The National Register. — London, England, 1821-11-04 00:00:00

330 (JIM lI.IILEI' SESSIONS. wFwqr‘f)% v, Orr. ni.— .It. V Ps ,LE TIE/gt ATITQ. —Clots. Cogliati and II ;is 1 tat is, each aged 113, Nell' indicted rot stealing a coral nrcklaee , the property of 'l'. Spies, limn the person of James Sydes. The daughter of the proseentor was waik Mg out with her little ' , umber, nine seats of age, in her cal e w lien the pt 1301111' I fart is Caine 'behind her, and loosing the snap of ben brother's neeklace, took it otflois neck anti ran away, boo was takes) into eustoolv. The .Inr3, found the pi i , oner Harris gnilty, and acquit ted Coglien. The Judge who tried the ease said be knew Harris to br Hu hid otietitich moil lie w. , t11.1 [nowise him that this sle•tild he his lust appearance at that bar, for some years at lean. GO•. Ige 'fimonius, aged only I'l years, was convicted of fans altos a Ci/1111 1 . 11911 the 10.1111111 Or y Anne Vet own, n child only three scats 111 . age. The y mom delintinent was seen to unclasp the necklace by a little girl, who gave the alarm, and he was taken inn custody. The to:trouts of the boy appeared to be vi•ry peoele, and the best possible exi•mple scented to lo iv,' In ell set briote lute. The admonished the peisocer, and said he nowt millet go a sevele chastisement before be was !tulle eget!. henry Hai rig, Richard Prendergast, and Michael An derson, one 1 I , the oh'r 11, and the third only 10 years chi, were fotthil slualing a coral necklace from the pet soil of the child °fa MI. Peter W right. The po isoners accused each other of committing the deli, kit each liar himself prott , teil his entire i1:1110CeliCe. Cl.llll iiiiii Si. g' am mitered deem to be well whip ped, will then delivered over to their fa Wools. STllEKTl4ofibritt'.—Juba Jacobs was capitally indicted fdl assaulliuig Eden Anderson on the highway, and taking I'l out her 011 e shilling, a I,olllll'l, and a silk hand kerchief. The itroseentrix said, she was the wife of an extra tide wade' in the customs, and she was going limn home 011 the evening of the HMI inst. to fetch some soup, and took with her a shilling and u baion our that purpose. On her w .y she wet 11w prisoner, who attacked her with g 1 eat triohilre, S11;11111011 the Shiillll4 Dull Of her hand, tole her bonnet from her head and her shawl from her neck, and continued heating her inhumanly until at watchman Ciliate 1.111, and 1110 k 1114111110 custody. I'ho poisoner protested his innocence in the strongest ni: and csllyd his employer, who gave him a must excellent charm-tee. 'flu , Jury, after t•onstilting a few m' tes, returned a verdict of (Mill!. —Death ; but recommi aided die pi to int icy . . on :let mild of his previous good character. The COllllllOll5Ol geatit said, he should ere Minty forum d the I • i "'dation of the Jury to the Crown; bill when they ramble' col the dreadful stale of the public street•, epecially in that part of the town ( Rosman ty- lane) whet e the effeitee wax eon 0000 Otter', they could not w kr if he should lot hear to add his own recommendation to theirs. It therefore behoved the prisoner to prepare as speedily as po•silde for the aas fill fate which probably awaited himy and wit to place tuti much reliance upou the recommenda tion of the Jury. T. Coleby and James Jones were indicted for stealing seven callous of oil, the property of W. Slack, and W. and J. Wm tier, CAM.' and son, were charged with receiving the same, hoots lug it to have been stolen. The proscenll.l was a dealer in oil in Coekspnr-street, and Coleby was it porter in his employment. Jones had futmerly been in his service, in a similar capacity. It was the custom for Coldly to come about six o'clock in the naming to 0111 . 11 the 'dill!). In September last Ale. Slack received an anyitions letter, inli.rniiug him that his ser vant, were robbing hint. Ali. &Woolson, the managing assist:tut, s et:rived itistructions to 110111: sonic particular uil e nos. ()11 the niorning of the ISIli of September, Shepherd and Clinton, two °dicer, were employed to wale,' the pre about hall-past live, they placed themselves behead slow boards o r potsite Mr. Slack's lionve. Abut sis, Celeby knocked at the door, and commenced °penile; the ehop ; when the (Avers saw him look towards the 01w ra loose, and making motions to some person. Jones thew went to the shop, and Coleby svelit into the back of the s yr( .or., and Brought out an oil can, which appeared to be full. Jmws went with, It towasils the Haymarket, fol. lowed by the office's. lie stopped at No. 3 w bele he put the eau 1.11 die step, and. after speakieg lu Jones, went away, Jones remaining. lie was 1111 , 1:11tly let is with 180 Ca/111, and the (1001 closed, open ohieli Clinton, (one or the oilier's) burst it open, and saw limes and young, %V finer, the lath, s in his shirt, going duo' another dour. The officers followed them, and solute noise being matte, Mrs. Warner inquired what was the nuttier, 41111 Youlf4 41 nes said " Ohl Janes wag come, and brought tisane oil." The idlivers asked Jones where he got il, and he sail lie found it in the Myrna' ket. Young Wainer, was tbea asked wheihei Junes lived there? awl lie said lie did not. Clinton' then made Warner go with him to a eel. I to malei neat It sec 1 0000 where he saw several large oil can , , brit tiny were empty. Clinton then asked if there w is any oda r cella' ? and he said there was nut; but the officers t•xplored further, mid at length came to a door, the latch of which lie thou: Jut he heard must, and IP' asked if there was any pelsou ill theic awl >ming Wm ner replied in the negatise. Clinlou, however, &mucked, and was answered by u fi-nale, who beg ;td he might not go in, as there were only two lune %stilton, and they were ' naked. After waiting a few moments, is woman Caine not, and 'whited at another cellar, where the ulfiet•r found several tans, and about two gado'', of oil. He then went with young Warner rip stairs and there saw the hithei, who appealed to be just 0111 of bed, lie asked what all the noise was about, and desired his son not to speak so loud. They were then ask& dif they knew any thitog of Junes, and they both said they did not. They and Jones were theta ',sought away in custody, and Oat by wet. NllOll afterwards taken. Clinton havitog ascertained that the W ante' a hail en•i 4 . 1.1 ill the Adelphi, where they cal tied on the busitwas as oil dealeis, he ts cut their, alit found a ciossitlio a !de stock, and aiming the rest three Call" of oil, which proved 1 0 be the property of the lit osecittor. lie rifle' wards west to (.:tilely's house, wlitre lie tumid no thing but an empty quail oil can. Coleby, in his defence, denied any knowledge what. Sect or •tlie Itansaelmo, and Jones said lie found the oil can 1.1 1.111 . PiaZala of 110. oill.la Howse. 'l l . O CAIIIIO,III 5e1" . ..a1111 was of opinion, that there was oast - !itro• tent evide.:,ll to put the chic' Warner orm Isl , C. 1 " TILE NATIONAL REGISTER A written defence which was prepared for the father and Qin' jointly. was then read. It stated their innocence, and that the cans found upon their premises in the Adel phi, had been in their possession for more than ten years. It further stated, that they bad carried on an extensive business as lamplighters and oil-merchants for many years —and had lit the Opera House Vauxhall Gardens, and other great establishments, and had always lived in re pole. A great numbee of witnesses gave young Warner an excellent character, and Culeby, also received the best testimonial in that respect. Several witnesses were called to prove the nature of the buisiness of the Warners, and that it was a common thing for the journeymen lamplighters to come early in the morning with the oil that had not been used over night. Satalt Higgs, servant to the Warners, swore that she had never seen Junes at the (muse; she had never seen her master pay him money, The Co 11111 l Sergeant stemmed up the evidence at great length, and the Jury found William Warner uot guilty, and the other three guilty. Warner, jun. was instantly sentenced to fourteen, and the other two prisoners to seven years transitnt FRIDAY, Now. •l.—Ann Davidson, an interesting young creature, only 17 rears old, was placed at the bar, charged %%ilk stealin g the of October a si;k shan I, some lace Raul severaartit lea of wearing apparel, the property of two persons named '1 horn and Stevens, with the latter of whom the prisoner lodged at her house in Oitchee-street, The prisoner appeared dreadlully atlected at her on. happy situation, and wept bitterly during the w hole of the Ojai. I lie prosecutrix anti her relations gave the unhappy girl a most excellent character, up to the lime of the transaction krr which she was now before the Cons t. It appeared from their testi y, that she hid been driven to the commission of crime by the most acute and hope less distress. Tu 0 respectable persons declared their readiness to give her an asylum iu their respective fatuities, whenever she should be discharged. The Common Si reeant summed up the evidence, anti the Jury, after some consultation, returned a Verdict of Not Guilty She was immediately discharged, and was taken away by the two ladies who hail imerested themselves in her behalf. 'I he trials having ternsisaled, the Recorder proceeded to pass sentence upon the seta rat prisoners convicted duriug the Sessions. I'wrnty•eight were sentence(' to seven years transpor tation; two ter 11 years ; and 1:3 for life—Nineteen re eeived the awful sentence of death. Of these six were young girls, who had been found guilty of lobbing men whom they had enticed to infamous houses in which they themselve; lived. The tire:idiot situation to which the crimes oi• these girls had brought them at so early a pe tied of their lives was really shocking to contemplate.