The National Register. — London, England, 1823-04-06 00:00:00

I IT 10004 , • .• . • 1 i ~ A curiont tnainustance • occenreel at Wtist FarleiGh, Kent, last week. A man who is deqf and dieneb, watt into a house occupivil by two men, named Larkin and Savage, ,who lire bosh totally Mud, and stole a loaf of 'bread. Tar wife of Siiraftx Molt discovered the robbery, send Brent in pursuit of the thief, accompanied by her husband and his blind companion. Thty ran a coin'. doable ths:ance, led uu by the wife; and at leneth over took the robber, wide whom they had a most despi rale ecintei the Jihad man were, however, victorious, and succeeded in c aptiitiug their antagonist, althou4ll the tatter, (reins his strewth and eyesight, hail deculeffly • tjte *testae' advantage osier his afflicted brethren. •2'k case.of importance to tradesmen has been decided .toy theXtnennissioners of 'nava for - the Birmingham Alisttiet. A,Scotels hawker was surcharged for four per • woos employed by hint as travellers on iisot, for the tale . • ..ol 'linear"- tee. &c. and as it apiAned in evidence that the parties, although travelling with a licence, were CM- Ynloyrd lit the rale of goods not their own property, ilie .Ctoonsiss.oiters confirmed the surcharge, amounting to 201. About one o'clock in the lonising of Wednesday last, the noose of Mrs. James (who keel.' a small situp out . Baking lye, in Suffolk), was attacked by a gang of men (timed with bludgeons. One man entered the bed-room .I.; tvlsiCll -he, with her mother, aged 84, and a young women, her niece, slept, by breaking the glass and haute of the window ;• her man mounted the ladder to suppoit his compaitiou a third rem:tatted below. ,The man iu the room demanded her ttttt tie), and kepi, nod taking her pockets ' desired to know how notch attottey was in ith and • being odd about 41., swore that if she ditkpet get mitre tomantly, he would kill her, but on the cry of " Nluriler" Inim, the niece, he threw t • e pocks is out of the window, .and the three departed. On fru is log the mats at the window, Mrs. .James sm; of bed and,weitt (tows' ,stairs tor a sword that the had ill the house, expecting to attack the nun !)( fore lie should have mitered tit • ruidn'; not ti Ming ..the sword, she took up a hook, which he who was to the bed-room knocked out of h r hand, and gave her a very violent blow on lieT right arm, and another on the lace. The villains' thin drCailsped. • DREADFUL AcCIDERT —A must melancholy acci 41ent occur,ed on Wednesday lest to Mrs. Pcarmaii, the wife of the singer of this Dante, as she was elrivitag.her husliaod's gig, to her own house in . gilsloll Crescent.— ) avegs that Pow ini4n hail driven his wife to Cuient.garden theatre iii the morning, end, as was cuss tawary s sae Was drorstg home alone. Out reaching the ;sass roars at the top of Tottenham-court-mad, and turn-. istg down the Islew.road, towards Eu ll Square, she was suddenly hemmed in on hoth sides lay two Padding. „toetaitages.,; the drivers of which, with that brutal itieif femme for which.they are so shamefully distingoished, }.stead of pulling op, drove on with fury. The conse. queue; was, that the gig was overturned, and the laity „nolo! tunately fell beneath one of the CO.lll witeels, which., 'mesmeriser one of her legs, immediately above vie wide, fractured the limb so horribly, that the bait only hung by a 'sump purloin of the muscle. She was liuntediately picked ill), and removed with care to her _lionise, where she was shortly afterwards attended by a e ,i(geon. itVe understand that It was necessary . to per lotto amputation in the evening. It was some time be• .1 ire ),Ir. Pearotait became acquainted with the accident. I I is feelings may fiemore easity•imagined than