The National Register. — London, England, 1822-09-23 00:00:00

, .. . . • ... -- --- MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. to the number. At Hammersmith another person wan.... • I lia' on the coach, but the'crmelinian refused to allow hint, saying t. TUESDAY, Seer. 17.—CONSPIRACT.--James Macmichsel bad his full number. c o d ep James Bats were indicted for conspiring with James John Hounslow, the coachman who drove the coach from to defraud George Flint. Leah has not been appre- Bagshot to Hounslow, proved that the coach had but nine and , . h e aded. The prisoners were common informers ; the prose - a h ilf outside passengers, by which he said lie meant nine and outer wee a pawnbroker. 4 iii • . ~ Mr. Alley stated the cue for the prewcntion. • child. Tie coachman who drove from Hounslow to London, proved examined by Mr. Adolplius.—i•Witnees is a that be had but nine and a half outside paimengers. rZ i o f ;ef il l n. n t theEilgwere-road. On the 2d of November The prisoner had no counsel, and called no witnesses, but l e iret Msentichael• ca tae to his elopp,ind after pledging • I persisted in saying ell the witnesses for the prosecution had v a t :4o o ld the witness is a low voice s tet tad some cases • made a grand mistake, übe counted thirteen ou the top of the &plait hint for taking illegal inlet law laid it was • ouch, and could not be mistaken. impossible, as he was very oerrect. riionleadmitted be The Jury, without any heaitation, returned a verdict of guilty. was more correct than °there, AM ad r Intertylsoiteeded at Judgm.mt deferred. • last." Blie prisoner then sbewed him a Maki,* white be bad • FRIDAY, SEPT. 20.—Henry,Cooper was indicted for assault entries of overcharges. which lie said the witness had made ; ' ing his wife. .. and said to witness: " you must come down as others have The prosecntrix was a young woman ; the prisoner an cold clue ;" and nant,.(l several persons who had paid him saws, man. She mated, that on the night of the assault, the prisoner f r om twenty pounds to fife puede, to p t informations, I brought home a man with him, and told her she must turn out, adding. if the witness would net pay 51. be must go before a as he must give his friend share of his bed. She refused, and sulgietrate. Witness said be most bare time to consider of it ; the prisoner, after soliciting his friend to undress in her pre the prisoner said it must be a short time, as be bad a great sence, which he had the decency to refuse, pushed the prose deal of business on band. The prisoner milled agaia two days nutria out of the room, and struck her violently. after ; witness said that be could not settle with bins, as he A witness, who lodged in the house, corroborated the pro understood there were many persons connected with him (the suotrix's statement. prisoner), and he was afraid some of them might inform against The prisoner in his defence said, the friend he brought house bins after settling with the primeer. Witnese mentioued to with him had been his shipmate in his youtb, whoa they served the prisoner the "rues of several Persoos that he understood his Majesty together, and he could not see him is want of a were coaneeted with hint. Prisoner said that Nom of them be lodging. longed to him now bat Betts and Leach, and he would send The prisoner was foun d. Q a ury ; and as the p r es ec ot r ia's them to him, to satisfy him that he would be side ; that they ollyeet. was to be KAMA against hey fetus assault, be was were waiting at a palatial bootie near. but they must come rim sentenced to three Clays imprisonment, and to give security in at a dine. The prisooer Betts owe to thkwitness's shop snow 201. to k,ep the, peace. after. Witness, on seeing him rocogniunins ma person lelos Jeremiah Lope was indicted for assaultin g Margaret Jones. Lad been in his shop e few eveniags before with tea spoons to —The prosectdrie, ..smart-looking young woman, stated that pledge for six shillings, and refused taking firs err- even shil- the prisoner and his wife kept a lodging-house in Whitechapel, Bags, which sokere offered him, saying, if they w not give and i n J u ly l as t s he was their lodger, and returning home one Lint sit shillings, he would 6nd some one