The National Register. — London, England, 1822-11-04 00:00:00

a,'4* . get possession of Ilse goods, they wool.: then be justified in boding him godly of felony. The Jory believing this instantly found him godly. The Recueder ordered him to lie brou4ht up for judgment, He laid the poisoner mood its great danger, for if the hail had been put into circulation, lie would have been liable to be in dicted fora forgery, and would have beeis convicted, unless be could have proved the hand-writing of the drawer and acceptor; and even if be could have done that, it was evident they were m.•re men of straw. and all would have been liable, to have been indicted for a conspit Rey. The sentence of the Curt on him for this impudent fraud was, that he should be tranpurted fur sei en years. The prisoner said he had lost 10001. by Brookabank. The Recorder—Where is Brooksbank Prisoner—lle is gone to America. lam convicted for things which I never had. . . . . _ The sessions having ended, the Recorder proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoners convicted. Considering the s hort space which intervened (three weeks) between 1440 and the present stasions, the windier of convicts were us ally great. --rive were sentenced to be transported 1, , r life—one for II rears—twenty-four for seven years. and a number oh others •ere sentenced to different terms of imprisonment. Several were discharged by proclanintion. " . . , . Seventeen received the awful smience of death :—William Crinicher, Charles Bennington. 'Theodore Constantine, Edward Itpwitti ani s, Thos. Filthy, William Whitton, William Lester, John Curl v, and Samuel Haven, for stealing in dwelling houses ; William Bolland, George Swindle, and John Barnett, for burg laries ; John Smith, for housebreaking io the day tunic ; E.. w. Ediidge, for a rape ; William Towntend, alias Pocock, and John Harrows, for highway robberies; and henry Uav, fur forgin; the Goldsmith's Hall Cotopany's *lamps upon certain articles of plate. The Recorder, in the course of his addreao to the unhappy con% its, said there was one individual• amongst then* who had, in the wickedness of his heart, threatened to charge an innocent person with a crime which could only be thought of with horror, and had availed himself of the dreadful ahem which such an accusation most naturally create in the mind even of the bravest man to carry on a regular system of plunder. To that individual the Court would recommend an immediate and an earnest appeal for mercy to that ynarter from which alone he could expect it ; mercy in this world the Court feared could not be granted to him, and it was only by sincere repentance that he could hope for its ,extension here after. There were some otherst to whom he would also sae voiously recommend a similar preparation ; he meant lila re who had gone about with others in a gang for the purpose of plun dering persona, whose circuitistancea might, for ought they knew, be ptch, that an act of plunder committed upon them would be their absolute ruin. After some further observations, the learned Judge passed the sentence of Death in the ustml terms, anti the ses sions were Adjourned until Wt• • .essay, the nth of December. • Towns'nd was he,• alluded to. The robbery of the Inn at Hounslow was no doubt hinted ■t by the learned Judge in this part of his address. , . MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. TUESDAY, OCT. 29.—A gentleman, named Webb, was indicted for having assaulted a watchman of Snore. di en, in August, at a late hour of the night, in the rite cuii 111 l of his duty. The watchman stated that as he was walking on his beat, the defendant and another person were standing in the street, both in liquor, engaged in noisy conversation and disturbing the peace of the teeiglihriurtiontl. lle de wed them to walk ou, but instead of doing so, the de fendant fumed upon him, attacked hint, and floored hills in the mud, endeavoured to drag the rattle from him, pulled his gre,l coat over his head, and (trigger, hint along. until lie was almost killed. This was done without the slightest pll tication. The defendant knew how to give a blow wel:, fur he kept a boxing school, and the watchmen were practis:d upon by gentlemen ul the kind to prepare taunt for each other. Another watchman stated he helped to take them to the watch home. Mr. Adolphus, for the defence, regretted that he was d'Arly in the habit of seeing the scandalous (Aims Of the watehillell to obtain Inoue) by insulting and appieliC lug gentlemen. Tins was a case oldie kind. A gentleman then stated, that he and-the defendant, on tit. it re irons Shacklewell, saw the prosecutor in the street, and were desired by him, iu the rudest manner, to go on. Upon expostulating with him, lie called them vagrants, seivd the defendant by the collar. and was dragging him towards the watch house, when Mr. Webb resented such tieattneut by retaliating upon the watch titan, wi he etr!Jillly p -led in the face. The Jury at once aetiouted the dettodaitt. LaTRAo a tit NA TASTE.