The National Register.
London, England, 1816-08-26 00:00:00

GU ILDII

Saturday. Frederick Clarke, a genteel looking young nr.n, was
charged with stealing a munitity of glass and other articles, from the
t'ast'e Tavern, Isilig.street, Cheayable. The prisoner. it appeared,
had gone into the kunst, in question upon sevcrsl we:talons, usually
taking refixcliment. On Friday last, he reposual his visit in the ra..xt
manner, and retired; but soon after his departure. u quantity of pro.
hperty was miss's', and the prisoner being followed, it %astound uvon
int. He %into:landed for a final examination.

atticke of valtse,.psWnetl•by her and her mother; a;gent part of whtth
was claimed by the proseeumrs.—She was remand...a, as was her mo-
ther Mr rev:dying them.
W,wrux.tss.‘tt r Samuel :louhrish, a respectable trades.
ran, using in Ilan-street. t:rosvenor.siquar4 char:zed William Eimer,
if No. it, Leh...eta-eon:I:, iaversmith, and John Cockerel, of l'alace.
yard. a lizotetnuit in toe navy, with assaulting himself, his wide and
i. ahodt fodr y:nes (dd. Kora...atm svded, that oil Wed-
lev eveniti,z, he, accoiupanied by his wife arid child, wait to visit a
friend in Wsit.ninster; and that on returning home between I t and
12 o'clock, t. they We'e passing atom; by Charnig-cross' his wife, who
is very asthmatic. was seized with a tit of coughitv:„ andobligeAl to sup-
port her s& against the door of a house; he and the child were close to
her; but seetog the two prisoners wining towards Westnibbster, he
pulled the child aside, and made room fur them to pass betteezn his
wife and him : instead of doing th;s, th,y stopped, and began nulling
Lis oil: about most indecently ; on which lie attempted to pull them
easy; and having gat b..tween his wife and them, he pushed them
him. Tlity then both assailed him, and got him down upon his
back on the pavement, and in tile scuttle the child was slim beat to the
ground. As soon as he hail extricated himself, he called the much,
and gave them in charge: when they finked at the watch-house, the
prisoners abusul the constable M the niytt, and struck three of the
watchmen.
John Newman. the constible, said, on their being brought to the
Watch-house, they conthictul themselves extremely riotous, sayihg he
Was one of Cie Bow-street conspirators.
The NI:LAI...rat:. T. I). Plestow, Esq. observed, their conduet was
highly reprehensible ; but, notwithstanding, he would recommend a
reconciliation if the conipliinant acquiesced.
The prisoners rejected this offer, and would not agree to any terms.
They were held to trail.
UNION

Saturday, J. Thompson wastiliargetll,Y•ll.lrwin with stealing several
articles of wearing apparel her polwrty. It appeared from the state-
ment of the prosecturtx, tii:st she had been lilaced in a vessel. at yire-
sent lying in the Surrey canal, to take care of it; the title to which
being disputed in a Court of Equity, she is removable. On Friday
afternoon sae went to visit an acquaintance on board a vessel lying at
a little tlfsunce; and while there. observed the prisoner go on board
her vessel, and desemd into the cabin; she iminsidiately returned on
board to see what he wanted, and found him still in the cabin; and lie
not giving a satisfactory account of himself, she sent for an officer and
delivered him into custody. On searching him, it was discovered that
he bad put on several pairs of stockings which were lying in the cu min;
and also, that he had got a pair of shoes, and sevcria other articles be-
longing to the prosecutrix, conccalAl on his persan. lle was committe
for re-txaminatiou.
Tt)WN-lIAI.I. . _ _

John l.aman was Saturday brought up by Friend, charged with
robbing Isis employers, desire. Courage and Ihmaldson, coopers, of a
considerable sum of money. The prisoner, it appeared, had b.:en em-
ploy:d by the prosecutor; for sum.: time, and they placed implicit con-
fidence in bins. Ile vas occa-ionaily accustomed to collect for them ;
and thus, Isee.nning acquainted with the state of their books, he, un-
known to them, made out bills and collected money to the amount of
some hundred pounds; when he absconded. This took place near it
months age, and Friend hail since been employed loosing, for him
without success; when, being at I'eckhanc Vail on Thor. ;day, the
officer went into tiv: booth wh-re the celebrated Mr. l'aap was exhibit-
ing himself; and here, to his great satisfaction, he di,curerisl the pri-
soner, who was olticiatiog as mater of the ceremonies. Ile immedi-
ately took him into custody, and lie W 4.1 yesterday charged before Sir
J. Eating, and committed fur re-examinabon.