smell— ' evening from a walk she lay down on her bed and fell asleep, • Witness beta uple6ned tlipt the interest Oa lings bas a and on awaking found that a valuable pin had been tikes from fraction of ripasiny It it t .olllll a mistake of a farthing is often her bosom, end a silk handkerchief from her neck ; Stes bootie made in *demisting it; ,wprevent which he did not .few that (Betels' complained to the prisomil, who accused her grossly of particidaieam to Lb lent at his shop. Betts told the witness , making a false charge ; and ow her resenting the accusation, that be had cornefrom Macmicbael to satisfy hint that he would and insisting on the truth caber loss, the prisoner assaulted her, be safe by settling with him (Macmichael) adding, we are all and tore the gown she wore into ribboas.—his wife at the same one. Betts then went away, and Leach came in a few iyinutes time seized • flesh, fork and swore she would run her through and gave the same assurance. Macimildiael then returned to the the body. The proserotris was so terrified, that to escape from witness's shop, and received 31.; witness said be must have her danger she dew up to her room as.di escaped out of the • time to enquire before he could give more , as be was not as- window. 'The prosecutrix produced ber gown, which gave tidied he would be safe from dl, and mentioned Coombs, (a ample evidence of that fact, end of the state of alarm in which person who was convicted of a similar offence tut week) Mac. she appeared. michael came the nest day, and brought a book, which be said The prisoner was instantly found Guilty, and after some en wan the one kept by Coombs, who was then out of the basiaess; quiry into his circumstances, seed 41. end repeated his assurance thet the witness weed be side, SATURDAY. SEPT. 21,—Four young men, consisting chiefly upon which lie paid him 21. more. Of servants out of place, viz. John Sngden, William Jones, Joseph Lumley, the prosecutor's clerk, corroborated Lis evi- George Hammond, and George Fennell, stood indicted for deuce, and stated, that after Macsichael hid received the 31. unlawfully conspiring together in keeping a certain house, in he saw him co into a public-house that was near, and came out the parish of Marylebone, and there carrying on certain alma soon after with Betts and l e eaels.,,The case for the prosecution ininahle practices not to be named. closed here. The Jury fonnd the whole four Guilty.—Their sentence will Mr. Watford addressed the Jury for the prisoners, but called he transportation beyond the seas for life. no witnesses. , The C " i^ "mt 1•111*IliaS flee sli d 4 made no & Ir e ''' . k.• .' ' EFFECTS- o, F WIifICENNESS. _ - ence in the prisoners* guilt, wh Mr. Flint bad regally'. in curred itimelties or not ; the statute which gave interned"' the' An inquisition was held on Friday morning at the warty penalty for legally convicting for an offence.aever ietesded that boast., in Queen's Head-alley, Neorgate.street, on the . the informer should use it to pawn money for Ska legally coo- body of Joseph Neaters, aged 41/, • a printer. - victing. No case of conspiracy bad ever been more clearly Min Braithwaite, a watchmen, was going his rounds at proved. one o'clock on Thursday meriting, and' saw deceased sit. . . The prisoners were both,tiestestly 'foand Guilty, and sen- king on the ground, resting Isis bead open the step of Mr. tensed to be imprisoned twelve months in the Home of Cor• Bowles's slioNedoor, in Nefegatesailseet: 'the deceased's rection. son - s t oo d by Mu; be was quite insensible and speechless; William Thompson was Waisted for en attempt to commit au wittiest', with anedser watchman and the deceased's 0011. unnatural oyeeoe. carried His deceased to the walchhonse ; on his arrival Mr. Alley stated the case kr the prosecutiom three he was laid uliargiiiii back ou the floor, and his The constable who received the prisoner at the watch-hoase, neck kerchief was untied: the deceased was left in that proved that his face was painted at the time, and. produced a imitation, kin see said he had walk to de, awl most go paper of red paint that was found in his poekeL to it. . The prisoner made no defame, and was lestantly found Thomas Masters, No,,•s, Mollin's-rents, Shoe-lane, son Guilty.