The National Register. — London, England, 1818-12-14 00:00:00

MfDDL-ESEX SIIS.SIONS. • \ ,v! LORD RANEL.AOH AND AIR. ADOLPHUS. The following is a pretty accurite aeconut of an occur' rt lice that took place between Lord Hanehigh xud Mt. Adel. die day after the memorable trial at Hick's-hall, its which his Lordship was eciniieted, and fined for sm assault:— Mr, Adolphus, who was sittioe alone iii his chamber in the 'temple, heard a tap at the dour of his study. He desired the person to walk ill. and wrs immediately honoured with the presence of Lord Rauelagli; who, upon being very civilly asked to take a chair, told him that he had a few words to say to bum. Mr. Adolphus having repeated his request that his Lord. ship worst be sealed, Lard Ranelagh said," Sir, you were talking of me for two Hours yesterday, and it is only fair that you should hear me tell my mind for a little while; I came to you fur that pur pose." Mr. Adolphus observed, that he had not spoken to, or of his Lot dship quite so long. " Parkaps not, stir," said his Lordship, " hat I come to tell you, that you yesterday proved yourself a coward. a liar, and a tcutluthel. Your &rents nre all perjured. My ser. villas told the trolls, and you knew it." Mr. Adolphus vet y emly asked his Lordship, whether his object is. thing such words was to provoke him to tight a duel Lord Ronelagh replied iss the affirmative. Mr. Adolphus Astir!, "he otways considered that when a men thought himself injtired, and entertained an idea of seek. in honourable redress, the usual course was to do se by written coin ttttt nieation, or throegh the medium of a friend. Is nit lustanee had he ever known that a men cameto abuse another, wider pretence ut' provoking hint to go to the ground." His Lordship was of opinion. that there was another mode of destiandiog redress beside the two alluded to by Mr. Ado!. piens, and thought that resorted is by him ,unexceptionable. Mr. Adolphus made his Lordship acquainted with a fact el %%bleb his Lordship seemed to have had no idea, 'lamely, that his Lordship was ander the roof of him to whom he ad dressed theSe epithets. He said he did not know whether he should be fool enough to send his Lordship the intimation he noosed to expect, or whether he should move the Court for a criminal information against his; the latter was the more probable course or the Iwo • bat the business he should be wholly ;guided by his /Ileitis, to whom he should mention this very ceremonious transaction. h. case be should think It more expedient to do the latter, he presuened his Lordship would not deny the words he had just used. "Certainly not," said Lord Rauelagh ; "and for fear you should forget them, I'll repeat• that you are a coward, a liar, and a scoundrel !" _ _ In the commencement of the conversation Mr. Adolph.. said, he had been induced, from his respect to the rink of thet defentiesit. to omit phrases that might have been. more closely Adapted to the subject of his speech than thou* he had ' used: .114 Lordship retired without being in the slightest degree nailed, and seemed perfectly satisfied at the part be had like. in this business, Mr. Adolphus sat down to finish the bitehoess which his Lordship's visit had intercepted r and then mentioned the ciicumstance to some of Isis friends, who advised him to adopt` the course he had before deemed most worthy of selection.. He pre ferred a bill on Monday night stint his Lordship for having endesvonied to provllte a hint a duel. The bill was found by the Grand ,Iney.—, r. Adolphus immedi ately direeted,his **heifer Ao move the ca'e, by certiorari, to the Ilemels. This wits isecordt.gly done r and notice tow illegglirest r wais served filmy Lard &mein's'. solicitor. !' : • • . • • • • TVIOMAYiIhe,B: Proton.