The National Register. — London, England, 1818-03-02 00:00:00

MAUH J XECUTIONS. On Mond iy morning . D. Evans. who was convict-t 1 on Friday week of the murder in h i, wire. in Ealconly.ag-colitt, Soho, about six weeks me, expiated his offe ICd awarding to his sentence. The un happy own seein.d resipcil to 'lli, dreadful situation; and ever since the deplo.alde event for w ieh he suffered lie seemed rapidly ap. peliscoulg a natural dissolution. Nloch ;Aeolic execration having , been CA,C on tile E.%ecutioa .r for the bonelont manner in which he lit ly perthrtned nit disagreable, though nayssary, duty; that per son ,entletl to bestow more otention to the adjustin..mt of the fatal cord, an.l the wretched culprit gave little outward indication of" cor poral sulfeking." The Sheriffs too retailed to be inure on the alert, ut rions.l ience of what pas.ed last week in the Court of Common Csallieil; fur u very few minutes before eight o'clock the man was broaght out on the scaffold, and precisely as the cluck %%Ai striking that hour. the tiro? fell from under him. In cathequence of the nu merous appliations on Saturday oy persons of d:tferent religious p 4.1. 51110k/11Y. to be admitted. in the hopes of orepating his mind for his file:. the Under Sheriff consulted him on the subject, when lie declared.. his mind would be much disturbed by such proceedings, and 1./3' he only wished to see the Reverend Mr. Cotton. Mr. Baker. Me. Evans, and his sun, 12 years of age. The Under Sheriff . rhen:fore gave orders that no other per ...II should have access to him. Sunday, at about two o'clock. the Rev. Mi. Cotton adminis tered the Sacrament to hint. when lie appeared catreinely penitent. .and lamented that he shoold have snifered himself to be pros-oho! to cruel an act. Soon after this tile Under Sheriff again risked him, and found !inn much composed. He then inhumed him that his sun was waiting.; to see him , arid he reqoestial he might be admitted. when they rusriedi eacitother's arms, ant were for some minutes so absorbed in tears as to prevent utterance. IVhen they had re cover ...41 this first shock, Evans conversed rationally with him, im pressing on his mind the awful situation in which he had 041:da himself by giving way to passioo, and warned him against the dread ful consequences of utuidu conduct but when the time arrived for the departure of Ids son, he was much agitated. lie slept for sonic few hours during the night ; and on Monday morning above stated, Ai the cluck struck eight, he was executed in the front of Newgate. .and after hanging the usual time his body was conveyed to the house of the Beadle of the College of Surgeons, In Duke-street, West Smith field fur dissection. EXECUTION or THE TWO RAW LITHION!4.—A more affecting 'me has not been observed for a length of time than that which WAS exhibited on Wednesday morning at the execution of the two bro tiers, Hairy ltawlinson and John flawHawn. lightermen, -condemned to death at the Ohl Bayley sermons In January, for hay stolen from a barge belonging to Mr. Edward Sage, a comader ante quantity of goods. The two young men it seems, ever since the order for their excaitirm had been made known to them have been extrenilly penitent, and prepared thernselvei to meet their ate with becoming resignation. William the elder made his aprearance first before the multitude, among:t whom were many lightermen ; and sow executioner hissing fixed the rode around him with great caution, and placed the cap over his face, his brother ascended, and being placed near him, the eap of William was then pulled up, when they saluted each other and shook hands. The rope havia ; also been affixed around the younger brother, the drop gave way, and both were instantly launched into eternity. Their bodies, after being sus. peuded the mind period, were then taken back to eivgate, for their friends to take tbun away fur interment. WATER COMPA2l2t.—tioine years back, in consetinence of the deficient supply of water in London e Pailiatnent an tin:wired the erection of several joint.stnek Companies.; intesiig others, the. West Middlesex Waterwork Company was created. In some year the town felt the benefit of the new rivalahip, sod the intention of the legislature was fulfilled. L I the Reisinii of Parliament, however, before the last, the ,!dewßiver Company and the %Vest .Middlesex Company ap p:iad to the Houtwof Commons for leave to bring in a Bill to a ail.. them into one great powerful AMU overwiwisninz mono ; tint P.ttlianient rejected the attempt with indignation. Taco Companies, are, lion ever, now attempting to to that 1. # private agreement, for which they attempted in vain to o:dans the public authority to carry into effect ; and the i-erts of the metropolis are now torn up, by the New River •anipany taking the service pipes out of