The National Register. — London, England, 1822-06-02 00:00:00

MIDDLUSISX S'- SONS. SATURDAY. MAY 25.—Richard Dee•wow, a man advanced in years, was indicted, conjointly with John Davis, who did not appear upon being called, for keeping a Halal/a gadaiug-house for lnore and gain, in the parish of it. James, Westminster. Mr. Andrews stated the case for the prosecution, as it was afterwards proved in evidence. Peter Berrard stated, that lie hail been in the Cis 1111 l iiaariat Depaitment in the army. He knew the house at No. 10, king ♦tied, St...l:inies's. Had been there frequently between the 2001 of December and Itlth January. It was a common gaming hone - the gaming Was carried on in the first floor. All who wile known were admitted freely—the street door was lett ejat, and there was an inside door with a window in it, through which a person looked when admission was tleintinded. Rouge et .Voir was the game phis ell. There was some ping more Orin 29 persons present, and they were gentlemen and tradesmen.— The company generally went away at twelve o'clock. The game was played at all times of the day. Witness was generally loser. From the 211th December to the 31st lie lust 1501. The players generally lost. Davis appeared to hint to keep the bowie. Heard the defendant any he was one of the proprietors, and always said •• we" when speaking of tile proprietors. . . On his ermis-examination, he said, he was dismissed from the army, and rendered incapable of serving his Majesty in any capacity, civil, or military, by the sentence of a court-martial. Was chatted with havin4 embezzled 20,0001. but was acquitted of that charge, and found guilty of disolimiienee of orders.— That was in the year 1813. De was then Deputy Assistant Commissary General. Was a witness under live indictments, and had brought two netions--one for a penalty under the act of Anne—the stun claimed was 11001..—got a verdict in one action for money lost—has a brother an assistant in a gaining honer, in who allows him two guineas a week. . . . Henry Compton, clerk in the Stamp-ollice, who had lost 2001. or 3001 conlirnoll this statement. Mr. Alley ninde a speech fur the defence, but the defendants were found guilty. MONDAY, MAY 77.—Joseph Guthrie was indicted for a fraud. Mary Browne, servant la Mr. Levy, Great Prescott•street, stated, that on the sth of February, the defendant came with a note to Mr. te•vy's house, and said he was sent by their washer woman, who lived at Clapham, for the clothes. Tba witness, by the mistresses disire, gave him a considerable bundle of clothes. The prisoner cross-exninined the witnesses, and addressed the Court snit Jury with great eltroutery. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court def,Tred passing sentence. John Jones (a lad) was prosecuted by the parish of St. Giles, for s riot and assault. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Court sentenced him to be imprisoned cis months in the house of correction. Samuel Bdusco, brother to the pugilist, was indicted fur as saulting Thomas Elliott. Mr. Ir:Ilion stated, that the landlord of the Cress-keys public Whiteclmpel, being ill, he (the witness) attended to his business for him. The defendant, with some others, came to the house and commenced gambling. The witness, knowing how contrary such conduct was to the wish of the landlord, civilly requested that they would either discontinue their play, or leave the house. The prisoner took great offence at the request, and immediately assaulted the witness; he both struck him with his tint and kicked him. The Jury instantly found the defendant guilty. H• was sen tenced to two month. imprisonment in the house of correction. MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. The appearance of the crops through out the country is ge nerally promising ; and, although the wheats, from the nature of the season, have guttered universally in colour, and in many parts by loss of plant, a favourable summer anti harvest may yet produce an abundant crop. The wheats upon cold, un sound land, which had in course suffered must, are visibly re covering both strength and colour. The fallow% and lands for the spring mops have been worked with mach labour and diffi culty ; but the crops are sufficiently forward; and wear • healthy and thriving appearance ; not however so luxuriant as they are seen at the same period in more genial seasons. Po tatoes have planted well. All the green crops are of good promise, and it has proved a most abundant season for tares.— The hay harvest will probably be early. The vast quantity of grass this spring bps produced a memorable abundance of milk in the metropolis, anti a •, eneral reduction in the price of milk and butter. In Kent and Sussex great complaints are made of the weak mid blighted state of the hops. The appearance of the fly is general, and the hedges and fruit trees are covered with the webs and nidus of insects. In the inland counties hop plantations appear more healthy. Fruit in general has sultired much in blossom ; pears more than any other species. The bark harvest is nearly and successfully finished, but the fall of oaks has not been so considerable as in former years.