The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-31 00:00:00

mg ~:I~ CO„..„ki"Y" Fria • LS. . • L.ANCASIIIKE. Atvesr CsltiL6 . 3lLx tau. —Mary _Yates, aged 3s. Will visaged webs .: the ihntder of het female toasted child at Great Bolton. . • Elt . Izabella Orecesslo keeps the Lem l oitille 11010ie in Bolton. 'the prisum r cause to her service in Feb, story 1.10, and was thee stispeeleil of pi egnnney, het denied it. Our the oth 0( h:Se she ro•e at the isturnioe. At t she e.I1110s• al) stairs 10 a list Witilril.l 011 with her clothes. Site sow 114/ differerlre iu her nopeatance. The prisoner beingasked if she had any enestiona to put, wept, and entreated his 14all-hip to be etemsel fur I:er. James Booth, the hostler, had beets C 411 1 .11 up by the priso ner at Isalterist 5 use the Gth of alay. %When he value down she let leettisig ass is table in the kitchen, and seemed vest' poorly. She went nut afterwards, and stayed nut about three quarters 01 . au hour ; Caine in; and began to wash as iisnal. I Io Sal today, the 9th, he wrist auto the dub email, am! saw a child tyittit on the hub t the side of the entte). Hr went down frightened ; others rank up a ith him : it was a child Wfopt in all old bed-gown* 1111,,VI•el as frighteited he went away. Sattire Peeling exasuleorthe Child. It was a female -s Platt, surgeon, Was CAUL (1 011 the 9111 of May to examine a child, took the child home, opened the cht•si, and evaluated the lento. The longs appeared. perfetaly sound. They Boated uts wales - , which is a 'woof they had air 111 Meat: by the lungs Homing, and no puteefactiou havirrotaketiftlaeot he supitosed that the Child b.nl hteathed after 115 birth. mess come in full maturity lie had nn Efate child had been %rapt in the cloth alter its birth, it would base eastward its death. 'llse pi ;maim said le him-the child wai. I:et's, that it born at half - past G erst-Weilneadey nierstingi tee otli, in ti.e citit , ro 1111 l •hi that 4: was not be i rtiadve, btlieVed it tad died of beatiortisege, Ifile lavel diet billig . been tied. The pi ismo.r, a hen called neon for her ell oleo, meet tentps, eel w ills seine dinit•elty Gatti the child woe bear dead. • 4 .4 lii' Loidship, I.t mutt 111 l ill g it., the raider:mt. ' , said, l'estl wg the Act of Parliament which made the -contestliug oftthb birth evidence of murder had been vitrfy& ihe , Jury'Must acquit Ler of the murder; but the Aqatlltatal Thells to 00' her g4ilty of coot...ante!: the birth.—Nut guilty of 'dal intirell —Guilty of concealing the births • Mary Brolla, seed 21, a gatiddookKg 'wing wontani was eharge , l with the sviljul murder of her make bastard child, at Maneitestet John Moth bought the midden at the prisoners father's house, of the prisoner, at Manchester.. She lived a ith her father, isumarried. He went to rally it stVeay on Tuesday the 30th. 'There is a- door from the middea stead cauminni c tting with the street. There eas asiothermithl It I i v 4.11. lig. He funnel 41 child !damp tinder the privy seat ht•lengiate to the prisoner's Wier. 'lite!, coned upon the prisoner to m ule and look at it, having washed it and laid it its Ilse passage She slid the, hdle was al says open, and perhaps it had c from Salford or any ether past of t he town. They had better Igo' y it, and say molting about it. The hole was Ilse %tallow by which *sties were thrown in. Any one alight tha ow in their ashes; hut the child could sot have been thrown its by city other way shalt the privy seat, while the ashes bete so high a. he found then,. He took the child to the police office. Mr. Tb as Allier, surgeon, ekatnined the child on Tios: duty, the Seib of July. There were no marks of violence. It ' was a fullogrown child, and from all the appearances c olive- 1 tively, he was of opinion that ii had been born alive. It was free front putrefaction; t could not have been there snore than Iwo or three data. 