The National Register. — London, England, 1820-05-21 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, Friday, May i 9. BANK PRO6ECUTIONS. The following prisoners were this morning brought into Court, and severally pleaded Guilty to the minor offence of having forged notes iu their pos. William Cooper, aged 25 ; George Thorpe, aged 24 ; George Henley, aged 28 ; Joseph Lenney, aged 24. They were informed by the Court that they would be transported for fourteen years. Samuel Benjlinin Meredith, Robert Ireland, and George Seymour, pleaded not Guilty. The following were arraigned, and pleaded Not Guilty to the capital charge :—George lludfield, aged and Henry Brown, aged 28 ; for tittering five 101 and five 51. notes; James Gardener, for uttering thirty five it notes; Jane Harrison, for uttering seven IL notes ; and Peter Miller, for uttering two 10/. and Due 51. notes The prisoner who had pleaded Not Guilty were then informed t.iat their trials would comaience to-morrow, at ten o'clock. EXTORTING MONEY BY A CHAO!! Or AN UNNA TUR•L orreucc---William Wilkinson, a wretched 100k111/ NIJII HI colour, WAS indicted for an assault upon Edward Hodder, ou the King's highway, and stealing from bib person three half crowns, and two one-pound notes. Mr. Bolland opened the case. He stated, that this was a case of peculiar importance , _ and required their utmost attention. The Learned Counsel proceeded to detail the tacos of the case as they were afterwards proved in evidence. Mr. Justice Bayley summed tip, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The prisoner upon hearing the verdict, exclaimed, " I'm murdered." Baron Gatrow—Gentlemen, the observations just made by the prisoner calls from me this remark. I have attended to the course of the evidence, and I think myself bound to say, that had your verdict been different, an inroad, and a fatal inroad would have been made upon the safety of society. Mr. Justice Bayley also expressed his concurrence. Benjamin Constable and Elizabeth, his wife, were indicted, the former for stealing and the latter for felo niously receiving, a number of valuable pistols the property of Mr. Rivierc, the gun-maker, in 01Tord- I Street. _ _ _ The male prisoner was a workman to Mr. Riviere, and it was proved that he had from time to time stolen a number of pistols of the most valuable kind that the shop contained, and his wife pledged the,,. for trifling sums at several pawnbrokers' shops. It came out in course of evidence that the prisoner was in great distress, in consequence of having a wife and children and a sick father to support. One of the pistols produced was stated to be worth 41. 16s. at prime cost, and this was pleded at a pawnbro ker's for a few shillings. Mr. Baron Garrow, in addressing the Jury. animad verted in very strong terms an the negligent (to say no worse of it) conduct of the pawnbrokers in this case. It was owing to the facility with which the un happy couple at the bar, could raise a few paltry shil lings, by plet!ging artitles worth as many pounds, that they had been placed in such • situation, and Mr. Riviere had been so great a sufferer in his property. — His Lordship directed an acquittal of the wife on a point of law. The Jury found Benjamin Constable Guilty, Death —and the Foreman begged permission to recommend him to mercy, and to state the grounds on which they did so, which were—first, the circumstance of this be ing his first offence, and the good character he had borer—and, secondly, that they conceived his guilt was in a very material degree owing to the readiness with which he could raise money upon the articles at some pawnbrokers Baron Garrow.—" I hope this opinion of yours, Gentlemen, entitled as it is to the highest consideration and respect, will obtain a very wide circulation. I shall direct that the pawnbrokers do not receive one shilling of Owl , expences, and I hope that in future they will attend to the interests of the public, as well as to their own." His Lords(tip then desired Mr. Clark, not to give the pawnbrokers one single shilling In the course of the (lay Mr. Baron Garrow took occa sion to rein irk, that the public business to this Court, as well as at the Assizes, were much retarded, •ind the Judgrs pin to much inconvenience, in consequence of the neglect of Magistrates' Clerks to furnish the deposi tions taken at the Pidice Offices. He now requested Mr. Clark, toe I), , puty Clerk of the Arraigns, to make out a list of all the prtsiiners in whose cases the depositions had not (teen furnished this Sessions, will' the particular