The National Register. — London, England, 1823-05-05 00:00:00

MEETING OP 1011CMANTS AND RANKERS. On Thursday last a Meeting of Merchants and Bunkers of the city of London, took place at the London 'farm, for the purpose of adopting measures for the greater security of the money advanced by them in the course of their commercial transactions, upon the deposit of mer chandise and goods, end for a more adtqaare protection than is at. present affisrcled them by . the English law avinst the fraudulent conduct of foreign merchants. JOHN SSIITkI, Esq. M.P. was unanimously called to the Citair. The CHAIRMAN said, it was well known to them that merchants, buskers, and other capitalists, were in the habit of advancing money on the security of merchandise to a considerable extent. as well on the deposit thereof as in payment of bills of exchange, drawn by consignors from foreign parts, or front one !Hut to another within th e United Kingdom. To etiemiraae ‘ the em ployment of capital by 111e311$ of such advances, by which the amount of capital actually engaged in cow ruerci d operations was increased, and the trade of the country carried to a vast eitent, was a sound principle Of policy ; but it was to be lantehted that no . adequate protection was afforded by our law to such transactions. —On the contrary, the English capitalist advanced his money at his peril, and to his loss, if the goods proved to be the property of any other person than tee: individual borrowing or drawing upon the credit of them, although such fact was nnknowu-and imiliscoverable by the penult making the advance. To provide against such a hard ship,. it became the great body 0 r the capitalists of the nation to make every effort. It was worthy of remaik that our Scottish brethren had exhibited *upon this, as weltaa upon other qtiesC?ans, a match greater degree of prudence than we had exercised, as would Le !bowls i. the course of the discussion • Lit fact the.Elig ball- law was unfair and absurd in the highest degree; for it went ta prevent the clrculation of capital beyond any. measure that, perhaps,.had.ever been brought before Parliament. Hr. PARHAM°, M.R rose•to. submit certain resolu tions, which had, he said, been dram. up antler the legal opinion and advice of Messrs. Kaye, Freshfield, and Kaye. He observed. that the rule that a factor, though clothed with apparent ownership of goods, and the power of sale, could not pledge them or dispose of than by. barter, originated in casesaletermisted a century aito,.aod turnetl.principally. on apparent fraudulent prac tices between the faCtor and the individual with whom the goods were deposited. The courts of law had car ried the principle to such an extent as to render all ad vances.ciii gooditentremety daitgeimis, by exposing Eng lish eapitalists who ailvaaceil money on iserchandiae to frauds-on the pail of foreign merchants. Mr. T. WILSON, M.P. said he felt much. for the foreign merctsisits. Care should be taken to protect them Irmo the abuse of trust. The CHAIRMAN thought that nothing could be more uncertain ho general that, the conjecture as to the opinion of the low officers of the Crown ; but he believed they were not hostile to the proposition of remAying the ex twine evil. Indeed he understood their disposition as friendly towalds a change. If the proceedings of the meetitie were brought to a speedy termination. a bill *night tae brou3lit into Parliament this session. The resolutions 'acre agreed to, awl the Merchants and Biotite, • toed a petition to Parliament. CITY RUS/NRS.S. A Court of Aldermen was held at Guildhall on Friday ►ass, which was attended by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, the Recorder, and City Officers. His Lordship having made report of the election in Lmahourn Ward, John Key, Esq. attended by several of the Cn I mon Council, Ind principal inhabitants of the Ward, was introduced to the Court in due form, and took the nal hs and his seat. The Lord Mayor then reported the election in the Ward •t( Farringdon, when John Crowder, Esq. was in like manner attended, and presented, and took the usual oaths and his seat. Jack• -• was admitted, and sworn a coal- Mr.Jllllll Jackson s. ■•••- meter in trust Air the city. 