Police.
The Times, 1824-09-02T00:00:00

MAseSION-IfOusE.-A very uncommon charge of felon was made on Tuesday evening, in the justice-room, after thc L ORD M)IAYOR lad finished thelistof complaints. A gentleman of great respectability, who possesses three large estates in Tortola, camne into the Justice-roomn, followed by a young man of colour, and WVaddington, the Spa-fields advocate of the rights of man. This little person, who has now more opportunities ofdistibguislring him- self, as he has ceased "to cany coals," was struck with a dialogue between the planter and the black, in which lie heard that inagical worc " 1libe.ty" used, and listened attentively, in the hope of be. nefiting that cause. It appeared that the negro, together with three others, had been purcl,ased at a very high price, to work upon one of the planter's estates which lay upon the sea-shore. A slave adapted for the duties of a coast plantation must possess more qualifications than are re. quired in the ordinary slaves, as the former must ransack the sea, to gratify the palate of his master; and be versed in the art of sail- ing, to adminiister to the amusement of his imagination. The pri- soner was so accomplished, that 120 guineas were given for him, as,d an equal sum was paid for each of his three comrades. Thev had clarge of their master's pleasure-boat, whichi was fitted tip at a great expenae. Between two and three years ago, they took on boaril a small quiantity of provision, and set sail in quest of liberty, wlich2 they found in the island of St. Dom ingo, after encouuterhrg no hard- ship except that which sprang from their fears of being overtaken and pinished. The prisoner succeeded in getting employment on board a ship hound tO .his ountry, and has ever since entertained the highlest opinion of the change in his conditionl. 'l'he planter saidl, the negre, it was evident, had stolen the boat, which2l was, ever since thle landing of the runaway slaves, in the hrosands of theGotvoertnment of St. Domingo, as the blacks could not prove any claimi to ir. '5'he Chief Clerk observed, that as it wvas inore thani probable that thle only means of escaping from slavery was by that boat, and as men might be excused for attempting to break their chains, it would hc rather unreasonable-to charge the poor black with robbery, par- ticularly when lie certainly had a higher and honlourable temptAtion to run awav. Thle planiter admitted that he could not prove that biis slaves had endeavouled to sell the pletasure-boat. but lie had no doubt pf the fact. It was, lie thought, exceedingly hardl that he shouldl not only sustain thle loss of his slaves, who had cost him nearly 6001., but that of hiis boat in which they had thouglst proper to take their eVadthngtoni said, the planter had in the street-called to him and other persons who were standing by, to witness that the black said he had sold the boat. Now, the black had said no such thing. He merely said that he had left the boat behiis(d bim. The negro here declared, in the mostsolemn manner, that he had comnmited no robbery. He confessed that he did tnot care who had the boat after he had got all the service he could out of it. His only object was to leave slavery, which he never could patientJy endure, particularly since he hatl communications with the Lord. " I was desired by the Lord," said he " to bc no slave more. So I took the boat, and we moved away. I never rob no one; no, no I wanted liberty, no noney, no boat. The Lord told me to take the boat, anti I took it. Ger Amighty praised." The Planter.-And did God AImightv tell you to steal the boat ? Thie Negro.-No, no, he do no such thing; nor he net tell you kissee Louise one day, and florgee Louise another day. - Nor he no teU ou starve black man and tioggee black man always; no, no. TKe Planter repelled this hint with indignation. He asserted that his slaves were always treated with the utmost kindness, snd that the prisoner had never the slightest ground for complaint. The Negro.-.