The National Register.
London, England, 1818-02-02 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Triehael Fox, aged 60, was put to the bar, npnn anintlirt_
relent charging him mith,ptitting off and disposing of .ix pieces
of counterfeit coin., made to resemble the current coin of the
realm ,:ailed shilling, on the 10th of December last, in the
parish of 6t. Gilcs.in.the-fielols, to one Joscpu Prior, at a
lower rate of value than their denomination imported, name.
ly, for 3g.
The facts •of the case were proved, in an examination of
:toe hours, to the satisfaction of the jury, %lit, ill a tow se.
'cools found a verdict of—Guilty.
TUF.SDAY.

The Old Bailey SessionscosirTMil;irl this slay, when the Re.
• corder passed sentence of death upon the following:—
Mary Al.ler, for stealing in a dwelling house ; Jose's!"
Thompson, for privately stealing in a shop ; Ann Jones, for
stealing in a dwelling house; Nloses Daniels and Joins Smith,
!Or konsebreakine ; Charles Wood and John Vale, for horse
atealing ; Lawrence Denley, for stealing in a tly.s•lling house;
John Norton,for burglary ; George Scott and Israel Chapman,
for highway. robbery; William White and Julius Read, for
sheep stealing ; Mary Gililersleve, for stealing iii a dwelling.
house ; W illiam Kelly and 'ilioinas Spicer,for forgery ; Thm
rum' Casey, fir sheep stealing; Win Henry Rawlins's,' and
3111111 RA161411‘011; the younger, for stealing from a Mg bust on
the river ; Henry Hall, fur stealing in a dwelling house ; Ann
Cale, fisrprivately stealing in a shop; Wm. Grace and Charles
tilt burglary ; Charles Russell, for housebreaking ; Jas.
Bennett (a boy), for stealing in a dwelling home ; Isittltew
Sidtivan (a boy only 11 years of awe), John Limas, and Win.
Green, for stealing in a dwolling honest ; Daniel Stockwell,
for burglary ; Rose O'Hara, largaret illimplsrles, and Han-
nah Ilrian, for highway rubbery; and John Fanner, fur pri
•vately stealing.
Messrs. 'Theodore O'Callaghan, Thomas Joseph Phealan,
and Charles New bolt. the duelists, were ordered to be fined a
shilling. and to he confined three calendar mouths in his :'la-
jelly's gaol of Newgate.
Rleven were ordered to betransported for life, 15 for fonr-
teen,and 60 for seven year.; and numerous others to various
terms of imprisonment.

