The National Register. — London, England, 1815-09-24 00:00:00

• THE NATIONAL REGISTER. prudent to have fnrther aid, he went into the adjoining street, a dis tance of only a few hundred yards, to call op his snan.servitht, slept there. The man, In the act of dressing himself, perceivi tt a glimmering and suspicions light in the opposite house belonging to, and occasion Hy occupied by Mr. Woods. a solicitor, of Godal ming, and having intimated this circumstance to his master, the lat• ter crossed the street, and on a cautious examination observed the robber walking very deliberately about the house with a candle, and pocketing even• portable article he could lay his hands upon. The only persons sleeping in the house that night Were, a sister of Mr. Woods, a youth named W►n. Mitchel (his nephew) and two old servants. Mr. Gordon haying made the necessary dispositions for se curing the robber, by placing his man at the back of the house, while he stood centinel in front (but unconscious that Mr. Mitchell was in the house), called out to Miss Woods to lock her chamber door, and remain composed. This alarmed the robber, who, haying ex tinguished his light, rushed up stairs, burst open the door of Mr. Mitchell's chamber, and threw himself headlong at the window, which he broke. At this critical moment. and when the robber was partly suspended from the window, Mr. Mitchell, with great presence of mind, jumped out of bed and seized him by the collar, and in this situation held him for some time, hut hearing an indis tinct sound of voices below, and supposing the fellow had accom plices at hand, he loosed his hold, and the robber fell into the hands of his pimtiers, He is an old offender, having several implements of housebreaking about him. He stated in his examination before Lord Middleton, that his name was James Brown, that he was a native of Stockton, near Durham, and was on his route to Ports. month, to take water for Plymouth.—He is committed for trial at the ensuing Surrey Assizes. On Monday a shocking accident .happened to a poor waggoner at Enfield, who was returning home with his empty waggon, and was imprudently riding on one 'of the shafts. He was pitched by some sudden jerk under the horses, and before lie could extricate himself the wheels passed over his body. and killed him on the spot. He bas left a wife and helpless family to deplore his loss. On Friday last the common bellman gave notice in Staines mar ket, that the wife of Issey was then at the King's Head Inn, to be sold, with the consent of her linehaud, to any person inclined to buy her. There was a numerous attendance to witness this sin gular sale, notwithstanding which only three shillings and fourpence were offered tar the lot, no one choosing to contend with the bid der for the fair object, whose merits could only be appreciated by those who best knew them. This the purchaser could boast from a long and intimate acquaintance. This degrading system seems to be generally received by the lower orders as of equal obligation Kith the in , ,st serious legal forms. Some inhuman monster, in the early part of last week, cut the throat. of four valuable horses, the property of Mr. Tomlinson, of Burton. Mr. Reddish , of Lowdham, and Mr. Kent, ofHalloughton, in Nottinghamshire. A melancholy catastrophe occurred on Saturday last at Chepstow : a poor woman from the country, who attended the market for the sale of a little fruit, was suddenly met in the narrow road which leads from the sq., re into Nelson-street, by a cart, which she en. deavonred to avoid, by placing herself against the wall ; but, shock ing to relate, the end of the shaft penetrated her chest, and caused her death in a few minutes. :bout fifty years of ace. Mr. Butler sustained t, setein: secwrc I.,tts• . • but non• of a dangermi nature. • On Tuesday, at the Nitridelescit Sossions, .taters and Sarah NI dt.!:•.'.l were indicted for tittorrpting to drown Sarah Mitelttll the di,itt Itl r the latter prisoner. a c hild not c ore than hi l v,' months Old. l'ne orison , rs took the child in a hold on the Thames, . gni after sttirpinr her naked, were about to drown the little intn•cent tln It their f'oll.'ilf t was observed. end the hathacous desient frustrated. The child way produced in Court, and certainly was a lovely i 1011 ; hi 'rd.' heartedtmot her cast an eye of 11 P utmost illeiffelfPTlre /111(1 it, as if by instinct, shrunk from her grasp. They weerw: d VAIII%. at. 4 sentenced to two years imprisonment in the Rome of f'orr.ction. SWIN MANG.— On Wednestl:vv eventue ao f genrler appearances. dressed in black and powders tl, called at the ! 