The National Register.
London, England, 1811-09-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER,

lars of the note so to be sent. The letter however, not having
arrived on the 31st of May, Mr. Schofield, sen. went to the
Bank, and stopped payment of the note, of which he had re-
ceived notice. From that time until the 21st of July, no tidings
of the note were received ; but on that day it was paid into the
Bank of England by Messy'. Robarts and Co. Information to
this effect having been sent to Mr. Parkin, the Solicitor of the
Post-office, to whom intimation had been previously given of
the robbery; he made such inquiries as enabled him to ascertain
that Messrs. Robarts and Co. had received the note in question
from Messrs. Meux and Co. brewers ; that they had obtained it
from a publican, named William Rolls, who keeps the Crown
and Two Chairmen, in Dean-street, Soho; and that he had it
from the prisoner, whose name he had placed upon it, and who
was the letter-carrier fur that district. "lhe usual proofs of the
regular routine of business of the Post-office having been ad-
duced, as well as the proof of the mode by which the prisoner
might have obtained possession of the letter containing the
note,Mr. Justice HEATit summed up the evidence, and the Jury,
after. a short consideration, returned a verdict of—Guilty—
Death.

FORGERIES.
Jahn Hopwood was next put to the bar, to take his trial on an
indictment charging him with feloniously forging a certain note
for 11. purporting to be the note of the Governor and Company
of the Bank of England, with intent to defraud the said Com-
pany. In a second count he stood charged with uttering the
said note, knowing it to be forged.
count the same offence was charged in a different manner.
Mr. KNAPP, on the part of the Governor and Company of
the Bank of England, stated, that the prisoner was a baker re-.
siding in West-street, Seven Dials, and that a forged note for
one pound had been passed by him to a person named Sharpe.
This circumstance having come to the knowledge of IVIr
Crispies, one of the Inspectors of the Bank, he called at the
house of the prisoner, and told him that the note in question
was forgery. The words " bad note" were then written upon
the face of the note, the words " Baker, West-street," having
been previously inscribed thereon. Mr. Crispies also put his
initials on the note, and having done so he quitted the house,
warning the prisoner not to suffer it to get again into circulation.
Notwithstanding this circumstance, however, the same note
was paid into the Bank of England at a subsequent period, the
marks which have already been mentioned being thus changed,
the words " bad note" were altered to " badlq noted," the words
" Baker, Wcit-street," changed to " John-Baker, Westham,"
and the initials of Mr. Crisl,ins being almost completely blotted
out. Upon tin se facts hsvmg transpired, the prisoner was ap-
prehended, and on being acquainted with the cause of his being
taken into custody, he said that he had left the note alluded to
in his till, and that it had been taken from thence without his
knowledge dr concurrence.
Upon this statement being made,
Mr. Justice BAILEY observed, that it did not appear from the
opening speech of Counsel that there was any proof of the prisoner
having actually circulated the note himself, and as it was possible
that it might have been circulated by his wife or by himself in
another county, not specified in the indictment, it was not to
be supposed he could be convicted of the crime imputed to him.
Under these circumstances the case was not allowtsi to pro-
ceed, and the prisoner was Acqpitted.
lie stood again indicted fur having in his possession, the said
note, knowing it to be forged, but Mr. Knapp declined proceed-
ing in the prosecution on this indictment, and the prisoner was
of course Acquitted.
Margaret Nowland, Jeremiah Nowland, Sarah Davis, and
Elizabeth Edwards, were severally put to the bar fur similar
offences, but were all acquitted.
BULIJON STEALERS.
George Bosmtt and Thomas Ford, were convicted of stealing
Olbs. of Silver I3ulllo. froth on board the Archduke Charles,
a West-lr.dian vessel, iiing in the London Docks, in the month
of July last.
Saturday, John Connor stood indicted for stealing 291. in Bank
of Engla.ad and Country Notes, the property of Thomas Sweep-
stone.
It appeared that the prosecutor was a plasterer, and that the
prisoner was his labourer. They were at work at the Brown
Bear in Bow-street, and the prosecutor having left his coat
hanging up in one of the rooms, the prisoner took from the
pocket thereof a book, containinil the notes in question. The
prosecutor shortly afterwards missed his property, and suspect-
ing the prisoner, he went to a shed, from whence he fetched
• ruertar, and there found secreted the whole of the notes stolen,
save two pounds, which the prisoner delivurectup when taxed
with the theft..
He was found Guilty of the simple Larceny.
Sarah Taylor) au unfortunate cypriau, was next tried on an