'rite Court.were occupied at considerable length, upon a 'qirt relative to the appointment or Receiver of the Orphans Dues on %Vine, and Mr. Md. Cox was ap pointed to the vacant situation. Piecepts for a Common Hall for the election of offi cers were directed to be issued. Courts of Conservancy were appointed to be held for Essex and Keen •on the I2lh, and fur Surrey and Mid• dlesex on the 20th of June next. Presentments were made of ruirsous premises in Ald gate and Cripplegate Ward, and the Act of Parliament directed in be put in execution. The Chamberlain reported the state of the orphans fond, when 13,4001. of the outstanding debt was directed to he paid off and discharged. Sandry brokers were sworn and allowed. Ott the night of Monday last, snme wretches entered a sheep told 041 the fartu of Mr. Tanner, of Urchfont, Wilts, within a few miles of Deviz..s, and, with the fold stakes. heat the poor sheep in such a brutal manner that four of mem died on the spot. One was tunnel with its_ head nearly severed from its body, al•parently done with a hatchet others on the following morning presented a most pitiable appearance,heing nearly pierced through with the sharp ends of the stake, and many were otherwise dreadfully maimed and cut: the greater part of the flock, however, effected their escape by breaking out of the fold. On the same itight a large plantation belonging to Mr. Tanner, situate on Urch font Down, was cut down 3twl destroyed. scarcely a tree remaining standing. U . 1111311.11.C41, the wrochts then chopped a plougit, also the property of Mr. Tanner, to. pieces. It wriulif be difficult to discover a motive for so wanton and attiociows au outrage, Mr. Tanner being a Most worthy man s beloved , and respected by those whq knobs THE NATIONAL REGISTER APPREHENSION 01 , ...TH1 MURDERERS 01 , MAJOR HARlL—Pairick and Imes Nliiviane (brothers), Irosh the common= or ltathkeal, whose comrade (the unto. rions Oliver Fitzgerald) was apprehended last summer at Quebec, in America. have heel] found at the housel of a suppo.ed respectable wealthy fanner, named Wm. Pawer, of Cragvartl, near Snansvlden ; and most ex traordinary to relate, theywere entscealed betwee:t a bed and the sackcloth bottom, and two females. one a flue young woman, lying on the bed over them. On being taken, they were inuitediately recognized by the con stable. Patrick (tire elder) is rather a well spoken fel. low, and on his way to Raihkeal, and in the very streets of that town, he harangued the mnl., desired them ne ver to despair, that he was trite, and would be true to the last. These two-ruen, with otbeis, are charged with the murder of Major Hare, at Mount Henry, in the county of Limerick, last year, awl many other outra-• geons offences A Gipevy Foarataz.rithzett.—On Thursday morn• ilea last, su illionking old woman went into the shop, of Mr. Burton, hal:cr. Great Portlatithstree, and bought a. penny roll, which site stood eating till all were gone out, except-Mr. Borton's (Loather, who hack the ears of the shop, when the old wretch fixer, her eyes on the girl for some time, with great attention, and at length told the girl that by the lines in her face she could pen: ceive that she was born to good fortene, and if she wreakd give her a shilling she would direct her to a place where there was a good deal of hidden treasure con. 1 cealed; accordingly the girl gave her a shilling; the gip. * say looked at rite palms of both bet (she girl's) hands and after pretending to examine them, she directed flee to go into a certain corner of. the cellar, and dig op the earth, awl at the depth of a few istehes. she would find a stone jug full of silver awl gold coin ;.and-she hoped when she found it she would gist her a piece of it its. , addition to the shilling. The poor simple girl went4e directed, and after searching seine time and finding her .1 expectations disappriitited, returned to the shop. wheal', she discovered the old woman was gone, having stolen a 'silver watch with two gold seals and a key, a silk shawl, and other sniffles oat of the inside room; fortanatel., l the till, which contained same money, was locked.--s-1 .The young woman tan immediately to the Duke ell Sussex puhliehouse, and informed ISIr Forrester, the landlord, of the robbery, and he, with some itersons ' who were in. the tap-room, followed in pursuit; bon, althouah she and her dress were tery remarkable, lie had .effected her escape. Mr. Burton, in the course of the afternoon, gave iiiforittation of the robbery at the police office, and a description of the old Olney fortune teller; and we expect from the vigilance of- the police cifTsee's soon to hear that she is its custody. She appear ed to he between 44.) and 60 years old, • Idle size, rather thin, very black hair, and wore an 'old rusty red cloak, an old ragged black straw bonnets DARING BURGLARY.