The National Register. — London, England, 1820-09-25 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Wednesday,'Clerkenwell Sessions House was crowded by Reformers and others, anxious to tear the el, voice and fate or the celebiated little Radical Waddington, who wit, put to the Bar to take his trial optati the eltarAr of having published a wicked and Seditious Libel, Mr the purpose of exciting Sedition amongst the Soldiers, and alienating them fruity their allegiance to his Majedy. Waddington, having been arraigned, pleaded Not Ity, and then addressed tne Chairman, requesting that the Jury should be sworn in his prViCIICe. The) hid been sworn before he entered the Coml, but he sun: it ssould be a sand:action to Mtn to see the thing . . As soon as the Jury were sworn, he applied for and %VAS instantly accommodated with pen, Mk, aial paper, for the purpose of tali hig notes. Mr. Reynolds then proceeded to state the substance of the libel which he said Win:dington had thought fit to publish at a period when the piffle mind was it) a state of great agitation, in consequence of the commencement of proceedings w hichl it had been deemed expedient to institute against her Majesty. The libel was in the shape or a placate!, and it slated that the soldiers were tt.e fr:euds of the injured Queen, that they won:d sup port her tights, and then a dependance might be placed upon their equal eagerness to support the rights of the • cothary. It then alluded to the Revolutions iu Spain and Naples, and called upon the lieople to love the wat chers, who were all ft tends to the Queen but who were cut off from all commouication ss ;be rest of the public, atm in fact prevented from seeing the faces Of their eountr)inen, except with bayonets fixed or drawn fori. mils. The eublication of the paper was then proved by two Officers, who apprehended Waddin6ton m Chiuitig- Cross, while in the tof p:stiug up the placard. They were examined by Mr. Holland. Waddington then proceeded upon his defence with a great deal ( c ) . l - calnmesa and collecteduess, and concluded by quothee a passage from Sohnnon. he Chairman asked whether lie had any witnesses to • cab ? NVaiblinaton.—" Sir, my cause has no occasion for witnesses." The Chairman (Mi•. ('ons') said, the indictment charged the defendant with a clone of great magnitude. The miestina was, whetliet this paper had been pub lished tame/hie with the view merely to lloliue at oleerya aim; and fair party discussion, or as a vehicle for the inttodoetion of comments, of a feditiOllS and dangetous effect. I. the Jury were of Inc former opinion, Mr. Waddiaeton was entitled to an acquittal; if of the latter, he must he responsible for one to the most !minors of fences against society. The Jury retiretl, and in an hour returned with a ver dict of Not Waddington immediately took bis hat, and walktal quietly from the bar to fits frit nds in the hall, who shouted and clapped as he passed through. William Holmes was indicted kir a Koch, the tendency of which was to seditiously and maliciously to excite the soldiers against the Government, and to alienate hum their fidelity and allegiance to the King. This defendant was tried by the Jury that acquitted Waddington. Mr. ile•ynohls said, that the libel of which he had •now to complain, was contained in a letter addressed to Lord Cesdereagh, atel said to 'tale been dropped iu St. James's-square. The Learned Counsel described the letter as basing been written in an ironical strain, and conwining expressions of kindness to the Noble at the same tone that it held out the most dangerous doctrines in the military, and to the people. Here the Learned Gentleman read a passage, sthing, that '• third Revolution, about the year 1820, would probably grace the pages of Europekin history." He conjured the Jury, by all the regard what) they had for the protection Of Char:Mier propetty and salt•ty, to read this let yr with OW eye of continuo sense, and say weether it was possible Mat it could hate been intended as matter of fair discussion. Two witnes , es proved, that on the Ist of September last, they saw the defeadant in Palace-yard, with a pla card in his hat, and took from him several copies of the letter, waicit seas en:lt - wed as a libel. One of the ,:Ri cers phrenased a copy. The letter was signed a " Loyal Panieer." The defendant said, that he came six weeks ago from Lincoln to seek eniploment. He was nearly three weeks in town without earning any thing, and then that he hawked :shoot those •copias wuhuut knosviog their cametils, for tile siip l ant of his family. Ile &clued most solemniy that he never should hese done so ii he ha i thought that any te:iieer or injury altetal.tl it. The he would not insult the Jury by making ally observat . a•ns. It was obvious to tarry body that the p er was a heel of the most heineus knt. The ittry rtitniv;cl a verdict of but recommended the defendant to mercy. The Chairman then sentenced Holmes to imprison ment in the House of Correction har six mouths. A 13:1; has beell hound :.gains: the pruner. • Thc kte Exc.:V. 7 (ms fir Ikh T reason ;n ,c cot ja;;th—W e have seen two letters, one in the hand writirg of Hare.ic, the other in the hand-writing of but signed also by W. Smith. 