The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-04 00:00:00

aoRN V. JOHNSON.

This was an aciiM)agdiiiit---titeirawer of a bill of
exchange for 8631. accepted of by a person of the na►»e
of Solomon.

The defendant was !he captain of a ship ; and at the
island of Jamaica he drew upon his owners. The hill
was accepted on the occasion, and indorsed to the
plaintiff. The signatures of the draw.r and acceptor
were proved; and, there being no v .lid defence, the
Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the atuount of
the hill, with interest, Wing 9051.

Apprehension of Forgers.—The police of Bir-
mingham have succeeded in detecting and taking
the principals connected with a gang of utterers of
florged bank notes. In consequeace of the appre-
hension in London of John Bingley, a publican, of
Gnat Charles-street, and George Peacock, a plater,
of Cheapside, Birmingham, upon whom were found
1,160 forged notes. a warrant was issued to search
the house of William Dutton, of Colmore-street,
where a number of notes, nearly destroyed by fire,
were found by the police officers: this man %t am
taken into custody, and, in consequence of something
that transpired while the officers were awaiting his
return home, Mr. Adkins and assistants proceeded
to the house of William Batkin, a copper-plate
printer, residing in Freeman-greet, whom, with his
wife, they immediately apprehended, and upon
searching his house a plate was tiound for working
101. and 51. and two plates for workirv; 11. notes, as
well as a large quantity of notes in various stages of
forwardness. It is supposed this gang and its con-
nexions have carried on their net:l6(ms trade exten-
sively for the last flour or five years; the notes are
said to have been all worked by Berlin, the signs.
tures affixed by Dutton, and the whole disposed of
by Bingley and Peacock to common utterers. The
two firmer arc now in prison, but they have not yet
undergone a public examination.
Beitime HUNT —A fiue gag was turned out
at half-past ten on Monday morning, in the neigh-
bourhood of Harrow-on-the-Hill. A tier many turn-
ings and windings, the animal entered the metropolis,
dogs and huntsmen en rude. The novelty of the
sight drew forth a motley multitude of purstsers iu
full cry. It crossed Itusst:ll-square, and ran up the
steps of a gentleman's house in Montague-street,
where it was captured, breathless, but uninjured.
DuatiN.--Laer Prornotions.—The Lord Chan-
cellor has appointed Roderic Connor, F:sq. Barris-
ter at Law, a Master in Chancery in the place of
Stuart King, Esq. who has resigited. NI. Justice
Mayne has retired from his situation on the King's
Bench, with the salary of a retired Judge, to which
he was enitled by his judicial standing. Mr. Ser-
geant litirtuu will be the new Judge. Mr. Vomit:.
leur and Mr. Torrens ore mentioaed fur the vacant
Sergelmtt.y.
ltaco KLUX'S REPORT.—On Thursday the Recorder
made a report to his M.uesty 111 tile capital convict 3 Whit r
...aptocc death in Neweate, wilco .lo•cith EilittAct,
George Edwards, TI as NVebh, Price, John
Newman, John Amlet), Tii1)111.11r lions. :1111i T 1111.1138
Fidler Harnett. were ordered tot execution on Tucadel
neat. The others were reviled dining pleasure.

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