The National Register. — London, England, 1821-04-29 00:00:00

13* OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. ••■•■•••• JOvantt.s Twieves.—On Tuesday, George Crawley • and Tomas Head, two boys, were indicted for stealing A cloth penult., value2l. and upwards, the property of Clint. lotto Thomas, widow, :roanthe person of Anne Bleat j and Elisabeth Ward, alias Bray, was indicted for reerlta lag the same, knowing it to have been stolen. Anne Bloat, a little girl, aged 13. stated, she wag NIBI by her allskess with a pelisse to Mrs.Thontas, at Winglessh and when near the road leading to Sadler. Wells, she observed the two male 'prisoners following her. She Isar. tied on and lost sight of them, but they had, it mooing, -vow mend a 'mire, way se as to meet her, for as she ae. ,passing the New Kit er Head they canto in front abet, and snatching the pelisse front her hands, ran off with It. A police-officer stated, that having bad information it •the robbery, with a description of the thieves, he appro. belated the prisoners at the house of the woman Ward. ii Fryiug-pamalley, Islington. He found the stolen pelisse ill the mown, and the two boys were sitting by the fire with their coats off, singing a flask song. The woman, when questioned about the pelisse, said, the boys brought in ' blare, bat she knew nothing Of it. Crawley and Head were found guilty, and Ward was acquitted. The Common Sergeant Inquired if the boys were blows The officers said, they were well known. Head, who is only II years of age, hairier been some time in confine- Anent under sentence of death, hat hail received a pardon and Crawley having been tried here before. The Common Sergeant said, they must both leave Ai conutry. The young delinquents conducted themselves' le the most hardened manner. Mary Simnsonds and Sarah Evans, aged 17 and 111, were indicted for stealing a pocket-book and one WI. one 101. and ten ii. bank notes, front the person of W. Sancti. It appeared the prosecutor, who is a seafaring man, and just left his ship for the purpose of procuring change fur II draft on Messrs. Grote and Co. bankers, in Threadneedle+ sliest. He obtained the notes In question, and in the course of the day went into a public-house in Wentworth. street.—After remaining a short time he went to a neigh-. Louring shop to purchase some tobacco. While he M. there the prisoner Evans came in and invited hint to walk up stairs ; he did so. and saw the prisoner Mary Sininsoods' there. Evans then left them together, when Simatetalle took him to a house in George-yard. Evans shortly fol lowed, and engaged his attention, while Simmunds leaned over his shoulder and took his pocketbook, 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. Several very respectable witnesses spoke to the former good character of Simenonds, and said she had only been about three months in this unhappy muse of life. Before that, she was an honest and intimations girl. Het ap• pearanee wee rather interesting. The Jury, eller some deliberation, found both the pri soners Nut Guilty. The Common Sergeant, in very feeling terms, conjured the pr i soner SummonJs to forsake her present dreadful coarse, and return to a life of honest industry. &be cried very much, and assured his Lordship that she would. On Wednesday, Thomas Smith was indicted for stealing 1201bs. weight of lead, the property of James Cromwell, from 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 Intros, on or about the night of the 8011 of Marcia. Th mas Close swore, that on the night of the Bth ult. he stopp rd with a horse and cart at the Chaise and Horses public-house, at Hasnmersmith, where the prisoner came an and forced his conversation upon him, and asked him if lie would earn five shillings by carrying some lead in his cart to London, next morning. After some conversation, witness agreed to the bargain, and the prisoner then en gaged a bed for him of the laudlord. He was called at six o'clock, and then be put his horse in the car, and followed the prisoner to an adjacent lane, where the latter took some lead from a dunghill, and put it halo the cart. Witness then drove if towards London, and when he arrived near Kensington, two officers slopped the cart, and took him and the lead into their custody. The pri soner at that time was not with the cart. He had never seen prisoner before that night. Mr. Drink water, landlord of the Chaise and Horses, swore that the last witness, when be saw the prisoner at kis house, shook Inns by the hand, called him by name, sod conversed with bins with all the familiarity of an old acquaintance. lu the morning Close went towards the lane with his horse and cart, but the prisoner was not then with him. Witness saw the cart afterwards drive away towards London, and he 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 be was, walked away towards London. The Constables deposed to stopping the cart, and said they saw the prisoner walking three quarters of a mile behind the cart. They took him afterwards at his own Louse. The Jury found him—Guilty. Close was recalled, and severely reprimanded by the Court, for his conduct before and at the On Thursday, William Sack and George Smith werc indicted for stealing Milt's. of lead, th • property