described. A--We trill!. that the ruffians who were the cause of Mai re.olftif oniureace may receive that chastiientent which their negligence richly deserver. Mu R USK. —Oit Monday the 24th inst. an inquest was held sit the White Bear, at Butierisouse-green, near Stockport, before J. Hollins, Esq. Coronet, and a most relievable jury, on the body of betty Shallcross, a single woman, servant hi Mr. R. C. Money, of Wondley, ,n the sante neigblesorhood, who was most barbarously mindere(' on the preceding Friday night, amid discovered the nest mousing about ten o'clock, m one of the out buildings, with her throat cut. The body, when Nowt, 'was its a sad bloody state, cold and still, a i ncl mangled in the most horrible manner, having a deep incision on tote neck, and a large gash continuing Iron it to the shoulder—three drsadlul woutids tiptitt the head, in. .21:cted by a blunt instruittent--4 cut on the right thumb to the bone, the whole length black mark on the left hand, the effect of a heavy b10w...-1 violent donut:ion on herforchead —and her lip black and swelled. From the circumstance becoming known that the young wo. titan was in a pregnant state by a person of the name 01 Pillows, a fanner, at Israioltall, also in the neighbour. who had for screral years pawl his addresses to it was thought adeisahle to have hint apprehended. The invesnganoti before the Jury occupied ten hours— a vetilict of wilful murder against Samuel Fallow* war returned, and he was committed accordittgly to Chester Castle, to lake his fetal at the eirmitita assizes. Cannon.--Amongst the number of advertising tawny lend ers, whose tempting proposals appear in the public priuta, is one who offers to procure the acceptanc..l (to hills for mode rate amount) of firms whose respeetuhi.ity will ensure their being discounted by their bill-brokers, upon the party, for whose ac commodation'aucb acceptances are procured, paying A reasonable doesceur afire per cent. and lodging idequatelaie runty, to be approved of, is the bands of a hanker minted.— ;111e panty applying fur the acconsmodation, being eatisGed upon its interview ut a pubfur tavern with the name* of the proposed acceptors, is then directed to draw the bill, with which t:ie ad vertiser departs for a short time, and on his return delivers it over to the drawer, with the proposed acceptance, and Wade payable at the honkers, on receiving the Aucaer agreed upon ; and engage'', as soon es the securities aze lodged and approved 'of, to meet the drawer spin, if required, gall get the bill dis counted, by his OWII bill-broker. The sole übjeas of this trick to defraarl the.drewer of the dorwear, for on going .to lodge the securities, the acceptance proves to he a forgery, and the tleluded sutferer learus that then hers been auuterous uppli estions.there, under precisely aimilur circumstances. B ING AND NeeTe.—The fo..iiier lest Mr. Ilancock's in Little ht. James's-street, on Tuesday, for Brighton, in training. —lle will return to his old training Once at Reigate in a Neste has turned performer us the board, of the Bath liteairr, to spar t. ids anon named Sway, in Tom and Jerry, at litnral salary. SO.IIII, dislike this son of training. . ' 11. q I , ! , • ~, .