The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-03 00:00:00

~~ c. s POLICE. GUILDHALL. Wednesday P. Chevat was charged with 'having stolen e Crank, containing about SW. worth ot ALitichuster goods, and 11 , 41. in money, the property of Mr. Junes of Manchester.-- Mr. Jones, who is a manufacturer of linen, stated, that the prisoner, with his wife and children, hail burn residing iii Manchester in great distress. A few weeks ago IL:besot Caine to hint for employment, stating that lie knew persons in 4a.1 near London, with whom the witness could exchange 1111 Pa for silk goods upon advantageous terms. Tile witness rtn: Lriteed the offer, clothed and led the prisoner and his family, and took lidn into tinecert ire. About it week oxo they come to London together, laringing a large quantity of linen, stuff's, and otherarticles, tw•the Red inn, in Wood-street. After reniainitnt there two or.three days, the pi nosier said he had Legaciated with a dealer at Deptford far the exchange of ponds to the amountol•nBl. Witness selected SW. worth of which, with 191. in Bank notes, himself and the pi i caner conveyed to Deptford. On loading, the prisoner took the goods and the money, upon pretence of taking them to tisk merchant with whom the exchange was to be made, hot . Ins never returned, nor was seen till Saturday last, when the witness , met him and caused him to be apprehended. SIIICM iiisiaprehen,ifm, witness had, in consideration of his fu attire to Laregn a proleention if he would pot Min in the wilt to i teeoser Ms property, lint he refused with ustaelice . . waterni to who conveyed the p urines Across , the River • that tue prisoner, when ke caw r :At litre tharnoui, wins. riled hint that the trunk contained estiiiranamf tears, and. vii4lied him to tell Mr. Jones that he 4111,1 IlSttit their return • that side of the :liver, as if hr toiik ut tee titan one pen ~,,, mita the goods the boat would be limbic to twizary. Wit' n vv. r t el l the boat at Deptford, witness occompoiiiial the sneer part :,1* the way with the trunk, and he t um endeavour ed tamper with him, and to perseade Mai to lend his as ;vice to trick Mr. Jones. The prisoner said, lie bad le :- self urea ileeei veil, awl that he via•lti uot trtl %%401 had tte• came of me property. He denied the charge of fecni, and was remanded. ..... ......._ now-!;TitEET. WedneadayW. tigliea was charged ti tJ liie4ling a variety of plass sliailes, the property of M. sat.: . Spode and Copeland, Purtisg.il street, Liticutiet: Inn fiel.ls, a ntik were traced o pier nar,,ker's shop, b here they had been pledged by the priaoner, whoa wall COLnillint'd 1 . .51 I vial. 111241)0m lt.oolia war charged with ithering a forged 11. 8.1 , 04.1 or Lietand note to 3Ir.J. Whae, a grocer, ha Akers- Letildltats, New-road, well knowidg it to be furged.—Com.. mated for a lA. . .1. Hoy was leaught to the office under extraordinary cir• cunistances, being caterers' with felonsionslystealing .t watch, his own property. It lice:tied fro , * the testiminly of Mr. ‘Virodo a pawithruker, of iligr street, St..Gilea'ri, mid his ehopman, that the prisoner pledged 4 watch a amt t time Alice ut the shop for ; a few days since he called it! the shop and asked to have 2s. more Cent on the watch ; which being produced and examined by the riliopusanAe agreed to ad sauce the tummy, which hr did ;.and Aaiun. the Militia was 011 the coiner and the shop teeu -torireti his back, the pri soner the watch 4114 the 2s. ran off with Cote of .thi to, mid made his escape. illr. Wood gave iliformaotou to severid pawnbrokers of the circumstance ; and on 'lnesday inurninegoe eas iisfaritied by oue.of theinoltat a mils i.uswee. lug the description had effered a watch similar to the one de scribed for 04. On Mr. Wuod's shopinan going these, lie found the mean and the watch to be the home, mnd lie was 111 • con:violence !mingle to Ilie•office. A dial c oily arose at hest, owis.g to the watch being the prisoner's own properly.; how ever, it turnin' out that the watch WAS in the possession of Mr. Wood, and that he had as iotereet of Mi. iti it, .anis air. 