The National Register. — London, England, 1818-03-23 00:00:00

MAItC-1 29. POLICE. --e- MANSION•HCUSE. ~lond.ty, R. Hill.was charged upon suspicion of robbing end attempting tomairder R. Davies ; and T.-Ward and C. Wheeler, who had been apprehended subsequently, uuder the same charge, were also put to the bar. J. Rice, an offi cer stated, that he had visited Davies in the Hospital on Saturday and Sunday, and found him porfectly calm, hut unable to move. He said, that NVard and Wheeler, with whom he had been sonic time acquainted, were two of the per u.ons whe hail maltreated him, atiil the third he did not know, lie hat. been drinking with them on the night of the robberyl Witness closely questioned him as to the correctness of his rceollectinn,‘ when he repeated his assurance that they were tiro of the men. •Witness in consequence, took them into rm,tudy. 'Davies ptysimmt.itt his fOrmettleclaration that Hill had no share in the transactioe. lit refutation of the state, flout made by Davies, Ward• called Mr. Aktaurst, landlord of the Salishery Arms in Cainomile.strect, who said that lie recollected the prisoner genii; to bed at half past ten o'clock 011 the night of the rebbery ; Davies had on the sam e even . in; been eat-inking at his home, and went away veiy tipsy. Wheeler lodged at the King's Arms, in Eastcheap ; and a man who slept in the same mn, stated, that be saw him in bed at I I o'clock on the night in question.—Toe Lord Mayor, " This is really a most mysterions . aiTair; and I hardl e know what to think of it ; but I am determined that the matter shall he thoroughly investigated. Wheeler and Ward must therefore be detained until the wounded man can be con. fronted with them but 11111 may he discharged upon pro rand.); to appear when called upon." Wednesday, T. Ward dud C. Wheeler were again brought up charged wits robbing and ill-treating R. Davies ; when a statement was oproduced, signed by Davies, directly char- : gin; them with the fact. The prisoners repeatdd their for mer assertions of iunocence. and produced titter former evi dence to prove nn alibi. Several respectable iudieetlictis also gave them excellent characters. In this stateari conflicting evidence, the Lord 'Mayor dispatched an officer to the Hospital to inform Davies of the above facts; who stated, on his return, that Davies, on being told the circumstances, said, he believed hi: must be mistaken ; the night was very dark, and lie could not swear to the persons of the prisoners, he only thought there was a strong similarity in their voices and those of the robber,. ,An assistant in the Hospital stated that Davies, when first brought there, was extremely cited. T e e L o rd Mayor said, that after such prevarication, he could not think of detainiegehe prisoners &moment longer. They was discharged. ROW STREET. A daring combination has for a long time existed among the journeymen ccaeleakers, the. most illegal practices have • been resorMd to for the purpose of effecting t heir:mischievous chp.cts. No particular case, however, hail Leen detected so as to form a ground of legal ccgnizance till Tuesday, when Edward Silver wood, James Barnes the elder, Richard Stook, and John Want, weru placed at the bar, charged with unlaw ftilly ab.cnting themselves from the employ of Messrs. Payne ..ac d. Wood, of Great Queen, street, Lincoln's Inn_fields, coach. J.tce weavers, oar Wednesday week, when they left their wog unfinished, and with being in combination with 12 other men to act in a similar illegal manner, so that by their corduct the niannfactory has been stopped from proceeding with its Lust. loess. Win, Mills, one of the men included in the warrant, was ealltn All an evidence ; he admitted taking a letter from Sil v erwood, the prisoner, on Wednesday, to Payne, announcing his and the other men's determination to leave their work.— He asked Payne for a written answer .to his letter, whick Payat derlined to give. lie observed,,that he did not k now that the men had any grievances to complain of; if ex isted, he would, on proper iepresentatioo, rectify them. 'olle tiltll left Mr. Payne; and they. l:ad Out Leer heard of since; so that it was. coucluded iLat nothing :.liort of a compliance with the conditions dictated in the letter would be ae,:epte4 by the men. This man was a very relitaant evidence. The prisoner, Silverwood, who has been the leader and spokesman upon all these proceedings, with e-sed the magistrate, itir.d.solizited a postponement of the examination till Mr. alley could be,pro cured to , attend for them. The magistrate agreed to allow an hour. The otlice was erawded willtjourneyinen employed in the coachmaking business. Mr. Hopkinson, the coaelimaker, Holhotn,. the chairman of the itSSOCiditGol of master eottehinakets, who have lately met , since the combination of the journeymen was discovered, wail present, as were Mr. Howe, and othensuaster coachmakers.