all their old wooden ones, and putting them into the iron mains laid down by the West Miii.itiosest Company. This ttcy do without any appli cation ye their customers, transferring them over Viiihant the least ceremony. The coislgtutnce will probably be an addi tional, oppiessire, .and unat inherited, because a •Collbbillesl rate. We are, however, happy to find, that the subject is likely to be twilight before the H nese of Commons ; and this . example should wake Parliiiment much more careful than They have been of late in grouting extensive unit dangerous powers and privileges to jointonock Companies, a hush are so litahle to be exercised to the injury of the public, and certainly to the ilrst raction of the freedom of trade and competition. SWINDLI NO.—A fellow, what called himself Clark, about three months since, went to the Saracen's liead at Chelms ford, tVillele lie affected to be a gentleman of good a id li;s appearance being of that description, he obtained the ntnioandelieveies that the house could afford. By represent ing himself to have great influence in London, lie prevailed on the brad waiter to give him up about With this imp ply he contrived to keep tip his credit in :lie place ; joined in all tiled:inning parties of the neighbourhood, and obtained 2 considerable quantity of jewelry. houks,iste. nithe different tradesmen in the town. He matte frequent excinsions So tathend, which he represented to the unfortunate waiter, La be, to see a woman, whose.arts had nearly ruined him, yet •finse influence he could slot witlistnsid. A person from tt , ttithentl, however, informed the /loaner at Cliehntford what sort of customer he bad to deal. with ; in consequence of u:tich Mr. Clark, on his return to Chelmsford, was taken into ettstodo„ lie then proposed to leave his boxes, containing, as Ile said, jewelry, table linen, to an 2,11,111111 . . sittlittient to e ever the waiter's demand; but thin eras not art opted. It s A is them, Atieed that the waiter should arcompany him in town, and he would pay him the money he load borrowed of :a.m.—The waiter ditl so, hilt when they ars is ed in town, Mr. • Clark told:hini he could not be accommodated with a bed at a , lodgings, where they went to, anti desired him to come the n • at morning, attil breakfast as tilt him, and thus lie roiwented, but when let; called the next Miff • g he found the breeklAst tonle laid for two ; but no Mr. Chick at the head of it. He la as told that Mr. Clark had slept in that hoese • and WORN ra set probably coins to breakfast. He united aurnrifingly liar ri !tie hours, wlon Mr. not making his appearatice, :s+- (the waiter) was ohshged to return to Chelmsford, and from :bat hour to this he liar heard no informution or Mr. Cwsk, whose representation bad intim:at: the waiter to believe that ate was a' least a Nobleman Wong. d P 11111 accident happened on the morning -el Friday week, Chatham. to a poor ions 1116181 of the initne of iiigei•.s tie ll:ad.:wen employed to .dig a hole rIo-c to a pat-y. for the purpose of drawing off the suit ; after he had fusi tizaica, he etrnek his pick-ose tire puivy when it sondenly gave way,aod los o towed in the soil end rubbish. Assistance was iminpiliairov Nounicii, and the unfortunate 1111111 was takemont iu :Pie V/ 111111Utl'a ; but every aAtcnipt to rc:over hint pt n7ttl ineffectual. Til ENATIONA I. REGISTER. POLICE. GUILD lALT.. The parish officers of St. BOtiiftlll,;%ldetagitte, were sum moned for priming hi relieve Ann South. Mr. 'Matins stated, that some weeks sines. Ann Smith, aged Ir, parroted herself at Cripplegate watch house, suit requested permission to tannin there until two nine, having no place to go to. She said she was a native of Leirepter, %here she had the greatest part of her life woeli eii in a ntattufaetory. Her pa tents has ing died, she Via' , . 0.1111144 i by t dater to ae pasty her in London. Here, in a few days, her sister deserted ber, and she %salsa wo or three da t a anti nights wandering about almost star vinc; auill when she entered the watch house she sans alntost fainting with faticite and hunger. The ronplain. ant was officer .if the eight, and learning that she had slept in Atilersgate pat ish, he appliod to the overseers to relieve her, bin they rethsed, lie then brought her before the Sit ting Magistrate, who ordered her to be taken care of ill the Compter until something could be done for her. Having failed in procuring her employment, he Ctlr. 11.) felt it his duty to summon the parish officers, and if possible compel theist to afford her some relief. After some eouversat' be t wren Mr. Alderman Bryilges, Mr. Hitching, and the parties complained if, Brand the Marshalman uttered to take her as a servant in his family until she could be better provided fur, Willy parish would tliinish her with decent