The National Register. — London, England, 1819-01-17 00:00:00

.!Al'. ¶7 that she went In danger of her life, or of receiving some great b Ilion or Injury from firlerson. Ti lt Magistrate milled on him to know what he had to say in answer to sending mach return; to which lie replied, h e Mit give any answer to them except he saw ae.l term to enable 1l i aaa to say whether he wrote then) or not. The Magistrate. however, woe on his gueril,and did nut al ow hums to has e the letters in his 1141111 P. •tod thereby give him an opportunity of destroying the written evidence a4aiust him, hot read t h em a l o ud to him. The first was dated front the 'fork's Head. Ratelafftwross, Ratcliffe-highway. It stated, as a co nonenication to the Conatess of Morton, that he was aloer to publish an Heroic Poem, in which hr should intro, since some unpleasant circumstances in which her late father Sir Francis Buller, was engaged, while on a visit at the Isle Man, which would lie unpleasant and injurious to his character; hitt ir 1001. wen %Cll , to hint, he would suppress rile milioration. The second and last letter was also d a ted from the Turk's Head, lilatelitre-crosa, Hateldfe.itieltway : In which he ettelose I a spec-inlets of the poem relative to the character of the late Sir Francis Burlier, amid again urging a g ra n f.e 1001. to he sent him, using vinkin threateniae t aw ',tam if boo demand was uot complied with t cud conch) led b ) a ds Will the Connie*, " to rellect and keep in mind. to i t tm re hail been a Bellingha ee m, and that there now was a Gisi , rs /Oct trc Migistrate had finished reading the letters, he was akin asl , e i what he had to say for himself: when hr equity atilt; led them to he his writing, and avowed the stn. Concuss contained in them. This rendered it unnecessary in resort to the proof of their being the prisoner's 1141111. w Uinta, soul the Co nn i e .. ut Muir. lon proving the receipt of the two letters, made the charge complete. 'file prisoner was then ordered to he emntnitted Intim New Prison, Clio kennels: anal previous I. any bail heitig received f ar bu m , to give 401 hours' mole, of them, with a full de eruption of ell. they are. and what they are, to Nit U tine,' as the cousinitt ac lagistrate. The pt ~,,, et was i i ,,der. 4o ,,g to have acted stone years Viler as a sup geou iu the Isle of Mao, hot is now reduced. ---- • MA RLIPIitIBBOH STRP.EI'. It will be rerollceted, that at Ms last Old Bailee Cession., a man, named Vie ily, was a 9110. let! 411011 the charge of fre quenting Hyde Park. with d'atirs of a similar descriptions and rottoo tine manes from feit.pa.sengcrs, moiler the threat of indicting Oso its for unnatural anent as. The prosecutor, iu the I . n.t . of Healy, wAs a getitlema•lN . sit, named Thorp. In the course of the examination it appeared that Healy hail two ace 1111 l dices, one of whom was na tied Doer : the Common Serjoia tot. who presided at the time, recusant oisol• eil Thorp, die... Bole, to di-cocci Dyer, and raise 1101110 be appershetaileil. Out Tuesday evening last Nicholls and H • phries weir on duly, a 4 pat rules, iir Hyde Nark: when do, vaw twit men, who :initialed too be suspicious looking charac ters, and after endeavouring to make their escape, one of them was •erttreil, pioses to he Dyer, the int . ..woes colleague of Healy. Wediteolay morning 1)oir was b i onghi before Ilie igisirate at this Office ; and Thorp, the prose. collar in Healy's ease, answered to give evidence against him 'Damp said, he %% t. p oitive that Dyer was the Mall who hail atsrckrd hint, mei endeavoured, in concert Healy, to retort money fount Min; that et the Bite the following eon versati 111 l took Miler :—.llealy •• Well, you moist give us p 0.1114, and we'll let yon go: if not, we'll du tior Dyer—" Healy, do your ditty; lie must give its two ; if you give him tip for less, I'll report you to the Board for negle et of duty."—Tlie prisoner denied that he was ill 01011111111 y with Healy an tile evenitig in question ; but admitted that he was eaneerned in* gang of 11 14011041 r kind. He said there were vivaria gator of this desciiptem. Tile loant mode of pro actioling was for three iu a party in enter the Park ; basing ssaf nn 14(1111(` pers.in, note of the party accosted the stranger, the others afterwards went up, and eliarget: him with a ilia bulical attempt ; the arc witphee %%hit atioll eiised the stranger, escaped as quick as posiiible, and then the person attacked was frequently induced to comply with then . extortions. hem fear 01 an accusatioa being preferred against hint. 