The National Register. — London, England, 1817-12-29 00:00:00

- - . . THE WATION . At Ctrdirritir W. SHIPWRECKS. POLICE. • BOW-STREET. Cenrera•Swors.—ln consequence of written complaibta ef several Inhabitants, search.warrents were issued for Ihst apprehension of all persons found in coffee-shops at unseeenn. aisle hones, and about SO men and women were brought to the office on Monday morning, who had been apple he mei about three o'clock on Sunday inorniug. in those places of re sort is Dnuy-lane, Bedford bury, and Whitcomb-en eet. They gave various excuses, such as " Having been to the play.' " Being shut out from their homes." " It being late before they had done work," &c. It was proved that they shut up the shops at nine o'clock at night and opened agairt at twelve, when there was light sufficient displayed to know a do wn. t although the shutters were not made ' in them, to the annoyance of th e they were reeartensoeilsl noises were m r fl i ee the inhabitants. Al the shop in liedfordbury it was proved that there was singing, and dancing to a violin at a late hotly. All the shops belonged to a man named Lille, who resides in that in Whitcomb etreet, and lets the other two. Hr said he could not get A living unless be opened it at night : he in tended principally to accommodate hackney-coachmen, and did not wish to see improper women or disorderly pereoas in his house. Ordered to Mei bail. Tuesday a long examination took place on a charge against Win. Clarke, of robbing the nursery ground of Mr. Graham, in Camden town, and also Mr. 'Dimities Jenkins, of Alaryle bone.park. Mr. Graham stated, that lie had been rubbed inf trees to a very considerable extent, and knee last Jnly to the amount at least of eel. For several nights hear/etched, arm. eat with a gun, but never could detect any robber. It was peeved that 4 dozen of white currant trees which were in the ground on the 22d November last, were stolen from the grounds of Mr. Graham in the eight time, and they have all been traced into the possehsiou of four respectable house. keepers in the iteigulnitirliutl, who purchased them of the prisoner at fair prices. A number of al d, peach, plum, and cherry-trees, were discovered in different gardens ; it Was proved that the prisoner had sold them, Mr. Jenkins and his.men identified them. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. For some months past a number of hotels, coffee houses, and private house!, have been robbed of silver spoons and various articles of plate, by persons gaming admittance by false pretences. Among the houses that ba v e Seven robbed is the Verulain Clubhouse, in Lincoln's linnettils, being the house occupied ue the late Lord Kenyon. The club is compos ed of 1.4 members, consisting of most of tlw judger, the lead. tng gentlemen iii the law, 41141 others of reepeentoility, who frequently dine together It seems that the older door was kept constantly open, and that the inter door in the passage. was only closed with a spring ; o glass is in the dour, dome& which it i's suppused tile robbers looked, to lake advantage when spoons were left he the wailers in the passage, t o sup in and make off with them. If the robber was discovered in the passage, lie implied for some of the mealtime, and thes escaped. The Reuse having been repeatedly "'oohed, Ad kins, the officer, was employed te e entleashor to discover the robbers ;he traced out our of t spoons belonging to the club to have been sold at Sir. Aldridge's shop, a pawn. broker's, in Orange mired, liluoinehury, who gave a very full written description of the man of whom lie had purchased the spoon. On W vdneeday evening, at the time the members of the club were at dinner, a man was found in the passage fully answering the description given by Mr. Aldridge, who ids. pared for IVlr.Begeant Best, who is a. tueinber of the club : he was detained and brought to the office, and underwent All examitiation before lit. Hicks. He had a genteel appear. ante a n d manners. lie gave his name Thomas Robinson. Mr. Aldridge attended, mid pi minced the spoon purchased of the prisoner. 'Flee spoon having the head of Lord Chan cellor 113C011 on it, mid under it " Verulain," the Magistrate asked him hoW lie could purchase it of the prisoner. 111 r. Aklridge replied, that he used all elite precaution by quer. Butting the prisoner as to its being his property, when the prisoner town et eel, with a great deal of cotupositre and' con telmice, that the questiou was uunecessure to him, the arms on it we re his family's, that he was a decayed gcntlernaumul in difficulties, or he should nut sell the spout). 