The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-21 00:00:00

11WDLESEX SESSIONS.

WEDNF.SDAY:
.1: Bromley, a grey haired, rather rtpectable looking old man,
was Milts:nil for obtamins 5.)1. by fraud and falee pretences, from
Mr. Denny.
Mr. Adolphus Mated the rare for the pv s'cution, and as tMstri
sorter admitted the truth 1 his gateman, he was, therefore, relieved
fri.tin the notessity of calling :lay witaina in support of it; we are
therdote censUained to give as eb.tract of the ease train the opening
speech contrary to our general practice. which is nicely on the evidence.
rather than on the spe,:eho of Counsel, who are often mieled by the
instructions furnished to them. or by the excess of their own imagi-
nationa. The Lens of the case, therefore, as stated by the Learned
• Counsel. were as follow :—The lima:cuter was one or the taingrega-
• 'eon of Ulundi, the Preacher, who was convicted some time ago
before Lout Ellenborough, at the Surrey A ssizee, for an attempt to
commit an unnatural crime, and sentensed by the Court of King's
Bench to two y ears. imprisonment. Denny had so strong an opinion
of Cliiireh'e integrity that he believed him perfectly innocent of the
herriisle efienet of which he trai declared, by an unprecedented Jury,
to be guilts. He, therefore, bail a Memorial drawn up, with a
yli-w to its being presented to the Piinne Regent, through thescflice
of is. Secretary of State for the Home Department, soliciting a par-
don fo: :lie very Ite,errui Mr. ('hatch. This Memorial was shewn
to the prisoner by Denny. on which occasion the former pronounced
to be incorrect. He also told Denny that lie (Bromley) had great
iminewe with the Clerk, in land Siihnouth's office ; and that if the
prosecutor would give 51. for Mr. Capper. a principal in that office,
i. for the inferior Clerks, and 61. Mr himself, he would immediately
draw another and correct Memorial, and get it laid before lord
iii titionth. This requint the proprietor complied- with. Soon after
E: returned to the prosecutor. and told him that he had etpended all
the money he had received from him. and that the Petition was
proceeding in as foutina,e a train as could be expected for so small
a smn ; but that still Sol. was wanting, 451. of which were for the
f eta required on granting t: pardon, and the other 51. for Mr. Capper.
Zhe prosecutor expressed his aatonislitoent at this intimation, and
said. that if he had been aware that so math money would have been
necessary to carry the plan into execution, he would nut have entered
into it at all. lie added, that he had not so much money by him, but
as he was embarked in it be would go and borrow among hie friends,
which lie immediately did, and gave the required sum to the prisoner.
On the subsequent days the inner returned to Denny, always telling
him the tiring wo winning uncommonly well, but stall* few shillings
were vitiating to t,eat the Under Clerks. in this way lie got from
the prosecutor several rhos of nos. or vas.; at last he brought the
joyful tidings that the pardon had been granted, and that all
that was now witutiog was a further small sum of 151. to obtain
Lord Siihnouth's signature to it. To this information the
prietwer added —n I will then bring you the pardon, and
: you w ill have the pleasure of giving it to the onkrtunate man
yourself." Still the credulous prosecutor oemplied with the extra.
Ordinary dernandi of Bromley ; but at last be came for a few more
shillings to treat the Clerks, and then the prosecutor's suspicions,
which had taken so long and unaccouutable a nap, were at length
awakened. He therefore complied with this last demand, and then
watched the prisoner into a publicsbouse near 'temple Bar. Having
sem hits anugly housed, he posted off to a friend, who returned with
him to tt:c public-boas( in question, where they found the pricoacr
kteady asleep and intoxicated. They awoke: hint, and he was asked
hshw he came to deceivz the prosecutor out of the several sums, which
.he then read over to him from an account he had regularly kept of
them. The prisoner admitted the *hole of them to be true and
correct. and also ackiiowlcitied the ju,:ice of the charge made against
him by the prosecutor. These were the facts of the case; but the
Learned Gentleman said it was principally important tribe publicly
reale known, that no fees of any sort whatever, for obtaining pardons.
were allowed to be taken, or, indeed, were taken, in the Secretary of
State's Odin'; and that if any perims did get money from others
under suds pretences, they were gross and mere extortibris.
Mr. Andrews, for the prisoner. admitted the guilt of his client to
the fullest extent He also acknowledged that all his client had said
abourthe taking of fees in Lord Sidmouth's Office was unfounded
and false. He rested his client's expectations of mitigation of punish-
ment on his extreme poverty, which had urged him to the commission
of the (nun& of whirl) he had confessed himself
The Court then Sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned foe one
yeas in the House of Correction.

