The National Register.
London, England, 1823-05-05 00:00:00

LONDON ADJOURNED SESSION&

Johanna Hennesy was trild upon an indictment.
charging her with -hawing committed a misdemeanour,
in deserting her cnild in the parish of Cripplegate.
The case was fully proved by Mrs. Mary Smith, the
wife of a publican, at the corner of Tenter-alley,Cdp-
plegate; this witness heard the child cry, and ott going
11110 the street found it lying alone on the pavement;
she took it up, put it to her breast in the room of her
own child, and cherished it, until the parish Officers
tendered their services.
The prisoner said in her defence that her extreme
poverty hail compelled her to look about for anstrawylnitt
fur the chil.l, and that she had never entertained an idea
of abandoning it ; that 1•1):: wailed In the neighbourhood
iii which she deposited it, until Mrs. Smith appeared and
supplied the place of a mother.
cite Jury found her—Guilty.
The Recorder expressed his utmost abhorrence at her
cruelty, and observed, that if the pont infant load fallen
asleep, instead of alarming the neighbours, the mother
would probably now have in answer for the lligliest
crime. The humanity of Mrs. Smith was singularly
contrasted with such an instance of desertion upon who
part of a parent. (Here the Recorder burst into 'tears,
and confessed his inability to 'proceed with the picture.)
Tne Court sentenced the prisoner to one year's ins-
!instalment in the House of 'Correction.
A Homan named Nathan, was tried for keeping a
a limit notorious brothel in Still-alley.
The prisoner said in her defence, that her house was
an holiest and proper place, tend not at all a house for
" Ladies and Getiremen."

She was Inund Guilty, and sentenced to one year's
imprisonment.
woman. named Price. who keeps a house of in-
fante, next door to that of Mrs. Niihau's. was also found
Guilty; but Mis. Price was not such a veteran ; she
spewed sonic symptoms of contriti 111 l „and was sentenced
to confinement lor a month, and her servant was sen-
tenced to imprisonment for .4 days.

yniroWutrd morning,iiinestflraoyntofN ewgaa I cre,orodwairt:
sneensEtsbxthe uneTtxra:icaltu
of three young men, who had re-
ceived sentence of death, for the crime of bnrglary--.
viz. John Walker, aged 18, Janies Aldridge, aged 211.
convicted of breaking into the house of Mr. J. Shipston,
of skadwell, and of Mr. Wreston, in St. George's fit
the East, and of Henry Seaton, aced 26, for a similar
armee in the house of Mrs. Catherine Dale, Shad-
well. Walker and Aldridge belonged to an organized
gang of daring burglars, who had carried on their ope-
rations of plunder in a regular and systematic manner :
the latter, Season, had been in custody, and was well-
known so the Police as a regular ensiles:stall—but had
never been tried before. lie was related to a family of
the first respectability, and his uncle used all the italu.
nice he possessed to save the unhappy

