The National Register. — London, England, 1818-02-22 00:00:00

rr,r. 42. EXECUTION, Tuesday being appointed for the execution of the follow ing onfortunate delimptents, who were tried in December- Sessions, viz. Mary Ann Jones, for forging a letter of attorney for the transfer of 1.151. Navy Five per Cent. Annuities; Charlotte Newman stud William Ilatchni in, tor rouging and uttering several forged notes; and John Attel, for a burglary, under aggravated circumstances ; at an early hone an im mense crowd of spectators, assembled in the Ohl Bailey, to witness the performance of the last awhil ceremonies. The unhappy malefactors have, since their condemnation, and particularly since the receipt of the Prince Regent's war rant of execution. conducted themselves with mach becoming fortitude and resignation. Doriag Monday night Hate Milan and Attel slept nearly five hours, at an catty hour on 'fftestlay morning, ate a tolerable hearty breakfast. The female cul prits were restless, and enjoyed very little sleep. Mary Ann James admitted the justice of her sentence, but said she was Jed into the commission of the offence. Charlotte Newman, also confessed her guilt, but stated that ske was induced to do it, in order that she might be enabled to go to Botany Bay, to her husband, who, it appears, was some time since transported for a siinitir offence. 'lle Rev. Mr. Cotton, who had been with ;hem* an early liollr, in order to prepare them for the ignominious end which awaited them, ushered them into the press.yard, where they were disencumbered of their irons. They appeared composed, and said they were happy. Mateliman, however, manifested much agitation, and said, in rather a tremulous voice," I have seen a great deal of trouble in my time; thank God, however, it will soon be at an end; it must be an easy death." The Sheriffs and the Rev. Divine then proceeded to the apartment in' which the femaleprisone es were confineil,auiltheyfostod them employedin devotions of a sincere and truly repentant character; but as they advanced to the fatal scaffold, their fertitude forsook them, nud they were obliged to lie supported. The females were first introihiced u p on the platform. The male prisoners were next bionght out and they both :wended the se:atoll' with a firm step. if:au-Innen appeared awis,itm, to address the hipiltituile, and he °Rea looked nom,' to soc it h e coo k! r ec ognize amongst them any oh! acquaintance. The whole of them continued in fervent devotion for about half a minute, zoo, at half past eight o'clock. Mr. Cotton having finished these words." la the midst of life we are in death," gave the fatal signal, and thus their lives became forfeited to the of, fended laws of their country. Most of the ropes were badly adjusted by the executioner : it was the subject of com plaint ; and it was evident to the populace, who to ice re warded his inattention by loud groans and hisses t fliatuf Hateliman was so badly contrived, as to nnatiitist the torture under which he suffered. A few mutates before they were hionclied off, Charlotte Newman requested Hatchniao to • sa- . lute her, which he did. Ratelienau expired in great agony, and the women were deeply affected. Their bodies were cut down about half-past Mime o'clock. tiosr CiLANIATOUS week the large cotton mill of MCI'. ArkinsoisMlK:olite bridge, near Huddersfield, was discovered to be on fitzt or oad though.every exertion was used to extinguish the ratites, it was burnt to the ground. hot the moat dreadful part is yet to relate ; for, in cense eienee of the fire beginning uear the staircase, the reheat lit a number of the children-. was cut tiff, and upwards ..f tmitteets girls who had been at work all night, erished to the dames. The bodies of six hove beet) already dug front the ruins, but in so mutilated a state as to•rendor it ins• possible tat their friends to recognize them. DIME OF WEI.IOII4GTONI AT STRATIPIWIEDDRAV.