The National Register. — London, England, 1819-09-26 00:00:00

wiz 01.1) (;EI ... ti.ING. Friday, \141•;1: • . ;41.• wife )f Captain Ridding. of the striii roe , . .4 I.le bar, charged wit h stealing on the 'atm 1.,,,aa Last , tae ionic child, aged I I imintlis, srf Jutnl nod tiro e Scarier The prisoner was itrev.eit• its on the occasion of her la nig arraigned, in the :t faosioiLible nuulu r. She nitre au elegant yellow silk loose pelisse, her boir was ta.t.11111) dlTikaNAt and she had a lung white veil a hick covered her face.. She appealed greatly Mieeteil; and was attended by her servant in the dock, a ho occiisiumilly supplied her wills seals. Mr. ARAMS stated the case to the Jury fur the prose. eutlllll. The Cos woN SCIIJEA NT pre,ialeal. Samuel schrier, it little boy of nine years of ace. NM first nag eXanillied as ok lily knowledge of an oath, ailtl toe nature of you i rod evil lie said he lived aOh hi. f.otter and mother, m lienscroft-place, Mile-end—On the Yhtli of August aird, he arta oat wllh 11W little brit her into at. td.•1411; hr there met a lady (the pi homer), air) mkt d bin if hat was 'leaser , t place—he kdal, yes : she urea tasked if Ilicre um, it ... ( ke b it.r e ire:lN—he stud, yes; MINI she then lona his little bi other Item amill , ut of his arms, dad „/IVe bon taree pence, to pa Had buy same. Winn he returned, she arts guile with leo Child. The lady had a bundle in her band. [II ere tile little boy au- carried in tne arms of one of the ()abet's, and having for some tune looked at Ilse prisoner, alto held tier bead .104 ill Neepioi., end in great agitation, lie d4titwils swore that she MKS the persUll a t u had oaken bit brother ] Santo. Harlalgvle, of 4, Gold's-place, t.liadwril, said she kept a cnairiter's •p. On the Lath of Au .ust, the pi is outer cause to her ANy a 411 a c odd, to buy some fruit. Site par liewarly marked the chi i,mid koesv it since to be the Wand of M rs. Seamier. She lass much militated, itihl said she hall Ina her vs illy. She said also she ad, 11inch titiguelidated anted a coach, not caring abut she paid for it. she mid she wanted to Ad to told-street. IV tine's remarked.ilve dif ference of dress between the lady and the child. A lint, however, Nhlell I he,elsild nary, appeared quite urn, and was too small far its bead. 1V Rules, communicated her sus Orions to adhers, and a man iii coosequeuce acid after the lady to watch her. Aline Knight, of New square, in the Miunries, said that the risme, Lidged in her house. Oil the tsth of August, •he took an early dinner, went out, and said site would ant re turn till eight. She was in tile habit of carry tog out a bun dle ; but told a ituess not to be surprised, as It vs .is 4111111 a out 14114'0 she ititendual to given at h.id. Oa Saturday evening about seven of the day meatimied, she returned to the house to take assay her things:tad disehaia.4e the lualgings.t !fester Balder said she was c hambermaid at the Cris s Keys, Gracechurch street ; knows the primmer at the bar; remembers her coming there on the ISO of August, with a male coital, ode i n the evenin f , She left the inn on the Mondry following. She sail she had taken Cie child front rinse; but it appeared to fret and pine very mush. Crotis•esion red.—tile pristlnrr t. euted the child with great tendernes. John Seidler is the father of the lufani child lienjainin, stolen us the 'CM hof August. lie went fa morning, and returned about four o'clock, alien he kayoed the loss of li, child; Willie's immediately commenced en quiries, and pursued the prisoner in all directions, turd at ler.g.h traced her to Birmingham ; here he Inland Martin, the °nicer, w ho had got there before hint, anal he aunt with him to a hooksellera, where he saw the pritmiler and his child. Marten seize., it, and held it up, silica lie instantly recognized it to be his. A female who was pro•wul e41%11 n il how he kliew it was his child) lie repl-41 he knew it by h,s features, bat moreover it had a mole Ws the arahlkill a st ar o,e of its leis. Ile was aluacrud that he ini,; hi have learned this description since be came there. lie