The National Register. — London, England, 1822-07-14 00:00:00

P - OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Mts. Nowlan is a well-looking woman, now about 30. (Set enteen notes were handed up to the witness by Mr. LICOIII/01, Jilt' wete by him admitted to be the nand sting of the plaintiff.) The latter had been six or eight months in the county of LangiOril at one time away flung his wife; witness, at the request of the lii ti to hi, went to his sister to her lodging an Itionias-street, to ellect a reconciliation between her and her husband, who said he wished to see the child Mrs. Nolan lay tit of; witness did nut notice the child; cannot tell whether or not lie was like his father; Mrs. N. went to the prison, but did not take the child; witness dined with them, and his sister returned to her loilgiags before he (witnesss) retired from the ;maim : on Mrs. Nolan's departure that eteuing witness remembers her husband kissed her, and saw her to the dour. Mary Antic Dodd, examined by Mr. Wallace—swore s h e was laird Gientworth's servant, and that she saw rs. Nowlan in Lori Glentworth'sapaitments fOr three month's and a fortnight ; they ate and drank together, and slept ..i the saute bed weedier. %Witness was first employed by Lord Glentworth about the 38th of Ocioicr lasi ; left Mrs. Nolan behind her at Lord Gientworth's when she left his Lordship's service. Several other witnesses deposed to a criminal connec him) between the patties. Mr. Blackburn stated the defendant's case, in sup .. port of whim he introduced several letters. The first toter was from Mr. No%vl4ti to Mrs. Nowlan, I lu, .I . ltotoas-strcet. it was as tollows : " 1 4111 extremely sorry you are acting as you should hot do; it's on yourself it wia tall, any improper act; though you say the child is not mine, you btiott:(l briug 11.111 to tiitio.tirce him to iiie, and wiled you do I will give lout a pound note, thou t tli I have itot hut two this moment. 1 Imp, you will come to-tutoirow; at all evems ILI me see the third that is nut thine, as you say 111 your note; te',l me who is the tattier of lid 1 tsisli him joy. NV hen will you have a Mono boy, us you have lost tile sronoi 2 Believe me you ale II .1. aclio ' , "U. G.NoL.A.r." Evi,letice w 'll produced to spew that the plauulll con• Dived at his ()wit dishuaunr. 'Doe July retired fur about 15 minutes, and returned verdict-4W. dainagei, and C.I. costs. (i:IDAy, JULY B.—Saasannah Nlills, 64 years of age, was indicted for aloaltng a piece of printed cutout, some Itulabiannet, and Whet' JetlelCS, the property of Mamas (..;iiralner, claaper,ol Norton FdLtate. Tile prismur wa , t employed by Irs.G.lnliier to mike tip Soule Lieu llll . llllllle, at the rale 01 Ya. a day ior wages, 1.1‘',1:,5 tier hoard. Sae hail hecia ut nal tall/Illy about SIX Wet ke., W:1 'll Mr, U. uatutg neCaSlUil One iiiii Wing tu Lave the rt•orn wilerc the rristmer was at work, oil her lettarta Mascrved 'tie prisoner in (tuner a hurried man lier cm: easouring to Conceal a' , 1111.111111; and presently way:wards massing tilree 'ma:magus out of her dr .t wels, site went down stain , and ft:leased sip her 11011Sekteper, and, seatching tile prit-utier, Mandl on her liel6oll shine 61116111'ml manes and a small pace ut the printed burnt tore, which she knew to be het property. A constable was they sent for, who accuttipatind the prisoner to her lodgings, and, scatching them, Mond there a small lill3ll - of nubbin-net and several yards of itartaiture prints, winch bile W 33 charged by Mr 4. V. Wail bat ittB stolen from her. The articles were produced in Court ; they had no t icuL, aml appeared to be of diflerent aii,l not to accord in colour and quality with a pattern shewn Ly Mrs. Gardner of her furniture, to which site supposed them to hate belonged. The prisoner, in her defence, said she had worked many years in the upholstery busnit 14, chiefly is jobbing for private faniihes,and had never yet any imputation on her character. She affirmed that the ariteles found at her lodgings were her own property, and hau never been in Mrs Gardner's possessioo. Seseral 'cry respectable Lcrsons spoke to the character of the prisoner, whom they had known for many year as an honest, steady, and . 