The Sun. — London, England, 1817-10-22 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, OCT. 21. A CURIOUS CASE. . . Sarah Bancroft was indicted for an assault on L:itey Lawrence,' on the 27th of June last. The prOsecutrix, a woman apparently about 60, stated; that she lives in High -street, Lambeth, nearly opposite the defendant, who is married to a Lighterman, and has two children. On the day in . question the prosecutrix came to the door to take* in her mills, when defendant csime 'up at the satire tine, accused the prosccutrix of having calla ed her w—e, and of having distributed a certain song containing, abuse of her. 'The prosccutrix denied the charge in miller strong language ; upon which defendant took her basin from her, struck ber over the head with it, threw her down, and Ite.at and kicked her about the head and loins, and contitlned to do so till some person came to her rescue. This was the assault complained of. Cross-examined by Mr. No LA rc..--The go,ds'have made you a . poet have they not You wrote a song called "Moggy Longnose," and distributed it about, did you not ?-1 did ; 1 can compose any thing. _ _ _ Qv Yes, any thing but your own temper. You made that song on the defendant, did you 3.—No, made it on myself for pleasure. Q. Why is your name Moggy Longnose ? .31 , 1 * y mother gave me that nick-name when_ I was a. girl. I have a long nose as well as Mrs. Ban . ;croft . Q. Listen to what I read, and then ,say whe ther you made it on yourself 1— " I-1y name it is Moggy, I have a long nose, For which the men love me, as you may suppose, The first man that loved me was Jemmy by name; If You ask all my neighbours they'll tell you the t•ame; But he went for the Local, and when we did pat t, I sighed any I cried •'till I near broke my heart.? . . Du these lines apply to you ? Was your .first - sweetheart Jimmy in the Local ?-1.1l swear I nude that song on myself. -Jemmy was in a Lo -cal Society ; he got drunk and WaS dismissed, and We parted on that account. Q. I see you married a Lighternian was so stated in the next verse. • Q. Do these lines apply to, yon ? , 6 Two children I brought him, which I think no disgrace "But some think thd Chandler put a nose on their face." 'Q. Do you mean to take these lines to yourself also, good Mrs. Lawrence`?—Such things will Lappeu. The Counsel then proceeded to examine the rest of this poetical effusion, which was all in the .same style. He then put a written paper into the witness's hand. Q Is this your hand-writing don't know don't think it is., Will you swear it is not ?—I can't Say ; won't swear ; „many people write alike, many pen have been executed for forgery through finis take. CHAIRMAN-I'll have your answer to this q!tes• Lion ; look at - the paper, read it, , and then say whether" it is your writing, or I will conimit you 3 —lt is no use my looking' at it, I can't say ; it ,may he my writing ; I can write, but 1 can't read wh-it I have written. Two other witnesses were examined, who cor inborated the statement of the prosecutrix us to . xhe assault. Mr. NOLAN called witnesses, to prove that the first assault was committed by the proseentrk; lie failed however to do so, and the Jury found de fendant—Guilty. _ _ Mrs. Bancroft being in a state of pregnancy, the CHAinmAN said, the Court would allow her to compromise the case with the prosecutrix. This indulgence was accepted; and the pro secutrix having consented to receive a sum of mo ney, the defendant was fined a shilling and dis charged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ELOPEMENT. MANSION.HOUSE.-Yeterday Mr. Brown, who keeps a china warehouse in Fleet-market, applied to the Lord Mayor for information in what manner to proceed against a Gentleman of large fortune, who resides in Wolverhampton, and has destroyed the happiness of a family by stealing away one of the female members of it. The young Lady is 13, - the man is upwards of 50. The LORD MAYOR said, be had waited in anxiety to hear the result of the application he had sug gested in private to Mr. Brown, and the father of the young Lady. All that he could do in this afflicting affair should be done; and it the accused was in the city of London, he should be respon . sihle at a moment's warning. Mr. Brown said, the only addition he had to make to the account stated in private, was the melancholy one, that the mother of the young Lady was on her death-bed ; that her malady was a In oken heart, inflicted by the event ; and that insult was added to the it reparable injury the family had already sustained. • The LORD MAYOR.—You told me that the man to whom the family._ owed all these obligations was ixtely eotteetned in an affair which reflected the greatest honour upon him—that in which the in , linhitauts of Wolverhampton were so much inte rested. Have you any doubt as to the identity of . this benevolent person ? Mr. Brown.