denied thh, and instantly produced a bill, printed to I.mulain giving an accurate description of both child and prisoner. The latter, after sonic hesitation, raised her hands, and made a sort of exclamation, by way sit confess' . Grace hchricr, the U Other tif the infant, proved that its name wits 8, rljaunin , that it was hot not t Ire St h of Angtot, anal that it leas the same chid her husband found at and a (rich she taw held in h er . . . Joseph Palartin, the officer, pursued the Hooper to Bir mingham, and found the prisoner lodged at a bookseller's shop there, lie found her, and accosted her a ith a child in her arms. 11 fitness asked if she aas the wifeof Capt. Ridding ? She replied, yet ; and h.? then said, mt 'lame is Mania, the officer, and I n u.t take you iota custody for stealing that child. The prisoner upon this became dread* full* agitated. but having recovered her*elia lift e, the •aid —" Oh ! then, if that is the ease, l can only say that I AA the child given me, and it Is mine. IA insets replied, " That c timid be, foryuu Helier had a child.' A rental*, a his ap peared to 1w her 'niter, at this also become nt.itatcdt and entreated her to et plain the mystery. The prisoner then said, " If I must tell you, I know that Captain Ridding, my hwhanil, has long wished me to haw it child, and hating been taking a %Kik in tar hills, I met a lilt ;t' boy, w bu "11 ny tit me,a•ked me far mane) to b y cakes, nod lint the child in my arms. Not returnistz. I a ai.dered about snaking inquiries, but not succeeding, l determined upon adopting the Infant." Wlmeal. raid the Auld %%no dreosed in Yet) liniolimme clothes and havilig Joked fur the Mil uncs it hod OH MUCH StOltll, the) urre immediately protium'. 11 " C , e Inc the ir4 . e.eettliiill. The prinmer heilig rl ied nit for her defence, said that she was %at is nig in the hehis its before desct it. d, nod the Wile boy haval.4 girl -u her Ifni child, nod not returning, she missed her way ut inakin4 lei., hut iw hoot IOC( es,. She then Irflaki . ci upon adopting it, mid had treated it VI db br, at tell densest. Mr. A Nita s onis w nuts. in !wt . char:Wen, harith Applo!4) , NN 4141,•ri) 4441444 tablt• who had I),CH her in the Um Is, deposed, 'Nat ,3e had known I,er riolll her 44,1.,;.. Six s • jU>t t cos 'curs of &.e, Rad iii4/4 lust awrried 81,4 ut f• 4 4, ars. Nl.r 6.u1 1111 ehildu•n of 1.44 min t hot ail, e5e4.4.411 tiwd of Ca c.,11- dress of who's. sift. 1544 •pent cialier part ,•f het Isle in the Last ladies, and had Wait)* burnt a matt eseitipi.A) •hartcter. Till't SI ' , I:3J CA NT SWllllll'4l the evidence al great length 1,1 thr II . Tile !I t h Inv rllnal tCd to,tri 1, r lhrut Ills minute , I'd (trig. t he pi r - (ulity. Tilt . Jury I • • It,, inert . V • The ( . 1./VP • t i , ,ut 1):1.• TtA7111111(11. dart il,r ;1 u:., REGT,.-;1•Itt. .:•••• the unfortunate •• ••td :.at take this ch i ld with Cie intention of plunde. ••• it a..y ; but on the contrary. to plate it in .. •-• • ~ .114'.1 ~ 1 of life ,iuin that in which us pareutE milt n. -•ti nt it. Still, however, as it was camice alone that :I,•r it . the same caprice might on a fume isztsion it..iva lier to tcsign it hark to its original station ; the crime, therefore, was ot.e of a serious dye. for the Jury. as parent., had to con.ider the shock whieh the loss of a child in this manner Isom caletilatad to mate in the to • mily front which It was clandestinely rarrksl off The Foreman.—We are aware of that, my Lord ; but it is eritlent she meant to take ;wooer care of the child. It amour she slat treated it with the utmost kindness. We arc unanimous therefore in hopik.: that the Court will be tender as pus able in awarding the punishment. The Common thrgeinit.—The Count, gentlemen, will take care and attend to your re,.aitimetnlatien. The humane recommendation of the Jury was evidently in uni:on situ the feelint , of the crowded auditory in the Court. The unfortunate lady herself 'genital much rehered Irmo her embarra":ment on finding the inarest which the Jury had ex pre.:•,....1 in her behalf; she made a gracetil ob i.anee to tile Court us oh.