The National Register. — London, England, 1822-09-22 00:00:00

William Baker. a pawnbroker, stated, that the pri. loner came to his shop, on the event's; of the gth of Srptembet, and oll.2red the spoon to question, which Ills apprentice detained. Prisoner said, he had brought it for a frieed, who resided at Camden Town, and after wards said "it was only a lark." Ile gave his true re. I sniroce, where lie was afterwards apprehended. James 13:asley, ho ler to the prosecutor, said, th the prisoner was well known to hint ; lie frequently called at ills master's house; was there on the evening of the gm. The s l xlou IS ills master's, and has his in itials and crest. Cross-examined by Mr. Alley.—Prisoner bore an ex• cellent character; was in liquor when he took the Several very respectable witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. Toe Jury found him guilty, and recommended him to enerey. The Recorder observed, the recommendation should certainly lie attended to. The prisoner had acted vety foolishly, and would rect.ive a sligin poinsitineitt Ito his lull y. James Moores, and James Nicholas Moores (father and soli) were indicted for breaking and ententig the dwelling-house of Henry William Suuthwell, and steal ing theteout several articles of line'', his property. They were (timid guilty of stealing only. James Moores„ the father, was again placed at the bar, oil an indictment charging him with feloniously breaking and entering the dwellingdiouse of J..alapier, on the 2I st of July last, and stealing thereont two gold rings, tom silver spout's, some bed furniture, and other articles, his property. Mr. Alley raised an objecdon, which Mr. Justice Best observed was a valid one, and which did away with the capital part of the charge. The Jury found him guilty of stealing. Thomas Howis surrendered to take his trial on an in. dictinent charging hint with stealing a promissory tor LSI. Kn. tile property of Alexander Walker. Aim W"alker slated, that she is tile wife of Alexander Walker, who r bow a warrant officer in his Majesty's service; she was a tenant of the prisoner's. flan the Aid' lit last December, she sent to hint .o take his quarter's rent, but lie would not deduct the land tax. lie then neat away, and returned with a broker. Witness told her daughter to take down the receipt and show it to the Lroker and tier daughter, instead ot putting the receipt tin the table, placed the promissory note in question there. Howis snatched a up, carried It off, and witness never got It back. The reason site had not indicted him before was, that she expected tie would have gisen up the note. Mr. Justice Best thought this too stale a prosecution to convert Imo a felony, and the Jury acquitted the pet itioner. Mr. Justice Best.—lf you have the note, llowir, give it up. Howls—My Lord, so help me God I never had it. Tile note was tiever tit existence. Mr. Justice Best said, that after what he had heard lie should not give the witnesses their expences. 11101113 S Gordon, a young man, was intltchal capitally for assaul ting William Clarke, on the highway, and rub bing hum oh a watch chain, value 21. Toe Jury foutid the prisoner guilty—death. William Miltim, a y It of 18, was taint:l,ly indicted for assaulting Thomas Davis, of the highway, and tak ing from his person a bundle of linen, the property of Mary Davis. Thomas Davis, aged I I years, swore, that on the evening of the Idili of August he Was with Ins ummer, in Great Queen-street, laticolit's-nisi-fields, with a bun dle in his nand. Ilis mother was SWIM yards before when lie was struck on the head, kiwi:lied down, and the bundle taken front lout. lie old not kuiew the prisoner. Alary Davis, the mother, corroborated the boy's state ment as tar as her knowledge went. Site heard hum cry Muruerl I have lost my bundle." Bar well saw the boy uu the ground, and the prisoner dragging him alto% by hie bundle. Ile got it at length, and rail away, but was overtaken with it in kis possession. Several Wilnemle4l gave the prisoner a goo I character. The Jury Mond the prisoner guilty--ttrath, and ex pressed a wish to recommend him stimigly to mercy. Justice Besi.—l shall certainly onward the re commendation of the Jury, although 1 cannot, in such a case, answer for its effict. PERIM RY.