— Vast and uncommon swarms of mice are said to be making a most destructive havoc's in the Mons and stacks of the farmers in many counties ; and in one of the reports an easy method of destroying these vermin is requested. At some of the great fairs cattle and sheep have been sold at prices the most de l.. :maul ; whilst, from Noma peculiar ciroumatances, at some few others, satisfactory sales have been made. The sales under execution of farming property have rather increased of Lae ; and there exists the strongest symptoms of a farther de pression of farming produce. The deplorable systems of tenants 'hitting their farms, and driving oft the stock, has taken place to a considerable extent in the prineim.lity. THE Fun CIRCASSIAN. —ThiS celebrated beauty, who was purchaoed by the Pendell Ambassador, on him way to this country, at Constantinople, and who wan Pt much an object of attraction during her sin) in England, wasevnt back to Persia by her lord and master, under the care oht favourite eunuch.— On her journey it appears she was met by Sir Robert Kerr Porter, the British traveller, and recognising him as an Rag lialiman, sho immediately rode np to bins with an intention of addressin.: him. This was, however, according to the notion of her attendant, CO4lllO honor lances; and in order to remind her of her duty, lie struck her a violent blow across the shoul ders with his stick. She instantly dropped her veil, closed her lips, and proceeded in lad silence, and nu doubt was thus deprived of the opportunity of repressing those feelings of gra titude which her heart dictated on seeing the native of a king dom where she had beeu so hospitably received. A melancholy accident happened at a colliery near Dalkeith, on the evening of the 24th uli. The miners jp havin idently, in wor ki ng , come upon an o l d shaft, *the t rush e d sirldi.nly in upon them, by which means l iye . men and two women, the whole who Mgr ti the pit at the time, were drowned. THE NATIONAL REGISTER Patty. -.....-- MANSION-HOUSE. On 'Wednesday last a man. noted Bache. was brought before the Lord Mayor, on a charge of embezzle:mein, MA under sus picion of having c iiiiiiii itted a robbery. A respectable sugar baker, named Miller, in whose employment tile prisuiler lived, is the prosecutor. The son of Mr. Miller stated, that the prisoner had been taken into service merely because he was poor, the symptoms of which were very strong upon him when he presented himself...— He appeared to ho grateful for some tune, but his dress soon begat' to outstrip his salary, and certain deficiencies were dis covered in the 2011118 placed in the desk of the counting house, get at which auras a false key was indispensably necessary.-- The poisoner was not suspected of the rubbery until the necounts were Mend to he irregular, and that irregularity was traced to acts of embezzlement by the prisoner. Upon beiug accused of the lesser olfence, the prisoner confessed it in tears, implored paielim, and 114 lie had a wife, who had no other source of pro tectioo, not only suceeeded in obtaining that, but was actually replaced in the situation which he had abused. His promisee of amendment were, however, forgotten; ca►h again disap peared. On Friday last the sum of 51. 2s. 3d., in marked money, was left in the desk, and on the Monday following a deficiency of I/. Bs. was discovered. The day after this dis. Got ery, seven of the shillings which had hems stolen, were, to the surprise of Mr. Miller, found iu their proper piece. Of course the prisoner was accused. lie denied the offence to the holm, but admitted it to the beadle, whom he also informed, that he bad thrown away a false key, which he had procured or the lock, and which enabled him to exercise: a euieroul over the property. The prisoner fainted while the iovestigation was going for ' ward. He begged to be forgiven for the sake of a pregnant wife, declared that lie was truly penitent, assured the borel Mayor that lie returned the seven shillings from • principle of integrity which operated von hint while lie was taking the money, hating merely used it as a loan in the midst of distress of the most intolerable kind, and promised to reform and refund to the utmost farthing. The Lord Mayor commended the humanity that pardoned once, but thought the principle of forgiveness carried to a degree of weakuess, by the complete restoration of the prisoner to his former employment. The prisoner was sent back to prison in the midst of his tears and entreaties. ROWING MATCH —Thursday a hard contest took place between Mr. Hodson and Nlr.lNrebher, gentlemen who were fornierly members of the Funny Club, for a bet of 501. to row in two pleasure-boats from B sitersea bridge to Fulham-Midge and hack again. Tue match was kept a profound secret, except to the friends of the parties. From the celebrity of the opponents, who arc at least 40 years old, it however created a considerable degree of interest, and a great number of boats filled with their friends graced the river, and attracted a vast concourse of persons ignorant of the affair, who were open the banks. Mr. Hodson kept the lead mostly all the way, but in p,issing