• left the bar, front which she we. as , isted by Mrs. App'elty, the nurse, who sat noir her in the duck during her trust. MIDDLESEX SESSION::, Saturday. Spt. 18. I I)ICTAIENT FOR A SEDITIOr% LIBEL. An indictsinut Lu, bcs n preferred twain it Jo.in friusT who: it will Lt recollecusl, is tlw person who Le l the'plataild at the door of the Crown and An..hor Tarorn, at the meeting of the • of August. lie wa, connottual from bow duvet, on the enar..:e of publi,hing by exhibiting Cr.! cud. and was imprison.sl for <mst days in the Otiose of Come ti .... . Unlitow.h Fields, until bail.al by Mr. Carlile, by whom be • tbyt:d. I 0 41.0 th.rcatcned with t'urtbpr int prison. 'tint ncnissyno:mt of a sum of sts. 1 4. tier Lea. Tut: GILAYD JULY WWI: THROWN OUT THE BILL!!! FOlir EBY ON TILE BANK OF I,3ovritram. Pater Nlolier, a 'feigner, was irtiii.tort fir filoniously mks. :touring to procure a ccuain coppei-plat.: b'oi.k to be engraved and mule. to represent tir 14oiiiii,nry notes of the bank of Nurw-sy. 'I in: its ihtiee:it coritained 13 counts. and we' f...tinetl &voiding to t:ic ittisrt•tit:onal ferns agreed upon and enibodial. by consent ut the Sovereigns of Euro,ic, into an act, ahi li received their ssuctio s Ht fie Congress of Vienna. Mr. Reynold* stated the case to the Jury. Mr. Ititoert Scott, tLc en:trove:. ted thig in the Strand, stated. that on the 27th of hest Nloy the ':lsmer edited. upon him, and inquired if he could es-cute some curious er.gravinAts to. him. for which he would agree to pay a I:Lige stun of money, it' they were finish:ll to his smsfctites. In s teat days, the prisoner culled a :•AC4/1111 time, and presumed to Mr. seiet what struck him at the instant to be a foreign Wink -note. ilesir.ng Idol to snake a plate exactly resembliog the cop he lied shown him. Mr. Strout agreed to undehaketthe wor k. hut merely did so with a view to detect the party, uhriim he ut tune strongly suspected to be contemplating suniet'iing that was bad. lie. thcrelore, kept tho note which the prisoner pr,setited to him as the copy for the new ergraving, and wiiitsi, tot subsequent inquiry in the city. lie aseertsined to be a genuine prouns.ory now of the Hunk of Druntheito. in Norway. and payable for a auto of uluont 1 .556. British currency. Tile prisoner said he should swam about three thousand class of the new engraving struck ofi: —Mr. Scott said, that the numient he had -ot to t,.e bottom lie communicated with Baron Sterolt, the Sweetish Envoy, ami ap prized bins from time to time of his progress in the plate, and lie rerated visits from the prisoner. As soon. however.. as Mr. ti ott lied got all the intbrination lie could from the prisoner. and kept the engraving on his hand, us long as the patience of the latter would hold out, means were taken ni accuse the p.111.1)11CC, and destroy Ms whole scheme of contemplated fraud. The prisoner's counsel made an attempt to tietaalt the indict men , . b} urging objections against the form of the note as amtli ; cable to its description as set forth in the indictment. but they were over-ruled. _ The lury found the prisoner guilty, and the Court immedi ately sentenced him to nue year's unpritomneut in the Home of Correction. ASSAU fellow, named John Clifi - m11„ wnr,convkied of $ meat brutal assault upon a la.or woman. who,: head lie cut in %eyelid place with a poker, sous to fracture her ,kull, and in one Once to obtrude a part of the brains. Tile par IPPIII.I/1 Would in all probability have died of her wutu.ds, we.e it but tor die care whiedi bad bleu taken of her by a surgeon. The pristine r, after reesiviu , a ►evere lecture fmni the Court. was sentenced to twelve mouths impri,oomint is the Iloa.e of Correction, and then to fiat! ateurity to keep the peace for ►even ears. A duel was 1 - OSI E t . Itt on IVedisesday last at Boulogne, betweem two English officers, Ensign Frarer, of the army, and Lieutenant Haw kips, of the navy ; when use latter was dangeruuly wounded, the hall of his adversary having passed in an oblique direction !Samels hi, body. Mrs. Bests; Ere.