The National Register. — London, England, 1822-11-03 00:00:00

get possession of the goods, they would then be justified in boding him guilty of felony. The Jury believing this instantly found him guilty. The Recorder ordered him to be brou4lll up for judgment, 11.• said the prisoner stood in great danger, for if the hail had been pot into circulation, he would have been liable to be in dicted for a forgery, a•rd would have been convicted, unless he could have proved the band-writing of the drawer nod acceptor; and even if be could have done that, it was evident they were ne•re men of straw, and all would have been liable to have been indicted for a conliiraey. The sentence of the C .urt on him for this impudent fraud was, that be should be tranported fur Leven years. The prisoner said be bad lost 10001. by Brooksbauk. The Recorder—Where is Brooksbank Prbioner—lle is gone to America. lam convicted for thinzs which I never had. The sessions having ended, the Recorder proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoners convicted. Considering the short Aimee which intervened (three weeks) between the last and the present sessions, the windier or convicts were unusually great. Five were sentenced to be transported for life--une for 11 years—twenty-four for seven years, anti a number of others were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment. Several were discharged by proc!aination. Seventeen received the awful sentence of death :—William Croucher, Charles I lennington, Theodore Constantine, Edward Nl' Williams, Thos. Furby, William Whitton, William Lester, John Curry, and Samuel Raven, for stvaling io dwelling houses j William Holland, George Swindle, and John Barnett, for bur;- lades ; John Smith, for housebreaking in the day time ; Edw. &fridge, fur a rape ; William Townsend, alias Pocock, and John Burrows, for highway robberies ; and Henry Day, for forging the Goldsmith's Hall Company's stamps upon certain articles of plate. _ . 'rise Recorder, in the course of his address to the unhappy convicts, said there was one individual• amongst them who had, in the wickedness of his heart, threatened to charge an innocent person with a crime which could only he thought of with horror, and had availed himself of the dreadful alarm whirls such an accusation must naturally create in the mind even of the bravest mass to carry on a regular system of plunder. To that individual the Court would recommend an immediate and an earnest appeal for mercy to tied quarter front which alone he could expect it ; mercy in this world the Court feared could not be granted to him, and it was only by sincere repentance that he could hope for its extension here on. r. There were souse otherst to whom he would also atre mmusly recommend a similar preparation ; he meant those who hod ;;one shout with others in a gang for the purpose of p1an (1,1.414 persons, whose circumstances might, 14 ought they knew, be such, that an act of plunder committed upon them would be their absolute ruin. After 401111 C fur ther observations, the learned Judge passed the sentence of Death in the usual terms, and the ses sinus were adjourned until 11 ednesday, the 4tb of December. • Townsend was here alluded to. t The robbery of the lout at Hounslow was no doubt hinted at by the learned Judge in this part of kis address. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. TUESDAY, OCT. 29.—A gentleman, named Webb, was indicted for having assaulted a watchman of Shore dnch, in August, at a late hour of the night, in die exe cution of hi s s duty. The watchman stated that as he was walking on his beat, the defendant and another person were standing in the street, both iu liquor . engaged in noisy conversation and disturbing the peace of the neiglthotirhond. He de sired them to walk on, but instead of doitia so, the de fendant turned upon him, attacked him, and floored him in the mud, endeavoured to drag, the rattle from him, pulled has great coat Over his head, and dragged him along until he was almost killed. This was done without the slightest punocation. The defendant knew how to give a blow well, for he kept a boxing school, and the watchmen were practised upon by gentlemen attic kind to prepare diens fur each other. Auiptiter-watehniatt stated he helped to take them to the watch house. Alf. Adolphus, for the defence, regretted that lie was daily in the habit of seeing the sCanddlOilb clients of the watchmen to obtain money by insultnlg anll appiehend nig gentlemen. This was a case Mate kind. A eentlenian then stated, that lie and the defendant, on their return (rout Shacklewell, saw the prosecutor in the street, and were desired by him, in the rudest 11::1111101, to go ou. Ul expostulating with lit in, he called them vagrants, seized the defendant by the collar, and was dragging him towards the watch house, when Mr. Webb resented such treatment by retaliating upon the watch man, whom he certainly pumnivled in die face. The Jury at once delimited the defendant. EXTRAORDINARY TAST6.