The National Register. — London, England, 1821-12-03 00:00:00

o Itte. GUILDHALL. The neighbourhood of Bennett's Hill, Doctors' Com mons, was all in an uproar about nine o'clock on Sunday min g, in consequence of an alarm of thieves ; two uo•u were seen making their escape in great haste out of the house of Mr. Hill, a green grocer ; the cry of" stop thief " was i iiiii triliately raised, and a general pursuit took place as tar as Ludgate Hill, wh. re two men, supposed to hr thieves, were overtaken, and brought back in custody. On inquiry it appeared, that while Mr. Cox, a lodger of Mr. Hill's, with his wife and child, were duessieg for' church, two fellows broke forcibly in through the window and made the best of their way down stairs. It turned out that the Excise officers haviog received information of an illicit distillery being carried on at No. 10, Bennett's Hill, were watching near the spot, and the door happening to be opened, they rushed in, the knot of disti.lers dis persed iu all directions, and two of them finding no other means ufescape, had broke in through Mr. Cox's window, the premises being adjoining. The two men taken w :re !nought before Mr. Alderman Cox, at this Justice Room, on Monday ; they gave their names Samuel and John Peppard, father and son, and Ms. Langliant, a solicitor, attended on their behalf. Chas. Lind, an Exciseman, stated, that in consequence of littoral:till:On received, lie and a brother officer entered the hii se, and found in the loft a still, capable of holding ISO gallons, a Int ge quantity of low wines, and a too of wash ready for working. There was some wash in the still vi hick was warm, as if it hind lately been at work. He and his partner could identity the two prisoners as being on the prensieen, and the being out the 'netlike:. where there was a private still, reishetetl persons i1111C114• Isle ler the statists.. Air. Lalogitaan imputed tinder what statute the tacos acted Laid requested time to go to the Excise Office, to furnish huu.•elf' with the law upon the subject. This will allowed, a mi d on his return he shook his head amid said, he reified he was done time. Out I °king into the Statute lie found, that the persons must ue seen in the still !loom to make them liable , and the tact was, Ihat he .1111 his partner had mom' the pristine's on the premises, Is..t not iw the slit) room. This pot in end to the cue, as far as the Excise wa cotters ord. Mr. Alderman Cox thought there wa• still a charge against the prisoners, for breaking into the adje ) i 111 l pig house; but alter some discus-ion. they were dischae gee]. BOW•SI HEFT. Thomas CxJdiogtmt, Thers. 111041114 mid Edw. Caveman, privates ,it the Coldstream Guards. were brought before the igistrates, to conseqteetece of the complaint of Mr. Cllillft hers, a salesman ay ing lee Broad-se reel, St. titles's who sleeted that the vaunters had hero drunk all the taturniug, and in sulting every person they met vr till in the streets. They were guilty of the must disorderly cuoduct, and broke two panes of gins. in Mr. Chamber's window. He then had them apprehended, and it required four to five constable's to take throe into custody. eue of them. iligran, struck bias two ur three •s, and also struck one of the con stables. No charee •ppeariug against Caddington, he was dis charged. Ingram havin4 pushed Caveman's siloulder against one of lite pliers of glass, and Casemate tia•iiig WO ken the iii her w ith his fist, were ordered to pay is. 61, each, the pile, of the glass, or he imprisoned for fourteen ; mod Ingram aas further ordered to lied hail fur the Mr. Chambers stated that his mitgliboura laas gi eat :y annoyed by the numerous soldiers of the lin:lens, who were constantly drunk f morning to eight, and behavioA id the most disorderly manuer. FHIENDSIIII, 110113111tY, awn CMOS. Co N.