The National Register.
London, England, 1823-04-28 00:00:00

OLD DAILEY SESSIONS.

MONDAY, APRIL 24.—Thomas Pearce, clerk,. aged
22, and Goo 'man Soloman, aged 40, were indicted,
the former with stealing divers ankles of wearing appa•
rel, the property of J. It. Wratliall, 311L1 the latter with
receiving the same, knowing them to be stolen.
The prosecutor dill not appear, when the Common
Sergeant made inquiries relative to his absence.
Nlr. Adolphus, for the prisoner, explained, and al-
luded to the case of Molts Marks, whose name is in
the calendar immediately antecedent to it.
The COIIIIIIOII Sergeant observed, that they could no:
got to trial without witnesses, and. he was therefore
!mond to tell the Jury that the prisoner must be ac-
quitted.
cite Jury returned a verdict accordingly.
Edward Smith was pin to the bar on an indictmint,
charging hint with having stolen a trunk containing
various property, belonging to the Counteu of Selkirk.
IlughColger deposed, that he was footman to the
Countess of Selkirk ; ou the Ist of February her lady-
ship was leaving to", u on a visit to Bath, and the trunk
in question was fastened behind the carriage. When
they got about a mile and a half from town on the Ful-
ham road, the coacoman turned round and saw the pri-
soner walking away with the trunk on its shoulder.—
Witness i tttt nediatelygot down, and pursued the pri-
soner, crying " Stop thief ;" the prisoner then threw
down the k and ran qtl; a gentleman named Bolton
followed, and secured the prisoner, when he pulled out
.a knife, and thsea:ened to stab hint.
C. Bolton, of the Stamp Oilier, living at Chelsea,
stated that on his way home he saw the prisomr I'lllllllllg
behind the carriage, and the strap was dragging; he then
took the trunk from the carriage and walked MI; on that
the witness lollowed avid 'topped hut, when he pulled
out a knife and brandished it at him, having previously
thrown down the trunk. Witness perceived that the
straps which fastened the Iftilli•S to the carriage were
cut.

John Parsons, a constable, living in the Fulham road,
assisted in taking the prisoner into custody.
The prisoner ack ledged to the robbery, but de-
nied having used the knife to NI r. Bolton. Ile said that
he had Been a servant in several families, in all of which
lie had borne a good character. Among those were—
the Marquis of Carmarthen, Lord Waldegrave, and
Lord I)orchester's son. He had received testimonials of
good character from Lady Holland to enable Will to
obtain another shotgun.
The Recorder said, that it would have been easy to
produce proof of good character from some of the above
individuals, if his character had been as he represented.
The Jury lound the prisoner guilty, and lie was sen-
tenced to be transported fur seven years.
These Sessions having terminated on Monday
sentence was on 'Tuesday morning passed upon the tot-
lowing prisoners:—
Thomas Wintry, Francis Rosser, Robert S. Hawn.
George Clarke, ItoM. Ilion:, Jolllll'oll, H. Peethatii,
George Hopkins, James Williams, James Curtis, James
!lams, John Powell, Eleanor Leach, IVilham JeHeries,
Saran Thimi psoii, Thomas Coates, John A Ben, T 11011133
Welsh, James Walters, John Rees,John Latham, John
Williams, Edward Johnson, W. Osborne, Mary C0111:11.
hay, Jeremiah Crawley, and Morgan Davis, to be
transported for seven years.—David Evans, C. Chubb,
and Bryan M Kintion, for 14 years—Robert Eduard*,
Fm•cis Hall, and Mary Smith, for life.—Portrsix were
sentenced to v irious terms of iiiiprisminient, and kept to
hard labour —Foie to be publicly whipped; three On
Whom the judgment of the Conn was respited; and se.
vend were discharged by proclamation.
'Tile following unhappy culprits received sentence of
death:—

Samuel Johnson, for breaking and entering a dwelling
house in the day time, and stealing thereout twelve slid-
M•Kintion, alias M'Corniack, fur stealing
a batik note, value al., from the Custrion.house--John
Barley, John Monitory, Joseph Johnson, and Thomas
Barnes,. fur burglary—Richard Brigv, George Elliot,
Daniel Denning,
.Auntie Norris, and Sophia Fraser,
tut highway robberies—Henry Prod!, Thomas Flet.
cher, John Toomey, Anne Reason, Henry Bashed',
John Barlow, and thrones Knight, for stealing in a
dwelling-house—William Trapp, for attruiptnig to
murder Charlotte Rooks, Morris .iiiitsittunt, for cut:ing
and maiming, and Thomas Groves, for horse stealing.
lit the case of El,aabrili Frances and Mary Aim
Scutt, convicted ut robomg a man inn Broad•court, Lung-
acre, judionent %%as respited.
The sessions was adjourned until liiiettnesslay. the
4th of May.

Another magnificent vessel, of the same dimen-
sions as the Prince Regent, is to be laid down on
the same slip as that beautiful ship was launched
from a few days since, at Chatham. It is to be
called the Royal George. The old Royal George
being found unserviceable, is broken up at
mouth.

