The National Register. — London, England, 1820-09-18 00:00:00

I Voltce. Arro:s; GARDEN. - On Monday o;eofthi; most extraordinary examina timis relative to the identity of a dog occurred at tins Mice, we hate ever witnessed. Mr. Summers, a but cher, re:tiling in Sk Muer Street, Somers Town, appeared to a summons at the suit of George. Fisher, Esq. of Euston Square, to show cause why he detained a taln able Newionnilland dog. his property, which dog had been missing about four months, atid a reward 01 two guineas advertised for Isis recovery. Ripley stated, that he had the dog a puppy, and that it was in his possession about three years and a half; that he Mit the dog about twelve months ago, and offered a reward of fit e guineas for his recovery; and in conseqn:lice of which reward Mr. William Audit", a constable of St. Pancras, hrooght hid) the dog front Padnington, and paid the live polkas to die person who restored it; that about four months ago he lost the dog again, and had souse posting bills stuck up, offering a reward of two guineas for his recovery, but that the dug was never brought back ; that about a week ago a gentleman, a frieuil of hls, then present, knew the dog, which he saw followiiig the (kleinlaut ; and after watching him home, his friend informed him, the plaintiff, of the cir cumstance. Mr. Ripicy, accompanied by Mr. Audley, the constable, who could swear to the identity of the dog, went to defendant's house, where they . saw the dog, and being well satisfied as to the identity of the dog, he offered the reward and claimed the dog, but Nlr. Summers refused to deliver it up. Mr. Ripley then pro duced a host of witnesses to prove the identity of tile dog, which he said he would not part with for twenty guineas: it is a beautiful animal, black, with a white breast, four white feet, and a white blase on his face. Mr. Summers being called on for his defence, stated that he had the dog six months in his possession, being two months before Mr. Ripley lost his dog. lie knew the dog about tw:lve months before nt the possession of Mr. Jennings, a builder, lately deceased, from whom he had tile dog; and lie produced a number of respectable witnesses w prove the dog was three years in Mr. Jen nings's A man of the name of Stevens proved selling the dog a puppy, three years and a half ago, to M r. Jennings. Mrs. Jennings, her apprentice, her lodgers, several of her neighbours, and woikinen, were ready to swear the dog was three years in the possession of Mr. Jen nings before he gave it to the defendant. The plaintiff and a number of the most respectable witnesses were equally prepared to swear to the identity of the dog, which they called Catu; the defendant called him Plato, and the dog readily answered to both 11:11.1CS. Magistrate, Mr. Rogers, declared he found it impossible to decide, and he dismissed the complaint. Mr. Sum mers took the dog, an i Mr. Ripley declared his intention of bringing an action for the rt covert( of the dog. MANSION-110U:;E. A young man named Weetlon, was charged by 'Air. Tucker, stationer, of Budge-row, with har•ing embezzled the sum of 32L I Is. 4d., under the follow:lig cireum. stances : Mr. Tucker stated, that in April last the prisoner called at his house, and told Mtn he could get a great deal of business for the house, and would undertake to serve it at once. Witness accepted of his sers'ices, and the prisoner sold a considerable quantity of goods, but he found the most correct return had not been made' by the prisoner, and on that account made a narrow enquiry into his conduct. lie ascertained that the stun of 321. I Is. 4d. had beets paid by a linendraper, i!s Great Suriey street, into the hands of the prisoner without being ac counted for, and he accused ts:un of having feloniously embezzled the same. A clerk to the linendraper stated that the prisoner sold to the house a quantity of paper, and delitTred a bill of parcels with it, amounting to the slim of 381. 7s. 3d. Witness settled the account, having deducted two pence a bundle, and taken off a discount of 84. There then remained a balance of 321.1 Is. 4d. The prisoner took 151. in linen-drapery, and witness gave him a banker's draft for 171. I is., being the balance of the bill of parcels. The prisoner said he was not a seirant to Mr. Tucker, and could nut therefore come within the operation or the act under which he had Leen cihitged ; he also declared that Mr. Tucker had agreed to consider it a debt.--lle was fully co 11111 l Uteri. GUILDHALL. CHARGE er FORGER Y.