The National Register. — London, England, 1818-09-21 00:00:00

SEPT. 11 BOXING. Owing to the supineness oldie ItaOrnlesof the district, whose duty it is to be on thealert when ally thing so flagrantly centre bonus mor.es is about to take place, the smighleini hood of Hendon was on Tuesday disgraced by one of these bar barous scenes, which are a stigma on the present age of boasted retinenteul, called Pugilism. We lenient the.neces. city we‘are under of depicting such scenes, but our duly, a s Journalists, cturpels us to undertake the nauseous task. contrary to our feelings as imlividaals ; for, constituted as We world is, we are compelled to suit our Jennie' to the VittikMi% tastes of our Readers, some few of whom, experience tells us, would be thspicascd with Cie omission. Tim 4^o,ll,elitur„ were Juhason, of Pa:Witte . ..on, and Martin, a baker. Tae seconds wen Paddington Jones and J. Ward. fut the former ; and Bunt and Spring for the latter, Bettiug b to 4on the former. The stakes were too 'Die spectator* were, as usual, a motley grouper BlZeklegs, in night life as well as i n low. Rouyn 1. After two minutes sparring, Martin threw out his left ' - hand by his &directory's head, followed by his right. Both missed,. and he received liffitly upon the body. Martin brake from a clue and hit Johnson slightly although it drelliblood under the eye—Both fell. 2. m a rsin.plaeed bits and broke his ground with great judgment.- Johnson ran at hiin•trith determined meaning, but he *as well inea cured, and hit down.-2 to lon Martin. 5. Johnson was bleeding copiously from the left eye, and hi s f a . vourita right handed lunge wws parried. and returned upon with the left hand which ehmiceried the other side of the head, and both e i s wlts streanted with claret. Martin was hit about the body, and after weaving, with Lis adversary's head under his arm, he was floored in a tnatof strength. 4. Johnson was now reduced to a blinker with one eye, and .the other was far fram perfect lie placed his ri t rilt handed hit upon Martin's side, but was out of distance, and t: told partially only ; and a severe hit was *feed upon his contused eye, which again dropped him. 5. and 6. Johnson was fighting open mouthed, and was down in both rounds, and severely hit. 7. Tice tattle was reduced h a certainty, altheug,h Johnson made a gallant vtand ; but he hit shott, and he was nut allowed to get in anon eh .0 to exenition without boring knoeked down. In a hugging mate* both went.down. s. Johnson made hi; right handeti hit uport his advettrary's throat; but at the cci. of the round he was 1% )(seed. 9. Some smart tiAliting ; but Martin availed himself of hi; su perior lesigth in hitting, and he broker away with much adroitness, and finished the round with a settler on the lug. Here Johnson was beat ; and, to follow them through eight other r ounds,. ;:otrit. be tedious. It is sufficies - to state. that in the 12th round, Jobnsor.„ it a cenvulsive ant, trriy...Nl the claret from his ad versary's evr ; but lie was knocked down 1:): it. —After lighting the 36th :cunt!, Johnson was unable to get AC his s..cond'slmee, and • victory wag pro:lshii:ll'ot Martin, without .1..v.5.:)1e hit on the front .of the head The battle lasted SG minutes. The raid, 'sad snaked the company during the.fight, as umbrellas area contrary to eti. game in the prize ring. It was not, howetter, sufficient to darap the sirtlonr• of several rtiftlans, whose lei city seemed wctinil ap to pitch, and who were desirotto to signalize • themselves in the annals of •blackguardisin. At length Mania, also a baker, set too with a young Israelik, who Aig. Played some skill at the commencement, but his physical powers sans failed him, and Le gave in speedily. Two other tights succeeded; but the parties being unknown, the cariosity of the gapers was notproof against the pelting of the pik tiles, storm, and they were left to decide the contest almost by themselves. A 81:AR VURNED, THIII,-TAILER.