The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-10 00:00:00

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OLD 11.11LEY SESSIONS.

WEDS 61MA Y, Dec. 5 —This being the Gist clay of the
Session of Oyer and Terminer, or Gaol Deliver", 1,,r the
County of sliddlesex and City of London, the Laid Mu) or
emote in stale to open the &moos.
ExTEN►IVa FOROURIES —Henry Thompous, a person
of vei y re.pectable appearance, was charged on on indict
went with having uttered, on the 18th of Ma" la-t, a cheque,
purporting to be drawn by 11. C. Lloyd. Esq. on the respect.
able lirm of Meru. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. wills iuteut to de.
fraud Mr. I•'taae Pontet, of Pull Mall.
It appeared, that on the 18th of May dm prisoner went to
the chop of Mr Pontet, and purchased a quantity of snuff,
nmortitiug to 61. and gave at cheque for 111. 6s. in payment,
felting the change. This was subserviently discov, red to
be a forgery. Tau other pieces of paper, of a similar des-
cription, acre afterwards passed—one to Mrs. Thomas,
Charing Crii., and the otio r to a Mr. nook, in the Way-
mai ket. &sera! other charges were against the uofurtu
hate plisoner, a ho made no sort of defence, but (hiealhlm•
self sitt,rel" on the mercy of the Court.
The Jury instantly pronounced the prisoner Guilty—
Death.

Mr. Pooh's, jun. in the wool feeling niunnor, recommended
theipo ',toner to into r y.
T. Fol vris indiru d for receivinf, one him k of tin, value
151. the property of It. lob , knowing the ba11,1:, to have
been felonious') quivu by on, 4i. Fletcher.
The tobo.ery took place av long ago us the h of Decent.
h..r, 1818, 011 the morning of a hoch d.o) Fletcher. who woo
snot to Mr. IVilwn, a wharti.q.,er, in Mill law'. 'rotary -
street, was seen to leave his moot. is Knishes with a block
of tin, and to-aced to the shop of tan prisoner, a ho was then
n dealer We Pliarinc•slores. io Holy well Street. Shoreditch.—
An ntri.:er apprehended Fletcher just after he depositcd the

block hi the prisoner's house, nod alien be enquired of the
latter whether he had any such article in the shop, hr de.
nied that be had. It was found, hoarser concealed in a
dark place, and while the officer was starching, the prisoner
made his escape from the house, and wits seen no more by
the police until Friday last, when the same officer met hirn,
and took him into custody. Fletcher was convicted at the
Surrey Assizes in March,
Several witnesses appeared and gave the prisoner a very
good character.
The Jury found him guilty; but recommended ltim to
mercy on account of the good character that had been given
him.

Mr. Justice Bailey said, lie would take cnre to give us
much effect to the recommendation as he could, consistently
with the circumstances of the ease; hut hr felt himself

bound to observe, that men like the prisoner were often
known to keep up a fair character in their own neighbour.
hood, by paying their way honestly, a lien privately they
were eau) ing on a tiefatious traffic, the pionts of which
enabled them to keep up their payments.
John Deakin was capitally indicted for breaking and en.
tering the dwelling-house of Robert Wray; Esq. in the parish
of Edmonton, and stealing therein a large quantity of wea►ing
apparel, his property.
The laundry adjoining Mr. Wray's dwelling house, ant
enclosed within the same wall, was broken into in the night
of the eth of November, and plundered of all it contained,—
The following Saturday an officer scent with a search-war-
rant to the house of the prisoner, who lived in the neigh-
bourhood, and he there found the stolen property in different
a woos.

The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Tuuasusw, DEC. illia m Woolley was capitally
indicted for breakii and entering the do elling-howie of Mt.
Charles Ward, and stealing therein u tea chest and other
property.
The Jury retired for three quartets of an hour, and thsu
returned a verdict of Not 6111Ity„
. . .

John Chester, need VI, was capitally indicted for assault-
ing Anne Emma Grey on the King's highway, and taking
from her person a ridicule, two handkerchiefs, and wane
silver amides, her property.
The prosecutrix, tin the eveeng mentioned in the indict.
meat, was walking near IHrick-lane, Whitechapel, with a
gentleman of her acquaintance, when the prisoner and se-
veral otheiv attacked them, and tile prisoner snatched the
property mentioned from the hand of Miss Grey with great
violence.

The prisoner in his defence denied any participation in the
crime, and called several witnesses, who gave him a good
character. _

The Jury found him Guilty—Death.
The prosecutrix, on account of the good character given
to the prisoner, begged leave strongly to recommend him to
mercy; and the Jury joined in the recommendation, on ac-
count of hi, youth.
Mr. !IMOD Garrow• said, lie would take care to forward
the recomineudation in the precise words in which it wa,
couched.