-4ifliam Key, an 111-looklug fellow, was pat to the yir,ciaarged with wilful and corrupt perjury , io haviog sworn chilli young man of respectability, Roused Gooks, had employed . him to assassinate . Mr. stse a sea,..aappa r amma Fleet-market, on Saturday the 7th of November. Ilse facts of the rase are well Imo** to our leaders, hors ing appeared in our Bow-street report. The Jury, after hearing the evidouce, immediately retstsd a verdict tut Guilty. . *ster some consultation with the other Magistrates on the Bench, in which all ;agreed that the crime should he vi s ited by the s t ponisloneut ;tie 14W could judiet, the Lliairman midis:Med lie hail horn ruevieted of ape of thelinsirattocioiis crimrs , nnder cirtionssaucee of peculiar ". A . ll4 ll tistioute" laud he," through eminrmision befriended you, entrusted his property to you, and got you onto( thesituotion of a. beggar, and yes repay his kindness by charging bins with. so loss a crime than inciting yon to commit murder. It is net likely that, if lie had any intention of doprioino a fellow creature cf life, he would have employed a stranger, and in such a sitnatiou of fife ; but it is •evident that lie had no such intention, one Ms character is without a ble midi: What could - ;byre beinyour ohjeet does not appear •but.lt is probable It was to extort . mews". Ifirtitnately you ,did pol faiceeed. Your offence, deserves the greatest Punish' nice that c!in be dealt to you. Year eviliellet is," Ilia you be. transported beyond the seas for 'eyed years,aselailiat in the fist month of your imprisonment, yon do 1114134 i in the pillory fur ono hour, hotweesi IL and 3 o'clock, iu Covent Garelen." There was sonic dapping of hinds at this sentence. A novel kind of esolasion took 'dace in the kitchen . of Mr. Huntley,. it Wino we.rristoutlygeten, on the murniiii of Sunday week. Mr. Huntley, jun. was stauding near the kitchen fist, when the user., in all satire stale, was projected past him on to the floor ; and at the same time a report, as land as that of a small cannon assailed' bin tars. Upon investigation it as. uscertaioed, that the ores not tiering bees. ill use for several months, and the damper being down, a quantity of cat on. tutted hydrogen gas or tire damp had lodged in the flue of the oven, and therensltdugwith this atmospheric air, was ignited by the kitchen Are. After ens descriptiois, tee need seared, advise our idle/len friendo - to he atieietve in examining the stale of their oven vests, its *ether to pretreat such arcidente is future. A AT>TE DELINIQUIINT.—A young gentleman, well known .its the literal y wont, who by means of family comics um got a lucrative situating in ace of the Islands fo. marl, belong. lug to Fiance, has sonandei ea away idiom of the public money. lie has been alarmed by Government, and I. n u ts mil hui passage tollnglautl. Mhos:ere hav e consulted the Attorocy snot 3olicitorVenerals, isiiendilig to prosecute hint t in/noisily ; but they are of %Anew ;Last he Can ouly lie• detaitic , l as a stole ilejoor.--Zdemis. Liebsighisse mid Pennell to b: nig the basiniss telote Parilaisiefiti" p, it I -41111 THE NATIONAL REGISTER . . . _ -OLD 8.4./LEY. _ I. . "J.). t •DIOND AV. J. Wlliffikialegge indicted fur uttering a forged, 14. Bank .note. ' • I .'s ' ' "W.'Undikshlriii Veld be was employed by the Blink firdetect persons in selling forted notes. Hb berme acquainted with Winients in October, al the Coach end Hones, charles-street, Drivey-hine.' On the 71ii of November be was told by Guy, that Would sell hint forged notes. He pur chased one for7s. *. 4 l' day or two after Im bought ire more from the prisoner. On the 12th he purchased 12 more. Cress.examisted.—He bed been a calico printer, a copper smith's porter, and a coal dealer with his cousin, who was a clerk to a lawyer. He had giten intonnatkin against three other persons. This witness's testimony was corroborated by Seller, 1 7 nrgemen, and Coates, constables. Mr. Chalmers proved that the primmer, in September, porcbased a pair of shoes at hie shop in High Holborn, for which he paid him with a forged note, and at liie same lime giving hint a false address. J. Glover. Inspector of Bunk note., pronounced the whole to he forgeries, and all from one plate. The Jury &sired to inspect the notes, which having done, they ex pressert a wish that the Bank Inspector would give them *unit specific nisi k by which they might judge of his Laps. Wily of distinguishing between good and bad notes ; for that they had compared them with good mites, and found them so well executed that they could not make up their minds on the subject. Mr. Baron Wood said it would lead to great inconvenience to the public if the Bank Inspector were compelled to give to