—Jeremiah Sillily was placed at the bar, charged a till being an ac complice io robbing Sampson Holhimik, and also %tut feloinously receiving the property stolen from the said Sampson. Mr. Sampson liolhinok, who is a tailor, told a long and remarkably incomprehensible story, about gratitude and gold rings, broad ribbands, a tee potted mite, satin spencers, kid shoes," and fardingales, and things," all of which, he sold, had been stolen fl him by Mis. Simpsiiii, aided and abetted by her husband, the pi isioner. PHI lie ended by declaring he had " no aWI to dare hint." " Then a sal did you bring lien here for e" asked tie• magistrate; to all,Ch Mr. Simpson Holbrook replied, " that your Warming might give hini a bit of advice about giving me the dom., again." The prisoner, Jeremiah Simpson, better known by the appellation of " Dismal Jerry," now claimed to he heard, and his stretch threw a coii•idritibie IL,ht on Sampson Hot brook's obscurity. lie spoke of having had at one time a Warm heart both for love and friendship, and of his suscrpti bilities in those matters hosier, been grossly outraged.—lle had taken unto himself a wile, who wits (leases to hint than 111, life land a friend whom he sallied above all •luuigs except his wile. That friend was Sampson Huth' mils I In Inc sincerity of his 'ran heart he had token Sampson 11110 his own house as a bi conmellor, aml Sampsiiii had availed himself of this confidence, by crises c•a.ish 4114ek: upon his wife, dazzling her ryes and bea ildering her braid by tee splendour of his presents; and at length persuaded her to alitite with him to a lodging lir hail provided fur her in a different part of the town. Repentance, how ver, took possession of the lady, and she return:sit to her hush:led, bruising wills her all the presents she had received from Sampan), her seducer. Tit 3 iloulttlet,s, rut Sampson to tne beast, aud 111 hit sage lir charged her with stealing the said present•, tied her unfortunate spouse w1(11 reccniiie them,— In conclusi tttt , he declared, that (hoop; S.lllll/Siill had linos injured I l 11l freely forgave haw, mid had no sort of object to admit aiam once • it , us friend. 'flue Nlit,ostrair observed, that this being the case, hr would fermium:lid them to depatt in peace. The seducing Sampson instantly extended the right-hand of fellowship ; " Dismal Jet ry" received it with a hcaily shokr, and they departed ilia 'ace arm in arm, to the great 1111.11betilelll ul all present. UN lON-HALL. Jtaeph Dicker, u atan attired in a cloak wrapped ro un d hi, body, a leather girdle round his loins. a loag heard, hate. footed and bareheaded, w ini a stair iu lib hand, a on; IVI. ut 1311b1011 iu Ainei ten, who ha. for some lime ri s.decl iu Vir ginia intuit, Elizabeth-row, Doci s head, and gone allow the villazes in the neighbourhood of London locacaing and h:ip tipu,g in open air, was 011 . 1 . 111,1:1) b) the IZec tor's Warden of Canira.rwe.l aah lir log iuipostar and a vagabond. The follua 1114 ate the rat is connected a itii the charge against the prisoner as they appeared on the laves tigation • 1 -..-...1._ -........- __,___..._,, ~„ • • THE NATIONAL REGISTER On Monday afternoon a female, one of Decker's followers, appointed to meet bon at Cnesberwell, for the purpose of being there baptized by him in the Surrey Canal. Oa the arrival of the prisoner on the bank of the canal, be corn. ineuced preachinx, and he soon had a large entigregatioh, aho at lint paid great attention to his address, which was at hest delivered aWI a peculiar style of simplicity. On the arrival of the female who was no be iminers: d, he olfr red up a prayer on her behalf. The people paid great attention race' g solar rude buys, hail women, and some low fellows, till he took the woman by the hand (she having fridened her clothes down to the lower part of her legs), and led her Iwo the contd, where they began to shout Wild hILIZZ3, nod throw dead dogs and cats into the water. Ile requerrtrd thc good people to be quiet a few inosinuits. Sileuce being a little restored, he took his station in the water by the woman's side, and having put one hand on her shoulder, and held her hands with his other hand. he addressed her—" Art thou a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that lie died to save sinners P' The female answeted, tt lieve in Jesus, my God and my Redeemer." Ile then, lifting up Isis eyes to heaven, exclaimed—. My dear sister, as a