The National Register. — London, England, 1818-05-18 00:00:00

`N.' 8. DREADFUL FLOOD. The heavy rain which conunenced on Friday week about six o'clock, and continued ponying in torrents of water inces santly till four ohluek on:Naturday morning, occasioned is deluge at Made. 'fridge, St. Pancras and Somer's-town. Lead ing to Churl:L.-row, Pancras, there k a large space of ;Tromso!, intended for the ereetiourif anew street, and which is partly commenced, amid the workmen employed iii the building of bousez. The water that Imlged there at one period was op. wards of seven feet deep; it appeariA like a small river. The destruction was trimly lamentable : twelve lung rows of bricks were knocked down by the flood, and broken to pieces. The piece °fo./mid anal the properly in it belonged to Mr. Perry, of the ttrill publie-house. In Chitral-row, Prineras, the kitch ens were overflowed with f • feet of water; every arnele also floating ; and some persons who slept in them, had scarce ly trine to escape with safety, the flood was so rapid in it ; at. lark. The cellar of the Wheatsheaf, kept by Mr. G ardner, wis sorcompletely filled with water, that the barrels of herr were slashed against each other, some of his casks staved, and 1 considerable quantity of wine damaged. Mr. Wallis, a baker, next dour to this above honsc, had not wily his batch of bread destroyed in his own), hut upwards of 12 sacks of flour. The Maittetiliead Inn, kept by Mr. Young, close to the Turnpike, flank-bridge, has sok:drumd a great loss by the overtlmv in his cellar. A puncheon, containing 70 gallons of rant, was bilged, and the contents spoiled. Some sentioldiuß poles belonging to bricklayers in the neighbourhood were 71rrieti away by the flood, and have not slue,' been foimil.- riel.l.strcet, Charlotte-street, and Lion-place, &e. the ',peer part of the promises were entirely iminilateil. The ra pidity wf tbe torrent, deseeniliug down Weston-str eet, Illeyslou• will,-, and the one ad . iiiinitig it down to the Northumberland A rills at the bottom of the tim.l, ilrfies description. The ditch inch carries with,. water to the one called the Fleet-iliten, •-as completely oval flowed ; and the fields contiguous to it ::orined our large sheet of water. The cellars belonging to Mr..'fliorowgood, of liagnigge Wells tea-gardens, have re ceived so much damage, Iliat 1001. it appears, will not repair Buis loss. In the house of Mr. Crick, the water made its way into the kitcheu, -which was inhabited by a whole family who were asleep r and werertot aware of their perilous situation till their bedstead was floating about the room. They were, however, got out with safety. At Mr. ISursey's, No. 4, Pleasant row, two }yang men Nvcre asleep in the kitchen, when the water cashed in on them, and they were almost drowned before as sistance could be rendered. A poor woman who had only been brought to lad the preceding night, had a narrow escapeof her fire, but was saved by the courage and address of a neighbour, who waded iii and brought her out upon his back. Several sheep, lambs, and goats, acre found dead in the fields beyond Kentish Titan, having been drowned by the torrents caused by the overflowing of the reservoirs near Hampstead. S;onsiderable damage was likewise done at Ban's Pond, from the .great inundation; KingslatuLgreen was also tinder water. At Hackney She flood has .-notbeen known so high fa many years, many of the cellars and kitchens were nearly tilled ; the water had so completely overflowed the road in several places at Tottenham that carts were employed, at 111. per head, to carry people over ; and the coaches, in passing thrw:gh it, narrowly escaped, the water pouring in at the their doors. At Edmonton, too, it was truly alarming ; and the rapidity and force of the current was SO great us to carry an immense piece of stone from the bridge at that place to a considerable distance. At Waltham Abbey the roads were im passible ; the fields in this city were also completely sleluged and a man on horseback, attempting to make his way through` the flood, escaped with the greatest difficulty. In a small °relined, at Waltham Abbey, situate in a descent, the. trees were nearly ben toot under water. At Brixton, Kennington; and the roads in their vicirity,lllllol mischief was dune, the water bring from four to five feet high: An article from Antwerp, dated the 4th inst.sayt, " The strict observance of the laws i v -winced formerly tinder the .French _government, and