The National Register.
London, England, 1815-08-27 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

THE Gnoar OF Sr. ANDREWI3.—James Carness, a youth of about
16 years of age, was brought before the Magistrate apart' the following
cl.arge.
Lee, the Officer, stated. that for a considerable time past the neigh-
bourhood of St. Andrew's, Holborn. was kept in a constant state of
inquietude and alarm, by the nightly assembly of a number of the lower
order?, N Ito fancied thee had seen or were to see, 6'a Ghost ; " attd so
fir bad their credulity been imposed upon, that many of them were
ready to make affidavit of the appearance of this 2erial form. The crowd
and di•turhatice, however, had increased to such a degree, and the
hglitfingered gentry had become 60 numerous and successful, that it
required the utmost vigilance of the Police to prevent these disgraceful
proceedings. Oa Thursday nigbt, as usual, the place became nearly
impassable, and about nine o'.clock shouts of terror and alarm suddenly
burst forth nn every hand, and the cry of g‘ the Ghost " became general!
Hundreds now fled, while others braving the superaiatural horrors of the
supposed spirit, kept their ground. The imaginary Ghost, who had
been observed skiupiag from one tomb stone :o another, now advanced
to the gate, and having ascended the railiov, gave first a hysteric laugh,
and area three sepulchral 4roans. The Officers, however, were not to
to be imposed upon, and the pretended shadow was summoned Tito
the street. To this little attenfion 'w.sic paid, but sufficient assistance
beiag obtained, he was dragged down and secured, when at length the
spell was broken, and. "airy nothing received a local habitation and a
name." The prisoner wai dressed iu a white jacket and trowsers, and

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were Ott Vs /lead a tithise-ctattoiveap. Upset being caned 41;10n by the
Magistrate for his -defence, he stated That a fewNeverdnits *jure he had
been induced, at the request of a gentleman, to enter the church/midi
and asce-tain the truth of the story respect* the ghost. Fur this
being liberally paid, he accepted the proposal, and soon ascertained that
the object of all the curiosity and terror which had prevailed, was
nothing more than a tombstone, upon which, the moon lied shone far se-
veral nights He was himself then induced to " keep up the joke:*
more however, with a view to undeceive, than impose upon the credo.
lons multitude.

The father of the youth, a most respectable man, appeared on the be..
half of his son. and undertook to guarantee his future conduct. With
this promise, after a suitable warning, the Magistrate discharged him.
J. Davis, and C. Baldwin were brought up in custody of Ben.
Johnson, on a charge of stealing a piece of printed cotton from a
linen draper's shop in Blackfriar's-roark it appeared that the pri-
soners were seen lurking about the shop, and at length to carry otr
the piece of cotton in question—The °Bence having been coat.
mitted in Surrey, the prisoners were sent to Union Hall.
UNION-HALL.
On Friday a biker, residing in Bermondsey parish, was fined 1(4.
I:is. and costs, for exposing to sale bread short of weight. Ii being iris
fourth offence, the Magistrate imposed the full fine of ss. per ounce and
costs. The bread was forfeited.
MARLBOROUGH STREET.
Peter Berni was yesterday charged with stealing several valuable'
rings front the shop of Mr. Fielder, in Greek-stieet. Mr. Fielder
stated, that on Friday evening, about nine o'clock, the prisoner cane
into hi 4 shop, and asked to see some rings. Same were produced, and
he tried them on ; but at length he sheeted his real intention, by rune
tang off with a case containing twenty-eight rings, of the value of 401
Au alarm being immediately given, he was pursued and stopped with
the property in his possession. The prisoner said he would reserve
what he had to say ia his defence for his trial.
One of the Cyprian Corps was brought up on a charge of having se.
veral skeleton keys and housebreaking implements in her possession.
She said she had foend them ; but this not• being considered a very
probable story, she was remanded.
QUEEN .SQUARE.
Thursday, Alexander M•Dugdale, charged with beings detester,
displayed the most astonishing strength. He was brought to the
bar in the custody of three privates and a serjeant ; and on the fad
being proved lie was ordered to the Savoy.—He swore he would not
go, and that no one should move him. The four men in whose
custody lie was could do nothing with tairu ; and he for a Wag tine
foiled their efforts, aided as they were by tour police officers; nor
would these eight men have succeeded had they not thrown tire pd.
soner down, and then nearly strangled Wm.! Notwithstanding this
he kept his hands behind him, and even in this position it was wit,e
difficulty that the spring handcuffs could be fastened on ; nor would
Ire their walk, the eight men literally carried or rather dagged Jahn
away.