apparel. He thought that about 31. would be sufficient. The worthy Al derman immediatels cave 11. and Mr. I Welsh's lei. towards that soma, uu cmtditiou that the remainder sl lil Inr paid by the overseers, which was acrecil to. On Weduesilay Mr. Hiteltias again complained that they positively refused to fol. tit their promise. The Alderman observed, that such conduct unstated the severest censure. He feared that the increase of turodicit v, as well as crime, wits in a great degree attribut mole to the harsh conduct of malty parish officers. lie was carry lie hail toot the power to compel the overseers to act up to their agreement ; but he hoped their conduct would be properly exposed. The girl reaicius in the family of Brand, and here the matter rests. BOW-STREET. RnallEßiES AT THE GENERAL Poss-llscics.—Tuesday William Johnson, late a letter carrier belonging to the Gene ral Post utfiee, and George Johnson, his brother, underwent a second examination, charged in being coneenied iu break ing open a snowier of letters, and stealing their contents, to the 4.nonsit of upwards of 1,0031.: the former with opening and stealing the contents, :mil the latter with having uttered tie stolen notes, in the purchase of plate and other articles. Allier a short time O. Johnson WAS called from the bar, and was told, that being discharged he was free to give evidence. An extraordinary scene took place. He took the Testament, and allowed the o 1 ata to be ad niui‘tered, hut when s o me questions were put to him he appeared motionless and speech. less as if ,uncle with death : tie cunt' 'd in this state for near 10 minutes, supposed to be occasioned by an overpower ing terror that his evidence might affect the life of his bro ther. He was at last prevailed upon to answer some questions about receiving notes from 1111 brother, though WWI reluc tance, and was suppained In appear as a witness at the tiial. The prisoner 3/faS CUI 1111 l 'fled for further examination. MARLBOBOUGII-STREET. The Grand Juucttun Water Woi ks Company was charged with breaking up the street, without sendiug notice 01 the same to the surveyor. The information was laid for 30 square feet, which subjected t•li.defeiiilsiits toe penalty of tial. Mr. Williams deprecated the conduct of the surveyor in permit. ling the ietendants to act in error until en opportunity pre senting itself of convicting them io a most grievous penalty. Mr. Wingfield pv; id, a notice bad been Cent to them, but it was treated aid' contempt. This notice was found to be imp+. tar ; and the surveyor consented to proceed fur Will the pe nalty, in which the defendants were convicted. HA FTON GARDEN. J. Thompson, aged 17 was charged as a cotnnion ntterer of forted notes. Owen, a eotistahle, in company with John Gay, watched the prisoner into a politic twist., in TheoMild's-road, and being desired by Nlr. Westssood to look after him, they searched him, when he contrived to drop a pat col, containing 21 forged notes, which witness picked up ; but the pi tuner snatched it limn him, and ended voured to swallow it, but W.I. preventrd. The notes were prosed to be forged, and the prisoner was remanded. W ORSH ll' STREET. R. Regan was charged by Mr. S itith, liarknsyman, with emaciate/tient and assault. Mr. S. stated, that the prisoner was out the whole ofSunday week with a roach; that at night he Putrid him in Providence-row, dividing the spoil. having set apart 18s. for his muster, aid I eservisu 21.. fur himself. This occasioned a dispute ; during which the prisoner struck hint.—Having pleaded driinkentmis in his defame, *lNTL gietrute find him ss. for that °Wetter, and directed him to find bail for the as sane!; aad left it tu.bis waste' to prosecute hint far these abut:lenient. SHADWELL. Ott Tuesday evening, three menoiceatripanied by a woman, all of very genteel appearance. elided. pOll a Mrs. King, who, with her son, keeps a house in the neiglinoinhood of Black_ will, under pretence of wanting lorigint.l. She took them tip stairs, to show them the apartments; when,.flosling no other person was in the house, •they seized her, tied her i.rins and legs togs tiler, and stuffed a liendkrrebief in her month. They left the woman with Mrs. King, while the men proceeded to ride the place ; the woman in the mean time was gathering up every thing that was portable. Mrs. K. lay in this dreadful dilemma white the villains were Baths riug up every thing they mould. It is supposed that they mast have had a horse and earl in waiting, as they took st sertil beds, blankets, sheets. se. tour mahogany tables, and a quantity of chairs, drawers, beds , eads, looking.glasses, plate, lire-irons, linen, apparel, ete. so as in feet to strip the place. They next procured some clinks, v:llich they litipg on the bannisters, placed some light. ed candles iguitlerticath them,.und