The National Register.
London, England, 1822-10-07 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

Shiells, a patrol, charged on suspicion of having wilfully said due. Mr.. L. eutitendea that the moment awarded against hius
rualiciouvie set tire to a certain dwelling-house. belonging to was injustice altogether, and that it was physically impossible
I llamas Ghanian, of a tacit she was the occupier. that he could have been the father of the youngest child ; that
The defendant was accompanied by several respectable per- the mother was a woman of the won't tivecription, whom he
sone, and aas allowed to steed at the table in trout of the had picked up under the Volum at Covent-louden.
bench. She was taken into custody on a warrant issued on The Magistrate mid he had no power to alter the award, and
Monde,. at the suit of Mr. Glenton. Mr. Adolphus appeared the way would have been to have appealed to the Sessions
for the prosecution ;and Mr. elaritter on behalf of the detendant. when the award was made. Mr. L: left the ollice much dia.
Thomas Menton, of No. I, 11 illon.place, Grosvenor place, satisfied.
Pimlico, bricklayer, sworn.—l have a house, No. 10, Chapel- UNION-HALL.
Wert, Grotivenor-pleite, which I let to Mrs. Neville, iu No- The neighbourhood of this (Alice was crowded, perhaps,
windier last, on an agreement fur a lease of 21 years. Ste was beyond all former occusiona on Saturday last, in COlllie
ta give me a premium for the lease, and I had lately pressed quenee of the apprehension and emu ii ill ation of a lady, who
her for the payment of it ; hut no legal proceedings between bad thought proper to dress herself in the clothes of a military
us had been threatened, nor had any angry words taken place gentleman while he was asleep, and to adopt the manlier and
between us toxin the subject. The home was partly furnielted conduct of those offeusive characters by w'uieb the whale me-
by Mrs. Neville, and partly by a air. Forbes, who lodged on the tropolia is infeeted.
first Boor, but who rotated the house on last Friday er Setae- Mary Palmer, the woman who Bins distinguished herself,
day morning. On Saturday evening last about eight o'clock, has been some tittle on the town, and possesses a very fine face
my foreman said there wits a tire there. I went to the house, and ligure, but both are of the ntasculiee order. She had in
and found the furniture in great disorder. The whole ail bad the course of her speculations in tit. George's fields on Friday
been removed from the upper to the lower part of the house, night, met with aim officer in the army who was a little " far
with the exception of a deal cheat of drawers and au old bed- gone," and accompanied her to her hod ;lags, where he fell
stead and mattress, and trilling things in the back garrett.— asleep in a very short tune. As the hour at which he retired
Sumo furniture, I believe. liailbeen removed altogether. Two to heat did nut suit Mies Palmer, elle determined to leave him
or three persons were with me when I went into the Louse.— to ieuteelf fur a while, and to join her compenione in the Lent-
-1 west up into the beck garret, and saw Mrs. Neville sitting on toad, where sne had left them envying her good fortune. Site
the betistetiti, seemingly much distressed.—The bed-curtains lilt an inclination, also, to ascertain how far they woulll be
were burnt, and the wainscot appeared to have suffered from likely to carry their jealousy towards each other, by going in
fire. There were atone piccea of tinder on the door. I asked the midst of them in the character of a dandy, and haw-
her what was the matter and she said she came up stairs to the ing observed that her military friend was not likely to
hack garret, to make up the mattress for a young man who was cause atiy ititerinption to her plan, site slipped On his
to sleep in the house for protection, as Mr. Forbes had left her, troaeers, bootie, and spurs, shirt, waistcolit, coat, hat, and
and when she opened the door she raw an apparition. Site silk neckerchief, and sallied unit thus equipped iu search of
said she retreated, but retutued to the room, end then sate amusement. Although elle hail drank very freely of strong
something tall move behead the curtain, which ao allowed her waters iu the course of the evening, site was able to deceits
that site dropped the candle and ran down stairs. She said her old companions, by about she was soon surrounded and
also that she bail been robbed, stud that a great deal of hetet', caressed. And alter listing for some time caused a very
two 51, notes, and two sovereigns had beeu taken out of II e strong feeling of at l i ttt wetly amongst the girls, to each of whom
deal drawers. I then examined the drawers, and in the bottom she orelende 1 a sumach Imultiees, she started away from them,
one I found several pieces of rags burnt, not quite to thither, but and, calling the watchman, desired lain to clear the road of
they had suffered by fire. The drawers were a considerable all owner' of bad cilium:ter, upon pain of being complained
distance from the bet). There was a young lady (who is now against lefore the Magistrates the neat morning. The watch-
