The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGNITR

Saturday se'imight he received information at the office of
The Es:lli4ntlin, that the ease inns a I.4briemion, and was
d,-sued to explain the matter. He then related the abuse
fact-, and promised to u.e every exertion to thid not and
hi ing forward the author of the fabrication. During the
ereater part of Sunday, Monday, and 'Tuesday, he lied been
abuut w sat nails direr-firms. and to most of the police-offices
rn the metropulis, but without heiiig able to meet a ith the
object of his search. Previrms to this lie had 'net him very
ti eipiently, and the only way in which he could slaw aecount
for his tillsllccesslial seareh was, that the ease having been
;iiiblieiy mentioned in met r than one office, the person in ques-
tion had Imam d of it, and to avoid detect ion and exposure, had
kr pt away limn his us.ial haunte. Such wrie the plain facts
is latch hr had 10 state in justification of himself, and he was
whim:, if it could be allowed, to state them oa oath. At
the very time lie was witting the account. he was certain,
and he mentioned it to the narrator, that the publication of
the case would have the effect of bringing forward humane
persons 10 root ribuite to the relief of the imagined attorney
He coneeived, hi fact, that by sr, ding the ease lie was nut
only performing his only to his employeis. hat was render
tug 111/ essential service to a distressed fellow-creature. It
now ocemr, d to him, that iu the catty part of the very same
week in which he is tote the acide complained of, the ca.e
of 'lemmas I)ldor,haw occurred at this office (Guildhall)
trefoil. Sir William Corns. He (Acton) furiii•bed some of
the tir.l.. papers ait h 110 4CCOUIIt of 111,11 case, and was .tier.
wa;,l, a witness of the brectioi it effects which the publicity
given to it produced. He knew that several persons, who
were totally iirac•piailited with the unfortunate Oldershaw
and his faintly, except by the relation of his case iii the
newspepers, had generously tome firma: it and subscribed
sums of utoucy for their I (diet, and he anticipated the same
'emit in the case of the attorney. He would nosv put it to
the common iiiiilorstamling of an individual present, whether
it was at all probable, that with the case of Oidershaw, i event
as it was befoie his eyes, and fresh in his recollection, lie
would be so mad as to fabricate an article of the same 114-
, and which lie was well aware must have the same riled.
—lie had been imposed upon, from what motive be knew
not ; hut lie would again solemnly declare, teat lie had uo
hand in the fabrieation, that lie never was guilty of all inteir
tem to commit fraud, and ho thought that the individual who
had imposed upon him, if lie had any feeling of honour,
would, upon hearing of this proceeding, come forward, and
%indicate him. It the ease were proreeded ill, lie cared very
little whether he was convicted of the offence charged upon
him or not ; for he coats never again hope to hold lip his
!mail or society unless the parties charging wet e satisfied with
the hall' of his statement. lie knew very well that lie had
wily his own assertion to hear hilt oat, and if this failed,
totat ruin must fall upon him as well as another, who was
in a great measure dependent open 11011 tor support. A very
short time ago he hail repotted a ease from this office which
he had since learned was a febricat ion, and lie hail been im-
posed upon iii the same way, El his was a ease miller the
till of " Elopein2iit Extraordinary," and appeared in most of
the lieu sowers.)
Mr. Alderman Waithman said, he had lately heard com-
plaints of nits-statements from ibis and other offices hating
appeared in the public journals.
Mr. Alderman Thorp obsersed, that Mr. Acton must see
how imprudent it was to trust to the authority of a person of
whom lie knew so little.

Mr. Acton gelid, he wav fully aware of that, and it would
he a warning to him av long as he lived The tale was de-
livered to him mouth such au air of truth that Le never once
doubted it.

