The National Register. — London, England, 1813-10-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. the battle, and kept the odds in his favour, although in the filth round he knock. dup his right-hand knuckles. There was much gaiety of fighting h)r the first half hour, when Marten pursued a system not very amusing, by pinking and getting away tiom his man, and when in a close he did not pay scrupulous regard how he got down. Lancaster lost the sight of one eye, and got lamed in the hand early in the fight, and Marten succeeded its closing the ether at last. Lancaster was the best fighter, and had superior length and strength, and always threw his adversary, or was up /on -most, It was half minute time betwixt the rounds, and with the exception of the shifting, but safe, way practised in the middle of the battle by Marten, it was a manly fight bctwiat men of game, unrivalled. In the last half horn, Marten became the favourite, his adversary being blind and exhausted ; and ultimately could not be brought to time, and Marten was declared the victor, though severely punished, having lead mot e than a bondred heavy falls.— Coyan and Davis then entered the ring, with Painter and a swin ger, seconds for Cuyan, and Jones and Wheelc fir Davis. This battle was most obstinately conte: ted fOr fifty minutes, but Cnyan was beat. 'llie looser displayed much science, but the terrific .right hand alma the neck and head of the Irishman, was too fitreible to be borne, though he had the best of the first part of the battle, par tiesdarly in left-handed straight bits at the head ; but lie often lost his temper; and, instead of profiting by superior scitnee, he went in and rallied, and fought at worst. Ilavis is a promising pugilist. and has dts.inesislied himself under the pationage of Mk. G. Keates. —lt is supposed there was the greatest assemblage of thieves at the above fight that ever were collected upon any !indlar occasion. There mere at least forty in a gang, armed with bludgeons, v.ho committed robberies 111 a moot daring manner. If ally perSOil at tempted to avoid being. rob:!ed, by taking care of his pockets when they surromided him, they knocked him down with bludgeons, fp...pored him, as they call it in the biang language. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCSS. 671 Some nefarious villains, with diabolical cruelty, lately cut of the ears of three mares behalf+ g to Mr. Everard, of Newby, in Northam. toushire, and made several deep gashes in the necks of two of them.— A pruchtmetien, with 10 gaiseas reward, k offered in Ttusday's Ca kW for the apprehension of the wretches who committed Vils deed. One of the workmen at the 11. uslow powder mills went into White Hdll, Hounslow, Tuesday I .:st, and placed 19lhs. of gun-powderi Witch he lard pilfered front the mills, on the kitchen table. A spark trout a pipe caused the whole to explode, by wfich the house was ne!tertally dinuseed, and saveial persons who were present much bona. TM. thief is committed to print for trial. On . S,,turtby we e k th e h e avy rea c h from °ram to Portsmouth, !rota Cflaceelmiclestreet, was t. ertuined in Milford-lane, about a mile tram (sodalming and prosideutially, though there were ten outside Passengers. only one of there ii kaiak, was materially hurt ; hut the unaid was so severely hurt, that he was obliged to be carded on a litter to 6,-dalming, where fe now firs to a dangerous state. No bistne suneatable to the coachman, the accident baying been en titely by the %cry had condition of the toad, which front (Jodi:lining to Lipheok is in such a shameful state as to render it mat ter et surpriseiliat so few accidents happen. The proprietors of the coach will, it . supp .rd, enable the guard to le in; an action against the . liestt es, for a compensation for his injuries and less of time. Sits toes ArraAv.—We are sorry so state that on Tuesday evening last un ;llay took. place in Plymouth Dock, between some sailors and a party of Monaghan 11!'gitnent of Militia, in which two men are said to have been killed, and several badly wounded. The greater pert of the regiment j lice riot, and mining to tin it barracks, seised their muskets, and paraded the streets with fixed bayonets; very for tunany, the night being tempt stuous, few of the inhaboants were uat ef their liou•es. Every endeavour was used by their officers to pacify them, and five hayoutts he logging to the ringleaders were seemed, and hopes arc entertained of the persons from whom they were taken ing identified. Next morning the regiment were in their bailie k., at St. lieorge's-square, and a double guard placed at the gates, to pre vent any one passing in or out. We are happy to add that tranquil. _ lity has been completely reitored.