The National Register. — London, England, 1820-04-24 00:00:00

I Extract of a leiter dated Wakefield, April Id:—" must relate to you an alftir .0 occurred in this part of the world, whieit you e ?loot read without indig nant feelings. A Wall 11:1111ed CIVarki•VOIIII, the o f a respectable innkeeper a few itil!ts distant, was ri :Mg through tile town of Overton it a cart, avcompailied by another person. 'I his was . inq after tile defeat at Grange-moor; and Charleswiddi was overtaken in Overton by an ollieer and a cergeant, who %%We returning from the scene of action. The sergeant held iu his hand a pike taken from the Itadicals; and Charlesworth, it appear-, had that same morning recta% ed a visit from a party of them, who had broken onen his house, whirh rendered him familiar with die %%rapt!' they cair.e.l As the sergeant was passim , C113111•SWIK.Ii observed to his companion, that the spear iii his hand exacly re, &entitled that the Radicals had foond at his house in the nionimg. The officer, who perhaps Iteartl imperfectly what Ctiarlesworili said, mined round to the sergeant, and ordered hint to rim him thiongh the body. The sergeant hesitattd, the officer repeated his order, and he then struck him a blow on the head, which deprived him of his senses. Smite of the bl-stairders, of this, attempted to drag Charleswortli away, and to carry him into a blacksmith's shop close adjoitiiii2.; hot, in lilc ;ICI of doing so, tile sergeant made a 11111451 at him, and wounded him in the side. Part of ihis story is from tile lips of Charlesworill hinisel., who could not tell toe whole, because he WilS insensible after the first bl.,tv was struck. The rest is confirmed by eye-wtmsses, which, as the affair occurred in the middle of the town of Overran, were sufficiently numerous to leave little doubt of the moo The wound Citarlesnorth received was Si Sevin. as lor soon . time to be consider, .1 danger' us, but be is now reemering. The men who rescued ono chink It st have been killed tad litr their interference. Tor uncle of Chad, sworth is a malt of considerattle property, and, I understand, is deter mined to set k redress by a prosecution " IRELAND.—A wan on and barbarous minder as ever we recollect to have heard ot, was perpetrated of Sacur clay afterimoit, between the limos nl two 311(1 three o ' clock, on the Naas road, at a pl ce called King's-e. about six ieti es limn I)iittliii. A ooy about twelve years (0 age, of the it tine of Bryan Reilley, the son of a carpenter, tit the employment ul A rabin, Es(' lilt his father's house with a pitcher 01 milk, and was going along the toivl to his pl .ce of destinatiou, when a soldier, armed with his musket. &e., was passing in the saute direction, and the boy, being at the distance of five perches from hin , dirtied routri to look at him, when, drearlitil to relate, the soldier levelled his milsk.-1 and fired at him ; the ball entered his head at one ear and Caine out at the other; he instatitaneotisly dropped a lifeless corpse. lite wretch wen' op to the body, aim finding he had committed murder, looked around him to see if there were arty witnessesof the crime, and p. r (Tieing a young W 0111•111, he deliberately loaded his mus knelt down upon one knee, and took aim at her , but fortunately site escaped into a house, which sto• entered and closed the door; there was also anotner w. - 'less, a pedlar of the name of Patrick Bacon, who also hid self. The murderer then turned back, and as soon a 3 he was at a siifficient distance, the young woman, whose. name is Nlary Pitl-teon, alarmed the neighbour hood, and immediately the country people assembled, and, headed by that very active officer, Mr. J. Fitzge rald, belonging to the Tallaght walk, pursued the ruffian, who, when he found them close on hint, re peateclly presented his musket, as if ready to fire at the first that came near him. During this proceeding one of the countrymen, having got in his rear, knocked hint down, when he was instantly disarmed and secured, and Mr. Fitzgerald, with the assistance of the country people, brought him to Clundalk in, before J. kiarkness, El. a magistrate of the county, who, has iog taken the information of Mary Pidgeon and Patriek Bacon, committed him to the coun.y gaol, Kildtaithenti.