'rhe poisoner added, that the /lames foie persons who composed the using to which lierly belonged were S. Henry. C. Hales, D. O'Ciontier, -- and others. The pesoter was committed for trial. Among the victiics of lillS execrable conspiracy seas a respectable tradesman in the neighbourhood of Leicester Somme, alio, resisting the base al:eltipts of the monsters, was charged before the Magistrates al Ihi- Oifier, am! hilly committed for trial. The tradesman coop tinned in culifiteement. When the ti lac arrived that notice of Vial sboald be served on the prosactitio, I, was discovered that the villians bail lent the country; and upon affidavit to that effect the safortimate tradesman was liberated. Tv Bennet, a tallier, in the neighbourhood of tioadisiale-- selds, Wall brought foe ward relative to a bill of exchange for 1.'901. drawn by T. Stevens, accepted by T Bennet, and en -aim-soil ley E. Charge, a clothier, who was 41411 brought lot 'Nerd oil the grimed. that the acceptance was forged. The bill was paid by May., to Mr. Hughes, a Blackwell-hall s.ito arcested the ace( plum Mayo stated, that he received . hill of Slovens. the acceptor, all uncertitieatrd bank rapt, it liter the foilowieig cite stances ; Stevens applied it, I v more solar motley upon time slimes of the New thew - but he released milieus they ante assigned to Ilion. Ac caroling to Nla)it's statement, Stephens skewed hems a letter, si,itiag that Brunet war desirous of disposing of the 4.1111 1. 0 441175. :rod witting to assign them over em burrowing 1001. Mayo COOPYtairti to ails:trice the ouisoiry, open (muddier:l that he had do automat by a hill of Be d's, as a Collates al re rvity, and Stevens ;widowed this hid, and got the motley . May 0 confessed that he was told Ihe bill a as a forge, y before Bennet WAS at rested upon it. Minuet Stated, that she accep. t tocri . was not his. although an imitation of fits writing. SO tar flout his having had any eoinicaion with Sits ells, Ise dud not even know such a MAO. He then stated. that the 111 ev t ory Slliit4°S 10411 byre left hint by his lather, and being a beginn nee in trade lie wanted to harrow money. His attretiou was attracted by au advertise Altstit ill a Newspaper, stating; that money 44..0. Wail) to be Sirs A neril upon collate:ral securities, and he applied to the *else' laser, Mr. Tioorefuli, at hit,' I lot to Tayern, lit millivolt, mid hue agree.] to ettivaare the uueuey, 1 40, itted Air. Clieveley, attorney ZIP 11w' Brew. ry, was walhn_ 1.0 • ill' Matisf. r, In iturthei :nice of this 'wintry, Keunct Ira Ihe shares with the inontry.lender, who was to meet Mitt by appointment at Mr. Clieveley's, but he host bolls hill' and ease was tee deceit to stand over, to see it Steveuscau lie found. An uncommon (-Monaca pare on St. Stephen'' , I)4y, nvAs• Inland, ley C•iiillit•l 110114 , 1% )101111dA. lii brad a ail rand are of We sou al colour; bast Ow entire hotly and lees are of Or 'Harem Willie. .1 skin lbtl been kateerted, and AS 110 W at Ilutititabtieltl. rsts NATIONAT. ItMLSTE OLD -- B4ILEY. WeingliDxT. 34N. 1,. The 'woolens* ro 11111 l cured this dal. Me. Justice Holroyd and Mr dnotire presided on the Bench. Cow STEALING.—Thotato Webb wu d guilty of stealing two cows, the property of the Hight Hon James Earl Waldeggove. John Lynch. Robe, tlby, snd Win. Marlin, were con. virted of the offence of assaulting Win. Heakes, on the King's highway. and stealing front his person a hat and 4s. 6d. in silver. The prosecutor lived in Pye Street, Weatminster, and brine intoxicated be was attacked by the three prisoners and robbed. John tAneh, iu his defence, did not deity hat 111.11 he was concerned in the rohherv. lint declared that the pro s., tiror had agreed to compromise the matter, had actually taken 9a. for that purpose, and had, into the bargain, a Carktsnas dinner. The prosecutor being called up, conform'', that he had talc. 95., which he hail left for Ishii, hut dynied hawing entered into ale% agreement in compromisr- the matter. Thomas Lynch, 20 Patrick Lynch. 