The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-07 00:00:00

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t1'.111';
A few days after tho exerattoo tit Miami, a long decima-
tion was putolisirret, whi railed hi 4 c..arressimi ; sec CO'
pied it, 1114 i 1111::111 1%4" the'rheans of jmizing for
stetirse4ves; hut. at the same sins-. we estikettsvd our ow es
4immolation of ii• itort.ll•i• Pelle y and • I 'ihs• accounts,
however, nnsettled the ct:.;nt.ne. oer.ous who had not
taken a• trident pams to tits ie and weigh al the ciremit.
eta fler. of the ease. the lonilahle von p.o.e th'rettmeitso
Plt thontitint •aeljert ;,e.rrestihz ltt dm character et our
tr jury, a gen Item lit well art; aattatett wills sir pottered•
otraven sip the t: ing a bit gruit•iiirtsl ; 1,1 which it
i • 1101 toes mach to say, tir-t ti acts the question completely 111
PSt.

• p-onrs pro ',vie I spinet thia w:ete't.rl in in uFr, hit trial for
tie (iku mkt.. Mr. Bird toil his halic.A.xper was to roneliP,ive, that
• La perkri who wig i/C41..11! add &alit the ju ities of the verdict. The
Juage, Vic 31/40.411111%,. the Counsel for the 'intoner and
- a ‘aiie,t jut, au kit the Court intincsied with one eut.o,on letling of
, CJs;
The.ri.it,„; 11.0 witto,dit..-ttlyisl:it (liquid.* by Ivhat 1.1:14
falsely heat :Ale! the rt of C'Etrl;i 11.14.iey I and I.y the
doubts of eta,' who. MIL flfllll'l4 their )11141W:1a 141011 due et idenee-
rollerlirely. hair seiaisd a yrt detached parts. and drawn their can.
elusions, atri:' the roofs r..sted strain single circutnitatic,m; - not
upon the genfrlthrwlendy of the
With a th roivictiesti• aria itiv own mind that Chit:le:4lu-
aew was the i.,ii:dorer of Mr. Cirri. aral' mere 11tei1srlicr.
let me re.rie.l Fro( r...i.lers to wzigh atkatively the tarts v.tab.i.lied
upon the trial, 0111111/N.4etl iiiias at 11/1:11/11* a cormoisi ar p..esihl ;
*AA hnviu towed their judgment upon the iimituouy of the wit.
rc.s..s. let them Bete ir.Me bow far the deSarotiaw of the convict
wake) c nr earro!imat...: thst judgmea'.
In C.:1,?4 like Pis iirotmt. direct eviaente of the hand that struck
eaenot bz look-11 for. It it noither hi the brow! Etc: of day, nor in
Ott presenze 10.1. bakers (41. lllollll.lniuntant in common. p. 9)i:craves
en.m.. But a chain of ei:cunistanc.-, wilt often i the goat with
eltfal r.ettairty upon the criminal, stall the very artifices Do w.es for
renceal.mmt will beim:thins htilray
itirtrt h9tide, upon the murder beinl, dkortretl, oat im.st
arc..irately es/unit:W. not by oar permit Poly. bat by 1113111' ftnd,
it appeared that tie. intirtlercitt,,uld have entered the house
in :tor other way fi.in by the strait awl. it was equally evide&it
that ailiniition had not been obtained by violence far Ate bock door
was bolteil or. the the shutters all fottenedon the inside, and
cot inark of breakiagev.• of any inorticieut having been mai to force
tar entrant's Ica.; ilictevsrabL. The side gate was also ehaised :ad
picilocked inside.
It 11. by lfannali Co'oper, that nu Saturd.iy even•
the 7di or Fell. at 20 minutes or beau!' hour alter-eight
the house 1.• yeller wit! seer, standing inside Mr. Igitril'e
Lunte talking with a person a: the ti wad *.it Mt ;gad
ttas Fe:mine: flew aril front the pat-lour. The lime it distinctly
warked, In- the clock .truck ei.ht at If Cooper left her
I,soite on Vitt ‘Wonlwielt Hood, :nil, a very fugty
slit walked slowly, Hll4l cow tp,itilk with precision to
the time.
Ili the hall, where the body of 3ttry Sintirenit seat found,
vas a candlestick a WI it whole candle in it, tt lads seemed in
I,ave been liAted but for a short time, and in have gone out

stein. A gassiststy of blood had flow( 11 from her w 0411,115,
e,anit rh, head, in the spot whore it then hay; and near the
floor wet itilother pool Of ;flood, as it' the hotly half hero re-
cussed from the place saber.• it first fell, tent widen, had it
continued its lie there, shield have prevented any person,
intendisse to go oat at the hall dour, trans opening deft door,
unison, at the same (joie 00000 sting the bully. The maid had
voatite.l very •!t it, the hall.
&Id gh the boreal* wliete Sir. Hiril kl,t cosh an I
p spurs ha .1 been raitsarked, a privat e tlwr.ver coot:dating 'bank
✓'t es had hero overioekrl.
it was proved upon the 11111, thrt a Considerable 4101111611
err property licioll4lo4 to Nr. bird, aunt whiell had heed see 33,
isi the hose... a very shot? liter* before the miss dor., was in the
prisoner's povver,ion. unit iii the sorer •hos wisere 34 past et
t.a, stolen property was bound, %%VC dillies of the primates's
sr shiest aids bloom.
One pair of the ;niters, identireql as the prisoner's.
were not scaly staitied %%Ns spots of blood, hut very much
mark t.,1 r. ,plavlsr of vontithig. The pi ivotier absconded.
puss tss• assprehrission he fahticated a Wog story, to induce
e lot 14,1* that Ise run.' the, property, but this story was emit
dieted tti th ry part by accoraie aittlevvis. He attempted
t" Account (or hi noel t front the toormog of Ike Silitlrday. who is
the merrier wet. perpeirMed, till the atternossu of Sunday; bus
mil the witne,ses he relied on to prove lii, being at the Tigers
.dead, at Size time the murder ails committed, attirisi est,. that
the earliest time they could fix bun there was a Tiarter past