— He will be tried at then next comanissioti, on die V-Itit of 'text June. Extract of a letter from Athlone :—o NVe regret to state, that the Ribbonmett have again commenced their lan less proceedings in this part of the county of Ros common. %Ve were led to hope that the examples riarle at the late Assizes, in this and the neighhoiniiT counties, tvottlil hate had the elket 4 , 1 ioducir.•,; otiose miscreants to desist front a further verse% era lire lil 111ci• nefarious prat tiers; but we lament that our hopes nt this aspect have proved delusive. On the night of Sun day the 9111 instant, a banditti forcibly entered an out house I elonging to a Mr. Wade, a gentleman who res.:des at Nnigrot e, in the parish of I)rioni, and barony of Athlone, and plucked the wool Irmo oft thirteen or his sheep, aline. This banditti .:Iso attacked Nlr.NVarle's herdsman smile time since, from whom they took a hlutt dcrhu•s; and, on the mein ofNlooday, the 10:11 inst. an armed banditti Of these nocturnal marauders attack(' tile houses of seteral perquis in the sa u te parish am' barony, front the roots or which they stripped toe thatch, and, amongst the rt•st those of Jas. :%1 111.amigh, of ; Glynn, and Patrick Noon, of the t apa c e of Croticarti ; and 'l•hout.ts Iteddington, of Rocklield; the latter of 5% limn, iu consem.. lice of his refusing to open his door to the banditti, %viten they demand..4l admittance, became a tictini to their t‘ li ge:nice, hat tte..; been fired at through the door, and shot dea(l.—A Comfier's Ippon st has been held on the body. and a %tido.' of Wilful Murder tenoned. •1 his minit tottate man has left a tt in. and six children; and thou_ h he had it sided neaifv sal years in the tweiOiliouri, where he• ma, titi.r.itied, it scents that he had not be( ti a stifficnnit It t4;tll of time in the cotton-) to eolith 1 i t . to rctlia! 11 onuo,lcstc•d, accoldlog nt the t tl.• theseof ltith:ll., ttho th.(:-.re them <lctcnuinate•l. hot w pt rout nc Filson to hold Lind, whose land) 11.. S 1144 bleu Rsidclll u.l ul.Nantls(ti fill years; and, f:u:•c ant to Ihts 1.111 V., tion , cs hate brew serted npoit inhabitants, %%loch, iii many instances, hats hod tit. effect of intimidating t h em, and inducing thou ill give up the possession of Ibur holding's." . • MLR were yotcrJ.ly THE NATIONAL REGISTER. lied with the sight of French !won, and new potatoes, the first of %se h.,te seen this year. The 61.3;), are as large and well t ; riitvii as usual in July. The pota toes are generally (sonic larger) of the size Of pigeon's eggs, and hush would be thoogi.: vahh,hle tarities at thin season even in the epicurean city of Paris. The following is an extract of a letter from Chester, dated Tuesday evening :—A grand meeting of Delegates is expected to take place, somewhere in Manchester, in a day or two. It is said their object is to concert a plan for a general rising. I can state this from the best authority, founded on information given to the Police. The body of Magennis was buried in St. Mary's Church-yard, Chester, on Sunday night. The Stockport Radicals had made great preparations so receive it there " Dealrucliue Fire. —Au alarming fire broke out at Munsel Cottage, the residence of Capt. Bagot, near Bagshot, on Monday afternoon. It was an ancient wooden building, and was reduced to a heap of ruins in less than an hour. The coach-house and stabling and two hay rietis were also destroyed, and two eettages were partially burnt. The fire was first discovered in a drying-room over the kitchen, and the conjecture is, that it arose from a beam in the kitchen chimney. The loss is heavy but providen tially no lives were lost. The premises were insured. Saturday evening, about half past eight o'clock, as the Chatham coach wit; driving throu g h the Bo rough, a woman, named Morgan, attempted to cross opposite St. Thomas's-stri:t t, the leaders unfortu nately knocked her down, and the coach passing over her hotly, killed her on t e spot. The poor woman had only been married about nine months. A Paris Pupa :mummers the arrival of Lord Whitworth and the Due css of Dorset, at the Hotel de l'Empire, Rite d Artois, in Paris, from Italy. Several placards, ,o the fidlowino- diabolical