The National Register. — London, England, 1821-09-02 00:00:00

stances having come to the knowledge of the defendants that his character was neither so respectable nor so re sponsible as they had been taught to believe, they waited upon him to request that he would give them security for half their debt, promising to forgive him the remain der, and that in consequence of his refusing so to do, they were obliged to take away the lime for which they had not been paid, and for which they had no apparent prospect of receit ing payment. On this state of facts the plaintiff brought his action of trespass. Mr. Gurney, in addressing the Jury for the defendants, admitted that the trespass had been committed, which would entitle the plaintiff to a verdict, but he would put it to them what damages they would give him under the circumstances disclosed in evidence. He animad verted in strong terms upon the conduct of the plaintiO, and contended that one farthing would be liberal da mages in such a case. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found their verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages one farthing. NORTHUMBERLAND. MALICIOUS CUTTING. FRIDAY, AUG. 24.—George Main, aged 59, was charged with having on the 23 1 day of May fait, mali ciously. cut Isabella Mau, his wife, with intent to mur der her, in North Sh elds. Messrs. Losh and Cresswell conducted the prosecu tion. The prisoner hid no Counsel. Mr. Losh stated the circumstances, which was not folly proved in evidence. The prisoner and his wife had been married upwards of 30 years, but for some time they had not lived together. On the 33d day of May the prisoner came to the house of his wife in the even ing, as she was shutting her doors. On seeing him she cried out murder." lielaid hold of her, stretched her on a table, and repeatedly attempted to cut her throat.— She held her hatids up to protect her titroat, and he liands were cut. Ile afterwards said that he was exr treoncly sorry that he had been prevented irons putting her in death. The prisoner in his defence told a long story of his family quarrels. IVheit he had come home from sea, his wde seemed to he happy to see him, and he was happy to see her. He wanted only to live peaceably and Ininfortably, but she would nut let him live in peace. — On this night he wanted her to let hint stay with her and be com!eirtable with her, but she would not. He was so distress-4 anti deranged in his mind that Ise knew not what he did. He had no witnesses.—Guilty. Volta. TTY MANSION HOUSE. Disturbance ix the Catholic Chopel.—Right to charge Money for Admission. The beadle of the new Roman Catholic Chapel, in Nfoorfields, was summoned by the Lord Mayor, on the complaint of Mr. Bromley, a re spectable citizen, on a charge of having committed an assault upon hint during the performance of the service. Mr. Bromley stated, that on the afternoon of Sunday last he went to see the new Roman Chapel with a child of his. On entering the door, he was beset by persons with plates, who demanded a contribution in a manner that was not customary in such places, and he refused to give any thing, particularly as he hail no intention of staving, but merely wishsd to see the interior of the building. On his entering the Chapel, a person de manded three-pence for his admission there, and inn mated, on the demand not being complied with, that the complainant had the alternative of going out, if he did not choose to pay. The complainant answered, as it was a place of public worship, no one had any right to make such demands; he therefore refused either to pay or to retire until it suited him. The dispute occasioned a crowd of the congregation to gather round them, when the complain ant's child expressed that it would be suffocated by the heat, and the complainant accordingly, unwillingly ele vated it in his arms. This circumstance appeared to rouse all about him to a most serious ferment. They were mostly of the lower class of Irish, and spoke sharply in their own language to the complainant. The organ was stopped, and all was at a stand. Whilst he was thus surrounded, the defendant came up to him, and presenting his mace of office, first desired the com plainant to pay the money asked by the seat-keeper, or to go out, The latter refusing, the beadle seized him by the collar, shook him, and dragged hint inreiblv out.— Two other gentlemen, who were present, and interfered in behalf of the complainant, were likewise ejected in the same manner. For the assault which had been committed upon him,the complainant clalmed the inters letcuce of his Lordship, not as a private, but as a public matter, and to show the parties they were not justified either in exacting money for admission, or in forcibly expelling any one who conducted himself peaceably in a place of public worship. Mr. J. H tliige, of Princes-street, Finsbury-square, stated that lie went on Sunday afternoon to the entrance of the Chapel, when Ile saw the whole of the affray, which he described much in the same manner as Mr. Brumley had done. Another witness corroborated the statement made by the cotuplainant and the last witness. lie had himself contended fur the right to enter the Chapel without pay ing,. and, we understood him, was ejected. Ihe Beadle in his defence, admitted that he had turned the complainant out, but. it was as much to pre serve the peace as any thing else. The fact was, that the founders of the chapel had an outstanding debt, which they wished to pay off; for which purpose they were under the necessity of raising some money at the doors. Tne complainant had certainly been told that unless he paid the regular fee he could not be allowed to remain there, and on his refusing he hail certainly been put out, but with no more force than was actually ne cessary. lie contended that he was perfectly justified in acting as be had done, particularly as it was to preserve the peace of the chapel, which had been broken by the conduct of the complainant, whotu he charged with having actcti indecorously. THE NATIONAL REGISTER Several of the