tine.
It was roved that Charles !lessee was en;aged to dine
with his brother, Thotturt I ,at l'eckdatti, at our o'clock
on the Sunday when the loonier WAS 4191'01/VI Clij he did not
go there till the eve g. but kept 11,it critic about Greenwich;
and when his brother a.kea him o Icy he did not coott to din.
rer, Iti• reply wa4, that there had Ht-en n borilde morder
committed in Greenwich, %illicit had mad,. t!ir /owl' like a lair,
C that had prercmed hien ::1 11 A.. to %%1111 ill!, bra-
-s,er at Peckham at sue o'clock, he usts.t hie, so wit at Lust
an hone belose the murder was '10(04e-red. It ads there-.
fa, evident that lie 01,0 have had it entity Itnowledee of Om
'murder, and Mat the reosmi he gave could out have beets the
cause 01.1iis not gnarl; t dully wills hi, bp allirtr.
The man iu house 110..ey kept his clothes
nismit a fortnight beim e the issord.Ar, 10.1 a c,„1„.e., hammer,
ant with such a hammer, in the judgment ofaeveraleuripttaa,
...ere bath the maul,r, pvt pcie;itvil. Tie. very Owl worm
seal found iii it psill.i clue ho tile ',het Where $,, Ito
Vt4ls keel, 4.1..• e to the lane ninny lie said he tour l th„ t our
rile, and clue to the vo•lcit I cOf 110 former toaster, and
from ttlittrit he hall 10,-1, in Ike habit of getting wailer for
tie • e tisivtit eh chaise.
flail another person been the mortlcrer, be moat (leo nay,
stale., the itainater fr ',risme* and enema, it., by chine-v.
depusited 11, o het e it would form tone link of 4 chain of
ciieHia.liturc• IMO Gunner test in he all the rtf •I•t of :r•
'Throe *cry ...one put the lorittrip;il ol'llse rri-
Avner Now) »uich Ihrll4.l'4lirt Of ailli,i totirtler w.o.giveit
against 01404,11 houses. ittany toittur encemista ca‘t
*atilt:mail +lra ugth to the mote promme.it feature+ of the
eIII6M, wbleb ili• Ihrin-111111'et..:1A1) in siU el) oftortiow, oceans
• rontirionti in ell tile 4.4,11116: fulls ate ill be Coned in iftut•ey't.
ttee4:.iti iiii ; lur i4C 111ItaWs 154111114 yvVy 114 r will 4*rd is.
ute perpeniCiall 1811111•Ititsr.1.4,. Mat la. 1111 C% itlulu the pot .J
'lies it ~a, found. lost Gr wato•coginzusit of the ittur•les
Sod lit.l hitt 1.111..1• 11••e0tor marked with to owl wed vomit, lit
for It.Jl vi Wei r thin Moly 01. Mary Stannous oar futlll.l mur-
dered.
The defence which he let up epee his trial had ball anticipate]
on the past of toe prowcution, sad b:tosen by witneuct to be filar in
all its
Tina • -!ate] etc tin: tr.:* tot to the Tinter's II.! e] club as'
being 7 to: o *Ay otuttreAtetetl by the evidmc.: of thoAs'
Woo were p:‘.e-r.t.

Tint NATIoN.u. lITGISTFR

When he stated that on the Sunday he went from big xasber.
woman's directly to 1.....tt0n'5. after dimwit, and that itwas then 4
o'cln:•!::. the washerwoman ha•-•elr stated it e'en, ,only Q.
When said that he a: the p..raor, get over the wall at 4, and
that he afferwards went art, alai tin hainille, which must have taken
some time, he was centr idieted l v lietton, who gaud that it was not
more than half past 5, or 2, r miuuta to 4. when Htusey wan convers-
ing with hint.
Wlicei he asserted that he dial nor see the pastes of buckle:tent:ging
to Mr. Bird, which were round in hi; pla.sl.siSallt. till the Saturday fol.
lowing the murder, Thomas 11%tiscy roved it to have fallen how
rocket on the •Mondiriprweitig.
When he would have shown that ;he stain* of Irlood on his ziothes
were from a wound roeeived lay 11:1-"chot,. in g .tting over the wall,
it turned out that he hat lan on the clothes when Hte get
his wound.
The extravagance of Charles ev,s..-y's declaration la. manifcct in
• every sentenee.rensAlering the elta:octer of the man, and his con-
. duct neon Otis li fatriblevtaitireition. it is dot. I trust, a deficiency of
coninton charity in me. te--!!Jei that his statement. as exculpaung
him from the actual murder, is totally unwo.thy of credit.
lle admits, " that he pisimed the robbing and protried it to
two other persons; that upon the very day ni h i beingagleed upon
they met. but dial nothing Cita fvening ; that a week afterwards they
mut:vain, and nasal thy his own avount the chief itetcr in the
I ierting t 5 of this tragedy., calvised its !wing proncedtd with that
evening, he liatir.g piveided n hammer for the purpose of breaking
open the door ; that they went all three at half past eleven, but lind-
• ing no ;.us-neer was-return ! in tile hroc7,Mr, and x great many people
passing and repassing; they lixanic et!, tied that upon !los-
. trey earnlks.titig• what 11.: :•;•• said about Mr. Phil's
early hours, they gave op the undeitaitinb for that night." Unless
Hussey sod his companions wvitt with nix' determination of rousing
Mr. Bird, and inducing him angle( an al.arni, the handrer pros Wed
by II uw,. Poet havottani the wort initruitieut possible for the pur-
rs: he in'cis'ed it.
Inquiry by. !win made cf Iltisisey's wiisl.ervoman, Who denies
positively that. she had Ever any coiversat:lit with hint relative to
Mr. Bird. ncr did 511 c know there was suds u person as Mr. Bitd
residing in Greener:ch.
His declaration proceeds to state, " that the three agreed to meet
the Park at a ceitrin spat and go from there.! to Mr. Itinl's
%Odd' they accordingly did. between tight and nine on the evening
of the murder. 'The plan was. A wits to knock erne front &air,
and B. to get o*r or brei.k open the Ade door. aiat se, proceed round
to the hack window. While Lids was doing, A was tat engage the
-servant in conversation tint§ sate, time as lie found B hail got iii;
that B had great difficulty i doing; this, but at last did."
• • To those who have seen the premises. the falsehted of this part of
ithe account mast be palpable; and tf Hussey had recollected more
accurately the front of Mr. Bird's house. Ins story probably would
have been ditt'erently framed.
The side door. which II was to get over. is without any opening at
the top, and the wall it• hut; into is as high as the seclind-fluor of
Mr. Bird's house:; getting ovi r it, alleiefore. amid never have beta
u part of the
.plan : and as, when the murder was diseoverid, tris
door v: as chanted and padlocked on . the inside, and had not been
broken at all. it is quite clear B did not get in at the back, a irile
A was keeping the fintistkeeper in conversation at the front doer.—
De ities the absurdity of this plan 1.: self-Evident. A was to keep the
housekeeper in conversation at the front-door. while B, at the hack
. of the Itotts.t. was tlOillg that which must have immediately given an
alarm to Mr. Bird and the litrat-ekeeper, at an hour when the least
alarm would have been followed by dosaOrery.
This declaration goes on to. state " that B, after some difficulty.
t gat in. when A immediately knocked down anal killed the servant
with a mallet he hail provided liiire-elf will% old fl rushed through
the passage and struggles) with Mr. Bird, whim lie soon did fur
with the hammer which Busse,. had given hint ; that while this
wa LV:rig on. Bali:icy wits &tait.iing cio.4: to the Tiger's 111;:d, and
was to whistle if he saw any one was comingo‘lich he dial twice, as
there Were two I=AM:a that raised ; hut as the night was very
fougY, and, it was a little beforeright in the evening, they se.oned to
take no notice .if the light of it candle which the servant had in her
-hand at Mr. Bird's dour."

