The National Register. — 1816-10-21 (London, England)

ADJOURNED LONDON SESSIONS.  C. Clark was indicted fur assaulting T. Clark, her husband T. Clark is r. journeyman boot-maker, and was married to tke defendant in 1810; but on account of her bad conduct he parted with her in 1814, allowing her from Bs. to Ws. a week. She encouraged men in his house, and pawned his things. She took him before Mr. Airhie, the Magistrate, who reduced the allowance witness was to make her to ss. 631. On the Pith of August she came up to him as he was going se work, pushed him, knocked his hat off, and struck him. On the 15th of September she collected a mob of low persons round his roaster's door (Mr. lisle, in Fleet-39yd). She told her associates that she had had two children by the witness, which he had murdered; and then her companions dic.anaged her to beat him, by calling to her to tear the murderer to pieees.--Guilty ; but discharged on her own recognizance in Sol. to keep the peace towards her husband. 11. Armstrong and H. Ginn, were charged with being notorious thieves' under the Police Act. The Lord Mayor, being sworn, d•posed„ that on the evening of the 28th of August. he went to Leadenhall-strimt, in consequence of a disturbance made by a drunken old woman, who would not go about her business; but kept calling the officers Brook, and Pelham, and Vaughan. She! however, went away, and the mob dispersed without his Lordship making himself known. Observing the prisoners very much alive to their occupation, he followed them all the way to Fleet-street ; and at the corner of Salisbury-court. they met a well-dressed man, who was drunk, they immediately turned round and followed him. At the corner of Mr. NVaitliman's shop there was a dispute between a hackney-coachman and a Lady and Gentleman, which occasioned a crowd, and when the drunken man got into it, the prisoners attempted his pocket. They still followed him. up Ludgate-hill ; and his Lordship, dreading to see a highway robbery committed, sprung upon them both, and took them to the watch-house. lle only saw them once attempt the pocket of this drunken man.  J. Brown. a city constable. stated that he saw the prisoners, whom he knew well, in company with a Jew, named Solomons, on the lit of August, at Ohl Swan-Stairs, trying peoples wekets. lie told them to go, and they said they would. Martin. another city officer, saw them on the lit of August on Blackfriar's Bridge. looking into peoples' pockets. Seeing the a it. ness watch them, they went away. Friend, a borough constable, knew them both as reputed thieves, and had seen them in Noah-houses.  Attwood• a diamond-broker, living at 15, itobert-stmt, Bedfordrow, said, that Armstrong lived with hint as an errand-boy, fur victuals, without wages, for three months, up to the beginning of last August. He was sure he had never dune him any dung wrong in his life. The prisoners were both discharged, after receiving a suitable re nritnand. The Lord Mayor then said, •• Be cautious in keeping out of the city." the Recorder—" And out of the Borough." Mr. Alderman U. Smith said ioco►dy—•• Whatever you do keep out of the Lord Nlayor's hands." •  11, Johnston was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, being convicted as a reputed titit  The late Dr. Bell was iiminerly of Magdalen College, end fintmler of eight saolarshipi in Cambridge University, for sons of Clergymen of the Church of England, for which benevolent purpose he transferred the slam of 1.1,2001. stuck, S per cents. to the University, in. 1810.