—The guardians of a boy, who was the apprentice of a shoemaker. appealed to tile Court to have the boy taken back by tits master, uti the ground that, if sometiiing of the sort were nut thme, the boy would go to decruetuni. Tney admitted mat the boy had some extraordinary peculiarities. The toaster stated that he had, been extremely indul gent to his apprentice, but that nothing could cure him of the propeosity to filth and late hours, and sleeping in the air, witich he practised in the depth of winter, to the injury of his health, and the a$ chin' of all who knew hon. Ile had run away from his wen k repeatedly, and absented himsrh tar a month or six weas at a tune.— boinvtinses he was found lying iii a cart covered with vermin. auil tortured with the itch sometimes in the pens at Sistitofi..l4l Market, and some tttttt•.s in Fleet Market, or ors the initlaes. Yet, although treated kindly afivr all this commet, be still felt a dksposstsuit to lie itt the air. The Chairinan was surprised at this account, and de sired that the buy shook' he called in. %V hen the officer went to call those who had the boy llllder their protection, he learned that tile apinenuce had run away USICC MOM. The waster sand he was afraid of the dreadful exampte to his own children, and could iteact think of taktog hien back. 'Doe Cliairman thulight it a MC in which human interference cuuld hive nu effect, anti dismissed the applicant's'. IVamm BIWA OCT. 30.—Charles Stewart flay Allan, praniliAin tif Admiral Aflaii, was indicted lot au asssult Ireton Robert Macnant, a silvtrsuntb. g i legr -4 ffikr 407, .? _... . _. . . _ , , s THE NATIONAL EZEGISTER Mr. Marchant stated, that on the 12th of ,racy the defendant had come to Iris shop and desired that a pair of buckles should be repaired. lie said they (111.13 t be ready for the " drawina-rot a s." Witness repaired them, - and went with them to lierneisiareet, where defendant lived, where he left them with a Wilk( fiee'ihilliniLs; that was a moderate charge. He -did get the money, and upon vanilla a second time the seesaw girl told him he might have half a crowd for the job, and if he did not go off, Mr. Altars would kick hint not. Witness waited for his money, and the defendant came down, and after having told him that " he kitrw ion the fellow," went out at the door. Witness followed, and raid "he would not be shuffled out of his floury," and defendant give him a desperate blow, which sent him ii the middle of Berners-street, Ind then strut other. Witness had given no further pros - he men ti.med.—Withess offered to give up the ution ultttn the payment of twenty guineas to the Pilidillesex. !Inapt LAI ; he wanted tia 'hug, for himself. '1 he business cost him about 1001. Tice defendant kept out of the way three mouths, and \\ ithess was put to great difficulty to find him. • Gilson, a baker, Silty the deretulant strike the prosecu tor twice sere odeutly lit B.:niers-street, without pro vocation, and detailed the circuinstances of the attack. The inatlles were landau:ill, awl °tie of the Jii ry stated, fro al his taw II j11(16111l tat, that the charge fur repair wt , s aithaleralc. Mr. Andrews, for the defendant, said, that his client was a highly respectable person in his conduct, as well berth;al that i,.e hrotlwr had ordered the buckles to be repaired ; and (Oat the prowcutor had edict! the defen dant a swindler, on which account the natural resent ment was shewit, and the plosectitor was knocked into the channel. if the violence had not been ithewn, the person insulted could not hate been a man. Tke Chairman said, !bat nothinz was UM on the defendant's side but the Counsel's story, ta hole there were oaths which could not be Tiestioned brought forward on tile other. The Jury found a verdict of Guilty. The Chairman hoped the prosecutor and defendant would enter into some arrangement to present the ne cessity of passing sentence. John Walker was indicted fur a very Violent assault upon a woman named Parsons. It appeared that the defendant hail beaten the poor WOllllll in a shameful manner, and afterwards refused to give her any recom pense. Ile was found Guilty, and the Chairman having ex pressed a wish that lie would settle it, he refused, and said he would rather remain in prison six months. lie was sentenced to two months' unpii,oum rnr. to U KSDAY, OCT. 3 I.—A is INFAMOUS BROTIRL.