The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-23 00:00:00

UNION HALL.

EMIGRATION TO JERUSALEM.—On Monday, in con-
sequence of a eery great uproar on :)ulltlay night, iu
Worcester-street, about the house of the American Pro•
Ott, John Decker, that singular person was brought
before the magistrates of this office, the inhabit was of
the neighbourhood having attributed the disturbances
to the unfortunate fanaticism of the prophet and his fol-
lowers.

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LOLD 'AILEY SESSIONS.

TUESDAY. DEC. IS.

Thomas Pates was indicted for stealing two watches,
the property of Hem y Bury.
It appeared front the evidence, that the prosecutor in-
trusted the prisoner to repair the watches in question, as
he stated himself to be a watchmaker, and in distressed
cirenmstatices. The prisoner instead of returning the
watches. pledged them at a pawnbroker's in Marylebone.
Mr. Alley, counsel for the prisoner, contended that no
criminal otlence had been committed, and that the present
transaction Caine under a penal statute—uamely, the
pawnbroker,: act.
The Common Sergeant held otherwise, and said the
Jury must consider it a felonious stealing. If there was
any doubt on the subject, he would submit it to the con-
sideration of the twelve Judges.
The Jury, however, returned a verdict of not gnilly.
The prisoner wss again indicted for stealing two
watches, under similar circumstances, the property of T.
Perkins.

The prisoner pleaded distress, and said it was his in•
tention Save redeemed the property.
'file Jury found him Guilty.
Thomas Belcher, aged 68, was indicted far stealing 15
wine glasses.
It appeared from the evidence, that at a sale of wines
in Piccadilly last mouth, the pinioner, after tasting sere-
tat, was observed to leave the room, and suspicion being
excited, he was searched, and the glasses tumid in his
poekets.
In his defence, the unfortunate man said he had been
in much better circumstances. Some years agr lie was a
hatter, and possessed of some thousands, but distress had
driven him to the greatest necessity. He could not deny
the charge; it was clearly established against him ; he
therefore threw himself upon the mercy of the Court.—
The prisoner was in tears, and the delivery of his address
gave evidence of his respectability.
One of the Society of Ft lends stepped forth to the pri-
soner's Ammeter, but refusing to take aim oath, his evi-
dence could not be receiied. Another gellitelll4ll,
however, spoke to his previous high character.
The July reluctantly found the prisoner Guilty, hut
strongly iecimmiended him to mercy.
heeorilei said the Unlit telt with the Jury, and the
slightest punishment would be itiketetl.
The prisoner was then brought hack, and the iesrned
Judge sentenced hint to pay a tine of Is., and then be dis-
chat ged.
A liberal subscription was entered into by the ditty,
and other permit's in court, for the immediate relief of the
initoi innate man.

Two constables stated, that on Sunday night, at half-
past eight o'clock, they saw a mob, consistiug of about
300 people, collected at the door of the house, and heard
cries of " murder" issue from within. The officers upon
going up stairs, found the prophet lying upon his back.
Some persons who had been abusing him escaped, and
the prophet said the cause of their violence was, that lie
had refused to get out of his bed to preach. He was
conveyed to the watch house. The witnesses informed
the magistrates, that the prophet had made some prose-
lytes, who were actually about to leave the country with
brio, and accompany him upon an expedition to the
Holy Land. The parish officers were naturally alarmed
at the inconveniences to which such an emigration
would expose them, and hoped that every thing the arm
of the law could do would be done to prevent it. The
fanatic spit it of some of the followers of the prophet
may be guessed at from the following facts:—
The officers who apprehended him had, two or three
times in the course of Sonday evening, gone to the house
in urcester-street, and dispersed a large congregation
that had assembled in the room appropriated to preach.
log. The prophet preached first, and was succeeded by
one of his most zealous followers, who was followed by
another. This was constantly the practice, and during
the service, which was being listened to with rapture,
upwards of a dozen of the congregation seemed to be as

The Jury were then discharged, the Recorder observing
to ;hem that the count' y were indebted fur their services.
The *hole of the trials having been concluded,sentence
of &lath was passed upon Ir prisoners; 13 were sentenced
to transportation for life; 5 were sentenced to fourteen
years, and 40 to seven years' transportation; 57 others
received various minor punishments, and a great number
were ordered to be whipped, either publicly or in the
gaol.

