The National Register. — London, England, 1821-12-24 00:00:00

At Woe afterwards; .r only object in going to Bayswater was to see the Owe, having never seen it before. She was to pay a *killing for her ride, and was satisfied to lee the place by dark. f cam gnite 'tuber, but beard no else cry “„stop," nor did I we any chaise es gig.. Never rode witlefitat coachmen b and has not seen Mtn since.--If he had said I was a re e ti f ilt ;mimeo/ter, and often rude on his coach, It could not be true; has knona the use two mouths. Bleinale, named Sarah Dition, rode with her. Mr. It. C. Grath, surgeon, of Tottenbani.combroad elated, that the deceased received very seems lory On li the fter pint, and also o th er parts. He died from the elteess of his wounds on Wedmeday last. Verdict—" That Thomas Stratford is guilty of Man- 1 ltaughter—that the cough sad two bones &rep property of Selene' Limier, earl are of the valor of 4 sae deo. /laud, and are now in the posoessisms of Chinks Coriliht, been draper, of Osarlottemirett, Portland.place,p-Mary le-biie." • ' likLittre GUILDHALL. Edward Smyth, a lad about 17. underwent an exami nation on Nteittlay before Sir Claud. S. Hunter, charged under the following circumstances:-The prisoner it appeared was. ; au apprentice with Mr. Allen, of Wsl. worth, and having run away from Iris employer, was reduced to the necessity of living by his wits Recol lecting that Ins mistress had a female acquaintance, a Mrs. Young, residing in the neighbourhood of Bridge. water-square, he drew tip a note in a female hand, put• porting to be from his mistress, addressed to Mrs.Yrunag. in which he informed her that Mr. Allen and Werself were going to Covent-garden theatre on that evtoing (Friday last), and requesting the loan of a silk shawl or scarf, as her owo had been sent to be cleaned, and :he scowerer had disappi aaaaa ed her in not bringing it home. As Mrs T. knew the boy to be Mrs. Allen's apprentice, and was willing to oblige her friend Mrs. A. she very readily intrusted hint with her best white silk scarf, re p cling it to be returned the next day, as Mrs. A.'s note promised. Om the Saturday morning the prisoner came again to Mrs. Young's with another note, purporting it to be front his mistress, which stated that Mrs. Allen had not returned the shawl, as she intended to bring it Knell'. The note then went On to say, that they had been to the ply on the preceding eveiiing, and had been very much amused; but a sad occident had happened. On their coming inti„ Mr. Allan had been surrounded by some thieves, and robbed of his watch, and all the money he had about bin.; and that he was so much engaged that he could not go out to get money that morning, and that she would therefore be obliged to her friend, Mrs. Y., to lend her a couple of sovereigns till Monday, when she would repay her when she called to return -the shawl adding that Mr. Alen was such a (articular man, he would nut ask any une fur sucu a thing but au in a i iii ate friend; as the boy, the bearer of the note, knew no thing of Mr. Allens loss, she desired hire. Young would , nut mention a word of the loss to him, but enclose the two sovereigns in a letter. and give it to the buy as an ' answer to the note he had brought. Unfortunately fur the success of this ingenious epistle. Mrs. Young, in the interim between the Friday and the Saturday, hail learnt that the prisoner had run away front his master, and that his ifilstress's note, uputi the credit of which she had parted with her silk scarf, was 31m l/ether a fabrication. The 'seamier was accordingly de tained when he brought the second . and on search ing him, the duplicate of Mrs. Young's scarf, which lie had pledged for Sa 6d. the very evening he obtained it, was found in his possession. The pawnbroker's journeyman, who had received the shawl in pledge from the prisoner, attended belure the magistrate and identified his person; but as Mrs. Allen was inn present, tnete was no inure than hearsay evi. deuce that lie had not acted by her authority, The pri soner was therefore remanded until Wedneiday. to give on opportunity fur her attendance. UNION HALL. EIIIORATION TO JERUSALIM.