The National Register. — London, England, 1816-10-28 00:00:00

•OC TODER .8. ,POLI 71tANSION-HOUSE. • Mona Casannactgs,—The Lord Mayor is at present ens pluyed in an investigation into the cases of no less than IS' persons now in Newgate, having been convicted of uttering Lad Bank tokens and shillings, into which they were tre pnned with a view to obtain a reward, which the Bank and a MMint give on conviction. They are mostly sailoris, discharged at the conclusion of the war, anal who could not get employ ment in the merchants' sertlee, and com•equentiv were lying About Tower-hill, Wapping, &c. in situations of 'distress. A Jew, whose name for the present we forbear to mention, has .been in the habit of picking up these poor wretches, and of giving them bad tokens to get refreshment, while an Officer of Justice is at hand to apprehend them. It appears that the Bank gives a reward of 101. on the convic tion of each person charged. The Lord Mayor was four hours in Newgate on Sunday, taking the depositions of the following persons convicted at the October and April Ses sions, viz. T. Smith, J. Hawkins, T. Hickson, J. James, P. Yusef, CAli. Connor, J. Thomas, E. Blakeney, W. Carson, C. Green, T. Priest, T. Wilson, W. Williamson, J. Covey, and J. Brown. Friday the Lord Mayor held a first public examination relative to the above conspiracies. Seven of these were broaght up and separately examined. 'Their names are Blakeney, Elizabeth Ctinuor, Priest, Caurson, Green, Wil liamson, and Wilson. After an examination of some length, in which their inno cence appeared clear, they were discharged, and the Lord Mayor ordered them to be taken to the Conspire until some egnlation was made for their comfort. The health of these poor creaaures are much injured by confinement. One of them (W. Cannon), hithei to a stout able boded man, exhibits in has countenance all the appear ance of a settled consumption. The principal delinquent in the conspiracies in question, is not yet in custody ; the Officers are, however, in strict search for him, and as the Officers charged by the boy So batons with being (concerned, deelares his innocence, we forbear mentioning his name. He only desires to be COG fronted with the individual not yet found, and is therefore at liberty upon his own word to appear when called upon. GUILDHALL. Monday a young woman, named Brown, was charged with being found with a man in the pens of Smithfield at an un seasonable hour. She stated, that she had been out to tea, and missed her way on her return, mid asked the man who was found with her to show her the way; that before she could get home she heard 10 o'clock strike, and knowing she could not get into her lodg'ng, she had determined to walk the streets all night. The Magistrate wishing to know if she had any one to give her a character, a person stepped for ward, who said his mime was Holland, and that he was a coal-merchant in Burton-Crescent. He gave her (to use his own phrase) an undeniable character. One of the Clerks, however, recollected that the young woman had been at the office a few days ago, wanting a summons against this very Holland, when she stated that lie bad seduced her under pretvnee of being an nnmarried man, and that she had come to town with him; that he had taken a lodging for her, in which he had shut her up and almost starved her, after ob taining from her 1001. stock, for which he agreed to allow her a guinea per week, under an instrument drawn up by a gentleman at Furnival'a Inn; but that he had not paid her the money regularly, and for that she wanted a summons to bring him before a Magistrate. Holland said, the money was properly secured to her, and persisted that she had been regularly paid, and even a week in advance; and he contend ed that she was not very likely to starve on a guinea A week. She stated, that her relations were persons of large property in Berkshire; but she did not wish them to know of her st teation, as she is in a state of pregisaucy.—She was dis charged. An infirm old man of the name of Wyburn, who formerly was a tradesman in St. Giles's, and had brought up a nu. merons family in great respectability, was charged with stealing a baker's basket and its contents, of many loaves. The prisoner was detected in the act of theft. Ile was taken to the watch-house, and shortly after, 9n one of the officers going below, lie found him suspended from a railing with a silk handkerchief, apparently dead. The officer cut him down, and animation was restored by surgical aid. Find ing the theft was prompted by distress, the prosecutor and the Magistrate consented not to poesy the case further, and the prisoner was humanely taken care of by the parish. QUEEN-SQUARE. ConnucT OF IN - voawrits.