1,71.! of Mr. Rhainey. of Rose -street, Lone Acre, tolnirine lot his (Mr. R.'s) brother. who was lately returned hum sea. •tatire that be called to pay him some prize money. Zit(' MIA ,amines, tell mhe ' happened to meet, informed him the y Amu matt moult' be it, honte at a certain hour in the morning When be !eplirel he hint set it him at his office, but was to leave town on ver y urgent bosiite..., and consequently tae could not be paid again for some tittle. Mrs. Rhainey then said she would receive it tOr him if agreeable. At this, he pulled ont a check-hook, and filled tip a check •nr fit'!)- pounds, payable at the house of Messrs. Jetikinson, 1) .vv i t t.ittl Co, in Lothbnrv. He then requested a ten pound note being the h a _ lance, which he said would he an accomodation. Mrs. Rintmey, seeing every thine apparently in a regular fOrm, bnrroweit a 101. note from a neighbour, and gave it to him ; he ti•on den a i te t t Next morning the check was taken to be cashed, but no suet' trot could be found. An alarming accident happened to Sir G. Murray, on returning in a post-chaise from a visit to Lord Bathurst, at P o ther. last Fridav On leaving Lime-grove. the postillion alighted to osoo I. the ~ a tt N , when the horses went off at full speed. On passing &woo tint High. street, an attempt was made to stop them. which only, if possible. tu, , creased their pace, and one of the w eels came off- On turning the point of the bridge, opposite the Red Lion Inn, the cloak.. %rut over with such force as to be completely - ret o-rsed. testing no. il ie t o p, and the three remaining wheels continuing to whirl t mond fo.r some time from the rapidity of the overthrow. Sir Geroge was extrieated from the carriage in thin situation, and the assistance of Mr a surgeon, immediately obtained. Fortunately, although Sir George had received some severe contusions, no serious counoequeroces were apprehended. Saturday se'onight, a person hahited as a Clergyman, and who said ' his name was Wm. Watford, applied to Mr. Woods. of lust% icti. for a horse to go to Harwich. He had a little boy with him, and tatect that he had travelled in a chaise from Thetford, and wished to have the horse that brought him to Ipswich till the Monday following, when he intended to return. Instead however of going to Harwich, he went to Colchester, where he pawned the horse and gig for 101. and took a post chaise for Belliricay. The offeader has not yet been ap prehended. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. MIL A Netioty AccrDENT.—The Landlady of the Conch and Horses, near Ilford, Esex, a most industrious woman, was found yesterday morning burnt to death. It used to he her regular rule to lock up all the doors at nidst, and be the last person up. Ou Sunday evening, after seeing that all was safe, she sat on the stairs, and put the candle on a straw mat by her side. It is supposed that she fell asleep, and the tandle bona down ; the mat caught fire, and the poor creature was enveloped in flames, and without even alarming the house, expired. As Mr. Coldham, Solicitor and Town-Clerk of Nottingham, and his friend Mr. Butler, were on their return from Worthing, on Monday evening, in a gig, the horse, while coming at a foot-pace down Church. hill, which lead• into Brighton, suddenly started and ran the vehicle . against the wall ; b o th g entleman were thrown out by the violence o f the shock. Mr. Cahill:lm pitched upon his head aga'nst a post, and was taken up in a speechless state; he was instantly conveyed to the Castle T avern , w h er e h e h a d so j ourne d f or t h e l ast f ortn i g h t , an d received every surgical aid, but all proved ineffectual, as he did not survive the accident half an hour. The deceased was unmarried and MARRIED. Last week, at West Wycombe, Bucks, Augustus Fitzbardinge Berl e ley, third son of the late Earl Berkeley; to Mary, eldest daughter of Sir John Dashwood King, Bart. Tuesday se'nnight, at Carlisle, Thomas Roby, calico printer, to Elizabeth Neilson. Roby had paid his addresses to Miss Nanson for a considerable period; but she having observed him walking with another female, stung with jealousy, she valiantly offered herself to any one who would marry her, merely to spite the cruel matt. A#.- . cordnigly, another calico printer, named Davidson, went off u her to Gretna, where they were joined together agreeably to the summery riches of that !brine of hymen. Now came repentance ! The lady wished for her former swain, and he bring nothing lot'', Davids:m parted with her fur a few pounds, and the par tie 3 were married, a. above- stated. DIED. - - At Wouldham, near Rochester, Walter Burke, Esq. aced 7t3, out of the oldest Ptwers in the Royal Navy, slid a relative of the celebrut ,Edmund Berke, greatly estemed by the immortal Nelson. he hnd the horour to support him in his last moments, and re:ate the particulars of what occurred at that eventful period. A very interesting cause is, it is stated, to be brought un der the consideration of the Court of king's Bench, in the course of the next term, at the prosecution of the 'Crown against a person of rank, for selling a public office. SEPT. 24. _: w . '