The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-28 00:00:00

BARON NOLEKEN.

BOW•llTitarr.—Yesierday, Baron Noleken attend-
ed before Mr. Birnie, and produced four Neuspa.
pers, stating that they contained an advertisement in
which his taste was very improperly used. It re-
prevented that the most choice stock of wines, and a
,great variety of valuable household furniture and
other property, belonging to the Baron Noleken,
was to be sold by auction yesterday morning, at his
house, N 0.12, Bulstrode-street. The Baron stated,
that the advertisement was a gross impoltion upon
the Public, intended to answer some fraudulent pur-
pose, as the property advertised to be sold did not
belong to him, nor did he ever live in the house.—
He therefore wished that all the parties who might be
discovered to be concerned in the transaction shottid
be proseeeted.
The Magistrate informed the Baron, the trans-
action was not of a nature sufficient for him to grant
warrants or to authorise persons to be taken into
custody, but was ready to render him every possible
assistance to prevent the Public from being defraud-
ed, and accordingly ordered 'rhos. Rice, Jones, sad
Mason, three constables, to attend the Baron to the
house of sale : this arrangement was satisfactory to
she Baron, who, with his Attorney end the consta.
bles proceeded to Bulstrode-st Feet, where they found
preparations fur the sale, with carpets banging out,
end catalogues on them. The catalogue did not cor-
respond with the advertisement in the Newspapers,
Baron Noleken's name not being mentioned. They
Rarely stated, that household furniture was to be
sold by auction by Messrs. Hogarth and Co. without
MOM, on the premises, No. 12, Buistrode-street ; to
be viewed, end catalogues had, at the place else's;
and at the auctioneers', without saying where the
auctioaeers resided. They found a female acting as
a servant, who said her name was Margaret Baker,
but she either did not, or would not, know who
employed herr or to whom the house or property
belonged.
Just es the auctioneer had mounted his pulpit,
and the company were assembled, the Baron Nole.
ken, his attorney, and the constables entered the
room, and the constables cautioned the company
against bidding for, or purchasing any of, the pro-
perty at the sale, as it was a mock auction, none of
it belonging to Baron Noleken, nor was the house
his. The auctioneer called upon the constables to
know who they were, and by what authority they
acted ? They informed him who they were, that they
had come there by order of Mr. !Nude, at Bow-
street, not with. any authority to take any person
into custody, but to caution the persons attending
the sale against being deceived.
The Baron Noleken then avowed himself, and the
moo in the pulpit said he was only a servant to
Messrs. Hngarth and Co., end gave his name and
address as J. Machin, .3, Howland-.treat. He be-
haved very civilly to the Baron, and agreed not to
proceed with the sale. The carpets, catalogues, &c.
were taken down, and all appearance of a sale was
removed. The property in the house to have been
sold by the auction of yesterday was said,to belong
to Mr. Norton, of Great St. Helen's, and a female
toes in the house of sale in Bulstrode-street, who was
understood to be his wife. The Baron Noleken at-
tended at the Office in the evening to think Mr. Bit.
nit, and said he was perfectly satisfied with the means
taken to stop the auction in his name.

Ezzcortoss.— Monday, about twelve o'clock,
John Green, aged 42, for the wilful murder of Re-
becca Smith, at Plymouth-dock, underwent the
dreadful sentence of the !awl on the-drop, at the
Devon County Jail, liseter. Ile seemed truly peni.
tent. Ilia body bas been removed to the hospital,
for disection.----On Monday last, soon after twelve
o'clock James Johnson was executed un the Castle-
Hill, in the presence of a great concourse of
spectators, pursuant to his sentence at Thetford As-
sizes, for the murder of Mr. R. Baker, of Wells.
The unhappy culprit was violently agitated, whilst
joining in prayer with the Chaplain. After the cap
was drawn over his face, the Chaplain again went up
to bini„ and, with the ailer and his son, continued
[in conversation a few minutes, when the platform
fell. Johnson confessed that he was present at the
warder, and assisted in rifling the pockets of Mr.
Baker. After the drop fell, be appeared in great
agony, and struggled repeatedly. This malefactor,
front his youth, bad been addicted to >i dissolute life;
be formerly lived at Metbwotd, near Brandon,
where be has left a wife and three children, who
were deserted by him, seven years back ; he was a
borsepsoldier, and fought at the battle of Waterloo.
Wednesday night, between nine and ten o'clock,
as Mr. Coleman, of Bedfurdbury, was returning
from Otepuey fair, be was attacked in Whitechepet.
road by a gang of thieves, whir knocked him down,
beat him cruelly, and robbed him, of hia watch, his
bat, a silk handkerchiefs_ and 12s. in silver. He re-
ceived three Wow, on the, ribs, Which almost deprived
hito..of.the 110414 r of :pub; the tafhms escaped
ttith their booty.