The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-23 00:00:00

POLICE.

CoIIFOUNDING FELOMY.—A ptivate hearing tock place on
Tuesday, before Sir G. Fatrant, at this office, of a ease of the
above description. As it will shortly be brought before a higher
tribunal, we email avoid any thing that might tend to prejudice
it. and merely state the outlines. it appeared that on the day
of Mr. Hunt a hest procession a gentleman named Cotton, who
was robbed in Pall Mall of his watch, and two meet (one a noto-
rious character, named Marks, a Jew), and the other named
Martin, were taken into custealy, but the watch was not found
upon them I Mr. Cotton, however, and the e.enstablea who took
them. were positive as to their being the persons who committed
the rubbery.—A bell of indictment w s peeferred against them ;
but in the interim Mr. Cotton lead his watch returned, and he,
together with the constables, gave such unsatisfactory evidence
before the Grand Jury, that the bell was thrown out. Sir G.
Flamm, who was on the ileuele let else Session,, seaspectel some-
thing wrong, and directed another bill to he procured. This
second bill was round; Marks and Martin were convected awl
transported fur
Mark's wife and Martin's sitter now came forward and accused
the three constables concerned. Taylor. l larri•e, and A Ilingsby, of
having accepted money to the amount of 161. to proem() the
throwing out of the first bill, tend that to obtain the conviction
money, they gave such testimony on the second as induced the
Grand Jury to find it.
Mrs. Marks swore positively to her leaving paid the above aura
into Taylor's hands. at the Jokier-de- les public house, Hounds•
ditch, tend elartin's sister core oborateel her testimony. Taylor a
First denied leaving been there, but ou the landlord of the how.)
stating did lie saw lOW there on the evsning in question, he then
acknowledged the filet, and said he lead been requested by a M.
Houlain, a friend of Mrs. Marks, to go with them, tor the pur-
pose of serving a Bench weerrant in that neighbeurbood. and that
he bad no doubt it was a trap laid for him by the Jews to get
him there, in order to give a colour to their charge.
Taylor and the either two constables solemnly declared they
lead never received a earthing, and that it was a mere conspitteey
against them on account of the evidence they gave.
Sir G. Mutant thought, from the prevarications of Taylor,
and the whole appearance of tee case, that it required furtletr
investigation.
The constables were ordered to find bail.—Mr. Isaacs attended
for the eomplainants.

A daring attempt was made by the re4tliteCtiMl fellowq,
Oil saturday morning last, beiw, eu the
of twelve
and hue o'clock, lit the burial ground of the p .rl,ll (.1
Si. Lambeth, Surrey ; but the str..et
11111 l ematriy gave the alarm to the sex oil, who, withion
10.. of lion, went to the ground, without 10. of hate.
w..att to the gamut', wuU every hope of taking Ilona;
icllutvs, but they, having imuttaium, made a preCivi;3lc
relteal, leas lIIA behind them the Imideturnts for th,tr
purposes, namely—two bans, p-3, Iwo stiovrls,
Due iikarkel T. tit ink, mid the other shovel
one, and a purse halter.

