The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-30 00:00:00

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YE)TERDAY'S POLICE.
UNION-HALL.
COMIIFITAL os• Two 'lf elltexeaTS 1-14044WAYWEW.--
Vestriday uturniwg the street in food of this dike, the
jiisticerooni, Bud the ayesniesteading to it, were crowded
bryood atemelliolioll its cottarlisivece of the examine.
lion of Joseph' Hooper and Charles Bonnie, the two daring
ingliwa.sillell *hese desperate exploits have fur souse time
been the terror of the county of Surrey.
Tlie prisoners are both young men, and were very re-
spectably attired in hlack. Hooper is tall and genteel,
apparently about 2: years of age $ and his compauton,
Bonnie, is of short stature, about the same age.
The first witness that was examined was a youth named
Henry :Harsh, shout 17 years old, who stated, that bet wren
nine and 'ell o'clock on the night of Wednesday last, lie
.was walking with a lady along Paradise-sleet, i►lag;-
•Pond, when he was attacked by the prisoner. Hooper,
who seised him by the collar with his left hand, and with
ins right 10 I est' II led a pistol at his head, threatening him
with histsnt death if lie made the least resistance or delay
ht suiresidering what property lie had about him. The
lady was [risibly alarmed anti sliiieked out violently—a
4 straggle-took place butwern him and the prisoner, who
Wes How reinferred by another station, who was Cs°
armed with a pistol. Witness encountered then, WWI, es
Well as lie was able, with a small :dirk lie had in his hand,
and his assailants, finding they were likely to be iltdeckil,
by the continued sliiiekings of the lady, both tied—the
_prisoner Hooper making towards Rothei hithe.clim ch.—
•Witness piirsned hum calling " stop thief,"—and in the
• course sit the pursuit the prisoner returned, and crammed
Ids fist into his (witness's) mouth, to pre 5.111 his calling
lout. Hate they had another struggle, and some persons
tolailig up, he again made off, followed by a crowd, and
:the patrol*, who at length succeeded in running him
down, being guile exhausted. Ile was with great diffi-
culty *tented, and when he was taken lie hell a loaded
piled le each bands—he was handcuffed and escot ted to
the watch-lion.e.

Mr. Jekin Elvin, e pupil at one of the Borough hospi-
tals, stated, that the same night, about eight o'clock, lie
acrounpatsied a friend of his to las bruise in Sutton-►treet,
Alice-pond, for the purpose of .ffeating a ease Of surgical
'instruments. On going into the parlour, some fellow fol-
lowed to the door, but turned hack and ran awity; in a few
minutes after he rind his friend lett the house, and had
mcarreget to Matte-pond, whets 'they were attacked by
three fellows, who presented yields at theta, and swore
theta( they did not instantly deliver tsp their motley they
would blow their brains out. NVithess was very much
alarmed, and gave np d valuable double•case silver watch,
a gold chain, two gold seals, and 11. lie. 6d. In cash.—
His friend happeurd to have uo property with him. All
wee of the timbers then tau off, and he was almost posi-
tive.the prisoner Bonnie was the man who attacked him.
He could not speak to the person of Hooper.
William Penny, watch-lionse.keeper, stated, that as lie
was conducting the prisoner, Hooper, in a coach to the
office, he requested permission to call at No. 19, Webb-
street,Bermourkey ; witness acceeded to his request and
stopped there, when out caste.the prisoner, Bonnie, who
gave Hooper.llolNe money and wished him luck.
:Hall. the •chief officer, said that, in contequeure of kn.
• formation he received, lie went to No. 19, Webb-strect,
for the purpose of appreltendiug Bonnie, when, un getting
tom Bei mouthey.strest, lie met hint and his wife, who
was cat ryiug a small bundle; witness enquired where they
were going, and Well told to Maidstume ; he took both into
.custody, and in searching the bundle lie found it con-
-taitied five watches and appetd•iges; one of then' was a
gold tepeater, with a chased dial plate, manufactured by
tirintaltli, in the Strand ; there were also a number of
loose gold seals, together with Chile., keys, rings, and
other trinkets. After lie had secured the prisoners, and
,aloa the plunder, lie proceeded to Bonnie's lodgings, at
toe house of. a man flamed Boaleyniati, in Webb-street,
and, in going into the room occupied by Bonnie, I.e fouti:l,
on tile tester of the bedstead, a paper contaming powder,
Another cootaining ball, and several iuloirletelits con-
nected wilts fice-artus, such as a mould to cast the bullets,
screws, eke. On scotching the cuel•hule, lie found under
the coils Iwo brace of loaded pistol•, quite new, and a
erscheint.' lantern. lit couveysd the whole of the
At ticks to the office.

