The National Register. — London, England, 1819-03-21 00:00:00

ill are .1;n these notes were received a day lat e r than they ought to have been, *Jul without their (-in:insures. Toe prisoner made a et►cntn.ranti,tl confession of the manner in which the robbery had been effected, soil in which lie implicated three other perms. After this confesi:init, he was triited in the Castle by the Surveyor of the Pint otter, who wished to obtain from him untie di sc lusores respeeting some other transactions, the nature or witch was not captained on this occasion. The prisoner said, he mutt have been either drunk or mad, ur have the in him, when he charged the persons wtmed in his confession with haying been concerned in the Wetha by robbery.—Cuilty. A RCN 11. . . RECORDER'S REPORT. YesterdaY the Recorder made a Report to the Prince Regent of the following convicts in New gate, capitally convicted in January Sessions last, viz.— Thomas Wats on, E.tlevartl Mnt, Dorothy Neaves, and John Adsins, for uttering couti.erleit .13Juk John! NVlCett for sheep stealing. John Lynch, Win. Martin, Robert Selby, Pat! ieit Lynch. 3 Wows Lynch, Win. Lynch, and %Vial. Attu ra/, for highway roi.hery. l'honus V. bb, for stealing cows. _ Joint Dowding, Joshua Alexander, and John Fle ming, for house-breaking, James Wilkins, Jullut Iliker,.Charles Hewitt, John Driscoll, and Peter Sullivan, for burglary. Durham Sitsrp, Wen. Putt, Joseph lilanclrard, and AVllliani Jones, tor sivalina good►, &c. in a dwellltrg br•use. When Llwatd Dent, John Adams, John NVilTett, and Wm. Lynch, were ordered fur esecutioq.•on Wednesday next, the 24th instant. The eskers were respited during pleasure. ...inecdotre--A respc,:table tca.deuler in the neigh teurhoott of charing•muss WAS lately requested to sign alietitiou against the renewal of the Insolvent liehtori 7itct: he refused, and assigned as his rea sons, that three months' imprisonment WAS sufficient punishment fur auy civil thd,t. ' • Parisi. officers should be on their guard against a num ber of peg sons with err tow travelling the vomit iy with fraudulent passes.---Twu women and four c hild ien last week arrived at Walton. and presented a pass, represent ing theaen Ives a• seidiris' widows anU a, and slat ing that they had lauded at 1.4 nu I some hoocvvr being chtettai.•td as to the truth of (to! y, a consta ble was sent for. but they ilionght it prudent to deesuup before his arrival. Qa Friday Lott Harry Pymar, lalmorcr, of Thetford, was coaricted before Jelm Burrell F 411%, Mayor of that borough, of linsiem ente,rd the phintntimi of George Beaucamp, E.q. and cot dose o the !reel' therein ; the miti gated penalt y ul 20s. was given in bread to the pour or St. Cribb( t's parish. - - - On Wednesday la.?, roar persons were ennsicieJ before B. Leman, Esq. of Norwich. in the snot of IW. with costs, and two bt the penalty /A . M. with costs, for using caravans, or carts, with springs, for thr pnrpose of carrying pass.l - wllhotit bring duly lireneed according to Our Stage Coach art'. The isrtornrations wire I inrungh the Stamp Orticc, where the licences ought to hare been taken out. At the Norfolk assizes there are eighty prisoners for trial, namely, I for manslaughter, 23 for burglary, 4 for reaching, 3 fur horse-stealing, 6 for sllvep•eleallug. 5 for uttering counterfeit money, I for highwayinibliery. t for stealing limn the person, I for trig:troy, I for pig strafing, and the leirwilider, for loreesiir s and other offences. At a Meeting at Virrnsouth of the Siilosci ibcrs to the Plate for Mr. N. B. Palmer, a silver Eprigne of the valor of eighty guineas was ordered, and Mr. Chrhitmas undertook to procure the sourelW the menisrucittrer's price. On Thursday the 11th inst. William Hoggett and John Barrett were committed to Yarmouth gaol by E. Preston, Esq. 111ascr, charged with having smelly beaten and otherwisi- misused a small notiey, the property of the said Wednesday last, by the Paine Nth gistratc, Uri id Mitistlemas wa• committed, charged with having feloniously stolen a warping rope, and other arti cles Crum old the said .Wu wciiing.lotii,e of /dr. Joseph Nerve, rope stoker, his piopci ty.—Oti the same day Elizabeth Side ell. chore. 