ATRoCIOSIS, CAS 01 ABDUCTIoN AND FEMALE
ViOLATIONI—About twelve o'clock on the night of
l'ilttisday, the 9th iitstant,Daniel Sullivan, a farmer who
resides at Huntinglull, near Carrignarar, within a few
miles of the-city of Cork, heard a loud k 'sacking at the
door of his house, and, on inquiring thecauae, was in-
formed by the irarties outside that they wanted arms. On
his replymgahat he bail none, one of the assailants was
heard to call to the Captain for the sledge, when imme-
diately the door was forced opeu,twelve ruffians entered,
some of whom were armed—a blunderbuss and musket
were b:•et). The daughter of the owner of the house,
Mary Sullivan, fled tit terror to her mother's bed, whence
she was dragged by one of the party, a man named
Forde, who Lilco avowed that it was oar they wattled.—
The speed with which they hurried the NOT girl away
did not leave her time, us she sod, " to tighten o;* her
clothes." Whets taken outside the house, she was
placed on a I orse before Furde, and rapidly carried off,
several of the party being left to keep watch, lest at.y
alarm shoold he given. Phis unfortunate female had
not been brought ally very considerable distance when
the party was joined by a man named Lawrence Connell,
who resides near ‘Vhitechurch, and who was not with
the party when they came to Sullivan's Inoue. This
Connell told Mary Sullivan that she must marry him.
She was couveyed to Fortle's house, at a place called
Arthamathane, about two miles from where her lather
lives; and being there tinder the influence of extreme
terror, its entisequeuce of the most violent threats, she
yieHeil, and went to bed with Connell. 117heis she rose
in the morning, Formic and his wife concealed her in a
cock-loft. Justin Nl'Cartlty, Esq. of Carrignavir,
niagistrate who is ever foremost in the perhirmatice of
those dangertus and difficult ditties which the present
times impose, proceeded with a piny of dragoons and
iiit'aiitry to rescue the unfortunate girl, and, if possible,
to take into custody the ruffians by whom the outrage
had been perpetrated. 0:1 Tuesday night she was
found, and is ght to a place of safety. Finale and his
wife were taken into custody by a constable acting under
a warrant from a magistrate, and after a long examina-
tion before Alderman Newsom, were fully committed
for trial.
CORONER's lialtuesT.—An inquisition was held on
Tuesday afternoon, at tile Latigbotirti Coffee-house, in
Fenchurelostree., before T. Shelton, Esq. on view of the
body of Mr. Luke John Thomas, aged about 27, late a
clerk to his brother, a respectable solicitor in Fenchurch-
street —Samuel Pliunber, waiter at the Usti/bourn
Collfee-house, being sworn, deposed, that the deceased
came to the Cullee-hoose about a quarter past eleven on
Monday morning, and asked at the bar if he could be
accommodated wall the use of a private room, for a short
time. %Voiles! skewed loin into the room in which the
body seas now viewed by the Jury ; and on his seating
himself there, he called for a sheet of paper, which lie
\vent down stairs to fetch, bust at his return, on entering
the room, was terrified at hell/thine; the g litietnati lying
seeliernig itt his blood on the jam, and hat tog his left
arm, which was all °ter bloody, extending f
The deceased was then in the last agonies of death, and
expired shortly after. lie heaved many deep sighs.
Wiiiiess heard a strange noise just as he went for the
paper, hut did not at the time consider that it was the
report of fire-amts.—Mr. Joint Miles, who had been a
fetlow.clerk of the deceased's about eighteen
.years, at •
No. 3, Fets-court, Fenclsurch-street, was clammed, and
he gave such evidence as to the general indisposition and
canduct of deceased, particularly of late, as to warratit
the Jury, without hesitation, to pronounce hint insane,—
Verdict, That the deceased put a period to Its existence
by shooting himself, being at the time in a state of
mental derateaement.
FIRS IN THE WEST INDIA DOCIU.---Abont one
o'clock on Sundiy morning a tire broke out oil board the
Wikianterd West luidimnalt, bun hen 500 toils,
lying is the south side of the 'West India Export Docks.
As soon as it was obsertryd 'nesse/niers were despatched
in all directions tor fire engines, alto in the Micron the
whole neighbouthood, as well as those emplojed in the
Docks, were engaged in canting from their nueniiigs
and sctirlina ;Idiot the different vessels lying alongside.
Soon her main mast and rigging were burnt down.—
Twelve engines were ushered into the docks as early as
could possibly lie expected, and, without delay, com-
menced playing on this extensile floating body to fire.--
'Fite fl ones, however, raged with unabated fury, and
and having consumed ail her internal works, and burnt
her to the waier's edge, she sunk. The tire caught the
Sltannsn, which lay close by; bust she WaS saved, and
experienced only trifling itijory.
Sunday evening last, some daring villain entered the
stable of Mr. Newton, farther, near Market Deeping,
Lincolnshire, at the early hour of eight o'clock, and 'dole
thereout his nag mare, with which the villain rode oil
in view of the mun servant, whom lie dire:erect' to shoot
if he made any disturbance; and his threat SO alarmed
the man, that he dared elm pursue In the
course of half an hour. the mare returned all over dirt;
it is supposed she tl rrw She rider, and by that
rte: sus
gut away from him. The scream, hearing her in the
yard, went out and replaced her its the stable ; lint yet
strange to relate, she was again stolcui by nine o'clock.
wheal Mr. Newton coming home, missed the mare, and
immediately pursued the robber. It is supposed that .me
teas close at the heels, as the mare was pelt tied
to a lii dee alseut a mile from the premises. M r.New ton,
replaced her in the stable, and kept watch against fur-
ther attempts (Intimr the night.
DRCA urct. SUI I.: I De...-011 Thursday morel's'sr last,
betwei n right a turf nine o'clock, the hotly of a man, hay-
log every appearance of a Seolliail, was discovered lying
on Its lace to a field near the Horse and Groom, at
Streatham', in Surrey. So determined was the %inform-
'write than hit self-destruction, that he had at first at-
tempted to hang himself from a tree, but the cord is
supposed to has c broken ; he then inflicted two deep
ay I. in his throat, which had the effect. The body
was removed tit the liorse and Groom, public-house, at
Struattiain, for the purpose of awaiting the verdict of
the Coroner's Jury.