The National Register. — London, England, 1816-04-22 00:00:00

APRIL it?„ ASSIZE INTP:LLIGENCE. The following enrinits (Wm. Cu,,. case (Howarth r. Booth) scan tried ut the last Lancaster Assizes, and the datnages wine at 10001. It appeared, that the glair iii :mailed in the'yezr Iso2, and that he had lived itithapdity with his wife fbr about y litaittfff, thr some Lisa, dt ni-41 the law fulness of Ilk inarriag but not being able to get lid of it, he eolist.ni himself into the Middlesex Militia, in the year 180 a, :old left his will", toad the chlidri 0 be had by Iter, miproteetcd, and his debtsundischarged ; uu l although he received it bulgur ) ). .lor goinea , , allowed thereout mile one guinea to his wile. 'll;ii plaintiff remained hi the Militia till the month of Vein wary, I~li,. when he was d ischarged, and coming home, found. wife pregnant by the defendant, who was his largekt creditor, iwitt 4e refused to live more with her. • Mr. liaise - opened the clam on the part of the plaintiff. and ureic„ proved the criminal connexion, 7 .41 r. Scatli tt, out the partid the defendant, said, that the plaintiff had given the de fend:.a leave and licence ; and to pro% c that, he would read a Hum which had been sent by the plaintiff to the defendant, eptdkg insisted that the defendant was entitled to a verdict. The following is a liicral copy of the letter 3110TH. !. Newry, Feb. 27. 1814. ti /hope that you will not lies Offended atnn.i*ornialting so free i ham sorry to say tints it it not in my powr nor liver will bee to hay the Debt that Contracted with you if you ate not eat to pay yourself by what i lett behind tharc it rime. stand ; but i ham afraid that you are to bathfull to vindicate your own rims without Some little invitation bat i would have you not to bee afraid but to ascertain your commands. i am Very Glad to hear that some p' ogle are not afraid to plow the Hid that i never profited any thing h'; but i appose that i did not go Cub tivate it in a proper Manner but if the ('an Improve my works and men. tam that, the are artily welcom, and if the en not so (Nitration must take plane, for the land that i ham Destrimucd from i Shall never Sew nor yet Mix any more, And if you are the Man that wishes to Merit that land and iturchlue it you shall have a bargain of it if Toll plaise, its I know that it is a customary thing of you to purches lands and Cmigcs and you shall have that as Resonable as any one you have Milder of; the land is very potable to the Nye and the produce you will shortly find, T huts noting more to say but to t,sit for ;our Reply, I slit yours with Cincerity, " JOHN HOWARTH." - - This letter was allowed to be metaphorical; but it being ahewn that the defendant was a creditor of plaintiff, and in the habit of purchasing houses and land, and that plaintilf had no land nor any property (save his wife and children), the literal waning of it appeared, and the plaintiff was nonsuitcd. At Lancaster Assizes, Ralph Kinder, of Nottingham, for shipping on board the ship Latowna, about to sail from Liver pool to America, divers articles us ad in the manufactures of this kingdom, was sentenced to pay a Sue of 2001. and to be imprisonvil twelve months. At the Somerset Assizes Rulgin wes convicted of violating the per son of Jane quitk, a chikl about twelve years old, near Casale Vary. She gave a very el..;r evidence, and the Judge lamented that Bulgin was only indicted for an ir milt and misdemeanor, and said. if the tiranlJury had not been distlargod, h.? would have hail the indictment amended toe a eepital ()Wiwi"; in the pr sent ease, he should sentence him to three years' imprisonment. OLD DAILEY. ---46.- Tuesday, Jahn Trodgra and Jahn Deere were eapitalls - in dicted for stealing two geldings. the property of George Steele, a stable-keeper living at the bottom of Redford-row. The pri soners were in hisftervice. The facts were stated; and seve sit respectable witnesses gave the prisoners an excellent cha racter. The Jury, after retiring fur a short time, found Trudgett Guilty—Derdh ; and Ucare Not Gritty. The saute pri,(aters were again indicted for Waling a eurri • ::. value 401: the property of George Steele. Prosecutor ssi.l the curriele was worth 10 guineas, he would not have taken 80 guineas for it. It was purchased for -11. Is. The July returned a verdict of Guilty against both the pti sonar•. The other trials were