it turned out that the prisoner had taken Bank notes to the amount of 4501. An alarm was given, and the prosecutor gave information at the abuse Office, when every exertion was made to pursue the pri soner' who, it was ascertained, had changed the stolen notes at the Bankof England for smaller notes. Adkins, the officer, was employed to pursue the prisoner, and the following extraordinary circumstances have transpired by his exer tions. The prisoner on getting his stolen mutes, exchanged at the Bank of England, went to the Temple Coffee-house, and from thence started on the outside of the Umpire I .iverpool coach, in the afternoon of the same day, with the intention of sailing for America with his ill-gotten wealth. On his way to Liverpool, he sat near a Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, who were proceeding to Ireland, the brother to Mr. Kelly having procured him an appointment in the custom house: the pri soner paid greet attention to Mrs. Kelly, of which Mr. Kelly disap- Iroved, particularly as Mrs. Kelly expressed her avetsion to go to reland. On their arrival at -Liverpool, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly pro ceeded to the packet to make-the necessary arrangements for going to Ireland, and while on board, Mrs. 'Kelly contrived to write a note in the cabin, which she dropped by accident, and Mr. Kelly suspecting it to he intended for the prisoner, he endeavoured to get possession of it. but Mrs. Kelly resisted, put it into her mouth, and swallowed it ; Mr. Kelly exerted himself to prevent her, and she charged him with endeavouring to strangle her. They afterwards went to the Saracen's Head Inn, in Diele-stmt, where the Umpire coach hail drove to, where the prisoner was, who asked them to drink wine with him, &c. which was on last Wednesday evening; they remained there hut a short time, and Mr. Kelly took his wife to the Hibernian Hotel, where he engaged a private room, locked his wife up in it, and gave the key to a man, whom lie engaged to prevent her escaping during the time he went to take care of his luggage and make arrangements fur himself and his wife proceeding to Ireland. During the mile he was gone it became known in the neighbourhood that a man had locked up his wife in the hotel, and in the mean time the prisoner arrived and stated to the populace that the female had been extre:nely ill-treated by her husband, and he was determined to protect her, which attracted a great concourse of people, and the prisoner by giv ing thirty pounds to the man who was intrusted with the key of the room in which Mrs. Kelly was locked in, and ten pounds to another man, he sucreeded in gaining her release. A dispute arose in cons , - gamer between the prisoner and Mr. Kelly. which was carried to such a pitch, that it is supposed several thousand persons were collected. Mr. Miller, the Superintendent of the Police, the Mayor and Magis trates, were called upon to interfere, the prisoner charging Mr. Kelly withh eying swindled him, as he culled it, out of three pound which he ebormaved of him, and which he had net repaid him. However the prisoner contrived to carry Mrs. Kelly from Liverpool on Thursday afternoon, at fora o'clock, of which Adkins, the officer, received in formation, but it was not expected they would proceed all the way by post, hut would finish theie journey in the Umpire coach. Ad. kins was in consequenee on the alert, on the arrival of the coach, for the apprehension of the prisoner, bat neither he nor his female com panion came by it. llowever, he discovered that a pared had crime by the coach, directed by the name of Lewis, to be left 1111 called for, 'Windt tic strungly Rape:tot to belong to the prisoner; and on the Officer making inpines, one of the outside passengers expressed his realiaess to give him every assiaance, and lie proved to he Mr. Kelly, who had returned from Liverpool in pursuit of his wife. The pri soner was then traced into London, accompanied by Mrs. Kelly in a chaise and four, by way of Barnet. They arrived in London an Fri day about two u'elock, : and alighted from their chaise near Hyde Park-comer, and walked from thence to the Cadogan Anns, in Cana gan-place, where they dined. From thence they proceeded M a Chaise and four to Dartford. and continued to travel in die some style to Ikeda:stet . , and when they had got within a few miles beyond t;ravracnd they returned back to Dartford where they slept. At ten o'clock on Saturday morning they proceeded to the Bull Inn at Rochester, and Mrs. Kelly wrote to a :muds friend, and had all in terview with her. From thence they preeeteled in a chaise and pair to the Rose Inn, at fiittingbourn, in which town Mrs. Keily's:father resides, and is a very reepectable liquor merchant. On their arrival at the Inn, Mrs. Kelly wrote to her father, informing him of her having left her hushand and rournirg to Sittingbourn. Iler tether wrote an answer and eater brought her home. 