22. William Lynch, 24, William Murray, IR, and James 31'Ititosh, 23, wet e indicted for assanlting slarali Priestly on the highway, and foi taking from her per Ann 20s. The three first prisoners were hrothess. The ease was clearly proved a2aittst all the prisoners excepting NVlntosh ; an J they were all found guilty, but him. THURSDAY. Domingo. Robins was Pni to the bar tinder nn indictment, charging him with having, on the Silt December lest, stolen from his master, Lord Beresforsk three 11. Bank notes. The prisoner was d d in Wadi, and bore a very re spectable appearance. He appeased to be between 40 nod 511 years of *tile. A jury of half foreign and half English was empanelled. Los d Beresford was the first witness called on the part of the prosecution. He said that the prisoner had been in his service 8 sit 9 years, and had accompanied him from Portugal to Eacland in July fart. The business of the prisoner imme diately was to attend I in his dressisig-rooin. and ke of roane hail the care of his clothes. It often happened that his los d-Itip lefehis money in his pockets. The prlsosser had therefose an opportunity of knowiste what ease was thus uy accident left its his pockets. His Los ilship haft firms time 1.. time missed nioney in this was, an.h suspected the prisoner of having taken it. For the purpose of ascertuialog the fact, lie tusk the precaution of marking three 11. notes, the nuns • leers of whirls lie 5.1.0 put slows. 111 his pocket-hook. He roiled these notes nit, and put them into one of his puekets. On the morning of the Bth of December he missed the notes, and seat for Foy the officer. As soon as the officer came, .he celled the prisoner before him, and asked hint whether lir sd any money, and to pi-mince it. The prisoner polled out a poise containing a quantity of Portuguese e•. 1.1 r oin. He a.kell the prisoner whether lie had any oilier ...sues, and lie replied that lie had nut. His lordship repeal ed his question. end asked. "Are yon store yon Ware IM paper money either in your pockets or among %our sic gage ' The prisoner again denied that he had any. The day bet ole this transaction the prisoner had said that he had no money. Foy, the officer. immediately proceeds d to scotch, and from sine of the prisoner's pockets a roll of Bank notes was pre slowed. It was opened and the notes were compared with the bets which had keen put down lit his Lurdship's pocketbook. He Ismail these to be the same is. all partial. lairs. The notes were here piodneed. After some confirmatory evidence, the jury without hesi tation found the prisoner guilty. EIECUTION.—Tuesday inwitilig, the three criminals. Knight, Morris, and 'lntim, who were capitally convicted in October sessions, underwent the sentence of the law opposite Newgate, in the presence of a great crowd. Win. limited, who was not inure than 17 years of ag , was tried fur a high way robbery and convicted. Tire ofleurie tor which Almeria was convicted is, no dontst, fresh in the recollection of our readers. Hr was a watchman of Camden Town, and in eon junction with the servants of Edward (Arnow, Esq., tJosepti Braid and Emma Oweii,) who were made evidence for Oro Crown, alatiaged to rob the house of a great quantity of piste. ! Tougay. alias Cripps, was convicted for stealing three heifer*. The Rev. Mr. Cotton attended them at an early hour sit the romantic, and found them so resigned. that he felt no hesitation in administering tire Sacrament to them. Soon after half ims. seven o'clock 1)r. Gwi 00000 i, one of the Sheriffs moil -Nil . Tenter, the Under Sheriff s arrived. and shortly softerward. proceeded to the press-yard. When the authappy men as cended the scaffold they were remarkably penitent t but the lad Knight declared, that although be hail Led a most dissolute and profligate life, he was innocent of the crime for which be on. snout to snlfer.—Alter praying a few moments on the scaffold, he ejaculated —" 1 am ionoreett I lam innocent 1 Yoh see All innocent man cutler!" He then requested that a handkerchief mielit be tied over his eyes, which living dune, and all the necessary arcingeinents being comPlete, the fatal signal was . given by the Rev. Mr. Cotton, and the nut*, Innate malefactors were plunged into eternity. fraud , died almost without a struggle. • • • ••1 110 II t: an i.a II t Us, Ronn E a I ES. &c . —.The • IWO% and adjo Wog premises of Mr. C. Marsh, miller of Itnehairiptint. QM Putney. were broken open on Wednesday night: fawn • wrgitsbop . a large , 'titmice chisel was taken, and used by she thieves to break mot