'Weed expressing his determination to prosecute the prisimer a: an example, having hum, repeatedly robbed lately, Mr. tie 11agistrate, failly.eurainitted him for trial.-- , The account the prisoner gave utitimself was rather extraordatary. .He said be bad beets a Midshipimiu in his Mikiesty's navy, . and hail serve.) .00 board the Shannon, laud was la the wttiou with the Chreapeake, on which occienou he received a wound on his head ; and when he &auk too much he WAS in a slate or iletaugenteno, which was the cast when lie co iiiii titled the offence. He now enjoyed a pensiuu of ;WI. a year in conse quence of receiving the wound. F. Mate. although only a boy between 10 and 11 years of age, as• charged with a capital Ale ace ineaking open the shop f NII. W. Fos, a jewel/et, in the lieyinarket, by of making a small hole in one ut' 1110 Sqllateh• of glass in the shop windew, and ingenioosly putting a piece of emu; wire, with a hook at the end,meal pulling over a silver peter, in which he was detected just its he Was getting out the 1:1.4:11,4 were attached to the purse at the a aertut e, Ile w. s tally committed. 'flearifilay two yonug gentlemen eireee.ittal thermelvese .to Mr. Bu. 1.• .111.1 vr. Conant, thetattisig Nlagistrates.; one of :hem stated himself to be Mr.ilVallace Hall, trona the ministry, but at present pramishog in the office of Messrs. Alliston tutu t 0., anoraks, 114 Freeman's-court, Caudill'. On Friday week, :lie gentleman accompanying 111611 to the uttiee, utu two other tiiends, went up the river in a boat. In the ..resting, a sin• lent storm of ram, Omelet, end lightning canoe cis about ....Veil o'clock; they were milking for Putney hi idge to I ,Ise shelter,. end observing on the Fenian: side a beaten track herding to :he shore, they alighted from the bout, and too!. shelter nuarr ▪ tree, a few yards trout the water, '.'.her e they manaitied deride the morn,. As it was clearing, anti they wet e about to Toone to their boat, they were surrounded ay a geutleman • annual with a double hat - retied gici, and five 'tem.)? senorita ; one of them appeared to be a groom, and was armed with a PitehlUrk, the other four were armed with Indian Otaheite clubs. The gentleman armed with a double has relied gun was, he miderstoud, Lord ii46644114g11, WWI the tacit In livery his sett aut.. Hag Lordship dernuaded to know wlt.tt they weir: doing florae. Mr. Hail caplet/Iml to his Lordship Ike cause of their being there, and they-were Moon to depart aud ✓eturn 10111 W 140,11. This was nut amtielartury to his Lord ship, who &Tiered that lie and Itio companitun should answer fir their conduct at Row Street Office; they espreeserl their to motored there, though they were hot conscious oi6avto¢ iliiite any thieg that. was cogeizable these, as the extent of what tti,.y had / L i n e (N ail ( ' H at possibly amnion to Mote than a trespass, and that there must he run:octet ;dile 'unto even about Ilia!, us they La,l oat tan over rosy truce or bedee ; awl tie Wave where t .t) had taken shelter under site tree was perlectly open G um the river. Mr. flail stated tole& Lordship. 111A1 belted if" el"")'" 1 """ were p.16114'4111014 Hr piratical to licei his card with his name Hod a tars es ; tits couroaatuoie Mot the *Atka, but his Lord ;hip • donut. tutu erpremmilitt i . Me of his companions ' , eh ei el l 111.11 W ail. MllOl.. a magi/Owe for the r ty, and who wink' prove Ise was the pcieuti he eePs i to be. en this did not aim:list:l his Lorti'tic Mr NATIONAL REGISTEIZ. lie observed that he was constantly inin ,yed by a ernteel rab • hie, who. sitar his tiuwers,and Indite Mown the branches of his trees. yr. Hail, In answer to fill* 116.4TVtlill..