The National Register. — London, England, 1818-10-18 00:00:00

OCT. 18 The defendant stated that slr.Davis should get him ern- ' ploy in the church, and he talked of gradations and de gradatillus. Mr. Davis,—" I sin sorry to say the latter appi es to yon ; I eonld not for shame recommend yon, as you know very well that when performing duty over the last corpse, you were so di fink that you had ararly fallen into the grave." The deceneant seemed to acknowledge th is by .111W - Ilt, and talked of his knowledge of Latin, Greek, Sze. and stated him self to be a Welch Magistrate. Mr. Ftrrant.—" Then why not return there?" Mr. Davis.—'• He did; but following the same coune, he got into Swansea gaol." The deleatiatit talked of hiving bled at the Nile, and went on very incoherently, and asked if there wits not a pistol in the ()lifer. Mr. Farrant feelingly endmvonred to impress on the defendant the impropriety of his conduct. He was an_ wiling to commit him as a vagrant, if he would promise the several persons present, whom he had annoyed, not to re peat it. This he promised, and it being accepted, he was released. The defendant receives a guinea a week, as a half pay Chaplain of the Navy. John Gustavus Lieut.-General Crosbie charged a noted pick-pocket, James Thomas, with robbing hint of a mot rucco small book, and a card case. MA. Ware proved that lie observed the prisoner's hand in the General's pocket ; and Mr. Jackson, butcher, of Bond street, also saw it. He immediately seized the delinqueet, • and two compenions who were with him escaped. The articles were found down an area. The prisoner was cum. untied for trial. UNION HALL. Mrs. Morris, wife of Capt. elorris, late of the 7th ilunars, attended before the Magistrates of this ',Rice, to answer a charge preferred against her, by Miss Eliza Johnson, for assaulting her and threatening her with personal vloleuce. Miss Johnson stated, that some months back she formed an unfortunate connection with Capt. Moms, in Ireland. She was not aware that lie was a married man. She accompanied -him to England, and was then visited by the defendant, who abused her in the Mail viuicut mautier, and alarmed her by her ontrageone conduct. Since that period Capt. Mantis had been iu custody several tithes ' charged bay parish o fficers, to wham Mrs. Morris had applied for maintenance, and for a considerable time abe (complainant) had discontinued her connection with that gentleman. She at present resided in the parish ()ISt. George,Sonthwark, and the defendant (teen pied aparttnents at no great distance from the same platte.— Tliey frequently met accidentally in the street, anti upon all -such occasions Mrs. Morris assailed her with torrents of aldose, and raised a mob about her. She was hunted by the defeutiain wherever she went, and considered that her per sonal safety was endangered by such cotiduct. Mrs. Morris said, that she felt towards the complainant as any other female would feel ender similar eircumstauces. She had deprived her of her hueband, and had been the prin cipal cause of herself and family being reduced to so deplor able a state as to he compelled to apply to a parish for sub sistence.—Slue had reason to believe that the statement was untrue respecting the tbseontinitilice of her cumiection With Captain Morris. It was a subject of inexpressilde mortifica tete to witness the squandet tug away upon a worthless anneal that property, which ought to be appropt iated to the uses of his own fentily, whose wants were numerous. She could not repress her feelings, and wherever or whenever 'he met the complainant, silt' should r d her ot the intently rise le wrongs which she had been the means of heaping upon her finely. The Magistrate lamented the surforteiate and deserted situation a MI,. Morris, but remitted her that she must not •adapt such a conduct towai cis Miss Johnson as tended to lead to a breach of the peace. Under the circumstances, he should not then call upon her to find sure les. 