The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-06 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

The young man in custody on a charge of robbing Mr.Knott,
of the Harley Mow, in Salisbury-court, was again brought up
un Monday; when a' entleman stated, that alr. Knott Mad
not yet arrived, and begged that the prisoner might be fur_
thee remanded ; bet Mr, !farmer opposed die application,
saying, that the prisoner and his brother had remained in
the prosecutor's house a considerable titne after the supposed
theft, without any uispicinn being whispered against them ;
aud he was prepared to show that the.charge of felony was
now made with a view to compel the payment of the debt,
and that the prosecutor had actually compromised with the
prisolier's brother, mid accepted of a sum of money to re•
lease biro.—The prisoner was therefore discharged.
J. Hutchinson was a few days since brought to this Office
charged With a violent assault upon a gentleman ie the street.
On being interrogated, lie betrayed evident symptoms of de-
rangement and it was ascertaizied that he was a native of
Hastings, where his father, a respectable tradesman, resides.
A letter was immediately sent to the latter; who, in couse-
essence, arrived to take charge of hisson, intending to place
loin in his owil neighbourhood. The above unfortunate indi•
vidnal has for more than two years excited the attention of
the inhabitant* of Hastings. He has, during that period oc-
cupied a sort of cave hewn out of a solid rock, and in mail_
ners resembled the hermits of ancient tunes. He had sery
little furniture, and altlioueli possessed of a tolerable income,
scarcely allowed himself the common Necessaries of life. He
was constasitly.to be seen with a bible in his ham!. He re-
cessed almost/hourly visits from the inhabitants suid visitors
of the place, but lie very seldom took the slightest notice of
them. He bad long since obtained the appellation of toe
hermit. Constant endeavours had been made to induce hien
to return to the house of ids father, but he was always tiro in
his refusal... short time since he suildenlytlisappeared,andtlie
genet al supposition was, that he had laid violent hands upon
himself, moil his father received be kotelligence that he was
liere in custody.
HOW STREET.
Monday, Capt. Walter Alarritois was.brought to this Office,
charged with violently assaulting and wounding Nlartitalun,
a seaman, oat the high seas ; and souse extraordinary circum-
stances were,connected with it.

In the year lsls, the ship 4tlas, of Whitby, was hired by
the agepts of Cos eminent to carry convicts under sentence
of transportation to Botany Bay. At the beginning of the
month of December, cleared out from Gravesend with
convicta on board for Botany Bay, where she arrived safe in
the inossib of July following : the convicts were landed, c.
The A ilas.remained at Botany Bay till 1142 month of Septem-
ber, when it left, the prisoner taking away with him on hoard
his ship four woortu and two men etsavrcts, who were sc•
cretcd until the ship bad completely got to sea. When the
Allas reached Batas ia, the prisoner took one of the female
convicts, who was a young girl, un shore with him. 'Do.
three other female and two male convicts were allowed to go
on shore at Batavia, and did not return to the ship. They
remained at anchor some time at Batavia, to take in freight,
and while they were thus stationed, one night, which he had
every reason to believe was a Saturday bight, but he could
not tell the day of the month, between ten and eleven o'clock,
the prosecutor was practising a song wheels he had learnt
at Botany Bay, when Mr. Mackey, the mate of the skip
ordered him to go below : he excused himself from going by
telling the mate it was his watch. The mate then left him,
and in a short time. after the prisoner come to hint with great
.speed, and seized him violently by the throat with both his
hands, and held him so tight and so long that he wa► pearly
choked ; sad after he let. go his hold of his throat, he ordered
the prosecutor to leave the ship and get toto.the boat, for the
purpose of being put on board one of the East India.eroirers:
the prosecutor refused to go, nnless Lis wages were first,paid,
and be• had time to pack tip his.clothes, and take them with
him. The prisoner then armed himself with a pair of pistols
and.a cutlass, audyroseated opt of
.theyiatt.43 at the proaccu-

APRIL R.

tor, who still refused toleave the ship, except= heirs& paid his
wages, and being allowed' time to take his clothes with. him;.
the' pi ionner then aimed widow at his head with the cutlass,.
wh;ch rut open the right 'side of his head just above his ear,
calegid him to bleed profusely.; and being thus wounds
ed, he was obliged to comply with the orders of the prisoner,
and get into the boat without either money or clothes, and
with nut!Ong on but ajagket or trowsers,.bring without shoes
or a hat. The prisoner proceeded with him in the boat to
the East India Company's cruiser; and when the prosecutor
got 0111"lEdilid ctuiser, the onnernf that ship put hint in irons,
at the desire of the prisoner ; he was only allowed to be on
the quarter•dcrk, where he was kept all night, without any
covering, except the clothes he had on wizen he left the Atlas.
The weight and coldness of the irons' remaining on his legs
such a length of time, he was completely disabled: The
prosecutor sailed in the East India Cosopanys' cruiser to
Calcutta, where the prisoner was with his ship. When the
prosecutor arrived at Calcutta, he found Mere was a new
master, Captain Mountcarr, with' the ship ;•andthe people oa
board said, the old master had left the ship at Angero Point,
and had gune houfein another ship. and that the mate bad
returned back with the ship to Batavia, where the new caps
tain, blountearr, took possession of her. -
The prosecutor's statement was'confirmed bra sailor, who
was one of the crew of the Atlas at the time, and sowed
the prosecutor on board by order of the prisoner, bat
on account of the darkness of the night be could not see
if the prisoner was armed, and he was not allotted le se ott
board the cruiserr

