The National Register. — London, England, 1822-12-01 00:00:00

DI h; 44.NCHOLY SWORICIC. The brig George, Capt. J. APAlpin, tailed from Quebec with it calico ut timber, for Greenock, un the 1211 i of sqtteniber last, with a crew consisting of nine persors, hcsides Once passengers. Early in the morning of the 6il/ of October, she Wild overtaken by a violent storm, winch was continued without intermission during the day —towards silo-set the gale increased, and the vessel be came 11111 l anagoable. At two o'clock the following morning a tremendous sea broke over her, and swept away three of her best h• 11111%, 141 111 the companion, binnacle, cable, and boom, and p e mly dalllidged the hut all hands were then called to the pimp; but only tin re were able to render any assist ance. At six o'clock tiny found the vessel to be water logged; nothing them tens:tined but to gain the mills-top, which with iulsueise difficulty they accomplished, carry ing with therm one hag or bread, about eight pounds of cheese, t no dozen cf wine, %laid entail quantity of brandy 1111.1 11111/. IL:101e they:had time to secure themselves in their peril. cos hiill.ll ion, the vessel It'll on her beano ends but within half 1111 holm the hatches blew up 1111,1 she again lighted. Their beauty stores were now examined, when to their utter di-may, ail had bet it washed away except the bag of bread. At this pet bid a distressing :erne occurred in the undst of their otkLetiona ; one of the passengets load his Mite vii board, and a clad I fifteen :ovum» Gl.l, which he carried in his :11111S ; the imam , boviever, lie was com pelled to atiaatilon to the niercilce waves, tit the view of its distracted mother! 'the mainsail was now let down to screen them from the erre' ity of the weather, which continued tempestus bus mild I.iiday, the I I th, they were able unee muse to opt n the leek. Their titirat lied now become execs- else, and nothing bill salt tinter to be procured. Having tannin the Cilyelliel's axe, they cut a hole in the deck, near the *lime cask had been stowed ; but, alas! the cask had heels stove, mid nothing was to be found either lor support or convenience, 1.1111 411 empty pump-era, *lnch they canted with them to the wain-top. 'foal night the female passenger iteraine insensible, and next day, Saturday, the 1211 , she died. The pour %vuman, whose name a as Juice !toe, canoe with her husband fount between Belfast and Larne, hr Ireland. Tile unhappy sttivivoi a were now redllet'll, by raging thirst, to supputt nature by sucking the blood of their deceased Cumpailion, and, shocking to relate, the miserable 1111411/111d was ne cessitated to partake of the a 1111 l atone! and horrid beve. age. Their sufferings ' however, met with little allay lionnthistempo:ary but alreadttil relief; they were now assailed by the most acute and ungus et liable Hunger, and to preserve existence wire comppliml to disirintite the flesh of the deceased among the tainishing sin vitors!— While in the very acme of their multi mugs, a ship hove in view; but this joyful sight was of short duration, ler it being neatly dal k, they remained tinpeiceived by the vessel, which continoed tier oat course, anti was 600110111 ail their reach. This ft esh misfortune torew them into greater despair than they hail yet expo aenceds From 111111 time to the 23d, the following died;—John Lamont, a boy ; John ;tl•Kay, carpenter; George APllowell, pat. smiger ; Cohn ItPliechitie, and the steward, Gilhert Itl'aiiivray. Part of the tlesli of these wretched auttereis was also devout ed like that of the Wotll‘lll. 'lite whale her was how 'educed to the captain and one of the seat ho, by the help ut the mainsail, and the cast already mentioned, cunt; ived to %apply themselves with water till site 1-ith ut November (having beret :id days on the wreck), when they were pio,identially disco vered by Capt. Hodson, of the Soittag, of Catliste ; but they wile yet rated to b..tfer 'mother shipwreck, though of 11l i l tor importance. (hi Ttit,day, the 19th Instant, this vessel, whilst sailing ott Beekihot, on the Cumberland coast ' it blowing a gale, Woke her chain cable, when she drifted too near Ai ill yborough, acid was con,ideratily &i -maged, bit all hands woe saved, including the two n too innate sufferers, wlto art ived at Annan on ‘Veduesday the 2001, and, what is very remarkable, apparently its good health. NEGOCIATIONS wiry TOIEFES FOR THE RE- COVEIcY Qk' STOLEN PROPERI Y. Upon this subject, *hid', since the Ipswich mail affair, has been much talked of, Mr. Halls, the magistrate at Bow-street, look occ ision ou Tuesday to make some Wong observatinus.— t Seale, in whose house in Rosemary-Issue about 1,0001. worth of property, which had been stolen by burglars from the warehouse of a Mr. Emerson, in Watling-street, was found on Tuesdav se'nuight, was b.