POLICE. BOW STREET. IMPORTANT CAUTION AGAINST ADVERTISING MONEY LENDERS. On Friday last, George Charter is, a middle-aged man, of dashing appearance, was brought berme S.r R. Bionic and Mr. blitishull, by Baal, a constable, on a charge un der the statute, of having salawfully, and in violation of' good faith, einhezeled and converted to his own use a bill of exchange fur ad 1., contrary to the saecial purpuse lor which smelt bill had been intrusted to hon. 'flie complainant in this instance was the adores!'of it a seminary for y g ladies in the west of England; and appeared from her statement, that being snore lime ago in stay urgent want of a pal ticolar sum of tummy, she wrote to a blend its London to endeavour to procure tee• cum, for her its that respect. 'This ft weed, shortly after the receipt of tier letter', saw an advettisement ill one of the stioraitig newspapers, containing editors of pecla 'nary accommodation to any taloned, and oil very mode rate teems, Noon good personal sectitoy being given. 'Elie outplainant's foetid wrote to her immediately, informing Lee of this *dye' tisemetit, and chic its tio -wet* authorized Lisa to netticiate with the advertiser for the loan of The gentlemait, in consequence, went to a house in Nrw Palace Yard, the place of relate - once given in the adver li•ement, where he found the prisoner livtug apparently in considerable style, with an etietiolistunent tot setVaids amil other appeudages usually found in the house of a antistantiat man. Tile subject of the visit was diselissed, Ilse prisoner prolessiog has wish to treat on this occasiun, as (lie Said) lie invariably did, eat the most liberal terms. II s demand was too more fltau 7i per cent. tar the loan whatever it might be—a rate of airiest so moderate in a money lender, that it was agreed to with tome avidity. Then came the question as to how or in %shut shape the Lass was to be advanced; and the piisoner proposed to furnish the complainant with a bill of exchauge for ati I. at two months, drawn Upon a banker and accepted by himself ; and as a collateral see-laity for it repayment of the Law, the comphibiant should give Lion her acceptance for the same amount, and at the :mute taste. 'ibis arrange owed was agreed to, and the bill. were exchanged, of cottage on the express coalition that her bill should he returned upon the completioil of her part of the engage• meat. It was by Iwo means to be negotiated. At the end of two ma'am the complainant lonia how completely she had beets duped. The bill which stir received fauns the prisoner "as returned to her from the loeitkee's as nut being worth a faithing, and her own acco•piance was about the same tune preacjilell to her for payment, the prisoner havitig, " in violation of good faith," as the sia tide has it, negotiated tier Lill, and apply the proem ob. to Lis oven use. An agility • odiatily set on lout as to the resepretability of the pin:alter, and it was Inland ;tut only that lie Was what it gruel ally tel a man of but that he had 1101 long returned boon Botany bay. 'law complainaut, upon these discoveries, via., advised to pre ceed Cs iininally ugaiust him, and a variant was taken out fur hi.. ppselienaion. In answer to the charge the prisoner declared with a very confident air that the Italie:wan was a lair and ho nourable tone, and that he should be aide to meet the de mand upon I • •I it were double the amount. Alter a conversation of solute leiogola the prisoner oh bated leave from the magistrates to retire with the com plainant and her ft ientis,4ll4l a C 01111,10111150 %vita offered by hint, which was refitted, meal he was Sent to the %Alen house for the night. On Saturday scorning lie was again brought up, when Mr. Harmer, solicitor for the complainant, stated, that another bites - slew had taken place between the patties, and that hi. client did nut intend to proceed further with the ettarge. The to ironer was about to be discharged, when Major Carpenter, an tacer on halt pay, stepped for- Veal and said lie had a charge to peeler against hint — He hail given his bill for t 001. to the pi Wooer as a teak let al security fur ante of the smite anionut given by the ptisuner to him for his accuitimodation. Tile prisoner's hilt was returned dislantoni eil from the banker's, and his • (Major Carperiter's) hill was paid by the prisoner 10 Mr. Hillary, a Wine merchant its the Strand, to liquidate a debt of ill.; and lie WAS on his way to Mi. balm y's house in Somers-town to rectise the balaitee, whcu lie was apprehended by Bond we the chat ge of the lot met complainant. Mr. Hillaly refused to give up the bi.l un less his debt was paid. . The pi twitter its answer to this charge denied that there was any ;hag unfair, and said it was a mere exchange el' accommodation between then,. Mr. lllinshuil.