The National Register. — London, England, 1818-11-29 00:00:00

YO Y' NOV, *0 ftezt yeti, that that should be pnt,by way of set off, in part of itisfeetion of the deitiages; and , at a meeting het qo cell the 41111 their n.l4lol:five solicitors, the rem:dopier WAX with Ilie Cll/414, deli r receipt in full given. The hgtv ever, iteglectol 1114 V illg caused satisfaction of jitilginent to be entered 011 the record-11 commission of bank' uptry isitted against the plaintiff, Wright, and the a.isic ne es weir to aunipel plei.oliti to peg' the H o* woceeiling at law, \%ll le damage% over again, 111. Serjeant Best applied to the Court for a t ell. to .hew CLlll.r why aatisfaesion of judgment should nut be .clewed to be e9il:ft.il Ott tete rerorti. Th e Court said, they shoal grant the rule to ,thew came ; Ira:, when cense tense to be shewed against they re I nirt. cootirining the alledged fee t•, iu the •; Fong est sad clearest terms, to 'hew that their 810 50r1 oI mid betweea tke parties in the action, to the injury of the as iptees. • A circular letter bei been forwarded from Lord Siilniontlea 011ie , : to the High liberilft, Mayors, and °tiler chief otti , •cir, throughout the Kingdom, requiring ►etium to be the fiat week of January next, ecnitaining— coconut of all the Gaols, Houses of Cor:ection. or Peniten tiaeies in the United Kingdom ; specifying toe number of persons colioliAtA to est:h. and the greatest number of persons confined in sti-o, at any period of the yea ;. distinguidimg tried from an ts:4l 41,141,:s froal 1•.:111:11eN ; those' under the age of 17 from these above it ; also under what jurisdiction and suocrintends.iec each prison is placed, what number of pr:soners each is calculated to con tun. into sepNtfttvelasses ur departments it is di vided, m l how far the number of those divisions can. without great inconvenience or expense, he inerease , .l ; also an account of ail allow ances of food, money. or clothing made to iiris2itzrs %la lshour 40%1' and the applicator ; th.neo. ; ant generally of the 40b- SiAjjW teguiations for the tligeiilline and government of each prison, aul in what ivataorrs thoso regulations had been deviated front in tie course of the year IRI S, and whit has b:-an the occasion of such deriatina, and under what Authority it. has been allowed, in all such priiollA respivtively." The following are some further particulars respecting the fire which took place at Carroll's Lottery Combat— Mr. Carlon resides at Waldroustow, an.l Ito person lived in the house in town ; All oil lamp, covered with glass, was always fell binning on the counter ; the gas hail beet, 'timed off pre vious to the clerks (loafing the premises, and, therefore, how the fire happened it is impossilde to aseettain.--Mr. Smith's child, the culler, in Luitibard-st riot, was saved through the artietly and pi-Neve, Alive of Jones, one of the Rank Messen gers; he suet Mi. Smith on the stairs, and 'Tim leaini lig lie had a child it, bed in the upper story of the house, he iminedi• ately we'd with hint, snatched the child front the bed. and on returning down stairs, the flames surrounded them, aid Mr. Smith's hair was nearly burnt off; we are sorry to add Mr. S. received a serious injury in the leg. He was insur ed, but not to the aniline of property lost.—Ou the Satur day anemone, soon after four o'clock, the oeighlemrhood of Lumbaril-street was alarmed by the cries and screams of the passeeigees,oreasioned by the fall of the front of Mr. Smith's house, which had remained in a precarious situation front the fire before mentioned. At the time the wall gave way, the street was crowded with passengers and persons looking at the destruction the fire had caused. Ten or twelve persona were buried iq the ruins. A very respectably dressed female woo su amen jairded that she was conveyed away atipareutly • lifeless, having an eye knocked out, and her lead greedy in jured. The son of Mr. Nlack reth, grocer, in Loinbard.stieet, • aged IS, was so dreadfully bruised that he was taken home and died to a short time ; J. .Inderson, of the l'hootix tire • Office, had his ,knit shockingly fractured; a little girl, about seveit Betas Obi, was killed; two lads and a winking man were also taken front the ruins, the latter was pin upon a shutter and carried to the hospital : two of :t It. Stitart's suns, of the eating house it, George-street, were in company with young Mackreth. dint were buried in the ruins; one died the night, and the ether is said to be in a dangerous state. Several other persons were taken away, and we fear the injury they have sitsteined, not