(or Amighty know I treatedl bad. He bid rne go. Ibe slaveno more. Here the negro fell down upon hislknees, and returned thanka to God aloud for his liberty. Ho wanted nothing from any man. He merely asked for the co4tsnuange of what he now had, his liberty, and he knew 4 de LDr of de City" would Ilot ta)e that fromi him. The hBgr w? 6ere asked under Wvhat rnissionary he had received hi& religious irestirtsrtiont. lie replied, thet Jie knew no such personi as a missionary, but he said he was a M~ethodidt, and believed heitholuld bie saved b-Ythe word of "1 (for Am1ghty,5' who advised Ibin', to take to hisi heels. The LortD IIAYOU hot being in the houlse1 the ease was poshtponed to yesterday. T'benegre then aPpeared but there was no repetition of the charge. The planter had altered his opinion of the transaction, and written a note to the chief clerk, presenlting his compliments, and stating that lie believed the black, in taking the boat, had no felonious inten. tion; and that by meanis of'the poor fellow's affidlavit, he wowuldl be ena,bled to recover htis pleasure boat from the authorlties at SL. Do. mIngo, The negro upon being told that he was at liberty to go whiere he pleased, would have fallen upon hiis knees to give his blessing to all around b*it the gattler telling him that it would do staniding, ha bowedl low anld said, "1 Gor Amighitv bless yon." BOW.STRtET..Yeitterday, a maLn of' the name of Isaac Newz- tott, who has repeatedly figuiredi in our police..reports as the pronrie. tor of the " Westmninsqter Central AMart," vuigo a register-offiiee for servants, was, brought befora Alr. HALLS iupon a warmran, charged with assaulting Mr. Poole, a respectable broker, and thleatening-not only to pull his, nose, but to throw himn ouit of a two pair of stairs window. Air. Newton, as before stated, was -he proprietor of the rerister. office at the cornler of Southanmpton-street, Strand, whiere it was said that lie at one time carried on a very flourishing businessa least so far as his own profit was concerned buit from -ome cause or othier (he himself says in carnsequence of the calamitiies hecaped upon hirm in the newvspapers), tite trade fell offi, a-id' the esta- blisihment was flnally knockedl up altogelfier. Mir. Newton.,inc. sequence, gatve up his " cottage at C'aniberwell," anod dleterniined, as it woatld appear, to emnbark in " another line." Mr. Adams, ai pastrycook, in Pickett-street, Temple.bar, hadl a 8pausCfU house 'op- posite to Southampton-.street, Strand, whicih lie advertised so be let, and one of Iiis first applicants was Mdr. Isaac Newton, wh6 stated that he hpa been purchasing8a large quantity of!I elegant furniture, ancl that he wisledl to hiire a spacious, house in order 'to let it out to people of rank in furnished lodigingssthat being. he thioughit, the way to turn hiis speculation i household goods to the best advantage. Mr. Adams believing this representation to be true, conslented to let Newton the houise at a rent I of 200 guineas per annumi. Newton took possession, but from- somec cause not explainedl, his " large stock of elegantc fur-niture" was never brouglit to the house, z;nd mtreovor, one quarter passed over soother withouit hiis ptaying ainy rest. Mlr. Adams became impatient. and flashy5i he emt~owered Mlr. oole, thepresenteoimplainant, to matke a di4tva?ss upon Niewtois's goods (if lielbad anv) for ttiterent' Mr. Pocde accordingly went in with hisa assistant on Tluesday morniing, and took an inventory of the goods, wvhich lie fountd inadlequate even to cover the expenses of the distraint. Yestertdav miorning, at an early lhour. (we unrderstood six o'clock), MIr. Poole (having lef't a mnan in. po-s session during the night) went again to the hatise; sni having reason to suspect that Some goods haul been brought into the premises oni thec previous evening to suit dlie particula-' convenience of.) r. anti Mrs. Newvton, and tlhat they wol eag eoed as c,oon as cdie worthiy couple s'ere prepared to ri-se 1~r toie tlay, hiewent straighit to theirbhed-room, and tapping gently, Alr.Newtaon made hii -Appearance. Mr.Poole politely intimated his wish to inspect the room,butrM r.New- ton, in a violent passion, said,"1 D-i.n me, Sir, whatdt'ye mean ? Mlrs. Newton is not oiAt of bed, Sir and I'll play