1: is necessary to pause again h: re. to notice another of the Moons
siatencies of this very iniprohable story.
Hussey states. that his post was close to the Tiger's Head. and
that this tratisaetion took 1 duce between it and g o'clock. It is to be
recollected. that die evening of the Murder was the club night of the
Pad Fellows at the T4,..er's Bead. :aid that Hussey, being a member.
would stand a chanee of being seen by sonic a tic members :is they
passed him, while he stood den to the Tiesr's Matt The night was
eery foggy, and might have shielded him front observation ; bit,
this would equally havaprevented him from knowing when Lis stymie
of whistl;:ig would be propel ; hiked, the signal seems to hate h, eni
useless, fcr it V.:4, according te his statement, twice repeated without
being noticed.
Toe declaration proceeds, " that Ilmsey kept watch for about
r,.• :r.. minutes. and thinking than a long time, and teat they (night
he discovered, he ctossed the street and quietly tapped at the doer
no one answered, nor did he hear any noise. Tiiiiiking this strange,
Ile wont to the s;de door. and tiled to get in there. but found i: quite
fast; he then returned to the front than, but could not open it. Ile
knocked again. and was at last let in ; he forgot by which of the two.
but be add, • We were at the top of the house luokirz over what we
bad timid, and you alarmed tn.' "
This pale of the story irrcconeileable with the former. If B had
either gist over the side door• or broken it open, and had forced an
entrance into the hack part of the house, the same passage was onen
to liiissey; but he tried that way, and could not get in. teltwas fa. if.
IF these supposed accomplices were alarmed by Bung's kno:bing.
they would hardly have opened the door without somesignal being
rmeioa,l3. given, Which City eould hear while inside-the house; this,
at so early an how. is the evening, would be rather a dangerous ex-
periment. The knock at the dour was loud enough to Ise heard by
-them while at the top of the house ; and when they opened the door
to Hussey. thcy risked discovery funn any person who might be pars.
ing, as Clem Sias a lamp immediately over die trout door of the bottSes
which wight hese altos n the seen,. of Blood.
He further states. " that he tent in, and in going up stairs
:stitmll'ed over the body of the servant, which they Aire removed
.out of their way. Ho was shocked to learn from them the fate el
Mr. Mill and the maid-servant, but B said it could not be helped,
...Is they Intim/diem, and pat ticolarly the old man, so resolute. Ati..r
beim m.the hno?;•: 5 inarites. it was :weed that he should go 3Jt,
and in tea alliroltes utter they both came to him. lie was then in
time middle of the near /v opposite to Mr. Bird's house, anti it
ItrA, so dark that milady could see him. They then went into the
'lstrk, and trout the lijd of a (lat.,: lamern. which A bud brrisgl.t
,with him, they lsegan diri ii ug tie property which was tied up in a
sheet. There iscr. a great 10:ny articles, but the smallest part fell
to his lot. They said, that in the bureau a great many guineas were
found, which it was agreed they should have, and Hussey the Bank-
-I:ou:said watches, &e. Tricy :hen separated. and he went and changed
wi,,a he had done this, lie came dower privately, and
wentte &pond near Vaasittari.terriwe, where lie threw in the maltet
ands: kith the
and hammer, which kid been used in 1.1.: bundle,
other two meta requested hio; to take with Lint."
If my cm:nue:ion of the terni • confessicn" is a corre-t one, and
'that it means an avowal of the truth, the ft w hest seater:ices of
this iiian*:; ikclatalion deal oy ,the possibi Thy of the stattincnt he made
the cellar or upon the seadald, dicing admitted as a confession. lle
affiriod t!,at he it as stss•ksd ut tile fate of Mr. Bird aril his house
ikeeper. and yet, aStlekcd as he was. within &le hour of the commis-
slim of this barbaroas a..a.sinatiou, of which lie was the sole mover,
. c could ko to a dub roma. aoU sin; two song., will, his ,boe.l
dicer-
'lultxss, drink. smoke• ma! sies.p. and wit..in a few days following to
the grave. as an idle s?..a.doc, the bodies of the two victims of his
; kid can we fore nrimen: ere lit that Mr. Bird's resoluteness was
the motive for eh. lot ; a poor ioilrm man. set y cara.uld, who
udglit have tied to Lis ci.eir a packthrised?..

