The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-10-18 00:00:00

POuCk ..01811.14 MA N‘t 0,1410141 E.—Plait.? Arabian was breoght be- fire the Lord Mayor, yesterday, in custody of an of who had just taken him In Cbeapaide, on the complaint of a woman, who said that the prisoner hal robbed her. She stated that last Friday he had seduced her daughter, who is but 16, sway from bet house, on a promise of marrying her. " Bat," said the accuser," he bass wife and four children already." She proceeded to state that the prisoner and her daughter had taken away every thing that was move able, and left her as she stood. The poor mother, while making the complaint, was evidently greatly distressed, and her story appeared strongly to excite the sympathy of the auditory. The prisoner, in his defence, positively denied his hating a wife, and declared it was his determination to ]harry the complainant's daughter as soon as posai hlftt he also denied that the daughter bad takes any thing Irma her mother but her own clothes. Being asked where the girl now was, be positively refused to - tell. but raid he met, go to ber with any eat the Lord Mayor might send. so satisfy his Lordship 'that she remained with him without any force being pat oe he inclinations. An officer was accordingly-4w spetch 11 with the prisoner for the purpose be pro posed, and in some time he returned, bringing with h m the young girl to answer for herself. Sbe made or di ficulty in declaring that she was living with , the prisoner entirely with her own consent, and that she would not leave him. She added, that they were soon to be married, for Philip told her be had put up their names in church. When informed that the pri soner was already married, she refused to give credit Lae. the filet. The father, who had beard of the prisoner's appre hen&ion, was by this time arrived at the Justice-room, and geared sunk in silent affliction. When inform ed that it was the Lord Mayor's determination to re state her to her parents, she burst into tears, and with loud outcries declared she would never leave Philip, nor return home to her parents, who, she said, sbe was sure would murder her. The parents both assured the Lord Mayor they had aliens treat her with the greatest tenderness, and that she bad ways behaved in the best manner till she had unfortunately become acquainted with the prisoner ; who, amongst other means of seduction, had showed her a purse filled with sovereigns, and promised to lay it out in fine clothes for her. They dielared, if his Lordship would order their child to' be restored to them, that, so far from punishing her for the offence, they would never even upbraid her with it, and would endeavour. if possible, to forget it. ~The LORD MAYOR severely admonished the pri soner on the enormity of his conduct, in so dread fully imposing on a female who was comparatively a child. It was impossible to give him credit when he said he was not a married man, and intended to marry the victim of his seduction ; for no man, whose intentions towards a woman are honourable, seeks to disgrace her. His Lordship then directed , that the girl should be delivered np to her parents. t3vtLOnALL.—MILaNCYOLT Cmut.—Just at the close of the business at this Justice-room, before Al dernian ScROLRT. yesterday, a man of very decent ap pearance, and a boy &best 13 years of age, his son, were brought up by Casham. one of the street-keepers of the Ward of Castle-Baynard, who had apprehended them that morning. under the following circumstances, nifiith were detailed in evidence by Mr. James Hedges, boot' and shoe-maker, No. 92, Dorset-street, Salisbury square, and a lad of the name of James Howard, his erradd•boy. ' About 'half-past twelve o'clock yesterday morning, site youngest prisoner (the son) came to Mr. Hedges's shop, and brought a note to the following effect : • 44 Mr. .Hedges, step directly to the Chapter Coffee house; Paternoster-row, to measure a gentleman for loots. You are recommended." • Mr. Hedges inquired if the gentleman was waiting, -mitt being told by the boy that be was, desired him to jeb•back and say be would be then immediately. Mr. Hedges accordingly set off to the Coffee-house, but seartely bad he been gone above five or tea minutes when the elder prisoner (the fatber)eame running into the shop, apparently in great haste, said be bad