His Majesty's .11410 i-ohm has Ilia% ed at Portsmouth from St.
Helena. She sailed fiiim thence on the 2d ot August last. 'Clic
annadron 011 that station, consisting of the Connireior, Capt.
WOW ; Ritent)ll. C swain Podaigits, Capt. Colones;
and butterill, Capt Gore, With the eikei ptiosi ut the lair •i
(lutfey attivtii), was extremely unhealthy, fleVetal :.f the
ships having Inn ied a large portion of their crews, from dy-
• senttries and liver complaints. The colony also uas sets
sickly, from tile prevalence of the vanie diveasc., which ale
there peculiarly fatal. The Governor, Sir H. Lowe, had au
alarming attack of the bowel cimplaint in thi begionioi; of
,holy last, liorn which lie had recovered. Capt. 6unti, of the
Hon. Company's more-ship Mangles, died on the 21fili of Jl,ll.
and Capt. l'aisely, of his Alajest 'a ship fiedpole, out the 1' ills
of the prevailing dysentery. Bioriapas le had not hi en Seen
ant of door+ fur several tiloottiv, and continued very sit with
the liver complaint. The (ii hurls d M r %Putout iig, of•
the Couipieror. a passengi r, and like men, titi het s oy age home,
all of vi hom dird• of fever and dysentery. Mr. O'Meara,
surgeon to iloonaparte, ha. arrived in the Origin'.
follow .iu' nteoliiit of illionaparts, appears in a Ports-
Nom Paper ;—'• Mr. 0 Mean* left Buonaparte in a very
dingo:.): s si..te. he.titi:. 110 s complaint is a ellittirtlleti
disease 11( the Ike', which his 'lntl, inactive life melt pion •-r-
-fnlly coutrihotits I,‘ Myren r : the Ever gt catty enlarged and
dbleovers a teitiloney in gieo pain, winch we lerstand is the
scat stage of the disorder taw aids sill:potation cud the dt•
strisction of life. lie had at length enbdned his aversion re
eatoniel, and three dusts had beta ilaily.given I rot...seine
tine, bet lie still p. ISI.II, in trinsibg to %rise exercise in the
open air; which is nut Essential aliailltey to medicine in his
euhe. The medical care of him hind been confide,' to Mr.
Stoikoe,.Singe...• w the Coigne' ui ( Admiral limo pin's flag-
ship), who had rill/sewed to undertake the Whet with great
ealaciatiec. it•. would not suffer Mr. Baxter, oil oilier
enedical persons ahuni Sir. H. Lowe recommended, tu emus
tato hi , moo.
Wt 'understand that the indictment prefet red by Mr. Dow.