office i(mit %voids each was committed, and transmit the same 10 Lord Sulmouth, in order that measures might he adopted to put 30 end to so alarintog au evil. The servant of Capt. Davis, who, as out readers may recollect, enabled his master to escape from 6iltspur.street Cumpter, was tried on Monday at the London Sessions, and sentenced to six months im prisonment. We understand the Jury were ex tremely reluctant to find a verdict against him, but without violating their oaths, they could nut acquit him. Last tvc..k d •,er‘ant at Mr. Donn's, Firling, Holder ness, being about in light the fires, and Mania no I atches, gut Mr. Dunr. ' s riowiler flask, and al, 1 str.k ing some s mks ell liw aflame the tinder, seditcleti ipiatitily of gunpowder upon it. This .11 1111 l di ately taisi:ig fire, comiiiiiineaoqi wills that in the ILO:, which exploding, carried away all the gliaS in MO WIIICIOWS, and left the thumb of the ,young woman ' s hand, in which she held the powder flask, hanging by a piece of skin. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: -..- EPSOM RACES. IVEDNESDAY-.11 , 11111T DAY. These Races commenced on Wednesday, but u usual, on the first day, the ground was attended by ttwee persons only inter ested, and there was no betting excepting upon the Derby, as follows : 15 to 8 against Pindarrie 443 1 - Kilt Devil filly sat It to 1 Brother to Blucher 12 tO 1 --.--- Duke Abjer 13 to 1 - - _ any other. The Craven Stakes for all ages was won by Mr. Mill's Mor timer. The Gold Cup, value 100 guineas, Suincribers of lo guineas each, with to guineas added bout the Racing Wad. The winner to be sold, I/demanded, for 450 guineas. Mr. Walker's b 4 1 Gem., beau Mr. Stevens's Charming Molly. Five other started, but two only were placed. The Wootton Stakes of Jogs. each, fur two yr. old colts, Sat. Gib. and fillies, Bst. 31b. was woo cleverly by Mr. Hush's, b. c. by Hadley. Toe Sweepstakes of lOgs. each was woe easily by Mr. Walker's Shoehorn. Although but few persons were on the ground, the road was much thronged by persons going down to be present at the Races to-morrow. TUURSDATIECOND DAT. Such a Derby Race.day was never outlawed by the oldest frequenters of the turf. The rainy morning kept more than half from there, who enjoy this tine race as a holiday. and Instead of the first display in toe wand of equipage, beauty, and fashion, the ladies were kept in their close carriages. expecting to be blown over by the stormy dement; and as to the booths, many were unroofed on the preceding night, and these left shared the same hue this day, and sign-posts and canvas were flying in all directions when the horses started. The Derby Stakes of so guineas each, for three year old colts, to carry Ba. 71b. and fillies tat. Mb. (54 Subscribers) half forfeit. The owner of the second hone to receive tOo guineas out of the stakes. Mr. Thorhill's ch. c. Sailor, by Scud, dam Gosseander, beat Mc. Udney's br. c. Abier, and Lord G. A. Cavendish's c. by Middle. thorpe, out of Cat. Three only were placed. It is necessary to place two, but the race was won in a canter by more than two lengthstSam.Clufiney, rider.)—Antigallican and Arbutus bolted at 'Tottenham corner, towards Loauon, noin the storm, as some say. Arbutus being on the near side of Antigalliain, and close at him, drove that horse out, and Pindarrie swerved there, and got out of his place. The Kill Devil filly and Pindarrie were fourth and fifth, and the owners were a long distance Lehind. It was a fast run race.— Betting three to one against the Kill-Devil filly-14 to one attains Abjer-16 to one against Arbutus—and 20 to one against any other.ls started. 20_ W 1 A great number now left the Course from the inclemency of the weather, without waiting for the other two races. Sweepstakes of logs. each, with SOgs. added from the Racing Fund, for all ass& Mr. Forth's Admiral, 4 yrs. old, 7st. 41b., beat Mr. Dilly's Shoe-horn, 4 years old, 7st. 41b., and Mr. Hobsoo's Fitacloddy. The last Race was a Sweepstakes of togs. each for all ages. Mr. Dilly's Shoe-horn. 4 yrs. old, 7st. 21b., beat Mr. 11 ." 10 " colt by WAlton out of Canal*, s yrs. old, sat. Si: started, but two only were placed. These last Rams were interesting to the parties only, as they were run in the storm, and there was no betting. Execunow.—Ou Wednesday the gth instant, T. Collery, convicted at last Sligo Assizes, of ribonism, burglary, and robbery of fire-arms antlered the awful sentence of the law in the front of the prison there.