—Judgment de-jeered. of the deceased.—him • printer; any tither was of the WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18.--Stephen Harris was indicted for same business, and worked at Mr. Phillips', Lleorge•yard, stealing.sispence from William Lomas. Lombard street. (In Wednesday,. deceased was very Mr. LOOMS the prosecutor, stated, thet be kept the Seymour cheerful all Ilse day with Isis altoponates. At night the de- Arms public house, in Seymour-pleati„ Bdgeersre-road, and ceased, wititeas,and Twelve other shopmatea had a sapper that the prisoner was his put.boy, and was sent to I. customer of at the Cross Keys, Graceehurels-street. The deceased the name of Curtis, with sixpence worth of beer on the 20th of drank freely s the last liquor he took was some brandy August, and on his return said he had not been pall! for h ; and water, and the last Klass (a goblet) was nearly neat in a few day* after the prisoner absconded Irons his sire. brandy. . . . Mr. Curtis, to whom the beer had been sent peered that be Coroner.—How mush liquor did be drink altogether? paid the prisoner Ibr it the day after it was brought to him. Witness.-4 cannot say exactly,ii, I saw Win drink hie The Chairman asked 31r. Lomas whether the prisoner had glasses of brandy and water eery strong,. besides which denied having received The money after it had in fact bees paid be drank neat broody out of a goblet many times. I ass to him. elated my father towards home, and got as fat as Neweit.:. Mr. Lomas replied, he never asked the prisoner fur the street. He never spoke after he reached the Mausion • money but our, that was immediately after the delivery of the house. I carried I . the remainder of the way on my beet. bark ; be loosed his hold round my neck and slipped to The Chairmen charged the Jury, that, although from the wan- the ground. The watchman cave up, and assisted In ne, its which the prisoner leflgais master's service, th e re could carrying him to the watelthoone. • be little doubt of his intending to s t e al th e mo n e y, yet there „leror.—You say your father and his companions drank was not legal evidence of the fact. The Jury acquittted the neat hrandy ; we, it placed on the table in ilecattlers, prisoner. mid poured-into goblets? Witness.—Yes, the neat brandy Titustiosv, SEPT. 16 , —Willianalripp was indicted for was placed on Violable in bottles, and it was chunk neat wilful end corrupt perjury. mit of goblets.' I cannot sky how many goblets of neat Mr. Charles Phillips opened the pleadings. brandy my lather drank that night. Ile stoic several Mr. Wilford slated the case for the prosecution, by which songs daring the night, and when he left Hsi. Cross Keys it appeared the perjury was alleged to have been committed in appeared very well. He had been ninny times liefare . support of an information laid by a person, named James Ilei- apparently as murk in Ittinor as on Wednesday night; wo•id, against the late Mr. Willan, a stage coach proprietor, and when I left him, I supposed he would be well evil , ' .•-n for havint had more than ten outside passengers, on o n e of his after a little deep, I was quite sober, and di auk very little coaches, io support of which information the prisoner was est- at the public house. mined as a witness. Mr. Shaw, keeper of time watch-house, stated that the , r Mr. Stafford, Chief Clerk at Bow-street, produced the infer last witness, with several watchmen, brought the de viation laid by Bellwood against Willan, and read from his ceased into the watelthome on 'lltisrsday morning, be , aeite,i the evidence given by the prisoner in support of it on the t ween one and two o'clock. His son 'laid—. My father . , 26th of July, which stated, that aboutdieff after four o'clock ou has been to supper in Gracechurch-street, he is notch the evining of Wednesday, th e 19th of June, he was going to- intoxicated, will you permit him to remain here fur a tew wards Hounslow, he teat a stage curb marked as the Exeter hours, when he will be well again ? Witness said, " Cm.. iI N coach, with the name of John %Vinous on it, going towards Lon- minty t" and the deceased was placed in the lock-up don, and carrying at the time thirteen outside