of Jas. Barker, from his dwelling-house. William Omni, sawyer, has the care of Mr. Barker's house. About nine o'clock on the Wilt April, his wife awoke him, and told him thieves were in the house; lie got up, and saw two men rolling the lead nil the top of the water closet, he immediately pursued them, calling out stop thieves. Sack was taken in the act of getting over the wall. Tine other prisoer took a different course, and iu his hurry to 4et away jumped off the wall into a pond tin the other side; he was seized by a gentleman 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 slay stated in the 41(141mi:in. In consequence of infor mation he received, he went to Smith's lodgings, and found him in bed. His clothes were wet. Wittiesa took prisoner's shoes and compared them with the im pressions in the garden. They were found to tally exscily.—Goi lay. Michael NMI:, a young watt of sickly appcatance, THE NATIONAL REGISTER was indioted foe stealing a box coat, value 31. the pro perty of bleary Arthur Browne, Esq. of Great Marlbo rough -street. He was found Guilty, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment and hard labour, and to be twice publicly whipped. SENTENCIII. The trials having finished, the Recorder, at half past three o'clock, proceeded to pass sentence upon the cri minalaconvicted during the sessions. To be transported for seven yearss—Eleanor Edmunds, Marg. Murphy, John Hart, John Head, Geo. Crawley, Henry Herrin, James Page, Thomas Jones, J. Lacey. H. Newland, Benjamin Stevenson, William Sack, G. Smith, Anne Williams, J. Smith, Michael Twycrors, John imes. James Brookes, Oa, Stilton, Caroline Numerics, Mary Jones, Edward Lon., Wm. Gullet], Thomas Smith, Thomas Condon, J. Timmins, Joseph Peeling, John Bellett, W. Appleby, Isaac Crawley, R. Joshua Jones, Joint Brooks, Charles Vs ildy, G. Ellis, William Goodyear, W. Barrett, Jas. Moody, W. Bartlett, T. Noon, Henry Saunderson, T. George, T. Cliet, T. Platt, J. Williams, D. Douglas, Joseph Sanderson, A. Dennis, J. Taylor, G. Meuse, William Ad 111114 and J. Burn. For fourteen years:—Elizabeth Vincent, Hen. Mills %Visigate, H. Stevens, J. Frederick, and W. Sears. For life :—Mary Webb. Martha King was seoteneed to two years, and Thos. Dogherty, M. !Mackay, Mary Anne Gordon, Anthony Callaghan, W. 'Woodrutie, Thomas Parring, and John Crawley, to one year's imprisonment in the House of Correcimo. A great number were senteuced to lesscr terms of im priso int, and some to be publicly and others privately whipped —ln the cases of some the judgments were resulted The following unhappy persons (20 in number) re. ceived sentence of death, viz :—Julia Cochet Dotards, Jabez Pickering, George Davis, William Paveley, and Henry Hewitts, fur stealing in dwelling houses; Richard Jackson, Thomas Brookes, John Reece, Thomas Lee; and Thomas Loughton, for burglary ; James Jordan, William Donald, Thomas Steers, (aged 12, 13, and 12) and Abraham Isaacs, for house-breaking in the day time; 11illiam Tozeley for horse-stealing; Mathias Griscoll for a robbery on the highway, under the threat of charging a man with abominable propensities ; John Smirke for highway robbery; Join Childs for sheep stealing; Cephas Quested, for unlawfully assembling with arms, in company with others, and aiding and assisting in the limning of contraband goods, and John Snape, for forging the signatures of certain officers to his accounts, as purser of his Majesty's ship Spartan. The unions adjourned to Wetinesday, June the Pith. Died on Wednesday, at his house in Brunton -street, at two o'clock in the morning, in the 78th year of his age, Henry Lawes Luttrell, Earl of Carhampton, Viscount Cat hamplou of Cast lehaven, Baron lrithatti of Lottrels. 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, (laughter of George Boyd, of Dublin, Esq. one of the most beautiful women of her day, as well as the most amiable. Her Ladyship survives him. His Lordship is succeeded in his title and estates by his only brother, the Hon. John Luttrell Olmius, now Earl o! Carhampion. The successor of his Lordship in the Oniuuelcy of the 6th Dragoon Guards will labour under a disadvantage. His Lordship lived long enough to complete the quarter of the year ending the 25th inst. by two hours, by which he was able to assign the off reckonings of the regiment fur two years, and conse quently the new Colonel succeeding him, will have only his pay for these two years, without emoluments arising from clothing, which belona to the Colonel. Hi- Lordship's death also makes a vacancy in the represents ation of the borough of Ludgershall, fur whisk he was returned to the House of Commons. SINGULAR PIiIIIIOURNON.