without any interest. Wednesday, I:. T. Thomson was indicted for stealing !ears fears roans, value 40s. the property of Sarah Smith, in her d We -house, ' prosecntrix lives in Gloucester-place, New.road. A servant in the house coming down from the drawing-room into the kitchen, saw the prisoner, who wis in the habit of coming to buy hare-skins and rabbit-skies, standing in the kitchen. She asked him what he was doing there, and he asked if she .had onv thing to sell. She answered, that vs.lis not a proper place for him to be in. On loorng to the dresser, she missed e s aie to!,:e.spoons ; she iumwslisstely laid hold of hine and de sired I. to deliver up what he had got. He struck her, and ran o o ; but she pursued him, calling out. " Stop thief!" Doi e• ~, e eursuit he threw away the spoons, but was eventu ally sts: - esl by a carpenter, who was passing at the time.— Guilty . • stealing to the value of 395. only. J. il r t t. and, Isis wife (two French emigrants) were indicted for stealing six silver spoons, the property of 11. Campbell. The plisoners lodged in the house of the prosecutor, in Sot rey-street, in the Strand. They remuined there about eight weeks, and when they went away they were live weeks in or rear of rent. NS hen their room was examined, a blanket, two silver tabh , spoons three tea-spoons, mid a salt-spoon, 'which had been furnished for their me, were missing. They went away without Oving anv notice. Some days after, the pro serutur saw the articles be had missed at Bow-street. A. Harrison, an Otrieer of the City, apprehended them ; and, on searching the man, he found on him 3S duplie:ites, flume; %shirk were fire belonging to Mr. Campbell's property. lie kuil Is. only in his pocket. The pawnbrokers, with whom Ilse spoons and the blanket were pledged, prodneed them. Verthet-3. Brun Guilty, but grow:ly recommended to mercy ; Isabella Brun net (nilty. The Common Scrjeant, in consequence of his distress, order s 1 Win to he tined Is. and discharged. • • Tim jury minis a collection of moncy for the prisoners. W. I iartis, J. Daniels and T. Short, were indicted for steal- ibg a teal amid key, the property of J. Marshal. 'the proseentor WO4 looking ut the earieu:tire3 in a sliop-win d..w. at the renter of Beanfort-buildings, in the Stroud. He hod left that spot, and was proceeding towards Sonthampton s civet ; when a person tapped him on the shoulder, and told him his seal and key had been cut from his watch-ribbon. B. Johnson. a lay Officer, observed the pr i soners go to the pi int.shop-window, u here Daniels pushed sheet, ka little tiny) between the prosecutor and another person. Harris anti Da niels drew their great coats round on each side of the boy, to screen him from slew. In that situation they remained a short time, when the prosecutor walked away,and then Johnson could see that Div key and seal had been cut away. He took them into custody ; and on the boy, ut the bottom of his trewscrs, N‘ithin the lining, he found a small pair of scissors, the seal and key, and a bit of ribbon, which corresponded with the prose e woes wateleribbon. The boy short, who is but 12 years of age, said he was golog ITE NATIOVAL REGISTIR. 1,, school, when he inet the other two prisoner, , , who persuaded him to go with them, and gave him the seissar“, and told him to cut oil the prosecutor's seal and key. Several witnesses gave the boy a good character. The Common Se ije:Ult sill th Court would send the boy to a place where he would be taken care of; but as tin• Harris and Daniels they should be sent out of the country for Thursday, John Heitrdon, alias Condon, was indicted for stealing from the person of James Lane, a watch and key, a brooch, &c. and money to the amount of lbl. in notes and The proseenter deposed thet he was a seaman. On the day stated in time indictment. he went into the Rod I ion politic house in Nightinmsle-lane, between seven mid eight o'clock In Ilia evening. The prisoner, who turd been at sea with him for live years, was in him compnny at the time. Witness had oc saision to lease. the room for a abort time; when he was Al lowed by the prisoner, who suddenly struck him a violent blow which felled him to the ground, and for some time deprived him of his senses. The prisoner then knelt upon him, and took from his breast the brooch, from his finger the ring, a quantity of Aver from his pocket, and his pocket-book containing 121. in hank-notes, with which he attempted to escape. The pro secutor, however, having recovered in time to pursue him, he MIS overtaken at the tap-room door of the same house ; lint the prisoner again struck him violently, dashed him against a seat in the tap-room, and cut his head open. He then escaped from the home. In about a week atlerwards, however, he was apprehended when it was discovered that he had pledged the watch of the prosecutor at a pawnbroker's in Princes•slreet, Soho, where it was recovered. The Common Serjcant, in summing np the evidence, (satires.