- 2 .- • t `it Mr. Alley coining to the office, he had a consultation 1.% ith the prisoners and their friends. The prisoners were afterwaralr .placed at the bar agaitt,, when their behaviour. was finite changed, and. they aehtiow. ledged their guilt and the imi propriety. of their coodoet. Mr. Payne said he shatild only agree to WilildfaW his, pro e.iution ou eunditiowof their agreeing to return to ,their tvgark, wittivut loss of time, which the. prisomas assented to. Mr.-Payne said lie had been informed tho,i .Lod all hound '.hetoselves by au oath to -fortrit a IL note each, if one re turned to work withoutthe %shell , . The prisoners allilveied' this, ab well as tivo.7,e Nho thittugegi the office. DIA.SLBOROUUR STREET. Casson, a Frenchman, was charged with attaching the Rev. G. Matthias, belonging to Spanish-place Chapel.— The following is Mr. M.'s statement .--On Sunday morning, about eight o'clock, as he was standing at the altar, is the act of blessing the palm, he heard a noise. tin. turning his head round, he beheld the prisoner attempting.to get •over the communiou rails, with amaked sword. He attempted to snake a thrust at him, upon ohich lie ran into. the sacristy.-1- The prisoner followed him closely, and prevented him .trom shutting the door. In this .posture he made a thrust at which ran tlignagli..his vestincnt, entered the palm of his Jaand, and from thence to the elbow. Witness then seised the sword with both bards, and the prisoner pulled it through .and cut his fingers. Jo a few tiii.austes the congregation burst la, the duar, Itotind the priAmer, :buil tuck the sword front him. J. Crowley, of 22, liita•btruct, Gro-vewir-square, *wed, that lie MIN in the body of the Chapel wlieti the prisoner (Wile in. The belt and scabbard of thesswurd %self: thrown across his shoulder, and the blade lie .carrictl erect in his tight hand.— lie made twarils the Priest.;.aws! when lie gut over the rails, struck at him, and witness insuudy ran into the sacristy. The prisoner .was. r.triking at Mr. 3latilliass but on his approach, lilt his (witites:;'s) hand with the sword, and gave him several kicks. Witness .eicetl I by the throat, and by one elfort brought him to the ground ; when be took the weapon oaf of hand, and i:eld hint in hi s grasp until lie received. assts. - .ince. Mr. Wilkes, a bookseller, of Foley-street. confirmed hbi &position. 0. Eishop4Esq. of ocotge-streetgrOrtiftio. TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. quarc, was called to attend Mr. Matthias; lie found him tinder the care of a young Surgeon, who was in the Chapel at the time of the outrage. On examining his hands he found them' desperately cut, and several of the sinews laid open ; he administered every remedy. The Beadle produced the snort!. It appealed fri-,11 gruut:(l, and near fear feet long. 'flue pri_. saner in hi , . defence, said, that lte had been excommunicated by the Clergy for being insane, and considered !shim.lf spiritu ally twoirtlei ed. [Under such circumstances he could not enter any other Chapel, and he thought himself justified in killing Mr. Matthias' Ile epolse. in a rational manner. Mr. Matthias denied that he had heels excommunicated, hut admitted that he had been refused the Sacrament, on account of his coming intoxicated. ,Mr. It'arrant ordered him to he re manded until &aster Moutl.q. • 4Mr. Mattiii.as was. unable to sign his name. • LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 17. THE PRINCESS OF WAI.EIi V. THE EXECUTORS OF TUE DIAZ or artuNswinc. 11 - e Lord Chancellor shortl!: Liter he entered the Court, state.:, that he had the affidavit vine!' had been handed up to him on Saturday by the learned Counsel for the Al efendants. It was enough at present to say, that in his opinkn that affi davit laid a sufficient ground ter the production of the bistro • ments son, ~ht for. The defendants lie cenroiied, had a right to say, after having put in this affidavit, " We ate not obliged to put in nue answer to .11:abill until these documents. are produced." With regardao,the request of the plaintiff for further time previous to this production of the instruments, as far as regarded the importance of the affidavit, his Lordship had no objection to its being granted, with the understanding that the defendants should have an inspection of the insti:. ments alluded to previous to filingen answer to the bill. As to the motion for time on the part of the defendant, he had no olticetion to that either. Hominy asked to what motion his Lordahip aUnded? The Lord Chancellor replied, that the motionsh.z meant was that of the defendants, fur a fortnight's time after the pro doction.of the instruments. Sir S. Hominy observed, that the order was imperative to produce the ihstrnments, but it was not the intention of his Lordship to compel the immediate production of them. Time Lord Chancellor.