The National Register. — London, England, 1819-02-28 00:00:00

FEB 2$ OLD BAILEY. SATURDAY Frit. to. Phißippe Caday, aliu Philibert, Joseph Amend Tregosse, and Leuis Arnaud Cleransac, were indicted for having brought from Mozambique, in Africa, to the island of Mauritius, certain persons, to be sold as slaves. The Attorney-General stated the case, and the law as applicable to the jury. C. M. Campbell, a lieutenant in the Bourbon regi ment at the Mauritius, was Aid-dc-camp to General Hall, the Governor. On the 3d of March lust, by order of the Governor, lie went to Madame le Brun's plantation with a detachment from the 22nd. Poly dore was their guide. He pointed out to them a wooden building, and two small huts. They got there near 11 at night. Polydorc told him the huts contained new blacks, and whites that brought them were in the wooden building. Witness divided his detachment, and with one party surrounded the huts, and with another the wooden building. Ile finned the huts filled with blacks, male and female, to the number of 92. Greatest pin were naked. One was dead, another dying, and nine so weak they could not be moved. Almost all were covered with the itch, and appeared quite astonished when the soldiers sur rounded the huts, and came up to them, and examined their clothes and arms. They appeared quite uncivilzed, were all Mozambique blacks, and he was positive they were newly imported negroes. He secured the huts for the night, and went to the wooden building. He knocked and requested it to be opened,when a woman's voice said she was with her two daughters, and that she would not open the door at that time of night He molested her no farther, but desired the soldiers to let no one escape from the house. He - then went about the plantation, and found another hut, in which were eight or nine blacks, who told him in French that they belonged to Madame le Brun. He returned to his detachment, and found them were he had left them, and remained with them till the next morning. The Commissary came next morning ; and when the noise of his palam - Vin bearers was heard, the people in the house opened the &or, and they went in and saw the prisoners Cuvillier, Quanto, Madame le Brim, her two daughters, and Victorine. Witness took the prisoners, but at the desire of the CummissaiT, be. allowed Cu villier to remain with Madame le Brun. it is 20 or ti miles front Souliac to Madame le Brun's. There are large forests, between. Cross examined.—The island has been governed by the French laws since the capitulation. Wolydare confirmed thistestimony. The prisoners, Phillcbert and Tregrosse, put in long written defences, in which they denied the charge, and asserted that they had been to Madagascar for a cargo of bullocks, which they were obliged to throw over board in a storm, and that accounted for there being no cargo found on board the schooner. They wandered about the island, and met Clearansac accidentally, who took them to the House of Madame le Brun. The defence went on to state, that their treatment during their voyage to England had been bad. Clearansac's defence was, that he was not on board the schooner at all ; that he had been in the French navy, and was of a respectable Family in Bouruon, but was out of em ployment; he only acted as a guide to the other two to bring them through the woods. Baron Graham summed up tin evidence, and the Jury, after a quarter of an hour's consultation, found all the prisoners Guilty. The Common Sergeant (the Judges having retired) sentenced them all to three years' imprisonment in the House of Correction, and during that time to be kept. to hard labour. The following is the Address of the Grand Jury of London, previous to their discharge : " We, the Grand Jury of the City of London, having reported on the several hills presented to .us, and being inflamed by your proper officer that no more are fourth coming, now wait upon the•G inn for our discharge: " We have been much gratified that the offence! which have come bet' re us have been markethby no cit.