{1,Gaill, that lie or his companions had done neither, and were about to de part, but they were prevented by the armed servants by order or his Lordship, particularly t Ws) of them, one of them pre- SenClll4 a pitchtmk , and the other irnlding lip an Indian dub in a menacing way at them. Mr: Hill remonstiated with his Lordthip on his rumbiet, assuring him he was acting illegally, and that he was not justified in the course .he was pursuing. His Lordship, however, persisted in detaining 'hem; but UnCr A 0411: time he agreed to let them depart, on tondo ion of their paring his servants fur the trouble they had in the !Justness. This was resisted by Mr. Hall and his friends for about half an hour, when finding all remonstrance vain, and fearing that the boat would get swamped and spoil ed, he agreed, and did give 7s mu the servants as a condition for their release, and after that pay uncut they were suffered to depart to their boat. • Mr. !tall stated, that out of courtesy to a Nobleman of the rank of Lord Ranelaitk, he hail written to his Lordship inform. isig him that be should Pxpect him to answer for his conduct in dr' aistisag him and his companions half an hour as prison. ev•, and for obtaining 7s. , for his strValik. &C. seta the truer by the post, but learnt afterwards. that lie had directed it wroug, he stating his Lordship's residence to be Pilthey instead of i'ulhant ; although, on inquiring at the post olfiet, lit. learned that the letter ha I siren tofwarded to Isis Los house. Air. Hall :11 , 40 held a special messenger to ids house in Fulham, to serv- him st ith a copy of the letter, but Ise h ul nut r, reived any answes„ but lie understood Isis Lord ship tad came to tot' is citify ou Wednesday itior ii iii g. The Mai; ate, were of opiiiiosi, that if Xr.- Hall couldowrar hr wad t oot [Vd w,tll the money to the servants undo personal fear, it %on:11411mnd to tidally. . . Nlr. Had .•apressed Isis determination to indict all the servants. AlAlMßOrtouoH.s . rnErr. E. Hall was.fitily committed for tubbing S. Harris of his ets mid seal. The pros,outor, 4c:romp:tided by Iwo friendo, were retuning trots, West Litia •Nair on Tuesday evening, I after drinking freel, when the prisoner, who was e str•Niger, joined awn . ' ; and atter dtrinktug with them, snatched the ,p•eo. ammitir'sninctifroin lies tub sill 1 wady off with It. HAT 10 NA; • Mond iy R. Gray, owuer the Ciiertsey stage, was fined 20i. for carrying tno passengers more than allowed by Art of P. 1111.1 lit' it —I). Antony, driver of a Ilrentfortl stage, was Hued st.h. for into offences ut like natitre.—G. Mathews, striver 91 another Breuttord state, AUL for like offences A j. Pettigsll, owner and dt iver of n Woodloid coaeli, was. lilted tUt. t'.r Cal rying one outside passengi r mire than the Act penults.— Clic above informations were brought forwanl ut 4 1110.4 t pi ai•enorthy manner by Mr. Hanson, a Magistaatr, who oils himself tile principal witness, in order, it possible, to put a sup to the dreadful accidents ue7asiontll by over. toadm4 co,eoepi. _ W e.1..‘ iy J. Higgins and W. -Mitchell, charged with rol l . - tang he house of Nlr.l.)awson, of Kent , in street, Brunswick, square, ot plate and oilier articles to the amount of 3001. were “ s arairrought tip, together with Anu Higgins, and earehand. E. .iiitchell, the inother.and brother of W . . 