-00* Sunday evening s mail, who travels thecoutitry with a dancing hear, culled, at the house of Mr. Tiske, farmer, ou the road between Enfield and Edmonton, and requested a night's lodging. He got a bed - in the house,and the servant who accompanied Win was put in a loft in Ilia burn, in which the bear was lodged. • About mid night the barn door was forced open, and two rues entered; whenartiaz(imaccustomedzo nocturnal visitors), gisone of the fellows approach, saluted him with a hardened Cloves miwel eclme, embrace. His companion, finding that he was laid hold of, ran ; MC the. fellow roared most vehemently ; Bruin as vehemently bugged; till at length the keeper got •vp out of bed, and foetid the affrighted en etc' o locked in the paws of the animal, whence he rescued him. He iminediately threw himscif on his knees, and coneessed that lie came to steal corn, and lie thought the Devil had laid wait fur him', to prevent his design. Had not Alie bear been muzzled, the fellow must have filicn a victi:n to his voraciousness. The man kept the thicCand alavized,the landlord; wiper, after a 1 imitable admonition, suffered him to depart, being satisfied with the punishment and fright which he had received tront the bear. Mr. Tuke did.not charge the owner of the bear, ; or his man, for t thair expences ; and alter breakfast they.set off to Edmonton Fair, I The dispute which we mentioned in our last between Mr. Mott, of the.Eoyat Hotel, and W Burrell, Esq. M. P. for the County of Sussex, respecting the innkeeper's tctitsing to take the latter Gentleman into the Royal Hotel without his car. ziage and horses standing at the stable of the Inn, is compro. mired by Mr. Mott's punlicly acknowledging his errain upon . the law of the case, and promisiuspact tomtit:ad any Gentle man in (attire. _ Last week an accident occurred at Neer ark, which ought to be ad .a tendon against using dangerous mixttenni for destroying flies. On Saturday a child. named Eggleston, *hose parents reside in Mill rdrank .some fl water that had been placedoin the window, elssaused is death in a few • Wednesdpy afternoon the w"i . e of Mr. Ward, of Lane-street, Southwark, brewer,auddetly expite.l while &env directions to one of the servants. She appeared the dasasentspresious to be in perfect. health. A few days ago two silver candleitickt were stolen from the par. lour of the Rev. Mr. Perry, at Brixton, by a man win) went in at the front Fate and close up to the window, for the professed purpose of •diciting -charity. •The robbery was discovered almost irronetruitcly, bit the thief' ran across a field towards Stockwell, and escaped. Monday r.fternoon.J. Hancock, late an officer of Hatton-Barden , Office, cotning thrcligh Raelibone-place, observed twe men lurking ; about the house of Mr. Curtain, of 6:rise-street; shortly after, one of them entered, mid soon returned with a trunk, containing 30L or 401. and delivered it to his companion. Hancock pursued diem, on which they threw down the trunk atilicen away ; he called " Step thief l" and the fellow ssaa.stoppet! dorm a Mews; but bethi.2 Hari cock arrived, the villner...ess DeWitt , 11,1e... 5 .me of :•ts companiu:;,. An inquest 9/29he13 on Wain: is the Lamb in Fttzroy-r4usere, on the body of Ann Batler, wife of alb:wile,. who was re.cit,hl have been killed bv her husbiodt.in ecnsequenoe of which n nu& amembled. She flail received a eat ens her *fist, which she.' ite , husband gave her ; but it was peovet bt his chop-boy that...he had • brought for her gin sevzral eimetar.ll , ?. ne:ISC SLIP•IIV and that she vu so intoxicated, that Cr ••• the emp, by winch ent nrr wric. gossips of the neigilliotteix ., ::add shr 7 . 1t41 that ntly te..4 he; ,4:o ; :,•• • 91 fre.711;:.• , C it R. 9 •I etr decided opinion Coat she : e ri , the J.sry 2....fautd stemact ta that -eft' • THE NATIONAL ItEGISTEH. Tht addressed by Hunt to Lord Sidmouth " 8, Norfolk. street, "Sept. 14. "My Lord,—At the ssane time that I acknowledge tht return of , the remonstrance which was unanimously agreed to at the public meeting held in Palace-yard on Monday, and which was delivered to your Lordship by me to be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, I cannot avoid adding, that your Lordship appears to be the‘drst Nfinister of State end has ever dared openly to interpose his official authority to prevent that tirank communication between the King and the people, which is so