—None : the father of the young lady mentioned to tne his suspicions of this gentle man, and put her under my care. She is my wife's near relation, and received from both of us the tnost earnest entreaties to guard against his soli , citations. I know that he was one of the advo cates of two poor men who were comi c/I - met ! to die; and that at the very t iine he pretended to he so deeply interested in the cause of humanity, h e was planning the destruction of Miss Jackson, The LORD MAYOR.—I wish, above all things, to serve vou in this case of extremity. Have you such evidence as may authorize me to issue a warrant Mr. Brown.—l apprehend not, my Lord. I have no witness to prove that she went off with him, or that she was seen with hint after she left my house ; but perhaps what I have to state may :be considered important in the.view your Lord tiiip takes of this plan of iniquity. I saw the se thpcer in a hotel opposite to tny, house holding up a letter, evidently to catch the eye of Miss Jack son, which circnm , tance, connected with his for -4..i luilowiog her ta:revel: she went, confirmed me in the opinion that be took her away. The medical, attendant upon her mother, whose deplor•able state is to be attributed to this event, called upon this m►►n to beg for die love of Hea ven thrit he would give back the child of whom his patient had been robbed, as the only means of preserving her life. The answer was, that he was really sorry, and would convey to the daughter a letter front her father or mother with punctuality; but• as to her restoration not the slightest hope was held out. . - • The LORD MAYOR.--I regret more than I can express that this case does not conie immediittelY under .my authority.. I should punish such vil kitty with the utmost severity. A public exposure may at any r.ate be expected here. Are the fugi tives now in London ? if SO, I shall grant a warrant. • Mr Brown said the man was certainly at Wol verhampton. Mr. jolobler suggested that a habeas should be immediately served upon hint. • The Loin MAYOR.—That is the most advisable course. It is' only necessary to make affidavit of the pacts you have stated, and to procure an affi davit of the medical man's deelaratio„ in order to obtain ahabeas, If cot tempt follow, the hand (4 Lord Ellenborongli will tall with great weight upon him. . . Mr Brown seemed delighted with - this intelli gence. He presented hem the father of the girl a letter'of thanks. lt, consisted prin6ipally of in coherent remarks upon the - loss of his child, the despair of his wife, and his own feelings, and an entreaty to the Lord Mayor. . - The Loup .MAyort observed, that if any feeling was to , be•found iu the seducer, that letter would .hriog it forward. Ile desired to he informed of the cOuserprence of the summary proceeding he now recommended. ' , ROBBERY.AT AN HOTEL. QuEEN-SCHJARE.—John White, alias Richardson, was brought. to the Office, in custody of Pace the - officer, charged before the Sitting Magistrate, P. CoLQUIIOLYN, Esq. by the aforesaid Pace, with a robbery, committed at•Mivart'sllotel, in Lower Brook-street,underthefollowingeircurnatances:— It appeared that the Hou. Edward Oxendon, having cone to town last week, for a few days, re sided at the before-mentioned Hotel, and on Wed nesday last, for his ,going home to dresS, he tumid his room bad been catered, and his coat and a Rah , of pantalooos• taken away. None of the servants had observed any •stranger go up stairs., and the matter was a subject of great uneasi ness through the whole family. Mr. Mivart, alarmed for the reputation of his house, and de termined to take the most effectual means, on Thursday applied to Queen-square for an Officer, and Nee was sent to him. He asked Mr. Oxen don tor'a desciiption of the things stolen, who told him a loose brown coat, a short blue ditto, and a pair of -pepper and salt pantaloons, in the pockets of which was sewed a draft for 1001'. on the house of DruHlrfitHltf, • Charing-cross. Pace immediately set 44 ,to (he Bankers to stop pay ment.of the Note, and taking itieitas that the per sons bringing it might be stopped. -In 'the mean time he tried in vain to find Out the pirrty. On -Saturday moruting the -draft was scot to Drnmmond's,• by the porter of Northumberland Coffeehouse, indorsed in and desiring the note might be accepted and re turned by the bearer. The answer sent was, that Mr. D. was out of town, but it the.