The National Register. — London, England, 1818-10-12 00:00:00

OCT. 12 - to he the property of a young man of the name of Kohl. mare, whom the prison'r iris% riled with ; and they put up at La Sabioniere's Hotel, in Leicester Square, %%here io Kollinn's box was broken open and rehired. A pass. port „ a , al.() f I topint him, which he had obtains d from the M.OO 'pots D'Osonond. the French Ambassador, three dross After hi s arrival in London, 0 toklo would o.lllllble him to leave the coin:try rat any time ; and if be had gone abroad, he noildot have messed the notes. In the passport lie describes himself as a naval officer, and a native of Brest. lie said his family lived at Ostend. Committed for further examination. _ HATTON GARDEN. J. Moore, o f Tottenham-place, l'ottenhatn.cotirt Road, a seller of bread, was dialled with having sold eight half-quar tern loaves deficient VI ounces of the weight ordered by Act of Parliament. The charge bring proved, he was convicted in the mitigated penalty of 6s. au ounce, amounting in the whole to 61. 3s. lid. MARLBOROUGH STREET. Wednesday Mr. Goddin, of the firm of Steelton and Co., brewers, charged -- Glaillson, a shopkeeper, in Rupert street, on suspicion of stea!ing beer casks, their property.— Mr. Goddin represented that they were losers cf neatly 3,001. per annum, by casks, many r f which lie believed were itlegally disposed of. In the present case, his house supplied the prisoner with table beer, and it was usual for their cus tomers to retnrn the empty casks, on Intl °lies being delivered. On Monday last, as complainant was coming to town, be saw one of their casks in a cut belonging to Mr. Jones, props ie. tor of the flaw mills at Telthain. On application to the Ma. gistrates, Plank, the officer, was seat down to Feltham, where found the cask in question, and learnt that it was conveyed from London lay a servant in Mr. Jones's employ • This wall saidhe had borrowed it of the prisoner, his brother. in-law, to till with elder wine. Plank inimedietely went to the prisoner, who denied having sent a cask into the country. On examining Bre premises, several casks were found in the cellar of the prisoner's home. The defendant denied any Criminal intention, and expressed much regret at his having thus acted; lie offered to make a public acknowledgement otitis offence. Upon thi , , Mr. Goddin said lie would not pro ceed further, bid wished to be understood, that if lie found ally one else offending in like manner, he would prosecute to the utmost. The Magistrate eiguified to the defendant that be was fortunate in thus escaping : for haul he been convicted, his punishment would be transportation for seven years. Friday four gentlemen were boot:gig to this office charged by Boasey, a wetchinen m Tottenham-court Road, with assaulting him while on duty. lie represented, that he offered no provocation to the gentlemen, but being attacked by them, he with difficulty sprung his rattle, and secured them. Mr. Ayton, the first defendant called upon, said he resided at e 26, Tottenham-court Road ; he had been . spending; the evening with same friends; he was returning home, and seeing a Iran steeping on the pavement, he observed to his friends, that seine accident might heLd him if he continued there; Let conceiving him to he a watchman on duty, he lifted up the man's foot, and tbeired him to move; upon which the man rose and struck him violently on the forehead with a large stick, and inflicted a wound of six inches in length; he also struck Mr. Dean, his com panion, and fractured his skull. These two gentlemen exhibited the marks of the watchman's violence, end culled a gentleman to suhatiatiste their statement, when Mr. Brookes, of Euston Square, stepped forward. He said he had left the gentlemen in custody a minute or two only, they were perfectly steady and not the least in toxicated ; hearing die watchman's rattle, he went to the *pet ; he taw the watchman strike Mr. Ayton, and knack hint down with a • stick three several times. Mr. Ayton, Mr. Dean, and Mr. Johnson, of Chapel Street, another of the gentlemen in custody, were carried off' to the watch Loose. Witness accompanied them; when they ar rived there, the watchman perceiving that he only had seen the transaction, and to prevent his evidence being received against hint, he we was accused of being concerned in the rray. After some time it was found necessary that medical assistance should be obtained for the two wounded gentlemen, and they were conveyed to the Middle sex Hospital, and were compelled to attend the office to answer the watchman's complaint. Mr. Baker regretted the disastrous treat ment the gentlemen had met with, and reprobatut in energetic terms the infamous conduct of the watchman ; he told the gentle men they were discharged, and addressing himself to the watchman, lie seid, '6 I shall hold you to bail to answer any charge these gentle men may prefer against you." The gentlemen expressed their de la:flirtation to prosecute die fellow to the utmost. 