—at remarkable pheno menon occurred at Bishop Mouckton, 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 from the stack-yard, distant not more than 30 yards from Mr. Charnock s house. He at ti rat supposed the noise to proceed from some children playing and 1 throwing stones agaiust the doors and walis , but on going into 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, from whence issued a great body of water, which soon returning with the saute violence and rapidity that marked its first appearance, enlarged the cavity, and in its progress brought down with it a por 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 flow, snore or lees, during the whole of the day. Smite gen tlemen plumbed this tuliterrancoui pit on t h e erell i eg of the same (lay, when it was found to be b 8 feet in depth ; the water has Row subsided, and the remains settled within two yards of the top, Ott Friday last a Justice of Peace Court was held at Muffin, 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. Alenteath, dis senting minister there. It appeared front the evidence that the delinquent had disguised herself by blacking her face and putting a blanket round her, and in this state rapped at her mistress's door on the 2tl of February last, betwoeti seven and eight o'clock in the evening, amid Mrs. Menteath, who was alone, opening the door, she (the servant) seized her, threw her down, and mal treated her with such violence as to cause an effusion of blood. The Court having found the liucl proven, she was sentenced to forty days' imprisonment in the gaol of Dumfries; by which stunt tee she of course forfeit, itt r wages. Stuoir.ne Setetoi.—A boy, only - twelve years of age, last week put an end to his existence at Croydon, by shooting himself through the head with a gun barrel, which he had previously loaded to the muzzle with powder and a number of bullets. The yam!), it is re peated, 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 served so." His assertions were laughed at, for ate one supposed that he was serious. Something of an un pleasant nature again occurred, and then he told two of his companions that " he would shoot himself." He could not procure a gun or pistol, hut was able to get a gun barrel and powder and ball. lie took a walk with his sister to some distance from 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 hoe rid spectacle—a lifeless corpse. SINGULAR ACCIDRWT.—An inquisition was taken in a private apartment, at Queen's-row, Buckinghatn-.. , ate. before 111 r. (fell, coroner for Westminster, un the hotly of Mr. Robert Webster, aged 27 years, who died by strangulation. The deceased's dither is a gentleman of great property residing at the above-mentioned place; and on Sundry last his son-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 hint, who was in the garden, in the meantime rubbing the deceased's side, for the purpose of restoring him; hut when her husband came, 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 eto the art of engraving and copper-plate printing, and was continually snaking experiments. For the latter purpose he procured the weight before mentioned, about three weeks ago; and its consequence dim impediment in the right arm, said 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 neck, as he had not power to remove it with Isis hands. k board was lying between two chairs; and the opinion of the jury was, that he attempted to lilt the weight off the ground upon the board, when 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 acci dental death. Maids to trot 100 Miles in Twelve successive Thurs.—. This match made by Captain Beaseley, of leer, to do the above distance with two riders—the owner (who rides It stone) and feather weight the next 50—took place over a ten mile piece of ground, oat the Ipswich road, on Tuesday, for 200 guineas. The snare to perform the task was under 15 11:truls, but chewed much strength and blood, and she was hacked at 6t05 to win. She performed 12 miles in the first hour, and within two hundred yards of the sane d.stance in the second hour, before the bit was daawn. The first 50 miles were per formed in five hours and five minutes. Here the mare was rubbed down, and she fed well and started again, after halting half an hour. She next carried little more glum seven stone of weight, and travelled wt pleasaistly, at the rate of ten miles and a half an hour, which co. vered loss of time said stoppages, and she won cleverly, with 20 minutes to spare. One iu the morning stat.t the starting time. a. Dreadful Accident.—A few days ago a servant of Mr. Beecham, at Peckham, took up a sucking pig in the yard, which he indiscreetly carried in his arms stun the stye where the old sow was, which immediately attacked him seised hint by the thigh, and tore the flesh from the hurt, and also bit his kg in a terrible manner, so that it was with difficulty he escaped from her with his life. EXTRAO/IDINAaIr KNl7ll.—Sheffield has long been celebrated in Zvery 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 pr oduced 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 tacitly. was blades, and other instrumeno, 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 the inventors, Messrs. Rodgers and Sons, as a lasting specimen of what human inge nuity is capable of achieving ; it occupied no more than nine months in making. Last week the body of a woman was found, much decayed, in the river %Vey, about two miles below Guildford, which was ascertained to be that of a widow woman, formerly matron of the Stoke hos. petal, from which site 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 raisiag statflidd near the top of St. Paul's Cuthodnd, as it is intended, it is said, to re-gild the ball and cross, which have fur so many years low, had a very soinbro and diogey appearance. i