- Gentleman would call on Monday : morniug, he would_he sure to receive it with -the acceptance. •Notice was. immediately sent to Pace, who planned' his mea sures accordingly, and on Monday morning the prisoner was taken into custody. On being searched, a great number of dirpli cates were found on him, by some of which it ap !reared that his real name was Richardson. By Adreads of a most diligent search and inquiries, in Holywell-street, among tbe old clothes shops, Pace has recovered both coats and pantaloons, and it is remarkable, that 'in one corner of the draft there • are several threads by uhich it. was 'sewed to the pocket. Mr. Oxendon having left town for Cambridge, prisoner was remanded for a farther examination. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE MAN IN. THE SACK.—Mr. Brookes, it, seems does no( intend following up the prosecu tion against the living subject left at his house, as it turns out to have been altogether a hoax. ,The man Morgan, it seems, is a sort of caddee to a body of resurrection men, and, according to . his oWn confession, he was prevailed upon to be come the dupe of their Inn. -He statt'!ct who took him to Mr. Brookes, and left him at the top Of the steps. - lie felt no alarm until the Doctor and his man were talking about tumbling him down stairs, and actually commenced that hostility to his person. He denied having been drunk, as he had asserted. It turned out also, that Mr. Bro o k es had been apprised that a subject was coming at a certain hour, and that he had advanced some mo ney on account. Morgan mentioned time name of Easy Chapman, a notorious resurrection man, as the principal. LORD ELLENBORDOGH's CARRIAGe.--.lt.thaPitt kr, . a man about 70 years of age, was charged with stealing a full-trimmed blue hammer-cloth off Lord Ellenborough's carriage, the property of Mr. Flow, coachmaker, Great Queen-street, Lin coin's Inn-fields. The property was valued at eleven pounds. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, the pri soner was observed .by a-person named Giles to go into time shop of Mr. How, where stood the carriage of Lord Ellenborongh. Ile immediately ascended the splinter-bar, and, whilst taking off the hammer-cloth, Mr. Giles rung Mr. &nor's .bell, who is clerk to Mr. How. alma gentleman came out, and saw time prisoner go away with the property. He instantly followed, and took him into custody.--Committed to prison. - UNION-HALL. EKTRAORDINARY •SWlNDLEE. — Yesterday hTan nah Simpson, time young woman charged with de frauding a number of persons orsilver spoons, and other articles of plate to a great amount, was brought" up for re-examinaton. The Office was crowded with persons who had been defrauded by her anti her companions, who are more guilty than herself, they having induced her to support 'herself by such unlawful means. .She tees tett:al - Idd for re-tixadination on a future day. - • CORONERS' INQUEST. CAUTION TO PERSONS ADMINISTERING MEDICINE. An Inquisition was 'taken last . night 'before Hocts Law's, Esq: Coroner, at the 'l'urf Tap, Grosvenor-place, near St. George's Hospital, on the body of Dennis Kenny, a well-known cha racter, wholor the last 13 years, has sold fruit at a stall at Hyde Ilark Corner gate,.and died on Sunday,-morning last, in St. George's Hospital, from having an excessive quantity of medicine, of a deleterious quality, administered to him acci dentally by the nurse. William . Wright -Hewitt sworn.—He is resi dent apothecary to St. George's Hospital.. The deceased had been about a month in the Hospital with a rheumatic complaint, which he was afflict ed with. yearly, and had been for the last eight years regularly confined in.tke_ Hospital witfi that disorder. On Saturday morning, about eleven o'clock, he was sent fnr by nurse Walker, who informed hint that she had given the deceased, on the preceeding night, the whole contents of the bottle of medicine, instead of the fifteenth part of it, as the label directed, and had discovered her error. The deceased was then labouring tinder eery distressing syMptoms ; he gave him some medicine whieb;hc thought would be most likely to relieve him. The symptoms, instead of abating, increased'in violence, notwithstanding all his ef forts ; and on the Snr.drry morning he expired.— The medicine which was. administered bad been much used in similar complaints with the ( greatest, advantage, and if given in proper doses was a very proper and beneficial remedy. The character and conduct of the nurse he knew to be in general de serving .ot approbation ; she was careful, prudent, and attentive. The case of. the death of the de ceased*, he had no doubt, was in. consequence 'of Alt excessive quanti-y of the medicine having been given to him by accident. There were proper directions on the phial which contained the me dicine, Catherine Walker, widow, day-nurse in Si. George's Hospital, sworn.