the ulevil with voui if" youi attemnpt to go in." Air. Poole said, be liad ito wish to hurrv Mrs. Newton, and that he would wait eveni two hiours to acconimno- dlate her. About an hour hiadl elapsed, and Mr. Poole thinking that titne enough for a ladly to dress, 'at lIast of a miortling, ventured to insist tipon his right of admission. i'Vrs. lNewteoti came out dressed. Ailr. Poole went in,. and, looking to a peart of tlse roof of the next house, he saw sundiy qrticlesof furniture which had evidently 'Just been throwvn there ; and, going into anothier apartment after AMrs. Newton, he foundi her thirowing other things from lher owvn windouw into that of thie adjoininK hiouse, lie endeavouredI to prevent her; she screamed aloud. Mlr. Newton bounced and swoire, threateneut. that he would thzrow himi out of the window and break his d-d broker-like neck, or that he would, at least, puill his iiose from its place ; hut, finally, he contenitei himnself with punching Air. Poole's ribs with his elbows, This istatement was sworn to by Mr. Poole and his man. lNeWtoDnI, iis face red with passion, declared thant he haid commit- ted no assaulit beyond whiat was perfectly jus,ifiablc ; adding, that if lie had thrown the broker and his matn out of the windlow, he should hanve acted perfectly righit. Mlr. HALLS.-.It is Well for you that you did not, or vou wouldi have been placed in a very, difFerent sUitation, .ir. Newwsn. Newton.-Don't tell mne, Sir. WVhat riehr, 'Sir, had these fellows to attempt to go into my room, when Airs. Neweton was not dressed? Ailr. HT.ALLS..YOU may as well be quiet, Sir. l'ou know piretty well, tlhai ptutting yourself into a passion will hare very little crfibat' hiere-at least, you ought so know it by this time. Some angry altercation took place between Newton ani Mr. Adas; he attr acusng he bru.crwhitl having got possession frauulenly f a arg houe, wthot haingfotty sliilhings' worth of gods s putintoit ;and ewto teling dams5, thazt lie hta(i pleny o' frniure bu wold akecar tokee itout ofiliiiclutches. Newtn ws oderd t fin bal t anwerforthe assault at the AIRD~OG-TET- r Denham, the stitionier, in Re. gent,sstreet. who, it will be recotlected, wras one of' the prosecutors; in the case of MNr. Williamn Ramsden Robinson, which excitvd so muxte interest a short time ago, applied yesterday to Air. DY.ER, toe sit- ting magistrate, for lils advice howy to act under the folowing ,ar. cuimsalances_ Mr. Denham said, that ever since the acquittal of youing Robin- ison he has been annoyed and harassed, by tie rmast abusive andi scurrilous letters, from all parts oi Englanid, Irelandi, and Scotland, callinig him a perJured villain ; telling himtr that lie ought to calnge his name, and, give up his business, or it would r-on give himi- up for tha1t his name stunk all over tile counity , and tdiat nothing was left for himtp but to transport tliniself ancl faunily to snine other climie, for tlhat he never could have peace in this. Mr. D)enham produicedi is large bundle of those letters, whiichi were anonymous, and all evi- dently written by thie same person, whlonmust hare taken) great pains to scatter them all over the empire; some wecre chanc'ed 3is., 4s., and As. ; some double anti( treble letters, and none, the postageiT of which wasless than a couple of shillinigsN. Mr. Denliam- said, dliet lie was well aware these were the proceedings of younig Robinson's frilends, and wished to know how he was to act. Mlr. Dvgit said, that such proceedings, from- whiatever quarter they emanated, were extremely centemptible, and reflected mnore discredit upoms the parties concerned,whoever they mrighit be, than on Mr. Denham, who ough-t to rest satisfied that he had hionea.dy tier. form-ed his duty to the ptublic, and treat such conduct whitthe cilet.i tempt it deserved. Atir. Denham asked if he sbould be justified in off4~ing a reward for the discovery of the writer of those letters. Mlr. DYERt said, that most assuredly he would, if lie thlought it worthi his while to trouible himself about such paltry pr-oceedings, lie was nt of course, bound to pay the pstage of those letters. Alr. Den.hamr said, he