The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-17 00:00:00

August, 1821) discovered, her situation; before that time no our knew it. The defence rested principally on the improbabilities and contradictions in the evitlenca given by Ilis Drew. The Jury, after some consiAlentble diliburalion, returned a •edict for the plaintiff—Damages 6(11. POLICE. BOW STREET. On Friday the driver of a hackney coach was summoned before T. Halls. E q. to answer the complaint of the lion. E. Foley, for abusive behaviour to his fare. Mr. Foley stated, that he was residing at Mivatex hotel, in lirook•street, and a few evenings since was going to one of the Theatre*, and not having time to wait for his own carriage, he got into the defendant's coach. When the coach arrived in Great Newport-street, there was a stoppage of carriages 00 one side of the road, hut plenty of room. The witness called out to him to go on, and the reply was, in a very insolent tone— "lf you want to go on, go out of the copal." He said he would, end the defendant got down to the door, but instead of opening be held it fast, and told witness he should not get out until he paid hint his fare. Witness having no silver; got oat on the opposite side, and was going towards the shop of Mr. Wynne, a glover, in Newport-street, for the purpose of pro curing chauge, when the defendant came round after him, and and before he could reach the shop door, seized the skirt of file cost, and pulled him backwards with so much ♦iolence as to tear the coat up to the shoulders. Witness gave hint a sove• reign to take hie fare, but he then said lie bad not got change, and should keep the sovereign. Ile returned to his camel', and the witness Bent Mr. Wynne to him with change tope) , his fare. Mr. Winne offered him the fare, but he was some time before he would give up the sovereign, anal centime el, during the w hole of the time, to make use of the worst language that could come from the mouth even of a hackney emu/meal, lie was once, in the course of the time, requested to leave his coach, and came into the shop to receive his fare, but lie said be would see them d—d first ; they mast bring the money to him ! Mr. Wynne corroborated the evidence, of Mr. Foley, and said, he lied never before !ward any thing to equal the abuse that came from the mouth of the defendant. The defendant, in answer to the charge, addressed the Ma gistrate iu a mild, humble tone, and bowed to the ground at the close of every sentence. He said, the geutleman was an utter stranger to him, and he thought he had a right to secure his. fare in t e best manner he could. Mr. Halts said, he never knew a more wanton ease of abuse anal outrage ; and he should line the attendant in the full pe nalty, with the understanding, that it was still open to the com plainant to indict him for the assault, or ►o proceed against him under the 2d of George IV. for eilfully damaging his property. defetulant war fined 31. and costs ; and Mr. Foley de sired, that his moiety of the penalty might be given to some charitable institution, at the same time stating, that his only object was to make a public exempla of the defendant, and he suould therefore pursue him no farther. As the Traveller coach was going from Gloucester to Worcester, on Monday 'morning last, the axletree broke near Upton, and the coach upset. Although there were passengers, lorttinately none were seriously hijoreil.— One gentleman had the body of the coach 11.511112 11 1 ,041 hint, and had the horses moved, most probably would have been crushed to pieces : as it was, lie escaped with °illy a kw scratches. An attempt to defraud the bank of Sparrow and Cu. of Chelinsord, was detected MI Friday last tit a most singular manlier. A youth, shoot 18 years of age, an entire stranger, presented a check purporting to he drawn by Mr. Kingsford, of Beekiwi-mills. UllOll Sir John Lubbock and CO. fur 101. Mr. Simpson, one nl the firm of Sparrow and Co. happened at the time to be in the MOM adjoiniug the bank, and was at the identi cal moment in conversation with Mr. Kingsford. TMe check was handed to Mr. Simpson for his sanction, and on its being shown to Mr. Kingsford, that gentleman declared it to be gingery. The youth was promptly ap-t rebottled, carried before the `lagist►ates then s at the Shite-ball, and committed ftn further exami nion. DAR IRIS Ilosaentea.—Boring Sunday night a most (hiring rlihtot:lV 51.15 Ci,llllllllted Upon the preilitSeS or Air. Grace, hatter, Regent. Circus, Oxfitril•street.— Some daring burglars contrived to break a bar of the troll grating in the street, and by iii a. means succeeileil i op the door of the area grating, and &vet i itg au entrance into the house by the kitchen. They re moved a great quantity of a sery Laze stock, and some articles of household linen and wearing apparel, and niade titer escape with the booty by Ibe street door.— No clue has as vet been obtained of the rtibl.ers.