The National Register. — London, England, 1820-12-31 00:00:00

Taylor, and was directed to It. Singleton, at a place near Stevenage. It was evidently intended as the letter of Taylor and Martha Singleton, and was as follows : " DEAR RICRARD,---1 have taken this opportunity to anginal yon, that your sister Martha is very well, and she hopes that her father and another and all of you make )ourselves as comfortable as the case will admit, and not to think that she will be left without a friend in the world, as that will never be the case while I have the use of nay limbs to work for her, and what we have done, we beg will in time be overlooked. Please to give my love to them all, which I hope they will accept, and you the same. 44 Ask Charles if he will come and live with me in the spring if I send for him up ; and please to send me an answer back as soots as you can, as I don't know that 1 shall be in that pal t of London, where 1 :1111 now, very little white, so I shall expect an answer back by the latter end of the Christmas wet k. " Front your loving sister, &c. " MARTHA SINGLETON." Crockwell, a beadle who had heen (or some ' ni conversation with the deceased, gave general evidence of her state of wind, which he represented as not at all sane. ihe father of the deceased was called in, but was not questioned. Verdict—lnsanity. ♦n Inquest was also held before the same Jury, at the same house, over the body of a new-born infant, which had been found drowned in the basin of the Regent's Canal, in the City-road. A waggoner in the employ of Messrs. Pickford and and Co. stated, that on Tnursday mottling last he per ceived the body of the infant floatitm in the basin of the Canal opposite his master's warehouses, and gut it out.— It was quite naked and appeared to be newly born, and completely limited. There were HO particular marks of violence about the body. This was the only evidence adduced, and the Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of—Found drowned. liolice. t MARLBOROUGH STREET. Oti Friday, the whole of the parties concerned in the rescue of the five burglars, and the attack on Alarsden, were brought up for re-examination, wh.ta they were all identified. Mark Herd, who was supposed to be the leader of the ;tang, was idcnnfied as ti:e person who knocked down the lamplighter, at the Temple, and as one of the 'host active in the rescue. They were remanded until Tuesday next. BOXING. -.... The battle between Moss, the gipsey, and Bill Edwards, the Bath butcher, took place on Wednes day, for GO guineas, on Ham-heath„ four miles from Haslemore, Bucks. Both had milled their way into notice, and Edwards was considered an elegant, rather than a powerful boxer. The gipsey on the contrary had proved himself a ruffian, who would not be denied. A ring of eighteen fe.et was the space for combat, and the men entered it very sweet upon themselves. Richards, the cricketer, seconded Ed wards, and one of the gipsey nibe seconded Moss.— Betting even In the first round Edwards uncorked his adversary's claret, which dew al t copiously; and Aloes in boring seas /pored by a right-handed teaser in the body, which settled first blood and the knock downs 2. The men got more steady at their work, and a very gallant round was fought, after exchanging counter hits at the head. In rally much rullianisni look place on the part of the gipsey, who displayed much of the Randall tac tics. Edwards at length stopped his adversary's art ~,,,, by getting his head under the left arm, and weavinx at it until he paid him trick and tie at the bleeding game. The gipsey got away, and both broke their ground for a fresh turn loose. The gipsey placed a heavy hit on Ltlvi arils's right side which ha did not seem to relish, and bored him down, both were weak from the exertion of the round, which was all fijili fur seven minutes. _ _ 3. Isto4 was blind of the right eye, and the lancet was Applied, but it was a hogging round, and both tell. 6. Edwards fought a Ito much gaiety and science to get at his opponent's left eye, but lie would not have it. Edwards had tile beet of in and out ti4hting, and dropped Moss for ward by a neat hit in the wind. t 5. Muss led in this round, and knocked his adversary down by a heavy bit upon the jaw, and it won Imo the light ; for Edwards being crossed 111 leading, like many of his superiors, did not fancy it, and he was very shy in going in Mier. lie was thrown a cross-buttock,and it was even betting that he did nut come twilit. 