The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-11 00:00:00

AFTER TEILM.

Saturday Feb.l3 Monday February 15
By a Cabinet Letter of the lit instant, the Emperor of
Austria has centerrcd the Cross of the Order of Leopold, on
Sir G. Murray. Qat:liter-Master General of the English Con-
tingent of the Army of Occupation.
A duel was fought on Thursday morning, on Finchlevs
(minium, between 51r. -y, Siiigeen, and Captain
n—o, which arose in consequence of a dispute ahem Mrs.
C---e, a celebrated beauty, dashing in high life. The Capt.
was slightly wounded.
The extensive corn-mill of Mess's. limner and Drake, near
Wakefield, in liot ksM re, was last (I by file;
the loss i, estimated di flout 9.0001. to 10,0001. The accident
is supposed to have been caused by the f.ictiutt ut Cur
machinery.
. .

By a late Act of Parliament,Clergymen, non-resident, by
reason of their residence on any otitis benefice, are ittilkteet
to a penalty of 101. it they do not make the game knon es to
the Bishop of the diocese within bit' weeks from the lit of
the iltesent month.

The foreign trade of Bristol has increased more
than one tided in the past year; and there has been
an addition of one fifth in the coasting trade, during the
same period.
The tallow• speculators have " burnt their f►ngers"—
tlwt coinnn is reduced more than '2U per cent. and
tdie sales dull at that rate.

Families who have• yearly accounts with their trades-
people, would afford Seat relief to many an industrious
tradesman by promptly discharging their wills at this
season, amid, in a great dc•g-see, remove that prc•sure
which has been sensibly felt by the late stagnation of
our internal commerce.

Sir !►lurray Maxwell, according to report, is deter-
mined to fight another battle at the Covent Garden
hustings.

Thu lord Chancellor has si,,,nified he shall not sit in
his Court till further notice—it is reported Le is prepar-
ing to retire from Office.

lAN 1-/

THE DROPPED. CHILD.

An ingot...lt was held on %Vetlitesilay, for the purpose of
ascei tinning by [that means the c1,i1.1 funnel in Task Street,
sod wined' afterwards died in the workhouse. had come to its
death. 'Clic evidence went to prose, that the child, when
that found, tt as et ideittly labouring under the ettecta of some
sopot ilic medicine; but it was the opinion of 1)1.. Dennison,
that the quantity was neither sufficient, nor probably intended
to produce death. No circumstance transpired w hich could
lead to the discovery• of the mother, whose licentiousness
sinks absolutely to nothing, when compared with her harlia_
Lily tit sulk' itig the infant to be exposed, on a ti u. 1% night,
in the open streets : but the deposition uf• the following wit_
mess explahis the whole tsionsaction, with this c::ception :
Elizabeth Winter swain. About two mouths ago, being
in want of a nurse child, I applied to Mrs. Ann Symons, a
mid wile, residing in Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, for a t•hild
to nuts, my own having died; she desired me to call in a
few days, its a lady who was tar advanced in pregnancy, as
soon as broughtlto bed, would put the child out to nurse ;
bin that it would be only for a few Jets. I relosed to take it
tier si sliest a pet iod, and told Mrs.:Sy/11011i 111,111 wanted ono
Itir u length ut time. Airs. Symons then sold, that her sister,
Mrs. Evans, who lodged in the same house with me, would
take the child, and I should have another to dry nurse. I
did not see Nirs. Symons again until otter the deceased at as
brought by Mrs. White, sister in law to Mrs. Symon., to the
house where I lodged, to be given to Mts. Evans, Mrs. Sy_
iiions's &islet ; it was brought on Saturday, the 12th of I)c_
canker last, between 12 and 1 o'clock, and as Mrs. Leans
was tint at home, I hail the care of it until the Tuesday fol-
lowing. On Saturday minting, Mrs. White, the person who
be ought the child to me, Cilate and said, site must take it back
to Mts. Sy 'sums, as it was intended to be sent to we•t nurse on
its father's estate in the country. Die Clidd was perfectly
healthy during the time it wits with me, and lived on milk and
at row root. It was not above three hones old when it was
brought to me on Saturday. 1 di essed the child on Tnesday,
and earned it to Mts. Symoid, in Kirby Street. and de.
lieeied it to her at ti o'clock in the afternoon; she paid me
seven shadings for 11111sitig it, and hammed me that it was
going to its father's country seal,about :Wiles froatEondon,
to he put to nurse. Whilst I had the child Mr*. Syn ttttt *ad-
vised me to get some poppies, dud give them to the thild,as
it would keep it constantly quiet, and was an excellent dung
to give a child that was cross. Oti Tuesday evening, the
lath of December, 1 heard of a child being (hopped in Task
Street ; 1 went to see it from an improodou on my mind that
it was the saute child I had taken to Mrs. ~,:yielutts the same
afternoon ; I saw it at the workhouse, and knew it lions two
red pimples on one shoulder, and the mark of red wine,
which I suppose the mother ',reit ea while pregnant of it,
being between both its eyes. The dies, the child wort•,wltea
delivered it into Mrs. Symons's 114011 A, DOS a nets and
beautiful dress ; and that now produced is mean and dirty,
not the raise dress except the shirt. It had very black hair ;
I amsure it was the sante child ; I saw it again on the follow.
ing enotnini, and was stile that soun•tiuig had been given
to it improperly ; it was so motel) altered in tts appearance
that I shoul•l not have known it but from the masks 1 have
already described. It was drowsy and stuptlied, au] the
anise told ate it had been so ever since she had it. Had the
Mad remained with me, I teel satisfied it wo 11.1 have been
alive at this time. I ilaviAed the nurse to show lite child to a
ductor : I visited it Six times tn the win 'cif ease, awl it got
worse every time. It was a very pies Mug cold night when
toe deceased WAS drnilp..ll. I never learnt limn Mrs. Symons
Oho the mother ut the t itild was.