essentially necessary to the happi ness and safety of both. I remain, my Lord, your:Lordship's most obedient and most hintiLla servant, •" H. HUNT. " To land Viscottat Sitlmoutii, Home Department." flee importation of grain into S.mtland still continues ; of Ot vessels which passed El.:Meur between the 16th and 18th ult. No less than forty four were laden with different marts of grain. Tue following it risrions-txtratet from Cobbett's " Year's Residence in the Unqed States of Atnerira." The ..rufEali polnician has almost forgot himself into poetry : •• are two 1111110 which I have not yet mentioned, and %stunt are almost wholly wanting here, while they are tr.aply enjoyed in England—the singing births and the .lower? s. Herr are many nails in slimmer, and some of vet- ) beoutifin plionay. There are some wild flowiws, and some English thwers in the best gartlebs. But, generally speaking, they are bird- without song, and Viewers without slued. The linnet (more than a thousand of which I have heard warbling upon one scrubbed oak ..o the sand Inds in Surrey), the ekv• lark, the golutinch, the wondlark, the nightiugele, the bull- finch, the blackbird. the thrush, end all the rest of the sing ing tribe, are wanting in these Istantifill woods and orchard of garlands. Whrti these latter have dropped their bluom aid is gone in the flowery way. No shepherd's rose, no honeynnckle, none of that endless variety of beauties Ihot decorate the hedges and ,the meadows 1n England. Nit ciat • sits, no primroses, no cowslips, sun blue bells, no datrodik which, as if it were not enough for them to ehann the sight and the smell, matt have names too to delight the car. All these are wanting ir America." Last week two convicts, naiwtl James Twist and .Taraes Murray, who were convicted of grand larceny. at Lanci - ster assizes, atd sen. tenod to seven years' teneispartatioa„, tuf,xted their escape troui toe hulks at Sheerness. A person of the name of Hartley. who had been employed lfy Mr COS:). , T of Winssur, p dace. tom:a:sure his work. and. enter the snMi in hi, books. by ilia:-. ei Nun became acquainted wed! Mr. Cooper's coma ai.tas, and arnilin; himself of this knowledge applital to several of Mr. Ctraptes tenpin/et. for money as frorn.his master. Obtaining a check from one gentleman fir 151.. he next applied to ft friend of Mr. Cover's to cash the note this was reatilily done by the gentle nian.without taking the cheek, he not having ocesion t remit to London. This incautious step furnished the swMdler with an op. portuoity of defrauding a 4..C.)11.1 pc!..111 with the &nth:Cheek. Many other perioas have been swindler: bi . itim. and we regret to say 'that he leas hitherto escape! with intpu•.;ty. ITisTettlot;S OCCIJIRENCr,.—.A very painful degree of interest has been exited by Me sudden disss.pearauce of Mr. it. zi..llees, an eminent card maker at Wike, near Bradford, who, there is every reit- UM to fear, has either perished by accident, or been the victim of an assassin. This gentleman attended the : market at this place on Tuesday., where he remained until 10 o'clock at• night, when he mounted his horse for the avowed purpose of returning home, but which there is every reason w fear be was destined never to reach, for since that moment be has not been either seen a heard of. On the following evening, about I T o'cioek, the horse of this unfortunate gentleman was found in the river Aire. abuut 200 yards below Amity Mills. The animal appeared mach exhauited, and was en tangleclin a sand bank, front which..apparciuly, it had made many fruition efforts to extricate itself; with somc difficulty it was dragged ashore. The finding of the horse, of.cource, excited the most painful apprehensions fur the fate of :Mr. Sellers. and the river has been carefully dragged for a considerable distance, both above and below the place where the horse was found, but hitherto without any result which can remove in any degree the agonizing anxiety of his friends. The sea.ch l is still continued with unabated perseverance. and a reward often guineas is offered to encourage others to assist in this painful duty ..—Leeds Mercury. ATTEMP:IIED MURDRIL. AND ROpIERY.