31itehell, who were charged win. receiving the property. Mr. O. identified the plate (wind on the prisoners in Somers' TOWII Fields by a watchman, as being his overt). lie also WHIP. property Amid at Ann El as.,rlSasoli lorigs_ lags. Mr. !longbows, of Dutiglity-sti vet, whose hou s e was ruuheil on the of May, 10 111 c amuwKet 2991. and Mr. Bootle, wittier Isomer With also robbed nu the 3dinst, identi fied some articles farad at the 3. dgings oft he fciihrie prisoners ILI being par, of what they had brim roblic-,1 of The pri wuois were ante inure remanded UNION HALL J. Cherdagtou . owner and driver of the Kingstoti coach, was charged with suffering a greater manlier or cuisine pas. seugers ttpou his coach than by law is allowed : i,ot the So licitor for the defendant iti,cuvereil that the iiifoi aloe • had omitted to sign his 11:1111e to the ictormation. This Was fatal to the proceedings, and the complaint was dianis: d. Sophia EiiiOt. a young svoinan of.respect able a prarance, was charged ou suspicion nf stealing watch, of con.itlerable vatoe, the propel ty of Nirs. Kitchen, of lierationtlNey. The . pi Wooer occupied an apartment iii the prii.eetitrix's On Aloaday afternoon witness and her servant went out, lea v ingrio other person tu the house but the prisoner. Thew a;.:11 was them hass..iing in th e parlour. Ou her rearm in the et: ell. ing she ador e d-the watch. A constable teas sent for, who searched the eisones and her apertuient, but the watch was not fom.d. '1 lie prisoner protested her innocence.. She was .renianded. QUEEN-S(4M R!7. About 9 o'clock on 'Enesday evening. information w.).; brought to Hr. Fielding, at tilteett.spiate, that an alarniiiiii riot had taken place by thesuldiers ut the Foot Guards having attacked the populace in the Rroadssay, %I'estniinstsr, and wounded HIAII t ;.tut.-the householders and shopkeepers, for -their an safely and that of their prop ertat, wore obliged to •that up their houser. The Magistrate (lispasslied a messerpealo the .Gaturd.hon.i.: and a Sergeant-h:aior. with two Berjsunts and tear (2urponds, at;d a third (1 ahluent of the Td Foot Guards, were ',et to take the ringleaders into custody and suppressthe tic.. (la thea• arrival at the scene of ration, they found all the streets le:-,ding to the ltruadway completely blocked up, and in a general tisane e•f confusiuo, and die yavetneut covered with blood. and no let time ;i0 addicts engaged with a number of the mob in baling 1111( 1 .-111. treating any person who mule in their war. Every l hat , r •t' visfiele coming was compelled to stop.. t tal was Laded with petsonsatager to view theslisgraceful scene. Thc wilitary, with fixed Baru its, ,eleased the way . with tonic difficulty. nod formed a (.irele llama those concerned in the all:ray, who still ke i pt ha regardless of their appearance; when the Polite ofiwers sureetaled in taking LI of the rettactory.salaiirsand gave theist in chnrge toil:embers in r.rins, who. marched them oat to the.t;iviril house. It was past 10 o'clock before • the riot was suppressed ; and sibaut.that date ut!:urhathie, hr.iks... , nit in different other pmts. G. Norris, a painter, was met at the ccrmet of Dean-street by a party of the riuteas .• • • • • t hint :r. tumefy ; hut happily tie constab - e • the arreet, mute up and tvok. ore of th...m. • istody. hot the rant escaped. %Vard was on idAmiercil to find bail. It appeared, di r. party of . soldiers cdebratinl t'a.r med.; . e lulu eof .. a; when a..ailor in a public house. die their i.e• ~ - --siniOrg fur the army the whole merit.° , at, Or s of thew to tight. 'I his elialleu s to Iva,: ace antagonist rs.al two (elii re: on wi!ich the sold ' - ... ul play, wiii.o C.:..