-1 the saute evening, between five and six o'clock, the house of .lr. Plibitrotigh, Int;liler, in ILlltuan Nlens, Itlrilutaii•streci, Russell-square, during the absence of the faintly at evening prayers, was entered by means of a latch key, and rouhrd of an eight-day table clock, four' silver table and six silt er tea spoons, malty articles of weariug.apparel, house &c. It is supposed the thieves were ilistutbed, and wade a hasty exit, as many oilier things were bundled tip ready to be carried nil. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 13.—Last night arrived the SIILVOI transport, Lieutenant Church, 11. N., agent, from Barbadoes, which she lett on the 13,11 February. Conmiodure Owen's squadron had been separated in a heavy gale of wind off Lisbon, in cons.queuce of which the Fork, Sir Thos. Cochrane, kllklk, Capt. Leith, Eden, Capt. Lawrence, and Valorous, Cape. Murray, arrived at Barbaloes betbre the Commodore, and immediately began refitting and watering. On the arrival of the Commodore, the above ships, with the Surinam, Captain Crop., and Icarus, Captain Watkins, on the West India station, were ordered instantly to sea, with scaled utters, and at sunset they were nearly ought of sight, steering different courses. Tire Com modore in the Gloccitar, with the Phaeton, Captain Sturt, were • ?tatting in Carlisle Say, Barbadoes, and ktutiously looking for u cutter front England ; they were telegraphing every sail that hove in sight. The French squadron had sailed three days prior from Martinique, consisting of a flush 6t, with a round stern, and nine other sail; destination unknown. Nuts (when they become dry and the kerneli shrivel ktl) may, by pourni t x boiling water on them, and let ting them remain in it twelie liourA, be made 'resit, and Cie kernel' full and firm as when first gathered. THE NATIONAL REGISTER PEDESTR I Ali I SM.—ltussd. the Herefordshire pedes trian started at 12 o'clock on Wednesday night to go to Dorchester and back, a distance of 240 miles, in 75 hours, hir a bet of 100 sovereigns. It is nearly three miles and aqu inter an hour, including s(oppages.— The pedestrian did the first 48 miles in 13 hours. Ile went it glt Andover, 65 rules, about dusk, and at. ter halting an hour its the neighbourhood of Salisbury at three o'clock out Friday morning, he reached Blain!. ford to breakfast, where he was de131111:11 tonger than he intended by boisterous weather. Ile reached 1)or• cheater midge at rote o'clock on Friday, not being able to get mu over the bleak cottony high lands more than three miles an hour. He returned mil , a back, and went to bed, leaving himself 84 miles to perihrin in 27 boors, and the pedestrian Was Iresh and well. He travelled on at the rate of rather more than four miles an boor, and had 13 hours to do 48 miles in alter rest ing at He travelled in much pain from lLghain, btu he arrived safe in the Haymarket at h a il: past two o'clock on Sunday ...rning, having won by ttttt e than half an himr.—W right, the pedestrian, started on Thursday last from Clerkenwell-green, to walk to IValwyn and back, a distance of 51 miles a d y, for three successive (lays, at twelve hours and a half each day, and completed his last day's task seven minutes within the time, though the roads were very deep and bad, from six boors heavy fall of snow, and the pedestrian himself indisposed. lie intends in a few tads if) start, to pet form a match agaillit time, to walk 124 miles in 32 hours. Fetes.—Chi Thursday, between nine and ten o'clock in the forenoon, a fire broke hilt in a ki:cticit belonging to a chandler's shop aii:l coo!-shed in Lancaster street, rcial road, which iii a short time consumed that house, together with at the ft tttt e, &c. and did a considerable deal of damage to the two adjoining houses, and I. was with h itstheolty the flames %sere pre sented from catching the back parts of moue houses in the neighbouring court. The fire burnt so violently, that the floor was ready to fall hi before it was discovered, and the inhabitants had but Jost time to escope with their lives. Ooe woman, big with child, was forced to be carried out, het u,; au couch frightened that she had not posses. to move, and it was feared it would cost her her life. ZLANCHOLY AcclDEUT3.