The National Register. — London, England, 1815-01-29 00:00:00

ITTOI4AL REGISTER. Tits 'ELLMENCE. • .~. ~~- COURT or CHANCERY, JAN. 23. Tliiq being the first day of Hilary Term, the Lord Chancellor bars lit, according to custom, entertained the twelve Judges at his le use in Bedford.mpure, proceeded in state, followed by, tl e other Jude*, to open their respective Courts for the terns, which they did with the accustomed ceremony. Marssrosr•Roner.—Edward Webb, and Robert and William Simi, were charted with striding ten reams of demy paper, the property of . Messrs. Mauna? and Pickering. II appearedt from the evidence of Mr. Pickering, jun. ti sit they have for some mar been subject to very eves. sive depredaiimis. It appeared that-on Friday last the prisoner Webb came into the countine.bouse. and said he waisted ten :eases of skew/ paper for Messrs thitty and Field, and that the cart would be there immediately to fetch it. Soon after a cart drove up to the door, and the paper was put into it. Instead of cuing to Messrs. Getty's, however. it drhve to the house of Robert Snarl, in Longlane, *here the paper was ee'ivered. Mead, tie carter, stated, that Webb ordered him to call for the pa. per, and afterwards to take it to Srarl's house. He did so; and at the lawn. place Webb met theta el d assisted Sear! in taking the paper out of the cart Information of t! ese facts having bey!, gi% on to Brand, 'the officer, he went late on Friday evening to Seerf's House, in Long lene, where, on searching, lie found nine reams of paper nut of the td n. The pris-ners were taken into custody, brought before the Lord Mayor yes erday, and committed for re examination. UNION Hsu. —A man of genteel appearance and respectable connecti o ns, was on Tuesday brought before Mr. Serjeaut Sefton, charged by Mr. Mabley, of Woolwich, with a robbery of the most dating description. Mr. Mabley stated, that be was coming town on Monday evening, in one of the Woolwich stages;_ the prisoner and a young woman were also in the coach ; they had not been long seated,when Mr.M abley felt the prisoner's hand in his pock. et, and immediately afterwards, on feeling himself, he missed a gold ring, about 10s. in silver, and some tnem.trandrims. He directly charted the prisoner with having picked his pocket, who pretended to fall into a violent rage. denied the charge, and struck Mr Mabky • several violent blows. Mr. Malddy raised his hand to defend his face, when the prisoner seized it, and the prosecutor felt him draw another ling from one of his &gene He took no notice, but 'whin the coach stopped. gave him in charge. On searching him, the Vero rings were found concealed at the knee•band of his pantalown, and several of Mr. Mabley's papers were found in his pocket ; the ranee,' wai lying on the seat of the coach. Several letters *ere found upon him. from which it appeared that he had formerly been a CAPt.. in the army, and for mime tine past had been employed in the Eist India Company's service, and that his connections sv: , et highly res pectable. In his defence he said, he was much intoxicated at the time, and had no intention of detaining the property. He was fay committed for hid. An information was on Thursday preferred by Mr. rleattey, the Inspeethr of stage coaches, against two of the drivers of Greenwich stages, for driving furimasly, and running races on the public road. in their way to town, den a day mentioned in the information. Mr. Beazley, it appeared, saw the transaction accidentally, and imme diately gave informatiosi to the Magistrates, by wham the stionstwases were granted. Mr. Ferguson, of Deptford, and Mr. Ledger, of Blackheath, both. gentlemen of respectability, who were passengers in the coaches in question at the time, gave evidence of the extreme danger in which they had been placed by the carelessness of the defendants, one of whom in hia furious career drove against a broad wheeled waggon, and dashed the coach 'nearly to pieces. The defendants pleaded intoxication, which the worthy Magistrate ob served was rather an aggravation than excuse of their offence ; as, however, they in general bore a good chat icier, they were only con. vieted in the penalty of SI. and costs. John Cooke, sent front Hatton Carden Police Office, to F:psom, was taken before Mr. Trotter and Mr. Whitmore, the Magis- • trates at Epsom, for examination. It appeared that he and three other men were taken in a park near Epsom by—Hitnt, the gantekeeper; there was a bag in their posA.i , siort, containing 20 hares and eight pheasants ; Hunt, with the assistance of three constables, succeeded in handcuffing the four poachers, and lodged them in the watch-house, tram whence, with the assistance of their accomplices outside they effected their escape. Cooke made to London. On