- ell his astonishment, that the prisoner had not been Indicted capitally; as in cases of highway rolibery, he had not frequent ly heard of more force or violence. The prisoner was found Guilty ; and the Comma. Serjennt immediately informed hint that he must expect to leave the country for life. These Sessions, one of the longest on record, from the num ber of prisoners for trial, here terminated ; when the following 'sentences were passed on those coos.iettalt— Sentence of D::a•rit mt.!. Smith, J. Morris, T. Coker, R. Bryan, W. Forimien, J. Vs Miami. N. Male, T. Burgess, J. Verbese, P. Street, and J. Vale, for housebreaking; Elizabeth Mackay, T. Daley, It. Man ning. Sus. Newman, L. Abrahams, Esthes Jonas, W. Roberts, W. Williams, and J. Blown, for st,wling in dwelling houses; M. Moven, and J. Blunder, for hiidiway robberies ; 11. Folder. alias Fielder, for privately stealing in a shop ; W. Flowers, for stealing goods films a veaiel on the Thames; and W. Baker, H. Mills, and J. Trudgat, fur horse stealing. J. Williams, C. Taylor, J. Reardon alias Condon, 11. Shutt, W. Jones Wars Onsluw, W. Harris, and J. Daniels, to be TRANSPORTED son ;.ten. T. Webs, Sarah Levy, and House, for POI7RT T:EN YEARS. .1. Marshall. Mary Plummer, Martha Burgesi, W. Turtle, 11. Wil liams. W. Butu, W. Cough, Elizabeth Chandler, It. Bibby, W. Ray. men alias Key, T. Smith, .1. Smith, It. Walker, T. Mors, Charlotte Whiteman. J. Harris, T. Stevens, J. Lewis alia, Davis, Mary Solidi, J. Itopereft, J. Boyd, John Green, James Green, J. Deism W. Brad. ley, J. Cooper, W. Lomas, S. Juilish, It. Hatton. B. Vall.vwe, 11. • Swans. J. Laughter °Par Lan-ter. W. Rolfe, W. Redd, Mary Sim. monds, and it. Wakefield, to be Toasts vEn von SEVEN YEARS. Eleven ordered to be imprisoned in the House of Coyrection Mr the city of London. anti 18 in Newgate; one cor two years in the House of Correction at Clerkenwell, ten for one year, and 31 fin lesser period: ; ten to be privately and three publicly whipped, seven judgments re9atul, nine fined Is. each, and 31 discharged by prochunauon.—Stssion ad. journed to the 29th of May next. POLICE. M.‘NSION-110tS}:. STREET ROUBERS.--Yesterdny, Joncs anal Solomon', two no torious characters, who have been for sonic time in custody on a charge of robbing Mr. Ford, and other petsons in the Mino ries, were brought up for filial examination. In consequence of the aliwitee of a man named Levy, however, to whom some ot' the -stolen notes were traced, and who has altsconded, but whose %cif , stated. that the notes had been received by him from the prisoners. they were again let loose upon the public. BURGLAR \.--:1 p)101;.:111A11 named Harris ww. brought up on suspicion of having hitrulariously broken aid entered the In 'lung house of Mr. ll'indlos, of Stoke Newington, on Friday tii:4l.t, and stoke' therefrom various articles of property. The offence Iravinu been committed in the county, the prisoner was sent to Worship ktrvet, where he nude" went an examination and was remanded. BOW STREET. Hien MAY non LE II rda y Elrit - or Doris was examined before H. Bleak, Esq. charged Stith being concerned with two others, not yet taken, in contutittiag at highway rubbery in St. Martin's-street, on Saturday last, between the hours of three and four o'clock in the morning, by knocking a Mr. Shelton down, sell robbing him of his watch and hat. Mr. Shelton was certain that the prisoner Was one of the witty who had robbed him. This was confirmed by a hackney coachman, who was Watt Ling his horses at the vorner of the street. He was remanded till this day week, in hopes that the rest of his companions may be taken. Tile driver of the hackney chariot, No. 1169, summoned Captain Mown, of No. 16, Leigh-street, iirnnswiek-stplarc, for the pavneent of his fare. The CO11010)411 stated, that