The National Register. — London, England, 1815-10-29 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. THE ROCHESTER PEDESTRIAN. We stated in our last, that a man, named Tuffee l had commenced the undertaking of walking 1000 miles in 21 days in the neighbourhood of Rochester.—He completed his eighth day on Moeda) in good style, finishing 50 miles and a quarter, a little before twelve o'clock.—Tuesday morning he started at seven o'clock, and by five o'clock in the evening, having gone only 25 miles, he resigned the match, owing to a rheumatic pain in his right knee. On ‘Vednesday, the rh' umatic pain having left him, to the utter astonishment of his panic-struck friends, he 'tarted again at twelve o'clock, and at 2tr minutes after one, when he went to dinner, had performed five miles ; at half past nine o'clock the same night he had gone 31, and was going on still. Bets arc now 10 to 1 against him. Yesterday morning, at three o'clock, he completed 49 miles. and had it not been for the interference of his friends he would hale accomplished 54, as was his deter mination; this interference was owing to the torrents of rain hat were then fairing, and which had not ceased for seveer,•l hours, in consequence of which he fortunately was persuad d to relinquish at that time. Ile had been obliged from elevett o'clock on Friday night to wear a large great coat and a pair of boots, the bottoms of which were nailed with large nails that he might not slip, the ground being then completely inundated, it was with the-greatest diffi culty he was enabled to get along ; throughout the whole of this part of his arduous task he kept up his usual spirits ; i,t. geld an umbrella the whole of the time, and on the ave►age completed nearly 31 miles. An altercation at two o'clock in the morning took place, in regard to the distance he had proceeded at that period, some gentleman having stated that he had completed three quarters of a mile more than what the clerk of the course had put down ; however. Toffee, in order to set aside all disputes, on being informed of the circumstance, told them that it was not an object to him, and he therefore agreid to abide b) the clerk's account. His feet were rather blis tered, from the quantity of rain which his boots bad con tained. Having at three o'clock completed 534 miles, he informed his friends that if his rheumatic pain did not again visit him, he had every hopes of finally accomplish ing his undertaking, which ends to-morrow week at five o'clock in the morning. He started yesterday, after resting three hours and a half, at seven o'clock, and before breakfast, at half-past; eight, completed five miles and three quarters, and was continuing his task at 12, having then made good 14 milety baking in the whole at that hour 546. The following is each day's performance since this day week, he having completed, on Saturday night, the 21st, 394 miles : Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, October ft, '3, 24, ••t • • • 25, • 26, 27, 28, • • • • •• 49 (at 1) 14 Total at that boor, Baker, the pedestrian, yesterday went into training un der the able direction of Dr. Newson, of Rochester. A place is to be prepared for this Kentish pedestrian by his friends, in which he is to walk., provided the weather liould prove unfavourable; be will, therefore ; not be sub- OCT. 29. ject to that inconvenience Tuffee is now labouring under. Baker is 33 years of age, 3 feet 5 inches in height, and weighs list. 31b. The laborious pedestrian tasks Baker has been hitherto accustomed to perform l and that through the most dreary parts of Kent, are almost incredible.— Bets to a large amount have been already laid. OLD BAILEY. On Friday David Wood stood indicted for burglatinusly breaking and entering the dwelling house of Wm. Jenkins, with intent to steal the goods and chattels of the said Wm. Jenkins, on Tuesday the 46111 of September. The prosecutor, who is a clerik in the Navy Office, had retired to rest about 11 o'clock. A little before 12 he was alarmed with a crash, as it breaking of glass, which appeared to come from the kitchen. He got up and struck a lighy , and on coming down stairs he found the kitchen window broken. He took no notice of that, but went up stalls and extinguished his candle, tellin.: his wife that some one was attempting the house, and he would take him if possible. He sat down by the window in the front room up stairs. About one o'clock a.coach drove into the street, and the prosecutor saw a person follow the coach, who knelt down on the grating of the kite en window.— Witness took a dirk and went down stairs, where the map was trying to work out a gimlet, which fastened the cashes of the kitchen win. tiow. The person went away, hut soon after returned, and succeeded in getting the gimlet out, and introduced a stick with a hook at the end of it, to try to get out a basket of clothes. Witness thought it 'equired some management to take him, and waited till the prisoner put his hand far enough in at the window for the prosecutor to get hold of it, when be seized him by the wrist, and pulled his arm in between the bars up to - the shoulder. Witness called watch, and the prisoner was secured, when, two gentlemen coming up, the prose cutor gave up the prisoner to the watch. The watchman who took him found on him a green hag, a black crape, and four more fish-hooks, like that at the end of the stick which he was using at the house of Mr. Jenkins ; all which he said he used its fishing. In his defence, the prisoner said he had lately been a publican in opulent circumstances, and had been driven to the commission of the crime by distress.—Guilty— Death. J. Thomson, alias Thomas, and Edward Clarke, were indicted for stealing a large quantity of plate, and other articles, the property of Mr. Marsh, on the lath of October, in his dwelling house. The prosecutor is a silk-dyer in Brook•street, Holborn. On the Morning of the 14th instant, he was a'armed, about half an hour after five o'clock, by the watchmen. When he got down he fount the shop door open, and three of his servants and three of the watchmen in the shop. There was an empty house in a place called Foster-place, and the robbers had got in by taking out a pane of glass from a ItAht at the top, so as to admit a hand to unfasten the loci of a wooden abutter which was on the top. The shutter was secured two days before. The hoop he found in the gutter, and the trap was laid aside. He might have got over through the uninhabited house. Th- key of the door down stairs was in the lock, and the persons who had let them. selves in by the top of the house, must have easily let themselves out again. The witness missed out of the kitchen two silver round salts, a silver ladle, two dessert spoons, one gravy spoon, two table spoons, ten tea spoons, a set of castors with silver tops; and out of the shop, ten shawls, six scarfs. seven gowns, a remnant, five yards of crape, a black cloak, three silk stockings, and fourteen silk handkerchiefs. —Cross-examined by Mr. Andrews. The trap-door was used in the way of his business. The prisoner Clark was the son of a man who has been lathe witness's employ for about 40 years ; and the witness had taken him into his employment for these two years to assist the father, who had a sore leg, but was obliged to discharge him some time ago for attempting to steal a shawl. Edwards, -the watchman, proved that on going his rounds he met a man with a bundle; knowing that he had not passed him, the witness ran after him, when he perceived Mr. Marsh's door open, and two bundles lying on the table. He immediately sprung his rattle for assistance, and went into the house, where he found the drawers o Robert Mackie, a City Constable, was in Catherine -street, in the Strand, about seven o'clock in the morning of the 14th of October— Observed the prisoner Clark in company with another man, who was carrying this hurdle over his arm. They were talking together. The witness asked them if that was not Eagle -court ? Clark answered that it was. The witness then went up the Court, and the men went into Catherine-street, where they were joined by Thompson, whom the witness knew, to whom the man who was not in custody gave the bundle. The witness immediately laid hold of Thompson, who had the bundle, and the other two ran away. He found on Thompson a pair of black silk stockings, and a letter, directed to Mr. Marsh, silk. , dyer. He went to Sonser's-town the same morning d where Clark was apprehended. Saw Ruthen take some fringe froth the cupboard.— Crowesantined. Did not then know Clark. 702 t i •