• mob interfered, wl!i.11 hat to the c. momlay abottt 1 l o'clock, a horse and a thaisc-cart, thc romrty of Mr. !lowan% of Clerkenwcll. were drove away Irom the, door of hoube in Illackwan-street. where Air. Ilowar.l 11 8i tiChillg SOW ! ' r hey bare. eat aince.bcen. heard o,i. Two 11101 and a woma..; w,te. oh4erved by a a t: Oman ,got in! ,, the rare. 1)....1 in) W 144.1 DREADFUL FIRE. ::47 DVSTRUCTION OF f(? k!. ORMROD AND HARDCAFTLI:S FACTORY AT BOLTON. The following pat Oculars of this dreadful conflagration have been communicated to a Manchester paper by a person who witnessed the distressing scrim : " A tremendous nod most alarming tire broke out in a large cotton factory, belonging to Me ssrs. Oriiirod and Ha Wealth:, of Hillion.le-Moors, allow half-past Satire on .the night of Sunday last. 11 was observed hist by a professional gentle. man and a workman who resided in a cottage opposite. The dame appeared on the second story, in the front of the Cietory, immediately ahove the entrance door, where tire Is never kept: it extended its ravages in a very rapid manner , horn the dryness of the wood, cotton, oil, dc. in spite of ri ern effort made by sevetal water engines, %Well at rived witiOu tcu tuintites of its discovery, aided by a populace whit I:shoot eel with inexpressible energy to stop the progress of the devour ing element. The conflagration was so extensive iu thu space of an hour, as to preclude ell hopes on posuibility of ..;,%i ! . 4! the fkotory. 'llse efforts of the water engines were Men retied to save all the adjoining houses, which wise tire across 4 street thirteen yards ss ide ; and the 11,,,t \ta, excessive that the window frames were consumed, u Twig._ standing the torrents of water pouted suit them. Br ea; was apprehended fruits a chain of buildings connectior this factory with another itottnetimo one not above :10 yards d;!.. tam; but ilterxertitais of the people happily proved effeetitzt, by stopping its progress at the first cottage. Nmlting eau be imagined so awful as this scene presented —people (alniost naked) in every direction, removing fus &e. with cries of doleful apprehension, as it regarded the safety of property, friends, or relations, rendered mute amiable by the cal ess of the evening. "No lives were lost, but several severe injuries bappehe to those who cotoluetell the water pipes from the filling of walls; most of the cases are midrr the care of Mi. Jackso: , at respectable surgeon, cud I 1111:1C/S141111 his repo , Is are G. vourahle. . " I regret :n state that the factory is not iiisnred In one fourth of the value , winch in the whole callow iie thatz 313,000:. and of enitme a enniiteratile tom; must devid%e upon the win thy partners, ho, I out happy to soy, wet the loai sit:: becoming fortitude. " Flow the factory should take fire en a Sunday night, and at a place where a fire never conies, is involved in ritystery. and ntu•t ereate suspicion. " The sweepings of the rooms have for a few weeks befit' put about the place where the lire appeared to ctiitiate; whether datttp•totton MN:I - mixed with tint, is capalile of ice_ ner.atist.; tire by that ferniemniive process as tAllin 1 , 41 in lin, 6%104, it worthy of investiginion : and till some usioniineot has determined the question, it should be carefully excluded from the factoi les. " A great number of persons mist ef course be thrown oaf of employ, and an incalculable loss be zaistained by thr age of their goods in the course of reilionl. • There nets., I ant sorry to say, amongst the crowd some of those who disgrace a Christian country, ifs' pilfering ani stealing. and Making 3 mock at the aspstrunt intpending ruin of Iniiiiire<lB. " ioftou-le-Moors, Tuesday avening, July CoCnerEWFEIT PAGODas,—The followin Ingenious ilev 7 .7e has teen practised I sliere.,folly upon several tradesmen • in Limbells anti its vicinity within the last week. Two men, one of whom is lialiited as a Seaman, and the ether as a Lass car, have called at varknosbup.r where arfieles Of domino; neee•sary for persona employed in the Navy are said, and re presentreg themselves :u kehniging to a vessel just arrived. from au •Intlian v , yage, and us being in want of several ar,„ - ticks in which the tradesmen dealt, but the