14.1 d-working woman. The Recorder summed up the evidence, and the Jury acquitted the prisoner. Charles Meredith, a vcry respectable young man, was riled on a cicirge of steallog a quantity of riLuatab and other articles, the property of Mess , a. Todd, Morrison, and Cop.:, ha lierthashers, his employers. An anonymous letter wastlrolipeil iii the area, couched in die followiot; terms:—" Mr. C. Meredith, you are strongly suspected of robbing your employers, Messrs. Todd and Co. I overheard r. T. in conversation with one of the officers, and one of the housemaids is impli cated." Thts letter was addrcs,eil to the cook, who, Upon seeing its «intents, gave it to the prisoner, by whom it was shown to Mr. Cope. The prisoner's box was then searched, and a small parcel, containing several whole pieces of ribbon, the subject of the present charge, was tuunti thelein. Mr. Cope admitted that it was a g• ' neral practice iu their house for the young men to suppl y with goods I their warehouse, without regularly en ter;og them m the hook ; and he knew the prischier had a SISIX r who kept a Jhop at ‘Valttio, for %vtioin he said he had made up that p 'reel, as well as four parasols which etc also hi the box, and had been regu larly enteteil iu ilie hook. 'file prisoner, in his defence, said he had sent the ribbons in question to his sister at I , Valtoo, by whom they had been Feint-lied as not suiting . her, iitiJ it was 1110 inle•itioti to have repLiced theill w the warehouse when he had time to look out others. NVilliaiii 11'itteins, a young man, also in the vinyl(); of the pruaecuttus, and ha‘ing friends lieitiA at NVaiton, dep. scd ItO lucu.g blotr,titt nil Front the Ft ouvr's a viticel or the size and appearance as that in the pri,otiers Lox. sevcr.tl witnesses gave t!s: prisoner a must excellent character for honesty. 1 he J.ity retired for about 15 minutes, and returned vettlict of Nut (aunty. THE NATIONAL REGISTER CAUTION To THB UNWARY.—JamesJones,an elderly man of respectable appearance, was indicted for stealing two al. notes, the properly of Thomas Robinson, trout the person of Anne, his wife, by the stak trick of hiding under the pot. Ales. nottinson deposed to the facts. Smith, 4 street-keeper, who took the prisoner into cus tody out the charge of the plaintiff, said he searched him and found a quantity of sovereigns, a foreign gold coils, and souse flash notes, which prisoner attempted to de stroy. As witness was taking inns to Guildnall, a t!es- Iterate attempt was made to rescue hint, butt it Jailed. prisoner protested his innocence, and said he won the money fairly, Ile could have called witnesses, but be was nut aware that his Lila I would have come on so snout. Being asked to bailie these witnesses, he stam mered and hesitated, and at length said he could not re collect Mem. The Jury found him guilty, without hesitation. Tile Recorder lie rejoiced extremely at the ver dict ul the Jury, and he only regretted that tile prisoner's companions nett: not also at the liar to participme in the sentence which the Conti was about to pass. lie ought, however, tell theiii, that if they should he convicted of iluilar practices, they would ineritably sha l e ti l e same late —lle then sentenced the prisoner to he transported Mr the .erns of his natural life. %V LDNESDAY, JULY 10.—John Swann, a inan of very respectable appearance, Wit indicted for feloniously receiving one chest of tea, the property of Messrs. Kent hle and Smith, wholesale tea dealers, from a titan whose name is unknown, he well knowing the Sallie LJ have beet) vVallord, in stating the case for the prosecution, said tlict until lately a titan cotilil nut he tried fur a felo nious receiving of goods, unless the principal should be first tiled and convicted. The Legislative, however, in inner to remedy thot defect, had in the present session passed an act which gave power to a joty to try persons .0: a felonious receivitig ol wicids, even Inough the princi pal should not be in custody. This was the first case which [tad aris.m since the passing of this act, and it would be fur the Court to say whether the Indictment was property trained or not. The Recorder said, the Coirt, in case of a conviction would probably refer the ntattur to Me consideration of the t welt e tidi, ; es. I)attiel Blight, a surveyor of the Thames police, de !Risco, that having heard that a chest ot tea had been stolen from a cart of the prosecutor's, he went to the house ur the prisoner, who is a slop-dealer, near Tower hill. ILiviu wide ktrowit the nature of his errand, lie proceeded 10 scat cat the house, and tumid smile pieces of a taroi:ett tea Chest, which Cite prisoner, oil Lieu i, yucs tioned,said he lum purchased tiletlas bet. re for lire-wood. --On a limiter search) witness Mond deposited upon the soil uw;eriteaill tile scat of a water closet a considerahle qoatt.ity of tea in a sack. lle then took prisoner into Thomas Hodges, carman to the prosecutors, proved that a chest of tea was stolen front a cart in whrcu were sixteen chests, which he was conveying to Colchester ; and the purees of a cites' were 