The National Register. — London, England, 1811-10-20 00:00:00

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Mary, the wife of Jghn Beckett, was _ _At upon Mrs.Ed ittardt, the wife of John Edwards, an Officer of the Customs. — The prosecutrix, a respectable inoking woman, gave a long de scription of various assaults, which she swore had been coin scatted on her by thd defendant, who had lived with - her eleven or twelve years ago, as a Servant of all work—but on being' cross-examined by Nam, it became evident that the charges were instigated by motives of revenge, the defendant haVing had a child by her husband whilst: living in his service at the periA above stated ; it was also developed In the course of the trial; that Mrs. Edwards had ever since pursued the de fendant with unrelenting rancour, and endeavoured to effect her titter ruin, by going to every person whom she knew had en gaged her as servant, and getting her turned away as a person bearing an infamous character. —The Jury, without the least hesitation, returned a verdict of acquittal; and the Chairman, ze±cipet . ting the prosecutrix, expressed his astonishment that a action of her anoearance and connections could have '"*, ptifstidi/ Cie untoi tunate tleienetzto:. such persevering and black maligniy.—Mr. Nolan then applied to the Ccurt to detain the prosecutrix, for wilful and corrupt perjury; the Court ac quiested : the prosecutrix was committed to custody; the parties bound ever to prosecute; and some time after, the prosecutrix (Mrs. liaward:,), producing satisfactory bail for her appear ance to stand her trial at the next Assizes, she was dis- ohargeti. STEALING OIL /TOM VAUXHALL GARDF.NS. Friday two men, named Crawly and Brown, were indicted For stealing the oil entrusted to them, for trimming the lamps at Vauxhall Gardens, on the 29:h of August last, the property of Barrett, Esq. the Propri..tor, - on whose behalf Mr. Simp son, the Superititoulant or Partner, appeared to give evidence of the manlier of detecting the plunder, hie inspection, and by the help - or dl covert' of the p. isoner Crawley. The mode of stealing theoil at their dinner t'me, was In bladders, containing two guArts each, in the crown of their hats, over, their heath. 'hey were found guilty, and sentenced—Crawly to six months co:.finement at hard labour. in the Il i ons , s of Correction, only in consideration of .11Is aid in the detection of the crime% and Brown to twelve months imprisonment, to be kept at hard' 1a.% btsur, and once in the interim to be publicly whipped between Kennington Cross and Vauxhall. emows• •Ia.&•••• EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY. not close this account without lamenting the transaction. Mr. C. is a Lieutenant in the army, a young married man, and most respectably connected; and was staying at the Crown until the Africaine should sail, in which ship he had been promised a passage to the Cape, by the Hon. Capt. Rodney. He was going thither on the Staff, and, since he has been in the town; was associated with the most distinguished naval and mi:itsry characters. On Friday morning the depositions of the witnesses were taken before the Mayor, and Mr. C. was committed. • • On Monday se'nnight, the bed-rooms of three gentlemen, Neho were staying at the Crown Inn, Portsmouth, were ents.red whilst they were asleep, and robb ed. Mr. Bopley, purser of the Regulus, lost his watca and seals; Lieutenant Prowse, of the Ilawadryad, his watch at .d s. als, and purse, containing 31.; Lieutenant I.loyd, bank-notes to the amount of .and Mr. Bradbury (of AstlEy's Theatre,!, who was in com pany at supper, his gold snuff-box, made in the shape of a watch, with the appendages of a chain 4nd seals. A cir- Camstance, altog , .ther so new there, naittitally caused much obseSrvation and surprise. No suspicion was attached to any particular. person at the Inn. It was, however, at length d..:termined,.that Rivett, the Bow-streetOfticer, should be sent for front Loadon, to ascertain, if possible. whether any suspi cious persons were in the tcwn. Soon after his arrival, it was suggested I , y Mr. Bradbury. that a party of six gentlemen, who 14ad supped together. in the Coffee-room of the Inn, and were up late on the night preceding the robbery, should be searched. — This being communicated to them, none objected; hut the Hon. H. C. instantly said, " Come, then, begin with me." ;Mr. C. appearing to possess the accomplishments of a gentle mun , his proposal was instantly agreed tn; upon the supposition that search commencing with him would dissipate any objections the other gentlemen, of less ;miming appearance, might feel.— Mr C. was accordingly taken to his room ; and, to the sur prise of every one in the house, and of all who had been intimate with him, in his possession was/Quad the whole of the property thnt had been lost I When the surprise had allayed, and he was (pies tioned as to the money which had been missed, he referred them to a pocket-hook in his trunk. When Rivett was proceed ing to search the trunk, the infatuated man took ap a penknife, and :•.ut his throat, under the left part of the jaw. He was immedi ately secured, hut attempted to tear the wound open with his .fingers! Medical assistance was procured, and it appeared lie id not wounded himself so deeply as to d prive him of life.