11 OIN HIP STREET. J. Mulls, a baker, in Tabernacle-sueet, St. take's, was charged with selling; bread short of wei4l:l. The inrormer prlved having purchased five loavec at his shop short in weight nine Ounces. Convicted in the penalty of 3s. per oz. winch amounted to 21. ss. nod costs. W. Jasper was charged witl► being a common utterer of forged notes. The prisoner was apprehended at Croydon frir, and live forged It. notes were fonnd on hint—Remanded. Hannah Wand, of Brick-lane, Spitaltields, complained that •ht r metalware had robbed her of all her clothes. She said his name was J. Smith, residing with Mr. Pitman, bootniaker, iu London Wall. Site received his addresses for some time past, and a speedy unison was atitietpated. On Tuesday even ..ing he came to her residence, but went away rather abi uptl) . He was seen by a boy carrying away a bundle, and she missed two 'ilk shawls, value 41. each, and several silk dresses, a gold snuff il/IX, and al trinkets. On enquiry at Mr. Pit. man's, it was ascertained that he ,tad only been a journeyman, anti had conducted himself in - such a manner that Mr. Pit. man would nut employ him agai:i. She gave a description of him. UNION HALL Wednesday J. Iveson and J. Owen, and Maria Oliver and 'Harriet Wilcon, their female asanciates, were re-examined. The evidence of seventeen persons was taken. The principal charge against Iveson and Owen were for mitt ring the house of P. 111109ge, Es.;. in Townsend. Street, Kent Road, slid steahng varioes artielecalinen, plate, and %gearing ap;i 4 egi ; a similar offence at tee house of Mr. Hoare, in Bed bird Street, Lock's Fields. from whenee thry stole plate ar.d trinkets; a like depredatiou at the residence of Mr. Hull, at Prekii sill, .and stealing, a large quantity of plate ; and an attempt to break open the house of Mts. M'ilkinson, of Burdett Street, Maks orth. Upon ell the above charges the pf biolloll4 IVeBOll and Owen w i re committed. Tile leinale prisoners were ad mitted as evi lenee for the Clown, aml gave information of a most important nittere. Oliver is 1.7 and VI/11cm' IS y ears of age. Being 1111 d Isle to Mel hail for their appearance at the next Assizes. to give evidence, they were itert..•,vg ily re.t rn but are at present separate from the ri lons. They were intnrinell, that upon vs:reties being 1 , 1 . 0% ides: Cut their up. pearance, they would be set at liberty. J. Cowell, a tal)/e-aie and beer brewer, at Camberwell, pleader; gnilty to haring omitted to mai k casks of table beet ; by which, under the Art et Parliament, he had i, u pe mattes to the anoint of 15301. Tile information was laid uy a Supervisor of Excise ; who at , the same /bee exprowed his .opinion, that the nmissian was frotn.inadverience, And not , dattaiaoual. 1:11e Atavietrates, aoderatauthiig.that tut Com TIM NATIONAL nwasTr.n. ----; tnis%ioners of seise did not mean to press fur the foil' penalty, tined tine defendant 121. Ins. Several peisons resident at Camberwell, No:wood. anti Peckham. wage charged with retailing table beer at a higher rate than is allowed by Act of Parliament, viz. I fd. per quart. I was proved, that the defendants had, in many instances, vended table beer at 2411. and 3d. per quart. J. Clark,J.. Steward, W. Wreford, A. Smith, J. Robins, J. Staple, E. Thompson, J. Wilson, J. Rogers, and R. Cooper were sever. ally fined 334.—Fur the infarmation of the Public, the Super. s isor laid before the Magistrates a communication lie had received from the Board of Excise, which stated, that the Board had in no instance ordered proceedings, unless it appeared that the beer in question was sold at a price ex ceeding 243, the barrel and the duty, snaking together 20s. the barrel. The beer referred to in the above informations was sold for 30i. and upwards the barrel. Lines written in the title.page of Hume's History of Enghtnd, presented several years ago to Mr. Henry Johnson, now of Drury Lane Theatre, by the late Mr. Lewis : it matters little what one gives, The niatter's in the cane or giving : ti hile he that gives this hook still lives, Remember you've a friend still living." M. G. LEWIS. On Wednesday last, a well dressed female called at Nlr. Sergeant's, in Great St. Thomas Apostle, to look over his house•, which he wished to dispose of. Miss Sergeant showed the house to the woman, who expressed herself perfectly saris. fied. She left the house; in a tow minutes she returned, and said she had left a paterl up stairs, Miss Sergeant went up stairs to look for it, and not being able to find it, 'be return. ed, and the woman said she supposed she had left it ek e . where. She had not been gone more than a quarter of an hour, when it was discovered, that while Miss Sergeant was looking for the parcel, she had entered the counting house, aml carried 0ti . 