The National Register.
London, England, 1816-02-04 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER-

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tion under Government, and lived in affluence ; that since his death she had
ot her living by letting lotheiugs, but had been deprived of that means, by
tie whole of her property 'being thatioved by fire, In addition to these
eelzanities, she had the misfortune to dislocate one of her knees by a fall,
which prevented her from moving, and she and her children were without
the common neceeseries of life. The subscription was sanctioned by Dr.
Ctark-e (who Mr. Stead considered to be the Clergyman of the Parish),
and the heads of the Palish. Mr. Stead, on looking over the list of sub-
eierihers, which filled several sheets, &served several of his neihthbours'
r.emes, and supposing that they knew more of the case than he did, gave
the prisoner ss. An uthabitant of Bear-street gave a similar account ; but
he was not so credulous as to part with his money to him. He stated the
distressed object to be living in the parish of St. Martin, his house being
in that parish. This witness followed him closely, and prevented a num-
ber of his neighbours from giving their money to him, and insisted upon
going with him to see the widow : but he contrived to elude his vigilance,
et-hough he followed him thmngh several streets. A Mr. Smart stated,
teat he.hael given the prisoner 3. but he had put down on his list .C 1 Is.
ear the purpose of imposing on his neighbours, to make them believe he
tad given more than he had. The other charges being of a similar noture,
they were not gone into. 'the prisoner being suspected, Mr. Stead ob.
thined a warrant, and Pearlws and Nichols traced him to Green-street,
C-rosvbnor-square, where: he was occupying a respectable house; and on
requiring for him, they were inthrmed he war, not up. The Officers, how-
ever, saw a female, who appeared to be the mistress of the house and the
prisoner's wife, who they learned had got five children ; they, therefore,
charged her with being the widow for whom the prisoner had been collect-
ing subecriptions ; and after some hesitation, she confessed herself to be the
erelow of a respectable man, who had left her with three children. After
his death she had let ready furnished lodgings, when the prisoner came to
ledge with her, and she laid been so imprudent as to cohabit. with him,
and had two children by him. The prisoner, in his defence acknowledged
that the money he had collected was torhimself and the woman whom he
Lad cohabited with for the last two years. He said he was a native of Ja-
ensica, had come to England sonic years since, and had entered into the
Navy as Midshipman. lie was related to Lord Hood's family by mar-
riage, but they would not notice him. Sir Nathaniel Conant lamented
that the infamous conduct of the prisoner did not amount to a fraud ; he,
however, ordered him to be committed to Tothill-fields Bridewell, till he
found security fur his future good behaviour.
MANSION-HOVSE.
Yesterday H. Scott was charged with robbing Messrs. Jacks and Co. of
Cornhili, of a quantity of mercer), plated buttons, &c. The prisoner was a
porter in the service of the prosecutors for a considerable time, and the lat-
ter having recently been robbed of goods to an alarming amount, the ser-
vants were watched. In consequence the prisoner, a few evenings since,
was searched, when several dozen of buttons, tassels, laces, &c. were found
concealed in his hat and clothes. Upon searching his lodgings, also, a
tsuantity of other property was found. The prisoner was fully committal
for trial.
HATTON-GAR DEN.
J. Butler, T. Turner, H. Hurley, A. Allingham, T. Wilson, and L.
Conner were re-examined, charged with a burglary in the house of G. So-
lomon, a clothes sales-man, in Field-lane, and stealing apparel, plate,
watches, &c. to the amount of .C5OO, the greater part of which has been re-
covered. The evidence, which we have already fully detailed, was repeated,
and confirmed by Butler, who was admitted an evidence, and they were
again remanded.—Ann Winfield, who was apprehended whilst in bed with
three of the prisoners, and who has been delivered of a dead child since she
has been in confinement, was ordered to be discharged as soon as she reco-
vered, no evidence appearing against her.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
'Monday, T. White, alias Konky Beau, was re-examined, charged
ol suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery of the Wind-
sor coach, of ,a parcel containing 19001. in Bank-notes. The che
comstances of the case have been before our readers at considera-
ble length. The evidence against the prisoner is a Mr. Jones. who
saw him standing with a coat on his arm near the coach-office ;
Mrs. Flower, who bPlieves he is the man who took the parcel fro n
her in the coach ; anti the persons who received some of the '.% iml-
soy notes from him. Mr. Adolphus opposed his committal; but it
was resisted by Mr. 'Price, the prosecutor's Attorney ; and Mr.
Colgabuuu fully committed the prisoner.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
.1. :Watkins, a discharged seaman, was charged by J. Yeates, Esq. of
Veletehaven, with forcibly taking from his person a gold watch, chain. &c.
On Tuesday afternoon, as the prosecutor was turning the corner of Holli;-st.
a man ran violently against him, and on his looking
'round, he found him-
self surrounded by three or four men, who went oft in different directions.
lie wafted on two or three paces. and missal his watch. By this time a
Mr. Savage came up, to whom he related what had happened, and added,
that he suspected the prisoner to he the man who had robbed him, and who
was then crossing towards Cavendish-sq. together with another man. Mr.
Savage croesed over to them, when he obeerved the prisoner give something
in a handkerchief u, the other man and walk on. Just as he was about to
collar the man who had received it, he threw it after the prisoner, raying,
'4 Here, take it.." 'the watch fell out of the handkerchief, which Z.lr. Sa-
vage picked up, and purshed the prisoner, who ran off into Osford-st. wirx;
he was Weay lie we: fully committed.