used the same plan in other parts of the house; after which they quitted the premises, leasing those, pasts in flumes. A person passing by, and observing the flames through the window. pros:tired assistance and they entered the house before the bannisters.were totally desiroyeil. The party who Ilin• providentially tides fered found Mrs. King in a very exhausted sate ; but, by the aid of restoratis es, she was soon in some degree recovered, though she still remains in a very precarious state. Informs_ lint has been given, and the. Pollee officers toeilig on the alert, it is hoped the vtllains will tin •pi eddy brought to justice. OD Weene.ilay urunung lily iiothe of Mr. J. Swan, in NeptilDepl Lambeth Mlarids, vras broken into, by taking a pantie' out k IC hell dour, through tvliiela it h sorposrd One ut the depredators entered, and havin g nri s' as teu,A the fluor, let in his companions. Tbey carried oil plate, linen, watches, ac. to a considerable amount. ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4v. ATTEMPT AT NI lIRDER.—An alarming rireumstance occur?. d in the town of trswich. a few days since. -- Cracknell, a sadltr, hviag near the Black [lone pithli,..liouse, has a sister-in-law, who has been some time in a state of derangement. Under the persmsion that she was mnvaleseent, she had been allowed to come from Wit, in Essex, to see her brother, with whom she had been veveral days. After dinner era Wednesday week, when Cracknell had gone to Lis work, the sister said to Ins wife '• I must kill yoti!" and instantly attacked her with it table knife. making a deep inciaion in the lower p.ut of her throat. Mrs. Cracknell :iseceeding in txuiratin • g bend?, ' but not without having her hand dr ea df u lly lacerated. The de. ranged woman than made a second attempt. indicting a wound i the upper part of Mrs. Cracktitlrs throat, and lacerating her otlitr hand. The cries of the sufferer brought the neighbours to her assi - twice, and they secured the maniac. The knife kad fortunatt!l taken a sloping direetiont hereby avoiding t h e w i n d pi pe an d mom: r artery, to which it passed very near; it is evident that, had not acv tance been afforded at the inseam, the wornim would have t.ff:cted purpose; and that her intention was also to murder some ci.ildri .1, who were in the room, She was sent home to Wis.—.Y.e: frc Paper. A few days since an ininest was 11(11 at Waprnbary, u: nn ::ac body of the Rev. W. ‘Vilhams, Curate of %%' penhury and Rad ford, who was tbund drowned in the river Learn. and who bad bast ni'ssing since the Oth of Ihetmber. On that 114 attended the Citation Meeting at Coventry, and it is supposed that. on his return home in the evening, in attempting to cross the ford at Staiyford, he was carried down by the stream. The holy, which was discu ve.red two Niles beyond Stanythol, must in its rassage have beet tiirced through the flu al Rates at Kathorpe mill. The intoning slur. Mr. Wininuti was missing, his dog was seen slimily.. ly tc.t.idag on the banks of the river. and his horse grazing in an adjoining meadow, which led his friends to suppose that he had met his dean in the melancholy way Just stated. The body bore no marks of vics. etre upon it; and hit watch and timiwy were fraud oil his person. Verdict—Found Drowned. Arr st rstcu Su lc iv E.—Sunrhy morning an elegantly dressed female WAS observed in a melancholy mood, walking backwards and forwards in the Green Park, war the reservoir. The singularity of her manner, in walking very fast, and then making a sudden stand, caused the pedestrians in the park to 'imp and notice her. On at instant she turned round to look at the persons passing, and the.i rushed into the water. When she was in. she sets arned very loul for assistance, and inunediately sunk. Many persons were at the edge of the reservoir ; but no one seemed to possess sufficient courage to attempt to save her. She was on the point of sinking again, when a young man, with a rake in his hand, leaped into the water, and drew her out. She was carried to St. Georg e 's tlaspital, w h ere s h e soon recovered from the effects of her immersion. She refused to divulge the reason fur making such at rash attempt ; but expressed her pleasure at having been saved from destruction. last Thursday week, the !'