281. in Bank notes, which Mr. Sergeant had left for a gentleman who was to call upon him that morning. It has been ascertained that the notes have been changed at the Bank, And the address written upon them proved to be fictitious. By a report of a Committee of Parliament. it appears that the turnpike roads of England and Wales extend 19,751 miles, and the other highways 95,104, making a total of 114,859 miles ; also that 1,415, 8331. is annually expended on them; and that the area of England and Wales is 57,660 square miles, cr 37,094,400 acres. A few mornings since a French row-galley, with a crew consisting of 11 into, arrived on South Sea Beach, near Fort Cuniherlend, and diately lauded a quantity of French silks and other prohibited articles of considerable value.— There was no Custom•house officer in sight ; but they did not escape the notice of the officer commanding the troops at the fart (of the 18th regiment), who, very prudently, did not at tempt to interrupt their proceedings until he saw one of them move up the road-way. He then sallied from his post, and took possession of the following articles, all the men having retreated into the boat, in which they got away :-1139 yards of French silk, 19 Angola shawls, 11 dozen pair of Angola gloves, SO pair of silk stockings, 49 snutf-boxes, 56 dozen pair of kid gloves, 225 yards of cambric, one petticoat of fur, and 16, silk sashes. Barnet, the veteran pedestrian, who is now in his 75th year. for a bet of 751. to 501. has undertaken, it seems, to walk 300 miles in 1200 quarters of hours. This sporting match is to take place on the 16th of this inontleat Cheltenham. Gas LIGIITS.—A Gentleman has just obtained a !latent for an improvement in the purifying of gas, which promises to be of great public utility. By the plan lie ha. devised, the noxious smell arising trout the use of lime anti other solutions, which has so long been the subject of public complaint, will be entirely removed. A few evenings ago the house of Mr . Horder , the corner of Printer.' Street. Earl Street,Blackfriars, was robbed of money, plate, clothes, and other articles, to the amount ot'sool. It seems that on the re turn of Mr. Border, who had been during the day at Croydon, to his house, at 9 in the evening, he heard a noise and strange voices on knocking at the door. He went to the watchhouse to get assistance. and on his return found the door open. On entering the house be saw every thing in disorder, the desks and drawers forced and rifled, end the rooms stripped of every article of value that could be re moved. The maid servant was absent, but the chairwoman, whom she had employed to take care of the house while she visited her sweetheart, made her appearance in great agitation. The story she told was, that die female servant had left her alone in the care of the house in the early part of the evening: shortly after she heard VOiCI6 tip stairs, and listening attentively she heard somebody say, " Ann, are you gone out yet ?" Frightened dreadfully, and fearing that she should be murdered, she crept iota the coal-hole, where she remained locked up - unti! the return of Mr. Borden The servant, on her return, seemed astonished on hearing of the robbery, but being euspeeted was taken into custody. The person she had been to visit was also apprehended. They underwent long private examinations at Guildhall, but were discharged af t er f: confinement of two days.— Among the property stolen are the following articles:—A gold watch, ten silver watches, several gold chains and seals. four dozen of silver spoons, four massy silver candlesticks, three silver mugs, a number of ancient gold aed silver coins, and from Go to too guineas in gold. A reward hers been offered for the apprehension of the thieves. At the last Wells Assizes a cause was tried, for the second time, respecting the warranty of ltd' sheep, which the seller, who lived in Someisetshire, engaged to deliver to the purchaser, a gentleman of fortune, at his seat in Kent. One thing soon became certain,, and that man that all the sheep had the rot seen after their arrival at the piece of their destination. The proof of this was most positive, fur within a very short time they all died of it. A question here arose, whether the cheep had contracted this fatal disorder l:; fore or after the delivery ; the purchaser refusing to pay became they were un round, and the seller claiming the benefit of his bargain because he maintained that they were sound. Witnesses were drawn up against each other in flat contradiction, and tne Jury would have !seen puz zled in their decision, had not air. dustier' Burrough addressed a few rotations to two of the defendant's witnes-es. Milo: fire, a Kentish Leiner, he enquired, if he did not know that land which would rot sneeo in open weather, would not rot them in a frost?-1)n the firmer declaring that his experience did not extend so far us that, hi, !Amiable g rid, " Then I would not give a fl e e for yotc evidence in a sheep cause !"