The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-28 00:00:00

i , I , -1 .536 POLICE. BOW.STkr..E . r. Win. was vesterAav hronvin tip to the office on a charge of ii•Ning in In , pus-es , ion a .101. 13• Ink of Eti4lnnd note, taken front the rocket of 1 1 41 r. James nark, of 13 otersea.fields. as he was standing nu Ludgate-16i' on the taih 4,1 June last, .to see the Sovereigns go to din net nt rolildhll. Mr. Clark n ow attended and identified the note, No. 1? to.-Pt, DR !icing the note which he lust amongst others also in his pricket•hia k n th.4t rhiv. Vickery, the officer, prov-d that the not, was in Cook's possession at the ti•ee of his apprels• nsion on the 140 •if this month. Ilse prisoner declined savnig any thing now and re. berved his defence till his trial. lie was hilly committed. ,Lici Jones and Thomas Sermon were brought up by Vaughan, ho d tected il.cto picking pockets on Sunday morning at the fire in Eno! street, Holborn, the ofEeer saw them deliver their plunder to a l'ackiley emu:lnn:in named Dania's, who, however, then escaped, but was 01 F 4 irloy tii.zlit taken into costo.ly for knocking off a gentleman's bar iu the strcet and ctideavoutiug to run off with it. The prisoners were all fully' committed. MANS t or4-Hays —John Robinson was further examined, charged by Mr. Adams, of tl.e Ship tavern, Leadenhall-street, with stealing three silver table t,pnons, his property. On Saturday, prisoner went to, the sai.l hinise, had his dinner and half a pint of wine. Some sus picions arisine, the waiter placed thre table spoons on the table, which he missed before the prisoner left the room. The prisoner paid ,bis bill, and was going away,- when the prosecutor stopped him, say ing he believed he had some of his property about him, on which a constable, who was in waiting, came up, searched the prisoner, and the spoons were found in his possession. Several other tavern keep ers who had lately lost silver spoons were present. They had se n the prisoner repeatedly at their houses, but had nothing aeamst 11:m hut suspicions. One of them had lost thirteen table spoons within a fortnight. —The prisoner. a respectable looking man, upwards of 69, burst into tears, and assured his Lordship, that it was distress that drove him to the deed. He had a wife and thirteen children, and dif ficulties had made him swerve from those honest paths in which he .had trodden for more than 59 years, d uring which he had maintained an irreproachable character. He must throw himself on the prosecutor's rn: rcy. The Lord Mayor was sorry to see so respectable a man, at his year., in so serious and disgraceful a vituation. He felt for that as well as for his family ; but as so many persons resent, who had lost property in the same way, had strong suspicions of him, he could no' advise the prosecutor to shew the mercy implored.—The prisoner was fully commit ted, INTER FS! IRCLIMSTA NCE.—A fine boy, about eight years of age, was on Friday night set down on London Bricl , e from the Dover coach, apparently ui.knowing ann unknown. He seemed much alarmed at his situation, and cried with great vehemence. On being interrove.l by two gentlemen, who were accidentally passing, as to the cause of his grief, he saiu he had got up on the coach near Rye. gate, with the view of having a short ride, but falling asleep, he awoke net till he was in London. He could not tell distinctly the imuc o! the v:lrage where he lived ; bur, on being brought before the lord Miyor, directions were given that he should be taken care of till his pai, - ;nt cats be discovered. UNION HAI t..--\lO es Clark, the wan in custody on suspicion of I , avitlg been concerned in steding a parcel id' Cirencester Bank-notes from the rilioudwater coach in November last, was again brought lip. S.'vcrat other charges in addition to tlio.e formerly brought against lino by Kes , ,rs. Book ai:d Brad lord of putting off these stolen notes were now le . ::ll b rtit against Hill. Two tradesmen in Oxford-street, rutted, that the prisoner, accompanied by a se r vant iti livery, Cann: to their Nl4(p4, and pun:hi:sin:4 sortie trifling reticles at e.cch , tenderer! Ciren cc!-ter notes for iOl. each in parment and re;.eived the change; tliee notes proved to be innongst tlio,e stolen. The prisoner in each instance wrote a fictitious address on the back of the bill. it now appeared, however, Frain tha statement of Collingbourn, the officer, that at the time the robbery took pLice Clark was a prisoner in Herbetnovaer-lan; gaol for another offence. 1111',. Adolphus, who 110 attended for him, contended therefore that lie could not he concerned in this robbery, and thereli rog the pr.:sent charge against him must fall to the ground. The 11 qistrate being of the same opinion the prisoner was discharced. The liagistrate advisad all those who had taken any of the notes to 9111);l• to the bookers at Circtiee.ter for payment, who, hr said, were bound t-t pay every one the amount of the of which he could rove himself a bohajide holder. Tii.kmrs PosACE-OFTICE.—The person mentioned as being com mitted from rite Thaiiies Police office on Friday, of the name of Se ivy, on a charge of mureler, w•As Johan tie Silva, who was not com st:t tett upon any matter re. mcling the horrid murder of the William s i i ,hit on a charge h • murder of Thomas Davis, on the night of t::e !I of December, AB.O, in Nightingale lane. The cvidetice _ - " Tirr NA.TIO?