falai, will he of a Very merioll* , nature. During the whole of the night the street was crowd ed w 411 envious impairing friends; and, not withstaatlin; the falai accident, the firemen and City potties officers had g red! difficulty in preventing the idle cariosity of numbeis fiten .sisking a similar recurrence, as the remaining part of the building was expected to fall every moment. The street was Jaw icadued, neither carriages nor foot passengers were stir feted to pass. Carriages wire also prevented passing through Cot 'Mill, as the front of Mr. Carrolfe house remained in the a, • dangerous state. By the fell of Mr. Smith's wall, the Clearing house opposite had a great nit:alter of windows bro.. ken, but the Bankers' Gerks, who attend at that hour, for tiniatelv escaped ally injary. 111 consequence of the above melancholy event, the intil roadies weer not allowed to enter L mtbard-street ; they drew up in Combat And UNA' Ille hank ; the bags were conveye:i to them. - SHAMEFUL Outrage.—On Tuesday evening, a soldier, in the wadies!" of the tinarik, went into the 13 lack Boy pnolic h-Jose, Little Towei ibli, and •Iter drinking some beer, ten dered Pixpowe in payment, and ecti vv.! the change : lie ■ witty afters% anis insisted that the eitange had mit beta given to him, and although st veral of tile persons who were ' , sent and saw the money handed to him, entleaentired to 4'oll Chit . " 11011 that lie way unmakes), lie pee sisted in his deimind, and 41 alt went oat iliitateningvellgOilleeitg:lllllo eyed y person in it. to less 111.1,411%c inmates lie roan ned with 12 of his cointailes, sv in Wert 411141 tea et! in the neighboin hood, who immediately f need tiieniselsts 111(0 tile V3IIIIIIS 41141111u111 4 art thy house, armed themselves with the fire.irons, ac id commenced a ge- II 'gal attack ppm; the fiimily, customers, and proper!y. Se veral persons edecied their escape at the back part of thr premises, others %NAV di eadfully beat and wounded. On their 1:1111411tee they took possession of the bar, broke all hit bottles, and %vast eft the liquor. A man, his wile. and child viol! sitting there at supper; the child was loin lions the motile' and thrown into the fire place, the mother knocked down, - and the father taliumanly beaten. Sea cral neigh hones lie:trill the cry of murder assembled in front ki the house, bat were hatimidated try the violence of the solilicus, and witness , ' d their shameful conthict without bring :tide to prevent it. After riemoiishing the iadows, door, and the trading stork of the ii use, and compelling every' person to fly, they quitted Lie place. Ale. :‘lllold, the 1411111ord, eldleeted his (beads 8,1,1 set era' %smelting:it and went iipin , nit of the rioters. Also,' magma search he StiCreuded 111 taking Wile Of Wein into ensto.ty, lodged them in a w well-house. J, , vrmel says--" The advantage ol' salt to slictii is stroii,;ly exclopli tied by the of Mr. Curfeen sstearTing South lhovn this year. The fv:is vale le:fleetly wuntl, which Sas tardy the case. Fur wet siteauons, salt i. must valuable. Mr. lumen has ofi'Lote, and ant t slaga: bad herr, mini scarcely the upp,iirance LC a.O a u, t. OM UllOll The sleep on wile and turnip received sals atm Uwe' a ces.." itrdstsin. POLICE. CUI i.OHALL. George I leaue WAR Its - aught before the sitting Alderman, Sir Win. Demrilliu, far pieking a gentleman's pocket of his pocket-,t. I dLeit ii t, in Fleuut-steret, en Monday night. Mr. C. Camerfoi I, solicitor, Nu. 10, Copileall—costrt, motion-Area, said, he w:is passing in Fleet-street, (WA alas Clidurd's-* „un 1 / 1 11.ine.4s, when he - felt 4 sud.len Ing at his pocket, and, on taming round, saw the prisoner with one end of his silk-handket chief in his 1141111, fs hick he let go immediately on finding himself discovered. sta as animism being near the spot, the prisoner was taken into custody. Osi being pesticidal ly questioned, Mr. Canna - fort said the lianilkeriJnef was never entirely oust of his pueket ; the psi sumer had hold of one end of it, but shy detected before he obtained complete possession. Toe worthy Magistrate held that not to be a suffirient taking, and accordingly committed the prisoner to lake his trial I . llr the misdemeanour otil Mr. S. a respectable married gentleman, was bronght up by the parish officers of St. Nicholas Ohm, on a warrant or Lastardy. Elizabeth lluekinaster, the girl on whose evidence the warrant had been granted, was in appearance a mere child, although she stated herself to be IT years of age. She had lived servant in Mr. S.'s family far d short lime. Mr. S. said