The National Register. — London, England, 1812-03-15 00:00:00

174 by his ma4ter, Mr. Philips, a bookbinder, in Ald , ,/, , ate, with various offen.•es, in having written several anonymous threatening letters, particularly a letter directed to one Murphy. stating that Philips was an avowed enemy of his, and all his countrymen (iri-hmen), and direct— ing him to come with a ganr, upon a certain night, and set fire to Philips's house, for which he and all his companions should he liberally reiearded: the letter concluded with a list of subscriptions pretended to he entered into for that purpose, with the initials of the names of the supposed sub scribers. Other letters were produced, directed to some respectable book sellers in Paternoster row. who were in the habit of employing Philips, threatening, to burn their houses if they continued to employ him. Fi r was also charged with forging letters to persons at Stationer , !fall, and obtaining money from them under fal,;e. pretences for returthd klmanaes. It also appeared that he had been four years apprentice to Mr. Philips, and that his father was a respectable carpenter at Deptford. In his defece he denkl having written any of the letters. tie was rema:.ded for forth•cr examination. - • ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. Fortorn Nors..s.—Eorg .d Notes, of one pound, are in circulation, with the name of 3. VAITTIN subscribed ; they are not ill executed on the whole ; but the face of the ' on-an, and the word ',option arc badly done ; the orb on the crown appears like a tassel : the paper is harsher thin the Bank N te, and they may ise detected by the word one and Ban' of Fug toioi nor appeal ing in th e water mark. They are dated the :11 of December. .1!1 1, and the part which is printed in the true note is irritated in en- ! graviep: in the false one. There is an imitation of the I waved lines used in the 11.1nk Nete. Trig PIMLICO TEM ALr.—The 11T1pr\Stor ANN FITZGE II L I), who was first heard rf at Pindico in the unEnished houses, and afterwards at Holiand-Hou , e, Stoke-Newing- toh, Camberwell, and divers other places, made her ap pearance within two miles of Cambridge last, week. She found a convenient birth to recline herself under a bay• lick, opposite to the home of a clergyman, where she attracted the notice of a lady, from her general conduct. She, however, failed to excite that sort of commiseration !, -which she had been acenstrined to do in London an:l its vicinity; and instead of being • taken taken under some hospitable roof, she was committed to the ceuety jail as a vagrant, and afterwards passed to the metropolis as a ,1 troublesome bargain. She represented herself, ac usual, 1' as a West Indian lady, and related unsuccessfully her tale of woe. She had also her neat' undle with her. Friday forenoon a bullock was selected from a drove of beasts, in Chiswell-street, passing from Smithfield mar ket, by a set of i..le fellows, who pursued it into the City -road, leading to Islington. The drovers, with the as. sistance of some Police Officers, recovered the bullock, and led him back to the drove. They then secured four of the ringleaders, and took them before the Sitting Magis ii - trate at Worship-street, who ordered them to be sent on board the tender. .This morning arrived at the Star Inn, the French Ge neral SIMoN, under charge cf I, 7 icicEnv and LAVENDPR, two Bow-street Officers, on his way to Dumbarton Castle, where he is in fnums to be confined, he having, some time ago, broke his Rirole in Enzland. He is at tended by one servant —(G/asgoty, March 10.) The man who was cormicted in the Isle of Ely, last week, for poisoning his relatives, has made -a full con. fession of his guilt since his condemnation, and acknow ledged the justness of the verdict. On the 29th ult. seven join neymen shoemakers, in Berwick, were convicted before the Magistrates, of mali ciously, preventing master shoemakers from employing other journeymen, and were sentenced to one month's confinement in jail. THE NATIONAL. REGISTER. Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, as a ci:rt, with woollen cloths, was passing the end of Nt.v. g ,, te . street, towards Snowhill, some thieves, hy means at cut ting the cords behind, dragged out a bale of the near 401. and of the weight of upwards of four hun dred, with which the villains effected their escape. HIGH TREASON.