The National Register. — London, England, 1818-09-27 00:00:00

fiEPT. -17 POLICE. MANSION HOUSE. Moses osenria.—Wednesday, at the reqnest of the Lord 'Mayor, the American Consul at:ended at the Mansion House, for the purpose of taking the case of the above person into consideration. It will be recollected that 04good, who is 74 years of age, applied to the Lord Mayor to assist him in an application for the hand of the Princess Elizabeth in mar. ridge, and also for men to work a gold mine, which lie said he possessed in America. It appears that the poor man, who, though quite Insane, has since his confinement conducted himself with the utinost quietness, has a wish to return to his native country, but not having the means of paying his passage, the Lard Muyor wished- to know if the American Consul would take upon himself to assist him out. The Consul said, he would most willingly assist him, but he had sin proof that he was an Anserican.subject, an d had vioreover fought in the Loyalist army, which excluded hint from the benefits of citizeitship. The Lord Mayor said, a gentleman had been with-111ns who knew Osgood to be an Amer icon born subject. Under these circnmstauces he thought the Consul was bound to assist ' am' wondered he should refuse to do so. The Consul-el ant willing, bull have not the power; the I laws forbid it. The Lord Mayor.--Yoe might step .a little out of the pintail line in this case, L think. The Consul replied, that lie felt mach hurt et leaving his public conduct arraigned witliont any cause. It was not in -Isis power officially to assist Mr. Osgood, betas an individnel be mond do every thing he could fur I • -,•anitthat, if a sub-1 ecription was set -on , tout, he weight, from his owl' purse,l subscribe donhAe the amount of any other individual. He could prove that, in 1817, he had sent 1,308 distressed soli jects-of America to their houses at the expanse of that Go vernment. The Lord Mayor said, he meant no attack upon the public I .character of the Cousin; Osgood already possessed ten gui- aseas, and about double that sum would enable him to reach home. The Consul again expressed his willingness to afford every aid, and hi re the matter fur the present rests. WASHING THE HOLTMEAD MAlL—Henry Harris, gnarl to the Holyhead and Bir aaa i t igliatit snail, was brought up ant( charged with stealing a parer!, enntaitiing 101., the property of Musts. Joel. This mail, of which Mr. Waterhouse, of the swan with Two Necks,l,4l!-latie, is the proprie or, has tar a lone time past been te-eateill) robbed, and Mr..W. haisbeen sufferer to a considerable amount. tits pieitni at length falling . norm Hai I is, he was apprehended. The following was the • only case enten , edinto upon the present. eccasiou : Moses Joel, dealer, in Newastreet,-Biruilfighain, stated; that en the 7th inst. be look a parcel, containing a tin box, with one 51. and five 11.. notes, to the coach office at that place, to be conveyed by-tile mail. The parcel was directed to his ken, veto/ carried on his business in Loudon. Abraham Joel, the son, swore. that he never received the parcel in question. a1r..1. Pullen of Lambeth, cheesemenger, produced a 51; smote, which he had received from Mrs. Harris, the wife of the prisoner, a few days ago. The note was identified by Mr. Joel as the one he had sent in the parcel. Mr. Waterhouse proved that the prisoner came np with the, coach, as guard, on the night of the robbery, and that the parcel in question never came to the coach office. , Harris declined saying spy thing , mid was fully committed to Newgete for trial. HATTON GA RDEN. William Travers and Julio Horne were brought sip and. underwent a Mal examination, charged, the first with telonio mule stealing, and the latter with receiving, well knowing it to be stolen, between 30 and 40 pounds' worth of gold in ` dust, (tipple:pp, filings, and solder, the property of Mr. Thos. . Dagard, of 31, Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, jeweller. The primate' "Travers was a journeyman of the prosecutor t. Helve, the receieer,-kept a shop hi the neighbourhood. • The case being ..mode ont,,Te•avers ws: committed to New gale for trial, and rlorne's being a bailable offence, be gave bail to answer the complaint at the next Gessinus. MARLBOROUGH. STREET. A complaint of a most aggravated nature was submitted to the Magistrates