The National Register. — London, England, 1817-10-20 00:00:00

• - - - TONAL REG/5' they cVel y IMP proved 11011. niet ail, ell 2 mulct , ' unl t!e fourth t tionvt.s. Wd% lUlpelled to make Ibis COM • pli;:t tiuulti viii Wiser% el tOr a eniedilerahle time, that ali the brc44l he I.ld tonight of Atisell proved to be short of the %%eight. lit. 11411 conipl:sille.l of it to Mr. Angell, who said it w is till' faith lit his 1111111, and lie would turn kin) otr.-- The light %eight, however, had still continued, and many families had complained ut it to him. Once since, he had received it loaf front him which was deficient eight ounces and a liftlf. Mr. Nilsen, in his Ilervoice, stated, that his bread was par ticularly moist; that this circumstance, together with the chipping of the frosts, and the knocking off of the corners of the bread in its carriage to his customers, might account for a deficiency or name than 2 minces; that be always weightd his bread at it came nut of the oven, and it was extraordina ry it should be always thr full weight at his shop, and defi cient at his customers' houses. The Nlagistrate observed, that the fault might be in his own scales. We arc particularly indebted to Mr. Browne for tlik complaint, said lie. The public are obliged to any geotlemaii who will lake the ti noble to detect and convict a uaker who sells light bread. It is a matter of great import ance. By the late act, we can take cognizance of none which has nut been houghs, and is not complained of by the purchaser. Tints the pour, with whom bread is the chief article of sostemaiire, and who cannot afford to complain, are obligril to ;tibiae by the loss. I ag.ain say we are indebted to Mr.B.rowne for this complaint ; and it would be well if every gentleman. who, like him, can afford it, would be equally vigilant for. the Astke of his poorer nrighbouis. 'This being the first charge of the kind against Ansell, he was convicted in only half the penalty. We;hiesday, Joseph Knight, a well known character, was brought up by Thompson, a constable, charged by Mr. J. Denson, with picking his packet of a silk handkerchief. The otlicer stated that he saw the prisoner on Tuesday even ing in High Holbert', following the prosecutor, and suspect lug him, watched him. and heard him say to two of his com paiiions, " He off, be after him myself;" and soon after witness saw the prisoner draw the hanilkei chief from the pocket of the prosecutor, when he took him into custody. It appears the prisoner belongs to a gang of thieves, who are dressed in white aprons to give themselves the appearance of porters. The prisoner Wal telly committed to Newgate fur trial. OtT: POLICE. MAN lION HOUSE. A NOTHrn SHIP BOUND YOH Ni', York.—Thortflay W. J. Reynolds, hi ;Apr of 12, 'llarogmortoo-street, appeared to musser the complaint of John Watkins, who the day lielme mentioned to the Lord Nlay or 'tine circumstance' relative to the ship Isabella, hound for New York, and now Iviu;; in the 'fliames without ;my probability of performing the s oy. sae. The complainant having repeated the giounds ul his sippliention. The Rroker admitted, without hesitation, that the promises he had made to the passengeia .") weeks ago, that the ship should set sail without delay, and that their comforts should he partienlatly :mend to, were not kept with the necessary punctuality. 'l'lle Guilt, however, he declared, did not rest with him. It was his duty to reecive t h e passage mutes, iu confo; unity with the order of lit. 11;11 the charterer of the ship, to whom he handuil uve his ieceipis, and that ditty Ile performed. The Lord 'Mayor said, he understood the passengers se err in 3 most deplorable condition, there being little or no pro• visions on board, The broker said, there were some provisions on board, but not at all stitfieis nt for 6.1 persons, for which accommodation was professed to have been The Lord Alayor —‘t by is not Mr. Guyard here? The Broker and some otaers said. Mr. litiyard had been in the office tip w a rtis of au hour. The name. was called, but there %AS Ito answer. The complainant said, he could not conceive that there was only one culpable persons engaged in the ti ansaetion.— The many gross ini•representdtiotts made by Mr. Reynolds to the nufurttanate persons on board favoured this suspicion. The Broker declared, that lie was %%holly blameless. He had received how the passengers 4:121., of which he pro &cell the particulars in a book, and had paid that stain to Ni'. Gnyard. A militate person here stated, that he had paid for his pas sage upon the assurance that the ship would sail immediately after he had paid the money. 'flue disappointment was of course exceedingly unpleasant: bot what he had mo•t reason to deplore was the situation of a number of poor Germans, who suffered inure keenly front the delay, being under the necessity of begging every day in the streets. The Broker admitted thi• consequence of the unfortunate arrangements, said the ease was excessively crJel, but dis claimed any participation in the conduct that brought his fellow-creatures to such an extremity. The Captain of the slip represented matters on• board as ♦ery exceptionable. He oC course crushd not think of sail ing without sufficient jirosisions ; the altet nabs e of starving at sea being worse than that of running the hazard of starv ing The Lord Mayor.