The National Register. — London, England, 1821-12-09 00:00:00

William Boswell aniJames Jones were capitally indicted for stealing a great coat raise 31. to the dwelling bows of Sir Woo. Adams, the celebrated oculist. The prisoners were seen by a servant at a neighbouring house to go down Sir W. Adam.** area, and take out a coat belonging to the coachman, with which they were making oft; but were stopped and secured. The prisoners denied the charge, and impntcd perjury to the witness. _ The Jury found the prisoners guilty or stealing to the amount of 395. On Wednesday afternoon, as two gentlemen were rid ing in a chaise -cart, down Vauxhall Bridge-road, the animal suddenly took fright, and gallopped off with the greatest fury towards the bridge; in its course, however, one of the wheels came in contact with a lamp post, si tuate by the road side, and suddenly broke it in two.— At the same moment both the shafts snapped, when the chaise was completely overturned. One of the gentle. niru jumped out, and providentially received no injury, but the other gentleman was taken up seriously cut and hurt. The animal finding himself disentangled from the vehicle, still furiously proceeded towards the bridge. where the horse war at length stopped, without doing any fuither mischief. On Tuesday last, a lady had advertised for a cook and a housemaid, and with the permission of a widow, who keeps a hosiers' shop in Yarhament-street, had directed them to apply there between the hours of eleven and one; at eleven o'clock no less than 49 females met to. gether, and by twelve the number amounted to 105! The lady was there according to appointment, but was so perplexed by the number of applicants that she could not engage any of them. Curious abek,—On Monday evening, at the sign of the Prince and Priticess, in Gravel-lane, Blackfriars, a millwright, of the name of Air, undertook, for a trifling wager, to creep through a nine-inch square hole in five minutes:—this, though apparently impossible, he accomplished in hall a minute. The man stands it feet 6 inches, and weighs eleven stone. FOOT.RACINO.—The sporting match between Lieut. Smith, who lately did 100 miles in 24 hours, and Mr. Ricketts, Int. 100 guineas a side, took place on Tuesday, over a circular piece of groomd of five miles. They started to do 60 miles, and Mr. Smith was backed at 6 to 4, and even betting that neither did it in fourteen hours. Mr. Smith resigned from a failure in one of his legs, after doing 56 miles in 13 hours, 29 minutes, and 14 seconds. Mr. Ricketts performed the 55 miles in 12 hours, 60 minutes, and 31 seconds, and walked gently over the oilier five miles.—A snatch was run on Wednesday, its Hyde Park, for 20 guineas, between Ben Born, the pu gilist, and a young gentleman who is fa-t on his speed The distance was sixty yards, and Born got the start, and was winning like a Jack Spiggoti, when he was stopped close at home by a failure in the hip, and lost the match. He was more than two yards a-head when the accident happened. EifECTS or Love—Stumm—We feel extreme re gret at having to record a melancholy instance of self slaughter, which occurred on Wednesday last at Sea port Parade, bey on d .. Black-rack :—A young gentleman of the name of n, from Oadands, near Stillorgan, having been exceedingly attached to an interesting and young lady of the name of of Dublin, who died at Williamstown, on Tuesday morning last, was, it appears, overwhelmed with affl.ction at her loss, and, as we are informed, pass the window of his lod gings, when he put a pistol to his heart, and discharged Its contents through it. Mr. IlPCarthy, the coroner, held an Inquest upon the body of the unfortunate young gentleman, when the Jury returned the following verdict —" We find that the deceased shot himself, having been in a state of insanity, from love of the deceased Miss H." Dublin Paper. On Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock, a very fine youth, about 14 years triage, one of the Marine Society Boys, fell from the ladder at the side of their vessel, and stank. The drags were instantly procured front the Grampus, the Seamen's hospital ship; but alter dragging the remainder of that day, and the greater part of .Mon day, the body could not be found. One evening last week, about seven o'clock, as Mr. A. Rouse, of Rcdruth, was returnina iron) Truro, after having disposed of tin ore at one of the smelting-housesi'' when between the villages of Chacewater and NVithe ball, he was fired at by a rutliiin who had concealed himself behind some heaps of earth and gravel that lie near the road. The villain appears to have taken delibe rate aim, as the ball entered under the right shoulder blade, and came out under the right breast. Mr lt.'s horse, frightened at the report, set forward rapidly for about 300 yards, when the rider fell, and the animal stopped. Mr. R. then saw a Wall approaching, dressed in sailor's jacket, hut just as he Cline up he suddenly turned arid made a precipitate retreat across the country. This it appears was occasioned by his perceiving a Itgitt carried by a person advancing to the place, haring stew the flash and heard the report, who found Mr. Rouse weltering in his blood. He was removed to his haute. II YDROPHOBIA.