which have still remained in force, among which is the tigarously demanding passports, which frequently causer unpleasant disputes with. travellers at the gates, has lately been. the cause of a very melancliely acci dent. A citizen of this place, Dominique Janssens, going to 'oline', was met by a gemturose, who demanded to see his passport. He said he had none, anti that be was a resident citizen of Antwerp, and, as be thought, personally not nu known to the grust'arme. this availed nothing:, and he was required to go to Lien.. Janssens refascd because it was so "melt out of his way, and would Mader the business he had Ali hand. The gent/arose insisting—Jausseus still refused. 'rise genera-me prepared to bind him—Janssens suffered himself to . au bound without reastatice, and followed the assailant, by its desire to a mill. There the dispute is renewed ; from words they pi oceedei; to blows, and Janssens, though bound, :brew down the genearme. The litter getting iitl again used his side anus. The consequence was, that laussens lost his life." Elizabeth Eyre, a -girl .about .22 years of age, poisoned herself at HIM .lately. It alipoars she had gut two-penny worth of laudanum from three diliereut druggists, which she ',wallowed a few days since, walked afterwards to Sutton, and returning at night, iustead of going to her parents, slept At the house of .an acquaintance. She was sick during the slight, and next morning confessed having 'taken the latida- Lam. In the evening she walked home, baring had an emetic and a little jalap administered by her mother in the afternoon,' but uo inetheal assistance was called in, and about six o'clock the following morning she flied. The coroner's inquest • brought in a verdict of /eke de se; and the body was buried at the Cross roads near the theatre. In the COlthWt of the following night, however, it was taken up by some of her friends, as is /opposed, but whither conveyed is unknown. On Wedne4uay. last, us r. Dolosun, 12 years of pgr, ser vant to Mr. partaiiig, u farmer, at itessiugby, wits returning, from Bridliagton Quay, .with a load of sale'. the cart, it us supposed, hadbeen driver. against a gate post, and the poor bay sitting upon it, leaped off, and falling, the hot se trod upon hip, which caused his immediate death. On Monday week a drew h al accident took place at Pe_ roans, in Fsauce, in a cotree.liouse. 'the mister of the cof fee Souse aliened a young Mall a stiletto, which, while lie was examining, another ;lesson asked hint the use of. lie replied, " to kill ;" at the same time ksuiting the actiou to the word) he actually plunged it into his own breast. Fears were at first entertained for his life; but happily the inedicair amen have ascertained that the wound is I,A daugeiosis. A poor female lunatic, who lately attempted to carry off the sea* from the Court of Chancery, was very troublesome at the Queen's palace on Tuesday. Her passion is to steal keys wherever she gains admission. She has in her possession no fewer than 146 of shape -Atoka keys. She has been to:iaeutted to To:Laded& • THE NATIONAL RT,GISTER. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. MOND Vi-MAY 11. .Rippon,‘W Chisholnic, W I fowell, G. Yardley, C. Al. len, nod G. {turkey were int:nett(' fur rionnbly assembling so.lasgstiltinel. H. Racine:lnd others. Mr. Adolphus slated, Out is the afternoon of the 25th of March the priauners, with abont 301) others, drove an ox into Ayr_strect, Spitaffields, and coining opposite to the extensive premises of Mess's. Itacioe, silk dyers, they halted, formed themselves into a line, and turned the ox into their yard ; into which. a great number of the mob also forced themselves, 1 most of them being armed with large sticks or brick-bats. A volley of. the latter was first directed at the whitlow, and doors of the warehouse, and in a very short lime not a pane of glass or a door remained unbroken. The woikoneti in order to check these proceedings, formed themselves into a body and sallied into tt:e yard to attack the rimers, hot were quickly obliged to retire. From the windows they threatened to lire upon the moll, and :lethally threw on them a quantity of lint water, butt without elect ; and at length tire arms were discharged ;it them, oath several severely wounded. In the midst of the confusion, the workmen, headed !iy Mr. W. Ra cine, again attacked the mob ; anti Lifter a desperate tight, aided by some Police officers, saeceeded in clearing the yard