—The fallowing anecdote is so characteristic of the Dnke's rapid mode, when his personal interests alone are concerned, that we caning I efraia comuuseicating it to our readers :—Wbeit he was last in England, a day-foes appointed for his inspect mg this estate. Aldhougb liel'issel , not promised to dhse with Lord Rivers, his Lordship considered that the survey would eeeupy two momingt, and, of course, that the Duke would dine with him two dept. Lord Rivers was confined with the gout ; but he invited all his neighbours for these two days, made great preparations, and had friends to' do thehoueors of his house, it he should remain anahle to do them himself. ilia Chace left Hyde Park-coiner by lamplight, one morning, and was at Steatbfielelsay early in the day. He begged that horse might be lent to him, and that some of the seiwants, who knew the estate, might accompany hint to see it. It happened, that the only person thus qualified, who was at hand, wasA coachman, of no light weight. The Duke gal_ lopped over the demesne, stopping a few minutes onthe spots which he probably considered a% pelpitiems, and which studelits of the pietnresque would call 'nations. He rebutted to the house about two .o clock, with both the horses in a complete lather, and the coachman nearly exhatisted, his carriage was got ready, while he wrote a few lines to Lord Ri% em s, and at eight o'cleek the same day his Grace sat demi *hit a party to dinner in London. OCTRAGR , AT ALGlERl.—Areonntft from Mudrinl, Feb. 3, say :—Letters from Mahon confirm all that has In in lately circulated, hoes in Spain and abroad, relative to the revolting. conduct of the new Dey of Algiers, Ali. This tyrant, by an ineronceivalde caprice, had spared the life of the Dry winos' the 'Forks of Cithstantisse, revolting trots Isis atrocidev, 1 t 1 elected in his place, The latter is called• Malsomet. The usurper had dismiased him 1111111 Algiees with a present of 2,09 sequins and Iwo slaves. and lie iS How at Alai eeeee , where Isis exi-:erwe and the miraculous manner of his escape from the fury of Is s rival, are subjects of art ' lassient to every body. \that has been said of the daughter of the. English Cowie', or banker, whose Iseatity has excited the brutal pas sion of the new hey ; the seizus c of a young V, ellell WO/11411, who. tassa!sobeen NM 41110111 g the !umber ef lai9 Seltuttaa, unit whose father is master of the princip a l tritherge Su the city ; the. Mons ceration of all thss-e belongisiz to the Englisdi COts sulate ;—toll these excesses appear ssonfirmed by the recital of Malsoniet, and of those who have had the good &flume to s .b.:111i- U. . 3 ..11111174.. save themselves along it o ; 1 i Stith is, affeeirding to our Gazette. the situation of the Re goorY St the epoch orate depat lure sit Mahotnet, and a crowd of merchants, who left the capital (Algiers) in the early part of Dottember--`` Ass assassin *manned himself with the scep tre; IM reigns over a- people the most proper LA serve as 1110 blind instrumints of bib fury and rapacity. A state of things of this nature, which is in violsatin.n of all the laws aright and Of•witiona, in respeer of .tr o tose civilized nation a whose snarl tissue commerce is of the first 'conacquence, ought to convolve karts's': of the necessity of raising a decisive 'art against the *Has harestose Government; honour, and interests the stoat nreenions, .;errand that they should at Mat adopt a sound and wigortms policy against the Africans." ti A detachment of the MO! rogimt.r.t Las ut.:rchesl 1.1 - Jta Chatham, to cm - 0z.:1.2in. S:. Licle.w. • THE NATTONAT, WEGTSIT,II. POLICE. AI ANSIOIS•IiOUSE. RfTENTION OF A FORGCD MUTE.-011 &Mealy week a Mr. R. Boyce applied to Aldenhau J. J. %nth (who sat for the Lord Nlay or), fur redress tinder circumstances which are to he brought before the Public in a eaten of Lew. Mr. Boyce Said, lie went to the Eeaminer's or Investigator's Office in the Bank, and presented a IL note, which was inueli win, fur the purp.nie of having a near one. substituted, The Clerk, to whom lie handed the. note, observed, that it was in such a state that a name • could net he written upon it ; said that it had been examined; and pointed to another Clerk, to whom lie referred the complainant, is order to have a piece of per paeterl.to the back of the note, after which the new note would be given Us exchange. Upon taking the note, how. ever, to the person alluded to, a very differeut complexion was put upon the application. The clerk glanced at it, and throwing it auto a drawer, said it was a forgery. This pro ceeding struck the complainant as very extraordinary; and the variance between the opinions of two men, who were, in the eyes of the public, equally well qualified. to decide upon a question of such vital importance to every one in the habit of dealing in Bank paper, determined him to make the matter as public as possible. They. observed, that such a remark could not have been made by the first clerk to whom lie applied, as that the note had already undergone an es. .1 amination, if there was no mark upon it testifyingthat it was unexceptionable. If then the note was good in the opinion of one, and bad in the opinion of another,.he supposed the proceeding by which the Bank would escape any lose might be the preferable course.. 