—This is a most lamentable case? what dues the owner say to it ? The Owner said lie could not be justified in allowine the ship to sail without coining to a settlement with 'lr. aid, from whom he had received the sum of 1701. instead of %al, to which his claim amounted. John Watkins.—l presume them is a partnership between you and Mr. Guyard The Ilruker.---No such thing ; I am merely employed by Lim ;is a broker. I regret the delay, hat I could nut help it. John Watkins.--The wretchedness and anxiety iu the chip lre indeseribalde, and for God's sake can there he no re di est• The Lord Mayor.—This case bears a strong resemblance to that which is now so well known, and we must do oar Aitinost to put an end to such a horrible traffic. Is there slily hotly here who has paid for his passage to Mr. Guy ard Mimelf? A gentleman immediately answered from the crowd, who were interested in the matter, that he had paid WI. to Mr. llin,ard upon the occasion. The Lord Nlavor. • 'limn let a summons be served upon Mr. Guyard. lie must account for the delay. Where does be live? John Watkins.—He and Mr. Reynolds live at No. 12, Throg nun rect. The Broker.—We live in the same building, but there is no more connexion between us Omni have mentioned. Friday, a gentleman upon the part ot• Mr. Guyon!, the chart, e, r of the ship Isabella, requested that the Lord Mayor would postpone the examination of the cause of complaint for a few days. He assured his Lordship, that arrangements wee making with the utmost expedition for the departure of the slop, and That by Monday uext every thing %amid be must satisfactorily regulated. John Watkins had no objection to the postponement, pro• sided every thing was done as it ought to be dune. .loieday would determine that. The Lord Ma)or.—l consent to the postponement. I have considted au eminent solicitor, and find there are grounds fur a criminal prosecution in the Cu mit of any further cousin. mince of this matter ; but a criminal prosecution cannot sorry those passenger., and I trust there will be uo necessity tia it. GUILDHALL. AGGR.tVATEI) ABM'. I.T.—Ou Saturday a watchman of Cheap Ward was brought up, charged with assaulting a young woman, who lives at the Bell, in the Old Bailey. The defendant is a Chelsea pensioner, and had been on Friday with his wife to receive his pension. On their return they went into the Bell to have something to drink, in pas inent of which he tendered the ,onni.t. woman a shilling, winch she found to be bad. He then gave her another, and when she returned hiuu the change, lie swore he had given her an eighteenpenny piece. Some words and a scuttle arose he. 'tweet' the detendatit, his wife, and the landlord, which ended in the two tot tiler being thrust out of doors, when the defend ant's wile (by accident as she stated) contrived tit thrust her elbow through one plane of glass, and her tilt through ano ther. 'file young woman noimihately laid hold other, in or. der to make her pay for the glass, when the defendant struck her two blows on the back pan of the head with a thick bludgeon, which rut her desperately, and lattl her senseltss for aboutt ten minutes. cru d e in:tn. whit endeavoured to secure liie defendant, had lia , shirt almost torn nit his hack by the woe. defendant paid 11. for the detuulitiun of the shirt, and begged pardon ; and the .k.lilerman recom mended, in strong terms, to the :toting woman to prosecute the %salami:in for the assault on her. HATTON GARDEN. BAKERS.-- Allst•ll,3lllTikil appeared to answer the complaint tat MI. Browne, a Vt.i) respectable Itabitaut of that village. !Br. Browne Slimed, that one day last week he had called at Mr. <tt i sell's shop, and bought r.itir quark:En loaves of that dad's baking, UR taking theut home he weighed them, when NA' BOW-ST RE ET. Tuesday Anne James was brought before Mr. Birnie, hay hug been apprehended by Upton's party of patrole, belong ing to the oftice, under suspicious circumstances, in tioswell• street, with.several articles of bed clothes, three skeleton or pick lock keys, and a file saw, capable of cutting iron, in her possession. The account she gave of the possession of such articles, was, that she had brought them from her husband in Newgate, who was a convict there 'toiler sentence of II p.m.,. transportation. In consequence of this statement, Mr. Brown, the keeper of Newgate, and one of his turnkeys, attended the examination, when the turnkey identified the clothes to be the tame that she brought out of Newgate, winch belonged to her husband, and which he used there (hiring his confinement previous to his being sent ott to Bo tany Bay. He stated, that he examined the bed clothes very particularly previous to her bringing them out of the prison, and he was positive the picklock keys and saw were not among them then. Mr. Brown observed, that it was impossible to guard against the ingenuity of women , without they were stripped entirely naked, as they had been known to take improper things into Newgate in cabbages and bacon. The turnkey said, he had no doubt but