6. This round ended the fight in nineteen minutes. Most , was the worst beat; but Edwards evidently wanted courage. or lie could not have lost it. Muss w nn the battle by a slight blow, with which his adversary went down, and would nut appear in time. A second li , ht was fought for a purse of live guineas, be twen a nine-mime Jew and a I welve-stioie Countryman, which was won by the Jew in saves. minute,. In the Urn round the Count:yin:in deliberately walked away to wipe the blood oil his nose, and Um the third he gave in. MELANCHOLY OCC U 14 hbie au early hour on Friday tutu milownig lamentable occurrence took place. Mr. M—, a respectable gentleman re siding in Ormond Street, Queen Square, accompaund his wife and two of his daughters to the theatre, on Thursday eveimig, and returned with them about o'clock. The whole of the family retired to rest, except Mr. and Mrs. M. who remained tip to have supper, when tome airily dispute arose, and Mr. M. 111 a pabSloll stabbed himself under the left breast won a sharp imam d knife t h at lay on the table. Nu hopes are eutertamed u teem ery. THE NATIONAL REGISTER Wednesday morning, about seven o'clock, Mr. Smith, of Saffron Hill, was returning to his residence; when Le arrived at the end of Wardour Street, Soho, he was attacked by 7 ruffians, who hustled him and knocked him down; they' theta robbed him of his watch, Ike. 11. 7s. in silver and bis hat; one of the ruffians put an old list on Mr. Smith's head, expressing a hope that he would not catch cold; the attack was so very sudden, and the robbery was so soon accomplished, that Mr. S. had no opportunity of giving an alarm mail it was too late, as the villains retreated down Newman Street. BURGLARY.—Monday night, or early on Tuesday morning, some villains, by means of forcing off the shutters, entered the bar window of the Anchor and Hope pablic-house, Brook-street, Ratcliff, kept by Mrs. Jacks, and without disturbing the family, carried off a quantity of wearing apparel, together with a small cask from the bar, coma g about lour gallons of rum. On IVednesday a poor labourer, who had just arrived from Ireland, was at work attending on a bricklayer repairing the tiles of a house in Sidiuouth Street, Spa fields, ascended by the ladder to the top, and never been so high before, he became so giddy that he laid himself down in the gutter, and uo persuasion could prevail on hint to get up ; he lay in that situation several hours, until he was nearly frozen to death by the cold. There was no entrance hum ihe roof into the house, and the melt were obliged to get a long rope and pithy, by which he was lowered to ihe ground more dead than alive front the fright. The sight attracted the attention of the whole neighbourhood. On Monday ni.zht, about 9 o'clock, a most dreadful accident occurred at the house of Mr. Molly, Blue Anchor Court, Whitecross Street. Mrs. Molly, who is an elderly lady, was standing close to a large tire in the kitchen, cooking something for supper, when her clothes which were of a light kind, unfortunately caught the fire, and she was almost immediately enveloped in Haute. persons in the kitchen endeavoured to put out rite fire, hut without avail, the confusion was so great, the milintunate sufferer ran in a state of frenzy into the street, where the flames were extinguished by rolling her in a kennel, but not belore her clothes were almost burnt to a cinder, and she dreadfully injured as to render her recovery dubious. A horse the property of Mr. Phillimore, of Dorset Street, was backed on Wednesday for 50 guineas, to trot one male in three minute, and ten seconds, such being ;it the rate of more than 18 miles an hour. The horse was backed at 5 to 4 to win, and the ground was on the new road between Hounslow and Sunbury COllllllol4 The Rinse went of f in great form, hating gone 5o yards back nil take the start when in action, and won cleverly, having three minutes to spore. PEDESTRIAN ALATC.I.—A short time since, Mr. D. a gentleman of Gloucester, having undestaken for a wager to walk twenty miles in four hours, the match was decided on Thursday last at mar Spa \Valk. At, nine o'clock Mr. D. stutted in very pod style, in tile presence of a numb:r of spectators who were attracted to the spot. At the conclusion of his first vile, he had gainvd rievvn minutes upon time, and bets, which had neen pre% Untidy upon time, had turned in his favour.— He won the match impleting his task with apparent ease in 3 hours and 56 mown:), being nearly lour mi nutes within the time abowed. SIGNS AND TOKLNS.