--• John %Villiatiis and Mary M'Cuy, won live together as man and wile, were indicted fur keeping one of the most info' 11111 l s brothels in the metropolis, at St. George-street, St. Giles's, where they were in the habit of seducing girls train twelve years of age and upwards. Mr. Ai abin stated the case he had io ground his ap plication for a verdict upon, was one of tile most abomi nable, perhaps, that ever came b. fore a court. A res pectable tradesman's wife, who resides with her family in the neighbourhood of George-street, and ecluested her children in a MOl%ll and religious manner, suddenly missed her youngest daughter, a girl between .3 and 14 years of age. The girl had taken with her all her clothes, so that the unhappy motile§ considered her gone lin ever. Sonic of the neighbours, however, advised her in have the house of the prisoners (which was known to he one for the prostitinion of youthful females), searched. Officers were procured, and the girl was f lin bed wuh two other gins; one of whom was her school fellow, and the other a c prostit u te, at the house of the prisoners. Fortunately the Imlay creature hail not tallest a vi . Mr. Philips admitted that he had no merits upon the side of the rummers to go upon. lie however, telt it to be his duty in point out a Saw in the indictment, which he did, by sliewilig that no witnesses were called to prove Chit the house was in the parish of St. Giles's. The Jury must reluctantly returned the verdict of Not Utility, anti the Chairman assured _the lir:boners, that if they did not gist up the 10114.01 CC Limy uoald suffer sev- rely next Ilertstoil. JOllll Arnold was indicted at the instance of the Regent's Canal Gully:my, for an assault 5115111 Wllliatil Smith, one of the Luck-Letepers of the Caital,on the 21st of August last. Mr. C. Philips for the prosecution, stated, that the servants of the Canal Company were greatly annoyed by such lellows as the prlSOlivr brittging (logs lts the Canal, and then throwing stones unto the water. Ile then called Smith and two other witnesses, who proved the assault. Arnold was fined and to b,t anpruoneil I the sante be paid. FRIDAY, i;OY. I.—A young man, named num.'s Wynne, was tried on au Indictment Cliar;aina 111111 with liaVitis violently assaulted an inn:resin% gt.i, aged 13 yeas, named Mary Jones. It appeared that the prisoner was an apprentice to Mr. ti l ling, plumber, to svi he yottig %%moan WSS ser want. he poor girl was seztret ly in ht.r place live tot notes when the fellow began to MAO lose to tier. She did nut think proper to gut e the entourage:nem he de. sired, and suddenly his sisitimer became tidally changed. plows, in fact, were use.i instead of the tender tones with which he used to assail her. lie hail used her three several times in a barl.rolis way, by strikto; her when he caught her alone, but lot the sake ut peace she never complaiiied, until he gave her a desperate blow, about lour or five months ago, which did her such M ikity that she was ebliged to tell her mother. The state of health to which she was reduced obli,Led her to quit her place, and she is likely to feel tile effects of the blow perhaps as lung as she lives. her mistress glee the highest character of the girl, and expressed a great wish fur her SCRIM to her service. The Chairman len the , ii4e to the Jury. who imme diately Mond the (Mendota guilty. The Chairmaa istitsuced him to imprisonment fur /* •• • .40. , .10.41410.-401"' :3gt two months, with permission to have a conversatiott with the lriesols of the prosecutrm. The father of the defendant, who is wealthy, was advised by 'he counsel on the other side to preveut his UM from being sent to work in the mill. Duet..—A duel was fought on Nlotirlay 130 in a field berwid Hampstead. between Mr. I. —e, a merchant Of the city, and Mr. 111—r. a gentleman lately of the mer cantile profess: on, but now retired from business. Fite origin of the dispute, we understand, was a calumny by Mr. NI —r on the character of Mr. L —c, and which he refused, though complete proof of his error was uttered, to retract. About three years since, Mr. L—e was com pelled, by a series of unfortunate undertakings, to sus pend his payments, and to enter into a composition with his creditors. Ott his conduct ore that occasion there has never been till this affair the slightest imputa tion. Mr. M —r, however, who resided in a part of the country where several friends of Mr. L—e also lived, bad insinuated, in the hearing of sonic of them, and in a manner too plain to Le misunderstood, that Mr. L —e, in meeting the various cl.!inis open 111111, had taken care of himself. This itssinuation, tittered in such a quarter, • could not tail soon to reach the ear of the India idual whom it was calculated to injure, and who at this period was gradually resuming that hotiourable station tit the mercantile profession which he had before occupied. As soon as it came to his knowledge, he lo,t no tittle in calling on Mr. M...sr to learn the grounds on which he had make this attack on his character. Mr. L—e related to hint minutely all' the CllCiiillStatiet 3 that attended his recent mistortune. he descr.beil the strict investigation hi, affairs had undergone, mentioned the 1131110 . 