11,le procured on the 11th of this month a view of the note, which was put ism his hand by a clerk, who said his name was Thomas Glover. He thought he had a better right to it than any body elre,ae ke bait given ease for it ; and therefore theeenonsent he received it he put it into his pocket, and was about 11l walk away t when Mr. Glover, with the assistance of Folio, Richardson, a consta ble, stated Mot, dragged liiiii.about by the collar, and suc ceeded in lensing bin, iiito a room, where lie was locked tip mid searched, tied the note taken terribly from I .. He bad several papers of a different description about him, which were exposed to the scrutiny of Mr. Mover and the consta- Me. The.complitiount appeared excessively iudiguatit and expressed A wish tcepriteecute the ioartiesfor feloniously taking the cote item hie moseesien. His Solicitor (Mr. Puce) said the question was one of right, and presented the public with the means of having the point determined between them and the Bank.--Alderman Smith said, he should feel nd hesita tion in granting a summons to the patties complained against if the Sessious were not so uear ; but as they couttneuced ua Monday. be should by all memo advise the reference the matter to the Grand Jury.—True complainant assumed the Alderman that he slionld adopt the course inert likely to give . satisfaction to the P.ninc. w..sTitar.,-rr. • 1.1( 41/111141ATION-. (Sc 'A% AtURIMPER. Win. Hatch, charged with the inmiker of Mery Uoion-street, Middlesex hospital uu Saturday night neck, and who vros• apprehended at the Jerusalem chapel, iu Lisle street,' Leicester-striae, on Similay evening, imilerwent a pothlie exa iii i i hation before Sir Nathaniel Couent. On .being questioned by Sir Nathaniel Conant, he said, that he was born ha Berkshire, was a stocking weaver by trade, 'and served his apprentieeship in Lambeth. Ilialmher was a coachmen. At prase t be said, lie followed uo lousiume. The following witnesses were examined 4-- Rebecca Clarke deposed, tit* she fudges at No. 24, Union. street, Middlesex hospital{' Theileceased, Mary Minting and her father lived in the saline house. Abont eight o'clock on Satnrcley evening, witaelutwattgaing 01St apes MI errand, and saw the prisoner nearlitht door s He spoke to her, and said he wanted to speak to Mary, Rimming Mary Minting. She had seta him before, and knew that ue was acquaieted with Mary Minting. Witness returned to the house, mud fetched the deceased from op stairs. The' prisoner spoke to her in a low tune of voice, as he stood on the threshhold of the door. Witness did not hear wheat the prisoner said, hut she heard the deceased say, " It is of no use ; I directed the letter fur Mr. Ilaisch, and not for Mrs. liaiteli.” she then returned into the house,aud went up stairs a little way, but came down immediately with her sitter and witness, rad again went to the door. The prisoner was still there, sad uu seeing 'IMO all together, he said, " What du you all do haute' Witness said dotbing, but went or stairs, and the sister oi tee deceas ed crossed the street *nen errand, leaving the deceased and the prisoner alone, arid dose together in the paiscale.. Wit_ ness had jest got op tolhe garret door, when she heard the noise of stamping and a noise like emote one falling, Wit ness dill not go down again, she. was iti evented by her motto r. Elizabeth Minting, Sister of the dece ;ased. deposed that she was at home on the Saturday uigio, and beard the last witness tell her sister Ihnt the prisoner wowed Ler. Witness went down shuttl9 afterwards and AWN the prisoner in the passage vein' the deceased. She edt them together, and went out. On her return she found her sister settles ihg an leer blood in the passage. flue prisotit r was gone.. 