—The wife of ("nudes it: linen, the unhappy 111511 who was sentenced to seven years' trans portation, for stealing the child of Mr. Horsley, h:s iva been deprived of the supporting hand of hes hush:mil, nas become reduced to great distress, and a sisli,etipsitssi has been entered into for her assistance, which ia liber ally supported. NIAOUANISIZTY.-A miller's dog, broke his chain ; the miller ordered his maid servant 10 tic him up agtiss. She was attacked and bitten by the dog. Oil hearing her cries, the miller and Isis people ran to her assistance. " Keep oill" said she, shutsmg the yard disor, " she Me g is mad, I am a!ready bitten, and insist chain him op alone." Notwithstanding his Idling, she did saat let Min go, but chained him up, and slum Tel to lies chamber, and with the noblest resignation, psei.ared so that S:1131)101116 of hYdros.hubia stasis broke mu, and cud she died i:i a few si txs. The dog was killed with out doing any former mischic A violent disturbance took Aare on Tues:lay last, ut the town of Canterbury, on the occasion of elect ing a Mayor i'or the ensuing year. The frce4len conceived that some unfair proceeding had taken place on the part of the Aldermen ; end several acts of violence and outrage were committed. The Lady say they arc very c. iliing to cater into the Hest:lotion of the Male i;alicals, no; to consume any , :xeise articles, with the excLption of—lea and tf.'ll The Officers cf the Garrison at Plyntouth ar getting up a Play and a Farce at the Theatre, which they mean to retiorm tio the benefit of the Poor of that town. A vtry largo trout was caught about ten days ovo, in Eddlezton Loch, holungiog to Mr. Maelen . Potu.ore. It nieusurtAl inches in length, breast, and weighol Siam. KO: FATAL , AectuesrT —On Thursday, the gth instant, au unfortunate occultist cctt Litt tit Warwickshire in Thomas Till, a servant to to C.N. Newde s tate, Es,l. of Lea, near tilaitishorottgh. A party of gentlemen were shooting, and a servant of Mr. Which W. 19 carrymg Eladell's guts, when Thomas Till desired he taught carry it, being then out of Biwa of the gentlemen. This was cititnihetl with ; and after walking for some time, one or e..cit sidti Or a hedge, the g man was returning the gun t o M i . Ft ) ,kW; servant, and giving hint the butt cod of it, when by some accident, the piece went 'di, and snot Till its the riot side. The gesittemen on heal • Mg the retain, returned, and I the poor y g fel. low bleeding on the ground ! end notwithstanding every a:9 MaiICC was rendered to hum, he Meal two hours A CAUTION TO BOARDING SuNGOI.g.—A penult • hat nig the air and mannets of a gentleman recently succeeded in levying pretty hcaty contributions on se. yewl schools al Camberwell. The plan is the lollow • illy: —Ile introduces himself as a Colonel Daniel; front - Nladras ; be is just arrived in Earg,latid with a little daughter and two sons, and ix ingllClDOtlii ID place them at re:loci:4lde schism,. he should be very hal.pyy lo • lc,se nis den. little girl (or boys) under the care of Nils. • or whose tblil4l43lllllelll Ila* been memo mended to hint in the strongest stationer. Its order the more effectually to lull every suspiconi, lie proposer to pay hall-a.yeat in advance, and begs to refer the lady or • the gentlem n whom he has the hotiour ti address, in • his good friends, (naming souse mercantile house in the city, who may have connections India), as lie himsellis snider the isecessil of teturimig methately to Madras. Maller3 being ildillS!ed, the: Colonel a-11.11 a check on his booker for an even sent, • taking care it shall considerably XCek.tl the amount of the hall*. y.ar's expellees, potting the difference in his • pocket, tows courteously, and promises .0 b g the dear children in a day or two. Nlassrs. —in the city, of course know noehing of hint, and the banker shake s • • his head. It may Iv proper just to add, that this ac consplislud swindler does really seem to know several persons of consideration in India. On Toe-thy mornitiz, lietst Cl2ll two and three O'CIoCK, the house of Mr. Rose,• Ni'. 