—The people of Reading were a few years ago thrown into considerable uneasiness, by certain signs and tokens with which their bread because impresses' from the oven. One old laity could distinctly trace at the bottom of a loaf which she received, the outlines of a death's head and cross bones, and was so shocked at what she imagined to be a most appalling omen, that she immediately took to her bed. Another person, in the bloom of life and health, saw imprinted in the most legible characters " Died the 20th Sept." and concluded that fate had taken this mode of warning her of the day winch it was appointed unto her to die. The bread of a third was ?tusked in large, but not bold letters, the word " Resurgans." The amaze I purchaser showed the loaf to an ingenious neighbour, who, dis• carding the idea of any supernatural agency, thought that the word MOIL be a harmless device of the baker's to imitate his wish that bread might rise in price. The wits of the whole parish were SOOII at work to account for these marvellous appearances; and the inquiry which ensued led to the following simple, though certainly not very creditable solution of the mystery. It appeared, that in consequence of some alterations in St. Giles's church-yard, several large flat stones had become super fluous articles, since the persons user whom they had beets placed had stink into the " marrow house" at so distant a period, that no Iriend lived to insist on the dead retaitainitig the little privilege of that sculptured jacei, which duty or aiketion contributed to their memory. It happened that the churchwarden for the time was chief baker of the town, and he looked with a longing eye on these nice flat polished stones, fur Its oven wanted bOttOI LI I /lg. lie illyrOp rla led them to thus use, and the consequence was as above stated. t By advices front Jamaica to the 12th ultimo, it appears that intelligence had been received thew, to a late date, concerning the state of affairs on the Spanish Main. The details are copious, and involved in some confusion ; but it is evident that the Inde pendents are gaining strength. The Spaniards maintained their superiority at sea till the end of September ; but the arrival of a small squadron at Savanilla, and the expectation of another, was likely to transfer the superiority to Admiral Brion, and to enable hint to attack the Spaniards should they ven ture out of Carthagena. The price of poultry and provisions most parts of the kingdom are very cheap, but this is very im material to the poor and industrious parts of the community, if they have not the means to purchase them. It however will enable the affluent to dis pense their charity in a more enlarged sphere than usual in their respective ncighbourhouls. DESTRUCTION ON THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS. BATH. [EXTRACT or • LETTER EKON 111.T8.) Ou Thursday night. about eleveu o'clock, these extensive elegant, and fur-famed premises were discovered to be on tire. Clouds of smoke were seen to issue from some of the lower •partinents long before the maturation became ma nifest : at length time tones burst out with incouceivable fury, and stem presented such a scene of terrific grandeur and desolation as was never before witnessed in this city.— 'fhe engines and firemen arrived on the spot with great promptitude. At first the fire-plugs afforded but a scanty upply of water, which gave the destructive element time t o get in tremendous a head, that it then appeared, if the whole Avon had been poured upon the roofs, gloom, and. staircases, it could nut have quenched, though it might have etarded the progress of the Raines. The country around was a sheet of elementary fire ; the sky and the hills, with. the numerous surrounding buildings, appearing " one red."— But, perhaps, the most magnificent sight, and most awfully impressive moment, was about two o cluck, when the long pent-up dames in the large ball-room bunt, as if by one mighty effort, through the six great windows, and seemed to glare defiance in volumes of liquid dame. The conflugration of the card-room presented an almost equally heurt appalling display of the irresistibility of lire. About three, the btu. peudous roof began to fall in, nut with a sudden crash as bad been auticiirited, but by successive fragineuts of tile road blazing bealth and rafters. By six o'clock the mighty• eleuteut had completely effected its work of desolation, and the whole fabric was reduced to a heap of burniug ruins. The heat was so intense, and the smoke so overpowering, that we lament to say but a comparatively sinall portion of the property on the premises was saved from droll welkin.