ling against limit will be lewd in the Court of King's Bench.
Hunt II ui,o be proceeded against in the same C 0.,.,. by
.au acli,',ls tor defamation, in (•••11ing ,1 Jr. non lin2 a °O'er's.
*eat spy, n Iso tried to so al away the hh. of Dr. 1i aison.
at ttuc bi}l was on Wednesday found by the Grand Jury for the
Caput/ of Aliddir.rx. the. Rev. W. Platt, I'. Itenvoige, S.
T etrurviint. li. Stephen Witheriten, W. ttragg, .1. G.
GreenwoOti, S.sste.es, the younger, all of the parish of St. Mat-
thew, Bethnul-g: ern, for a conspiraq 40 defraud the poor-late funds
of that i-Jrishs is pas.i:ig the sic.countt of Mr. Merctron, (who. it
will be reeellee.etis was convicted a short tirce since for a fraud on the
parish)...., thereby enabling that geutlemort to pocket nu less &sum
coin 9.. el anal upwards out of the pooraiees. for his own pri%ate
potpie ire pays. a 1.1, solicitor's bills for deft ding certain prosecu-
tions which bvt n instituted against Lim.;
The hops mot nese ptrlrtt v.. 1 , and before they had
arrived at lON though ut :tood sire, come lititt to
the scale, iii.v.:•,,.*•!l lino, seine grinmals, npwaids tit. 2.0.100
auk& 4i1:11 lti taalsc the. leads-- emiscz 4.:te-rtirsr.

THE NATIONAL RLru^►ISTEU.

POLICE.

MANSION HOUSE.

A decent looking woman was put to the bar; when the
following sineutat farts trdit•pi red :—The prisoner on :Satur-
day week pin elias.ett goine meat from a biltelter at Kenuing.
•t..n, and paid fur it with a 11. note. When she was gone the
botcher fancied the note was had, and sent his sliopman to
watch her. This wiseacre, ►coin{ her Kit upon a coacb,
mounted air., and tut arriving in the city, gave her in charge
fur tine' ing a finked note." Tile poor woman was confined
twit nights, and no inquiry ts.ii made about the note until
Mouth v morning, when it nos drelar.•d to he genuine. The
Lord Mayor was sell intlighaut. a:;.1 tuld ilia botcher to com-
pensate the woman, or lie Nimilltl advise her to prosecute
him. 'OIIS matter, we undo-stand, was afterwards compro_
raised. •

. .
Cu tRG ES OF SwtnnLla•.—Wednesday, a respectable
looking elderly- man, whose name was Grey, was brought up.
Mr. Ashmold, landlord of the Angel inn, at Ilford, in Essex,
stated, ghat un the Bth of August, the prisoner came to his
house in a gig, accompanied by a little girl, and, after re-
maining there some time, he said that, having driven his
horse all the way (roe! Southend, where his fancily was
resisting she would have a postchaise to London. Tbe chaise
being prepared, the prisoner observed, chat he was out of
cash, and before he could reach town his banker's would be
closed. He seemed to be pondeting for ovine time, and at
lenztn,handing u cheek for $Ol. to witness, requested him to
advance him 151. and tie would call ;Spill in a day or two for
the balance,when he would also fetch away the horse and gig.
The witness complied with his request, and he went away,but
did not resorts, In a few days after, lie found that the horse
and gig belonged to Mr. Aldridge, lisery stable keeper, in
Castle-st. Leicester-sq. where he hired it in the narneofWeston.
The check upon wheels he had advanced the money to the
prisoner, on being presented at the harking house of Ridsbilph
and Co. proved to be of no valne.—The prisoner, in answer
to the charge, declared that he had nut been ont of Condon
for six months, and, in a vehement tone, hoped the Lord
Nlayor would not suffer his name or character to be sported
with. Will. Whiffin, hostler to Mr. Aldridge. said, the pri-
soner was the person to whom he had let the gig.—Thepost
boy, who &use him from Ilford to London, alsospoke in the
most positise manner as to his person, There were at least
half a dozen persona present, with had bills and cheeks, which
they bad reccieed front the prisoner, in payment tor different
things.—The prisoner declared his innocence, and said he
could prove,by his landlord, that he had never been a night
from home fur at least six mouths.—He was ordered to he
detained in custody until Saturday, when be will he examined
before a bench of Magistrates at Ilford.
HATTON GARDEN.
Monday W. Travers, apprentice to Mr.-Dtutard, a jeweller,
in Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, was remanded for stealing
gold filings and silver suldrr to the amount of 21. the property
of his master. Mr. 1). had lust much more of the same articles,
and sompicion falling on Travers; he was watched, and when
searched, the property was bawd un him. More than to the
amount age!. was Pound in his box.