oftliis office. Twieeentlemen, who saidahey were parish officers, represented, that a person, living at 10, Noel-street, attired to rest in perfect • health on Thursday week last: as lie did not appear at bid limn! hoar to breakfast, the landlord went tit his bed chamber, and found him quite dead. Oa the Friday and Saturday application was made to Mr. Lewis, the coroner ; he was in the country. Mr. Gell was then sent fur: lie also was absent. On Monday an ap plication was made to Mr. Stirling at Battersea, and that gee tleman was-engaged at an inquest 12 miles distant. Under these cireninstaisems,finiliag it impossible to obtain the attend ance of a coroner, the overseer requested the advice of the Magistrate what coarse to pursue, the body being in so pe trified a state as to be quite dangerous. Mr. Forgant deprecated the negligence of the.corisuen: he • granted an °Merlin the body to be removed to the work house. He recommended that the body should be examined by a surgeon, and that Use depositions of the beadle should be made before a Magistrate, and that a vestry Amid be immediately convened to take ihie negligence of the coroners into consideration. These measures were delayed until files • day. As ao-euroner had then appeared, it became impera tive on the parish officers to act-decisively. UNION HALL. Wednesday a boy, aged 10, of mold deplorable appearance, was breught.lagore lhe Magistrate by Birch, the constable . of Christehmolt, who stated that he found him soliciting Chia- • rity in Illackfriarssroad; the only article of covering which be had was a piece uf euarse,.filthy sacking, which was %Slap ped roams his body, and fastened with a piece of rope.--Upon being questioned, the child stated, without hesitation, thui his father's name was Shaw, lie lived-nm Foev-emirt, Gray's lan• lane, and was by trade a carpeoter ; Isis mother was a book binder, mud ahey• both hal plenty of enipkyineut; haunt( :tad hi. 1-enther, who was about nine years of age, were rtgle• rly St Dt eel every day by their parents:to get all the money k.wsihlY c. 141!!! by It..ggin.;; the whole of what they pro. (-Iced .1 ry gave t(s their lattice and mother. :ki,e4ssir..te Oliveira the constable to take the thild to I Ito t as ir.h of.:‘ v ift dimllsorti parish, where the friend, of the chit,' is veil, and of their M111,0'1%41 reunite'. Tuesday J. Hardy as coinotitted tor main iif bail, Air threates time I.fe um hit brother. It ;iiii,cat col that the prix • bud a wife and tour old dree tit i;E:smel, and %Wilting itis m•Mrm omnstanct% aueitt be bet.ereil, :It he pretended, by to London, di-poseO of the Mello. pant of bid furni . mit 1.10 wits:pi:past toacte.ovsity al4! with Wayoungest THE NA•tioAL .iti:(:;f:;•fi.ii, infant at her breast; but on their way to the coatih office, he sent her back, on preten . reofpaying a debt which he owed to a shoemaker. He took advantage of tier abseare, and came to town v ith the wife ofanother man, and brought three of the children with him. His wife followed, and came to the home' of his brother, in town, who went to the prisoner's hawse in his absence, and brought away the children, which Mrs. H. only• wanted to remove from the bad example their father at t them. When the prisoner returned home, and found that his children wercremoved, he came to his brother's house, and obtained admittance under a feigned and effeminate voice, asking for alight. 'He then rushed into the parlour where his brother's wife was, threnlening to bury lila Inifein his bro ther, who was fortunately from home. Immediately after the commitment, his wife, accompanied by a constable, proceeded to the late residence of the pri saner, in order to obtain possession of km; youngest child, an infant six years of Age. The door of the house was fastened, I and the persons . within refused .admittance. A ladder was procurcd•ia the neighbourhood and placed against the house , to facilitate an entrance through one of the windows of the first floor, and Mrs. Hardy ascended in the most dauntless manner, determined not to retina without her child. She snereedild in obtaining it, and carried it to the residence of her brother in law, Mr. C. Hardy, and placed it fur the pre sent under his care. WORSHIP STREET. J. Love was (-barged with attempting to ninrder Ids wife, a young woman apparently only about 20. It appeared, that after the lioneyntouubm! passed, they disagreed mud separated, sod that she went to SellaCC at the house of Mrs. South, at Stroud. The prisoner came there on Sunday night, and Mrs. Smith admitted him into the house tutee his wife. He wanted to take her away ; tat she refused; on which he snatched a knife from the table, and. would have stabbed her, butt fur Mrs. S. and another female, both of whom l ie. kn oc k t :d down, broke the windows, and behaved very outrageously, until he was taken to the cage.