—Weilnestlay last, about one o'clock, a IlfeeWilli accident happened in Grace chit rch.st reel :—Tntimas Cole, aged Ili, win of Mr. Cole, Longs Yard, Lamb's Conduit Street, was exercising a pair of coach-not srS , whru, in passing through the abtive Street, the 111111e5 Wilk night, and the on formate yoang 111311 was precipitated to the ground, where lie instantl7 expired, and WJA taken up and removed toSt.'l'hout,is a Hospital: 11l the tall it was discovered lit hail received a sever CUIICUSSIOII of the brain, which terminated his existence. The deceased was in the employ of Ali. Meredith, of No. 10, South Lambeth. Another don tressing accident happened the same day, iii Lombard Street —Mr..l. W. Jo es, a respectable old man, 74 years of age, who resides in 'fabeitaicle \Valk, Shad , well, had iii the morni n g been to Chatham by the CO3CII, to see his (laughter ; having returned and of lined the coach. he was piocettliog along Lombard Street, to his home, very infirmly, when by a throng of passengers he was pushed into the road, and a cart passing at the same time went over his body, which caused a pound fracture of the aria„ aml broke five ur six ribs oti the left side. The deceased was instantly conveyed to St. Thomas's hospital, and survived until the following morning, about seven o'clock, %hen he expired. Co rimer 's inquests. sat on both bodies. (In Wednesday morning last, about ten o'clock, as Mr. Monkhouse, of %Yapping, was riding along Mile End lioad, his horse took fright at a dung -cart, broke into a gallop, anti. coining in contact with t h e pile of a gentleman's car riage, which was been Moen at a quick pace, it tinfor tonately run into the chest of the animal, and killed 11i,,, on the spot. Mr. M. fortunately escaped tuition. —Oil Saturday morning, about seven o'clock, as a lad, apprenticed to Mr. Cramp, a butcher, Whitechapel, High Street, was going front one part of the slaughter mouse of his master to the other, be hail occasion to go down smile steps, and instead of walking down them lie junyed, when his course wee impeded by a large im , t hoot:, which caught his alrill, Sod lie remained suspended until his master arrived and lifted limi The poor lad s sullelings were iiitcose. Ile was instantly coovv)ril to the Liu itou Hospital, when it wax tumid the soiews of his arils were so much wjtired, awl the Il c si l sit touch mangled, that immediate 3,111,111.1111111 W. 15 resorivil to as the only method iil preserving life. The patient quietly submittoi i i inc expedient, and we are 11.11`11y to hear he is in a falf way of recovery. Ha WC I ATr H.—Match for 200 sovereigns, to ride one horse 120 1111Ies in 51.5 SIICCeSSIVe I 1111 l ff.C3pt.Pigoo, of tile 2d .1)ra800it Guards, now at Yolk Barracks, has two mouths ago, made the above etageilient with a gentleman of that city, p. p. to ride his own horse the above eistasice in the time sated. c 1111 l menced the undertaking oil 'Tuesday last, at eleven o'clock at nialit, two miles in and out, front Kiddal-lane to the two-mile stony 011 Bramhani Moor, and perlorined the 120 miles in 916 minutes. Summary-15 hours 16 minutes work, and 7 hours 14 minutes rest.—FM.ll, 22 hours and 30 minutes.-=Thus it will he been that Ille Captain completed his task, hawing two hlOlll3 anti 30 ' minutes to spare, without either distressing himself Uf his horse. BURGLARY.—On Wednesday night list, between 9 and 11 oclock. ttie dwelhng•huttse of Di% id Sangster, L.q. of Upper Ke.titiuguott-lane, Vauxhall, was entered awl robbed of property consisting, of neck chinos, brace lets, earring 4, and brooches, to the amount of "UAI.-- The robbers effected their entrance thronAli the liiteneii window of an untenanted house next dour to the kclAriiii tavern, front whence they got on the roof, and walked along the gutter until they reached the sky-light of Air. Sdulgster's house, through which they p.wse.l down stairs to one of the bedrooms, and broke open a bureau which contained the above property. ttY SPRING AND NEATE —Toe substance of this anielea• of the great Match of two hundred sovereigns for the 2.0111 tat May was stated Thursday, anal after the gentle. men who mail,. the match had left, the commoners• had a rego:ar bi.ro up. Neate had no adequate repre sentative there, JII., his case lost in the hands of Tom Belcher, who hail in Mr. Jackson's presence promised • In pay 151. out of the 551. forfeit clue to Spring upon a form.:r occasion, Mr. J. passing his word for the other MI- Neate had received a late forfeit of 1501. Belcher refused to pay the said 151. onil all the remonstrance on the part ol the gentleman who upon this oceJsion put alowit the money for Spring, was of no use. to the heat of dispute smite energetic allusions, not very cre ditable to former hackers, were made. Spring offered to bet Belcher three bets of twenty sovereigns each, that he drew first blood, gate the first knock down blow, and won the battle. The 501. is to De made 1001. a side oat the 20th of April, and the whole of the VOOl. a side to be stakeil•in the hands of Mr. Jackson on the sth of May, when Spring will have a benefit at the Fives Court. OxzoaoAssizes.—The following v.2ry brutal wa ger has led to au action at the Oxford Assir:s " Burford, July 8, 1828. . 1 A bet is this day made between Mr. Maim and Mr. Cole, for 30!. iii the manner follow :—Mr. Cole to ride a bay policy, in his possession, and Mr. William Mann to role a diem'', hackney, in his possession, each party to ride his own horse through Cheltenham as far as Gliicester, and Lick to Burford (the place from • whence they start.) They are to start on the 16th of July hi:tether, and that which returns to Burfind first.. to be the winner. E ich to ride iii same road.