'he navel string was not lied. Ile estuniiied the thisouers and was conviuestri she had recently been delivered Ida child. She said she bad been delivered, hat the child had never cried. All the symptoms from which be judged may occasionally fail. He was of op' kit it had died froth loss of blood : all the bloull`vessele were empty. Mos. Mary Tipping, a neighbour of the prisoner. hall heard on Wednesday, the 24th' of June, the cry of a new-barn Child from the necessary. She was at the back part of her oast house, about five yards front the plaice. Mr. Allier was of opinitio that the child eoeld not have been there six days it would have been putrid. Not Guilty/ of the murder—(;silty of concealing the birth. Both the above prisoners were sentenced to imprisonment for six mouths. SIAM/Ant AND Stanley, aged 33, was charged with having tauglarionsry entered Ilse house of '.motel Clarke, at Preston, and stchos gold and silver coins and Bank of England notes to the amount of 301. Thomas Clarke is in partnership with his brother, Mr. Sr note! Clarke, as woulleudraper, in Preston ; Joseph, hi. brother, and Elizabeth, his sister, live with .Senniel. flfn Wednesday, the bat of April, lie had in his care upwards of 301.; it was in his care as Treasurer of the Bible Association. It was contained in a small canvas bag, its a drawer, in the shop, miller some imok•, slot locked isp. There were a 101. note, a 51. mater small notes, and about iii•;Yd guineas in gold. There was besides collie silver in a desk, among which were some loose papers and 'mount and 9114* ; 11111. G.I. wer e op en the desk. He sae/ !hat money on Wednesday afternoon, the nth of April. Next taut ' he missed the whole of the tno :ley. He received fiaan his brother Joseph a pair ofshoes, a towel, sod two small pieces of snap, a hick be di ii‘eicd iu the same state to Waling', the mist able. - - _ ..... _ Jastph Cl..rkc assisted isi allotting up the shop no the St h of April, between 7 and 8; %%grotto chasers, •,ttitl setursie.l shoat 0 ; every thing appeared sale, 'fhey hail some sapp e r, and afterwards went to lied. The door into the yirr.t sNrs locked, the other doors were all hatred and locked. They l e ft th e table-cloth, hot no sapper thing.: ass the ev 4 1,1,.. K r e s as first n'i neat ono g; it was about 6, and open day•tight. WAS gone limas its plare, and he retiiiit the miter door l o cked, hot ihe bar shot back. Hotter the tasiolow ow side, i ts she y 4 i,l, lie loom, a pail . of Pk .hues; both lid.' t o , i n them, twat the right snore Stan the other; they %vete rather wet; st httti r. d that.fliottl. He foundat good .l'.tl of th e woithov liken out, quite enough in ;tailed a man. Finder the wittilow lie also CHIBIII a loot., wNh two lIItVCS of .04. [H AW,. the Ikons'' hi foss ad, near the kitchen lire, it pair of gr iy Cotton %tucking., %Ply ditty in she feet, with large hides. aild appeared as al' 'draped lry a pair of bine II o‘tgefil, ..11•1 masked arid% a testes oar toe lull Od the vtiiiier tattle was a ran flit . , %%Melo lie had the night hniore pot oil A shclt. It had been she night befits,, and oow it o spent. He 5511 t I Able Mead, part, of manse Lulu, earl ofa LOW lb. ‘ 5111 .• the 5.111.1115. o ,o nr atlas and fork... ism s Toere the Aill)..3l4rtr, of 11 •n raring lit. rc. I'vro tatullt tent .ot ihe the p.o. r Iv ~r the wins ost , l tie stioriiiwz 'berm e, and left .4, amt. , y high %hilt it. Ike pantry ; the d III: suit. (Sr street was naliattrd he gate the siockirla tat Itiche, a constable, THE NATIONAL IIEGISTER The declaration of the prisoner before th magistrate w rem!. Ii IZUSP a 1111014 tr OPPOillil of Ills 111091,11 1 .11 from t .e of H.mrch, %%hen he had bvi.ll tii•ch4i gra Ii iii ;the lion.. al Cariection, to the filth of May, when •lalseit into testmly, He hail lieess• in Liverpool in OLIV IMP4II lime ap 1111115•Iitlyt