and closing the gates. la the mutest: of the scuttle several of the workmen were dangerously hurt, anal Mr. Racine was so severely beaten as with di frailty to reach a neighbouring., shop, where he fainted. In the progress of the riot, Rippon .and Chisholtne were obserrr d to be particularly active; and the former coudneted the move:noose of his companion, aimed with a large stick. Yardley and Howard were also among the most active ; and n tt a doubt could be entertained butt that their object was plunder. At the time of the trans. action the warehouse was stocked with property to an int metise :summit, and dill of a description very easily removed.. l'h is was s third attar k of the same kind that had taken place'. tipou the prmiises within a year. When the mob with the ox had bete :orced tr the yard, the voor animal continued to he driven about in a mast wcifid manner, until, chocked with madness and exertion, it dropped dead on the ecnand. The defendants were secured on the spot. The above facts were f roved by several witnesses. None of them, however, could identify Allen or Ltuckey ; but they all concurred in stating the particular activity of Rippon and . Chisholme. Mr. Alley addressed the inry on behalf of Howell and Yardley ; and called witnesses to spew, that if they were at all engaged, they were rather drawn into it by example, and bad no intention beyond mete sport. The chairman having summed up the evidence with suit able observations, the Jnry retired for three quarters of an hour, and then returned a verdict, tintling,Rippon, Howell, and Yardley, Guilty ; and Allen and Buckey, Not. Guilty. The chairman then, having commented in strong terms on the heinousness of theodence, sentenced Rippon and Yardley to be imprisoned each six months, Chisholine three mouths, and Howell one mouth, in the New Prison. POLICE. -` GUILDHALL. R. Chalk was charged by Mr. Crookson, haberdasher,in St.: Paul's Cburcls.yard, who wits his uncle,' as follows an' early age he lost his parents, and for a number of years had been supported genteelly by the complainant. Ile formerly conducted himself with propriety, brit for the last two years , his conduct had been a series of outrage anti depredation. He had been fretptcntly detected in pilfering from the shop; and his temper was so violent that the family were at times com• pelted to thy om him to avoid personal injury. Every possi., ble pains Was taken to induce him to amend his ways, hat will t effect. A few evenings since his aunt was obliged to seek refuge from his violence in her chamber, whither he OM'. sued her with a fork, threateutag to stab her. The Magistrate: severely pointed out to him the extreme basenessand titude of his conduct towards his uncle and family, to whooki he was indebted even for his d say bread.; when the prisoner, who on bring placed at the bar, assumed an air of assurance, now in an agony of tears, fell upon Isis knees and entreated. par4on. He was fully cocvinced, he said, of the depravity of his former conduct, and would give his uncle no cause to re. pent Isis leniency it' he was forgiven. Mr. Crookson said, lie I w a s satisfied wish this contrition, and he %Val tliSCAlUrged. FORGED BANN NOTmis.-11. Goodyear, against whom two distinct 'charges ut attempting to put off forged Notes, had . been proved at former eatiiiiiiiations, was ou Friday week' .brought to Guildhall for the third time, when Mr. Westwood, Solicitor of the Bank, attended, and after some conversation with the Alagisteate (Sir James Shaw), nut generally audible, the latter addressed himself to the prisoner, and said," Not ' withstanding the very suspicious circumstances iu which you, stand, two aggravated charges having been brought home to you, yet the Bank, taking all the circumstances into consider= Atkin, ito not see occasion to proseente you fill ther. You will now be discharged ; but depend Nowell that these notes (one a 51. and the other a 11. note), both of which have been se unequivocally traced to your posst,aiuu, will be preserved, to be brought forward against you at any future period, should you be again charge.' with a similar offence." The prisoner was then discharged ; when a geutlemah handed a note to the Magistrate, observing, he wished to take that oppurtnuity of ascertaining whe.thcr it was a forgery. The Magistrate .ac cordingly put the note into Mr. WestwouTs hand, repeating the request. Mr. Westwood inquired," Why do you suppose it to be a I . J:gelV? " Gelitlenkan. " Because it hiss been refused." —Mr. W. " That is :vccausa it has UU signature, I presume." But, however, I w.II give you agiollieufar it."