The National Register. — London, England, 1823-04-27 00:00:00

136 THE FRENCHMAN AND THE CLERICAL HORSE DEALER. A complaint, which has caused a great deal of conver sation in Balls, nes made • lew days ago by a French ratleisnin, sunnedbt, against a clergyman who resides ns the neighboitiliond of that city, and who is remarkable for dealing very profitably iii horses. The Magistrate applied Men the occasion ree ttttttttttttttt that the eircum ,ritances shush! be . stated in a ersuet.ef' law, after having The following ticemintfroinehe lips of the Frenchman : " 1 go buy a horse from hies, sad he ask tne 40 guinea. 1 say nu, by Get, 1 110 give that. Well, say tles clergy- Mad, I tell you what ; you shl have hint for g 3 guinea , .liiti el —n my eye, you shall h alls ve hint leas.' Megistrate.—..You could not think of dealing with a Alertyailis who was so ready to swear. Frenchman.— Qui, 1 did, 1 tlionAit a clergyman would mot attest may thitig but true • so, 1 paid litin the money. Well, got it& him, and he go beautiful. Then 1 pat Edit tip M tite liett's stables, and I ride Iciest nest day, bit ' Ice go npuu tier leg; so I put Irim up again.. but he still g• upon tree leg, sad then !gave I • a doctor & but, by Itr. he walk *pots his knee and so 1 say. if you walk 0.4 sour knee do not walk upon your back. Islagistrate.-:You lattlitt that the horse was unsound? Frunelimaii.—(hai, he got the [nett. Magistrate.—Toe gout ! horses ston't get the gout ? .Fresichtuan.--Bust he was a clergyindit's Mbyte, awl they both have the gout. The horse's leg was swell, and so was it:e motet's. Magiati•ate.,-.ll'cll,J suppl:ae you sent hack the horse? t the cleigyman said, d—to his eye, he'd Ito have him : but 1 ask Mr. Bell to buy him for 35 guinea ; but he say no, 1 slot glee more than 31. & so I keep has in the stable'twelve week, and then. I send him to be iiiil 4 ; sad what do you think 1 got ? Magistiate.—Why, Iltlhalls 61. . • Frenchman.—No, by Gar, I got 151. • 31•.:istrai.--Well, 1 think you received more than you had a tight to espect iu your transaction with this worthy clergyman. FlePClllll4lle—itective ! Why I receive nothing. I got the 151. to pay for the chimer. Magistrair.—For dinner ? Feeirchinao.- O M. Fur my horse's dinner for the 19 Week in Mr. Bell's stable. Fite unfortunate Frenchman that lost, by his dealing with the reverend horse jockey, nu less titan 301. • ••• ./~ ~~ . ~.T [~ IM { 4 1 E. ~~". WILL OF THE I i AIE EARL ST. VINCENT. The late Earl St i Ninceit's vil4.was proved ha tlie•Emr2geßre o,;Court, Doctors' Commons, on the 12th instant, by the oohs of Osborne Markham, Esq. Thomas Jervis, Esq. and ilitenjamia 'fucker, Esq. the executors. The personal estate being swots under 39,01/01. The estate called Roohetts, in Essex, with the freeholds and copy holds, are devised to the Earl's great niece, Martha !Room -Georgians Jervis, and her heirs male and female, with usual r..ntsilments; in default to Henrietta Elisabeth Jerrie, is like manner, with reminder to Lord Rosehill, the hon. John Jervis Carnegie, and others. • The manor of Aston in the county of Stafford, and all other reel property, is left to his great nephew, John Eilwardll,Ric keit', in mil male, subject to an annuity , of three hundred pounds for .ife to the testator's sister, Mary Ricketts, widow. The plate is to descend as an heir loom with the Roo:mtts. *state ; and amongst articles of value directed to be appro priated in a similar wanner, are a gold medal of Lord Anson ; a diamond stinli-Los, presented to the Earl by the Prince Regent of Portugal ; an enamelled one from the Donbass of Gloormiteri • medal from his .Majesty, commemorative of the victory over . the Spanish fleet on the 14th of February, 1,797 ; a sword from the City of London, &o. &c. To Lady Elimtbeth Fans, is given a portrait of the AIM Earl of Mamlesfleld ; all other pictures accompany the efereaeid heir-humus; that of old - Richard, a faithful servant of the funnily, is particularly directed to be p d. • The residue of the personal %bite is to be applied in aug neentatioo of the Aston eetato. • A distressing accident (sectored iu one of the Devon iron cots eany's coal pits, on Wednesday iltert.uon.