—A few days ago, the inhabitants of I)iss, w Norfolk, were thrown into the greatest con sternation by a strange dog, of a large breed, in a state of canine wainess, which worried and bit several dogs in the street, and was pursued into the yard of the Crown lots, where lie was fortunately killed before he had done any further mischief. The unfortunate objects of his fury were immediately destroyed by the vigilance of the constables.—About three weeks since a dog, affected by hydrophobia, which was seen about Southampton and its neighbourhood, bit three fine yard dogs, two of winch were in consequence destroyed. By the request of a me dical gentleman, the other dug was chained tip for a few days longer, in order that the further progress of the disease might b e o b serve d ; an d on S un d a y last the dog died of the malady in a dreadful state. Monday evening, about fiv.: o'clock, Mr. William E . inns, of Anthony -street, St. G eo rg e 's i n the East, pass ing the corner of Blue Anchor-yard, Rosemary-lane, was attacked by four ruffians, who knocked him down, and sobbad him of his watch. THE NATIONAL REGISTER al HURRICANII AT I.I7IIRPOOL. STATE OF IRELAND. —... . — Now—. A meeting upon this subject was held on Tuesday, at LIVERPOOL, Dec. I.—Yesterday was reinarkably free the Thatched House, St. James's-street. Lord Darnley front early in the morning till towards four in the after- took the chair. noon, when a cold and sharp wind front the west began t Air. S 'bona opened the business of the meeting. His to blow fresh, and continued to increase in violence till object was to have that inquiry instituted which towards midnight it became a perfect hurricane; the sea should make England acquainted with the real causes of (or river) ran mountains high ; the ships in the Mersey were drifted from 'lair anchors; the passage boat across the calamities that now afflicted Ireland. It was a frt the river dared not face the gale; I fiats, laden and subject for the investigation of Parliament, and he there unladen, were dashed to pieces; the beautiful steam ses• fore moved a petition to the King to convene Parliament set luanhoe, Dubliu packet, lying up in the Queen's Basin, as early as possible, to we whether the evil could be re was driven with such violence against the pier, that she curdled, Ireland, amidst its crimes, having escaped the is now a complete wreck : close to her a sloop, totally sus pi c i on o f disloyalty, and disa ff ection to the Govern broken to atoms; between twenty and thirty flats sunk utent.—He then read the petition. and damaged in various parts of the river; a fine Anseri- Mr. D. Dozeovax, of Cork, declared that the cause can packet (the 4 !Hon) ashore, and likely to go to pieces of all Ireland's calamities was over-taxation. He then before she can be got off next spring tides; the Amity, proceeded to condemn the system of " middle-men.", American outward bound ship, likewise stranded, with :. I hey must do something more than make a barrack of damage, end taint be unloaded ; a great number of boats stink and broken to pieces; a Yorkshire vessel, in which Ireland, before they would make Ireland better. The the wife and family of the captain were, all perished truth was, the Government of Ireland was ton expensive; within a few yards of the pied Daring the storm, a it was much too highly taxed; and till a remedy was windmill, situate near the signal-house, on the Cheshire applied to that evil, the tranquillity of Ireland could not ... • side, which could not be stopped by any atrt of the miller, took fire, and was burned down. Many new buildings, nearly finished, are levelled with the ground; scarce a roof in the town 11811 escaped damage, and the falling slates, tiles, and bricks, during the tempest, ren dered the streets dangerous fur passengers all the night. A melancholy circumstance attended the fatal storm to a most respectable family in this town:—Mr. Barton, a considerable brewer, and a highly esteemed inhabitant, residing in Scotland-road, retired to rest with his wife and infant at the