public knowledge the private marks. Besides, did they think that they would have sold a genniee note for Is. whea every body allowed it to be worth IS.. The Jury seemed diseasisfied and at last Mr. Serjeant Bosunquet, Counsel for the Bank, put some questions to Mr. Glover, from which it appeared, that the Bank paper re. ' craves the water-mark at the time of its being made ' • but in all these notes it was produced by oonipression, which make the wavy lines elevated on the reverse of the note. The line which contains the month, the day of it, and the word " Lon don," was stated to be pet in in steveetype ; whereas, in all these notes they were'engraved In the plate, and consequently the ink would not slur, as he the ease of stereotyped notes. Mr. Baran Wood summed op, nod the Jury Mired for ' an hoer, and said Way believed the prisoner guilty of uttering the forged matey; but that they could not believe the eel. deuce of Underwood. Tbc Llartsed Judge said they must acquit the primmer. Verdict-a—Not Guilty. He remained to be tried on the Middlesex side, for uttering another note to Mr. Chalmers. W. Connor was indicted for uttering several forged Bank notes. No less than five persons gave evidence to the pri soner's having passed (urged notes to them. The Jury retired fur three bents, and then returned the following verdict t—Guilty of busing passed the note in ques lieu t but the Jury are not satisfied of the evidence of the note being forged. Commit Seryrant.—" Gentlemen, you must return a ver dict of guilty or not gstilty." Juryman.—" The misstates- is trinity of passing the note in question t but we are isot satisfied that it is forged." Cotninqu Serjeaae.—" If you. are aot agreed, you must 'dire and re-consider your verdict." Juryman.--" We are agreed." Common Serjeant.—" If you are not satisfied of the note beluga forged note, you must acquit the prisoner." Formant..." We are not satisfied." Clerk of the Arraigns.—" Is the prisoner guilty or not Foreman.—" Not guilty." J. Dye was indfcted for uttering a forged 11. note, knowing it to be so. Mi. Seijeant Bosanquet stated to the Jury, that the present prom/cation rested caned) , upon the evidence they had heard from the witness Underwood. When the evidence of an ac complice was confirmed by a respectable witness, a Jury was boulad to djve credence to it t but as no evidence could be adduced is corroboration of bis testionenv, the rrisoner world therefore be entitled to an acetptittni. Verdict—Not Guilty. W. Rose, W. Howard, W. Conaingimm, and J. Herbert, were also acquitted. . . •.• • • • • • TUESDAY. Joint Willtintritas put to the Ins Ibis morning, charged ander an Indicant.* Ow altering s forged 11. note, with intent to defrind J. Ch . :timers. This prisoner Was tried yesterday. Mr. Sergeant liosanquet, on the part of the -prosecution, now addressed the Jury, mid observ.:4, that it well determined oit to sileure auv evidence sgoinst the prisoner on this charge. The testinsany which could be brought forward was so mingled with that which on a former occasion the jury had declared their unwillingness to believe, that be neudd not now trespass upon, their time in detailing the frets of the rim: legal ldbisers of the L i nk had beim consulted upon this occasion, and their Wilmot deicrinination was to :reliatensls the prosecption. No evidence having been adduced, Um. prisoner was of coarse Acquittell: Tills is the fbuith prosecution of the Bask, for uttering forged notei,ill df vita li.tve THE ,Lurtior JURY AND Tot r littera bra. In the everiter,' u brw r I Vial watpoing foth ark the Foreman of the Logician Jitr..4.llr. Feeneli) begged Mr kerotiler wrought •ut a Court, ex. orikr •11 ihr witaeo+es emit the one tlisdef tXIIIIIIII.II init. The Recorder seemed snr„rised nt the Tepees!. He re quested to know why the story Mid emetic so •ttoprecedeotrd ill miplicatioa. He never beard of such a thing before.: The Foreman said, their application to the same effect the night before had neen attended to, unit he trusted that no I.lbjeCliusi ~113 he h o st ntadß tom regnlation which had ate lick him mill his fellows **high') here's:try, The Recorder observed. That it might have been dine the night beetirei but that wasmot to hr considered a : pert:viten!. lie did not .re any povsihle purpoie it coedit answer, eserpt that of thrown% tehinttatiou‘ limo' tradesmen ne tespretable as the gentlemen of the Jury themselves. The Fineman of the Jury sated, it had been observed fre• gauntly 11141 wiineeses seemed to oil mut if Wry thought it in dispeosololy uut•es*mry to deviate in no respect from the e% 'deuce that went before, on the came side ; they paid the monist attemiou to who' was going forward, and often acted un the principal of iscipilescenee.