The National Register. — London, England, 1816-02-04 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER- 9CB tion under Government, and lived in affluence ; that since his death she had ot her living by letting lotheiugs, but had been deprived of that means, by tie whole of her property 'being thatioved by fire, In addition to these eelzanities, she had the misfortune to dislocate one of her knees by a fall, which prevented her from moving, and she and her children were without the common neceeseries of life. The subscription was sanctioned by Dr. Ctark - e (who Mr. Stead considered to be the Clergyman of the Parish), and the heads of the Palish. Mr. Stead, on looking over the list of sub eierihers, which filled several sheets, &served several of his neihthbours' r.emes, and supposing that they knew more of the case than he did, gave the prisoner ss. An uthabitant of Bear-street gave a similar account ; but he was not so credulous as to part with his money to him. He stated the distressed object to be living in the parish of St. Martin, his house being in that parish. This witness followed him closely, and prevented a num ber of his neighbours from giving their money to him, and insisted upon going with him to see the widow : but he contrived to elude his vigilance, et-hough he followed him thmngh several streets. A Mr. Smart stated, teat he . hael given the prisoner 3. but he had put down on his list .C 1 Is. ear the purpose of imposing on his neighbours, to make them believe he tad given more than he had. The other charges being of a similar noture, they were not gone into. 'the prisoner being suspected, Mr. Stead ob. thined a warrant, and Pearlws and Nichols traced him to Green-street, C-rosvbnor-square, where: he was occupying a respectable house; and on requiring for him, they were inthrmed he war, not up. The Officers, how ever, saw a female, who appeared to be the mistress of the house and the prisoner's wife, who they learned had got five children ; they, therefore, charged her with being the widow for whom the prisoner had been collect ing subecriptions ; and after some hesitation, she confessed herself to be the erelow of a respectable man, who had left her with three children. After his death she had let ready furnished lodgings, when the prisoner came to ledge with her, and she laid been so imprudent as to cohabit. with him, and had two children by him. The prisoner, in his defence acknowledged that the money he had collected was torhimself and the woman whom he Lad cohabited with for the last two years. He said he was a native of Ja ensica, had come to England sonic years since, and had entered into the Navy as Midshipman. lie was related to Lord Hood's family by mar riage, but they would not notice him. Sir Nathaniel Conant lamented that the infamous conduct of the prisoner did not amount to a fraud ; he, however, ordered him to be committed to Tothill-fields Bridewell, till he found security fur his future good behaviour. MANSION-HOVSE. Yesterday H. Scott was charged with robbing Messrs. Jacks and Co. of Cornhili, of a quantity of mercer), plated buttons, &c. The prisoner was a porter in the service of the prosecutors for a considerable time, and the lat ter having recently been robbed of goods to an alarming amount, the ser vants were watched. In consequence the prisoner, a few evenings since, was searched, when several dozen of buttons, tassels, laces, &c. were found concealed in his hat and clothes. Upon searching his lodgings, also, a tsuantity of other property was found. The prisoner was fully committal for trial. HATTON-GAR DEN. J. Butler, T. Turner , H . Hurle y , A. Allingham, T. Wilson, and L. Conner were re-examined, charged with a burglary in the house of G. So lomon, a clothes sales - man , in Field-lane, and stealing apparel, plate, watches, &c. to the amount of .C5OO, the greater part of which has been re covered. The evidence, which we have already fully detailed, was repeated, and confirmed by Butler, who was admitted an evidence, and they were again remanded.—Ann Winfield, who was apprehended whilst in bed with three of the prisoners, and who has been delivered of a dead child since she has been in confinement, was ordered to be discharged as soon as she reco vered, no evidence appearing against her. QUEEN-SQUARE. 'Monday, T. White, alias Konky Beau, was re-examined, charged ol suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery of the Wind sor coach, of ,a parcel containing 19001 . in Bank-notes. The che comstances of the case have been before our readers at considera ble length. The evidence against the prisoner is a Mr. Jones. who saw him standing with a coat on his arm near the coach-office ; Mrs. Flower, who bPlieves he is the man who took the parcel fro n her in the coach ; anti the persons who received some of the '.% iml soy notes from him. Mr. Adolphus opposed his committal; but it was resisted by Mr. 'Price, the prosecutor's Attorney ; and Mr. Colgabuuu fully committed the prisoner. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. .1. :Watkins, a discharged seaman, was charged by J. Yeates, Esq. of Veletehaven, with forcibly taking from his person a gold watch, chain. &c. On Tuesday afternoon, as the prosecutor was turning the corner of Holli;-st. a man ran violently against him, and on his looking ' round, he found him self surrounded by three or four men, who went oft in different directions. lie wafted on two or three paces. and missal his watch. By this time a Mr. Savage came up, to whom he related what had happened, and added, that he suspected the prisoner to he the man who had robbed him, and who was then crossing towards Cavendish-sq. together with another man. Mr. Savage croesed over to them, when he obeerved the prisoner give something in a handkerchief u , t he other man and walk on. Just as he was about to collar the man who had received it, he threw it after the prisoner, raying, '4 Here, take it.." 