passengers, all room on his back. Worn witness cause out of the lock of whom were over seven years of age. tip room he forind the deceased's 11011 and the YkIICIIIIICII Mr. thinner. who had attended at Bow-street on behalf of gone; and Sallie lilal. afterwards cue of the avdtclinien Mr. Willed, proved that be took down the evidence given by informed the witness that his son would return at lialepaet the prisoner belOre the magistrate, which exactly corresponded four o'clock (as the watehlionse shot top at five) to fetch with Mr. Staltord's notes. lie also stated that be cautioned his tattier away. IVituess afterwards heard the dreamed the prisoner *Arend tinfes, while he was giving his evidence, snoring vety loud, and omit to him, and he appeared to be particular both as to the day sod the nurulter • of the Or".* Or deed. Ile scut for a 51114C1,11 timitediatits ; Mr. . p gem. Hay came in a few inionlea, •iiil he pronounced the mei, • • Mrs. Soper stated, that she left Exeter by Mr. Willan'a a cot pae. The sou dui not return at ail. coach on the 18th of June, and arrived in London on the I lith ; Mi. Berridge, -orguott, Air wg,tie.street, bed eta iii iii ed she was an outside passenger ; the cumber of passengers leaving the body—no exit.' nal marks of violmice west. pet cr plible. Exitsr was ten, includiog a alibi. The same paeseugessirione He opened the body lal l'hursdly nonionic i the liver was all the way to Laden, asst there was at no time my addition much enlarged and in t uLertse stale, produced by hard -. • • . . '.. • , "" ,- .. • 1.. • I . I T: e. '.117 •-" k THE NA' !la-, 4~ • • 4 , ' • of the Clythriess • notwitbs. duce the lisheramegif assistance of their fell, courage to stretch alp perishing before their lag host was dashed wretches were for line in the waves, men, looking on with apathy aria .- .• A boat from Clyth perished near (Abet'', with all on hosed, including a father and two sone. At this very 'moment, roar o'clock, the wind blows moat tremeodeterly from the S.W. and some boats have been sees out at bolding on by their nets, which it is to he feared may be overwhelmed by the orantise acme and increasing severity of the gale." e • CORONER'S INQUEST. • Oa Thursday evening an inquest was held at thiDevonsh'te Arms; Devonshire street, Marylebone, by Thomas Stirling, Esq. on the body of Mary Hough, house-keeper to ViHiere Sauter% DI. No. 40, Devonshire-place. Mr. David Jones, surgeon. deposed, that on Wednesday morning, about half past eigait o'clock, he was sent for to the house of Mr Sorters, and foaled the deceased lying with her face on the floor ; her face was in a large quantity of blood, and her arms were lying under bet, with her right band bent towards her throat; upon turning her over, a white-handled common dinner knife was observed in the blood, and it ap peared to have fallen from the band. Witness then observed a considerable wound in the throat, and many blood vessels bad been Wounded, and the windpipe partially severed ;• the wound was very ragged,as if it had been done with a blunt instrameat... She was quite cold, and appeared to have Seen dead some hours. William Villiers Surtees, Esq. at N 0.40, Devonshire-place, stated that the decea .ed was his servant, and had been so for eight years. Witness was to town on Monday last, aid ob served deceased to look ill and mach dejected. Previous to going out of Town on Tuesday monde', he told deceased that Mrs. Surtecs and the governess would be is tows nest Monday. to which she made sozaple,' but as she was WORMS of taw words, witness did not particularly notice it. Witness kept deceased merely eat of cheek y, as she was incapable td weritiets; be believed her to be strictly honest, mad during the eight years she had Seen in his service he Dever had tr•ession to quarrel with her. tin his rehire to town on Wednesday. he MAO every thing In the house as he had left it, and no Ippear elusa of a robbery• or attempt at one. Hinfpbrey Roberts and Thomas Pearson (watehmen) Wm. Tombs (a constable), W. Sellars (wstels-house keeper of Marys lebone, were examined : their testimonies merely related to . thrpositios in which they found the body of the deceased.— Benjamin Scope, a beadle, searched the deceased, and found 'on her 31. 