in the itifilllllllr. • Jowl' Smith, of Preston, saw the prison!r on the Bth of April, who applied for la boils-, whirl, %%items% was to eive him; hut refusett, oittearolug lilac ht hash h;rii irethe House ofCur- Htiun he ordered him out of the house at tin the 11110rilillt. P had on light-eolonreit . trowsers striped with blue. His shoes were patched. Hetes seen them sine.. A daughter el' the last witness saw the prisoner in her fa. tiler's absence gnidg up airy down n ladder. tie had on ii pair ut li, tt aitorkitio, Oneof thein having a hole on the heel. There wat•a-iatiall caliph! (n patch) upon the heel of one of the sh oe .. _ _ Mrs. Minith sasv , the prisoner poll off tine of his shoes ; there was some bay in it. She saw a towel in his hat. She ippeipo t l it out ; there was nothing in it. Walton produced the shoes, the towel, and the two pieces of soap, which Were identified ;/1 those found in Mr. Clarke's t and the shoes anal towel it roe identified as those seen with the prisoner at Smith's Bittby prothiced the stmi.iggs, which were identified as ditise found• at the kiachrn tire-Ade, and us those worn by the prisoner' when going up the ladder. lie also stated that the prisoner has his right foot great-toe cut off. In the part of the istoeking coree butt scar a piece of cotton, and a tiStaA lily of hay was found in the right shoe to fit! tip the %t canny. James Finkel!, intlAceper at Liverpool. sate the pi km er a .rtnight bcfoie (,Lester races, which began In the first week in Miry. Its changeA a 101. note for him. He also saw at al. note With him. He bought new chillies while there. t Thomas Itarralt, ....instable, apprehended the prisoner on tic S 1 st of May, at Holton. tai his pocket he (0111111 a piece of shaper, containing .a,memorainhen of ciothing. Saint.. I Clarke provcd the paper to be in his hand we lds':;. ilie 'whey int it hint brim in the desk in the shop, bet cold ti..l swear to it. tt hail' been written more tfiaii 6 years. Prisoner iu 141 ilerk.llCe said, " Pleage. ins Lird, I know :nothing of the shoes no more than you, my Lord;- not ut the robbery ; Mut as for the slows, I could not wear such a pail s of •1f11.14, fur the WOl - Id, 111) - Load." Ills lA/rd.:lip ordered the ...aloes In be tried to his feet. The prisoner 11113 11'd 111 , g11:11 . % at this operation, and at last pre stilled his foot to the Joke and jury, giving g history of his having been wounded and taken prisoner of war iii his Maks ty's service.- Rugby reported, that tlit left'slore went on very easily, but the right would not go on' with the hay, and on accanut of the stiffness of the leather. The hay rolled up and prevented its going on the foot. Ii had been wet when finind, and it would easily go on if wet, or as it wai, withoni the hay —Guilty. Mr. Addison, the eminsrl for ilie prosecution, applied for some remuneration to the prosecntor above the ordinary costs, as the expenses had been very great, and the late Act had atm. fished rewards. His Lordship said, it was not in his power to give Pali-seg. dinar). Costs.. lie allowed the expenses of the apprehension besides the ordinary coats. HIGHWAY 1103DERT. Ireop. aged 17, and Ilea') !littler, aged 2'2, were ellarzeit with havitin robbed W Thomason, on the Kin highway, at NI atirliester,of a pocket. hook containing 351. in Ilmik of England notes. It appeared that Thomason, the prosecutor, had a bscionled on Wednesday last, and being now called nil his recognizance, he laded to appear: still the prosecution went on. John Books, a watchman, whose lie•et w a, Hanover-street, Alancliestvr.sawlieap on flit ad of June walking side by side with Thomason. 