— lie appears to be recovering. The pat tits have been bound over to prosecute b m for the crime, at the next Sessions. We can - ••• • - ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4-c. BIRTHS. At Oxen Heath, Kent, the Lady of . Sir W. Geary a son. On Monday se'nnight, of twins fa boy and a girl), Nelson, wife of Mr. Robert Nelson, *draper, of Billingbo: on) Lincolnshire. It is remarkable that the mother of M! had three times twins; and the mother of Mrs. Nelson twins once; Lnd Mrs. CongreVe, sister to Mr. Nelson, had twins at a birth. DIED. In Craven-street, Strand, aged 74, the Hon. Louis ther to the late Earl of Fife. At Malvern Wells, the Right Hon. the Lady Louisa sitter to the Earl of Scarborough. At the advanced age of 90, Mr. A. Cook, of Hatfiel rel, Essex. LONDON : Printed and Edited by E. ROCHE, and Published by J. FISHER, No. 5, Pickett-street, Strand, near 1. and forwarded by all Newsnun, the Clerks of Roads, and Booksellers throughout the United LiDgdozn, Lee of pobtage l the Country at 10s. sad. per quarter. "44.-10111._ : 4_10..••••• Ineetor MURDER or MR. WYLDE.—The following are some of the particulars relative to the apprehension of John Webb, alias Couchman, by Wortley and Goff, officers of Union Hill, on suspicion of his being the person who shot Wylde, on the night of the 2d instant. in consequence of the description given by the son and grandson of Mr.-Wylde of the villain's person, the officers were on the look out ; and on going into the Wee.- vers'-arms public-house. dint-street, in the Boiough, early on Sunday morning, the 6th inst. they saw the prisoner ; who so far agreed with the description given of hint, that the offir4rs' suspicions were raised • and they proceeded to question him whether he was not at Sundridge, asking for work, on the uay, on the evening of which the murder was committed. He at. first denied ever having b--en there; Or having any knowledge of the place; but on NAr , rtley saying he had seen him in the neighbourhood, he confessed' liaviag been there. The Officers im:nediately took him into custody, and conveyed 'urn to Westerham, where be was examined before a Magistrate, and 'sworn to by Mr. Wyltie's son and grandson. A 1.4,ty, n.uned Wilkinson, also swore to seeing him puss her house, which is less thin half a mile from the spot where Mr. Wylde was stopped, about half an hour before that event took place. A round frock, found concealed under a hedge near the spot, Was also sworn to as being the pri;oner's property, by a man warred Webb, who saw .it in the ptisciner's possession on the Mariday previous to the murder being committed. The prisoner under.. '- went a final examination before Captain Cook, at Seven-oaks, on Monday last; and under these circumstances was inli mitted for trial. . An information - to be heard at Beiiit:oitreet,' on c ikedneso day, against the Proprietor of the Egham and Staines Ctiiieh; for qarrying fifteen outside passengera. Mr. I , sl,len, the solte tot, ittentied - Nr the defendant,. and pointed out' an error its thigAn formation, that it did not state that the defendant's CO .ch Was licensed to carry not more than tvvelve outside prisengeill in - Read holding that the objccticn was fatal, dismissed the mation. An accident of a very seri;tr.: nature occurred on Fri, ing, at Mr. Buckridge s wiz.trt, Ham Mills, near N'L Berks, by a chain breaking in loading t imber, which can fall of ' a heavy piece on a man named Shervel, a labourer, survived but a few moments. MARRIED. On Wednesday, by special license, at St. James's Ch. the Rev. Dr. Weston, Dean of St. Paul's, the Right Caledon, to Lady Caroline Yorke, the beautiful and plished daughter of the Earl of Hardwicke. The bride-maids were the bride's two lovel'y sisters, the, Ladies Yorke. ther, the. Earl of Hardwicke, gave her away: Aft mony the happy pair set off in a chariot aod four Hertfordshire, where they intend passing some tint( the distinguished personages who attended tier,', the of Hardwicke, Lady Ann Bar.:ard, Lady Margaret Sir Joseph Yorke, the Right Hon. Chalks and Mrs. • 070 . THE NATION. SURREY SESSIONS. At the Surrey Adjourned Sessions, Monday, Mary, the wife a John Deckett, was indicted for a violent assault upon Mrs. Ed- y avc VII 4.111 place. A spot, tras an named Alt.niday ler under.. i'ven-oaks, fkilly s'"W l i.dnes• Cehiels,' for sonclor, co ch was ;era. Mr. the intor- riday even- Ne w bury, causec4 the mixer, who • 7, Bart. of girl), Mrs. ,ngborough, Mr. Nelson on also had on, has also Church, by Hon. Lot and accom- bride-maids :e. Her la- ter the cere- r horses, for re. Among he Countess ret Fordyce, s. Yorke.. tis Duff, * bro• uisa Hartley, :atfield Peve. Tt.n.ple-Bars postage, juts