the largest pick lock key would open the gates of Newgate. %Ir. Brown asked him which he meant, he replied the iron gates, but did not think that James would have eventually escaped out of the prism'. Vickery, the officer, examined them, and said they were the best pick lock keys he had ever seen. The largest was made to act both ways, and he had no doubt but that it would open any lock it euuld enter. James and his father were allowed to he the best manufacturers of picklock keys that were known. He had seen a sack full ut their making. Mr. Brown observed, that the prisoaer had applied fur permission to accompany her husband to Botany Bay, but her late conduct was not the way to gain that object. There being no direct charge against her, she was discharged. QUEEN•SQU ARE. Wednesday Susannah Stewart, an old woman, 71 years of age, who was remanded last week for further examination, was this day brought up, and charged by Mr. W. Cooke, No, 20, Queen-row, Pimlico, with breaking open several trunks in his dwelling-hunse, and stealing theietioni several pairs of sheets, several table cloths, a her of knives and forks, several h. ilside carpets, shawls, gowns, and other articles, hitch had been left it his custody by a cousin of his who lead gone into the count, y for her health. Prosecutor stated, that wht n he took the house, she (pri sower) lodged in the garret adjoining that where the trunks were placed ; and as she always paid her rent regularly every quarter, he had no suspicion of her being dishonest. "1 he lady who owned the goods stolen, and which she had confided to the care of her relative, Mr. Cooke, attended, and identified, as her property, several articles which had been found in prisoner's lodgings at Chelsea, since the first search, but she said that there was not yet produced one half of what she had lost. Pace, the officer, produced a large s:tck full of articles of different kinds which he bound in her apartments on a second search ; among others, a quite new brass coal skuttle and tea kettle, a set of lire irons highly polished, a handsome black tumack, ri tidy ClllbrOillered dawn the front and round the collar and cuffs with a faucifid gold lace and Gold stods, and such as would do very well fur the stage, or to go to it flits• queradc in ; but the most curious article of all wa., a malts great coat of rather a middling size, old, and very shabby, with au old round hat, and a belt to go round the waist, which it is supposed she used as a disguise to beg in. The worthy Magistrate (W. Fielding, Esq.)asked her what part of the country site CAMP 1111111? Prisoner answered, site came from Northumberland, which Was verb apparent from her dialect. What was her family ; Prisoner answered, it was very genteel, and she herself had receiv cd au excellent education. Nlr. 11w bulieitor, who nttended on prisoner's behalf, obj tied to her answering any more questions at present, and as Slit! SAill bile could account for all the arti cles last produced, prisoner was remanded for a further examinant'''. CHARGE OF CulNlNG.— Friday, William Lowe, of Mer cet-strect, Long-acre die-s;tiker and press-tool maker, with Joseph Lvre, his two sum, were brought to the - Ng , effi re in custody of Lavender and P..ee, ; o ofllcers 4 Queen. • quare, and charged before the sitting Magistrete, W. Irelding Esq. with coining a large quantity of foreign copper coin, called 10 rent pieces. Joha Lavender stated, that in consequence of information received he went very early yesterday morning, accompanied by Pace, and two assistants, to the house of the prison, r, W. ' Lowe. After surrounding the house fur upwards of an hour they knocked at the door a little after seven o'clock and its about a quarter of an hour afterwards the door was opened by T. Lowe, the youngest son, and they all four entered the house, and proceeded up stairs, where they met the prisoner, William Lowe, flue father, coining out of the door of his bed room, being the back room on the first floor. Witness asked him if he was the occupier or ()wore of the house. He said . he was. Wituess then informed him that hr was their prt soner, at the same time acquainting him with the [mines, they were coins upon. Pi isoner immediately submitted him. seif to their authority, andaccompanied them, as did the two sons also, over the house, while they searched it. They fnund several workshops, Mat nobody at work. They then divided their force, and began a regular search,one party taking the lower, and the other the upper part of th e h ouse . %Vittiess took the loss er part, and in a forge in the back yard lie Psund the stamping machinewhich was fixed in the ground to the deptli,he believed, of to let for inure, from the ponderous appearance of the jack or hemmer with which the die is struck. In the same place he also found two dies, and in a cupboard in the back par lour, the immense quantity of foreign copper coin, in the Fe. veral square mahogany boxes in which they were produced, - inCourt ; the pieces were all copper, and intended for French. 