indictment, charging • her with stealing a cotton gown, Valtpa
five shillings, the property of Christiana . i
Upon an investigation Of this case,' howeVer,• turned (4t
that the prosecutrix lent the goWn in question to the prima.,
for the purpose of pursuing her calling in a respectable form,
and upon neglecting to return it, bad her apprehended for the
felony.
The Jury returned a verdict of Acquittal.
William Lung stood indicted for feloniously assaulting Wm.
Sly on the King s Highway, and taking from his person a ailvi:T
watch and key.
The testimony of the prosecutor however wasbot creuitea
by the Jury, and the.prisoner was Acquittal.
Nu other case of importance occurred this day.

POLICE.

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BOW-S'TEE'P.
DISTURBANCE AT A JEWS' SYNAGOOUP:.

Thursday being the l9th of SepteMber, and the annual air
which the Jews celebrate as the Anniversary, of the commence-
ment of the World, they accordingly keep that as their New
Year's Day, and observe it as a religious festival, which sibr
servance was continued also on Friday. Upon these occasiiiiis
the Jews attend the Synagogues with great punctuality, and
certain regulations are adopted to preserve order. ApplicatiOn
was made for William Smith, belonging to the above Office, to
attend at the Synagogue in Denmark-court, in the Strand, fur
this purpose, who brought Charles Davis, son of Mr. Simon
Davis, 'a Jew, in Newport-street, charged with assaulting
Henry Jonas, the' Beadle of the Synagogue, while in the execu-
tion of his office. The question arising out of this charge is of
considerable importance 'to the management and regulation 'of
places of worship in general. It appeared that all persons who
pass within a bar at the above Synagogue must pay a certain
sum towards the establishment. Yesterday morning, about nine
o'clock, the defendant presented himself to pass the bar, then
Beadle refused to open it to let him pass, when the defendant
forced it up, and drove the end against the Beadle's breast, and
by violence made his way towards a scat belonging to his father,
which caused great disturbance in the Synagogue.
Simon Kish, the Clerk of the Synagogue, said, that he was
reading prayers when he was interrupted by a disturbance for
about iiveaninutes, by all those in the congregation getting am
their legs and out of their places, but from what cause he did
not know.
The defence set up by the defendant was, that his father
paid for a seat in the Synagogue, and as he was not there. ha
had a right to occupy it, and that the disturbance and inter.
ruption of the public worship was occasioned by the Beadle;
and in addition to this his father had subscribed 3001. towards
the place.
In answer to this it appeared that the Elders of the Synagogue
considered the defendant's father as 451. in debt to the place ;
that the question had been disputed in a similar manner by the
father this time twelvemonths, at the festival of their Neve
Year, and it had been settled by his doing penance.
Mr. Kish stated, that a regulation had been adopted lately by
the Eiders, directing, that all sons of Members between tite
ages of 13 and 20, should pay half price for them, and he kid
written to thirty Members who had sons betwten those years,
twenty-nine of them had paid, and the defendant's father, who
was the • hirtieth, refused to pay.
An Attorney attended for the defendant, and very ably civ.
tended, that it was not any regulation or bye-law which the
Elders or Members of that establishment made that cot!cl affect
the haw of the land, which was, that any person renting a srat
at any place of worship had a right, if he was not there, to fill
it by sending uny of his family or any ol her person to .occupy it.
Mr. NARES, the Sitting NI agistrate, said, bi recollected wlyn
he was at the Bar, being retained in a cause in which similar
question wa• agitated, wherein it was disputed whetherthe seat
was what was vulgarly called in law a buttock seat
The worthy Magistrate was answered, that the seat in qnes•
Lion was what they called a butiark seal, as there were no peps,
and every person's seat was numbered, with just room enough
for them to sit in.. . •
Mr. NARES said, it was his wish to make peace_hetween
them, but it appeared to be a dispute of lung standing, and,
therefore, not likely to end amicable.
Mr. Naßts ordered the defendant to find bail till ehet West-
minster Sessions, where he said they could settle the question;
by that time, their grand festival, which is to last three weeds,
will be over.

