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London, England, 1822-08-07 00:00:00

cious manslaughter, as the law stood, could only bel
punished by an imprisonment for one year, even It
when it was of the most atrocious nature, and dif- MAmoir-Rertz•Catetdars AAWR 'INK Leinener as Sr'
• prentice to Mr. Darling, of the Minerva,Press Of Leaden.
fering from murder in technieals only; now the of- hall-street, was brought before Alderman Arches, charged with'
fender may be transported for life, or imprisoned having committed a burglary and robbery on the ;irernises.
in this country for the term of three years.— , Mr. Darling stated, that he bad been a considerable loser of
property for a length of time, anthad hut too much season to
In case of persons persuading servants and children
sthuseplciteft.kat theorperiradner was,
been upo
in families to purloin articles, the receivers of goods stolenn most, if
7noctvunpoonf alloo one fount
osi
so stolen were not heretofore punishable: now, if they type, and, in fact, from time to time, a loss to the amount of .ix
are found gitilty of this kind of larceny, they may be .or seven hundred pound's had been sustained by the house. lie
punished by being kept to hard labour or transported. ' did not, however, mean to pursue any investigation upon that
loss, asathte prisoner had on.iturdf cay
hacommitted himself so edffecii
Y
Accessories, too, before the fact, could only be imp .
coned for a comparatively short time, and receivers Mr. Darling's object are
t w:settiononproovent
theunnecessary,
the boy
oyfrom
becomingaa
could not be found guilty where the principal had more desperate agent of the bad company ii.ro which he had
not previously been so : now, should the. principal fallen, and to save him from a disgraceful death. Mr. Darling
added,that
been
:compelled to bring the prisoner before
not be convicted, nor even apprehended or found outthe
Chamberlain
he
e b
but shr
at all, the receiver may be prosecuted and punished. imprisonment in the Houset time agofar
Correetiou bad
was n•c consequenceod that
at
At these Assizes two bills of' indictment were found
Ca
of the complaint. The correction, severe and salutary as it ge-
by the Grand Jury against an- ironmaster, in the nerall! was, proved inefficacious in this instance. The profligate
Younglin i. man
lle and
dd
neighboushood of Birmingham, for contracting withgot amongst
ifn
texressos.
o a set of deli: reardd thearfoacutnedrscian
and seducing artificers and workmen in the iron ma- pale ofa
committingwould,yt th worstn resolutely
Onc Satur'day night last-
nufacture to go to France—an offence in its conse- the prisoner lingered on the premMs.behind all the other ser-
quences which may be most seriously injurious to the vants of the establishment, and as soon as they were gone, broke
trade of this country, and which, it is to be regretted, open the bed-room door of two fellow-apprentices, and stole
their clothes, which he found no difficulty in raising money upon
has been carried on to a considerable extent. at the pawnbroker's. But the moment the robbery was dis-
- NORWICH. • covered, messengers were sent round to the pawnbrokers, and it
was found that the clothes had been' pledged half an hour after
HAWRES 'V. ETHERIDGE. the bed-room door was broken open.
This was an action for defamation, brought by the Alderman AT/CINS expressed his astonishment that such an itn-
plaintiff, the present Mayor of this City, against the mense quantity of types should have been lost, and no way at all
defendant, a shopkeeper, living at Stoke, in this found to ascertain by what mean..
Dlr. Darling said, the type must have bcen taken away in
County. These were special damages laid. The de-
sw ilzz:ltie!.
Al
fondant pleaded the general issue, not denying car- ATKINS could not easily see boor any man could
tain words were spoken, but alleging they were have lost property to the amouot of six or seven hundred
spoken confidentially. pounds, without being able to find some clue to part of it. 1k
Mr. Serjeant Fazfts stated the case, and proceeded had no doubt of the correctness of Mr. Darli •'s statement, but
he could nut help thiiii;ing that, with no more than ordinary
to prove it by the following witnesses: trouble, the detection nsibtit have taker. place sooner, and ruttish-
James Tingey was the confidential clerk of Mr. ment have visited receivers as well as thieves. If he were the
Mason, at Wareham, a shopkeeper.. The defendant owner of type, he should probably guard against such a system of
is a shopkeeper living at Stoke. Witness knew the robbery ;or if Dlr. Darling had applied to bins when 'first the
plaintiff, who was a merchant living in this city. On property began to disappear, there would probably have bs en no