folio er of the divine van ogle of the crocitird disti., :old as a believer in him, I ha plize thee in the mune of the Father, the Son, and the Huh Ghost." Ile then dipped her by gently forcing her into the water bac It wit ds. She was plunged under the the water, and Caine oust dripping „ et. A Durk was thrown try. r her; she shook hands wilb Decker, :Ind walked h four miles in her wet apparel. As soon she was gone, the craw d assembled began to play ti lc. with Decker: they pushed him into the water, trod upon him, and Indicted him at ; and the clierelie arden ilocrieled and brought him to Union Hall ; i tit it being eight o'clock hefore lie arrived, tho .ist tat e was gone, and he witsordrred to be taken to a waicii-itouse until wag day. Glatiiinii, the otlicer, whir k..ei,s a public-houw, took Wm under his protection, dried ills eloiltes, and gave biro a het. Ile looks water only, and eats the coarsest food, mud that 'very spurnigly. On his heing brought hefts i• Mr. Cliambris, the Magistrate, it appeared that the prisoner had COll/11111leti lIU legal offetice; lie had not begged alms; v: lieu money was offered him, and some persons did O'er him rovereigns, he refused to touch the money. If ally one asked him to rat, he would lake a little, jle•t entiugli to sup pus t nature ; hid if money was put iii his hip he would put it aside, and lease them, wishing than good speed." Mr. Chambers said the man was a foolish fanatic, but his conduct was harmless, noel nnleri d !inn In be doe hared. T.,. prisoner said that fur four yours he had (peeps called to preach Chi ist, nod he had Kline on hi. master's business without purse or scrip; be had not hueh:uehed coin for that pct ind , and yet he never wanted food. Elijah was feed by ravens, and Gad :dm provided fur . Flu object is restore primitive Ciiiivataiiity; tont his mission, which he had teceived front God, is 1., go union,/ the Heathen, the Grerk. and Turks. to convert them to true Christianity. He is soups to SCI sail for Greece, and a ill visit Jerusalem. His pass.ge hasbecu paid Dy a gealltalaa, a friend of his. Ile was asked to psintecnte the ',ciao" who 11,sailliCd I at Camberwell ; but be replied," Nib God forbid that ' s hould put any man in bondage. God forgive them, they kith a Out abut they did." MYSTERIOUS DenTit.—On Smithy, the 25th inst. a female 114:1% allZ, !tallied Eleanor Trittuti, who lived as cook with Mr. J. Curling, Of Ozengell, near St. Law. rence, in the Isle oi 'nutlet, left her master's house on a %I,t, w her staler, at Sandwich, and was expected to rennin in the evi ning of that day ; but the hour of nine had arrived, and not making her appearance, two of the men servants 01 the house went out to meet her, and in a (orter of an hour afterwards, witea near the direction post, where the road from Sandwich diverges to different directions, they observed a gig or one horse c:ialse ap proaching, in which were a man and a female, and having made theins.dves known, the wonta:i called to one by 1151114 earnestly entreating they %%mild 5101/ the horse, and adding,' For God's sake take Inc out but the man who was driving instantly whipped the horse, which set oil at 101 l gallop, so as to preveht any attempt to snip it, One of tile persons, hon•.ser, pursued the ellalte oil foot into the direct mid leathug to Itainsgate, and totlovved it in mat threc.ion till it ;screened that the driver having passed Nether -court, had turned out of the turnpike road into a lane on the right, leading to Pegwell, and accortintgly crossed the fields, tile more readily to in ercept it ; but Iwitig misuccesstul, he still continued the pursuit into Rainsgate, where, by die light of the laughs, he first discovered that the I. aisle was and the Hiatt who drove directing his course thrtingh Rainsgate into the mad leading to Margate, all blither trace of thechaise was lost ; and it being now test o'cloek, he save tip the pursuit, and returned to his master's iimise. A;i immediate search was in emisegitence made in every ditection, d g the night, fit the female wilts was mussing, but without success, till abotit live o'clock on Nlooday