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. The two well known charactt rs; calling themselves Captains
Andrews and Hall, are at, length custaAdy. _lt turnuaut that
they went from the Artichoke at Blackwall, riles& they Lad

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defrauded the landlord, to the Barrack Tavern, on Woolwich-
green, where they boarded during Friday, end slept there that
night. They erdered a sumptuous dinner for Saturday. On
that day the landlord read in his Newspaper the full description
of their tricks at the Artichoke at Blackwell; he suspected they
were the men from their appwarace, and presented theist their
hilt. They assumed a deal of importance, and said they were
upon business with the Artillery regiment, and gave a 101. Sul-
fulk Bank-note. The landlord sent it to the Bankers to make
inquiry, ana the answer was that it was a forgery. He then
took them before a Magistrate at Woolwich, who referred
them to the Magistrates at the above Office. On Saturday even-
ing they underwent an examination before Mr. Read, when, on
inspection of the note they had tendered to the landlord at
Woolwich, it' proved not to be a forgery, but one cola descrip-
tion well known at the Office' being one of those that svere
issued some time since by a set of men who opened a Bank at
Ipswich, and had an agent in a court at Conlin, where they
were made payable, and after they had issued tkem to a consi-
derable amount, the whole of them decamped, and both places
were *but up. 'Mr. Kendall, of the St. Clement's Coffee-house,
identified the prisoners as the two men who were living at. his
house for some time, and paid his bill by a draft upon Ilicidulph,
Cox, and Co. the Bankers, for which he gave them change.—
On his presenting the draft for payment, no such person was
known there. For this act he referred a bill of indictment
against the prisoners at the Middlesex Sessions, last February,
which was found, but he could not meet with them. The pri-
soners were committed for further examination. Andrews is
the man who, some time since, obtained considerable sums of
money from a number of persons, under a pretence that, from
his connection with the Lord Chancellor, the late. Duke of
Portland, Earl of Besborough, Mr. Perceval, and a number of
other distinguished characters, he could procure seat* In Partiee
meet, and places under Government.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

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ROBBERY AT THE QUERN'S PALACE.—Tuesday, H. Cadwal-
lader, against whom a warrant had been issued, on suspieion
of being concerned in the robbery, together with the lorjsa
smith before-mentioned, was brought up to this Office. No
trace whatever has yet been found of the valuable property,
although every exertion has been made. It appears that the
lace and trimmings alone, attached to the dresses were worth
10001. Most of the servants hrkmging to Buckingham House
were examined this day, and some fresh suspicious circum-
stances transpired, particularly against the man who was first
in custody, which it would be imprudent at present to disclose,
as many must have hrcn concerned in the robbery. Cadwalla-
der had been seen at the house under suSuicious circumstances,
after having been discharged from Mr. Hanson's service about
the same time as the prisoner. They were remanded to a future
• det
appeared on the above examination, by the testimony of
Mrs. 'i hielcke (who has the care of her Majesty's wardrobe),
• that she had not examined the presses since September, 1810,
further than opening them, when she observed the baize covers
as left when she last packed the dresses, consequently the rob-
bery might have been committed twelve months ago, which
accounts, in some measure, ;or the articles not being traced.
The testimony of one of the housemaids went to throw some
further suspicion on the man first in custody, from his being
anxious on one occa...ion for her to leave the room when he was
working there. The Lord Chamberlain and Sir W. Parsons
were present at the investigation, and the prisoners will be exa-
mined again next Tuesday.
An Interesting looking young female, who stated herself to be
a widow, was charged with robbing a lady of her purse, con-
taining about 91. at the shop of a linen-draper in Oxford-street.
The prisoner, it appeared, had gone into the shop under pretence
of making a purchase, and whilst the prosecutrix was looking at
an article, with her purse on the counter, the prisoner took it
up and walked.out of the shop,hut :she was pursued and taken,
when she made a voluntary confession of her guilt, but implored
mercy for a first offence. She stated herself to be of most
respectable connexions. and that she had 801. per annum to
live on ; and what idea flew across her brain at the time
of the robbery, she could not state. She was committed.

