The National Register. — London, England, 1816-06-24 00:00:00

JUNE 24. I'ROPINCIALS. Distress-warrants have been lately executed on some indi vi.linds belonging to the Yeomanry Cavalry in Huntingdon shire, for not paying, the horse-duty with which they were sur charged. became, through Imam omission, they were not called upon by 'heir commanding-ollicer to perform the whole of Hie parade dap' in the last year; in one instance, in the neigh ! rhood of St. Neot's, an auctioneer was called in to sell a cart and some sheep n hich had been thus seized; and al though nearly a hundred individuals were present, not one bidding was offered. The Chester Chronicle states,ithat " the subject of dismissed workmen has been thoroughly investigated ; and, in conse quence, his Lordship [the Earl of Grosvenor] lies directed all of them (except two, who have behaved improperly) to be re stored to Their work, and some compensation to be made fur the loss which they have suffered by-suspension. In consequence of the sentence passe& upon Mr. Bazil Goode, for fraudulently receiving taxes, the Corporation of Coventry have expelled him front his situation as Alderman, Justice of the Peace, and Common Councilman. Wednesday, as some children were playing with bows and arrows, in Chariot street, Hull, one of tht in had an eye struck out by an arrow carelessly discharged by another. A monster entr reti the chamber window of a fann•honse, near Bexley Hill, Kent, called Robin's Wood Farm, at noon, and with a dung fork wi.ntoilly wounded and lacerated a poor child in the arms of its mother. The woman gave an alarm, but the brute escaped. _ Monday morning, the Aylesbury coach was overturned near Watford, and several of the passengers were so severely hurt as to be tillable to proceed on their journey. They waited at Watford for surgical i:ssistance. Others were slightly bruised. The Alesandir coach, which ruins between Leeds and Shef field, was overturned at Bridge-houses, near the latter place: by which accident S. Ward, of Stanningley, an outside passen ger, was so much injured as to occasion his death.—A Coro ner's Inquest was held on the following day ; but there being no c%idence, the jury adjourned. He has left a widow iu a state of pregnancy, and four young children. . . Lately as Mr. Othani, of Tidd, near Wisbech, was loading an old pin, for the purpose of shooting magpies, it accidentally went off, lodged the contents in his side. and caused his death in a few minutes. He was in his Gist sear. Wednesday, Mr. S. R. Reding, of Merton College, Oxford, while bathing in the river, at that place, was drowned. He was the only son of the Rev. R. Roiling, Vicar of Malden, in Essex : and forme rly Fellow of Merton College. . . A daring burglary was committed early on Saturday morn ing last by some armed Men, who forcibly entered the dwell ing house of Mr. W. Neal, near Hinckley, Leicestershire. Mr. and Mrs. Neal (both 80 years of age), a servant girl, en old labourer, and a grandson, named J. Hots land, constitute the family. About one o'clock they succeeded in getting info the house, one of them entering Mr. N.'s chamber, with a torch and gorse-hook in one hand, and a pistol in the other: the second with a bludgeon and gorse-book fell upon the bed, in which were J. Holyland and the cbl labourer: Holyland struck the villain, and a scuffle ensued, when be threatened to kill them both; the third followed into Mr. and Mrs. Neal's room. Mrs. Neal cried out, " James, they are murdering your grand father," upon which the villains rejoined, " Lie still, James, or sw- will murder yon ;" another entered the girl's room, pre aented a pistol, and took from ilVt two one-pound notes, a three shilling and eighteen-penny-piece; Mrs. Neal entreating them not to take the poor girl's money, he returned her the Is. titl. and locked her itt the room ; while this was going on above stairs, a party below ransacked the house of ill. in money, a watch, plate, etc. and then made off, leaving two to guard the door until the others had got away with the property. GRATITUDE.—Mr. Thomas Barton, of Threxton, Norfolk, on Saturday se"nnight gave a good supper and plenty of old beer to a company of men whom he bad hired for the ensuing harvest. One of them, to sheer his gratitude to so generous a master, before quitting the premises, stole a quantity of poultry, and was taking it home; but was detected and eon. mitted to Swaffham Bridewell, for trial at the ensuing Ses sions. POLICE. MANSION-I LOUSE. FORGERY.