—lnformation was given at this •Ike by James llPHonald, a licensed Ihrwker and pedlar, against a set of common informer; and a pettifogging attor ney. Warrants were grained, and the following persons were apprehended and brought before Patrick Coignhonn, Esq. viz.—G. G. Worcester (a discharged officer from the Hawkers' and Pedlars' office), J. Nev and J. Guy (coin mon informers), and F. Crisp, who acted as solicitor upon the occasion. _ _ James M'llonahl sworn.—Said that he was a licensed hawker, and dealt in silk handkerchiefs, scarfs, and other wearing apparel; that in June, 1815, the prisoners seized a quantity of scarfs, liandkerchicfs,and shawls, under pretence that they were Custom-house officers, and that the articles were of foreign maunfacture, which weie his propm ty ; they were at about the value of SOl. and were of Spitaltields ma nufacture; they also took one pound sixteen shilling.; in silver. They said that they should return the goods to the Custom-house, as they usually did in cases of seizure. He, (/titness) not hearing of his goods which had been seized, applied to the Custom-house, where lie denied the whole affair. He was there informed, that the prisoners were nut at all connected with the Customhouse, and that the whole was a conspiracy; he therefore applied to the Magistrates at Qmen-square for Information how he should proceed. The prisoners wished to compromise the affair with the complainant, but the Magistrates world nut allow it, and ordered them to tied responsible hail fir their appearance at the Quarter Sessions, two housekeepers in the stun of 501. tacit, and themselves in 1001. each, whicli they found, and were set at Warty. SHADWELL. Tuesday fifty vagrantSWeTebiMiiht up, who were found sleeping on board a barge in the City Canal, Black wall. In onseiptence of the toune.ous nocturnal depredations which have been committed of late in the neighiumrhood of Yon. lar, Edward Markland, Esq. a Magistrate of this Office, was applied to, and he sent Morris, the officer, accompanied the beadle, watch-house Mceper, had others, to bring the de hicquents before him; thy weot at half past one o'clock on 'Tuesday morning to the barge for that purpose. Dio, NATIONAL sooner had they arrived, than a part of the Crew west en deck, and threatened the lives of any one wbo dared al); preach them, but this threat had no efeet. Ifforrisment od board, followed by the watch-house keeper, and desperate scuffle earned, in which Morris had several severe blows, and the other was thrown overboard; bet the Whole were taken into custody, and in their possession was several hun dred weight of potatoes and other articles, the produce of their nightly pillage. Many of their cases seemed to algi nate from want of employment, and the worthy Magistrate very humanely ordered some to their different parishes, others to their respective Consuls, to be conveyed to their native homer; and the remaining 40 were committed as vagrants, to prevent for the present a repetition of similar offences. CAUTION TO COACIIMIN.—Haut, the drivie of the Regu lator Coach, lions Bath, was on Friday convicted in the miti gated penalty of M. by Thomas Clntterbuck, Esq. for suffer ing a young gentleman to drve the coach, a few days since by whose inexperienee the lives of the passufigers were placed in imminent danger. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. Friday John Dutton was indicted for assaulting Marc, his wife, by threatening to put an end to her existence. The prosecutrix said she had only been married to the defendant eight months. On the 14th of the present month, he threaten ed to take her life, and to strangle her daughter, and ad tort, " I will never die a natural death, but will fall by a halter fur taking your life away." The Jury found hinrgslity, and he we' sentenced to one month's imprisonment,'and at the ex piration of that period to enter into 1001. sureties to keep the peace towards all his Majesty's subjects, particularly to his wife. The Hon. Charles Noel, of Barham Court, in Kent, was lately convicted, on the information of the Earl of Romney, of the singular offence of having admitted persons in the neighbourhood, to the %mintier of more than twenty, to at tend divine service in his house with his family and ddmcs• tics. The Act of Parliament for this offence is imperative, and Mr. Noel immediately paid the penalty, one half of which, after discharging the expences of the prosecution, Foes to the poor of the parish, and the other moiety to the Informer. Catrion.