The National Register. — London, England, 1817-09-15 00:00:00

ravr. is. discharge faithfully all the relative domestic offices of life. wlo.ther they be, as Master or Servant—as Husband or Wife —at Child or Parent. These arc some of the principal duties, which you have on this day undertaken to perform. Hy Con firmation, yonspledge.yourselves to believe in Christ, and to serve kin. -" It only then now remains for me, to point out the sure consequences. which will accrue, front your observance or breach of the obligations, which you have now in your own o Tmtits undertaken ; and these consequences arc no less inn portant, than the salvation or the loss of your immortal Souls —no less than Heaven or Hell. -If' you continue to be Chris tians, you will enjoy a peace of mind of whirls nothing upon earth can deprive you. You will also, in all human proba bility, enjoy your share of those worldly comforts which a kimi providence has abundantly strewed in your way : and, what is above and beyond all human considerations, you will rise from your graves to everlasting glory and happiness, in the presence of Angels and of God. But, if you ce-we to be the children of God, you will feel the stings of conscience and remorse doting a sad journey through life: you will forfeit the approbation and favour of man and the torments which await the wicked, and impenitent, for es er and ever, it is dreadful to contemplate, neither will I attempt to describe them. " You sec then, from this brief statement, and the time will not allow me to be mole particular, that every thing wor thy your pursuit, is on the side of virtue. Avoid then the first temptation to sin. Draw nigh to God and be will draw nigh to you. Thus will you obtain a victuiy, over the world the flesh and the devil. " In conclusion, let me enjoin you, occasionally thro' life, to recollect this day, .and then—to ask yourselves, whether you have reason to think, that you continue to Le Christians; that is, whether you have faith in Christ, anti whether you do your duty to God, your neighbour, and yourselves. If the answer of your consciences be satisfactory, then happy are ye—proceed—go on—unto perfection. if not. repent—re pent and you may be saved. " Forget not, then I beseech you, when you quit this sa cred place, the advice of Him, who seeks your happiness both here and hereafter: and-let us all join together in a fer vent prayer to the throne of Grace, that the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Suit, and the Holy Ghost, may be upon you, and remain with you, for ever. EXECUTION OF Tnr ASTICROFTS AND HOLDER, FOR THE PIeRDER OF MARGARET MARSDEN AND HANNAH PARTINGTON. Precisely at a quarter past 12 on Monday last, the door leading from the castle to the scaffold opened : and IVilliam, Holden, a strong built, middle-sized, and grey-headed man, was led forth, with his hands pinioned both at Ale wrist and his elbows : before the cap was placed on his head, he turned round to the inuneuse multitude of spectators, and, with a firm and loud voice, said, " I am innocent of the crime for which I am to sutler, as the child unborn. May God take away all my sins as lam innocent of this murder." The cap was then drawn over his face, and the rope tied about his neck. David Ashcroft was stationed next him. He spoke to this egret, with frequent repetitious cf the same observa tions—" I an, glad to see so many persons uow !oohing on, as 1 testify to them that we are all ignorantof this crime. I do pro test to yon all before God, that we areal! innocent. Every one that 11041 sees me is as guilty as lam. I would not say so if we hail any connection with the concern ; but I declare be- • fore God that we are perfectly innocent, for which tbless God. My prayer to God is that all our persecutors may be forgiven. May God Wreathe town of Manchester.. know that waxy there thirsted for our blood, but they have sorer hearts than we have. We forgive thein v and may God give his Holy spit it to the town of Alatichester. I pray earnestly that we may be the last innocent persons to suffer from this Castle. May God find tail the true murderers, and may you see them suffer in this place, and hear •their confession of their guilt. I ant now, trust, going to glory,and I would not for the world, die with a lie in my mouth. We are all in. nocent." Holden exclaimed, " I eau answer only for soy. self—l am innocent." James Ashcroft theyounger, who hail in the mean time lawn brough out, and on whom the cap and rope had been put, cried out," We at•e all innocent.") " And now may the grace of God be with von all now and for ever, Amen." The cap was now post on his face, and the rope round his neck. lie was a good-looking man. James Ash croft the elder, a tall, thin, grey-headed mass, came out at last, he came in front of his son, and kissed hint with great earnestness, then took his station sty his side. He did not say any .thit.g. They were all pinioned at the wrists and elbows. They joined the .Clergyman afterwards in re peating the Lord's Prayer quite.load. David Ashcroft con tinued praying—" Lord take away my sins, and save my soul, for the merits of Jesus Christ." Holden repeated the same expression. All four then began to sing; David Ashcroft re peating line after line as they sung : I'll praise any Maker while I've breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, My days of praise shall ne'er be past, 'Whildite and thought ami ne drop fell, their voices instantly ceased, and they swn sound in the same direction. David Ashcroft's mouth being uncovered. his tongue was seen-swollen and thrust halloos 01 the tipper side of his mouth. Old Ash( roll uevcr moved a hod). The young loan quivered in the convulsion , : of death about a ' atter they had been thrown MI. There was scarcely- a tearless eye among the crowd. ATTIMT TO ROB A Wantiox.