The National Register. — London, England, 1814-09-11 00:00:00

.'fig POLICE. Bow-STREET.—Yesterday the driver of the hackney coach, No. 165. was ehorgad wider the new act, with re: using to produce.a ticket, and also refusi.ig to take a fore. Mr. Horn, surveyor, of Brom:low-street, stated, that his servant had le.tehed the defrodant to his house to take a lady who was there to imostreet, Bishops sate. The lady was in toe coach, and Mr. Horn, at her recoest paid the defeedant two shillings as his fare, at the same time asking for a ticket. The defendant said he had no tickets and Home de (dared the lodv should not go without one, and she got out of the e,;16, Mr Horn desiring to have the two shillings back again, this however the deft-n(1;1ot would not agree to, and threw down one shilling in the passatie, declaring he should retain the other shilling, he having been eilled front the stand, and the lady having been in his roach. This holy then expressed a wish to go without a teket, bat the defetidatie dec'ared with on °nth he would not take her now oa a ny terms, anti di sive aV. ay. 'Die dotendatit denied having refused to take the lady, lint -aid r. refused to sutler her to go, no less a Ticket was produced, thus the defrodant was nobble to do as he ;lad not got them from the printers. He however told Mr. Horn he was prow ittt,r of the coach he drove, and . would he antooerable Eir the lady's safety Mr. Horn however still refused to suffer her to go and the defeedant ;acknowledged ; c refined to return more th an One shillimg had a right to the other, having been called off the Canal. The Magistrate said he would not now discuss that right. Mr. Horn had sworn he refused to take a tare, and . fur that otittwe he was liable to a penalty of 10s. and four tern ;lass imprisonment. The defendant expressed his wish to ap peal, but was informed 1.0 appeal could be allowed. He then de clared he would go to prison for fourteen days aiid seek his re medy Lereafter. He was accordingly committed for that period, or till he paid the fine. OVILDIIALL—Jofeph Wiffen, who stood charged on a former clay with haviog stolen various articles of wearing apparel from the lodgings of his master, Mr. Humphrepi, of Bridge Strict, Black iars, was again brought up Several Pawnbrokers attended with property which tke Prisoner had pledged, and which proved to be ; his mastee's. Among other things produced, was a silver gravy spoon, which the prisoner had stolen from the house of a friend of his master's, at whirls he had been empioyed to assist in waiting at table. He was fully committed for Tri4l. MANSION HousE.—Yesterday Rolelt Smith ores charged with stealing several petards of sheet lead Isom the premises of his mass ter, Mr. Jones, plumber, of Little Moorlie IoA. The prisoner, it appealed, had long been suspected of c ommittiog depredations of this sort, mid at hook being narrowly watehe4, was stopped, leaving Mr. Jones's shop, with a outside table quantity secrets el under his clothes. On his lodgings being searched, property of a similar description was fowl. He was fully committed for Trial. Usitox HALL.—Yesterday Elizabeth Field was charged by Mr. kl'Arthay, a harrier, iu Union Street, With 17aving robbed him at a on;:ntity of woo!. The prismier, together with a number of other finales, was employed by Mr. M'Arthey to pull wool from Hares and Rabbits skins. From the small quantity of wool produced by the prisoner, however, as the produce of the skins aciivereal to her, the osecutor ,nspected she kept part back ;he therefore applied to one of the Officers of this Office, who, having watelted the pri• 'oiler, stopped her as she w.s quitting the mannlactory, and on searchiog lwr..found a quantity of rabbits noel rorrealed 4 :1 her per' on. She was home - Maui) , taken to Union Hall and committed to the House of Correction for three months. William Overton was brought up by G4l, eisared with steslim: adu ep, the property of Mr. Vizzard, of Croydon. lk was fill:). citotaited for 'Dial. JOANNA SOuTlicare* OP:ONENTS.—A reverend expotmarr of the new light faith W. 14 brought betUre Mr. Chambers, at Unicti Ball, charged by Cu and Clark with colleetiog together mob of persons on Sunday last, during the time of di vine servic e ., in Vestminster-road. Collingtnnun stated. that the revetend de fend; nt was the declared oppcment of the Rev. Mr. Tozer, the high priest of Joanna Southeott, and on Sunday, the Vlth of Ancust, bad amused himself and edified his hearers, by holdiog forth at ye: s considerable length in opposition to Mr. 