—The deceased was a patient under her care in the King's ward ; she had a woman to - assist her, but sire never intrust ed her to adMinister medicines to the sick. On Friday night last she gave the deceased the crhole conkents•of a phial bottle, without looking to the written 'directions on the label._ She could only account for so doing-by being ;very Much hurried in attending on a medical gentleman; who was cupping some of the palients. -During the inter vals the surgeon. did not want her, she went to the patients and helped then to their physic ; and having helped the deceased on the preceding-night to a draught, the whole contents of a. bottle about the same size as that she had then to administer, she supposed it was a draught of thr klq•!, and gave him the whole. On the f ,, : morn in'g, about seven -o'clock, the night nurse came and informed her that Kenny haul been in gnat pain all night ; she ran in her night clothes and asked him how he did ; she took, up the phial which had contained , t he. medicine, and found that she had given him fifteen times the quantity she ought to have done ; she was much frightened. About 11 o'clockshe . -informed Mr.- 1 ..-I,ceitt of thq circurnsta.nce;., fright ..ptevented. her from telling him before. The Coroner and Jury very much censured the nurse for not informing the sa'rgeon until four , hours after she, discovered her error for it Was possible, if hehad had an antidote sooner, his .lie might have been saved. ihe Jury, atter a short consultation, returned 'the following verdict :---" Died in consequence of having administered to him, by accident, an ex cessive quantity of medicine . of a deleteriouS na ture." SHOCKING DEATH. Yesterday an' Inquest was held at the Elephant,, ..publie,houSe, Kingsland, in the parish of Hack ney, before JOHN WaroliT UNwIN, Esq. Coroner for the East-Division ot the county of Middlesex, on the body ot a poor' black man, whose name was unknown, who came to his death in the tol )owing shocking and extraordinary manner Tbouras Parsley deposed, he is a labourer in the employ of Mr. Hobson, brickmaker, of Kings land ; that-about 6 o'clock on - last Saturday morn ing he was going to his work, and went to one of the clamps of bricks in Mr. Hobson's field, to get a light to smoke his pipe ; when he got on the top of the clamp he saw the deceased lying down; witness stirred him, and finding'he was dead, he called other men who were at work in the field to come to him ; the deceased was lying on his side over the flame which issued through' the inter stices of the bricks, and was burned all over in the most shocking Manner, hit left eye (the side on which he lay) being literally burned out Of his head. The deceased was well known in the neighbourhood, ,by his going about selling reli gions tracts, some of which were . found in 'his' pocket ; and he thinks that the deceased, from the want of means to procure a lodging, was necessi tated to go to sleep the,re for warmth.. The body appeared as if ;t had been baked ; they carried it to a shed for the Coroner's, Inquest. Mr. Wm. hare, surgeon, ot Hackney, sworn, said he examined the body, and found it dread fully burned in every part, having no marks of violence on it. Verdict, " Accidental death, from suffocation - and burning." - A C ; 11.1TION TO FARMERS AND OTHRRS..—.O(I the 9th inst. several head of cattle,' sent for agistment, near Skipton, were.sold by auction, under distress for rent, As the law adjudges that such distress may be taken on ALL goods• and chattles found upon the premises, it behoves persons to be well assured that their property will be secure, before they pass - it into other hands. Fit:B.—Sunday evening a fire broke out at the house of Mr. JostPns, 'tatter, No. 1.9, Zifon mouth-street, which 'created considerable alarm in the neighbourhood ; but, owing to the bpeedv arrival of the engines, and the prompt assistance rendered by the inhabitants, it was got under with out doing any serious injury. Frederick, the Prussian, the suspected assassin of Mr. PHILLIPS, near Abbeville s ,in France, is said to have confessed himself guilty of the horrid crime, having previously attempted to commit Suicide, DARING ROBBERIES. On Monday two young fellows bustled a•Gen. tleman opposite 'Surrey -street, in Blackfriars road, and robbed him of a pocket-book containing 71. He called 'for assistance; and one of the fel lows, named Ryan, was apprehended, but nothing was found upon him. ife was taken before a Magistrate, and discharged.: There is no doubt but his companion received the property, and de-, camped. On Monday evening Mr. SMITRWATE, of Black friars-road, heard a'noise in his counting-house, at he was sitting in an' adjoining apartment, anti knowing that no person had any business there, Ire went to the place, and saw a young fellow go ing out, with his (Mr. S.'s) top coat, which