The National Register.
London, England, 1817-09-22 00:00:00

IVORSHIP-STUEET.

AMOROUS AS6AIII.T.—Monday, * young man of the name of -
Samuel Jones, a clerk in a city countini;.house, charged Mrs. Kelly
and her si.ur, two clashing tool intere.Aing females, with scratching
his face, turning lain outof doors, and ill using him ; but Miss Kelly,
tti rebtuting the charge ag.iinst tier. wi.sert d that the complainant
had so pc.tered her with love-letters, and other stuff. that they we'll
mutually compelled to chew him the door, though without the con*.
mission of an assault. Some of Mr. Jones's loving letters were paw.
Ouced and read, to the sumitsement of those who heard them. Al.
though Mrs. Kelly was ittlehxl to compromise the chime, she rte..
feered the finding of bail, in miter to vistlicole be: ;WNW. is a (:011.3
of Justim.

' MIDDLESEX SESSIONS,
MONDAY SEP.. 15.

This day these Sessions commenced, before J. Watson Esq.
and a Bench of Magistrates.
The cases which cao:e before the Sessions were of the most
trifling description, ronsisting chiefly of common assaults.
C. Hangision was indicted for assaulting Ann Wilson, on
tile 10th ofinue. The proseenfrix is not inure than )ears
old, and lived with a relation of the defendant. The assault
arose out of a crime of a more serious description, if the evi-
dence of tile girl was to be credited. AccOrding to her state-
ment, she had gone to the.house of the defendant's mother to
nee ke a lied ; when he rushed into the room, threw leer down,
and committed the assault. There was, hoWever, on her
cross•examination some variation in her testimony, and, under
t're direction (Arlie Chairmen, the case WAS :wt proceeded in
and the di:fending was acitnitted.
James Hilliard was indicted for nssulting Ann Bennet, on
etc :shit of May. 'En: proseentrig bad gone into the pre.
Mises of the defendant to obtain some water from a well, the
litter having frequently warned her not to come near them.
Somme wads ensued, and according to the testimony of her
witnesses, lie beat leer violently, and knocked her down. On
the part of the det'etolaiit, one witness was called to iliTrove
the charge of violence, and he swore that the defendant
merely pushed leer away from the well. The Jury fonnd him
Guilty, and the Court sentenced hint to pay a fine of 1 M.
TUESDAY.

T. M'Cabe, Esq. was indicted tor a violent mean!' on S.
Rogers, a bricklayer's labourer, on the 25th of May, with na-
tant to do him some bodily harm.
S. Rogers stated, that be was a bricklayer's labourer, in the
employ of Mr. Shearsley, of Stoke Newington (at which place
the defendant resides). On the 21th of biuy he was at work
for his mister, making a di aiii, and it became necessary, to
complete the work, that he should go on the premises of
the dekinlant ; he accordingly went to alr. 3PC:the's fur the
key to enter into ti pounds the ough the garden gate. While
he was at work, about half-past four o'clock in the afternoon,
tic defendant came dowo to him, and asked him what he was
doing there; the witness informed him. The defendant then
said, it was of no use to go on with the drain, fur lie should
he obliged to pull it up again, and desired him to go off his
premises: warning him, that if be refused, he would certainly
shoot him. The defendant asked hint the names of himself
and his fellow workman (Batson), which the witness cave hint,
and then went to let his master know of the threat ; the latter
desired him to get a hod of bricks ; w bile he was fulfilling his
orders, the defendant came out with a gun and aimed at him,
when within about vir yards, and tired. The witness heard
the shot rattle against the paling. The witness closed with
the defendant and his sister, who had come to the assistance
of her brother ; the conaelnenec was, that they fell and rolled
into the ditch together. Olt his cross•examination, the wit-
mks said, Miss WC:the pulled herself into the ditch.
The Jury, after some consultation, funnel the defendant
Guilty ; and sentenced bint to pay a fine of 101.
Holum) INSTANCE OF CNNATI7RAL DEPRAVITY.—Friday,
Patrick Rawlins, of Bell-court, Gray's-Inn-lanc, aged 75 years, was
put to the bar, charged with an attempt to commit a rape upon a
Val under ten years of age. Upon the Coutt being ordered to be
cleared of females, the prisoner, under much agitation, declared it was
inmecessary, a he meant to plead guilty, and had before been con-
victed of a similaroffence, but, confusedly added, it was an attempt
in this instance. to extort money front him.
Mr. Reynolds, Counsel for the pro-ecution, here addressed the
Court, and eloquently dwelt upon the enormity of the prisoner's
offence, whom no correction, however severe and repeated, had admo-
nished to desist from his unnatural propensities; he stated, that the
prosecution had been directed by the Scald of Governors and Dirac-
Wei 01 the Poor of the parishes of St. khdrew. Holborn, and St.
Georae the Martyr, upon e. repreacutation made to them front the
pimaing Magistrate of the Ifattaa.garden Police Office, with a
statement that the parents of the injured child were too poor to con.
duct die prosecution.
The learned Cheirman then pathetically addressed the prinsoner
upox passing the judgment of the Court ; he detected and exposed
the dualicity oldie prisoner, whose depravity spewed him undeserv-
ing the name of a human being, in pleading pithy to the charge for
the purpose of shutting out from the Court the particular knowledge
of tnis atrocious e:va ; but he was already sufficiently known to the
t, as he Iwl been repeatedly convicted of the same 01l secs—lre
was, therefore sentenced to Three years hnpris' mune= iu Senate.