—Edinulid Burke was put to the liar on an indictment, chargnig him with having has lug cot 1111 l Intel gross and wilful perjury at the Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, on the 3.1 0l July last. It will be recollected thAt the prisoner appeared as a witness on the fatal of his Limiter, Tobias Bloke, for blgaltlYi he having, it 1815, married Miss Mary Butler, of Cashel, his former wiie Lelllg 111111 On that • occ:.stott the prisoner swore that lie was at Mr. Butler's sin the day the marriage %vas sworn to hate been solem n zed, and that tin such ceremony took place; that his brother was so intoxicated as not to kitow what he was doing, amp that lie never gas e his bunker away in mar riage to Miss Biltf•r ; it' consctlilericeill what took place on that I , ceeo..iutt, Mr. Justice liiiiroyd, who beam tile Cam, (1111111.11 led the prisoner 10 INCW4aIe. The Itecordi•r summed up tile et ic etice ; the Jury found die prisoner godly, and the itecoroer mimed, .tely sentenced the prisoner to Le imprisoned six months, aild thf•tt transported for seven yea.. FRIDAY, SEPT. Jells was Charged with stealing several bottles of wine, a piece of cheese, and 'cher articles of provision, the property (il W. Allen. Ezabetit Udell, sersant to the prosecutor, stated, that site went to bed about el.vell O'clovk on the night of the llth of August, leaving every thing sire. time missed the articles in questiuti die following morning Flom the sate, where they had liven depostted. Tine wine bottles were walked at the bottom with a that'll/WI, sod were found in the prnutter's house partly emptied of their contents THE NATIONAL REGISTER John Mance, all officer, searched the prisoner's house, and found part of a leg of lamb, a piece of cheese, and one bottle of wine, which was marked in a similar man lier to those in the cellar of the prosecutor. Witness Irmo took him into custody ; as they were 1401117 towards the office in Worsitip.street, prisoner said he supposed Ile should gm this d —ii, so that he escaped the " dancers." Thomas Brno, another officer, who assisted in taking the prisoner, corroborated the statement of the last wit ness; and being called on to explain the aneatting of the term " dancers," said it was meant boing to be hanged. The Jury found him guilty. The prisoher was then taken from the bar, and shook hands with a female in Court, to whom he bade good bye with the most callous indiffirence. Peter Doran was charged upon an indictment with inflicting divers wounds, kicks, and bruises, oil various parts of the body of Thomas Whalley, on the 2uth of August, of which lie languished till the Sth September, and then died. . . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased, in company with others, at a poblicdmuse. Toe prisoner came in, when the deceased immediately accused bins of rubbing him (the deceased) of a sovereign. The pri soner denied it, and threatened to knock Imn down if he dared to repeat the accusation ; deceased did repeat it, and challenged hint to fight; a utiler ensued, and de ceased was thrown a severe fall, which he did not revs. ver. He was taken home by tie prisoner and another person, and they partook of a bottle of wine together. The deceased and the prisoner then parted, upon seem ingly good terms. In a few days after the deceased got worse, and died on the B , h of September. A surgeon, who had opened the wily, stated, that on examination he found the liver considerably enlarged, and extended (ruin the hip to the chest. There was 00 doubt whatever in his mind that the disease had been preexisting, and a blow would hasten his death. The wine he had taken would certainly accelerate tits death independent of either blow or fall. Mr. Justice Best recapitulated the facts of the case, and the Jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict of not guilty. ‘Valter Blanchard was capitally indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of Lord Barnard in die day time, John D3VIS and others being therein, and stealing 29 towels, the properiy of his Lordship. The prisoner made no defence, and was found guilty, death.—Aged 15. Alexander Brown, a mere boy, was put to the bar, charged capitally with stealing seten sover;igns and one sixpence, tln. property of W. Fume:nix, to his dwelling house.—TheJory Mood hint gniity-.- BIGAISY.—Junn Pavey, aged 4'2, a marvellously ill favoured person, was indicted for feloniously intermarry ing with Mary Thomas, his wife Bridget being at the time alive. _ ..... _ :Mary Thomas stated, that shy lived at the house, No. in Carey-street, and was a widow. On the Monday after Whitsuntide, as she was walking over Illackh tars bridge, and looking through the balustrades, the prisoner accosted her, and asked her if she was admiring the boats? She said she was, and he said he was 3 jittlue of boats, baying been to sea himself. T hey conversed to aetiter for sOlale time, and lie walked lionie with her. They met again by appointment on the next Monday, and on several subs:corm occasions, and in five weeks from the commencement of theiracmt tintance they were married by banns at the parish church of St. Clement Danes, in the presence of her mother, and a woman, named Nlartlia Jones. He represented himself to be a porter at a large house in the Strand, but she found af terwards that he was only an itinerant dealer in oysters. Shortly after they were married a woman Cain: to their lodgings and claimed the prisoner as her own lawlnl InistLind. _ ......._ ..... Martha Jones deposed, that she was present at the inarriaLte of the prisoner with Lary Thomas at St. Cie. went DAM'S. _ _ . k.Lzahet h Western, mother to M rs. Thomas, said, she abv was present at the man tap ceremony. Two witnesses then deposed, that they were present at the marriage of the prisoner with Bi id*el Toel, in the 1111 l nth of May, about seven years ago. Site was now alive, and in the purlieus of the Court. They lived to gether about six )ears, and hail several children. Mr. Justice Best shortly summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner guilty. Ft E.