'lover, (All at the thresh bohl of Toner's chapel, and was on that occasion taken into custody, slid brought before Mr. Chambers, as a disturber of the pSace; he was, however, discharged by the magisteite wt his pro mise not to offend again in a similar manner: but notwithstamlin 4 his promise thus given, and notwithstanding his opponent had for the present retired from the contest, the reverend teach( r again mongted his rostrum in the same spot ou Suntl.y last, and in no very hunible tune published to the multitude, tvho were soon cut- SEPT. 11. lected around him, the triumph he had obtained over his adversary.. He was soon interrupted, however, by the interfereuee of Coning. bourn and Clark, who request( d he would desist, and descend front the elevated post he had taken on the top of an old table. The preacher, however, refused to do so, declaring he would wrestle with them in the spirit and found them; and the officers finding he would not comply with their request, and having rtr•re bust in the strength of their Own Run of flesh than fear of the preacher's spiritual wrestling. seized him t,% the collar; and not withst +unfitly the remote ',trances of the congregation, bore him off, and lodged him it) du rance rile till the following morning, when he Was again taken before Mr. Chambers, in reply to whose remonstrances he said he was only addressing a prayer to Isis Cs ni, and endeavouritig to conduct his fellow nu n into the right way ; and if he was not allowed to do this in any mancer the spirit pie Wit to him, lie was careless hoer the Magistrate dkpused of Isis body. The worthy Magistrate ob seined lie had no wish to interfere ith his prayers, whirl; he might eller up in any way lie thought prapt r, so that it did not interfere with the public peace; but the defeellant most not be allowed to voiles' the idle and disorderly by hundreds ammo' him in the streets, to the great annoyance of his Maje•ty's peaceable subjects; this lie had door repeatedly, and to pi tveot him doing so again, he should now hold hitu in custody till he fhtind bail for his future geod eon . duct. .The reverend geetlemen not being repined with his sure t:es was committed, and still remains in cutifisitmcnt. It appears from the information of the officers, that the prei.cher is well knows' to them, and during six days out of the seven he honestly and in dustriousgy employs himself as a water carrier and shoe-black in the neighbourhood of Fitzroy•square. At the PoNte Office, Marlborough-street, on Tuesday, Williaret Francis was charged with robbing John i lobbs, a labourer, fordshire, of a purse, containing 15s. at lienipton, on the borders of lierttLrdshire, tweivi*, months since. It aypeared by the state ment that the prosecutor, a mat* advanced hi years. that he met the pi ismer on the day of the robbery. and took him limits' to breakfast with him. Previous to leaving his home, Hol ; bs counted .2.3 6 . isaa a bag toed took out with him. The prisoner accoierosied Bien, at in er!.;s:•ing a field, the former took the bag from him, with efek act i, and made of The prisoner was most seen T o r s d ilv , when the prosecutor discovered him sittieg In a booth at Barbet Fair, and caused him to be apprehended. The offender confessed liiiuself to be the pev4in who had committed the robbery. He watt fully committed for trial at the next *Assizes at Hertford. TITE NATIONAL REGISTER. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. Serroaso Scrernrs.—At the Spread Eagle public-hook', where a drag is kept by. the litimane Society, and tlu other:apparatus for restoring life in the case of drowned persons, a very singidar bat melancholy combination of circunistancrs has taken place dating the week. Two corpses were on Friday Iving at the house, lanli taken out of he river in the coarse of the week. A Mrs. Tdiing, who had kept the said pithlic-honse near 40 years, and who, a few years ago, had given it tip to her niece and her husband, still einitit:iied to tesiile in the !noise in a private aputiment, and was frerytently in the habit of taking a solitary walk nn the Bank. Tris lady was about 69 years of age, au.d had a small independence of her own. Site had never shown any diastrisfartion with Ler situation, but, on the contrary, seemed to live comfortably with her tliends. Early on nimbly. however, n wa termini diseovored something 1.1,,a.ing la the river, nearly opposite the and his p,cing out in his boat, found it to be the body of a %vomit!) floating, with her fare downwards. The body was brought to the very latti.e of which .she was an innate, and was immediately re evliiised by her fliends, td; Own had no missed her. The Coro net's Inquest sat on Ttiedi:v, and btought in a vex diel—Aceidentai Death. Ear'l in the morning of Friday, near the same hone, a walking tult k ob-erved t•lnck nprigiit in the bank, with a bat npon it, which immedtatelv excited smpicion, as no person was di-covered near the ;dace, that some man Wltst bat r drowned himself near the spot. The Dra•J; was immediately got ont, and the body of a very well dressed rain was found ne4r the pl;.ve where the stick stood, who appeared not to ha-:e been very lean;; in the water. From some pavers found on the body, it was discoverefj that this person belong ed to l'alteney-street, (olden , vare, where inquiries were immedi ately mane; in consegnence o('w7iieh iI was filind that the onfortu nate io.;;) was a tna , ,ter boot and shoe maker, .of considerable eminence in that stre e t, and that he has left a wife and five cliihlree In be•shil his loss. No caul:: LA% yet liven assigistd for lact auJ unfurtuna lc act.