— W lien the sentence of death was passed, the wretched Creatures clime to each other, and uttered shrieks and cries which pierced to the heart of every auditor. When the male convicts were removed front the bar, these females were remanded in stay of execution of their jtotaincot iii the usual torn'. 'I ne prisoner, Palliser, having, pleaded that she was quick with child, a Jury of Niatrous was empansielled to decide ui that point, and they fonittl in the Alio motive. The Session's was then adjoin el fluid Wednesday, the ..ith ul• December . DREADFUL V T. On Tuesday se'anight,about 8 o'clock in the morn ing another in those awful catastrophes 'which, within these few years, it has been too often our ineLmeholy ditty to mentimi, occurred al CdrVllle colliery, near New castle. The pit had been re.opened for working, about eiAlo weeks, by the owners of the adylii ll ill g colliery of Walt's End. The workmen employed its it had been selected as the very prime, from the whole of the exien• sire works of the owners, and the vemillation was con sidered as complete as that of any other on the river.— We understand that there is a band (i, e. a stratum of some in the coal, and that it was iievcssary to use candles in blasting a. However that may be, at the time men tioned, when 55 persons were iii the mine, an explosion of hydrogen gas took plac., which killed 82 of them, dreadfully burnt two others, one of whom is since dead, and only one miraculously escaped unhurt. 'lite pb• sioa shook the ground like an earthquake, and made the liiruitore dance tit the sorroutoling houses The body of one boy was blown high mit of the shaft, and fell again to the bottom. By this lamentable event 26 wi dows, and between 80 and 90 children, have beeti de prived of support. Forty of the sulkrers were under 40 years of age. It is a must remarkable circumstance . , that one or them told his wile, before setting out to work on that fatal mornin..4 that he had dreamt the pit was b:yr.vis up, and she affection itchy entreated him not to but he said it was hot a dream, and waved her ad vice. The man who escaped, in the course of an hour bravely ventured down agsin to the mine, to assist in bringing up his unfortunate companions. An inquest seas nn WCIIIR•XIiy held on the bodies, by S. Reed, Esq. and the verdict was, that " the sufferers accidentally cause by their deaths, by an explosion of hydrogen gas in the working of the colliery." On Thursday terwson they were decently buried in Wall's End church-yard, at the expense of the owners of the colliery, who presented cacti faintly with a guinea for present use, and will af ford them houses, Mel, &c. as long as they may need the hut we have little doubt that the benevolence of the public will on this, as on other occasions of a simi lar nature, step forward to alley late, as far as pecuniary benevolence can alleviate, the anguish of this unhappy and long train of mourners. Shoals% Accidatl.—As Mr. Sorre, of Deatmtreet, accompanied by his friend, a Mr. Itetaingi.mough, VVCfe returning to London from Twickenham in a single horse chaise. on Tuesday evening, the chaise was driven against the wiled of a coal curt. in King's naiad, when travel ling at the rate of twvive miles au hour, and upset with erash, which shattered it to pieces. Mr. Sorre, who was driving, was Liken up in a seui;eless and hopeless tate, and Mr. liciiinE,borougli had hia alai mid collar hvue brului. A French paper relates the following anecdote:—" A diligence was on the point of rssing the French Iron. tiers to enter a neighbouring kingdom, where several articles of French manufacture are not admitted ; a beautiful female who was one of the passengers, ex pressed her hopes that she should be enabled to smuggle a fine lace veil, which was concealed very secretly about her person. A taciturn gontlemati, who was one of the passengers, and who appeared to be absorbed in reverie, said nothing, but arriving at the Custom-house, he, on some pretext, alighted. On the passengers entering the ollice, the lady received a hint to retire into another room, and divest herself of the lace veil which she had about her, with which she, of course, found it neces sary to comply. On resuming their seats in the dill geuce, the lady who had lust her veil, broke out into a torrent of inveuive against the taciturn gentleman, whim' she accused of having been the iliformer, and the other passengers joined her in heaping abuse upon hint. On their reaching a considerable distance from the Iron tier' " Madame," said the taciturn gentleman, who had hitherto said nothing in return for the invective poured so profusely upon him, " you arc right, I am the guilty trufividnal, but please to tell me what was the value of the loss you so much regret ?" " It was worth nearly 100 loins ' monster that you are!" said the lady in a groat patbaiou t .attel visseetliog tears. "Well, Al ad a WV, dry up your tears, and if you will accept one of 1,000 clowns, 1 ant ready to offer it in you at where we ire to alight." " h it possible 1" "Do not iota. give, however, that my oiler is the effect of remorse of conscience; 1 have intordneed, by means nearly simile' to those you employed, contraband goods of the same kind, of the Value of nearly It/0,000 francs, into this country. My denunciation against you turned aside all the suspicions that might have been conceived against me, and you see that only one of us has been c oight— thanks to the trilling reparation which I owe you."