'flr head of the ceased was nearly revered from her body, and the passage swain with blood. The 4iceeuied Bras incapable uispeakiug. There were several etreeons iu.the passage. Elizabeth Moutegue domicil to the same effect.. Mrs. Streeling drpueed, nut um the above mentioued eeen ing.about S o'oluek, sire was standing at clue door ut hie uppo eite house to thet a which time • Will der was committed. It wag a narrow ..sea.e.t, she heard a noise• or seidlle in ale, passage, and immrdiateiy saw a MAP rush out ; he *but the dour after bodid net tat, h .ht. She'went over directly, and hear big inure noise iu the passage,"slie went, in, anti saw the de ceased the man walled quickly away, feu diil not run ;she did not see his f l ee. WlLUt'si SAW the ninth, r of the de ream di in. the pussage, ami heard her C.l . !', " My elrild, toy child." JrnieStreetiug, a boy abont tki.tteeti, deposed tovlite saw ttlect. --- - J. Wiltsh ire was in his Lone at No. 12, King-street, Dia ry'-butt, un the same evening, Ins wife WWI resent,. The pi limiter, whom lie had known before, Caine. .W about bevpit u . e t uek,, and shed them. as usual, how they were wife woke to him of his two wives, Hod said .lance Wet*: a wor /oft out against hint Si um St.. tiires's skittish, (the first wilt_;applied fur I elle) ; • opus*. vats& asavl; batt,r,fist about him that should he the death of the first man ur udieer that laid huff of hint, and t,e'ofier'tl In bon witness's wile a shilling that he would produce it, halt slap eft/Laid Hot WO; Witness's wite talked to hint about his wives and " the wives; 111 soon "get rid' Of both the ord stall the new." The last words• he said going net uf the door was, " Don't you he surprised if yea hear of nu) sharing the saute .iste as the unhappy ts rekelt..s nit Tuesday inurning, - .(ibeasting the persons ...Ms have :wen wsreittril.) The last WitilM'a \VICO Kan thee esernitnil. 5116 cortebo- S l. a rated the testitnony of her husband, and added, that wln•n ii u prisoner talked of being hanged, he said lie told her to I. v him a silken curd instead of a hempen one ; she t aid,lice would. Mary Smith, who lodges with the last witness, coatiimed their testimony. Henry Adkins, the officer, deposed, that lie received infor mation that the prisoner wa, diJerm;:leni chapel, Lisle-rd rcet, Leicestcr•fields. On Sunday evening he asitl appte lientled him after the ser%i..e. ; in takin house, he said to him, " How could yore do such a deed ' The prisoner said, " What deed?' Witness said. " Thars beat known to yourself." The prisoner then sail, " 1 went to do a deed, but whether I dill i: or not I eannid te';.'• Wit ness then asked lino whether the clothes he then had on were the same in which he did the murder, and he said " yes.* Witness next asked him what instrument lie hail awed, and whether it was a knife he said No :" and on being asked if it was a razor, he made no answer, but after some hesitation, said lie had thrown the insirusionii,llo lira Thames. He asked the witness if he had been to Union-street, and had seen Minting (meaning the drerated,l adding " Poor thing, I dare say she must be dreadfully inatiglvd." Sir Nathaniel Conant now addre , sed the prisuncr, and di rected him to attend while the evidence was read over to iiiM, intimaiWg at the seine time, jibe had any question to pet, hie wish should be atrended to. The prisoner asked Mrs. Streeling whether she could swear to his person ; but she answered as she did before, that she conk) not. The primmer pm no other question. if out Snare. be. is a wretch without common feeling ; his manner was so utterly indifferent. A surgeon was then , called, who proved that he had -seen thedoceased. The wain artery was separated as well as the windpipe. This was tits cause of death. • The witnesses were then boast' over to appear at the ses sions against the prisoner. Henry Adkins, had been to the prisoner's 'sub.:logs, ar.d had heuught from thence some clothes, now asked him if he would have them defier. ed to I • 54.11', or taken back to the place where they sere 'found: lie said he wished to pot them on, and they weir handed to hint. Out loving searched one half ut the Msfrv, r newspaper was found nest his skin, in which was an occultist of the moiler, and a description of his person ; it appeared to have been turn f the shuttets'of the office.