The National Register.
London, England, 1820-05-21 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, Sagarday Mew 20.

BANK PROSECUTIONS.—R. Ireland; and G Sep.
mom, who had yesterday pleaded Nut Guilty, were
perinwed to retract their plea, and to plead Guilty to
the minor ufi•rtce.

I'ettr Miller was indicted for disposing and putting
away two notes of WI. and 61. knowing them to he
forged. Tue following facts appeared in evidence :
On the 4th of January the prisoner applied at the
farm house ofa widow lady named Clark, and expressed
a wish to buy,a colt which Airs. Clark had to dispose of.
'the bargain was concluded the following day between
the prisoner a,141 the gardencrof Mrs. Clark. The price
fixed was 151. which was p.rid in the notes in question.
The prisoner that the colt was purchased for his
brother, who resided at Hampstead. hits own name
h. said was John Milk, and he resided at Holloway.—
The notes were suspected atsout two mo.sths afterwards,
arid upon making the most ddittent enquire, both at
Holloway and Hampstead, it was discovered that the
prisoner resided at neither of ;hose places. The prisonv
was apprehended by Armstrong, the °dicer, oho mush!
live one promd forged notes in hi' possession.
Mr. Glover, a Bank Inspector, proved the notes to be
forged.
The unhappy man attempted no defence, and the
Jury, w about hesitai ton, proommeed him Guilty.
While the Judge was delivering hi. charge in the
above trial, the Grsiid Jury entered the Cinnt, and
after delivering several true hulls which they had !build,
the Foreman stated, that lie had AI application of some
conr.eqtsence to make to the Court. Mr. Justice Bayley
desired them to Wait until the trial was concluded, and
he would then Unelin to them. . . _

At the con. fusion of the trial the Grand Jury again
entered, and presented a written appl ,canna to the
Court. The object of this was to decide the dispute
between the Cowman Serjealit and the Clraiid Jury of
the la,t tiesstorii, ret.peetithr. the ri4lit t:f die latter to
visit the different pal-3 of Nowg,•ite.
\lr. Justice Bayley refrained from expressing his
optilion :IS to the right, bttt said, that he was plre that
the Sheriff wou!d at present give diteetioit for the Grand
Jury to he permitted to visit. He would take an oppor-
tunity of sithinittimt the (pte,iion to the twelve Judges,
and their opinion shoii;rl b prininunced next t.'etsiott.

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.--.otl Sunday
morning a sermon was preached at the Octagon
Chapel, Bath, fix the benefit of the National
Schools; and atter the service a collection Was
nude at the doors of the chapel. During the Sid-
iection, a gentleman's servant, who was standi in
the passage, asserts, that he observed a hitly st*etly
take a bank-note from the box, holden by one of the
gentiemea to receive the deposits of the charitable,
He lonian asserts, that the lady, perceiving. she was
observed, muttered as she passer! him.—" It is my
own note." The man instantly replied. " No
Madam, you took it out of the box." The man
goes on to state, chat the lady then passed on, en-
deavouring to mix with the cla wit, but he followed
her so closely, that on reactislig Quiet Street, and
still finding hint at her heels, she ref timed back, and
making ht.r way to the vestry room, exclaimed, ‘•
have discovered a one-pound no,e in my sleeve,
which I suppose I must aeLidentally have taken up
when put toy donation into the box.,' lbe ser-
vant man who had witnessed the transcetioa,
having related it to his inast,:r, was by him directed
imniotiately to int:irm the gentlemen who nionigod
the collection theceof, which he did ; and his master
has since borne testimony to his strict veracity and
Sonic corrohorati,ig circun.staaces arc
said to have come to light; notwithstanding whim,
he lady persists in asserting her innocen and 'tier
accuser as resolutely persists in usscs.cia:ini.;
truth of his act:us:tams. The accusal
a lad, of considerable fortune, and moving in the
li.st circles if fl,shion.

The puLkuges, landed a few days ago at Dover,
and said to belong to her Majesty tate Queen of
England, were the property of his Royal Higan,v,
the late Dt±c of Kt:at, and no: of her Ma.v.ity.