he should scarcely have known the girl by sight, , and had never taken the slightest Cl:intim-icy with ner. She was hired by his wife, and discharged by her a few days after AS an idle, good-for-nothing girl. The hiring, it appeared, took place on the 31.1:b 4 Ani, - ;:;:, !t•ft his service on 1 "7 :isupiember, sin( e fali:.ll period he had never sesr: or heard of her, site was stated to be in the thild month of her pregnacy. hit oath was then administe •ed, and the girl, with an ef frontery 141101 beyond her years, persisted in the evidence she had given. Mr. S. declared she had perjured herself, and was de termined to have the case fully investigated. Two respectable gewlemen then cum ed into tecugaitzauce for his appearance Al the Sessions. PA WN nitOliEn4.—Mr. Gray, a respectable pawnbroker in Flcet.strect, was sunu nuiied to 411511(0' the ellinillaint lit' Mrs. Jame Shepherd, 58, Upper Th Sillt,-street, for 111114,A hilly 41e. tensing I silver table-spoon. awl 6 tea spoons, her property, contrary to the statute. The complainant stated, that some time in August last, hav ing occasion. to ;F) out for short instance, she left the door half open : stud us her absence some person unknown entered the house, and stole the articles 10 question. Judging that the property was very likely to he pled4ril, she made, sn_ pussies at several pawnbrokers' shops, and at length discovered the property at Mr. tis ay's in pledge for :Ws. in the name of Elizabeth Green, lodger, in Thames-sts stet. No pes - sou of that name was to be Kassel according to that address, and 51s. Gray roused to dc:sver the properly, sinless paid the amount lent by him upon them. r.Gray, and several persons in the trade, on. his part, con. , tended he could not know that the properly was stolen ; the spoons had been legally pledged with Iwo, and lie had Scut nearly the valise uposi thesis. lle was not bound to kiwis or allow that they were the property of Mrs. Illeislteitt, oulil that tact was proved, oil the prosecution of the offender, anti that lie had a sight to detain thesis for Ilse purposes of such prose:cos:on. Oss reference to the Act of Parliament, is appeared, that in the case of property pawned without the pip/Sty of she owner, whether stolen or otherwise, the party to whom soils properly belonged was entitled, on snaking oath before one Magistrate to tile tact, to his warrant to search for the same ; cud such Magistrate was fully authorized and empowered to tinder z•taell property, if found, to be delivered to the owner or owners thereof, on proof of the °wises ship being made before him, on the oath of one dirisiterested witness. Mts. Shepherd's sister then made oath that the table spoon was the property of the complainant t but she would not swear to the tea-spoons, there being sto mask on them by which she could positively identify them as her sister's property. The table-spoon was, therefore, by us der of the Magistrate, sli; livered to Mrs Shepherd, and the six tea-spinsua were se taiued by Mr.6i ay. BOW STREET. For some time past Sion HOnee, the scat of the Duke of Northumberland, o UiCII is undergoing re s, has been phial. dried almost every night of lead and other articles to a large amount. Saturday week Davis and another Mamie saw calf, belonging to one Eggleston, tilled with lead, stop at a shop iu Tottenham-courtsroad, and the owner and Ins wire, assisted by a little lily, woe in:gonna:: to unload it, when Davis questioned him where lie got it ; and reeeiving a vague account, took them all three into custody. Eggleston then stated, that his wife had purchased the lead the same day of a Mrs. Prentice, at Brentford, at the rate of Ins. per cwt. and produced a hill and receipt for pail of the purchase money. The cart contained I I cwt. iu sheet and pig lend.— Mrs. Prentice, who is a dealer in marine stores, was accord. ingly applied to, and in conserpienee of her information three !Wined Donna, Hone, mud Smith, who had been e ID. ploy ed as join neyenen numbers t House, were taken into custody, and underwent an taltou On mid remanded. UNION HALL. Ann Sarah Weith, a young woman of respectable appear_ once, on Nlonday, ; preferred the foiloseing ell:lige against SW Reale, alias Brian', a man between 30 and 30 years of age, of genteel adds ess. Alomt three weeks ago the prisonet accosted the complainant lei all eremite: , walk tit %Vallwoo th ; a few ever logs subamptent to the first meeting she again saw l'im, when lie made at decimation of eitachnient to her, and wished to lie introduced to her Lunde. lie represented himself as the nij,he a at Mr. Beale of ikenutugton, and en titled, upon Cie death of that gentleman, to 81001. lie also stated, that he was dark to Mr. Berle, and !elided at the country home at Clapham. The complainant introduced klue to her lather end motber, by whom he Walt . eolioliteitql as as the fatale husband of their ilaagli lc r. Oil' Saturday week lie prevailed upon her t v accompany hitu to Kimideiglinl; lie their took a eimeit, ai.d co acted the driver to proceed .to the Elephant anti Castle. 