'Cite dicer Aiould hold the warrant, and bring the patties before hint, it a similar OCCIIITCUCC slit/11111 again take place. WORSHIP STREET. - • • Two collectors cf tolls on the St.roford Fill trust appeared at this Crice on 'Thursday, to answer to informations exhibited against them for taking toll of a respectable inhabitant living iii Shorethich, of the name of Parker, not being authorized by the Local Act of Parliament so to do. It appeared on the evidence of Mr. Parker, that on two bey, nil nights passing through the gate on the '.aid r" id. with a common cart laden with potati.,:s, which he was Ong to deliver to a cu.toiner, the collector demanded night tell : he stated, that ids was a cartof burden, not a carriage of pleasure. and therefore, arzording to the Act of Parliament. had no right to pay night tell. The col. lector refused to allow him to pass without paying sixpenc.e, which he was obliged to tio. lie exhibited an information against the collector, and on the hearing the Magistrate considered that as it was a toll imposed upon persons who travelled for pleasure, it could nut apply to the present instance, as it appeared the plaintiff was solely un business. Upon this case he must convict the defendant in the penalty of 4os. and cos a for taking the said toll, he not being authorized by the Act of Parliament so to do. The defendant said he should appeal against this conviction to the Quarter Sessions. A very singular case of sudden obliteration of the deepest im pression occurred in Oxford, somewhat later than the middle of the last century. It was narrated by the late Mr. Wyndham, and the fact is well known to many persons yet living. A woman, who was fie re executed, was restored to animation. Shecompletely recovered Ler health—married—bore children—and conducted herself reputably through life. But the (fleet produced on her memory by the shock which her bodily frame had svitained was most extraordinary. She reaollected every t.,ing distinctly up to the day of her trial ; but from that day she reeollected nothing.; and the period between her trial and execution for ever after remained a blank in her memory. She had behaved in prison with great composure and resignation— had partaken al the sactrunent on tire morning of execution—sung a hymn on the scaffold—oaken a calm farewell of her friends—and be trayed no symptoms of terror. But all these scenes were for ever effaced from her mind—nor had she ever afterwards the faintest glimmer of recollection that she had been placed in such jeopardy. /ler m, mory with regard to every thing else was unimpaired. It woutl seem a if the ideas that possessed her mind during her im prisonment, and were uppermost on it, had literally been all wiped away.—Blockwood'i Erthiburelt Miron4ine. Thunahty morning, about two o'clock, a watchman observed the garden door iopen belonging to Mrs. Lucas, Trafalgar Place , Kent Iload, and going in perceived a man getting over the wall into an adjoining garden. He sprang his rattle, aryl occasioned considerable alarm in the neighbourhood. One gentleman hn d at the robber -from his chamber, as be w'ts proceeding from garden to garden to effect his escape, hut missed him. Nca ly twenty other gentlemen, half dressed, joined in the pursuit, and followed the depredator over the walls of their neighbours gardens. The thief at one time at .tempted to get through a deep muddy ditch which sup rates the gardens from sate meadow Lod, hut finding himself in danger of suffocation. be returned and renewed his endeavours to escape by .climbing the giuden walls in succession until he arrived at an open ing. Ile at last secreted himself in an out home belonging to Capt. Thompson, of Dover Place, Kent Road. where ho was vita overeat and taken into custody by the pursuers. afterward.; appe wed that he had stolen a vast number of bras-. cocks from the *met butts ;belonging to the houses in Trafalgar Mut. 'VHF NATIONAL ftECISTF.It. 110X1 N Lest Tuesday a s battle was fought in a large roped. in ling, in the Urorge Meadow, at Battle, between Joe, lire Montan, and an It ishinan, named Doglierty , aeuro ire, and com monly called the Town Bully, ter two guioicas. 'lnc combat alas, with Ills it seconds awl bottle holders, entered the ring at right in the morning, both confident ot victory, and after stripping set to, showing some clumsy sparring, in imitation of their betters, but no science. l)ugherty nias the heaviest man, but Joe possessed the longest arm, u Well gave him the advantage when his antagonist hit short, which he frequentiv did, having no notion of measuring distance, and thereby cot .marlly punished about the bead and face. No pluck up. peared wanting on either side, the battle haviag lasted au hour and .5.1 urinates, and produced ;2 rounds sustained with as much gluttony as might have been expected from the hardiest veterans of die Fancy, when the Irishanitu gave in, and yielded the victory to Joe, which was at one time de spaired of, in consequence ot his having badly sprained his wrist. In one cluse Dogkerty had got the tiantau's head in chancery, and was paying anav lustily at his wind, when the spectators, tire want of knowing better, exclaimed, "Foul! foal I no Bantling