—Of th e secon d w i tness, a Norfolk fanner, who professed to keep 'oho sheep as his regular flock, his Lordship en. quired if he was aware that lambs and ewes in milk would thiive upon land that would rot all other descriptione of sheep—" No !" was the reply.—" Then," said his Lordship, e. my good friend, you know nothing about sheep . • we need not trouble you any fur ther !" It is Deedless to say on which side the stale preponderated. At the Circuit Court at Glasgow, Margaret Kennedy was con victed of issuing forged notes of the Stirling Banking Company, awn sentenced to be executed On the 6th day of November. The poor woman, who is young, was mealy unirtde to read or write, and was carneely recommended -to hierce by the atty. This is the only in stance of any person being tried in Glasgow for forgery since 1505, who two rung men were omvieted of engraving . tite plates for forged. notes, and issiang the notes. She is the rally nets dual rteW in enerna e in senalend on a similar charge, and 07110 one ho ban ,executed.ibie lase 15 . 7ean.for forged-nctes. i CORONER'S INQUEST'S. 9.27 An inquisition woo taken on Monday, at the Slain Inn, Carshal ton, before C. Jemniett, Evq. Coroner, on the body of.laines Harrow. 'f he deceased was employed in the paper mills of Mess's. Ansel! and Moggridge; on Friday week having unfortunately got entmeled among the machinery, he was carried under the water wheel and dreadfully crushed. lie was taken out alive, but died on the folloW ing day. Verdict—Accidental death. Another inquest was held at the .Jew's Harp, before T. Stirling, Esq. on the body of Mr. James Vox, found drowned in the Regent's Canal. The stockings of the deceased were tied round his neck with two large stones in them. The son of the deceased proved willow acts of insanity on the part of his unfintunate parent, and the Jury returned a verdict accordingly. A third inquest was held at die sign of the Camden Head, Church lane, Limehouse. before J. W. Unwin, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Slate, aged 47, found drowned on 'Thursday week to Limehouse cut. In her pocket was found a little book, with her name and address. 11, Crane -court, Flect.street. The beadle of I.imehouse parish inquired aeconling to the address, and found the deceased's husband, who appeared to give evidence before the .fury. Thomas Slate said that the last time he saw his wife was on Wednes. day week ; she had been low and desponding for some time pot. (Here the witness was so 11111Cil affixteil, that he completely lost the power of utterance, and all efforts on the part of the Coroner and Jury to gain further intelligence relating to the event were of no email;) and having no further evidence to show in what manner the deceased came in the water, the Jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned." An inquisition was taken on IVednesday night betbreThomas Shd ton, Esq. Coroner, at the White Hart. opposite the Post Office, Ab church-lane, Lombard -street, on the body of Jane Cranstone, age a years, who put an end to her existence by hanging herself with a piece of sash cord. It appeared in evidence, that the deceased had been servant in the Foreign Post Office, under Mrs. Newton, the housekeeper, for nearly four years, a n d was muc h respected. na three weeks ago she visited her father, who is a rope milker at Lime house, and she then learned that a young man, who had paid his ad dresaes to her tOr a considerable time. was on the eve of departure for a foreign country. Ever since that period the deceased had been greatly distressed in her mind, but she did every thing she could to conceal the misery that preyed upon her. Her eye, tiir the last fort night were constantly filled with tears, and sl • could not do her work. On Monday she was missing fur some time ; Mrs. Newton called tepeatedly for her, and, in consequence of her not making any an swer, she went to her nparinient, and found it locker!, and the key inside. The door was broken open, and the deceased was found hanging: she was quite dead. Verdict—Haa ge a h erse lf i n a state of insanity. On Monday afternoon, a party of French gentlemen, Lately arrived in England, Laing invited to spend the evening with some friends oa board an East Indianian now lying in the Dock , , they repaired to Ahlemian's-stairs, Wapping, and hired a boat to convey them thither. The waterman had not rowed tar, when one of them stood up in the boat; the waterman cautioned the others who were going to follow his example, on the impropriety of it, but not under tending him, they all stood up at one side of the beat, by which it was upset, and the whole of them, consisting of five, exclusive of the waterman, were thrown into the water. An alarm was instantly made, and se. vcral active watermen made to their assistance, and succeeded in pick ing up two of the patty, while the others swain on shore. 