—A man of colour, stating himself to be the son of an African Prince: that he was some time ago betrayed into captivity ; that he effected his escape, Caine over to England, and, feeling an ardent desire to embrace Chris tianity, was baptized by the Rev. Dr. Rippon, of London ; having imposed noon a number of charitable, well disposed persons, at Cardiff, Swansea, Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, Cardigan, lee. we deem it our duty to caution the public against his fraudulent artifices. Dr. Rippon, on being ap plied to, declared he never baptized a man of colour in the course of his iife ; and from this and other circumstances, it is clearly proved that the man in question is an arrest isms. poster. To give to his story an air of plausibility, he produced a petition, with the names of Mr. Wilberforce and Sir N. Consist subscribed to it, but which we doubt not, were forged. He appears to be under thirty years of age.—lle- reford Journal. At the late Hertford Sessions, an extraordinary circum stance occurred in Court. One of the Grand Jury, after having been sworn refused to serve, alledging as an excuse, that lie wanted to attend to his harvest. As he appeared to be disguised in liquor, and being insolent to court, he was detained by one of the ottcers, and for his Misconduct tined forty shillings; when he was innuediately taken into custody, to be imprisoned till the fine was paid. Free.—An alarming fire broke out about half past five o'clock on Tuesday night, at a warehouse in Bow Church-. yard, occupied by Mr. Henderson, a job warehouse, which communicated to the upper part occupied by Messrs. BeU and Broderick, solidtors. and shortly consumed the same; az also the adjoining back warehouse, and damaged the house occupied by Mr. Merrick, communicating to a large stock of warehouses of Mr. Harkness, an Irish factor, and con sumed the same, with the whole of the immense Hock of Irish linens. The spacious premises of Messrs. Sti, ling, Brothers, and Co. for a time, were threatened with inevita ble destruction ; hut through the most prompt and persever ing assistance of Ilse firemen and friends of Messrs. Stirling, at the risk of their lives, the premises haveenty sustained a partial damage, and the very extensive stock of not less than 100,0081. saved from the devouriug element. 'flue Lord Mayor attended in person, and was very active and usefol. The several houses on the west side of lloW-lane„ in the oc cupation of Messrs. Saddler, Sutton, Gore, and Everinglen, have sustained considerable damage, as also one of the win dows of Bow chards; and the tire-ladders were consumed. The loss cannot be estimated at less than 40,00)1. which is ensured in the various offices. On Saturday morning', about two o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out on the premises of 111r..tionlding, furniture broker, in the City-road, which in a short time destroyed the whole house, and all thestock : no lista were lost. CRUELTY AND RODDENY.—OD Tiles lay night last, as Mr. Hand was returning home from spending the evening with a few friends in the Temple, to his Igo ise at No. 2, in Step ney-street, Tottenham-court-road, at ten o'clock, lie had scarcely got a few yards Jo the above street, a hick has an obscure and dark entrance to it, when lie was surrounded 11 y five desperate villains, out- of whom gave him so violent a Now cm the heath, as to knock him down. Mr. timid en deavoured to alarm the neiglibmire.ll, lint they stopped his mouth I lie begged of (hens not to stifle him, when they gave him se eral more heavy blow , . They cut off his pockets, containing a dollar, a three shilling piece, and some lea pence, and also stole his watch; but previous to their *mi ning MI, they took Mr. Hand up in their arms, and threw him up us high as possible, in order that he might come down with greater violence upon Vie stones. His fall was .o dreadful, that lie lay insensible for several minutes. Oa is recollection retairising, his gnu ins attrarteil tine att!mthat of Mr. Lockwood, of No. ft, who was iu his parlour, and he immediately came out and tun n el him weltering in his blood. ile was taken home, and m lira assistance proeltre.l. Su DO VI DE %TH.