—The qutinel otigivated at a driek i!lg party in a public house, BOW-STREET —A man of the name of Kent has been extremely troublesome !Or some years past, at the 'Treasury, and the Seere , tory of State's office, in consequence of the following circuits • stances :—He formerly lived at Plymouth, and so long since as Mr. Pitt's administration. he was repeatedly writing to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that a gross abuse existed in,a Government r..ta blishment in Plymouth. lie not being known, but little attention was paid to his representation : however. he wrote so often to their Lordships, and was so very pointed in his description of the abuse he complained of, that a strict investigation of the ciremnstancea was ordered to take place. This was accordingly done ; and on. tins result being made known to the Lords of the Treasury, they were of opinion, that so far front what had been pointed out by MK Kent being au athlete, it was an improvement, and it was agreed, that a person should he appointed to superintend it, and carry it into ef krt. On Mr. ii.ent discovering what had been done, awl that to person had been appointed at the head of the department, he left tali business at Plymouth. came to London, and laid in his claim to the appointment, together with six or seven hundred pounds, as a remuneration fur his discovery and trouble : this he has applied foe to time Lords of the Treasury, and to the Seeree-try of State's office, from that time to this. He has been fra.quently very importunate and violent, endeavouring to force his way into public offices, and the Chancellor of Exchequer's house iii Downing-strect. At nee time he hail nearly forced himself into the carriage with the late Nir. Pereeval, and he would have accomplished it, had not - - Mr. Perceval ordered his coachman to drive off. Some months since he went to Mr. Vansittart's home in Downing•street, and insisted en seeing hint ; and upon the servants refusing to admit him, he exercised some violence towards them, and on the door being allot against him, lie commenced breaking the windows. lie was Se cured, and Pearkes, the Bow-street officer. was sent for, Ito took him into custody, when he weir committed to Bridcwell for want of sureties, to keep the peace. On being released, he has resumed his usual practices, but not with so much violence. He is pretty eon.tant and persevering in his attendance at the Treasury, but not so violent, though he has been so troublesome, thatVickcry the Bow. Istreet officer, has been frequently sent for, and has turned him out, When Mr. l'ereeval's assassination was at first heard off in Down, ing-street, this man was conjectured to be the horrid deed, on account of his having been. abo , treinety troublesome to Mr, P. imirsion Jill perpetrator of the Out that titilt ea• BREAD. The Price of Bread was ordered (agreably to the Act) to be re (Need One Ahsize and a Halt; ut Threepence in t h e Peek Loaf Wheaten, making the Quints!' Loaf Aid. Tht MagLitrates iu the country have been placed in rather en auk ward predicament by the new Act for regulating the Assize of Bread ; the assigned reason for passing which was to place tlie country bakers en u test!, as to allewanee for baking, with.tho , e . f the me tropolis, and without any alledged view to the relief of the poor, as has been erroneously surposed.—As the Act gives the Magistrates the power of fixing the Assize either by the price tit Wheat or Flour, the Magistrates of Bury St. Edmund's, last week, adopted the 1 fernier mode, when the bakers threatened to shut up their ovens, if persevered in. On the t 7th tilt, Crouch, an officer, seized on the premises of a baker, r;sitiing oil the Green at Depttihll, a sack, containing a quantity of tine white powder , which weighed 10%0. lyr. 10Ibs. The powder Neal: taken to a 7 .llagi,trate, who having summoned the pa:ties before him, an investigation took place, when it ap• reared that the powder was made from Derbyshire stone, which had been previously burnt and ground very fine. The baker acknow ledged having purchased of .it iron a thy-salter in Thames street. and that it Ival . to he used as 0 substitute for salt, and also for saving yeast, and neikiug the bread look white. He had tried It only once, and it did not answer. Mr. Finch, a chemist, Of Gteenwieh, having, at the request of the Magistrate, analysed the p,,woer, Rtatcd positively, that it was neither composed of, nor contained, any vegetable snbstance whatever; but that it appeared to oc calcined stoic finely pulverised. It was so much burnt, as to he deprived of its carbonic acid gas.—The Magistrate upon this, ordered the defendant to be tined 101. the highest penalty which the statute empoweis, and teat the whole, alter paying the tx pences, should be given to the Informer. S. vend more bakers have been again .convicted in penalties this week by the Lord Mayor, for making false returns, and having potatoes MI their premises, fur the put pose of mixing in the bread. MANSION HIM SE. • Thursday John Choke, a miller at Uxbridge, was *Med Ins. for selling and delivering to Elizabeth Witchelose, of White-street, St. George's, a parcel of flour withot.t a regular bill of parcels.—James White, a baker at Lambeth, was likewise tined 495. for receiving several sacks of floor, accompanied by a bill of pencels, to which no price was fixed.—Henry Plaistowe, the miller who sent the foregoing flour, had also been summoned to attend, but having neglocted to make his appearance. he was ordered to staa.l fioed vol. fur ,;ending out flour without affixing the price, and 10i. fur disebeying the Lord illayer's bienniums. otT. if. • (; I p 1 1