The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-02 00:00:00

M' Cl. PI')LICE. GUiL9II ILL. We4stosday P. Ctievat wits cissr. t ed with having stolen a tnuisaa•mt vem . ili of Main-tit ;les an d .1. in . .lnv p prorty o f Mr. Jones of Alaneitester.— m r . ,•. Nit . ' is 4 :44411rartio.er of linen, slant .l, that the I.: 1 and chihhru, 11.441 Oren id...141111g in cal lesV weess ago ene,at came i „ hi d ; I . 0;* steitil4 11141 lie low o prrsulis ht 411(1 lull, Willi 101041 the wittiess could exchaisgo !Men for silk golds upon Olivillll4geolls tenni. Tor witness ctn. braved the offer, clothed and fed the prisoner and his family, nad took hist tufo his sersi - ;e. Aaiun a week ago they came tto L„ si d ea to, , ,ether, bringing a large quantity of linen, saes and oilier articles, to the Dell Ism, in Wood-street. After -rem:doing there two or three days, the prisoner said he had siegociatcd with a dealer at Deptford for the exchange of good+ to the amount of 981. Witness selected NI. notch Of goods, which, with ISI. iu Rank notes, himself and the pri. 4... met conveyed to Deptford. On lauding, the prisoner took •the goods and the money, upon pretence of taking them to the merchant with whom the exchange was to he made, but die never returned, nor was seen till Saturday last. when the -witness met Inttn and caused hint to be apprelieutled. Since' .1:Is a pprelicii-ion, witness had, in consideration of his f.iiiilv, .ettit red to forego a prosecution if he world put him in the way. to recover his property, hat he refused with lintels insolence. 'rue waterman who conveyed the parties across the Riser raid, that the prisoner, whoa he came to hist , the boat, whis pered him that the trunk contained contraband goods, and wished him to tell Mr. Jones that lie must await their return .on that side of the River, as if he took more than out person with the goods the boat would be liable to seizure. When 'the!: left the boat at Deptford, witness accompanied the in i sccer part of the way with the trunk, and be titen.endeavotir ,ed to tamper with him, and to persuade Jiltn to lend his as. sistatice to trick Mr. Jones. The prissacer said, he had him self been deceived. and that he could not tell waat had be 'came of the property. lie dented the charge of felony, and was remanded. BOW-STREET. WednesdayW. Hughes was charged with stealing a variety .of glass shades, the property of Messrs. Spode and Copeland, du Portugal-street, Liteashes Inn-fields, which were traced to .a pawnbroker% shop, svhere they had been pledged by the prisoner, who was committed fur trial. Elizabeth Brooks was charged with tittering a forged 11. Bank of England note to Mr.J . White, a grocer, in Alsop buildings, New road, well knowing it to be forged.—Com snitted for trial. J. Huy was brisuglit to the office under extraordinary cir .cumstunces, being charged with felottionslystealing a watch, his own property. It appeared from the testimony of Mr. 11 ood, a pawnbroker, of High-street, St. Giles's, and .his shopenati, that the prisoner pledged a watch a short time since at the shop for 4t. ; a few days since lie called at the shop and asked to have 2s. more lent on the watch ; which being produced and examined by the shopman. be ;tercet' to ad ance the money, which he slid ; and while the watch was on the counter and the shopmau turned his buck, the, pri rower snatched the watch and the 2s. ran off with both of clone and wade his escape. Mr. Wood gave inrormation to eeveral pawitbruks;r3 of the circumstance ; and on Tuesday • alumina he a as is i farmed by one of them, that a luau answer ing the description had offered a watch similar to the one de scribed fur 6s. On Mr. Wood's &helmets going there, he found the man and the watch to he the same, and lie was in onsequenee brought to the office. A difficulty arose at first, owing to toe watch* being the prisoner's own property ; how. ever, it ,turnina out that the watch was in the possession of Idr. Wood, anti that lie bad au interest isles. in it, and Mr. Wood expteasing his determination to prosecute the prisoner as an example, basing batil repeatedly robbed lately, Mr. /brute, the Magistrate, tally committed ' far trial.