-ought up for re-examination, when Mr. Andrews, as counsel for the prosecution, begged that she be again remanded, to give time to procure further evidence. Mr. /lulls said lie should not object to delay iu a case of so much importance as this. Now, however, that the solicitors on both rides were preseut (Mr. Isaacs attended fur the prisoner), as well u all the parties concerned, he felt desirous of making a remark or two upon another subject. It bud come to lis knowledge, that, of late, where extensive, and indeed, enormous robberies had becn committed, negociations regu larly conducted had been entered into with the robbers, fur the restoration of the stolen property, upon the payment of stipulated PIMA and other conditionns ; and are wis very sorry to add, that men in the profession of the law, or at least practising as such, had lent themselves to these negociations, and had been indeed the go-between in disgraceful trims actions of this kind. There were men who had often been professionally employed in that very Office, and been at:- mitted as a matter of courtesy to the Bench, who had been ne gotiators between the rob!iers and The robbed. What was to become of the justice of the country if its course was to be thus obstructed by men whose duty it was most peculiarly to all it in its operations. But let these imlividuals take tare ; they should not be suffered, as Ind been the case, to curry %boot stolen property in their blue bags, and stipulate fur the price of its restoration to the lawful owner. Such per sons might shelter themselves within the limits of the city, but let them, or any of their clerks or agents, take care how they did any thing of that sort within his jurisdiction, for if it Caine to his knowledge, they might rely upon his pursuing the severest measures which the law would authorize. Ile was not to be understood as nsplyin,; these remarks personally to nay individual then present; they were throw,' out generally, and lie hoped would be attended to. Mrs. Scale most be re moulded Ou Wednesday morning, the Pea: thorough coach, uo ; ng down lialdo7k-hdl, tinfortunitcly np,et, and ve are awry to add, the guard ss as It.lled on the spo•, and the coachman also much hurt. Noise of the passengers subtotaled any injury.. 4 'HE NATIONAL REGISTER POLICE. -...- BOW STREET. UNNATURAL AND BRUTAL CONDUCT Or A 11,10THRR !•—• Tuesday inurninitA.FrAtiels was brought before the sluing magistrate a (T. Halls mid W. Beckett, lisp...) charred with having cruelly treated three of her child' en, of the ages of Oiler, four, and six sears, whose appeal:ince in the office bespoke the total neglect of their 11111114iWrid pa. rent; they appeared iu a depluiaLlo state of filthiness and starvation. The office was crowded with the woman's neighbours, whose feeliugs of horror and disgust occasionally vented lliemsel es in a manner the least unequivocal. The following depositions were taken ,—C. Bower, beadle of St. Giles's stated, that in rouse metier of infor mation he received from a Mall named t s lippertim, who lodged ei the adjoining room to that Occupied by the pri soner, he elide ivinired to gain admittance into her apart mem (the back garret of a house situate at No. 411, Great st. Aodiew-street), at about oue o'clock on Monday, lout lie found the door fastened by a padlock, and on looking Through a hole in the door, saw three young children lying upon some shavings in a corner of the room ; they were completely naked, end the only coveting they had was small piece of dirty canvass ; being unwilling to break open the door when he went away, and returned again at about II all•past tin ee o'clock, when the dour was fastened on the • le; be then knocked, and was answered by the prisoner, who told him he could have no bitsitiess there, but lie eventually succeeded i.e persimiiiig her to let him In; the chilila it were still tiaked, and were crying very much ; he told the woman to give them some victuals; she fetched some bread fton the cupboard, which witness gave to the poor chattiest, and the voracious manner iu which they devoured it, convinced histi that the Waimea - !ion he had seceived of the cruel conduct attic mother, in starving tier children, was out exaggerated. John Clipperton said, that lie had resided in the front garret ailjoitiiiig the prisoner's room, sluice the Ist of .march; tile prisoner was then living in t h e horse; a man lived with her, who was nut her litislicid ; both of them frequently beat the pout children in im unmet cilia 111411- tier ; they used to go out between eight and nine o'clock in the morning, and r sometimes at tilt er, and fre quently at seven, and even at ten o'clock at uiklt ; during this time the children were left alone in the room, gene rally without either victuals or tice ; their cries were often dreadful; the key of the padlock which fastened the door, Was put in a cupboard on the landing-place; he and his wife li,quettil:. opened the door, and gave the children something to eat; but they were themselves very poor, end could spare but little. The woman's brother, a ser taut out of place, used often to bring them some !mead and chem., but he had nut been to the house for many months. flee prisoner and lire male companion would sometimes have a hot slipper, but the children had cried - themselves to sleep whit empty stomachs; and they 'miter 'participated