pur !tort, were posted on the walls of Sheffield, early on Thursday morning:— " BE ON THE ALERT!!! " The Butchers arc ready for human slaughter. " The Committee tor Otganization lint this district make this unusual communication to their patriot fellow-citizens, in con• sequence of our e.iennies having received information, from sonic traitor, of our intention to assert our rights forthwith: the Grand Central Committee have thought it advisable to deter the period till the 7th day of the sth Tenn, at which time prepare your bodkins, tellers, and feelers, fiir the execution of duties necessary tit every good subject to perform. " 4 Tenn. 20. " J. C. Secretary." Lord Echo's Edinburgh troop of hussars, and twenty of the Glasgow troop, with a piece of flying artillery set off at 11 o'clock on Thursday right fir Kilmarnock ; this detatchment proceeding to Kil marnock, Galston, and ewmilis, apprehended 16 radicals, who were sent off prisoners to Ayr, under the escort of the Edinburgh troop. The inhabit ants of the different towns showed no disposition to resist the military. We understand among the penons apprehended for treasonable practices, in Glasgow and the neigh bourluxxl, are several persons above the common ranks of lite ; and some, whofrom their employments, might have been expected to have acted differently ; a clerk in a public office, and a set jeaut in a res pectable corps, arc said to be of the number, and some, who, by industry, have raised themselves to a respectable situation in life. By the annual account of the number of broad cloths milled at the several mills in the West Riding of York, it appears that there has been a decrease since the last year of 61,061 pieces of broads, anti of Q 0,614 of narrows—in yards, a deficiency of 2,67.'2,102. The greatest number of broad pieces milled was in 1813, being then 369,890 ; and there was a deficiency from that quantity in tl:c six following years of 106,512 pieces At Carnarvon Sessions, an action was brought for a breach of promise of marriage, Hughes v. Rowland. The plaintiff is the daughter of a respectable farmer, anti the defendant also a farmer, residing in Llyn, in the same county. The damages were laid at ::001. The case was clearly proved; and the Jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict fur the plaintiff—Damages 51. At the late Cornwall sessions, in the case of Wm. Hodge, for publicly exposing his wife finr sale at Retlrutli, mid IVilliam Andrew, for purchasing her, the husband did not appear, anti his recognizances were forfeited. Ihe woman, who appeared as a witness, stated, that her husband bad so frequently ill-treated her, anti expressed his determination of selling her, that she was indficed to submit to the exposure to get rid of him. She, however, admitted that she had lived with the defendant, hcr purchaser, betitre she teas publicly sold to him—ft is hoped that the punishment inflicted in this case, and the determination of the Magistrates to visit every such offence in future with the severity of the law, will pa a stop to a practice which has latter ly occurred iu dulerent parts of the country. On Wed.. &silo) all ernoon a it timber of per.ns col lected upon Beaviri Hil:, near Halitax, ith a flag and ir tisk ; they met a4..in about u;ne o'ciock, in , the sante place. Tlicy set fire to a lmedlc of straw, tlicharged several pistuLs, threw up a :Iy-roel.et, and then tlispersetl. i:;1 • 61,AMtiolV. APRIL I)..Notis alcpr•- hrnded oil the morniinz of %Veilliesday, the:, li and said to be Itidie.il IY•legaies, ha% v 111 been without bail. 'Flit v %%A: all eottoii-spitineri. This morning, about two o'clock, s p 'lry of tin: Comity patrol, under the direction x;u;d:•r Sheriff's linth Constrble, surrounded a ttm•utcut i t 8.1. rowsfield, containing about 411 fautiitcs, principally, it not wholly cotton spinners, for the prrpos.. 01 sec - wit, a man named IValsh, supposed a zealous diseipk of Brayshaw. Every movement aas made with caution, to avoid alarm. 