'there were other perseine it them. He saw Heap again In custody that night. They had walked by the Pipe entry. James Andrews saw Heap In the morning aftcti t enstody. He told Heap that they had been robbing a man in the Pipe retry. Heap said lie had been• with none bat a girl. He saw him iegzin nest &ay. lie said to witness, Mr. Derhy• skis e being present, " I should have told about the robbery that 'nursling, only the watchman used me an ronglely." !Icing esked where he had seen the old man first, he said he was sitting sip in some wood eirar and asked to he put' on the way to Pendleton. They •gived. P. Eardy and Pollan got hold of liim lel the arms, he and Jacob Butler fol lowed b 1.4. sine! ; When they Kot to an entry, in Hanover tweet, Hat tly and Pollan wanted to take him tip the entry, but the ohl mats would not go. '1 hey took him down into the Pipe celery. then he (Heap) saw what they were for, and ;old Beene if they did lob hint, he would WI of then,. He stood at the end of the entry, and saw them all three 'mooing not, Mid heard P. Hard% say to Beeler, .* Ilion least got it, anti it'll have it whackeif(livided) fair." Witness went alit r. wards after Butler to Lieerponl, and took hint there. lie had Immo his permos very well Butler gave his name John Buckley, his trade a weaver, and the piece lee hod conic trot* was Bury, and said it *as a fortnight since he was in Alan cluster. 'rhis was on the of Joni. Willies% said, •• your 1111111 e is Jacob Riefler, your lather is a hatter, and lives in Manchester ; I hieve conic fur yet* for robbing that old HMIs ill the Pipe entry, aseil I want the money." He found three notes and half a note in flis fob, another in ano ther poco"et and some silver. Witness said, " Heap Says it was you that tuuk the book." Butler e c r ied, He is vr tl-11 liar, it w.f.: he that took it, 15455 him take some slates out of it. and On nw the bank into a pigsty ; rte were so clOs'e pursued That he threw the notes into it pricy : I slipite,l; imul to knock at a door as if 4 li% vet these ; the watchman asked me what 1 was doing out, and I said 1 %sal lucked out. As soon as the watchman was on by, I went bark to the privy, and took as many slates as I ei.:(1.1: if you look nt House notes you have taken of vole will "tied they :ere pithy mites:" Mistier slid not know who stopped Ilse old 111410 ; % month, he did nothing but held the t.rps sir his coat. The declarations of the &homers were now read. They were to the same etfect as the evidence above givens Mr. Williams, oho was Counsel for Heap, against who m even his own conks. inn did nut admit goilt, beaged to argy hir Boller , th ingh not Counsel t'nr ham, th it there was fryer , ail lasi:time of conviction %%torte the C - rpisit drtfeti was till' WU, 6tl. These n it s he re no et id' nee that three had hero ISllilferiat ail; Ansi lie ref . ..m..1 to the authority of !mid Ea sel.ess on this - circuit. that aburgltry must be p.ovt•d Iseloir rail ton lel of hits glaty. Bacon Wood. WI 11. 1 i.f different opheion Aft. r 4444 it Ills sirelarst Mlll allii rvi.lt 10e, hss la.r !ship cud• that it Aters was a min t .{. le taitsfessimi le, .na l i;.l 11..141 is %Where'll. but it appeared \ *it'CliVe. 1• w,s. ii,.l •ffillelt•tit legal eviitenee ; the routes' 1111 l tit tom ("tilt_ nil a tieet eh- other. it lid eafeSSCS that he s;oeuenitte.l teioey (emit). AUG. ii ---- MONDAY; !tiffs. 21. Mr. Baron lYtiott leftlancatter yesterday morning. Before his departure he reprieved till the c.ineicts condemns:l w tkath. It is re. %narked as new avid extraordinary,• that none st uuld be lett io Laa c.ister for execution. THACKEItAIeV. DRAVAI!L. M. Mr. Scarlet said, in this case, the plaintiff was an officer and s gentleman. He lived in Ashton:tinder-Line. Ile happanad on die ?drat of Mto av to have gone in the Crown inn there, when the dzien. dant treated him in a tumran• which has occasioned thi, action. It is properly esigge,ted to Me that he mild not have been in a temp r to quarren• for he had barn returning from a charity concert i wherz his soul had heti, enothed to soft sounds, and melted to de