I" Must present were glad to see the bully butane—Two pugilistic contests finished the spurts on Nion day un 1)11,1111am D own : one between -- Fawley and Old Cottle, comioonly called " the Sandman," who fought Dick Murton; his favourite play was at his antagonist's bread [whet, which he put into a lowed, and family botched I up. The other was a milling between two glititaas. Last week a conflict of * most de peruse nature took place at Tunbridge, betweeu some smugglers and some Ex cise Officers. The officers were the victorious pa: ty for some lime, when one of the smugglers aimed a desperate blow at one ot the officers, which obliged him to drop his spear. The smuggler seized it, which decided the battle, and the utfieers were obliged to snake off with the greatest celerity, to pre serve their lives. 'II.7RNDR AND RANDALL. The long expected match between these first-rate heroes of light weigh!. end which will excite moi e hairiest than has been known for many yritrs, was made ut Mr. Franklin's, on Tuesday night; and as thou,mals are pending already upon the match, we furnish our readers with the at tides, subject to some tt is ial alterations. Articles of agreement. October 13. 1818, entered into at Franklin's. between John liandall and Edward Turner to tight fur the sum of 1001. aide, ou Tuesday, the Ist of December. The battle to be a stand up one, and half minute time, to take plat in a 24 feet ring, and the said place to be named by %lr. Jack son. The distance from London act to be less than 25 miles, and not to exceed 30 miles. Each man to chuse his own Umpire, and a Referee to be appointed by Mr. Jackson, whose decision in case of disputeshall be fin tl. The whole of the stakes to be made good at Mr. Fianklin's; but if either Turner or Randall wish to increase the sum to 2001. a side, the said increkie to be made on the 2-sth of No vember. Mr. Franklin to place till stakes in the hands of 3lr. Jack• son, or whom he shall appoint. To tight at twelve o'clock. A de posit of 201. aside is placed in the hands of Mr. Franklin ; but if the whole of the sakes in 1001. are not nude good at Mr. Franklin's on the 101.11 of November, the whole of the de t aasit to be forfeited. Signed by BANITEIi Afro FRANKLIN. Randall put his own money down, and Bastin', Turner's uncle, coveted for him. A second match, for 100 guineas, play or pay, but two only deposited, was made for Rindall to tight Scroggins. within three months after his CJ/1171.11 with Tamer. Phis match was made in consequence of the Lackt:r of Randall betting iU gnut:as that Randall won truth ti4ltta. The battle between Marlin, the baker, and Cyrus Davis is oft, the latter having paid forfeit. Thursday night, at ten o'clock, the partizans of Eales and Hall met at Oliver's, Peter street, Westminster, to make good the whole of the stakes for the combat between these 'whin:: heroes on Tuesday, the 29th instant, in a te:mity four lee ring, for HA guineas. The money was tran-(erred to the handsof those who were to deposit it on each side, and coo seqiiently would certainly be made. Like the match between Randall and Turner, this will be a great sporting one. hales is decidedly the hest aparrer of the day with weight some_ thing under eleven stone, but Scrogeius beat hint by ruhliau lug away his ►cieuce, and substituting nits fur parries. Hall tether the best of weight, and possesses hist late sviesici also. He was beat lay the Irish champion, Donnelly, di thiutigh the fight was brought to a wrangle. Betting five to four on Hall. Ott the other tight, five to four on Randall, although Turner has his strong laticiers. Thursday nigt, a soldier el the t3Stli regiment, in a state of intoxication, attempting to let himself down the Castle ruck, at Edinburgh, behind the new barracks, by means of a rope lastened to his wrist, it unfortunately gave way, when lie tell down and aas killed on the spot. Mr. Untiae,e, Attorney General of Lower Canada, fe:l into a pit, on Saturday, the 29th of August, dug for an ice house, and so shattered his left leg, that it was found neces sary to amputate it above the knee. On Monday evening, as the engineer employed on the pre • unites of Mr. 'fate, of Bei muntisey New-road, was adjusting sonic rat of the machinery of a steam engine employed ill the dressing of leather, one of the tly wheels caught hold of his aim, and pulled ban into the midst of the machinery. Bv• fore effectual assistance could be procured, to disengage him from his perilous situation, his body and lindss were so lacer ated that be died shortly after wards. A moat enornions mushroom, of the button sort, was exhi bited in this inarkst uu Tuesday last, which sprung up, with many others of interior Mc, from an asparagus t)ed, lately be longing to Mr.