- -Several of the woil.iiten had assembled at the bottom of vise pit, reparing to come up, when four tat them stepped into a tua, which was about to ascend, but unlottu nately had not observed, till the engine was set on, that our of the hooks winch attaches the tub to the name, had started trout its place ; the consequence was, neat the tub hung completely •to one side, and thus taking away the eqmlibrium of the frame, acted as a swivel, and set the tub into a. whirling motion as it a ecended. One of the men seeing the danger they were likely to he ex• ,posed to, leaped front theatth alt r it had ascended a cott toderable way, and saved himself, but was severely 'bruises. The teher'three were carried up, clinging to the tub and frame. When about 11 1 0 leer ii` . lll the bottom, one of them, „Joseph Patterson, a lie young matt, aged 20, struck one of the beams of the pit, which breaking his arm, destroyed his hold, and are was im mediately precipitated into the yawning Rulptv below. PatersoNsurvived only a few 'moods. 'File remaining two (one of :.lens Paterson's lathy), still continued to ascend, till the twisting of the mile attr. clang the attys. twit .of the engineer, caused the engine to be stopped.-- Their situation at this moment may be more easily con ceived than described—clothing its breathless despair to • the unsteady frame, and hanging suspended users depth of nearly attn./ feet. Howevertheir presence of mind had but forsaken then.), as they soon recollected that they were near a landing place in the put, which they welt analble,l to resit in safety, by the lywrringof the tole.— .. The poor old - man remained there till the tub was 10teefed to the bottom of the pit, and only came to a sense of his protracted existence on Inc re-ascension of • the itch with the mangled remains of the tittlortunate youth, Rending then that the cup of his owu deliverance had been mited with the bitterness of death in the loss of a dearly h:loved son. namfylde, who was shot about a fortnight since by Joseph Moreland, died on Saturday night at 20 minutes past eight. The surgeons having been unable to extract the ball, hall, on consulta tion, pronounced his case hopeless. For some days he had been in a state of tupor, and expired in that tuelauchuly situation. F „ % ~. --:......y_,... :-. _ . .a. - -.k.. :a- ' - - THE NATIONAL REGISTER EiecuTlOS.--011 Wechiestlay last, Geo. Steelman, who was capitally convicted at the last anises for the Comity of Somerset, for a robbery on John Lucas, near Cunneen Minders, attended with acts of great violence, was executed in front of llchester gaol. Ever since his convictimt he conducted hinitelf with perfect resigna tion, acknowledged the justness of his sentence, and the great consolation he derived, that he had not the crime of murder to answer fur. On his ascending the p'sitform lie addressed his companiniis in vice (who had been pre viously arranged in their d.fivrent yards to witness the awful ceremony), by earnestly Mutating Meru to take warning hum his unhappy situation. and lie declined that trust the kindness awl attention of the Rev. Alt. Valentine, chaplain to the gaol, he Was prepared to meet his Maker; he assured all who heard lOtto, that he died happy. After a coassa'erable at eleven o'clock the fatal signal was given, and the world closed on lints fur