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MEETING OP 1011CMANTS AND RANKERS.
On Thursday last a Meeting of Merchants and Bunkers
of the city of London, took place at the London 'farm,
for the purpose of adopting measures for the greater
security of the money advanced by them in the course of
their commercial transactions, upon the deposit of mer-
chandise and goods, end for a more adtqaare protection
than is at. present affisrcled them by. the English law
avinst the fraudulent conduct of foreign merchants.
JOHN SSIITkI, Esq. M.P. was unanimously called to
the Citair.
The CHAIRMAN said, it was well known to them that
merchants, buskers, and other capitalists, were in the
habit of advancing money on the security of merchandise
to a considerable extent. as well on the deposit thereof
as in payment of bills of exchange, drawn by consignors
from foreign parts, or front one !Hut to another
within the United Kingdom. To etiemiraae‘ the em-
ployment of capital by 111e311$ of such advances, by
which the amount of capital actually engaged in cow-
ruerci d operations was increased, and the trade of the
country carried to a vast eitent, was a sound principle
Of policy ; but it was to be lantehted that no . adequate
protection was afforded by our law to such transactions.
—On the contrary, the English capitalist advanced his
money at his peril, and to his loss, if the goods proved
to be the property of any other person than tee: individual
borrowing or drawing upon the credit of them, although
such fact was nnknowu-and imiliscoverable by the penult
making the advance. To provide against such a hard-
ship,. it became the great body 0 r the capitalists of the
nation to make every effort. It was worthy of remaik
that our Scottish brethren had exhibited *upon this, as
weltaa upon other qtiesC?ans, a match greater degree
of prudence than we had exercised, as would Le
!bowls i. the course of the discussion • Lit fact the.Elig-
ball- law was unfair and absurd in the highest degree;
for it went ta prevent the clrculation of capital beyond
any. measure that, perhaps,.had.ever been brought before
Parliament.
Hr. PARHAM°, M.R rose•to. submit certain resolu-
tions, which had, he said, been dram. up antler the
legal opinion and advice of Messrs. Kaye, Freshfield, and
Kaye. He observed. that the rule that a factor,
though clothed with apparent ownership of goods, and
the power of sale, could not pledge them or dispose of
than by. barter, originated in casesaletermisted a century
aito,.aod turnetl.principally. on apparent fraudulent prac-
tices between the faCtor and the individual with whom
the goods were deposited. The courts of law had car-
ried the principle to such an extent as to render all ad-
vances.ciii gooditentremety daitgeimis, by exposing Eng-
lish eapitalists who ailvaaceil money on iserchandiae to
frauds-on the pail of foreign merchants.
Mr. T. WILSON, M.P. said he felt much. for the
foreign merctsisits. Care should be taken to protect
them Irmo the abuse of trust.
The CHAIRMAN thought that nothing could be more
uncertain ho general that, the conjecture as to the opinion
of the low officers of the Crown ; but he believed they
were not hostile to the proposition of remAying the ex-
twine evil. Indeed he understood their disposition as
friendly towalds a change. If the proceedings of the
meetitie were brought to a speedy termination. a bill
*night tae brou3lit into Parliament this session.
The resolutions 'acre agreed to, awl the Merchants
and Biotite, • toed a petition to Parliament.

CITY RUS/NRS.S.
A Court of Aldermen was held at Guildhall on Friday
►ass, which was attended by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
the Recorder, and City Officers.
His Lordship having made report of the election in
Lmahourn Ward, John Key, Esq. attended by several
of the Cn I mon Council, Ind principal inhabitants of the
Ward, was introduced to the Court in due form, and
took the nal hs and his seat.
The Lord Mayor then reported the election in the
Ward •t( Farringdon, when John Crowder, Esq. was in
like manner attended, and presented, and took the usual
oaths and his seat.
Jack• -• was admitted, and sworn a coal-

Mr.Jllllll Jackson s.
■•••-
meter in trust Air the city.
'rite Court.were occupied at considerable length, upon
a 'qirt relative to the appointment or Receiver of the
Orphans Dues on %Vine, and Mr. Md. Cox was ap-
pointed to the vacant situation.
Piecepts for a Common Hall for the election of offi-
cers were directed to be issued.
Courts of Conservancy were appointed to be held for
Essex and Keen •on the I2lh, and fur Surrey and Mid•
dlesex on the 20th of June next.
Presentments were made of ruirsous premises in Ald-
gate and Cripplegate Ward, and the Act of Parliament
directed in be put in execution.
The Chamberlain reported the state of the orphans
fond, when 13,4001. of the outstanding debt was directed
to he paid off and discharged.
Sandry brokers were sworn and allowed.

Ott the night of Monday last, snme wretches entered
a sheep told 041 the fartu of Mr. Tanner, of Urchfont,
Wilts, within a few miles of Deviz..s, and, with the
fold stakes. heat the poor sheep in such a brutal manner
that four of mem died on the spot. One was tunnel
with its_ head nearly severed from its body, al•parently
done with a hatchet others on the following morning
presented a most pitiable appearance,heing nearly pierced
through with the sharp ends of the stake, and many
were otherwise dreadfully maimed and cut: the greater
part of the flock, however, effected their escape by
breaking out of the fold. On the same itight a large
plantation belonging to Mr. Tanner, situate on Urch-
font Down, was cut down 3twl destroyed. scarcely a tree
remaining standing. U.1111311.11.C41, the wrochts then
chopped a plougit, also the property of Mr. Tanner, to.
pieces. It wriulif be difficult to discover a motive for so
wanton and attiociows au outrage, Mr. Tanner being a
Most worthy mans beloved, and respected by those whq
knobs