101111 d 111 the prISOIICr'S house. closed tile case fur tiie prosectittsm. Messrs. Alley and Adolphus, for me prisoner, then raised three Obieelloll6 to the indictment; viz. first, that the prisoner should hate lien indicted asa principai, and not :.s the receiver; secondly, that tile indictment was detective in poiut of lona ; and lasly, that the case as made out itt evidence was tint such a one art WIIS COIIICIII - by tile Legislature when the act in questimi was passed. It was Impossible (the learticil cottliszl argued) that the Legislature could have intended that a man should be tried for the felonious receiving, where tile thief was not only not in custody, but not es eit known by 1111111 e Or descriptioil. l'ne Recorder said he was of opinion that the first ob jeClil/11 was sufficient. fits Lordship then said, he would propose this question to tile Jury—it they were of opittiou that, supposing the prisoner had been indicted for steal- Ina the goods in question, instead of for receiving thein, they would, uptor the evidence they had heard, have con• ictcd hint, 'Len they would find a verdict or acquittal upon the precut itidietment ; if unt..-I %%Ise, the case should inue; c ,J, Tlie Jure, atter a few moment's consultation, found a verdict of not guilty. Tow itst,AY,JULY I I.—The whole m'the trials having been guile titruogli, the Recorder, this morning, pro ceeded to ,as, selllellCe Upon the prisoners convicted dultOrg the sessions—two received sentence of transpor tation tor hie—three for fourteen years-19 for seven years, tile last, Tobias Burke ' was convicted of bigamy, and when asked, in the usu a l form, what he haul to say wily junl i onertt should not be passed tr i ton hitti, lislid" in a written paper, iti which lie set lintti, that he hail been entrapped, while drunk, into the first Illairiage, (winch, as tie Was a P.otestant, War, ill 1101111 011,1 W, ()I 110 effect whatever), and that the witness who had given evidence against hint hail sworn falsely. The Recorder, addressing the prisoner, said—" The statement you have handed in, is, like your conduct upon the trial, an aggravation of your ()deuce; and the Court would not do Its duty, it it mil tun pass the severest seinence the law awarils." The lolluwiii unhappy individuals received the sen tence of death :—Mary Serkins, Joint Kerns, Charles Mttrih, and Alary Allll Andrews, liar stealing in a dwelling-house p and John Atinasley and Elizabeth Capps, tor higitwdy mbliery. Anne Clarke, alias Wheeler. who had been capitally cont ieted mu he April Seb9lollS, but whow je'.,:utnt had been stayed on account ut pregnancy, was put to the bar, antlreinantled in the wwidl form. btSS 10 I Slhill adjuurncdukil NVeciiiebday the I I di of ScpieusiAl. Tlt CLEANSI: TI.LTII, AND 1N11'.:4. 7:111 DI E\TII.— i I. , tir ounrca 01 prepared linie water, add one tlracliin nl l'eruvian ll:irk, and wash the teeth with the water in the morning. ht•liire bi-:Alf - AM, nod niter sapper. It will effeetuAlly destroy the tartar us the iectli. aatl feature the oli'eusibe atisitq, float those dteajid. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. 22 TRIAL OF BENBOW. THURSDAY, JULY t I.—Wm Bcnbow was indicted for publishing certain obscure libels. The indictment contained twelve counts, ten of which contained extracts front a magazine or novel, published by the defendant, and the outer two described points contained in thosis works. The prosecution was instituted by the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and excited a high degree of inte rest. There were sixteen magistrates on the bench. Mr. Adolphus stated the case for the prosecution.— The prosecutionwas, he said, instituted her a persever ing publication of libels. Toe defendant, who hail kept a large shop in the Strand, removed to Castle -street, Leicester square, where lie commenced the publication of a work called " Tde Rambler's Magazine," whicit w.as calculated to inflame passion and to throw chastity into disgrace. The defendant had opened a shop to dis seminate poison, and had nobody but himself to blame,. for the conseentences of his conduc Jas. itignali deposed, that lie purchased several num bers of the Magazine and No"el produced to him front the defendant. The hers were taken frotu large parcels that load the appearance of being the same.— They were sold at sixpence, and some at eight-penue each. Cross-examined by Mr. C. Phillips.