fUWARKOW.—A Russian Itioeraphical account of &mar-
'row contains some singular and curious details. 'l'houghtlie,
-.general cruelty of his disposition WAS evinced My the horteute
massacres of •Oczakoff, ,Ismailoff, and Praga, (where 00,000
roles are said to have been eacrieeed to his vengeance); yet.
lye semetiniesahowed et more peculiar ardour of ferocity. To
Ike French, in particular, he bore a sort of fanatical histred—'
a rage of detestation. A proof of this passion way:vett ex..
Iribited in exercising his men. In commanding 'them to'
snake a charge with the bayonet, they were to understand his
directions 'in three differesit wo.ye, according to the nation'
which they were snppnscd 'to combat. When he gave the!
word to march against the Prr.ssians, they charged straight!
forward with the point of the bayonet—against the Poles,
they rapidly repeated the thrust—against the execrable
French, they turned round their bayonets after the second
thrnst, treeelarge the wound. Original in every thing, and
even erecting originality, this send -barbarian sometimes ap.l
peered wrapped up in sheep's skin, like a Cossack, and at
other times covered with crosses, •with bages of orders, and
portraits, which he had received. These latter ornaments,
seined to his little grins countenance and bis lank figare,.gave
'kiln more the appearance of an Italian charlatan than the''
,general of an army. Although he gave the world'reasento
•otpeot hiseanity, yet, •from sharing their dangers, tbelefa-.
Mena, end their 'frugal .fare, he was always the laid of Lis •
a. ldicrs. The anecdote of his quelling a mutiny aoint Ids '
4-reops .in crossing the Alps, is well I. flown. Ills soldiers,
overwhelmed with fatigues, and dispirited with hard-;hips, no
longer obeyed his voice, or observed their usual discipline.
lie ordered a ditch to be dug, and stretching 'himself in it,'
cried out to his nuttiness soldiers, " Cover me up with earth,
year General desires here to he interred since yon abandon
bias r' They all threw themselves at his feet, and followed
biln with devotion and enthusiasm. The. Emperor Alexander
has cameo' a statae to be erected to his name, and the Grand
Desire .Constantlue has pronounced a public elogitim on his
actuary.; brit such honours will not remove the stain of ca-
pricious ferocity from his character, or induce history to
paisithien in any other colours than those of a.fcrtionate mi-
litary mailman, or an enterprising savage. —(Glieter raper).
DITRAOADINARY CIRCUM,,TANCI.—On the lath instant,
as Illir..Blakeney was walking between Chepstow, and the
'village of St. Aryan's, he observed bare run into seine brush••
wood and long grass, situate in the centre of a field, and:
whieheurrounded a small stagnant pool. He immediately,
repaired to •the spot for the purpose of driving out the Itare,
when,ou. lookile; cantiouslj about, his attention was arrested
by the ,fret of a man above thesnrfaae of the water, and in
snob e;position as led him to believe that the body must be
kept down by a .weight. In .endeavouring to extricate the
body /nitwits filthy bed, the head and flesh separated from
it, and from the patrie•ttate which it exhibited, there can be
no doubt but it must have been abere many ntoutl►s.— Our
Readers must recollect, that at the lust Assizes for Gletices•
ter, till,CP Weall were tried for. the oturder of Mr. Thompson,
found guilty, and executed. Aline Tuirrwr, a funrtli, then
large, and fur whose apprehension a eonsiderablereward has
beets offered, WAS about that time seen its the vicinity of
Clicpstow. Conjecture, therefore, has pronounced that the
unfortunate individual is au other then the murderer ; and the
circumstances of his having about hint a black handkerchief,
readers it estremele probable that, t is so.
A:few days slimed. Blackburn, alias Marsden, was appre-
heeded by Mr. Tithinj, the Constable of Deighton, iiear
Iludilerstield, on a charge efrobbery,and lodged in al room at
an Inn, whence he escaped out of the window. At
the constable repaired to the image of the offender, under All
expectation of boding him, and 'hero. fruitless search was
about to depart, when he discovered a communication be-
tween the chamber and au adjoiarieg hay-loft. At this open.
ing lie-seterad; andwhat then occurred we are incapable of
etatingAirson the following morning-the constable was found
est.the berieflour a lifeless corpse. It is suppli-ed 111,11 a eon-
teSi took place,. in the constabie was throw's fill the
barn floor. When ftitirel,Lis person exhibited the appraraner
cf a ataiiewho Lad died by otrangitlatien, and the cap of hi.
knee ass hrehanan three places. The eukorit has.abscunded ;
and from some carcumstanees that have transpired, it is con-
jectured that 11114.1 of .his aressowas either brukcitoridislocated
in ile; fatal reneontre.
iTne.GlANTEss.—Many °four readers have doubtless seen
a geolitmoty sighs (yaiterd ai oil) of a very large woman, op-
PeoilesN.,rfolk Slice'. Sei sStrand. The Surveyor of the
Parish, um Wednesday
,proetatled aiiist Cook, the propri-
ekr of tins exhibition, for a , ui oulketiog crowd*
by a Bier cautretry to the act. Cock ee:s aces ieted, and Lod
to 43'11.

TITE• NATTONAL lIEGISTF,R,

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GUILDHALL.

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The keeper of a brothel not far from Cheapside, appeared
to.answer the complaint of Lydia Langston. a Cypriau, for
detaining her apparel, and some entitles of jewelry. The
voinplailiant, who WilS about Id, stated, that *lie was the
daughter of respectable parents at Cheltenham, in Gliniees
tershire, wheat. she set ved an apprenticeship to a dressanaker.
About eighteen months ago she attract. '1 the ii„tice of a
gentleman of rank, with whom, after a courtship of some
1110/1,114, she COOSelltell to Collie to 14011t1.101. admirer
placed her it. the house of the definition', and, after visiting
hoe for abort a month. his fancy tired, and she was deserted.
Chi quilt ug the house her landlady had detained the property
fur arrears of rent. The defendant lefwing to give up the
property, the Magistrate solid, he should advise the consplails-
ant to enter au action, or indict the Is iuse, as she knew ilithe
complainant cued her IQOI. for loilgirig, she (-odd not legally
recover oue farthing.—Defendant, " So mach for law.; that's
precious hard though !"—Magisti ate, "Go home yon infamous
hussey, unless you .would wish to be sent to prison." The c
plainant declared she would act on the Alderman's advice,
and the part k‘s departed.
Thursday an information was laid against Mr. Isaac', Cir.
colt, hay salesman in Smithfield 314rket, tinder the following
Piingin stated, that un he put•-
chas:d a load of hay of the defendant lor 31. 111•, and on
opening it on Smithy, he discovered a quantity of manure,
stones, and other ruhhish iii the centre of Iti.of the trusses
the total of the rubbish weighed upwards oft; cwt. The de-
fendant expressed his ignorance of the fact. The hay, he
belonged to J. Roberts, Esq. of. Clay Hill, and the fault
must rest with the binder. Cases of this kind frequently
occurred, and the salesmen were exposed to unmerited cen-
sure. The Alderinaii (Sir M. Illoxliani) said, it would be
hard on the salesmen to tine hire for what he was by no Melt
ns
'blimicable4 but Mr. Payne, the Clei k, said, the Act empower-
ed him to recover the fine from hit principal; on which he
was ordered to pay 3s. per taus-, amounting, with the costs,
to 41. Bs.