—On Friday night, beiweeu ten and eleven o'clock, a most daring Inualary was com mitted in the house of Mr. Nosada, Coventry street, Piccadilly. Mr. Nosada keeps a situp for the elle of valuable and curious antiques, but does not occupy the , upper part of the house, and on the night in question he locked up the shop, and went out for about an hour. I l On his return lie found that-thieves had cutered at the back window of the first (bor. made their way dots it stairs, broke into the shop, forced all the drawers and gtasa caws, and carried oil a large (enmity of property, consisting of ancient cold watches and suisffsbnxes, otos beautiful enamelled board great value. gold Cilitllll and seals, a beautiful oval miniature of limmaparte, upwarts of 40 intaglios in gold, curious Greek and other coins, aid various other property, amounting to above goof. apprehension of lfn persons for Site Robbery of the Bel lies! and Derry Mails.—Ten of those said to be con ,tensed in toese daring robberies hate been appr.:ll. niled, On Monday Meld last, Mr. Armstrong, chief constable, was dispatched with a warrant, acrompthied by Lieut. Ellis and a party of the Meals Police. They succeeded in apprehending Richard Dowling, a publican, who a few days sitter, passed a balance note at a distillery in Dublin, which was afterwards stopped at the Batik of Ireland as. one that had been• robbed front the 13:Ifast , Mail, when attacked last winter. Dowling said, that [ he had received the note from .a avian named Gerron, ' whom the party apprehended near African,. Genet) said lie obtained the note from a-man named M.Toole, of Gerretstown bog. Toole turned approver, assd gave information where the test of the gang were to be found, Mr. Armstrong was again promptly dispatched in pur suit, and at one o'clock arrived at Dislleek with a see ' meant and twelve of the 4th Dragoon Guards, where Lieut. Ellis. with his police, was in readiness. The dragoons and the mounted police were stationed on the different passes leading from the bog, while the infantry with Mr. Arrostroug and his assistants, commenced the search. Scarcely were the horsemen placed, when one of the robbers, named James Kelly, was seen running ' through the fields adjoining the bog its his shirt;. several i shots were fired at hint, and he %Yeast length taken after a pursuit of nearly half a cask. by Corporal Reed, of l ithe nailed: party, who preferred the honour of arrest ing hint In that of shooting him. Toole the approver, pointed out where the anus were concealed in a bug hole. Out Wednesday afternoon last, as Lieut.-Col. Trench, of Bolton, was driving down the Haymarket in a tilbury, turning the corner of Pall-mall. his horse unfortunately struck Mrs. Corte. of Little Cloisters, Westinaister, and knocked her down, broke her rib, and otherwise bruised her : the Colonel immediately got out of the til bury to assist her, and pin her under the care of Mr. Fisher. the surgeon, of Greek-street, who happened to be driving by al the time, and pulled up to offer his pro- fessional assisunce ; and while in the act of so doing, his pocket was picked of his instrument-case by a pick pocket among the crowd collected on the occasion A coroner's inquest was held on Friday last, before Thomas Stieltnit, Esq. at Guy's-hospital. oat the body of a man unknown, about 60 years of age. who had cut his throat near the Blue Anchor-toad, .Rerutoudsey.— Verdict-4 Insanity." . FIRt.-.tn alarming Are broke out on Monday morn ing, at two o'clock, at a linen drispefs, the corner of Harper-street, New Kent.road. The waidhMan first °turned the flames. and immediately alarmed the in itiate, of the home. who wish considerable dif f iculty saved themselves from destruction. Several engines very shortly arrived upon the spot, and although every effort was made by the firemen to stop the fluines, it 40tit. ;eftly burnt the house to tire ground, and • 'materially% injured the adjoining ones. but happily nu lives were lust. The property, we understand, is insured. 'facerrixo•Mxtcriao.—Mr. Hindsotis two matches• to trot his two horses, issue three suites its 1 1 minutes. and the other sixteen miles in one hour, took place on Monday, on the Ashford Road, Middlesex, over 3 three mile circle. The three miles snatch was for a hundred sovereigns, and the sixteen for two hundred, with plenty of hettiter.—Both snatches were lost by the horses breaking rrons the trot. Betting was ii 4•tait the horse banina the second snatch. EXTRAORDINARY ARFAIR.—A great sensation bas been excited at Brigh luring the last week, by a cir cumstance unparalleled in the annals of the town. A gentleman who has claimed great celebrity by the sets of fanciful philanthropy with which his name is asso ciated, and who has been residing at Brighton for about a week past, in consequence of stiformation glee's to the police, was brought before Sty David Scott, on Saturday last, together wish Archibald:lt/Amnon and his wife, keepers of a well-known house of ill-fame, and as many as fourteen or filters' female,• of abandoned character. The above gentleman. it appeared, hail- with that eccentricity which at all times din • ;wished his conduct,entered Robinson's house, where he distributed money and clothes to these poor creatures; she report of which spreading far and wide, he had soowa numerous list of applicants for bounty. Amongst these was one young girl from Lewes. and another from Devil's Dyke. and in this manner be presented as many, we nutters stand, as 25 with a sovereign each, and to the greater part of them, besides, an order on a linen draper for goods to the amount of lOs. It would have been well:- if this intercourse with them had terminated here ; but when it became known that scenes of the greatest itnle.