Here the watches, &c. were pr :duced on the table.
Mr. Jekin Elvin claimed the one that had been stolen from
him, as before stated, amongst those found on the wife of the
prisoner Bonnie.
Mr. Reinhold Thomas Fonder, naval storekeeper at his Ma-
.jesty's Duck-yard, Woolwich, stated, that on the evening of
Alonday haat, between seven and eight o'clook, he was going
from Woolwich to Greenwich ; ',then us Blackheath, near
.110:Ile-place, be was slopped by three men—one seized int
by the collar, and the other two stood before him, and each
presented pistols at his bead, and demanded him to give up
his property. One of the men tore frombis fob pocket a gold
French hunting watch, to which was attar bej 'a steel chain,
•tive ancient gold rings, one gold seal and a key. Witness
then gave him his purse continuing nine sover:igns. They
then stripped off his great coat, arid switching his umbrella
out of his hand, and made off towards Lendon, desiring wit.
.ness to proceed the contrary road, or he should answer with
bin life.

Here tbo matches were again protium& and Mr. Foster
ideetifia the saute stolen • frosu him, and the whole of the ap.
pendsgik
Mr. Robert Johnsen, No. 20, Lower Cherry-Carden-stairs,
Rothethithe, basket-maker, slated that wi the evening of Sun-
day, between &Oen and eight o'clock, he was returniog from
Peckham across •tbe fields. When in the lane leading lido'
the Kent Reid, be was itopped by three me., who presented
pistols at hid./ and swore, it he did not stand and deliver,
they would shoot him through his head. He gave them his
• silver watch, to which were attached three gold seals ■nd a
key, together with 10s. its silver—they then desired him to
return to Peckham, for the pistol was cooked cud they would.
fire ; (bey then made their escape , .the prisoner Hooper was
the malt who first sejAesl him, stud to the best of his belief, the
prisoner Bennie was one of the others. 'l' be watch stud seals
now prodkeed are his property.
The prisoners declined cuing any thing in their defence, wad
they were fully committed.

Mr. Ravenga, Envoy from the Republic .of Co-
lombia to this country, was arrested on Thursday
I..st, fur a sum of 90,0001., due from that Govern-
ment, at the suit of Mackintosh, the army accou-
trews:et-maker.

DIED.

. NATION.
LENT ASSIZES.
Tits Ittlo si.•tHt RE%. THOMAS ROWLAN).
NIAtDsTOIS, SATURDAY, AIARoH 22.-I'his was an
indictment against the defendant, a clergyman of the
church of .England, for wilful and corrwpt perjury,
assfguied mum evidence slated to have been given by him
on the trial of a young woman named Mary Drury, at
the Quarter Sessions held for the town and port of New
Romney, whom he had itorsrcuted to conviction for
sending him s threatening letter in extort money. The
indictment alleged that the defendant had falsely denied
that he had wi into a certain triter to Mary Drury, and
that he had never met lit r on a certain oceabiots men-
tioned nt the linlictinent. letier set out in the
indictment was in thew teens:—" Deat Mart, I send
to you one I I, but 1 hare no.nutre by me to-day,
.but if you will cunt here to use to-morrow night, at
seven u'clnck, you shall have inure. I must •see you
beinee you go away."
•It was intoned to the defendant that 'he haul been
intimate wills a youna woman named Mary Drury, us'
bumble parentage. She had applied to hint' ter money,
which it was said ha had refused her that she had'
wrote a letser to•litin demanding 'money, and thrratetting
to expose their intimacy, it he did tun c 1111 l ply with her
request; that fot this truer he ittutic,eil her its the Ses-
sions Coint ref New •Ititutury, winch is an exclusive
jurisdiction, having power of life and death, and that
Morn his evidence she :was convic.ed and sentenced to
deeds the indictment dwitig funinloul on the Black Act.
—She afterwards received the royal parthou. Union's-
stately the pardon was not tinder the Greet Seal, the
young WOlll4ll being too pour to pay the expense, and
It was doubted Avhebisor her evidence was admissible on
this trial. 'Fur the evidence given by the defendant on
the trial of the case he was now prosecuted. The de-
fendant was aprittnner ill the county gaol, having been
suirrendered by his bail.
When evidence was offered of the proceedings its the
Sessions Court of New BulinlitY, the formality of proof
requited by law nut being r sublished to the satisfaction
of the leagued Judge. the Jury were directed io-6tid the
defendant tint 'tidily.