THE NATIONAL REGISTER

APPREHENSION 01,...TH1 MURDERERS 01, MAJOR

HARlL—Pairick and Imes Nliiviane (brothers), Irosh

the common= or ltathkeal, whose comrade (the unto.

rions Oliver Fitzgerald) was apprehended last summer
at Quebec, in America. have heel] found at the housel
of a suppo.ed respectable wealthy fanner, named Wm.
Pawer, of Cragvartl, near Snansvlden ; and most ex-
traordinary to relate, theywere entscealed betwee:t a bed
and the sackcloth bottom, and two females. one a flue
young woman, lying on the bed over them. On being
taken, they were inuitediately recognized by the con-
stable. Patrick (tire elder) is rather a well spoken fel.
low, and on his way to Raihkeal, and in the very streets
of that town, he harangued the mnl., desired them ne-
ver to despair, that he was trite, and would be true to
the last. These two-ruen, with otbeis, are charged with
the murder of Major Hare, at Mount Henry, in the
county of Limerick, last year, awl many other outra-•
geons offences
A Gipevy Foarataz.rithzett.—On Thursday morn•
ilea last, su illionking old woman went into the shop,
of Mr. Burton, hal:cr. Great Portlatithstree, and bought
a. penny roll, which site stood eating till all were gone
out, except-Mr. Borton's (Loather, who hack the ears of
the shop, when the old wretch fixer, her eyes on the
girl for some time, with great attention, and at length
told the girl that by the lines in her face she could pen:
ceive that she was born to good fortene, and if she
wreakd give her a shilling she would direct her to a place
where there was a good deal of hidden treasure con.
1 cealed; accordingly the girl gave her a shilling; the gip.*
say looked at rite palms of both bet (she girl's) hands
and after pretending to examine them, she directed flee
to go into a certain corner of. the cellar, and dig op the
earth, awl at the depth of a few istehes. she would find
a stone jug full of silver awl gold coin ;.and-she hoped
when she found it she would gist her a piece of it its.
, addition to the shilling. The poor simple girl went4e
directed, and after searching seine time and finding her .1
expectations disappriitited, returned to the shop. wheal',
she discovered the old woman was gone, having stolen a
'silver watch with two gold seals and a key, a silk shawl,
and other sniffles oat of the inside room; fortanatel.,
l the till, which contained same money, was locked.--s-1
.The young woman tan immediately to the Duke ell
Sussex puhliehouse, and informed ISIr Forrester, the
landlord, of the robbery, and he, with some itersons '
who were in. the tap-room, followed in pursuit; bon,
althouah she and her dress were tery remarkable, lie
had .effected her escape. Mr. Burton, in the course of
the afternoon, gave iiiforittation of the robbery at the
police office, and a description of the old Olney fortune
teller; and we expect from the vigilance of- the police
cifTsee's soon to hear that she is its custody. She appear-
ed to he between 44.) and 60 years old, • Idle size,
rather thin, very black hair, and wore an 'old rusty
red cloak, an old ragged black straw bonnets
DARING BURGLARY.—On Friday night, beiweeu
ten and eleven o'clock, a most daring Inualary was com-
mitted in the house of Mr. Nosada, Coventry street,
Piccadilly. Mr. Nosada keeps a situp for the elle of