assistants and of the congregation came forward in support (of the beadle. None denied the principal facts of the case, that money had been de mantled, and that the complainant had been turned out on refusing. Since it was curiosity and not religion which took the strangers there, they saw no reason why the visitors should not pay for a comfortable seat, if it were provided for them. They asserted that the com plainant and his witnesses had brought the whole upon themselves by their indecorous conduct. This led to a warm altercation between the parties, in the course of which the beadle declared, that if he caught the first winless at the chapel again, he would turn him out in the same manner as he had done. The Lord Mayor was decidedly of opinion that no one had any right toexact money in a place of public worship. The way to preserve the peace was not to tom out per sons who did not choose to submit to exactions in the manner it had been sworn the beadle had turned out Mr. Bromley. But as the latter brought the matter for ward on public grounds, and not for the personal assault, he would probably forego a prosecution, if the satisfac tion of an apology were offered. Mr. Bromley said he was perfectly willing to accept of a written apology properly worded. The Beadle positively refused to make any apology whites er. The Lord Mayor then ordered him to find bail to answer for the assault which had beets sworn to. The Beadle having no oite present to bail him, was given into custody. MARLBOROUGH STREET. DROPPINU CounkEN.—Williain and Mary Tom boson were brought before G. Farrant, Esq. charged by the parish officers of St. James's with leaving two chil dren exposed in the street, and deserting them, on the 20. h of June, M.:0.-MG Rice, solicitor and vestry clerk, accompanied the parish officers, and it appeared from their statement, that on the day named two infant children of the defendants' and Francis) were left by the toothier and another woman suspended from the knocker of the door of Mr. Knight, of Great Marl borough-street, in a basket. The parish took charge of them, and placed them out at nurse at Wimbledon, and until within a few clays their parents were nut known.— Bat the natural ties of parents to their offspring were not quite extiuct in the mother, whose frequent visits to her children as their aunt excited suspicion, and un enquiry being set on foot she was found out to be the mother.— The children were passed to Lambeth parish, where they belong, and the defence of the arents was poverty. They were remanded to St. James 's workhouse, until the woman who was with the mother of the children can be brought forward. Toosey, who stood charged with defrauding a maltster at Farningham, in Kent, of a quantity of malt, pretending that he was an agent to Messrs. Satchell and Co. brewers, was committed to give 24 hours notice of bail. _ _ STEALING.—On Saturday, Martha Dowd. a young woman about 2I years of age, was finally examined, charged with stealing Louisa, the daughter of Mr. J. Smith, of Queen Street, Clerkenwell, u child tive years of age. About half past seven o'clock on the preceding Sunday evening the prisoner was seen by a young woman to beckon the child to her front where she was sitting at her father's door across the street; the child went to her, amt she took her by the hand and led her along Percival Street and Doswell Street Road, where she took the child up in her arms, and was walking very fast towards Islington ; the child began to cry, and desist her to put her down, as she wished to go home: the prisoner shook her, and told her to held her tongue; the road was full of passengers at the time, some of whom noticed the behaviour of the prisoner to the child, from which they suspected she was not her own, and she was questioned; she said the child was in her care, and that she was taking it home ; but the child, on being asked, said she did not know the prisoner, that her name was Louisa Smith, and that she lived at 2, Queen Street, which was in a contrary direction to where the prisoner was going. On the prisoner being searched, they found several pawnbrokers duplicates for frocks. &. supposed to be stolen from other children.—The pri soner was committed fur trial. BOXING. The battle between Dick Acton, the fighting craftsman, and Ncd Evans, the brick-maker, took place on Wednesday last, for 2U guineas, on the Watford road, and although the ruin fell in torrents, the road to the field of blood was thronged with drenched amateursof all sorts. Acton is a promising pupil of Eales, and the brick-maker, who had floored all before him, was upon such goad terms with him self, that on the evening before fighting, he sent a a polite message to his antagonist, tOr an undertaker to measure him, and have the box ready. Eales and Paddington Jones seconded Acton, end Toni Oliver and Scroggins seconded Evans, who was backed at 5 and 6to 4. I t was a good fight of three quarters of an hour, and from the rain and dirt it was hard o tell them apart. _ In the Ist round ilvans, who was rather the heaviest, rushed upon his adversary impetuously and ran him down. 2. There was sonic good, steady, and equal fighting. Several blows were exchanged in a rally, and both went down. 3. Evans had a slight advantage, and blacked his adversary's eye, but he received a heavy return upon the jaw, and made some Grimaldi faces. Acton was thrown in a close. Even on Evans. 4. Evans received a doubler.up in the mark, and he broke ground to recover himself; but his adversary awake to his dis- tress, went up to his head gaily and floored him by a muzzier. 6. and 7. There was but little fighting fr,nii exertion, but strength gave Evans something best. 8. A good and equal fighting round, and Acton was thrown. 