THE LINO o. ROBERT FRANCIS.
This was au 1111i1Clillellt JeollllsL we ueiendant for a
libel on a gentleman named Fiord, of Canterbury.—
The. alleged libel contained a severe attack upon the
prosecutor's character, amid related to private transac-
tions between the panics. Thedefendant had circulated
lithographic copies uf the pnblication in Canterbury.
Mr. Adolphus admitted that the defendant must sub-
mit to a verdict, anti reserve until a future -occasion
such topicras would afford an apology fur his conduct.
Verdict guilty.
At a late Muir in the evening the assizes ended.—
Five capital convicts received sentence of death.

Boxer!) ATTEMPT' AT MURDER AND HosaaaX.-
011 Friday afternoon last a potato went to.the house of
Mr. Thomas Horne, vestry clerk of 'the parish of All
Satins, Poplar, alid knocked at the door, and on its being
opened by the house keeper, Mrs. Charlotte Hook, he
emptied if Mr. Horne ur his brother were at ,home
she said ato.—ois which he asked permission to write a
note' mentioning the name of a gentleman known to
Mr. Horne, saying he came on very urgenr hositiess,
and when admitted into tile parlour he struck her a
violent blow with a small axe, which felled her to the
ground ; but Mrs. stuck, however, being a strong Iww-
ctlill wtitsiaii, had strength to art op again, and caught
hold of the t Main, who repealed his blows, and iiillicted
several severe wounds On her head and body, mid while
sti sygling with hint he attempted to strangle her, and
pot his hand an her mouth tii prevent her licreantiog, on
which she bit some ttl Itis lingers, and tore his face.—
rs.Canierine Chileroy, who by chance called on Mrs.
Hook, stated, that she hail Lot beef there many minutes
wheit tot:re v-as a knock at the door, while stir was
sitting in the, back parlour, and soddenly she heard the
cry isi " Murder" in the Irmo parlour, and fearful of
goord, (here, she ran mit al the hack door, anal getting
over some paling, went to lite next house aiol gate'the
aLii iii. iiy tots love a Illtillber of pimple had collected
in hoot to the hoots., Air. Coltman, late night coo-
of Poplar, was pastiiiig at the hate (to whom
much praise is doe fur bis iiitv I iererice), rushed Into the
hoose, and seeing the iir,oiler ClldeaVilliiing to his
Cat.ille, he 11111114:11141ely SLIZII 111111 :1.141110114111 Ills 11:111(111
-wall his tlCCLeichie,, and took him to tile WdtCll-

At hla lodgings In W. R. blorel, girl. one of t►e tarpons
to the Westmiuster Infirmary.
In Queen square, Richard Woodward, ePq. aged 61.
At his son's house, In Upper flounce etrcct, air. I 'snip Gres., of
Camberwell, aged 68 years.
At 'I sJilington, Middlesex, aged 77, It. Wood, esq. or the King's
Httnembraincr Others, Exchequer, 7'empie.
At his house iu -Northampton terrace, tAty road. agrd 85 years, Mr.
James ,otelilfos, of Lawrence lane, ebeapelde, and of Stoodley bring.,
Yorkshire.
At Cr., don, John Crane, esq. aged 86 years.
In lierkeley square. Lady Slarienne smith, wife of A. Smith, esq.
suite tv Um Earl vl LANOLI and Wield*.

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AL REGISTER

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FIFTY-THREE FIRST DRAWN PRIZES ALL CAPI.
TALSS 9th APRIL.
T and J. SIVEWRIGHT congratulate their
• Friends on the continued Success which bee attended the
Purchasers at their Offices. 37, Comhill, 11, Holborn, and SI,
Haymarket, corner of Coventry Street. having Sold in Shares a
Prize of £16,000 and other Capitals in the Lottery just ended.
in addition to the Grand List of Prizes sold by them in the Lot-
tery which Anislied 13th January lad, viz.-
1,467 X16,030 12,344 £3OO I 4,048 1200
14,315 lO,OOO 4,878 ' 300 8,147 2OO
2,612........ 2,000 17,, 300 13,220
11,291..., l,OOO 40 200 I 18,836 2CO
1,305 3OO 1,603 ... 900
The present Lottery begins on the 9th Aaan—the Scheme
contains THREE of £20,000 and EIGHTY other Capitals.
all Money...-the FIFTY-THREE First Drawn Prizes will be
each entitled to a Capital, via.—the First Drawn will have
£90,000! the Two next £2,000 each, and the Fifty next either
.C5OO, 1:300, or la®.
Tickets aad Shares are on Sale.at SIYEWEIGHTS` Offices,
as above.