ever. He was only 26 years of age, and he declared a 'butt time bedore.hos_ execution it was the only robbery he ever c ttttt mined in his Me, and that he was driven to it by mere distress. ALAStartao FIRE A$D Viiovinearclat.. IP-Scant. — Uu Trutrulay night about 1 1 ,11.1105 t eleven o'clock, a fire broke Out at the house of M r. Parker, grocer, Kisigslasid road, near Uisioii-street, 'nu' ()elute uu watchman suc ceeded in waking the family. the dames hail gained a 'considerable height. jars. Parker with her intent held at her brent..andl her sister, providentially escaped at the hack part of the house. Mr. Parker gut through a back window, but his brother, a youth, ab nu 19 years of age, could not descend the stairs in consequence of the flames having burst forth with great fury almost instantly after the other part of the fatuity hail descended them. ..His situation became most desperate; finding he could nut descend the,stairs, he rushed forwards towards a back room out the (indium. and had only time to raise the ,sash, and leap into the yard. beliare the whole buildittA Was in games, and in the fall the injury he anstaitu.d was inconsiderable. Had a delay of (Nee minutes taken place, the whole family would have beets destroyed. By two o'clock oit Friday morning the building was a heap of ruins. Su boo 1.1110.—A few mornings since. at Seaford, the officers of the preventive service were foiled Ulan antici pated seizure of some extent, by a deception. They were all on the alert to capture a boat which appeared to be approaching the shore. No sooner was the boat within sheir power than: they exultingly seized the rich prize, which was (mind to contain .20 new tubs iroa hooped. The impatience of the officer to ascertain the nature of the 'swim's fluid was eatreine. Tub after tub was tapped, and pine and transparent was the.fiuid; but what was their mortification to discover, that in stead of aqua vine, their palates were excited only by . pare eta-wine' L.This saline beverage became more nau seous to the taste on sums discovering the design of the deception. Whi:st the officers hail been all taw the alert ill kiting this prier. about half a mile , distant from Newhaven tide-mill, 300 nibs of spirits were safely landed. from a confederate boat, and so securely stowed away, as to elude the discovery of the officers, although the whole of the day was diligently employed in search ing th e dispersed spittys. The transaction took place about four o'clock to the warthog. Ex ec.wri ore.e—Ori Thursday morning, Edward Bales, who was ordered for execution last Monday, hut owing to a communication how Mr. Hayfield, of Guy's Hospi tal, to Mr. Baron Graham, a reprieve was granted, and the extcutitm stayed 041 Thursday. No oircumstance basing appeared of a mitigatory tiatore sufficient to warrant a final respite, the execution was cows, mantled to take place as intended. The miserable boy attended the Chapel, but exhibited little reason to hope that he was contrite for Ins offence. Being diseneunt- Liertd of his irons, the ountroltil cavalcade moved from the Chapel to the summit of the lodge of the prison, where the,Rev• Mr. Mann eltdvewoahttl to impress on his mind the awful accouut he had to give a few moments eta high tribunal. Whether he listened with attention or inattention we. know not.-he seemed ind.f. tercet to his tate, airil said or the executioner, ". He ; let me eo as fast as you calif' . The drop fell WOO afterwards, and in the midst of his youth the world closed obi Ina tut ever., BIRTHS. The lady of Wm. Klogdon, mt. surgeon, of Clusbury Woe, of a daughter. lu k'itishary piece, Mrs. 9lot MA RKIEP. hiea. of a lleeghter. At Paddington chards, the itev. J. Jukes, of Twill, Samuel, to Mary, only daughter of 5. Uridilb, esq. of Connaught terrace. At Lleyloain. 