in the food of toe itilitimati and iiniceling wretch who gave them an esistence, which she appeared desirons of Utilizing to an untimely and bonid close. The whines* treated minty iuteresting but disgusting cireutu-• stances, which pioved utter dewily:lly And Iteattlessness of this excepting to humanity awl materual affection. • The woman hat for wombs received parochial assist ance Iron those diff lent puttees. _ Mr. I falls, after expressing 16nm-1/warmly in depreca lion tot the unuatnial mother, and in praise of the conduct of Girlie. ton allot wile, said, that lie wood.' sign an outer for the removal of time Woniail to her pas isli, stud also for that of the child' en, and particular ilia ections *humid be given to the parish utticeis, in order that proper care should be taken of the poor children, who would require more than ordinary attention in the restoration of their health, if the neglect they had expel 'teamed had nut been continued to I fatal length. A case, involving the disputed points between Hackney Coach Alasters and Short Stage Masters, was brought be lore the Magistsates of ibis °Hier, on Sattatolay last. Mr. Alley stated the case, and by a witness proved, that on the 25tli October last, the detesulaut, Mr. Cleveland, proprietor of the stage coach N0.42..5, out only stopt at the While Morse Cellar, in Piccadilly, nut went so tat as the ft out of Devoitshile-hou•e to wait for Itivistonge is, sad turned rnun4 again to the White liorAe Cellar, tor the s tune plot pose; and the learned Gentleman contended, that nod witlistatodioug the Acts 43 lieu. In. cap. 1115. stud the Jol G..0.1.V. cap. 9 s,tepeallitg lormer hews on toe sub ject, no slatte-conelt had a tight to tale tip any Ilder:ler hone the 'Meets, without bring subject to the usual penal ties for such tat ingensent upon the prixilege of the hack -11(1101'11. Ale. Andrews, for the defendant, and Mr. S y kes, for the Stettip °thee, iota c ly comenoled, that the two Acta of Pathausent above quoted, gave c plcle power lu the stage to take up passengers on the stones, and to early then' to their places of destination, if they were vomit,' the line of road sor which any stage-ctiaaii . was licensed. Mr. with whom Mr. Halls coincided, deter naioeol that Ilse 12th section of the 5311 i Geo. M. cll. 165, completely empowered stage coaches to take travellers tip on the statues, and not oil the stones, as contended by Mr. Alley; but as proof had been given that the coach in question hail turned rotund, after leaving the house of call, for the pin pose of picking up passengers, a flue of was tollicted upon the proprietor thereof. On Thursday last an impleit was held at the Son risen], N.iwitigtoit, on the body of Mr. James Tucker. Mr. lli•onett, a fillteoio, Slated, that he was ACM for to the dece 'sea, who hail taken something poisonous Ile Mudd him in agony; his eluemities were cold, and 311,1 111 a death-like perspiration. He plained ch., fly of bwitiou pains in the chest. He questioned the de ceased as to the cause, and with thlfictilly the young man said—•• On Saturday 'hosanna I went tut on and as I WaSi•JSbillg along Biackinan.street, Southw a rk, 1 picked tip a blue paper contaitiMA a white powder, which I tholight was medicine, end thinking that it might do me good, a 511011 time ag o 1 ew a llossed it ; th e the bloc paper and the bill that was with it is in my waistcoat pocket." 'hoe deceased was 1111.11.1 C to say more ; his pockets were searched, but no blue paper or bill was found. Ile administered a stroitz, mole, but it had tio good effect, the poison was so tery powerful.— Ile did not know positively what it was, but lie believed it was white arsenic. Verdict—" Died from taking de leterious ingredients as a medicine, nut knowing that it was poiron." 383 DARING OuraAer—As Mr. Chas. Williamson and his wile were, Ice on Saturday evening, remelting to mwit from Highgate. they were stopped nearly at the bottom of the mil by a single footpad, armed with a heavy liludgeon. The fellow seizing the reins of the horse, and uttering malty shocking imprecatious, de manded his money or life. Mr. W. however, jumped out of the gig, and nutting the reins into his lady's Is itianhilly attacked the assailant with the butt-end of a whip. The villain feelisig himself thus roughly dealt with, roared out, when two other ruffling came mulling up, and begat' to rifle Mrs. Williainsou, with tearilig her clothes, and dragging her cloak and se:aloft her s';oitiders ; her shrieks instantly broiuht Mi. W. to tier assistance, after settling the rascal opposed to him. Ile now luckily hit down one of the oilier villains, who, holditag fast by his great coat, lie could hot prevent his wife being brutally forced out of the vehicle, and carried thmogli a gap of the hedge dose by, notwithstanding her cites and resistance. At this instant, a cart Caine down the hill with three persons in it. Hearing the distressed screams of a woman, they cried out, " We are coinits4 I we are coining! " pulled op, leaped out, an d rail u p to the gi s t. and Muni! Mr. Williamsoo inA on the horse, with the