9 10 the individuals, high in the mercantile profession, who had conducted it, and offered Mr. M—r a reference to them, to ascertain it any suspicion at the unfair conce.ilutent which' had been insinuated to his prejudice, existed. lie even offered, if Mr. M. declined the trouble of the personal inquiry, he would prevail on one of the merchants in question to call on him and satisfy him in every particular of Mr. L—e's conduct. —MI that he required of Mr. M—r was, that if con sumed his insinuations were unfounded and unjust, he should contradict them ill the quarter where they were first issued, and where the imputation on his character hail been most deeply felt. Both the inquiry and every species of reparation were alike refused by Mr. M —r, and the only alternative kit therefore to aI r. L—e was a challenge, which sass accepted. It was at first arranged, in order to avoid the consequences to the sur vivor that might attend the death of rioter, that the meet ing 'Mudd take place its Calais, and after an interval of several days, which Mr L—e was 31000113 to devo.e to some business of an extremely important nature, then placed tinder his superintendance. Mr. Mt —r, however, who attributed this delay to other motives expressed that opinion so plainly, that Mr L—e determined 011 311 iustuedtate meeting, and a field near Ilaitipstead, iooking towards liarrow, was the spot fixed on tor that rencoutre. where the parties met early on Nlonday morning. B nth fired by signal at the save instant. Mr. M—'s shot missed itia ail • • y, but that oh Mr. L—e took effect, and broke one 4.1 U r. M—r'a ribs, fortunately will injury to ally vital part. Here the affair terminated : Mr M—r Was conveyed to town in a coach, and is at preSelll wider an ellllllellt physician. by whose skill he is placed out of danger, and is likely bOOll to 110 well. Mr. L—e sus t.tiued 110 injury witatever ; and oat 'Change. when the allair became ktiowit, received the congraittladoits of leis friends on its fortunate terinina t i tttt . Mr. M —r, we rindetsiattil.after he received his wound, had the candour soul manliness to express his belief that the imputation he had thrown out against the character of Mr. L—e was wholly utilounded. Tux Two TROTTING MATCHES 1,011 300 Soya. REIGNS EACH —Mr. Well's roan mart. tit sixteen hahtto. started on Wednesday in Ahmed Park. to trot over a two-mile circle sixteen miles and a half in an hour, carry feather weight. The mare perk:rated is in 59. minutes. The next match was to du eight in•les in half an hour over the saute ground, with a gailoway under 15 hands, belonging us a Mr. F1031:11131.. This was was easily, with anore slow two 11.111U00 to spare. Betting was five to two against bout wititimg. HORRIBLE ItIeRDER.--SleCkhaM, Oct. .---The danghter of Field Nlarsnal Ati:ercretitz, who pertained sersices to his country in this!), has been murdered by her female attendant, a wallets ($9 yeah* old, at the seat of her mother (who is a widow), mar the capital. The utiltappy mintier had gone to pay a visit to her Royal Highness the Princess, at Tolgarin attendant, o'llo Slept lit the same room with Use yowl% [llly, !..e12,..1 tie y g child by ttic hair, in the nigh.„ and cut her mutat. Tuts had scarcely parsed when the governess entered the chamber nit winch the murderess gave her sell several stain lit the neck. stone u winch ware mortal. Tile 'naives for her horrid deed have not been disco vered. The great Mine cause, " Rowe v. Wood," which occupied the Lord Chancellor's attention, and our Chancery Report, so many years, was some months since dismissed out of Court, on the joint application of the parties, who had then agreA to refer their disputes. The parties have since been engaged in diseussirg their respective cases before the arbitra tors, Messrs. Hathorn, Maclean, and Hunt, mer chants of great intelligence and the highest respect ability in the city. The award has just been made, and the result is, that Alderman Wood's claims against the plaintill; M. Rowe, and his mine pro perty, which have been stated at 50,0001., 40,00U1., and 30,0001 , are declared to be less than 10001—that Alderman Wood and his brothers, Messrs. Philip and Benjamin Wood (who were male parties to the reterence), are directed to pay certain proportions of the costs, amounting to about two thirds; and that Mr. Rowe will be Immediately put into possessiant of this valuable property.