'flue prisoner remained at the Rose Inn, expecting to he paid his expenccs, and obtaining remuneration from Mtn. Kelly's hither. for bringing his daughter back. Soon after Mrs. Kelly wrote to the prisoner a most extraordi nary letter, eerily; him " My deer JAIME," and the whole of the letter was worded in the most affectionate and loving language pos sible to be conceived, and signed •• Susan Sophia Pownall." lie also received a second letter of a similar description. They were traced from London by Adkins the officer, and Mr. Kelly to Sittinghoutn• and on Sunday afternoon, they found the ter, fugitives seated round the hospitable table of Mrs. Kelly's father, drinking wine and satiny fruit. On the (ahem imenuneing the nature of his visit, the change of scene, dismay, and contioinneehich ensued, is more easily conceived than described; the females screaming, fainting, and miming up stairs. Mr. Kelly insisting Ina": having Ids wife, ran up emirs. broke open a door, but amid 'tot fine her. The father of Mrs. Kelly threat ening Mr. K. with violence, bat sonic persons present interfered to prevent him. Kelly was prevailed upon to leave tile house (ire shott time, in hopes of true family getting composed, but on his inquiring for his wife he was told she was not there, nor was it'known where she The prisoner underwent an examination, when it appeared that his brother was gone after him to I.lveriviol ; ti:e full investigation was therefore postponed till he returns to I.ondon. Adkins stated ti at he had found upon the prisoner Bank notes and • cash to the amount of 231. Ys. 6(1. part of which were sixteen 101. Bank notes, corresponding with the numbers and dates of those ob • tained for the stokui pinperty. The prisoner was broui . ilit..tip on Tuesday. Ile confesses th,.t he repented in two hours after he had unmated the offence, and ac knowledges that he liar sobbed the beat of brothers. lie bought a stock of new clothes. and-a new watch, sigh part of. the money. It is calculated that, ineind ng the 501. he gave to one man who wasan trusted with the key of the room in which Mr. Kelly hail locked up his wife, and 101. us another man to assist him in carrying off Mrs. Kelly, with the expense of , travelling in a chaise and four from Liv erpool, and the profusion of-mercy expended upon the post boy , , and also travelling at the same rate front London to Sittingbourn, in Kent. he could not have expended less than 1001. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, have been trotrrisd hut a short time; he was in the employ of her father, and their marriage was itgeinst his con sent, as well as that of her family and friends. as we understand.— Mrs. Kelly is about eighteen years of age. and is very accomplished. Mrs. Kelly, we uluderstand, will he entitled to a handsome fortim,..— She ..ntl the prisoner, thielarernost solemnly that no improper intimacy has taken place between them, and Lake says his only object was to take her to her lather.—.}le was committed to the iiouseof Correc tion at his own request. 4NSI oN-ItorßE.—Complaults were Fame time ago repeatedly . made to die Loft! Alayor by aevt.ral st:spoctable rerveas of du:dire/cat THE NATIO N AL REGISTER. stage coaches driving through the streets, or during the time ofiDivisa Service on Sundays. In consequence of these representations his Lordship issued posi tive orders that no stage coach should ply . in any part of the city at the time of Divine Service, under the pain of being fined for every such offence. Notwithstanding this mandate however, theannoyance still continued, though in a somewhat lees degree, and at length it was found necessary to address the Lord Bishop of London upon the subject. A communication was accordingly made through the me. dium of the different clergymen to the Bishop, who wrote to the Lord Mayor. requesting his further interference. A number of coachmen were in consequence summoned to appear at the Mansion House, and the several complaints having been stated against them, the Lord Mayor reprimanded them severely, and said, that he had determined that the devout part of the inhabitants of the city should not be disturbed in their devotional duties by the noise and rattling of their coaches. For the present, however, as it was the first time of their appearing before hiin upon this charge, he should not inflict the penalties, but merely ahnpel them to pay expenses of summonses, Re. Should the offence be repeated they might assure themselves that they wou.d not only be fined to the utmost extent that the law would allow, but