4 with haring stolen from the dwelling-house of Nit. Stephen II 4tley, of Ibis town, with *limn she lived Nut - vont, •imilry artieles of linen and wearing ap:aarel, tee. his iiroperty. As the -slut 1111 l t of the Duty ou (2141+ payable io Lynn Town is seat to London, it is to be hoped that the Alay-nr will follow the example of other Towits, • lir calling n meeting of the merchants 11114 inhabitants, to consider of a Petition to Pailiamtut, sillier to equalize the duty, or abolish it The road from :Ipswich to Whitton is travelled evening by IkL•V v 1 .41 pedestrian lit.t , by4orses ; ao less than six air seen at a rime, end thedistance, which is titre , loile':ispetfonwed M IA minaira.— A Military bat made a het to go to Loudon uy the si4lt• of Ibe coadt. On Friday last, nt a meeting of such of the inhabitants of .11nry as are interested .ia the payment of Tolls in the Melts and Markets, it was determined to resist any leetien !Mitt might be lironght for the recovery of Bitch %alai and Mr. Leech was appointed solicitor, for the pits polo of defending Ilia titivation, as o ell at that regorilinir the Tishes,-ia therekirelikellto bo decided by a coMpeteatjorisdietion. Overseers should be aware that an contralti, for !ruin:: tits etre einUrtialstienante of the Poor are mill nod v. , id, oulestapproverl by two Alagists MVP, according to the 45i Is Cito. In. c. 44 ; stittltbat all SUM% paid to sucks cow raciurs Way lies disallowed and sttuck out of ;lair accounts. THE NATIONAL REGISTER• r4ANIi OF ENGLAND. A Genital Alerting of the proprietors of thiv corpora- wao field 01l Thursday, for day piarpare of deflating a dividend Upol4 the corporate filth, or the half year end lug oit the 4.4 h of Aptti twat. The Chairmaii, after having read the tivital moved that the dividend alwitia be a pre t rut. , to widish preposition two ameodowitta weir submitted ; the cue, that itie dividend should he 6 instead of 5 per ecru.; and the miter, that hooted of isttnwsh.,4c y deviating any divi dend, an ea pmition of the tunic, inci me, cud eapenditure of Ilse Hawk should be made ist else proprietuts. Toe lion. Mr. Bouverte contended, that the af f idavit made on the pail of the Bank, in a late proceethog iw the Court of liiiig'6.l3euelt, e►tablieked the foot of to the Company being in possession of a tesesvei food. TM* was a ;natter of record, and midi nia hie. in the fall' 1114IU. irodllee of their OWIS interacts, the body of prow it tors ought Met efore to ba made acquainted wills itat nannent, and i'allispcoothle oat nrc. hie Tliontav Tut ton, although not in fa VO!Ifof the amend ment, thought some communication ought to be made It, the Directors on the FlStijCl3. It set•med so be atoms dto vote a dividend without kitoo tite aintroLt of the capi. tal from which it was digit dint( d. Mr. Ricardo woe of the opinion, and expressed his cor.tide at :relief that the Haul wale iu pu.e,s•tuntyflt least a,000,001., in addition to their len.;e% r. capital of 15,00,000/. It %gate out a fear at their putt. 1., has a jealutmy ut their riche* that had provoked loyally. Whilst it was clear, therefore., tenet We proprietors 11451 4 light to ►now the condition of their tapirs, it was equally maitre:4 that no injury would arias Winl the tlisclesare. A letter which lie had recently received hum eine of un• MI tem& of the Bank of Fiance entirely accuided with bie views. Mr. Young inaele armee forcible lalitiV4l4sll4lollllls route aide. Mr. Payne argued that the Directors were fully juati fied sit the course they were parsninq by the terms of their chaster, anti that it would be unwise in the court of Pao prii•lias to interrupt it. • The Governor observed, that the Directors conld not tag' te to the aim nitnieut, because they Celt that its adoption must 'nudism. tiwunvithitnce. A similar question had been raised in March, 800, and alter discos:lop, it was re solved that 110 disclosure ess,xlit to be made. Mr. R. Jackson said Im.as as desirous of information, but could not regard the 'present cu a tit occasion tOr de mantling it, as toe state .4 their atfairs was under tlia coasidetation of Parliament. The political character of tin it 'institution reriarreed it necessary that secrecy should be sometimes observed. Motions taw an ire' ease of divi dend bud been so often made at the Dadra-house, that at last the Legislature interfereatoroil actuality prohibited the East li.dia C. , 410117 fruits taping it above a certain amount ; and lie believed yfri Pitt had it mice in contem plation to apply the 10,1144 riction to the Bank. Pei-- 6014 who Vet:111411A su the casket pi ire or Ea•l India stock were accustomed to go aiowsi its partial's. anJ atip port may 'notion thr au illeler , e of dividend, Iv it hoist IMO+ reference to the. general interests of the proprietary body. It glad not appear to him exp.