'SEPT. 7

In liussey4 postv::ion, at the tistitrice of a month after the mure
den, wore found the foliating Ort:eles, which warn alone turtle
tolerably large bundle, sit --an large alkata, a iasaa of „ w cloth.
large cotton shawl. a silver stop a silver wine strainer, an old
cotton handkerchief.: shirts, A'alehc3. and five 11. Batik of En g.
land notes, and plea Bank of England notes t Tati.yet lie atatent
Oaf the smallestshare roll to his Besides these, tinge of some
value, and one great appatedt value, and' a watch., were found on
li:s person.
Ii they went to the Park to divide this plunder, they must have
pasiad unnoticed thrun isolt the streets hit their large. bandk, of
through the Circirt, to hate gut to the Park • and as the gates arc in
thomonth of Fetal:airy loale.cd at nine o'clock..when they had finished
thait partition, they nook', upon their return, have to get over the
i'm'. wail with their handles.
Jr :ala. Bird hail by lino the guineas which Huscy speaks of s
heving'Leen tumid in the human, they wookl probably have been is
the secret drawer. %%bid) was neverthelela undiscosercd end when.
1w affirmed that his share consisted of the Bank nt trs and ilia wangle',
while the gold seat retained by the others. lie was rot aware that it
had been clearly aitertained, that be hid himself been disposing vE
gold coin at a b!'10)1 in Neap& Street a few days after the murder.
What the valuable share of those supposed accomplices could con.
silt of it is difficult to imagine; for, with the exception of some lace
and tun or three uriielos of silver, all that was lirsiann the eight of
Cie no toiler was found in the possession of Charles thus ea.
If, ar lie state?. he had thrown the hammer and mallet into the
pond at Var..ittart Terrace, there would have they both bean found ;
beet r !innin.er is only found. there, (although the pond has been
take thoroughly searched.) and with a hammer amlyaaand not dt.
mall wore tlteiblo s and frnatigas upon the heads of bat the ma • .
dared persons inflicted. There was no mark whatever of a ma'act
having been in any tray used in this horrible work of death.
With relation to his alleged companions in the rubbery, Hussey
appears to have evinced feelings of considerable ind.itgence ; for, :a •
thougo he planned the robbery, yet .lie received the smallest share o('
the plunder. and took upon himself all the Hal: of the diecovery ; In;
he undertook to dispose of the instrument; of death, and kept in I .a
posa's arm tl:e bloody clothes, which must, when din:ova...ed, add to
other presumptions againu him; and, while he lurks about
scene of the assassination, his associates, the actual murderna,
(whose names, he it known, am, by accident no doubt, the 1711:4
comae:: 311)!• found in the navy list) escape without a trace to lead
to their detection, or even their dearinntion.
But, to convince any reasonable inquirer of the falsehood of Hut •
se •'s dcalaratoo, it is only requi.ite to compare a &lon compute( eta.of the time he rises, with the data furnisaed by the testimony af•
ret orate wltrc.sa i.
The cicc!rar,:ion alleges, that the home was ertered betwten eight
AM nine ; some trice of time intervened between A knocking nt the.
door, and E overcoming the difficulties he found in getting into the.
house. Another al:mance of time must be made fur the commis.
sion of the murder, M. Bird having struggled a good deal. Hussey
was ,20 minutes on the watch, before he went to the door to thew
taicciates. lie was in the house for live minuteil, and then waitod
ten minutes for them. They went to the park to divide the plunder
probably we should allow ten minittea for this part of the transae.
tion ; the division of the bopty might take five minute,. Ilussey'a
return from thence to dress, ind the act of changing his clothes,
cannot be computed at less than a quarter of an nom. His then
going to the pond at Vainaittart-terrace, to conceal the hammer and
mallet, and his returning to the Tia•cr's Head, must have consumed
at least tan rnbuttes or a quarter of an hone more.
By his acromit, Cit.4efine, of the transaction, from the
commission or the ;der to hit joinirg his companions at
the 'figerat Head, it vraiild tcgnire, upon the moat moderate
computation, art hour and a half, and probably a much longer
time. than this calvelation amounts re.

4;0111pill* this w ith the proofs upon the trial. Mr. Biril and
his hrusekeeper were sern alive at 20 minute' or half past
Oithi and all the witnesses ntreed that idiom 20 ntinvxra
after nine (one witticss ',aid 10 minutes past nine) Hussey si as
at the Tigei•ri }lead ; su that all these different rirroma tare
most. they took phiee at RH, !rave occupied mil)* 10 soint.tv*
—a thing 'lade ineted..lile to those who know the relati% e
sitoatiun of Mr. Dui and Letton's houses and Grceowit Is
l'aik.

Upon these grolmils. strengthener? by other miner circum-
stances of corroboration, is toy conviction founded, that
Charles liossry. 's own hand inflicted the mortal blows upon
Mr. Bird:old his housekeeper; that he had prerionsly .
eil the hammer for the express purpose; that he knocked gt
the door at half past eight Weloelt. and, while speaking In ILO
maid, felled her to the g d with his right hatill,and !brio,
to the street door wills his left ; that itpost Mr. Bird's advent...
Mg to the door, be was iu like manner struck down by the
hammer ; that he made a hasty search through the hou'er and
having moved the housekeeper from the front door, (as lir r
body had fallen so as to pa event the door from openitig„) he
Int hie jar ket and goiters bloody, nod the latter marked with
vomits that he Iw,k ilia bundle of things he stole to the dark
cellar wt Letton's, and tltrew the hammer into the pond : that
he them chanced his eltithesotittl immediately returned to the
club, where he sprit: the evening, unaffected by the fuel
atrocity in which he had been engaged ; and that lie depend-
ed mainly for his acquittal 1111011 the early hoot in tho ei en-
leg at which he mixed amongst the reeinbut sof his club.
It may he felt, and. indeed, has been forged, that linssey
made his c .nfes.ion at joiuire, in tin solenut office of rereir -
hag the Sacrament, and that lie melt have no expectation
then of escaping ponisbment. Whatever weight these rot -
siderationa might have in the ease of an ordinary offender,
in the present they have tan wi ight with me. lle rest ed the.
Pricrailientoienying his implication in the offense: and in lilt.
last letter to his In other Info's. the trial, lie exults, Chet how •
ever the general op.ittion was against liim, still while "there
is life there's hope." J. L. BICKNELL.
Greenwich, Sept. 1.