The prisoner was ordered to find bail to answer the charge
at the next Admiralty Session,.
Tuesday a long investigation took place before Mr. Rita ie,
respecting the robbery of the Earl of Mansfield's house, at
Caen Wood. No person was in custody, but a man volson.
tarily Attended at the desire of one oldie patrol belonging to
the office, is consequence of an instrument being found.—
Mr. Hunter, the land-steward of the noble Earl, attended,
and stated that the' a lug of the house at Caen Wood, which
he occupied, had •beesi'brokeis open, and robbed of a large
quantity of linen, wearing apparel, sovereigns, silver coins,
and other property to a considerable amount. The man was
slot detainedin custody.
Mr. Nelthorpe, of Temple-place, Blacktrlars-road, on his
way through St. Paul's church-yard on Tuesday, lost his
pocket-hook, containing, among other papers of value, two
drafts to the amount of 751. He immediately went to the
hanker'S to stop peyinent, and hid been but' iii a short time
in the whop, when One James Leith entered, and presented
the two drifts for payment. The clerk in his hurry did not
gise•stion Itinshow he became possessed of them, but irnme
diately gave them to Mr. Nelthurpc. Leith, however, was
taken into custody, and' eouveyed to 'Bow-street. lie stated
himself to be a carver and gilder,'residing in Chapel-street,
Soho, where lie had lived fOr 12 years; and the account he
gave of the drafts was, that he.Plelted them up in Leicester=
square., in which place Mr. Nelthorpe had not been in the
course of Tuesday, The drafts were in the same state as
when Mr. Neltborpe had been robbed of them, and perfectly
clean ; whereas at the tiane,• as the prisoner said, he had
picked them up in LeiceStcr.saseare, a heavy shower of rata
had just fallen ; and Consequently the drafts must have beeh
dirty, had he picked theui up in the street as he described. •
Lack, the patrol, was dispatched to ascertain if the prisoner
was the person he described'himself to be, which was found
to be the case. On searching Isis residence, he /baud threw
pocket-books, and brunt:lit them to the office, but neither of
them proved to be Mr. Nelthcrpe's.
Mr. Birnie ordered the prisoner to be'detained.
MARLBOROUGH STREET.
DIATRESIED CLERGICMAN.7A clergyman, whose name we
forbear to mention, was brought to this office charged as a
mendicant, with having entered into several shops and asked
alms. He appeared in the lowest state of misery, of about
the age of 5d years, and described himself as having 'filled
several respectable situations, as tutor and citrate in this
country, in the West bithes,its Flanders, and on board of a
mart of war. lie said he was ordained di•acon by the Arch-
bishop of York, and priest by the Bishop of Winchester, and
that he mitered snuck from illness ; but that being unmarried
he hoped yet to pro Cure some situation in which he could
earn Means of subsistence.

The'Magistrate expressed math regret' at being unable to
offer any petniasient relief to a gentleman of so respected a
profession, whom he was much 'concerned to see in such a
siiiiatiOn. He recommended him to return to his native
county,' from' which tie had been libsent 12 years, and Offered
to remit him in the usual' Manner. The unfortunate gentle-
mais4Conientesi, and he was conducted to the house Of cur-
,
rection in Clerkenwill.
ÜbbLifnAgßJE.
(.;raha
fu of his watch
F. Jones was cliarg(tUdEssEitNh rSo
and appendages. The prosecutor is servant to a Dragoon
Offiom , and came to town a few days ago with his master.—
He was crossing theSeven`Dials about dusk iu the evening,
when lie was knocked iluwn, and the Prisoner ran off with
tai's watch, but was suissequeutly taken.—He was fully corn..
Miffed.
..Allary Buckland, a Cyprian, was fullY. committed for rob-
birgV. Baguet, Whom she enticed to a house of ill fame in the
Alpidnry, of a 11. mote and same Silver. "
J.),farber, charged with stealing a quantity of lead, the
property of 314:.:4r5. Maltby and Co. of Thimes-street, was
finally examined, the particulars of which have been already
stated, and he was folly committed.
J. Townsend, remanded for uttering fotged notes, boiler-
went a final examinatiun on four charges, and Was fallyietma.
nutted.