9. Decidedly in favour of Evans, who Out his adveli-ary rushing in, by a Lush hit upon the nose, which dropped Lunt cleanly. It was all in favour of Acton after this, as Evans had all the fight taken out of him, and only stout up to become receiver general. In the 15th round Acton was piping, and ficeviggins sang out to his man " go in ;" the watch-word from F.ales was " be ready," and so lie was. Evans was met by a Rush bit on the front of the head, which spoiled hint, and Acton won the battle iu four rounds 279 MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. In the most forward districts, wheat harvest com menced about the 13th, but generally it will be full ten days later, and in the north, September will rather be the harvest month. The quantity of straw is said to be large in most parts, but from the spring and early part of the summer being unfavourable, and the subsequent beating down of the corn by the rains, the wheats have received consitlerabls damage, and, it is now said, will not prove an average crop, with the additional misfortune of the quality in all parts beingmore or less deteriorated by tt.e oiseases consequent upon such seasons as the present — mildew and smut. Maley, pulse, and tares, are expected to be full crops; oats more generally light, and the hay harvest, northward, has been also light. After•grass universally plentiful, from the rains which fell last month, benefiting equally the turnips and potatoes, both which are now promising crops. Of the hops, accounts vary so much, that they deserve little attention , the fair. est presumption may be, that the crop will be (nil as large as at present estimated• Live stock of every kind con tinues in the utmost plenty, every where fully equalling the demand at most reasonable and still declining prices. I.Vool very dull in sale in most parts, in others mending; notwithstanding, a fine sample from Vaudieman's Land has lately fetched the extraordinary price of 10s. 4d. per lb. a price greatly beyond the hest Saxon or Spanish, and a most encouraging specimen of production from that must thriving and promising colony. The depression among the tenantry is at no rate mitigated by the pros— pect of the wheat crop ; and some over anxious apecu lators go so far, as to augur an inundation of foreign corn in the ensuing year, an apprehension for which, at present, we can discover very little grounds, even should the crop on the ground fall considerably below an average. Toe cultivators on the Continent are under a similar depression with our own, and prices sinking daily. Their crops have also been affected in a similar manner by atmospheric vicissitudes. The beautiful weather which we have had for some time past, will. prove immensely beneficial to the country. LAMENTABLE AGRICULTURAL CONFLAGRA- VON& Tuesday last a large rick of new hay on the farm of the Earl of Bridgewater, at Nettleden, near Ashr;dge„. liens, having become over heated, took fire, and bunt— ing with great fierceness, soon communicated to an old rick of hay adjoining, and both were consumed. Wednesday, about eleven oclock, a fire bloke out at Wainer's Farm, Great Waltham, Essex, occupied by Mr. Thos. Hodges, occasioned by the over-heating of a stack of hay, containing nearly fifty loads, and which stood a short distance from a barn, in which it commu nicated and did considerable damage. The engines ar rived in time to arrest the progress of the devouring ele ment, otherwise much more valuable property would . have fallen a sacrifice. On Tuesday morning last a large stack of hay in this farm yard of Mr. J. Brown, of Pudding Norton Hall, near Fakenham, was discovered to• be on lire, and hay to the amount of 2001. was destroyed. On Tuesday afiernoon a very alarming fire broke out upon the premises of Mr. Richard Brettingham, Esq. of Mendham, Suffolk, near ilarleston, occasioned by hay being stacked in too green a state. About sixty tons of hay, with stables and sheds, fell 3.prey to the devouring element. The barn which had caught fire, was pre served by the timely aid of the engines. On Thursday se'ttni,ht, at eleven o'clock at night, in consequence of heating too violently, a destructive fire broke out in a large and valuable hay-stack on the pre-- mist's of W. Mason, Esq. of Nemo. Norfolk. Pre cautions had been taken to cut and faggot the same, but from the quantity of narrow leafed plantain the hay con tained, the evil, it is thought, continued to augment, and finally threatened the destruction of 4401. worth of fine new and old hard land hay. A fire of a very singular but alarming description was occasioned at Canedow it, Essex, on Monday last, front toe following circumstance :—A person s‘ ho held in his hand a burning glass, directed a child to put a piece of paper against a barn, upon which he brought the suit's rays to bear in a manner which set the paper on fire, when that part of the barn being much covered with moss, the blare was communicated to the thatch ; and and the barn with a suable adjoining were digs totally consumed. The Rumford engine arrived on the spot shortly alter, tut ()wit% to some defect it was rend ::ed useless. About midnight on Saturday last, some ahariduned person set fire to a large new heasi-hot el, which was covered with a tit:Ps:mil lageots and sorra' loads of straw, in the farm-yard of Mr. W to. Gilhort, of Threck ingnam, Lucolushire ; providentially the fire being dis crivered early, was prevented spreading to the other pre tnises. 'l'nere is reason to suppose the fire was the dia.- holical act of an incendiary, io consequence of a dispute which had arisen the day !Jenne respecting the employ ment of Irish labourers. An instance of the predilection of rats for strong ale occurred to an innkeeper of Stirling. He had, about six weeks ago, placed on the flour of an old malt kiln a 30 pint cask of ale, to bring it in a fit state for bottling. To his astonishment, on going to the cask on Wednesday last, he found it nearly empty, fir the cork was nibbled away to a small shell, which only remained in the cask. The innkeeper had frequently seen the rats in merry groups, frisking and gambolling about an adjoining grannary, but never dreamt that they bad made themselves groggy with his happy ale, They had the sagacity to make a small hole at first, and to enlarge it as required, for it did not appear as if any of the ale had dropped on the door.