The National Register. — London, England, 1818-12-13 00:00:00

30 - 8 1 01W R4IVELAGII AM) AIR. ADOLPH - US. The following is a pretty accurate account of an °cent. rence that 1114ce between Lord Manelagla and Mr. Adol. plots, the day tiller the turtrorably trial at Hick's -hall, in !nch Iris Lordship SIAS convicted, and finest 301. for so Ur. Adolphus, who wasslitine alone in his chamber in the '4 emple, heard a tap at the door of his study. lie desired the person to walk in, and wrs immediately honoured with the presence ui Lord Ranelaalt; who, upon being very chilly asked to take a chair, tutu hint that be s had a few words to Bev to him. 11Ir. Adolphus having repeated his request that his Lord s up would be seated, Lord Itanelagli said, " Sir, you were talking of me for two bolus yesterday, uud it is only fair that you should hear time tell my mind for a little while ; I came to you for that por t use." Mr. Adolphus observed, that lie had not spoken to, or of his Lordship quite so 111144. " Perhaps not, Rio," said his Lordship, "hut I eoine to tell you, that you yesterday proved yourself a coward, a liar, and abc lord. Your e:ieuts are all perjured. My *el.. rants told the truth, and you knew it." Mm. Adolphus very cooly asked his Lordship, whether his o'kject 1114 using such words was to provoke him to tight a dud? Lord Ranelagh replied iu the affirmative. . . - . Adolphus said, " lie idways considered that when a man thought hiniselfinjured, and entertained an idea of seek hitt honourable redress, the usual course was to do so by written comiiiiiiiieation, or through the medium of a friend. In na instaiire had he ever known that a 1111111 came to abuse soother, Heiler pretence et provoking hiun to go to lb ground." His Lordship was el opinion ; that there was another mode of demanding redress beside the two alluded to by Mr. Adol phus, end thought that resorted to by him unexceptionable. Mr. Adolphus made his Lordship acquainted with a fact of w iiieh his headship betllltql to have hail no idea, namely, that his Lordship was under the roof of hint to whom lie ad dressed these epithets. He said he did not know whether lie should be fool enough to send his Lordship the intimation lie seemed to expect, or whether he should move the Court for a criminal intormation against him; the latter was the more probable' course o: the Iwo • but iu the business he should be wholly guided by his (fiens, to whom hr should mention this very ceremonious transae • . Itr case be should think it rime expedient to do the latter, lie presumed his Lordship would out deny the words he bail just used. " Certainly. not," said Lord Itanclagh ; "and for fear you• should forget them, 11l repeat 11141 you are a coward, a liar, and a seinundrel!" In the commencement of the conversation Mr. Adolphus •.i4, he had been induced, frous his respect to the rank or the defendant. to omit phrases that might have been snore Closely adapted to the subject of his %perch than those be had used. His Lordship retired n itlinut being in the slightest degree riittled, and seemed pet fectly satia6e4 at the port be had taken Lt this business. Mr. Adolphus sat down to finish the business which his Lordship', visit had interrupted ; and then mentioned the circumstance to some 01 his friends, alto advised him in adopt the course lie hod before deemed most worthy of selection. Me preferred a bill on Monday night against his Lordship for having enilesvoined to provoke him to fight a duo/. The bill was found by Site (haul Jury.—Mr. Adolphus uantodi• •tdy directed his 61,1111106. to snore Ilse coos., by es:lo@mq, 10 the King's Bench. This was accordingly done, and notice to th,it ellect W 46 served upon Lotd R.itielagli's solicitor. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. TUESDAY, Du 8. PERJORV.