—Ordered to find bail. LAiiIRItTH STREET. Isaac Norris, a young man of genteel appearance, hat who Is connected with an infamous gang of thieves, was brought up from Whitechapel watch house, charged with nn attempt 'at highway robbery on Mr. Chitty, barrister, of the, Inner Temple, on Wednesday night last. It appeared from the evidence of Dungate, a watchman and James Harrison, post-boy, that on Wednesday night Mr. Chitty, accompanied by his sister, set out in a post chaise. about eight o'clock, to go into the country, as far as Bury St. E the post-boy having fastened their trunks, which contained-considerable property, to the chaise, proceeded on as tar as the Mite-end road; the prisoner, with thrae oilier notorious characters, was seen by Dungate, the {MC111141)11, running after the chaise. When 'Mitigate cause up with the chaise, be faind the prisoner cutting away with his He knocked him down with his stick; the prisoner dropped his knife. Mr. Chitty ordered him to be takento the watch house ; the other villains, when the watchntin came lip, made WI as fast as possible and escaped ;• two of them are well-known clinragiers, and no doubt willsoon be in custody. The knife, a strap, and rope which fastened the hunks, were produced, the latterjcut in several places, hilt fortnnately no property was stolen. The prisoner had nothing to say in his defence, and he wee remanded for the' attendance of AI:: and Miss Chitty. singularcireumstance took place lately at Kelghtsbridge barracks:—One of the tat troop of Life dearth observed, in cleaning his horse, that the anginal seemed particularly fond of having his face and head continnally rubbed ; in doing which the soldier discovered something moveable as he pres.ed the. check of the horse. .Be ace°, dine! communicated the same to Mr..ntozham, the -Veterinary Surgeon of the troop, who took considerable pains to examine it ; and having made every ,necessary preparation. lanced it, in the hope of diseuverinic the cause ; when, to hitesoirprise, he extraett d a grape shot, weighing Wale owncescfront the horse's head, which he receiv ed at the battle of Waterloo, where the wound was immedi ately dressed In the usual manner, after the engagement, and was considered only as a sword out. A curious circumstance happened about three weeks - ago in Paris. An English boy, about 14 years of age, of genteel manners, was foetid in the streets, without any money in his pocket, and who could not speak a word of French. He was brotightto the worthy and .Rev. Dean of Si. Asaph. , who was then iteParls. The boy told a story that his father laid been demi some time: that he was placed tinder the care of a guardian at Sheplicrirsiltish; that be was entitled to a small . fortuce on coining of age; that his mother, a widow, had ' filed a Bill in Chancery against hie guardian, to get hits, her son, out of his hands ; and that lie bad been bronght down to Brighton by his guardian, and ender pretence of a sail ou the water, had been put on board a packet and landed at Dieppe, where he was left uu4he beach with only Inc in Isis packet. Sack was the story. The worthy Dean had the boy taken care of, and wrote over to England to verify the account he gave; whets he Iratned that there ivas scarcely a word of truth in the story he had triropedap. The little rogue had run ass ay.from the school where he was placed; that the gentleman who hail the care of him had never been at Brigh ton; that he hail several times roan away before; and the Doctor was entreated to take souse means of sendiug him back to Eaglet - O. Accordingly the Rev. Dean entrusted him lodic care of Xis nephew, who brought him as far as Bonlogne.