Wednesdsv, as a fine boy, about live years of age, belonging to Me'
Morley, niaster of the Bird-in liana putllic house, (),ford. was picking
111.17 W loose sugar from nn empty hogshead which lay in the High-strert,
a waggon passing by passed the child violently against the end of the
ea.sk, and injured Lim so much that. ha is slnee dead.
On Sunday night, as Mr. C. Bowen and a friend were returning in a
one horn: chalta over lilr.ckheath from owing to the dark-
ness of the night, and the mis-direction of a person unacquainted with
the place, they unfortunately took a foot-path, and were precipitated
into a lower road near tm feet ; they were taken to the Prince of Orange
inn, and medical aid afiltriled : they are now both out of danger. A
llsntlenum's curii.ge was overturned in the wane place smile time since.
The Commissioners would do well to rail in so dangerous a place.
Thursday, as the workmen were pulling down the buildings at the
back of St Alban'.;-street, opposite Carleton-house, a stack of chimnits
fell. bringing with it the root and floors. Two of the workmen were
biariod in the ruins, but were soon relieved. One of them was so much
brui•ed and cat in the head, that he was obliged to be conveyed to the
I lospitaL The talus received very little injury; the rest es.:.aptal un-
hurt.

ucsd ay a drunken sailor happened to fall against an oyster woman's
stall at the cud of Kingsgate-street, llolborn, which he OVC:Kt ; the
woman, in lee passion, pushed him away, and he fell unfurtunately
into the street, at the time a hackney-coach war passing; when, before
lie could reeneerhiraself, one of the wheels passed over his %rist and
broke it; he was taken in the same coach to the llospital.
lkatandey sehmight an inquest was hell at the Cannon, Cannon-
street, on the body. of T. Cher. c.—W. Fisher deposed, that on the
lel inst. he was in company with the deceased and D. Whitfield,
when the former prouese to wrestle with the other; they were both
Americans, and came to this country in an East India vessel. They
wnetled acconlintrly, in plod humour; when the deceased was thrown
twice by Whitfield, in a large open room; deceased appeanal after-
wards as well as before, and shook hands with Whitfield. The
next morning the deceased complained of his loins, and medical
assistance was procured, but he died on the following morning. Mr.
Short, a Medical Gentleman, stated, that he found the deceit...id to be
labouring under violent inflammation of the lungs • and haul no doubt
hut his death was greatly meth:rated by the fall's he received frotu
wrestling.—Verdict.—Natural teeth, accelerated by fills trout wrest-
ling, unintentionally given.
On Saturday night the 17th inst. the house of Jane Cooper, a widow,
at Parson's Green, was broken open, while Mrs. Cooper and her son-
in-Lax at the far; hut they fortunately returned before the vil-
lains had left the house; and while they were in the kitchen, the
thieves came down stairs, and said, •• he is not there," pretending that
they were in search of a• man who had left his family, and that they
were parish-ofeers. The sat-in-lac:, Mr. Harker, suspected that
they were not what they pretended to he, and laid hold of one of them,
and the other ran away; he got assietence, and, upon searching him,
found six skeleton keys, a dark. lantero, a phosphorus box, matches,
and several other implements thr house-breaeing; and at the back of
the house he found an iron crew. The thief was conveyed to the rag,
at Fulham; and in the night his associate took off the tiles, and set
him at liberty. Friday morning he was re-taken, as he was looking
at the Feot-Guards on tee parade, by the twist:tide at Fulham: lie is
now in Tothill Fias prism. Ile and his coniranian took six 11. notes.
An inquisition was taken at St. James's workhouse, on the body of
:May &misty, who was found dead in bed a few days !refire at No.
it, Vine-atreet, Pi:cattily. The deceased eves apparently in good
leedth het a few days before her death; she lived to the kitchen of the
house until it was oecuried, and in consequence of her not being able
to go out aid pure:hese find, it is supposed she died for want. The
Jury reumned a verdict of—Died by the vi,iiation of God.