11c iri'd heel" in the coach , but a few minutes, when he attempted to vi..late her person. She !sin ea omit :is loud as she was aide; shun he threatened to mordei her if she did Hot discontinue her vociferation*, and shocko tier beveral blows cu the head, and endeavoured, by placing his hand upon het mouth, to prevent fiat spreading all alarm The coachman heard her scre am-, stopped the coach, and upramtl the door, a hen hht i. tliately jumped Doty and, without her bonnet (which had bleu knuekednit in the struggle), reit in a stale of iii,tract son to the hooye of her paiusts, about a mile trout the brut where the transactiou u •••• • • -, - happened. She fell upon the floor breathless and e k ba na t e di, and fat a considerable tintelVlllainvil insensible. Her father stag d to the Alagistrate, that since the coulheentent he the prisoner, he had made impary reipeeting his fa m ily a nd can. flexions, and he had discovered that Isis real nmue wa s Bejaia, that he was a married 111411, RIO resided in M'ilson's.buildings, Kennington; his cirrunn•lanees were indigent, although his appear:wee was genteel; and hi. •it 4611;1'0 as to the ex. peetancy of 80901. upon the. ii .ttl; of ti r . v.. 45 tilsite o f foundati o n nr the other parts of las tale/1•f0. pa issuer dolled at tit .t that sins assatilt had taken is, th e coach,. hut afterwards admitted that monlething nopleasoof had hap. limited, and imputed it to intoxication. The censtat,t.s which the Magistrate passed upon his conduct he appeared to re gar I with ;great indifference, and proposed to Mrs. Webb, ;l ie m o th e r o f IL ie 'mullahs inatil, to compromim the affair fer snot of motley. Mrs. W. tejceted the ulcer with scorn, and he . was committed fur want of bail. hIARIAGROUGIi STREET. On \Wednesday a ease of the most outrageous description - was heard at this office. Mr. WIII. 1110WII, who is said to be part owner and iiiiver of the Beading and Newbory -stage- ' roach, was brought before the Magistrate, by virtue of a warrant that had been issued against him. lir. Life, a gen. Britian of great respectability, stated, that a few days lie was proceeding to Reading by the stage ; before he meant. oil the coach, he had inquired of the person who 11441 the charge of the horses, whether the seat by the coachman oil the bow Sas engaged ; being unit wered in the negative, lie took his seat thereon. Shortly after the prisoner Caine, and rudely . aildresiang Mr. Le', desired hiin to gait his seat, it being • eng4q;ed by d Baronet (Sir George Dyer). Mr. Lee answered, ll' any gentleman appeared to claim the seat, he would relic-. quisli it, bat not on the inandoe of the coachman. The pri soner. wais u at ceremony, collared Mr. Lee, and eirleas unrest to fusee him from J.:at ; Mr. Lee resisted. The coach. 111411 being unable to ascomplisb his object, left, fs4r the pair. - pose, as be said. of calling a constable, but retail nett with there or four ceded', and with violence Mr. Lee was dislodged. . Sir George Dyer expressed himself disgusted at the infamous proceeding, and 'assured Mr. Lee his conduct had b een gentlemanly, and the coachman merited p • lucent. Under these circumstances Mr. Lee preferred his charge of assault against biol. The Magi•trate immediately d eman d e d good nors.lies 1•ro.s1 the prisoner to answer the complaint at the en suing sessions. HATTON GARDEN. Wm. Connor was finally examitml, charged with passing a forged Dank of England note to Mr. Hutchinson, e! . .eesenionger, in St. John Street, and also for paving a forged tI. note, on the 16th instant, to 'Airs. Todd, in Tumulill Street 4 for passing a forged 11. Rank of England note to Todd, cheesen.onger, 4, St. Martin's le-Grand, on the ;th inst. ; for pusing a forge .1 O. Bank. of England note to Mrs. Shuler, groe?r, 55, Leather Lane. on the i3du instant ; and lastly for paying a tinged IL Rank of VtigLitid note to Mr. E. Hill., surgeon and apothecary, on the thtli in payment toga box of pills, whim' came to a dulling. In all the above eases. the prisoner gave a false name andaddress, and received the change. with the exception of the latter, when the prisoner, finding he was soli:au...l of giving a forged note, lett it with Mt. Din and effected his escape. The notes were all produced. ansi the above charges sworn to. A Bank Inspector prayed that all the notes were torgeries in every minx!. Tice pti-,oner war then Coln. mitted to Newbotte for t. nil. Pa. HA LLOR V4.