'nese letters Feint out the persons who seduced them from the path of loyalty ; but their names we mentioned, we foii;car to give them, but, no doubt, they are pro j.crly looked after, and we trust, if they have acted es represented, they may sutler the puhishment they n - erit. We again, in consegusnee of the inlizna tioo conv2yed in these lettei.:, srcrn per‘onl u• ait.st the rtraolvni; of such l!•errv.rwrs.—S!;; firs i open - Trig NATIONAL REGISTEIt OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. On Monday, John Mullins convicted of stealing a watch from the pm gon of a gentleman, in St. Jumr..3'z square, and sentenced to I ratAporiution for lite. _ BANK PROSECUTIONS. Charles Lee was then put to the liar, charged with pass ing a forged note, amount one pound, purporting to be of the Barak of Ea::land, iu the shop of Mr. Byers, linen draper, in East Street, Manchester Square. MIA. Byers, wife of the prusecntor, swore that the note was passed in her shop. Mr. Low, signiug clerk to the Bank, swore that the *ye was forged, a tad life signutlire was not his. The prisoner Wel4 called in to know whether he had any thitig to say in his ileftlice ? lie said nut. Mr. Baton Graham then divert( the Jury, who having retirt .1 ter about it quarter of MI hoar, they found a ver dict of Guilty against the prisoner. Sarah Price, a reveelaide looking elderly woman, was capitally Indicted fur uttering a forged 11. note. 'rho prisoner, it appeared, went tar the 24th of June last to the shop of Air. King, in Castle Strt et, Leicester Square, and 1..;s in put c hased a pair of shoes, she ten dered a 11. note, rtevi%i if 'he change, and went assay. These facts were clearly establish ed , and a vet diet of Guilty, I)eatli, was returned. Aged 41. Thomas Goodludl, a simple looking country lad, was indicted for utteritig a lotted 11. note to Charles Temple. It appeared that the prisoner met a gii I of the town, who asked him to tr.( at her, which he promised to do it she conld procure him change for a 11. note. He gave her a note, which she took to the Fox and Hounds pah!ic house. The following; day, at Mat Ihoroegli Street, he made a voltintaty confession in writing that lie bad pur chased three tinged 11. notes the same day, in company with a man named Sykes.—Verdict—Gtsilty, Death. Elizabeth Burnham was ChaUgril witb unctimg three IP macs, knowhig them to be furevtl, to Mr. Hodges, land lord of the White Hart public house, in Poi 4)001 .sane. The prisoner in her defence said, she received the notes from a Mr. Smith, for certain favours, The Jury . wired for a short time, and returned the ful low ito:"; verdict:—"Guilty tittetiug, but nut with a feta:lions intent." Mr. Baron Graham—" That verdict, Gentleman, would alumna to all atgelttai. The Astaire charged is the titter lug with the knoki ledge that the molts were tut ged, which constitutes the following intent." 'flit: Foreman said, the July were of opinion that she had tittered the notes Ssithout that knowledge. Mr. Baron Graham—" Then Gentlemen, your vodka .1 be one of acquittal." A vet diet of Not Guilty was returred, Steveas, who had pleaded Not Guilty to the capital charge of, uttering a forged ;ill. Note. knowing it to be so, was pat to the bar, and %shill the cons: lit of the Como•el tor the Bank, withdrew that plea, :mil pleaded Guilty to the minor offence of having the Note in his possession, knowing it to he forged. On Tuesday, Wm. Je:nt Pennington, Eliza Callaghan, J. Newman, and John Maildati, were indicted fin utter ing forged notes, with ititetal to Arnaud the Governol and Company of the Bank of England. The first Nut Guilty, toe other Mice Gui:ty. 