'I lie appear. once and 'minuets of the prisoner were such as wet c calculat ed to O'Toole with such a repichentation. Mr. liarrie, the ete-as ard of' the club, attended, and procluo ed asp belonging to the elm'', to cot respond with the spoon suld by the prisoner to Air. Aldridge. The prisoner, Ming called upon for his defence, declined making any defence to the charge, or giving any account of himself. Adkine prelim-eel two pair ill spectacles, one vet!, hand. sonic with small glasses, the °deer common with large glasses. Hels supposed to have worn them us suited his pirrpuse, fur a diegenee. The prisoner refused to tell his residence. He was colllnv milted fur farther examination. CIUEEN-SQUARE. HaIIsEnnEAKING.—W tat. Bailey and Robe. Spencer. bolt stating themselves to be hhoentakete out of work, were on Tuesday brought to the office in custody of Mayliank watch house keeper of Haile town, on a charge of Jeremiah Boole, of Nu. 11, Vork.place, (tett 1111 . e11111,Esq• with breaking Into his house. Prosecutor stated that on Monday morning, about half-past 2 o'clock, lie was alarmed by a %%A(01111311 springing his rattle immediately limier his bed room window. lie got up and looked out, n hen the watchman desired he would come down directly, as there were twit men in the area. He dressed i Infused and went down ; and just then a p a t ro l e Caine to the door, and both the guardians of the night got over the area . r. rails, 4101 secto r ed the prisoners. On examining the pre mises,after they were in custody. it was 'Mo o d th e y h a d bro. ken a squat e of glass just abuse the fastening of the window', which they had removed, and raised the window as high as it would go. A window-shutter inside seas nearly pierced 111Iough by a creme piece. They took the le 'butlers to the watch, house, and gave them in charge; after which they re turned to the house, and uti searching the premises more they found in the area a crow bar of a new con. elm 'tenon, a knife, a candle, anti a bottle of phosphorus. Jaime Leper, a pi ivate watchman 41 Queen's-clues, stated, that about Milepost 2 o'clock on Monday meriting, as he was goiog his round, he saw a man furling about in York-place as iS iron the look unt, and on his teeing np the man retired, which made him suspect all ass not right. He therefore began to i examine the areas hard and to that of nroseetitoi he saw ', two turn on the steps brie' lotsy at the kitchen ludo% . lie took oat his pistol, presented it at d:em, and said lie would Mom fit • JOHN VARTIE. with regard to the late shipwrecks on the coast of France, ens following additional intelligence has Wen received at Lloyd's. : BkasT, Dec. 10.—" I have only a moment of leisure to request yon to comm uuicate to the gentlemen at Lloyd's the imperfict advices which I have this instant received respect ing several English vessels, wrecked or the dreadful slight of the tith inst. The India was totally lost, and all on board perished, at Klouan, near Plongtiernan ; a vessel of 100 tons, laden with salted provisions and dry goods, bound from Lon don to Jamaica, was lost near Roscoff—erew saved. Another vessel from Lisbon, with cargo of cotton, oranges, &e. were lost on the island of Bass. A % essel bound to the Havannah, was lost near Plotiescat. Another laden with salted cod, ran into the little port of Plouguernuu. A posieript of the above letter says,' I have just been informed that an English vessel of 4 or 500 tons, with a cargo of timber, is in distress in the bay of Donarimez. I ain just going to soul oil orders to .give her all the needful assistance, if the intelligence be cur- Meet." QUIMPLR, DEC. 11.—" At 2 o'clock this afternoon we were informed by a boat from the island of Sufis, that a large vessel had gone ashore there. Slits strnek in the night time, and is a total wreck, and all the crew perished. It appears 'that this event occurred on the 13th inst. The fact is, that on Yth, a large three masted vessel was seen front the port of Andierne steering towards the isle of Seim, and it is pre. vomeil that this was the vessel %%hick was wrecked there; bodies of two of the crew were found, but there were no papers about them. At this time the place where the wreck occurred was not known. Several boats were sent out front the island, and atter estimate about for some time fell in with the bull of the ship. iu which was a prodigious quantity of Oterchandize. They