been sevit by Mr. Hedges from tbeChspter Coffee-house, for two pair of boots for the gentleman to try on, and de scribed the pairs he wanted to he'd'. pair hanging at the door, utd the pair which bad the paper over the tops. Hazard, the shop-boy. being told by Mr. Hodges's little girl that his master was gone to the Coffee,house to measure a gentleman, let the prisoner have the boots; but having some suspicion that be might not have done right, as the matt was quite .a stranger, ran out to fol- low him to the Colfee-k - rouse. In Lis way thither be met his master, who, having karat that no suck note Wad. been mot to him from the Chapter Cuffee-house, was hastening home with strong suspicioas is his wind thatiome each trick or robbery was intended him. have given the man the two pair of boots you sent fur, Igir.e laid the lad, almost breathless. ' 4 I sent ao man." replied the toaster, with equal baste. A short explanation took pkee, and they parted instantly, each hiking separate ways in the hope of overtaking .the thiet• Howard very fortanately got sight of Abe pH -anaemia lkiel4treet, Blackfriars, raised the cry of Mop thief, pursued them into Benaet's-hill, where VaAbaut, wholes, at his own door, stopped them,' and, • toek..them Wit into custody, • the father . bevies the; -two pair of boots in a hand -bag on his shoulder. tam prodamd the property, two pair of new , jockey ~hoetss•worth 445. a Or. . . • The eider, prismser; who said the boy with him waahis s• too,lekoow led gee gip whole guilt of the transaction, thud begged that his child might sot be detained, As he him .. v e il Mope vat in halt. -He . was by • trade a book binder, but easplogusentbsiag scarce, be bad latterly , • bees doing st linkers& as a millunaa ; he .had an ail • ibg mile aid six ehiltbreo.. of whom the boy with him "-wets the eidest bat ate, atidwarnestlreatreated mercy. The the sake of his family, alleging that this was. dm -Set and only.offence. • • ..Igr. Hedges humanely joined is this request, ex . peassup his willingness U. forego prosecuting, if the . Magistrate shoal(' think proper •ru.nerilmartbenffelete-, • Me: . ‘ layman &Boum qbeetied, -that the juterest •tatte- pablite demastled.thak• a min et . 'Wore shombLooi ho isamed-oms wi4h*mpatiry• IlttiP 0 0 111 1MIN 1 41 1 1 4 1C011 11 41•Cei 1 .1 0 1"" 144 1r 411 1 4 4 'PO soneee behalf. He had irareely ever witttame4 so shocking a ease as this—of a man, the father of i to-' : ' llllll wily, %kilning ttp Ml Mid fa this ieryllith read 4 aitows... Ile crime itself was of a ant re so hellions, and on the other hand the consequences so driadtbf to the assn's family, if his story was true; that be (the Alderman) would not decide immediately.ffbat it alight be proper for him to do in the case. :Re them fere directed both the prisoners, father and son, to. be brought up again on Saturday ; Mr. Hedges under taking in the laterim to make full inquiry late t 0I character, circumstances, and situation of the family. The elder prisoner (the father) gave his Dame and address, both of which we suppress for the present.' until it shall be ascertained whether or not he is at all deserving of the mercy he implores. BOW-YTRE I T.—Yesterday Henry Thoommos i charged with uttering forged checks on the house of Messrs. Jones, Lloyd. and Co., Loth bury, bankers, was brought up for re-examination before Sir RICHARD Bunts. This case has excited considerable interest, and during the examination the office was excessively crowded : no less than five Magistrates presided on the beach. The deposition of the cashier to Messrs. Jones and Lloyd was taken : and be deposed to the fact of there being no ammust kept by his employers with a pelves , of the name of Henry C. Lloyd, by whom the cblinks, l uttered to Messrs. Pontes, Hook, and Thomas, a ile• tail of the circumstances attendant on which wait n.l sorted on the former examination. purported to be draws. Prisoner declined saying any thing in his defence: be appeared in a very desponding state.—lle was fully committed. Yesterday a case of no ordinary nature occurred at this office. About a dozen boys, some of them not more than eight or nine years of age, and one little girl, were brought up in the custody of Chapman, an officer, on Bench warrants, for the purpose of putting in bail . to answer to an indictment for a riot. Sir R. Brastie took up the warrants and called the defendants before him &cried'''. The first name was Greet, labourer, and the call was answered by a little red haired urchin about eight years old.