The National Register.
London, England, 1811-09-29 00:00:00

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-Ike prisoner, accorcligsy.
Isissrice, and was discharged.
Several other trials took place, but of no public importance,
Sidon Wednesday the Sessions ended.,-
OLD BAILEY.

Mcinday, the only prisoner capitally convicted Was /If Brush,
-for stealing eight 11. notes, the property of P. Collins, in the
house of T. Brannan. Abraham Levi was found guilty of pick-
ing pockets at the time of Mr. Sadler's ascension in a balloon,
at Hackney.—C. P. Whitaker was capitally indicted, for that
he, being a bankrupt, did not surrender to the COmmission
issued against him. After examining a few witnesses, however,
Bennings, the messenger, was unable to swear that he had
nerved the regular notice on the prisoner to appear before the
Commissioners ; on which account the Learned Judge directed
the prisoner to be acquitted; which the Jury did accordingly.
He was detained, however, on a charge of conspiring to defraud
his creditors.
Wednesday, Edward Phillips was put to the bar, charged
with having set fire to a certain dwelling-house, in his posses-
sion, with intent to injure the Phcenix Fire Office, and there
was also another count in the indictment, charging him with
wilfully setting fire to the said dwelling-house,; With intent to
turn the dwelling-house of Henry Cohen. The case was dearly
proved by a number of witnesses, and the Jury, found him guilty
—Death—but recommended him to mercy on account of his
former good character.
The Sessions terminated on Thursday, when sentence of
• death was passed on the following prisoners,
Daniel Davis, for secreting a letter containing 101.; William
Beattehamp, Sarah Green, William Bradford, Mary King, John
Connor, Magnus Brush, and Jane Mills, alias Charlotte Groves,
for stealing goods in a dwelling-house; Thomas Bernard for high-
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Johr Johnstone, and Mary
Thomas Skefling and
illiam Bevan, and John
7ent, for returning from
the time for which he
setting fire to a house,

for life; one for fourteen
years, to be imprisoned two
years, twenty-one tor one year, twenty-one for six months,
three for three months, two for one month, 2nd thirteen to be
whipped, confined for.fourteen days, and discharged.'

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POLICE.
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BOW-S"rREET.
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way robbery ; Elizabeth Field, John J
Jones, . for private stealing in a shop ;
Morgan Davis for -rorse Stealing, • Willi
Bona, alias Smith, for burglary; John ltc
epitisportation before t 1 expiration of t
w* transported, aud.Ettward Phillips for
wilfully and maliciousli. •
Six were ordered to be transported fo
years, and sixty for seven years, seitcli

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REGISTER.
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it wounded companion, but which way they went he could •
tell, hut believed at the back-door. Hep• winced a number
bludgeons, which he said the rcibberi had left behind them, •
ich Bacon, -on t”.atniniog them; discoVered .to be faggot-
od, and inquiring if there was not a faggot-pile near, Was
armed there was one at the back of the house ; on comparing
m with the faggot-pile, he had nn doubt but they were piirc
the same. Bacon requested Mr. Ulyeate and the gardener to
end before the Magi-trite in the evening to give the partial-
s, which they accordingly did as follows :
Mr. Samuel R. Ulyeate, of Shepherd's Bush, writing-master,
posed, that about half-past one o'clock on Monday morning
was awoke by his wife,, who rid him she Suspected there
!re robbers in the house, from the noise she heard, and hay-
seen the reflection of a light ' • he told her she must have
en mistaken; and supposed the light she had seen to be a flash
lightning or a running star. He went to sleep for a sgort
ire, and his wife awoke him again, telling him she was positive
me personi were in the house; he listened for some time, and
wring a noise, which appeared like something rolling about,
got up and went down stairs, having first procured a light,
d found at the bottom of the stairs a knife, which had the
pearance of a shoe-maker's working knife, in a very bloody
ate. The kitchen-door was open, and Wm. Read, his servant,
the act of coming out of the kitchen, with only his breeches
id great coat on, and armed with a bayonet. The kitchen-
Apr did not appear to have been broken open, but was wide
'en. He did not discover that any thing had been stolen,
though a number of silver spoons and other articles, and
trious property, were lying about; he found a large bludgeon
the kitchen. He and his wife went to bed between ten and
even o'clock, leaving the female servant, and Wm. Read, the
irdener sitting in the kitchen. He denied hearing the report
a pistol, or any forcing or breaking into the house.
The. gardener was then called upon. He said, his name was
Read; but on the book being presented to him, he refuted
r be sworn, and persisted in his refuSal. No threats or entreaties
id any effect in altering his determination : the only answer ha;
-ould give was, that he would tell the truth without being .
worn. It being impossible to hear him in any other manner in
matter of !elony than on his oath, Mr. Read ccininlitted him
pr the contempt.
Mr. Bacon, belonging to the office, was sworn, and stated the
articulars which he had heard from the gardener.
Bacon produced four bludgeons, which Reid told him the
obbers left in the house, their appearance occasioned mich,
.aughter by all srespng from their enormous size, particularly .
wo of them, w ell w re as big as a stout man's thighs and a
person must take wra ; nds to enable km totipe them ; they
appeared to have • 414:. • ain s • .46, on them, to •
mover some par 1' ,e •. • baton 4,„
Mood on the floor • - p *A, • and bteod
spirted against the wall, said to be in consequence of the wound
he had given the robber with the bayonet.
BO ING.
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Yesterday the the long expected battle between IVoi-
LINEUX and CRIB took place at Grantherm, in Lin-
colnshire. The result had not arrived in town
when our paper went to press.
Tom BELCHER AND POWEAS.—Friday the well known
scientific pugilists met at Gregson'ss when the friends of Powers
formally presented to Belcher a written challenge. Unused to
the novel etiquette of exchanging such compliments from one
parlour to an adjoining room, Belcher personally communicated
with Powers on the ground which he was induced to offer a
combat. Pure ambition for the honour of contending for su-
perior merit, being a satisfactory answer, Belcher agreed to fight
with Powers, and the match was immediately made for 100
guineas aside. Articles were mutually signed, and ten gubieas
deposited. The stakes to be made good in a fortnight, and the
battle to be fought ou the sth of November.
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DIED.
At Marden, in Kent, aged 85, the Rev. r. Andrews, L.L.13.
He was presented to the vicarage in the year 1767, by Arch-
bishop Seeker, and, with few intermissions, performed the
whole duty of the parish till a fortnight before his death.
On Tuesday the 24th inst. the infant son of George M. Hoare,
Esq. of Morden.
OHN FISHER, No 5, Pickett-street, Strand., near Temple-Bar,
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