~ ... i ~' . ±~ i, ~, ~~ ~1. ~t . • ~~~. i¢~: T NAT :ONAL_ItXI 7/01 • A large 0111i4ity of fine mackerel arrhiett at Bil lingsgate y y morning, by. Imid.carriage, the average price of which was 41. per hundred. On Tuesdity awning Daniel Angel, the Norfolk .pedestrian, started at a quarter past five o'clock in the morning, on a piece of road one mile and three quarters long, from the Horse and Gate Inn, Chat teris, leading towards Hurseway, to do 72 miles in 12 successive hours. The road was in such bad 'noiedition, that he had in several places to run nearly up to the top of his high shoes in mud; besides in the morning it was so dense a fog:that he could not scarcely see ten yards before him, and it was near soon before it broke up ; but under ail these disad vantages, he finished 59 miles and a .half in ten hours and twenty minutes, when he appeared rather distressed, and having 12 miles and a half to do in one hour and forty minute's, his friends advised him to give up. There is little doubt bat Angel would have accomplished the arduous task under more favourable circumstances. He appeared in a quarter he ' of an .hour, to be as well as if , had never tan at all and laid friends offer to back him for 501. that he dues it in the month of May. The Duke de Nirernois was a little man, with an agreeable, open, and engaging countenance, but so ex tremely thin that taii friends at Paris called hint the Po litical Sylph. When he first lauded, with his suite, at Doter, -two or three old sailors were-walking along the beach Observing the bustle, " Hey 1 what's this?" said one. " Ohl the French Ambassulorl he has just come out." " Lard I exclaimed another, "to what. have we reduced the French iliir'iig this wart only con ceive, .when..l was prisoner in France,.two or three yearsago. - that Ambassador, whom you see like a wi thered applejoliti, yonder, was one of the fattest fellows that walked the streets—he quite waddled." When this was told to the, Duke, he was delighted, and used often to relate it at his own table as a happy instance of, national humour. DEATH BY Flogrtsro.—An inquest wasilseld on Friday afternoon, at the Six Bells, opposite..Hammer sniitlaCburch, before Mr. Stirling, the coroner, on view. of the body of William Friberg, *vho, lost his life in a a pugilistic encounter on Nlonday last, in company with a man named Hedges, when a Minute arose between them respecting a late fight between the deceased and Dully S h-s--they acomdingly ptoceeded to blowt, and in the allay the.deeeased. received a blow under • the right ears-of whinh „he did .not recover..--It was also proved the deceased ,shuck his opponent twice before it was returned, and the, Jury returned a xerdict 0f..- justifiable bur. ride. DREADFUL Free.-LSoon after ten o'clock on Thursday sight last en alarming fire broke out on the premises of IMr. eakley, child-bed-linen warebouse, in High-holborn, between biza-street and French-horn-yard. The games were first dis covered by a young man passing by, bursting through the shop shatters, and he having made an alarm, every means were re sorted to to warn the inmates of their danger ; ladders were placed against the windows to assist theta in making their eueape, but no person made their appearance, and it was feared they fell a prey to the devouring element, which bad gained an Alarming asoeudeney, and the greatest fears were entertained (or the tenements in the rear of the house, in French-born-yard, as also the houses on the right and left of the one on fire. The toad in front was strewed with furniture of every description. that had been removed form the neighbouring houses, and the greatest confusion prevailed, till many of the fire engines arrived, and having obtained a plentiful supply of water, soon abated the devastation that presented ilia The roof of Mr. Weakley's house fell in with a tremendous crash, carrying with it the en tire front of the building, which was precipitated into the road AL NON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, NEW BRIDGE STREET. Bxecturniens, EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL—ONE PILLION. INSURANCES falling due at LADY-DAY, will expire, unless renewed within fifteen days from that period. The Company's Rates and Conditions are of the most reason able description:—no Charge is made for Fire Policies, when the Premium exceeds 33. t—no Admission Fine is charged on Life Insurances .