round Fulham-bridge, and shoot ing backwards through the arch, Mr. Webber got first, and in a few minutes shot a-head at considerable ' tatter, which he maintained apparently with great ease till he came to Battersea-bridge, where it was announced by the umpires that he won the bet most fairly. NIIRACU LO US ESC/LPL—Last week, as a min was at work in a well ninety feet deep, at the new Parsonage- at Priston, near Bath, Y 7 feet of the upper stone work, weighing, it is calculated, full ten tuns, fell in upon him:—there was also 30 feet of water below him Eight men were immediately employed to remove the s one and rnhhish, and after the greatest exerdons for six hours, to their great astonishment, they found the man unhurt, with the exception of a slight bruise on the head, trout the fortunate circumstance of the large • stones locking one in th, other across a piece of timber, that was a few inches above his head. MURDER or Mrs. DosArrr.—Late on Wednesday night, a person arrived from Birmingham by the coach, in the custody of Mr. Goodall, the high constable of that town; and on the following day Mr. Taylor and several gentlemen attended at Bow-street Mike, and ih! accused was brought into the presence of the different witnesse', and a private investigation took place in the magistrate's rOl/111s lie fully established his innocence; and, theretOre, we refrain trout stivAitt his name. No thing, whatever appearing against huh, he was of course discuarged, but appeared very indignant at the proceed ing, and said he would seek redress. There area variety of reports in circulation respecting the murder, but they are not worth noticing until something authentic tran spires on the sus ject. On Thursday last, John Gerard, Esq. brother to Sir W. Grr,ud, B in. of Garswood, near Preston ; the Rev. mantis Crailionie, Catholic Caplain to Sir William, and Mr. Adamson, of Ashton-in-the-Willows, and Isis eldest son, went out iii a pleasure boat, belonging to Mr. Gerard, with a fisherman, named John JAckson, to enjoy the diversion of fishing. About eight o'clock in the evening the boat was seen a considerable distance out at sea, a nd was shortly afterwards missed by the per sons looking, from the shore; but as no one saw it actu ally upset, a hope was entertained that the patty had passed over to Lytham. Next morning a messenger was sent to the latter place, who brought back intelligence, that they bad not been seen there; but the dreadful ttd ings of their fate were announced in the course of the day, by two of the lifeless bodies, those of Mr. Adamson, jun. and the fisherman, being washed on shore. The other bodies had not been picked up when the last ac 0001111$ left Southport. ProgstratAN ism —On Monday last, at three o'clock, a man of the name of Simpson, a gardener, commencs-d walking 96 miles in 24 hours, on N . . wcastle race-ground, on nearly the same line as Wilson walked go miles in the same time, on Easter Monday and Tuesday. Simp son appears to be upwards of six feet high, is a good looking man, thin, but bony and strong. The rate of walking to accomplish his task is four miles ait hour, but he walked for the first two hours, on all average one mile in 13 minutes, which will be tone miles in two hours, leaving a minute to spare. The general opinion is in his favour. lie walks steadily and (hotly, with a little leaning to one side. Ilis gait is military, aLld it is raid he has becit a soldier. )75 HIGHWAY HURRERIES.—OtI !Monday night last, 55 Mr. Campbell, a young gentleman residing in Somers was passing through one of the new uninhabited streets it Stepney fields, oil his way home from the fair, he was attacked by two ruffians, one of w!totte, with a desperate blow of a bludgeon, felled him to the ground. They then, having thus stunned and partially disabled him, r.fied his pockets of his watch and some money, with which they eseal ed. Ott "Tuesday evening, Mr. Robertson, a gentleman residing in Waterloo-road, was attacked in returning front Peckham into the Green. wich road, by three villains, who knocked hint down, and rifled his pockets of his watch and some silver.—A Mr. I(indt-5 was also attacked at New Cross, returning from the lair early in the evening, and robbed of three sorer, igns and sonic silver. INQUESTS IN THR PENITENTIARY MILBANIt.--Ort Thursday bat, at five o'clock tit the evening, an merest was held upon James Patkis, a convict, who was Sen. tenced to transportation at the Old Bailey in 18W, which was committed to live years' imprisonment in the Peni. teutiary. He was in good health when he entered the prison, and died of a consumption.