7, Palnier-terrance, Isling kni, was tittered, supposi.ll by the staircase window. Mi,s Rose, who was awoke by a noise at her chandler door, gave an alarm, which was heard by the uateit. men ; out the robbers made their esc , ipe, taking with Went some sheer spoons and a pair of is me decanters, having drank the contents. A bit of red wax candle was left burning on the chinincypirce of the bask • 'frau tug-room. with a imneh, and the lollowitig letter —" Dear friends, we are sorry to inform you, that in em i s t .quenee of beitig itiforint 7 d we should have sonic. Ilcug wnrh coming tor, we are very much disappointed udat we came tor, but we have taken care Inn to j..re your property any more 111411 we can possibly • Cellaider is hal we have taken is ouly borrowed hid a time: we came not as iiiiii,sno, but unarmed, and • hi Walli of motley. Your most obettietitservants." PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE-011 Friday night last, a ' poor old luau w lilt tidbit of bringing vege.ahles front flint to Parkgate, attempted to return hoine Ott Ice sands all. r dark, when lie unfortunately mistook the signal login down the river, or oue usually placed on the Elam shore, wine') altrac,eit I • to a %et> , rilous situ anon ; for, sitting IDICOOCCIIIOI LeIWCI:11 his ILlnsliers, • hia horse welt' Mot II time C.;olle 01 Ibe Dee, until he got opposite to Capon, be.ore the rider was aware of his danger, which tieing suddenly convinced of, he ut ts red the most pitiable cries of drones., ulhelt were an•frir :.card by the Italic at Pal kgate, butt, had it not b er m tor tile int:moon 'einem:siltation of two ladies who were It tylin; a. the abSCIIIIIIy house , n o t a single botunt n would bate hail the humanity to have rescued this poor helpless siitfavr from a stater) , grat e. It shadd , how. ever, be made known, that ..Ir. Eduardo, who t0..i.0 the .assembly-hotoe, immediately offered to go with lights in scotch of hint. and did retail upon Gilt, A • a 'mambos and two boys to acc o mp an y tour, at ilie risk os their mes, after going two or three miles, and wading through several deep goners, formed • by the coming tide, at last d low% tied tile shoe-mai Its of ine horse up n the sands, soil pros identially Caine tip to the ex, ativiod old Mall, just 'moire the Water stag gnwiuo w 'Mat Intuacli add horse. They found l ion lying w all ills fa..e along the heck of the horse, too weak to cry aloud, but hook l g tile. mercy of Site Al. miAlity, ',retools to los meeting the Lite he thoirstr, I Feu douitivil Ins They ti.izeo tlie Inane, mid so. ts broti a ,lst mot sale ashore at Rim kgatt, when by the h.. 1p of cordials he stout rcVl V et.l , teas lurnisoed whit a bed silt re , ort , one the i•ehi,wit3 tin rni .g. A suite' ientuit was sery prLo. perly 5w4;01;,.-‘l, to reward thole vvh i sit eiteerttilly tha w e.ord aucu a I.tudai.le willittgliebr to rescue thus puce they certainly slid at the haz and of i ncur ;j% v a fur, tud iltty not slit (retied at that critical [Howe. it, iii ten tAiiititta Cite title would hate over. witeluteJ tie whole party. - MENDICIfY tOCILTY.—A f.W d ys hack, a p0t..., but les,it:Lleille WOlll.lll, hauled Sarah MIN 13, alliihrd fOr relief at ti.e Society's rith.:e, in ll.ed siahlt4 be Ito the gl,4:ebt thcitss. 1: ap i n car ..4 on her :“.111,1 ltiuu , that her inisbau- had 3 . 2rvctl in the lah reantetit of iniaiwy au Egypt, nue:e, I.kr 111:1117 others, he cati,•,:tt the op itaiittie thsor.it r, and was Cr. dee ed Iwo toe hospital, but pronotuictd incurable. She nearing that he was to reemer, left lit r home in Det by suite, Chat in.; preliour.) , stain alt her !n:k goods. even to her wr.oatii;-rin k t. to pay the expenses of the ; , 1 , 1 ; r a m ; tip to Loticions where b;le hand her tuist.a .ta in a pitiful unable to assist either her Of Monett', and was lot tot; reutteed to the utmost di,iress that she troubled the Society. The sitting niattavr 40- vised her to return home, which she reluetanly cur. seated to . and bon' the establishment sras scot to hike a place for her in the Derbyshire coach, tha proprietor of which catmint:l to take Ma' for much lest& titan thy Inc. I' 0