—a liberal commission is slowed to Solicitors, and other., who effect Life Insurances;—and every facility is afforded by which the ltucrest and convenience of the public may be 'promoted. WARNER PIIIPPS, Secretary. BIRTHS. • In /Milbank row, %Yearnlnner, Mrs. David Green, or a Inn. Mre. 'lliomas Greenfield, ul so•lhasoptun braidings, t. bailee)) lane, of • danalder. The lady of W. Compton, rm. of Frederlck's place, of a daughter. The lady of Mr. Knowles, oi lune cross of a ilauelder. In Molstworth street, Debliu, the lady of &pt. Bei heir)", of the ito)al Essilerrs, of a ilacighlei. MARRIED. At St. George'. chore+. Hanover vinare, Capt. Jamas Urology, of the Grenadier eldest sun ol the lion. Robert Lindsay, of to Anne, eldest daughter of Fir C. Trotter, of Grosvenor wont:. bert. At the same piece, Lord rein., to Miss Howard, daughter of Mr. Iluwe, d, of 11.14.1' tirosserior street. Al .t. Ventral new chnieli, (01. Adams, of Great OrMond street, to Gabrielle, third delights*. of John While, req. lute of Selborne, iii Ilanypshioe. At Cauttebory; Mri.dt. T. 11111. enrgetin, Ike. of else Lambeth road, to Susanna, youngest (laughter of she !ale Mr. Jager, of Canterbury. At Stamford, air. John Back, to Visa, second daughter of J. Mills, of the above place. • At Hr. George's In the East, Mr. S. Bridge ' Jun. surgeon dentist, to Miss Elisabeth Chost, 1,1 brunt %Storey hall, Finchictiel(l. Fosses. At St. Sepulchre's, Mr. L. Edmonds, Jun. solicitor, bkinser street. Snowbill, to Miss Mary Tucker, of the same pIACC. • oli the With nit., at Edinburgh, the Right nun. Lord Wessel, to the 1100. \I ins DI EJ.). At hie house In Park street, Ortfrelior square, John 8. esti. aged 8.. yams. In Cuomo soca', Mayfair, Mary Anne ' eldest dapghter of the Rev.. ‘Vin.(towlenough, rector of N1...Th.11 le Fen, I.lnrolnaltlrs, and putt slaughter of the Itight Nev. the Lout Itishop of CRAW,. At his chambers In New inn. Edward Fialiwlck. e. 7. age 4 711. At his haste et Upper clapten, Mt s. Llicabeth Laudpotiortfe of P.. es'. Al his house at Stales', John Thlstlewoort, esq. ape IP. In CoOlto4th low. Janie, May, .sit. Mr.. Neste, of Upper Thames street. aged W. tot.enits, the rifle of It..lonts, can. of Metcalf. On the 7:+O nit., at his bowie in Bedford grieve, kihton, Sir Jots Dilater, Al. mato of London, in the 74th year of bla rye. 4, ~.. .-- I.ONDON M,4 &E2'l. CORN EXCHANGE; Ittosiikt, MAucH 31. Our supply of grain of all deseriptitins was short, and IMP htipsetitions orbit week were Weenies Whited. consisting of 4,238 quarter; of Wheat, - 3,6h9 of 4.372 quatters of Malt. 9.641 quarters of English Oats, 7‘2111 qrs.of Irish Oats. 2.336 quarters of Beane, 613 quarters of Peas, sad 10,46 e sacks of how: Ahhough the supply is small yet pain is not much in demand this morning. and very hule business haisyet been done.—white Wheat may eactainly_ be quoted at Wednes day's mites, and Barley also supports the_ price of that day.-- English Oats ate likewise as dear as on Wednesday, but Iriah Oats are heavy and the demand for them very small. Other grain 'Mahn without alteration from our last. CORN EXCHANGE. Fatnaw,,Awatt. The supply of Wheat sad Flour continues moderate. and of other grain a very short supply has been brought ituo the mar ket. Vey little business flu, however. been done. ,and the attendance of consumers has been thin. Wheat may be nomi nally quoted at Wednesday's prices, but Barley is very heavy is axle at that day's quotations. Oats. if any thing, are loOking up, in consequence of the smallness of the arrivals, but the opening mice this day cannot be quoted higher than on Wed nesday.. Beans and Peas are without any variation. Some reduction is expected in Flour at the close of the market—in fact. for some time the top price has been nominally 505.. and any at::mpt to effect sales must have been at t reduction. 