The complainant on the part of The Eaglishmen said, that
after the statement %shirk had been made by Mr. Acton, the
prom iettos would have no wi,ll to press the matter loather ;
gad it a fair lepurt of what had taken place was given, in
under that the pantie might b.a satisfied upon the subject, and
the politic journals exonerated from blame, they would he
perterily satisfied ; at the same time they declared .it
.was
itieir full di tViilllll4tion to proceed agiiiiist the first person
that slmuid he dub:civil in practising a 'Jar fraud.
Mr. Aldeunalt 1110111 PAN, that the present proceeding was
inehi) cunnneudableon the pail of the proprietors of The Ea-
glialsmaa, and lie thought the other journalist, were indebted
10 thew for the part they had taken. The worthy Mclennan
added, inat if fictitious tales of distress were antlered to find
in et 11011 in the newspapers, humane prisons, indignant at
tile impaiiition, won:a I. lobe their aid iu future, and thus
nthvunutuwhos el e n ally umfortimate would sutler. Nothing
.11 fact tuotd be more injurmas to humanity.

lu obedience to the toiler of Alderman (iuodbeh•re, the
City other's brought op a another of vagrants who had assem-
bled in the night lIIIdt r the shasubli s of Fleet Market, and
appeared so formidable to the respectable inhabitants. Most
Of them said they had no otlte•r plate to go to. anti were
passed to their pat kites, aftei having (Peened an admonition
from the Sitting Ableriirm (Mr. J. J. Smith), %Ito made a
ileelai atiou of much impoi move to the 'mink:, in the course
ofilis comments apim the ditties of constables and watchmen.
" I know molting," said lie, " of the appointment of con-
staliles fin any patucul.tr tli•ti let. Thos who HIV chosen by
us art chart ta as con-Lilacs of the city of London, in every
part of which it 110 their duty to act; and if they should it-
, f n-e when called arm. they are liable to the consequences ut
ant infoi matron. It is oho) supposed I y atchineu that they are
jleAktied 111 rt•lnsing to teat e !heir mtat upon any emergency.
This is also a most gross mistake. It ceitainly is nut their
611.4111L5/I to run abont the city, but they must extend their
ie nal services when necessity repines. I m,ar,t plied by a
fellow in Cheapside, one night al t six we.lss ago ; a
WA ehnrui was walking on the oppusio side of the way, and
tie 'rinsed to come le my assistaiiite brcaust• I Wik not upon
his beat. i%ly summoning him beMre the Lind Alay put-
iliteed a repltutuui Iu Fait, tin titer than wh iclt I did no; wish
*.o press it Mit I .hall 1..1y the utmost attention to any cum-
plaiut of a similar kind."
'I he A Wei man I revived a letter from many Of the respec-
table inhabitants otthe ward, co:111114mi tig that their property
was not pi otected by the watch. Ht• tenon-it the complaint
to Allortioati Waithinait. who below to the ward, stating
that lie was Cl/11.1116*rd Ihat ile!tve M7e,te.tiale %%o,ld corn,'
the rv,l, and tit that till the f.wlt 1,i% On the %%did Mil: K.
ills Ie4OIII ILI the Illetiltilde of In tannins, Of whom the
letter ill/N/ complained, what email the ward expect when
sails houses as ►;lack Hulse Aliey was sw de tiled with were

A beadle of one of the pat I,!IVR (ICCIAIed, that i 1 ,lie watch-
men in h pArialt were halt mill liCsed, those iu the neat
would not collie to llsca rtlit f.
BOW STREVr.