—The guardians of a bOy, who was the apprentice of a shoemaker, appealed to the Court to have the boy taken back by his master, on the ground that, if something of the sort were not done, the boy would go to destrutason. They admitted that the boy had some extraordinary peculiarities. The master stated that he had been extremely indul viit to his apprentice, but that nothing could cure him of the propensity to filth and late hours, and sleeping tit tile air, winch lie practised in the depth of winter, to the initiry of his h e alth, an d the afii•CLIIIIi of all nhu khew hon. lie had ton away front his work repeatedly, and absented Innis:ll fora mouth or six weeks at a time.— Sometimes he was found lying in a cart covered with vermin, and tortured with the itch ; sometimes in the pens at Sinitlifi:ld Market, and sometimes in Fleet Market, or on the bridges. Yet, although treated kindly after all this conduct, lie still felt a dispusitiun to lie in the air. The Chairman was surprised at this account, and de sired that the buy should be called in. When the officer went to call those who had the boy under their protection, he learned that the apprentice had rust away once more. Titc master said he was afraid of the dreadful example to his own children, and could uevcs thiul of taking him back. The Citairman thought it a case in which human iiiterference could have nu effect, and dismis►ed the applic.mon. VEDuESDA Y, OCT. 30.--Charles Stewart Hay Allan, goodwill of Ad ' I Allan, was indicted fur au assault upon Itulotit Manion', a sthersontli. THE NATIONAL REGISTER Mr. Marchant stated, that on the I2th of „Italy the defendant had couse to his shop and desired that a pair of buckles should be repaired. Ile sod they must he ready for the " drawing ." Witne s s repaired them. and went with them to Hertiets.street, where defendant lived, where he left them with a hill of five shillings; that was a moderate charge. Il e did mu get the money, and upon calling a second time the servant girl told him he might have half a crown for the job, and if he did not go off, Mr. Annt would kick him ant. Witness waited for his n l y, and the defendant catne down, and after having told him that " he knew not the fellow," went out at the door. Witness hallowed, and "he WOlllll not be 01'1111,1 out of his money," and defendant give him a desperate blow, which sent firm into the middle of !lemurs-street, tad then struck him another. Wittiess had given 1111 further provocation than he hien thmed.—Witness offered to give up the prosecution up4lll the payment of twenty guineas to the Middlesex Ifinpi tal ; he wanted nothing for himself. The business cost him about foul. The defendant kept out of the way three its, and witness was put to great difficulty to find hint. Gilson, a baker, s.iw the (kleinlaut strike the prosecu tor twice very violently itt Bel' tlets-Ilitecl. Wahl/ill pro vocation, and detailed the circ untstauces of the attack. The hockles were produced, and one of the Jury wed, from his own judgmcut, that the charge fur repair wrs moderate. Air. Anent ws, for the defendant, said, that his client was a highly respectable person in his conduct, as well as birth; t hat his brother had ordered the buckles to be repaired; and that the prosecutor had called tne defen dant a swindler, on which account the natural resent ment was shewn, and the prosecutor was knocked into the channel. If the violence had not been shewu, the person insulted could not hate been a Wall. The Chairman said, that nothing was told on the defendant's side but the Counsel's story, w lute there were oaths which could nut be ridestioned brought forward on the other. The Jury found a verdict of Guilty. The Chairman hoped the prosecutor and defendant would enter into some arrangement to prevent the ne cessity of passing sentence. John Walker was indicted fur a very violent assault tisson a woman named Parsons. it appeared that the d e fendant hail beaten the poor womall ill a shameful manner, and afterwards refused to give her any melon pense. Ile was found Guilty, and the Chairman having ex messed a wish that lie would settle it, he refwed, and' said he would rather remain in prison six months. He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. 1 . 110 RSUAY, OCT. 31.—As INFAMOUS ISKOTAIKL.