necessity for the present complaint. Mr. Darling appeared to be
the 17th January, 1821, witness went with a message quite incredulous upon the subject.
from his employer to Etheridge, to inform him they The two fellow-apprentices of the prisoner, who was an out-
had dropped tallow 6d. per stone. Etheridge then door apprentice in the concern, deposed that they had kept
clothes. in
night
bed-room in a rawer and trunk, and that on
said, ess Has Mr. Mason heard that Mr. Hawkes of Saturday ut
Norwich had stopped payment?" to which witness belonging tog thet a coatothe and
Vertent nwii'ess‘c•ad.bel'orilligetyngobtoseervneeintsti a, coatthat
answered, he believed he had not. Etheridge then the door of their bed room had been broken open. They after-
added, he had heard it from two or three people, and wards saw their clothes in the hands of two pawnbrokers. The
robberyth t must have
h taken place after nine o'clock on Saturday
p
that a traveller in the sirit line told him of it. On o
pshaker. Twodlocked pawnbrokersnine,
diood
ern
tait.
telligence to Mr. Mason, who sent 'him back again fled the prisoner as the person who pledged two coats and a
to Stoke to ascertain if it was really a fact.— pair of trowsers, the property of the last witnesses, and stated
that
the (
theclothes were
pledgedapprehended
ath about ten o' clock on.Satuiday
Etheridge then said that if it had not taken place, itnight.
was very likely to do so in a few days, for his young
unfortunate boy, c whoer
withou
tr een
hesitation,e d h
confessed
te prisoner
said h
that h
eLadtactotnhie
cont-
man had brought the news home from market.— milted the robbery, and pointed out the place where he had
In consequence of this information, Mason sent wit. hidden tote duplicates, and part of the money be had raised upon
ness to Norwich the next day with two letters ad-
theN clothes.
allowed to say
appeared to say a w
dressed to Mr. Hawkes, the one asking him to be dy
for theafewwnrclostdpo u inn htihsefasvuobujerc.t
01-flehbi
se gmg ti•sd
payment of 2001. immediately, if he had not stopped fortune; and Mr. Alderman Argues told him there could be no
payment, asid the other of condolence if he had.— possible objection, but advised him to be very cautious as to any
There was a letter for Mr. Shephard if the latter admission upon the question of the robbery.
Brook-green
prisoner then stated that he had met a young. man at
event had happened.—EThe two former letters were
" My
posed
to
hintto Fair,
rob who,
his after some e acquaintance with him, pro-
here put in and read ; they both commenced,house, for which purpose all
dear Hawkes," and earnestly pressed for money].-- the implements were in readiness.
Witness brow ht the letters home and the 2001. Mr. Alderman Amnsa would not suffer the prisoner to pro-
g ceed further in aggravation of the offence, and committed hint to
also, which had been instantly paid by a cheque on prison for triaL
the banker.
Mason was called, and confirmed the tests
mony given by the preceding witness. He said, in
addition, that he was known to the plaintiff twelve
years ago, during which time he had paid him
10,0001. had been very intimate, and had a great
respect for him.
R. Baldrey, the confidential clerk of Mr. Hawkes,
said their returns were nearly 150,0001. a-year.
Mr. STORRS, in rising for the defendant, said, that
from the evidence it was clear the plaintiff had sus-
tained no injury, and it was also 'clear there could he
no malice in the defendant's breast against him, for
he was quite ignorant respecting his affairs, having
no acquaintance with him, and had only mentioned
the report in confidence to the same person who
had given intelligence respecting the tallow. This
extremely disinterested friend proceeds to act upon a
report, and not upon a fact, and writes for his money,
alleging an absolute falsehood in order to obtain it.
There was nothing but the special damage upon the
record, viz. the being obliged to pay the 2001. a little
sooner than he perhaps would have done, that could
be at all required, if the Jury thought that even he
was entitled to them. If they gave damages, they
might as well stop the intercourse of the world. He
(Mr. Steaks) should not call any witnesses, but would
leave the case as it then stood.
The Learned JUDGE said, the first question for
the Jury to consider was, whether the words were
confidentially spoken, or maliciously spoken? In his
Lordship's opinion there was enough of malice proved,
in the legal sense of the word, to entitle the plaintiff
to some damages ; if so, the Jury would consider
what they should be.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £lOO.