— There was a vast assemblage of persons, among whom the strictest order prevailed. For some time previous to his execution the culprit evinced the utmost contrition, and attained a frame of mind which befitted his situ ation. Having ascended the platform, lie addressed the multitude—confessed his having deprived persons of fire-arms, and thanked Providence that it arrested hint in his wicked career. lle exhorted the spectators, as they regarded the approbation of God, and the peace and tranquillity of their fellow -creatures, to desist from evil courses which brought him to his disgraceful end, and which t, if persisted in, inevitably involve them fa a similar fate. A beautiful fast sailing French lugger, called Le Lai:- cier, was brought into Portsmouth on Tinuisday last by the Bier, tender to the Ramillies, on buspciion of basing landed a cargo of smuggled goods on theca:last of Sussex, but there not being sufficient proof of the fact, site was liberated. An illegally constructed galley, 40 fret in length, and calculated to pull 12 oars on a side, which the vessel Istsl wain her, was seized and scot to tiae custom- house. "Another attempt to set Fire to Hertford College.—On Friday last (the I 2111 inst.) another attempt was made to set lire to the College, in this city. About I I o'clock at night, a lighted candle was discovered in an 011111- !tabard room adjoining to the apartments occupied uy Rev. Henry Pe.hee, placed in an averture between the laths of an old partition. A small part tit one in toe laths was burnt, but no material injury was done to the building. A minute investigatiois of this usysternots business has taken place wore Colonel .‘laltliCWS, alit. SOlne CIMUIIISI.IIICeS U 1 suspicion slaving attacised Illrlu seltes to R. Carpenter, a youth of to years of age, out of tt.e Choristers of the Cathedral, he has Iletll Cl'.. mined to prison till our ittxt Assizes, to take his trial ior Ille 011.:11Ce Ol Ilat hie. set ilft: 10111 C 4111111111 g. Soule law:niers woo stele lately employed by Mr. Neame, in trenching the land adjoining tor. Dolt Juan Field, in Canterbury, came in contact nitil at steamed grave containing the periect skeleton of a mats, Wlll4 Irma the teeth which remained 111 the jaws, appeared to hate heels of great age. Inc grave Was steamed its chalk, and from the compositiou In the mortar tt tt Inch it Was woiLtd, as well as 11"0111 sonic old 10111111:1• nuns near it, is conjectured to have oeett Wlllllll I.lle Bile of the Church' of St. Julio, which it is said ithmerly stood thereabouts. Front the appearance of the er it is supposed to have remained untlistui tied mail) Mr. llymoke, the King's hereditary champion at the cotonation, died u few days ago at his seat in Lincolnshire. The office of the King's champion was enjoyed by him as Lord of the Manor of Scrive(shy, in that county. His motto was pro rege htt BURGLARY AND Ansom.-00 Friday morning, about half-past two o'clock (the Rev. Archdeacon Ciao ke be ing then in Chester), one of the two female servants then in his house at Codding , on, was alarmed by the dis charge of at pistol; she immediately got out of her and proceeded to the room-door, but. on opening it, her further progre s s was stopped by Immense volumes of smoke, which proceeded from the staircase. She imme diately alarmed her fellow- nt, and fortnnately they both succeeded iii effecting their escape through the room window. The lower part of the house was at this period entirely enveloped in flames, which were advanc ing rapidly to the roof; and it is conjectured that the noise heard by the woman, which she thought like the report of fire arms, proceeded from a loaded blunder buss, hung sip in one of the luster apartments, to which the fire hail gained access, and had discharged it. An alarm was immediately given to the neighbouring villa gers, who, with a commeuilable pi ineptitude, hastened to the spot, and exerted their utmost endeavour in pre venting the further progress of the devouring element : stone intlividnals, in particuler, ran great personal risk in attempting to save the property of their highly re spected pastor. Unfortunately their endeavours availed but little: • few articles of furniture were rescued, but the remainder of the goods, a valuable library of divinity and inisseilaneous literature, the writings of the family, and all the other important documents deposited in the Rertouy, including the parish register, ate totally destroyed. In the midst of this scene of destruction and desolation, the most melancholy reflection is, that it has been the work of a vile incendiary: the house was minted during the night. and it is conjectured, on no slight grounds, that the offender or utfenders set tire to to the premises, to prevent a discovery of the crime, reckless of the loss of life which might have remitted front their diabolical act. The follows.