reins in hit hands. quite ex hausted. They lost no time, but flew to the lady's re lief; they soma discovered her hi a fainting state, con veyed her immediately to the carriage, placing Mr. W. with her, and made the best of their wry to a cityisigt drieagist in Kentish -town, where she was relieved. Mrs. W. lost her cloak, scarf, and one shoe; her out side dress. and petticoats were much cut and torn. but - she Mist ftlr:1111dlely sustained no material hen. The made their escape across-the fields on the first alarm. Mr Adkins, the governor of the Home of Correction, Coldbattl-fields, di...a...a Friday morning, after a long illness. Vickery, the senior principal officer of Bow street, waited upon Sir R. Brine in the course of the day, to inform Mtn that he intended to become a candi. date for the vacant situation, which is iii the gift of the Middlesex Nlagistrates, and to solicit his sanction and support. Sir R. Binne immediately promised both, and took the opportunity of bearing testimony to the intelli gence and activity uniformly shewit by that officer in cie performance of his duty. Ile had been 2.5 years in the po ice, and 13 years of that time a principal officer of the Bow street establishment, and he hid several times been desperately wounded in the execution of his duty. Upon oue occasion, in endeavouring to apprehend two uteri charged wait murder near Finsblity.square, his scull was fractured, several of his fingers broken, and he watt left for dead.—A recommendation to the rest of the county magistrates, on behalf of Vickery, was imme diately cgited uy S:r R. &rine, G. R. Minshull,T.Bialls, and W. Beckett, lisrps. the magistrates on the bench at the time. Bats - rot. MAIL —As this mail from London on • Tuesday last was changing horses at Fraicheld, owing to-• some altercation betwe en the coachman and horse-keeper. • the horses set ofl• without coachman or guard. An out. side and inside passenger were injured, but two gentlemen (Mr. Ricketts, of Bristol, and Dr. Smilers, of Mendip- • 10.1ge,) keepin4 their seats escaped unhurt. The horses went int at a steady quick pace, till they. reached the gate at the entrance to Marlborough forest, where one of the leaders struck against the gate, and broke from the rest the coact was draaged by the three re liattig horses into the forest, and brought to a stand-still atnong the trees; iii about at minutes a Bath coach came up with coach man and guard, and with proper assistatice the mail pro ceeded ; tile coachman not forgetting at the end of the stage to ask for hisfeefor *illation. Ott Thursday night last, about half-past ten, as Me. John Morgan, borsholder. of Tunbridge, was oil his return front Maidstone. where lie had been to convey a prisnaer, lie was stopped on we road between Timbridge - and liadlow, ne.ir to Green Trees, by two footpads. one of whom was tall and the other short, who immediately attacked him, and after besting him in a roost inhuman manner with thick pieces of hop-pole, rolds.4l loin of property, consisting of one ball-sovereign, 15 shillings M 'ilVert a toratora , idorn book in a marble cuter, coon. tainting some appraising accounts, a receipt for ti.e afore- said ',moiler, a steel shot charge with powder in it, and (Morgan thinks) likewise two if. notes of the Tunbridge Odoik. There is a new plan beginning to develope itelf , of ruffians assembling and threatentll•g persons who prose cute thieves to convictiou. The inett(opolis swarms with luniscbreAers, and it is forsooth cimisidered a great of ience by these villains and their connections, if persons (10 not surfer themselves to be roithed and plundered wiirt impunity. Where fellows are mond assembling for the purpose of injuring or insulting those WIN proscuee of kiiders, we hope to hod the police officers on the alsrt, and that oillians so conducting themselves will be dealt with according to the utmost rigour of the law. Es U MATION.—An 3 pplic3tiGn of 311 affecting nature was mad.: to Sir George Farrant, at Marlborough -street, by the son of a Aentlemmi in comet:pence of his father's corpse being disinterred. The gentleman stated, his father was hurled a clay or two since In a church-yard in the country, and the saute night the body was removed Rum its peaceful habitation by some resurrection men, who hail been seen in the night coining down on the road from Loudon in a light cart, which they had driven into a field, while It is , tipposed they plundered the grave of his lather's remains; every article Which W3S p.aced in the coffin was leli, mid the shroud, shirt, &c. were taken from off the body. gentleman had applied to several eminent sor 6 eons, aid had been admitted to malty dissechug rooms, but could not find his father's body among the ns,aly which he saw ; his ObirCl was to procure an order front the magistrate, and the assistance of an 0111Cer in starching the premises of those surgeons who resided i iiiiii edtately within the district of the °thee. The magistrate give him a letter, and dispatched Jeff. revs, a very intelhAent officer with hint, but hitherto this search is unsucccsatul. • 1 1