The National Register. — London, England, 1821-09-10 00:00:00

HIGHGATE MURDER. The circumstance of Barrett being apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mr. Hale's watchman, and afterwards involved in a charge of robbery with his wife, on Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild, excited considerable interest. Thursday was the day appointed for their re-examination, and they were brought front the House of Correction. 1)r. Owen and Mr. &Mlle attended to the case as early as 9 o'clock. The Justice-room was nearly filled with property, which was found at their lodgings, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild, and consisted of bed furniture, decan ters, tunthlert and wine-glasses, silver plate, china, knives and forks, wearing apparel, table linen, valuable •rickets, and other property to a considerable amount. A box was also produced, which was found at the pri soner's lodaings, coma . g a crow-bar, a screw-driver, and two tremendous hammers. 'Cite Officer who brought the female prisoner, M tr garet Barrett, from London, stated to Dr. Owen ❑nd Mr. lielville, that she had conduced herself in a very troublesome mannsr in the House of Correction, and ever since her confinement had disturbed the other hri• goners. The whole of Mr. Rothschild's servants attended to give evidence. It appeared in evidence, that •he pri sorer had lived as dairymaid with the faintly about two years, and her (laughter held a situation in the same family, during which' interval the prisoner contrived to steal the property ; and her husband at his last exami nation was Mood to have one of Mr. Rothschild stints on his back, winch he was forced to strip olf. The whole of the servants identified the best part of the pro perty as being their master's, and some part their own. Mr. Ilenson attended for the prisoners. The female prisoner said nothing in her defence; but on her former examination, she said some of the pro perty was given to her. '1 male prisoner said, he hid the property before his wife went to Mr. Rothschilds. Ile aiwa) . s supported an hottest character, witit.h lie was desirous of main taining. He had never before been iu confinement. Mrs. Barrett was fully committed to take her trial, and the parties hound over to prosecute ; but further evidence, which may tend to more important purposes being expected, Barrett, the husband, was remanded, when both will be brought op together. The neighbourhood of Highgate for some time past has been infested by a notorious set of thieves, who have committed the most daring depredations with im pointy. On Thursday, whilst Dr. Owen was busily employed in the above case, a Mr. Green attended to state, that dining a short interval his house had been repeatedly bset by robbers, whose daring acts became at length so audacious that he was urged to pursue some mode of intimidation; but not wishing to take the life of an individual, he recommended his servants merely to put some powder in the pistols to frighten the thieves One of his servants did so, and on beholding a thief armed with a bludgeon, he let the pistol oil. The thief apparently unalarmed, rushed on his servant awl beat him unmercifully over the shins until he disabled him, and he escaped. Similar attacks had recently been made. SMUGGLING. The following account of a desperate smuggling affray near Margate is taken from the Kentish C'hro nicic:-- CANTER t!Ur. Y, SLPT.4. AFFRAY NEAR MARGATE,-011 Saturday night, or rather Sunday morning, the whole coast in this neigh bourhood was thrown into confasion by successive dis charges of fire arms ; the flashes were seen distinctly front the pier along an immense line of coast. It ap peared that a body of smugglers were taken by surprise ill the act of their illicit practices. There is a degree of caution observed about the affair which renders it diffi cult to collect the circumstances, but front report we learn that there was a very large assemblage of smugglers, the greater part of whom were armed, with the excep tion indeed of such only as were employed to !move the goods. In the affray there were three sailors and a mid shipman wounded, the latter with an extensive sabre vvoimil over the head, and of the former by a gun or pistol shot through the upper part of the thigh : it is not expected that either case will prove fatal. The extent of injury to the opposite party is unknowo, but from the (itiantity of blood in the direction they took :tiler the affair, it is feared that some have been severely, if no. mortally, wounded. A man