The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-09-30

gericS upon which the magistrates ooserV-
ed. that post obits of this nature were dan
gerous cases to commit upon. However,
Mr.. Fitzgerald swore the forgery upon bim,.
and the prisoners were committed. One OF
the brothers has, since his committal to
Bridewell, escaped to the contlnent'-i nc
other is very penitent, and exhibits great
chcerfulness in his confinement. He declares
that his wife expects to be confned also III a
few davs, which will prov. an increase to his
comforts lem IS a short, thin, melancholy
man, with one eye, which is always bent on
a joke. -, 90,
Tom Dbdin was charged with robbing O.
penly in the day time, and was sent TO the
Bench. He sat down with the magistrates
/ Lord Byron, young person, apparently ol
serious habits, was placed at the bar undet
the care of Jeffrey and Clifford, two OF the
of1iccrs Of the Literary Police, charged WITH
a violent assault upon several literary gen,
tlemcn; when taken, he made determined
resistance. and beat the officers dreadtully.
JciIcry had his head bound up in blue and
yellow handkerchief; and Clifford carried
! his arm in a sling, like David the giant Kill
cr. The Office was filled with bruised poets
and broken prosers, all clamorous against
the offender. 1t appeared, that gong home
on certain day past. he was accostcd ny I
Muse, and was prevailed upon to taKca gltss
of something at the Eying Horac and Ian-
\ hines, which getting into Ills head, made him
unruly. On quitting the place, he was met
bv the party complaining, who remonstratcd.
with him, and cnticavorcd to convince HIM OF
the badness of the company he was keeping !;
when, without a word he began laying about
him. mauling, and knocking down all that
| were far and near. Several men were braln-
cd for lifc. and poor Mr.. Fitzgerald got an
ode Of his head, which it is supposed, Will
never bc subducd indeed it increases every
year. rhc prisoner, for want of Baylt (wiich
he had lent TO Mr.. ,4cih ilunt, 9 ASSIST h!m
in his philosophical pursuts,) YVES commit.
ted to Coin Bath Fields, where Il IS feared
We will soon put all the canNi"tS into h"t VA
ter. There was also an Information lodged
against lin by a lad; Of title, tor keeping ~
ia-jM r0Mc il Mis- house, without license
he was unable To pay the penalties inn'edi-
atclv. The prisoner looked scofllluiiy az
the Bench; and s;outhcy declared he ought
to be Aaad cuftd, but had not the courage to
carry Ms declaration into effect. ne prl-
soncr, seeing one of McSsrS. Lonsnan's firm
.. near him, protested ii they published his
, nal Tom Moore's Loves of the NnScis to the
, world, he would maxi that decd, Heaven and
. Earth come together. The Bench shuddcr-
cd at the thought, "nd Jeffrey WAS ordered To
f look to him. On retiring from the bar, the
prisoner was very fcro;ioas and the officers
, were compelled to put his crooked spirit m
to Il straight waistcoat. He was scarcely
! nineteen when he committed TIC offence fol
5 which he was committed.
The Rev Mr.. Crabbc, an old man of very
: venerable appearances, was c:-amincd ol,
. charge of having burglariohsly entered the
/ parish poor house, and stolen tlcrolrom q
1 Joint stool-a deal tablc--a wooden spoon
: smoke jack, and sundry kitchen and work
c house utensils The case was clearly made
5 out, and the parish bound over 70 prosecute
: Ii appeared on examination that TINS oiichd'
er had been very hard upon the paupcrs u
e the house; and, indeed, while before thu
) ~ ayistrates, he made several irrcvcreh
c Jokes upon the occasion.
c Sir Walter Scott, alias The great tn
% known, alias Bill Beacon, alias Cunning Wal
i. ter, underwent long private examination
e on a sort Of n9-'fi Fraud which was wins
Il pcrcd to DC one of a very extensive nature
a nothing transpirc'l after the examination
:. and the prisoner was ordered up for fur
II thcr hearing. Sir w. S. being a Baronc'
c and one Of the Bench being Il Scotchni2'
" the prisoner was allowed to be out or his rt
e cogn2ancc. He IS tall farmer oohin
le man-somcthing of a Northern EoJbct
rc He is said to hc the same person that W.
connected With the Longnan gang in Vi
4 great po"tlcal ro3bery--:tnd that hc ohtair
Of ed the Kings pardon, by turning Kings cr
ic tlence against his companions.
as Sarah siitdons a person well known abo'
n the theatres, was placed at the bar under sl
a picion Of having disintcrrcd the body Of Joll
N Milton, respectable sr.ivencr from IL
II, church-yard Of Cr;pplc5ate. Some OF Il
S, limbs were found in hcr posseasitl.-Sl
n told very plausible story, and much a'Icc
10 cd the Bench. But her powers this wa
rs were wcll lnown--and themagi ietHtcs wipe
n their cvcs, md ordered hcr to find bail.
ed Robert Scuthcy was informed again st +,
NJ vending out his poctic;.l Goals to Ncwcastl
r. without having the mefrt's tickct,--lIc 0
v fcred to take an oath, that he had rglt
or do as he thought bcst-but the magistrate
gh would NOT listen to him. iissaek, howcvc
us was found to be f;tR meosare-which ".
10 much in his flvor. The officers knew k5
is we'll, and stated that he had often been
no that bar before. He rs the same person tn
an Knocked down Wesley in PatcrnoFtcr Ro
ia and that took away Lord Nelson's life
i'm Albcmade street. On being called upon
he account for his mole of living-hc dcclar
ed that he lived upon the lives Of cthcrs-th
lis. he was the only man OF unimpeachable m
IS rails in the wor!t.-that he knew and rever
| a the King, Mr.. Croakcr and the Constitute
p- and that he would, il the magistrates pisa