—Thursday morning last, as Mr. John Boyson, master of the Lutterworth stage waggon Was Trocceed •ll; towards London, at abotma quarter past one o'clock, shortly •sfter pressing St. Alban'► turnpike, he discovered a man dressed in light clothes on the wagmin ; he immediately desired a boy to give liin, the blunderbuss, which hail caused the thief instantaneously to dismount; but at the same moment three other villains in dark clothes, sprung from the hedge, knocked the boy down, and assailed Boyson with sticks, Beating hill, in a must dreadful manner. The boy, on recoverirc his legs, ran off to the house of a Mr. Slaughter, close by, and calks! ap the tinnily, who hastened to the Filet. anti there found Boyson lyingon the ground, with two seven seuts on his head at least three inches long, and having Also lest a area tquantity of blood The gang had deemed it advisable to make.ott' without et. fecting their object. Mr. lioyson was taken back to the Red Lion, St. Arban''4, and the ostler • otthe Inn sent on with the waggon to London. -it seams that the thieves hail come fully prepared to cony . a may their expected. booty, the tracts of two carts liming been alio coverd in an adjoiiiing barley-tield where they had lain concealed. TWO carts, with four men, ausweriug the description, were the same snorting seen by several rsons at the White Lion, between the B a k4f acat t Stag ant ut g lypte.—Boyson is a particularly strong barfly man. or the.terribleleating he received must have killed him; -meaty happy W beat that theicarc.snat bores of his mover/. THE NATIONAL ar.G: POLICE. MANSION HOUSE. Three men named Pastnore, viz. two brothers and a coma'', were charged on suspicion of having broken open the ware house of Mr. Polton, in gross-lane, Eastcheap, and stealing large quantities of spices. Mr. Pullout said, his warehouse was secured with three large locks; notwithstanding, it was forcibly entered and plundered. No trace could 1w obtained of the burglars; but about ten o'clock on flue sante morning the three prisoners CAMP to his house, and expressed a wish to purchase a quantity of the very description of spices of which they had just been robbed. This circumstance gave rise to suspicion, and an individual in the neighbourhood thought he had seen the Pasmores lurking about the premises. The* were given in custody; and at the very moment they had with them a quantity of spices, which they said they had bought, and the officers found the latter account correct.— he two brothers, in defence, said, they were inhabitants of 'Exeter, and their cousin resided in !lath ; they were al , plumbers, and hail arrived in London about three weeks since, and lodged with a relation, a private in the nerds, at Knightsbridge, and all employed themselves in preparing and vending certain liquids. The Lord Mayor thought this airily rxtraordivary-; and as the suspicious entertained were not confined to the present case, he would remand them, to give them an opportunity of producing testimonials of character. A Po ET.—Friday, Thomas Vidler, jun. a clerk in the house of Sir Peter Pole, in Bartholoniew-lane, appeared upon an information cluirging hint with having published and dispersed a printed paper, to which the name and place of abode of the printer was not affixed, contrary to the statue. The 49th of the King, chap. 79, enacts, that for such offence, the person convicted shall for every copy of a paper printed, under such circumstances, forfeit and pay the sum of 201. The present information was laid by several gentlemen in the house of tin. Peter Pole, and the object of the complaint was the pu nishment of the defendant for libellous matter contained in the printed paper alluded to. • Mr. Vuller, when the information has read, declared that he was ignorant of the necessity of a comp.iaece with the regulations just mentioned, and lie submitted that ignorance as an excuse for the error. Mr. Price, Solicitor for the complainants, said, the defendant had been in the habit of writing pleas of poetry, the tendency, at least the object, of which was to injure the gentlemen of the establishment to which the defendant belonged. There was a circumstance connect ed with the business, which pmved that the plea of ignorance should be very jealously attended te. The defendant had procured a prin ter's boy to strike off the otten•ive .lines in the absence of his master. Here the versa were produced. The following extract will serve to exhibit a sufficient proof of the poetical talents of the author. It was entitled— " THE WONDERFUL METAMORPHOSIS." . 6 On Richmond's fair summit, where nature displays An ample dominion ; and early the rays Of Phoebus is seen to bring on the dawn. Aud gild with rich lustre the opening morn ; On that beautiful spot, long planted, there grows Trees, rearing their heads in majestical tows ; Invested in g reen, they afford a retreat, When fierce burning Sol oppresses with heat." The remaining part of the ballad, which is written throughout in the same style of 4/gance, contains a scurrilous attack upon a young gentleman, also a clerk in the limn. Mr. Hobler, who read the versa, observed, that they were a com plete metamorphosis of the English language. The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of 51. and 20$. costs. rainbow. Mrs. Osborne, in her defence, said, that the girl had behaved ill in several instances, and had once attempted to set fire to her dress. The statement of the complainatit, she added, was an exaggerated one. 