— This explanation had an immediate effect : the taciturn gentleman was then pronounced one of the honest men the world ; and the lair traveller, quite delighted, cried out, in which she was joined by the other passengers, " Clumnanl vulcur ! " _ DEATH THROUGH EXICESSIVE DRINK tirG.-.--On Friday afternoon an inquest was held belOre Mr. Shelton, the coroner for the city of London, at the Crown and Anchor, Ncw•strect-hill, Shoe-lane, on the body of a❑ elderly gentleman of the name of Rink, who met his death in the following manner :—Froin the witnesses examined before the coroner and the jury, it appeared Wednesday last was his birth-day; that hu had freely indulged in finking on that day, and that he did not re turn home to his lodgings until early on Thursday morn. ing. On the people of the house coming down in the morning, Mr. Battle was found lying at the bottom of the stair-case quite dead, and there appeared a wound os contusion of the side of his head, which, front circum stances, it is supposed he received by falling backwards down stairs.—Mr. Wray, a respectable surgeon in the neighbourhood, examined the body, and expressed his opution that the wound was not of so severe a nature as to be fatal. but that lie believed that death was occa sioned by apoplexy, through excessive drinking. Mysleriuus eireumaance.—ths the tfith instant, as Mr Lawry, a farmer of the Barton of Place, in the parish of St. Anthony, near St. Mawes, Cornwall, was digging for manure on the beach near low water mark, he found a human skelson, which lay under some Sand and rub. hish, with the face downwards, and the arm turned un der the body ; a large stone was placed on the shoulders. From the siitiai ion in which it was found, it is supposed to be the remains of some person that hail been murder ed. Fr(((( the appearance of the remains, they are sup posed to have been those of a tall man. On the abm e circumstance being known, a woman resident at S:. NI awes stated, that about 20 years si nee, when she was ill the seiviee of Admiral Spry, she had at one iime oc casion its pass the allow spot about midnight, when she saw four sailors digging: on seeing her they immedi ately ran oil. Being snuck alarmed at their appealance, she hastened back to the house; but the memo:lice was passed oven. The flowing of the tide s.ton obliterated all vestiges of the spot that had been disturbed. aonnan Iris often mentioned the cheunistance, and tx pressed a wish to learn why the sailors were dining at that time and place. The remains have been carefully co!leeted and placed in a coffin, which has been depo sited in the church-yard of St. Anthony, and the large stone found on the shoulders placed at the head. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—The Countess of Lau derdale departed this life on Wednesday evening lust, about six o'clock, to the inexpressible grief of her noble Eirl and surrounding relatives and friends. ller melan choly dissolution has, alas ! been attended with taut wham circumstances. The Countess had just taken ditinsir. and had retired to her chamber for the purpose si enjoying her custom of all hour's repose on her conch by the fire side, when a coal suddenly emitted a spark on her muslin frill, which, immediately igniting, dissemi listed its ravages throu jhout herd rer s with overwhelming, rapidity. Although every assistance was as prompt s• seemingly effective, all efforts to CIIIMIIc them proved abortive, until the most excrociatinA :Gritty had pa:dieted the fatal result which ensued in Italian hour. llet lad). s'••p was the daughter of the late Anthony Todd, in about her 57th year, and had for a considerable time past relinquished the busy haunts of fashionable, for the solid comforts of domestic life; iu the hill enjoyment of them, however, has all powerful fate thus interposed her inseratible decree. It Navin;; been stated to the magistrates that n respectable licensed victualler was in the habit of !mires ing bagatelle to he played in Lis house, MI being sent fur he attended, Vi!imit lie was told by the magi-irate•,that unless he furthw it If with• held that game to be phis cd, that his licence would be for feited and the penalty estreatcd. lie said he only suth•it it the game of bagatelle to be played in his house, rat stock be Buttered no betting, and the hoard was used by n party of gelithinen who had subscribed amin,st themselves for the hoard, us hi, b bad met 211 guineas, and he thought it veiy hard that he should he prevented in oat:ling them to use it. —TM magistrate persisted iu their detrtuineititat, and Ow i [ ;ulfl lam lett the °thee. 1