—Wiliiant Key, an ilt-lonklug fellow, was put to the bat, charged with wilful and corrupt perjury, in having sworn that a young matt of respectability, named Cooke, had employed him to assassinate Mr. Sheers, coppersmith, of 'Fleet-usarket, on Satin day the 7th of November. The facts of the ease are well known to our readers, hay ing appeared in our Bow street report. The Jury, after hearing the evidence, immediately returned a millet of Guilty. After some consultation with the other Magistrates on the /tench, in which .ill agreed that the crime should be visited by the serere:t punishment the law could indict, the Chairman addressed Key. He old him lie had been convicted of one of the niost atrocious crimes, under circumstances of peculiar uggravatioii. " A gentlemaii," said lie," through compassion befrieuded you, eon oiled his property to you, and got you out of the situation of a beggar, and you repay his kindness chargiog him wills no less a crime thou inciting you to commit murder. It is not likely that, if lie had any intention r.f dem iviiig a fellow treatuie of life, he would have employed a stranger, and in swell a situation of life; but it is evident that lie laud no such intention, and his character is without a ble mish. Whet could have been your object does nut appear ; but it is probable it was to extort motley. Eurtsinately you dill not sneered. Your of f ence deserves the greatest punish nieut that can ue dealt to yon. Your sentence is," That yen be tranapurted beyoud the was for seven years, and that in the first month of your imprisonment, you do stand in the pillors, fur one hour, between 12 and 3 o'clock, in Covent liartlete." 'Lterc was sonic clapping of hinds at this sentence. A novel kind of explosion Cook place in the kitchen ofMr. Hantley, Itl,hup.vearmosith - green, nit the morning of Siinday Week. Mt. Huntley, r the kitchen tile, e. hen the or cn, io en entire stair, was projected pa.t him um to to door; and at the same ti.ite a IV port. as 11111.1 u 11141 • nag C4llllOll, ZlSSalirti his vary. Upon invey!igatinn it nos N•yrrt4inell, that oven lint naving been in sise fur several tharitu , , and the damper ticiag down, 4 4111411ttly of Mud hydrogen gay ul hie damp 11;1.1 i.1 , 1;.,ed in the due or the oven. and lbcra mixing with the atoto•vlivrie air, SY is Tsui tell by the kit( It , n Ole. Alter this Jrscriptiusi , we need scarcely ▪ Iron . mar kitch,a friends to he attentive la examining the state of their oven vents, in order to prevent each accidents iti Culture. A :rust,: 1)1'.11'SW:10i l'.—A young gentleman, well known in the literary world, who by means of family (mime% oils got a Oenitive i•itatition in one of the islands rot mt . ( oviong- ISM In France, has squandered an..y ;J,:rio.. of the public in•mey. He has hero ariested h. (. and is nu* uu ills 10 Etotl.ststi. • • • ••••Ils.11.• 1;4. A.imaey and sulieo(.l telwral. .i11•••11(111. , • , n nlo.eeute 1„1434195'014 IS 3 lito• ninlliolr CAM lie can only 1.- • • ~•. 14,.0pu:a ...Wilda. - TIIE NATIONAL ArGIFITEK OLD BAILF.Y. MONDAY. J. Wrni:ims was indicted fur littering a forged 11, Bank note. W. Underwood said he was employed by the Batik to detect persons in selling forged notes. He became acquainted with William. in October, at the Coach and Horses, Charles-street, Dimly-Li:ie. On the ith of November he was told by Gay, that would sell him forged notes. Ha pur .etiaseti one fur Ts. A day or two after lie beaked five more from the primmer. On the 12th he purchased 12 inure, Cros.-examined.—He hail been a calico printer, a copper smith's porter, and a coal dealer with Ids cousin, who was a clef kto a lawyer. He hail given Information against three other persons. This witness's testimony was corroborated by Sellers, Furxenian, and Coates, constables. Mr. Chalmers proved flat the prisoner, in September, purchased a pair of Aloe. at hie ship in High Holborn, for which lie paid him with a tared note, and at the same time giving him a fake address. J. Glover, Inspector of Bank notes, pronounced the whole to be ft:merles, and all from one plate. The Jury desired to iiiallect the notes, which hissing done, they ex pres:eil a uisli that the Bank Inspector would give them some specific nits, k by which they might judge of his Lapa. bility of distinguishing between good and bad notes; for that they had compared them with good notes, and found them so well executed that they could not make up their minds on the subject. Mr. Baton Wood said it would lead to great inconvenience to the public if' the Batik Inspector were compelled to give to public ktioe ledge the private marks. Besides, did they think that they would