also be prevented in future from plying within the city at all. The m..n having promised a strict observance-of his Lordship's commands, they were discharged. A man, aged 76, was support A into the Mansion-house; he was one of the most miserable objects that ever visited a Public office; having in addition to the natural infirmities of a,ze, a dropsy upon him, which pruiniies to make him tronblcsome far a very short timeto the Society of which he complained. His complaint was against a Benefit Society called " The Britaarnia," which he said had refused him his weekly allowance, in consequence of one of the members having seen him endeavouring to chop a few sticks to light his fire, it being presumed from such an effort, that he was capable of attending to his trade of weaving, and of course that he had no present claims upon the fit.ids of the Society. The Lord Mayor asked to whom was Society indebted for the intelligence which compelled the complain ant to risk his life by the fatigue of attending at the Office ? The Steward said he had known many w be dismissed upon slighter grounds. It was not his int,tntion to injure the old man. He was inertly doing his duty, and the member who had made the com plaint had done his. The Lord Mayor. "I am glad that the Ma gistrates have the power of correcting yon in cases where you make an undue exercise of authority. Thss is one of the instances which prove the danger of arming men with power. llave you any proof that this man is able to work rit his trade ?"—Steward, " No—The Lotd Mayor. Complainant, go home and cut as many sticks as you please. The Society won't .my longer refit you, and will not hesi tate to pay you what they owe you for the last fortnight."—Upon this decision there was rather a loud expression of applause in the Office. HATTON GARDF.V.—Wednesday William Moody, a tall, thin, emaciated, shabby looking nuts, about fifty years of age, with a black scratch wig, hind part foremost, 11 Xi Oh urged by Henry Horsey, a hackney coachman, with defrauding him of his fare. The risoner, when put to the bar, horst out in a fit of Is:tighter; then looking about, and rubbing his hands, he listened very com posedly to the charge. Complainant stated, that about eleven o'clock on Sunday night, the prisoner called the coach ofr the stand in Ilolborn. oppoeite Ilatton-garden, when he ordered complainant to drive to Vauxhall. Comfit-do:int told him that Vauxhall was not open on Sunday nights. The prisoner answered. " No matter, drive me there." Complainant mounted his box, mid drove to the Circus turnpike-gate; when .finding the prisoner had no money to pay the toll, he consult,: with'the toll-colleetor what was best to do. and he advised wimeas to proceed so further, but drive back to his yard, with which advice witness complied, and there gave charge of the priinner. who was lodged in the watch-house, which he afterwards portly destroyed. Magigrat Why, you must be as great a fool as him. What made you take such a man into vour coach ? The toll-collector was the swiftest." A.—" Your worship, it was between light and dark, when lie got into the coach, I could not tell what kind of person 1 had got, and I was afraid he would summons me for refusing him." Magistrate.—" Prisoner, what is your name ?" t. The Hon. Win. Moody." Magistrate.—" NVliat arc you ?" A.—" M.P. Member of Parliament." NI agistrate.—" What took you to Vanxhall?" A.—" Pleasure." Where do you live ?" A.—" I keep die IVettpack tavern, in Jewin-street, and the Albion Tavern. in Aldersgate-street." Magistrate.—" What business are you ?" A.—" An Engraver." AlagiArate.—" Coachman. I am afraid you have gut a had customer; the prisoner is visibly dcrangcd. Discharge him." Prisoner.--" ila ! ha ! ha ! I will go anti get another coach, and take my pleasure." Settling his old wig, he walked out laughing and taking snuff. 31.1.111TIOROUGIT-STRV.ET.—RIocIa Parrot, wife of a private in the loth hussars, was on Monday re-examined and fully commit ted. charged with stealing a child Ltioubing to a iiiveee iu the Life guards, as stated in our L.st paper. INQUESTS. An inquest was held nn Tuesday, at the White Horse tavern' Wandsworth, on the body of Mr. Samuel Sharp. The deceased, with two other young men, took a boar at Alillboak for an aquatic exccursion up the Thames, and when off Battersea, on their return, the dCeintsed fell overboard and was drowned, notwithstanding the great exertions of one of his companions to save him. The accident happened about ten o'clock at night.