- cumibtances of peculiar atrocity, although we cannot but lament that the nominal punishment attaching to many of them, according to onr present criminal code, and the highest which can be • inflicted oh the greatest delin quents ! • • • In. the course of ourtruty we have witnessed* the prison of Newgate throughout, and are happy iri the opportunity thus att; ailed us, of bearing ample testimony to the priseworthy conduct of Mr. Brown, its keeper, evidenced in the general cleanliness of the place, au{ in the gen e ad health and ortieily behaviour of the pr . mers. - "The circumstance so often dephmal by former Grand Juries, we are sorry to find still to exist, in the absence of all classification of age or crime (with smite few ex ceptions) ; and we are well convinced th At, if it were posibi.e to devise employment for the male prisoners,- similar goad effects to those so visible on the female side of the gaol. would be the result. " We do not wish to trespass further on the time of the. Court; yet we cannot botregret that it should he TITE NATIONAL nEGISTEIt necessary to commit so many, mere children to a place where they must of consequence become the associates of the most vicious and abandoned characters. " Grand Jury-room, Old Bailey, Feb. 19. (Signed) "JAMES PEARSALL, " Foreman of the Grand Jury." " To the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor, and other of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace." MOND %Y. 'Fen porions were tried, four at whom were capitally eon vicied ; viz. J. Williams and W. Jones, far a burglary in the dwelling house of J. Hawkins, and stealing two handkerchieti M. Ward, for stealing a sheep. the property of S. Keene ; and J. Davis' fur assantilog D. Woodford, on the King's highway, and stealing front his person a pair of breeches and a waist coat. Jenninzs was indicted for giving a quantity of gunpow der and other conibustables to Mary Conrion ; thus causing Om death of Mary Aim Cormack, a child under her care. Mary Condon slated, that she had known the prisoner about a fortnight before the transaction. She attended Covent Gar den Market to sell soup. He offered to help her bring our her things, and he came for three mornings, bill on the last re m ned to the house limier a pretence of gr ttiug his stick, and after he hail gone a cock Iron the water butt was missing, and he was told not to come again. Some time after, he brought her a hall °lima which he called a composition coal, and said it would make a good fire, and gentlemen burnt it in their parlours, because it produced no smoke. Wi lICSA carried the stuff house with her, and placed it about halt a yard from the fire place, and took a piece shunt as big as an egg. immediately she put it in the lire, it went on* with e loud report, and com municated to that in the basket, and in au instant that went off also, and her children's clothes caught the blaze, and they were taken to the hospital. Witness herself was much burnt, and the little child Mary Alum died in the hospital. The prisoner iu his defence said, he found the composition near Round Court, in the Strand, and did not know what it was.—Guilty of Manslaughter. Mr. Baron Graham delivered the opinion of the 12 Judges on the case of W. Carr, convicted last Session of in iliciously drawing the trigger of a blunderbuss against W. Billingsley— that tile conviction was bad ; but confirmed the capital convic tion of R. Taylor, in December last, for cuttineand destroy ing certain fruit-trees in the garde• ground ut 5, Kuevett. TUESDAY. W.Oreen was indictedrorThealiiii money and other arti cles, amouutiag is the whole to z 321. the property of W. Stevens. Frances Stevens stated, that her husband was a publican in Marshal•street,Carnaby Alarket. On the 22d ult. about eight in the evening, the property was stolen from the bed-room. She was sitting in her bar, and braid a noise lip stairs ; when she took a candle and went and listened at the bottom of the stairs, but did not hear any further noise. Witness opened the tap-room door. Prisoner cause d o wn stairs, and came up to witness, who said to him, " Where have you been ?" Ile replied, "Up stairs." Witness rejoined, "SS here to ?" tie said, " In the two pair." She witom there; and lie e i t her said it was of no consequence to her, isi no business of hers. NVitness then laid hold of him by the collar. Tue servant girl also Game out, and laid hold 01 him, and said, " Oh! mistress, lie is a thief." A general confusion ensued ; and the room door was found broken open and the clab•box standing on the landing-place. The prisoner was seat died, and un him were found ten skeleton keys, a crow bar,4 dark lantern, and a phosphorus box, but none ut her piuperty. The prisoner, iu his di fence, said, lie knew nothing of the robbety, the keys and implements of house-breaking ware given him by a friend of his, who was a locksinith.—Guilty— Draili.—Aged 441. The Recorder observed to the Jury, that the prisoner was an old acquaintance. ; he had been theme before. J. Frost and G. Armtield were indicted for assaulting J. Bart, on the King's lii4livray, and taking from him a watch and pocket book, his property. The Jury found them both. Guilty—lleath.