—Verdict, " Natural Death." The Jury, after returning the above verdict retired, and were about to leave the prison, whin they were immediately called back again, and re-impan iielled to hold another inquest on a convict named Barnet Dean, who had died %slide the flintier inquiry was being holden. The deceased was 28 years of age. He was convicted of bigamy some years ago, at the Old Bailey. lie had several wives, was a notorious ch •rac. ter, and was commonly calkd " Barney Dean." His sentence of seven years transportation was committed to five years itiquisoinnent in the Penitentiary. Mr. Pratt, die surgeon of the prison, Was examined by the Jury, and deposed. that the deceased persons were daily visited during their illuess, by surgeon and physician, and that they had fi sh, fowl, wine, sago, and every thing that they, in their indisposed state, could desire, or that was necessary fur them. Verdict—" Natural Death." A COMMANDER OF BRIGANDS TAKEN —Adolphe Maillard, Ex-Adjutant Major of the Imperial Guards, condemned to banishment by the Court Royal of Lyons, amid who some time since resided upon the frontier of the Lower Pyrenees, where he raised an armed band, was surprised on the nights of the 17111 and ilia' of May by a detachment of the 38th regiment of the fine, and ar. rested with part of his band. They 'are now lodged in the prisons ofSt. Jean Pied de Putt. On Saturlay last, between one and two, the me tropolis was visited with a most tremendous storm ; the light ning was rind, and the loud peals of thunder met have been braid at a considerable distance. The hailstones were remark able for their large size. A tremendous storm of hail took place at Kensington, by which the destruction of property was immense, and most of the houses deluged from top to bottom. The Kensington lace mauefactory had almost the whole of the windows broken, and it was with dilficulty the work-people escaped from the broken glass and pieces of ice, some of which were three inches in circumference, which were Ilyieg about in all directions, to the destruction of a large quantity of valuable lace ; and suck was the accumulation of ice in the gutters of the building, that it was not wholly melted till Sunday evening. In the garden attached, some of the trees were stripped as if it had been winter, and on sweeping the leaves together next morning, sparrows were found under them killed. At Malcohn's nursery 1,200 squares of glass demo lished, and the destruction of valuable plants incalenlable.—ln . _ Kensington palace gardens 1,500 squares were destroyed, and great damage done. At a nursery near Trafalgar-place, the damage is estimated at 3001., besides innumerable other instances of its destructive effects. The dissatisfaction amongst the masters and crews of the vessels trading from Hayle to Wales, in consequence of the determination of the copper companies to reduce the freight of ores, has manifested itself in acts of riot. An agreement, it seems had been come to by the masters that no ores should he shipped at less than the usual price, and to this they!for some time adhered. Seeing, however, that the dispute was not likely to be soon adjusted, sonie of the captain■ consented to accept the terms offered, and two cargoes were shipped. This Was considered a direct breach of the agreement, and resented by the crews of the other ships, who forcibly dismantled the loaded vessels, and effectually prevented their sailing. The magistrates interfered and explained to the seamen the ille gality of their conduct; but finding their remonstrances in vain, they made app:icatien to the officers of the neighbouring yea. manry fur assistance, and ilispstched a niessenger to Truro for the dragoons stationed in the barracks. On their appearance the rioters desisted from further opposition, and the ls were suffered to proceed on their voyage. His Highness Prince Nawab Meer Shaw Khan, of Delhi, arriied at Illackwall, from India, on Saturday, in the ship Linoch. His Highness, w ith two of the principal ladies of his Harem, immediately proceeded to the Plough Tavern. where he remains until his arrival is known, and can be properly acknowledged by Government. Es ery attempt during the voyage and since his arrival by gentlemen to see the ladies has been abortivi. The ladies who have been admitted describe the females to lie low in stature, and pitted with the small pox, and eery uninteresting. A statistical account of the department of La Meurthe has given rise to some curious observations, which, doubtless may be found applicable elsewhere:—There are 113,959 young women in the department, and only 102,849 young men ; from which it appears there is a surplus of 11,110 females, for whom, it is to lie feared, the torch of Hy non will never be lit, at least in the department, The return, indeed, offers as a resource, 5106 widowers ; but, alas ! 16,402 widows also placed their hopes in them, which must be disappointed, as far, at leant, as regards 9996 out of the whole number.— This is not all ; it might be supposed that the number of married women was equal to the number of husbands—alas! no such thing—in the department there are list 382 of the former, and only 68,131 of the latter. So that there are 258 biro, husband,' (and Cud knows where they will be found !), 258 women to he added to the list of widows, and a total of 21,86 t persons lo the fair sea, whose fate is more or less to be !anti-Mel We whould have some reason to be apptehensis e for the eaisteme of a posterity did we nut 1:1111W that in spite of this metal,- alitily state of alfaira, the population France of is every day in • creasing, and that M. Malthus Airline, that in the course of sixty years there „ill nut be bilthient IUOII3 iii Eratiee fur the