Here the evidence closed, when some of the Jury pro,
posed to etan t i iiii Mrs..Symuns, who was prevent, Lint one
of the Overseers slated, that it would be highly improper to
examine her woo was intended to ue prosecuted as a party,
and who was now under bail to answer for the odenct, and
that they could not call on her to criminate herself. Here
the 6UOln WAS cleared.

The Jury, after a salmi( of seven hours, and a consultation
of two hours, in e pliaocr a iih the opinion of the Doctors,
returned a verdict—Died by the visit:itiao of Dud.

CAUTION TO AUCTIONEERS.•-Several auctioneers et.
tended at the Excise Office to answer to inforsaations filed
against them, fur nut making a declaration of the 'emit of
sontesales in which they had been engaged,within the period
prescribed by lass. It its, perhaps, nut generally kiwis n by the
members ut that eailin;, that atlas declarat ion lie not made,
the party failing to mike it is liable to a penalty of any slim
from 10s. to 501. A respectable auctioneer was fined in a
mitigated penalty of 30s. for not giving in the requisite re.
tarn on tlisee ditierent occasions; and was told by tile Cum.
misnomers to be more careful its future, AS they could have
tided Isiml.sol. if they had cho,ess to be severe. Alr.Rubisis was
also ;tined for thr same default in a barn at 10s. ; he said
that it arose from a 1111S1Ake MI his part t the sale was a sale
IC%6:41111011. and lie thought that in making a MUM
01 its result to the Stseriol, he had satisfied the clause in the
Act of Pal IlAillt•III.

We regiet to say, that the last month has proved purlieu-
hely dismal uus to the slipping at Ply No less than
inur have been lust dosing Sisal pei toil, dud we are sorry to
stair Mill Iwo of Ilivru WI CU rrghsar ti ides s, having valuable
cargoes on hoard, the prupesl, of the tradesmen ot Plymouth
and the neighbouring luaus. .1 he hollow mg are i.ei mimes of
Ilse uutu,timate vessels : - Emily Thomas, how lit MIA •1111
lIIC 114illief, Isom Liverpool, butts b el to Plyissull.ll,
wills genes at cargoes, the I), ovidence, Power, trout Ply-
tli to St. Aliolinel's, ii, calla-, ; and the Edoi I, Beer,
from the lonian tit G,umsby wilt truit.
tuelai.caluly list we have to hilit the loss of the ship Eliza, of
Piyinotith, Loch 'staple', in the liielph of St. Lour, nee, is
November ; and time Neptitee, also ut Plymouth, Wiwi, un
the island of New thundiand, at We 541111! 11111 e.