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INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT.I

On Thursday a meeting of the tradesmen of West-
minster took place at Willis's Rooms, for the purpose
of taking into consideration Acts affecting Insolsent .
Debtors.
J. C. H0131101.18E, Esq. iti the Chair.
Alr. 'footloose —lit alluding toshe petition passed
at the late aneettog upon the subject of the Acts relating
to Insolvent D:htors, he stated. that fur the purpose of
submitting a noire comprehensive petition, the former
was withdrawn. It had appeared to the committee most
desirable that the honest debtor, should not be subject
to the restraints which it was necessary to visit on him.
win) wholly disregarded the hilerrat3 and feelings of
those with whom he had dealings, and due care was
t•ikeit to urge that caution in the petition.
The petition was then react. The principal feature of
it was Ihe recommendation to P.,rliament to make it
compulsory upon the detaining creditor and the Msolt cut
to call a roteeticg of the creditors within a fortnight after
the arrest, and if three fourths of the creditors came to
an arrangement for the bean fitof the insolvent, to make
it imperative upon the rent to abide by that arrange- •
mem. It was also recommended that the benefit of the
rules should nut be extended to such debtors as were
remanded for fraud.
The petition met with much more. approbation than
the former one, and the meeting was much more nu.
'Heroin and respectable than that to which. we allude.
The petition was then ottani ttttttt sly adopted, and the
thanks of the meeting %Wee voted to Mr. llobhouse, -
when the meeting separated.

CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OP INSTRUCTION •'

AND INDUSTRY.

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On Tuesday last the anniversary dinner of rhis admi. -
Lade ehari:y was held at the City of London Tavern.
where nearly 300 of the moat respectable citizens sat •
down to a twist sumptuous entertaimr.ent.
His Royal Highness the Duke of York was its the
Chair.
The health of his Royal highness was drank in the •
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most enthusiastic manner, wills three totes three.
His Royal Ilightie,l in returning thanks in a neat
speech, declared that lie was gratified at the honour eoties
him in placing him at the head of the institution. lie
had met nothing in institutions of this nature, which,
equalled, in his estimation, the principle of teaching
habits of industry and useful arts, with the ordinary
course of instruction.
The children of the institution, all dressed in a man-
ner peculiarly neat, were then led in procession round
the room, each bearing a s;iecimen of their work , the
boys, network, and those who are brought up as tailors
displayed specimens of clothing, and the young shoe-
makers produced shoes and bouts. Tke girls displayed
needle works, matting, bre.
A boy recited to the meeting the following address t--•
" Generous Patrons,—We poor boys—who. but fur
your fostering care, would have been poorer still—pre..
sent ourselves with thanks before you.—We might have
remained little victims of indolence and sloth, but you
have rescued us, )ou hate wiped away the tear from our •
mother's eye—Liken the pang iron our father's heart
and made penury ark want yield to honest inclustry.
You hate felt tenderness fo► the woe of 4111 poor boys. -
when we were ins..usible of it ourselves. It is al.o out:
happy lot to experience that royalty itself 11.3 listened to
our cites. May the joys of Heaven await all our gene-
rous benefactors."

gis I then spoke as follows -
" Generous Fatrons,—Wc poor girl", nursed in the.
lap of poverty, were delivered twin her arms to yours.—w •
Once our lot was far ddierent than now. We pined •
in wretchedness, bid poverty could not help us—we wet, •
cold—poverty could nut clothe 11. ,—we were iguorant—.. - •
poverty could not instruct ns;—we should have been,
victims or vice—poverty could not resctr. us.—lint you.
have helped us—you have clothed us—you have air. • •.
structed m—and you have done more than this—you
taught us how to walk on EArili, and you have sh, wu
us the road to IL:aven. Fur these blessity-icoiderred on
poverty's children, we thank you. We wank yon for
all we have; and all we shall have., wu owe to Heavers
and you."
'rue health of the stewards being drank, Mr. Saun-
ders returned thanks.

The cargo of the Spanish schooner taken in the
West Indies by the French? consisted of 60,000 -
ounces bf gold in bars, 400,000 dollars, and 500 -
bags of cochineal—altogether of the value of about
half a million sterling,
Oti Saturday night about half-past right o'clock an a:-
tempt was made by a mounted highwayman, to rob Mr.
Edward I)eartlen, of IVaily Mill., on the highway be.
tweet' Ritchdaie l'odmortltii. This gent leinan, who
was returning noun Manchester market, was met alter
he 11.1 d passed Calder 51odr, by a loan rulilig at full
speed, who, when lie nas within frteen yards, called
sauna) Mr. Dearden to stop, adding that lie must have
his money or his lile ; instead of obeying this C4111111)111111. •
Mr. Dearilcii pushed his horse forwanf, and gave the
robber's horse a foil stroke on the breast with the shat ,
of the gig. When the man had recovered from this -
stroke, he made an attempt to seize the bridle, bat was
repulsed with some severe strokes from the gig-whip;
Ire then took a pistol, but before lie comd tire it, received
a heavy blow nil the arm that he was uhligecl to drop it ;.
and filiding a resistance so determined and unexpected,
.he galloped oil without marling any further ati,mpt to •
effect his purpos-, bearing in his face visible pro° s of the
good will with which Mt. Dearden had made use of his
whip. This marauder was somewhat above the ldle
size, had a dark great wide coat or cloak on, and was
masked ; he rode a blood horse, one of the hind shoes o(
which was rather turned up, And appeared to have Istqll,
recently set on ;, the other shoes hat tug tile apptaraliC4.•
of being tar wtna. lie gallop peel oil us. me duet:rowel,
L Weboroitgli.

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