ACCLDEN I'S, OFFENCES. acc
—wax,

118.4.

Priam!Ens.—A gang of desperate poachers were detected last
week near Durnham, in Norfolk, by the adr&tneas of a Police Offi-
cer from London, who was engaged for that purpose by Mr Pratt,
whose preserves close to iris house were so audaciously infested at
night by a body of those desperadoes, armed, that the gamekeep-
ers and their assistants became at length afraid to oppose them.
The Police Officer went down to an
,use,aleho the place of resort
of the gang, in the character of a groom ti that he was to
wait for his master at that place; at whose noa-arrival, after some
days, he expressed great dissatisfactiOn, intimating in the taproom,
" that he began to fear, that his master, who was a sl ppers hand,
had gone to France, as he did once before, leaving him without
money to pay his way." This tale excited the co .miser ution of
the principal of the poachers, who d d all gentlemen as worth-
!• as fellows, and a night or two after took such a liking to their
pot companion, the groom, that he let him into the nightly pursuits
of the gang, and offered to admit him into their fellowship, ss the
means of providing for himself better than by serving a gentleman
master. The well-acting groom closed with the otter, went out
with them next night, and was present at the destruction of phea-
sants in great abundance ; and the next morning laid informations
against all his confederates, who, seven in number, being unable
to pay the extent of penalties adjudged upon them, were immedi.
ately committed to Swaffham gaol, where they now lie in safe cus-
tody.
We are happy to learn, that eight of the poachers, supposed to
be concerned in the murder of Col. Berkeley's gamekeeper, were
on Saturday fully committed to Glocester Gaol for trial.
Last week a serious rencontre took place in the woods of the
Earl of Darnley, at Cobham, Kent, between nine of his Lordship's
keepers and servants, and a desperate gang of five poachers;
when, after a severe struggle, the poachers effected their escape.
The highest credit is due to his Lordship's servants for their for-
bearance on this occasion from using their fire arms, although
they were assaulted in such a way that their lives were endan-
gered. Several persons on each side were severely wounded.
ALARMING COMBINATION.—At the Manchester Quarter Ses-
sions, on Wednesday last, an appeal was heard on • behalf of 10
journeymen calico-printer., who had been sentenced to three
months' imprisonment by the Magistrates of Bolton for a conspi-
racy. It appeared from the statement of Counsel, that the priso-
ners were assembled at a public-house at Bolton-le-Moor; as a
Committee of Delegates clothed with legislative powers from their
fellow-journeymen, when they were all taken into custody and
their papers seized by the Civil Power. By their books and papers
it was discovered, that the combination ofjourneymen calico-prin-
ters had ramified its interests with shoe-makers, brush-makers, cut-
lers, tlaxdressers, bookbinders, weavers, &c. &c.; and that the
combined of these trades throughout the kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, were united in one common cause, and mu-
tually lent assistance to each other, in order (as they chose to call
it) to assist oppression; or, in other words, to compel a rise in
wages, and prevent the employment of apprentices, &e. As a
proof that they were not impelled by necessity, 111. had been col-
lected from each journeyman within a twelvemonth, to support
their unlawful proceedings. The conviction of the Delegates was
confirmed ; and the Chairman said, he should deem himself want-
ing in his duty, if Ire did not transmit the documental proofs of the
existence of a most treasonable conspiracy to Government, in or-
der that his Majesty's Attorney-General might decide on any fur-
ther proseenti'ons that might be judged necessary.
Lately, a fine girl, 10 years of age, a protegee of Mrs. Barnes, of
St. Ives, Fluntingtonshire, having, while walking with some of her
companions, dirtied her shoes, said she would go and wash them :
while so employed, she told the others, who had approached the
river with her hand in hand, that she felt the ground gi%iug way
under her feet, and desired them to let go her hold, or she must
drag them all into the water. This they had no sootier done, than
the bank really did fall in with her, and the unfortunate girl was
drowned.
In the night of the 11th nit. a fire broke out in a waggon-house
belonging to Mr. Adams, of Burrington, near South Petherton, in
Somersetshire, and by three o'clock six cottages, stable, hay-house,
one barn, two hay and two wheat stacks, and great part of the
• furniture, were wholly consumed. The loss is estimated at about
,Ll,OOO.

The pecuniary concerns of the Banking [louse of Messrs.
Roscoe, Clarke, and Roscoe, at Liverpool, are said to amount
to ue two millions sterling.