have sold a genuine note for Ts. when eve' v hotly allowed it to he worth 20s. The Jury seemed dissatisfied; and at last Mr. Serjeant Bosatiquet, Counsel fur the Batik, put some questions to Mr. Glover, trout which it appeared, that the Bank paper re.. ceives the water-mark at the time of its being made. ; but in all these notes it was produced by compression, which make the wavy lines elevated on the reverse of the note. The line which contains the mouth, the day of it, and the word " Lon. dim," was stated to be pot in in stereotype ; whereas, in all these ROWS they were engraved in the plane, and consesnenily the . ink would not slur, as in the case of stereotypedsotes. ' Mr. Baron Wood summed lip, and the Jury retired for MI hour, and said they believed the prisoner guilty of uttering Ate tiirged notes; but that they could not believe the evi dence of Underwood. The Learned Judge said they must acquit the prisoner. Verdict—Not Guilty. He remained to be tried on the Middlesex side, for tittering another note to Mr. Chalmers. W. Connor was indicted fur littering severe' forged Bank notes. No less than five persons gave evidence to the pri soner's having passed forged notes to them. The Jury retired for three hours, and time. returned the following verdict t—Guilty of having passed the note in ques tion; but the Jury are nut satisfied of the evidence of Ills time being forged. Commit Serjeant.—" Gentlemen, yon must return a ver dict of guilty or not guilty." Juryman.—s• The prisoner is guilty of passing the note in question; but we are not satisfied that it is forged." Comnim Serjeant.—" If' you are not agreed, you must retire and re-consider your verdict." Jnrymsn.—" We ale agreed." Common Serjeant.—" If you are not satisfied of the note being a forged note, you must ulna the prisoner." Foreman.—es We ars not satisfied." . _ Clerk ut' t h e Arraigns. —" Is the prisotter guilty or not guilty r" Foreman.—" Not gnllty." J. Dye was indicted fur uttering a forged 11. note, knowing it to be so. Mr. Serjeant Bosanquet stated to the Jury, that the present prosecution rested chiefly upon the evidence they had heard from the witness Underwood. When the evidence ut' an ac. complice was confirmed by a respectable witness, a Jury was bound to give credence to it t lint as no evidence could be adduced in con ohoration of his testimony, the prisoner would therefore be entitled to an accquittal. Verdict—Not Guilty. W. Ruse, %V. Howard, W. and J. Herbert, were also acquitted. TUESDAY. John Williams was put to the bar this morning, charged louder an inJictment for littering a forged 11. note, with iuteat to defraud J. Chalmers. This prisoner was tried yesterday. Air. Sergeant Bosanquet, ou the part of the prosecution, now addressed the Jury, and observed, that it was determined n , t to adduce any evidence against the prisoner on this charge. The testimony which could be brought forward was somingled with that which on a former occasion the jury had declared their unwillingness to believe, that lie would not now trespass upon their tune in detailing the facts of the case. The legal advisers of the Bank had been consulted ern this occasion, and their ultimate determination was to relinquish the prosecution. No evidence having been adduced, the prisoner was of course Acquitted. This is the fourth prosecution of the Bank for uttering forged notes, all of which have failed. THE LONDON JURY AND THE RECORDER. in the evening when a trial was going forward, the POTPMAII of ' h i! Loudon jlity r. Fiencli) begged the Reem der would order all the witnesses fur the prosecution out of Court, ex,„ cept the one under examination. The Recorder seemed sur e iised at the request. He re• quested to know why the Jury had made so unprecedented an application. He never heard of well a thing before. The Foreman said, their applicatjun to the same effect the Hight before had been attended to, and he trusted that int objection would be now made to a regulation which had struck bimetal' his fellows as highly hecessary. Recorder observed, that it might have been 11900 the night before; but that was not to be considered a precedent. He did not see any possible purpose it could unswei, exec pt that of throwing imputations