of the name of Taylor, reit:ing in Covell's row Margate, was on Sunday afternoon apprehended on ;he charge of one of the marines as a party concern ed. Ile was taken before Edward Boy% Esq. and alter a short examination remanded till yesterday. It was expected that the accused would have turned King's evi dence, and in that expectation the examination was kept strictly private, so much so that our correspondent was refused admittance. It appears, however, that the idea was ill founded, as the unfortunate mau was yes terday afternoon committed to I)uvcr gaol. We hear from another quarter that the selection of Taylor is well calculated to prove the respectability of the oaths of the men employed on this service, so much vaunted of in recent courts of justice, as it is understood that a distinct all/i cats be proved, on the testimony of several witnesses. The ship Partridge, utier having► been supposed to be lost at Madr..s, has fortunately arrived at Canamore, after having struck on a shoal, and the crew being in a situation of great peril, and the ship encountering a series of misfortunes. Governmennt, on Thursday, sold by auction, at Greenwich, 1,500 casks of provisions, two years old. The beef averaged SOW. a tierce, and the pork 6Us. per barrel. THE NATIONAL REGISTER Police. MANSION HOUSE. HOUSE. IMPORTANT TO THK CITIZENS OF LONDON.I . WO respectable householders of the city of Lotidott appeared to give bail benne the Lord Nlayor, upon All attachment in the Lord M tyor's Court, when a question arose of witch importance upon the stibiL:ct of the bail admissible tit that Court. . _ Mr. Andrews attended as Counsel for the plaintiff. It appeared that property to a considerable amount, belong ing to a person in the West Indies, had been attached lit the city. The defendant's wife, who is now in France, gave authority to a solicitor to defend the action, and put in bail to the attachment, and he accordingly brought forward the hail. Mr. Andrews examined the hail at considerable length. The most complete satisfaction was given as to the re spectability of the parties; but it appeared that those who presented themselves as bail had 110 knowledge whatever of the plaintiff, nor any authority from him to put iii bail. They had come forward solely to oblige the defendant's solicitor, on his promise to char them of all responsibility. With the defendant they were likewise wholly unacquainted and unconnected. Mr. Andrews contended that tic bail was inadinissi. ble : that when bail Cattle without the knowledge or authority of the principal, it could tint be received. Flits was 11111cet1 the daily ground of rej:iction by the judges ; nor could he Nee any reason why a different practice should be adopted, us it would be inuusirous to siiimose that two I,elfk . dl strangers could he blotight lartvard to deleat au auachinent. If bid of such a nature were ad mitted, the consequence would be most injurious to the practice of the Court. • The Solicitor put in a letter from the defendant's wife, authorizing him to defend the action, ,lad to procure bail. This, lie said, was a proper authority; lie cot ended that the authority called for he the learned counsel was not at all necessary in this (outs, and it would be unjust to expect it. how could any authority be obtained from the defendant himself, who was in Jamaica, in time to defend the proceedings in this action ? The fact was, the defendants whose property was attached in this Court were abroad at the periods the attachments took place in nine cases out of tell. No attachment could be bailed for them, if such bail were required during their unavoidable absence. The objec tion was unheard of before, and of a most extraordinary nature. The Lord Mayor was inclined to decide according to the general practice of the Court, which wa rs favourable to the admission of such bail; but at the request of the professional gentlemen on both sides, his Lordship post poned the case for a further hearing, when counsel will attend on both sides to argue the point at length. The porter of the Talbot-inn, in the Borough, was summoned by 311 inhabitant of Gracechurch-street, on a charge of having made an unauthorized demand upon him for the booking of 8 parcels. The complainant stated, that he had received 8 small parcels from the Talbot-inn, on which a demand of two pi lice each parcel was made for hooknig. As he was aware that no parcel was received at any of We coach offices except the char g e for Looking was first paid, he considered the present demand as au imposition ; and, tit looking over the act, found that it was unauthuriaM, although the coach proprietors had made it a general practice to charge a second time. The defendant, in his defence, said the charge was the usual one at the office. The Lord Nldyor convicted the tlefendJtit. BOW S f Rua. NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE.-61; Wednesday a case of a very snigul•tr nature uccurrtd at this Mike. The celebrated Count Bertrand, the companion of Burma parte in his exile at St. Helena, and executor wider his will, appeared before It.l3intie, Esq. accompatii.tl by Sir Robert Wilson, in consequence of a search warrant hi.vang been issued to search the residence of the Count !pr the bust of his illustrious mister, which it was al leg,ed wai the property or Dr. Burton, late a surgeon on the establishment at St. Helena. The lowing are the circumstances of the case : Previous to the death of Buoitaparte he had given direc tions to his Excellency that his body should tint he touched by any person. Alter his death, however, Count Bertrand directed Dr. Autuniarche to take a bust of hint; but not being able to find a material which be thought would answer the purpose, he mentioned the circum stance to Ur. Burton, who promised that he would en deavour to procure some if possible. The Doctor, in pursuance of this promise, took a boat in, I, and picked up raw materials on the island, some distance from Longwood ; he made a plaster winch ne conceived would answer the purpose. When he *hewed it toPr. Antomarche, he said it would not answer, and he refused to hate any thing to do wins it; in consequence of which Dr. Burton pro ceeded to take a bust himself, with the sanction or ilesdames Bertrand and Muntholon, who were in the room at the time. Au agreement was entered lobo that cities should be made of the bust, and that Urs. Auto• marche and Burton were to have each a copy. it was found, however, that the plaster was not suiliciently du rabic for the purpose, anti it was proposed to send the originals to England to nave copies taken. When Dr. Burton, however, afterwards enquired for the bust, he was informed it was packed and nailed rip, but a promise was made, that upou its arrival in Europe, an application should be made to the family of Butniaparte, for the copy required by Dr. Burton. Our its writ al, Dr. Burton wrote to the Court to have his promist d copy, Out was told, as before, that application must be made to the faintly tat IStiontiparte tor it. 1)r. Burton, u::on this, applied to Bow-street for a search-warotit, in order to obtain the Utast, as he con ceived he had a right to it, he having furnished the ma terials and executed it. A warrant W3l issued, and Taun ton and Salmon, two officers, went to the Count's risi uence to Leicester-square. When they arrived there and 287 made known their erratic!, they were remonstrated wit It by Sir R. Wilson and the Co 1111 l , who begged they would not act until they had an interview with Mr. Biritie, as there must be some mistake. The officers politely acceded to the request, and waived their right of search. Count Bertrand had, it seems, offered a pecuniary compensation to Dr. Burton for his trouble, but that was rather indignantly refused by the Doctor, who persisted of his right to the bust, as his own property, and made application for the search warrant. Count Bertrand, in answer to the else stated by Dr. Button, said, that the bust was the property of the fa mily of the deceased, to whom he was executor, and he thought he would not be authorized in giving it up. If, however, the law of this country directs it otherwise, he must submit, but he should proiest earnestly against ii. The worthy magistrate haviniksworn the Count Ber trand to the fact, that he was executor under the will of Biumaparte, observed, that it was a case out of his juris diction altogether, and if Dr. Burton chose to persist in his claim, he must seek a remedy before another tribe. nal. The ease was dismissed, and the warrant cancelled. S.r B. Wilson begged to oh:erve, that lie had never witnessed a more flagrant piece of injustice practised upon any in lividual than this, and it was the more dis graceful that it should be practised upon a foreigner, whom the laws ought peculiarly to protect. Ile hoped Mr. untie would approve of the conduct of the officers t► waiving the right of search. Mr. Bernie said he thoutzlit they had acted quite cor rectly. The pirties then left the office. On Monday n )dung man was hrought to this office, in custody of Salinoo, the principal officer, and ehargtd before Riehard Birnie, Esq. the sitting magistrate, wit h embezzling the sum of 141. 