Caution to Mahn week a cildtl, of about seven
mouths old, belonging to a woman of the name of Peck•
ham, near Lewes, cried in a most vehement manner,
without any apparent cause. The child was undressed,
and closely examined by the neighbours, who thought
that a pin 'IMAM be cause; when, to their utter asto-
nishment, they found near the child's navel, and just
throngh the skai, the end of a common SC W nits needle,
tt h,ch had been forced by sonic In or iglier into the
tillant's stomach !—The needle was drawn vu:, and the
infant is doing well.

violently engaged as the prophet himself, whose since- A 7Uff *alms its a Rae-trop
_.—.on Wednesday morn'
city is well known. One man, a shoemaker, named ing the. maid servant of Mr. Hassey, Stock-Broker, No.
Cooke, has actually sold off his stock and urniture, ble-street,Goswell-street, being absent from the kitchen
I
which were worth 3001.•' and if he were not known to attending on her master and mistress, a boy sneaked
be the greatest admirer of the prophet, might be called down stairs with a bundle of fire-wood in his hand, and
hit. rival, for he has allowed his beard to grow to an itn- finding the cupboard door open, he commenced his
mense length, and goes about preaching and making work of plunder, brit in his hurry lie overlooked a large
Mittens. He has a little son, who looks half starved, rat-trap that was set on one of the shelves, and his hand
and is denied all animal food by the prophet and his was caught in it; the pain he underwent caused him to
father, upon the principle of Pythagoras—that he might scream out aloud, and in endeavouring to extricate his
not be guilty of eating a piece of his own grandmother. hand, he threw down several plates, &c. The noise
Another tradesman, who was most industrious, and at. caused his apprehension, and he was on Thursday cum-
tacked to a wife and seven children, proposes to leave mined for trial.
them all, and go to Jerusalem. His beard is also be- AI uRDER.—On Monday morning a young man about
coining indicative of his intention, and he sleeps, as the 1g years of age, named Philip Chapple, was committed
others who are struck by the prophet do—with his to Devon county gaol under a warrant from James Cut.
clothes on. None of the sixteen families who reside in chilli, Esq. Mayor and Coroner of Great Torrington,
the house in which the prophet lives have, however, charged with the wilful murder of Mary Stevens. It ay-
caught the infection, and die landlady complained most !feared that the miserable girl was courted by Chapple,
severely of the annoyance to which she was subject. and pregnant. They had been seen walking together
Mr. Chambers said, he expected to have heard that on Friday evening, near the spot where the body was
the prophet was on his way to Jerusalem. found next morning. The forehead was bruised in a
The prophet said, he only waited for a Tun'sian vessel dreadful manner. On reaching the gaol, arid while his
to set sail with his brother Cook and nine other of his gyves were being rivetted, he repeatedly denied all know-
brethren. Upon being questioned as to his inducing ledge of the murder, and seemed in no way cast down.
those men to leave their families, he said he did not take Proofs, however, are very strong against him ; and we
them. A higher power took them. I After having stated understand that since his commitment, his working
the manner in which he had been pulled out of bed, clothes, which he was seen to wear on the evening of
and declared that he forgave his enemies, he said, in the murder, have been found with blood on them, and
answer to the question whether he was at Brixton and his shirt sleeves wet. Front the latter circumatatice,
worked there, " Yea ;" and to the question whether he coupled with her being found on the bank of the
liked it, " Nay." river in a wet state, it is conjectured that, after
Cooke, the shoemaker, then stepped forward, and told having stunned her, he held her in the river till lite
cite magistrate that he was determined to follow hi was extinct. He accounts for his clothes being bloody
brother Decker to Jerusalem, but that the parish shoulp and dirty, by saying that he wore them while assisting
suffer no incotivenience, for he should take his son with to kill a neighbour's pig. it is a melancholy fact, that
him upon his pilgrimage. lie said they should not his parents must give evidence against hint as to the
oreach again where they had been so much abused, but clo hes, which he positively deities having worn for
should remove to a house near the National School, in some days previous to the murder. The blows upon the
St. George's-fields, where they should preach till the day unfortunate girl s head appear to have beets inflicted