--On Nl , oday, in con. sequence of a very great uproar on Sul lay night, in orcvster-street. about the house of the A•!erican Pro phet, John Decker, that singular petiole•.rits brought before the magistrates of this oflice..the ioiabitAnts oh the neighbourhood having attributed. thtdisturbances to the unfortunate fanaticism of tht..pr i tsphd and his fol. !Overt Two constables stated, that on 3ithalayaight, at half pasteight o'clock, they saw a mr *swotting of about g e b SOO people, collected at thedoor ~ r oouse, and heard cries of '• murder" issue from wise I• The officers upon upon his back. going up stairs, found the prophet lying Sonie VertiOno who had been abisnia him escaped, and tt the prophet said the cause of is violence was, that he - had refused to get out of his to preach. He was conveyed to the watch hoe The witnesses informed the magistrates, that the p het had made some prose lytes, who were actual ly abet to leave the country with hum, and .accompany him pon an expedition to the Holy Land. The parish o era were naturally alarmed hich such an emigration at the inconvemences to would expose them, and . that every thing the arm of the law could do won done to prevent it. The fanatic spite( of sompas the followers of the prophet may be guess e d at f r gn_the ifillinving facts:— The officers whoa; fled him had, two or three l i ar . % in the course of gh, 44 .: c eyelling. gone to the house its Wns cester-street. and rsed a large congregation that had assembled its t i n appropriated to preach •( big. The prophet ;1 one of his most zealot% first., and was succeeded b 74 wets. who was followed by another. This was ntly the practice, and during the service, which w ing listened to with rapture. upwards of a dozen of congregation sculled to be N • :mot"' the Iggatnt __ _____ . thg prophet, .... called his rivalAbr he has alowed bis beard to grow to an itti mense length, and'lloes about preaching and making cpnverts. He has a little soli, who looks half starved, 'Rid is denied all animal food by the prophet and his father,.upon the principfe of Pythagoras —than ~ tight not be guilty ofieating ii piece of his own gra ' her. Another tradesman, who was most industrio u , sul at tached to a wife and seven children, proposes to leave them all, and go to Jerusalem. His beard is also be coming indicative of his intention, 34 he sleeps, as the others who are struck by the prophet do—with hit dollar on. None of the sixteen families who reside in .. line *me in which At prophet lives have, however, caught the infection, and the landlady comp lained most severely of the annoyance to which she was subject. Mr. Chambers said, he expected to have heard that.,, the prophet was on his way to Jerusalem. The prophet said, he only waited for a Tun'sian vessel to set sail with his brother Conk and nine other of his brethren. Upon being questioned as to his inducing those men to leave their lamilies, he said he did not take them. A higher power wok them. ,Alier having stated the manner in which he had been pulled out of bed, and declared that he forttlye his enemies, he said, in answer to the question whether he was at &kir on and worked there, • ' Yea;" and to the question wh et h er h e liked it, •• Nay." Cooke, the shoemaker, then stepptd" forward, and told alie taw:trate that he was determined to follow hi brother Decker to Jerusalem,but that the parirh shoulp 'stiffer no inconvenience, for he should take his son with him upon his pilgrimage. He said they should not nreach again where they had been so much abused, but should remove to a house near the National School, in St. George's-fields, where they should preach till the day of their dep., r, tire. The Magistrate assured the prophet that he should he committed if he preached again without a license, which he might have next Sessions for fourpence. He also observed that the parish Who* would take care to pre vent their beim; burdened with the families of any offthe unfortuitatelnen who were mad enough to neglect their business fmin such ridiculous enthusiast). He then diScharged the prophet. Decker, it appeared, hail baptized seventeen persons since he commenced his labours in St. George's-fields. .7 ' OLD SMILEY lIRSSIONS. TUESDAY. DEC. 18. Thorns. Pates was indicted fur stealing two watches, the property of Henry Busy. It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor in. fronted the prisoner to repair the watches in question, as lie stated himself to be a watchmaker, and in distressed circumstances. The prisoner instead of returning the watches, pledged wens at a pawnbroker's in Marylebone. Mr. Alley, counsel for the prisoner, contended that no criminal offence had been cetatinitted, and that the present transaction came' tinder a penal statute--namely, the pawnbrokers' amt. The Common Sergeant held otherwise, and said the Jury must consider it a .felonious stealing. If there was any doubt on the subject. be would...llmill It to the eon sideintiun of the twet.e Judges.' The Jury, however, returned a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner was again indicted for stealing two watches, under similar circumstances, the property of T. Perkins. Thr prisoner pleaded distress, and said it was his in. tention Save redeemed the property. The Jury found Mut Oman,. Thomas Belcher, aged Me, was iudleted far stealing 18 wine glasses. It appeared from the evidence, that at a sale of wines in Piccadilly last month, the prison. r, after tasting seve ral, was observed to leave the room, and suspicion being excised, he was searched, and the glasses found in his pockets. In his defence, the unfortunate man said It. had been in much better eircunistances. Some years eta lie was a hatter, and possessed of some thousands but distress died driven him to the greatest !necessity. He could not deny the charge ; it was clearly established against him l lie therefore threw himself upon the mercy ut the Court.