At the Quarter Sessionz fur this town, on Thu:sday,
after the I)eputy Recorder, Mr. Sergeant Blossett, had
delivered his charge• to the-'Grand Jury, the Vice.
Chancellor (the Master of Clare4all) entered the Court,
attended by his solicitor, preeccied by the Esquire Be-
dells, and followed by the Proctors, and demanded of
the Mayor, John Purchas, EN. the situation which
he then occupied as cluiirman' •'wilich the Mayor posi.
. tively and unequivocally refused, observing, that he
considered himself' entitled. to the Situation, it having
always been occupied by his predecessors in office, and
that he should conceive it an abandonment of his duty
to resign it. The Vice-Chancellor •thert quitted the
Court.--Cambridge Chronoe.
The Drapers' Company, on Thursday, gays a most
sumptuous dinner to his Royal Highness the Duke of
York, at theix noble Hall, in Throginortort-stieet.

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OLD BAILEY.

WEDNESDAY, AFRII. 1.

The Sessions coimitetced this day, before Lord Chief Justice El-
lenborough and Mr. Justice Dallas.
John Millwood was indicted for feloniouily stealing fmm the
dwelling-house of John :Morsley a coat, and u great variety of other
wearing apparel, the property of Major General T. Sanders Bate-
man.
The prosecutoris a Major-General in the service of the East India
Company. Theprisoner was his confidential servant, and had been
trusted with the keys of the bureaux and trunks belonging to his
toaster. On the sling March last, the prosecutor lived in the house
of John Morsley, in Princes-street, Ilanover-square. and the first
intimation he had of the robbery was the prisoner's wearing his (the
prosecutor's) linen. Seceral times he asked• the prisoner for the keys,
but he was unable to obtain them for a oonsiderable time ; the pri-
soner was either intoxicated or prevaricated at every application which
was made. The General w.w lutist obliged to send for a con'ssiole,
and the prisoner was taken into custody. Upon being searched, not
less then 33 duplicates were found upon his person. Among them
was a duplicate of a cost, pledged on 9th March, a coat which had
been pledged fer 31. and 51. hail been taken upon another article,
which had been pledged on the same day.
The Jury found a verdict of guilty of stealing to the value of 395..
The pawnbroker made application to the Court for his expenses,
but Mr—lustier. Dallas told him, that a pawnbroker who allowed a
ih.r,on to ph:dge at his shop so many articles from time to time,
ithoitt inquiring into the matter, would never have his expenses
given to him.
The prosecutor observing that he should have a difficulty in.obtain-
ing hi, property from the pawnbroker, asked the Court whether he
could obtain a restitution. Lord Ellenborougb :—" Let Min keep
them at hi:: peril."
John Perkins, Henry Singer, and John Ehnhurst, were convicted
of a highway robbery upon the person of Joshua Colledgee a mariner.
and stealing from him his hat, and some 6ilrcr, which they took
front his pocket.

THURSDAY.
...awrenee Leary, aged its, was indicted for picking the peeketlif
Mr. George gatt., of a pocket handkerchief.—Found Guilty, but ze-,
commended to mercy.
Samuel Crouch, aged 47, and James SAL aged 44, were indicted
for stealing a flute, value 31. of Charles Wheatstone, privately, in
hi, shop.—Verdict, Samuel Crouch, Guilty ; James Hall, Not
Guilty.
wo ragged boys, William Hutchins and James Hutchins, were
indi,•ted for stealing, in the day time, a sheet, value los. the property
of Donason, Esq. in his dwelling-house, near the New-road,
vaal persons being in the said house at that time. Theyoungest
etEnder was seen to have effected the robbery, by going. down the
arca. and taking the sheet from before the fire, where it had been
wring, and to have afterwards transferred lees the elder. They were
about le.-sitatien.found Guilty—Death; William aged Is years,
a.el James only 12.
Henry Gee, aged 16. was indicted for stealing 211. in Batik-notes,
and various other articles of silver plate, the property of John Dean.
Tac prosecutor, wbo had lately retired from the business of a per-
fumer, had left his property in the dwelling-house of his son in law.
Mr. Wheatly Before his return to the houserthe prisoner had air
szunded, and left.tbe -house to the care of the prosecutor's grand-
daughter, a little girl only between 12 and 13 years of age. By. the
a-sistance of a constable, he was discovered the same night in a
public-house, among thieves and prostitutes. and when detected by
his master, was found with his arms round a prostitute's neck. The
ltd. note and il. note were foundin his neckcloth.
Several respectable tradeemen, in whose service the prisoner had
been previous to his apprenticeship, bore testiraony to his rsgultutity
and honesty at the several periods at which he had been in their em-
ploy.—Verdict, Guilty. Death.
after the verdict wa, reterned, the prosecutor stood up. arid said he
trusted his Lordship would recommend the prisoner to mercy.