—Certabily not, Sir Samuel. I did not mean that any specific time should be fixed for the pro duction of the instruments. All that I wish is this—that the defendants, after they had an opportunity to inspect the docu ments, should have ',fortnight's tiuse.allowed them ,preiuus to filing their answer. Cti6Tlllll ADVTILTISEEEN'T.-.4 MIA the Whitehall Evening ANI, April IL. 1725 " In a few days (if God permits) will sett out for the Bath. *large Commodious Waggon, which will conveniently hold sti persons, and there being hut six places vet taken, such :ea:l:persons as are willing to take the advantage of this conveyance. are desired speedily to send their names to Robert Knight. Waggoner, at the Three Crowns, in Arlington Street. The said Waggon Inns ut the Kieg's Head, mar the King's Bath, at Bath. " N.B. This invention is of the mule nature of Mr. Green's Car riage to Scotland, but much improved, as containing three. nuees the number of passengers." Otti.A.ort7L.AcCtuErvr.—On Tuesday, betweer• one and two, as Mr. hider, jt.n. of Swallow -street, was driving a spirited harts in a break down the Haymarket, the annual tookftight, it is supposed, at some of the iron work of the vehicle, which, having beqime,i,x,,,c, made a loud rattling noise, and he immediately bcgau kicking and plunging in a crest violent manner. The shaft; cif the carriage was almost instantly broken, and Mr. Elder and bis servant thrown on the pavement. The horse finding himself disencumbered of „the velskle, and terrified with the broken shafts, still hanging by his sides among the harness, dashed on the foot pavement. where he cause in eentaet with. Mr. Hill Dailey. a notorious gambler, of Ilyderstrect, oho shocking to relate, was thrown down, and so nine': injured, that he expired in a few.n.inutes. The unfortunate man wa, iminediately earned into the shop of Mr. Ilud-staa, chytnist, near the end of Pan ton-street, and was bled ; but tuts late ' • he merely requested to be " raked up a little," and almost instantly expired. Mr. Elder was carried into the shop of Mr, flastiags, near the theatre ; and having received every nemsary assistance, was afterwards conveyed home in a coach, and is not considered to be in a dangerous state. Alter Mx. Harley wee thrown down, the horse still continued his course down the foot-path, thrineing down several perAßts in his way, and though maay.attempted to stop him, it was found impracticable, till, passing over to the opposite pavement in Cockspur.street, he fell, partly within the shop-door of Messrs. Date and Starke. and he was then stax.reel. Mr. - Harley had lett his apartments in Ryder-street, St. James's-square, only a few juinutes before this asrful catastrophe.— Theinnuy which isessed his death was a empress:on of the.skall upon the drain, the back part of his head having fallen on the comer cf die area coping stone belonging to Mr. Godfrey's house, the ham:, few doors above Pantumstreet.—An inquest sa(,on Wednesday, in the course of which it appeared, that the daughter of the decensed had been seriously hurt, and that Mr. Eider is,aangerously ill. TM Jury brought in a verdict of Accidental Death; but, as the driving of a break m the streets is an offence against the very useful Act of Parliament (lately passed through the exertions of , Mr. NI,A. 'ray lot), a deodand of 11. was recorded en the horse and .curt; a puralty of•sos, has also been incurred under the Act. The whole of the eaOtal convicts at ‘Voreester. were re priescil. • Shortly after the termination of the. trial of the rioters,. M iustice Burrough stepped into his cierriage, on 1114 way to Stafford, where he opened the commissional:: Wed nesday evening. It has been slated tit us asst fart, tliat the populace,ies their unbounded joy for the erauce of their rellow-tow.usinest (indicted fur rioting on Pitcherott-item) on ;his entering leis carriage, absolutely nttetuptau! to draw the judgeic triumph through the city I hitt his lordship instantly sailed is the aid of the Sheriff's daveteei-ineu. mud Wteateued to commit the ringleaders.