the house ; and after they had elfwetel an meanie. thiy curled off linen, wtaring.apparel, and othtr property, which they hart tam from drawers that they had rifled to a eonsidensbit, amount. The' outhouses of Mr. W. Brown. al Ptituey Meant, were broken' open on the same night. and a fat I.ii, sad a lOW seeredriven away, it is supposed, by the saniepecion or persons Who robbed Mr. lluvill of Brixton. Tile peernines or Mr. Soteter, of itaithanipioa, were !woke open on Tue.iluy nig'.t, soon lifter eve faintly were Font to Fwd, (it is supposed) nail pie:Acted of insiperty, of dirfarni Moos by the villains, who, withoot giving any Alston, carried off tent booty and effecte d their escape. Os. Tuesday night the residence of a t om; demon of fortune, at East Sheen, irional Steers, was broke open by some thieves, who riiitd ,cveral iiiartniento, and packed tip propny to a great iunoard, which they canve}ett to a 119 eel at sonic distant: Masi the home, for the purpose (as it is conjoetnred) of in•we easily removing it without tiLtection to a cart, to be carried off. They returned to the house to teary away a second lead, and made a noir-, which awoke the butler; he moved the hardly, and the villains made off with ail possible speed. 'Chi: Keynote pursued, and disc in.r. , l all the p:oputy win .11 lad been carried from the louse in t't, :+•.e el ; thet.tieves.h4ml not time to carry it Away. They carried about their . perao;ls a :WAIL qunitity of silver plate only.— Oa Wzdatisdiy eveniug the stashes of a i;enticnian, residing in IWell Square. Wh'elu arc situaw near Ely Place, Prospect Road, Southwark, were woke open, and arblied of three valtrable riding. coat, a bet of gig.l.arness, and other property. One 01 the CliriiillS dogs Irons the Arctic ret;ions. was last week scut front London to 'l'. W. Coke, Esq. at Hot/nna. MIDDLESEX SES',VIOII I B. FRIDAY, JAN. 1R ' ' • Friday the trial of the wretches whose offence win lately ::. - 447ed in our . police report, was brought on at these semsions. The names of the prisoners are Wm. Harvey AVasley, Edward Amino. W 9). 'mail s Win. Jenimet, Harvey Ternmaa, Jo:in Donovan, James Nicholson, John Trill, John Ferguson. henry Watford, Charles 'N in. Mitchell, Wm. Ando*, Charles Liinmers, James Howl, and Wis. Kitchen. They were indicted for conspiring together to commit an abominable entre and in this part of th e indictment these were Ire counts; and besi des . Came, there were two other counts, charging' theta with a misdemeanour. in assembling together for a crimittal purpose. . Mr. Adolphus, for the prosecution. which was carried on by thy parish of Nlarylebone, addressed the s ita..y. it wee isonecescur foe hint to anticipate any of the detail cim:ll would be produced in evidence; they bed heard enough from the reading of the indictment to explain its nature to them. lie was aware that leartielfrierld would conduct his case with all that skill and ability for which he was distinguished. and at the erme time with the manly cindear which belonged to him. Evidence was then mlled, and the facts proved. Mr. Alley, for the prisoners, contended, that there tow no proof of the conspiracy. A conspiracy, he observed. should be to do some act which was to bring injury to others ; but the prisoans wen only injuring theniselvo.: and it would he a solecism w law. to suppose that any roan, or set of men, could conspire against himself audition selves. As to the ineocence of the prisoners on the two other counts, he bad nothing to say. The Chairman (Mr. Conlin. in remarking on the evid.rne, fdl:y concurred in the objection which Mr. Alley had made, as to the wane of proof in support of the conspiracy ; hut said, there was sufficient. if the jury believed it, to convict thou of the of charged in the 6th and 7th count.. The jury accordingly. without Imitation, found them Gehl, of the taftnee In the Whaled 7111 wants. The Chairman. after consulting for a short time with his brother t- Magistrates. delivered the sentence of the Coact wit4out any cons-, nest. It was, that Wm. Homey Wesley mid Jatues liowe should be imprisoned in Negate for 12 moathr, and all the others be ins - • ptisoned in the same gaol for 6 months. As soon as sentence was pronounced, and the culprits were about: to be removed from Court. the crowd, whether from regret at the great lenity they had experienced, or indignation at the crime, or