SO, STRAND.
A NEW SHAVER; oa, SECOND EXPER,
A Nlox azy—whoshaving first trim! on himself
And cutting hiajotei,—the micchievouaelf
Resoled au embrace opportuMty pat,
And operate next on the beard of the Cat!

'The place of a mirror adapted to suit,
There stood in the room then a high polish'd Boor,
In which Waaasseaster of pre-eminent hue
Display'd the tine forms of reflection to view.
Now seizing poor Pass, to the bright Boor he bore her
The Monkey her shadow then gleaming before her,
And answer'd her struggles with chatter and blows.
Her phiz while hesoap'd from hermits to her nose I
The Cat. thus essaying to vain at resistance
Ana mewing, in pitiful plaint, for assistance,
With wonderthe same operation now saw
Perform'd in, or shewn, by the Jet of eclat !

In front of the Boor then, u if to explain it
The method qf sharing, how best to attain it,
The act of interspersing with grin and grimace,
The Ape cleared the Cat of each hair on her face !
And strange though it ceems,yot the frolicsome elf
Was much more successful with P It* than himself,
The SHAVER adroitly concluding hisscraping,--
The SHAV'D with the lot sof her whiskers escaping!
The Monkey in triumph the parlour now sought,
And Cat and bright Boor to a company brought,
Who saw what this Barber had then been about,
And haird his essay with a rapturous shout
Of mirthful surprise;—the strange ineiden t backing
The merits of WARRE w's unparallerd Biackisg.

This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING, Prepared by
ROBERT WARREN,
30, Strand, London; and sold in every Town in the Hinsdorn
Liutrin, in Bottles Sd.lod. I3d. and led.eacb. Alsorairrie
BLAciciaci, in Potsfid. IYo. lsd. each. A Shilling Pot of Paine
is equal to Four Is. Bottles of Liquid.
Ask for WARR EN's Blanking.

EI:AI:EMMA: OF COIN, l'er granger, oil theTweise
Maritime Dion ictu. of I:M., CA XI) Alia %% ALES, fur e
AVrek ending Alma!' I tlu, e,u acted 110141 Silkladit) tt
GuArite.
Wheat— 471 2,11,113r1ey... 3'.!6 5,1 i Ikon, 5J
Rye .... 264 ft! vo. 7,11 ay, 4,1

g;itle*Ps OU ailial.OV A I/0 SUIT llt.
Average Price frum tke Ile lit iia sonde in Ike 11 eck eis(l.tig
Wedneoulav Nat.:ll..lU. per evt .I.\llll,iVe .lt duty.

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LONDON MARKRI'S.
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CORN EXCHANGE, Mownair, 'Maness 24.
Onr Importations during the last week amounted to 8:265
quarters of Wheat, including 5 uf•lrish, 6,742 qrs. of Barley,
9,136 quarters of Alalt, 1t5,666 quarters of Oats, including 1.700
of Irish Oats, 1,932 quarters of Beans, G6l quarters of Peas,
and 18,292 sacks of Flour. So little has yet been done in any
description of grain, that the price may be nominally quoted Cie
same as on Friday. The samples of good Whim 's heat •re
still offered at 388., and although there are a few samples offered
at Is. and is. higher, nothing has been done to warrant our
quoting any vs:union. Barley is at present not much in tie
mend, but the nominal price is 383. Oats are also the sabre as
on Friday, but the Irish Oats meet with little demand. Beans
and Peas are also without alteration, but nojust criterion can yet
be formed as to whether they will maintain lust market price.
CORN EXCHANGE. WEDwEsti4Y, Man Cit
At the close of Monday's market there was no variation in
grain, for although Wheat rather declined towards the middle
of the day, it recovered itself at the close. This day but little
business has been done, but what sales have been effected support
the quotations of Monday. The supply is small, and the anent..
tome of dealers trivial at present, but us the day advances it
expected a good deal of business will ho done, on account of
next market day being Guild Friday, which will induce ninny
the consumets to buy a larger quantity than usual. In ~.,.;
case a trilling advance in price may be anticipated, as the quan-
tity of grain at market is bu; limited. A few very fine ssupple,
of Outs have already found purchasers at 283. per quarter, end
Barley supports 3133. White Wheat may still be quoted at 55
fur good samples, and for very stiperiur samples 60a, and i., a
few cases No. are demanded. Upon the whole, however, the
variation in the pike fiom Monday's quotations is not worm
noticing.