state, that they had saved 170 sheets of tin of large dimensions, 131 ditto smaller, 83 gun barrels, 18 :muskets, 19 barrels filled with wire, 74 packages. contents trot named, 2,427 ditto of files, 3.600 small copper basins, 30 large saws, 23 candlesticks, 2 coils of cable rope. The writer of the above letter then proceeds to stale. that it was not known whether the vessel shuttled to was English or Ameri can, as the persons who went on board of her found no na tional flag, but only two signal flags. She struck on the western pat t of the island, about one eighth of a league from the shore. The two bodies found had nothing on but their shirts; and as the vessel was wrecked in the night, it is pro bable they were in bed at the time. To the above %%maims• tars the writer adds, that there was a large quantity of hat ware, and particulnrly knives of all kinds, found on hoard." . The HULL. ADVERTISF:III of the 20th instatot says—" Out the !tights of 'Fitesslas and Wednesday last, this tows' and neigh bourhood wear visited by a most violent gale of wind at tended with heavy rain, of the effects of which in some parts of the country the accounts are very distressing. The scene eithibitea at the mouth of our awn 11311/0111 . Oh both these nights was. truly awful, owing perhaps more to the crowded state of the harbour than to the wind itself. Out the first, notjess than five sloops were sunk, one of them tilled with bale goods and another with earthenware, part of Which was driven below Martleet. Ott the second, four others, chiefly coal-laden. Serious damage, we understand, has been done to several larger vessels; flint the wonder is on • view of the state of the harbour, that the injury is nut been much greater. Their is no necessity to particularize the menses of the sloops ' which either have been, or in all pro.: Debility will he raised, some of the latter mentioned, as it is stated tons, washed quite empty. From 10,0001. to 15,0001. is the lowest estimate of the lost enstained. As might natu rally be expected, those nufortunate casualties have given rise to much conversation, its which, we are sorry to say, they arc principally ascribed to the want of practicable accomo. dation in the port. To whont this deficiency is to he justly a bc ribeil iv not for ns to say ; but we do hope that the flatter will now be taken into the serious consideration of tbe par ties concerned, and that anotlter whiter will not be suffered to commence without a manses attentot tut Meet that ac tonnoda- Ibis', in the opinion of all nautical melt, this place is calcu lated to afford." The Samuel, from London to Penzance, put into Fowey on Monday, with l o ns of sails, and several feet water in her hold, oust it was supposed must discharge. 'flue Ayrshice,froot Demerara to Liverpool, sprung a leak, but had repaired, and was reloading. F-ntenenrat, Dec. 20.—The Ellice transport.--We pub lished in a former paper the details of the loss of this vessel. At the time she was %%reeked. there was out board a detach of the 75th regiment, which left Edinburgh faille weeks suttee, stud was pruceediug to join the regiment at Corfu ; and we regret to learn thut the billowing nor g a part of the detachment were drowned, viz ; Waller Rotolo, James Brandisii, Reliant kiddie, Da% id Mums), George Da• Iris, Peter Tayloi,J:ulin Reid, James Inglis, Joint Choke, and MOOdy. 11l the gale of Sunday last, the brig Mary of Newcastle, from Gottenboorch to Leith, %%Sill wood, a as put on shore, and stranded antiong-t the rocks, a I tile %oath% arol o f ,anessoo, ; tae inuto.tes and eight Melt ',detail, mate and four men di on toed. Tile vessel n complete wreck: but it is t [petted a great part Of the tae go may be saved, Te e toss of two coasters was annotinced in the Glasgow coffee roo m, the John. unit the Brothers, from Weslool to Clyde. They %vete wrecked on the Killoch on the Doanshire coast. The master a n d male of the John were unfortunately &mentl, the rest of the crew. were saved. 1 1 ~~_ ~~.