— Saturday foaming, about 12 Wilock, a pour man, named IVillia a Wain, a porter hi the employ al Messrs. Murray anti Griffiths, horsehairan inutfat•tureis in itlackman-street, in the Borough, pitched hi: load oa the resting iilock in front of the Town.liall, St. Margam•ers-hill; u I It mug done so, he, witlvut tittering a word, till down ill almost instantly expired. The body was taken into the o'sowti-hall, and a surgetia sent for, who attempted to bleed um, but in vain, the vital spark was eatOtel. The poor mellow was about 50 years of age, and appareliti in an ex , Aleut state of health. He has left a wife and t bii iren t, l a . meat his loss. Exeter mail .. Way ter/110w Hut, seven miles on Wash!' of liaphary, is a Most extraordinary manner. At the moment *hem the coachman pdlled up to deliver his bags, one of the leilders was andikt.ly seised by a ferocious aohnid. This produced a great Conti:- aloe and alarm; • the horses ki c k e d an d plunged violently, and it was with difficulty the coaelimait conk pretest the carriage from being overturned. It was Soon pereetved by the coachman and guard, by the light of the lamps, that the animal which had seized the horse was Outgo lioness. A large mastiff dug came up and attacked her fiercely, en which she quitted the horse and tamed upon him. The dog fled, but was pursued and killed by the lioness, within about 110 yards of the place. It appears that the beast had noised front a caravan that was standing on the read side, betoagiag to the proprietors of a Menagerie, on their way to Salisbury fair. An alarm being given, the keepers .pnesued and hunt ed the lioness into a hovel under a granary. About half past eight they had secured h er so effe c t u ally, b y barricading the place, as to prevent her escape. The hone, when first attacked, fought with great spirit, and if at liberty, would probably have beaten down his antagonist With his fore feet, bat, lh plunging, he embarrassed himself in the harness. 'fire liesess, it appears, had attacked him in front, and springing at his throat, had fitstened the talons of her tore feet on each side aids neck, close to the head, while the talons of her IMO feet were forced into his chest. In this vitnation she hung, while the blood was seen flying as if a ve i n h a d b een opene d by a lender. The ferocious animal missed the throat and the jugular vein, but the horse is so dreadfully torn he isnot ex pected to survive. He was a capital horse, the best In the set. The expressions of agony in his tears and moans were most piteous and affecting. The coachman at first proposed to alight and stab the lioness with a knife, but was prevented by the guard ; who observed, that lie would expose himself to certain destruction, as the animal feeling herself attacked would turn upon him and tear Mai to pieces. Time prudence of the advice has been clearly proved by the fate of the poor dog. It was the engagement between him and the lioness that afforded time for the keepers to rally. Had it not been for that interference, the mischief at the mail would have been more considerable. It has since been ascertained that the lioness did not kill the dog, as stated above. The Salislairy Gazette says—" Tlid lioness, on finding herself attacked, quitted the horse, and turned upon the dog, which it was expected would very soon become the victim of her fury ; but the animal, with more re proaclr than viciousness, inflicted a slight punishment on it, and on hearing the voice of the keeper, retired underneath a 'middle granary, where, soon after, the keeper very deliber ately got in, put his arms around her neck, and secured her without any further injury." 'The owner of the lioness had published a letter, saying, she broke loose in consequence of some person breaking open the caravan, in expectation of stealing goods going to Salisbury fair. Miatogn.