10 cent. being in the centre of each, and rouud the edge, Na poleon, Emperor, ; on the reverse side the Homan letter N, and an Imperial crown over it. There were in the whole tO,OOO of them. Pace deposed, that in the back attic which he searched, lie found a die, and a fly machine, for striking the pieces from the copper in its plain state, of which pieces there were in one of the boxes upwards of 2,000, besides the finished ones. In another room lie found 20 pee king cases made of thin sheet iron, calculated to hold each 1,000 of the pieces. It seems these cases when made up are cased over with pigs of lead, and are thus contrived to be sent out of this country through the very medium of the Customhouse itself,—Prie saner was remanded for further examination. UNION-HALL. Monday, Mai y Poole, of Redeross.street,Southwark. was" charged as a disorderly prostitute. A constable stated, that this was the 10th time she had been taken into custody on similar charges, and though only 13 years (dace, she was this most depraved of the frail sisterhood with which the neigh bourhood of St. George's fields was infested. She was ins . continual state of i ntoxicat ion, and her turbulence kept the street wiscre she resided in an uproar. On Sunday evening she followed Heron, the constable, when on duty, sad abused him in language of the most horrid nature, until he w s oblig ed to take her into custody.—She was sentenced to bald la bour in the House of Cu, section for a month. %Verities(lay, John Cain, a tall Irish:nen, was brought before the Nlagist I'ALCS by Heron, the constable or St. G.orge's South. %ark, for attempting to murder Edward Farrell, a wattle , man 01 the said parish. I: appeared, that ahuut two o'clock on Tuesday morning. the prisoner was observed by Farrell, the watchman, parad ing up and down Kent-street, Borough, with in open clasp knife in Ins hand ; he continued to watch him, and saw him go to a house, 37, ni Kent-street, and attempt to force an entrance, fist at the n lor, then at the window. Farrell then went to him, and attempted to collar him, when the prisoner made a desperate stab at him ; the knife fortunately earns in contact with the rattle which was hanging by his side. after penettating a thick watch coat and au under coat. FarrelL being annulled thought it expedient to retreat and procure assistance, and proceeded to the watch house of St. George's for that purpose. The prisoner followed him, with the knife,: in his hand, and Farrell only saved himself by his speed.-- Heron Cattle to ISIS assistanve, and after a dreadful sti uggle he was disarmed, and conveyed to the watch house. Heron*s hand was very much cut. 'kite prisoner stated, it was not his intention to hurt the watchman if he bad not interfered, but had intended to wreak his vengeance on a young woman nam.•d Hannah Webb, who lived at 37, Kent-street. She had tot inerly livid with Min as his wife, but during his absence at sea, she had transferred her affection to another object, and he was determined to be the• death oilier. The prisoner was committeJ for waut of bail. WORSHIP-STEET. SPAFIELDS ORATOR.—Wednesday, J. .Dyall, the Spa fields chairman, was brought. to the office in the custro'y of Attield the officer, followed by an immense mob, whom he had been addressing in his usual manner rev. cling general . grievances, he being drunk and disorderly. The officer bay ing placed him at the bar, he put himself in the position of a Methodist preacher in a pulpit, and addressed the Magistrate • k Mr. Dickenson), first bowing " Sir, toy name is John Dyall, amame no doubt you have heard of; many have heard ut• lay name who don't know me t having been recently dragged befoie a Magistrate fur daring to express my own opinion in the most loyal manner. But"— Magistiate.--I know your Hann., Mr. Dyall. I have nothing to do with a hat has happened recently. I 4il here to do j u stice : and I am bound to hear any charge brought be. fine me by those who make the charge. Office'. —Your Worship, I was sitting in the parlour at the Green Di figon, in Worship-street, the poisoner wis baratign. ink many persons who. wets in the tap room, till his conduct became soolnioximis to some of them, that hi• was with great diMeulty turned out of the house. Seeing the peace broken, I ten it my dotty to bring him before you. The landlord is here to prose the charge against him. Magistrate.—Now, prisoucr, how came you to create this disturbance and disorder ? You have heard whet has been said against you Prisoner.-1 like a glass of good liquor, which cannot be a fault ; it' I brink it I pay fur it instantly, unit thereby contri bute to the revenue. I thought I was at liberty it...drink at a , public house so neat-this othce ; tint as I happened to lie the only honest man there, yo u r thief catcher thought pi over to dm; ow before you, if that call be vatted justice ;iiiit 1 will tell you what I will do with you— kin sin upied Magistrate.--I will have nothing to do oath you, Mr. Dyall; but l st inform you, when you drink gin you must be peace. able. This is the first time you hose iievit boulislit before me, and 1 must order you to find bail for your good beha viour, which I presume a inan oit your respectability will find. 110 difficulty in getting. The prisoner bowed min re.. tired; not having buil, lie waa locked up in the stunt,. mow..