The National Register. — London, England, 1813-10-31 00:00:00

r 40. THE. NATIONAL REGISTER. Mr. WAITHMAI replied at considerable length, and contended that none of the facts in the report had been disproved. A desultory conversation took place on the part of Mr. crown, Alderman Woml, Mr. Murrell, Sir James Shaw, and Mr Waith man, which ended in the last Gentleman's withdrawing the Report, and moving, that the Committee of General Purposes he instrnete: to use their utmost exertions early in the next Session of Parliament, to obtain an Art for the purpose of protecting the fair trader, and of putting down unlicensed auctions and sale-rooms in the metro polis and throughout the kingdom. - OLD BAILEY. The Scqs;ons commenced on Wednesday, at the Old Bailey, be fore the licroi der, Lord Elleiibarough, Baron Thompson, Justice Chambre, and several of the Matistratca of the City. John Harwood was indicted for stealing a chesnut gelding, with a saddle and bridle, the property of Dr. Kerr, of Northampton. Mr. Knapp stated the case on the part of the prosecution, and proceeded to call witnesses. J. Langley, a servant to Dr. Kerr, proved that the prisoner was in the service of the Docter about two months. Witness fed the horse on the evening of the 2cl instant the day before it was missed; the prisoner was with them about 20 minutes on that afternoon. Harwood was follow( d to Stanmore, where he and the horse were taken. The horse had b .en down, and broken his knees. The pri soner was taken at the Abercoru Arms, and the bridle and saddle found in the stable of that inn. The only evidence in favour of the prisoner, was the testimony of Sir James Lambkin), with whom the prisoner had lived nine months u butler, and who, though be gave him an excellent chawter for honesty, anal thought his plate and wine safe in his keeping, declared that he would not have trusted him with a pair of pistols, became be considered him as disordered in his intellects. He said, when be heard of his having committed this robbery he was not at all stir. prised at it, as the extravagance of his behavioiii, while with him, always kept him in a state of alarm and uneasiness, and was one principal cause of his parting with him. • Mr. Lever also said, that his brother, with whom the pristiner bud lived, was on his way to town to give evidence to the same effect. The appearance - and behavieur of the prisoner during the whole trial was very extraordinary and interesting, and not easily to be memoir...o for, except from the statement made by Sir J. Longhorn. The Jury, however, after an elaborate charge fr&m Sir A. CIUtIII3RE, without retiring front the box, brought in a verdict of Gulag, Friday Mary Harrison was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a dwelling-house in the possession of Jane Bloomfield, with intent to de fraud the Eagle Insurance Office. _ _ The prisoner was a straw bonnet-maker, and hired apartments of Mrs Bloomfield, at a house which she occupied in Shadwell. Mrs Bloomfield herself resided at another house in Ratcliff-highw-ay. Qn the night of the 28th of September, the .prisoner and her maid only were at home ; and the maid stated, that at ten o'clock at night she went to bed, leaving the prisoner up, in company with a young man who paid his addresses to her. At two o'clock in the morninir, the prisoner went is a neighbour's for a light, stating that her child was ill and cried very much. This fact of the child crying was corroborated by other witnesses. Shortly afterwards, the watchman was Maimed with the cry of fire. Assi•tance was gained, and by breaking into the back part of the House, the fire was soon extingui,hed. The appear ance of the house, upon examination, exhibited great marks of suspicion, for the Are had apparently been kindled at two distinct places, and a large piece of wood, rubbed over with turpentine, was euchised in a large parcel of straw. There wes a hole also in the floor, into which straw had also been stuffed end was partly burned. During the con flagration the prisoner got out of the one pair of shin window upon the lead and dropped the child frc,m thence into the arms of a fire. man, and was apparently about to jump down herself, but was dis• 'waded by the people below. Mrs. Bloomfield was at her other house, and did not sleep in the house that was fired. It wag also proved, ih.st the prisoner was insured for 3001. and that all her property hardly exceeiles 301. Lord Ellenbormigh summed up, making several observations to chew that though the crime of arson hod evidently been committed by some person; yet there were severe favourable circumstances, such as the crying of the child, her own evident alarm, want of contrivance