—About half past eight o'clock on Monday evening, a most destructive fire bloke out in the floor cloth manufactory of Messrs. Rolls and Goulston, at :lie angle of this Gringe and New Bermondsey Roads. It originated in the Guilin house, and, front the highly ineammable nature of the n:u•ertals, spread with rapidity to the extensive manufactory, consuming tile entire building, together with a heavy stock, of immense value. The dames next caught the dwelling house of Mr. Rolls, junior, which was entirely destroyed. The timber purl of Mr. Dean, adjoining, caught fire, and the whole pis• mises were in one tremendous blaze. Aluny engines arrived, and by the exertions of the firemen a heavy pile of mahogany was carried off. The roof and hack at Mr. Goulston's Innis:, in the New Bermondsey Road, wab materially injured ; upwards of so houses in Pitt% l'luce and Chapel Court are more or less damaged, and, being in the occupation of weekly tenants, the distress occasioned by their necessatily hasty removal was affects lag. Hall, Rice, Collingwood, and a large party of the ;Surrey Fa.rol were in active attendance. About ten o'clock a shed, on which were 50 or CO persons, gave way, and several were much hurt, bet none seriously. 'lnc premises were partly insured. At half past eleven o'clock the tire was extinguished. with the exception of some piles of umber, but from which no further danger was expected. Monday the 9th instant. as Mrs. Wilbraham and heir daughter were taking the air in a low fuur-wheeled carriage, near to Ilote hill House, iii Itainault Forest, the hos on winch the footman (ado wasdris fog) was seated, suddenly gave way, anti the 'arrant was precipitated to the ground ; the horse taking alarm at this eircumstanee, set oil' at full gallop no the Romford road. The two ladies %. ere throw n with considerable violence from their seats : Mrs. 11 ilbrahain receised several most set ere wounds at the back of her bead, remained entirely senseless till the Weiliiesdly eseniug, and then espii ed at her ' house in Chiorelbrinv. Miss W ilbrallani was also ***** tly Wit, but, it is to be Loped, is in a fair wa) of recni try. 303 Ace:l:mgr.—On Tuesday morning last, nine young men, bookbinders, in the employ of Mr. Gamy. Bar. bican, agreed to make a holyday, and clubbed two shil lings a piece for the purpose of hiring a boat, the rest of the money to be spent. They proceeded to Westiniiialtr. bridge, where they hired a 6.oared cutter, and without a waterniait they rowed to Kew, where they dined and spent the day ; on their return in the eveniug about dusk, when between the Red Lion and the Eagle, use of the parry (Bean) stood up hastily, for the purpose of re lievnig one of his companions at the oar, and he fell headloremost into the river: Thomas Buchan, who sat next hilts, in his endeavours to save him, fell in likewise. Richard Marks, another of the party, instantly stripped off his coat and jumped in to save them, when he grap pled Him hard, and the three sunk to rise no more alive. the survivors rowed instantly to the Red House, where they gave an alarm, the drags were procured without delay, and several boats went to the spot; the bodies were dragged kir till past 12 o'clock, but without success. —Bean was about 24 years of age, and a widower with one child; Buchan was a single young man; and Marks lett a wife and two children to lament his loss. Tne whole of the stirs ivors, with some of the friends of the deceased, repaired to Chelsea on the following morning, for the purpose of lgain draeging for the bodies. COROlieleS INQUEsr.