OLD BAILEY..-SATURDAY.

Folotir.—George Pearson was capitally convicted of having
forged and -ounterfeited a warrant or order for the payment of aasSl.
with intent eldefraud tVillisans, Moffat, and Co. bankers, of Birchin-
lane, or Nahaniel Atchesen, Esq.
John Vatic, a respectubletooking young man, stood capitally in.
diced for ftrging and uttering, as true, knowing it to be forged, an
order for the payment of 4001. with intent to defraud John Brenchley,
Charles Hemet, and George Rich.
Mr. Rich stated, that he was a banker at Gravesend, and the pri-
ewer was hs clerk, and had been so for one year and a quarter. On
the sth of August last. the prisoner wrote a letter to Messrs. Williams
and Co. ma: brought it to witness tur his signature. Witness savicti
it, but at Bit unit it had not the for,ow mg order:—" Also pay, at
the same time, 4001. to Lieut. IL alace. on his apylving for it, for
which you have his signature above." On the Rtll, the prisoner was
missing, and did not return until he was taken into custody in FFi.liCe.
—Guilty Math ; but strongly recommended to mercy on account of
his youth, he being only 19 years of asse, and his former good charac-
ter. Mr. Rich rose to address hitntalf to their Lordships, but was
overpowered by the acuteness of his feelings.
Mr. Justice 11 olroyd begged him not to hurry himself. After con.
sidurable thee he east enabled to state, that he hoped every possible
mercy would be extended to him, particular lv upon the coredderatiott
o: his youth, inexperience and unexceptiohal character up to the time
of the unfortunate --
Mr. Justice II olosyd assured him that the recommendation should
be attended to. Mr. Mich was so deeply affseted, that it was Nund
msces.,ary to convey hint out of Court, and considerable sympathy was
excited throughout the Court by this circumstance.
Edward Cook was indicted upon the Coroner's Inquisition, for
having, on the 17th of September, at the parish of St. Sepulchre,
killed Elizabeth Bedgrave.
The circumstances of the case are these t—The prisoner was driv-
ing a dray down Sri Coal-lane on Wetlnealay last, about twelve
o'clock, rather rapidly, and the child was in the street. A woman
who saw the dray being so driven, rolled out to the mother of the de-
/teased. and the niothe: being much a:annul at the situation of her
infant, ran to its asststance; unfortunately, however, by art over
anxiety to save its life, she pushed it ner.rer the wheel, which came
in contact with the child's head, and so fractured it, that it survived
only, a few minutes after being conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital.
Mr. Baron Graham, in summing up the evidence to the Jury, oh..
served, that if they should be efopittion that it was purely accidental,
they must acquit the prisoner. 'there did, however, appear a degree
of tartles,ness whirls rendered his conduct highly ettlpAle, particu-
larly that of driving a vehicle of that description so hastily in &street
which was so narrow as to admit only one cart at a time us pass.
The Jury found the prisoner—Guilty.