-Mena to adopt this amend ment merely for the purpose of adrniiiistet Mg food to the Court of King's Bench; the avowed object bring, that that Court might be afterwards moved ter a nedu.s, anew. The tense of the iiixteluis had been so clearly ex pressed upon Ibis quellifin on a homer occasion, as to ren der any departure boils it, escept under peculiar eircion attunes, onadsisable. Tamar who limo HMO to nine brought forwaid these motions, were, be tad no doubt, influenced by the best motives; basit it was slid certainfliat patriotism, mud a d , sit e to impair the profits uf the Bank, were out necessarily coonecteet, Theameandusents were then put and negatived, and the original proposition cars led by 4 lan age mann idy. Mr, ttilltidu awl Mr. Bowie-vie disclaimed any such ob ject as teat referred to by the Hon. and Le:issued Gera., in the coedit( t turnieily pursued at tale Last Bohr Home; • and the former desired also to vindicate an absent 'Mean . tier of their body Berm any supposed Olivia:llion of the kind. - Dlr. R. Jackson Nod be bad uacaut no I (fiert'on on any nirlubLi ut 'bat Ludy. The Government• of Surinam has published an ordinance of his Belgian Majesty. prohibiting the slave-trade, under severe penalties; but permitting the tranNit of slaves from a Dutch or tbreign colony to another Dutch colony in the West Manche.,len—Letters from Mauchester state, that more than 300 young poplars have recently been cut from a single plantation near Stockirrt, for the purpose, us is supposed, of being employed to form the handles for pikes. Great tears are entertained throughout this manufacturing district, that the sufferings of the labouring classes will lead to some net of a desperate nature ; but the Magistrates, who are well aware of Ole existing state of things, will be prepared, it is believed, witu efficient, measures for preserving the public peace. The Grand Juiy ci tat County of York, of which Sir F. Landlay Wood, Dart. WAsClwirtitati, have presented ate.Coonty Gaol as ituraflieierit. They slated, among miser Mittp, that there were two rooms for she fiauale ion:miters ; but, on account of the great nitsaber of pre. soiitws, they had iltliV one Coilitaithi :!ay.roona. There was also no means of' confining boys or o•ttcn, charged %vita a first ()Hence. apart front Inc must hardened of fenders, except by placing them with persons charged with insaleineanutusi aid they reported generally, 'pat time gaol diet not afford roots; fora proper classification they, therefore, rtcomniended an enlargement to be made, under the soperinteadance of Magistrates, who troin their local situation, might he axle to pay the most alleniiiiii, and tout without any expence beyond what was iitcraiary am di , object its view. At the sales on Wednesday last in Mincing lane, Bengal cotton produced only .51d. per lb. The same article, 12 months ar, was prchased for 111. _ - -r - ``•6 1 ...,, 13olice. p„uIi.DHALL. A to II aLle-bodied fellow, who gave his name Withers. was brought to the Justice-wool un Wednesday, in cus tody of 411 officer, charged with stealing two saws out of the shop of Mr. Paul, carpenter, 14, Old Fish-street. The entrance to M. Paul's shop is closed by a hatch door, which was shut Lt his melt on their going to din ner, at i o'clock. ; the posimite,, watellll44 the opportu nity of the 'r absence, le.iped tore the lour, 'vile a saw !whinging, to one of the journey men, and went away. Ile returned atrain in a few minutes, ind reaching over the door, tusk another saw ; this was Miser% ed by a per sutra the mane of Pain, who keeps a coal-shed next door to Mr. Paul's, and having no knowledse of his per son as one of Mr. Paul's turn s he suspected he was a thief, and therethre followo and seized lulu iu FiiJay street, with the saw in his hand; the other saw, first stolen, was (011114 cocecaled on his person. John Smith, one of Mr. Paul'ijourneyusen, identified both the saws as hts properly, dild.said he lest Ilia* ip the shop when he , weir 10 The prisoner said he was a carpenter, and had a wife and 3 children. lie pleaded great distress, through