The National Register. — London, England, 1814-12-04 00:00:00

DEC. 4. pIMIM II . O . IOI mmI THE NATIONAL REGISTER. . . Lood, wrapped in a small parcel, which she said were duplicates, and ' as she was about to leave her place on the next Saturday, her mistress would prob“hly search her box, and she did not wish her to know she wi t i o posses , ion of duplicates. The pri!.uner borrowed eighteen-penc , of the shoemaker the next day, and by way of security h r looked into the 1,. - )rcel, when he discovered the 101. note. The I...cts were clearly proved, and the prisoner was, found guilty. Friday Cornelius Crawley was indicted for the wilful murder of George Dixon, on the ‘4oili of August. The pi isoner, it appeared, cohabited with a woman of the name of Hall, and they had lodgings at the house of Mrs. }Civic, Vine street, Chandos %tie( t. The deceased picked up this woman in the street, and accompanied her home. Crawl( y came to it the time, and according to the evidence of Hall, a scuffle ensued, and the poker which was broken in two places, was used by each. The consequence was, the fracture of Dixon's skull, and he died some time alter. It appeared, that the prisoner desired the deceased to leave the hoti,e, Inch he refused to do, when Crawley struck him. Dixon defended himself with the poker. The Jury acquitted the prisoner of the murder, but found him wily of manslaughter. chimney glasses, three pier gla , ties and others, of the valth-, it is sup posed, of between three and four hundred pounds. Th-y had been taken down in a neat and workman-like manner, not any violence having been used, or any traces as to how the robbers entered the house. though ;here must have been several to carry away glasses of uncommon size. It is supposed they were carried off about four o'clock on Monday morn ine, as at that time the porter at Warren's Hotel, which is opposite to the house, was sitting up for a gentleman of the name of Douglas, heard the noise of a carriage, and went to the door, expecting it was Mr. D. when he saw a long cart or caravan, with a siogle iron-erey horse, waiting. Mr. Richold, tiie prorietor was awei,e at the time, and heard a knocking in the house. Mr. Sweegwash, of St Albin's street, whose house is at the back, also heard Omni. Messrs. France and Balding hose offered a reward to discover the cart or caravan and driver, but have net yet succeeded. The patrols was not on his duty that night. Between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday evening, the house of an Irishman named Smith, Bowling-green-lane, Cow Cross, was broke (Teo during the absence of the family, and robbed of property to the amount of between sixty and seventy pounds. A young woman resi ding at the opposite door saw a man come out of Smith's house, ab ut right o'clock, with a large handle, and on hearing of the robbery, she disctibed the person so minutely, that Smith went to Hattori-garden Police-office, where he described the man to Brown,Cook, and Thisleton, and they immediately suspected who the thief was. Knowing the different places he frequented, they were on the look-out for him. In the mean time, however, - Smith, on passing the window of the Turk's Head public-house, in Cow Cross, saw the suspected thief through the window, sitting in the tap-room ; and to make sure of the matter, he went to the young woman who had seen the man come out of his house With the bundle, and brought her to the window, when she said she could swear positively to him. Smith then very cunningly went in, and•thus addressed the man :—" You thief, you robber, you broke into my house and robbed me—l will have you hanged—l am now going for the police officers to take you up—take care and wait there till I come back." It is needless to add, that on his coming back with the officers, the bird was flown.—This is literally true. Friday an Inquest wes held at the Wheat Sheaf Public-house, in Upper Marylebone-street, en the body of William Taylor, a hackney coachman, who was found dead in his bed at three o'clock on Thursday morning. It appeared he drank a.great quantity °I liquor on the pre ceding day, but went to bed apparently in a good state of health ; in consequence of which it was deemed proper by Mr. Payne, surgeon in that vicinity, to open the body. Ha found the stomach very much inflamed, which he said might be occasioned by taking too much raw liquors ; and in the contents of the stomach was a.quantity of laudanum, on anilizing which he could not ascertain whether it was a quantity sufficient to occasion death.