Frotr.trw TlLAottnnrittelr.—Yriday a carman of gi.notio
strengui 4.1.1. stature, was punished !:y a severe drahhing, by a )0014;
gentler:m.lin those resperth greatly hi.: inferior. The gerolieman
turniag oinof Chancery Lane into Fleet street, in a gig drawn by a
very spirited horse. The roman was visaing Lt the time, and pur-
posely drove the dray $3 11.1 not only to injure the gig, but to endanger
the :alit), of the driver. The yout.g geatlenian rektonstrated with him
on his c.aultict, tool was replied tie by the niost brut: dubiety, aceon:
ponied with a strOce of the whip. Ile had soon, however, cause to
repent of his rutliar.ly conduct, for the gel:tit:main dismounting Inn,
his vehicle. mid giving his hone in charge to a bystander, soon gave
his unweilely opponent Fa severest drubbing that he was glad to
cry one for quarter, hming been conipktely deprived ei anl.
his etionteuance in ''her res)x•ets bearing ample testi:no:ly to the
punishment he had so (!eservtdly received fur his brutal condor..
(leans placed or. his own dray. :Jul the charge of conducting his
horses was undertaken by another elrs) man who was parsers
at the time. The gentleman drove off' amidst the cheers of the
crowd. nut havi..g reer.ired tits sliglitest appareut injury in tic
rencontre.

icer,l.,y %eunuch! u ',mule man, 114ItIVII jiIIIIMX Harley,
40111i1Irtalally encplurd a% honk keeper an .1 cashier, in the
!Rome of Mr. Alva:miler M.C.le shy, all f.11)illelli nu rrhaut,.,
re/lidillg in Hat o!.(l4irk, 4:lXCl.'tided wirer iikßlllll rf nucne:N!
amooottiog to ormly lice 1u54.1111,11 pnood.i 14% all mire vt.to-
%! !lately wait. He wit% trarril to Dulaw, ltlyi
en•tittly 10 4 11441 N 11411 war I.3l‘lo4VpMiiiig to }rat
hill, on 1/414111 the ;locket fur 11,, head, Sloe
molt ly, of caking refuge itc America. Thu w.liuln of tke ecarl,
prupec.l) was found upon 111111.

Ilia

SEPT. 7

THE NATIONAL REGISTIM

COUNTY ASSIZES.

a rape they twist acquit the prisoner, whatever 'night he their
•mee the unhappy girl concealed the cir-
cumstance so imig. •I•hey were apt to judge incorrectly liy
toy the conouct private and law to.iiviAttats.,
arcording In the rules of higher eld!VIP*. Thai She w, nt %%Ali
tiv prisoner muter the force of pal etstal authority, that NIP'
emu-voted her misfortune from mistaken fear of odeniling
persons who hail power over her, were cireninstanet s by no
means unaecountable. The case was clear Iwyond .1010,1,-
11 had oven 111%111114NA that this gist of 15 had been a wanton,
and two young men gave evitltice to sopperuthat
tion. They went to ser.lier after the prisoner had been com-
mitted. If their testimony was trite, they weie.ililgraced by
their ; certilill it was, they disgraced tkenaselvt•s in
that Coml. Tbe jury at mice found hint Guilty.
The leartwit.Jetlge adult essed the prisoner tu terms of the.'
sevei est censure awl reprobation. He stood in snore respects
than one iii the relation of a Filar:WO to the iinfornmate girl.
Of. this I elation he had availed himself to rub her of Is,,
enlist, and hollow. 11,2 said honour, fur persons in her stmts.
Lion had honour as well as persons in higher ranks, and felt
the loss of it perhaps the more severely, as they bad not the
same circumstances to relieve them. He bail disrobed her
at what wit. valuable to her as life, and then bol fly boasted
of his atrocity. The sentence of the court was, that he be
imprisoned for 12 calendar. months.

GLOUCI:,SI'F:II, AL Gt ,T 31.

At 12 o'clock %fr. Rano+ Garroiv took his scat in the
I.rown Court Justice liolroyd in the Nisi Priiis. The
calendar contains sisty eicitt prisilwrs for the to o it and corm.
ty. The eliargra.are• n4l of the etiannon knot, !ty lire the
greater number for petty larcrmy.
The Grand Juries for the comity and for the city were
sworn, and the proclamation against 1111'e, profaneness, awl
immeralit::, was read. The Marquis of ‘Voreester is foie
man oldie County Grand Jury ; nest to him stood Lied .les.
ley mill the Itight Huu. Charles Bragge Bathurst.
Mr. Ball/11 Garr. Wiien I address Nie re.
prtSentitil'eS tut itl4 that tu high in tnirA teipeei.ible, eV
tiumble its the county, I egiiiiel avoid saying something of the
eirettensflibres midisr which we are lute,. have had
a part haters proceedings which necasiiitied so much trouble,
end.so much tiii;iroli• able r spouse to this county is to me it
'Ratter of painful 'egret. Were I einiseions °fatty blame that
could be attached to any cou.tuct, or of any iiegleet on my
part of sv last could have prevented the serious invotivenienee
tint has arisen, I should out have the Courage to meet yon
here this day, whatever might be the consetrietwe to myself.
At the Itazasd at least of incapavitating myself for the per-
formance of iny duty, I hurried Pithier : the legal no,
theaaly loss declared that nu blame was imputable to any one;
many among yourselves have cep' essed your troilvietiots to
the same edict. Tkis I speak list from vanity, but from an
•ati•ciet, which I leaf to discharge my ditty. At the same
tittle I must say, that this matter has been to me, ant:•will • be
ter some time, a source of read sorrow and Alt etion."
Hi. Lordship then pr, seeded to make suitable observe.
:ions on she various charges in the calendar. They were the
result lit' an improved state of the country, and of the pro-
gress of knowledge and viettle, which he hoveil would go on
iucreasitig while crimes of eve.V kind would 1w diminishing
iumiturber and importance. There was one ease to the ra-
h:tidal .Charles WeLstr, fur rape) which teqiiired pecnlnir
attention. He tallied "riot to tell alien of their esiltivate4
Muds, that the more this subject was diseased by them, and
the testis was discussed is Court, the better for public mo-
rals and for the justice of this C0a1111111111). His Lordship
entered at'ArPal length ias the !treadle, ities of questions of
this sort, and the lutes tail down respec ing the evidence of
it by Lord Halo and J siJge Blai•kstonr, mom each of st h
he bestowed as eleipt mi valuation. The Grand Jury re
tired, and soon rehu..ed with a number or trite folks.
. James Bubb, aged 32, was convicted of stealing a 31. note
and sonic sbilliags out of the packet of John Davis. It ap-
pearea 01.; 0.1 4.1,4 hall (Well at, Ai mg the prisoner with Mime
drink; 404 it lasi hee.pine quite drunk , the prisoner
at the Salle time was great pants to keep hini•elf
and took tile n.ipoititnity of stealing the money trove his
drunken benefactor. Tiie girl iii tile public house setw 'Wee
prisoner's !Hill' ill VOl'ket, cud pail of the opines was
tfINITI cal lllll. ILc prisoner i.. 1 cuinfortnOle looking 111411,
and reeeised a vets fiend 1•3.4r.1r1e1 from respectable inasi
keepeis, %visits lie hail servud.as coachman. .'fire Jury re
consureititeit 111111 10.40 •ICy.