—Saturday Newman vas avast examined, and three new charges of forgery exhibited against him. Mr. Bannister, the Warminster banker, stated, that lie dis counted four hills for the prisoner in person in May last. One which was drawn upon Messrs. Percival and Willia fur 1161. :is. and another on Roharts and Co. for 2911. were discovered to he forgeries, and paymi iit refused.—Persons front the house in question established this fact against the prisoner: _ . 'tirieitc other persons were in ettenilance, to alledge similar charges against him ; and he was again remanded. RIOT IN TIIE IC sW PRI:IN.-11011day ThOlTlASßelellarn, one of the keepers of the prison in Whiteeross-street, exhibited a complaint against a prisoner for debt (John Vipond), for as saulting him. It app:ared, that for sonic time a disposition to resist Certain regulations were manifested by the debtors on the itlaldlesex side of the prison. One of the most active (a Ms 'or iu the Army) was therefore locked up in a strong room on * Salm-114y afternoott. 'The consequence was, that the remaining prisoners combined; and a threatening letter was written to the keeper, Mr. Kirby, declaring the intention of violence it the Major was not liberated. I his piocceiling followed b. some outrageous randoet to the Officers about the prison. such as pumping water upon rine, thiowing stone., &Ws buttes, striking with quart pots (one of the acts of Vipond towards itriehamt, and otherwise assaulting them, it was fouud neces sary to send to the Lord Mavor; who, accom:ranied by the Sae tilts, M.irshals, awl about 103 Constantd.:‘, repaired to the pri.. SOU ; when the first step taken was to lock up the prisoners. A li:corral wow of riot and (mirage. emoted ; and in endeavouring to force them into the lock tip places, many of the Officers It. rived much injury. Cart wi ir;lit, the :%larshalitian, was stabbed through the railing with a penknife in the thigh, and higg,, a:tether Marshaltuan, was much beaten. Aries a short striogle, however, the refractory were subdued, and closely backed in. The Lord Nlav or instratly oltlervd that thee should be so kept the whole of the fallowing tia% (Sunday), and that they shonld Ie deprived of the pt iv liege of seeing their ft iend .. Several f them bave since. we understand, expressed the;r enutriti ri, ud solicited p a rdo n; b u t the person who stabbed Cat tn rit;lit not yet discovered. A warrant, however, has been sent to t•Ltitt Vipoud, iu ease of it discharge on his civil action. ItArros-6.uwEN. - - - - - In consequence u;' iformation that a number of thieves and isre,iutable fe11114111.5, revolted to a common brothel, No. 4, ieorae.street, Bloomsbury, Julius Hatt, w ith assistants, went %ere, and found several buys and girls in different beds, and Li - ought thou to thy o ffi ce; but uotiiiug appearing particularly THE NATIONAL REGISTER. against them, they were reprimanded and discharged. Among the number was it Miss between 13 and 16 years out, daughter of a Solicitor, who expressed much aver sion at her present course of life, and expressed a desire to be received into some place of reform. The Magistrate sent the officer to her father, that he might get her into the Nlag &len, or some other a.,) him, as it appeared she had been only three months in dint unfortunate situation, but he would not listen to his message, and she was in etnisequeace discharged, again to pursue her dissolute career. QUEEN-SQUARE. T. Clegg, a mendicant, whose pitiful cries have long annoyed the inhabitants of Spring-gardens, and who pretended to be blind mid lame, was brought up, and ordered to be committed us a rogue and vagabond. He was taken to a public-house op posite the Office a Ink his commitment was made out; but not liking the prospect of a gaol, be forgot his corporeal and visual defects, and, watching au opportunity, started with the speed of a greyhound, oat ran his pursuers, and got el.-ur off. OH Monday the whole of the Officers belonging to this 01. fice received instructions from Mr. Fielding to make a search in that nett of infamy in the neighbourhood of Tothilldields, ' and bring up MI persons to the (Pike whom they found dis orderly. This they did effectually, by introducing 150 Cy prians of the lowest order, and 20 men of suspicious charac ters, before P. Colgultoun, D.C.L. W. Fielding, and T. 11. Plestow, Esgrs. the Magistrates appointed to this division.