—Verdict—Died through taking too muck laudanum. On Thursday last, a man, calling himself John Brown, applie►i for admission into the hospital, Birmingham, who had been rectutly shot in the face and side, its he stated, by two footpads in the neighbourhood of Yarmouth, and who robbed him of 651 His person answering the description of the man who broke into the house of Miss Broderick, London, and was shot by her butler, in formation was given to the police officers, and he was on Saturday conveyed for security, to the prison in Moor-street A discharge from the navy, which was found in his pocket, has led to the dis covery of his real frame (Joseph King) and he has since acknow ledged himself to be the person who attempted the robbery in Miss 13.'s house. _ _ OtTnn•Es IN IRELAND, — Last week, the plough-holder of Robert Shaw, Esq. Friar's town, ►►ear Dublin, was assaulted by a number of fellows in the neighbourhood. lie determined to lodge examinations against some whom he knew, which having transpired, anonymous let ters were addressed to him, threatening him with de►truction if l►e car ried his intention into effect. He left home to give information to a magistrate, but has not since been heard of ; his cravat has been found, stained with blood. Three men have already been committed to prison on suspicion.—Last week seven men entered the house of Mr. Curtis, near Roscrea. One was disguised, and said to be the son of the shep herd. They placed one of their party at the avenue gate, with a blun derbuss. A serjcant's party of the 6th Garriion Battalion, on their re turn to Nenagh, perceiving this man with a blunderhu•s, made towards him, and seeing him run up the avenue, followed him into Mr. Curtiss, and entered with him nearly at the same instant. They met the gang in the hall, with every article in the house packed up, ready for re moval. All the robbers were taken, and lodged in the gaol of Roscrea. Mr. Curtis was in Dublin at the time : but his son and family retired to the attic story, end locked themselves up when they tbund the house entered. POLICE _INTELLIGENCE. BOW •S'rxEET. Friday an extraordinary case came on, in which it appeared, that •n Thursday night, about eleven, a man respectably dressed spoke to two of the box-keepers on the first circle of Drury-lane Tit. - atre respecting a glove, holding a pistol in his hand, which being of brass, and bright, was easily discernible. The box-keepers took 310 farther notice of him ; but a gentleman who observed the circum stance, watched him into the saloon, and procured Nettbeton, the constable, who followed him, expecting to see him produce the pistol. The gentleman insisting on his stopping him, the constable went very civilly to him, and asked him if be had any fire-arms; he answered, " no ;" this not satisfying the constable, whose informa tion was positive, lie asked permission to search his pockets, when he found two pistols with spring bayonets at the end,and a flask with bull is and powder. Not giving a reasonable account of them, he was conveyed to the watch-house. Friday, he was examined before Mr. Nares, when the account he gace.of himself, and why he carried such weapons in such a place. m as, that his name was James Slater Busby, and had been an officer in the navy and army, but now lived on his fortune. That he had estates at Bethnal-green, and that Mr. Mercer, the Magistrate, was his Steward, and received his rents. The pistols were his own, and had lately been repaired by Mr. Egg, the gunsmith, for whi ch he had paid. On Thursday lie was short of money, and in the evening, about half-past eight o'clock, lie called at his lodgings for the pistols. to take them to Mr. Egg's to dispose of them, he not having any occasiorefor them. He was asked if that was not an nnreason:ibte hour to go to Mr. Egg's • lie replied, he should have been admitted by the private door. H ei said, he had dined with Mr. Tindale, miiishipman, who treated him to the play at half-price, to see Kean lle aeknowleaged his impropriety, and apperred sensible be had dune ssronz. His landlord gave him a good character for honesty and quiet ness. His uncle said, he had no doubt his conduct was only a fiolic. Mr. Nares reprobated this construction of his conduct, and the whole of his proceedings ; but the mildest excuse of it was, that he had taken too much wine; and owing to the lenity of the Magistrate and the officers of the theatre, he was not held to bail. The pistols were delivered to Ins uncle. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. ExTr: A Olt DINA itY RosnritY.—Lord Longford's house, in Charles .street, St. James's square, adjoining St. Alban's Hotel, has been pur chased by the Commissioners for forming the new street from Carlton - House. His Lordship is gone to Ireland, And had left the whole of his valuable furniture in it under the care of Messrs. France and Banting, upholsterers and cabinet-makers, who took all due precaution to protect it, by a ppointing one of their oldest and most trusty men to sleep in the house, which lie has done for these three weeks past. He spent Sunday with his wife and family, and was leaving them in Tufton-street, West- It limier, in the evetiii.g, to go to sleep at the house but on account of the torrents of rain which fell, he did not go. Monday morning, 'when lie went to the House to see that all was safe, he found that it had been stripped of all the valuable looking glasses, consisting of four I