'flie prisoners Callaghan and Newman had pleaded Guilty to the minor ollence, but Mr. Justice Best said, that let wululd take care that Callaghan and Newman should be lir, eisrly in the saute sittiaitott as they were before they mete Wand guilty of the capital part of the charge. Pioche Borenstein, a young married female, of res pectable connuctuins, was put' to the bar upon an indict ment charging her with stealing two gold r lugs, value I 4s. the property of William Mutt. This ease, from the extu a ordinary circumstances attending it,exci it'd an uncommon degree of interest, and the Court was crowded almost to suffocation. _ _ The circumstances of this ease were fully detailed in our Police Report about six weeks ago. The facts ap peared to be, that the prisoner went into the shop of the prosecutor, and desired to look at some vredding rings, in doing which the prosecutor asserted that she htule tone, and exchanged a metal ring for another. The Common Sit :want, at great letroh, and with strict impartiality, summed up the evidence to the Jury, with snitahle comments upon the vet y singular circumstances of the case. The 3nry consulted for abort a (ratter of an hour, and then retired, and alter an bout's fist thei deliberation, they mossised will. a ichbet of Not Guilt). 'Usere was a ror rout clapping of hands when the Fore man prononneed the verdict, hut this was immediately rept l'Jscd by the C art. The prisoner, on healing lice verdict, drew her shawl about her, and lett the Guist!. Thursday, Joseph Ellenger was indicted for assaulting, and with violence taking titan Lie person sit 'thus. Aird, 44d. and upwind. its :tan!, tones, lull the lit of Aligns!. Tint was one (Attie isf...ii•c ries t cionsitted oil the openitie of the Regent's Canal, whith for atrocity has nut been equalled by any titi,,g at a sinsilar notate for massy years : Ilse prisons i for:lied one 4,1 0 gang of nearly tulle hundred. The property was found upon film, and the ease in other pastierilars was clearly ehilde out. The prosecutor, an r Welly infirm Gs attewa t, w as used with great cruelly On the r, rom of the pi isout.r sa ele t:•.0 the and ths Cr tell pound mute•, making the amount t barged in the iuslietines.t. Ile m r rle no oefr lice, butt called lour wh irs lISCS. who psi els•I/la good character. The Juiy found 110111 Guilts—Death. 'the prosecutor reeilinisensied him to mercy, but Jnalite I;eist was le:rillsl it could but be aßrnurd to, as Vie protection uf• the public iirperiutissy et:as:staled that the law should lake its llUil he• James Leith ties twits lied for strafing on the Ist of Apiil a quantity ot• satriable jewellery, the ty of Mr. Hay don, of Hopei 1-stiret. 'the evidence ill this ease was Mr. Haydn!), who preyed Isis going out on 1.. sire anti that oil his 10111111 lie found his chests, that contained pi operty to the amount of six thusisand pounds broken open, and the jetectlety stl'itil. On the %Stir of June he called on Alm. !tattoo, to whom the prisoner had been offering pail ul the stolen popeity that lie war cross-examined by Mr. Adolplins, by which it Alarmed that ire property was the all ut the Froseetisor. \Valiant Halton proved the prisoner cuinia.g 1,1 his house and °tiering part of thu stolen property fur sane. Richahl Warren cum:iflated the testimony of the last cos? Th e having gone thus far, Mr; Jucite Beet tun sidered the charge could not be sustained, an44lble pii ng' was acquitted. George Edwards was capitally indicted for assaulting Henn• Boridge, putting him in fear, and taking from his person a matt.li, chain, and seals. The Jary found hint Guilty. Griltiths Parry, aged 20, was capitally indicted for rob bii.g James Carter on the King's highway, of a water, chain soil seals, value 121. sod upwards. Mr. Carter stated, that on the evening in question, he had been thinking freely, and on alighting shout ten o'clock from a raddiugton stage conch,"he tripped and Icil, and the prisoner came up and- said. " I know this gentleman, and will take care of I ' ." Witness thanked hisn, and they went up Castle-►treet together, but had not emir far Wien the prisoner kicked up his heels, and he lA. While falling lie felt his watch taken from. his fob, and called out, " don't take my watch " Witness called out, " Stop thief," and the pilsoner was pursued anti brought back. Mr. John West was in Castle.street, City road, on the evening mentimied, and hearth Mr. Carter call out " dual take my watch," and saw the prisoner running. He pair. sued, enal the witness threw a watch into an area, where the witness found it. The prisoner said don't hurt me, and the gentleman shall have his property." Mr. Blackburn assisted the last witness in securing tble prisorer, and corrobot sled his statement. ,11 .lustier Best summed up the evidence, and the Jmry toned the prisoner Guilty of stealing front time per- Son, but not with force and violence. He was strongly recommended to mercy by the Juty anti prosecu or. John Kell; was capitally convicted of stealing a piece of cotton, value 31. privately in the shop of Clement Shupe, in Berners-sticet, Oxford.street. FORGERV.