— There Mr. Shipley engaged for his own and the passage of the boy on board a packet about to sail for Dover, and while he was preparing to go ou board, the little rogue contrived to make his escape, and has, nut since been heard of. In cout-equenee of a paragraph which appeared in most of the Papers, stating, that "Mr. Braham, on a late visit to his ielutious at Manchester, was, from the splendour of his equipage sad retinue, mistaken ter the Grand Duke Michael!" al r. Brabant has written a letter to the Editor of. a Morniag Journal, in which lie says, "1 have no coach and four horses; lhave no outriders; and I have no superb liveries; nor was 1 paying a visit to Mrs. Brahans's relations at Manchester. L'ut the simple and plain truth was, being engaged to perform at a provincial Theatre, and being pres sed for time, I was obliged to put leaders t, my carriage horses, and this common incident is maliciously exaggerated into a usdiculons affectation of aping the magnificence of a Duke! True it is I keep toy carriage (and sotto many theatri cal performers), which indulgence I owe to the fostering kiminess of a.goneroua Public:* 'Ulm lima of I avistock has latelyshow•n a most laudable example ~. to parochial system by having its monthly expen ds; UiTe i.egiihorly, by which queue , every pat isbioner hag au oppot utility of inspecting it, so as to point out where savics , ought to tie made. Last we. k a quantity of turnips was skipped at Berwick for Lool , m, the sliipr.tent of that liud ever made at thc,t CORONERS. On Tharsday week an inquest was held at the White Lion . Into, Berton.upon-klumber, byMartitaiinke Dixon, gentleman, Cormier of Castor, on the body of Ann Jitlib. widow of that place, aged 83, who was found dead in her house the preced. ing 114 y. From the evidence produced, added to the testi mony of Mr. Hayes, surgeon, the Jury, without hesitation. returned their verdict —Died by the visitation of God, of apoplexy. After the verdict had been recorded, one of the Jurors entreated the professional advice of the Coroner on the subject of inquests. Ife Wu:creed . ll very generel opinion prevailed that it was a palpable absurdity ill sending for the Coroner on the present occasion, more especially as the de ceased was far advanced in years. and it was so decidedly apparent to her relatives, au.l many of the inhabitants also, by what mean.: she came to her death. Some oldie assembled Juicy inestimied the propriety of what had been done, and the discussien which had taken place thervini subjected the permit' rink whom the present inquest originated to much severe animadversion. It was also imagined, nun the sup— position had been acted on at Barton, that a percroo dying goldenly in the presence of.f,ieud. , associates, or other re apeendate witnesses, rendered a curt/tiers imytest eq.• ally unnecessary. Mr. Dixon immediately replied as follows : —Gentlemen, I am glad that this opportnuity is afforded ine to deliver my sentiments on the subject, because) find mune:ion opithimsa are entertained concerning inques's,and witlyast my expiaua, non, might probaWy hereafter produce very unineasaut coo sequences. In reference to the present misfortune, the per. sou who took the trouble Jaf sending for nie,.l am greatly obliged tu; hu is justly deserving of my thanks, for having as it appeass„fearlessley taken the respousibility on himself. In doing so, I beg eliatinctly to state before you, that he has performed a necessary and imperionselifty. I boldly assert, without fear of conthadictionond it cannot be too generally known, that in all cases of sodden death, whether happening alien Ilse person is alone at the time, or expires before a hundred witnesses, the Coropeeis to be acqoainted therewith. that lie may have the -oppoiSulaity of inqiiii lug and aseeetaie. ing by a jury in the ordinary way, how, when, and by what means, ands death is occasioned. Placed at a distance, as•l generally am, front such fatal occurrences, I mast be supposes! stranger to the particulars relating thereto.; and .I beg to inform.you, thaeby neglecting to..eumply - this :mediae regulation of the Act of Parlianienu•shoold , it. come to my kiauwledge, i possess the orower of demanding the disinte4 - went. of the corpse and e:" molding an inquest thereon; the palish is also liable to an indictment and severe penalty.