—The account the primmer gaveof himself was rather extraordinary. Ile said lie had been a Midshipman iu his Majesty's navy, and bad served on bu.ird the Sitenitue, and was ni the action with the Chesapeake, on which occasion he received a wound on his head; ail when he drank too much he was in a state of detaugentent, which was the care when lie committed the offence. tie now enjoyed a pension of aOl. a year in conies smellee of receiving Ow wound. F. Dover. although wily a boy betweenlo audit years of age, wit • chat gest with a capital odenee ' in breaking open the situp f Mr. W. Fos, jeweller, in the Haymerket,hy mass of making a small hole in one of the squares of glass in the shop window, end ingetrutisly putting a piece of strang wire, with hook at the end, and pulling over a silver purse, in which act he was detected just as he was getting out the tamals which wear attached to the purse at the aperture. Me w. e tally committed. Thursday two young gentlemen prescut.ii theosselves•to Mr. Big, it and r. Camant, the sitting alagistrattar ; one of them stated himself to be Mr. Wallace Had, front the country, but at present pgataising in the olli7e et' Messrs. Ahhistun and Co.,attornies, in Frveinities-cuurt,Caeuhill. On Friday week, the gentleman accompanying him to the office, and two other Iriends, went up the river ia a boat. Its the evening, a ttu tent sham of rain, thunder, ant lightning came ea abotit seven o'clock ; tiny were making fur Panel bridge to take shelter, but übservitig on the FlllllOlll si,ie a heater track le:.tling to the shore, :hey alighted from thu boat, and touk shelter malt r a tinge tree, it few yards front the water, a here they remained daring the mural. As it was clearing, and they weir about to retina to their Isoat E dgey were surrounded by a gentleman sewed s ilk a double barrelled gust, and five lit ery servants ; one of them eppeated to i.e 4 groom, and was armed with a pitchtuu., tee other four were anoed with Indian Otaheite clubs. Time gentleman armed with a double barrelled gun was, he sa i derstotel, Lord isattelagli anti the men in livery his tel His ',ordain') demanded to know what they were (I,ine there. Mr. Hail captained to hit Lordship the cause tit weir being there, and they were about to depart and return to their boat. This was nut gintisteetory to his Lord ship, wing decla,ed that he and his ettaspattisma should answer for the., conduct at Vow itreet Office ; they expressed de it wiliih.oess to filagreed there, thoegli they were stet eutisetotis of hernia &sue any thing that was t..., : nitable thorn, as the "extent of w eat they had tbuie .;...4tl It at possibly &amain to inure 1:1411 a trespass, awl that • 'me- must he considerable doubt even aline t that, as they had nut got user any fence or Ledge end she piece a licit Vic) lied taken shelter tinder the tree Wini,pe4 feet ly open from the river, Mr.`hall stated to his L.rdsltip. that ice Lid his conipanioe. wets gegulesuest. ,H.• pis:seated 10 11101 Os C 411( Wlllllfol Dame and aasttetss ; 1 10 CW11041110411 001 the sa.•e, Ut.t. fits Lill ship iduebte.i their reprcm4ll4lloll. One of hi, coy potion* s et. rt. it Ideate alt. •tt.ollt, 0110 i • .; tiiii.,4i*ll.•4ll.: for the county, and who would prove lie was We pepriAlike • epre,ent sal Walla lobe. Even this did not yvailwiltbt Ilia LiordsWp THE `NATIONAL nEcasirrn.) rirleibeessit•l uh.,t )1-• 1'111W:1141V :1;111./V1-1 :_t- ter! r uir tile s wn .ale hi• ixvir.,ailit broke *jowl' iholll4eell l .4 1/1 111$ -1 "*". 'lr. a I, lit aiiiisivt to this olvoirvission, $lOl, • hat he or his continuum', had dui De4izr, 111111 Were shoot to drs part. hot thity were pi event( d by the e , fy . isstshy order of his Lordship, ptirticularly two of them, one of them pi c • geu ling a pitchfork, and the 1111ser holding sip an radian club uu 4 menacing way at them. Mr, Huh remoitstiated with 1,14 Lordship 1111 111% conduct, assuring him he wa• aelins illegally, and that lie wits not justified in tlie course hr was pursuing. ills Lordship, howeset, persisted in detaining 1:,0111; but alter some time he apt red to let them depart, sin -condition of their pa) tug is servants for the trouble tiny had in the business. This was resist by Mr. Hall and his friends for about half an hour. when find' of all remousti mice vain, and fearing that the boot ovoid get swamped and spoil. (1, he agreed, awl 441 give 75 to the servants as a condition for their release, and after that payment they were suf f ered to depurtto their boat. ;►lc. Hall stated, /Wit oue of courtesy to a Nobleman of the rank of Lord lianelagli, he bad written to his Lordship inform ing him that lie should expect hint to answer for his conduct in detaining him and his companions half an hour as prison ers, and for obtaining 7s. for Isis servants, ece. Ha sent the letter by the post, but learnt afterwards that he bad directed it wrette, by stating his Lordship's residence to be Patiley instead of Fulham ; although, on inquiring at the post office, he learned that the letter bad been forwarded to his Lord ship's house. Mr. Hall a►so sent a special messenger to his house in Fulham, to serve him with a copy of the letter, but he had nut received any answer, but he understood his Lord ship had come to town early ou Wednesday morning. The Magistiates were of opinion, that if Mr. Hall could swear be had parted with the money to the servants maderpetsoual fear, it would amount to felony. Mr. Hall expressed his determination to indict all the screams. 