preseat) with Mrs. Neville, and I asked if she was any 'elation man, alarmed at the tone and dashing appearance of the per-
to her, and she said she was not, but that she lied known her son who gave this order, proceeded without delay to put it
for some years, and that site bad been there ter a short time only. into execution ; and the Kent-road was soon in such a state
Site (the young lady) said she hail seen the bottle of oil and that any modest woman or drunken man might stalk there
a cap, which was partly burnt, in the kitchen below. Aly iin- without danger. So far her sport was not calculated to du any
preeeten was, from all that 1 saw and heard, that the house bad great mischief; but elle soon began to chow her powers of
been set nu lire on purpose. imitation to perfectiou, imil was considered by numerous spec-
In answer to a question from Mr. Harmer, the witness said, tutors to be the greatest ruffian they had ever beheld. Leery
Mrs. Neville objected to paying the prenriam on accouut of some one who approached bar came in for a short abate of her abuse,
doubt as to the title al Lord Gro venor, the ground landlord. which was composed of oaths end epithets that terrified eves
Airs. Net ille told him ehe had called in some of her Neighbours. the guardians of the night, who so seldom know fear. At
George Whiting sworn.— I live at No.B, Chapel-street.— length a sense of duty prevailed over their apprehensions, and
On Saturday evening Mrs. Neville came and Said she had seen they seized her by the collar, and, notwithetandieg all her
a man in her house, and begged me to come user and see. I dhoti, lodged her in the v. atchliouse. As soon as she en-
went up stairs with Mrs. Neville and her friend, and saw the tered the room in which the constable sat to receive the
room it. a Game. The door was shut when I first went up. I charge, she whispered to him that site wan no man ; and that
saw uo man nor ghost in the room. I Went down stairs to get wither in eetonieliment informed the watchman, alio had jest
a pail of wider, but Mrs. Neville taul she lied no pail in the described the prowess of ilte " gentleman" over whom they
house, and I got one front a neighbour's. More remits came had obtained a victory. She begged very hard to be ',omitted
in, and water was brought to put out the lire. The bed cm tains to depart, and promised never to °Wend again ; but the consta-
were burnt, and the lire had caught the wainscot. The body of ble would not Beira to the request, and she was obli„eed to wait
the wood bad, in my opinion, been caught by the genie. upon Mr. Chambers and Mr.Swabey at the office in the clothes
By Mr. Varner.-1 think the wood had actually' caught fire. in which site had offended.
Mr. Harmer suit), the wainscoting ought to be taken down The defendant begged to be forgiven, declared that whet
and produced ; and Mr. Adolphus said tide should be done. she had done she Lad done in a frolic, when overcome eat'
(This point was most narrowly enquired into throughout the drink, %Lich disguised her cottuuet as much us the clothes did
investigation, became to establish the capital charge of man", her sex ;and declared that elle would never more dieterh the
some part of the building itself meet be proved to have suffered peace in the character of man or woman.
bv tire ; otherwise it amounts (soppoeing the proofs to lie con- The inegistrates, who weee apprised that she was not known
elusive against a defendant) only lusts indictable miselemeauour as an old offender, very sharply reprituanded her for the impro-
in attemp:ing to set the house on lire.] inlet, of her conduct ; promised her upon any future occasion
Charles Price, a servant out of place, living in Chapel-street, of ill-behaviour to make an example lit her, and lined her ss.
said-1 went to the house in consequence of an alarm of tire, fur arenkenueee ; after which they desired her to appear as
and saw Mrs. Neville standing at the dour. She said there quickly as possible in the dress of the see to which she might
was a attune man iii the home, and requested my assistance hare been an ornate- tit instead of a disgrace.
to detect him. I ran up stairs, and when I got to the second The defendant appeared grateful for this lenity, and imree-
litior I smelt lire. It was dark; and 1 called fur a candle arid diately shove home, where the military gentlemen was waitiug
water. 1 found the door of the beck garret shut, hut not les-
tested. When I opened the door a volume of smoke issued in anxious expectation for her reborn.
GUILDHALL.
freau the room, and as soon as 1 could I gut some water and Antoellocs Case.—A fellow who gave his name George
threw it in. The mattress was the truly thing then on lire, but Massey, and described himself as a servant out of place, was
the bed foiniture was burnt. The WitillbCOL in my opinion had charged by James Lockwood, a very respectable looking mar-
not actually caught tire. tied man, between the age of 40 and 50, residing at No. 8,
A brother to the witness (Whiting) gave the same opinion Broadway, Vslackfriars, with au offence of the most atrocious
upon Ode point. nate..