• licscy were taking place, it was judged necessary to in. terfere, and prevent the repetition of these outrages on • decency and morality. :t gimel deal of difficulty was experienced by the ultieers in getting admission to the house, and they were obliaeil tii have recourse to strata gem before they could sitieceed. - The disgusting faCts have beem sasisfielortly established ; Mr. was bound over in heavy recognisatices so be of good belia. stow, as were also two sisters of itiMillsoll . ll wife, who heel heels privy to what was going forward, and shared in the vile profit exacted by ditape unprincipled creatures she objet ts of his misditected t y. A prose- cution was ordered to be instituted on behalf of the parish against Robinson and his wife, who gave bail. tit toselves in 1001. and two soretiesan 751. each, for their appearance at the Sessions, to answer the charge; so that an estatilishwein which lias, we understand. existed its Brighton no less thin 17 lean'. will at length be deservedly broken up. We are an possession of many particulars, such, however, as we must f o rbear to de tail; but we CAllllllt refrain loon eapressiug our regret, that a person wllO was IMlltrf:y a headborough ref should have given iulnr,oation to the keepers of this brothel of• the measures winch were being taken against them. L<IUR•DLR tat SPX.TILLDS'-0 , 1 Ftiday afternoon, at *three o'clock, as impliMion was takeu before Thomas Strrlisq Esq. coroner, at she three Kings Tavern. Clerkenwell-green, Ott view of she body of a man t1;11t110 , V1), whirl was found dead amongst some straw, with a number of marks of violence in various pans w his body. denoting that he hail been nittsilered.---• Thejunt returned a verdict " that- the deceased hail been monk-fed by some perion or version unknown."— The parish of St. -fames, Clerkenwell, have caused large placards to be posh-d, offering a reward of 501. for this discovery , of the dent I. TUB BULLOCK AND 'NIB OTTICRIL—A letter - from • Schelestatt (Bas Rhin), dated April 15, says—Yesterday. at one o'clock sus the afternoon, our city was the scene of an event which miaht hare produced the most mainly nate revolt. without a strong instance of courage • ao.I sang lioid lilt the ;sin of a y g Qaartermaster of the Ist regiment of dragoons. A butcher's boy leading out a hillock in a halter, found, its a street called the New Road, the Ist rcpt ment of dragoons drawn op liir. re view. The bullock taking fright at the suundeof the drums, broke Irons his cooductor. and ran furiously to wards the Fetbsimrts. In Isis course he overturned all shit stood in his way. A ' she unfortunate who were struck by the enraged animal were two children. sue of whom was killed,. end she other received several dreadful wounds. M. ,le Bon being ott dinv, sere she (Winos animal moiling towards him, amid placing him self close to a post, stood in a firm ;sushi 111 l weds his sabre drawn. At the instant the bullock came towards , him, with a strong and sloe arm he plunged his sabre up to the guard in the breast of the animal, who felt dead a few paces front him. • Stiocittwo, Accitraut.—On Weilnetrlay afternoon as the carriage of Mrs. Looter, of Regen.'s Place, Tm tenham Court Road, was pining along PAtcadilly, the horses took Origin at some mischievous boys wating a flag, and went off at a gallop, and in their course ran over .a youth of the name of hienold, who was crossing the road, and the off wheel broke his thigh, Resides being notch bruised by the tread of the horses. Two young ladies who were in the chariot were sioncis bruised by i•s- being overturned. N1E1311111001413 —The following sinopk and ea, me thod is recommended for trying the quality of fiel mushrooms :—Take at onion, and 'trip the outer skin, and boil it with them ; if it remains white they are good, but if it becomes blue or black, there are certainly dangerous ones among them. Cucumbers were sold u tie Brightno market, a f et e, days ago, for one shsll ,it b each ; and Fiesich beaus at cightshilliugs a pottle. . ~_~~ - +.......--....m..--.....m.=, r••••••...er ...EN, ••••••••••••••....1..M