The National Register.
London, England, 1814-05-29 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX .SESSIONS.

The Secsionn commenced on Tuesday at the Sessions House, Cler-
kenwell Gruen.
George Royal was indicted fora gross wont:I!!! A;;3,c,rtnan Atkins
gethe evening of the Aide of March last. Alderman Atkin stated,
that on the evening above mentioned he was proceeding to the Con-
cert Room, Hanover square, in hiscarriage ; when near the Coor of
the Concert Room he found lii: carriage was impeded, and tooking
out, observed another carriage attempting to force its way into the
tank, and in doing this the pole of the Alderman's carriage was Iwo
ken, and the harness also. Tire Worthy Alderman immed!attly got
out of his own carriage, and went up to the other. in which he saw.
Lady Hampden sitting. Ile inquired of her Ladyship to whom the
carriage belonged, to which her Ladyship replied, was not berg.
There was another btdy in the carriage, and the Alderman directed
Lis inquiries to her, hut could not tet an uns‘vcr. Upon this he went
up to the horses heads, and taking hold of them dema,tded of the
coachman to whom be belonged, when the coachman, instead of
answering, struck him violently with the whip several times. At
this instant TownArinl came up, and the servant was secured, moil
he then learnt that it was Lady Charlotte Durham's carriage, and
that it was her Ladyship who had refased to answer the question put
to her.

'f Ir. Jury fenind the Defendant Guilty, and the Court, after ani-
snodvertin4 stronuly on the mule of &fence advted, sentenced the
Defendant to pay a tine of 101. to he isoned two months, and at,
the expiration of that time to find security for two years, himself in
1001. and two sureties in 501. each.

SATVEDAY, MAY 28.

Thomas Nash and 'Piz ibe:h Wood, were indicted for keeping a
dkorderly ho {'at Mile-end Old Town. The defendants it appeared
had long caPMd on their nefarious proctices, and in ftddition to other
atrocities, %%ere p•oved to have seduced girls from their parents' pro-
tection, to have taVen them to the Theatre, reduced them to a state of
Intoxication, and then put them to bed to ruffian', who p.mitl them for
their inittreati acts. They were tumid guilty. and sentenced to he im-
prisoned ;Ix nanhs. and during that time to stand in the pillory in
the. Commercial-road, for the space of one hour.

The following atrocious and at the same time deplorable act was
perpetrated last week at liath. H. Adlam, and Mary his wife, car-
ried on a re-pertabie business there in the straw-bonnet line. It
*vonld sem that the husband had indulged in habits of drunkenness
iu which state on Wednestlay afternoon he entered the, room adjoin-
ing the shop, where his wife was then at tea ; mutual recriminations
ensued, when Mr,. A. irritated by his calling her w_e, laid hold
of a knife, followed her husband into the shop. threatening and
provoking him to call her w— e i:gain, which he having repeated,
she inflicted 6 fidal wound in the upper part of his arm, dividing the
main artery. the previously intl.med state of his blood baffled stir-
Kiva) skill, as he died on Thursday evening.• 041 Friday the Jury
returned a verdict of " Petty Treason. or %Valid Murder," against
Mary Adiam, who was fully committed to Ilehester gaol.
William Henry Botterill, for forgery, has been ordered for cu•
cutiou to-morrow.