A ca'c of considerable isuport.thee to the public and the
to d tI 4. e. °A to he heard before N. ittrme, the
•it hot: .11agi•trate.—tien1ge A•tler, s eO.ll-qtet vitt:m..l.i., tir-
ed t 4 a 3UIII/114.111D, 41.16%111, :tlh ttlf;rrittattot c,aat:).tt.ki 4401•111bt

OCT 11

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him, charging him with sending right waggons, loaded with
coals. to the hotise of the Don. Lady Drummond Smith., its
Vircadlity-terijet!, on the Sib tiny Of August last, witsliont
the vender's ticket, signed by him, as to the sorts of coals
that were sent to the porchaser's, coninersigned by the
meter ; to which tltr defendant pleaded nut guilty.
Mr. Anthems+, the barrister, attended to conduct the pro.
secntitql, and stated the case, obsers Mg that Ilse legislature,
in passing the Act of Parliament, had iii view to guard the
public against the imposition' of one sort of enal, being sub.
stitoted for wwlbt r, which was very necessary, when it was
known that a sort of coals, called %Vail's-end, were ti shillings
denier than any other kinti. The act din civil that it should
be certitit.d as coned by the vender, for which he was an.
sweraitle ; but to gnarl against imposition by the vender. in
certifying one sort of coals for another, the act directed that
the ceilitirate or ticket should be counleisigned by a meter,
meaniag the meter who was stationed at the wliag:from whence
the coals were sent out, and who is understood to have meted
the coals when they were measured.
Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor, attended for the defendant,
and took s tveral legal objections, which were over ruled ;
one of them was, that the particular offence with which his
client was charged was, alt inuittiug to sign the vender's
ticket.

Mr. Andrews, in reply, contended, that he was sufficiently
charged ill the information with not sending a ticket witlt
37 sack► of coals, with a vender's ticket, as disiscribed by the
act.

Mr. Birnle was of ()pinion, that it would have been as well
if the omission brad been particularly inentioned, but did not
consider the objection fatal.
William S. Savage, under-butler to Lady Eliz. D. Smith of
Piccadilly.terrace, attended, and stated, that on the 25:h day
of August, eight waggons load-d with coals, came to her
Ladyship's house, and he received some of the tickets, all of
which those concerned in carrying on the information had got
possession of; and a vender's ticket, one of then: for 37 sacks
of coals, being shown to him, he identified it as one of those
which were received at Lady Smith's house oil the 23111 day
of August last.
Mr. Humphreys asked this witness how he knew his mis.
tress's name was Eliza; to which he replied, he did not know
it of his own knowledge, but only understood or believed it
to be so. Mu. Humphreys was about to take an objection
to the proceedings, owing to there being 1111 proof of her
Ladyship's Christian name, but it was not attended to.
Jarvis Kendall, Lady Smith's butler, confirmed the above ;
he observed that the present proceedings were not carried un
by Lady Smith or with her approbation.
John Ogle, a labouring meter, stated that lie was meter at
St. Bride's wharf in the month of August, and recollected
that he meted the eight waggon-loads of coals on the 2.lth of
that month. He admitted that he did not countersign the
vender's tickets of any of them; lie was not asked to do se,
nor, in fact, did he 'know that it was his duty to do so, not
having any such directions, as he had observed, in the book
of instructions which he hail received when he was appointed
a meter, and which he then had in his hand. This was con•
sidered a very extraordinary statement, a► the Act of Partin.
went is explicit upon the subject. The Magistrate desired to
look at them, and, on exsinination, instantly discovered the
directions for soloing the vender's ticket.
The Magistrate stated himself to he satisfied that the case
had been made out, and some conversation then arose as to
the amount of the cunvictisai, the act stating that it is not to
' exceed 201.

Mr. Andrews said he was instructed by his client to say he
should nut take any of the part to which he was entitled, but
wished it to be applied to sonic public charity.
The Magistrate fixed the penalty at 101.
Mr. Humphreys gave notice of an appeal to the Sessions
against the conviction.

...The other seven informations were about to he proceeded
on, when Mu. Humphreys pi ayed an extension of time, as his
client had been served with' summonses only on Saturday
night. This was so short a period, he could not lie pre.
pared with a defence. Ou this ground the hearing was
postponed.