During the absence of the Jury in the case of Woolley,
Mr. Justice Bayley ordered Juel Wilkinson and Joseph
Nlarsdeh to be put to the bar to receive the opinion of the
Juil.4es upon their case; it will be recollected they were con-
victed last sessions of stealing a quantity arm: vomica, arid
that an objection sias taken, on the ground that it %sus nut
taken with an intention to steal, but merely to evade the
payment of the duty.
Toe Court, however, considered, that taking, even for thoi
purpose, was II felony, and acquainted the prisoners that
they would be brought up nt the end of the Se,sionv to re-
ceive judzment.
Win. Hall and John James Burton were tried for a bur-
glary in the duelling house of J. Drriper,on the t of Bay.
Hall was found guilty, and Burton acquitted.—Aged 14 and
sad 181 y _ _ _

rum v Dsc. 7.—John Chapman, aged IT, was capi-
tally indicted for assaulting Eleanor Wade, on the King's
aid Lking from her person a pock( t book, cons
tutiscm; wo "old rings, and 151. in hank macs.
Al is. Wade is the a ife of a respectable tradesman, and u❑
the 20th November, on returninr, home from the house of
frueinl, she observed a lipase on file very near her non. 'tic
had occasion to pass the lire, and in so doing she was sur-
rounded by a gang of radians, Ulllllllg whom wan the p rs-osser.
He heal her by the whilst the other pulled up ber
clothes and robbed tier or the property mentioned in the
iodictim nt. Prosecut x mad her loss loom is, owl iss aboot
half au hour aficrweirds she was infot toed that many bawl-
eious characters haul been apprehended, and acre then in
custody at the aat h house. Prosecui Via went there, out
singled out the prisoner from eight or Mile others. He had
been taken near the tire, but nothing had ben► found upon
his person.
The prisoner in his defence alleged that he was absent
from the place at the time mentioned. He called three girls
to prove an alibi, all of at swore that at the time when
Mrs. Wade was robbed, the p. ioniser was at a dance and
radii:, at Lambeth street.
Toe Jury returned a verdict of--Not Guilty .
William Cordell was indicted for stealing a gelding, value
71. the property of James Held who.
The arimal was taken flans the pasture in which the pri-
soner had bet n d.rected to place it on the night of the Dili
Nose, ber, and the pri.oher at an surly hour the following
inorilieg aims stopped with it in his 110Sit'Sei )))) on the While.
chapel rotal, by the patrols, whose suspicions were eseited
by the appearance uf the prisoner. The prisoner dill not
give satislactury mist% crs to the questions put to him, and
was in consequence stopped.
The faille' of the prisui.cr stated, that his run had been
subject in flu+ r.r the id,t fire yei.rs, in consequence of a kirk
of 4 h•.r•c, nod that he was frequently in a state of mental
th

The Jar) retired far a short time, and on their Warn pros
nounet d the prisoner—Gailty.
Chinks Yates was capitnlly indicted for hiirglaritonly
breriking and entering the dwelling house of li. Itenciuti,
with intent to

Mr. liencriiit i, rt cord meter, residing In Adams-street,
Whil+Nrupel, und had born out no the evening of the 24th
of November. A, ae wat 1 winning hutre about nine o'clock
he SIM tt On/Ugh fan glass, and know in,4 that l'e
had left isu p. non in the huu4e, he went to the duo-, looked
liirwu;6 the key hole, and tam the priioner and bill/liver nine
01.11111:16,4 in the passage, WV: of then. lih a light iu 1"8
hand. fle unlock. the door, upon in Web the light is-,s
put out, and the mon ran out of the buck-door. The pititoner
boon afterwards v. as f-ood in the privy at the buck of
the Iwu,e, a bite nu us,oriment of picklock keys and it
pilll9lllllrUUS box were alto found.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty—Death.
The peosecutor ri conisne.oled bi a to mercy on nce•unt of
his youth—he nits VO )tars o. not.

V Minn) Boswell andJAnses Jones were capitally indicted
fur stealing a great coat value 31. in the dvrtlling house of Sir
Win. Adams, the celehrat.d oculist.

The priwnera were seen by a servant at a neighbouring
house to go down Sir W. Adams's area, and take out a coat
belonging to the coachman, wit which they were making
WI, bet acre stopped and secure&
The prisoners denied the charge, and imputed perjury to
the weenie's.

The Jury found the prisoners guilty of stealing to the
amount of 89s.

