The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-08 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

NOV. 8

fence of considerable magnitude; the Common Serjeant, in cun,e,
qufitce, ordered him to be transported for life.—The prisoner, win
before appeared the picture of innocence and humility, Millie& ;rely
12.!.iing the sentence, vented his rage aganist the prosecutor ie the try ,1
horrid imprecations, and was with difficulty dragi,ed flora tr:e Col I,)
the turnkey and his assistatirs.
Friday the Sessions ended, when Joseph Simmons, I'l'i:.!er, cr.,J
Benjamin Allen, two of the men convectrA of having roi,bej
Hof( lunis's hoy, were brought up to receives-ntence. W:o,f!1
terd.eil that the delence heletd made on Ins trial was the midi ;
he was innocent of the crime for winch be Was convicted, ;11.0 ti.:l
his life was 'sworn away by a most abaildu:;ed character. Ai!el 11.. d
tirliiing to say.
The Itycorenza passed the sentence of the law upon them:—
" You ale to be takeu to the place trona whence you came, J rld
thence to a place of eXVlttiong and there hanged by the neck ti!i ‘,OO
are dead, and the Lord have mercy upon your souls." 'to nia
write(' sentence, Winter bowed ; he eyed the Court with a ibluo,t,
Jul,- but a resolute countenance, and walked away. H: is a y„1!.11
man of great strength and agility of body, with a face fa!! of intei,
licence, dark eyes, end a well raised forehead, shaded with dark out)

hair.
William Taylor, their companion, was so ill that he could rot br
brought up to the bar.
Robert Cooper and john Ivey, convicted, the first of feloniouslg
receiving certain quantities of silk staler from Mr. Ititchons's
and the latter as an accessary, were likewise brought up to io.eirf
sentence. Cooper was ordered to he transported beyond sea.. 1,4 1,
years, and Ivey was fined one shilling, and ordered to be contiaW !u
one year in his Majesty's gaol of Newgate.
Sentence of death was passed upon Kelly, on James Kenyon, fol
a robbery on the King's highway, on William Smith for a
crime, and oti several others. It was rather singular that •I‘rn
women were sentenced to be hanged, but respited till the pleasure of
the Court should be known, for having assaulted and robbed twi
men of their watches and money.
Twenty-seven persons, men and women, were ordered to be tans
ported hzyond seas, for seven years, for felony.
Eight persons were sentenced to 14 years transportation, who ha‘
been convicted of felony, and a great number were ordered to u,aki
atonement for their crimes, by enduring rigorous confinement Jill
wholetorne chastisement in tite House of Correction tor ra.ion
periods of six and twelve months.

POLICE.
UNION HALIMUTINT and Mosinee . Our readers will r:cn
lect the deposition which appeared in our paper st
Awid
lae:
made before the Magistrates of Shadwell, by a boy nameti
who Ibretly belonged to the Adventurer, South Sea Whaler, Ca lee
in
KLITH, which ship, it had herto hcen supposed, wos tit t::
S Seas, but which it now appears from Mattes's deposition,
s izcd by the crew, who murdered Captain Keith, and Mr. brew
the Chief Mate, aad afterwards scuttled the vessel. In ceastaiocia
of Mattes's statement, which was originally tleen at this othe
Glennen, Wortley, and Gofl; were sent down to Livereoti: d.o'e
for Charles. kretlarick Palm, a Swede, who was Second M.;e: et t:
Adventurer, and Samuel Telling, the cooper ; both of " •a-
cording to Mades's deposition, were deeply
pec.ated
relici tie-el pehnal a;
By the activity of the officers they were both app
ffi
brought to tawn, and on uesday evening they underwentthe ll
a 101.0
minanon betore Mr. Bute:is, when Telling gave feowie,;
count cf this atrocious transaction, which fully corroborates Mad
testimony :
The Adventurer, of which the deceated Captain Keith was Coo
mander. and Mr. Smith, Chief Mate, sailed
hfront Londoucut al
te Eee:
1811. The deponent sailed in her as cooper - tey had !seen
six months, when the Captain and Chief Mate were munieletl.
could net recollect the day, hut it was about four o'cloek in
morning. The Captain and Chief Mate were in bed ; a hey reel.
anti P
George was at the helm, Ralm and the test of the crr.e, ee
forward on deck. Palm was sulking a light, when the Ceptria
on deck in his shirt, and said to • Charles, what. are yeus!teut
Palm made no answer, hut immediately struck him wItl: cri*..
hammer which he had ready in his hand. The Captein excLitne
" Oh, Charles, you have done me." Mr. Smith had follow:II
i.
Captain upon deck, and was attacked at the sash' !line by anoili
Swede. since dead, who struck him several times on the head with
cook's axe. Beth the Mate and the Captain keoelted do%
two other S %mdks, who ate also siecc deal, assisted by Palm, 11°1
the bodies over'eoatel. The ielote cai:ed out " boat, hcat,".
was in the water, hut they heard re-Ailing mete of the Cipto:il. et •‘•.
afterwards. After this, a.; hands went below tleJt, eed
Otieett a Bible, upon wriie.!l they taok a soieeen o.th tieeee to
wire had passed : the iety who was left at the hem was at
run
sworn also. Some time previous to this, thy., 1)0 1:0011t:
two Ha. k men on board, and after the bodies of toe Cal
re,
and Mate were hove overboaro the two swede:, Pr°"4,
each of them, a pistol and a gl'ass oi rem ; the rum met it
to the Meeks, and whilst the poor fellows were in the
drinking, each of them received the contents of a pistul in his boll