— Getnlemen, the law is peremptory, and by virtue of my uatle as coroner, and as a loather of couscienee,lllM bound to do my duty. You will constantly iindersmed, in reference to the discs which bare been veil properly stated ,to me, that all inquest uu all such occasions it indispensable. I !rase Out glint you garbled exit - acts in tiotherauce of any sluister views ; the small emolument derived limn my office renders it no temptation to exercise my pi ivilege at bitrarily, was I so disposed. I trint,therefore, Gentlenieo, you will be inclined to obey the explication I have given, and join with me in adopting the maxi ~,, that the obligations of d; , .ty are, and ought to be, paramount to every pecuutary cuitsideratioo..-- .Joncurter Gadte. Private litters have been received from the Diseovrry nuder Captain Ross, dated theist of August, in lat. 75.48. N . Itnig.,6l. 20. W. They state that the ice was clear ing away, and that their prospect of success was improving. The moss extonstdinary Phenomenon of the varieties' of the compass had gone on onereasing ; it ;was 88.13. QII the ice z we say ou the ire, for oseituard ship, owing to supse peculiar ill/hitt/CC nut yet ascertained, it was much istere..-The former letters, of which a e have already given extracts, mention that on board ship 11w variation was at one timeln decrees, that is. the needle punned instead of tusrlh, to the southward of west. This dithveuee between the real variation and an ap parent variation onboard ship. wasirst observed by Captain Flinders, but it was supposed to be vn accidental prenliatity . in his *hip : it is.pow.elear that It belongs to ail ships, and varies its all, and there would be link doubt that it should be attributed to the influence of the iron about the veSsel,,rxeept • • for a curious fact which we suideistand has heels ascertalued •• —n?.;fsely, that the compasses called insulated compasses, which are plored in. boxes of irou,sod which are uninflueaced by external iron, when brought near to Owns, are elected by the .ship-variation in the same degree as- the common Com passes. This, which is now called the deviation, has beets found to be much greater as the experinients go northward. 'Fulls is accounted for Irons the circumstance of the dip of the . needle.diminishing what is usually called its polai ity, and al lowing it, therefore, to be Wore easily affected by the local influence of the ship. The, Duke of Bonrlion is nearly recovered from his late accident. It is a minus fact, that the ebace of the wild boar had ouce before nearlyproved fatal tothat Prince, in the same forest of Chantilly. He was then only 26 years' f age ; and seeing one of his own huntsmen thrown down defenceless, rushed to his relief, acid epgaged the tenet's animal with no other weapon t h an a dirk. The contest, though perilous in the extreme, was not long, and before any person of his suite could conic up, he stretched the wild boar dead at leis feet. Two boys, convicted .of stealing apples, vete ordered to be publicly whipped in Hoisiton. The three constables em ployed were convicted of dipping their cat.o'..nine tails Into blood, to deceive the spectators, and so turning the punish ment ioto ridicule: they were fined two guineas for the trick. _ _ Captain Hawkins, of the Everthorpe of Hull, while at the Davis's Straits fishery, being engaged with a bcrat's Crew in attempting to kill • bear in the water, it mate a snatch at Captain H. seiaitt hint by ttat thigh, dragged him oat of the beat, and mule otf with hire; but one of the crew throwing a mallet hit the boo., andcaused him to let ga Capt. H. whom the boats crew sum:oiled in recovering. It is stated that the journeymen carpenters in the city of Bristol struck foran increaseof Weir wagca on the night of Satarday week. WINDOW s i ' A X --A Bata paper says, " The t rof Taxes for tills Ili/ eict has, we understand, received directions to make an immediate survey of houses anti windows, and charge ' all windows constructed with divisions of atone,' as ato many separate lights. -All windows, known tinder the Hanle sf yetictiaas, will henceforth be deemed three liglits."l A carriage, of which the box, the body, the harrier, and the horses, are white, has excited for some days the curiosity of the Parisians. The coachman and foot men wear white hats, and arc drt.tssed in white liveries. Inside is a child, aged about 10 years, dressed in white, as i s a l s o a female. servant who accoinpanies him. Wednesday evening, the liranil Duke Michael ar rivei at Stratford Iloilo from Brighton.