— This " labourer" was followed iu succession by the remainder of the boys, most of whom were about the same age, and lastly came *host Stevens. spinster, a child of the same age as the " labourer." Sir R. Blasts—Why, in the name of all that is wonderful, what is the meaning of all this? The officer explained the cause of their being brought there, and said the prosecutrix wds present. Sir It. BIRNIE said he should like to see her. ' Mrs. Euphemia Middleton, a lady apparently - en the verge of 70, presented herself, and with great rapidity of articulation and warmth of manner. related sundry hardships and annoyances which she had suf fered from the defendants. Every day during the time the Queen was lying dead, these youngsters, with others, to the number of 700 or more, assembled about her house, called her all sorts of infamous names, and some bad threatened to murder her, whilst others swore that she was a witch, and ought to be burnt.— In short she bad no peace of her life. Sir R. *ems -mated where Mrs. Midsileilem4inod and she eali,la Bronsptoa-row: Sir Ricuants—And pray what is the meaning of all this rioting that you have so eloquently described ? Mrs. Middleton—That is the very thing I want to find out. Sir R►cusses—But surely the farce of bringing up children like these to a police office to be bound over might have been avoided. Mrs. Middleton assured the Worthy Magistrate that her life was in danger, and punish them she would, let the consequence be as it might. • Several respectable looking persons, who said they resided on the spot, declared that the prosecutrix had beaten several of the children, and that she bad brought the annoyauces upon herself by her own violence. Sir R. BIRNIE—But there is some cause for all this, is there not? One Gentleman hinted that Mrs. Middleton kept rather an extensive assortment of cati and other ani mals, for which she evinced more than an ordinary degree of fondness, and this served as a sort of stand ing joke amongst the neighbours. Mrs. Middleton warmly denied all this. A neighbour declared that Mrs. Middleton was the most violent and meddling person in all Brompton. Sir R. BtaNtz—That I can readily believe. The father of one of the boys said, it was but the other day that Mrs. Middleton gave out to the neighbours that she had received orders from Lord Liverpool, to send all the Inhabitants of Brompton to the devil, and Ooiernment would pay travelling expenses!—(A loud laugh.) • Sir R. Bigwig said he should like to see Mrs. Middle ton's bill of charges fur this piece of service to his Ma jesty's Government. 'the Father said be believed Mrs. Middleton would very readily perform this service if it was practicable. Sir R. BIRNIZ said these children wwre - bionglet up on Bench warrants, and be therefore could do nothing less than order them to give bail; had it been other wise he should have known how to act. " Here Officer," added the Magistrate, " take these labourers aid spinster, and let those who have friends give bail, and those who have not be discharged en their own recognizance." Mrs. Middleton seemed about to remonstrate, but the Magistrate told her that she had taken the right _method to get herself laughed at, anti recommended her to retire.—The Office was then cleared. Msautottocon-szazez.—Yesterday &young man of fashionable appearance, was brought op for final ex amination, on a charge of burglary committed in the house of Mrs. Stebbing, of Henry-street, Hampstead road. A hackney-coachtnin was also charged with receiving.the stolen property. 