'the worthy Magis trate commented upon the severe treatment the complainant had experienced, of which, he observed, her person bore sufficient proofs without further testimony. No conduct, hi observed, however bad, on the part of the girl, could jnstify the violent outrageous assaults which appealed to have been inflicted upon her. " There was one consideration,' continued the worthy Alderman, " which should have operat ed most materially on the mind of Mrs. Osborne, and served at au inducement to that lady to treat the gill with more than usual kindness, and that was—she was friendiess." He then informed Mrs. Osborne, that unless she chose to make the complisivant suet* compensation as the nature of the case de. mended, it would be his duty to compel her to find bail to answer the charge at the Sessions. The parties retired, and the defendant agreed to pay the complainant 51. The Ma. gistrate observed, he thought this was the most beneficial ofsettling it for the complainant. He then asked, if there was any person who wont i take the complainant under their care? He was informed, that a lady of the name of Calder, residing in Staple-buildings, had taken her under her protection. One of the officers said, he had inquired as to the character of this lady, and found it to be most respect able.—The Magistrate expressed his satisfaction that she had found a protectress, and the defendant was then dis charged. HATTON-GARDEN. Wednesday, Mr. Pulwood, of Hampstead, was charged by Mr. Charlton, of the same place, with committing a gross assault upon his person, by horse-whip ping him on the King's highway, without any provocation. 'file complainant stated, that as he was returning home from Barnet, in company with another gentleman, both being on horseback, they fell in with the defendant, who was also on horse back. They rode together for souse time, when the defendant challenged complainant to run his: horse against his.—Complainant at once refused. on which defendant snapped the switch out of complainant's hand, and began to beat his horse. Complain. ant now remonstrated with the defendant, on which, without further provocation, he begaisfloggingcomplainant on the back and shoulders with the switch. The defendant now offered the complainant to stand six pounds of rump steaks and six bottles of wine, and bury all Animosity ; but complainant said he would drop further proceeding on the defendant paying 101 to some CharitaWe Institution. 'Ale deleni!ant refused this mode of settlement, and gave bail to answer the com plaint at the Sessions. WORSHIP•STEET. J. I mit..vas charged with attempting to rob a house on Barone -terrace, Hackney-road. The prisoner and a compa.. nion, both dressed in a fashionable style, seeing that a house was to lei, applied at the next door for the krv, with whieh they were furnished ; but Mr. Norton, who had supplied them with it,hearing a sieinge noise, looked through the wash-house, and saw them forcing a lead pipe from the wall. He went to the door, when one of them rushed by him and escaped; the other violently drove against Mr. N. and run across a field ; but was pursued and brought to the Office, and • was remanded. LAMBETH STREET. ROSEEBY OF THE ROYAL. MlNT.—Tuesday Thomas Strin ger, and Sarah, his wife, underwent a long examination, charged with being concerned in robbing the Royal Mint of a great quantity of silver. Mr. Mushet, the principal melter at the Mint, and several other gentlemen belonging to that con cern, were present ; besides several Magistrates and oilier gentleman. About the middle of Mot week, Sarah Stringer called at the shop of Mr. Harris, watchmaker, 10,-Nightin gale-lane, East Smithfield, where she offerH: quantity of melted silver for sale. Mr. Harris, from having read an account in the public papers of an extensive robbery committed on the Royal Mint, suspected it was part of the silver so stolen, and desired her to leave a sample of it. As soon as.she was gone, Mr. Harris repaired to the Mint, and made his suspicions known to Mr. Musket ; and as soon as Mr. Musket saw the silver, he identified it to he stolen front the Mint. When Sarah Stringer came in the evening, Grif fith, the officer, took her with him to the Mint, to ascertain if Mr. Mushet had any knowledge of her. On their way to the Mint, she saw her husband, Thomas Stringer, at a dis tance, and exclaimed—" 0! here is my husband !" on which the officer took him also in custody, and conveyed them both before Mr. Mushet, who identified the husband as being eta ployed as a labouring melter in the Mint. After the examination ofa number of witnesses on the pati of the Crown, Stringer and her husband were fully committed . for trial. GUILDHALL. Wednesday, K. Thomas was brought up, under the fol lowing somewhat singular charge . G. H. Arnold stated, that he is a newsman and stationer,residing at 28, Wilmot • street . , Brunswick square, and •the prisoner is his servant. It appeared he had sent the prisoner with a 401. note to the Times Office, to pay 01.2 s 9d. out of it. On the prisoner's return, Mr. Arnold received from him 201. in change. In formation was sent •to him from the Times Office, that the 1001. note, which•ha had sent there, had been stopped at the Bank, as a stolen one; and that •ke must make it good, al though he had sent no 1001. note. The Alderman said, he hoped his Attorney would give him better advice than to pay it under such circumstances. The prosecutor said, they looked to him for it ; and if he did not make it good, they could materially injure him in his business, by stopping his papers until he did. The prisoner, he repeated, returned him 2111. and he had since teund on him 481. Mr. Blatchford, frourGoldsmith Hall, not being present to give information as to who was the real owner of the 1001. note, the prisoner was remanded. ExTit e ante Cauetirsr.