knew thiat, buat h should wish), if possible. to finld out the writer; and he should certainly make an effort to do ro. Perhaps it may be some disappointment to the promotiers of this shameful proceeding, to know that Ithe post-office Is bound to return the postage ofall anonymnous letters whiich the receiver does not thiink fit to keep An elderly female, of very genteel adldress andI manners, aoil whose appearance bespoke her any tliitig but the inmate of a work. house approached the Bench with a gracef'ul curtsey, a-id be?gged tile Alaisthsrate's; assistance in the very, painful anti idistressing situs. dot iorn which isle was placean. er history, she s.-id, was rathier ani interesting one, and, with the perinission of the Beichi, blhe woultd relate the particulars, whic'h would give their worships a clearer in. sight into the nature of her applicationi. Sir GEoitGE FAR5SANT and Ailr. DYERt. who sat upon the Benchi, said, most certainly, she might proceetd. The applicant then stated, that her name -was Badcock, she had been miarried 20 years ago to a medical practitioner of eminence, ii: St. Jamese's parisb, of that name, but her husband, unfortutnately, having given himsclt' up to pleasure anti dissipation, instead of at- tending properly to his profetsion, his affa~rs became embarrassed- thien ruined ; and hie ultimately, about 17 years ago, enilisted as a ,private soldier into the fitth regiment, then qu~arItereda in Sicily, whither lie proceeded to join it, leaving her in liondon totally tunprovidled for, with thiree children to support. Daring her lus;- band's; residence, as a professional mian, in London, slit hati the honour of being acquaintedI withi that amiiAble lady, the late Latly Liverpool, and, in her distress, applied to her Liadyship for Iaer as- sistatice and patronage in bringing forward a new sort of c-arpet, of a most beautIfu deseription, whlich ishe had herself designed, and en- tirely the work of her own hands ; for such was the excellence of the education she had received. thiat she was qualified ror a sphiere far different from. that in whiichi fate had destined her to miove. The device which slit had introguced as the pattern of her car- et, were tire figures of Britannia and Fame, surrounded by Vaittli, Hope, and Charity. Lady Liverpool approved hiighly of the carpet, and considered it so beasitiful a speciusen of female work,c that slit recomniended her to the notice of the late lamented Princess Cliariotte of W1ales, and hler Roytl Highiness no sooner saw the carpet, then she spoke of it in the m-ost rapturous terms, antI referredi the applicant to his Royal Highiness - thie Duke of Cumberland, her uncle, who, slie said, wras the miost likely person to forward her interests, as he had a great ta4, for those sort of' things. The applicant accordingly waited upon the Duke of Cumberland, and his Royal Hlighnerss certainly didl express the greatest delight at the' worknransliip and desig ofth arpet, anti gave her an order upon Air. Pearsotn, of the Hurst-Guards, for Al. lioismediatelv, iwith direc- tions to afford her occasioDally wvlitt assistance she might reqtsirc. Air. Pearsons did as he was directed, anti advancedl liar various sums, and with this money asnd patronage she opened a lodg,ing-house in Leicester-street, whichi, however, did not turrtsooit succsoaful ; and, g;ving it up altogether, she went to reside at AlIargate in 1811. ,rmt =spaeshe vrrote a letter to his Royal 1-ulinesteDk of York, infrighim that she lhad a secret of importance to com- muinicate to hiim relative to Mr. Pearson. of the Horse-Guards. The consequence was, that his Royal Highness sent downt Sir Nathaniel Conant (thecn Mr. (Conant) cud AI'r. Pearson himrself, to Maurgate, to' hear the rnature of the comninunication. She dined with Sir Nathianiel at the Royal hlotel, where lie ptit up, mind that ingeniouis agistra.te did all he cortild to extract froin her -lit natiure of her chargex him, saying tbat her commnnication on the subject should be with his Royal Highness alone. Sir N%thaniel and his f'rietid, Air. Pearson, then retturnedl to town, ant aibe soon after followed, in- tendinig