17s. Gd. in money. James Leadheter, an upholsterer, went to the house of Mr. Sartees on brine s on Monday, and stated that she appear d to Weer *Wei greet depression of spirit'', and when he ques timeed her ~Milt the return of the family, she appeared per fectly iediterent and careless. Tri Jury then went to view the body, which presented a lmrridspectacle ; the face and neck were eoveerd with clotted bleed, aid the wound was a very ragged one. Verdict—!. That the deceased committed the tot while la bowing ander mental derangement." Thursday morning last a fatal accident befe/ Miss Leylaud, an elderly maiden lady, residing is Islington, neer Manchester. She was upon a visit at the house of Mr. Hampson, of Ratcliffe, and was proeeeding thence in a cart to pay a visit to the Rev. Thoniu Parkinson. of Ratcliffe-Hall, when the wheel unfortunately came in contact with that of another cart belonging to Mr. Begley, the bleacher; in consequence of which the vehicle in which Miss Leyland rode Was overturned, • and ale was killed upon the ap.r. PICKNOCKETS AT NIAROATE..—A new Mee of light-fingered gentry, unknown to the Londoe,pecce, have found their way thither, and been very successfelderii de predabons. In the public walk., on the pier, andlav)wr In Um public rooms, many persons have lost their money, and their te a t, lies and trinkets, and such hasbeen the dexterity with which this transfer of property has been'effected, that mot.; single instance of detection has occorted. In the market place, one lady lost her purse, containing 201 ; many others have lost smeller sums; and a general notion has prevailed that elegantly d d females have been the principal per formers in all these robberies. TaoTTING.-111r.Mellish's match to ride thirteen , teotte, and to trot Eileen miles in see hour, took place an Wed. evader' over a three miles circle of turf, in Apnea Perk, Hen, the,:tlorshire, for two hundred &oven-414er It was done as follows :- Ist three miles 11 del . . 2'l ditto 11 50 3d ditto 12 10 4th ll 20 15 l2 11 59 11 The horse broke into a gallop in the ninth mile, and was turned round agreeable to the articles. A few days ago a gentleman in the neighbour. 110 A of Dorking Ives coursing a hare with a favoarde ',lieu the latter, Living been pet to Lis 'utmost speed,' and oeing on the pain' of securing its game, ran against r bank. which Site bare was codes% outing to ascend, mid 'although bet secured his prey, be unfortunately lost his life—his wick worn broken, but be atall retained the hare in Iris mouth. ~' - , • .Nbim-41..m.d13- I :. • ;! 7[,er 411 o!d!!=N1 ior.__,_r_AhiNL........,__. ih u . drinking. He believed the dere...• r davit s /rose d•Oike n g excessively of ardent *pities. .Ver bet—Met feels' wee. Nee drinking. . ... • ItSZONCIIOtr Los.% op , „.. • • ..,. i • - ~i ir We' OF c..!it! ~y,,*"", ' • 4 1• e., 01 • ~ ~,,., " LYBSTER VILLAGE, SEPT: • \.", * :pee ` moat unexampled scene of distress WO p 1 The early part of the uirht oiTuesdu Jiang • ' ~' ' m and serene, almost all the herring bitt from die o•is ' ck, put to eye- About mideiAlit the wise verringioolhicceutti. blew a tremendous gale ; dining the mei** OM of ilivileight the most intense 'gaiety prevailed 'geese' the restive' sad friends of the poor fishermen, nor did dmi appearance el the morning tend to diminish the general ifirtress--burdly any of the boats bad been able toOralter deriag the . gitt,• and .00 + 0 hat few of them, even so . seven iiel ' rning„ bad surceedsvi in gaining theAsibuter of ink. we. y • • creeks to the south of U . goose afire do; a Purse, with four men on heard, was 'wawa ilithia 200; ' of the mouth of this creek, situated ,neetlyAlm• Mil Clythnese ; notwithstanding )be most itermisA• • duce the Mammies of timepiece input Ad tros - ill , essistauce of their fellow creatures, sot one of theni had i • courage to stretch Dot • string hand for these unhappy mem. perishing before their eyes. In a moment, however, the sink- ing boot was dashed on the face or the rock, and the unfortunate wretches were for an instact seen faintly struggling for their lives in the wares, within twenty yards of numerous seafaring men, looking ne with the coldest apathy and indifferense._ _ . . ~. i .46. li "