—Mrs. Sarah Ann Osborne, an um brella-manufacturer, of No. 5, Holborn bars, was brought before Alderman Goodbehere, charged with a series of cruel and unprovoked assaults urn Hannah Hunkleys, a girl of about It years of age, and of interesting appearance. It ap peared from the testimony of the poor girl, that, baying sin. fortunately been deprived of both her parents within a short time of each other, she was left totally destitute. in the world, and was icr the necessity of goiog to service for her sup. port.—About five months ago she was hired by Mrs. Osborne, with whom, .for a little time, -she was very,cemfortably situ ated, and had every reason to be satisfied with the treatment she experienced. In a few weeks, however, -Mr,. Osborne began to evince symptoms of temper and disposition totally the reverse of .kind; and then it was that the barbarous treatment which formed the subject of the present complaint began. On every trifling errorcommitted by the complain. ant, she was severely beaten by her mistress, and in addition to this, kept-short of themecessary sustenance. The instru ment generally used by the defendant in beating the com plainant, was a large stick olconsidetable weight, which was. certain of inflicting a bruise wherever it fell. Another in-. stance of cruelty related by the unfortunate girl, was, that her mistress land caused her to pull utf• her shaecand stock. ings, and then stamped with violence ou her feet so as to la cerate them considerably. The complainant, conscious of her desolate situation, haviug no friend to whom she emit(' apply for protecLun, had borne with this treatment until Monday last, when her mistress having coameeneed beating her in the moat violent manlier, she left the house, undsought refuge in that of a neighbouring corneetiouer, to whom she • related her sufferings,and begged for piotection. A young woman, in the service of Mr. and Mrs. Calder, of Sta ple-inn-buildings, Holborn, happened to he present, and hear ing the-girl's-story, repeated it to her oneness when she got home. The lady, with a promptitude highly creditable, immediately sent for the complanneet, and having had. the particulars from her own month, she warmly took up .her cause, and adviacti an application to this office far a warrant, which wise granted instantly by the Magistrate to whom the complaint was first made. The person of the complainant exhibited a shocking spectacle. On•her face, 'wok, arms,. and indeed every part of her person, there appeared bruises and contagious!, and her skim exhibited ,tll the colour of the MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE. Friday night, between Wand 11 o'clock, a hackney coach drew MD • in Fleet-street, nearly opposite to Chancery-lane, agreeable to t h e a_ rections which the driver had received from. a gentleman whom he had taken up in Piccadilly. .On ,opening the door, he found the gentle man in W state of complete insensibility. An alarms being given, and the constable and some waschmen of St. Dunstan's assisting, the body apparently Helots, was conveyed to the Rainbow public-horse, close to the entrance of the Inner Temple, Mr..Johnsmi, the landlowl,.vexy htunancly gave every possible assisuince, and medical aid was.iinsne diately sent for. Mr. Potts, of Fleet-street, and Mr. Owen of Chan eery-lane, were in attendance in the course of a few minutes, but all their exertions prove; unavailing. The vital spark was extinct. Upon examining the pockets of die detx.astxl, there were found a phial With/ the esinains of laudanum he is supposed , to have taken..e 11. note some.shillings, a silver watch, an eye glass, and a half sheet of letter . paper, containing the followinxciords, partly written with a pen, and partly with a pencil : " A persecution the . most unjust, iniquitous, and dradful, that can be imagined, has driven me to despair.—l have nething to see* but the grave to hide inwand to terminate my miseries. '• P. DACY." • In Pencil.—" God forgive the authors and promoters of ray death." The unfortunate-man was rather gemeely dressed, about five feet nine inches high, well uncle, and about five and thirty years old. His countenance was marked with some expression, and his hands remarkahle small. This minute description is given, thas lye friends or relatives may be enabled to rec:olise the body, winch still i lies at the ltainbow. A.shocking accident lately happened at St. Lawrence in the lase V. ight. A gentleman Irmriling in a pin, let the reins of his !owe loose while he potion his great roalm ie I gor " going. oti at the time, ainl one of she wheels w. nt os er a Wipe stuns; lie was thrown out of the carriage, and vet.) much injured. On assistance corning to hint, he was taken into the New Inn, when it was aseertained by a surgcou that one tlt his thighs woa broke.