—A iniddle-ag,ed man, whose mine we forbear to mention, out of regard to the res pectability of his family connections in the city, was brought before Mr. Alderman J. J. Smith, by Leadheater, the marsiiclinaii, who had apprehended 111111 lal a warrant granted a fortnight ado, tyon a cl,ar c e ot forgery. The prisoner it appeared by the evidence of Saur ucl Cocks, of Baguio Unlit, Neug.tte Street, agent to Messrs. Lea :Ind Butcher, carpet manufacturers, had had been employed by twat Mtn to sell ;tools on commis coo ; much confidence had been placed in litin, and so desirous were those gentlemen of giting him et ery res pectability in his trallsJeltOllS on their account, that he was permitted when necessary, to draw hills in his own name upon the parties to whom he made sales, in the same It:1114M as if he had been a prticipal iu ON firm. In the course of these transactions the prisoner gave in an account ul goods sold so Mr.iatneb(;legory of Bow, to the amount of 491. 12,. bd., and paid into the firm for the same bill or:Iwo by hon,clf upoo (i,o•ory, and purportiog to be accepted by tire latter, fur the above sum, at two umlauts hate. Subsequent traitsactions having created suspicion that all was not right in the prison is poccetlingi, .enquiry was mule as to this bill, when it hutted out thal ho b (left person as Mr. James (;legury was 1:110W11 at Bow ; a;.(1 upon the bill being exhibited before disc l‘lagistrate, Mr. Cocks swore to Ins lion belief, th.tt the whole of the -1, • THE NATIONAL REGISTER bill, acceptance and all, was in the hand writing of the prisoner. The affixing the name of a nonentity to a bill of ex change, has long since been decitkd by the Judges to be a felony, and so the unfortunate prisoner, by this rash and indi,crect deception, intending probably to gain a a little time fur making good his accounts, has sub. iected himself to the charge of forgery, which may affect his life. Tim prisoner seemed to feel the awful situation in which he hid placed himself, and at his own tiniest was rAnatided to Monday week next, to afford him opportunity, if possible, to rebut the charge. COUNTRY BANK NOTES.—ThCre can be no doubt that whenever the Bank of England notes are, by the new issue, rendered ntore secure against imitation, the ingenuity of the forger will be directed against the Country Bank -notes, which are now in a very defenceless state. It is a source of much satisfaction to m e there (Ore, to hive learnt, that a plan for the protection of the Country Bank-notes has been adopted by the Go vernment, which will, by an immediate operarion, secure the whole of the Provincial Batiks Irmo forgery, without requiring any change of their resent plates, which would b e a wink of much time. A stamp of great difficulty of imitation has been contrived, and prepara tions are ntakih g to the Siamp-oflice for stamping all the Country Bank-notes with this stamp, after the new year, by which means the revenue collected on Country Bank-notes will be secured, while the notes thenffelves will be protected front the forger—because he cannot forge the note without forging the stamp. TM., stamp is coin:nue:l with beautiful coloured printing, intended nearly to cover the hack of the note, so as to preclude tile necessity, and also to save the expcnce at present incurred by many Country Bahkers in printing a back to their notes byiway of security, that security being by the G'2VCCIIIIIeIII gratis. It is proposed also to connect this with a change in the paper for the Country Bank notes, by substituting a description of paper, the water 11131 k and appearance of which can only be produced in I its first conitruction at toe paper mill; whereas there I arc various ways of forging the present water mark in ordinary paper, which may be purchased in any station er's shop. The most important features in this plan are —first, the expedition with which the Country Banks will thus be secured against forgery; and secondly, the economy, as it requires no change whatever in their present plates. ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—ThUrghIy night, between eight and nine o'clock, as Geo. Welfare, one of the constables at the'lown Hall, Southwark ,was walking over the Dover-road, his at tention was attracted by a moaning noise, which seemed to proceed from a small field at the end of Dover-street. Ile hastened to where he thought the voice proceeded front, and as he approached closer, he beheld a matt stretched on the ground. The officer lifted hint up, but it was some time before he could persuade him he was safe. At length he sulfured himself to be carried into the road, and from thence to a surgeon, where he was properly dressed. There were three desperate wounds on the head, and One on the cheek, supposed to have been inflicted by sonic heavy weapon; his clothes were torts and bloody. The account he gave of the circumstance was, that he was a stranger to the neighbourhood ; that while cross ing the field where the officer finited him, he was attacked by a number of thieves and women, who beat him with sucks until he was stunned, and then took his watch and pocket-book, its which he had 51. in notes, besides a few sitillings iii silver, with which they made off, leav ing him in that deploratc situation. 