The National Register. — London, England, 1821-04-30 00:00:00

136 OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. JUVentLe 'rntievcs.—On Tuesday, George Crawley and Tamura Head, two boys, were indicted for•stealing a cloth pelisse, valise 21. and npwards, the property of Char lotte Thomas, widow, from the person of Anne Blunt; and Elisabeth Ward, alias Bray, was indicted for receiv ing the same, knowing it to have been stolen. Anne Blunt, a little girl, aged IS, stated, she was sent by her mistress with a pelisse to Mrs. Thomas, at Islington, and when near the road leading to Sadler's Wells, she observed the two male prisoners following her. She inn riled on and lost sight of them, but they had, it appeared, gone toend a neater way so us to meet her, for as she was passing the New Riser Head they came in Trout of her, and snatching the pelisse from her hands, ran oft with it. A police-officer stated, that having had int4mation of the robber y, with a description of the thieves, lie appre hended the prisoners at the house of the woman Ward, in Frviug-pan•alley, Islington. He found the stolen pelisse in the room, anti the two boys were sitting by the fire with tkeir coats off', singing a flash song. The woman, witch inestioned about the pelisse, said, the boys brought in there, but she knew nothing of it. Crawley and Head were found guilty, and Ward was acquitted. The Common Sergeant inquired if the boys were known The officers said, they were well known. Head, who is only 11 years of age, having been some time in confine ment under sentence of death, but had received a pardon and Crawley having been tried here before. The Common Sergeant said, they must both leave the country. The young delinquents conducted themselves is the most hardened manner. Mary Simmunds and Sarah Evans, aged 17 and 18, were indicted fur stealing a pocket-hook and one 301. one 101. and ten 11. bank notes, from the peason of W. Salle tt. It appeared the prosecutor, who is a seafaring man, and just left his ship for the pnrpose of procuring change fur a draft on Messrs. Grote and Co. bankers, in Threadneedle mutat. He obtained the notes In question, and in the course of the day went into a public-house in W eta worth street.—After remaining a short time he went to a neigh bouring shop to purchase some tobacco. While he was there the prisoner Evans came in and invited him to walk up stairs: be did so, and saw the prisoner Mary Simmonds there. Evans then left them together, when Simmonds took him to a house in George-yard. Evans shortly fol ed, and engaged his attention, while Simmonds leaned over his shoulder and took his pocket-book, and ran away : he pursued her, but she was out of sight in a moment. She was taken about ten days after in Shire-lane, Temple bar. 8 I very respectable witnesses spoke to the los mer good character of Simmonds, and said she had only been about three months in this unhappy course of lite. Before that, she was an honest and industrious girl. Het ap pearance was rather interesting. The Jery, after some deliberation, found both the pri soners Not Guilty. The Common Sergeant, in very feeling terms, conjures! the pr i soner Simmonds to forsake her present dreadful course , and return to a life of honest industry. She cried very much, and assured his Lordship that site would. On Wednesday, Thomas Smith was indicted for stealing 120Ibs. weight of lead, the property of James Cromwell, (rein a certain building to which it was affixed. Mr. Cromwell, a farmer at Hammersmith, proved that the le id in question was stolen from one of his barns, on or about the night of the bull of March. Tb mas Close swore, that on the night of the Bth ult. he stopp with a horse and cart at the Chaise and Horses public-house, at Hammersmith, where the prisoner cant. in and forced his conveisation upon him, and asked him if lie would earn live shillings by carrying some lead in his cart to London, next morning. After some conversation, witness agreed to the bargain, mid the prisoner then en• gaged a bed for him of the landlord, He was called at six o'clock, and then he put his horse in the cart, and followed the prisoner to an adjacent lane, where the latter took some lead from a dunghill, and put it into the cart. Witness then drove Al towards Loudon, and wisest lie arrived near Kensington, twe officers stopped the cart, mid took him and the lead into their custody. The pri soner at that time was not wills the cart. He had never seen prisoner before that night. Mr. Drinkwater, landlord of the Chaise and Horses, swore that the last witness, when he saw the prisoner at his house, shook hint