The National Register. — London, England, 1814-11-27 00:00:00

r'et, POLICE. UNION 1-1 M L. Yesterdnv, Frl ward Betty was charged by George Collins on suspi cion of stealing a p diet Merl, containing 51. it, rank-dote s. The pri• /finer ;red vile pr e secutor. foil!, it app, erred, lodged at the Flying Ilor•e, in Wat ktriar's-rood, on the day m which the notes wete lost Tht prosecuror di •coyered the prisoner in his apartment ; and, on (pies totting him as to his business there, he •anl he came to brash the pro secutor's coat. The prosterinoi thanked hint, but desired he would !tot give hiersel' that treehle. al d the prisoner left the room. Soon afte, the pro•ec.otor di•ciivered his pot ket-buok was brush• d off. May, the 1.0..e.er, was sent kr, mi.d the p:isoner was taken into eestudy, and pull oi the macs I..tit:Jiro his p.,ss, stain. committed. QI7EEN SQUAIIE. Jane Weed was chareed eell divers swinding transac ions, in going abr.; to sundry of S k'ansittart's tradesmen, salving, that the Lady re quired to look at certain articks in w hich they dealt, and that Nile was to carry si:a.pe4. From an ironnr - roger she got costly snuf and from a bookschei's valuable praver•Foeks; but although they let her have the articles they deemed it right to watch her. She, how. eve r, w e ll : to 111i>s VA, !snowing some of the servants, from having supported -parts in se vet at of their rellearsels of " High life Below Stairs ;" trot, on enquiry, the fraud was detected, and she was of course apprehended. Co :imitted for farther examination. A B .ker, of Monnioeth-street, St. (ides's, had the conviction pro nounced on him for quaotity of bread seized on his premises on Thursday, namely, 33 peek, 167 quarter!), and 20] haif.quartern loaves, besith s some small bleed. The seizure was nn.de by Cobham and l'ece, officers, and they had enough to du to prevent the mob from inflicting some urninary pueishmeut on the baker. Although up swards of 40i) loaves were seized, it was found the deficiency was o-lv 29; ) ounces and a hall.—Mr. Fielding lamented the negligence of the baker, as many of the loaves found on the premises were over weight, :led those seized for deficiency were not short each an ounce on ats averaee. 'file case was cettainly not of uI aggravated nature, and in consideration of that circutestunce, and the gee at loss that was sus tained by the forfeiture of the bread, be should only convict in the penalty of Is. per ("once. The penalty amounted to 111. 15s. tid. be sides the twleiture of the breati, half of which went to the poer of St anti half to the pour in the neighbouthoud of the Office in Queen-square. AIANSION•nouFT.. Yesterday P. Connolly was ful!y coononted to take his trial, on a charge of stealing a pltce 'of lead from the N buff of Mr. Blincall, near Lyndon bric'ge. • GU I I.DII ILL. Yesterday Sasan Martin anii Elia ibeth Milian were severally charged wiili stealing tram the person of a gentleman in Holborn, on Friday ni g 4t watch,schain, end seals It appeared that as the proiecator was on Way home, through Hon) _lli, the prisoners Re •COSted him, and Le soon missed his watch. He had them secured, and - the F-perty was found in their possession. They were fully cow- Henry Greenwood was fully committed for trial, on a charge of s tcaling a number ut pencil-cases from a shop window un CIDENTS AND OFFENCES. Saturday se'mtight, the Lords of the Council met in the Council Chainhei, Whito , :all, to hear a chat ge of murder committed beyond the st as. The person charged eVRY brought from Tothill-fields Bride at ell; he is a gentleman in the Commissariat Department, and was in the army under the Ditlae of Wellington, and lie is charged with kiloot:ng a female with a pistol, while in Portugal, to prove which three witnesses were produced, who also stated, that after the pri *ouct had shot the female he had cut his (win throat with a razor, but had recovered from the wound. The defence set up by the pri soner was most rotnantic. Ile stated that the deetased cohabited another gentleman iu the Commissariat Department; that he and the deceased, after becoming acquainted with each other, had become towt passionalely and violently attached to c:ich other, but deceased had so much honour that she caul,l not leave the gen ii:an:in she was then 'cohabiting with to live with hint, or eviit to tnairy him; and as they coital not live together they agreed to kill caell othcr : they accordingly met for that purpose, ta . l;en he shot Ler with a pistol, and which he had done so etiecttiaily that she could not tarot him : Ire therefore attempted to shoot but the bullet that he had got would not go into the pistol, being too Pirtle ; hr then put the bullet at the top of his head, and put the int.zzle pittol on it, supposing* it niii;l,,t atl4 , l%er the purpct.e, NOV. 97. !nit not sneeeedin:: with that, he rot his throat.