—Gentleman. " That is not my object. wish to have your opinhin of its genuineness."—Mr.W. " I sun not au Inspector, hut Sidi :Our to time hank. I nut in the habit of giving a gratuitous opinion. Besides, I must hat know by what motive you are actuated in asking tile question i"—Gentlemati. " Then you decline saying whether it is a forgery or noti"—Mr. W. "1 ego tainly do. But if yon present it at the Batik. I have nu donut you will obtain another note for it." Gentleman. " That then is a tacit iieknawled,puent of its twit,* gel tttttt r. %nil permit me to add, Sir, that this is not the bust &yak of Diglainl note I have see,. issued uy the Bank without a imigomi till e. A cir lance winch I should otherwise have posed incompatible 'vita their ." titre the caulk er atliOn dropped, and Mr. Westwood let' the suffice. New YoRA, area. 7. —'l he Montreal Herald of March 15, says—" 'lke lines' of Mr. Neil Fe%use'', a settler from Scot- Lind, situated in the tow tenni, of -tneds, wits destroyed by tire, end the whole-fautilk. consistiog of Mr. Verging'', bia Avg's, and fuer cbUdrui,Asesisbcd id thaSaincs.'s CORONER'S INQUEST, An inquisition was taken at the Brown Bear, Bow-street, on the body of W. Kerr, who was found dead, having taken poi sou. M. Hughes said, that she was servant to Mr. Hazard, keeper of the sleeping rooms at the Brown Bear. She knew the deceased ; he lodged about two month:sago at the Brown Bear, and she did nut see him alter that time until Tuesday week, when he said be wanted a bed. He was shown into his room by her about our o'clock on Weduesday and before he went to bed he came down stairs again, and asked tin• a glass of rum and sot water, which he carried up with him; he appeared then to be in his usual state of mind she was positive lie was not intoxicated; he was as lively and in os good ..pi its as she had knowu him at any previous Lillie. At about twelve o'clock sae at day she !worked at his door, and Ito answer being given, she uulockeil the door, and foned hhn lying in bed; lie appeared gene dettl. On a table in tile bed room she fmnd two comity phials, and .a letter add' essed to the deceased's fiend. Ale. Graves said, lie was briitlnor to the landlurd of the thrown Bear. On Wednesday wee;; he was informed that the deceased was !Omi dead; br w iait up stairs, and thought trona his appearance, that he had iiihtu poison ; his features were distorted, and he Lad foame.l at the month; his feet were warm, and lie sent for Mr. Coles a surgeon, of Russell-street, and another medical gentleinsui, who pronounced him quite dead. Oil the table he found two empty phials ; on the labels affixed to them were the words— " LAULIMMItIi," aid" Tincture of Opium," By the side of the bottles lay the following kite. :—" To Mr. Haslett and Mr. Menton, teGerrarei-street, Soho.—To Charles Mortou and W. llaslett, the comp:deems of my ' , within! days. I-eannot live AS 1 1“11111.1 wish to live, and therefore I our resolved nut to live. So, my good fellows, adieu, KERN." Mr. liaslett, surgeon, stated that be .knew the deceased; they were fellow students iu.lreland. The deceased he believed had belonged to the Army, in the medical department, and was waiting in Loudon for an appointeteut to go abroad, when the melancholy event took place. His friends were very wealthy; they resided at Derry, in Ireland.-- The deceased slept with bins on Monday and Tuesday nights.—Coroner. The other witnesses have sworn that the deceased slept at the Brown Bear on the night of Tuesday, avid was found dead on Wednesday morning. Mr. Hulett emanated. The deceased left his lodgings on Weduesday morning, he was positive ; .Ire asked hint to take breakfast before lie went away, but lie declined. 'rue deceased was about 22. He said, on Wednesday morning, that he bad not.got leis appointment, and it was hard to be in such a place as Loudon without money ; that he must returo immediately to Ireland 4 he sighed deeply, and seemed very melancholy ; he offered the deceased some money, but be declined receiv_ big any; he said that he had sutlicieut to supply .his present wants.—Coroner. There WAS some female, I believe, counoot ed,with this business. Had not the deceased informed you he loved some girl ?