•IA I; -iiFe;'lgTtße A 170 28. akell at !ha/ .(iii:e.stated that four rLi vs, I- 1 , .‘.: it 41.. l.• tsk;.r • pia e muri.er out of -vh .111 was et:Limit and , •v,c.ted Th. b'uther Davis who w comoany with i 1.11, Ott twat-Us vvriit a v.,t i ge o China, and there met with De Silva, who hi gone out in another -hip. He was :,CiLIP-d ilpon t► e brotlitr's ctiarre, and 011 hi, arrival :a the river del:verLd int •e• • s • 411 Hurt o this police. ACCID.E.:\i6 A:$( 7 1) U FIFE NC ES. CORONER'S INQUEST.— fm.5,.,,y 4111 inignost was hold at the Workhouse in itrmoi street, St. (ides's, bv•toive G. Hodgson, Esq. eoroner for Middlesex, on the bodies of toe unfor 'mate victims .ho perished in toe fire in King-street, Seven trial. hst: `sitwiay. thrr the Jury took a view of the remains of two of the moths, which were in sheik, they proceeded in Hear the evideree of .he witnesses. The only witness who wa• railed and which was dersio,),t sufficient, was William Nash, who depoued that I e was a fishmouger residing at N0.'35, Tichtield steeet. He was acquainted with Ben jamin Stephenson, and Mary his wit's., about eight years, o.icite bodies he supposed were the two which were dug nut of the loots ; tie deceased B. Stephenson was by trade a tailor; witoe‘s was married to his daughter ;he was 4.S years of age. and the wile ; they occupied the second floor in the house of Joh,' Watkins, ha. berdashe ,4, King-street, St. Giles's. On Sunday ihornisig betwea 1 and 2 o'clock, some woman called witness, who was then in boil, telling him that the Aonie where his father and mother in la' lodged was on fire ; witness proceeded to the spot, and found the is use to be in flames ; on milting inquiry for his hither and motocr-m-law, Ire was informed they got out sac, and he did teat know any thiug to the contrary until lt o'clock on Monday, when he was ictinu t p k i that they and Mr. Watkins's servant maid, Mary Ann Catherine, a girl 15 years of age, had perished, and that their bodies were then in the ruins : the two bodies discovered, lie had every reason to I, e• lieve, were those of Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson. The Comic r dud Jury appeared satisfied, and returned a verdict of Accidental Death. _ _ -There was another inquest held before the same Coroner and Jury on the body of John Causer°, a cabinet maker, who lodged at No 6 in the same street where the fire happened, who, after opening the door of the house he lodged in, to go np stairs to his own apartment, topped to speak of the ahocking,accident at the fit e, %%hick was next door but one, when he dropped down and expired. Verdict, Visitation of God. FATAL COINCIDENCE.—In New Orleans, America, on the 4th of April last, died Mr. Berthe Gyrina, merchant, aged 74 years, and one of the oldest native inhabitants of that city. Finding himself in. disposed in the middle of the night, he sent for Dr. Domingo Ferytas, who, in two minutes after feeling the pulse of his friend, fell down, when froth expired at the same instant ! LALcurtoes.—Monday morning. at a quarter after eight, the following person! were executed before the Debtors' door, Newgate : William Henry Lie, for burglary ; and John Mitchell, for forgery; Francis Sturgess, for highway robbery ; Michael Maroney alias Mahoney, for highway robbery ; John Fied, alias 1-nathan Wild, for borglary ; and John Ashton for highway robbery. By half past six o'clock the old Bailey, Giltspur-street, and the houses adjacent, were crowded to great excess. At halt-past seven Maroney was brought forward for the purpose of being disencumbered from his irons. While his irons were knocking oft; it was found necessary to se.och for a knife to cut some of the corckge, which confined his irons. Marone} , seeing this, stooped and with an Herculean effort tore it asunder. This being the only Catholic, the Rev. Mr. Devereux at tended him in constant prayer, in which he joined most fervently. Sturgess, Field, and Mitchell, conducted themselves with peat propriety. The unfortunate Ashton had been in a state of insanity zince the receipt of the awful warrant for his executLn. In the press yard, he distorted his countenance horribly. He was the firth who moulded the scafibld, and ran up the steps with great rapi.i ity ; and having gained the summit of the platform, Legan to kick and claret., and often exclaimed, " I'm Lord Wellington." The Rev. NI,. Cot ton, who officiated for the first time as' e thchnary, enjoined bon to prayer to he paid little atteation, and continued to clic) his hands as far as he was permitted by the extent of the cord. Mitch-11 cetera invited him to prayer. All that could be done was ineffectual, and it was necessary to have two men to hold him during the. awful cere mony. Whit they ref-aced him, for the purpose of the Lord's Prayer being said, he turned round and bepn to dame, and vociferated. Look at me, I am Lord Wellington " At twenty minute. , pest eight o'clock, the signal was given, and the platform tell. SLarcely, however, had the sufferers dropped, before, to the awe and astonish- Malt of every beholder, Ashton rebootried from the trier. a., d was inctantaneously seen dancing near the Ordinary, and crying out v ry loudly, and apparently unhurt, " What do ye think ant I n Loot Wellington now ?" He then danced, clapped his nail !s and !nuzzled. At length the executioner was com: , elled to get upon the scaffold, aud to push him forcibly twin the place on which he stood. -~ I - .