— The Officers stated, that they co:nmenced their search at 12 at night, and continued it until six in the morning. The num ber of unhappy creatures they found was so great, that Tuthill-fields pi icon could not contain them ; they then filled the watch-house, and their last re,ource was to chain a pared of them together, and leave a guard over them, and that they were obliged to link 20 or 30 01 them together to bring them to the Office ; some of them were in such a state of intoxication that they were obliged to carry them. The greater part of the men they knew to be notorious characters; one of them was the son of the well-known Mother Abbess, of Newton-court, Strand. The prisoners were then severally examined ; when it appeared that they rented miserable apartments in Pye street, Duck-lane, and Duck -court, from Is. turps. per week, the chief of which belonged to Mrs. Wilkinson. The Magis trates committed to prison all under the age of 11, amongst whom were two sisters, in a most deplorable state front disease. The other felonies were discharged, with a suitable admoni tbin ; and infiirtned, that if they did not leave their wretched abodes before tour days, they should be sent to prison. The oleo were also discharged ; but informed, if they were seen in the same neighbourhood again, they would be seut to prison as rogues and vagabonds. MA ItLBOROUGH-STREET. EVADING A TOLL-GATE.—Two gentlemen of title, and 18 others, were severally convicted in the penalties of twenty shilling.; and costs, for evading the Green Man Port land-road, Mar, lebone. It was proved that the defendants ha.l broken out of the road by going down Warren -street, and avoided the gate by getting into the road again at Fitzroy-street, which just clears the gate. It was stated, on behalf of the leNsces of the gate, who pay a very consideralae sum for it, that they had no other desire than to enforce their rights by .ii toe of an Act of Parliament, which provides against such evasion out of the turnpike-road ; and which, if not put a stop to, will involve the farmer of the gate in ruin. LAM BETILSTREET. On Tuesday night B. Twig, a private in the 3d Guards, was stabbed in St. Cathenne's-line, Tower-hull. Before he could be carried to the guard-house he Meal. About the time the murder was con mitred, the throat of J. Moody, a private in the same regiment. was cut, near the same spot. J. Peru, a Spanirdi sailor. was charged as the perpetrator. S. Bath swore, that he was sitting at tne White Lion public-house, in St. Catherine's-lane, and the pri.oaer was there drinking. Soon after he left the house J. Moody ran into the house, saying that his throat was eat ; the blood was streaming over his clothes. Witness asked hint who had dune it; to which Moody replied, " The sailor." Witness ran and secured rem, who was running down St. Catharine's-lane. There had been some noise in the house previously to this event, and the pri soner had acted with violence, holding his hand in a threatening atti tude to wale of the Guards. He could not tell whether the deceased or Moody were amongst those whom the prisoner menaced. He believed the prisoner was turned out of the tap-room. The soldiers were on TueAtay celebrating the Anniversary of the Battle of Watt-Hon at which they . had been present. W. Douglas, a boy, swore, that as he was going into the White Lion public-house, he saw the prisone rdraw a knife across the throat of Moody, within a few yards of the public house ; Moody immediately put his hand to his throat, mid ran into the White Lion ; the prisoner ran down the lane. Ann Stephenson had been drinking in the pri-oner's company on Tuesday night, and heard him say that he would kill somebody that night, and then cut his own throat. He had struck her with a fork in the early part of the even ing. Serjeant Whittaker deposed, that he well; about the public houses near tile Tower on Tuesday night, to preserve order dunng the celebration of the Waterloo Anniversary. lie saw at three o'clock the prisoner in the neighbourhood of St. Catherine's-lane, who took a knife out of his porket and, without opening it, drew it across his neck, sav ing, that " he would cut his b-y throat, and that it should not be the only throat he would cut." Miller, the ()Meer, produced a knife which was bloody at the blade, amid which had Wen found on the spot where Moody's throat was cut. The Serjeant was positive that the kuiue produced was that whidi he saw with the prisoner us the early part of the day.