morning last, as a mill named Wood, was proceeding limn the vicinity of this city, with a cart load tit Lain., to Ramsgate, he discovered a lets sale lying lile less in the road, within a few roils of the grounds of Net II er•coli rt, which upon further inainittatiou vs is Mond to be the body of the unfortuti tie woman, with several bntacs ill her lace, as if 1111111 tile ell. - cis of WOWS. Astistalice tieing 001. Weil, the IN/11y was (*.Mkt' 10 the workhouse at St. Lawrence. It did 1101 appear—Croup purse, coimuning a sovereigii and I.ollle Silver, witch was 101111 d ill her pocket—that she ha I been robbed ; and it is to be lamented that the person who pursued the chaise stiould, ill crossiiig she tennis with tile gotxl intenhou above described, have lest the 1115111 road befOre he reached tile spot whet s lite body was tumid. Tote de er rsed was about thirty years of age, and had lived with Mr Curling, at Ozeitael I ,upwardsoi live yrara,by whom, as well as by his family, she was h reap mil for her gouil conduct. Since w r ' g the motive, we learn, the man who drove the chaise has been discovered, and emninittid to St. Augustine's gaol, oil the result of the inquest shall he known. Toe stake-money for the fight between Hickman (the 0 .-ll l ,lit 111;314) and Neale, the Brticol hero, the best awn Al the day, 1t as made absolute oo Wednesday ' by staking the whole of the 2(X) guineas a side, for the Li ttle fur ate mm 4 )3011,14 of England, on the I ills 4.f n c eenihm— Pier: was touch ceremony over the staking, and Gus was backed at six to four, until the takers arm !carp— A point wore is ahout the betting. EXECUTION. -......- Tuesday monolog was ushered in by the melancholy spectacle of the execution of the following convicts : Salome! Hayward, fur a burglary at Somers Town ; Joseph South, for pushing a forged 101. note; and Ann Norris, for robbing and heating a man in a house of ill.fame, in Wentworth-street, Whitechapel.—John Jacobs, fur high way robbery; and Amy Steele, fur a sitailai offence fur which Norris suffered, were reprieved at a late hour WI Monday night. The unfortunate convicts who suffered, ever since the warrant arrived for their execution, paid the most fervent and respectful attention to the religious consolations of the Her. Mr. Cotton, who was unceasing in his attendance on them. At half past 'e'en o'clock, the Sheriffs, Messrs. Gat rrrr rr and Venable*, arrived at the prison, and immediately pro ceeded to the press-room, where shortly after South was brought from the chapel, and had his irons airsick off; be appeared perfectly resigned and penitent, and said bat little. Hayward was then introduced ; he was fashionably dressed in black, and wore a black handkerchief. This young nan was most respectably connected, and had served in the army. Every exertion had been made to procure the remission of his sentence from death to trans portation, but without effect. He assisted the officer to strike off his irons, and conducted himself* with moderate lirome,s, although lie evidently appeared depressed; he shook hands wish South, and thanked the Sheriffs for their kindness towards I • . 'flue unfortunate woman, Norris, was bronglit from her cell, dressed in white, and con ducted into a room adjacent to the debtors' lodge, where she was attended by the Rev. Mr. Baker arid another Dissenting Clergyman, to whom she repeatedly ■ckno•r ledged the justice of her sentences and said she hoped in the stiollgtlit manner for mercy, through the intercession of the Redeemer of mankind. She joined the awful pro. cessi tttt to the scaffold at the room door; she was so weak that she was assisted along the passages. South ascended the scaffold with a firm, deliberate step. Ott his appearance a considerable sensation was want. tested by the immense crowd at his extreme youth, he being only 10 yeasts of age. He took little notice of what was passing. Hayw rd tollowed, and on being delivered into the hands of the execntioner he burst into tears, bnt soon recovered himself; and repeated the responses of the HI v. Mr. Cotton. The woman Norris was then placed by his side; she trembled violently, amt Isequently thanked the reverend clergy sown fur their religious consolations. Tait whistle of the melancholy preparations being com pleted at twenty is past eight o'clock, the wretched culprits were launched into etes nay. Norris and South appeared to suffer considerably. The concourse of per. sous assembled was immense. Deem:qui. A cctoearr.