'the watch fell out of the handkerchief, which Z.lr. Sa vage picked up, and purshed the prisoner, who ran off into Osford-st. wirx; he was Weay lie we: fully committed. ACCLDEN I'S, OFFENCES. acc —wax, 118.4. Priam!Ens.—A gang of desperate poachers were detected last week near Durnham, in Norfolk, by the adr&tneas of a Police Offi cer from London, who was engaged for that purpose by Mr Pratt, whose preserves close to iris house were so audaciously infested at night by a body of those desperadoes, armed, that the gamekeep ers and their assistants became at length afraid to oppose them. The Police Officer went down to an ,use,aleho the place of resort of the gang, in the character of a groom ti that he was to wait for his master at that place; at whose noa-arrival, after some days, he expressed great dissatisfactiOn, intimating in the taproom, " that he began to fear, that his master, who was a sl ppers hand, had gone to France, as he did once before, leaving him without money to pay his way." This t ale excited the co .miser ution of the principal of the poachers, who d d all gentlemen as worth !• as fellows, and a night or two after took such a liking to their pot companion, the groom, that he let him into the nightly pursuits of the gang, and offered to admit him into their fellowship, ss the means of providing for himself better than by serving a gentleman master. The well-acting groom closed with the otter, went out with them next night, and was present at the destruction of phea sants in great abundance ; and the next morning laid informations against all his confederates, who, seven in number, being unable to pay the extent of penalties adjudged upon them, were immedi. ately committed to Swaffham gaol, where they now lie in safe cus tody. We are happy to learn, that eight of the poachers, supposed to be concerned in the murder of Col. Berkeley's gamekeeper, were on Saturday fully committed to Glocester Gaol for trial. Last week a serious rencontre took place in the woods of the Earl of Darnley, at Cobham, Kent, between nine of his Lordship's keepers and servants, and a desperate gang of five poachers; when, after a severe struggle, the poachers effected their escape. The highest credit is due to his L o r dshi p' s servants for their for bearance on this occasion from using their fire arms, although they were assaulted in such a way that their lives were endan gered. Several persons on each side were severely wounded. ALARMING COMBINATION. —At the Manchester Quarter Ses sions, on Wednesday last, an appeal was heard on • behalf of 10 journeymen calico-printer., who had been sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the Magistrates of Bolton for a conspi racy. It appeared from the statement of Counsel, that the priso ners were assembled at a public-house at Bolton-le-Moor; as a Committee of Delegates clothed with legislative powers from their fellow-journeymen, when they were all taken into custody and their papers seized by the Civil Power. By their books and papers it was discovered, that the combination ofjourneymen calico-prin ters had ramified its interests with shoe-makers, brush-makers, cut lers, tlaxdressers, bookbinders, weavers, &c. &c.; and that the combined of these trades throughout the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, were united in one common cause, and mu tually lent assistance to each other, in order (as they chose to call it) to assist oppression; or, in other words, to compel a rise in wages, and prevent the employment of apprentices, &e. As a proof that they were not impelled by necessity, 111. had been col lected from each journeyman within a twelvemonth, to support their unlawful proceedings. The c onviction of the Delegates was confirmed ; and the Chairman said, he should deem himself want ing in his duty, if Ire did not transmit the documental proofs of the existence of a most treasonable conspiracy to Government, in or der that his Majesty's Attorney-General might decide on any fur ther proseenti'ons that might be judged necessary. Lately, a fine girl, 10 years of a g e, a protegee of Mrs. Barnes, of St. Ives, Fluntingtonshire, having, while walking with some of her companions, dirtied her shoes, said she would go and wash them : while so employed, she told the others, who had approached the river with her hand in hand, that she felt the ground gi%iug way under her feet, and desired them to let go her hold, or she must drag them all into the water. This they had no sootier done, than the bank really did fall in with her, and the unfortunate girl was drowned. In the night of the 11th nit. a fire broke out in a waggon-house belonging to Mr. Adams, of Burrington, near South Petherton, in Somersetshire, and by three o'clock six cottages, stable, hay-house, one barn, two hay and two wheat stacks, and great part of the • furniture, were wholly consumed. The loss is estimated at about ,Ll,OOO. The pecuniary concerns of the Banking [louse of Messrs. Roscoe, Clarke, and Roscoe, at Liverpool, are said to amount to ue two millions sterling. 1