1- walkabout a mouth ago since the robbery was committed. Mrs. Stebbing and her daughter retired to rest about ten o'clock, and in the night they were awoke by foiztsteps; conceiving it to proceed from a lodger in the house it was paid no attention to; but la dukutorning- when Mrs. Stebbing arose; she discovered betimes% Sic. broken open, and the whole of the draping-room pad parlour stripped of thi valuable property however, unfortunately for the prisoners linseed, a 14ort tiate.after the.robbery was perpetr - .4. the prisoner was °homed by a watchman, near tißtop-selfe. to pap! by with a bundle, which tended le exib t it tittrwattlizopast's easpicion, and following hint sicttlyo4o 3 / 4 11 kist-priaotter dropped the bundle,' bailie was overtation, and a 'sting& ensnailletwetn. LTMiAIi % 14m sad the watchman, on wbkh his. hat fell olf sad &gown belonged to Mrs. Stebbieg fell oat of his het. le woo takee'to the watebboeso. The morning after, yitt; an Meer, was deipotebed to the &pastelists of tie pritooer. Weirder to makes 'mob. Whoa he ar rived, be foisetl At finale, with whom thoprisoner had -cobabit4oll4 a young man (who, we are informed, coenocted with a highly "Imre t able family) was in the apostasies, salted in a kind of sporting dress; both individual' were appoeheaded on suspicion of being concerned is the sifiir, and brought to the of fice. where the property found on the prisoner was proved to be the same taken firma Mrs. 9tebbing's house; The above particulars'tvere related en a former ex amination at this Office ; bat we are precluded from. giving full particulars of the final bearing, in come. quenceof the case being heard privately; we believe in consequence of the young man who was found is Hayward's apartments turning King's evidence, ;me disclosing particulars of an important description, tending to a decision ofhe case, and implicating the coachman as the receiver. The prisoners were copimitted for trial. the young woman was discharged, lad the other young man ;W -itted as evidence. i te MART-1A.60W! amt.—Yesterday au information came on to be beard at this (Ace before Mr. Univ. VITUS, the sitting Magistrate, against Mr. Win. Tot- lett, proprietor of one of the Uxbridge coaches, for carrying more passengers than is allowed by Act of Parliament, and for plachtg a portmanteau on the .coachman's footboard, contrary to the statute. The informer, Bien, stated that on the 28th of September, he saw the coach in question passing through Oxford -street, with seven outside pawners, (the Act only allowing five.) There was also a port manteau about a yard long, and 18 inches in circum ference, on the foot-board of the coachman, standing upright. This is also contrary to the Act. The defendent, Mr. Tollett, observed, that it was a very hard case with respect to the portmanteau, which might have been placed there by the passengers to whom it belonged : and if the coachman was always to refuse carrying trifling and light luggage on the outside, at times they would have no passengers at all. Besides, in the present instance, the portmanteau might have been placed in the boot, but through its length projected from it. This the Informer denied, and said it was entirely out. The defendant resumed, and observed that the Act was intended to prevent tarrying luggage on the roof so as to prevent danger ; and there was a gentleman present,. who would aver that no danger was apprehend ed or possible. The gentleman,, a p.u.pger on the coach, corrobo rated this statement. Mr. GRIFFITHS said it certainly was a hard case with respect to the portmanteau, bat the Act was im perative, and only allowed the Magistrate to mitigate the penalty from 101. to 51. The defendant was ac cordingly convicted in that sum on each information. :..,Two draymen in the Jimploirlf Messrs. Calvert, brewers, were each fined les. for riding on the fore horses of the drays through Mary-le-boo!. Tusaes POLICE.—Tivo cases were inviatigated yesterday at this office, of a curious nature, inas much as they were designated by the Solicitor of the Customs as the result of a conspiracy to defraud the revenue. The first was that of a lighterman named Ililkin son, who was brought np on a charge that he, hav ing been employed to convey three casks of guinea grain from the London Docks, on board of a vessel called the George Mensina, to be shipped for Amster dam, had contrived to empty the contents of the casks, and substitute dirt And cinders. The second was a similar chirp against a mariner, named Joseph Marsden, who was accused of having practised a like fraud with regard to a quantity of nos comics:, amounting to 6,6961b5. The duty on nu: romica is 2s. 6d. the pound; the original cost is only Id. The charge in both instances was made by the mas ter lighterman, to whom the trust of conveying the goods from the London-docks on board the respec- live vessels had been given. A question then arose, and was in part discussed, whether the lighterusan under such trust could represent the actual owner of the property, and in that character prosecute the prisoners. They were advised by the Magistrate not to enter upon the consideration of legal points without legal assistance, and the prisoners were both remanded. UNION•HA LL.