of their departure. by a large alder stick which was found near the spot ;
The Nlagistrate assured the prophet that he should be and she must have struggled considrably, as her arms
committed if lie preached again without a license, which bear evident marks el violent pressure. She was an tit-
he might have next Sessions for fourpence. He also dustrious girl, and maintained herself by day-work. The
observed that the parish officers would take care to pre- primmer is an apprentice to a glover.—E.reler Gazelle.
vent their being burdened with the families ofany of the
unfortunate men who were mad enough to neglect their PEDESTRIANISM A jotuneyinan miller, for die
business from such ridiculous enthusiasm. He then trifling sou of bus. was matched to walk two miles in
discharged the prophet. '2O minutes, which he performed with ease in 19 mi.
Decker, it appeared, had baptized seventeen persons mutes, near the Four Ashes public house, on the Wul-
since he commenced his labours in St. George's-fields. verliampton road, MI :Monday last. The same man has
been known to walk a mile in nine minutes; and be is
now snatched for a considerable sum to run one wile
user the same ground, some day during the Christina,
holidays, against a noted pedestrian in that neighbour-
hood, and that on this race touch tummy is depending.
It is said the miller call run a mile in less that four
minutes.
Early out Monday morning, as 11. Judd, game-keeper
to Mr T. A. Sunni, of 'fidworth, near Andover, ac.
companied by six assistants, were on the look-out for
poachers, they were suddenly attacked by a nuenerone
gang in Ashdown Coppice. A de, pet ate skirmish imme-
diately ensued, in which Robert Baker, one of Judd's
assistants was shot dead. Every one of the game-keepers
were badly wounded. The poachers all escaped, leaving
heir hats and two guns behind them.
A Mr. Smith was attacked at night, about a fortnight
ago, iii the neighbourhood of Hexitans, tier Dinh inn,
by three men, who dragged him from his horse, and
threw him on the ground, his face downwards. They
made no attempt to rob him, nor did they utter a syl-
lable. Mr. Smith also held his tongue until feeling tne
teeth of a saw tinerilig into his flesh at the back part of
his neck. he exclaimed—" What are you doing with
me ?" On healing his voice, one of the melt observed
with an oath—" It is not him I" and they all three
immißietely departed. These barbarians hail evidently
been upon the look out for some object of their revenge,
whom they bad intended to destroy try means of the to.
bailment we have menitoned.
A man was detected at Leicester fair at whit is term-
ed cligiiior a horse; on being taken into a room at the
Spreaii Eagle, he made ail attempr to bunt some forged
Bank et Elielatid notes, but did not succeed ; during the
time the constable was searching him, he tried to swal-
low them, and was prevented from so doing, by being
seized by the threat, which obliged him to disgorge
them.
The house of Mr. Wheeler, of No. 16, North street'
Lambeth, was entered by some thieves by 'IMAM of
picklock keys, between six and eight o'clock on Sunday
evening last, when the family were at chapel. A box,
emitaiiiiii- a quantity of plate of considerable value, and
another box, corm et:Ong title devils, under which had
been deposited a quantity of sovereigns, were stolen
At the • e the robbery was continitted, there was pro.
petty in the house to the amount of beiWeell 2,0001. and
3,M)01. 011 SiindJy evening between nine and ten, as
the pot boy of a 111113i1C.111, who resides in Waterloo-road,
was going his rounds, he stumbled over a box which
lay 111 the [piddle of ()tie of the new streets in that neigh-
bourhood. Ile took it IsOille, but the poldicati aunt bit
sense suspecting that there ought be a child within it,
hesitated to allow him to introduce it. The morons
were, however, I.ollllli 10 be not au iortilidable, as they
consisted of deeds and othia parchments. Tito box was
brought to Union-hall (ace, at which Mr. Wheeler
attended. He identified the box and deeds as his pro
petty. It is scarcely tiecettary to add, that the sovereigns
had been removed.
A few days since a man of genteel appearance went
to the Rose Inn, St. Augustine's, and ordered a bottle of
wine, after drinking which lie partook of a dinner, arid
another bottle, for which he tendered a tol. Mk in pay
mein, but the landlord was unable to give or obtain
change; the person, ho%vetrer, ordered a bed, awl after
exaiiiiimig ii he c.i,ne down stairs, slating that he was
Otillgt,l to go iiih) the Market-place, at the same time
boa; teeing lats. of tile I atellord, wish which he decamped,
aaktieJ with hint the 101. hoteews:fe.riac.4 Currie-.