11IIRLBOROUGH.STREET. E. Hall was fully committed for rubbing S. Harris of his wateh and seal. The prosecutor, accompanied by two friends, wars returning fruit► West End lair on Tuesday evening, after• drinking freely, when the prisoner, who was a stranger, joined them ; and alter drinking with them, snatched the pro secutor's watch from his fob and made off with it. lINETOIN.G.AROEN. _ _ 'Month); R. Dray,O;;;rolll;tVei;ey star, was fined 201. f o r carrying two passengers snore than allowed by Act of Parliament—D. Antony, driver of a Mentiond stage, was tined 401. for two offences of a like nature.—G. Mathews, driver of ;timelier BreutforJ stare, 401. ter like offences— And Pettigall, owner and driver of a IVoldford coach, VMS lined 101 for carrying one outside passenger more than the Act pernsits.—Thc above informations were brought forward in a most praiseworthy manner by Mr. Hanson, a Magistrate, who was himself the principal witness, in order, if possible, to put a stop to the dreadful accidents occasioned by over loading coaches. Wednesday J. Higgins and W. Mitchell, charged with rob bing the house of Mr. Dawson, of lientowstrect, Brunswick, square, of plate,and other articles to the amount of 3001. were again brought up, together with Ann Higgins, and Saraband E. Mitchell, the mother and brother of W. Mitchell, who were charged with receiving the property. Mr.l). identified the plate found on the prisoners in Somers' Town Fields by a watchman, as beiug his property. He also identified sonic property found at Ann hliggin s and Sarah Mitchell's lodg -1 lags. Mr. Houghton, of Doughty-street, whose boose was robbed on the 28th of May, to the amount of 2001. and Mr. Bootle, whose house was also rat :Jed on the lid lust. identi. 1 tied some articles found at the lodgings of the female prisoners as being part of what they had Ewell robbed of. The pri soners were once snore remanded UNION HALL. J. Cherrington, ownri and driver of the Kingston coach,. wascharged with suffering a greater number of outside pas. , e „ grie upon his coach duet by law is allots ed : but the So licitor for the defendant discovered that the inforiner had omitted to sign his name to the inlormation. This was fatal to the proceedings, and the complaint was dismissed. Sophia Elliot, a young woman of respectable appearance„ was charged on suspicion of stealing a welch, of considerable value, the property of Mrs. Kitchen, of Bermondsey. The. prisoner occupied an apartment in the prom:marries hoase. On 3londay afternoon witness and her servant went out, leer- , Mgt.° other person in the house bat the prisoner. The watch was then hanging in the parlour. On Iter return in the even ing she missed the watch. A constable was sent for, who searched the prisoner and her minimum, but the watch was not four.d. The prisoner protested. her innocence. She was reutauded. QUEEN-SQUARE. About 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening ieformat!nn was brought to Mr. Fielding, at Quecitasquate, that an alarming riot had taken pleat by thesoldiers of the Foot Guards having itt , te a ei l the populace in the Utoailway, Westminster, and wounded many ; and the householders and shopkeepers, for . t h e i r own safely and that of their property, were obliged to shut up their hruses. Taelllagistrate dispatched" messenger to the Guard house, and a Sergeant-n:, jor. with two Serjeants and four ~ ; :ast p orats, and a third deimaiment of the :al Foot Guard,, were sent to take the riagliattlers into custody raid suppress the riot. On their arr.val at the scene. of action, they Mend all the streets leading to the Broadway completely bloc:a:it up, and in a general scene el contusion, and toe pav:ment covered with blood, and no less than 50:Ada:iv engaged with a number of the inch in beating and ill. treating arty person who came in their way. Every kind of vehicle passing wits compelled to stop, and was loaded with pettions eager to view the disgraceful asenta The 