Gonlden was linetl6l. for selling bread short of weight.
He resides in Marehinont-street, Bruuswiek•squate. lie'
appealed to the Sessioas.
MARLBOROUGH STREET.

Wednesday MarypWin•imore, who appeared to have bent
formes-II a person of re.pectability, wits brought before thi
Magistrates under the following circumstances:—
Main Watford Awed, that the defecitant tired in his
mother's house, but she was. so much ulklicted to excess that
it was impossible to endnie her; that on Tuesday night she
knocked at the door at a late hour au intoxicated and riotous,
that she ni•cdt•il the assistance of a *Callealaa to Cantitiet Ljer
to the [Rinse ; her adinittume was seltist d, and she was taken
to the watch Ilon•e.

Mr. ['arrant. —W list Is the use of your applying here'—•l
recollect a similar complaint some time ago, and when she
oas comnfir-ed, you interfered for her release. The prisoner
said she had lived in the family the IDur of up-
o (IN a 22 years, and at a IPVIAId tar her *frilly, his Grails
alZoned her 1041. per almni; bill Itdd shire reduced it to
60/. That Mrs. Watfoid received the money, mil that she
had a right to tie admif ted at her own home.

The eompluituant said could nut endure her drunken
habit:—she drank a pint and a half of brandy every d..y.
The magistrate :oil her she must set-k treads lodgings.
Thus Ihr prisoner said she uvula./ do if she had her aunty,
out she could no without.

Then, raid the Nlattosote, you must find, bail for year
I 114 t /001",101 lw cuunoiterd. I kiisw the envoi*.
maw. wet,; you Itii%e tripod% who iiberally contribute to
yell support, you PVlllet your ar..tliosile uy thus abusing
their huuttiy. It you kr-, t voistscir iliceoly, your motley
would be 'aria yin: ; if not,
,11,01 A e 41111411 expect it. I thit:k
bit my duty to. order you to ad bail; if um, you stand corn

DANDYISM! FATR SORDINARY.—A scene of the most THAl-
crow, do,ciiinjoil Max eidoutted at ibi% ..:Itee on Thor. I.
by the appear* it of a pair of the compictept tiand.cs chat
can be 'nth conceived.

Samuel R. 1411, a little fellow of ailmnt 4 test 0 inches,
iiohtly loved •sail decked anti a I,W r of tart ihe
preteurii a filet4:l' ut assault seg.stakst Jams•A Pssisiss.t,
biother ;handy, oP gigaiiiic a aides, allot most anthitlisegly
genteel. The complainant plated, that Mr. Palmer can eto
his lodgings. being 5, Quieel.-street, Edgnare-ioad, and
accused him with using the mother ot ananyinuils letter.—
Upon complainant's denying it, Palm. r /stocked hint ilu%%
and located Lim in a Ve,y ust.s.°tostis mas.ly
The defendant being e-illed 11/1013 for leis defence, was a
considerable time iirtii,%lll/4 hilt CIA it, VllllOl coveted his
chin ; at length, t.si•itssi Lestet :11111y oil lip•oue, and 'daring. his
glass to his (-ye, he shiii.ered our that the complainant, is
Theft thilll•CA 11-.111, 11041 iiu cntly beat him an anollValuaa
iii.brisjiling him %4 jilt ii% ing upon his Le
acre dostitostie srtvs:sits its Lord fiflourso:, 1.411111 y ; a„„1
utc liminiir,!+ie, the, i" tin) much for a :;zri;lemai. to hear; Ihr
lie hive situated.
_