—Yesterday Christopher !Tattoos, • young man about 21 years of age, was brought before the sitting Magistrate, C. CHAMBERS, Esq., and •-••••• KING, Esq., charged on suspicion of having stolen a trunk from the backof a gentleman's carriage. One of the horse patrole who scour the Kent-road awed, that at about seven o'clock in the evening, as he was going along that road, near the Lord Nelson public-house, he observed the prisoner lying in the ditch on the left hand side. Upon going over he saw that it was something more than ac cident that had brought the person to that situation,- and that if he had fallen, a large trunk. must have fallen with him. He immediately took the prisoner into custody, and found that the straps of the trunk had been cut. The trunk was, how-., ever, in every respect u n injured, and the propose) , of the owner perfectly secure. ' ' Several persons who bad been robbed of trunks at tended the office :—amouglit them was Harry Leech, the celebrated dwarf, whose friends cry him up at the fairs round the metropolis, as " the most wonderful of all Ood's creatures." This extraordinary little being having succeeded, after some efforts, in making himself visible to the Magistrate, *toed, that he bad sustained a heavy loss of the same kind. He had lost on Wednesday last in the evening, at 6 o'clock, a trunk from the back of his chaise, to which it had been secured with straps. In the trunk besides clothes and other Sings of value, was the sum of 141. Mr. Brown, one of the c/owns of Aetley's theatre, also appeared to ascertain whether he bad say claim to the trunk or not, having lost a trunk through the activity of sowed the dragomen with whom that road abounds. The trunk, which is covered with se oil cloth, has not, however,lreen recognised. It Heist the office. The► prisoner was tentandea. Jobe Tkocsas Oreezikaar, srrispeetablsyelarkgi was charged by Mr. Stevens, •of GraceciturclrribrA4 . t! ' a poultry salesmen ) , with. rocetting seeeltel l =r money in bis name. The MI bete a *it in the employ of Mr. Stevens. Mitt was diodes/ a t from that engagement on the let 4 Octsbor he, Abaci* week afterwards he called on liir. Fmt, la h e Boot-road. who was indebted to Mr. Stevens to d ie aneenot of 451., and vegoetted a settionteat la his saver. Mr. F. was not then prepared to go site thiateemo. butdosind him to call again in slew days; bitill t l ik and then received 41. a portion of the debt, and poi a receipt for it In his late employer's eatme.4,l4 the request of the prisoner, and also of litn.a, veal, the further beating of the tbarge teas paettimot to Friday neat. Merry Asa Nueva, a girlofabatOonridtloraelmari brought up for re-examination, charged by an Atm, on the information of Mr: Beals. with 'robbing M a of a valuable gold math. She was met is t h e "rat by that gentleman, and 'be consented to accompay her to a place of her appoiutment,and it was there Al cootrived tortecomie the robbery. Mr. ; Beale ga rs her description at diewatchbouse, by, .which she was ,apprehended the ant entortgag, bat she had the* dia. posed of the Intel, Wide& was. walk 23, seise% aa a Jew for twelve shillinp I The primer, eree the. I charged in coosequease of the sate•appearantosat the prosecutor, from family coasiderations, es her order• taking to procure some inforusatien Made, So the Jew who bad purchased the watch. . TOVINAIALL. Sowed* Amt.—John i • . . terday brought before Mr. Alder man 4 F.- h atrteli charged with stealing Certain article', the poiellAN,.. Mrs. Sewell, of John-street, Bermond s ey, with Veso, be bad lodged. • Kinsey, the Officer, being informed of the prissier; 4 being suspected, came to the house in the evening,' when the prisoner was at home, to make, a torte, search. The prisoner, however, locked itikdow..aa#, refused ail admission. " His how." he ea% "pe his castle, and nobody shouldgo is seldom be i Kinsey then advised an entry by tho'other door room. The prisoner observed, very adroitly *A, I. tbas is the way the things must bare gone, if say thing is stolen." Some furniture was foetid missing. On this Kinsey took Lim istocustody, and, after