—Major Carpenter has been swindled out of his money, that 15 the plain fact. Ps isener.-0 dear ow. Sir, not at all; quite the reverse, I assure you. Major Carpenter is toy debtor fur inte rest, kc. Mr. 31inslitill.—Yet, upon a bill not worth a single farthing. Thy do you loot pay the moues - , .n' No answer wll5 remained to this stay Irian% question. Sir K. Birnie was cleat ly of opinion Mel tills was a case Or fraudulent code ennui under the statute, and he was prepared to act spot. Its lillAisiutis if Major Carps - alter to proceed. Major Cal loonier said lie would wish to avoid the Iron Isle of a formal prosecution, if lii could get his own bill returned. Mr. Hillary was present, and he said he should not give up the hill (Millais debt at all. was paid, as lie considered Alajor Carecniet's areeptailee as a sort of seen' ity which lie did net choose, tinder the etre 1111 l stances, to port with. The wit:tater lot tic whispered to Major Cal petiter mud Hillaty, and they all settled together. In a few tin flutes they Cetus tied, suet Major Carpenter stated that an arrangeineut had been made between hat and Ms. which pleseuted the necessity of has I/seam:ding fur Mei '1 lie prisoner was then discharged ; but the moment he had paid the usual tee, two shad's officers presented thentselvet, one on each side of Win, and bath &nested lan almost at the same moment. They took him out of the otre, and when in the street, the conteniion between the ittheets as to of possession of his person ran so high. as to elicit a coasidelable crowd. He was at length taken away to a ettach, al cunivanied by both. We Wive a bunt althea toy upon %%limit we can rely, that the prisoner went splentlinly suited to one of the last levees at Catlanahinise, and in the hurry gut admis sion to the royal ;marl. , e. Cateasia Aasus.-0a Tuesday, Mrs. Neville, a eery i aleaslale lametag woman, app arentlyy about U. years a l arat i ,:t moiaret tan sittotag uragistralea, Sa the aastady ut THE NATIONAL REGISTER Shiells, a patrol, charged on suspicion of having wilfully said due. Mr.. L. eutitendea that the moment awarded against hius rualiciouvie set tire to a certain dwelling-house. belonging to was injustice altogether, and that it was physically impossible I llamas Ghanian, of a tacit she was the occupier. that he could have been the father of the youngest child ; that The defendant was accompanied by several respectable per- the mother was a woman of the won't tivecription, whom he sone, and aas allowed to steed at the table in trout of the had picked up under the Volum at Covent-louden. bench. She was taken into custody on a warrant issued on The Magistrate mid he had no power to alter the award, and Monde,. at the suit of Mr. Glenton. Mr. Adolphus appeared the way would have been to have appealed to the Sessions for the prosecution ;and Mr. elaritter on behalf of the detendant. when the award was made. Mr. L: left the ollice much dia. Thomas Menton, of No. I, 11 illon.place, Grosvenor place, satisfied. Pimlico, bricklayer, sworn.—l have a house, No. 10, Chapel- UNION-HALL. Wert, Grotivenor-pleite, which I let to Mrs. Neville, iu No- The neighbourhood of this (Alice was crowded, perhaps, windier last, on an agreement fur a lease of 21 years. Ste was beyond all former occusiona on Saturday last, in COlllie ta give me a premium f o r the lease, and I had lately pressed quenee of the apprehension and emu ii ill ation of a lady, who her for the payment of it ; hut no legal proceedings between bad thought proper to dress herself in the clothes of a military us had been threatened, nor had any angry words taken place gentleman while he was asleep, and to adopt the manlier and between us toxin the subject. The home was partly furnielted conduct of those offeusive characters by w'uieb the whale me by Mrs. Neville, and partly by a air. Forbes, who lodged on the tropolia is infeeted. first Boor, but who rotated the house on last Friday e r Setae- Mary Palmer, the woman who Bins distinguished herself, day morning. On Saturday