valuable and curious antiques, but does not occupy the
, upper part of the house, and on the night in question he
locked up the shop, and went out for about an hour.
Il On his return lie found that-thieves had cutered at the
back window of the first (bor. made their way dots it
stairs, broke into the shop, forced all the drawers and
gtasa caws, and carried oil a large (enmity of property,
consisting of ancient cold watches and suisffsbnxes, otos
beautiful enamelled board great value. gold Cilitllll and
seals, a beautiful oval miniature of limmaparte, upwarts
of 40 intaglios in gold, curious Greek and other coins,
aid various other property, amounting to above goof.
apprehension of lfn persons for Site Robbery of the Bel-
lies! and Derry Mails.—Ten of those said to be con-
,tensed in toese daring robberies hate been appr.:ll. niled,
On Monday Meld last, Mr. Armstrong, chief constable,
was dispatched with a warrant, acrompthied by Lieut.
Ellis and a party of the Meals Police. They succeeded
in apprehending Richard Dowling, a publican, who
a few days sitter, passed a balance note at a distillery in
Dublin, which was afterwards stopped at the Batik of
Ireland as. one that had been• robbed front the 13:Ifast
, Mail, when attacked last winter. Dowling said, that
[ he had received the note from .a avian named Gerron,
' whom the party apprehended near African,. Genet)
said lie obtained the note from a-man named M.Toole,
of Gerretstown bog. Toole turned approver, assd gave
information where the test of the gang were to be found,
Mr. Armstrong was again promptly dispatched in pur-
suit, and at one o'clock arrived at Dislleek with a see-
' meant and twelve of the 4th Dragoon Guards, where
Lieut. Ellis. with his police, was in readiness. The
dragoons and the mounted police were stationed on the
different passes leading from the bog, while the infantry
with Mr. Arrostroug and his assistants, commenced the
search. Scarcely were the horsemen placed, when one
of the robbers, named James Kelly, was seen running
' through the fields adjoining the bog its his shirt;. several
i shots were fired at hint, and he %Yeast length taken after
a pursuit of nearly half a cask. by Corporal Reed, of
lithe nailed: party, who preferred the honour of arrest-
ing hint In that of shooting him. Toole the approver,
pointed out where the anus were concealed in a bug-
hole.
Out Wednesday afternoon last, as Lieut.-Col. Trench,
of Bolton, was driving down the Haymarket in a tilbury,
turning the corner of Pall-mall. his horse unfortunately
struck Mrs. Corte. of Little Cloisters, Westinaister,
and knocked her down, broke her rib, and otherwise
bruised her : the Colonel immediately got out of the til-
bury to assist her, and pin her under the care of Mr.
Fisher. the surgeon, of Greek-street, who happened to
be driving by al the time, and pulled up to offer his pro-
fessional assisunce ; and while in the act of so doing,
his pocket was picked of his instrument-case by a pick-
pocket among the crowd collected on the occasion
A coroner's inquest was held on Friday last, before
Thomas Stieltnit, Esq. at Guy's-hospital. oat the body of
a man unknown, about 60 years of age. who had cut
his throat near the Blue Anchor-toad, .Rerutoudsey.—
Verdict-4 Insanity."