by the hand, called kiln by name, and conversed with him with all the familiarity of an old acquaintance. In the morning Close went towards the lane with his horse and cart, but the prisoner was not then with him. Wittiest saw the cart afterwards drive away towards London, and lie gave information to the Consta ble, as he suspected all was not right. Shortly after wards the prisoner came in, and asked if the young man was gone, and being told he was, walked away towards Loudon. The Constables deposed to stopping the cart, and said they saw the prisouer walking three gnarters of a mile behind the cart. They took him after to ids at his own house. The Jory found him—Guilty. Close was recalled, and ly reprimanded by the Court, for his conduct before and at the trial. On Thursday, William Sack and George Sinillowere indicted for stealing IoBlbs. of lead, the property of Jas. Barker, from his dwelling-house. William Court, sawyer, has the care of Mr. Barker's house. About nine o'clock on the 16th April, Isis wife awoke hint, and told him thieves were in the house; he got up, and saw two men rolling the lead sill the top of the water closet, he isonnediately pursued them. calling out stop thieves. Sack was taken in the act of getting ower the wall. The other prisoer took a different course, and in his hurry to get away jumped off the wall into a pond on the other side; lie was seized by a gcntletnan who was passing, and taken to the watch-house. The lead was afterwards fitted to the parts cut, and found to correspond exactly. George Taylor saw the prisoner in company on the day stated in the indictment. In const (pence of infor illation he received, he went to Smith's lodgings, and found him in bed. his clothes were wet. Witness took prisoner's shoes and compared them with the im. pressions in the garden. They were lontid to tall) ex~etly.—(; tii Ity. Michael Mule, • young Luau of sn.kly appearance, t • THE NATIONAL REGISTER was indicted for stealing a box coat. value 31. the pro perty of Henry Arthur Browne, Esq. of Great Alarl bo rough-street. He was found Guilty, and sentenced to one year's impriso ttttt ent and hard labour, and to be twice publicly whipped. SENTENCES. . - The trials having finished, t h e Recorder, at half past three n clock, proceeded to pass sentence upon the cri minals convicted during the sessions. To br trartsponed for seven years:—Eleanor Edmunds, Marg. Murphy. John Hart, John Head, Geo. Crawley, Henry Herrin, James Page, Thomas Jones, J. Lacey, Newland, Benjamin Stevenson, %Wham Sack, G , . Smith Anne Williams, J. Smith, Michael Twycross, John Geeves, James Brookes, Utz. Stilton, Caroline Humpries, Mary Jones, Edward Long, Win. Thomas Smith, Thomas Condon, J. Timmins, Joseph Peeling, John Bellett, %V. Appleby, Isaac Crawley,. It. Callow, Joshua Jones, John Brooks, Charles Wady, G. Ellis, William Goodyear, W. Barrett, Jas. Moody, %V. Bartlett, T. Noon, Henry Saundersnn, 'l'. George, T. Caton, 'l'. Platt, J. Williams, D. Douglas, Joseph Sanderson, A. Dennis, J. Taylor, G. Meuse, William Admits, and J. Burn. For fourteen years :—Elizabeth Vincent, Hen. Mills Wingate, H. Stevens, J. Frederick, and W. Sears. For life:—Mary Webb. Martha King was sentenced to two years, anti Thos. Dognerty, M. Mackay, Mary Anne Gordon, Anthony Callaghan, W. VVotxlroffe, Thomas Perring, and John Crawley, to one year's imprisonment in the House of Correcnont A great number were sentenced to lesser terms of im prisonment, and some to be publicly and others privately whipped.—ln die cases of sonic the judgments were respited. The following unhappy persons (20 in number) re. ceived sentence of death, viz:—Julia Cochet Dubras, Jabez Pickering, George Davis, William Paveley, and Henry fletvins, ILrstealiuu in dwelling houses; Richard Jackson, Thomas Brookes, John Recce, Thomas Lee; and Thomas Loughton, fur burglary ; James Jordan, IVilliain Donald, Thomas Steers, (aged 12, 13, and 12) and Abraham !talcs, for house-breaking in the day time Tozeley for horse.stealing ; Mathias Griscoll for a robbery on the highway, under the threat of charging a man with abominable propensities ; John Smirke fur highway rubbery; J0:111 Childs for sheep stealing; Cephas Quested, for unlawfully assembling with arms, in company with others, and aiding and assisting in the running of contraband goods, and John Soave, for forging the signatures of certain officers to Isis accounts, as purser of . his Majesty's ship Spartan. The stssions adjourned so Wednesday, June the Died on Wednesday, at his house iu Bruntonastreet, at two o'clock in the morning, in the 78th year of his age, Henry Lawes Luttrell, Earl