fiis lawAship thou addressed 4:try -Barrow with much
humanity : " Be not induced by what has happened to be a
naughty girl. Cu !WOW, and take •care of yourself."—Ad-
pinned at 13 o'clock.
CROWN SIDE. —IZ7EiDAY,Sers..I.
Edward 'rowdy, aged 23, anal ‘Villiam Cooper, aged 69.,
were convicted, elderly...upon the evidence of on accomplice,
of hreaktn into barns and stoalisig corn.
MI. Baron Gai row, before passing Ambient'', said, that it
was fortunate fur thoin that the houses they hail broken into
were nut dwellin4 houses. If they were, tie should certainly
have left them for execution, ns he was determined to enforce
die utmost rigour of the lam wherever he found men going
fordi in aangs and furnished with instiutnents fur breaking,
i,ito distnrbing the security and endangering the lives
of quiet and honest men. .1.4t0n the evidence by which they
were convicted he mon remark, and he wished to God (hall
it was deeply impres,ed upon the hearts of men, that thieves
were not so much iii danger from the blnuderbitss of the true
man, or from luau, traps and spring gnus, as front the traps
end spring guns set in the brettats,of their associates, who in
the hour ut deteetion.rea lily betrayed them in order to save .
themselves. 'they were Arnie:wed to traasportatioa for
bevel, years.

tics us sr. D AVITY.—ToIon Rinker, aged 11, was charg-
ed avid, ealllig 4V.1114i60,11 a dweldog.ltoose. He wall seen
coming nut of site house, and the watch was found opou I • .
Mr. Bat tow .Gat rotr, addressing she jury, said they had
berme them a most melancholy spectarl, .
Mr. Coimitigham,got et nor of the !gaol, begged his Lordship
to loot, at the nest case entered in tlu• calendar.
Mr. Harlin G.srrow said *.te was. /1111011 1/11114ed to the very
respectable gentleman for his stiggestiln. It appeared that
this child w .s ail .i.esl and directed by an unnatural-mother.
The joky e,u1,1 have nu douht of the child's guilt, amid conch,-
du t was perhaps the greatest merry they could show to Ic.
—Guilty.
tits Lordship then•ad.lressed himself to the child., •lie•iira.
pronounce •woat w as ~died a, bisuisliment, but what lie
flayed woad be a bles4slig to hint, what svioill saved from
the last punish 11P111, the iiiihappy practices in.% hieh he
VI as trained, ituove 411 from the advice Mud example mil' a gruel
410 mintstron, parent. By the institutions ot his country the
Comet would heel/ ~e his parent. and take care that he should
have Instruction Nod corner tine. He might indeed, in Hilte
mare thao two years, see hire again atlitat bar, bat he hoped
Ue•ter things. It was still pa/milk Tot him to become a good,
MCA, Milli useful maw His sentence was, 'WI he should be
. coatined in the Penitentiary House for two tears..
611EEP STsALtNG ---James-Gardner. aged 35, was conviet-.
ud of stealing five seedier togs at. Misdeal+ Martin. There
was eitoliong siognior w the prod'. .The. slwrp were missed;
and trificeil 111 4 .lan %VIM bought thorn from the pit •r. He.
0,4. a 3410 111,d:1%mm a second Indictment for a similar tif•
truer. and

Mr. 8i1f.,11 G.ll 11/1k sail, that they? seutild srartely be a
rase 'nor,. x_er:iv.s4t•ii Nan the prisuiwi's. Till lately the
(deuce ~46 /*.t .it.n; te.•re it su si 11, he sftnnl l 111/t
judge tii.it eoul.l ut Ihit instants", revit um• ud any iiiitiga.
lion. To tau jnly the prisinier owed x reilite.io.i
yeas ill /Ile Iwricitl for winch he wis t.b tie it /111,,1111 led. TlllO
seittettee ut gibe Court *eta, that he should be trausipected tier
/I,

The ,bo isseeassor applied for Isis Tinwares ism vain, and Vl4ll
severely re•priartatled far ha* slrssaken, es. mid lasseortioci.
Jases-s Web's, aged 21, . was co is seted upon two eareessive
prose, nn.oss ashes'', lie had been (assail .sat mist-
bug.to sell the stalea sheep, 4.141 could give no g.ite•fielary
tweassas Iww he'eame by thrtu. L Maw real srkst..W sisal star
ism the first prosecution he asked no siss-suloses in cross ra.l-
tninauesn
j uat that White-Ile stood a CUOViet Mill a cusp, is ast
the see I pr..liecttletni, be was active dil. in4;enieus in cross.
es:massing