upon tradesmen as respectable as the gentlemen of the jitry themselves. The Foreman of the Jriry said, it had been observed fre quently that witnesses seemed to at I as if they thought it to • diveiw.thly iieetai.ary desiate in no respect from tic e s:de l uxe that went before 011 the ,tame side ; they 1 , 4 ; t 1 t h e utmost attention to is hat was going forward, and often acted tau the principal of aeitilicEeciteo. Itecoider .414 • toe application was nothing less than an institution that rtspeetaii:o h ersons were goilty per. pry. " Howes said lie, •• Gentlemen of the Jury (tour nr i• of tl:sm h.a.l risen), if' it is your taste. he it iin." The tare. not outlet examination were then DIEC WEDNESDAY. THE MiDDLESEI JVitV AND TUC aNcoaDaN, This morning, as soon as the Middlesex Jury had been sworn, and lie first prisoner (Wm. Mason, for, burglary), was bEoll2ilt to the bar, an applination was teed, by the ,Foreman, that the witnesses might be sent out of Court. The Recorder represented to the Jury, that tills proceed. iog was quite unprecedented. The Jury sworn In to try the Loudon prisoners had- made a similar application, and 'de confessed he was much surrpised to bear it. The 'Foreman observed, that lie thought it was a necessary precaution to take; and he was of opinion, that were Me step taken the prisoner would have *fairer trial. The Recorder repeated what lie had stated on a focuser occasion. that if the witnesses, who were frequently of great. respectability, were ordered out of Court, it would be cast. ing imputations upon their character which were wholly iin. justifiable. They were, many of them, menu respectable as the Gentlemen of the Jury themselves. The witnesses were allowed to remain in Court. IVllliam Cooper was put to the bar, having been indi c t e d for wilfully and maliciously shooting at certain persons, as. signees iii a bankruptcy. Mr. Alley applied to the Court to postpone the trial until next Sessions. He made the motion upon full affidavits, staling the absence of a very material witness en the trial. The Recorder told the prisoner, that a motion bad beefs made to postpone his trial, and asked wind he had to state in objection. Prismier.—l think, my Lord, it is very bard that I should• be confined until next Sessions for this offence, the Court knowing the respectable rank I fill. Mr. Alley.—My Lord, lie is a lawyer's clerk. Prisoner.—l hope yonr Lordship will allow me to find bail until next Sessions. My case is a peculiar one. Recorder.—Yon, as a lawyer's clerk. ought to know that no bail can be received for a capital offence. I cannot refuse the application,aod you must abide the consequences. Charlotte Hill was indicted for having feloniously peered, a quantity of cold sister on Leonora Pnnsell, a child of *sly 5 years of age, by which its death was caused. Mr. Alley, for the prosecution, in stating the ease to the Jury, observed, that if the present charge against the pri soner was not proved, she would still be obliged to abide her trial at Clerkenwell for a misdemeanour. The first witness called was Samuel Walden, a surgeon, who was called in to inspect the infant. Being asked whether he thought the treatment the child had received was the came of its death, he said lie thought It was a likely eaisse. Recorder.--Can you take upon yourself to swear, that the treat ment received by the child was the actual cause of its death ? Was it sufficient to cause it ? • Witness.—l think it was a likely muse of its death. The Recorder then directed the Airy to acquit the prisoner, as there was not sufficient evidence to convict her. The charge, he said, was reduced to a common assaults for which she would be tried in another place. The jury immediately acquitted the prisoner. The Recorder ordered her to be detained until next Middlesex Sessions at Clerkenwell, unless she gave a security for her re-appear ance, herself in lot. and two others of sl. each. Sarah Thwaitei was convicted of stealing a silver watch, the pro. petty of Josiah Allen. The prisoner, during the whole trial, indulged in a most virulent abuse against the prosecutor, and flatly denied the charge. There was not any case of importance on Thursday. On Friday, Joseph Martin. Richard