---The prisoner was retuanded. lie is about 50 years of age, anti haslost his right hand. Sundry, thew idow of All officer, who teNided in 3fead'x row, Lambeth, went for a pint of port , r for bee dinner to a public hmise otipnAile; and on the dour being openod, the fell down and e%pireil %%Montt a groan._ _ . . . . - 6.1 Tim; dap, tro:to.. of the Eider Brethren of the Trinity . • hmse were in the most im. • lit danger of losing their hies in the River 'lliames. A. Chapman, .1. Mitring, and 1. Robi son, Crops. had been down to the Kure to es.uttine the I..ight Vessel roa that Sand, and, returning, took a wherry oil lame house to came up the riser. They overtook a brig then dr..l'l , ing down, and near it was a barge heavily loaded unit stones. By some accident these sheeted SO as to come to. ;tether, and crushed the boat and Punt. her. Hy hinds agility, the tientiemen and the writ emus; escaped. Mr. Morin:, canght a rope hanging over the iii sift side, amid hauled up into the ; ;%Ir. Chapman gut on ihe barge's rudder, and Mr. Rohinsoa, by the tiller, gut with difficulty on board the barge, the waterman ; thankfal for an escape so prtnitletiaal, and at one moment PO Unhoped for. Thttrsday se'nnight, a sister-in-law to Mr. Bolter, pastry-cook, in Slrorediteli, who has been in a state of mental deiangenteut fur some time bark, jumped out at the first-tioor window, oa the pavement. in le.r descent. she struck against a piece of lead projecting front the front of the house, by %%hick her fall in some ilet,rce way broken, and she was pitched apun her bead ; she was instantly taken up and a surgeon prooaretl, who declared her in imminent dagges, her head being must fully cut and bruised. lht S.otitril..y an Inquisition was at the Roilne%'s Head, Whitechapel-road, on the body of Mrs. frown, ut 11. th-street. who poisoned hersellon the preceding day. A large paper of arsenic was found undur her pillow,—Verdict—lnsaiisy. • 159 ATTE M PT TO MU an Ett.—Oa Wednesday as the groom of Lord Rivers was riding after his master out of Hyde Park, a ruffian just by the gate struck hint several blows with a stick : the groom staggered from his horse, and the brutal assailant immediately plunged a dagger into his side. The blade broke, and part of h remained in the body of the poor fellow after he was conveyed away for surgical aid. The crowd was so great, that the as sushi was discovered only front the handle of the dagger having been found in his pocket. lie was taken to Marlborough-street Office ; but all that transpired was, that he had formerly been a butler to Lord Middleton, from whose service he had been discharged; and accor ding to one account, he has ever since conceived the most deadly rancour against the groom, as the supposed caused of his dismissal. It is, however, the general opi. nion that the assasin is insane. An Inqiiisit:on was taken in Little Portland•street, on the body of H. .‘ro:dil, who cut his throat. This case has excited universal eommiseration. The poor man had a sick and dis tressed wife in the workhouse; and to relieve her he pawned a sheet for two shillings, which he had taken from his lodging. room. He wits taken to Marlborough-street Police Office. and committed under the Pawning Act. After having been locked up for a time, information was given to Marsden, the gaoler, that he was dead and it turned out he cut his throat with a razor, %liich was found by his body.—The Jury returned a verdict of Lunacy. Wednesday an Inquest wai held on the body of P. Howie, a private in the late Veteran Battalion, who died in consequence of a wound he received in a scuffle at the Red House, Batter sea, in which Serjeant Kendall was also so severely wounded as to cause his death. The other soldier involved in the fray left town the following morning, and the deceased was appre hended on suspicion of bring the murderer. E. Clarke. a Consul ble,deposed, that he removed Howie from Horsemonger lane Gaol to Tothil-fields Bridewell ; when observing him limp, he enquired the cause ; he replied, that he receis ed a wound iu the scuffle with the Sojeant ; that be had three razors at the time about him, and wondered why times fixed on him any more than the other men ; that they were all drunk together at the time. Mr. Hambray. a Surgeon, stated, that his assistant had visited the deceased on his being brought into the l'rison, anti found him in a bad ,tate. Proper necessaries were sent to hint until Monday, when witness found a dreadful bruise on his thigh. A slight mortification had commenced near the knee, which increased until Tuesday morning. when he expired. He had no doubt that the above caused his death. The Jury im mediately rcuuued their verdict, that the deceased met his death in consequence of the injury he received in a scuffle with Ser. jeant Kendall. l‘londay an Inquest was held at the Apple-tree, White-hart yard, Drury-Line, on the body of a man, named John English, a journeyman printer, who died suddenly, in the above house, a few minutes after he had entered it.