The National Register.
London, England, 1812-03-15 00:00:00

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by his ma4ter, Mr. Philips, a bookbinder, in Ald,,/,,ate, with various
offen.•es, in having written several anonymous threatening letters,
particularly a letter directed to one Murphy. stating that Philips was
an avowed enemy of his, and all his countrymen (iri-hmen), and direct—
ing him to come with a ganr, upon a certain night, and set fire to Philips's
house, for which he and all his companions should he liberally reiearded:
the letter concluded with a list of subscriptions pretended to he entered
into for that purpose, with the initials of the names of the supposed sub-
scribers.
Other letters were produced, directed to some respectable book-
sellers in Paternoster row. who were in the habit of employing Philips,
threatening, to burn their houses if they continued to employ him. Fir
was also charged with forging letters to persons at Stationer, !fall, and
obtaining money from them under fal,;e. pretences for returthd klmanaes.
It also appeared that he had been four years apprentice to Mr. Philips,
and that his father was a respectable carpenter at Deptford.
In his defece he denkl having written any of the letters.
tie was rema:.ded for forth•cr examination.
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ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

Fortorn Nors..s.—Eorg .d Notes, of one pound, are in
circulation, with the name of 3. VAITTIN subscribed ; they
are not ill executed on the whole ; but the face of the
' on-an, and the word ',option arc badly done ; the orb
on the crown appears like a tassel : the paper is harsher
thin the Bank N te, and they may ise detected by the
word one and Ban' of Fug toioi nor appeal ing in the water-
mark. They are dated the :11 of December. .1!1 1, and
the part which is printed in the true note is irritated in en- !
graviep: in the false one. There is an imitation of the I
waved lines used in the 11.1nk Nete.
Trig PIMLICO TEM ALr.—The 11T1pr\Stor ANN FITZGE-
II L I), who was first heard rf at Pindico in the unEnished
houses, and afterwards at Holiand-Hou,e, Stoke-Newing-
toh, Camberwell, and divers other places, made her ap-
pearance within two miles of Cambridge last, week. She
found a convenient birth to recline herself under a bay•
lick, opposite to the home of a clergyman, where she
attracted the notice of a lady, from her general conduct.
She, however, failed to excite that sort of commiseration !,
-which she had been acenstrined to do in London an:l its
vicinity; and instead of being • taken taken under some
hospitable roof, she was committed to the ceuety jail as a
vagrant, and afterwards passed to the metropolis as a ,1
troublesome bargain. She represented herself, ac usual, 1'
as a West Indian lady, and related unsuccessfully her tale
of woe. She had also her neat' undle with her.
Friday forenoon a bullock was selected from a drove
of beasts, in Chiswell-street, passing from Smithfield mar-
ket, by a set of i..le fellows, who pursued it into the City-
-road, leading to Islington. The drovers, with the as.
sistance of some Police Officers, recovered the bullock,
and led him back to the drove. They then secured four
of the ringleaders, and took them before the Sitting Magis ii
-
trate at Worship-street, who ordered them to be sent on
board the tender.
.This morning arrived at the Star Inn, the French Ge-
neral SIMoN, under charge cf I,7icicEnv and LAVENDPR,
two Bow-street Officers, on his way to Dumbarton
Castle, where he is in fnums to be confined, he having,
some time ago, broke his Rirole in Enzland. He is at-
tended by one servant —(G/asgoty, March 10.)
The man who was cormicted in the Isle of Ely, last
week, for poisoning his relatives, has made -a full con.
fession of his guilt since his condemnation, and acknow-
ledged the justness of the verdict.
On the 29th ult. seven join neymen shoemakers, in
Berwick, were convicted before the Magistrates, of mali-
ciously, preventing master shoemakers from employing
other journeymen, and were sentenced to one month's
confinement in jail.