The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-26 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCISE, Nov. 22.

Mr. G. Ikmadieu, a grocer, was charged upon in-
formation with hat nig manufactured stone blue and
Queen's bloc from pipe clay, lbour, meal, and other
articles, instead of starch and the necessary colouring
matter, whereby he incurred a penalty of 1001. There
were other counts in the information on which penal-
ties were also sought to be recovered. To all the charges
the defendant pleaded Not Guilty.
William Dursey, an Excise rarer, stated, that on
the 6th of Julie last lie went to a house, Nu. 4, Corn-
court, ‘Vliitechapel, in company with a brother officer,
where they discos ered a complete manufactory of stone
blue, and seised on the premises a quantity of materials
for compounding an article resembling stone blue
There was a very small proportion of starch, pipe-clay
being the principal material.
In consequence of information the officers received
from Abraham Bennett, the person in possession of the
house, they went to Mr. Donadieu, who is a grocer, re-
siding at No. 31, Swan-place, in the Rent-road, and on
searching the premises they found 73163. of adulterated
stone blue. Mr. Don...diet; upon lacing asked where he
gut the blue, said he had bought it from Abraham Ben-
net, and being asked for the bill of parcels, he for sonic
time searched his file for it, but at length said he had
not received any, as Bennet could slat write.
Abraham Betinett stated, that he was a journeyman
stone blue maker, and had been employed by Mr. Duna-
dieu, with whom lie had once lived as journeyman, to
manufacture stone blue from materials which were sent
to hint. There was but a stone of starch in the whole
quantity that was seized ; the rest was pipe-clay, and an
article called British smalt colouring. British smalt was
sometimes used by the regular manufacturers. Mr.
I)onadien thought it legal, and desired the witness to
enter the manufactory at the exciae-oflice in his own
name, which he declined doing, lest, if the article were
illegal, the consequence of using it might fall on hunself.
Air. Reeds, a stone blue manufacturer, examined the
samples of the articles that were produced, winch he
prove.) were not the proper materials for making stone
blue.

The derendant's coliitor made a trost ingenious de.
fence.-1-1.! said the materials had been tailen in payment
of a bad debt flow a person who had absconded, and he
depri•cated the infliction of heavy penalties on the de-
fendant, who was at present under a commission of
bankruptcy, and who was also aged and infirm.
The Gunn, iu pionotincing Judgment, expretwed their
fears that the 'Motto:eta manufacture of spurious atone
blue hail been carried on to a considerable extent, by
which not only hail the revenue been detranded, but the
purchaser had paid five shtlliugs for what was scarcely
worth one. In the present instance, however, they
should not press the payment of the full penalties, but
should fine the defendant SI. and contlenin the whole of
the apparatus and goods found in the manufactory.

Extract or a letter front 111 a etcheslJ-, dated Nov. 20
"The following shocking occurrence wok place at
Salford fair, in thus neighbourhood, last night. Two
young men and women left this place yesterday for Sal-
turd; when about to return from thence in the evening,
one of the young women proposed calling upon a rela-
tion, who keeps a public house in the town ; they ac-
conlingly did au), when, after a short time, on calling for
supper, finding nothing in the house they liked, the
young men went out to procure something better. It
was now rpproashing It o'clock, and the young men
were returning, when they 'wrecked a man and woman
in a very indelicate situation in the public path. title of
them, named Rafferty, was au indignant that he expressed
himself in angry to to the man, who intim:di:lndy
advanced towards him, and opening a penknife, plunged
it into Rafleny's left side. Rafferty uttered a groan,
rushed into the house, fell down, and soon after expired.
The unforttroate prism who inflicted the wound auricled
himself to he taken, without nicking atiy attempt at
escape or resistance. He did not appear to be conscious
of what he haul done, but stood completely stuyified,
looking on the body as if nothing had happened. These
are all the part', Wars 1 have been able to ascertain the
truth of.— rite inquest is to Le held on the body of the
deceased to-mort ow."

PAKOCHIAL ELICTION.-011 Thursday last came on
the election of a Matron to the Workhouse for the pa-
rish of St. Luke, Chelsea, in the place of Mrs. Cade,
deceased. The candidates were a Mrs. Davis, wido.47,
who for upwards of twenty years has been a housekeeper
in the parish ; and a Mts. Italenbury, spinner, whirls
approaching towards bO. The latter was supported
the Rector, Curate, Churchwardens, Overseers, and a
considerable number of the Parochial Committee, in
opposition to whom, and Arr a sharp contest, which
lasted from teal in the morning till set en at night, the
widow was elected by a larue majority; the numbers
being—Fur Mrs. Davis, 869—Mrs. Rattenbury, (*—
Majority, 170.
On Tuesday evening last about four o'clock, a thief
endeavoured to ;get through the shop into the parlour
unperceived, of the house of Mr. Browne, tobacconist,
No 102, Broad-street, Ratcliffe, and during the tempo-
rary absence of Mrs. Browne, sole from oft the mantle-
piece a valuable watch and appendages, with which he
escaped.