he had taken from a hook in the counting-house ; he immediately secured him, and, sent for a consta ble, who took him to the, watch-house. He said his name was William Head, and • he. lived irt Princes-street, Drury-lane. Saturday night, at a late hour, as Mr. Owen, ,undertaker, of Mansell-street,Whitechapel, W,03 returning home front the city, whilst proceeding along the Minories, he was •stopped by a single footpad, vs:ho demanded his property, which Mr. O. refused to deliver; the ruffian mAde.a snatch at Mr. Owen's watch chain, on which he seized the fellow by the collar, and called for assistance, but before any arrived, three fellows, ,who it is supposed were in waiting, immediately ran up, and seized Mr. Owen, and the one' he had collared made his escape ; there was a second snatch made at his watch chain, but it broke, and they ran off-with it. Sunday night, about eight o'clock, while the family were at Chapel, the house of Mr:dames► Williams, slopseller, High-stteet, Poplar, was entered by means of a raise ike,y, and robbed, of numerous articles of plate, table and bed linen, wearing apparel, &c. to the amount of nearly 2001. OUTRAGE AND ROBBERY.-011 Monday about nine o'clock, as Mr. Jonathan Thompson, a tradesman at Black wall, was going home front Whitechapel, when he arrived nearly opposite White Horse-street, a gang of fellows came into the road, as if from, Poplar. He thought they were officays belonging to the Kist and West In dia ships, lying in the Docks, and he f r eely j o i ne d in conversation with them, during whichia bottle' of wine was'laid as a wager, and the' bet was de cided against Mr. Thomson, Who agreed to retire' to a neighbouring tavern, and pay for it. The party then adjourned- to the tavern, got several bottle's of wine, and remained together till a late hour. The wager was not accepted, but each paid his share of the bill, and theyJeft the house op terms of tricodshin. They, however, bad pro (et:tied but ;It short distance, when one of therm struck Mr. T. and knocked him down. They thert ali beat and kicked hint. He called out " Murder!' Watch!" &c. but before assistance came tip, they rifled his pockets of a quantity of silver, and also his pocket-hook, containing one 101. two of U. and four 11. notes. he was carried home in ts, feeble state. The gang are supposed to be the same whO for some time back have infested, tit* Brarnley. and Blackwall. ' SPARRiNO.—The lIVCS Court yesterday attract tOgether a g: eat assemblage of the amateurs of gymnastics, for the benefit of Belasco, the best ' miller of the Mosaic tribe.. Tire setting-to liept pace with the patronage afforded ,him_ 'The sets-to were .not numerous, but the exhi bitiems _ were good, and it . was managed in handicap style, inasmuch as the men most in no:e of the day were properly . and equally fitted. The 'four leaching men of nearly equal weights and in, combat, nicely to be distinguised as to superiority, 'met each other, and the two sets-to afforded a high treat. The formidable Scroggins had:a tuna with Randall, considered by most the best of these light 'weights. Much interest was excited from Randall having challenged Turner, who recently beat Scroggins. in this set-to much caution vas observed as to measurement, and at length Ran dall let loose, and planted a good hit upon his; .opponent's eye., Scroggins returned with much gallantry, and some scientific inanceuvres took place. Scroggins's rush kept pace with Randall's quickness and science, and' gave him equal advan tages. Randall received a severe hit on the eek' ie one bout, which must have been severely felt, with the naked fist. The men behaved in the best manner, and Scroggins shewed that defeat had not lost him confidence in himself. Turner, although► not up'to the mark, turned to with Belasco, who was beat by Randall ; and this was also a fine treat of science with equal advantages. \Vest Ccruntr i y Dick and Martin made a raffianing set td ; and Spring shewed off upon Stringer, who he lately beat in earnest. Most of the principal fighting men.were absent; but the two sets-to made up for every thing. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, TutsnAT, OcT. 21. Amsterdam Ditto; at Sight 37 6 Amster dam Ditto, at Sight ' 11 10 Rotterdam . II 14 2 U. Antwerp ll 14Ex.M-oney Hamburgli 35 0 21 Us. Altona a . 35 1 21 Us. Paris, 3 Day's date Ditto ' t3ourdeaux, ditto Franhforton the Main ......... 145 k Ex. Money Madrid Cadiz , - 361 Etfectfse Seville. ' .Bilboa 361 Gibraltar Leghorn ' ... Genoa... 461-Venice Malta... ' ..47 -Naples 42 , Palermo - per Oz: Lisbon - • : • . 58 Oporto Rio Janeiro Dublin... . ..... 81..... Cork. .... 81 per Cent. Agio of the Bank on Holland.... 2 per Cent. 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