of Carhampton, Viscount Cathamptos of Castlehat en, Baron Irtiliain of Luttrels. town, Governor of Dublin, Patent Customer at Bristol, a General in the army, and Col. of the 6th regiment of Dragoon Guards; born August 7, 1743; married June 25, 1776, Jane, daughter of George Boyd, of Dublin, Esq. one of the most beautiful women of her day, as well as the most amiable. Her Ladyship sun ices him. His Lordship is succeeded in his title and estates by his only brother, the Hon. John Luttrell Olutius, now Earl o• Carhampion. The successor of his Lordship in the Gdoneley of the 6th Dragoon Guards will labour under a disadvantage. His Lo rdship lived long *enough to complete the quarter of the year ending the 25th inst. by two hours, by which he was aisle to assign the off reckonings of the regiment for two years, and conse quently the new Colonel succeeding him, will have only his pay for these two years, without emoluments arising from clothing, &c. which belong to the Colonel. Hi- Lordship's death also makes a vacancy in the represents anon of the borough of Ludgershall, fur which he was returned to the House of Commons. SINOULAR Pusaromearow.—A remarkable pheno menon occurred at Bishop IVlonekton, near Ripon, on the estate belonging to Mr. Charnock.—About two o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday the attention of a person in the service of that gentleman was suddenly attracted by a kind of rumbling noise, which apparently proceeded front the stack-yard, distant not more than 30 yards from Mr. Charnock's house. lie at hrst simposed the noise to proceed from some children playing and throwing stones against the doors and walls , but on going IMO the yard he was surprised to see no one there. On looking up the avenue, formed by a row of stacks, and leading to the house, he observed a small portion of the ground in motion, which, after considerable agitation for a few minutes, suddenly presented an opening of about a foot square, front whence issued a great body of water, which soon returning with the same violenceand rapidity that marked its first appearance, enlarged the cavity, and in its prowess brought down with it a par tion of the surrounding earth, several feet in extent, which was instantly to be buried in the abyss below.— The water, however, continued to ebb and {tow, more or less, during the whole of the day. Some gen tlemen plumbed this subterraireous pit on the evening of the same day, when it was found to be 58 feet in depth ; oh. water has now subsided, and the remains settled within two yards of the top. On Friday last a Justice of Peace Court was held at Moffat, for the purpose of trying a woman of the name of Mary Thomson, accused of a violent assault upon her mistress, the wife of the Rev. Mr. Menteath, dis senting minister there. It appeared from the evidence that the delinquent had disguised herself by blacking her face and putting a blanket round her, aud in this state rapped at her mistress's door on the Yd of February leer, between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, and Mrs Meutcath, who was alone, opening the door, the (the servant) seized her, threw her down, and mal treated her with such violence as to cause an effusion of blood. Tne Court having found the libel proven, she was sentenced to forty days' imprisonment in the gaol of Dumfries; by which sent( Ace she of course fUtrella 111.1 sages. SINGULAR SUICIDE.—A boy, only twelve T ears of age, last week put an end to his existence at Croydon, by hooting himself through the head with a gun barrel, which he had previously loaded to the muzzle with powder and a number of bullets. The youth, it is re ported, had been, (as he conceived) severely treated by some relations, and he repeatedly declared to his play fellows that " he would sooner die than he would again be 'cried so." His assertions wete laughed at, for no one supposed that he was serious. Something of an till pleasant nature again occurred, and then he told two of his companions that " he would shoot hiinsell." He could not procure a gun or pistol, but was able to get a gun barrel and powder and ball. He took a walk with his sister to sonic distance front his home, and having lighted a match, he placed the muzzle of the barrel to his head, and set fire to the prime of the touch-hole.— Previous to his doing the fatal act, he sent his sister to his mother, to desire her to come to his assistance, and during her absence, he fired the barrel, and blew nearly one third of his heath off. His mother found him a hor rid spectacle—a liteless corpse. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—An inquisition was taken in a private apartment, at Queen's-row, Buckingham-gate, before Mr. Gell, coroner for Westminster, on the body of Mr. Robert Webster, aged 27 years, who (lied by strangulation. The deceased's father is a gentleman of great property residing at the above-mentioned place ; and on Sunday last his sun-in-law, with his wife and family and the deceased, breakfasted together: after which the deceased retired to his own room, and his sister in a few minutes followed him, who was in the garden, in the meantime rubbing the deceased's side, for the purpose of restoring him; but when her husband cause, he observed a cord round the deceased's neck, and he cut it instantly, when a tremendous weight, nearly a hundred, dropped upon the floor: the deceased was quite dead, and all attempts to restore animation proved abor tive. It further appeared that the deceased was an artist, and devoted much of his time to the art of engraving and copper-plate printing, and was continually making experiments. For the latter purpose he procured the weight before mentioned, about three weeks ago; and in consequence of an impediment in the right arm, and two of the left fingers being contracted, he attached a cord to get round his neck, as he had not power to get it round his ne.! , as he had not power to remove it with his hands. • board was lying between two chaitsi and the opinion of the jury was, that he attempted to lift the weight oil the ground upon the board, whets it slipped behind him, pulled hint upon the chair, and the cord getting under his chin on the neck, strangled him. They all returned a unanimous verdict of acct. deii:al death. Match to trot 100 Miles in Tteeke eaccessin^ flours.— This match made by Captain 13easeley, of her, to do the above distance with too riders—the owner (who rides 12 stone) and leather weight the next 50—took place over a ten mile piece of ground, on the Ipswich road, on Tuesday, for 200 guineas. The mare to perform the task was under 15 hands, but shevved much strength and blood, and she %vas hacked at 6t05 to win. She performed 12 miles in the first hour, and within two hundred yards of the same distance in the second hour, before the bit was drawn. The first 50 miles were per formed in five hours and five minutes. Here the ware was rubbed down, and she fed well and started again, after halting half an hour. She next carried little wore than seven stone of weight, and travelled on pleasantly, at the rate of ten miles and a half an hour, which co vered loss of time and stoppages, and she won cleverly, with 20 minutes to spare. One in the morning was the starting time. Dreadlitl Accident.—A few days ago a servant of Mr. Beecham, at Peckham, took tip a sucking pig in the yard, which he indiscieetly carried in his arms into the stye where the old sow was, which immediately attacked hun, seized hint by the thigh, and tore the flesh from the bone, and also bit his leg in a terrible manner, so that it was with difficulty he escaped from her with his life. EZTRAORDINAAY Kietrz.—Sheffield has long been celebrated in every quarter of the globe for her unrivalled excellence in the manufacture of all des• criptions of cutlery ; but one of the grandest speci mens of the art produced by human ingenuity, is now to be seen at a warehouse in Norfolk-street.— The article to which we allude is a knife, of most curious and exquisite workmanship, and containing no less than one thousand eight hundred and liisenly ono blades, and other instruments, surmounted by a crown of gold. at the top of which twenty-one blades are inserted. We understand the above ar ticle is not for sale, but that it will remain in the possession of tho inventors, Messrs. Rodgers and Sons, as a lasting specimen of what human inge nuity is capable of achieving ; it occupied no snore than nine months in making. Last week the body of a woman was found, much decayed, in the river Wcy, about two miles below Guildford, which was ascertained to be that of a widow woman, formerly matron of the Stoke hos pital, from which she had been expelled, and had been missing upwards of four months. Coroner's verdict insanity. A rowing match took place on Monday last, for a wager of 20 guineas, between a master carpenter and a wheelwright, well known for his aquatic skill. The distance was from Westminster-bridge to Vaux hall-bridge, and back again, which was won by the latter. On Wednesday workmen were employed raising a scaffold near the top of St. Paul's Cathedral, as it is intended, it is said, to re-gild the hall and cross, which have for so many year► pact had a very sombre and dingcy appearance.