11. blowsy, eq. am gent apothecary, of Brighton, to Sar.th, daughter of the late Dr. ttlsike, of the Island of Modulo. " tin weduesttay last, at Charlton, John, only eon of D. James, °sq. of the firm of Budges sod James, bankers. Dartford, to Emily, eldest danzliter of .1. Jackson, eso. of Ktdbruuk lodge, Sent. At Risley, Gloisecstenblie ' M to r. J. P. Kum, of Hammer smith. elde uf tt two of Mr. doss. solicitor, of that Oast, Ann, only daughter Mr. Long. ut Chalfont on the bill, bluscesturMire. At Barnstaple, the stew. J. G. Wroth, la Frames, youpgest daughter of the late Key. J. 8, Squire. At Richmond; L. Rowel', gail.lo Slisalfra, tbifd dosibfor at SIP floe. John spender. At Clapham ehoteit, W. 11. Didion, my. or St. Martin's lire, Leicester swore. to Imam Sophia, only daughter Of T. 11111, Mo. of lielitiont row, V. 00.11411. Al at. Julues,llackney, T. A. Stoker, esq. of Shiploads, to I.olllse, lesuild daughter 01 the tale K. Meelientke, eaq. of Taunton. At St. heenarirs, ahureditcli, Mr. N. P. hell, sollcitur, of Battle, Sussex, to Mrs. Elistabctli Willard, widow of t h e late Mr. P. Willard, of the setae pare. lIIEP. On Friiey• UM, In Teaterden street, the Dowager Moonless Torrioutuu. Al Islington, In the OM year of his age, Mr. George Blois, late of Altier.rte street. At his house iu Rouen street, the wife of Pr. Felthborn. Mites Blielli, Fey. of Twiekeolooo, Tate of Greer Ituasell street. Bedford square. At her sins house. at Hampstead. Meg. Combohi, tiled 8 9. At his sesideure. Peke strect)Aldgate, Mr. Idesbud bliennue. at the advanced ago 01 101. At Kensington, Margar e t , the wife of D. Button , lap , sin, punt on "nthly tad, at his Mune iu Fell malt. Mr. tomes limber, Ole of the Haymarket. C At hot house jn ook's court, Berle tout, Liesolo' s 144. Thomas Sudlusw es+ aged 03. At Clifton. Linty Owen, of Portman square, .0 , th e S. of PlitiSIQW, Esseit,lu the 79 1 . 1 3 . n 1 4 of .1 1 . 1 . s w x:• former la, It/0 0... n, wen of the mme place, bort. bars. of thietion, In the roomy uf Pembroke, mid Mather / 0 la t " lr ° "*".. of lb. Mailer/ el 1.1 4' I Mn. Thomas Wilde, Marty )stril one o y Iti , Wiz year. so, STRAND. • A NEW SHAVER; oa , SECOND EXPRIUMEN A MONlLlT—whoshaviag.first tried on himself And cutting his fowl. —tile misehievous elf Resoled -to embrace opportunity pat, And operate next on the beard of the Cat! The place of a mirror adapted to mt. There stood in the room then a high polish'd Boo?, In which Wanazre's Jet of preeminent hue Display'd the tine forms of reflection to view. Now seizing poor Pees, to the bright BOOT he bore bee The Monkey her shadow then gleaming before her. And ans weed her struggles with chatter arid blows. Her phis while he soap'd from heears to bee nose{ • The Cat, thus essaying in vain at resistance And mewing, in pitiful plaint, for assistance. With wonder the same operation now saw Perform'd in, or shewn.by the Jet of coat! In front of the BOOT then, as if to explain it The method of shaving. how best to attain it, The act of interspersing with grin and grimace. The Ape cleared the Cat of each hair on her face • And strange ihonsh it seems. yet the frolicsome elf Was much more successful with Plus than himself. The SHAV as adroitly coreluding hisieraping.