'winery, with fixed bayonets. cleared the way with some nifliculty, and fornied a circle retired those concerned in the utility, who still kept on regardless el their appearance ; when the rude,: officers sucecetled in taking IS of the retractors , soldiers and gave them in citing' to the others in aunt, who matched theta otr la the t;uard- house. it was past lo o'clock betere• the riot we, suivpresbed; and about that time deturbances Lroke out in tliff'eroit other pat t . G. Norris, a painter, was met et the comer of Dean-street by a patty of the rimotts soldiers, woo beat him se ve.dy ; but happily t 4e constables, who were patrolling the greet, came up ana,took uncut them. named K. Ward , into custody. but the rc .t . ciiiiipAi. Ward was on Waalnestlay examined, and ordered to Heel bail. It apaeared, that the e•iet.airiginated in a party of malilitr.. oelcbratina the .annivervary . of . the battle. of Talavera ; when , a sai!ur iiiaapublic Inane. diseleas.si at tneir hon.aing and mistiming Mr the needy the shale merit of ending W.W,Clatiktliged ally of tatla to hi .u. 1)16 Chalk:ll4e was :LaCClWelr e s Time 10 aeat his ar.ta,;..niat ...id two others; on vrinclathe soldiers began to show foul play, when I the moll interfered, which led to the general disturbance., On ‘trinday ni !ht. shoat It, o'clock, a horse and a chaise-cart. the property ‘o .:Ir. H of Cleriomw 711. wen; dor • sway from the door of a house in Blackman-tree;, where : 11. i • war I taking sln rerre,hine.d. "I oe) nave not Leen heard of. Two Inca and a woman were olr.etve.,l i.y a watz..to.o. to get into the cart, hut imagining that they IVUZC the °onus, he did not attempt to *op a~:~_ DRE.4"FUL FIRE. ! .. 37 I: I EST R ITCT col s ' - or ME 4 NR )11.31:4b AND NARDCASI E‘ rrc+e•r WILTON. The following particular% ut• till: , 4ireatliol •eall..ontion have beeirroloomniented to a ‘Lnehestos pribon who wiinessed the (listree4ing WPM" " A tremendoets and sanest Zit iiiinetiro bloke-out in a large. ratters faetwy. belonging to M. ss's. Oimrud and Hardrastle,. of Holton.le-Moors, about half-past Its el se on the engin .r Sunday fast. It was observed hest by is rorrelessionot grade. man and a workman who resided in a cottage opposite. Tit* dame appeared on the second story. in the front of th- actor'', immodiately above the entrance door. where lire is. sever kept: it estentled its ravages in a very rapid rumsmr, free. the dryness of the wood, cotton, oil, &c. in spite s.t *very effort made by several water which arrived within ten minutes °fits discover s, aided by a populate vt ho :trimmed with inexpre.ssible energy to stop the progress of the devour ing element. The conflagration svr.si so extensive im the space of an hour, as to preclude all lmpes or possibility of saving the factory. 'l'lse efforts of the water engines were then di. rected to save all the adjoining houses, which wero tsiting fire across a street thirteen yards wide; and the twat wss so excessive that the window frames were consumed, notwitta. standing the torrents of water poured on them. Greot danger was apprehended from a chain of buildings connecting this factor with another immense one not above 30 yards dis tant; but the exertions of the people happily proved effectual, by stopping its progress at the first cottage. Nothiror eau be imatzined so awful as this scene presented—people (Aims! naked) in every direction, removing fits 'ilium, &e. with cries of doleful apprehension, as it regarded the safety of property, friends, or relations, rendered wore audible by 11w calmness of the evening: - " No lives Were last, bat several revere injuries liappeoP* to those 4110 con4ticted the water pipes limn the i'-olog of walls ; most of the cases are tinder the cap../ 51r. Jackson, a respectable surgeon, and I underso.ou his reports arc fa.. vonrable. " I regret to state thn the factory is not insured to one. fourth or the value, st Melt in the whole cannot be less than 36,0001. and of course a considerable loss must devolve upon the worthy partners, who, 1 am happy to say, met the lost With beeominl fortitude. " How the factory should take fire on a Sunday night, and xt a place where a fire never comes, is insult/cilia mystery. and must create suspicion. "The sweepings o the rooms have for n few weeks been put about the place where the tire appeared to originate; whether damp cotton intermixed with dirt, is capable of ge . nerating eke by that fermentative process as exhibited in hay ricks, is worthy of investigation; soil till some experiment has determined the question, it should 'ue carefully exclutlexi. from the file tori ex. " A great number of persons Quist of course lbe thrown wit of employ. and an incalculable loss be sustained by the (Lit, • age oftheir goods in the course of removal. " There were,l am sorry to say, amongst the et cwd some of those who disgrace a Citri!:!ian country, by piltnriug, and sit:Ming, and making a mock at the apparent impending ruira ut hundreds. " Bultuu-le-Moors, Tuesday evening, July 21." COUNTERFEIT PAGODAS.