Ire was callref from the stand, the corner of Pierey-street, Totten ham court-road. to take np at Franek.street, shoot a quarter before one, and that he rt•maineti at the door near another quarter, and them time per Fons got into his chariot, and mitered him to drive to Great Ormond-street, where he remained one hoar, and then wart ordered to drive to the Captain's house, No. it;, Leigh-strect, when he demanded 5.. Gal. which his time amounted to, 11.4 Well as for carrying an extra person. This the Captain refused to pay, and called Mr. lltiditig's foot man, who hired the coach, and who swore, that instead of its wanting a quarter to one, it was past one. The Captain swore also that he had not the couch longer than an hour and Ishtar: Mr. Birnie very feelingly said to the coachman— . Poor fellow' there are two oaths to one against you, and I must dismiss this -complaint." UNION HALL. BUCCILABv.-4olm Hanson NVLS yestrielay brought np for ex amination, on a charge of breaking into the dwelling honse of Mr Avery, Nev.: Cross, on the night of the 12th inst. and steal.' lug thereia su ticls nt wearing apparel, a silver watch, and some ails er spoons. It appears ttat on the night in ques tion, Mr. Avery WAS alarmed by his joornevmais, who slept in the house, and said he was sure there Vivre atieves breaking in. On going down, however, 'hey couhl discover no person. The ensniog rimming Mr. Avery missed his watch and clothes from his bed-aide. fillliVllllollß other - articles, from ilia other parts of the house. The WSW night the yrlsouvr tea; apprateuded by Alav, an Officer of (eke, in thy Kent road, with in k ia pessession,which preyed torowtainlar.Avery's grope "Y. Fully committed fur Ts sal. lIATTOti-GARDEN, On Satnrday, an information, I;;itii;t the inslance of the the journeymen carpenters, was heard at the Ilattumgarden Ottlee, beturc Mr. 'cotton ; Mr. Raynsfunk and several other Magistrates. The inforntation being read by the clerk, the charea appeared to be that Mr. Thomas abirtin, Mr. Lawrence, Er. Iluti;diton, and ,11r. ran, being master carpenters did, ou the Cith uf February Inst tnal , :e a certain illegal covenant and siert valeta for reducing the wages of workmen in that trade 6J. per day less than had been heretofore paid to them ; whereby catch of the Defendants had foi kited 2CI. by the Act 39.14), Geo. DI. §D. The Magistrates, after seine little considera tion, stated, that they a/mild take time to consider their itidg ultra ; and that they would communicate to Mr. Nt the Solicitor, for the prosecution, and to the Defendants' :3ulicitur, when they would deliver their opinion, QT.TEEN-801 , A RE. Farther particulars respecting ;he suspected murder a less weeks ago in Newton-court, Chandos-street, Strand:—(hr Saturday last Mr. Ceiciulmon, the magistrate, who lias taken considerable trouble in investigating this mysterious ease, re ceived an anonymous letter, which throws some light on the affair. The letter stated, that a man named Chapman, a well known notorious character in Westminster, (he was examined about a fortnight since, chargeidwith robbing a sericant of tie: guards of 401.)as one who provides dead bodies for the theutty belonging to a gang of villains who attempted the mauler of the seaman in Newton-court ; that lie (Chapman) was the man that toil in with the sailor who had been wounded, and earth d him off, he being feehle through the toes of blood, and unable to make any resistance. He is since dead, and Chapmen hat disposed of the body in some way or other. Chapman. io con sequence of this information, was apprehended : when taken Into custody, lie had the hat on his head belonging to the !Jai smier Dodd, who has been so often examined at this office as the :atspceted murderer. Three females bare also beret appre hended on suspicion of being concerned in this case they w elts all committed to Tuthill-fields prison. BAZAARS.