to em_ape, &c. which seemed to remove the guilt from her. The over— in-ur►►ucc, great as it was, might have bees made on a speculative con tenyialion of an incretise of stocks sad 11 wish to rate it lit its utmost OCT. 31• . . . standard. He left the whole circumstances to the Jury ; who iiumedi-. atelv acquitted the prisoner. Thomas Willis, who was indicted for forging a hill of exchange, and the acceptance theta°, was acquitted. The evidence on the part of the prosecution did not prove satisfactorily that there were no such persons as the apparent drawer and acceptor, and the prisoner produced u wit ness who swore positively that the hill was given by the man (whip s . name appeared on it) in payment of a horse bought of the prisoner. THE TAILORS. The Public are already in possession of the circumstances res. pecting the plunder committed at Mr. Maherley's, Army Clothier, Paul's Wharf, and of the depredations committed on the Army Clothing, in the care of his men, as journeymen tailors. The following persons were tried for the same, before the RE CORDER and the London Jury :—William Brown, John Kanner, Thomas Kenton, John Dixon, Timothy Askwith, Francis Heim and James Stevens. They were severally found—Guilty. Sentence deferred. The bills were thrown out against the others, exeept one case, in the county of Middlesex, which remains for trial. SATURDAY, OCT. 30. FORFERIES.--Thomas Ricketts Lyou was capitally indicted for forging, and disposing of, a )ower of Attorney, of John Ormsby, late Midshipman of the Raisonable, with intent to defraud Mr. Hugh Thompson. The prisoner stood also capitally indicted for forging, and uttering, a false receipt for prize money, due to G. Hamlet, Master's Mate of the said ship, with intent to defraud Fre derick %Valiant Murray.- —The prisoner was tried upon the first in dictment, and the Jury found a verdict of Guilty—Death. John Frederick Spur, was capitally indicted for stealing, and ex tracting, from a General Post letter, a tol. of England note. The witnesses could not identify the note ; and, under the direction of the Learned Judge, the prisoner was icquittcd. POLICE. BOW•STREET.—Thursday, a female nho had lived in high fife, and seen better days, was brought to this office on a charge of steal ing some silk stockings, and was, in consequence, locked up in the strong-room which has lately been built adjoining the office. Soon after, some distressing and dreadful cries were heard, %bleb induced the gaoler to open the door to ascertain the CilllSe, • when he found the woman extremely ill, and that the dreariness of the place, and the circumstances of her situation, had brought on a prematnre labour. She requested to have the assistance of a woman; however she was very humanely, and with the greatest care and tenderness, removed to a private room in the Brown Bear Public •lionse, and an acconchenr was procured. On the medical gentleman's arrival, h e gave it as his opinion that it would be twelve hours at lean before her delivery, and that she might be removed with safety. A hack ney-coach was in consequence procured, and she ass conveyed to her residence. Mr. John Briggs, the Mate of the Tortoise, who had absconded with or stolen - a tilt), containing silver to a considerable amount. By the exertions of Pearkes of this Office and other means, he was traced to Bristol where the Police of that town recognised him as the person who had been charged some years since with sinking a ship. He was secured au4 brought to London. He underwent an examination yes►erday, and was committed for further examination, when several witnesses will attend. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. An Tri•h paper, the Co►:naught Journol, contains the following sli p. lar paragraph Thursday last, two females were exhibited for an hour in the stocks, near the Exchange, Limerick, as a punishment for fore stalling. The Mayor is determined, in the most exemplary manner, to punish regraturs, by whose practice's the price of provisions is enhanced to the poor and on Friday, a noted forestaller of tuff and potatoes, named Piers, was pillored." Thursday evening, about six o'clock, the whole sniface of five connected roofs of a large rum warehouse in the West India DOcks, each 35 feet in the span, and 140 in length, covering a space of 175 feet by 140, fell with a tremendous crash. The erection was of wrought iron, supported at the extremity of each span by staunchions of the same Metal, and covered with very large slates. Most fortunately the accident occurred two hours after the men had left work, or the consequence. might have been dreadful, as nearly 100 men had been eitiployed in the warehouse in the course of the day.