— The prisoner was in tears, and the delivery of his address gave evidence of his 'exile...lability. One of the Society of Pi iends stepped forth to the pri sorter's character, but refusiug to take au oath, his evi dence cueld not be received. Another gentimpae, however. spoke to his previous high character The Jury reluctantly &mid the prisoner Guilty, hut strongly recommended him to mercy. • The Recorder said the Unlit felt with theJery, and the slightest punishment would be inflicted. The prisoner was then brought back, and the ;earned Jet* sentenced him to pay a fine of Is., and then be dis chat ged. _ . . A liberal subscription 1,1111 entered into by the Jury, and other persons iu court, for the immediate relief of the unfot innate suan. The Jury were then discharAd, the Recorder observing to them that the country were indebted fur their services. The whole of the trials having been concludeit,sentesicp • of death was passed spun 13 prisms's, ; 13 Were sentenced to transportation for life; 5 were sentenced to fourteen years, and 41/ to seven years transportation; 57 others received various minor punishments, and a &eat number were ordered to lie whipped, either pnbtsay or iu the gaol. Caution to Moasis.—last week a citild, of about seven months old, belonging to a woman of the !same of Peck ham, near Lewes, cried in a most vehement manlier, without any apparent cause. The cliil.l was undressed, and closely examined by we neighbours, who thought that a pin might be cause; when, to their utter asto. nishment, they found near the child's uael , and just ,through the skin, the end of a common sewing needle, Ult4ich had been forced by some means or triter 11110 the in:t s 's stomach I—The needle WAS drawu out, and the in is doing well. • 6 and ..iding the cupboard door open, he commenced his work of plunder, but in his hurry he overlooked a large rat-trap that was set on one of the shelves, and his hated was caught in it ' • the pain he underwen t cause d hilts to seream out alotitl, and in endeavouring to extricate his hand, he threw down several plates, &c. The noise caused his apptchusioia, and he was on Thursday com mitted for trial. RS AI g aoze.--On Monday morning aafoung man about 16 years of age, named Philip Chap*, was co iiiiii Med to Devon county gaol under a warrant from James Cut chile, P.sq. Mayor and Coroner of Great Torrington, charged with the wilful murder of Mal Stevens. hap.. peared that the miserable girl was course by Chapple. autpregnant. 'I hey had b een seen w i ng together oaf ridgy evening, near t h e s p ot w h ere e body . was found tied ono 1111 l lg. The forehead was b ru i se d in a 401,adful manner.: On reaching the gaol, and while his gyres gyres were being rivetted, he repeatedly deuied all know. ledge of the tier, and seemed in no way cast down. •- - Proofs, however, are very strong against ham ; and we ga understand that since his commitment, his workiiig clothes, which he was seen to wear nit the evening of t t ' the murder, have been ft 111 l id with blood on theist, and his shirt sleeves wet. From the latter circumstance, coupled with her betas found on the batik of the rim in a weal state, it is conjectured that, after -1'.7 , hiving stunned her, lie held her iii the river till lite fit .. was extinct. He accounts for his clotb s es being bloody and dirty, t y saying that he wore them while assisiing to kill a neighbour s . pig. It is a melait4boly fact, that his parents must give evidence against him as to the do hes, which he positively denies having worn for some days previous to the murder. The blows upon the unfonsinate girl a head appear to have been inflicted by a large alder stick Which was folittl near. the spot ; and she must have struggled considtably, as her arms bear evident marks of violent pressure. She was au in dustrious girl, and maintained herself by day-work. The prisoner is au apprentice to a glover.—Esder Gazelle. PIitniSTIIIANISII.