The Allemhike .HA►nulu:ul, isisvect.eg Plymouth
Duck.)dod .4.6 A Dill'. rtpliii at,,tl thr nr.tl..ld
e.wid.lite. es. be t,.et,i A Itmot.t.er 1111,11 d )eneg 7.1110,4r11;11t
4lid tboire A t Upprl twit. Ter Is. vdo l etstrurli este a
Is. OWle. The' Al 'sliver .aul,d, utisel v g , nail v%,ii
"us' i" Ad aril,
toss kt lig, unr Htelseess come egatii i"
J.iiike?. Cite, bees 041,41 i, elm e.st aimed Guilty at Ilse Id,t
An,.Z1.3 lur 11014,1111 e, t.. Ilir eulnl iiiii Isles vl 6.3
'het, h.., attest it nettt tl to Itt thleist Sot
ervit limed stivaur Ai the liter el the 1:101U0101111111 et
e.

dad, $Olllll pe ',on% wei r ruipleyed
'owe Isiggs4t 1.1 iiir Litri pout
lor V.* •)dit r, lu 6.11‘..•11i Sil -411114 primui or pribuus
v0111.1%11(1 LIP rub it of .ertrai brio of .cussio *hit urre
going to liaithA &MI with **taut the) gut clot

JAN. 11

POLICE.

MANSION HOUSE.

I-ace Levy, a well known duller, was brought up, under
the (011,,,eilig novel charge of felony:.—Mr. Stone, ot .sklimee
cit PCI, Snow Hill, said, that hr kept a ready-made clothes
warehouse, and that 00 the I 1011 the i.risonee
Caine into his shop, esset like a sailor. Ht asked if lie
could have 4 few Luttous to put on his eld Jaekir, .Mail
had seen soon! 4Celflee. The prosecutor r epth..i, yes,
%then the pi i•oner turned sonte hallo nee out ut his 1;••ket to
pay for them. With the copper, however, these tell about
tile counter, as it by accident, some small pit yes of metal re-
sembling gold. 'file piosecntlir took one tip, and suing
characters rut upon it, asked what coin it %V AZ., the weight
satisfshig him it was gold. The prisoner answered, that it
was a pagoda, and if weight, was ssot Ili 6s. I. He aided,
that he should butte tio •hjectton to part with all he harlosbotit
or 50, tor mho motley. The pi osecuior said he would
allow him • fait price for them if they were good, and the
prisoner ...iglit remit some article% in his line. Toe latiei
replied, mat lie was in want am great coat, and chose one for
31, The ulose,sitor, not to be imposed upon, dispatched his
wan to Cox and Merle, refiners, in Little Britain, to asee..
tain wleither the pagodas were good, knd w hat was their value.
A person having cursorily viewed and hautlled • few, pro-
nuanced them genuine, and alit, if hill weight, they sl l Id
go for (is. 6J. On stria the prosecutor aet eed to take them
front the pi isoller, on his making an abatement in the nominal
value. 'The prisoner acceded, and 11:11111e11 over the pagodas,
which, at the raw they had agreed upon, ss. 3.1. each,
amounted to upwards of 111. The pi Isom., was then paid 81.
in cash, with the coat. He then, clam ked, that
it was •• rather a 1111'11 bargain for pour Jack !' and packing
up his coat, %talked away. Soon after the prosecutor became
anxious about the pagodas, and again sent them to Cott and
Merle's to be assayed Wising bean tiled by AVIA fort's,
they proved tote nothing but !it ,sun pit t. Tiwy were, ~,
nothing but what are culled " liir.uinihana pagodas !" liih.e.
inati ‘llWilll given to the Police ()dice's. who n at ceed tb. neat.
ly ;here weeks, w en, ott Friday sc.:l.llod she pi ost cuteu saw
hiiii a the coiner ot Budding., ilenosdiieh, und lie was
appichended. le was nu pruiwrty funsid upon 111111. Till.
prisoner, 111 his delence, called God to with. ss, " dot ke
thought the pagodas VAS /old. He took theta in pay ment tor
two watches. being ae.•ustomed to go ~bust and sell imp
honesty in the streei."—He was remanded till Titestias, whtui
the Lord Mayor, whit was nut present at the former examitia•
Linn, asked 1.1111, whether he could that lie had ret7elVell
the :pinions pagodas in a fair and open manner; lie replied,
that Ire had taken them Irma a 111411 whom lie did not kilow,
at she List Indm-liidise, in exchange for two wit. hes, which
lie had sold lion. As lie could not pi °dace the slightest plum
of lii• assortion, his story was disbelicacul, and the matte'
p roercdcd.
The prisoner was attired in 11 carte is flock (-oat, and had
the appearance of a Hat hunt-st rustic, stiller than ut a sharp
knowing Jew ; but un the lOU, of I)et...tither, the day on
which he deli:sided Mr Stone, ate was 'whited 111 a sailor's
jacket and irowsers, and Mgt:olA "pour Jack's" phrase so
completely, as to deprive the proseoutor of all StIVICIIIII 111
any fraudulent design oil his (the Jew's) pert. Had trek:mon
the pi isoner to have been a Jew, (of width hr did not ettaliii
attach appeal uniee,) lie *Quid hare bees up its him, and would
lave looked much Inure sharply atter him.
The Lord Mayor litre said, I hat from the statement of this
transaction publishet is the different newspapers, lie was in-
clined to ask Mr. Stone, what reason haul induced him only
to give 6%. 311. for a coin, whose intrinsic value was represent-
ed to be 6s. 6d.