—.tI most atrocious attempt was wade upon the life and propetty of Mr. J. lisker, a small farmer aesidin neat . ..Brantford. I'n the night betwom Friday and Saturday, o'nnight. Mr. Baker had retired to.rest with his wife alsoue to o'clock, and . was awoke between twelve and cue by • the noise of several persons on the stairs hiding to his ehambere—At the same moment, he heard the door of his -TULL!, tried. It was las. tencel with a epring latch; but, before he had e time to get out of bed and arm Ilimeelf, g was violently buret open. and a :can entered the room armed with a pitchfork, endecallingte his eteree.nions tu" . conie ore." Mr. Bitkur instantly setunr upon the villain, driving him beckwartla with all his force krainet the don: with a view to prevent these in the paseao from catering. In this ' object he succeeded, not withetendiug be receivolin the thermoset the prong of the pitchfork betwecu the thumb and ringers of his ri g ht hand, to the depth of nzarly two inches.. The handle of jhe weapon was cut short, so as to render i.t mote une.nageable; and immediately after they bad dos. cd, Mr. Baker rec.ived another thrust in.the lower part of the groin, but he still contrived to keep his bold of the villain ; and, after a deadly struggle:, they fell together against the door, the latter nein • nually calling upon his accomplices, with horrible imprecations, to force themselveeiri. Mr. Baker, however, being a powerful man, prevented this; by keeping . iiirnself and the assassin dose ageinst the doer, and his own foot against the bedstead, which eteed near it.— During the first momentaof this dreadful cohost, Mrs. Baker was too mach terrified to render any assistance to her hitsbautl; but whee hafell to the ground, in the grnip of the murderer, she sprung ftere the cede and reached down 'mold spring bayonet blunderbuss, which hung over the file place. Mr. Baker livid nut his bend Mr the weapon, and during time tenepcsary relaxation of his hold in so doing, the villain gave hitt ova other stabs it the undoelei, and With a desperate effort sprtir.,,e epee his feet. amid forced eiareelltieeiteh the now partly open. door, et, :1 Endowed nix cumprnions, w:se had Red on hearing the blunderbeer. mentioned. Ur. Raker was too much wounded to attempt a pursuit, and .he villzinx teeaped. Time only other person in the brai.se, beeales Mr. B. read his wife, was u. Mr. Kell, leadlonl cf 'the Piaggen and Horses public iio.oe near Kew Bridge, who being in. a very jellies' state of itcalot, hadiaetired some weeics before from the bunk ut' his own house, to occupy apartments in that of Mr. Baker's. It is supposed that it was time knowledge of this dolor:stance which inetigated tee robbers to clue. attack, it being generaile, understood that Mr. Kell hail a coneitiera. ble sum of money try /1;91. 411•: the ceeli taken at hi. hose in hie course of each day, teem! taken to hem en,e, niget at :At. Itakee's with too little cention are! seer. cy. It re remarkable reat.34:. Kell, though esiolly very ?mhos in Me meld. was ott this occa'lest in so d e ep & .e,:ep ;112: iitehetrt4Ceblibg at a:! of t he ma tt er tihi M t . B a k er rehir e .*! to eier'!aether.• after the rohs'.7rs depertee, under tee here ble tam er:wines Met he ghillie find lures inurde. ed ; and tills denibte leer wield have been tele laSe, had toe inhere.. knows de. room to whic44l,:, slept b!lt, beteg iglu:want sof tins, ...ley. funuestely lir.i -4 coup) cf b: z.,2oker, r Pewees are new mehrug in Loutice. 4 To frOrn 11. to el. par 'co.— The) arc expected MEW Jit or j. Isar ton, in eunseltrence of the arrival large lin ; nets eeeeeted Duni Leticashire and lieland.— I are also Levet:n:li tram J ersey mei Guernsey. The t. .t eieteet .and Spanish anions are .31. per chest. if quite round; I t.rtf ditto 13:.. to lea. per buelscl. Lemons Sl. per Um. Titer. . rite 4 1 ; ! HORRID CIRCUNISTANCF.—A/111 *laden, wife of Edward Sladen, a labourer, in the employ of Messrs. Saunders. brewers at Southampton, in a fit of insanity, on Tuesdsy, strangled her only two children (both fine boys.) one of seven years of age and the other three; after which she hung herself on the teller door. 