4 CURKEN'I PitICI Per :1-.3 OF .GRAIN FOR TI rear Mensal e of Eight Bashi 1 MOSIVA V• WESINKSI). 36 a 48 36 a 48 66 a 160 46 a 50 1 52 a 58 52 a 53 24 a '4lO 24 a t;0 _3O a 31 3b a 37 52 a GO 52 a GO 121 a 231 VI a 24 23 a 25 1 23 a 26 26 a 30 I 26 a 30 120 a 321 26 a 32 1 : t Y a a 4 1 4 0 ' . i 2 a 4 0 28 a 33 28 a 15 I 98 a 241. a 364 241. a 28i. Old Wheat New Red Wheat New Waite,dry„, Rye Bailey Pale Malt Feed outs drew yr dos Nevefiek Leans Old ditto New Pi;eini ditto Ruilinx Pcuse they Itioeseeli per lust FOREIGN. American Dantsic, • • •, • • • • Riga And Wismar Russia and VI ies. laud ditto Rye Barley Feed Oats ...... Brew or Poland do. Pigeon Metr os. * Boiling Pease .. Grey Pease burred yer qr. a ••••• :18 a 42 20 a 21 . 18 a 2 1 12 aJO 10 a 12 10 a IS 1 8 a 10 I 8 a 10 10 a IS I 10 a 12 _ a 1 -- a _ a — _.a...i. .... n —.— , a .-- -- a ....- a 38 a 42 20 a 24 I E WEEK, FRIDAY. I. a. 36 a 4$ 46 a 30 St a bt. 21 a 30 30 a 37 SY a 6/1 91 a 14 23 a be 28 a 26 a 39 28 a J 4 b 9 • 40 88 a 33 SW. m Yd, a; 38 a 4$ SO a $4 Id a VP -i a sr. 10 a IN M a IV Id a 1t 11• Mi. ./B•M a MIL ... 4 ........ • - AVE,RAGEPUICE OF CORN, Per Quarter, of tberwilte Maritime District.. of ENGLAND and WALLS, fur tlil Week eluding 29t11, extraded from Sattuday Gazette. , Wheat... 50a Id I Barley... 338 .1d I Beans . 294 bd aye .... 20s 4d Oats..., 21s 241 1 Peas ... 3ss PRICE OF FLOUR. Per Sark of Five Bushels, or MITA. • .s• a. Muuday. a. s. Fine Enilnh Fluur 45 a 50 Norfolk &Soffuik . 55 a 4Q Seconds ditto .... 40 a 45 Wyst Lousitry 40 a 44 liffE4f). Md. to 7d. the Viiiirtein Loaf. - , BROWN Olt MUSCOVADO SUGAR. ' Average Price from the Returns made in the Week ending Wednesday last. Vs. CM. per cwt. exclusive ut duty. COAL MARKET, Aran. 4. Ships et Market. Ship sold. Price. 435 Newcastle Sb fls . 04. to 45.. 16 Sunderland l6 ,7a. 6d. to 445. od. PIIIOE OF HOPS, per Cwt. Pockets. £s. £ s.l Hags. 1 a.. la. Fainhaul— 6 0 a 8 0 1 Kent Kent Sttbsex Essex 5 5 • 4 0 Old ditto .. 0 0 a ,11 -.:. Yearlings PRICE OF TAL PRICE OF FAT, prf line of SI us. _ s. d. Whittchavel Market 2 4 St. Jruilea's Kirke' Clare Market 0 0 4 8 Avenge .... Y 4 I TALLOW.CHAr Price of CriouLer—Aieui.id, Bs. Ott. LOW, SOAP, Ate. a. ' (1. Town Tallow 42 As Rpsii■ do. Candle 0 0 White du. U Melted Stuff Itougb ditto BO 0 Graves S 0 Good Dregs Lucid Soap ... 80 0 Mottled Yellow do. iIIt.EILY HALL. 10a. Ud. per dineu—Storer, per do. _ . SMITIVIELD MARKET. FltarokY, Aran 4.—The mark.% was rather heavy this day: and the supply oansiderableA Beef and Mutton have nut varied Much from Monday. but Veal has been somewhat dull ital.:. Lamb is in some little demend at 55. Gd. for the top ptize, anti York is full as dear as at the close on Monday. The following is • correct statement ut the prices And numbers at inarActi-. PRICE of MEAT, exclusive alike 011al, which consiqs 01 Head, Eititisil•,aud tilde, and is worth shoot Itl. per Poond.—Per Starke of Sibs. soommsk. Reef 4d to 4. 2d Mutton 3s 4d to 4'4 4tl Luria, as 4.1 d to Gs Od Neal 4s 811 to 54 8d Pork 44 OJ to tit OJ tieadot Cattiest nisi krt. 2,433 Sheep P l l* cove* • 144 Vi • Beef 11 , b.l i" 4. 4d Mottos+ Its ed to .44 44 Lomb 4. lOU to 3. Veal 4' 44 to 3, b I P.Jilit 3. bd to 4. b I l' .dulCit le at Mark. t. litta•ta . . . Sheep l'ugt Caivee . . . . • LONDON: Printed and Published by the Proprietor, JOU • TIVIGG, at the Office, 18 , Fleet-Stunt, where all Littler& le the Editor, (post paid) must be addressed. Z ~,.