to see the Duke of sork himself; but she had no sootier ar- rived at the Black Bear, in Piccadilly, than Mr. Pearson entereli her apartment, and, seizing upon bhr desks and papers, sealed them rp, and carried them off. She immediately niade application at Bow- atreet, and Dlr. Nares, the then Mlagistrate, sent an officer to Mr. Pearson's housa to recover her papers; but instead of doing so, the officer, at the bistigation of Mfr. Pearson, turned round upon her, and placed a keeper over her in her own apartments, as a lunatic; and she wvas soon after conveyed to a lunatic asylum near Hoxton, where she was confined for a conisiderable length of tnie, under the pretence of her being insane. At length they thought proper to libe. rasteher but she was then totally ruined, and so impoverished, that she had no means of obtaininig redress and was finally com- pelled to take refuge In St. James's workhouse, with her children; andi from that time to this she had been unable to recover or hear any thing of her papers from Mtr. Pearson. Her husbatid returned hote some time ago, broken down by fatigue, climate, and dissipa. tion, and he was also now in St. James's workhouse. Her fat'icr, the apphcant said, had beets a iman of respectability in Devon. shure, and gaveher a handsome portion when she was uiartied, tile wholef wich her husband squandered. The greatest part however, of hey fathex's property was in Amnerica, and on his deatb he willed an equal division to his three aaughters, and the applicart, withbher two sisters, went over to Amerlca to see the property, whlch consistvr of 18,000 aorett of land, the whole of which they had gone over, artd found that oa It were gold, copper, and iron miines of.great value Indeed, one day, tltey were wa 'lkig over certain part of the Nap, and picked up a large piece Uforr, which sbe broughtover to this country, and it tutred out to be almost entirely gold.. . ow tie -great object of her pm5sent'application was, to know if t}te lMlagis- trates could assist her in procuring the means of going ng_itl over to A merica antl takc pOssession of her share of the valuable property; or perhaps the parish, At their suggestion, would do the needfiuL Sir GEor a FARItAIcT said. thattheycould 8aV nothing vith- out seeing the parish olficers. Air. Chadwell, the overseer, was then sent for, and the applicant's request stated to him ; but he said, that without consultine the Board, he could do nothing. Sir GFoRG E FArtISAxT inquired of the applicant what sum she thtought would be adeauate to her purpose. She said about 5001: she thought would de the thing completely; and if'iMr. Chadwell wouild accomrnary lier to Amtrica. shie would. pay all expenses, anl give the parish a " lien" upon toe mines. IMir. Chadwell did not teem inclined to accept this proposal, and Sir G. FAR RANeT said, thlat perhaps some of the great capitolists of tli city w-ould speculate on those minces. It wvas ultinnately, however, agreed that the subject shoul: be submitted to the Parish Board, at which the anplicant seemed highly pleased, as she had, she sidd, ,io doubt of success, her ;isters haring recovered their part of the pro- pertr. Ilr. Chadwell toid the M1(azistrate that this female corre_ ponds with somie oF the first nobility in the country, who send her presents of all desrreitions to the workhouse. HATTO0-GAltDF2h.-A1JurZ, Pikcring, a widoW Woman, and Sarah ShiiNnotz, a young girl (who were remanded till Vesterdiav), were brouieht up for final examination. charged with wiltullv and maliciously settinc fire to the dwelling-house, No. 3, Castle-s:reet, Clerkenwell, where Il-rs. Piceering resided. Henry Stacey, reisaling in the smrne street with the prisoners, de posed, that en last Thursdav night, abouit ten o'clock, on his re. turn homne, when lIe knovked at his residence, his Rmother direeted hig attention to Mrs. Pickering's front parlour in *rhicli there ap neared an unusal1 glare of light , he vent anti peeped thtough a hole ins the ss iOdow.s'lutter, ard observed flames in the roo,. and! therc was . stron' smnell of hurnt wood ; in en instant he htard smeihing tall, which seerned