As of el s. rity. Mr. Braman thought mope r to say to Mr. Wyche. in allusion to Tltackeray. '• I don't care a d—n for yoit or your briny.' At. officer who would not resent language like tins was not worthy of In: regim ma's. Mr. Thackeray did resent it. standing as he did thtre in a court of justice, he could not approve of a challenge to any p:: sonul combat. But the defendant would have no challenge but battle of handicuffs It certainly was no imputation upon-the I:onou! or °enrage of his client that, infetinr in size and strength as he was, he ecelirmil this contt.st. The defendant sail than he assisted in pay ing the plaintM"s half-pay. Now really, Without entering into any political questions , otticern. our anny appeased to have dory their duty. and no officer of spirit emit] beer such husguage. Tha defendant then pinioned lion up against tltr wall, and applied tl,a most opprobrious terms to the plaintiff. Finding that lie had r 'P other Weans of redress,lhe plaintiff has been obliged to a 'ply to y au, gentlenia, not for damages, for that is not his object, but far satis faction to his insulted honour. An apology, even at this inotne: t, would be accepted. Mr. Topping would agree to a verbal apology, Inn would not cos • sent to pay the expenses. The trial therefore went on. ' Joel Ilawkliere came into the Crown inn, In Aslitorotibier.Line, Ora tneentli of May, tognher with Thackerar, a half. •ay officer in t ~• arm v. The land tad was writing while Mr. Bramail wa saying, as if hosting. n• a fair trotting match." Mr. Wynn:: toes s e at with them. Mr. Tliacketai sat beside Wyche. and a whis p ring co ive sa ion. M:. Vyche refaced to sign the pm. r. Mr. droinalli addressed him :—`• You are it d—d puppy ; 'knack you: head and your putty's to Ile did not know i% a: tinny meant. Mr. Thackeray asked if he meant him. end ail' for an explanntinn, which Mr. Brainall•refused, but only by doing •vhat lu had said (knocking their heads together.) Mr. Thack,ray said, '• Give me leave to tell you, you are d—d Lnpertinent !sappy." After reciproal terms oi abuse, Mr. !framed %Vinat a-e you You are only a half•pay officer, and I assi.t in paying you ;" and '.• threatened to knock ham down, if i.e did not explain whet he had said; he then knocked his hat oil Hard langnage was again m. sullied on 'holl aidee. The plaintiff again called hint an impertinent puppy, and said, it' he could swallow that lie Might swallow any thing. 'l'hc defendant threatened td put him out of Vie room, and reared him tap against the wall. The defendant is stout and much the stronger man. He torethe plaintiff's shirt. The plaintiff corn. plumped that he had been throttled. On his cross-examination by Mr. Toppihg, he said it was about one in the mornin• . The plaintiff was not quite sober; the defen dant was worse. Butte meant a kind of assistant. " Monkey, puppy, poltroon," were said and exchanged. lie conikt not say as so .• blackguard." They did not sit above an hour a nd a.lialf. win all ale they drank. Mr. Topping, in i.ls address to the jury, said, that no Court Of jury were e%er insulted by a cause eo frivolous, so perfectly ridicu lons. He called upon them to discourage such applications for da mages. by giving their verdict for the defendant, or at least by giv. Mg one fanning damages. Whether this gentleman was in the army or not, he knew tint: it was not in pteof before th,m. Verdict for tic plaintill Dania ,es One Farthing—Costs One Farthing. Mi. Justice Bayky.