Hanished, and J. Clark, were convicted of uttering, &c. counterfeit shillings. TO THE EDITOR OP THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Sir,—Permit me to call . the attention of the public to the cues of the three unfortunate men ordered for execution next Tuesday for uttering forgetknotes :—Jolty Driscoll was indicted for feloniously dis posing of, and putting away, on the 11th Jody. at St. James's, Clerk inkwell, a certain forged and countertkit Wok-note. No. ;1.502. June 15th. 1818, for payment of 11. with intent, &c. well knowing, Sec. The note, it appears by the evidence, was paid by the prisoner IS a Mr. Sproston, a woolenedripa.at his shop, No. 2, Redthrd-bary„ which is either in theparish of St. Paul, Covent-garden. or St-Martin in-the-fields; consequently, as he did not utter it in the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, the allegation in the indictment is not proved: independent of this circumstance, it is a clear ease against Driscoll by respectable evidence ; but not so against the other two, namely, Wil ham Weller and George Cashman, who were indicted ? fot that they on the 18th of J sly, at St James's, Clerkenwell, feloniously did paw of. and put away, a certain forged and counterfeit Bank -note, N0,;53.926. fur 1/. May 13, 1818, signed J. Pearson, with intent, &c. and well knowing, &c. In this case the evidence is of a most flues • tionable kind;' a woman named Ann Fear, the first witness, whose husband is on board the hulks for this very offence, states that she pur chased the note in question, among others, of the prisoners in flat. field street, Golden-lane, which is, I believe. in the parish of St. Ltske. Old street ; and I believe, though she denies it, that in consequence of these convictions she expects to obtain her husband's pardon ; con • sequcntly she is an interested witness. The second witness is Joseph Guy, from his own statement a married man, but now cohabiting with the aster of Ann Fear's husband, and applied with money by the father of the woman he lives with, namely, Fear's father. I think he cannot be a disinterested ritno.s. as lie is trying to save from tran sportation, or rather obtain the pardon of the son of the man who supports him. and the brother of the woman he lives with. The third witnessis William Sellers, the constable, who, on cross-examina. lion, soul he knew nothing of the notes in the indictment. The fourth witness is Charles Christmas, the Bunk Insp: cies, who re ceived the notes from Atm Fear, and proves they are tOrged, ala says she purchased them front the pusoners, which to me is a matter of very great doubt. The fifth and last witness is Joslda Pearson. the signing clerk to the note, who says it is not his signature. The above is all the evidence against them. Sae the Sessions Papers for September sessions, pages 353, 4,5, ti, and 7. I an, &c. Temple, Dec. 11, 1818. A LAWYER. RECOR DEWS REPORT.—MOlitioy the Recorder mode his retool to the Plinio , Relent in Comseil, of the convirts ',neer sentence of death in N ewg.tte, who were convict. d 114 , t September Se'>ioitx, when JOllll Irefier, Gene♦a C.ashmon, for totterin: tinged notes, end J. T. ft. IVillimsts, for burglary, were ordered for execution on 'lnes_ day next. The rest were respired dining pleasure. 1 . 141.1 e %yr re eleven 'courted for uttering forged 'totes, •and two fur foreety. Two persons have Weil within 'he last week, in the Pl' et psis m, %, lin were prisoners for emit-mitt of Conti. Otte of them, Rohr:it Nest man, had been confined nine Ceara ! About two o'clock on Saturday se'nnight. a gang of Resurrection nlell absaulted a watchman, in Sitar"well High-great, who, lied for merly prevented their operations in that church yard. One of Chun arst struck him with a bludNeon on the head while in his low, at.d on his ge , ting out and springing his rattle, they knock,'" hint dots n and trampled on him in a most barbarous manner. ' The hoist., , imyever, brottglit home of his colleagues to his assists fur. Trim' ,*e fer.ows took to flight, leaving the victim ortheir revenge bier:ding r..o t almost every pore. He WIN take' to the watch-hos4re. isral ve uotkrstiAnd that 1011111 ate cutcrtained that Lis lift: is i❑ 4 aa gees