Mr. Stone in reply observed, that a complete misstatement
of this part of his ease had been given to the world ; and he
was clad, fur the sake of Itie own character as an Itunevt sod
respectaide tradesman, that his Lordship had 1104' given hint
an opportunity of contradicting it. He never haul 'tech total,
as was stated, that these pagodas were woriii 6s. 64. each.
COX and Merle hadsaid that a pagoda was worth 64. English
currency ; but as lie wished to have other opinion on the sub.
ject before he pasted with his money, lie thins)t feel very anx-
ious to take the pagodas, of Zs hose worth lie knew nothing.
The Jew, however, uttered to exchange four of them fur one
gaineit ; this offer lie (Mr. Suisse) accepted, telling the Is-
raelite at the same tisae, that Kite would call on him the heat
day, he (Mr. Stone) would refund the overpliis, if the pagodas
should turn wit to lie worth mare thou 31.. 3:I. rack. Mr.
Levy, however, very easefully forgot to call uu him for infor-
mation on that subject.

The Lord Mayor then observed, that this was a very gross
ease of fraud ; but that it was necessary, berme lie could cone.
fist the prisoner, that mime jeweller, acquainted with this
kind of coin, should attend, to swear that the pagodas pro-
duced were nut worth more than so malty brass buttons. Nit..
Timm:ay of Corolla!, was therefore sent fur, and, na seeing
two of the cuing paid to Mr. Stone, said that they were mere
counters, oi• imitation pagodas; but still they were the best
(Witte kind that he had ever seen, and were calcidated to de-
ceive even the best jnilges on a cursory examination. It
being; huneser, suggested by the Lori Mayor, that the ex-
amination of tw•o pagodas was not seificient to prove the
whole to be iiiipo-tors, Mr. Stone went and fetched the re.
Yu:tinder of tltu•e which lie had received, all of which on in
speetion were declared to be as great forgeries as their pre.
aleCessUra. The proof against Levi loping thus made conclu-
sive, he was committed to Newgate tor trial.

CAUTION TO PuItLICANS. P iday, several publican.
appeared to answer summonses which had been granted
against them, for permitting tipping; at eh early hour on
Sunday morning last, in their resp ctive holism Against
some of them the proof was deem. el insufficient, lint against
twu it Was deemed eeliCiiisiVe ; and they were seem disigly
fined in the mitigated penalty of 10s. each. The Lord Mayor
told them to trs..evare how they offended in a similar Manner
is ; because, it ho hncl eUosell to press the severity of
the law against them, tie could here prevented them (sum
keeping any public house during the nest 3 years. His
Lordship then referred to an Act of Peril:sinew, 'll James I.
.6. IT. s. L which is to tie .found in Lliiro's obstiee, Vol. it.
and which contains, alining others, the fol.owilig
elapse :—".lt any alehouse-keeper shall setter any person or
persons to continue di inking or tippling in his house.," except
under specifications which ere lore% moonily desierilied al glee'
length, " no shall be incapacitated Irons keeping any tavern,-
alci 1111 l ac., jar thee .pace of three years next ensiling."
His Lot-sloop then willed, that he shown' c end the officer.,
whenever Intl discovered any publican with lon house opened
at Hopi tam! holies, to report it to the Magisitates on Piongli)
Monday, and he himself would tuen use his itildee•lnies halt
'the elciiiiiiticnt should be
.propett punished by the loss cf,
his license.