On Tires(lay afternoon, a voting man of genteel appearance
of the name of Chit Louis llarie Khrat, calling himself an
officer iu the French service, was brought to the office by
lli‘hop and Ruthen the other is, charged with robbing Lieut.
General Stafford Light inane, of Bank of England notes, and
Hanionersley the banker's circular notes, to the amount of
about 5501. The General stated, that a ;hurt time since he
kit England with an inteution of proceeding to Greece. He
took unit hint 6001. in Bank of England notes, and Hammers-
try's circular notes amounting to 1601.; and while he was
abroad he only changed one SM. note, which was at Lehner',
the banker, iii Paris. Soon after lie received a communica_
tiuu from Eaigland, respecting some very important business,
which obliged hint to return home instead of proceeding on
his jontne to Greece. On Isis arrival at Calais he embal ked
on board the Desiree French pat ket.bot for Dover, and
soon after be got on boat d the packet-boat was the hist time
be saw his pocket-book, which contained the above notes, he
li tying tutu occasion to take WA pocket book tint of his
pocket to show his passport to a police officer. He recol-
lected seeing the pi ismier on board the parkrt-boat, and
particularly noticed his complexiav t fioni the darkness of
which, he concludi el blot to br a native of Smith America.—
He and the lest of the passengers were landed on the beach
at Dover, on the night tit 14111 September last, about 2 u'elock,
when he found the prisoner close to his pea. on, who asked
hint to allow hint to carry a map of Lisle in his hand, which
lie was taking to Site (:iistoni-bouse to pay the ditty for. Ti.
he derailed, at the saint instant lie put ins band to his coat.
pocket and missed his pocket Ito. k i t. Nether he felt all
taina 41 Ills pocket to cause Il i 11l to put his ham{ to it or
lie could tot tell, c,, wheiliel it was by ellaileP. He instantly
communicated lii• ili•cosery to the (:ttbiont house unit er w who
was aitendiug mitt. The prisoner at nits time tio.appein
bin fir. 644 then no suspicion of him. Ile made all possible
exertion in hailing the boat si Inch had landed him, but it
being dal k he had considerable difficulty in making the men
understand, as they had put off the beat to another part of
the beach ; lie had the boat ,earthed for his pocket-nook, bi.t
no trace or it could tie found. !nation nab gist ii of the
oiihery at the acute eterce, mid Cislitip and Rothen habit
in en esti tine Ilieiliseis es Wier to discos Cr the tubber and
the pi °pert). oof the stole-II Stil. and 2of the stolen 'ZJI.
circular notes has been pi abets; etl at Ilaioniersley's Bank in
Pali-mad tut pay teeth sihte, aim stopped, hill ille pal tits ph
M 1.111114 limes' Cunt I IVt4 tu make then ise.qa.t. At length the
°dice's, by taeruulls and peisevriaw r, sin tretlrtl
vet mg the pi istnier, tsitil the press pocket-book on
hint, and the •toirel notes to the amount of 3901 , whit a,
togethar wino those stopped. Lase iciy little di betimes .
The ogle, re, on 01,1111111 g tit p I ibtait r, round ptaii cioki is
thiplit.:4lCS Lai 1111111 fur 4 :44. acid a I litg, *111t4.1 ale bUpptabild

OCT. 12

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to he the property of a young man of the name of Kohl.
mare, whom the prison'r iris% riled with ; and they put up
at La Sabioniere's Hotel, in Leicester Square, %%here
io Kollinn's box was broken open and rehired. A pass.
port „a, al.() f I topint him, which he had obtains d from
the M.OO 'pots D'Osonond. the French Ambassador, three dross
After his arrival in London, 0 toklo would o.lllllble him to leave
the coin:try rat any time ; and if be had gone abroad, he noildot
have messed the notes. In the passport lie describes himself
as a naval officer, and a native of Brest. lie said his family
lived at Ostend.
Committed for further examination.
_ HATTON GARDEN.