—Tliontos Fuller Hartiott, n person of gen. teel appearance, was capitally indicted for fo..ging and ptiblishing as true, two Bills of Exchange, (ick ter M. 'importing to bear the acceptance of Colonel Arthur Gordon, of the .its Dragoon Guards, with intent to de ' baud Thomas Thompson. The prisoner appeared to he severely indisposed f aild on making a request to the Court, was allowed to have_a chair. It appeared iu evidence that the prisoner, on the 2d of Ativist last, uttered 'Ole two bills in 'question to the son of Mr. Thompson, %dui is a draper in St. Martin's lane, in payment for some gip tits which he haul purchased. lie received the shanks ,one of the bills, and was to cal for the other, but in Itie.interim the bills had been pre sented to Alesrs. Greetiwordiand Cox, army agents, and declared !o be forgeries. '7k : warrant was then applied far at Bow-street, and Hutuphlles, a constable, by means of matching the pi isoner's servant, traced him to a house at Hampstead, ..vliere he found him in bed. and informed him that lie ltad a warrant against hint, at the suit of Mr. 'Thompson. The prisoner exclaimed, " Gout' God ! I sun undone. 1t is ail the tank of my friends in not relieving mc." lie said it was all his own doing, and lie must suf fer for it. lie set 'tied dreadfully agitated, and called for some laudanum, of %%lin be took a quantity in some wa er. He said that he intruded, if Mr. Thompson had sent hint the change for the second bill, to have gene to Bail' and from hence to 'behind, where he should have get the money, and would have remitted the lull amuuut to Mr. Thompson. Mr. Lewis, a gentleman in Court, spoke of the high character whirl. he haul hitherto borne- in society. He was formerly Paymaster of the bill Regiment of Foot. The Jury timid the plasmic/ Guilty—Death—but re commended bins to mercy, in which Mr. Thompson ear nestly joined. An Estraordinetry Request.--A convict who was found guilty of forgery at the last York assiseA, and sentenced to Le transported for life, made an appli cation to Mr. Justice Purl, requesting that he would immediately order him for eaeculion, as he should prefer death to perpetual slavery and bondage. The Learned Judge gave a verbal and very laconic reply to this extraordinary request—which was, that his Lordship was very sorry that he could not oblige him. On Friday 1114atilng, between one and two o'clock, the watehinan at AI iliigai ie. Cotton-mill, near Glasgow. was ..larmed by observing a ball of fire descending near the wall of the mill. Ili* suspicion being aroused, he pro ceeded in the direction I whence the hall seemed to tall, and discovered a Iran in a stooping posture, with a covered lantern, apparently preparing another cuttibus til,le for the purpose of 'brownie into the mill, the host baring failed. Upon this he thrice challenged the pci son, but on teceit no answer, let el ed and discharged a blunderbuss, loaded with slug-shot, at him. The man, however, diteted his escape. The report of the piece alarmed the watchman on the next station, and he obscured a man running, whom lie endeavoured In lay hold of, but without acct. l le then cabed mit to hit t to stop, or he would fire et Innt, but no answer bt im; made, the wan-btu:in fired a musket at lint, also lo.ded with slu g s, when the man instantly fell. The watchm an, ill place of running up and seizing hint, went in the house of the Clerk to priwur: assistance, the oil: , r watchman being enoged in the muslin of the tirst stint at. When he returned, the object of their pursuit had made his escape, but hart left his hat behind, which sta. pierced with two balls, one close to the hand, and trey bloody inside. On roc. citing to the spot where the first person heel Ikea shut at, they also Mum' 0 hat pierced tt ith three slugs, and two pistols, one a snal pocket pistol, loaded to within half an 11101 /Os the 'nozzle, and the other a holster pi‘tol, with a change of six inches, and a roll of paper spread two with tar, !al low, and gunpowder.—A Loners' tt:is found in the Ulu:0 in the incrning. It appeared that ime of the ter sons hail escaped over the gate, as there v•as a consider aisle go:unity of blood on and about it. One of the was observed at six o'clock near New Kilpatrick, u idiom his hat, and his lace bloody, who, on I.eing o netaintitil by a yirson how he conic 1,, he in that state, said Ilia' "." a !•noitHer, and baffle en attacked and bilfil .111 hxeisc !Leer —\ ' ie are happy to staw, that the ahoy persons .ire secured. Lord (;wyuir has appointed the Rev. W. 111-der;clic , cior of (bittern, in Itorfolk, and Lecturer of W islet It Peter, :u be one of his Lordship's Doinessm:Chapiali.,. 610