CORONER'S INQUEST —On Tuesday last an
inquisi-
tion was taken at the house of Mr. Edwards, the Cross-
keys tavern, in Theolsalers-road. before, 'l'. Stirling, Esq.
coroner, on view of the body of Sarah Joky, aged 40
years, who was footed dead in her bed on Saturday last,
at her lodgings, No. 42, Theobald's-road. The jury.
room, and the passage leading to it, was filled with spec.
takers, whose curiosity had been excited by the litany
reports that had gone abroad ahem the death of the de.
ceased. The Jury having been inipannelled, took a
view of the body, which was still in bed, and piesented
one of the most horrible sights we ever witnessed. It
appeared that the deceased had formerly lived servant in
most respectable tamilies at the West-end of the town,
and bore a lutist exemplary character. Site had left her
last situation with the intent of getting married ma man
of small ((meow, and, taking an apartment, she had
purchased household hint tore previous to her marriage,
when the at:emits!) of her lover began to diminish, and
subseepieutly the atiateli was set aside, and the corres-
pondence ceased. Site ever after appoeared to be always
in a state of ;dejection. She would absent herself day
after day, and tio one knew where she resorted to. For
the last limelight she had not been seen, but her absence,
although long, caused no uneasiness, as she W 33 so fres
queenly unfits so, till last week the inmates of the house
where she lodged were annoyed by a most infectious
smell, and finding it issued from the apartment of the
deceased, they caused the door to be opened on Saturday
Last, when site was fouled dead. The body was in such
a shocking state that no surgeon could approach it, in
order to anatomise it ; but, limn the circ JJJJJ stance of two
empty rills, which had contained laudanum, being found
tinder her, it was the surgeon's opinion she drank the
contents, which caused dissolution. The jury, therefore,
returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed herself by
taking laudanum, in a state of derangement.
On the night of the Ist instant, tile house of Mrs.
Jobieson, of Everton, near Liverpool, was entered by
four men, and rubbed of a large semi of money and other
property. The singular circumstances tender which the
act was committed are worthy of record. Ili order to
obtain admittance, they scratched at the door, after the
manner of a dog. It was unsuspectiligly opened by the
female servant. They entered, and declaring that they
did MA purpose any v itelelice towards her, they put her
in die pantry ; and while one of them remained below
to keep watch, the others went up stairs. They found
Mrs. Johnson in bed : told her not to be alarmed, no
personal injury being meant, her money only being
what they sought. The lady, with much presence of
mind, on observing their intentions, secured unperceiv.
ed a gold watch, which she had at hand, under her
night clothes. They handed her to an arni-chair, and
asked for stole wine Lu goitig for it she contrived to
'Liss the fire-place, and throwing tne watch among the
skaings in the grate, site preserved it. They then sat
down, and conversed freely with her for some time.
One of them of genteel dress and manner, showed her
a number of Use keys, and described to her their seve-
ral uses. 11,.. remarked that a person of her rank. moat
have a watch ; for which they searched her be.l,, but
did not offer to search her person. After robbihe the
house of money to a large amount, including a Bank
post-bill of 501. specially endorsed, they politely bade
Mrs. Johnson good night, and departed. They soon
after returned, saying at the door that thel,had forgotten
something ; but the servant denied the admittance.
They were detected at Birmingham, upon presenting
die hill alluded to ; brought to Liverpool, and fully
committed for trial.