Elislia Willefins, foreman to Mr. Weldon, gave it as his Mr. Lockwood stated that hue and his wife were living upon
opitaimi that the wood bad been out lire. a smell property t
hin po o
ssessed, the result of funnier illaUbiry,
J•laleb Wiens, the Ilaw-street patrole, mid lie was called to end were at ilii. e emplyed in Liking i are of A house No.
the house about twenty minutes past nine. Ile saw the wainscot, 0, New Bridle-street, in the absence of the family. On
and observed the paint was very black ; but did not examiue
it minutely enough to give any docided opinion. Witness pro-
duced the burnt rags, oil bottle, and bit of candle found in the picture-shop in St. Paul's Church-yard. Oh his turniug oval
llUbsuwmtedyaYstboievpiell Cur°e lea4sil:.onr time,go toc
et ir'tea2lylluslilteitr cal linitrn°t:tcle, aantdth"e
drawer. He saw some tallow in the centre of the drawer, from it, the prisoner whom he had net before obeeraedi 9"d
which appeared to him to have been dropped there fur the par- whom his keowledge het liad itto staenot send
he.fore, eddressed him
pose of iiteking the candle stick. amid said to,
o I suppoee e ean something." lie aid
John Scott, another petrule, said, be thought the wainscot not at first think that the prisoner spoke to him, but on his
was only scut-chef) by the lire twine, near to it. r
p pealing
the worth,the indecent he asked him
lib whera ees lit h meant, *
euhealthel*
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;ter. Whiting sea. said, lie broke open t e drawers by desire risoner replied for tie had tuk e
of Mr. Nevithe, sea found the thins produced. The bottle Ives ids person, and immediately applied the most opprobrious eph
le ing on the rags. *bets to him. lie e Locke ood ) turned away, and the prisoner
The magistrates thought that upon this evidence the place followed hint, occasionally addressing
hint with such lenguage
should be examined meet minutely, by competent persons, end, as already hinted at, the whole of the way to IN hitecbspel.—
if ilecessary, to bring away the wainscoting, in order to set the On his return he found the prisoner had waited for him. whea
question at rest, as to *healer Mrs. Neville was to be charged lie immetliately recommenced the same sort of attack. Finding
with a capital ulfeuce or a mierlemeanour only. that lie cuuld tint succeed in frightning him (Mr. Lnektvooli)
Fur this purpose the hearing was adjourned till the evening, out of any thing, the yrieoner changed his tone,offered to
Mrs. Neville remaining in custody. treat hint aide some porter if he would go into a publie-housed
Soon alter sr. en iti the evening the wise came on for hearing with him. This, however, be refused ; the prisoner confine
again. when Cilia and Jones, two officers, deposed, that iu pnr- to follow lam the whole of the way hack, repeating occasionally
source of instructions hum Air. Halls, the magistrate, they had hie atrocious accusations, till he milked at the house in badge-.
been to examine the room in which the lire took place, which
they had done most minutely, aed they were enabled positively loudlyetreel,
aatn and
the dour,
i,iti.lity hiscrested wile.a grieltate
to state, that no part of the wainscoting had been actually on by renetsieg the offensive charges. Ile t Leckwood) weithou
fire. It was scorched, and the paint blistered, but the wood by the buck door leading into Witter-lane, and gave &iodine,:
imiroisbouroeurntdbenthlebotel;dl
was nut burnt. to Potter, the officer, to go rouud end lake the misoner to
Loon this evidence Mr. Halls said, the offence ernourittel custody.
only to a mistientraneur, and he should therefore calf upon Alt s.
Neville for ball for her appearance at the sessions.
Mrs. Neville was not asked to say any thing in answer to the stated the delegate resistance he nowise when be found himself
clutPrugt!sertliethietrifinc;rr' sonsborme aktlinstgimaeoonlynsttolltrh.e Lonactkuwmievodf.. thus
charge. She matte no taiservatiosh in euettelv. Teo gentleineo in the crowd, which the priseeng
Two gentlemen alto came with her immediately tendered
iliemselt ee bail, and entered halos reccgolizance of 501. each fur resistance had hflaidmi
ec oal lie
ientieudirtitairt
teatylike ru,
her appearaace at the sessions. pressed great selisfaction at seeing him secured. .
MARLI3OROUGIUSTREET. pureuctii,g,,,unit,tt:levehrsiiinlya.e haretelg
Mr. Lowndes. of Last India House celebrity, appeared to nit with Mr. Petite.
a4.l,lfliesiptriiero.iiieL,.kiwnouliisci.defence, reuewed the horrid acrosatins
:answer to a demand of 69/. due to the Parish of St. Pattern,' Sir James Shaw was proceeding to cons . list .
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for the maintename of two illegitimate children. It appeared the clerk, as le the precise mode in a hich tlie pritslie.uraf„.
CA an award was tusde for the peyitieut of tell elfillinea a week mittlietit should be Millie out, when Mr. Alley, • .
ot .
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