Chat ie. Wi•ob, aged 27, the person 1e W.ieseci•e
had alluded in his .eli.sege to the grand jury, W.la ignose.l a.
to the rape, but pia upon his trial for all assault.
Mr. Baton Gai tow ordered all the ladies and females out
°Teuton. Tins order erring at le Ist eery slowly complied wi.u.
bis Lotilsiii:u desired. those that remaiutol to Collie forma:ll
that they inigist be seen. This had liii mitred effect.
• Mary -Barrow, a heantiful.:itile vot 15. wao the prow-
eatrisati this ease. Her manner and .appearance in givin2
evidence wore quite siugalar. With the greatest inoilesti.,
yet with perfect Osouposore, she gaveithruct and ready as.,
avers to all tile questions put to her. She assented and
denied with equal readiness . and ilevisium, whether her
answer favoured or counteracted the vrosecution. Her
• father is a humoring man at Beeklurd. The prisoner is
overseer of people that workedu fur Squire Wakeman at
that place. She worked under the eye of the prisoner for
tevenpenee a day. On the evening of the edits of May, she
was sent to Mr. Wakeman's brewiluoise fur harm. %%mtre.
stoner fliere attempted to take .indecciir 'Met ties. :N ~t
night he eaten to her fatherb house to get her father .0 435E111
hen in getting Wine hens uhf She 11041, %$ ilk which her mother
was to g,i nix' &ay to market'. Her father was usavri is, and iii
bell, and utdereil her to go. She, in rouse:pm:me of the
prisoner's conduct the former clay, refused, but her father
threatened to break lite., neck ii she did nut I:0, She went.
As they were, g dug the prisoner attempted indecent libcrtic-s:
when the y gut into We garden where the roust wns‘the prisoner
threw her use a seat and viois•istly elteeted his purpose. He
left her sick and faint, and got4told of the hems with which
be came back to her, and wlsich.slie carried home. She told:
swilling to her tithes and mother, but worked every day vl
with Charles as usual, fur fear of ()Sending her father, her
mother, and the squire. A fortnight. afterwards the Chilli; I
was gentrall4 talked of, the prisoin r having mentioned i:;
and ithe Rev. Dr. Tanimill b.sd the wvlnes. Pita& ll 11l .11, ii.
ronsequeure of sublets the prisoner was committed for a rape.
%Ir. Ludlow called two jousts:linen, vilt to ii I. but fair to
mune, John D, er mud Robert Smith. . They preletl..ed obit
the prosecute:a 11.:.1 slides ed thrust to take every liberty .lota
nt'crimin.st inter course without the least "Aletice. His LOl4l.
ill:I) tit:11111MA iii. 111 :Itt icily oh this stiojset (the proseentris
hail no c set), they exhibited every symptom of f .Ise
Loud and inconsistency.
71ary Barrow was again faded, and readily adm .ted that
ebrhad runitird with our or the viittle•ses (S into) suit r tin
%I A, anti in litchi c of the pi isoster ; but most decidedly veld
positively Mined .1111:; i•nproper liberties h is,n; heels take'.
with her by either • f t mon.
Baron Get row summed till the evidence at great len;t11,
• lied w. It aitic3usv•Vel ity on the comlnct of t.se pi iv
SO ter We cannot mak- his 1421'.1ftlitp*:"Atner v .etioo• inlelligilde
oc account ()ethic of the subject. lia.:thuy been trying

'rue judge nunwitnttely pronounced sentence of death, Rod
pri.otier HIM uo Mllig4:1011 cuokitike plater,. but
11141 lie altututt be left fur execuiton.

POLICE.

MANSION 1101.1 SE.

267

Tuesday the Justice' 'loom w.ia molt than finally crowded,'
it being pretty generally known that a case of very grass
imposition was to be ins estigated.
111. Andrews, the Barrister. •ttended for the proseeniims
He ,aid the charge against the prisoner was decidedly of a
telonimis kind, and neat the art and corn ivance were sach as
to render it a thing of great tallith. interest, it being probable
that by smelt all arraugentent of cireteinstaaces the most ex-
perienred might he deceived.
A Vit 11.11ressecl Jew, who said his name was William Leigh,
was pm to the bar. He was rep; esented on the prosecution
side as having several names, and haring appeared before the
public upon several occasions.
His prosecutor, Joseph Mil:Hagen, a jeweller. resident in
St. Mary Axe, slated, that the primmer came to hi:ei 3 mouth*
ago, and bad dealings with him for jewellery to the ininiout of
2031. whirl, slim wtas.paid down upon delivery. Mitlolll after-
wards the prisoner again came to him and obtained very
fine watch, chain, seals, and diamond lir:Jr:di riot, fur
w bids he said he would give him the :screw:gm e of* respec-
table solicitor. The prisoner it, the consist of votivetrostiott
said, that he was a merchant from Calcutta, and had coma
over to this ronntry with a fortune oft 1,t1301. in hills amid in-
vestments in the house of Campbell and Co. lie showed 11:e
prosecutor several papers on the )401160 of FUtht`S,
place,whithieft tiodouht upon Millingen's suited that the repre-
Sentation was correct. The watch, chain, and seals, vein°
251. were then delivered to him. The prisoner then produced
a bill drawn upon the solicitor to whom we have alluded for
upwards of 601. The only thing it wanted was the accept..
fusee.
The Lord Mayor.—Do you Lilow that the prisnuer k not
from India, and that he is not 0 C411'11(1.1 111(.1.6 11.1111 !"

. .........
Pfuseentor.—l never knew him; ho cant, to we !as Baja-
min Leigh,Esq. and was a rosorlete
Mr. Harmer.—Why di,l you no!, upon !Pie pri.
stiller did not return from liaiton-4.irdeo, my'sloor
and a.k me about the acceptance
To this no amtwer was returned.

It sc3s submitted, upon the iru•t of thr primner, that the
matter W 45 couJucted its the mannor of 4 sll4n of busiurs4 ;
the hill of parcels having been regaimly istocareil.
Mr. AIWNW' cad, that stratagem proud the feloniotts
Intent.

A letter from the prosecutor to the prisoner was nra.ltiret).
It was written a Month t tier the tratodelnso, and atintilteil
that the %triter cunerised tins prisoayr bail out done tl.e
!nisi:hi:4' intentionally.
The piuseentur said, the reit-oil lie had not pro.triiii•-.1
befuire this was, that the firisotivr hall vroiniso.l to setity
matter. At the the.pri•otwr declared that littiiaJ
used Mr tiariner's moue unjuswii
Mr. Andrew:l.—lf tradesman doe:, Aim ',do all tltat he
ought to do, that JSirt•tylioes siot purge the- ofrestee. 1 a.:4
convinced it becomes Air. Maiirigtai iopitisectitti tit4in• aitsitosc,
aird.ttrust Lortlship swilt.gi,e him an oppurtnitity of
duiug so, by committrug this mars fur the felony. if not, yoke
may rely ou it thatisucDvltail will be given isa.as will prevent
'public justice.
The Lord Mayur.--Tlie thing i def. etive ; there Is no
grionitd fur a felonious charge..-1 can sec what the •prikuuth
s, but I Cannot commit Lim Erma felony.
!Mr. Andrews.—A failure of justice sii my arise Gans your
mode 01' proreetimg, my Lurd. tfa Ma4istrate ruts mains
doubt whether a person should be committed fur a telany urn
(rand, it is his duty to commit for the felony. •
The Lord Mayor.. You'll excuse me. never do so. -
woulitiim call that tesuperitig justice with mercy. •
Mr. Anirews.—The power of wixbig those (raline,: does
not exist in the committing Magistrate. tie has :uniting to
it,. With the marina part. We lutist look a little higher for
that.. .
lite Lord Mayor..-I'll take bail fur the offenee,
standing. _ .