-Gill, rope make', near Stoke-mulls. It attain ed, in fuer nights and three days, the uf four feet five _lnches, and the reiglit of sixteen pounds. The owner sold it out in pieces at oue penny each.—J - tymoutk Paper. Ou the Ilth instant. a man named John Forater was tried at the Circuit Court of J usticiary, at .Jedburgh, fur illegally and clandestinely solemn sing marriages at Limbo ton Tull-bar, and was sentenced to be b unshed from Scotland foible; but all this dues not atop him, tor he has begun his old trade again, and menus to carry it on, oil the riser tweed, in a boat, near Paxton, exactly on the march between England anal Scotland. On Sunday last he married two coople.—Ediu buroia paper. The poor inhabitants of the small village of Harrow, in Lio colushi'c, have, it is said, cal het et' as many mosin uoms, tlais season as produced them .P9l. Wednesday morning, W. Elder, an old man, who was , mployed at Mr. Fletcher's wharf, Wapping, while :tainting 00 a cc.l.l'ol,ling, his foot slipped, mien he fell on use ground, and was Wiled on die spot. 335 NPARRING, AT HEAD'S BOOM, NEAR TIIE NEW CUSTOM. UMW. Joe Parish (one of the brave competitors of Randal,) under the patronage of the Swells of the East end of the Metrekolis. rai o (in imitation of the Corinthians of the West) gave h tigers of the Oar" a good turn, on Thurset y light at the above place. Thtabhost part of thetown produced an overflowing kSSCRI blage of amateurs ot the mat respectable description—many of whom. %Inn their /4rigei6 were closetl. and the sift barely Jere ad. brushed off with quick steps n or ler to promote the vieNce of self defence—also as a means to pri . vent our natural character from being floor rd by the growing intro. Li. action of etfetnirwey and Dandyisns--a.itl. lastly, to pertiquate that sort of "true courage" which is b 0 itiitly reconled in the eyes of Europe, respecting the natives of Old England— The battle once over, the heart of a lamb ! so highly extolled by a Wyndham, encouraged by a Wellington, a. d the theme of those renowned warriors Blucher and halal'. sports catered by the Water man were, in their exhibition, equai, if not superior to many similar displays at the fauted " Fives Court." —Shelton and Spring commenced the petliminthee with much ap plause; but the latter boxer is visibly "gone of" from the effects of Nueva, arid his once athletic frame now bespeak s none of that posi dve determination of manner which so (humanised his efforts in the ring with Harmer. Spring, of course, had the best cif it.—Hut the principal feature of the evening was the. bout between Martin. the baker. and treroggins, and winch was pronounced highly hopor tam and ink:wain( to the supporters of the Prize Ring, respecting the capabilities of the Crusty Hero, and towards regulating the betting at any future period, whenever he is opposed to a good one. The length and height of the Master of the Rolls over his opponent. was evident to all the Amateurs. Scroggins in this combat proved !Muse f a tragi-comic performer of talent; and under the mask of fun, he nut only produced roars of laughter—made his audience fre quently look serious—and worked upon his adversary's feelings—but concluded by exciting their utmost astonishment! In short, if the conqueror ot Johnson did not gammon it (and yet too much nature secured to prevail in the set-to to give it such a character, as well as too much anxiety and love of fame displayed to make it a mere trick to deceive the unwary), it was a real thing ; the fact is then, that neither the kngth nor the science of the Baker could prevent the boring qualities of Scroggins from doing heavy execution (so well known and felt by all his opponents, except Turtier,) and ultimately sending Martin down. Upor. Scroggins quitting the room, and con sidered to have the best of the bout, " another round" was loudly call ed for by the partizans of the Baker. Scroggins immediately return ed, and every eye was on the stretch to view the termination. Scroggy wt in to work again without any delay, and like the gland climax to a liar piece of oratory, he hit Martin down with the celerity of a shot —then turning round smiling, said with much naviete, " Gentlemen. are you now satisfied ?"