'I hose picked rip were apparently dead, but 11 , the means recommended by die Royal Htunane Society being resorted to. they were recovered. Drags were used the whole of the night in search of the body of Mr. Frederick Augusta Antony, a foreign merchrun, and Alr. Jones, a private gentleman, to no avail ; but the body of the former was found, on Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock, and was conveyed to the nearest public house, and on Wednesday an inquest is as held on the body, when the Jury brought in their vs rdiet —Accidental Death. On Friday an inquisition was taken in the Connuituv-room, St. Olave's workhouse, on the bodies of Cordelia Hubbard and Ana Mailing, two fearalesavlio lost their lives Mahe dreadful contiagratiuo in 'rooky-street, onWednesday morning. William Haynes, Wreath'sdane, Tooley-street, one of the patrol of St. (fisse's parish, suited, that at two o'c:oek at Wednesday morning he heard the watchman's rattle ; he went towards him from tine watch-house • he pointed out theouse on fire, and saw the smoke issuing from ;he top of the door. Witness burst open the door. Mrs. Carter, wife oldie watch maker, next door to M. Hill. park's house, which was on tire, was then up removing her property. Witness asAated, and returned back to the other house aftetwards, when lie perceived a woman in the act of throwing her child out of the window ; he caught the child in his arms, and a lamplighter coming by at the moment, lent his ladder and got out the woman; witness then returned to assist Mrs. Curter in removing her property, and then opened a plug : the watchman went for an engine. Soon after die done was opened, people showed themselves at the window, but the thanes hating got ahead, the front fell all at ones ; had not kept the key of the lite ladders, it nut being allowed by the officers- Comm—The keys should be left where any person amid readily find them upon such an occasion. Juryman.—lt was not-thought of to get the ladder at the time tillL it was too late. _ Mr. Edward Pahner, painter, in Tooiey-street. was present when the first body was found 4 it was near the street door. One of them , w.ts the daughter of a lodger on the first floor, and the other was the niece of the landlnnl, they both slept tog..ther in the front attic : there was nothing but the trunk of the body ; the scull was close to it. The other body was found ottrsday evening, about o'clock, i n t h e . stair hole, in th e same mutilated state. Di stair could be identified. and they wcre.carried to the bone house. The watchman stated, that he observed the second floor window opened ; when he first saw the fire, he went fur an engine as soon as he gave the alarm., and at his return etakavouretr to find out the plug hole, which for sonic time could not be found, although it elm Sight under the shop-window Alv. II illpack's house. The Coroner said the watchmen shook' always know the plug boles on their beat. The evidence of Mr. Ilillpack, who keptsthe house, and hie wife. described the manner in which they escaped with great difficulty from the hack parlour in which they dept, but they could not ac.•nun/ fur the origin of the Lim Verdict--Aexidentany bunted AUTITENTIC AWECDOT.E.—WhiIst the FrenA Royal FalLily resided at Wanstend-house. Essex, an F.nglish tradesman, who Dal seen them at dinner there once behre, having got into the grounds, met the Pr'sn aof Ctuide, when hot knowing bide, lie asked if any of the French nobility were there?--... I have the honour," said the Prince, who very plainly dressed, "to be eoe of the Frentk nchilitv." '• Yen one of Mein !" exelainted the ill.manner'esly doubtingly, I think too I have seen you liereat dinner- Oh, hie. I remember yon ladling up the sotto. when I was here before—rind you are really, ode of tilt in " es," replied his Highness, *. am the real !'ridge of Coale, ar.d I believe you are the real Joan Extract of a letter from an officer on hoard his Slajtvity's chip o w t h e I lavanmill, Cuba, We-t Iniliesolated August 2i:— just captured s, valuable Sisani,h ship for a bre ac h o f tils lete Treaty On the Slzve Tride, and have received orders to take ivx •m Sierra Leone, and therefore are not likely to be in England before next year. ,. Mrs. ilart, the wife of a res s table farmer and graaier at Raven th3rpe, in Nctihruoieonsliire, was last week safely de uvere d sof three fine femaleimam*, all of whom, with the mother, arc likely to do was.. An unfortunate Scotchinan, whose name was Peyerston, was obliged, in pursuit of fortune, to settle :Along some ;ermine, in Ncw York. Tins name not exactly suiting their can., they translated it lit, Tally into German, and him Fenerstein. On his returr. :o sa English neighbou;hood. his new 14Cittair tan eex discovered that I 1 ae r_ stein in German, me:at Flint in English. They re-tree: late:: i n,t.. 1 4- of restoring his name t .and the ticzeutionts of Feyerston go by the name of Fluit to this nay.