—Aged 17 and 24. Elizabeth Patching, fur stealing a suit of boy's clothes, and other at tides, the property of J. Hodges, iu his dwelling house ; end J. Cheriton, for a burglary in the house of H. Spicer, and. steallag two watches were assn capitally cou• victed, WEDNESDAY. J. Doran was Indicted for stealing a mare, value 501. and a bridle and waddle, the property of G. Wynne, of Pateruus' terwow. Mi. Wynne .aid, be had a valnabie mare, which lie adver tised for sale. On the 15th instant the prisoner stated, that lie Avoid wish to have two days trial of the mare. I'6 usecutor tut 4 him he was a stranger, and lie coati not permit him to have the mare; but ho was about to take a ride upon another, and if tne prisoner thought proper, he 'night accempitay him ; they accordingly rude to Tattersal's, when the prisoner said he wattled to consult a friend about the mare, and Went into the yard ; but returned in about tire mtu.uca, and said hia friend was not there; and he would arcomPaay tue pi osecittur home, and send Isis servant for the mare in the nun Mug. Prosecutor told -him, that as lie knew nothing of him, he should tact let the ware go, but that he would send the servant with her, it lie gave him his address. The prisoner accord ingly gave him the address of " J. Horatio, at Mr. Young's, Vlo,Pailiament - streei," and prosecutor agreor, upon the re preselition of the prisoner, that his friend would be at Mr. Young's the next rl,,y, to send the mare. Piuseentor aceor6l - sent his grown with the snare, anut tau enquiry he was not Were; but w lido he was siding her op and (town the Street, the prisoner caine . up, and told him be would take the mare to 1 1iisfrienit, and scud her hark. The groom gave the ware • into his etts , orly kallliongli not authorised to do so), and the prisoner 61.61 nut return with it. Mr. Aduiplins mooted au objection in favour of the prisoner, that it was a Ildrefilii, coil nal a felts 6). It sva., lion ever, ever•ruied, wtlho u l going to all argument. Mr. Young, of Parliadwiii-sireet, proved that the prisoner had lived w.tli hint about two years since f aud said he load • given bin aiiihority to have a letter directed there, for a gets. 'lemon, but Ito hail nut given Inns any further sotkurity. The Jot) , pruauunccd die pm iihnler °may—l/emit. J. Itullerls, her stealing two pieces of 11. 00000 el, value 401. the property of .1. Evans, Ili his dwcltwg house was also Cip11411) Hyaiu Mexander andAl4ali.l;ll)iiiilips. were charged wi'h picking the pocket of Lind Foley, while his Leiship was at tendtng tbu election at Westminster un the 16tii inst. of a I/ 4- !inane gold watch, tlirre gold rests , and r pocket-book con taining 161. in notes. lite prisoners were found Guilty. John Dayer, alias Dyer, nail indicted fur ititerniwiybi ky:t'i Ann Baker, Ilia (Amer wire, Ann Di)er, being still _ . _ Evidenee of both marriages were filly substantiated. The Prisoner, in bis defence, admitted that he had mart led Ann Baker, but said lie hail never consummated the marriage, nor had he ever cohabited with, or seen Ann linker since they quitted the church. In support of this assertion. he called the witness Jane Roberta, who proved that he had never seen Ann Baker since they were mar tied. The Court intimated to hint, that tl at made nn difference or distin tion ; and the Jury found the Prisoner George Knight was indicted for stealing 301. of butter value 11. Ilia. the property of George Lamb; and James Woodley, was indicted for receiving the same, well kuursing it to have been stolen. The prisoner Knight was entrnsted to ward a waggon, bat on the arrival of the waggon at its place of destination the butter was 'Miser], and it was In proof that Knight look a ben to a plane in Aldersgate-street, and left it with a watchman, for Woe lley, who had been a watchman nu that beat. Wood ley received it, and it was proved to comein butter, which ha sold at la. 3d. per pound. The Jury pronounced both the prisoners Guilty. A private letter from Paris mentions, that the M. nistry have resolved to keep no further measures with the Ultra-Royalists ; and that the majority, small as it was, which enabled Government to pass the law on the financial year, was the consequence of a declaration to the above effect, announced by the Keeper of the Seals in his speech ; the left side, or party of the Liberauz, immediately uniting themselves to Ministers. M . Laine was reckoned among the minority on that question. A numerous meeting of merchants, manufacturers, and others, was held