--C:ntlernen. you have found a very proper estimate. CO It ON ER'S I N'Q C TS An inquisition was taken on Thursday, before Thomas Sheltie, rsq. at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Theinas Cullen, aliont cq rears of age. who died front tke effectof the explosion in the West mincter Read. Mr. Johesen Ator.oktnn, Surgeon of Guy's Despite], depoeeci, that the dczeesed was brie:edit there 011 evening', the 'API, Met. about 6 o'clock. dreadfully burnt over his head, race. amid,- cheer, and other parts of the body ; the usual remedies were applied maid Wednesdaymorningritnut G o ' clock, when he died ; his - deatit was tacrasiorfed by the burning. William Randle, savant to Mr. Mnrtram, Westminster Road, manufacturer of fire works for Viie shal l Gardens, being sworn, reatex!, that on Thursday evening, the 2C 3 / 1 insr he left the deceased and two othcee, who were in the employ of Mr. Mortram, in the worksheet' where the fire works were manufactured, employed in making up different device.; of rockets ; ohc of thet was pounding mimetic, another was chairing neckeu, and the deceased was asleep in the ran:e room ; about Inilf an hear afterwards he wet at Vauxhall Gar dens, and was there informed that his master's shop was on fire; there was about 301 b. weight of gunpowder on the premises, the whole of whieh had explode!. 'lke above witness was the last person who saw the deceased, and the ether persons who are injured. The jury said, that it was Un poseible to come to a tatWacuery conclueion how the explosion was nitwit, without better evidence. The coroner inquired of the surgeon if it was possible to take a deposition frofis the deceased's fellow sufferers, (John N'ash, a boy. and James Wiiesell), who are in the hospital The Coroner was informed, that 'he boy. Nash, was in such a state that he could not articulate, his face being burned too shocking to describe. W,iezell was able to spaedte. but it was impos sible to administer an oath to him, his hands being bound up wits cloths. lie was able to my, Out the explosion was accidental.; it was caused by Nash charging a rocket, which be rammed down with a stick so exces-ieely hard and quite, that the friction produced explosion, which communicated to the powder and tre-wonks, and set the buiiding on fiee. The jery wcie presage in the 'ward when Wigeell made the :dimes statements end having returned to the committee court, imeuishately gen a verdict ofewAceidental Death. On Tuesday an idquisition was held in the floawl room of Clerken well workhouse, before Mr. Stilling, one of the - Coroner* for the counts , of Mithhotex. to make inquiry into the cease (Mike death of Joseph Wells, aged en years. It appeared from, the evidence of the different witnesses examierd. that the deceaeed had been observed fen about a fortnight before his death, mostly lying amongst the old wontlen water pipes in Spa Fields; hie e:retcho. Lint deplorable eitua tun at length attracted the notice of wine litutetrie eassenger. who had obsetved him , lying in tl:c seine eitUNti , tl for some considerable time; and, on ening to him and making ingoiry, room! he heti net broken his fast An three day,; he was then so very feeble, for watt of food and being exposed to the eireati:er, that he wit= unable to • pnere, and with difficulty could speak. lamination beitg given lo tile parish beadle, he was carefully removed to the it orkhouse. where he oat Washed and donned from the long wain illation of tii• h upon his flesh, then pet intoa good hod, Mrs Spencer, of I:linge ton (toad. surgeon, sent for, who prescribed every neceeeir) ni.ci.eine. and every e:ing was done for his comfort 'hut could pu.isibly be— All the information that could be obtained from him was his nan e and agee seed Um lie Ifad been a seilor, and fought and bled for his country: Natiore being too far exhatiefed, lie lingered until Monde"' Monne:et'. when he expired. From Mr. itenceee evidence, he gave it at ht. opinion that lie died from went. The Jury. after the strictest eearlieivion of the dtfilitent witneesess returned a verdict, that be " Died from starvation er waist." 00000 rrb d r,l 6 1 Hi e fnitoipx • otif..rit. Ml , i. rristsi.l: , , onvict, d ht the In.t A.- vir, W. We+t, Clisgeryi W.l.:qui, for bytrear) asuflh • . lig