J. Moore, of Tottenham-place, l'ottenhatn.cotirt Road, a
seller of bread, was dialled with having sold eight half-quar-
tern loaves deficient VI ounces of the weight ordered by Act
of Parliament. The charge bring proved, he was convicted
in the mitigated penalty of 6s. au ounce, amounting in the
whole to 61. 3s. lid.
MARLBOROUGH STREET.
Wednesday Mr. Goddin, of the firm of Steelton and Co.,
brewers, charged -- Glaillson, a shopkeeper, in Rupert-
street, on suspicion of stea!ing beer casks, their property.—
Mr. Goddin represented that they were losers cf neatly
3,001. per annum, by casks, many r f which lie believed were
itlegally disposed of. In the present case, his house supplied
the prisoner with table beer, and it was usual for their cus-
tomers to retnrn the empty casks, on Intl °lies being delivered.
On Monday last, as complainant was coming to town, be saw
one of their casks in a cut belonging to Mr. Jones, props ie.
tor of the flaw mills at Telthain. On application to the Ma.
gistrates, Plank, the officer, was seat down to Feltham,
where found the cask in question, and learnt that it was
conveyed from London lay a servant in Mr. Jones's employ •
This wall saidhe had borrowed it of the prisoner, his brother.
in-law, to till with elder wine. Plank inimedietely went to
the prisoner, who denied having sent a cask into the country.
On examining Bre premises, several casks were found in the
cellar of the prisoner's home. The defendant denied any
Criminal intention, and expressed much regret at his having
thus acted; lie offered to make a public acknowledgement
otitis offence. Upon thi,, Mr. Goddin said lie would not pro-
ceed further, bid wished to be understood, that if lie found
ally one else offending in like manner, he would prosecute to
the utmost. The Magistrate eiguified to the defendant that
be was fortunate in thus escaping : for haul he been convicted,
his punishment would be transportation for seven years.
Friday four gentlemen were boot:gig to this office charged by
Boasey, a wetchinen m Tottenham-court Road, with assaulting him
while on duty. lie represented, that he offered no provocation to
the gentlemen, but being attacked by them, he with difficulty sprung
his rattle, and secured them. Mr. Ayton, the first defendant called
upon, said he resided at e 26, Tottenham-court Road ; he had been .
spending; the evening with same friends; he was returning home,
and seeing a Iran steeping on the pavement, he observed to his
friends, that seine accident might heLd him if he continued there;
Let conceiving him to he a watchman on duty, he lifted up the man's
foot, and tbeired him to move; upon which the man rose and struck
him violently on the forehead with a large stick, and inflicted a
wound of six inches in length; he also struck Mr. Dean, his com-
panion, and fractured his skull. These two gentlemen exhibited
the marks of the watchman's violence, end culled a gentleman to
suhatiatiste their statement, when Mr. Brookes, of Euston Square,
stepped forward. He said he had left the gentlemen in custody a
minute or two only, they were perfectly steady and not the least in-
toxicated ; hearing die watchman's rattle, he went to the *pet ; he
taw the watchman strike Mr. Ayton, and knack hint down with a •
stick three several times. Mr. Ayton, Mr. Dean, and Mr. Johnson,
of Chapel Street, another of the gentlemen in custody, were carried
off' to the watch Loose. Witness accompanied them; when they ar-
rived there, the watchman perceiving that he only had seen the
transaction, and to prevent his evidence being received against hint,
he we was accused of being concerned in the rray. After some time
it was found necessary that medical assistance should be obtained for
the two wounded gentlemen, and they were conveyed to the Middle-
sex Hospital, and were compelled to attend the office to answer the
watchman's complaint. Mr. Baker regretted the disastrous treat-
ment the gentlemen had met with, and reprobatut in energetic
terms the infamous conduct of the watchman ; he told the gentle-
men they were discharged, and addressing himself to the watchman,
lie seid, '6 I shall hold you to bail to answer any charge these gentle-
men may prefer against you." The gentlemen expressed their de-
la:flirtation to prosecute die fellow to the utmost.