31.. the state of the rase I. this and
Mr. acre 1;0111 rotates:lie with Coloilel Keller who hav-
ing, other 14k:theme!, of toy acquaiiitanct,stiatuisserl
rd:iiier, it hus excited hih anger am: jr«loasy.
J. tt mi4h U e, a f0i11..41.11 le...sling to Newnhanrstreet,
/mid, 1114110.mq ,reit rot to otictitt Mr. Rohm, he %tent to los
luJ_in,s vte eel. lie (Mind Ihr tt,o ceniletorti in
the attic (which Mr. H01.,n occupied), Irina a.eil a it h
'wither to log able to hi•o. At lota Mr. Palmer il. -
sued him to call a coach, which he ileco dill4ty old, I,e
then areolopitilied tio:in to a rropeci,ible uadesn alt's in
Portland .striect, who Palmer said could prove Rosan t.s be
althgted to uauatarri ovptssitigai, %Ina we al li% Iticle,

SEPT. •t 1

the person alluded to rekserd to interfere, saying, he believed
them both to he infittureas characters.
Mr. rarrant.—Whal. are you, Mr. Ruin )
Mr. Itolati. —I am ..supported by-voluntary subscriptions.
Mr. Tarrant.—Ana what are you, Palmer.
Sir, :am supported by ivy parents.
Mr. Tarrant. —W ell, I shall make yon Utah find bail, or rale
we shall have a do /1, I sappoern.
M r, Moe/11%-1)r re't In. afraid of a duel!, Sir, they are merely
dandwa, not the s; ur a motete, theyll fight no duel.
Mr. Ettrinit.— I/Itet's to be door with them' I never saw
such a pair of thbr,:s in my lite! Yon must find hail.
Mr. Moore intterfereJ, protesting that this dandy (meaning
Rohm) had preferred the charge, and that he could not its
justice be tietainted.

Palmer only ras f hen ordered to find bail ; be had been
committed into rite rostody of the goaler but a few minutes,
when Ittilan ret smell, interceded with the Magistrate, and
ohtained Palmr discharge. Palmer having previously ad.
sauced Itolan u me shilling to pay the fee for his incarceration,
Nolan having •lsclared himself to lee peanyless. The two
anisnolculm thr si left the Court, apparently in most congeaial
disposition.,
UNION HALL.

Charles Wit:Cher, a young man of genteel appearance, a
student at one of the hospitals in the metropolis, and of a
most resprchible family, was brought before (i.e magistrate
in custody or Goff the officer, charged with stealing a case
of surgical initribtatents from the house of J. M. Arnett, El.
of Goklen-sq,sar I, St. James's. •
• Mr. Arndt t stated, that a few Mays ago, during hisabsence
from home, rite prisoner called at his residease, and express-
ed to the rirtrywnt a midi to consult with Isinr(Mr. Arnett)
upon some business of a private nature; being informed that
he was exp acted to retnin shortly, the prisoner sat down in
the surger:f, apparently with an intention of weals; until he
saw hint. He conthmed there alone about five minutes, when
he rang the boll, and upon the servant going to hire he said,
that he cottii nut conveniently sWait any longer, bat would
take another e•pportunity of seeing Mr. Arnott. He then went
away. Mr. molt missed *case of lest: utnents and a book,
immediately limn his returns, and the servant assured bins
that no other I,erson than the gentleman whom he had Arcady
informed him of, had been there. He immediately exerted
himself to find the prisoner, and by persevering exertion and
unremitting inquiry, he at last traced him to a house in Car-
lisle-place. Lambeth. He then procured a warrant from Use
Magistrate, Which was given to Goff to execute.
Gut deposrd„ that he apprehended the prisoner at a home
in Carlisle-place, Lambeth : and, upon searching the premises.
he discovered between the mattress of a bed and the sacking
a case of surgical instruments.
Mr. A rnott identified the case of instruments produced by
Golf to be his property. The prisoner was committed for re-
examination.