—Satur:lay se'nnight this unfortunate gen tleman was It4l4oVed from Ne.wgitte, in pursuance of an order trout Lord Sidinouth, to the hulks at Woolwich, preparatory to transportation for seven years; being convicted et forging a Post-otfiee frank, with intent to defraud the revenue /If ten pence. He Was conveyed iu a post-chaise, by Mr. Brown, the Governor, in person. Previoas to quitting Noweatc, a most distressing scene took place between him, ON wile, (who is a very interesting young woman), and his children. On Mr. Brown's leaving him at the hulks, he expressed Iris gra titude and thanks for the kindness and attention helm!' expe rienced during Iris lung imprisonment in Newgate. Doctor Halloran appears to have officiated, under different names, us a clei if,yitraii, in vat ions parishes iii the kingdom. filthy year • l b w, l ie wa s settled at Parsley, in Gloucestershire, as Citrate to the Rev. Archdeacon Budge, uncle of the Bev. Mr. ftrrdgr•, of Lunt:house ; and he catillacted himself so well, opt* W 43 thought so popular a Preacher, that Inc ginned an easy 4 , 1- mission into most of the families residing in that place and neighbourhood; and at one of the visitations of the Ascii deacon, lie was requested to preach before the Clergy ; and so highly was his Serrooll approved of, that Inc was ilestre.l to publish it, which he diii tinder Bat name of ltirla•.nair, suit . dedicated it to Archdeacon Badge. ATTl‘iiiiPT AT SIJICIDE.—Mr. Varney, who keeps an eating intAy house in Newcastle Street, Straits!, made a desperate attempt en his life. Ile was carving a joint of intin at the window in niaeltop. . when he saddenly applied the carving knife to his Leek undestlie left ear, and intlietixt a most dreadful wound on the side of his threat. One of the servants was standing mar at the time ; and ea seeing Me blood run down the knife and on the counter, was so overcome that he could render his ma=ter no assinance, butgave a lou,! si3riek and ran away. Mrs Varney and others Mund. the unMrtnnate nun ir. . that condition ; they sent for Mr. Caton, a surgeon, who dres..ed the vround, but pronouneed hint to be in great (unmet-. Mr. V4lfley was in flourishing circumstance., and no CALLai: e.ei be 44 ..ignea foe the act. A private in the First Regiment of Guards received .7r , 0 lashes in the '1 ilt•yartl e . last week. for disposing of his necessaries ; this is the fourth time of punis•,.nent within these six months ; he has only . been one year in the Regiment, and enlisted train the Marines. We learn, from one of the first Yorkshire Roust*, that very eiden. sive orders for woollemelotlis have !Yell received within these few days, both from Attu sera and the countries borderirg on the Baltic.— our house alone has received an order to the amount of 60.0001. . from Russia. A Rath Paper says.—" We understand that a pair rf stays. such as are generally want by the Ufti.Arsity Dow/icA. has been depo,red among toe ceriosities of the Ashinolean Museum, Oxford, ter the puri•ose of transmitting to posterity an idea of Ma extreme height.; of effeminacy and absurdity to which a cumpliaoce with the Whvois of fashion had been able to reduce the sons of Englishmen. in the yea:. Ibis! l'he report. that previous to Abraham Thornton hawing sailed Air Aintrica, he had conh-sscil the murder of Mitre Aililorti, in a lctrtr addressed to Mr. ftlackstoek. Clerk to ;he - Magistrates of Livernool, has been positively contradicted by Mr. 8:alltstook. A mixture hits been icevolly road. at Slotten.llll of its In:lnv as an Mina , d of au hundred and twelve pock:l , 4olW CLI. or, as ihoy %N or e en/S l ed, omens, itt compm tomtits, in centre of which pacaoges, silk, gesives, plate g l ass, seems, 10 some mitt 11111 l , Acre found secreted. Dort. TV B reit fats.—:L mttaing tot* place r.t Chalk-fai•n at an early Incur on Wialnesday morning, betweiai two 114112:4 men, the Earl of 11.—..—asap -Lank W—. anent; .d by two nt. frientis, the Earl of and Loot after an exchange cf 3:itits, the ay.:antis iiitatered, and a reconciliation took So great is the progress of the stziamen 4 ine, we way expect tto t e e it shortly in u,e' ail every trade and occupation. Tlitre im wit a manilla:my of 5110e3 by steam at liettenat, in full activity. - . • - tea