MARILBOROUGU-STREET.
On Saturday week a case of inucli.interost occupied the at-
tention of the Magistrates, in a amumons by the Bank of
England against Mr. Ransom, an engraver, for refusing to
deliver up &forged 11. note. ilAained at the Bank, which Mr.
Ransom had paid to Mr. Miteliener, of the !tole in the Wall,
Fleet Street, and on Mitehener summoning Mr. R. to the
Court of Requests, for the.secovery of the amount, Mr. Fisk,
one of the investigators, produced it to the :Chairman (Mr.
Rogers) who hooded it to the defendant .for his inspection,
and he put& into his pocket audwefused:to delivered it up.—
Mr. Fish applied to the Chairman for it-to be.restored tokina,
but the Court declined making auy order. Mr. fish them
demanded the note of Mr. R. who walked out of theUoint
with it, and declared lie wettld shoot any one who attempted
to molest him. Mr. Mitchener proved that Mr. Ransom had
a pistol in his hand, and he saw him stoop down in. Court as if
to cock it, and he kept his eye close upon defendant's hands
to prevent mischief. —Mc. Westwood slated, that he had no,
further desire than he should give up the note.—Mr. Ransom,
" Under what Act of Parliament do son claim possession of
the note.—Magistrate, " l'he 45th ofOeo. 3, cap. 89, which
states it to be felony, to bold possession of the note, which you
now persist in."—Defendant, -"I cannot.leave my profession
to go from Court to Coast, without vein to myself : and my
szbjectin keeping this acee is, by way of a becou to me to dis-
cover a forged note, hy.comparison with .good ones."—Mr.
Westwood, "I: all notes were made alike, hut it is necessary
to make alterations, to .frustrate the plans of fabricatora."—
Mr. Ransom here showed Mr. Fisk three notes, which were de-
clared good. " Then it is by eumpairing the had note with
these that I can point out where .the forgery exists," which
he did to Mr. Fish, aud.conti tttt ed, " I have written a letter
to the Goveruors of the Hank on the subject, and I am de•
termined to proclaim to the world how the forgery is coin-
initted, and in doiug so nay head and heart dictate to me that
I mu right in causing a revolution in the Bank, and informing
the public how to detect forgeries of hank notes." Mr.
Westwood, " The Rank will thank you or any other person
for any suggestion that would tend to prevent the circulation
of forged notes t bat if the public were apprized of the means
of detection. it would tend to benefit the fahrieutors of these
notes, who would immediately change their plan."—The de-
fendant refused to part with the note, and cared not for fail-
ing in the attempt to do good. Persisting in this refusal, the
three Magistrate's held that he had re-possessed himself of the'
note with a pistol in his hand, and held it without lawful
cause.—Remanded for the felony.

BOW STREET.
Two boys, named Samuel Stanton And Joseph Barnett, were
apprelwntled on Saturday week, iu the pit passage to Co.vent Garden theatre, in the act of picking pockets; they
belong to a gang whohave long Infested both theatres. They
were remanded, _ .

Mr. Milner preferred a complaint against Perry, the officer
for having %bleed him by time culler, and turned him out of
the Revel Exchange. It appeared that a gentleman, whose
name Perry slid nut know, though he was acquainted with
his person, lied told Perry that one Wheeler, a emotions
thief, was on. the 'Change, and had insisted that Perry should
send him away. Perry accordingly went, and Irons the
strong resemblance which Mr. Milner bore to Whecier,liatl
acted towards him iu the way complained of. The Lord
Mayor had berm applied to, but haul given no redress; and
Ilicks,of this office, remar,:etl, that lie did not see how
Perry could have acted differently. tic hail no doubt that
Perry would endeavour to bust out the gentleman who.bed