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FIRt.-.tn alarming Are broke out on Monday morn-
ing, at two o'clock, at a linen drispefs, the corner of
Harper-street, New Kent.road. The waidhMan first
°turned the flames. and immediately alarmed the in-
itiate, of the home. who wish considerable difficulty
saved themselves from destruction. Several engines very
shortly arrived upon the spot, and although every effort
was made by the firemen to stop the fluines, it 40tit.
;eftly burnt the house to tire ground, and • 'materially%
injured the adjoining ones. but happily nu lives were
lust. The property, we understand, is insured.
'facerrixo•Mxtcriao.—Mr. Hindsotis two matches•
to trot his two horses, issue three suites its 1 1 minutes.
and the other sixteen miles in one hour, took place on
Monday, on the Ashford Road, Middlesex, over 3 three
mile circle. The three miles snatch was for a hundred
sovereigns, and the sixteen for two hundred, with plenty
of hettiter.—Both snatches were lost by the horses
breaking rrons the trot. Betting was ii 4•tait the horse
banina the second snatch.
EXTRAORDINARY ARFAIR.—A great sensation bas
been excited at Brigh luring the last week, by a cir-
cumstance unparalleled in the annals of the town. A
gentleman who has claimed great celebrity by the sets
of fanciful philanthropy with which his name is asso-
ciated, and who has been residing at Brighton for about
a week past, in consequence of stiformation glee's to-
the police, was brought before Sty David Scott, on
Saturday last, together wish Archibald:lt/Amnon and his
wife, keepers of a well-known house of ill-fame, and
as many as fourteen or filters' female,• of abandoned
character. The above gentleman. it appeared, hail- with
that eccentricity which at all times din • ;wished his
conduct,entered Robinson's house, where he distributed
money and clothes to these poor creatures; she report of
which spreading far and wide, he had soowa numerous
list of applicants for bounty. Amongst these was one
young girl from Lewes. and another from Devil's Dyke.
and in this manner be presented as many, we nutters
stand, as 25 with a sovereign each, and to the greater
part of them, besides, an order on a linen draper for
goods to the amount of lOs. It would have been well:-
if this intercourse with them had terminated here ; but
when it became known that scenes of the greatest itnle.•
licscy were taking place, it was judged necessary to in.
terfere, and prevent the repetition of these outrages on •
decency and morality. :t gimel deal of difficulty was
experienced by the ultieers in getting admission to the
house, and they were obliaeil tii have recourse to strata-
gem before they could sitieceed.- The disgusting faCts
have beem sasisfielortly established ; Mr. was
bound over in heavy recognisatices so be of good belia.
stow, as were also two sisters of itiMillsoll.ll wife, who
heel heels privy to what was going forward, and shared
in the vile profit exacted by ditape unprincipled creatures
she objet ts of his misditected t y. A prose-
cution was ordered to be instituted on behalf of the
parish against Robinson and his wife, who gave bail.
tit toselves in 1001. and two soretiesan 751. each, for
their appearance at the Sessions, to answer the charge;
so that an estatilishwein which lias, we understand.
existed its Brighton no less thin 17 lean'. will at length
be deservedly broken up. We are an possession of many
particulars, such, however, as we must forbear to de-
tail; but we CAllllllt refrain loon eapressiug our regret,
that a person wllO was IMlltrf:y a headborough ref
should have given iulnr,oation to the keepers
of this brothel of• the measures winch were being taken
against them.
L<IUR•DLR tat SPX.TILLDS'-0,1 Ftiday afternoon, at
*three o'clock, as impliMion was takeu before Thomas
Strrlisq Esq. coroner, at she three Kings Tavern.
Clerkenwell-green, Ott view of she body of a man
t1;11t110,V1), whirl was found dead amongst some straw,
with a number of marks of violence in various pans
w his body. denoting that he hail been nittsilered.---•
Thejunt returned a verdict " that- the deceased hail
been monk-fed by some perion or version unknown."—
The parish of St. -fames, Clerkenwell, have caused large
placards to be posh-d, offering a reward of 501. for this
discovery, of the dent I.
TUB BULLOCK AND 'NIB OTTICRIL—A letter-from •
Schelestatt (Bas Rhin), dated April 15, says—Yesterday.
at one o'clock sus the afternoon, our city was the scene of
an event which miaht hare produced the most mainly-
nate revolt. without a strong instance of courage • ao.I
sang lioid lilt the ;sin of a y g Qaartermaster of the
Ist regiment of dragoons. A butcher's boy leading out a
hillock in a halter, found, its a street called the New
Road, the Ist rcpt ment of dragoons drawn op liir. re-
view. The bullock taking fright at the suundeof the
drums, broke Irons his cooductor. and ran furiously to-
wards the Fetbsimrts. In Isis course he overturned all
shit stood in his way. A ' she unfortunate who
were struck by the enraged animal were two children.
sue of whom was killed,. end she other received several
dreadful wounds. M. ,le Bon being ott dinv, sere she
(Winos animal moiling towards him, amid placing him-
self close to a post, stood in a firm ;sushi 111 l weds his
sabre drawn. At the instant the bullock came towards,
him, with a strong and sloe arm he plunged his sabre
up to the guard in the breast of the animal, who felt
dead a few paces front him. •
Stiocittwo, Accitraut.—On Weilnetrlay afternoon
as the carriage of Mrs. Looter, of Regen.'s Place, Tm-
tenham Court Road, was pining along PAtcadilly, the
horses took Origin at some mischievous boys wating a
flag, and went off at a gallop, and in their course ran
over .a youth of the name of hienold, who was crossing
the road, and the off wheel broke his thigh, Resides
being notch bruised by the tread of the horses. Two
young ladies who were in the chariot were sioncis bruised
by i•s- being overturned.
N1E1311111001413 —The following sinopk and ea, me-
thod is recommended for trying the quality of fiel
mushrooms :—Take at onion, and 'trip the outer skin,
and boil it with them ; if it remains white they are
good, but if it becomes blue or black, there are certainly
dangerous ones among them.
Cucumbers were sold u tie Brightno market, a fete,
days ago, for one shsll
,it b each ; and Fiesich beaus at
cightshilliugs a pottle.