—Witness. The deceased did inform meting lie was miserable in consequence of his beiug obliged to leave a female whom be was much attached to. lie knew of ne (peered between the deceased and the lady. He saw the deceased with the female on Monday night; he could nut say that they took a final leave of each other. She resided near Brioiswek-square. The deceased was particularly low i■ spirits after that trial. He said that "he could not live he was certain," and he (witness) told him to take earn of hint self, for be thought then he intended to destroy himself, and exhorted hint not to be rash, for "hie soul wax very precious to him ," the deceased laughed at what he said: they Amok hands and parted, and he did not see him again until he was a corpse.—The Jury consulted together a considerable time; one o f them remarked, that the letter, in hismind, proved that he had deliberately destroyed himself in a.slate of vanity.-- The Jury, generally, said they were.sorry thatthewe was not evidence more unequivocal to prove his insanity ; amid, After further deliberation, they agreed to return the tiellowing diet—Died front taking poison, being at the time labouring .under a temporary tit of derangement. A letter. (rein St. Helena, .of the Ist of Mardi, says : " On Monday the 23d of February, M.Cipriani(llttonaparte'a Maitre d' Hotel) was taken ill with an illfiAllnaatiall in his bowels. of which complaint lie died the Thursday followiag. In con sequence of ourintiisiacy, the saute eveuing 1 was requested to attend the next morning at niue o'clock, at Lougwooth, • house,(Napoleoul residence) as one of the pallebearers, which I accordingly did, with five mote; when we arrived every attention was shown us by the Fieuchuteis ; we were shown into a loom, where breakfast was provided in the French fashion, such as hot roast mutton, eggs baked, ace. variety ofs wines, no calve or tea, (though the question was asked if we cause auy, but of course we were all French that morning), the table was decorated with nothinglut silver. What must surprised sue ems the plate before me, with the Imperial coat of anus, and those on each side of me with, the arms of Louis. XVIII.; the one was au exact imitation.ofthe other. she alma excepted. At about ten o'clock the corpse ewes removed irons the house to the country churelilard, followed by ,Marshal Hem ant, C t Mositholon and several other G e ntl emen ." ATTIMPT ED Seictrae.—dn Friday, two. Ladies were observed walking over. Pulhaan-toidge, apparently in earnest conversation s when suddenly one of them rushed towardi the parapet and climbul to the top. llir compatuon caught her by the skins: of her clothes, at the moinent she w.ukviaig WI . ; btu the weight was too much fur her, and after holding her a few seconds, the unhappy wanmt was precipitated into tile river: but .1. Howell. one of use Adu.sndly • wigunuen, and W. Blake. his AWialtallt, Ilappelsod to etc the Ludy, and put tor their beat, when they su.:ces.6,ll as sa.ving her late. tut coming to herself, sli..espressed nerself towards own with vat nu,: bit= retain:neat,. for interrupting is,:r closign and rivalling her to a world of misery." She a... 4 twanitsaabty dre ss d, and accused to I, about V) years tit age. The lady who she wet wan with 011 tl bridge, 'snivel to be her susstlier.sistl ili:y slat been together to Pa— wl, to see a daughter et the la.mer, who ousting setsuut there, but ail nuttier vans: ors were CArViitni . ^.. 7- ided. When etc wail toms:what recovered, a. cuisels was sent tot, oho vomit th..y •.J.+ol gut.and onle.vd the (011CIMIWItOilriVe vs Strattortsphs:ts. A isselanca.sly catastrophe OtTUIVILI a few Ibly3 ago, 'le r St, krp, batty. Fsau m.:l lead put out tor the yr7posie lishing, w , supply their tamales. when the twat sunk. trout some unaccountable aciailent, and thriu of them were drowned. Thr other was s h or e.. afterwards seen use a nick by sam 6 e own paseigg in a .1 1 ,,, g _h eat. _1 Th e y c loned themselves. but iu veto, to CAII'IG/te NM Irani his pc. v il eu „ aturton. Wisilg waiudg ter Use Oa tale, they conv ene d o wti i a l se s t e te ij o i ri l l ' e c 'P s ) l save helite; bus Iit'iIICINIOLLY save suddenly swept him oft' the deco to lame nt rock, riot tee 4lmi atilt hewtb'eiser o ebssnt no more. 'They have alt left wlWs anti c:til,. d 'Thursday week, the coachman .of the North l)cvun coach found James 'lice, at Fugglestune Peter, lying under his cart dead. Mr. Whitistarsh took an luqucst on the belly on Friday, and the Jury returned a vet ifict—Aecitleutally killed by the overturning of a cart.