—A journeyman miller, for the trifling SUM of fibs. was. snatched to walk two miles in 20 minutes, winch he performed with ease in ig int. nines. near thq Four Ashes public house, on else Wok verhampton road,oti Monday last. The same man has been kaiown to wale a mile iii tone tuithltes; and lie is now matched for a conside ta bl e sit * to run one mile ~.. over the same ground, some day during the Christmas holidays, against a d pedestrian in that neighbons- r hood, and that on this race WWII money Is depending. .. It is a miller skid the can run a mile in less that four 4 ......... minutes. '. anaii-' 4 ":. Early on Monday morning, as H. Judd, game - keeper "' 1. --. to Mr 'l'. A. &DIM, of Tidworth, near Andover, ac- • , . ''. ' l. ' companted by six aoristants were op-die* lookmut for poachers, they were suddenly attacked by a nuinertms gang in Ashdown Coppice. • A de.pee ate Otannish imme diately ensued, in which Robert Baker, one of Judd's assistants was shot dead. Every one of the game-keepers : • were badly wounded. The poaehertall escaped, lead,/ heir hats and two gems behindtheon. A Mr. Smith was atta o cl t t: l kt night, about a fortni g h t ago, in the tieighliourh Hediani, ner Dunham, by tkaire men, who dragged him trout his horse, and threw him on the gr I, his face aOwnwards. They made no attempt to rob him, nor did they utter a syl lable. Mr. Smith also held his tongue until feeling the teeth of a saw entering into his flesh at the back part of his neck, he exclaimed—" What are you doing with me 1" On healing his voice, one of the men observed with au oath—" it is not him I" and the y all three - • dustily departed. These barb a ri ans h a d ev id ent l e . been upon the look out for some object of their revenge, whom they had intended to destroy by means of the in strument we have mentioned. : A man was detected at Leicester fair at what is term ed ..... ckeffing a horse; on being taken mike room at time '." Soreau Eagle, lie tnatiOn anemia to burn d ame f orge d . Batik cf . England no te d, but did not succeed ; during the tunic the constable was searchina him, he tried to swal low them, and was prevented from so doing, by bein4 seized by the throat, which obliged hint to disgorge them. Tile house of Mr. Wheeler, of No. 16, North-surer;'' Lambeth, was entered by some thieves by 111C4116 of picklock keys, bghevecn six and eight o'clock oat Sunday evening last, wan the family were at chapel. A bee, containing a quantity of plate of considerable value, and another box, coma ' g title deeds, under which had been deposited a quantity of sovereigns, were stolen At the time the robbery was committed, there was pro perty in the house to she amount of between fa,oool. 4041 3,0001. Oil Sunday evening between nine and ten, as the pot boy of a publican, who resides in Waterloo-roao, was going his rouuds, he ai ))))) bled over a box while:, ,lay in the middle ut one of the new streets in that neigh bourhood. Ile took it home, but the publican 3114 his wile stispectina that 'tilde might he a child within is, . heattated to allow him to introduce it. The rotor's', were, however, found to be not so 1 • !able, as they consisted of deeds and other parchments. Tho box W.. 9. brought to Union-hall office, at whicit 'Mr. Wheeler aaelided. He identified Ise boa and deeds 3S his pro perty. 1t is scarcely necessary to add, that the sovereigns had been removed. '''• A few days suutc a twit of edited appearance went to the Rose liiii, St. Aiigustitir . ., and ordered a bottle at wine. alter drinking winch he partook of a dinner, and another bottle, fair which he tendered a lUI. WIC in pay. mein, but the lanciloid was 'suable to give tit absent chateae; the prism, however, ordered a bed, and aftcr examinang it he CAM! d4i4 , 11 stairs, stating that he eras obliged to-go into the Alarket.pl.ce, at the same Si.i.e borrowing 10s. of tne landlord, wt ji which Isadsitanspett, taking with hint the 101. noteat•-at viola Coati". ~~ 3 • I. I, ' 1 -; _,.. . ~•1;• • 4;. I r i; • . •• I `l4, • oaik —=,---- --.,, • ~- - -- -, - 7,11 -- Wle -- 31 - . . . 15hrew 1 ' - • -"'" deo. 4 .- -4 - - - 'IF - - Powi — zirs . At t or le * .St 4' ii . • L. i ii. NV up .: . 4' 4., a '2 3 ; r• A. '. ' «. a i• iii ei . • * lt; .A• II '44 1 , , 1 10 1 14 . . .. e i l f .:. .4. *THEN AFIONAL REGISTER 4..i, _ 4e...L _ _ .. ' 40V 4 sellP r. —Amsigmr— loir ------------ ..., i Mei/ accideNtally draped the mime, the Wraps pimp. violently engaged as she prophet himself, whom since- . A Mkt kdriiii4 a ltsii4rap.-.oar Wednesday morn. •• 'forward. and before the driver maid pi r i A 45r theta rity is well known. One alaaaat shoemaker, named trig the maidservant of Mr. Hassey, Stock-Broker, No- again the timelier wasjsyser, an d he was 1 is o f his Cooke, has actually sold off his Stock and furniture, isle -street, Goswell-street, being absent from the kitchen 4 ,,," he.. There was a ahalswitinsi willies. did sot see it "mil which were words 30 01 .; and if he were not known to attending on hit- master:and mistress), a boy sneaked orbs was throws of the comb. be the Kest admirer f the prophet, might be called down stairs with a bundle of fire-wood in h.s hand, and Cross-examined.—Sbe went beam afterwards; bet only r he has - owed Iris beard to grow to an int- , finding the cupboard dbor oven. he commenced his object in going to Bayswater was to see the Waft, hawing I r is ' IMO 41"; ' • ** 0 4. • . IN 1 i • • * 11 1 -1