The National Register. — London, England, 1811-07-28 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RECIISTER. conduct. In the course of the conversation on this subject, some high wordy ensued, and the defendant filially accused the plaintiff of " forgery, and said he could hang him for that of fenc,'," to recover damages for which gross insinuations Ihe preent action was brought. On the part of the defendant, it was contended, that the ors were uttered in a moment of reciprocal abuse, without rie,oling, in reality, to impute to the plaintiff the crime al . leged. It did not appear, however, that any means had ben taken by the defendant to explain his meaning; and Lord Chief Jus tice MA NlFirtra being of opinion that the words were the Jury, after a short consideration, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 501. At the Surrey Sessions, on Tuesday, John Warwick, a toll tllter, at th.: Circus gate, was ind:ctcd for a misdemeanour,. in Laving taken 3s. 6d. excessive duty for two post horses of Col. Evelyn, on the 15th of February last. He was found guilty, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. POLICE. QUEEN-SQUARE. On Friday, two yonn:z Gt•ntlernen of the names of Simpson, a mtdical man, and Atkins, a Clerk in a Banking-house, were brought to the bar, under a serious charge of having struck, cut, and knocked down in the Strand, Mr. Thomas Ellis, mu sician, of Covent-garden.Theatre, without any provocation. Mr. Ellis stated, that it being the lastmight of the season, be was detained later than usual, and after taking some little neces sary refreshment, was passing by Northun - berla:id-street, when he heat d tier steps and noise of the prisoners (with two others not in custody), coming fast after him ; wishing to evade them be stepped off the flags into the middle: of the street, but was followed, and asked by Mr. Atkins whether he was an Irish man ? He replied, that he never denied his country ; on which he was instantiy knocked down with a stick, and had his face cut by the ferrule at the enl of it, or some other sharp instru =eat. He lost his hat ; his coat, pantaloons, &c. were torn to - fragments, and his musical instrument rendered useless, without expensive repairs. Being a strong man, he still held Mr. Atkits against all - -the four playing with cudgels at him, and called as• . •istance to secure the prisoners. Several of the watchmen were cut and beaten, and Walker, one of the patrole, had his cedar -pone actuaLy broken, and was taktan to the V'estminster Hospital, where he lies in great pain, awaiting a surgical consuitstion, .directed by the attendant Stir. geun, who felt himself in wat:t of assistance. . . The defence was intoxication—wherenpon Mr. Fir.r.viNe; observed, that it was painfol to him to observe upon the awful case.of two Gemknaen, who, in the event of Walker's death, w,tild be indscted for mur :er, or, at least, for manslaughter. It was unavoidable to detain them, wit s hout bail, until the cer tificate of the surgeon be procured as to the safety of the man's lire ; and as Mr. Ellis was ivillny to forgive them, on getting dee compensatitin, he was deqrons of being as leoient as passi ble, consistent with public justice, making allowance for acci &teal inebriation, and excusing any unguarded expressions or feelings of national partia:,ty or gallantry on such an occasion. The worthy Magistsate directed the prisoners to he taken to a publie•hoose for their better accommodation, in preference to a pris,n, till the surgeon's certificate be produced. The prisoners were remanded to safe custody. dated, and after the first act, conversed ingeniously as to its incidents with one of the Ladies in the boa. At the end of the second act she attached herself to the other Lady, who was fascinated with the hrillianey of her remarks. The fair stranger was observed never to more her arms, and to he con siderably advanced in pregnancy. The third act commenced, when she pretended the fits of the mother, which briught to her aid the two Ladies and a Gentleman : she soon, however, recovered, and refused to be escorted home, erdered her foot man to call for a coach. The Ladies soon atter wished to knave the hour, but their watches were gone. Flow could this fair enchantress be guilty of the theft, as she never moved her arms i t now occurred to them that she had false ones, and a bolster h.td given the semblance of pre?nancy. The alarm was given, but the Bow-street runners have been as yet unsu cessful. On Monday, a servant maid in t. Peter's of Matfcroft, Nor wich, destroyed herself in a manner very uncommon : she wound a piece of tape three times tight round her neck, this she found in: ullicient to effect her purpose she then resolutely put her head into a tnb of water, and completed her suffocation she had lived some time in her place, and was much esteems(' by her mistress.