'The wt. happy woman had been frequently in a low and desponding way. At the late Carnarvou Session. J. Jones, a drover, was tried for uttering forged notes, and notwithstanding 31 witnesses established the charge, and Mr. Glover, inspector to the Bank of England. traced 39 notes to have been paid by the prisoner to different indivi duals in purchasing cattle, the Jury re t u r n e d a verrii , t of—Not Guilty. Next day the same prisoner was indicted for having forged not.N in his possesaion, and the Jury again returned a verdict of —Not Guilty. The Judge then said—" Prisoner, y o u have been tried for a very great Offence. but the Jury. both yesterday and to-day, thought pmper.to bring in • verdict of—Not , hy 1 StLit a verdict, after such a messof evidence, must be extremely prejudicial to the public interest ; and i;.r my own part, I cannot co-icciite ley,e they can.an‘wer it to, their own consciences ! That you are guilty is as clear wethat two and two make four. IloweVer. it . your conduct in future prove honest, it may he considered fortunate ; rcurnstance ; but should you ever appear again at that bar, I Woe year will never meet a Jury so unjust. was delivered in the airost mama manner, and seemed to be felt by the whole Court. Cater tom.—Persons having in their possession any quantity of home made wine!: exceeding lute gallons, are subject to the survey of the Excise, as well as to fines ansl penalties. The folioxing is the recipe fer the fever powder of' the celebrated Boerliaase t.—" Ten grains of it, taken every four hours, form the users.: dose for a gmwn person ; take of nitre eight ounces, camphor a quarter ounce, saffron an eighth of an ounce. and ta•Ainestaglit grains. Let them be pounded together, and kept iu s dry bOtIlt". AN INFALLIBLE (.:171tE FOR,THE lltTr. OF A MAD I)00.—• Tits following receipt has. we arc informed, been tried and preyed by experience to he an infallible remedy for the bite of a mad dog: Clean the wound with water. and place on each impression.‘f the dog's tooth a sint'lleettind pellet ol Inn, dipped in oil of vitriol; tying the entire icund whit a bandage—the hales of lint should be in propersion to the wound, from the size of the head of a pin to s small pea. 'fills application Dr. F. has found to be an infallible remedy, even when the bite has been undres:xilfor 43 11411:i'S._ Should any sore remain after the caustic, it .is to uc •trer.ted as a imtirmon burn.—Nottingham Friday morning heovem the hours of eleven anti twelve one of the conioositors of name of Johnsen, in the employ of Mr. Hann:W. Printer to tiled-louse of l'otnanons. in Parker's Str . et, tizary Lane , . en liaVing his frame to wash his batids, had scarcely reached the sink. when he tell down to all appearance in :t tit ; but upon the arrival e two nietlicitioen. it was aseertaincil that he had broke* blood vessel...- and the attempts !o recover bins proved unavailing. On WedrierAlay night at young man, most fashiocably `dollantet.'• **iv Au to the Coach and Horses inn at Plaistow. is V.s..es, and ahar orderin and disposing of nu excellent supper,retired to rest in one st 'she best bed of the house 3 , 1 the middle at the night he arose, packed up several articles of es Ph,ite and other property to the amount or near 301. beltnging to Cr.e laticliwe, with which he got clear of t , BESI has not since been heard Df. tVednesils.; , an inquis:tion tins la)d at Cambtillge, on view of the h.edy of Cherles Pay, a lad 1 f years of age. (pireatit to Mr. Thom -Nutter). wt:p had been playiset sod ewini;itte in a jail towel hanging In tle• kitchen„wnen accidenully he got his ncek so entangled as :o b..• unable we:ldeate himself, and.ta tett minutes he was four.d iced. V. iet—accidental death. There are two HE'D now in-eustu.t+, cpmniitted from flattens Cart : , ,n Mika! Office,clarged w:tlr'baYing. • • • ••• _slecalic of fraud and forgery, obtained :OM. dh. proverty of a i Nae u t els% out of tl.e . Savings Ranks, it: l'itiv•ai Street. Ilaya.