—lt appeared in evidence, that the deceased was a native of Ireland, and had, in conse quence of the dearth of business in this country, been unable to obtain regular employment—and illness, occasioned by %rant of fund, terminated his existence. Such was the opinion of the Surgeon who examined the body, and the Coroner's Jury returned their verdict aceurdingly.—lt did not appear that he had wade known his very distressed situation to any one. MARRIED. The Rev. C. Ilardinge, 11. A. Rector of Crowhurst and Vicar of Tunbridge, to Emily Braclionle second dau. of the late Kenneth Cal lender Younger, of Craigforth.—The Rev. J. 11. Eyre, to Henrietta. youngest dim. of A. H. Eyre. Esq. of Grove, Notts.—ll. Myhtts, Esq. titer. of New Broadest. to Miss Sophia Car. eldest deo. of k Mennet,. Esq. met. of Gould-square.—At Nladron , Devonshire , W. •ntell, to Jane Warren. As the bride and bride mom are deaf and dumb, the ntothet of the former and the father 01 the latter made the responses. It seems they were both taylors ; and having worked together fur seve ral years, a mutual affection was prodnced ; which being observed and saneuoned by their friends , they arranged for their being joined in the holy bands of wedlock. Their union was witnessed by a great number of persons attracted by the novelty of the scene.—'l'he Rev. It. Lloyd. Pinar of St. Dunstan 's in the West, and of Ilidhurst, Sussex, to Miss Brett, dau. of U. Brett, Esq. DIED. At Clonbrock, Ireland. Lady Clonbrock. dau. of the late Lord Watt court.—At Wallas Hall, near Pin,hore. Worcestershire, C. I lanford, Esq. last surviving son of the late E. Hanford. Esq.—At Lee Priory. near Canterbury, E. W. G. Brydges, third son of Sir E. Brydgew, 12art. M.P.—At Totness, Mr. Sam. Fisher, Manager of that Theatre. —Aged 97, the Countess of Conynghtun.—At Bath, aged 72, Lady Pearson. relict of Sir R. Pearson, late Lieut.-Gov. of Greenwich llos pitaL—At Cesnom's Adelphi Hotel, Mn. Margaret Osborn, who for many years conducted the estahlishment.—Edwarl Bastard, Esq. b ro . titer of the late J. P. Bastard, Esq. 11. P. for Devonshire; man/ suc cessive Parliaments M.l'. for Dartmouth. The remains of Mr. J. P. Bastard had arrived from Gibraltar, for interment, only a few days pre vious to the dissointion of his brother.—At Bath, in his 51st ) car, Isaac Spooner, Esq. of lehndon House, Warisiekshire, falter-in-law of W. Wilberforce, Esq. M.P.—Aged 72, the Prince of Seltrattenbazh. Bishop of Brunn.—At Iluntly, Latly Anne Chalme.s, si,ter to his Grace the Duke of Go-don.—ln Postman-square, Cherles Earl Man vers. Ile is sueceadd in his title and estates by Charles the present Earl Manvers.—ln the Louden Hospital. aged tt, Dutch Sena. a well known pugiliet.—Jitne It. in his Castle-or Bats aye, Ma•shal Augerenu, Doke of CastiOttme. and l'eirr of Freate. The t'aris Journals say. his death was hastened by carol ajZ.:taoo.r it was he who was appointed by Bitonapatte to conunenil the army that IrOs to invade England; ar.tl wlet promised. in a Proclamation to his Rol there, such abundance of plunder, that lie would make it a country r. 04 fit to live in! In Italy lie seuassel a fortune little short of a nullion sterling; he was therefore stn adc,u in the art of making v..a: mica Buoniiparte's system. In IEI4, he told the French soldiers tier Bun naparte was a coward not tit to live, and had net the courage to die the death of a soldier!—in 1813. this sycophant lithe vilest breed i= sued a Plahunation front Caen, in Sortr.andy; in whieh lee armouries,' Ct.,- gloritets milking of tile Great Einpcmr from Elba as promising a new ern, teal iedled upon all to rally around his Eagles. His fawnirse, however• did not deceive flutme i strte on tills occoaon; for he was not enmiuyed. Deiliszel alike by all parties, we do not woad, r that • moral qiNti.oes" sivoultl have hastened the death of such a miscreant. Augereau wet born at Faris 1733. In early life he enlisted as a pii vate soldier in the Neapolitan ai.ny, and in 1787 settled at Naple es st feacinz.niaster. In 17:2 lie cairn to Paris, and obtaimsl a commis-:on in the revolotionary limits; end in all the atradies with they c to. nutted, Attrecie's noun is to he found as uric of their Leaders. ! !is whoks life ass, in fact, one of n.famy , aid crime; red he had setre:ly colleetal the fortene, for the sake oe winch he had waded throue't much :milt, before lie was seines( with a disorder, which depric,tl Idin even of the poor reemapence of sensual gratification, while his mind was tortured by mullet:6ons thet übtLiss hastened Its end. Ile closed a sits. " lull of stemil ;et i fury" under a eets.-ime , r.rts of 04- grace on all ides.—J. Iliggins, Esq. M. D. oft hatleue-st. Fiteroyesl. —At Merrion-sq. Dublin, aged w. Lady Ent. Tynte.—ln (2 teen A nne-at., the it. Ilun. La3y w the Eed Mae. -1