math resistance, lodged him in the Compter. Part of the articles missing were produced by a. pawnbroker, wbo identified the prisomer as the perm who pledged them with him. ' ' The prisoner admitted the tuts, god' entered hits a long harangue, the tenonr of whiff leers, that, basing received a wound in the head is his Majesty's service, in which he had been for 211'years, a little liqsor me- . dered him wholly incapable of deciding between right and wrong. Being now sober, be was willing to make good the property, and trusted the MAO-. trate would forgive him. Mr. Alderman Sam observed, that it was a very mistaken notion that, after an actual felony had been committed, the restoration of the property would set all to rights again.—'l'he Magistrate. however, in cos sequence of another charge of a similar kind, cossi dered him es habitually dishonest,and tally committed him to take his trial for the first offence. ...i Apeartnastsrox OF THR6III RIOURRiCTION MM..* On Sunday (7th inst.) three men, with a large spring cart, were observed to go through Seal and East Peck- ham, and on Monday in the forenoon they came back and went on to Riverhead, and put op at the White Hart, where they had their cart locked up, in which was perceived a large basket. Soon after their arrival they told the landlord they were going to see some friends, and if they did not get back in time, he was not to sit up for them, as they could call up the ostler. This, and other circumstances, raised stspi. cions in the landlord's mind; he and his neighbours, resolved upon watching their motions, and accordingly went some distance on the road for this purpose, and laid up in the hedge. At night one of the men went back to the White Hart, and got the cart, while the other two walked on the London-road till the cart overtook them, when they got up and drove on till they came to Denton Green Pay Gate. Here the persons who had waylaid them stopped the cart, and insisted upon knowing what was in it ? the three men imme• diately jumped out, and made off. Upon searching the cart, two bodies were found, one of them of a young woman about 18 years of age, who had been hurled in Seal Churcb-yard on the Friday preceding 1 the other was that of a robust man, apparentlrabout 40 years of age, of a dark sandy complexion, with owe of his feet turned inwards; from whence this body was taken has not yet been discovered. A pursuit after the men immediately took place, and they were overtaken at Farnborough, and brought back to Servo oaks, where they underwent an examination, and were bound over to appear at the ensuing Quarter Session r. —(Maidatone Joaratt9 FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, as the SADO bury luggage van was procee t tlat oat of town through the Strand, when nearly oppos hrtliumberland4trest, the azletree soddenly broke, and the van was throws on its side ; unfortnnitely, a gentleman, we understand. one of the proprietors, named Wyatt, was sitting on the box at the time with the driver, and was precipated no. der it. On. his being taken up, he was quite dead, sad appeared most dreadfully disfigured. The body In* carried to the Northumberland Coffee House, where', inquest will he held on it. CORONeRIS lIICQUESTIL—Yesterday evening, at Wes o'clock, an inquest was held at the Examining Room, St. Thomas's Hospital, before T. Shelton, Esq. Cornier for Southwark, on the body of Ann Morris; a child aged about six yeses; who unfortunately, during the Amoco of her mother, fell into th e fire, as we stated yesteidaY• Verdict—Aceideotal Death. Another Inquest was also held at the same place be fore T. Shelton, Esq. upon the body of Mr. Joseph Hack. ton, who dropped down dead upon London-bride Tuesday morning. Verdict—Died by the Visitatten df God. MARRIED. On Monday, October lir at Steeple-Aston. in Othit shire, Thomas Brooksbank. of Gray's-Inn-square. Eq t. Maiy, eldest daughter of William tinhorn. Esq. of Jai& dle-Aston. pmts. Os Thawby, I idt instant. oredli, Thins Harriet Fro eh. the wife of Jobe Gocksodp /lipoid, Esq. of Cottoos *ear Norwich. On Friday, 12th inst.. at Bosoms., KB., in Ws Oa My' Captain Errol Boyd. of Leedom. On the•7th inst., maddsoly Iss her carriage, Mrs. Willis', of Craig y du. Anglaise, the Lady of Owen Williams, Rs 4• .aI,P. for Marlow. 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