—lie was fully,commit led fordrial. • The following additional particulars respectingthis horrid ". deed have traterpiiesi ::—Theprisontex waketratried to his fiat wife, who-it-new living as a servant to 1111P.Titrator, in s the Ilarupstead)roail, when she was about 45 years of age, and he was bet 10. lie is now 31 years of age, awl annotated rise de ceased when she was hut 19 yearrofiroe NAlbsei# o Mitt • his first wife ;Jaa two years ago, Aillince that time he has panted as a dough. Mall. The deceased had been a constant attendant of the New Jerusalem chapel, in Lisle -street, Lei cester-square, where the doctrines and forms of religion, cc remonitos pe o pagat oil by the law Heinen Sivedentioung are observed, for about the last twelve mouths, and where her father and family °cc:nationally weld. in consequence of the deceased kaviagespouxed the sentiments of that pccothar sect. The prisoner has been a constant atteutlant at the chapel dur ing use last six mentii.;, where he became acquainted isms the &erased, and they were married at Mary Itatime-eherelt ou the 10th of November last; tlwy. only lived tueut he! ti• e days, in consequence of. the dee-reset:lead h. r Comity dist-J -eering that he was a,• smstritel mew, and that his twit was i• hog. About three ow fine , weeks since he was apprehended ou a charge of bigamy, and taken to Hatton Garden office, from which charge he was discharged owing to their being no witness present at the weddings, the only evident... produced being the two.wivea, and certificates of their loarriageq. On its being .kstown on the Sunday moraine that the pri soner sens• swespecied of having conintitted murder, Mr. Cluarchi4l, the minister of the New Jerusalem chapel, and sestet - Ma:the gentlemen belouging to the chapel, knowing the man as generally described to he the murderer, and that he was in the habit of attending at the chapel, highly to their credit, gave every possible assistance and tuformation.to lead to his discovery. One of the congregation made avrangentents with Adkins,. the officer, to apprehend him in case of his attimihnit at the chapel of Sunday evening. • At the c tttttt nencystiellt of the service the prisoner entert•il the chapel, and took his seat on , the form where lie was ill the habit of • sitting, its the most composed and deliberate mangier, as if mobile's had happened.. Adkins,- the talker, together with John Smithi one of the Patrol„.wer,• to attendance at the door, but as the so rvice hail commeticed, and as there was b u t out door, and it was im possible for the 'prisoner to leave the chapel without his knowing it, lie avoided disturbing the ctingreration by ap. prelienditog biut then, and for which conduct he afterwards received the thanks of the preacher and managers. Mr. Chat chill directed his sermon against hellions crimes and ottienei,, but it did nut appear to have the least effect upon tIto• mut lerer. 'lite prisoner WAS:theta the sixth person who came out of tic elsapel when Adkins seized him. He had in his pocket a silk istrse, but no money in it. He had two prayer hooks with forms ofprayer, and the ceremonies of the New Jerusalem chapel. Ile was very :simians to have the half of the Wiener hack. lie said he was sorrylois time was. su Itotig.to live, as lie deserved to be hanged. He confessed. that ha bait been a very bad man. Ile observed that he sup posed poor Mary's hotly wit in a sad mangled state. It appears that the- priminei had been e ritieg to the de ceased to procure {din inoney, to o Idris a 'tyro:a:ion the fol lowing ;answe r was sent Lv the deceased " Dear Witham,—l ha.ve ;est titre to inicon you that Mrs. 'Phillips is from hone, and •1 um sorry to S:,y. was she Lot, I ant . 'confident it is not in her power any more than mine, to assist you in 'may degree whatever, •• Indeed, am soup:iced y 0... tan expect we can, lax to tell you she truth, we want aissiaance otaseto es, more is die piey. I eon happy to hear ion have pt a si,uailun. and I wish.; . ao all the success m the e mind. Froal your ever wv7.l4'isher. 66 " NO Mr. I No. 19,1 'ottenh, : al• Tottaa-- huon-cuurt.ruail, at .Mr. Paddy *, The pt W:l3 straine d At tooth legs, ai t a.4„4 „„ tri „,„ At • three tocelotdcle etas teitiureol from the talky , . tad 1,111 inn tat knwv. c „,„.1 1 , acrugiu p aturJ by a • ...el of officers 1 .toe ena,•ll,4on the hos, and behind. 11...1 it mit been far this stropg vat 01, the crowd abash tato. titled the street* awl wi re 'Waiting to se: him wine Ob t eilC l4.l4 bass' • • sit..l the' , .;t:w by a tinleut attack newt I:is l oe . o unt Th. y started with hisses, groan-, howitngs, awl vat isnot noises ul . ails o • ....• and great n u mbers rail after the colt f t . C.O. the tolopoest on the body or viry Ntiui tug; the 1)6 0 r g ; „ La — it , w.• mot - Acted, watt Wl oe:t1 lid 41,1 oe..v itiOst taS r - sun for Witt delis? es, that ti . llusia.,u tic • C.tr t. , t' r Firs 40 het' Juriestt pelf urea as Lie ik of the 14:11.'e •oe • ....I: of totl., acid cousequenti:o , cannot att pre his fitections Caeollet. ,1 ury brow 111 in ••• '„ • - Wilful murder ag,ainsen Kato If:zilch. e" . sterdiet tar-- ststse• eta -a . '4, • • Irv-