evening last about eight o'clock, has been some tittle on the town, and possesses a very fine face my foreman said there wits a tire there. I went to the house, and ligure, but both are of the ntasculiee order. She had in and found the furniture in great disorder. The whole ail bad the course of her speculations in tit. George's fields on Friday been removed from the upper to the lower part of the house, night, met with aim officer in the army who was a little " far with the exception of a deal cheat of drawers and au old bed- gone," and accompanied her to her hod ; lags, where he fell stead and mattress, and trilling things in the back garrett. — asleep in a ver y short tune. As the hour at which he retired Sumo furniture, I believe. liailbeen removed altogether. Two to heat did nut suit Mies Palmer, elle determined to leave him or three persons were with me when I went into the Louse.— to ieu t eelf fur a while, and to join her compenione in the Lent -1 west up into the beck garret, and saw Mrs. Neville sitting on toad, where sne had left them envying her good fortune. Site the betistetiti, seemingly much distressed.—The bed-curtains lilt an inclination, also, to ascertain how far they woulll be were burnt, and the wainscot appeared to have suffered from likely to carry their jealousy towards each other, by going in fire. There were atone piccea of tinder on the door. I asked the midst of them in the character of a dandy, and haw her what was the matter and she said she came up stairs to the ing observed that her military friend was not likely to hack garret, to make up the mattress for a young man who was cause atiy ititerinption to her plan, site slipped On his to sleep in the house for protection, as Mr. Forbes had left her, troaeers, bootie, and spurs, shirt, waistcolit, coat, hat, and and when she opened the door she raw an apparition. Site silk neckerchief, and sallied unit thus equipped iu search of said she retreated, but retutued to the room, end then sate amusement. Although elle hail drank very freely of strong something tall move behead the curtain, which ao allowed her waters iu the course of the evening, site was able to deceits that site dropped the candle and ran down stairs. She said her old companions, by about she was soon surrounded and also that she bail been robbed, stud that a great deal of hetet', caressed. And alter listing for some time caused a very two 51, notes, and two sovereigns had beeu taken out of II e strong feeling of at l i ttt wetly amongst the girls, to each of whom deal drawers. I then examined the drawers, and in the bottom she orelende 1 a sumach Imultiees, she started away from them, one I found several pieces of rags burnt, not quite to thither, but and, calling the watchman, desired lain to clear the road of they had suffered by fire. The drawers were a considerable all owner' of bad cilium:ter, upon pain of being complained distance from the bet). There was a young lady (who is now against lefore the Magistrates the neat morning. The watch preseat) with Mrs. Neville, and I asked if she was any 'elation man, alarmed at the tone and dashing appearance of the per to her, and she said she was not, but that she lied known her son who gave this order, proceeded without delay to put it for some years, and that site bad been there ter a short time only. into execution ; and the Kent-road was soon in such a state Site (the young lady) said she hail seen the bottle of oil and that any modest woman or drunken man might stalk there a cap, which was partly burnt, in the kitchen below. Aly iin- without danger. So far her sport was not calculated to du any preeeten was, from all that 1 saw and heard, that the house bad great mischief; but elle soon began to chow her powers of been set nu lire on purpose. imitation to perfectiou, imil was considered by numerous spec- In answer to a question from Mr. Harmer, the witness said, tutors to be the greatest ruffian they had ever beheld. Leery Mrs. Neville objected to paying the prenriam on accouut of some one who approached bar came in for a short abate of her abuse, doubt as to the title al Lord Gro venor, the ground landlord. which was composed of oaths end epithets that terrified eves Airs. Net ille told him ehe had called in some of her Neighbours. the guardians of the night, who so seldom know fear. At George Whiting sworn.— I live at No.B, Chapel-street.