+i' .v~ The following interesting sketch of the life of this unfortu nate youth was written by himself in the cells of Newgate, after . his sentence : " I first drew my breath in the wilds of Westmoreland, under a lowly but peacetid roof, in 1798. In the early state of infancy, I have often !merit, the dawnings of a genius some. thing more than common appeared, and that such symptoms became mote manitest in proportion as the mind unfolded her powers. In my eighth year, a Rev. Mr. Tebay, citrate of the parish church of Kirkby Stephen . , perhaps discovering in me seeds of more than ordinary talent, which might appear to him worth cultivation, took me into the free school of the same town, of which he was principal. This generous and kind master used, he has often declared, to contemplate, with increasing delight, the insatiable avidity with which his pupil received his instructions. Ido not know whether any thing sooner dsscovers the natural powers of a boy titan the rudiments of Latin grammar. It was in these first steps my master was convinced that these flattering symptoms were not the momentary fleshes of a transient meteor, but the con stant beams ofa solid luminous body. Now lie became more and snore anxious to push me forward. Besides conducting through the regular school course, he supplied me with pre. per books to employ my leisure hours, and led me into a train of study, which his superior jini4ment traced out. Iu the space of two years I lied read either itt the classes, or in private, all the pi lon pal lattia poets and historians, and was proceeding with equal rapidity in the Greek; could even read with tolerable facility in the Iliad, when u vacancy oc earring in the school, the principal appointed nit assistant, in lily tenth year, in the Lahti department. Though this situa tion was sometimes attended with unpleasant sensetions on account of my age. it was productive of some advantages. "Id my thirteetith my master recommended me as (Ptah. fled to undertake a private tutorship its a fatnily of great res pectability in that vicinity, for a few months. "About my fourteenth, being advised by an intelligent friend to enlarge my acquaintance with the mathematics, I was accordingly placed under the care of a master well versed in that science. Though I entertained some partia lity to this species of knowledge, I would have exchanged at any time a problem in Enrlid for a scene itt A ristophaties. Under this new oldster I contents d neatly a year. Soon after I became uncommonly reserved, withdrawing, by degrees, from the pastimes of my associates; and was frequently ob served to retire to some solitary place alone. knitted vas. ties, bearing the vestiges of ancient broils, and the impeiting hand of tinte,—caseades thundering through the echoing groves,—rocks and precipices,—the beautiful as well as the sublime traits of nature,--formed a specious field for contem plation many a happy hour. From these inspiring objects, contemplation would lead me to the great Author of nature. Often have I dropped on my knees, and ponied out the ec stasies of my soul to the Gott who inspired them. " When I had entered my fifteenth year, an attorney in our town having occasion for a writing clerk, engaged with my friends for me. 'rids a loug time I fume' a dry and irksome employ, hot Blackstone and Bern would often relieve eta'. 1)1161114 nay stay in this office I began to read novels, &c. awl while Homer. and their illustrious fraternity, lay on the shelineglecteur and buried in dust, this itoisenotis offspring of the al pen were absorbing all my time and attention ; not being content with tisorping my usual leisure, they ne railed my rest, and even often protracted my nights till two o'clock in the morning. Though from this comae of licenti ous reading I date my ruin, I found my imaginetion enriched by it. In such manner, murdering any time, and imbibing dangerons principles, .1 spent nearly a whole year. Tiese profligate works, among other deadly eflects, tilled me with romantic and unnatural ideas, made me disgusted with CUM moll lite, restless, and ambitious. " I was iu turn the hero—panting to display his martial prowess, and Jay down his !ife in sonic cause test stamp eternal honour on his name—and the lover, Italy to expire at the feet of the object ofhis Haute, and furnish matter to the novellises hand. " 'fins inflammation, however, was cooled by a circum stance lam now going to, relate. As my prospeets in law could not safely he extended tat ther than the place of hack. ttey writer, and my friends were linable to enter me legit larly in the profession, u ref creed friend, seniible Mk tid thinking that I might do better nearer London, ', l oca t ed me a situation. in a respectable academy at liraf tseed. lit. stored to toy natural element, I reassumed the vault hie tomes of antioptity —these umpired a new feeling, fur me, (pimple pectoris Tentavit in (Inlet jusenta " Fervor, et in celeiee tandem " lostentian." I now !wean to we' a seem ct desire to add ray name to the illustrious catalogue of bards. This was the e t ad le of my muses. I Wits now continually writing seralli of epic, dia. matte, elegise, Ism to, amid pastoral. in short, I wooed the whole nine, sad lowed Illy 441d/rams be st succeed n,ith lionictiv. Under the auspices of thus )lose, I midi I took it stelin ofic jour--a tragedy ; fir subject, pitching upon the scrip total stony of lepthali. he reason as I:y I took my son ject flonia the Itibil! was to try my own st ength r for this histoly being inure naked than the Heathen, materials fur the Must'are eaoe scanty, she is reduced to the necessity of supplying the deficiency with well-adapted fiction. 