Vornsby and Co. Stock-Brricers, CC, Combat, respectfully
inform the Public, that they heve on Sale a great variety of
Tickets and Shari:s in the present State Lottery, all to he drawn
October Prw-ent Ticlte7-, (only) 191. 19-, —Half,
101. ss. Quarter, ri. 44. Eight, '2l. 13s. Sixteenth, 11 71.—The
Scheme contains only 13,L00 Tickets.

AL REGISTER.

SPORTING.

Bozras.--Tueiday was the appointed day for Captain Bar.
clay, with Crib, to meet Gully, his second, and .1. Ward, 4t
Easingwood, a few miles north of York, where they will
re-
main until a place be fixed upon for the combat. Molinetta
still remains at his training-house on the borders of Bucking-
hamshire, and his chief training is in shooting and ploughing.
Betting is tsoo to one against him although he is in the best con-
dition, and has no idea of losing, He will be seconded by
Richman and Gibbons; and Gully and I. Ward will second
Crib. Saturday, the 28th instant, is the day for combat.
Some misunderstanding has existed the two last days between
the partizans of Molineux and Crib, relative to the place of com-
bat, and to such a height, that it was even betting yesterday
there would be no fight. The factis, it was agreed at the time
of match-making that the battle was to take place on the North
Road, above 100 mites from London, and within this day or
two the black's friends have claimed to toss for the choice of the
place for combat. and in the event of winning have named the
Cheltenham Road, which would leave Cribb nearly 300 mites
to travel iu four days, and this has been claimed within the last
two days. Crib's friends are determined to abide by the articles,
and will appear agreeable to such ?t the place of combat. All
the money was staked some weeks since, 6001.

OFFENCES, ACCIDENTS, 4c.
Saturday night, about eleven O'clock, as Mr. Kilmarthen, of
Piccadilly. was walking along the Lower Road Deptford, near
the Five Bells, he was attacked by ,four foreigners (Lasears),
one of whom made a desperate blow at his breast with a sharp
instrument, but fortunately missed his mark. The other three
then maltreated him, by bitting him on the head with blud-
geons, at the same time uttering the most blasphemous words.
They then threw him down, and two of them held him down,
while the other two were employed" in pilfering his breeches
pockets, from whence they took a black pocket book, contain-
ing cash and notes to the amount of 101. 17s. 6d. Some p&ssen.
gers coining by at the time, hearing Mr. K. crying out for help,
went to his assistance, but in the mean time the villains
made og. •
ACCIDENT.—Thp following shocking affair took place betwixt
Amershant and Chtlham, Bucks, a few days ago. A poor cpt-
zoolk
tager's wife sins bill- ,in a stubble, when she left her infant
child, something more a month old, sleeping under a hedge
in the field ; but, ow . ingfor it, the babe was gone, ,to
the inexpressible grii.f adise motheiti. It vnepludged some ani-
mal had destroyed the child; to verify the conjecture, a bait of
horse flesh was laid at the spot where the child had been lost,
and it was devoured by two badgers. It is, however, now be-
hoved, that the child was devoured by a voracious sow of the
•Ber4bk e WWII') ,some; canainkef.tbe babe having been disco-
-4 vad, which Warrinti 110 6
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BATH.
On Teesday.last, at Seabrook Park, near Richmond, Surrey,
the Countess Of Courtown, of a daughter.
MA RIZI ED.
On Friday last, the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ranelagh, to
Caroline Lee, only daughter of the late Colonel Lee, of York-
shire. , - •