—CondeIf, alias Connell, and Smith, two of the unfortunate men tried, by a Special Commission, for I ligh 'fre:lson, at the Scs;ions•house, Horsemonger-lane, are ordered for execution to morrow. The other men convicted have received the Royal pardon. Neither argument nor terror have yet had the effect of stoppin g t h e operations of the franc-breakers. On Saturday se'nnight the;housto,cf Mr. l'oppham, of Pentridge, in Derbyshire, was entered by a gang, w. ho de mulkhetl seven lace and thr, e stocking frames. It is sup-0 , , : d t h ;.t h e had excited the indignation of the frame-breakers, by his activity in attempting to bring some of them to justice. A man and his wife in that neighbourhood wer e also very much abused the same ui,.;ht, who are witnesses against some persons in Derby gaol, on suspicion of frame. breaking : report states, that they were obliged to promise not to swear against such persons, in order to escape destructicin Last week R. Young, of Mardhull, was committed to Dorchester gaol, for steeling gef...ze ; and at the se me time, his daughter F.Ezubt : th committed, for breaking cpen c..;v age, and siealing 31. in nn.rev and bilk ; and his two Fon', Thomas and George, the one 12, the other it, being both t'uilty • on their own confe.,si•m, of house-breaking, stea:ipg qua , ititi..s of corn, potatoes, &c. nur two or three y: ars past the ; itl conseration of their age, and the bad example of their fattier, receivimy and partaking af the roduce of their plunder, wire ordered to he sent to :ca. On Sunday weA a lan=e !)arg., ihden with wheat and no, f.,r the lILIIis ;ihotit Wo'ourn and Wycciiii), FIII:k CIOSC to Windier Bridge. The rags ;done are said to have hem worth .2.(X)01. A few days since two men lust their lives by a chaik pit falling upon thtni, near Guildford. ula last, the btxly of a man who had apparently committed suicide, was fund in a meaaoiy adjoining the turntike , -ioad•betweeti Lorking and Horsham ; a brace of pistols were fonitcl try his side, and in his pocket a pAper, with the following direction Pray be to good as to have me burl. d, as I lay, in my clothes.—l. natiklin." A breach of trust, greeter in its extern than that committed by Mr. Walsh, has taken pla..e within these few days. Mr. 1 7 —i, a stockh . oker, has absconded to America, having previously di,poscd of p-op. : rty to the amount of 2.0,e001. which had been placed in his hands, a Br, at part of it belonging to a Bristol Bank. The manner in which the money was 4- propriated, has, however, been discovered, and it is supposed that !fie whole will be reclaimed except about 30001 —F--1 to;:k his passage a Irv: days since in the American ship Orbit, and it is be liev - ed intends ulti• mately to proceed to South America, laving a personal accuunnance with Gen. Mirarda. A fine boy, seven years of age, died at "..lontro , :e last week, is come (pence of taking a medicine plescribed by an ignorant quack. At the Mansion-House, Monday, E. Evans, - a porter in the ernploy of Mesas. Cox and Merle, refiners, of Linle Britain, was cta::r._;cd on sus picion of r(...bbing his master: to an enormous amount. The puisonvr tvaa employed by the complainatqs at. 2. 'r. a week, at : d in ent! ... t . cir , T c e of having missed large quantities of silver, they caused his to be searched on suspicion. Undr his bed were found two large boxes of candles, such as • rare used in his masters' workshops, and whidi z.fter wards turned out to be their property. Urou further search, they found Exchequer Bills, and receipts for property in the funds, amoun:ing to nearly 1.5001. None of these could be claimed by the complainants: the candles. however, having been clearly identified, he was fully committed for trial. CHRISTENINGS, BURIALS, 4c. Within tilts Dills of Nlortality. FROM JAN. '2 9 , 1811 , TO FEL 25, 3810. Ch ristened. Burk . 877 11724 Females 847 NT:lleg '7-1 1"11 Foniales S:>4 iler two years old, 456. Whereof have died, iiil, DIED BF 2 and 5 l6ll TWFF.N Irt 5() and ro 60 -- 70 1.15 --- f:0 60 -- en 9 90 -- 100 5 - - 10 10 -- 20 6O 20 - 30 ll7 SO -- 40 ISS 40 50 - ^7111114 MARCII 15. WIN L NEE r