— length a sense of duty prevailed over their apprehensions, and On Saturday evening Mrs. Neville came and Said she had seen they seized her by the collar, and, notwithetandieg all her a man in her house, and begged me to come user and see. I dhoti, lodged her in the v. atchliouse. As soon as she en went up stairs with Mrs. Neville and her friend, and saw the tered the room in which the constable sat to receive the room it. a Game. The door was shut when I first went up. I charge, she whispered to him that site wan no man ; and that saw uo man nor ghost in the room. I Went down stairs to get wither in eetonieliment informed the watchman, alio had jest a pail of wider, but Mrs. Neville taul she lied no pail in the described the prowess of ilte " gentleman" over whom they house, and I got one front a neighbour's. More remits came had obtained a victory. She begged very hard to be ',omitted in, and water was brought to put out the lire. The bed cm tains to depart, and promised never to °Wend again ; but the consta were burnt, and the lire had caught the wainscot. The body of ble would not Beira to the request, and she was obli„eed to wait the wood bad, in my opinion, been caught by the genie. upon Mr. Chambers and Mr.Swabey at the office in the clothes By Mr. Varner.-1 think the wood had actually' caught fire. in which site had offended. Mr. Harmer suit), the wainscoting ought to be taken down The defendant begged to be forgiven, declared that whet and produced ; and Mr. Adolphus said tide should be done. she had done she Lad done in a frolic, when overcome eat' (This point was most narrowly enquired into throughout the drink, %Lich disguised her cottuuet as much us the clothes did investigation, became to establish the capital charge of man", her sex ;and declared that elle would never more dieterh the some part of the building itself meet be proved to have suffered peace in the character of man or woman. bv tire ; otherwise it amounts (soppoeing the proofs to lie con- The inegistrates, who weee apprised that she was not known elusive against a defendant) only lusts indictable miselemeauour as an old offender, very sharply reprituanded her for the impro in attemp:ing to set the house on lire.] inlet, of her conduct ; promised her upon any future occasion Charles Price, a servant out of place, living in Chapel-street, of ill-behaviour to make an example lit her, and lined her ss. said-1 went to the house in consequence of an alarm of tire, fur a r enkenueee ; after which they desired her to appear as and saw Mrs. Neville standing at the dour. She said there quickly as possible in the dress of the see to which she might was a attune man iii the home, and requested my assistance hare been an ornate- tit instead of a disgrace. to detect him. I ran up stairs, and when I got to the second The defendant appeared grateful for this lenity, and imree litior I smelt lire. It was dark; and 1 called fur a candle arid diately shove home, where the military gentlemen was waitiug water. 1 found the door of the beck garret shut, hut not les tested. When I opened the door a volum e of smoke issued in anxious expectation for her reborn. GUILDHALL. freau the room, and as soon as 1 could I gut some water and Antoellocs Case.—A fellow who gave his name George threw it in. The mattress was the truly thing then on lire, but Massey, and described himself as a servant out of place, was the bed foiniture was burnt. The WitillbCOL in my opinion had charged by James Lockwood, a very respectable looking mar not actually caught tire. tied man, between the age of 40 and 50, residing at No. 8, A brother to the witness (Whiting) gave the same opinion Broadway, Vslackfriars, with au offence of the most atrocious upon Ode point. nate.. Elislia Willefins, foreman to Mr. Weldon, gave it as his Mr. Lockwood stated that hue and his wife were living upon opitaimi that the wood bad been out lire. a smell property t hin po o ssessed, the result of funnier illaUbiry, J•laleb Wiens, the Ilaw-street patrole, mid lie was called to end were at ilii. e emplyed in Liking i are of A house No. the house about twenty minutes past nine. Ile saw the wainscot, 0, New Bridle-street, in the absence of the family. On and observed the pai n t was very black ; but did not examiue it minutely enough to give any docided opinion. Witness pro duced the burnt rags, oil bottle, and bit of candle found in the picture-s h op in St. Paul's Church-yard. Oh his turniug