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'INNS LONDON WINE OOVPANY, 141,
Fleet *lderd, on the etiamestailfrat of their Under.
taking took loam ea salter* she Peale, uhutleg their inten-
tion to 'Asperse of the hest Wines epee Use sod liberal teems;
w bile, tat the swim lime, they expressed their determiantion
to rendes Moir Stack comparatively .heap, rather by is
superior quality. Blau by disposiug of au inferior article, at
a low price,which et any must be near to the consumer.
To such al proposition, they could nut anticipate any oh.
jetliner nom the holiest and sespeetable Wilde', of Wine, on
the contrary, braced, th.'y have found their system fully ap-
proved and sanctioned by the whole of that body, so far as
they could use ertain the opinion of its Members. But when
they deprecated the imposing placards, with regard to
" Cheap Vi iire."—those Wines being ulfeted at a price for
hieh they could nil posaihts be sold, acre they really of
the quality air character which they peeper t to posse..,)—
when they expressed a hope of reducing the system of im-
posture, *hick and• r the alluring guise of cheapness, has
has been too lois; pi eithlent ; when they declared their reso-
lution altogether to exclude %shin are termed Celle Wines
from their cellars, denouncing those Winn to be of very in-
ferior quality, aud as the great aerial for adulterating the
slur better sort, w hich the " cheap" advertisers offered to
their customers, the London Wine Company did anticipate
toe inmost alarm, and anger, and revenge, among those who
have so lung subsisted upon this nefarious traffic ; they, how-
ever, recollected, that they had the same spirit of low hos-
Wits 10 encounter sit the eointuencement of the London Ge-
eerier Ten Company, 23, Ludgate-hill. Fur how many pub-
beations were then issued lightest them ? Arid why ?--11e.
cause they reprobated the pompous advertisements of
" Cheap Teas," which were, in fact, a delete-Haus admix
tare s neither the London Genuine Ten Company our Lun-
dahl Wine Company, intending to deprecate the seiner.; or
any article at a cheap rate, provided that article were a
adulterated, nod really pasiessed the quality by which it was
de 0000000 mated. But, after all the clamour against the Loa.
dean Genuine Tea Company, what was the fact used what
has been the result ? Many permute engaged in promoting
that clamour were actually convicted ill the Exchequer of
*ening a deleterious:Mille fur Tea, a Iti!e similar convic-
tions took place in various pans of the finned Kingilon ;
and all the advertisements for " Cheap Teas," as 1:0111W0 u
as the " Cheap Wines" appear of bite, to have totally dis-
dumpier :tied ; while the Landoll Genuine Tea Company,
regardless of the valor and sinister outcry raised isgaiind it,
pareeeded steadily in its course, and bas, in COIVANUeIiCe,
I,lllcreded almost immediately after i:s establishimut, is.
becoming the bead of the Tea Trade.
The same result the Proprietors are encouraged to calcu-
late upon attaining, through the prosecution of the same
course They, indeed, expect very soon to wetness the die.
apswaranee of that host of Advertisements aud Placards
which at present, in such o)4'l,d:time, a 11111 l wore the stile of
"Cheap Wines" in London. Those who derive their wants
Siam the ,sale of sell h articles aura be indignant, nay, may be
wooled into the titinust desperation, by the pi aspect ; but
they should endeavour to meet with resignation that mishit.-
tuue which they must resist ill vlllll. At least, they should