•ni.e:. • At thegcneral gaoldelivery• at Castle:own, Isle of Man, Go 1 - rd_l n * • day Robert dreaniNiti„ for terming hotes oe tl:e Huh of Englans:,. pleaded guilty. •.,a wa.; scnreneed to 14 years tr •nsporiaoii. Jolyt Watersoi. :nut JamPs Christian for sheep steaks.,:, and Jail Nlilitr I for a rape, prayed that they might be per.aittsd to abjure the ,isitind I without trial, .wirieh was gran:Y.l. A lamentable cireasmstarre occorred at Hetlemcc. , . is Srsrrav, a fer days ago. Mr. Grant. a respectable ISraier, residing at ihst place,. went out shoting. accompanied by h: • :on, a lad tit years of age. Haring oces-ssion to pan througii a gate, tie sent the • boy forward to open it, whilst by beat ithusit .soine furze bushes for game at a few yards disguise with the but end of t'•,e gar. ; unhappily the pic,•e. went MI, and the muzzle being pointed awards the jail, the contents lodged in his body. The poor little nadir*, _ languished a kw' hours ar..l expired. On 'l'hurstlay a area named Demiel Ward, Iva; .n A lane near Foutscray, in Rent. by two smugglers. who . :.st • with b11:1,:cons. and.infiaed four dangeneis wounds hi, r: it one of the villains had pulled eat a pistol. :sad was ill tilv presenting it at the breast of Ward, when two labouring! setr„ attracted by lir; ester; cunt tO Cie spot, and the smugglers m a de it upapared that - Ward had travelled fiscal I.outhar in fsaa.. • morninkethe satrie.retri as the, into by whom he was attached. :.ad they supposing that , * followed for the purpose of wat*Ang tie* proC•eerlings, nainuifted the assaultiwore described. A dreadful attempt at assassination was made on the Bth instant, at Brussels, on the person of Mr. Cockrell, an Fog.. lislimaia, by a ruffian who had gained access to his !edgings, and who gave him live slabs with a pistol-bayonet. Two of the wounds were considered mortal.. The miscreant effected his escape. SASL/ NG OF LORR • COCHRANE'S STEAM •EoAr..--Thig e:, I.Veditt-sday morning, at an early hour. left the dock-yard at . ltotherhithe, wad drepped dowo the river ; she has a regular comple ment of officers and men. the whole of which are under the command of a First I iwiteoarit, who it is said will, on their arrival at Chili, serve under the immediate order of Isere Cochrane. Parcels , f...assiderable value have for sonic time past been missing fr!.l the 11..iyheatl and Ginitingtr:un mail. to a va.,t amount, w - oat any •every taking pl ice till Monday evening, when, just as the !rail was going tolcave I.ombard-street, a person well known was taken irto custody, on strong suspicion of being concerned in deprctlations upon that mail Ne iannethately confessed to eleven narc.•l:, sonie of which were of }great value; he.Lsaya t►tere are three lora: ronevried, one of them a Ahnit torte o'clock on 11 ednesday afternoon, as Mr. 'Browning, timber .ner-hant of Lanibeth, a w returning flom the Commercial !kicks in n wherry, while pass;og under the eentre arch of the new S luthwark llridge.•unne of the heavy tiiiihcr which had supported the oune rave way, mid falling on the boat it was immtdiatily sunk. Eurt•mately the molter fell to su.th a direction dd, altiaatgli the hoot vac de.amyed. the passengers were not hurt. After stroggling for m h o_ ne in the water, they were rescurtl• from their yezdous rci.ivc i the .14•Inest mjury. boat or barge is stationed the-c to wain pas..enkrers of their danger while the wood , sork supported the centres removing. Laacaziiirch..e, this year, a second crop of . putawei. which is not only isnot productive than the but also ta a supcgoe . . N uidity. s unt i. l3 , n i g ht. while the family were at Chun h, the hov,ke of M I • B a lde u n, of No. I. Paragon-place. Walworth. was bodiekeem and robued of plateajewellery, and other property. ..... 11111• w bole of the. employed iw Coraine o. Canal from the Regent's kto tipeglipuse, r. fa•r:f to piocer.l to work tailless they rreri%rd do advance nr in,,r oges...,_ employee , • esunted tut• demand, and oil i.noionse eimilier Vol ft. .ii ranged along the minks of • she canal a 1 theaunir of commencing busitirst., but refused to t ut 6 ediJer *Navel or pick -site, sinless then tieniumt.was I . .e•' with. • . Mrs. Newt. of the. Marquis of Granby, at Maidstone, has now *sussing in her gAitlve) an enormous pumpkin, wiliels measures Ave feet eight inches in cis...manilla( e, and weighs .e we'd) potitid4. Seven whers, weakly vinal in sin, FAT* biJ. - .1 I