—A shocking nitirdter was perpetrated on Friday se'nniglit, about eight o'clock, at Woodend, beyond Tollcross. near Glasgow. A man went Into the house of the widow Duncan, innkeeper, 80 years old, and no one else being in the house, he killed her with a mason's hammer. The neigh bours hearing a noise went to discover the cause, when. the assassin, who had fastened the front door, escaped from the back premises, having plundered the house of wblt Money he maid BIRTHS. At Mmtey_hat near Rickrnatwirorth, the . Lay of Elhe al lf. Benham, Esq. as son a d hneir.—At Hetet, the Charles Greases, E. ot lon.—.The Lady ofoloph HAI" of Esq. at Guildford, Surrey, of a still-boat child. J , Jun. MARRIED. Tuesday, at St. James's Church. the Right Hon. the Earl Brigthe and of Warwick, to the Right Hon. Lady Mattson.—At Dvarllsl Dor,etshire, the Rev. Li. Pane. to Maria, 4th dau. of tt. fledge*. Esq.—Mr. J. Page, of Manningtree. ESAkig t to Mrs. Leech M tbe same Nevnnarsh. Esq. of Burford, Oxfordshire, m Mary, don. of H. Hardy, El. of oxford.—ln York-stroet, Portman-sqnare, fikorir Wroughton. Lac.—At Itainliam, Norfolk, Thomas Drown, Esq. of Shippy Hill. Ely, toldiss Shearing, only class, of John Minn: leg. Esq. of Poictiekl JUL—Major Gen. Sir John Lambert, K.C.R. to Jane, clan. of the late John Moron, Esq. Of Brorkenhurst Park, Hants.—At St. John's, Westminster, J. F. Turnpertny, F.oq. of the Military College, Sandtmrat, to Mrs. Ryortimernontl—Mr. Robert Lewin, of Great Leigh,. Essex, to Miss Mebcent Hickman, of the tame platv.—At Fulham, A. N. Gloves, E 5.1. of Plymouth, Devon. to Mary, eldest dun. of James Thompson, of blearite-street, MUM wer-square, DIED. At Kensington, Capt. Jos. Barningham, one of the Poor Knights of Windsor.—At Newport, John Jones, Esq. of Chilton Grove....— Agod 77. Mrs. Sutton, mother of proprietor of Nottingham Re view, at preent conduct! in Northampton gaol on a charge of libeLs.- In Flintshire, Thomas limy, Eq. law Major of the Royal Wi Fuzileers.—ln his 7th yiar, the Rev. Sam- Strong, Rector of March wiel.—At Cheltenham, .1. King, Esq. 31int.•r of the Cerentonies tat that place, antl of the Upper Assembly-rooms, at Bath.—Mrs. zanl, wife of Robt. Hazard, Exchange.—At John Pattizk, Esq.—At Ruth, Nies liungerford. of &Dan- Ilon.e, Wiltsitire.—alni. Stephen, wife of Jam.'s Stephen, l.tq. Sfaater in Chancery.—l'he lice. 'fhointais tEllyley, A.M. Vicar of Watiiri upon-'fliames.—Sir Arthur Davies Owen, of Glan Sev.an, Mont gorticiphire.—ltobt. Larkin. Esq. half-brothor to late Right lion. Wm. kVinilhatta—.lA Turweston, !husks, Mary, 'eldesl <btu. of the Rev. Thoi. Causton, Prebendary of Westniinster.—Suddenly, Earl Beauchamp. llis Lordthip went to bed on Sunday night in app.i• reraly pertect health, aft.ir enjoying the society of a few friends at dinner. About three, Lady Beauchamp was awoke br a •..,ntian tiom her I.tird by her side in bed. She was greatly alarmei, caled up h. r servants, sent for ni rhea' assistance, &c. out his Lontship hail es - pitaid in a lit of apoplexy.—At Afitcharn, Lieut.-Gen. Forbes Chan,- parte, Colonel of loth ieg.—Frances Smart Daniel, wife of IlloNtr. I taniel, of 11 Fusileirs.—At Saffmn Walden. Mr. Win. Archer. years .ttlerm an of that Corporation.--At Fordhath, Mr. W,u. (kat.r., surgant.—ln Palare.sr•fet, Canterbury, Mr. .14r1E.; De 1419.1U‘. a.tal y ears --At 111:king. Esstct. aged 14. E.lizalicth, relict of M. Win. I lohnted, late surgeon of Itocking.—.kt laxlge. Surrey, aged tis, the Mow:1V: Lady Fletcher. wither of ti , o lora Sir Dewy Hatcher, Bart.—N.+. 11. Matthews. Rector of Southampton-buil hags, Mr. tV. Rh o d e s_ Mrs. Catiliam, of \lanningtra..—At Colehanter, J. Su k. Esq. ("op t lin and Adjutant of the East Miaitles.-t Militia.—Mrs. M. Townsend. wife of R. Townsend, Et,(. or Creat ro . .DetNhan. FA•••\ Mr. Elliott. formerly of Bu rn ham, I:asea, Dimier• Park, Leicestershire, E. Dawson, Esq. steward in tho families .4 house of Hastings sarccs•ively mare than fin years.—At I Joinci, Caublan Town. 'lr. K. Itag.haw, news-vender. • Brydgoa-street.—Abnaharn Rhrs'ea, Fag. of Clerlvnwell.--In more-street, Mrs. Mulso, of Lansdowne -crescent, Bath,, tell r n• t ate Rev. John Ittesa. of Twywell. Yortharnplor.s. itt—At hsumsow, aged 65, !Oat Lock:, FN. At thejifeethirnir L dnro qulrto ll lofiklit thlidiit the Town Hall, hi Mt, the 'Media* iirt6 the exeeption of Lot d ranville Soisseritet,, agitoitta sit 4 dre4 the Chancellor of the Exchequer hi the dlattioelfdlithtle of OW eetthty. EXTRAORDIII4IRY OCCURRiNiet.—lritt Exeter mail eoieli, on its twig to London, was hawked On Serkley Alpe at Win- _..