Notice of bail was- ordered to be given, aollia prisoner
was delivered het° the col e el ail officer.
MARLBOROUtIitI STREET.

84relll KraSley 11(4•4 brought oefare the Magistrate, charged
on sii..pieloo of stealing • Si. u ite, the property of her master.
Mr. Newt said he resided at 76. Upper Iterkelas?, -street. 0.1
going in bed ahem I Al'eluck u t Tiievelay inoridna, ler laid
orie.sl. and two 11 notes on the taw, of lin drellstog.roolti,
adjoining hi. bed-room; be•ruse motet lialfsmat brand found
the two. pound stoles only.. On enquiry •ue round the
prisoner only had bent w theerooat ; he hart ocan,inclitivel to
,stispeet the prisoner from several equivocal/gets—before cots..
HlB lildlement wtss -part dipper' led. by the evidence
of Elizatretli.HA eeeeee coil; but hot fully. emotive denied
lbl charge.. She wits then resnandetl..•
. aNlatibew Hall, William Buckley. and Johnson,
there Lifesguarilsosien, were charged with a violent aceesult
upon.Rouert The evoispliettimit, who is r watchman,
the. about I o'clock on Wednesday mug, api ,iwg,
nateird.Wilson Cooke, had given the nest-naiu..l
1-1411. isio custody, open the charge of having ruatc,.l
bts pocket-book and foot- 11, notes, iu 0 for.r.strcet. Ha
saw nine.enardsniesi stanilitig!by Sandilers' a Hotel. Hurkley
instilled littie,-truil, assisted ay several others, knock...et One
drown and stripped Imo of bi. rust, WI elldvd V(111 /EA to re scut
Hail, who was eh .rged with the robbery.
fkir. Cooke did ion appear to prosecute for the rubbery;
Hall was therefore die( omieeit, Buckley and Jahusuu were

James Webs, who Iw.l beset connected .npan two indices
menus, was afterwards brought up mod 1111'4 add/eased:—You
have been convicted of two bepar4lll arts of sheep stealing:
Tins kind of property is scattered in int:muse uninhosnover%
Mir eutioiry. It terms uue of the staple ethirolotieles of the
From. its nature. it is exposed to.deptedationa,and
Abe law must titcratfore extend to it all pos•iule.protect
Toe sew tuity :anti which sheep btaalisw: Lis been punished
cannot hr re hated until it produce reforms. You are now to
receive sentence .of death,. stailitet me assure. you that you
ran expert nu each mitigation as I am alwoys happy to re.
estointeml wh.re that can be alone. (hive the prisoner cried
for mercy. (trope on Ins kilec., nth applied his handkerchief
•to his eyes to stop his tears.) Nu mercy can be extended to
you. I advise you• Co prostrate yoursele.on your knees to the
great Gad whom 301,11 have °trended, and to prepare for the
late that is inevitable.
Julth M.tyo, aged 19, and Daniel Powell, aged2B; were
convicted of stealing in a dwellint; house, under the value
ut 40$. Tlwy were sruteuced to transportation for? years. ••
It Appeared that Mayo had fot•merly been sentenced to
.eleath for as burglary, but had his sentence mitigated to a few
untruths' imprisonment. lie had afterwards been employes'
by Me'hlows, the hair dresser, who keeps—the lodgings fur
tue Jti.lges iudilloucuater, and had actually *4 ited upon Bash
Lordships.
Mr. Baron Darrow called it/eddows into the witness:a- hoe,
: reprimanded him severely, and 6441, that if he had known ut
. it, he should Imre directed the Hugh Sheriff to field diem other
lodgings..
His Lordship took occasion to mention daring the dayillidi
:on the summer circuit last year ( which wits the Oxford eircni )
lie had had. occasion to puss sentence on 483 persons, and
st fiertive uf•death un tdds •
Tile Grand Jury foond true hills for perjury against T. • On Wednesday aftesnoon, a decently debuted woman, sql.
Welles. U.O. (one of the act rug Magistrates ut toe retool.) ins; 111'1'4'4 Mr* Stevens. "Hail drill"' ill Jacob Street' ljuek
and &liaise:ll Welles, widow. lica:l,otdvrtd from Mr. Johnston'~, Toole, -Street, tea and
Jim 'frowner, s.rd gg, was convicted of horse stealdig. sugar solutentiwg to Pt. which• site was to pay wiaalelivery
Lordship, before pruaouncing sentence of dcath. as t; wisest the goads arrive'', she sot dere(' a man thatinthe
iliai lie had reason •to believe that the primmer. had be, ••• shop to go wills the lad to a oh. itelbourteig public house where
vrop:oys dby his master to commit the felon,. Servants; were her homorwn.l was, And tell him to pay the autunite of the
othigett, sisal wese not excused, lay suds wicked cum. I bill the misompecilll:: lad MVII wish the wait, wins told him
41...5515. The sentence sit death, however, mont;,l noo lie err- 10 slop a mo•ortit, Ai Mr. Stevens was dug-aged ; however,
lied moo execittiun. The uttiwat miligaeitm might be ax- the Lid tetoroes°l'"l""'l.hatt'l to lb', grief found all wit goes,
pet•ted, if he iu the &neon tittle coutlncied inni.no• properly, I except the...mist) 'fasts I , they WO only token the house the
which the very ItinJt•e gentle:l.l:u who tak,cuins4A ;v.' the slay torrotr art Ult ly had asked no stlcrence fuels
ga•JI Cunslagham) would observe. . . I nitro.

ord.. red to.fitid nett foe i1•rd.4,411111.
HAT VON GARDEN.
Mr. Brows, brewer, at Brumley, wAs summoned up to
Answer 4 ehmite 1414 og•tusi Lwu by the office', of lite ex (iv,
clisrged with hiving iu his p03•44S1111)31, colioritey to set of
parlisineur, 4 qua ttity of col fur the pill I. %or of voiou clue
glv and beer. 'Flit. officers tuned 4 e44k Oast, part of

. _
another, winch they brought own)? with thesis. Inc case
Oita* pivie.:d, tile tictend.iat war convicted to the uniigeted
iienatty of 401.