—Gfue,wter JT.O';:4I. ANOTHER NIUR I DER.—About a week ago, at midnight, as a limo named Henry Gill, employed as a waggoner by Ali. Glover of Mitcham, was passing aver Mitcham (Amnon, with a waggon loaded with tiller casks of tobacco, I/1111/s WAY to London. he was attacked by two men, who knocked Lint down before lie had lime to put himself on the detensive ; whit e he was on the ground they heat and kicked him until lie reacts i li a c osible. and, as they supposed, dead, wee.. it they rob teed hem of all the money he had about his person, :tenoned. itig to only eight aleillings. The villains expected to find a booty in Ike waggon, but they were deceived ; the casks of ' tooacco vicre not sufficient!' purnsble for their, purpose. They decamped .with .the paltry ,smn, leaxing the man for iv a . 4 lie lay oft the ; grouted for a cobaiderablc time, when a auan.eame up, aced seeing his condition, went for assistance, and they.put the poor fellow in tile waggon, and conveyed yin, to the Windmill public-house, Cluplenrm lie ling , red la great pity tuna SusOay ' l k ea h e died, SIIIPWRECKS. (From the Caledonian .llercary, Mares 16.) The sloop Ann and Isabella, of " T hu rso, was lost in the late storm, nff Derry River, on the Irish coast, when all on board perished. The Ann and Isabella was a tight and well built vessel, apwards of SO tons register, and had on board a cargo of herrings from Wick to Ireland. The mister, W. Mattson, an excellent seaman, was a native of rims°, and had his eldest son on board as one of the crew. A widow and roils family are lett to deplore his loss. The mate, Willi en Thomson, was also a native of Thurso, and has loft a ivi low and three children In eery indigent circumstances. •I';ttre was a very. tine promising, young man on board as supercargo, Mr. A. Sinclair, from Wick. Last week we mentioned that the Minerva, of and for New York, last from Liverpool, had put into Ullapool in a very disabled state: we have now the farther painful task of re cordate, that this fine and richly freighted vessel has since bet 11 almost CO/1511111111i by fire. Late on the night of the 411 i cut-tent, the inhabitants of Ullapool were greatly alarmed by dreadful screams proceeding from this vessel then lying in the offing. On boats going out, it was found that the cause of the 4141111 was the discovery of the ship besng on fire under the lowest sleek. The people of the place immediately flocked on board to render all the assistance they could to the distressed and disabled crew ;.bitt in spite of every exertion, in less than three hours 150,0001. worth of goods were con sumed by the dames. It is supposed that a fourth part of her cargoswill be got landed, though in a damaged state. As soon as it Will perceived that the lire could trot be got under, the vessel made nom the shore, which she approached :o closely, that beau were at one time entertained for the villag. , showers of sparks flew abort in all s:ireerioes. Fortutiatel, the wills', immediately shifted. Fragments of silks and goods of all , descriptions were wished ashore from the %leek which, when our Correspondent's letter came away, was still Laming. INQT'FST. Monday an inqueA was held at S. Thomas's Hospital on the body of J. Fawcett, who died in consequence of being shot by his father oe Friday last.—ilary Ann Bush, 11 years old, living with her lattice, a potable dealer, in Joiner-mac -et, Tooleyeareet, was bitti • the shop when .i. Fawcett. sea. canneM and enquired for her either; she went to the bottom of the stairs Ai:d called for him three tirnee, when the deceased came down ; his father then retreated bark upon a piece of board near the cellar, again advanced, and flied the pistol at the deceased. She had not seen the pistol till he tired it, and then she. perceived it in his left bawd ; he also had a stick under his right arm. Which he tired the..pictol the deceased CAme forward, lied without speaking, felt upon his knee in the middle of the shop. The either walked tbrouga the shop, looked round, and exclaimed "Oh !" Mrs. Cummins laid hold of his coat, but he escaped item her, and was taken in the Church-yard Passage by two Gentlemen. " Had the deceased spaken to hint before he fired, or could they distinctly see each other?"—Witness, 'V hey, did nut ex awe, a word ; there.was a light upon the stairs, and they could distinctly see each other"—.l Solicitor wished to know, whether the girl had not Warmed her tether, whets he enquired fur Bush, that the deceased was nut at home, although site knew at the time he wa5....