% particulars will enable our readers to turns an opinion me the subject—On Friday inorningot bout eight o'clock, five hours after the fire was first discovered (Cuddingion is needy eleven miles from Chester), a man called at the house of a person resident in Boughton, adjoining Chester, causing in his hands two bundles, and requesting peranissiun to. lease teem there for a shot t time. He did not, however, again make his appearance; and, on being opened, they wear found to contain a surplice, two gowns, • cassock, and wearing apparel, the property of the Archdeacon. and which had been lett at Coddington Rectory. The ' , Wire were immediately on the alert, and the man was traced to a lodging-house near the Bars. He at first made his escape through a window, but was putsued, overtaken, and safely lodged in the Castle. On his examination * three of the Archdeacon's shirts and a black waistcoat were found on his back, which, he said, he had nurchased lama an ltishmau. In his breeches pocket an. old seal was discovered, which the man insisted was his own property, although it had been for more than a century in the Archdeacon's family. A pocket-book was also identified, with other things sufficient to sanction his fuil commit ment fur trial at the Antunin Assizes. 'rue MAWS statue is W. Riekington lie had formeily been in the service of a respectable gentleman of Chester, and some thee ago formed a conuexion with a girl then living in the Ards deacon's service, at Coddingtou. Being found in the house there, at an unseasonable hour at night, lie was turned out; the girl was alterwards discharged, and she is new, we are told, pregnant by him. Her. name is La timer retve, utherwise SAis is also in custody. On Wednesdayilast, the loth of. May instant, the Commissioners of Appeals gave their final decision its the case of Roger Coleman against Joseph Quelch, grocer, of Dublin. The nature of the appeal was one of peculiar singularity, and this singularity created much interest. On Saturday the 24411 day of October, 1818, certain officers of his Majesty's Revenue entered Mr. Quelch's house, and seizeti one cliest of tea as spin , riot's tea. A trial took place before the Commissioners of Customs, which continued for .several days, when they, after hearing evidence on butts sides, pronounced judgment that the tea wasgenutile as imported into this country from the India House. Against this judg ment the seizing officers appealed, and during the pre sent and two last Terms, the Commissioners of Appeals were occupied, day after day, in hearing the.argutriznts of Counsel. The unanimous judgment of the Court was this clay pronounced, confirming the. judgment of the Court below, and establishing that. the tea was ge nuine, and fairly imported front the sales at the intlia House, and ordering the tea to be restored to Mr. Queleli. We forbear to make any remark upon the lojtiry that Mr. Q.ielch must have *tittered to property, iekfligs, and character, frUILI this business, as we tut tit-rstatid Mine Is all venom A must daring butglary was committed on Wed nesday night last, about eleven o'clock, at the house of Mr. Thomas Homewood, a licensed victualler, sign of the Hope Tavern, Phllard's-row, Bethnal green. The villains watched the opportunity of Mr H. being busily engaged in the bar, serving his customers, and placing a ladder against the bed rout window, entered. Mrs. Homewood having occasion to go up stairs to the room, could not open the door, and called Mr. H. to , burst it open, when, to their great surprise, they found every closet and drawer ransacked of their contents. It is supposed the villains were in the room when Mrs. H. endea voured to open the door. The thieves succeeded in escaping the same way they entered, taking with then► cash, plate, and other articles, amounting :u 1501, At Boston great sheep fair on the 4th instant, the show was very large (estimated ut 30.000 sheep). They went off slowly at first, but ulti mately the chief part were sold, and brought :18 good prices as ;it. Lincoln tint. The show of beast , ; on Friday was large; fresh beasts. sold well, and stores obtained hut prices. We understand a Committee has been appointed at Westminster Abbey, for the purpose olarranging the business relative to the intended coronation, and ia:ullativa u : the Order of the Bath.