on Thursday at the City of Lcn don Tavern, for the purpose of taking into considera tion the necessity of petitioning Parliament. in order to obtain an equalization of the Doty on Coals ; Mr. Al• derman Wood in the Chair: when, after u very able discussion, several Resolutions were passed unani mously ; and Petitions founded upon them, to both Houses, agreed to. Alderman Wood was deputed-to present that to the Commons. G. Smith, a teacher of feting in Carrubber's Close, Edinburgh, was lately charged as being the miscreant, whose conduct has for soma time back been so grossly shocking and annoying to numerous femal s in varic-s -places in the vicinity of fiat city. He was tlearly idea tified by a number ofyoung Ladies, as tile pers,n who had behaved towards them in a manner too indecent to Llescrwe ; and the Sitting Magistrate, cons'uicring if a case desetving of more severe punishment than he was warranted so inflict, remitted it to the Sheriff. Dartract ROBDERY,—Mr. Cornby, of Beddington Sorry was attacked by a gang of seven or eidat per-. sons, early on Thursday evening, on the Kastern side of Blackfriars road, between Rowland Htll's Chapel and Dover street, and robbed of 171. his watch, and his hat. He was attacked by a violent blow upon the neck, which levelled him, and his property was gone in a few seconds. These ruffians are part of a detperate gang, who turn out from their vile haunts in St. George's-fields, nightly, and parade tha upper part of Blackfriars road, in defiance of the watchmen. Wednesday a'Couat of Directors was held at the Eas !orbs house, when the following ships were thus sta dolled and timed, viz. the Bridgewater, Marquis Ely, and Larkins, for St. Helena and China; anslf Apolle, Cornwall, and Matildo, for China direct, to rfloat on the '23d inst.; sail to Gravesend on the Ist• of March; stay there SO daps; and be in the Downs oh the 10th of April. A faLtl disturbance took place a few days since, at the New Inn, a Fre/Ilford. A number of young men end women were drinking, and about ninto'cloitk • violent quarrel took place among them ; the ,an dles were extinguished, .nd the room rendered a scene of disturbance. Mr. Mareltant, the landlord. with some difficulty succeeded in clear ing the room, and shut ,his street door against them. They then began to beat at the eictr, and threatened to do mischief to the Landlord; one young man said; he should be murdered if he was not adrintted into the house; upon which the landlord opened the door, when a young man, named J. Kehon. swore he would enter the lion... r and was m the act of doing ,o, when the landlord @truck him down with a stick. The blow proved a fatal one : and after lingering in gra.t pain for a week, he expired. Mr. .Marchant hut been cotunilwed to Ilitherton goal. A fr4wl attempted on Sir IL Carr and his Lady. (th widow of the late Minister. Nit Percival), by • le:ter purporting to be written by a poor Clergyman named Ravens:reit, with a len and lenge family, w:iti were rely distressed, and, in addition tw that, his lathery was increased by having been thrown off the outside of the !Iron' roach, and ote of his legs was broken. In tonfinnatim he enclosed a letter from Lord Rinaing, desiring Fir acceptation of an enclosed Bank note. The letter was sealed with the arms of Lord Binning. Oa enquiry the fellow turned out to he an ion ostot ; the Ilford coach had not broken down. nor hail Lord Binning enclo , d Bank note to him, nor did he know any thing of the impostor. His Lordship is at a loss to guess how he amid obtain the impression of his seal. The Rev. Mr.,..Mot eat), a liavy Chaplain, has lately drawn ont a plait tor es:althshing a general 31 ritime Saving Bank for seamen. which is about to be submitted to. the Lords of Noe Admiralty. - - - •• • • • A few day: since a giartfrvs, lately eshihitc in a CJ I-I%am noon the Caole Ditches at Nora ieh, t loped from that place yr th the bel-cnier emp'oyed as bast lor to the A letttr to Barney. of the Ni bons , uth.tteat: sat r rimed Pena% ism, December 4v 1818, votes, that on Cie nay before, &pilafs of th god, entered that harbour and plundered t vtiy ship that Will lying there; they afterwards went tn. e:ore and lobbed the inhabitants and the etittottpi ))))) se ; thy abto untrdeted some of the inhabitants, and then lett the places. The Nelson did not arrive till alter the en cunistattee. On Sunday evening fruitier respite was received by the Keeper of !\,•tvgate for J. Egerton (ordered for • •ecitti. , ll‘.ta Taesday last, but then respired for line weelv)..lotitti, 1,4 Royal Hishorbs's the L'rittee • 1