The National Register.
London, England, 1823-02-24 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, Fen. 22.—Tionothy Davis was indicted
for stealing a silver watch, value 30s. the property of,
Joseph Higgins
The prmecutor stated, that he left the watch over his I
fire place--his dan.liter saw the prisoner go out, and
gave the alarm, when vvnuess pursued hint, and the
watch fell from his person.
The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, but recom•
mended the prisoner to mercy.
The Court said it could ton listen to their request—it
was a case of aggravation. lie was sentenced to be pub-
licly whipped, and be imprisoned one year in the House
of Correction and kept to hard labour.
Charles Cliffe, a respectable looking young man, was
placed at the bar, charged with feloniously uttering five
false and forged 101. notes, and seven forgei 51. notes,
all in imitation of notes of the Batik. of Eitglaud, well
knowing them to be lorrd.
The prisoner was brought up at the opening of the
Court to plead ; lie put in the plea of putty, when the
Recorder advisd him to wait till the arrival of the
Judges. lie was now put to the bar a second time,
when Mr. Baron Graham addressed him in a very feel
in;: manner, •iid advised him to plead not guilty, as-
suring Mitt that that plea of guilty would nut avail hiss
ally tiling.

The prisoner still persisted hi his plea.
Justice Park.-1 hope the prisoner knows the
consequences which will 'mitt. The last man wind'
pleaded guilty was executed,

Mr. Woniner said he did ; and that he had made up
his mind several days ago.
The lidges again interposed, but nothing could in-
duce Min in alter his determination.
The. Clerk of the Arraigns then recorded the plea of
guilty, ,

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.


MONDAY, Fate. 17.—These sessions commenced be-
fore Mr. Const, and a full bench of magistracies.
SINGULAR CASE.—Samuel Jacobs, one of those Jew
duffers who invest the east end of the town, was tried
for defrauding a countryman, named Lawrence Bartell,
of the sum of 31.
It appeared. that as the prosecutor. who is servant to
a gentleman, was walking along Whitechepel with his
master's gun on his shoulder and sonieother property,
he saw the prisoner and another persoth apparently
quarreling. The prisoner Kid to hint, that a vagabond
Jew wanted to give him 51. for a watch that cost 131.,
and prevailed upon the prosecutor to go into a pawn-
broker's shop, and actually to pawn ha masters gun
fur 31. to givo for the watch. The watch was. soon
found to be worthless, and the. prosecutor had the pri-
loner apprehended.
NIL Broderick, for the defence, void, chat the money
was the proseeutor's.master's property, and not the pro.
perry of the prosecutor, as the indictment stated ; and,
therefore, the defendant must.be acquitted. A similar
case had been decided by Lord Elleuborougb, and ap-
peared in Campbell's Reports. .
The Jory found the prisoner guilty.—The Chairman
sentenced.bim roimprisnitment for six months.

On Friday last the King held a Council at Carl-
ton Palace, which was attended by all the Minis-
ters. His Majesty appeared in good health, and
perfectly free from the attack of the goat.
DREADFUL. FIRS, AND DEATH OE IWO FEMALES.
—On Sunday morning, about la° o'clock, a fire, which
created great alarm, broke nut in the ArVard, No. 20,
in the Quadrangle of the Fishmongers' Alms-houses,
situate opposite the Elephant and Castle, Newington.—
The Governor, Mr. George Gardner, proceeded to the
spot with the least possible delay, and immediately
brought the engines of the establishment to play on the
premises; and in a short time, by his exertions, aided
by assistants, the fire was subdued. We are sorry to
state, however, that Mary Wainman, aged 71, and
Ann Powell,. aged 79, unfortunately lost their live* the
former was, the occupant of the ward in which the fire
broke out, and front the position in which her remains
were found, must have been reading the Bible near the
fire, as that book, partly burnt, with her watch, and a
favourite cat, ware found among the ruins; the other
unhappy sufferer resided in the adjoining apartment,
and was sutlircated by the smoke, which penetrated
through the wall. This is the first conflagration that has
occurred in this ancient building silica its erection in
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ORANGE OUTRNGE.+AbOIII 100 Orangemen assem-
bled in Mountmellick, Queen's County, on the even-
tug of Tuesday last, to celebrate the acquittal of their
Dublin brethren. Having assembled at their Lodge-
-10010, they proceeded in the most tumultuous manner,
housing and huzaaing through the town. They bore
in the cavalcade what imported to be the figure of a law-
yer dressed in his robes, with the words •ea ooaia' in
large letters taxed to his breast. The effigy was drawn
by an ass, and tomported by a person dressed in the cha-
racter of a hangman, with his (ACC and hands blackened.
The ear was preceded by a man of the same order, in
the character of a sheriff. After proceeding through the
town, when the procession arrived at that part of the
-town where the Orange flag stands, a gallows was
erected, and this miscreant sheriff spoke thus:—"
Conyugham Plunkett, you have been found guilty
of treason; have you any thing to say for yourself, why
you should not be hanged ?" To which another of the
mob made answer, " No;' when the said sheriff auin
said, " IVilliatu Conyugham Plunkett, by the laws of
our town you are condetnned to die, and your sentence
is, that you do hang by the neck until you are dead,
and then your body shall be committed to the flames."—
He then turned to the hangman, and ordered hint to do
Ins duty. The effigy was then hanged, and set fire to,
and, when nearly consumed, the hangman cried out—
" 114 old tlaa hod 4f a Traitor! •