The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-25 00:00:00

VIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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Juggle, how you are now misleading souls;" and whetker
" any thing can be more conclusive of the source from
whence this revelation springs, than such dating assertions ?"
Let justice now terminate this hellish hoax Compassion is
the miserable victims of it, religion out of the question,
calls impeiatively on the constituted authorities to put the
PfOPIIETESS to silence, and covet her CONYIDIAAT Ls with

confusion.
September t:3, 1814. ONESIMUS.
*• • Since writing the above, it has been stated to me that the Pollee
(*ars are actually in quest of the great Prophetess, who suddenly
decamped from kr lute residence, at twelve o'c:osk at night, to arvid
the alto native of king lodgcd in St. Luke's!

OLD BAILEY.

Tuesday, Munnoo, a Lascar, was indicted for committing an unna-
tural offence on ti Towrey, a child of eight years of age, on the 16th
instant. The monster enticed the pour little know, by promises if as
much rummy ns he could want, and of new clothes, into a Livid neat
the Docks, at Shadwell. He was observed by some persons, and
escaped over a paling, but was followed and secured. To show this
wretch's utter contempt of all decency, he perpetrated this horrid ofe
fence in broad day, between eleven and twelve at noon.
In his defence, he said he was very tipsy, and knew nothing of it.
Guilty—Death.
NVedeesday, James Straneeways was indicted fur ftioniondy as-
saulting Joseph Longhtirst, on the King's highway, end forcibly taking
from his person, against his will, a 101. note, a silver witch, and this
whole of Iris wearing apparel, his property. The prosecutor state.,
that on the 7th of the present month, about eight o'clock at night, ha
was returning from Bedfont to Staines, where .be lived ; about a mile
from Bedfont he was accosted by the prisoner,. and two other persons,
dressed as soldiers, they appeared to be coming from Stained, and
inquired how far it was to Bedfent ? being answered about a mile,
they said they would return, and turned round apparently for that
purpose. The emosecutor became suspicious of their intentions, and
ran away hastily ; thee pursued him, and he had not run as hundred
yards befere, he fell down. The prisoner and the two others came up
1 to Limn, and demanded his money, which he gave theta ; not satisfied
1 with this, they dragged him through the hedge, and across a field,
1 where they stripped him of every article of his clothes, and left him
in a state of nakedness, %rah Ids hands and legs tied ; one of theca
Iwas however appointed centinel over him, while the others went nwav,
but retained in an hour, and after having examined his legs and hatreds
ito see teat they were secure,-left him, threatening his lee if he pre-
isettled to make any alarm. After a !drone appeal to their eh meteare
they condescended to give him an old pair of truwsers. Tie- prose-
entor remained in that dreadful situation until six o'clock the first
3 morning, wl en hie cries reached the ears of the passeugerv, who came
to his assistance.
Mary Gleig lived under the Piazza, Covent Garden, kept a ctinfe•:-
tioner's sliep ; di put,: d, that three inert came into her shep about sit
()Mock tie the 3:11 of Septemba.; • two of them were dressed as sol-
diers, end the prisoner had on a black coat ; they came to breakfast,
and the telsoner wanted clienge for a ten rintol note. Witness could
not rive visited. Tire prisoner paid for breakfast for all three, and
%%too out. On the Tuesday following the prisoner came alive., about
right u'elock in the mereiug, and breakfasted ; alier which the Ili-
saner asked %sillies% to tr Le care of a parcel for l'On, %%hick she did ;
it coetuined tl:e gaiters, umbras, shm-, &c. Between three and tour
o'clock the .aerie day the rosecetor caiee and claimed the cludiest.
Wm. Bacon, an °film', received informatien et' the relit), ry on the
Bth from the prosecutor himself. Witness went in cenoepieeee et in-
formation to the shoo of the last witness (Mrs (ireie), and found the
brindle left by the prisoeer. Witness and prosecuter meta to tlie Nig s
Head, in James-street, Cevetit-garden, and saw the pristine' ; prose-
cutor owned the coat and teidsteuat which the prisome had oe. The
prisener said he boneht t tiara Of t,WO St)lii irrs. ‘Vitress asked him if
they did not belong to the dath ; prisoner sail ary did; witness them
old him he was a deserter as well as thee. l'iis)r.tr s4id he was, :old
deserted eote Exeter. The prisoner, iu his defence, said, lie came
from Exeter as far as Stilisbury with ter) other soldiers, feel) ear of
whom Ire purchased the clothes about four miles from Salisbury ; the
two other men welking before, and In did net see tat as aitere veto
The Monday previous is elie robbery he came to town, card seid lee
slept at a cotretehouse in Coventgardee on the night oh the rebteey.
The Common Seajeoit snruiecd up, and the Jury, without Hesitation,
found him guilty. 111:iith.

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