— John Williams and Mary M'Cov, who live together as Ulan and wife, were indicted lOr keeping one of the most Infamous brothels in the metropolis, at St. George -street, Si. Coles's, where they were in the habit of seducing girls front twelve years of age and upwards. Mr. Miami stated the case he had to ground his ap plication l'or a verdict upon, was one of the most abou t '. liable, perhaps, that ever Caine before a coon. A res pectable tradesman's wife, who resides with her family in the neighbourhood of George -street, and educated her children in a moral and religious manner, suddenly missed her youngest daualiter„ a girl between :3 and 14 years Ticeui ale. girl had taken with her all her clothes, so that the unhappy soothes . considered her gone for ever. Some s.f the neighbours, however, advised her to have the house of the prisoners (which was known to be one for the prostitution of youthful females), searched. Officers were procured, and the girl was found its bed with two other gir:s; one of whom was her school fellow, and the other a co iiiii uti prustitme, at the house of the limners. Fortunately the pains, creature had nut fallen a victim. Mr. Philips admitted that he hail nn merits upon the side of the prisoners to go upon. Ile however, telt it to be his duty to point out a flaw m the Indictment, which he did, by sliewing that no witnesses were called to prove that the I ttttt se was in the parish of St. Giles's. The Jury most reluctantly returned the verdict of Not Guilty, and the Chairman assured the prisoners, that if they did not give up the nuisance they would butter sea.. rely nOO. session. JOllll Arnold was indicted at the instance of the regent's Canal Company, tor an a.satilt spoil William Smith. one of the Lock-keepers oldie Canal, un the or August last. . . Mr. C. Pinlips for the prosecution, stated, that the servants of the Canal Company weregreatly annoyed by such lellows as the pnsoner bringing dogs to the Canal, and then throwing stones into the Water. He then called Smith and two other witnesses, who proved the assault. Arnold was fisted 405., and to be imprisoned until the same be paid. FRIDAY, Nov. I.—A young man, named Thomas Wynne, was tried on an indictment charging him with haring violently assaulittl an interesting girl, aged 15 yuta, named Mary Jones. It appeared that the prisoner was an apprentice to Mr. Spring, plumber, to wit.tut the young woman was W- I vain. The poor girl was scarcely in her place five mi mutes when the fellow began to make love to he►. She slid nut sliink proper to give the encouragement he tle sired, and suddenly his manner became totally changed. Blows, in fact, were used instead of the tender tones with which he used to assail her. Ile had used her three several times its a barbarous way, by striking her when he caught her alone, bin for the sake of peace she never complained, until he gave her a desperate blow, about kalif or five months ago, which did tier such in jury that she was ebbged to tell her mother. The state of health to which she was reduced obliged her to Hutt her place, and she is likely to feel the elects of Btu blow perhaps as long as she lives. Her mistress gave the highest character of the girl, and expressed a great wish for her return to her service. The Chairman left the ease to the Jury, whoiutute dialcly tonna the delentlint The Chairmarr with:need him to imprisomucat fur 361 two months, with permission to have a conversation with the tool& of the prosecutrix. The Luther (.1 the defelidallt, who is wealthy, was advised by the counsel oil the other side to lotlfellt his SOU from being sent to wu►k in me null. 1)u et..—A duel was fought on Monday last in a field behind Hampstead, between Mr. I. —e, a ineichant of the city, and Alr. M —r, a gentleman lately nI the mer cantile profess , but now retired from business. r lie origin or the &simile, we understand, was a calumny by Mr. M—r on the character of Mr. L —e, and which he refused, II aft complete proof of his error was offered, to retract. About three years since, Mr. L—e was com pelled, by a series of unfortunate undertakings, to sin ;wild his payments, and to enter into a composition with his creditors. Out his conduct on that occasion there has never been till this affair the slightest imputa tion. Mr. M —r, however, who rcided iti a part of list country where severil friends of Mr. L—e also lived, had insinuated, in the hearing of stone of them, and in a manner too plain to Le ittisunderataid, that Mr. L —e, in meeting the various claitiss upon blur, had taken care of himself. 'lbis insitiu stion, tittered in such a quarter, could not fail soon to reach the ear of the individual whom it was calculated to injure, and who at this period was gradually resuming that honourable station in the mercantile profession which he had before occupied. As soon as it Came to his knowledge, he lost no time in calling on Mr. M—r to leant the grounds on which he had make this attack on his character. Mr. I.