'llse attack was so sodden, that he could not identify any of the robbers. ' VERY REMARKABLE ESCAPE. —Ohs Friday week, as Thomas Laid law, stonemason, was employed iu the inside of a well, at Newtown of Rock hull, a few miles from Carlisle, he was completely buried by the falling in of the walls and earth. He was standing upon a ladder, sonic yards (ruin the top of the well, when lie perceived the walling and earth beneath to give way, and almost instantly the whole top part fell in upon him, with an immense quantity of mould, whicei completely buried the poor mats nearly five yards below its surface. The other wail:men upon the spot immediately began to clear out the rubbish, to save, if possible, the life of their ilellow workman, although they entertained little hopes oh success. After lifting away the snows, many of which were very large, they heard the voice of the unfintunate WWI through the earth ; he was calling to them to work by the rope, from which a bucket was suspended. After three hours' labour, they came to the unhartunate sufferer, wiei was so firmly fixed in the ruins, that it was dillicult to move his lege. it is calculated that no less than ten cart loads of rubbish lay maul him, a n d yet, it was very remarkable, he was extricated not only with lite, but without sustaining any material injury. Ile was able to pursue his usual occupation ins Munuay, having lost only one day's work by his misfortune. MCIANCMULY Ace:toes r.—On Tuesday evening a young lady of the nente of Richett, on a visi, 1.1-s. Bloomfield of Ilatch-place, Lambeth, accompanied that bury, and a party of frienos to the Cohourg Theatre, and on their retorts, Miss Ithaca being lei: in the par loon alone, her shrieks alarmed the house, and on the •T,ErVAilt going iii, her douses were on fire, and her hair was literally buret oft her head. The servant promptly threw a table-sloth site had in her hand around her, but the sufferer, who is seventeen years old, is me expected to survive. The fire most have caught her muslin frock its front, as the lower part was not burnt. Thursday last an inquest was .held at Cottenhant, Cheshire, before John Ingle, Esq. on the body of W. Wilson, a shephero's boy, %vim having missed one of the sheep he was keeping, ascended to the top of a windmill, in order to look men the fields for it. The miller returned shonly afterwards, and nut being aware of the boy's situation, set the sails in motion, which crushed him in several pieces, and caused his tkatit Woe he could get hunts. ,~_~ ~.- - -- BOXING. 503 The match between Fred. Strong, the Hampshire Blacksmith, and the new Black from Baltimore, (whom fame had represented as being the rival of the celebrated Alolineux) took place early on Toes.• • slay morning, on Burnham Spa, in the Forest, nine miles from Farnham, and as early as six in the morning groupcs hat assembled to witness the great combat. Fred. Strong was a tried good ruffian, with a hide like a bullock. Sam the black had malleted the blocks of the block-makers on the coast of Hants, and a purse of 25 guineas was collected to try with a good one how he liked receiving. He is under 13 stone, but of Ajax make, and a natural fighter, with the left hand strait and strong, and with which he had flattened many a Yanked, smel— ler. 'The ring was open, and there was no shifting. Strong was seconded by young Belhorse, and the black was seconded by Gee, a caulker. In the first round the black threw out his strait left hand at the head, and followed over and awkwardly with the right, which *hewed chat the left only was the mischievous one. Strong, the lightest man, broke his ground, without availing himself of the black's short blows. and the latter f.. 11 upon hw face with the fince of his strength, which bled his nose. 2. This was a gay fighting round, which lasted sixteen mi nutes before either would go down. Strong received a flush hit on the tbrehead with the black's left hand. which sounded like a lio:low snake. and hit him away. On advancing again he fought first, and placed a rattling hit upon the black's jaw which loosened the railing. The black steadied himself for his left handed blow, but it was mostly avoided, and when so, Strong's right hand told, for his left was