'Flint, it must be allowed, was a bold ant MN—enough to make a Sliakspeat e sweat. Atter a few moths, devoting no more than an limit . or two in the slay, I put the Meshing stroke to . my dramatic essay. About a year ago this work of months L ou now Doc L—Fer AL KEar,TOl: N C E.—An inquisition was committed to the flame s , a mong w h o l e qu i res o f s i ster was held before J. W. Unwin, Esq. in the Vestry-room, Wapping, compositions. " this ittimeent and amusi ng manner near l y two years ant e deesday, on the hotly of a person unknown. The deceased was found in the iletinitage-stock on Monday about e o'clock in the passed sweetly over, when a vacancy °cellos hog in the numbing, eltate to the lock-gate. It was nut doubted that lie fell into (ii a v esend Bank, I was engaged as a clerk by the firm, who toe dock. It is .01 water, and lie could n o t h ave b een was h e d up coesidering my general good character as a sufficient seen. by the tale. Ile had on the dress of an English sailor, and ap- thy, requited no other. Now becoming more public, the pearext about Is years of age. The Coroner observed, that the pre- sphere o f my actindiutance was extended, and, as a conse nt ease afforded time third instance, within the last six months, of um n ece, m mgr y lot mgr habits of retirement began gradnallv to s who had come to an untimely death, having been drowned ff. T he wear p leasure that I had hitherto found in the closet =h the want of proper defences around this part of the Lon- was now tonight in the gay circle of nty companions. The don docks. The directors had, no doubt, legal authority to fonn tins . . seeds of with lity, which had b een sol v e while tinder the excavation ; hut they were not to exercise tloir tight to die deistrue. ,Ittorney), b e ga n now to nu k e their appearance. Christi lion of others. The present situation of the dock and basin is that unity I considered as a grand p o liti ca l sc h eme , i nvented to of • dangerous precipice. Until the works are coterie tod, Om place ought to be conyleuly fene.:4 all round, and well lighted. Among reserve order and sabordmation among the people suc h a body of proprieties and a;:ents, it way he diEgrtilt to ascertain manlys to its Author, I HOW view it in another light.) Is it is upon whom the Immediate responsibility attaches; but it' another be wondered at, that one standing on such fallacious ground such case should oc cu r, in which it shall elssaly appriir, that the could nut with taud the temptation by !Odell I fell My party has mate to hi, d.:ath through the impmtected state of the f o ll y i s pa i nted i n the illu stration of th e Romau Satirist, docli b;oio, should eaves the pry, that after public notice, ,list Is cumin' the individuals who dirostal de: works, red those who • .7111k11(11.11 I party oas m too nu •ii wt the steps bet,' iatsy hilt het, utudol3. lie ate to 111.: 'lmpugn we upprotectrti state et the I f o lly I S ill the intivtration of the ßUMall took ow his pisim, res ,„ te . i i i t at and " i d h e w o uld clock , bn,in, he sho u ldeutrg- lw pry, that after public notice• t colones : --- Dens immorialis h a b er i ttliout the tiottt that stilled op or dowo, and intniudintely the individual. who thrtet,vl worki, rual thole w h o supermtintled sprung los leak stilt glum force, and nuts kept them i n th e thou were guilty of a criminal ollene:t. The parislieg were al.o `• num eupit Etupedocles, artlintem fri;idus JEtnam au ea till the Fannie cattle up and oNsisted lion t o secure the • Aasply involve! in the CtIIbUTC, ponnext.ing trrple petwerv, both und er dae Common and Statue Low, to:podia:a 14ns ittiatlerahlc grievance. prisoners. In going to the notch:house he saw prisoner Bai- t , ygdic—roand Clivragd• " of /lawsuit*, Oct. 2541811 " JOHN VARTIL" It endeavouring to get rid o f something Ander his great .