There is a class of men in this metropolis and its snburbst
who gain their living by the slaughtering of hurtes, dec. and.
are commonly known by the name of Tract:Era or Knackers.--
Many of these men, it appears, attend Smithfield and other
horse markets, and buy Muses for the purpose of killing.--
Their pnrcliase are not regulated by an expected demand, but
like other dealers, they speculate in. what they look upon as
a mere commodity of trade. The consequence is, that they
have frequently a stock of these unfortunate animals remain-
ing "on hand" for several{ days; and, as they pretend the
price which they obtain fur their flesh, will not allow them
to give them ally sustenance, they are liSertil/y kept trithart
food, either till the owner has a demand for them, or till na.
titre relieves theta from their torments. Our informant 4tates,
that he had been once in a yard in Cletkenvitell, where there
were a number of these wretched animals ; that many of them
were gnawing each other's manes; that mters were absolutely
screaming from the path of starvation, and that others, more.
fortunate, dropped down dead.

A weaver named Dowell, resident in Carlisle, exhibited IC*
gormandizing powers to great advantage last week. He made
a bet that he would devour, within JO minutes, an apple pie,
cousiating of cue-eighth of a gone of flour and two gallons of
a pples ?drink two pints of ale, and smoke two 'ripe* ut tobacco,
a feat which he peril,' met! within the time.
On Thursday morning the deaf and dumb brother and
eldest bail of Orator Hont, went on board a vessel in the river,
bound tim New Orleans: their final destination, we tinder..
atand, is to Shawnee town, in the Illinois, near the iesidence
of Maurice Seebeck, Esq. where they have purchased a con-
siderable tract of land, foi the purpose of commencing agri-
cultural ptittutits, and have canted with them a large quantity
of necessary husbandry implements. Whether the orator is to
follow them or no, we have 110 i learnt.

Wedoesisay ssssss ning, as T. Buttner, Esq, merchant, or
Aldersgate.streci, was endeavouring to avoid a hackney
• coach, which nas driving furiously before the India Holliiet
Ilk lota slipped, and he fell with Ms legs nudes iieoth a cart,
heavily laden, Whitt, was passing at the 1111111111ellt, the wheel of
which wt nt over both thighs, dild crooked them t.i pieces.—
The unfortunate cesitleman was immediately taken up, anti
conveyed to an adjar cwt politic house, and medics' assistance
pi omit ed. He vs u, quite ~iiselees; but hi. reradenee liar lug
been iv.certaioed by a card rn his pocket, he w..e cooveyet.
ht toe on.o litter prepared lot Ilie 'impose. The oeediral nseu
gaol, that the timpotation of both legs would beindopensible,
IllJt even then the reeureey of Mr. Bohner was very

The number of persons who hare emigrate-4 from Wale*,
is very consoler able. Within the lust 12 mouths, at least RAJ
eluct&v run.istine of tartness, their suns, and others,
tHlplo)rd n 4. aericbltere, have It'll Ihru residences in the
neighbourhood-of Abel eavrimy , mod embarked for Aim Lice .
Ire quantity of *mushrooms this year, large
in WI pails of the island. On the lands round (Lein ester,
they eshimt the apirearrince of a fel:Wady raised crop, and
air eon by cal Uuada lulu that city, whese they eell at sixpence
the goal tern.
'l'll4. new Kent County gaol is in so great a state of for.
wat dill'lol, that see 111111Cloitiml it will receive pi isinurs in the
cooise of too Of three weeks, This admirably plumed
hididiiie, w lieu completed, will equal, if riot cares 41 any simi-
lar erection in the kingdom. It will p05....s ever) eiisemiqe
of whit h those abodes of the auiuy and iiiiturtiloate are
susceptible. A 1111;11 stone wall sillsutruunds tha whole of the
prison, to which these is but 0111• entrance, with the asecp-
lion of A ',retail (hoot to vOUiloUltteatc with the future sessions
house, for the sires Menet. of orincing up plOoroclti hi,, vial.
The‘iihe of surioundiee well is unhsukrn by any buihhiugr
except in that past which fa, es 1% et 10.stirot, from ethic h ale
1,(`I n lodge awl the chaplain's Noose. The laths
hos uu iatrtuat cuwneuurcahurt Weal Use 1)11,011. 111 the eOl5.
.1C of the pi ismi stands the governor's house, over which LS
the chapel. 'fix line of the outward %)all is about !lUD
us extent,