—An information tending to bring persons vending goods at these Establishments. under the Hawkers and red tars Act, came on at this office, on Wednesday lasi. Mr. Gurney contended, that these persons were l liable, and stated the case of Mr. Lord, of (Areal:side, whose sun has one or two stalls in each of the Bazaar-, and eat ries goods from his father's house in the City and exposes them for sale in Westminster; consequently he comes within the meaning of the word hawker. He then called C. Hutchins, who proved that W. Gear, on ti,.: 27th ult. purchased a pair of gloves of Mr. Lord, at the Baum in St. James-strict; he also proved there were 130 sleeping places, awl consequently they were not the places of resident e of these persons, hut merely a mart for selling different com modities. Mr. l'ouley replied, that this declarnion broneht Yr. Lord within the exemptions of the Act, he having produced a card given on that occasion, skewing that Mr. Lord was the real manufactnrer of the goods he was selling ; and he wool.( further contend it was necessary to prove these pereons et tare travelling from town to town, or house to house. Indeed, if they were itinerant stealers so travelling, and for their coca. nience took a room hi any town for a time, thin the aremmets would hold good. Mr. Prelding expressed his admiration of tke system, and the advantage likely to result front it to poor but honest tradesmen. He should be sorry to see uny impedi ments thrown in the way likely to obstruct their proceedings; but whatever Isis feelings may be in t h at respect, he most banish all considerations when the case was brought before him in a regular way. lie was, however, of opinion wills Mr. Boesky., that the persons were not of the description of hawkers and pedlars, and consequently he would decide in their favour. In giving this decision, he was aware he was acting in opposition to the opinions of the Attorney and Solicitor General, whom he had consulted on the subject; but he was their senior; and he hoped, that ou mature refection they would coincide in idea with hint. THE L.vrE HEAVY r INS. About four o'clock on Friday morning, the t VII, a heavy rain begau at Stamford, which continued without Intermission fur fonr-and-twenty houns occasioning a very great overflow of asthe rivers and smaller streams. The lithe Rutland river (Mash lose so rapidly on Friday evening, that at Bridge Cas term), several sheep were drowned. The riser Glen burst its bank on the Bourn suit near Pepper-hills, and ion:Mated all the lower part of that and Morton Fen, occasioning the loss of many head of stock, The Witham at Boston ruse higher than it had been known for fourteen years. This visitation, how ever, has tutu succeeded in most places by a quisic otr-let of the water, showing the value of the worksofdrainagz by which that part ofl.incoloshire has been fur sonic years distinguished. The heavy rains at the close of last week have tamed tutu rivers in this neighbonrhood greatly to o%ertlow, and the pres sure upon the drainage banks, particularly in the parishes of Skellingthorp, Bracebridge, and lluultham, has been such us those banks could not resist. The consequence is, that thou sands of acres have been inundated, and emelt loss will he sustained, as most of the laud was sawn with grain.— Liftoffs I 'apet. The following is a proof of the severity of the sprint, onfi the backwardness of the season .—A few members of Wan lachheall Curling Society met at Petersdykehead, in the parish of Sampthar, Dumfriesshire, And played on tolerably gaud ice, on the Ist, 2d, 3d, and sth days of the present ',milli. A bont the beginning of last September a distressim; incident, well ealenhitcd to place tile horrid superstitions of the natives is their true light, took place in the town of Burdsran. An aged Hindu°, of the Kfilwor, or spirit -vending tribe, hatin g died, his widow, an old woman of 7V, in compliance - with the custom of her texestors, and to rrove her lasting attachment to the deceased, tesehol on sarrilieimt heryelf at his funetal pile. The faggots being heaped up, the preliminary . memo • nies enitetudA, and the body of the deluded wretch anointed with oil, she was lett to the stake, and bound down by a strong cord. Fire was then placed under the pile, the lower part lif which soon began to blaze. The flame liad to sconer asecnde to the body of the devotee, than she began to struggle, awl soon succeeded in making her escape, in consmptenve of the rope which she was secured having been consumed, li c ia4 now at liberty, she ritslied preApitately towards tile police offi cers on duty there, piteously calling to them to sate her flout destruction. She was led away amid the mut nines of an in. terested and disappointed multitude t and after langnislinig in eNteente pain to tin °days, r aid the forfeit cf her Windt:esti and lolly.—Cuirwitu Times.