both, set up tremendous shouts and hisses. •and it was with great difficulty, that the officers succeeded in conveying their charge Stung the Hal/ As each prisoner descended the steps he was earaileei with' loud hotintle, which seemed to be only a prelude to .the dreadful. , storm which was about to burst upon them. From the ball.ther were, with considerable difficulty. conveyed to die strong room Mc the end of the Sessions house. Whilst the ornatebin were making,. arrangements for the conveyance of the pri.artere trans the woos. mom to Newgate, the assemblage of persons outside. which nasals". immense. were not less busy in making their preparations to nubs. them on their coming out. The streets laying near tie Court Name. which are at all times in a very dirty state, were at this time rather more so than usual, and every thing that lay upon them more porta ble than a perringstone was coon gathered up. A /urge cart thaw ap to the door. The moment it began to move. showers of .AM gram thent from all sides. and the constables wereohliged to Kt, pasted through Smithfield, it being market day. there was. as a large collection of every kind of filth. This 'Refound ape until they became a shapeless mass, which could net ho easseturiesed„, without the utmost horror On their arrival A Newine many or - ; - them (16 in ally were apparently lifeless. which *ay watill wort hank; r : beast in reality. if they had not been speedilysialliOrtod beyond reach of their assailants. • A considerable degree of alarm wu wetted on TteNNW% night, about eight o'clock, in the neiahhoosrhood of I.lWisry..:- lane 'fliestre, by the appearance of the tirdeogieu. A greet round colluded around die stage-don. The accident bap - pined he that put oldie budding apploptiated to the this.. - sing-rooms, but by the assistance of the persons present woe - Ito under without doing any mondial The earliest*. wer e not aware the alarm that load been given without the Tiusatre till some liaise after it had subsided. The Earl and Giantess of Grey and tesity, it is said, will .; shortly leave Engloond for the Cootinent, where they Mood to reside fax VA° years. The Duke of Welrmgton, by his appointment to-the high office of Master General of the Ordnance, become . ex-officio Colonel of the Royal Artillery, and•as a point of etiquette Lis Grace appeared in the .unifurtn of the regiment when he was presented to the Prince Regent. . The officers are in high spirits on the change, as the Duke has had better opportunities of appreciating their brilliant awl valuable services than the noble Lord big predecessor in office. The Duke is expected to visit .the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich in a few days, and to in spect the Artillery at their heal (porters, when the officers will give a grand entertainment to his Grace on the occasion. We regret to state that Lord Erskine was suddenly taken ill on Saturday night, while on a visit x) his Royal Highness the Doke of York, at °attends. The - attack happened after the family had retired en run.— The Earl of Lauderdale, who was also a visitor, was called up, and raid every attention to his afflicted friend. Medical assistance was immediately procured, and 40 ounces of blood were taken from his Lordship, un ope ration by which he felt himself greatly relieved, .This is the first serious illness experienced by his Lordship during an active, and for the greater part of ii, a very laborious life. l'untuant to a warrant from the rrinca Regent, dated the 7th instant, the Lord Chanzellor has issued a writ . of summons to the Right Hon. Hans Francis Hastings, as Earl of Huntingdon. Lord Htintingdon's pctitim was only presented to his Royal Highness on the •2'.!d of January lust: and since that period tht m u t satio:,ctory - evidence has been adduced the extinction of 1‘; an- - ees:ors, whose male descendants, consisting of rixty nine persons, it was necessary to prove the s us lute removal of, in order to mike ‘vay for his Lon:staffs succession The present Noble Lord is tLe eldest lineal male descendant of Sir Edwe.d Hastings, fourth son of Francis, second Earl of lit:nti:lLtdon. by Catherine, grandda , ghter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Gas rene , !„ brother to K.:ig Edward the Fourth. The Hon. C. Iktcy is about to proceed to Corfu, having boon apoointA Treasurer of the. tepublicof the • lonian Ishuids.