—Signed by both the parties, and witnessed by Mr. Henry Webb." '1 he result of the Mare waAer was, that each party rode his own horse 64 miles in five hours aud a half, and that the lives of both animals fell victims to the cruelty of their owners. The advantage, 110Wtler, was with • Mono, hut lie disputed his loss to Cole, on the ground that he ((ole) had got oil his horse before it arrived at Burford, altd flail walked by .the side of the animal illlll • the t3W 11. The question was then referred to the Jockey Citth at Newmarket, and the club decided that it was " a drawn b, t." Notwithstanding this decision, Mr. I3eale, the stake-holder, refused to deliver up the stakes to the parties ; which might he owing to the icircum-- stance of a number of other wawes and other sums of money which he held depending upon the issue of the present case, and an action was brought by Cole against Beak. Verdict for the platittiffv. damages 191. the amount of the stake,. 1311nsILARY.—On Wednesday • night, at aisle hour.. or early on Thursday morning, the dwelling-house of Mrs. Peachey, 111 Craw fordoitreet, I'or man-square, was rubbed of 311 1 ttttt tlllle quantity of silver plate and plated'. articles. consisting of cattill.-sticks, spoons, forks, butter hoata, Ike. The thievcs aimed an entrance into the - house by the area window, and by breaking the panel of the shutter : they then proceeded to a room above stairs„ io which was the plate, deposited to a chess, which they broke n i tro, carrying away nearly the whole of she con tents. The villains then ransacked drawers and boxes. AIIII Jilse of the se; vants slid not escape their inspection. They, however, appeared very choice in their selection,.. takinrnnthiug, hot plate and plated articles, with which they rlecautpett without tatting the least slant- DREAIMU I. Acc IDENT.-4)111 Thursday last all errand buy named Lee, was sent by his employers with a pared f Bris.ol to Cliftim—and out his way he met with tile • hostler belonging to Bennett's livery stable!, its Froginore • Street, who imprudently lent him a gentleman's 1111111 e, with which he set oil, for the purpose of riding to Clif ton and back to the stables. When opposite the White • Hart public house, in Limekiln Lane, the Inns. which was going at full speed, tell, and the lad was thrown , . from his seat, with bit kg eittatigled in the stirrup--the- Itorsemi getting up, set MI at a gallop, with tire boy cirJggine under Ina belly, and the animal was not stop- lied moil he reached Berkley Place, when the uniform• nate boy exhibited a shocking spectacle, his head being • completely scalped, Ilia back oi,lue.ned, and a n arm broken. Ott being taken up, he breathed twice, sod instantly expired. . • EXTRAORDINARY EscArc—lry the night of Thetas — day last, a man, named Henry Mime, who had been confined about five mouths in Faversham gaol, on a charge of stewing a fowling-piece, made his escape from the above prison, 11110.1411 meat extraordinary means ! , w ith the iise only of a spike ginitilet, an iron spoon, and the iron handle of a. tea-kettle..—The gaol hos been built within these hew years, the wells ale of stone, and full twil feet thick, lilted within mid thioughout witla strong oak ill'elik, thick studded with laige nails. The prisoner contrived to.get part of two of the oak planks away by means of very close boring with The giinielca... and then burning, with heated iron, the interstices one to the otli r, the marks of which he concealed for days by filling the crevice lu made with pieces of piper ' and Oleo plasteiing it over with paste and the whitewash of the ;—at winch place, also, as an additional blind, lie used to tnttig his towel ; he has always kept the room clean swept, Wail by these preCtintloits it escaped the no. lice of the gaoler that any thing improper was going 041• It 15 D'Ar .... 5 to all who have seen it, that considering he could only work in the night time, and then perhaps not always, that it t•mst have been a work of months extreme contrail, perseverance, and ingenuity, rarely to be met with. Tile stones which. lie re tttttt re' to lona , the aperture, he coiweale.l under hit bed oil the floor, and they consist of more dials would fill a large w heel.- batrow ; the large stone which rotund the outside of the wall, he siteceoled to remove iusidc, thereby avoiding all noise or alarm, whicu uit.t have been braid if there. had been any, as the gaoler's rooms are liatelyr over the prisms. The protracr was generally observed reading the Wale very attentively (haring the day, and there was funnel Wrlllrel oil the iron door of the room iu which lie was confined, the following emphatical• worik Many a long day I have visvctl without • bought, but now toy days are a.l thooeti.s."