—Verdict, Accidentally Browned. Same day an inquiSition was taken before T.Stirling, Esq. Coroner, at the \Vaterman's Arms, Rumford, on the bodice of John lonia and I'. liundee, who were drowned on Sunday last with anotht r man, whose body had not yet ben fuod, They have left wises and etildi en. The Jury basing viewed the'bodies, one of which lay at the Nla;:pie and Stump, and the (eller at toe ‘Vaterman's Arms, the following tvidenee was afterwattis deduced, to : prove how the deceased came to their /loon : John Brown, hatter, of limadwell, BM:friars-Toad, sworn. Ile went on Sunday morning Lea with the deceased and tire others, in a skiff with a sail, front Illackfthrs-bridge to lli.-Mootal, or. a party of pleasure, they spent the darat a tavern, and took the water . to return in the evening, they were all a 'little elevated. but not drunk; as the s'zitf was going lal'ore the wind, with the sail up,. .about the middle of the Thames-opposite the town of Swofford; the deceased was sitting at the stern hawling the water-ropes, the weather being very squidly, and the sail being held too tight' he skiff oserset, and they were all precipitated into the water. Ile and another swam to the hand', two were picked up by boats to whom they called for assistance, and three wereArowued. The Coroner thought the law rioting to &titian:ls ought to be enforeeti ; host-buildersoughtnotto let out skiffs with sail; to persons unskille in rannaging them. I hoped the verdict would be the means of putting an Tut' to such dangerous prat-dem, by which the lives of so many of hie Majesty's taileject: have been sacrifieed. Venlict—AocidemAy drowned by the npsettipg of a skill:— M.lollnd 21. lOs. . . 'Alow!.ty on inquest was held :it the St. John orr.:ienisidern. rtoso mond•strcet, Clerkenteell, on the body of .T. Cull. aged 13, .%11.1. u killed in Sp:A.:bids by a blew no the - Lend. given by mother Ito , in. a scuffle. The doce.tuied when he received the blow, went home in wihl complAnine of his head, and was found dead in the tr.orning in bold. .Vertiiil.—Dintt rioin a blow given in a wale fwd. dental* About thirty workmen began to dig a plate on the SotWi: Donee, near Yarmouth, fifty feet quart:and sixteen feet deep, to place the foundation of the colemu to be rinsed to the use-1 awry gfithe gallant Lord Nelson. ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &c. Saunas Drarn.—On Sunday last a poor blind woman, led by her daughter, a girl about eighteen years of age, was passing through a court in Whitechapel, when the daughter was taken suddenly, ill and sat down °pone step,where clasping her arms round the neck of her agonized pa r ent, she expired withouta groan.—A Coroner's Jury which sat upon the body brought in a verdict of Natural Death. FIN e.—About .four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon a firs broke out in one of the new houses in Waterloo-place, Pull man, which nearly destroyed it before the arrival of the engines. _ _ On Monday night, or early on Tuesday morning, a house situated on the hanks of the Thames, opposite the tide•mill at Deptford, was broken into andiplimdered of property to the value of nearly 1001. The house bad been recently taken by Mr. Dodson, corn-merchant. CERIOUS CASES OF FRAUD.—On Tuesday last a Mall dressed as a hotelier, and representing himself as coining from the house of Mr. Thomas the butcher, in charinq•eross, went to the house of Cie Speaker of the House of Commous, and tlentainled a let. of mutton, which he said had been sent mere through mistake. Though the mutton had been spitted, the cook load the credulity to give it tolim, with the under standing that another would Le immediately sent to replace it. The same man obtaiiied another kg of mutton, under similar circumstances, at the house of thk Bishop of Lmeoln, and a large piece of beef at the lionse'of another customer of Mr. Thomas. It was not until their patience was ex hausted, and the hours of dinner approached, that the ser vants of the several houses ascertained that a fraud had bees practised upon them. Du enquiry at Mr. Thomas's it was found that no such person had been sent from his house. ORIGIN OF THE WINCHESTER MEASURE AND ST. SIM/C. IN'S ADAGE.—In a compendium of " The History a Ramp bliire," we have the following article : " By an ordinance of Edgar's, to prevent fraud, one measure was established for the whole kingdom, and the standard vessel being kept at Winchester, was the origin of the term' Winchester Mea sure.' _ _ _ " St. Swithin, at his awn previous solicitation. was buried in the church-yard. instead of the chancel, of Winchester Cathedral ; and when an order was obtained to remove his relics into the choir, a moat violent shower of rain fell en the destined day, and continued for the 39 succmsive days. without intermission; in consequence of which. the idea of removal was abandoned as displeasing to St. Swithim though the Saint afterwards relentesi, and suffered his bones to be taken from the cemetery, and lodged among the remains of she other Bishops, in the year 1093. The vulgar adage, that we shall have 40 day; continuance of wet weather, whenever rain falls on St. Swith. in's festival, July 15, doubtless arose from this presumed supernatu.. cal circumstance." TH% ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM.—The Meta-• hers of this Order never appeared more numerous than at . the present moment. la its most flourishing epochs the number of its Knights was limited to five thousand in the whole of Europe ; now France alone -contributes a greater number. It has become a matter of surprise how the:Order has contrived to moltiply its Members, when fur the Ina fit. teen years it has been without a Grand Master; the ReArndir possessing only the Administrative, and not the Sorereign • Power, consequently cannot create Knights, that being the• privilege of the Grand Master exclusively. The Pope having the Spit itual, but no temporal Authority, earn neither exercise the power of creating, nor delegate that power ter another. It is there fore inferred that all the new ere-aliens arc in set void and abortive ; and as the old Alembers of the Order of Malta consider thr.e creations as reveirtiouary and irregular, they will not admit the Knights se crewed ae , forming a part of their Ancient and sHonourable Order. A schism may therefore v.-re reasonably be expected, that wW' excite no small theme of discussion amongst thine interested in ancient establishments. Lists NATU&t.E.—At I.inttyclent - ,•11, in the parish of - Can noby, Dumfrieshire, that scarce bird, a white •eraw, was , hatched in the rookery of 1.0:4AX, Esq. and not only were the feathers w bite, but even the re( t, the beak, and site eyes! This ornithological anomaly was terribly persecuted' by his sable brethren ; and had not he been timely rescued by his •capturer and deliverer, hit life might have paid the • • misfortune of having, however innocently, des iated from the • costume of his kindred. OM( II ACT.—The -folteming is it ropy a 11 , el titer uthit•il by way of rider, to the Huckney CoachLiecnes • Act, which ret china the Hu.) 41 Abzent us the litli of Jinx" ISIT _ 6 ' And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for anr per son to require any hackney-coachman to drive, fur a stated slimed money, a distance, in the discretion of suds hackney-coachman, anti in case such coachman shell exceed the distance to which such per son was entitled to be driven for such ',gated sunauf money, the catch- • man shall nut be entitled to rictuatad more than the awn for/eldula he was so engaged to drive." Suomi' ReasoNs FOR SHORT PETTICOATS.—iIit, Ab4olote ly u,•,essary for petticoat govermaent.-241. Essential to the fashionable nti:ilury walking step.- 341, , Patriotic enc‘in age - mein to silk stocking mauufactories.-4th, The life mid soul of quadrilles, waltzing, and movements ell Artiroißlt Safety, celerity, nod facility, in ascending and descending carriage-steps and stair-cases.-tint, Annihilate all auks% ard tricks of hanging the heels upon the chair-rail, Teach Alte.proper tweof the kg and foot,.and keep up the laudable practice• of the Live positions,-801, ludispemsible to the unity. promotion, 5041 harmony of modern drt lirratly conducise to health at (ills season sof the year. Ilue Ladies formerly %yore petticoats to outer tiatir onsk'at, now they wear them tog-over their knees. . iloolittu.l)Euu .-414. steal atrocious attempt .at moister look place in Iluiluwrll, in the United States, the 6th of Jule, by one. Capt. M. Nlorrison's shooting his wife in tlu pui..in street. It appeals that for wan, years he had Ira:it:4l !see extremely ill, insomuch as to induce !lento apply 4Or a yore*. 'flak having htMtt effected, he was su enraged that no • elfin ts of hers could appease or deter bint .ft out Jos host id. purpose. Accurdisigly, as slur Jett her !mum', tresucapoillie !hi eut of the monster, Ile 4evt lied Isis goo ' loaded IA its two balls and a quantity of shot, acted placed the. u bole charge *f shot into her body iitsd limos---Cfc balls missing ,snit into the ground. 611 e us. ton !liaise adjacent, where 1.0141 e huge was I - uteri:tined of It% r recovery. Morrison, who had retircd to bed t% - oh . tate srf,Atis ettik:rett. appeared to have Ia lketo.a done, in Hotel th..ettle, rcti.or,e, taut antidotes wt to .a.ittnuisteted, and lie %Asa. vuoi. atittrd to Auausta.gaol fur 1.11..1. TIJ den &orients of J. Hatfield, Esq. wet last week at - tile S!ieur.i At ms, at Wakefield in Yorkshire, to Aettle their rents, After dinner the eonver►ation tersied noun he /umbers of their families; *then it appeareAl, 'that althoogit one of they* was a bachelor, the other r 2 had 9114 Itiladra 014 brain #4- of witunk NlBfe them livigg.