hav ing been out of employ a long while, in consequence of a violentatteek of sheumstie gout.. S.r %V. Curtis—+' Aye ! that's es you tell us. You were not so bad with the 3iint but you could leap the door though. You are well enough, it s4. , etits, tur all purposes of mischief, thouith not quite well though to go to work. Aent you ashamed to mum a fellow-work ? Your should have thought of our wile and fa mily when you were rtealittg time saws. I shall com mit you." Previous to the commitment being mi/le out, Smith, the owner of the saws, adtiressed the Magistrate, and hoped his worship would at. e rue prisoner a milder pu 11ishntcut. lie did not wish him to he seat to New. gate. Sir W. Curtis.—" Olt ! you wish hint to be let off, d. you ? You speak for yourself. You've got your saws. and want to hate done with it; but .1 act fix the pub lic. Smith," The Marl has a wife and 3 children, Sir WO Sir W. ("urlis—" lle did not think. of your children when he ssas stealing the saws. Are yni a married man ?" Smith.—" No, your worship." Sir W. Curtis—" That don't matter ; if you had eight children, lie would have stole the saws just the same, or any thing else more valltj!ate, if it had berii there for him. If he had been in vt ark, he could e:oned 6 or 7s. a day, 1 suppose. But he can't get etuplo —O no —nothing for carpenters to do now—Teter is in the spring,—never. l'uts berm a hard-working man, you Can get employ. I wonder you should speak 16r welt a lazy, idle, inhering kllow. I tell you he is a bad fel low ; he ongut to be punished, and tie moat be punish ed, and lie snail be punished. (To the Clerk)—Bind him over to prosecute." A very decent-looking man, whose name we 6nbear to mention, but who stated himself to be au agent in the lmolvent Debtors' Court, and at eras. tit in vest distress, was next placed at the bar, charged by a can with having come to his house on Tue.v,b) es cuing, and drinking three half pints of porter anti two glaase;, of runs arid water, without a single !artful% m his locket to pay Mr them. The prisoner halide,. iip a letter to the worthy Mag strate (Sir W. ('uses), which he read, and after a pause of a few moments, said, " 1 am very sorry tor your distress; I feel Lie your summon ; but you should not do these things. If it had been for a bit of steak, or some bread and cheese, or something to ei t, 1 should not have minded it; but all this drink, it was not neeeseary.. Neyer let distress drive jou to be disho nest. pont do so again. Go your ways. I'll pay the than for you this once . " . Aud he accordingly called the publican to hit for Altai pure se. We did no learn the contents of the letter, for§ir - put it in his pocket, and appeared ileatroas of *mining from any observation which should itud to expose the prisoner. We have endeavoured to follow examp!e, and should have suppressed the case gether, but,for our desirelo remora to the Sallie page, an instance of humanity with one of strict and impartial justice. • ; . BOW-STREET. On Thursday, a...K.W,uuineClTLlenjappin. whose house is in Betlforci-eottet. was cli.agetl with ktaining a titian ti tits of cluihes belonging to a girl of a rtveetable Irwtly at Sinners Town. The complainant, a very interesting girl, said she was. sixteen years of age, and :hurt tune agu nu her way house she was enticed to the defendant's !souse tsr two girls, and preeaded-upoit to pursue a entirte of prostitu tion. She was dressed up and sent to the Theatres, and continued at the house, paying a guinea per week IM her lodging, and a most exorbitant price, fdrslier clothes. Being at length (Mind by her parents and persmided to return home, site quitted the der.miktut's house and stm. sequently applied to him kniteralothes, hut he refused to give them up, alleging that she owed .11iin money. She positively denied owing him a single farthing. am& said, with an appearance of shame, that Lienjustitt and his wife had by various pretexts drawn from her almost the whole produce of her prostitution. The Al:gastrate, N 1 r. Hicks, seterely reprobated the general euntitact of• the defendant, and asked ham w hat he had to say to the present charge? Tate Jew said he 'tad kept tue house fourteen wars. and bad " neser done nothing what was wroug,'' ,and •• the young gi►l was in his iletn,,lii.ore !km lii." Alagistrate.—•• Unless you restore the t.lothes bcloal;• ~.~.