ftel the policy of 'ideate.
Shalt Cape Wines, both red and white, are ton generally
used its the adulteration of superior Wines, appears from a
variety of arid. nee before the Board of Excise, and the
Board of Trade, us well as from the depositions made before
the Co mail tee of the House of LAMS, ill ihe last Session of
Parliumeid, upon the subject of Foreign Tuade, by several
respectable Wine Merchallit. in London. Wit has the Owl
few days indeed, a Wine Seller in Gras's inn lane, was coo
tricted and tined by the Board of Excise fur usiag Cape
Weibel/ ill the adultcrat mil of superior W Ines. St ill the L -
dun Genuine Willi' Cl/11111:111, its their ailsertiremerit upon
this subject, pointed oat tat particulate Estairlist 111111111 l men-
tioned im name whatever (although then had it amply la their
power to do 5.,),1.10 they had 1/0 I/eat/Mil ho tills y to gran y,
their hostilay bring solely against the system of imposture,
which every I 1111 l est mats must reprobate, and yet they have
had a variety of permit'sl attacks made upon them, bust its
terms so glans and scurrilous, as hespoke the ribs ace of all
fact and argument. Such attacks, indeed, must, in can-
did minds recoil upon there authors—the Loudon W ine Com.
pany cannot condescend to r.'ply to them. It will nut
in-
deed be expected that they should engage themselves in any
controversy with such persons as are likely to assail them
upon this suhject. They feel it, then, quite thine( essary,
mod undue trespass upon the :iteration of the Public, to
dlt ell further upon sera attacks and such assitilaiits. They.
will lease it to time mat tsp.•ii-tice to d. cute be merit
them and their OM Ulli.:14; tout 1:1C:1 are elicoura.:cit to balke
that the same result will follow (ruin the souse system i . tat. it
stew Establishment, as they have had the good fortune
to meet in the progress aud success of the Leaden' Genuine
Tea Company.
The London Wine Company feel highly flattered by the
liberal patronage they have already received, cad respect
fatly submit a lest of their Mum, arid Prices
( Port £9o to 120
11
In the 1V est India Madeira -£lOO (Per Pipe
"od East lades Madeirt 1154
L fetteritfe ...... • • • • £3O to 100
sherry
Per Doren.
Port 4.',.
• .
Ditto, vintage 1815
-
Crusted bottled Port
Old brattled Port 6os. to 63..
Ditto 66a. an 71s.
Sap, r ior Oil ditto, 5 to 8 yeats in Maim 78, 10
Ditto. 8 to 22 years in ditto s4u. to 1Y6..
:Sherry 46s; to-So,.
OA ditto
Ditto ditto
Amontillado 00-. to 6.Ss,
Curious old Sherry, 18 ye.ats in bottle 1-6 .
11',st lid,'. Madeira boa,
Superior ili•10 60.. ill Ulu
Mildews
Superior ditto
Curious ditto, 6 to 16 year, 11l WO GI; 6 to 10 (?riara .
hlrelinsey ditto
Terierilfe 42s. to 46.
Buerilar
Citle..rclla 4ss.
Lisbon 455.
Pararette 63s.
510un: guts.
Tent 69.

White lied Cumbiotin •
FRENCH 11

Claret .... _ _
Very flue ditto •••• • • • •
growth ut Nl:opus ;ad L. 5l• to Al.
Ditto, Lutuut •••• •••• •••. •••• 51.

724
900.

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Waite mid Red Hermitage ... • .... N. Si.
Bursae .... •• • • •• • • 11. 14.. to 41. IN.
31. 15s. to 41. 10..
Cori .„ „ „ „ „ 51,
Positivism ...• 41.
Champagoe, white sparkling .... 41. 10r. te 71. 71.
Ditto, flowing .... •• . • Si. 5.. to 71. 7s.
Ditto, Volt •.. • .... 51. Si. to 71.
Superior Burgusdy •• • • .... SI. 5, to 71. 7s.
.... •• • • 41. 41. to 81. Ss.
Moselle ... • 31. Os. to SI. IS,
SPIRITS. Per Gallon.
Brandy .... 95,.
Jamaica Rum
Hollauds • • • • 255.
Genera .... ,