to damp the flames. The flames were isatlitg from one corner nf the room. .1 he me-her of this witness deposed, that about the hour of ten, she sautlie prisoners coine out with a bundle, and a Mrs. Nash, ho residest : t he .satmehouse with Alrs. Stacev, cor,firmed her testi.. mony, and added, that she objerved Mrs. Pic&tering, after shutting the street door, look very earnestly throueb thie hole in tke shuter., upon which the prisoner (Shannon) remonstrated with hter for delay ing; obser .in, " } nukno.w I have taken care, it is all right ; do vou want to stop herc all tigiut P' John Dedman, ai hous,-keeper in the same street, deposed, that on hearing tile cry oi " Fire !" he repairedl to the spot, andi. 'sich the assistance of the watchnman, broke into tile house. Neariv an entire cupboard in a corner of the room was concuin,m. in the bot- tom of which were old rars. and other inflammable substances and ag-iinst which were placed a mattress, a bed, and a blanket there was no fire in the p-ate, neither was there a candle or cantile. stick in the room. There was a table placed atrainst the firs. floor front window, antl it mattress in thC apartntent on the srcond fioor. This wats all thle furni tre described, tIA be in tfie house. Int consc_ que.-ce of the representationi to C-.rke, a constable. hy- thc firenten whio attended, of the usupt:ion in the case, he proceeded inst. ntlv to the place, where he ras; informed the prisoners were in bed. At first they refus;ed hiim ar.niissiorn: bt!t. after some difficulty, tlier. surrendered themttselves. lrt;. I'ickering appeared much agitated. bn t Shannon was lu:tc unmrved.-Tlte prisoners were fally comtlirtcd. Us tXGNHALL.-A womnan, named Be,rnete, vas summoned beFore the hMagisttate for deraining the clothes of a deccased native of New Zealand. A gentleman stated, that a short time since two of the nativechiefs of New Zealand came to this country by the .4Tary A??Yfe Soutlh Sea whaler. On their arrival in Londor, they were both placed under the care of a gentleman at Ritherhithe, where every arrention wits paid to themi , they visited all the curiosities of this gre t utetrop li, anti whenever anv strikitg object tvas presented to their view. thee Wcould boril exp-css their surprise alid adthiration by a loud yell. Here the zentleman 'Zeged pardon for di,nressine front the share against the washerw-ounan, and roceeeded to relate an anecdote of the poor deceased Zcalander, whose clothes the detbndant hatl in her p-ssession. His name was Arange Baboo ; when lic was put on shore from the ship, the first thint lie sas. on land wses a !awee donkv. which stood immediately opposite the stairs he ascerd. ed from the hit. The n93ment Arangee beheld it, he tittered a loud. yeli, and hastily r,treated down the steps, and wouid have plineed into the river, had lie not been prevented by a cowinie of tltc sailors, who told hitn he mid nothirr to fear. " Oh !" said Arantye, *- that o:ne treat bit tiger." Thesailorsaid it wsas not. *' What you nanie it ?" Said Arat,gee. " Whv, a donhtv a Jarkaqs : it von't h1t you," replied the sailors. Ar;nciee.- ' 'on't it bite loan <- The sailors were ultimately obligd t1 o lead the poor don'ky nif to scme dlistance before Arangee would aeree tn Dass. The genitleman added. that the poor Zealander was carriedl off' a short timesincebvthe small_-, lx, afterhavi ng iade a considerable EIroficiency iR the English ianguage, and was just on the poitit of re- turnitic to hiis rative country. After lisa decease, his clotlics. antd part of his rzew Zealand dress, were given to the defendant, in order to was.i. ever since which site refused to give them tip, and the pre- sent means were adoip:ei to coirpel hIer. Tite defendant admitterd the charge, but qtalified it bv sayina that lier love for the poor Zvalandcir v as one of the causes tliat, prevented her f'rom delivering them tip; tile other was, that she had put a part in pledsee at the pn wnbrokers'. lr, ALLRa- cid that if the things were not deli'estsl up to the cen.leman it. the course of ose week. the summons should lie against her. and she should not get off ,o easily. POLICE.