—Thr following ingenious devise has been practised must successfully upon several tradesmen in Lambeth and its vicinity within the last week. Tao men, one of whom is habited as a Seaman, and the other as a Las car, have called at various shops where articles of cloathing• necessary for permit's employed in the Navy are sold, and re. presenting themselves as belonging to a vessel just arrive' from an Indian voyage, and as being in want of several ar., tides in which the tradesmen dealt, but the vessel not having been paid oft' they had no money, except a kw pagodas, which, if the tradesmen will take in payment at seven shillings each, they will become his customers; and to do away all suspicion of imposition, some of the pagodas are• produced, with a request that two or three of them may be seat to sonic person qualified to ascortain their value ; this being done, the answer is, that they are worth eight shillings each. The shopkeeper, upon this information, given by a neighbour. jug tradesman, no longer hesitates to furnish the gouda re•- quired, allowing seven shillings for each pagoda; but in many instancrx; he also becomes a purchaser in his turn, bill— ing up all the pagodas lie can at that rate :„ one shopkeeper at Newington thus hecame the purchaser of 110 uagoitev, besides. those which he took for goods furnished to his ce.foluers,.. Imuridiately after the departure of his custoint rs, he applied to a neighbouring goldsmith to convert Ida golden treasure into paper of• time Batik of England ; when to his Otter dismay, he discovered that his desire of gain hail subjected bum t o a , gross imposition. •He discovered the truth of the oldadage. that all is not gold which glitters. The pagodas, with the exception of those sent to the goldsmith originally as a sample, so far from being winth eight shillings each, turned oat to be nothing but lead gilt over, eight of them not being worth a groat. The sailor has very prepossessing mannerii, and ap.. pears to be above the common rank. The lascar is also well dressed, speaks very bad English, and takes but little part in the transaction, except proitheing the pagrdas sent for examinatioti. Several Publicans have also guitkred to a coosiderahie amount, by being induced.teliecoine dealers its the g.,:dat trifles. Abraham Thornton, whose trial fur the murder of nary Ashford oseited such deep interest, has since los discharge teen living in 41w boase of his parent. at Castle Bromwich. tic has slot yet returned to any employment, hilt pasoes his time in. a kind of a moody inactivity, and Almost entirely alone; ttitiist his miserable fattier (a sisoo.t respectunle man, Auld steward to a gentlemen of pruporty in Isis neighb‘u rhood)e is fist o.itiking into a premature grave with. a. consamption,. ought Oil by inieuse anxiety tit mind. SHOT FIMED AT A IMLLOONT.—Whet Madcsratisea Cecilia Gann:tin. made her ascent on Mondav night, a vortug vilepherd„ named Jean iioari.ion. tired v:f a gu:: at ;lie gnomon %hen the young aeronaut about to &seem, Marseilles. Upon being ask. d why he bow committed enact so reprou.onoble, he answered. Coat upon oboerving the u.,1 ova, be ::..ardtrie, and not being able to. make binnelfheard.:iell:ed diegun by wayofencourmwinenttuthepet... son in the balloon, and Mahe fir..l iu* wi as main c. tot ground. I t ap—. Isar., however, Mat thellim sae iirtd in the direction of the tedium, f or ..h a t tlarae.in s 1/144:4111. Stat.b that it r..veived till grains of alto-. nlt. eirplotroLlooovever, nut appearing to have any criminal dpi;". , ;„ beenliorretall.—t Paris Paper.) . • aa the 4:064..1111mi o f N . Vana lti Kr!, h ay. wab drit ii.g down- the cl.w.nr at tor Sarre, .1 le of We.r.m.fister.inidge on Tu es d a y, at a pace. two %:.li:drk.ll. a boy aati a t;iel, apparentl, amnit ten a.l(ti , Cie road, mod were trampled. down by vie horses, the drover being unable to stop the carriage.— Hareily, the boy only sustained a a li g h t injury. Mr. V. inst..utly olu•iotoi, and attended tile sufrereg go a *g m * . 5 ) Winn: la.; waiuxi, tuiul achio: could be got, "..~ •` . ~