.lice watchmaa, while going his mantis in Ituse-strew, Edinburgh, was attracted by the cries of a female in the S:able-lane. and, on going to the spot, saw a man having hold of a r o, and endeavouring to drag her with him, which she resisted. The watchman desired her to go hone. She said she wished it. bat that the idlow had detained her for some hours, and would not allow her; the waselinian then conducted her to the nest post to thee her home. Slimly after, the fellow came to him. and threatened to do fur hina, in prize:lee of some gentlemen, and after they were gone. the watchman was beat unmercifully on the head, and left in a state of insensibility ; in which situation he remained for ahno,t an hour' when he was discovered by anther watchman. The poor man is so dreadfully wounded eh.: he bet dangerously ill in the Royal In firmary. A butcher has ten taken into custody, and ident fled by the watchman as the man who threatened him. On Sawnlay week, May, Gott; and Hall, went to Greenwich for the purpii.e ut collecting, if possible, scree further information :on o:ming the late horrid murders there. "Die only circumstance that transpired in consequence, was, tLat. the handle of a coachman's whip was found on the premises of Mr. Bird, the thick end of which was dyed in blood. It is well known that Mr. Bird had no articles of that description, and it is hopcd that the owner of the whip may be discovered. and that this incident will furnish a clue whicii may event ually lead oo a discovt ty of the niurderer.:. _ _ Early on the morning of Saturday week the Court of Requests, Vine-greet. Piccadilly, was bloke open, end the locks of every desk and drawer picked, the papers ransacked and scattered about the boor • but the thieve; were disappointed of the booty th e y ex p ecte d, only hnding 31.105. in copper. A distressing accident happened on Sunday week, atWhitriell, near Charley, Lancashire. Five girls gone upon a pit in that place, about tour o'clock in the afteraoan, were precipitated into the water by di.: breaking of the ice, and were all drowned. A coroner's inquest was held on the bodies: when the Jury brought in ► vet. diet .r.f..—Aceitlenral Death. _ . _ A serious ar,adent happened on the 3d in►t. ut Langley, in Norfora. Mr. Burton, steward to Sir T. B. I'roctor, Hart. was going with a carpenter to mark wane timiter, when, in pasaingbirough aplanuwlt within a ►Mort distance of the hall, his foot carol in contact with the trigger.srring of a spring gun, which went otf, and the contents wounded him ha thelega and lower part of both thighs. He is. how ever. in a fair way of rico . ..cry. A )dung girl of Beverley, named Hunter, 16 years of age, was found drowned in a place callc4 the .6 Willow-row," at that place, about 10 o'clock on Tueeday night hat. She had•born misaing about four hours. Solway evening the house of Mr. Leet, of BetiorraLgreetr, was entered by oileves, and robbed of prop , ity to it great amount. The faintly was ft ion brine w ii.'ll the depredation was committed. The thieves earned away a large bed arrioug littler property. On the morulitgisf Saturhy week, during a gale. as the jolly boat of his Majesty's pas.sing towards the shore at Gos port, with the urinal compliment of men, and Mr. Longmore and I%fr. Francilion. Alidslliptuen, she upset about the middle of tae harbour. The seamen were diver' up the harbour towards his Ma jesty's ship Prince, and were. taken 01 board in a very exhausted state. The young gentlemen were obs-reed to 1 12 a ... Autos theni , ehe/ to gain one a t'ie buoys. hoping thereby to be re.cleil from their perilous situ r. 'out on their near approach they were drawn under by the foroa of Ire current. and tot. My ilisappiared. Mr. Elitricilba is the sera of P. Francillon. Esq. Purser of the Hoehtort. A few &palace. Mr. Parsons, a partner in tire Inuse.of Croft and Parsons, paper-Latigese, in the Strand, peoceed.ll on a journey of business in Cheltenham. A young lady :e whom he was about to be married, living in the neighbourhood, ha hired a hour a ith an inten ' tion of paying her a visit. lie had not proceeded more than too miles from Cheltenham. when the animal took tirglmt, lon away, finally throw Ishii of. lle fell on his head, and immediately expired. Ills corpse was carried to the haus:• in wlreh his inn-ndtd resided. lie frelive mar be inoree.. o .ely eoncveil than d scribed. The deceased was on. , of nineteen children by the same perenis, sad had he lived, would have enjoyed a very }laud Dine property, Monday afternoon, snow hr s. tivlne k . , the 1..ne r ..1 o f t h e ttforton:.te AlAry 31 ititioe Oasse trot') No. 21. Utiioa.- , .7..treet, neer Nli.itlieses Ho‘ott St% yunsl K WOlticii in White held tor the pall.—'l be corpse ss .01 t u d e „. 4 ni,iforcu couple of in , omen, pl ., Ceded 1 1.. v her aillicleO pee'''n.. H e , in ,ther $11 1 )..01tl dy het fa tter and ne 01 th e itt i eh d,,,, sv.:s e.r , •ediney al! rted, and r seism w th cc , isi cum. ftn•ii a v'T.4l COUriiiiiSi• Of oprelatim.. RENA IMALLE 'llB*P.—llr. W attain Bartell, slim residtit near AshlSmal, hr K 4.111. 11441 a sorry. witty'', before it was a year wit, Limed i 4 141111/ 111 Iw% oltl, two lambs: three yeats eid, thine tombs; at tout-. ears nisi, four lainLs • the animal died last week at the op. of Gee years, and it; Doily then contained £fl pet feet lawb3.