-" Quite, quite," were the replies, when he left the room overwhelmed with peals of applause. The windup of the sports of the evening was also excellent in witrim.ing the set-to between Belcher and Parish. The fine science of the former is too well known to need any repetition ; but it is due to the Waterman to observe, that he exhibited great improvement—made some good hits, and raised himself in the opinion of his friends. Oliver arid Purcell were present, but did not spar. The audience departed more than ordinarily pleased with the amusement afforded them; and the highest amateur in the Fancy from the West end of the town volun tardy offered to patronize a benefit fur Scroggings in the city. An inquisition was taken on 'Thursday befoo e Thomas Shel ton, List!. at the Alfied's Head, London road, St. George's„ Southwark. ou the body of a young gentleman, of the name of John Russell, a wholesale linen-draper, in Fridav-street Cneapside, and the son of W. Russell, Esq. of the !lotteries' a t tiolbeach, Leeds, Yorkshire. Mr. 'Thomas Sibree, Surgeon Chailotte•street, Blackfrials-road, stated, that lie had at. tended the deceased for several weeks; his disorder was a diseased liver, and his brain appeared affected. On Monday la.-1 ln• ',nailed him; lit• found him in a high state of ferts, and he ibiisidurt•tl 111 m ill Al) extremely dangerous situation. At limes the mind of the deceased wandered very much from solli ran, a watchman, stated, that he !lewd Inc window, or Mr. Kay's house broke ou Wednesday morn ing„itinnt two o'clock ; he left his box. and 54W the deceased Lill the chamber window ; lie alarmed the family, and helped to carry him to bed. When he took the deceased front the ground, lie askel him what ailed him, and lie replied " Nothing, 11. am as well as ever I was iu my life." Verdict-- '•Tiie death of the deceased was caused by his involuntary act in going out of his chamber Window and falling to the grotfol during the time he was asleep, or io a state of de. An inquest was taken at the Ram, Dorking. on the body of Ann Moore, who had been in the service of Mr. Alloway. of Dorking.-- The deceased fclt unwell on Wednesday, when die purchased time ounces of Eptoin salts, which it is supposed she afterwards took.-- Verdiet--" Decea,ed came to her death by accident, occasioned by her taking too great a quantity of salts, but not with an intention of destroying herself." On Sunday la." a Fume!' gentleman, residing in Drury lane, W 49 robbed of !hire Flent.ll o:Jeri—one of St. Louis, a gold stir : another of Cineinnattis, also gold; and the other the of salve'. The temporary Windings in toe garden of Carlton Houses for the aceontalutlation of the grand tetra, lime been removed , and the gat den restored to its former appeal/knee. The Isa gotta bt olge, in St. Janies'• Park, is now the only reinuatit of task remaining on tlime memoi aide 0CC461011... sarvey has lately been wade of the palish church of Winil•nr, which, rim,' its dilapidated state, it has been deem. ed neeessaly to take down, and in its tared to erect a *law • It is a singular fact that a gentlemen, near Edmonton, is at this nine cutting a meadow of grass, 10 inches hi; h, which he intends making into tiny, should the pre.•ent K CAI coistinne akw dac s longer. An accident hap pencil on Tuesday through the ciiieli,stiess of the coaciinidi, ut the Nlaidstone stage, which lett itist place .thout tint o'clock. lie was more than once or to iee cauti oned ag , tintit gallovimig his horses into Town Mailing ; anti continuing the same out of Town Dialling, the coach was tlll.l vii. A Sco reit Iltzr..—The Edinburgh Reviewers, in li!o. 48, at - tick. ,:c;e, -ay," lir (Dante) died in 1321. inland 1334 we find 1111;111:1 , 41 In ,de of a cunimentaiy by his smut, Peter and Jain's. and lINOt 4cr atienumems writer." On Tuesday night, toe house of Lady Chambers, at Polney, was broke open. The robbers coheirs d by a parlour window on the ground dons, and finding a poker in the room, made use of it to break a men a pair o 1 folding dooss, winch were fastened, and prevented them pallPtilge to the interior of the islAlatital. 'they veiled WI a variety Of articles, principally wearing amend, and also a writing desk, which was after.. wards found, broken in pieces, at the lower 'tart of the lawn. A few days since the Hon. J. S. Cocks, M P for Hereford, while attooting near Eastnor castle, met with en Accident; niter having discharged Ms .gun, in the act of re-loading it, the i „,..,,t er f his frask was ignited by part of the wadding that remained in the barrel, and the whole exploded- For tunately l ied with a trilling injury to his right bard. Professor Dittmar, of Copenhagen, has published a !awned disser tation, in which lIC Cttabli4l a; certain, that the ensuing wiaLcr of iBltS-1) will he very ahon aad very .