of as little use as the black's. right, They rallied each other to a stand still, and Strong was thrown heavily : 3. Strong's right eye was bunged up; and he, as well as the black, bleed freely, and were piping aloud. when two Johnny raws appeared with staves like hop poles, to make peace, but the symbols of authority were used to press the people back, and the Justices assistants seated themselves during the fight. Strong changed his system of fighting, and that alone won him the battle. The black hit short, and received a heavy body blow which floored him. and put his fighting on one side. 4. Strong was thrown in a close. I. A manly rallying round was fought, and both were hit drunk, The black was again floored by a good right banded hit in the throat, which dropped his head on the shoulder as if for good. 5, 6, and 7. The black's hands were down, and his left handed punisking was done with, and lie seemed doubled up by the body hit in the third round. Slit and last. Both staggering from weakness, until Strong.. unmuaaled, let loose with the right hand at the body, floored his adversary again, and won the tight. Blackee's second said •• enough.' or Strong's soon must. It lasted 42 minutes, anti was a good fight, but there was a want of science to assist man— hood. PUGILISM EXTRAORDINARY.-4Viiite Conduit-fields, . the scene of many hard fought battle, which has u questionably nurtured and prepared those milling qualities mat have since shone with such lustre in the person of a Randall, was on Monday last the acaldema of at sin gular a fight as was ever yet recorded in the annals of pugilism. Miles Irons St. Giles, and M'Carty front Saffron-hill, were the combatants, and the following are the extraordinary circumstances which led to the battle. Such of our readers as have spent any time in Leland, must have noticed the influence of that feudal spirit, which to this day exists between particular clans of the Irish peasantry. It often happens that the resi dents of two parties (in some parts one parish comprises an extent of eight or ten miles) arc at actual war with each other; and although as individuals they behave with the greatest friendship, yet at fairs, or wakes, where of necessity they assemble in large bodies, they seldom part without Woodshed, and it is no uncommon thing for 600 or 1000 islets to be engaged in those broils. On some such occasion Miles met the father of his present opponent, who was then stricken in years, whilst Miles was a young man ; but as he had formerly espoused the cause of that Denton, which was hostile to the friends of the latter, lie was deemed a fair foe, and war was made on him accordingly. The poor old in was beaten to a degree, that if it did not cause hs I:”:lledi.ite death, at least acceierated it; bin before li expire-1 he sent for Miles, and asked him if lie would fight his son (his pre sent opponent, who was only th e n five years ald) when he should come to man's estate. Allies complied, and a written agreement was accorditigly drawn . 11p, and respectively signed for each party. In a few years afterwards Miles found it to Ins advantage to come to &salami, and hi this country he has since remained. M'Carty in the meantime grew up a stout young man, and considering himself religiously bound to fulfil his father's last solemn covenant, he came to England also ; he easily traced out Miles, who did not wish to swerve irons the terms of his agreement, although he felt that the ruthless hand of time had certainly not improved his condition. The sum of six guin:as was posted as au addnional stake, and at six o'clock on Monday morn ing the men met, each attended by a chosen second.— At the commenceimin the odds were greatly in favour of M'Carty, who possessed length, strength, youth, and every other requisite; he bad the tight all his own way, and in ts.e eleventh round Miles gave in, being much fnnushal, whilst his opponent was so fresh that he ran a mile in four minutes and a half, for the tritliu;. bet of live shillings, and won. Near 3000 Irishmen were present at the fight, and afterwards dispersed very peace auly. SHOCKING ACCIDENT A: EA LlNG.—Jatnes Firby, a youna man, employed on the ptetuises of a farmer, at E ding, was on Wednesday u night engaged in fixing horses to a newly invented mactune for threshing, corn, Inc horses unfortunately started Wink: the young man had got out ante way, the machinery began to work, and, melancholy to relate, :he poor know %vas crushed to pieceS; between the machinery and the wall; he was shortly afterwards found nit this melt tielmly state. A Cur mr' Inquest was held on the body, herore N!.r. aad rtiuracd a verdict of Accicicu6.l Death. r