— Some of the apartments at the north end had been handsomely fitted up iii the course of the last summer for the residence of a gentleman, who, we understand, is at present, at Swansea, sad who had embarked considerable property iu the concern, and deposited in his rooms valuables to a large amount in paintings, plate, &c. the whale of which, we regret to state, has been destroyed ; but we understand that it had been • recently insisted with une of the London offices. The mid:ger:aims mutt base been increased by a large quantity of oil (in which Mr. Mills largely dealt), which was deposited In one of the rooms near the spot where it is supposed the fire originated, being a small space used as a dressing roam to a private theatre, where Mr. Seward had that evening exhibited his Fantoccini : but this is mere con lectnre. It was a fortunate circumstance that Mr. Walker's mav,nifseent Orrery hod been removed from the rooms yes teiday morning, that gentleuutu having gives his flual.lecture the preceding evening. The following is the amount of the insurances that had • been effected 1111 the property destroyed :.—On the premises, COOL ; furniture, &c. belonging to ditto, 4,0001.; Mr. Mills's private effects, 2,4b01., in the West of }.:oglund office; property belonging to Capt. Houlton, 3,0001. in the Loudest Atlas. EXTRACT Or A PRIVATE. LETTER. Tile elegaut chandeliers, pictures of Beau Nath r dtc. were. all consumed. Some gentlemen were playing. muds at the. time the fire broke out; but such was Witty that it could nut ge got under. Mr. Bonbon is partly insured, and Mr• Mills, the renter, also;. but neither to anything near the value. The ruins this morning present a horrible appears auce ; there W:l4 nut a more convenient ur elegant set of rum s iu tae ►ingdom. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. A melancholy accident occurred on Wednesday near Long alelford, Suffolk, the particulars of which are thus related by our Correspondent:—The quantity of rain which tell iu the night of the 12,11 instant occasioned the river that crosses the road bet" een Glemsford and Stan. stead, to overflow so much at Stanstead bridge, as •to • render that road impassable. Mr. Mann, senior, a soap boiler, and Mr. Smith, a farmer, both persons of respecta— bility, and residing aCtilenasford, baring business at Burps market, and learning that the regular passage by Stanstead bridge hail become, by the sudden increase of are waters, which had risen much higher than they lied ever before been observed in the memory of any person living lu that neighbourhood, these gentlemen (both incite chaise), for greater safety took the road which Wads through Cameo. dish; when, on coining to Glemstord bridge, they found the waters extremely deep, but observing a gentleman ride through on horseback, they were induced to per severe. Mr. Surridge, a gentleman who was on Lis way to Dedham in tile presence of 3lr. Maim and Lis friend, attempted the passage, but returned, tam a conviction that there was great danger to be apprehended, and which he communicated to them. Notwithatimiling, they determined, having urgent business at Bury, to go en, if possible, and proceeded into the current, to a certain depth, at which the horse became ►tationary, and refused to proceed, when these gentlemen, apprehensive that they could nut retrace their steps, as though, by mutual agree ment, jumped into the water, and at tile 64111 C sustain were swept oil by the current. Mr. Alain' was seers to be driven with great violence for a considerable way, but at last slink to rise no mule. Mr. Smith had the good fur. tune, being able to swam, to reach a small piece of laud that divides the rivers, in which perilous situation he stood up to his shoulders ill water, until the neighbour*. hood had been alarmed, %%aro lie was providentially res cued from a watery wave, by means of a rope, which was Culll/P)Cti to him, atter a considerable lapse of time, by swisiaimig suite tsisl down the entreat, which lie at length caught, and having fastened 11111 II secure manner to his body, lie was drawn by misuse who hail assembled through the stream to a place or safety. As to his friend, Mr. M.,_ no exertions were spared to fescue him also, but without elfect. Mr. 'Mann, who was a must excellent character,, and about 6S yeals of age, has lett a widow and family to deplete his loss. Mr. smith dirt not receive ls bodily injury, but is greatly distressed iu his Mind at the untimely loss of's° good a neighbour. Mr. Stirs 'age was the specie tor of this melancholy scene, without the power of renter iug effectual assistance to save Mr. Mann. The horse, finding himself without a guide, turned the vehicle round, and tett aced his steps with safety. The body of Mr. Mann was nut found till Friday morn ing, when It was discovered near Melford-mill, a distance ut more than a mile, in so swollen a state as to rrisdri it necessary to cut the gat incubi from it. He had bee is in the habit of attending limy market for nearly 40 yeasts, and was much respretiol by those saw knew Imo. When Ma. Maim II Oust it the us.sirs, Lim of Its 601111VA/t lima his latlici's puckcts abuut .U,t.