oval l l U b s u w m te d y aY st b oi e vp i el l Cur °e l e a4 s i l: . o n r time, go to c e t i r't e a2ly llu s l i l t e it r c a l li nit r n ° t:t cl e, a a n t d th " e drawer. He saw some tallow in the centre of the drawer, f rom it, th e p r i s oner whom he had net before obeeraedi 9 "d which appeared to him to have been dropped there fur the par- whom his keowledge he t liad it to staenot sen d he.fore, eddressed him pose of iiteking the candle stick. amid said to , o I suppoee e ean s omething." lie aid John Scott, another petrule, said, be thought the wainscot not at first think that the prisoner spoke to him, but on his was only scut-chef) by the lire twine, near to it. r p pealing the worth,the indecent he asked him lib wh er a e es lit h meant, * eu health el* ° ;ter. Whiting sea. said, lie broke open t e drawers by desire risoner replied for tie had tuk e of Mr. Nevithe, sea found the thins produced. The bottle Ives ids person, and immediately applied the most opprobrious eph le ing on the rags. *bets to him. lie e Locke ood ) turned away, and the prisoner The magistrates thought that upon this evidence the place followed hint, occasionally addressing hint with such le n g ua g e should be examined meet minutely , by com p etent p ersons, end, as alread y hinted at, the whole of the way to IN hitecbspel.— if ilecessary, to bring away the wainscoting , in order to set the On his return he found the prisoner had waited for him. whea question at rest, as to *healer Mrs. Neville was to be charged lie immetliately recommenced the same sort of attack. Finding with a capital ulfeuce or a mierlemeanour only. that lie cuuld tint succeed in frightning him (Mr. Lnektvooli) Fur this purpose the hearing was adjourned till the evening, out of any thing, the yrieoner changed his tone,offered to Mrs. Neville remaining in custody. treat hint aide some porter if he would go into a publie-house d Soon alter sr. en iti the evening the wise came on for hearing with him. This , however, be refused ; the pris oner confine again. when Cilia and Jones , two officers , de p osed, that iu pnr- to follow lam the whole of the way hack, repeating occasiona lly source of instructions hum Air. Halls, the magistrate, they had hie atrocious accusations, till he milked at the house in badge- . been to examine the room in which the lire took place, which they had done most minutely, aed they were enabled positively l o udlyetreel, a a t n and the dour, i,iti.lity hisc r est e d wile. a gr i e lt at e to state, that no part of the wainscoting had been actually on by renetsieg the offensive charges. Ile t Leckwood) weithou fire. It was scorched, and the paint blistered, but the wood by the buck door leading into Witter-lane, and gave &iodine , : i m ir o is b ou ro e u r n t d ben th l ebot el ;d l was nut burnt. to Potter, the officer, to go rouud end lake the misoner to Loon this evidence Mr. Halls said, the offence ernourittel custody. only to a mistientraneur, and he should therefore calf upon Alt s. Neville for ball for her appearance at the sessions. Mrs. Neville was not asked to say any thing in answer to the stated the delegate resistance he nowise when be found himself clutPrugt!sertliethietrifinc;rr' sons bor m e aktlinstgimaeoonlynsttolltrh.e Lonactkuwmievodf.. thus charge. She matte no taiservatiosh in euettelv. Teo gentleineo in the crowd, which the priseeng Two gentlemen alto came with her immediately tendered iliemselt ee bail, and entered halos reccgolizance of 501. each fur resistance had h fl a i d mi e c o a l l i e i e n t i e u d ir tit a ir t t e a t y li k e r u , her appearaace at the sessions. pressed great selisfaction at seeing him secured. . MARLI3OROUGIUSTREET. pureuctii,g,,,unit,tt:levehrsiiinlya.e haretelg Mr. Lowndes. of Last India House celebrity, appeared to nit with Mr. Petite. a4.l,lfliesiptriiero.iiieL,.kiwnouliisci.defence, reuewed the horrid acrosatins :answer to a demand of 69/. due to the Parish of St. Pattern , ' Sir James Shaw was proceeding to cons . li st . ~,,. for the maintename of two illegitimate children. It appeared the clerk, as le the precise mode in a hich tlie pri t s l i e.u r af„. CA an award was tusde for the peyitieut of tell elfilline a a week mittlietit s hould be Millie out , when Mr. Alley, • . ot . ~ IA mieli eisaid is 1518, Mid Me sum stalest alter was arrests who was in ettendeuce nett some other bee:tier axl e' ea '