—e related to him minutely alll the circumstances Mal attended his recent misfortune; lie described the strict investigation his affairs had undergone, mentioned the names of the hidividuals, high in the mercantile pruleasiou, who had conducted it, and offered Mr. M—r a reference to them, to ascertain if any suspicion of the unfair concealment which had been insinuated to his prejudice, existed. lie even offered, if Mr. M. declined the trouble of the personal inquiry, he would prevail on one of the merchants in question to call on him and satisfy hint in every particular of Mr. L—e's conduct. —All that lie required of Mr. M—r was, that if con vinced his insinuations were unfounded and unjust, lie should contradict thesis in the quarter where they were first issued, and where the imputation on his character had been most deeply pelt. Both the inquiry and every species of reparation were alike refused by Mr. Al —r, and the only alternative left therefore to Mr. L—e Was a CILLIICIIgt., which was accepted. It was at first arranged, its order to avoid the consequences to the sur vivor that might attend the death of doter, that the meet ing should take ;lace hi Calais, and alter an interval of several days, %stitch Mr L—e was anxious to devote to some husitiess of an extremely importaut nature, theit placed under his stiperintendance. Mr. M —r, however, who attributed this delay to other motives expressed that opinion so plainly, that Mr. L—e determined on an tttttt ineetilie, and a field near Hampstead, looking towards Harrow, is as the spot fixed on tor that ruminate, where die parties met early on Alonday morning. Duna fired by signal at the same instant. Mr. M—'s shot missed his adversary, but that oh Mr. L—e took eflect,aiiil broke one of Al r. M—r's ribs, furtunatefy without injury to any vital part. there the ahlair terinitnited : Mr. M—r was conveyed to HMO in acoach,and is at present under au eminent physician, by whose skill he is placed out of danger, and Is likely sum to do well. Mr. L—e sus tained no injury whatever ; and, on 'Change, when the affair became known, received the congratulations of hi* friends out its fortunate termination. Mr. M —r, we imilesstand,alter he received his wound, had the candour and manliness to express his belief that the imputation he hid thrown wit againsl the character of Mr. L--e was wholly unfounded. THE TWO TRoTTING MATCHES FOR 300 SOYE• EACH —Yule. Well's roan mare, tit sixteen halals, started on Wednesday in Minted Park, to not over a two-utile circle sixteen 11111C4 and a null in an hour, carry leather weight. The mare pertsunted is to 5,9 • . The next match was to du eight miles in half au 11006 Met the saute ground, with a galloway under 15 hands, belotsg,ing to a Mr. Furzetitati. This was Won easily, with 111010 HMI tOO minutes to spare. Betting Was tive HI MO against butts winnisig. liortattme Muatie.a.—Sittekhofras, Oct. 11.--The dasiglller of Field Matnial Arlie:remote. who intimated 6Ctiietti 10 1116 COUIOIy its 1.809, has been murdered by her leituale atteutlaitt, a WOlllell yrais old, at tiie *eat of her her (who is a widow), near the capital. 'llse unhappy mother had genie to pay a visit to her Royal Highness the Princesa, at Tuigani. The attendant, who slept in the same room with the yowl% lady, seized the young child by the hair, its the high!, cud cut tier throat. This had scarcely passed when the governess entered the chamber oil watch the murderess gave her self aeveral stabs lit the neck. o which Watt ItOkllal. The nionves for tier hortid deed have inn been disco acted. The great Mine cause, " Rowe v. Wood," which occupied the Lord Chancellor's attention, and our Chancery Report, so many years, was some months since dis►uiss<d out of Court, on the joint application of the parties, who had then agretd to refer their disputes. The parties have since ken engaged in discussing their respective cases before the arbitra tors, Messrs. Haltom, Maclean, and Hunt, mer chants of great intelligence and the highest respect ability in the city. The award has just been made, and the result is, that Alderman Wood's claims against the plaintiff, Mr. Rowe, and his mine pro perry, which have been stated at 50,0001., 40,00u1., :m(130,0001 , are declared to be less than 0001.—that Alderman► Wood and his brothers, Messrs. Philip and Senjamin Wood (who were male parties to th: reference), are directed to pay certain proportions of the costs, amounting to about two thirds ; and that tsir. Rowe will be immediately put into posse:sion of this valuable property. M