—lii consequence of the high flood on NJ onday the I9th cost, seven men in the employ of Mr. Finch, at the mustard mill at Staines, got into a bout to go to their respective hoines to dinner. Unfortu nately one of the WV vat was a new comer to the anal, and had that morning been pasithg his footing, or treating his new acquaintances with beer, which rendered them more waotiiit than prudent; flip though the put they had occasion to eo over was n o t mote man leg-deep, they by souse playfulness got inn, cut iii.ll-stream, where the rapidity or tile current upset the boat, and precipitated the seeeii men into a depth of ten feet ; by winch acci dent o u r were drowned. The other three would have ineatiaoly perislie,:, but for the intrepidity of a mail who witnessed the catastrophe. 'Fins person, who had for merly been a sailor, evinced the true spirit of a British tar on this itithappy occasion ; havine a rope fastened round his middle, he plunged to toe bottom of the river, witence he brought up, one after the other, three nut of the seven nail, who are by ham, under Do me Prot. deuce, restored to their families and friends. The scene oti the edge of water, upon the accident bviiii4 known. was truly Mart-rending. Elm IsimMes of the unfortunate men rushed to the spot, and it was with great difficulty Mat tile wife of one of thenicinild he preve nted throwing herself into the water, to share tie late of her The names ul those lust are Tumors Fenner, %Valiant - %Vanier, itohert Childs, and IVilliatii Back. We hear a subscription is set on root to reward tine person that rescued the survivors frotr. a watery grave. A GIIV Itotacrs taken —A short tone avo the house and situp of a respeciatile shopkeeper at M . :login'', twat N .4014114/OM, was entered tit the night, and prolierty to a large amount stolen. A pplicaorm was made to S•r throw, at Bow street, fur all ollieer, win dispatched Holyland. The latter soon discovered the tobliers, hot had no property or evidence to commit them. Holyland directed a proper person to 4:tempt a purchase of certain property from the suspected persons, and to give iii for :nation, to Ball, a constable at Northampton. Toe plait succeeded. A first and second purchase was made, and the property identified by the person robbed. Toe Intr. Chaser then, under the direction of the officers, proposed to purchase the whole of the stolen property, consistin g ; of valuable 'mishits, gown paces, flic. &c. The pauses a,;reed to meet at a barn three tittles from Noithaniptini, uh tie night. Toe purchaser, with the officers in the adjourned to the barn, and after the robbers had produe..d the goods, otsd a price agreed upon, the pin elm er withdrew, when the officers rushed in upon the (hies es. A desperate resistance was made, and the lights put out, taut the °dicers sticeee'leil in capturing them, and carried them and the stolen property to Not thampion, where three of them were Italy co ed fo North. &nylon gaol, for trial at the ens ss itt plumes. 8011, the constable, scud in the most praise -worthy maimei , and missing his way in the dark to the oar'', he plunged over head in a large pain!, inn with difficulty got out 'gait). Ott Saturday se'unight,Sir J. Astley's si.g hounds ran a doe from the covers of of Ilui,ton, which. alter taking a circuit by Stratton soil Freitenhant, re. turned to Buxton, Herineltaist, and S:Lition, when she challenged me turnpike road, and fall iit full view to St. Faith's, Drool tt•otice she taok nets.. the cohntr, by Snixworilt, Heston, Crosiwiek, and finally its Wrote. ham; at which tune she had fairly beatru her pal itliSS, haling included in the circui•s tut Li. than au mike. This Is the Until no v a Sir Jacuia .IstLy's hounds have tun the same doe. - , 1111=111111 .~ 7 • t. • i , ,