POLICE.

Guicnnacc.—Mr. Bilborcrugh, carpenter, who was unfortu-
nately run over by the hackney chariot, 940, upon Ludgate-hill,
last week, remains in a very dangerous state at his house, in
Hulas-court, Water-lane. One nf his fingers has been ampu-
tated, and his recovery is exceedingly doubtiul.
Georg,e Ewing:, the coachman, was again brought up for ex-
amination yesterday before Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN, when the
particulars of the accident were more fully stated by Mr. Nerel,:;,
one of the porters of Lincoln's-Inn, echo witnessed the whole
circumstance, and who was the person through whose exertions
the prisoner was stopped and secured. Ile stated, that he was
riding on horseback up the hill, when he observed the unfortu-
nate sufferer and another person with him in the act of crossing
the road, and the chariot driving down at a quick pace, at the
rate of at least eight miles an hour. The pole of the chariot
struck one of the men in the breast, knocked him down, and the
near horse and the front and hind wheel went directly over him.
He called frequently to the coachman to stop, and seeing him
make no attempt so to do, he rode after him, and succeeded in
bringing hint back to the spot. The fellow was much intoxi-
cated, end hearing it suggested to take him into custody, made
an attempt to drive off, but was prevented.—A certificate from
Mr. Box, the surgeon, was read, which stated that Mr. Bilbo-
rough continued in very great danger. The prisoner was there-
fore remanded, as no bail could be taken so lung as any fears
were to be apprehended for the life of the sufferer.
An additional instance of the lamentable increase of dcpreda-
dons by servants upon the property of their employers occurred
yesterday in the case of John Gedling, a journeyman in the em-
ploy of Mr. Thomas Taylor, of Newgate market, salesman.—
The prisoner, it appeared, was in the habit of collecting small
debts, and had absconded about three weeks ago, with sundry
small sums he had received. His master had met him accident-
ally in the street, and secured him.
Mr. Wood, butcher, of Newgate-market, deposed to his
having paid the prisoner a debt due to his master, of £3. 7s. Gd.
which he had never accounted for.
This was one out of numerous instances in Which he had re-
ceived money on account of his master, but the proof being so
clear, and the prisoner acknowledging the fact, it was thought
unnecessary to enter into evidence upon any other case.
The prisoner admitted the receipt of various sails from dif-
ferent customers to the amount of £l4. 12s. 7d. but having un-
fortunately lost part of the money, he felt ashamed to return to
his master, and had therefore absconded. It was, however,
stated, as evidence of his felonious intention, that in some in-
stances he had altered the sum total of the bills he had received
to a larger amount, so as to defraud the customers as well as his
master.—Committed for trial.
Bow-srazwr.—Yesterday, John Kelly, a sailor, was charged
with enticing several girls into an unfinished house, on Sunday
noon, in Drunlanond-street, St. Pancras, and behaving in a very
indecent manner to several of them, particularly to one only 11
years of age. The prisoner was ordered to find bail.
Harrow-Gaanzat.—Mr. a Centletnan, was charged
with stealing a watchman's lantern. P. Moran said, he was
going his round in Baldwin's-gardens, when the prisoner and two
others came by. One of them called him " Charley," pushed
against him, snatched away his lantern, and then all of them ran
away. An alarm was raised, and the prisoner taken with the
lantern in his hand, but his friends escaped. The Magistrate said,
it might have been meant for a joke, but he would not so consider
it—it was a felony, and Mr. M. must take the consequence, The
matter, however, was eventually made up, and dismissed.
Maacsottoucn-erazirr.—Yesterday, several of the witnesses
who gave evidence in the late charge made against the ftishor rf
Cloghcr and John Movelkll, attended at the Office, and had a pri-
vate interview with the Magistrate.. The soldier is still in con-
finement for want of bail.

A punning friend, the other day, in remarking
upon the new Marriage Act taking place on the first
of September, said he supposed it was thereby in-
tended to make game of the Ladies.
It was said of Boulter, a highwayman, that one
day, riding on horseback on the high road, he met a
young woman who was weeping, and who appeared
to be in great distress. ' Touched with compas,sion,
he asked what was the cause of her affliction? when
she told him, without knowing who he was, that a
creditor, attended by a bailiff, had gone to a house
which she pointed out, and had threatened to take her
husband to prison for a debt of thirty guineas. Boul-
ter gave her the thirty guineas, telling her to go and
pay the debt, and set her husband at liberty, and she
ran off, loading the honest Gentleman with benedic-
tions. Boulter, in the meantime, waited on the road
till he saw the creditor come but; he then attacked
him, and took back the thirty guineas, besides every
thing else he had about him.
The premises of a baker, named Woodhouse, re-
siding at the corner of Chapel-row, Vineyard-build-
ings, Clerkenwell, being infested with rats, a gun was
kept loaded for their destruction, and on Saturday
morning last a journey man discharged it at a party
of those unwelcome visitors, and unfortunately lodged
the contents (small shot) in thebody of a poor woman,
named Wright, in the parlour of a house opposite, who
now lies dangerously ill.
Friday night, a temporary gallery erected in the
Assembly Room, at York, fur spectators of the exhi-
bition of the Battle of Algiers, gave way, and caused
many broken limbs and other disasters.

Quses-squARL-I•he prorogation of Pat'lament attracted, as
usual, all. the pickpocketsin the Metropolis. Three Lids, named
Tallest, Morgan, and Wells, were brought upfront oppn4ite Carlton
Palace. When his 111.1jesty came out, a Gentleman held up his
daughter in his arms, and the prisoner Blorgan, g that ins!ant,
took a silk handkerchief frum the Gentleman'; pocket. A p.t-
trol, who had. been watching the gang, immediately secured the
prisoners. A furious atteiti to rescue them was made by their
companlons.—Remanded.—E. Rosh was al,u charged with at-
tempting to pick a Gentleman's pocket.-IZematided.
LADIUTII•STRILKT.Geor,"e fluke, his wife, and E.'l;,,lvh
her mother, were charged with cruelty CV a mak
two years old, and on suspicion of having stolen the same. As
the mystery of the child's origin could not be am-4.'011A1, the
prisoners were ordered to find bait. The Magistrate ordered the
child to be taken to the Workhouse, avid