—Au an inquisition was taken on Wednesday morning. by Mr. H u gs, deputy coroner for Westminster, in Totlidficlds prison. It appeared 111.111 about half-past nine o'clock 011 'Tuesday forenoon, the deceased, who had previously been in perfect health, slid had eaten a good breakfast, was suddenly visited with a violent retching and spasms, and complained of violent pains in her inside, Mr. Nodder, the governor, beiti B , informed that she was seized with spatula, recom mended some warm water to be given her, and ordered that if she did not presently get better, the medical at. of the prison should be sent for. Warm water and gruel were given to her, but neither would remain on her stomach, nor did she get any relief from her pains. About half past twelve Mr. J. Levies, surgeon, of Charles street, arrived, and finding her pulse very low, and her extremities cold, ordered her some brandy and water, which she took. Finding her no better in about a quarter of an hour, he directed her to be sent into the sick ward, am(' some medicine which which he pre scribed to be made up and administered. He then left the prison with directions that he should be seat for if any change took place before he returned in the evening. Before lie git home, however, lie was overtaken by a messenger nom the prison, and returning immediately hound her dead. 'File body was opened on IVednestlay morning by Mr. Lurks, and Mr. White, surgeon, tsf Parliament-str..et, and presented nothing remarkable but a slight appearance of disease in the aortal to which they would not hate beet inclined to ascribe her death, but from hearing that the deceased had complained of what she called spasms of the heart, they thought it possible that it might have caused those pains suit that affection which ter aaa iii sted its death. On examining the contents of the stomach, nothing likely to have proved injulimis was discovered thereto.—Verdact—" Died by the visitation of God. AlasAseitoLY AP/AIR.—On Friday eveninr, Mr. Walter Irwin, of Barrack -street, potshot, was arrested on a Sneritt's writ, and tinfOrtunately refused aceoiti pailying tare bailiffs, who, iii eoasequence, wounded Ulna so desperately, that he expired in the Sheriff's pri.- (Will Lilt( lie nail been taken subsequently), oil &I. 1U.(1.1y et citing, at half-past se'•en o'clock. Peace officers itur, Pitillips, and Tityne, of the Monntrath division. took tnrre peisons win" w..re charged with the offence into cii,tody ; their names are Ml2orisiack, lietherin_ ton, and li la. The wounds of which the deceased tiled were intlxicil with a sword cane. WAhraNG BUNDIft)LD. —A few evenings ago, het Yirfill the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, a gentleman in Uubhu u.idertook, for a wager for a supper for ten, to walk likilllfulded Ilona inties's.gate,Thomas-street, to Nelson's Pillar, bre/bide-street. After toe various accidents which might ha expected, such u tumbling over apple-women's .tails, falling into sloughs, which were calculated to suit animals of an 11111- pililllJUS nature, and losing his way Many a time and oft," is bye Lire* and lung (mines, be accomplished his undertaking, and won the wager a little after midnight, having sustained no further damage than what arose from a cut nose, Which was occasioned by his bobbing his proboscis against the rails which surrounded the base art the pillar. He held a short stick in hits hand during his peregrinatiOns, to guard himself from .• moving accidemr;" but as he approached the mid of his pil grimage, he war thrown oil his paid by his eagerness to ar rive at the place of destination ; the stick was flung to earth," and his nose, taking its place, felt the rails out for its master. Thus he won the wager, literally by following his nose ! Daring attempt al A.ssassivalzon and I?oihery. Last evening before eight o'clock, as Mr. Hooper, of Kenning too, was returning from the city, he was surrounded mid knocked down by sev er,.l villains near the Cohourg Theatre, and drug ged into a lucid ; bat having su,•ceeded in making himself heard, so as to obtain istime.liate assistance, (though not one watchman or patrol appeared) he escaped without being robbed or re ceiving mach personal injury. It is hoped the police will ba inure upon the skit iu this quarter. Ott ‘Veattestiny night last, between eight and nine o'clock, three ricks of clover, the property of Mr. Wragg, at ‘Vadde,ilun, were set on lire, and alnit,st consumed heiure the dames could he subdued. &time cottages, only a few yards distant from the spot, were in imminent danger, bat were preserved owing to the direction of the wind. A person, who was noticed lc, king a'.nit the premises ...on alter the lire commenced, has beim apprehended on suspicion of bcitag the incendiary. DREARIIUL FIRE NEAR DROOREDA.—OiI Wed. Destiny night, the 1 I :it instant, a destructive lire broke out in the new &Jur-mills of Chanuou Rock, in the county of Louth, the property of Faithful Fortescue Esq. of Corderry, which consumed the machinery and roof of this valuable concern, together with about 3,UJU bluets of grain and • quantity of flour. l'ae Loa 11 engine of Dundalk, with several of the in habitants, proceeded with promptitude to the scene of destruc tion, hut the Ore had gut so much a head, that their caribous were unavailin;„ and ectry thing fell a prey to the devoutiog dement. 1 lie Me was caused by the iroct;on of part of the machinery, proper attent.un to which h.d hot been paid by the workmen. 'l . !!e building was insured.