usual hour ; and, dreadful to relate, in the dead of the night, a sudden gust of wind blew down a large stack of chimneys, belonging to the premises, on to the roof, exactly over the bed where Mr. and Mrs. Barton and the infant were asleep, and killed the father and um ther on the spot, but the child, that lay between them, was this morning found alive! Another stack of chimneys fell down in a house near the park, and nearly killed a child et two years old, in bed with its mother; who, iu her dreadful alarm, ran out of the house screaming fur help, and before assistance could be procured, the falling rub bish had lil.icked top the door-way, cud the tipper panels were obliged to be dashed out before any person could get into the room, where the child was beard crying at inter vals, and nearly three hours elapsed before they could get at the bed, where the infant WAS still alive, but much in jured about the head and breast. The gale has continued very strong all day. An instance of great courage and perseverance during the stouts last night was related to ins by the owner of the ship :—A vessel ready fur sea was left at anchor in the river, in the care of a lad between la and 13 years of age; the captain and crew wet eon shore, and could not have gone to the ship had they been ever so well inclined, as no boat durst ventnre from the pier on any account. During the strain, the vessel broke an eight inch cable shunt iii two, and drifted with the wired ; the boy ran to the tiller, but was knocked down by a sudden lurch of the ship ; as soon as lie recovered, he rail again to the helm, and, with the assistance of a rope, fastened lila/melt' so as to be able to steer the vessel through all the storm sate into the Queen's Basin, where the owner found her this morning very little injured. . - be restored. Mr. NV et.t.s spoke of the imperfect character of the laws. The proximate causes of the evils were the send ing home of Irish labourers without providing for their subsistence, and the low prices of • the produce of the land. They were so tow that the occupiers could not pay the rents which the landlords were entitled to re. ceive. Mr. S. Rice, M.P. had no objection to discuss the question—but let it Ike discussed by open means; before, however, they did any thing, let them pause as to the consequence likely to result from their conduct. He had ju,t returned front Limerick ; and no man, who had a heart within his bosom, could witness what he had seen without being deeply affected. He begged them to pause, because, if they proceeded, they must do harm. Lord DititaLeY said, under all tile circumstances, he submitted whether it woulJ not be better to adjourn the present meeting.—(Hear hear! Move, mve.) Mr. MOONSET moved, as an amendment, that this be adjourned to a future day, such day of meeting being notified with their noble chairman's name. Mr. RICE, senior, spoke against the interference bf gentlemen in England at the present moment, especially as there had been a change of the Irish Ministers—be sides, Parliament was about to meet. He was for ad. jourtunent sine die. Colonel To aßENSthought this Inert's% had been most properly called. He added, that they wanted information on the subject—of the causes of the evils, and of the remedies for them. Those who were present certainly were somewhat impartial —they had no local prejudices to bias them. Lord liiessistoToa did not see any good would re sult from adjou 1111 l ent, if they were to petition at all. Mr. WATSON thought those Irishmen who were there ought to be in Ireland; he was sorry to see so many Irishmen at the meeting; in their own country they • would be useful. There was danger, and . they ought to be at the post of danger. The question of attjouroment was then negatived by a considerable majority. Mr BEBCHRR said, he thought Parliament ought to be assembled, not because he de,ired severe measures, but because he considered it ought to investigate so im portant a matter. It was then moved by 1 , that the King, considering time circumstances of Ireland, be peti tioned to convene Parliament forthwith. The petition was then agreed to, and signed by Lord Darnley; after which the meretiax actiourtied. HAsTt sum Dec. 3.—(Extract of a private letter.)