• The Wetted' r said, the applicatftka - was nothing less than 411 insinuation that iespet•l*lii yr' sons Wei le gnat, of per. .Inn•, itoweves," Aid lie, µ .Gelitiouicia of the Jury (runt or live of them had risen), if it h your taste, be it so." The witnesses dui under examination were then cscludtd. WEI)SENDA - Y. msubusex 'Dom AND THE Itecnateens This morning, as soon as the -Middlesex Jury had been sworn, and she first prisoner (Wet. Munn, ter burial) was brought to the Isar, an applicollou was matte by tOs k Foreman, that the witnesses might be seat out of Coati. •it The Recorder represented to the Jury, that this prom*" Ing was quite unprecedented. The Jury sworn in to try A l i London prisoners had made a similar application,. and in' confessed lie was much surmised as bear it. The Foreman observed, that he thought it was a necessary precaution to take ; • and be weir of opinion, that were this step taken the prisoner would have a fairer trios'. The Recorder repeated what he had stated on a forester • occasion, that if the witnesses, who were frequently arrest respectability, were ordered oat of Court, it would be cut. sag unwind ionx upon their character which were wholly en. • justifiable. They were, many of them, men as respectable u the Gentlemen of the Jury themselves. The witnesses were allowed to remain in Court. William Cooper was put to the bar, baviog been indieted for wilfully and maliciously shooting at certain persons, as signees in a bankruptcy. Mr. Alley applied to the Court to postpone the trial until next Sessions. He made the motion upon hill allidavits, stating the abseuce of a very material witness on the trial. The Recorder told the prisoner, that a motion had been made to postpone his trial, and asked what he had to state in objection. Prisoner. -? think, my Lord, it is very hard that I should b e con fi ne d until next Sessions for tins offence, the Conn knowing the respectable rank I till. Mr. Alley.—My Lord,he is a lawyer's clerk. Prisour.—l hope your Lordship will allow me talind bail uutll nextlessionr. My case is a peculiar one, Recorder.—You, as a lawyer's clerk, ought to knew that se bail con be received for a capital offence. I cannot Wes* • the applisatien,end you mash abide the conseqteences. Charlotte Hill was indicted tor having feloniously poured a quantity of cold water on Leonora Porta, a chlW ot enlyG years of age, by which its death was caused. Mr. Alley, for the prosecution, in stating the ma tia Isla Jury, observed, that If the present charge against the pri. sour was not proved, she would still be obliged AI 411144.1.90. • trial at Clerkenwell for a misdemeanour. " • .. The first witness called was Samuel Wahle",4l.dibefeese who was called in to inspect lite infant. Being esker, whether he thought the treatment the child had received was the, cause of its death, he said lie thought it was a likely cause. • Recorder.—Can you take upon yourself to swear, that the treat,. ment received by the child was the actual calm of its Oath.? Wea.it'. sufficient to cause it ? • Witaess.—l think it was a likely eause of its death. The Recorder then directed the Jury to acquit - the prieotier, as there was not sufficient evidence to convict her. The charge, he said,. was reduced to a common assault, for which she would be tried in another place. The jury immediately acquitted the prisoner. The Recorder ordered her to be detained until next Middles* Sesaions at Clerkenwell. unless she gave a security tbr her re-appear ance, herself in 101. and two ethos of 5!. each. Sarah Thwaites was convicted a stealing a silver wadi, the pro. party of Josiah Allen. The prisoner, during the whole ttiaLlndulged in i ilia" HAslesit abuse against the prosecutor; and flatly denied the chime& • There was not any ease of importance on Thursday. •• • ; On Friday, Joseph Martin, Richard Ilametted, and J. Clark; WOW convicted of uttering, &c. counterfeit shillings. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Sir.—Perrcit me to cid' the attention of the public to the eaves the three unfortunate men ordered fi r eFecutson next Tuesday' ; uttering forged.notes:--John Driscoll was indicted for feloniously dip'. posing of. and Rutting away, on the lltti Jily, at St. James's. Clarlr?'.. l enwell, a certain forged and counter** Bank-seeta. •Na: n o sug.. June IStb. Inltt. foe payment of 1 4 with insist.. her o &C. Tbs note. it appears by the evict awe puti.by for to a Mr. Sprai ns , a woo!en-drp.r. at his 24 Bedfailektigt o • which is either in the parish of St. Peal, CtrsantiPtiuto er StAllartn in-the-fields; consequently. as Ise did not utter it in sh,parisb of St. • James, Clerken well. the allegation in the indietnalitle wit roved: independent of this circumstance. his &clear ease /gab* Animal respectable evidence ; but not so against the other two, itastay. lain Weller and George Cashman, who were indicted, fafthad they' on the I nth of July. at St James's. Clerkenwell, feloinoudy did &h.- pme of, and put away. a certain fined and counterfeit Batik amt. No, 53,926, feel!. May 13, 11118. signed J. Pearson. with intent. Ste. and well knowing, &c. In this OW the evidence aria man ques tionable kind; a woman named Ann Fear, the first witness, whale husband is on board the hulks for this very offence, sates that she pur closed the note in question, among others, of the prisoners in flat. field street, Golden-lane. which is, I believe. in the parish of St. Luke. Old Street; aad I believe. though she denies it. that in consequence of these cons ietions she expects to obtain her husband's pardon ; eon • sequently she is an interested witness. The second witness isJoseph Guy, front his own statement a married man, but now cohabiting with the sister of Ann Fear's husband, and supplied with money by the father of the noncan he fires with, namely, Fear's father. I think " he cannot be a disinterested witness, as he is trying to save from trite* ' oportation, or rather obtain • the pardon of the son of the man who supports him, and the brother of the woman he lives with. The third witness.* William Sellers, the constable, who, on cro-ii,examins tan, said lie knew nothing of the notes in the indictment. The foul th witness is Charles Christmas. the Bank inspector. cc. CeIVI.II the notes from Ann Fear, and proses they arc foiged, sotto says she purchased theist Irvin the poisoners. which to me ha matter of very great doubt. The fifth and last wittiest Is Joseph l'earson, the signing clerk to the note, who says it is not his signature. • Vbe above to all the evidence against darn. bee the Sessions "spasm for September se-siotiF, pagzs 3.53, .1, 3, ti, and 7. I :411. (fie. 1818. A LAWYLII. RECORDER'S REPOHT.—M by the Recorder made hitt report to the Prince Regent in Council, of the vouviru muter sentence of death in Stiwgate, who were coetiiciett los,t September Sessions,. when John Drincold, William Welter, George Cashman, for miming forged notes, and J. T. N. Williams, for burglary, were urdereJ for execution on Tires. day next. The rest were respited during plcaso,e. were eleven reported fur rattling forged notes, and two for forgery. Two persons have died within the last week, in the Fleet. prison, who were pt hotness for rontrotiO of Cvso I. Otte of them, Robert Newman, bed !teeth confined trine 'ears! About two o'clock on Saturday se'nnight. a gang of Resurrection oleo assaulted a watchman, in Shadwell nigh-street, who had for merly prevented, their miciations in that church yard. One of them first A n wk htui With a bludgeon on the head sidle is his hex...end • so his grans out and springing his rattle. they knocked him doe n and trampled. on hits in a most barbarous manner. The unite. however. brought some of 1114 COUCilgtlet• to his assistance. when the fellows took to flight, leaving the victim of their revenge Weeding from almost every pore. lie was taken to the watch-house. ani we undc:stand that fears ate entertained that kits life is in denser. stu • ti sib imim•imilmr*Lll 398