Leatlterhead in Pee lie forced off his hatulenff,d, a nd threw them into the river. Real, Jan. the officer, having received private information, apprehended Cooke at a public house, at the corner of Green-street, Grosvenor-square. The charge beisig proved gainst Cooke, tinder the Game Act, he was fitted in the penalty of Ire wits committed f,. , r three months 301. and default of pavoienr , to prison. Four detainers were also laid against him, for assaultiag the gamekeeper anal the constables. A long investigatioli took place at Bow-street, on Monday, under the following eireemstatices :—A poor woman, who obtains her livelihood by basking poultry, left her parse coutaibiug _ imwassi . o l 7 POLICE. COVRT OF KING'S BENCH, SATURDAY, SAN. f f /HE Kim; V. UELEN DILA:Er:BON. This was an indictment against the defendant for having obstructed and assaulted three Sheriff's officers in the execution of their duty. 'glee defendant had suffered judgment to go fy default ; and, on the motion of the Atturney-Generul, she was now brought up to receive the sentence of the Court. rite affidavits of the several prosecututs were put in and read, and stilted iu substance the following facts : The prosecutors, it appeared, had got a writ fur 2001. against Col. Sin• Blair Gordon, who lodged at the defendant's house in St. George's fields. On the filth of June last, they went there in search of him, but, on coming to the house, could guin no admittance. Alter some re cooLuitring, one of them knocked at the. door, and enquired of the de fendant, who opened it, if she had any apartments to let. She an swered in the adlirmative; but at the same time attempted to shut the dour in their face. This they prevented, and rushed into the house and through to the garden where Cul. Gordon and another Geut:eman were. The Colonel, on seeing them enter, immediately retreated ; and Mrs. Vickensim, tuk leg up .a gun which laid near her with a bayonet at the end of it, swore d—m—n sc lie them if they did not go out she %mild do for them ;" at the same (lam pushing the bayonet against the breast of one of them. They at length succeeded in passing her, and pursued the Colonel, who, however, tur that time escaped, though he was taken afterwards.. The affidavit of the defendant was then read, which commenced by stating, that although she had been advised to sailer judgment to go by default she had )et a good defence. She acknowledged it was true, as sated by the prosecutors, that they came to her house, where Col. Cordial was in the garden unitising himself with gardening ; there was a gun lying near him, nhich he had taken to shoat at the cats ulaeli ilaretz. , :i the garden, but it was ot.ly loaded with powder, and she de fait d pasitively that siie had ever taken it up tie pointed it at the prose cutors. She did not know they were Sheriff's officers, or that they came in pursuit of Col. Gordon but as soon as she was aware of that, aad that the Colonel had retreated into the house, she called out to her servant to apt n the deer alai let them in; the servant was deaf and did not immedi. tely hear, they, therefore, broke the window and got in that way. They then behaved in a most violent manner, opening the drawers of a book-case under pretence of searching for the Colonel there, and used most abusive lnnguege to her, though she furnished them wit catidle to examine the dark cellar, and afforded them every facility in bee power. She concluded, however, by acknow. !edging she had offended, and throwing herself on the mercy of the Contr. I he affidavit of tl►e amid servant was also read, cotroborating these tireumst ►nccs. "the itTh!'vit of the Gentleman who wits with the Colonel in the gar• den also stated that the proSecutors kept him in custody some time mis taking him for the Colonel. fhe Court sentenced her to sis months imprisonment in the King's Bench. TVESDAY, JAN. Q&. A motion was-made for a new trial in the cam. of Dyott V. Minn. The plaintiff, General llyott, it will be recollected, obtained a ver d'et 01 . 50001. damages against the defendant, for criminal conversa tion with his wife. Mr. Topping, the plaintiff's counsel, rested his ;notion on the ground of excessive damages, and the illness of a ma. terial witness; and on the statement lie made. the Court signified that there appeared to be sidficient ground to justify them in grant ing a new trial. —Hale, Nisi, granted. The Judges, on Thursday morning, appointed the following cir cuit% Nartiyik—Lord Elkoboronalt, Mr. Justice Heath. Mid!uttd—Lord Chief Justice Gibbs, Mr. Justice Bayley. Nor/hem—Lord Chief Baron Thompson, Mr. Justice Le Blanc. /la:7le—Mr. Justice Chambre. Mr. fir,r3n Wood. ire,t,ll--..Mr. Baron C.;raliatn. Mr. Justice Dampier. V n d Justice D.j!las, Mr. Baron itichard:.. t 4.