—A melancholy accident occurred un our beach this morn ing. About half:past eight o'clock, a galley was perceived to be making for the shore, with thirteen hands in lice, from a cutter in the offing; and as the surf was very heaty, Malty persons were looking, expecting front the state of the weather, some mischief would ensile. On her making the shore, she came through some very heavy seas safely, and had just encountered one when the boat came broadside to; one of the men in her was seen to stand up, and she immediately upset. The men were most, if not all of them, seen floating about, and every exertion was nia,le, by men swiuuuutg out with ropes fastened to their bodies, in order to bring some of the un fortunate beings on shore. Four were brought in by their exertions, but only three survived ; the other was too far exhausted to be recovered ; nine met with a waters , gra% e. One of them 1 saw clinging to an oar fur a considerable time a lier the others had sunk, and waved bus hand for asststatice ; at last he was overwhelmed in the heaty surf, at a time when a man who had swam out was within a rod of huts. Thus have nine persons perished in sight of hundreds of their fellow-creatures, who had nu uUrauts of gi% ing them assistance. I /sward and Gibbs's Bankniptcy..J-In the Vice.. Chancellor's Court, on Wednesday morning, his Honour delivered his judgment in the several peti tions in this bankruptcy. He dismissed the present ussigneess, and dictated that a new choice of assig nees should be made, but the time of making it to , be stayed, to give Mr. Carroll an opportunity of presenting a petition, for the purpose of establish ing his debt under the Commission. During the performance of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, at Covent Garden, on Thursday night, Mr. Abbot, who was acting Sir Proles; met with an accident, which caused great a!arm, but happily proved tu.t to have caused serious injury. In the last banditti scene, the weapon of one of the party struck him with some violence near the eye, but without touching the organ. A most violent shock was given to the audience. The report of a profes sional gentleman, however, soon quieted the anxiety that was felt. The performance stopped instantly, but it was very near the conclusion of the play. On Thursday se'nnight the Mayor of Cork re ceived a communication trom Government, requiring hint to take away from the venders of gun-powder in that city, their entire stocks in that article. He accordingly took the necessary measures to put those instructions into execution, and in the course of the day, attended by the Sheriffs and a number of peace officers, proceeded to the houses of all the persons in that trade, in the above city, who readily delivered to him all the gun-powder in their pos ses:ion. Departure of the Guards for Ireland.—On Tues day morning, at an early hour, the third battalion of the First, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, under the command of Colonel Stewart, began to assemble at their barracks at Knightsbridge, for the purpose of marching to the Basin Of the Grand Junction Canal, where boats were waiting to con vey them to Liverpool, on their way to Dublin.-- The 16th Lancers, the 1 gth, ‘.:9th, 84th, ana 89:h regiments are gone to Ireland. During the prevalence of one of those heavy gales which marked nearly the whole of last week, the sails of a wind-will at Appleton, Yorkshire, were taken a back, and its powerhil ax'e revulsed against the fixed principle of its movements. The effect was that of a heavy lever operating upon a light fulcrum; the base of the obit yirlded to the unnatural revolution of the sails, and the whole structure upset with a crash, which por tended the death of the tinder and his Wan, both of whom had been at wink in the upper Hour of this fra gile concern. But " time ways of Piovidence are iii-crut able." This apparently devoted pair crept Inuit tile ruins without the smallest injury, and were of time first to " see after the stock and secure the property." Their miracidotis escape is be attributed to this most singular intervention ; the velocity of the atee, in a ratio con trary from its design twisted it mit of its pivots, and as the inill %veered he,ore its m,cipitation, the axle reached the ground first—eased the fall of the structure, amid left the upper story nearly entire. The mill belongtd to Sir Aldner; it was let ott a repairing lease. Tene ments so leased are not often found iu the best repair— All that the neighbours say on the suljeet is, that they never expected it to have stood against tue storms of tile last ten years. Oa Thursday about twelve o'clock, trhikt the maid servant of Nit.. Smith, Loot dud shoe-maker, or 45, Wel lington -street, Clerkenwell, was gone un au errand, she left the street dont open, when some stiraltitig %lOM's went into the parlour s and stole a silver watch, value cix guineas, and CS(.3l)Cii 1111dISCOVered. loiminalion was immediately gisvn of the rubbery :It .lilC I`..llCe•UfliCe, liation-garden. •4 AL ,-- 'l-011 . m rf