vessel - not having been pan: iitf they lied no money, except a few pagoda., which, if the tradesmen will take in payment at sevens sin/Lugs. each, they sail! become his customers; and.to tb away all suspicion of imposition, some of the pagodas are produced, with a rye itest that ttva or threeof them may fresco: to some person qualified to ascertain their. value ; this bei:itt! dune, the answer k, that they are worth eight shillings each. I 'tile slionkeeper, upon this information, given by a Heighh•ul r. in tradesman. no loeger iresitates to furnish the at:oil, tP (pared, allowing seven shillings far cacti pagoda; hot is many mstanees he also becomes a purchaser in his turn, buy-• k g up all the paeutlas he can at that rate; one shopkeeper at Newington tints became the purchaser or CIO paLtiiilit,teaidea th ose which he took for goods furnished to his 111‘ 1 0111113... • Immediately after the departure of his customs re. lie applie.l Ina Leighbothing troldsalith to roavrrt his guhlvti treasure into papec of the Bank of I Ingla ml ; when to lei. titteriletinay, he di,cirvereiil that his desire of gain hail sahjeetrd Wire to s gloss imposition. He discos e red the truth of...the whiz - tinge, that all is not gold which glii 'the pagodas, with the exception of those sent to the goldsmith originally .as a sailmle, so tar from being win th eight shillings each, turned oust to be% nothing hut lead gilt over, eight of them .soti being worth a grii,,at. The sailor has very prepiessi-sing manners, arid at.. pears tu be airose the el/11111100 rank: Tho laarar rtko well &eased, speaks•very had Engli..ll; mid takes but little part iu the ti ansaetiou. except proittie.ng the pagodas be!tt for examination. Several Publieans have also sufferer! to a. considerable amount, by bet;; induced to become dealers in theradiu 4 Abraham 'lltarntuss, tviinse• tis.al for the murder of 3tat- Asdiforil excited bill:II deep inlet est, has since his ticliargt: been living in• the holtse of his patents at Castle lirootwic i•. He has slut yet returned to :arty employment, lint iras..es h;s time in .a kind of 41 moody inactivity, and *lineal entirely dlune; whilst kis iniseraDie father 01 MUNI tempeet able Man. ;API IlteWsrd to 4 gesttknittu of.propcily nada neighbourhood) i 4 1.1• i Minki43ll( ill!U *in eui.sture grate %tilt! .al AuliellioloriOU, Jusou2lil ou by ioleose onAituy of wind. • .E ., lc t:T. !'if. rrle - .^.T A II .t: Luto*.--W114.71 ...!...:!CL . f.i:Ate Cecilia , Gr.rnt.r.ir. ItAde her usrmt nn kleadav nigi.-., it i uun:.; *kepi:ere, named Jetut ee tr:llen, tires! oT a gun at we moat. iii when e d ., I young aeronaut was a'.prait to d,-erttil at AlarAtillts. Clam betr.-. n , k tl why he lual coin:pitted it:i:..:t so rupre.tensible. lie enswereJ. that uron ascreing di: u.1.10u0,.ha heard crte7., and not being abl e 7p mak e int.,o7t"..icar.l,ltetitsd thegun by wt.yof.ncouragent= tothepe:- 4un it, t'ut: b..il!oon, and that he lieudlow euil.S tostri ketoe ground. Its/. • ica .... , h 0w c,.,..r. that thcslict was fired in the direction of the belly,' .. Of that Madame (...arueriu ' t illatird statvi t*.a it received So gra' :.: a a im . The eherh-nl, 110WeV..;.I.Utappea;illg to I)ave any crunitlyi design, has bean I.i...uated.-41'ii.:i. Paper.; 1 At the co:a:linen of N. V. i".lttatt, 1 , .-,:i. v.... 4 iii tying down •,:-. deeeent at tile Suriey side of 'Vestnttnater-hrith,q) wt. Tuesday, atst quick pare, MP children, a they and a girl, apparently about 1.7 n vc ,rs of w.s, made en littC:lii n) 0.44 111 , IV al, and were trampl , J down by titc • hires. the .dr,ter heitsii unable: to atop the carriage.-- Happily, the boy Oily sustaii.cd a s,iglit. injury. Mr. V. inii ant l e jiihted. ai4 attendati the sufisr: ts; a f..rf , e..*., ti'orze to: fa'ttd 13 .- .;I: ;--' is cc.. 11 ,1 IT sot.