On Wednesday afternoon, as two gentlemen were rid-
ing in a chaise-cart, down Vauxhall Bridge-road, the
animal suddenly took fright, and gallopped off with the
gree,est fury towards the bridge ; in its course, however,
one of the wheels came in contact with a lamp post, si-
tu i ate by the road side, and suddenly broke it in two.—
At the saute itionteitt both the shahs snapped, whet, the
comae was completely overturned. One of the gentle-
men jumped out, and providentially received no injury,
but the other gentleman was taken up seriously cut and
hurt. The animal finding himself disentangled from
the %chicle, still furiously proceeded towards the bridge,
where the horse was at length stopped, without doing
any homer mischief.
On Tuesday last, a lady had advertised for a cook and
a housemaid, and with the permission of a widow, who
keeps a hosiers' shop it. Parliament-sweet, had directed
them to apply there between the hours of eleven and
one; at eleven o'clock no less titan 49 females met to.
getter, and by twelve the number amounted to 1051—
'1 he lady was there according to appointment, but was
so perplexed by the it 1111 l ber of applicants that site could
nut engage any of them.
Cuatous AGERe..-011 Monday evening, at the sign
of the Prince and Pritic..as, in Gravel-Line, Blackfriars,
a millwright, of the name of Air, undertook, for a
trifling wager, to creep through a time-bleu square hole
in five niinutes:—this, though apparently impossible' he
accomplished in hall a minute. The mall stands sfeet
.5 incites, and weighs eleven stone.
Fuo-e-tutctsiss.—Ttie sporting match between Lieut.
Smith, who lately did 100 miles in 24 hours, and Mr.
lticketts, for lOU guineas a side, took place on Tuesday,
over a circular piece aground of five miles. 'They started
to do 60 miles, and Mr. Smith was backed at 6 to 4,
and eters betting that neither did it in fourteen hours.
Mr. Smith resigned from a failure in one of his legs, after
doing 55 miles in 13 hours, C 9 minutes, and 14 seconds.
Mr. Ricketts performed the 65 miles in 12 hours, 50
minutes, and 31 seconds, and walked gently over the
other five miles.—A match was run ou Wednesday, in
Hyde Park, for 20 guineas, between Ben Born, the pu-
gilist, and a young gentleman who is fast on, his speed
The distance was sixty yards, and Burn got the start, and
was winning like a Jack Spiggott, when lie was stopped
close at home by a failure in the hip, and lost the match.
He was more than two yards a-head when the accident
happened.
EFFECTS or Love—Suicins.—We feel extreme re-
gret at having to record a melancholy instance of self-
slaughter, which occurred on Wednesday last at Sea-
port Parade, beyond Black-rock :—A young gentleman
01 ttie name of from Oatlands, near Stillorgan,
having beeti exceedingly attached to au interesting and
amiable young lady of the name of 11..---11, of Dublin,
who died at Williamstown, on Tuesday morning last,
Vas, it appears, overwhelmed with atß client at her loss,
and, as we are informed, pass the window of his lod-
giugs, when he put a pistol to his heart, and discharged
its contents through tt. Mr. APCari by, the coroner,
held an Inquest upon the body of the unfortunate young
gentleman, when the Jury returned the following verdict
—" We find that the deceased shot himself, having been
in a state 01 insanity, from love of the deceased Muss 11."
Dublin Paper.
On Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock, a very fine
youth, about 14 years of age, one of the Marine Society
}toys, tell Irmo tne ladder at the side of their vessel, and
slink. 'lnc drags were instantly procured from the
Grampus, the Seamen's Hospital ship; but after dragging
tile rein.tioder of that day, and the greater part of Mon-
day, the tinily could tot be found.
Doe evenina last sv.ek, about seven o'clock, as Mr.

A. Rouse, of Redruth, was returning train 'lntro, after
having disposed of tn. ore at one of the smelting-houses;
when .between the villages of Chacewaier and White-
hall, he was fired at by a rutliian who had concealed
hunselF brinual some heaps of earth and gravel that lie
near the road. The villatit appears to have taken delibe-
rate aim, as the ball entered under the right shoulder
blade, and came out under the ri,:ht breast. Mr lt 's
lior,e, frightened at the report, set forward rapidly tier
about 300 yards, when the rider fell, and the animal
stopped. Mr. It. then saw a mail approaching, dressed
in sailor's jacket, bnt just as tie Cline up he suddenly
turned and made u precipitate retreat across the country.
'l'lll, n appears was occasioned by his perceiving a light
earned by a person advancing to the place, having seen
the flush and heard the report, who found Mr. Rouse
wel ering in his blood. lie was removed to his borne.
fl YDROPHORIA.—A few clays ago, the inhabitants of
1):ss, in Norfolk, were thrown him the greatest con-
s v ruatiott by a strange log, of a large breed, in a state of
canine madness, which worried and bit several dogs in
tile street, and was pursued into the yard of the Crown
I•iii, where lie was fortunately killed before he had done
any itirtilei mischief. The unfortitihve objects of his
Lay were immediately. destroyed by the vigilance of the
cousiables.—Abuut three weeks sines a dog, affected by
11:,,Irooholna, which was seen about Southampton atid
its neighbourhood, bit three fine yard (logs, two of which
were w consequence destroyed. By the request of a me-
dical gentleman, the other dog was chained up for a few
(lays longer, in order that the further progress of the
Mse ise might be observed; and on Sunday last the dug
(lied of the malady in a dreadful state.
Al.iittlay evening, about five o'clock, Mr. William
Ennis, of Anthony-street, St. George's in the East, pass-
ing the corner of Blue Anchor-yard, Rosemary-lane, was
attacked by four ruffians, who knocked him down, and
robbsici him of his watch.