—Was employed by the Society for the Suppression or Vice. Frequently bought books to prove alt. rwards upon trials Went •rii many shops wherever he was ordered. Had regular. wages, and was out paid by convictions. I lie indictment was here read, and the libels charged were compared with the passages in the book proved by the wiinets. One of the libels was a song. The of the libels, which occupied an hour being ended. read tuglr. C. Piiillips addressed the Jury for the defend tut. llis thou had, the said, treeired a written notice limit the Secretary, that his trial would not take place till Friday, and at eight o'clock on IVednesday night he re. Ceited another notice, that his trial must take place that (Thursday) morning, a pruceeditig which left hii advo cate wholly unprepared, as he had only received his brief that mornilig. He said his client was a humble unpro tected man, persecuted by a Society which had never yet been kuovvii, sauce their first institution, to prosecute a rich man. Had they read no libels from noble Isbellers ? Had they heard of no gambling-house in St. James's, kept by a titled cheat? With such persons the Vice Suppressors hold ton touch sympathy to think of a pro secution, because the culprits were persons of their own rank; but the man who published what they pleased to call a libel, was to be dragged from his family, and con signed to arlurigeon,for the hundredth part of the offence that was iirerloolied in the titled and the opulent. They would not aim at high game, lest sonic hoary hypocrite amongst thcitis,fhes should meet the punishineut he de. served. Their cvualuct Was c ilenlated to justify the satirist, who nail said that " laws were cobwebs easily broken by great offenders, and only made to catch flies. In the manse of God, were the law utlicers of the crown so regardless of their duties? Was the Attorney-Gene ral a traitor to his trust—did he see blasphemy anti ob-. seenity diffused without any ellort to prevent it; and if hot, why did these worthies cougrea,ate to search. the dwellings of tradesmen, rake up the dying embers, and fall the flame which would otherwise be insioxious ? The publication of the novel was of long standing. His client hail been oidi6ed to leave his house in the Strand because he had been persecuted by another gang, who procured hint to be imprisoned for ten months, and then turned him mu of his dungeon, his last stinting gone, and family brought to ruin. These were the modern chant rioi;s of Christianity. Christ never persecuted ; but terse men were Pharisees in their words, Pag , .tis in their amt., and Christians only in nanie. Alter a very long awl powerful appeal to the feelings of the Jury, the learned counsel concluded a spech which evidently made a strong impression. The Chairman addressed but a few words to the July, statin.t that they had heard the es mence, and could judge of the nature of the publication. The Jury retired hir about ten minutes, and then rt.- turned a verdict or—Not GAilty. S 0 IC DE —A ytiTtaU A itan, J t)1111C1. was the °the: day brought uefote the magistrates in Nlariborougli-sired, CililreCti by a watchman with havin,4 attempted to hang himself near Hyde Park. Tile wxclimaii, who disco vered him took min to St George's watch-house, win-re the unfortunate young man acted in a very strange mail- Her, lacquently exclaiming—" Oh, my tote!" lie nun said, that ie hail been chalking with some friends prior us his joining a battalion of his regiment at Deptford the lollowura until us, anal intoxication excited Min to the /Jan attempt. Tins however, was not the only cause— he was desperately attached to a female, whom he re• iiitested to accompany him to Deptford, and on her refusal he attempted to destroy himself, but ten prevented. On being discharged Irons the otlice, he proceeded to a so'a- Lary place neat Rinirose lltlt, where tits suspended hint. sett by a cord from a tree. Od being cutclown, medical aid was procured, but it was too late, he being quite dead.—tie is 15 years of age. lttqat Gtu E. —An elegant cement may be made from rke-fluur, wttich is at prestut used for that purpose in Clouts and Japan. It is only necessary to mix the r:ec-• Haar intimately with cold water, and gently simmer it Offer tile fire, when it readily forms a delicate slid durable CC1111:111, 110' only aimvering all the purposes of common piste, but 1 . 011 joining together paper, card, Sze. tat homing the various beatriful lad tasteful ()roam: tits w It ;en afford su 1011 Ch employment Muse- MOIL 10 the ladies. \Viten made of the totisisklice of plitsiie city, models, busts, Lasso-relievos, Sac. may be twitted ; aittl the articles when dry are susceptible of high 1101'00, Jllll Are vc•ry durable, Orders ore repeatedly received at the victualling ()thee, Plymouth, tbr the shipm:nt tat bisc,.it to Ire :and tier the use of the poor peasantry; 12LOU b.4;1 had Inch scut call: -- . . .