-She admitted baying toldliiin so. John (the deceased) had a white coat on, when he came down ; she did not see his face.—Co • Toner, " Hid the deceased live there?"—" Yee. Sir, and his mother is housekeeper .to my father."—Jane Cumming repeated the evi ! eenc.• she gave at Vines Hall, as stated in our last; and in urswer to questions put to her, added, that there was sufficient light to dis tinguish persons, but the pistol was tired the moinent footsteps were heard to approach—Mr. Smith, an attorney, who secured the TT- Boner, in the unumer stated in our hat said, that on his apprehension he mentioned the .ill-m , age he haul received from his wife; adding. drat they had been married 20 years, and had 15 chileken.—Ttie Coroner, however, observed, he could not listen to that statement, it not ;;-:tig admieaibb: evidence.,—Mr. S. begged to observe, that the newspapers had swede that in his evidence at Union Hull, he hart said, the father had told him he had gone with an intention to shoot Bush, which was totally incorrect. Mr. Basset, dresser at the hos pital, described the nature of the wound. A short time previous ta his death, he asked • who had wounded him. He replied hie father; but lie did not blame him, as he miateak him for Me Rush. He could not, however, say he was aware of his dissolution at that time. I.:crener, " Then whatever he said cannot be received in evi dence." The witness then produced 2e large slugs he had extracted from the body. The (*owner then 0U111114.4 up the evidence, 1.4)- betving that where a man repairs to any place with..intent .to murder a parttmlar person, and by mistake kills another, he ts, , in the eye of the law, guilty et' Wilful murder. They had heard the evidence, and lie had no doubt would return a conscientious verdict. The Jury then retired toe about half an hour, and returned u verdict of Wilful Murder against J. Fawcett, senior. Copy of a letter to. Mr. Walter, Governor of Surrey gaol, Statitliwark, from Ogden, late. a prisJaer in that gaol, on suspicion of, treason sta,--t , :ent you eectiunt of ilie„L:age I received fron ypu during a euntineir.ent of ntar nine months I was . under your care; the treament was such as calls forth my utmost remeet. Your general urbanity was conspieuutis throighout my whole confinement. but particularly u during the time tit the dreadful surgical operation I had to undergo when in surrey gaol, occasioned by the ponderou. , irons 1 was loaded with at Manchester, and ray lite has be e n pre served only by the great skill_and anent:lc: , pain to me by the :ur geons, particularly M. Dixim, ,and yourself, to whom tender my must respectful regard. While memory holds her seat. my grati tude w ill never be Owed, and t h e Hance of Walter be ever dear to your obedient and thankful WM. tH.A.A:t." " 26, wood-street, lanehester. Nov. 26." Wednesday sennight at non, an explosion of s dieleLing appa.. ratus took place in tae laborttory a the f...9anow Apothec.sty tunpativ, and the ether contained in it igniting, the whole building; wire thwa , .einal with destruction. An alartu s was immediately givco, ay.' the tire-engines were taken to the !Tay.. honeeer„r.o material injury was; Along. to the premises, although the . shock pm .duced by the explosion war cow:alembic.. Aznitn,iatentLig the ap paratus- was thrown 41.... ten. and sA much scorched dun it was fow.d necessary to semi hint to the Infirmary. On Sattuday, the original 11'iiiihsir coach, which If!ft London at two o'clock, was upset near llaminersuarb. by sa..ticn breaking; of the asle.tree. imach was full inside. and had six utaido passengers: the former cseaped unhurt ; the Litter two wily were one haring his ancie spraintah the other being bruised in the side. No blame mute ter to the coachman. who had the presenceof mind to cheek Ids horses as the coaco ndling, and thus probably prevented much damage. Ile had himself a %cry narrow esea lie MI with his head against a wall, but the thick...rein, of his r a y, saved him froin ally serious hurt. ;Ile pa tak og er:. -,,, re in an hauling stage. A Shocking rte.:Went !wyope i neltr• 'l:huts:lay night in Oxford street :-31r. FetrilL4t.n. of Marlboreugh.row. was returnlng home f eL ni3Oxbritir at eleven o'clock, with Mr. Ch a p man , hi s f r i en d i n a •rig, when thy vehicle struck the wheetof a hackney coach, ant i f rom . 11:e rapid roomer in widen they wee going, the gig was neeiturotd with gr „ t yiuh•nce..,;''.r.S;44ll and his frh.-i.d were ;ricked up for dead, and has newer spoke binec, had his right leg broken is two places,. and isnOt expected to survive. 'lr. F..escapod w i t h out an y otitis inj ury Utast being otutinctl et the