Suretne.—A melancholy eircumstance took place at
tile Greyhound Inn. Newmarket, last week. Two
young geutlemen, IE. M Esq. and his brother, arrived
the above house, Irons Cambridge, and spent the day
there. Between seven and eights o'clock in the "veiling
they prepared w return ; the waiter brought in their box
coats. when the younger gentleman desired hint to
careful how he handled them, us they contained loaded
patois. The man put the coats down, and retired, when
the gentleman who had given the caution took the pisto:s
from the pockets of the coats and laid them on the table.
Mr. al. then requested of his brother to see if the gig
was ready; he had scarcely retired for the purpose when
he was alarmed by the report of fire-arms. Hs instantly
ran back, and at entering the room found his unfortu-
nate brother 'leeched 011 the floor, a corpse. On ex•
amining the body, is was found that the ball had enter-
ed the cheek, and passed into the head. Both candles
were extinguished. An inquest was held on the.budy,
and a verdict of Mammy was re turned. The unfortu-
nate geittlemait appeared about 22 years of age, Was
highly respected, and was allied to a family of the first
respectability and property. The cause of the melan-
choly catastrophija said to have been a love affair.
Provientiesl escape from downing of one of the Dent
boatmen—lt appears 111.0' alter the two men from the
Deal boat got out hoard the vessel wrecked upon the God-
win Sand on Friday last, from their own boat, which
remained its ittentlance upon the vessel, every exertion
and aim were used lin the preservation of the ship and
cargo. Doe of these blare boatmen was unhappily lost
with the ship's crew ; the other boatmatas stained Wm.
Dawes, now miraculously restored to his wife and family,
gii es the hallowing account:—About four o'clock p. In.
on F.iday, the vessel became a complete wreck upon the
sand. Site remained upon the sand instil three o'clock
the ensuing mornitsg, during which time the whole of
the ship's crew anti the other Deal mau were tither
washed °vet hoard or perished upon the deck of the yes-
sel4 After three, the vessel ;taped, and this poor fellow.
securing hiiilsOf upon part of the wreck, was thus
Hsu* in the ocean until Sunday, when he was picked
up byl, asesleloia sea, about nine leagues fantut the north
sand-headS ?Atte-was moat humanely treated by the was-
ter of tht vessel, and landed on Tuesday at New Rom-
ney. Tnis intrepid and peculiarly hardy boatman is
uow safe at home at Deal, with his family.
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MANSION HOUSE.
FRAUD RIC A BR OICER.—.—As soon asAblermanßrowne,
who sat tOr the Lord `layer, had taken his seat on Fit-
day, an elderly woman, very poor in appearance, applied
for a warrant to apprehend a stockbroker, whom she had
employed to receive her dividend of 61. LongA snail ies,and
who, having brought her to the Bank for the purpose, as
he said, of signing a hook to authorise hot to receive the
dividend, had, under that pretence, canted him to sign
an actual transfer Of her stuck to a third per-on.
A clerk from the Bank accompanied the complainant,
and corroborated her statement as far as the transfer of
the stock. Ile said, that the Bank being no sufferer by
the fraud, would not prosecute the Broker, but were
desirous to give the poor woman all the assistance in
their power fur the recovery of her stock.
lii answer to an inquiry irom the Alderman, he said,
that the Broker who committed the fraud was regularly
licensed.
The poor woman said, she had no other property in
the world.
Alderman Browne said, the best way of dealing with
the Broker was to coin ilain to the Court of Aldermen,
before %void' lie most he bailed to the amount of YOOOl.
and if the Court found that his conduct had been frau-
dulent, they would immediately come down upon the
sureties.
ROSSER Y Or THE LONDON TAffEEN —Elizabeth
Kendall and Jane Clarke were charged by Nlr. Bleaden,
the proprietor of the London Tavern, with having robbed
lion of %arums articles of plate, china, sheets, blankets,
quilts, curtains, table cloths, napkins, knives, forks, &c.
to a great amount.
Mr. Bleaden stated, that fur a considerable time past
a great uuuuter of the above articles were missed at the
Tavern, and 011 Monday one of his porters told him he
had seen !mine of them at the house of a friend of the
prisctuer Kendal l's, iu Link, Britain. Mr. 13. in conse-
queoce went mere with an officer, and found several of
ere articles, and also a great number of duplicates of ar-
ticles or his that had been pledged. From thence he
went to a house in Jewitostreet, where the woman's
daughtes lord, and there he found some of his knives
and forks iii use. The prisoner Kendall, on being goes-
*totted by him, admitted that she had taken the things
that had been found, but said she only lent them to her
friends for a christening, and meant to return them.—
Mr. Bleaden went again to the house in Jewin-street,
sad by promising the womais not to prosecute, prevailed
on her to make a hill discovery, when she gave up two
large boxes filled with his property, and a great number
ol duplicates lor more, pan of which had been pawned
by the prisoner Clarke.
Tnis WOlll.lll'S e%ideocc being necessary to the com-
-11,111.11 et pris.iners, tiwy were tem.thsletl, to give tone
for tier attendance.