11s. the property of Geo. Frederick Wittig, his masters It appeared thnt the prisoner had been some time bark employed lo a simpinan, by Mr. Udine, aho cart jet. ou all extensive lace-suaimfactory, at No. 141, Si rand ; and in con sequence of the apparent intego ity a ith which lie disrliar.teit the duties of that station, Mr. Uf ling was induced to make his, his confidential clerk. Friday last a lady, a well-known customer, purchased a scuff at Mr. Urling's, which she ordered to be sent home immediately to her house in the City ; the shopinen esigagtd, the prisoner uttered to take it, and on his return informed Mr. Urliog flag the lady hail not paid for it. Oa the billowing morning Mr. U. received a note from the lady, desiring a receipt to be sent fur the amount of the srurf (14 guineas), which she had paid to the prisoner us; the pre ceding evening. Mr. fearing from tbiseireunktante that he might have been defrauded to a great extent by si milar practice+, applied at Bow-street, and procured the procured the assi.tance of Salmon, who secured the prisoner, and found on his person part of the money, which lie had received in payment for the searf.—Le was remanded. 1111'roN GARDEN. ANOTHER STOLEN CiilLD.—Patrick Moran, a poor man, 'chiding un Colle ; .;e-court, Cow-cross, gave infor mation that a child oi his, just ten years of age, was stokn or eutickd away from him in the followin4 man ner:—About eight o'clock on the evestin,.; of Fri,ay, the 24th of last month, the child was seen by sonic per son of his acquaintance in company with a country. looking man, supposed to be a dealer in horses, front having two horses with him, on one of which the child was seen riding, facing the ltain-inn, in Smithfield, since which time they had no tidings of hint; that he made every enquiry, but to no purpose, and that he was con& dein that man had taken him away; that the child when taken away was dressed in a green jacket, corduroy trowsers, black stock ino, half boots, and a plain shirt, without a frill. The officers told him that notnitiz could be done for him, and he and his wife left time office in a state of distraction. DREAueur. SuicruE.—Ott Tuesday night, Aug. 28, a man I Edward Jones, one of the light-fingered gentry, who had speculated on the King's Visit to Ireland. and come from Lombok to Dublin to see what the ! c0.d , 1 pick up, put an end to his existence by fall ng ou .t sharp pointed sword belonging to one of the wa.cn 'wrote, which was hanging in a room where he was confined. The sword went through his heart, after which he never uttered a word. A watchman who had been placed as a guard over him had been speaking to hint one minute benne the melancholy occurrenve took pl..ce; 'le was to all appearance a respeetaule man, and possessed a good address. 11 is s.i i .pose the effect pro. duced on him by the appearance td tile Bow-street offi cers, Vickery and Bishop, who reciunis. d him as sac old off.ditler in London, and the dread 01 certain punishment, were the chief causes of the shocking act which he com mitted. Wednesday mornintt a coronet's inquest was held on the body, bef.tie Alderman Jones, and a respect able Jury, who proliounced a verdict "That the deceased came by his death by a wound iiiffficted by a sword at, tiniuselt in a fat of insanity." A quantity ttttt ey having, been found on the person nrAmi Jones, wife to the deceas2d, site was detained irons day to day for exa ttt ilia tam until Wednesddy morniug, when the underwent a bloat c3.11111114i1011, and the unhappy woman was com mitted to Newgate. A hackney coach was seat fur to take her to prison, and as slag was about to go into It site was accidentally interrupted by a 111.111 bearing her hus band's coffin into the watch-I t where the body lay. A inure distressing scene cannot br iina4inc I that' eiisud. The wretched woman screamed loudly and tainted; when she had recovered use cause of tier sorrow was renewed. A third per-on of the same party, a _male, who haul lifikst also colitittA out snspiciois, Was discharged oft Wednesday g for want of proof against her. From an account of the quantity of sheep and lamb wool imported into Greet Britain, it appears, that during 1:: years prior to the year 1814, the annual average amount was about seven millions of pounds, and during the seven years subsequent to that period, it was no less thou fifteen millions. lit 1819, the quantity imported exceeded twenty-six millions of pounds.