The National Register.
London, England, 1814-05-15 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION•HOUSL—An old offender of the name of John Maabiter
was yesterday brought up on a charge of stealing a silver watch the
property of Joseph Judd, in the Spread Eagle Inn, Gracechurch-street.
The prosecutor slated that on the preceding night he
.bad arrived in
ton fry to Dover, with a friend, after having been confined in France,
a p:isOWer fur ten years. Being much fatigued they soon retired to rest
in the one bed. In the middle of the !light, witness was awoke by his
companion saying there was ti man in the room. He immediately got
up and saw a person go out and directly afterwards missed bii watch
from the window on which he had laid it wisest he went to bed. The
watchman of the Inn having seen the prisoner leave their room came to
their a!,si,tatice and on following the prisoner (who like them had merely
taken a Led for the night) into his chamber, they found the watch
thrown on the top of the bed. The prisoner was fully committed for

UN tov-llAr.t.—Thomas Cuff was brought up tharged with various
felonies by Collingbourn and others, and was fully committed for trial
on the following charges—Fur burglariously entering the house of T.
Day, Esq. of Lnitibeth-road, and stealing a pier glass and other articles to
the value or 191. and upwards ; also for breaking into the Rose and
Crown public-house, Savill-place, Lambeth, on the night of the 29th of
April, and stealing monies and other articles to the value of 201. and
thirdly, tOr breaking into the house of Mr. Dorn, the proprietor of the
Cumberland Gardens, Vauxhall, on the night of the 29th of March,
wad stealing three large bailing coppers value 301. Collingboutn stated
to the Magistrates that there were several other charges against the pri-
sc,iter upon vrlficla be was remanded.

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

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Mr. Fix the son of a gentleman residing in Baker-street, North,
having, in conjunction with sum. other young men, resolved to pay u
visit to Paris, applied to cne of the tribe of Israel, named Solomon',
a 4 iminerant purchaser of (Amain in that neighbourhood, who agreed to
furnish 30 guineas at '27s. each, and appointed to meet Mr. F. at a pub-
lic house in Duke's place. Mr. F accordingly repaired thither, and
received thirty golden guineas, as he then supposed, which he paid for
in Bank-notes. Upon arriving at home. and examining his purchase,
lie discovered he had bought very excellent counterfeits. An applica-
tion was made to apprehend the offender, but it is a question whether
the buyer or the seller has most exposed himselt to animadversion.

Mennen.—Our readers will recollect the particulars of a man being
found murdered in the Isle of Sheppv about a fortnieht since ; the
churchwardens and gentlemen ut that part sent an express to Bow.strect,
and Vickery was sent otl with all possible speed, but be has been
ehle to discover the murderer, or etc!, who the dcceieed wtis. All
that can be learnt respecting the to deed is, that on the evening of
the fist of April, about o't.lock, be was seen to enter Slieppy from
Sittingborne, and eo into th.• Lottl Welling!on puolic-huuse, lucre ht
remained till a quarter bt:to• I'2 iii compiny with three ur font men,
who hwe been fuued outs bet no sot:pit:ion attaches to them. It is not
certandy known Who he is, but lie is supposed to be Creurge Collett, of
Yarinuuth.

OuTRAGFS AT NOTTINGHAM.—On Sunday eve»ing, two men
Entered the house of Bullock, who lie es in a court at Bella-
gate, with the familiar queition of '' How do you do ?" and then
proceeded up stairs and broke four framess,whilst the door was guard-
ed by sight or ten of their accomplices. A constable who lived
next door, hearing a noise, and supposing them thieves, repaired to
the spot, when one of the villians psesented apistol at him. the
eon-table retired, and the banditti dispersed without the least dis.
covery. The system of combination and terror pursued by these
misguided men is tlmy alas mi. g. Tiny have formed themsel% es into
(tubs and committees, who assemble in the different villages, and
take upon them the apportioning of the diffescnt sorts of work to
lte done by the manuCtt turcrs, and the regulation of the prices
w Lich the men are to be paid. If their dynasts's are not complied
milli, the manufacturer is placed in alarm lyr his property, and
those of the men who sts ike are supported by subscriptions to a
general fond. The Arames of the person mentioned above were
de*tioyedi, merely because he refused to subscribe to this fund.
These villains hold committees at all times of the day, and issue
such orders as they wish to have executed at night. If it is the
pleasure that any set of men shall leave their employ, the order is
given, and the mandate obeyed. The want or low price of work
cannot be assileled as a palliation of these excuses, since the pri-
ces on the making have advanced from 10 to SO per cent.