'I he seizure was effected without none. T w o Radicals were apprehended at Nlilnaayse, this morning. Parsies of intlitar, on horseback, an.l on sprtug, carriages, leaving the town late at night an I ret Uniting with prisoners in the morning., occur alinusit daily. The civil authorities of Renfrewshirc, accompanied by some constables, and a small narty of militazy, arrived at Kilharchan early this morning, and seized lour men, suspected of being concerned its the late treasonable confedracy, and brought them into Paisley for exa ❑iiitatiOPt. On Friday and Saturday Cabinet Councils were held at the Foreigu-office, in Downing Street. The members assembled at two o'clock, and continued is deliberation till nea► five on each day. The Duke of Sussex is to preside at the installa tion of Sir W. C. De Crespiguy, as Provincial Grand Master of the county of Hants ; and a grand inns:. cal festival is to be given at Southampton on the occasion. According to the latest accounts from Glasgow and Paisley, every thing remains quiet, and nu Collier disturbances are at present apprehended. The Sessions fin. the City and County of Coventry were held by adjournment on Thursday, the 13th instant, when a true bi►l was found against Vr. Cobbett, for an assault at the booth during the late Election. Mr Hall has published a letter, requesting that all the members of the General Committee of Ma nagement appointed by the several associations at Ilenderson's hotel, in October last, will Assemble at that hotel on Monday, the Ist of May next. then and there to execute the important trust ire posed in them, and vigorously and effectually to prosecute the several petitions confided to their care, in both Honses of Parliament, in the ensuing Ses sion. He further requests that as many petitions lb possible may be transmitted to the Committee at Henderson's hotel, on or before the Ist of May ; every such petition to be accompanied by a respect ful and pressing letter, signed by ten or a dozen, or as many as may be convenient, of the constituents, to the Member of Parliament to whom such petition is intended to be confided fir presentation to the House. Nesbet, who is committed for trial for the murtl , -.T of Mr. Parker and his housekeeper, at Woolwich, was formerly a serjeunt in the artillery, and W. 1.1 tried, whe❑ on duty at Malta, for murder, and fliuni guilty of manslaughter. His tvife is a very respec table woman, and keeps a chandler's shop three doors from the residence of the late Mr. Parker. They have six children, the eldest of whom is a boy, about fifteen years of age, who was taken into cus tody after the apprehension of his Either at Ports mouth. This so afflicted his mother, that she attempted to hang herself, but was fortunately saved, and the lad's innocence of any knowledge of the murder was so evident, that he was immediately discharged, and a gentleman in the neighbourhool has since taken the lad into his service. Nesbet, since his committal, appears to be in good health, and not dtjceted Ly his situation. His appetite is good, and he expresses himself satisfied with t!:...1 treatnient he receives. He is not now hand,:uffe,l, but two men arc constantly with him. Flo: ring the 1666unnten.—On Tuesday last, the six deluded men, who were convicted at the las: Longtiird Assizes, arrived at Ballymena, under escort of a part Of the 4:hl regiment, and the Staff of the Antrim :Militia. They were met in town by the Ilasharkin and Ahog;hill corps of Yeomanry ; who, together with the military composing the escort, formed a circle round a plathirtn, which hail been erected on the Fair Inn tin the occasion. The I ligh Sheriff, Earl O'Neill, a large body of the Nlagistracy, and a number of gentlemen front various parts of the county, attended on the occasion. " Mercy seasoned justice'' in the execution of the sentence; the pu nishment was inflicted in such a manner as not to excite commiseration fir the (Ale:niers while it slimed to a large concourse 01 people. who wit nessed the scene in solemn and rel.& etful silence, that the laws of the century wilt 1101 he trampl, d upon with impunity. It is to be hoped that tLe example may have a due tfleet. It appears that Ow iate duel butween Mr. Pat ellitism. and of Coll:, ori.:inat,d in it misunderstanding resFecting a C;rand Jury Pre Fent. ment. 'rho retnn is in cu:.tot'y %vim 0.• sonabie cn the Isi of aiuil nt Eal:ror. By this i t thue trill he atilt:PA Ir which to attics ute \t% rtitttu• of thAt tActit!in:.y