— The SHAV'D with the limn/ har whiskers escaping! The Monkey in triumph the parlour now sought. And Cat and bright Born. to &company brought, Who saw what this Barber had then been about, And hall'd his essay with a rapturous shout Of mirthful surprise;_the strange incident backing The merits of WAILES . / unparallel'd Blackiag. • This Easy Shining and Brilliant Bxaciinto, Prepared by ROBERT WARREN. so, Strand, London; and sold in every Town in the Kingdom. Licium, in Bottles 6d. 10 d. 1 2 d. and 18d. each'. Also PArra BLACKING, in Pots6d. ltd. iqd. each. A Shilling Pot of Peg& is equal to Pour is. Bottles of Liquid. •,,* Ask for WARREN'S Illaskiag.l LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, Aram el. The market is rery brisk this morning, sad' all grain looking up. Wheat is 55. per qr. dearer than on last Monday , the ex treme price beiqg Batley is full as.dear as on last Friday, and OaLmay be quoted at So. per qr. *boss. our statement of that day. Beaus are also from le. to es. per qr. better, and Peas and other grain arebrisk at Let week's prices. .1t is expected that Flour, at the alma of tha market, will be Ms. per sack. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, Man. 25. Our holden of ton is morning are asking ls. to es. more for their samples then Monday, and a few parcels of the finest White Wheat bare gnus offat 655. per qr. Little buoinies hat, hawe►er, being done, the attendaace of buyers being nth, r small. In Barley we can quote no munition troth Wednesdays prices. Oats. in consequence ottliere being a good supply, are not ►ery brisk in sale, but we cannot quote them lower. Jim. and Peas are without variation. CURRENT PRICI Per W ladle ES Or GRA! iler Stemware II YO a U ieY • I. •4- .42 a 51 52 a 61 57 a 6$ 24 a SO 30 a SO u 02 93 a 90 24 a 23 96 a Su $0 a 15 98 a 31 34 a 4t 9$ a 35 241. a 904 IN FOR T tEight Bathe's. *sum sou. isnot 3. S. S. S. r. 4lk a 43 62 a 53 32 a 671 52 a b 7 57 a 641 37 a 65 44 a 30 24 a 1 0 30 a 30 30 a 16 by si Os 59 a 63 83 a 20 I 30 a 24 24 a 2d 33 a 27 38 a 30 i 16 a 30 SO a 33 $0 a 65 kb a 33 31 a 36 34 a Mt i 164 a 42 VS a 33 21 a 3.3 -34 i. a W&. 241. a9B . WEEK, Old Wheat ... • New tied Wheat New White do Rye barley .... • , Pole Molt ..• •• • Geed Oots Seery u r l'uland New Tick iiel/1111. Old ditto . New Pigeon OM° Hulling Pease Grey Pease .•... Itopt.afed per last - - AVERAGEPRICE, OF CORN, Per Attuler, of theTwets• Maritime District* of ENGLAND and WALES, for ti.• Wrck eutliug 19th, retracted from Siouan) • Gazette. Wheat._ 401 41 I Darkey.....Sts 'ld I Bawls ....44 , 44 Rya ....74s I4d Oats.... lON $i 1 Peril kas bJ OF FLOUR, • Per Sack of Five Ouvlials,or 213 01bv s 4 day. 1. . MuLday. v. v. Mon • Fine Eng libli Flour 4 tv 30 Norfolk a, smeulk sa a 44 Womb ditto .... 4U a 43 WealCuuntry . 48 a6O ORK4O, 7d, tu 8* . the tAliarteinLusf. It MUSCOVADO tiUoAlt. tletut ate suede in the Week ends•{ I. %IL per.ciet.xclusiee uf duty, BROWN Average l't ice fro Weiluestinv - . jaig.W.E OF Hops, per Col. Pockets. Ae. 4 4.1„ B i q a ' £ n s• aP a • Farnham...- 0 9 .7 15 i sseid ***** *v 6 - Kent 9 Mft 2 PO unisex .... 4 18 a Sussex. a 3 0 YeArliugs .. 11U a $ Essex V 4'n 4. 0 OW ditto .. U o .a e 0 Yenrilalpi ...12 a 2 __- BMITHFIIIeD MARKET. ratuAy. Aran. t3N-Aliftt i, halo 'wisdom in the price of Beef or Mutton this day, awl the sonrkid is rather heavy. Veal, however. looks better. but lAmb,.being snots plentiful , • ,2 dull in dale. Pork hat advanced a little since Monday, and !nisi' in sale. stTlicifollowing is a COTTtet SiiioMallt of the prices and numbers i PI(ICE of MEAT, exclusive of the 0081, which consist , of Heo4l..litstrails and tittle, dud is wuttlt shout Id. p• r pound.- Por stone of bliss. 1110111111 AV. • rattisr, Beef as 64 to 44 Ad Reef Ss 4d to 4t pt Motion 34 ltd to 4s 64 Al lit' um ag 84 t u 44 ad Lamb 3% Oil to Gi 0,1 lamb •64 Ckti to et ltd Veal ds 0.1 to 34 04 1 Vta I .4. A 4 to 34 bd Pork Ss 64 to 44 44 I l'..rt; 4s 94 to 44 Yd livid of Cattiest 1114.1.41. s•-... 1,1 uf caws at Mork". Beasts Sheri, • Pigs Calves • ll 4 .lCoives _-..•=••=111 - . LONDON: printed and Pnidiehed by the Prapriotar, /On g TIVIGG, at the wire, 76, Ploot4trool, whore all LOKI te LW Editor, (post paid) owl b. mildrosoid. .._-