The National Register.
London, England, 1817-03-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Guilty. 'l•he evidriier as to the stealing of the artielei was
enured inb,, whi•rt the date found him I iitilly, and the Judge
sentenced him to he :ratepoi tad for seven ear,• —Jo" 11°!"
ton 114.4 COl:Viet:4f or breaking into the ilwellinzliou'r• uf JJ.
liawkas in the da'-,inn•, nod .lealin4 therein a satiety of
artielcs. 'Vet diet- , death.

POLICE.

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COUNTERFEIT ClON.—Friday Samnel IMyerv, a Jew boy,
was brought henore the Lord Mayor, eh:trued with tittering
counterfeit sh;lhinzs and si‘penees of the new coinace. Iu
his defence, he said that the money was given him by a emi•
sin of lii,, Wilol3 lie Wit% to re•cive one penny fir each
piers. that he toteeeedeti in pa•:•itoLt. 'fhe person alluded to
attended at the Maa,ion-horse, anti proved to the satisfac-
tion of the Lint Mayor, that he had en share W hatever in the
trap action. 'l'hr priwner was folly committed for trial.

TIII•MLly 'l'. M.llllll, W. Brown, and S. Dcmiett, under-.
went a final examination, charged with felonioirsly opening
several letters, and taking therefrom certain bill, of exchange,
and other property to a very considerable 4411011111. Deimett,
since the former examination, had made a voluntary confes• •
shin of till the transactions wherein lie was concerned, and
he was now, with the consent of a:1 parties, admitted an vi•
dense on the part of the Crown. lie stated, that lie had
know n the other two pri .oners Montt two years, and during
that time hail freipienny met Brown by appointment; and
that the latter had at various times given Misr lettei s, already
opened, containing bills of exchange and hank-notes, which
br ww, employed to and they afterwards met at a
certain house and divided the booty. On the 22d tilt. he
watched Brow ii en coining out of the post-ofrice, and fol-
lowed him into it. Sw ithin',-lane, where lie received a letter
front hint, addressed to Ilr. Helium, New-street, Covent-
garden, which, on opening, he found to contain a bill of ex-
change f0r.21. 75.; this lie nei4ociated in the usual way, and.
gave Brown his share. C. Craig, a clerk in the hoit,e of
Messrs. Barclay:and Cu. bankers, in Lornhard-street, stated,
that instil(' 22e1 alt. Dennett cattle to their house and °tiered
a bill of exchange, and upor. being iptestioned as to Nihon'
the bill belonged, lie .said to Messrs. Mown and Co. 'Me
payment of this bill had, however, been previously stopped.
and witness detained the prisoner until an officer came and
took hint into custody. On searching him 11 bills uF ex-
change were found, all oh whirl', it has been discovered, were
obtained in the manner described. beveral other charges of
a similar nature were exhibited against them, when Avow'
and Martin were fully committed, and Denuett ordered to be
detained to give evidenc...

UNION HALL.
llit unru.—John Ma•on was brought up ttp by Olennon
the Officer, charged on suspicion of having inorilered
hi: wife. He was committed Cu. re-examination on ‘t (Mutes-
t:lay next, wlwn the result of the Coroner's Inquest is ill be
knows.

Alderman Sir M. Bloxman is appointed Comptroller
of his Majesty's Stationary office, vice Burden.
Saturday at noon, the remains of the late Sir James
Leith, who fell a prey to the ravages of the yellow fever,
were interred in Westminster Abbey. The heat-se was
followed by six mourning coaches and six, the family
carriage, and the equipages of the Duke of Northum-
berland, the Marquis of Huntley, Earl Bathurst, Lords
Harewead, Harrow•bv, Euston, and Sir T. hardy.

MARCH 17-

FATAL nt••r..--We have received an aceotint of a fatal duel be.
tween two officers of the 91,th light infantry—a I dettieliant Ilindes and
Licutenent Gilbert Conroy, in which the former was unfortunately
: the latter. with his sceontla Il.ieutenant Hobert Conroy and.
Ensign Stuart), has absconded. Tata (1141,10 of the quarrel is not
stated : it wok place on Saturday, the fitli instant.

Ext:er 1-mIN —Friday morning A, Barton and J. Frampton
were executed in front of Nengatcs tbrtinily robbery.
Both were Very youtse. their rages not eneccrling 20. but they
were most desperate characters. 'fly> Inltuppy culprits be-
haved ‘t ith rind. resignation, on the afl 6:1
Bill tint was one of those %%lin was accused of the inhuman
murder of u sailor in Nen ton's-court, St. about
a )ear ag0,13- cutting and mangling hint n jib a razor.