—The prisoner was reminded to r;ll;iii.ficithi Bridewen. Thursday last, the Magistrates of the county of Gloucester, at the SeAious Room, Lawford's-gate, convicted all the tradesmen but two, of the parish of Westbury upon-Trim, for having false weights and meaNures Thursday se'nnigbt, a most serious accident was very nearly hap• pelting to the celebnated Mrs. Hannah More : in reaching a book in her library, her shawl caught tire, and before any assistance could. arrive, great part of her dress was burnt. She is now nearly reco. veto , . Mei:Dr:rt.—On Saturday selitlis:.!it, a boy of the name of Snell, only ten years of age, sslio wets kit to take care of the house of Mr. Wells, Cultic'', of Clanbotough. Nottinghamshire ' was num inhunittelv murdered by a villain named Hempstock , who had lately lived se t. Valli there. The wretch went to the house for the purpose of rob. bing it, and seeing the lad on his entrance, nearly severed his head from his body. He then effected his purpose. but was apprehended in consequence of some enquiries he made at Redford respecting tin' value of some of the notes he had stolen. lie has been committed to Nottingham gaol for trial. The robber, shot by the butler of-the Hon. Miss Broderick, in G r as. venor-place, on Thursdey se'nnight, is suspected to have gone directly to Little Britain, without a hat, and but one shoe, and a wounded face Adkins, the officer, having traced him there, and has since learned that his name is John William King, an Trish carpenter. He lodged at the White Horse public-house in Little Britain, where he had not. slept the night previous, but arri' ed at six in the morning, one hoer after the butler shot the maw He was admitted by a female, who oh. served he was without a hat, and tried to hide his face. Ile seat for a surgeon. saying he had been shot in Lincoln's-Inn fields. The swats found 30 or 40 shot in his thigh, and extracted five or six, dressed his wound, and advised him to go to an hospital. Friday morning he left his lodgings, and has not since been heard of. He has been a carpenter in the navy. A rcwerd is offered for his apprehension. Addy, the young man who lately made such a violent attempt on the life of Miss Bacon, by cutting her throat, and afterwards on his own life, escaped from Wyberton p-or-house, Lincolnshire, on Wed nesday night. Miss Bacon is recovering. John Bard, the man charged by Ann Radford with the murder of William linekbill, at Exeter, and who was committed for further ex amination, was on Wednesday liberated on bail, the Mayor of that city having received a letter from Lord Beauchamp (in whose ser vice the said Wm. Beckhill has been for several years past), stating that he is living and attending on Lady Beauchamp, in France. The improbability of several circumstances in the woman's story had keen beim e noticed; and there is little doubt the whole will prove to be the fabrication of a wicked mind. The Theatre of Breda was destroyed by fire on the Bth Sept. One, third of the suburbs of Pera, opposite Constantinople, was also des- ._ troyed by fire on the sth October. Mrs. Pulver, a widow lady of Broughton, near Kettering, having for some time past discovered strong symptoms of melancholy, het friends were induced to watch her very narrowly, and ultimately ne cessitated to use compulsory methods to confine her. On Monthly sennight, as she was fastened to a chair, fixed to the ground, a spa; k flew from the fire and caught her clothes ; and her usual attendant being absent on an errand, she was so dreadfully burnt as to occasiun her death next day. A Coroner's Inquest sat on the body of Ann Scott, in Eagle-street. on Saturday selmight, who had been severely burnt. The cause of her death, however, was not supposed by the attending Surgeons to • be the injury she sustained from the burning, but from ink having been mixed with the oil applied to the wound, and an inordinate quantity of Godfrey's cordial having been administered to her. Vrr diet—Accidental death, by the injudicious use of ink and other nu. proper articles, as remedies for burning. Wednesday night, the four horse Brentford coach. loaded with i,t outride, and six inside passengers, was overturned at Hammersmith, by running against a waggon : some of the passengers escaped unhurt, but others were severely bruised, though no limbs were broken. We are concerned to state, that a serious accident has happened to the Earl of EF.sex. The Noble Lord was riding on horseback in Cashioburv-park, on Monday last, at full gallop (carrying his right foot loosely in the stirrup, in consequence of weakness from a late sprain), when his feet lost their equipoise, and in conseqw•nee he was precipitated with great violence to the ground ; by the conens• sion his head was hurt, and much internal injury was sustained by the body. His Lordship was carried in a state of insensibility into tite mansion, and medical assistance called in. Au express was shortly l i after sent for Sir Henry Halforn. On Thursday his Lordship was net declared out of danger. . . THE NATIONAL R..!,GISTEIt.