—Juror's verdict, Lunacy. A Coroner's Inquest sat on Thursday at the Marlborough Arms, Noble-street, on the body of Mr. Alfred Hitcham, a haif pay Officer, who met his death by a fall cn Tuesday last. The deceased was an infirm man, 80 years of age, and his servant net having answered his ring, he left the drawing room, and in the aft of calling, he fell over the bannister to the passage, a height of 18 feet. The deceased survived several hours. Verdict, Accidental Death. KetrioN.—Richard Armita:ze and Charles Thomas, both Clerks in the Bank of En,zland, and both guilty of a similar species of crime, though unconnected with each other, were on Wednesday morning executed, pursuant to their sentences. The former had been convicted of ti! tering a forged dividend warrant, and the latter for forging a receipt for n-:)ney, with intent to defraud the Bank of En4land. The youthful appear ance and genteel deportment of these unhappy cul,,rits made a strong impression on the crowd assembled, which was mense. BIR7 HS. On the C.lth inst. at Charter House, the Lady of F. E. Bar ker, Ecq. of a son. A :,taniford-hill, on Saturday :as:, the Lady of M. Gilmore, Esq. of a son.. DIED. Lately, a Russian peasant, of the name of Alexai Nikforov, in the village of Kanie»ka, in the province of 'Elsa, at the ad vanced age of 124. At 101, he lost his wife, aged 90; and two years after married another. by whom he 14.1 two daughter's whom he lived to see married, and mothers. • At Oakham, RutlaudsLire ' W Anne Clark, datighter of . W. Clark, aged 16; her death was occasioned by dipping her head, when hot, into a bucket of water. At Nlu , steed. Hants, after an illness of a few hours, Mr. •tr. Scoray, age d 83, a man pos .ess. d of many excellent qualities, tempered with great peculiarities. At his wedding, 52 years ago, he preserved three candies, one of which he burnt at the funeral of pis wife, another at that of a relation; ar i d he or dered that the third should he burnt when his own funeral took pl ce, and that some m9d, preserved also at the marriage least, with all the cyder and liquors remaining In his house, .51.0U1d then be drank. His funeral took place on Tuesday, when friends and relatives f !lowed his ri mains to Minsteed hutch, witnessed the funeral iites, and heard an excellent sermun ; after which they returned to his house, burnt the candle, and, in religious fulfilment of his injunctions—drank out all the liquor. At Worcester, Sarah Smith, aged 103; ten y ea rs ago s he married a second husband, who survives her untimely departure. At Clifton, on Saturday last, Mrs. Zirott, aged 32, wife of Joint Scot:, Esq. of North Cray-place, Kent, much lamented by her family and friends. SUDDEN Dz.,...ru.—Frhiay afternoon, a man of the name of Flint, a carpenter, at Brixton, was found dead by his wife in a field adjoining to a house where he was at work. At break fast he complained of a pain in his head, and not coming home to dinner, as usual, his went to seek him and found him lying on the ground a corpse, with a hiinei horse standing with its head over him, in a patient posture o; animal sympathy; by this 31(1 stroke of fat.iiity, the poor woman is left with a fa mily to lament the loss of a husband, father, and a daikr prow tector. • lot ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4.c. The bri?,y of a female, apparently about 20 years o` age, gen teelly dre.;sed in a blue silk pelisse, with a si!k bonnet corres ponding, was found on Monday. by Jacob I3rce, a waterman, a Short distance from V. estrrinster Bridge. The body was owned on Tuesday morning, and the deceased turned out to be a teacher at a re-p. e . ::ble Lady's s:.-rrinary four miles from Hyde Palk Corner. had been missed ten days from her situation,, and had not been heard of She had 'been in a dejected state sometime from disappointment in affections. Ty z FAIR 'rum —A Lady. in high dress, attended by a footman in livery, went on Thursday right into a box; iti the Hoymaket Theatre, and begued pardon for intrusion, as the box she had engaged w occupied by a genteel party whom abs did not choose to displease. She was politely accost-4mo- London : Printed and Edited by E. ROCHE, and Published by JOHN FISHER, No 5, Pickett-but -et, Strand, near 1 anti tom , . arded by all the Nevtsnirn, the Claks of Roads, and liookftllers throughout theUhited Kinadorn, free of pc the Country az 10a. Sid. per Snartrr, 4 i Q I