The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-15 00:00:00

UNION HALL.

Mr. Horsley and his friend attended at this office with an
application a' •lar to that made at How-strert. Carter, the
witness who followed the talon who carried away the child,
represents him as very stout, about 5 feet $ inches high, be-
tween thirty and forty years of age, very dark curapiexion,
dark curly heir, round face, no whiskers, .Ires.seil in a short
blur coat, with yellow buttons, yellow breeches, with a piece
of notched leather under the strings at the knees. half Wel-
lington or sack hoots. His appearance altogether was that
of &groom.
Mr. Horsley expressed his suspicion of a man named Ste-
vens being also concerned with the above named parties in
stealing the child, he having been in the habit of meeting the
servant girl, when she was out with the children, and walking
with her, and having been seen in her company the day of
her

FSAUOII BY FILLKEL...GIIOI7t Xilby, a fireman, belonging to
the Sun Fire-office, and two other firemen, applied to the Ntaigistrates
for an order to receive the rewards to which they claimed to be en-
titled. under the Acted Parliament. for attending with their er.gines
to extinguish a fire. at the house of Mr. Wedd. of Shad Thames, in
the parish of St. John. Southwark.
Mr. Wedd. a gentledida of great respectability. opposed the claim
of the firemen, and st till the particulars of the wLdie ttansaction.—
On the 30th of Orrode., Ms cook went up stairs and informed him
that the kitchen undia.,7 rsluired cleaning, for that a considerable
quantity u(soot nad cted at lie lower part. and there was an
appearance of al ue ot it oc,:cr 0.1 fire. He gave directions that a
enitincy s.vestp.r the, and the necessary operation
perdartu.at a4Z sweeper ar...41, attended by a boy; the soot col-
t 461.40'11 •if tat: coianney. amongst which several sparks
sdovelled down. The boy was iniraedi-
, - ;It the coiaciey in the usual manner. and then de-
• ...ving ttiscaned any appearance whatever of fire in
toe fireman, ioture into the house at the same
sweeper, in toe most audacious manner. and
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engine wa,a va,s replied. that there was Ire
enough f..: arta. sitylac, sont.2otn4 which implied that he should
net i;.trry trruse:f, wen: avay, a.id in aouut half an hour after the
• a 3f the zwQriter three engin;:s arrived at the door; of which.
e There hal not been the least appearance of
K.. • of the .se. sitter by* greater quantity of smoke
• ,ay other Tu.:aaa. There was no alar n whatever is the
unrequited. and, without asking permission
,A ..n .I..alately upon his entrance rah down into the
katcueo. In consequence of Mr. Wedd's refusal to pay the rewards.
application win anode to the parish officers, and to them he trans-
muted an account of the affair. They, in reply,:informsd him. that
this particular species olimposition had increased to s most alarming
degree ; and requested him, on behalf of the parish, and for the be
atffit of the public, to lay the particulars of the ease before the Ma.
gistrates.
John Live!. master &homy-weeper, residing in Iloeskydown,
after being sworn. stated. that he was the person employed by Mr.
Weldon the day in question. and by the whole of his testimony cor-
roborated ate statement made by that gentleman.
Yilby. the fireman, said no th in support of his claim, but that
he considered he had only perforated his dtity.
The Magistrates rejected the claim, and cautioned the Armen to
be more cucumspeet in future.

WORSHIP STREET.
A Mr. William Cooper was brought to this office. for an
assault on the person of George Dale, a messenger under a
commission of bankruptcy.
It appeared from the evidence, that Mr. Henry Goinperta'
late of Tokenhouse Yard, wool-dealer, now a prisoner in the
Fleet Prison, had become a bankrupt, and a commission had
issued against bins on the sth of October last. He had also
a private residence at 29, Nelson Terrace, Kinpland Road,
which he had, previoas to his becoming a bankrupt, made
over to Mr. Gurney ; and which the assignees uuder the
commission discovered to be in the occupation of the defen-
dant; and on Wednesday the 4th inst. they vent a messenger
to take possession ; and on the following day the defendant,
with the assistance of another person, forcibly turned the
messenger out of the house. Mr. Reiley, a saddler, in Fins-
bury Plate, one of the assignees, went on the 6th, with the
complainant (Dale) with proper authority, and entered the
house by the back door,which then accidentally was left open.
Upon the defendant's hearing that possession was again ob-
tained, he immediately came down stairs to the kitchen with
a pair of pistols in his hand, and desired Dale to show his
authority, which Dale instantly did ; all remonstrances on
the part of the assignee were ineffectual, and after disputing
about 16 minutes, defendant discharged one of the pistols at
Dale, and finding that had no effect, instantly fired the other,
which slightly struck him on the wrist. Defendant then flew
op stairs, and seised a cutlass, with which he made a blow at
Dale,; but by the timely interference of Mr. Reilly, they
succeeded in taking the cutlass from bum ; and they sent
immediatelffor an officer, and had him Wren into custody.
Mr. Cooper, in his defence,stated, that be bad purchased
the house and premises, and paid the purchase money ; and
that it was a laniefide purchase; yet, notwithstanding, the
assignees appeared to be determined to take possession, and
accordingly on the 4th inst. sent a man to take possession
by stratagem, when be, by directious from his solicitor, gently
put him out ; and the assignees then resorted to the means of
proposing something like terms to lull his suspicions, as to
any future intentions of their retaking possession ; but on
the 6th the assignees employed Dale to retake possession, and
dimming the absence of his female servant, Dale got over the
kitchen wall of an adjoining house, and entered by the back
door into the kitchen ; he, hearing a noise, went into the
kitchen, and saw Dale with a pistol in his hand half hid
under his coat; he enquired his bailors' and authority,
which Dale refused to answer, and took the pistol from under
his coat. He {defendant) then, and not till then, returned
up stairs to his bed room, ogtti brought down a pair of

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pistols, loaded only with powder ; and being threatened by
Dale, he fired the pistols off. Wiley and his brotherthen embus
to Dale's assistance, and they ill-treated him in a most scan-
dalous manner, and struck him a violent blow on die temple ;
and when, being stunned, be became unable to make any te •
sistance they sent for an officer. who brought him here.
Mr. Couant, the sitting Mugistrate, told him that he coo•
sidered it a most aggravated and unjustifiable mauls, fur
which liesleould demand respectable bail for his personal ap-
pearance at the neat Session, to answer the complaint of the
assignees. The defendant immediately entered into recog...
nissoce, and was discharged.