LAstarrren Stnerna.—Thursday last, Lieutenant Colonel
J--P.-----e, of the Scotch Greys, who distinguished him-
self AO gallantly at the battle of Waterloo, where he was
covered with wounds, put a■ end to his existe.ice by taking
a quantity ofopitim. He had received a sabre wound dining
that great battle, which produced derangement of
Having been on a visit to one of his friends, in Portman.
nuare, he was sent home in a coach, about nine o'clock in thr
e% ening, but on his arrival there, be was found in a state of
insensibility, It was soon discovered that he had taken some
opium, but all efforts to save him proved vain. Lieutenant
Colonel P---e has left behind him an amiable wife and an
aged mottler to bewail his meladeholy catastrophe..

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ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY IN BATTEXPEA.PIELDS.—Dr.
Burrows, of Gower-street, having, on Thu,aik.y, visited an insane
lady, in the country, whom it was judged expedient immediately to
remove to town to be under his care, to was placed between two fe•
male attendants in a post•chaise, which preceded another, in which
were the doctor accompanied by avlative cf the unhappy patient.
Passing through Battersea-fields; ,about ten o'clock, the first chaise,
the night being dark, get the start of the second ; when it was Aup-
ped by some footpads. Eudienly two of them, one at each door
presented pistols, and with eieleat imprecations demanded the money,
&c. of the passengers, ainie another tt:llow stood at the horses htaus.
The insane lady, who is of masenlar form, having her feet at liberty,
with a vehement voice and gesture, instantly bounded out of the
open door, andin her leap overthrew the robber on that side of the
cnai.e The stickiness of the action, the strange figure and vocifer-
ation of Cie patient, the shrieking of the female attendants, and per •
haps, the coining up at this mnnent of the other chaise. so discon-
certed and alarmed the foo'pads, that they promptly decamped with-
out effecting their purpose ; and the lady hang replaced in security,
the party proceeded without further molestation.
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II is not generally observed. that in announcing the performances
at Drury-Lane Theatre, the play bills are replied/ printed with the
words " Their Majesties' Scrsants will perform, ixo. whilst those
of Covent-Ganlen simply state," This evening will be acted," &r.—
The distinction probably arises from the folhiwing circumstance. re-
corded in theatrical History by Colley Cibber.—" After the Restora-
tion, Charles the Second granted two patents for dramatic perform-
ances by two distinct companies of comedians. The first called the
King's Servants, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lime, and the other
the Duke's Company, in Dorset.Gardens. About ten of the King's
Company were on the Royal Household F-stablisliment, having well
ten yards of scarlet cloth, with a proper quantity of gold lace allowed
them anntially for liveries; and in their warrant+ were styled "Gen-
tlemen of the Great Chamber." Whether the like honourable appoint-
ment extended to the Duke's Company is uncertain."
Row' arci MATCIL or loon H ILEs IN tub ILtes.—Gyogell at
seven o'clock on Friday evening completed bti miles, and on Sa-
turday hr had rowed sti miles. He started again yelortlay morning
at a quarter past five, and at four o'clock be had' gone 3p miles,
having 6.5 miles to complete his task by seven o'clock this evening.

DRURY44ANE Tnr.vrar.—A general meeting of
the Proprietors of this 'Theatre, WIR held on Saturday
in the Rotunda of this Theatre, the Earl of Essex in
the chair. The six members, whose names were with-
drawn from the committee, in conformity with the
annual custom, were re-elected. It was stated on the
part of the general committee, that they lash examined
into the affairs of the eoncern, and found them in a
satisfactory state, but they declined entering into a mi-
nute detail of time accounts, as such public disclosure
tended to no good. On the motion of Mr. P. Moore,
thanks were voted to the Noble chairman. Mr.. Moore
concluded with assuring the meeting, that the com-
mittee had paid every attention to economy in the ma-
nagement of the concern, and would continue to exert
themselves with diligence to promote its prosperity.
Mary Chambers, tried at the Old Bailey on Friday
for stabbing her husband, and found guilty of man-
slanohter, dial shortly after her trial, in Newgate.
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We arc in powssion of papers and letters from Bom-
bay to the 14th of Nlareh. pirates have again be-
come formidable in the Red Sea and Gulf of Persia ;
nod one account states that four vessels have hcen cut
off by them. - It is said that they have captur,:d car-
goes to the value of 18 lam of rupees,

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