IA L It r.Gtwrtn.

BOW STREET'

CnCee, Fit AV t).—A few dayssince,a female, whose mantle,
anti conduct evidently proved that she had seen better day'',
applied to Mr. liirnie, editing her 114111 s to lie Bland, the
widow of an attorney Id 111/ died a few months since, and left
her with five children, wholly unprtivided, and altogether in
great distress. In a short time after she hersaint acquainted
with a man who had the appearance of a geutlemati, et a
friend'. house at Ilichinund, to whom She related leer tale of
woe ; he afterwards called upon her at her residence at Na.
S, Bridge-road, Lambeth, and appearing to sympathize with
her its leer distress, told her hr emilil get her eldest eon, youth
about ID yea, s of age, provided for, if she could pi omit, the
sum of 1301., for a place under Government. She replied that
she had no menus of her own, but would try aino.ig her friends,
as it would bra peat comfort to leer if her 4011 was in a why
of getting his *Bente. The 1111411 represented his name to be
Juni) Lloyd, that he lied been brought lip to the law in the
office of the late Mr. Hollowas, in Chancery dime, and that
he was related to that Gentleman, and also that he hail acted
as :Ili .nlot tiey al Newark. She exerted herself among her
friends, and in einieutpee nee of her represent:nil..., a emitleman
very humanely promised her the 41101 of 1 3 01. The fellow
shortie after called and told her to have the money read) by
the 21111 of Lleectisher last, as lee had proemed the protiti•e ut
au appointment tile Page to the King ; she accordingly went
to the gentleman, her friend, who had promised her the motley,
and he cave her 4 lOW. and t 301. Batik nude, which she
handed over to Mr. Lloy id when he called upon her on the
inuraiing of the 24th of December, he demo itig Mts. Blend to
acoonlp.iny him, and lie would eke her tlie neerstary
docn-
mu•nts mid wart ant of eppuintmem for her sou; she
!mole(' him to .he Treasury, when he de•ired her to " toddle"
about the passage for a low 11111111:1A, and lie would return to
her ; she 6 In him go up the great skin case, and return with
some vane.% iu lies hand. Slur aft, rwards uccumpanied ieim
.across the Pn k to St. James!. Palace, where lee told her he
was going to lite Laid Ciiatelbei I °thee fur the wart 4111 el
appointment as a Page to the King. On their arrival at the
Pelace he desired her to " kick leer heels about fir d short
time, and lie would tem. 11 to her with the warrant from the
Lord Chamberlain's oilier." She waited between 3 and 4
h mrs, till she became exhaii4ed, and tei sl ventured to go to
the Lord Chamberlain's (tidier, and inquired for Mr. Ll.xyd,
but neither lie 1101' any thing of the pretended iraesaetion was
known there, and she then lived° to suspect thel she had been
d iped bs Mi. Lh.).l. Aftcnnauy 411 p: dies, slut bring able to
bud nun, she made leer application to Alt. lin Me, win, grimed
.1 W4l rani against Lloyd tor a fraud. Mrs. Bland had tot tii-
gol the number.: of the notes : 11,410 is that ut the
1001., and 11,04.1, the 301. and the pitynient of diem has since
ocen stopped at the Bank. Adkins the officer very kindly
undertook the serving of the warrant, and going in pursuit ut
Lloyd, whole Airs, Bland deseriiitil to he ahuut 3a years•of
4gr fiat' fret fist niches high, bald head at the top, weaiing
powder, pale tare, thin and VCI3, long nose, and wheu lie
deli amled leer of the mime) tun wa• J.essed en a blue coat,
black silk woi•troat, blue poutalnons, bums, and a mixed
great coal. Adkins has not yet succeeded in appreheuding
Mut.